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He Jssoctoted Press Service Vol. LXX. No. 107. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper " '" -' ' ' -" - 1 1 " - ' 11 - ' 1 "' 1 "' -- . - .r . i, i WHOLE CITY IS Oil FIRE Hankow Is Almost Completely Fire Swept With Fighting In the Unburned Parts A MISSION DESTROYED WeKlcyuji Mission tit Hiujkow Housing Flty Blind Hoys and One Hundred and Fifty Wounded Persons, Relieved to Have Keen Destroyed Two Hundred Ameri can Marines Landed in Shanghai, That City Now Completely in tlie Hands of the Rebels Red Cross Steamer Not Allowed to Aid. Shanghai, Nov. 4 The revolution ary government is in control of the situation here and in the Yang Tse delta. Ten thousand rifles have been given rebel sympathizers. The Wu Sung forts went over to the rebels without resistance. Other up river forts have hoisted the white flag. Rear Admiral Murdock, com manding the American Asiatic fleet, landed two hundred marines, march ing them through the main streets. All mandarins have found refuge in loreign concessions. An American cruiser has gone to Wu Sung. AVIiole City on Fire. Hankow, China, Nov. 4--Nearly the whole native city of Hankow is afire. It is feared the Weslyan Mis Hion near Han river housing fifty blind boys and one hundred and fifty wounded persons, was destroyed. A Red Cross steamer, attempting res cue the mission inmates, was driven hack by the rebels' fire. The fires were started by the imperialists. A few hnndred rebels against whom the imperialists are preparing to ad vance, occupy Hankow's unburned parts. LICK'S T()ID DKAD. Famous Racing Horsn Fell Demi on IMcp Truck Holder of State Records. Columbia, S. C, Nov. t. 1 He first tragedy during the lair races occurred Thursday ntternoon, ..when Lucius Todd, holder of track and State record of 2:10 1-4, 'dropped dead in the final ileal of the last event on t ie card. The noble racing horse was owned bv Mr. Jame Ktackliouse of Marion. When the horse tell si crowd rushed to the track. Mr.- .1. K. Heise, a veterinarian, left the stand to see what assistance ho could render. 1 pon reaching the norse ,;ie toiind him in a comatose condition. Alter a few gasps tno animal died. The sudden death ot the , horse wrs a shocic to the entire held, lie made hi -record without the use of stimulant and as ho was unaccus tomed to drugs ins dead was unex pected. Horses that have dope ad ministered to them are liable to drop dead from- over-stimulation, but it is unusual for a straight ra cer to fall dead almost in his tracks. FIRST GAME XFAV SALVATION' OFFJCKRS. Adiitatit and Mrs. "Matavas Succeed Adjutant ami Mrs. Williams at Wilmington Cost. (Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Nov. 4 Assistant and Mrs. Mataxus. who are now In charge of the post of the Salvation Army, held their welcome service Thursday evening at the hall on Market street. They succeed Adjutant and Mrs. Wil liams, w-Jjo left to take charge of the work at Columbus, Ga. At the meet ing Thursday evening welcoming ad dresses were made bv members of the local post and there were re sponses by Adjutant and Mrs. Ma taxas. ' There was a large congre gation present at the meeting and a most cordial welcome was extend ed to the new officers. The first open air service under their direc tion was held Thursday night fit Front and Princess streets. Adjutant Mataxas states that he will commence a canvass within a few days for con tributions to the Thanksgiving bas kets, which are distributed annually to the poor people of the city of Wilmington:, Gift From Mrs. McCorinick. "Lynchburg, Nov. 4. Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick, of Chicago, has do nated $20,000 to the Presbyterian Orphanage home, 1 Iff I' 4 Vo' f; 1 Mrs. ,1. Borden llniTimuii, one of New York's.. weallhicst. and best known .nuclei v women who lias inter ested herself in bettering the condi tions of the poor. At present she is trying to impress the Budget Com mittee ot the Hoard ot Kstinmte.H ol the Citv f Nciv oi k the urgent lie- cessilv of csdiblisltiiig numerous milk stations throughout the city to save the lives of Infants. Mrs. Ilarrimuii is also an active member of many chaiitable Institutions, and has help ed to ameliorate the siiflerings o( poor consumptives, by aiding Ilium- cinllv tuberculosis snnitnriunis. LEG OF A CHILD Miss Josephine Swain, the 12-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shelly Swain, is vesting quietly today from the effects of an injury received late vesterdav afternoon when Dr. W. C. Horton's automobile passed over her left leg just above the ankle and broke it. Miss Swam- with 40 or more children in charge of a teacher, Miss Miller, was out lor a walk and were on North Person street when the accident occurred. The children left the street to allow him to pass, but Miss Swain and another young girl, who were riding on the back ot a wagon, hurnodlv alighted and Miss Swain ran in front of the machine. Efforts to avoid the ac cident, were unavailing and one ot the wheels passed over the left leg or tjie child, breaking it just, above the ankle. IX I V VOlt OF TRFATIF.S. Campaign Planned to Arouse Na tion A ide Interest. Washington. Nov. 4. To arouse public sentiment, in lavor ol .Ihe-rat- liioition or t.ie arbitration treaties' between the I lifted States and fireat Uritain and France, now pending belore the United States Senate, the Citizens'. National ( om- mittee, of three hundred prominent ninn. nave piannew a nation wine campaign with public meetings in about tlnrtv leading cities. FAII.!;i TO KT I'KKSIDKXCV. Ir. : Scuiiuell Resigns Professorship in Ttilts College Meilicnl School. Hoston, . Nov. -"4-Dr. David D. Scannell, head surgeon of the Boslon citv hospital, has resigned a profes sorship in Tufts College Medical school because he was not made the head of the school, as lie claims he was promised when he left Harvard in 1910. Every instructor in iho surgical department resigned In pro test against the slight against Scan nell.- ' MAKIUAtii: FOI.IOWS IMVORCK. Nephew of Admiral Schley Married at Two O'clock 1 This Morning. New Haven, Nov. ,. 4 James M. Schley, Nephew of the late Admral Schley, and Miss Uertha Sedgwick, both of New York, wero married here by a magistrate early today., Tho assistant town clerk was routed out of bed at 2 o'clock to issue a license. The groom's former wle secured a divorce at Reno yesterday. Pastor Itlcheson'H Resignation. Boston, Nov. i. A special busi ness meeting of Tmmanuel Baptist church, will bo(held next Monday to tae action on the resignation of the pastor, Rev. Clarence Rlcheson, un der Indictment for the murder of his former Rweetheart, Avis Mn- nell, ' nir it It TO TAFT The Differences In the Party Are Deep-seated Tart 'Will He Renominated Nomi'li viandiug Opposition Against Hun l'.ut It Is Doubt In! li liisiii'jtcnts Will Vote tor linn Alter lie is Nominated The lY.i'.'rcssive League. Washington. Nov. 4 --Will Presi dent Taft be renominated'? This nuestion, which is being ask ed and re-asked all over the tinted States, is tho theme of an article by Frank B. Lord, well known Wash ington newspaper correspondent, ia the November issue of Norman K. Mack's National Monthly. : "We are told by the bread and butter brigade of administration .ad herents that the president; is 'Mitead ilv retrieving losses," jintl that he is daily "gaining ground 'statements which in themselves are -.concessions that the Turt regime is a lailure," savs Mr. Lord. "What are -tho-. tacts- .with refer ence to the opposition to Mr. 'Intt wtrhin the ranks ot his own parry.' In ...the house, during the last ses sion of .congress," twenty-eight' repub licans saw fit to join with the demo crats in supporting--measures whu-h the president saw fit to prevent from becoming laws, n the senate, thirteen republicans, mora than one-loitrth of the entire membership, of the ma joritv side, tor the most: part openly and vigorously lougbt. his 'politics. Nine of these . republican senators have declared against Mr. Tatt s re noni nation. "Were these - ditlerences merely personal or petty, discussion ot tliem might be abandoned, but they are not of that sort. : The-differences between the president and that fac tion ot his party Which has come to be known as "Progressive" are fun -a&menCalr they strike at-th- very roots of the functions of government, and it is scarcely conceivable, that anv consideration of pollticare.x- pedlency, or the deinre for party su nremacv. or the republican lust for oOlec, can now unite -the. warring fav tions. "Ulght D'.ontlis before that motley aggregation ot stanpnt.ters and pro gressives, reactionaries and utai progressives, regulars and insur gents'. ' administration.', and anti-ad ministration partisans, lilly whites and black-and-tans, the oltice hold ers and would be oldce holders, which will' co' to make up the list ot delegates to the next republican na tional convention, shall assemble, this opposition to Mr, Talt within the ranks of his own party finds ex pression in a well directed, ably financed, organized and systematic campaign to defeat him tor renoniin- ation. . "The names ot more than 200,- nno nroeressive republican voters are at this time on the mailing list of this organization, and this list is growing with leaps and bounds. Long before the delegates to the con vention are chosen, this league w ill have its organization effected in every state in the union, and its adherents will bo preaching the doctrine of anti-Taft. "Definite results from the pro gressive league's work will soon be in evidence, for, before the Ides of March, one state North Dakota 'ill have chosen delegates to the convention. Already it is the con fident claim of the Follettc fol lowers that ho will be endorsed for the nomination. "Rut pven conslderinc all these conditions, a sane view of the situ ation compels the admission that up to this uoint the odds are In favor of the renomination of Mr. Taft." CASHIKR (lOKS TO JAIL. Voluntarily (iocs to Jail While Hank is Being Fvaniined. Rochester, Ind., Nov. 4 After the state bank examiners closed tho Citi zen's Bank, at Kakron, Indiana, and announced its funds were $35,000 short, Howard Harter, tho bank's caBhier, came here and obtained the sheriff s permission to stay in the county jail until the inquiry In the institution's afljrs proceed further. AXTI-TIPPINO CAMPAKIX. Commercial Travel le Pay Out $."0, OOO Annually in Tips. Chicago, Nov. 4. A campaign against tipping has been launched by the Commercial Travelers of the United States. P. E. Dowe, presi dent of the Commercial Travelers' Merchants League says fifty million dollars are paid out annually by salesmen among bellboys, waiters and porters. i i:Ni!'.-'p:i:;i:ii.-- ft 1 man s l iiiice 1 sai Ttto,- who i the uiii-le ol the -boy l-.'inpei'oi-ol ( una anil who is i ported as willing to Icati (iie Jliiiii bus in mi.ss:icn' or n-vi ii.jc I be I rince mis n i iMlur to t'ie I li.; d-d Mates in May, I'liii. But Wo 0.Ae &zWrd Ore Pistol Wtre ftrmfo Fcrih, It Was Farewtli ::i - of ibt-. Tiiv ntelee . w'si Creek t.iy c and t'tie h' !::. stop- until tii'-.v got into a fiiriit. imlled off in - Sv. ift, me nii; lit l.i:! v-'-: lit . part ies . did. -not nil tell in a deep lit ell. where razors and pistols .could lie i);il' .to I't'li-i live use. Thon tie session adjourned sine, die, but l,e boy Jones, one ol the brave lad-; limped away wnli a bullet in his leir. : Constable li U. Byrum. whoinade the arrests, s;: til todav that it was impossible -to u-il the true slorv ol the mixnp.. All the "darkies in . the neighborlieod iiad bten to a hot sup per given . at ilit' . home of Junius Jones': . A , Utile, liquor made .brave men, and jMiiii:;- ordered t lie party adjourned In an loiirning. his eut'sts got to fighting and did not stop un:i! thev all landed m a ditch. The prox imity of one -razor and one pistol caused a scan. -ring. It was claimed bv part ot the negroes that ' C lad Jones did the shooting; bv the oilier faction that .lull n Stephens did ..It. Both wore bound, over to court bv Justice ot: tlie I'Oace E. M. Bledsoe and both put ui $50 each. Hubert Hinton was nccused. of htiving tlie razor and -Hubert put up $50 like wise. When Mr. Iiu'tim went into the neighborhood to make the arrests all the birds fled. He feat down at a saw null and ate-roasted sweet po tatoes until piwe-ntly the nine men came up and surrendered, since thev acted so ernleelly about the matter, Mr. livriim took their word for it that thev would appear before tho magistrate -and thev came on time. TIIK WF.ATHKR. November II, lorecasl- For Ralelclv and vicinity: rnset- tlod' tonight and Sunday, slltrli t Iv wnrmer Sunuav b or Aorth t nro- lina: I nsetil :(l tonlglit and Sunday; moderate northeast winds. easier oiioitioiin: There is much cloudiness over the country. hut comparatively Utile precipitation. The eastern lnh pressure area is giving wav -and the weather Is mod erating slowly- in connection with the barometric depression advancing frfDin the northwest. Florida and the gulf coast, region were not ma terially affected bv the cold weather. Tho temperature is still eight to ten degrees below normal over most ol the central and southern states. It would be awful unlucky for the weather ninn If he ran for a public office. . " v-fvr .;?. II FOUGHP HARD li A DiTCH IM SCOUT CIS PASS Big Tour Through Raltigh November 16 I mii-iii (hilt ol .."unci icii Ma. Preparations and .Vla!""i Route l athlindeis -Arrived at l.-ileiv-h Lute Yesterday Alter (ioinjj !v Way ol 1'iivettey illc Alter- : a delay 'of' Pvciity-t'aiir .hilars ill -siarting. fl'ofti Atlautu; diie to the late sulpnit'ilt .'. of. '..J heir . car from the- factory, .the-., pathiinding crew en i cue frora Atlanta , to IVii-.iiiiond. . arrived . in Ualeigh. Iiue yesterday afternoon, la.-.teati .. of coming direct '.0 Ral eigh from Pineiiursi , tiie ..path'ind- rs weal. Ir. Favet levil ! "lenv.ilig tin re shortly, after noon tor Kal eiji.i.v Ail. arrtingenienis are bei.iig niade dui'iiig tlie trip for the ei and four froni Atlanta, to ltiebinoii.il, vliii-b i- : c ti'.lttit i! t,i statf .'i-'.'.:'.-ber 1 f tb.: v - ' ."';-'- 'i'l'C gent lomeii iii the purl y say Ilia'. i!i" trip has - t atis far , been a very pleasant . one, . though because of being a. day fate, there was, dis appointment -at cat- i stopping ida -e in not ineeting.' pan s us i xiK't letl. '!'!i;' :i:.iiors report . -iIkii tbey were entertained .very liitniHouiely in F:.y: iile ii (. t'.iaiti ie.'r i-i tVtaiareree, , Tlie ( i-i iiiiauts oi' (ine of the. cats, a'f.le'r lal-iut; luiiebViu Ualeiah; went to i.b't'ih'rt)!! to spend tiie uiht mid 1 M i -(,: t,s: '.-':: i i it-'. ia Kin jioriu lor l.'iehtroiul, whiyii t. ley will ieseii .,() iiiiht. completing', the ven ot - liit,",.': miles. 'The parties in the itioii'! eai' reached Raleigb sonic , t i 1 1 1 c jitter r.ie I:i-kI. ear. and 'siieni--t he.-,'.- hitfiit icre, l itis plan lieinn- to lea', e a: MX o't-loek .this iiiorniiig and' ovoriakt' til" -:tl ( !'-. "'." .' the first ear in airi.'.i? were AbjHsrs. .': Henry. .M -Nair. of New Vork,; vti or.'r.f. the: Aittoiu'iViile Blue T)uok-;'",.w"A. oaler. of .Itichniotrl-. V, Douglass (iortion. iiolice corii-!'.;s-i,.::ev of llielini.iticl . i , ;,' i sem le.e Tiities-Uisiiauii : V." A..: Vib I'ei'l. of Nriv Vofl.. e,:lt'-i,i! i oto-Ki-aiiliiT. w.'; vas ;.on tiic (ii'dileii t.rni-. and ;Freei:i;iii Jlonroe, ol' le ti'nii , wbo . drove the (."hulmers- i.iir. This party y.i.tit : to Henifefson . List iiiiitv' In the s. - mi,! car . vvere .Met sr.;. It. It. Vai'l.iei'. of l.'-xiuntcn. ,'i'isiib'iif :orii; Carolina Gcod lltiHtls Association, representing lite Capital Highway: Association: i'red-erii-k II.. Kllio't., ot Xew York, seere iary of t.ie Toerirg Club, of Anieri e:i: I). I). Arnn-f roiif;, ol Atla.ila. Southern ..yii.-ii.pi-c;.jiloiu of the 'I'.itu'ing ('lub' of Aimtfieu; Charles T. tiiey, of liacine.. Wis., driving the machine. . This, -parly spent last night tn Raleigh and left, early this morning. TAFT-LITTLF.TON INCIIIFN t. No Inlentioii Planned to Subject President to Oral Thrashing. .. .Pittsburgh,' Nov.. 4.- Pittsburgh's men of wealth today -emphatically deny that they tried to lead Presi dent Taft to an oral slaughter at the hands ot ..Congressman Martin Littleton, ot New ork, last night. President V. It. Babcock, ot the chamber of commerce, and I), i.. Gillespie, ot the Banquet Commit tee, made official denials, declaring that, Inasmuch as President Tail and Congressman Littleton were invited guests, Littleton. had the right to say what he pleased and the president had the right to answer him as he saw fit. . President Tatt generally is credit ed with having scored heavilv against Congressman Littleton after the lat ter had attacked the Sherman law. and questioned its adequacy in curbing the trusts, steel-manufacturers are smiling over the incident, hut they were not responsible for the banquet arrangements. Thev are jubilant because the president per sonally played 'the-trumps and .aces for. -the 'government In the present crisis. TAFT'S SON WINS S;t7.- PRIF Announced One ol Four Brightest Boys In llaivard Law Class. Cambridge. Mass., Nov. 1.--Th,' tour brightest inch in Harvard Law School, as determined bv the award ol the Sears prizes, announcement, of which was marie- tonight, are Robert A. Tatt. son of the presldetit: Charles K. Hughes, sou of Justice ilighes, ol the I ntted States supreme court; J. C, Ruchanan, or Pittsburg, and F, S. Wyner, ot Boston. The prizes, which are of $375 each, are awarded annually to four students in the school who have done the most brilliant work in their clasB during the year, , mxmm n -rK.-iif-;:r.rri'i i..ir ... , ' " '' "-MrX,- ' " Mrs. buries M. Schwab, lie of the Slee! I i (is olliiial, wlia is said to have a collection ol lewels valued at. nioic than a ball million dollars. The c.i eater pact ol I hem are gitts troin bei- liiisbainl, uito' sought the best iiianiibirtiiiiiig p'Urlcis ol the runt inciil in obtaining the gems, which i:it lode several pearl and dia mond necklaces. Several ol I lie ilia mojtds'ui In-r inaiiilicetit eollectiou tit fewels arc the purest anil rarest of ibcir kind. I'lltsliuiM aetjUaiiitaiices Oi .Mis. .M-bwab ace (lnte envious ot her collcn inn ol ewels, hearking bak to lie- tunes when Mr. and Mrs. Sc hwab. i bo are miilli-millionaii'cs, nail little nioiiev and less n'welrv. FIRST GAME TODAY OF - w York. Nm. 44 . The Har-varu-Pi-ineeinn t'noi ball game at Print et on today , -.ptf.'rjf'i'ldo -ed.-..',a II i tin r eastern eoiitcsts, 'I liis is tin first . t he,:', triangitar i.erie.s be t'.ve.n Yah.'. Harvard and Princeton. It ranks -as one , if t ,i e year's three liisjieyu- eliitt'ijuoitship buttles.. 'I'.he it t: o M ill " be. . Yale-Princetoil, Nore.Ui.ir; .I.V .a.i'iii--. Yale-liarvaril No- 1 1, i!e r i'.n..., l.mlv netting. f'rittt eiita. X. .1.. Nov. I. --- Bell iug in. tile , Priiiei:tiin-Haryai'd. battle is lively; .with lirevailiui; odds ten io seven-'against, . Prim eton. : i'iie game . lirarks the renewal of foopiall . reltilious bctweeii Harvard and .'"Princeton after the. .lapse; of -fifteen": years. The wea'i her . is ideal. The ft l.i is in . fx rl'eet siitipe. in xv .m:vs. New Opera Ib iise Opened t Public Rev. VV. M. . (iilmori- Msilinu RclatiMs Oxlord ( li'ibana-ie ( lass I ..Hei'la ills. i Special to 'I'Ilc: Tinuv. . . illiuii., ; Nov;. I. T.ie Mel ropoli ftitt Tlieiitre DiVeiieii to. ..The Oublic last .Tuesday li igiii.. . 'I'bis nunie was tie: ill".! on by tlie jiltles wild v.t'.ip selet'tinl by lite manager.? of the opera; bouse A prize watt -offered.. 'of a season's ticket I'm- f lie best nil mo suggested, -.and. .Miss I'-aneUe Ruids i i1! of Kings -Mountain, one of tlie teat-iiers, in .the prasletl school, won i he. priz( " .; iiey. -y i. . O.ilmo'r.e. of Atlanta, was a- visitor here ias: ; week. He joined his; 'wife. 'who. in'.s fieen spend ing., the', simmier here ' v it ii Mr. iaiites i'aylor. itiitl thoy w ill gp from iiere to Saui'oiil to visit rela tives going from there to A't la.ii.ta.. I I ier P. 1 1. tiel-.l.' t-l.tit;- of the .attyl . ,.ttirk. fill 1 1 1 i s hed iu . .Wilson-, N. C. ami oe.' ol I iie. leading lU'eai'hers in . the, t'hristian eliurcil, ptViieJie.l .here' last Weilucstlax' night to a large (in.J.ience; 'I'.' Cape- fVtir Kit e Will Baptist iter.lert.nt e i,-' .: in session at .Spring l'r in eli , t in i i.-e,!. near . Dunn, t his wee , . A ti I f here is quite a "'-large at teii(!:iiit f of liiihis' ess and iav- Ifel; '.;'.' .. r ' ; The .W'otiM-irs llotiie Mission- So- imoiv til the ,M. K. t-buri.-h. Favette- vilj.e t'li.it rift . is: ill: session here this wriik'v'-'iinti mi lie a' number of the ir,ti:neii won, en of the church are in a! it iii'aut.'i- Tiie meeting .Will last .for sevoi ar days and . the pro c.rtiin proiuisi's lo be very interest ing to those inierested'ln this phase ol' tlie. i-liiit'i .'H'S work.. . '; '. '".: 1 Iti' siiii.tiig' ( tass ol tne Oxford Orphan Am nt m rendered quite an tii.tracti,vi(- pro-grain at the C hristian chiilTli last. .Monday , night.: The trowd was entirely too large for tho church, hence quite a large number could not get scats. Dunn alwavs gives the. orphans a hearty welcome and hereafter we can entertain the large crowds in the Metropolitan Theatre. , , r f Lm '. Jssoctated Press A Service MR. HAMILTON J BRINGS SUIT Raleigh Man Will Ask $10,000 Damages From Kir. Henry C. Bridgets "'. ; j AN AUTOMOBILE MISHAP Injury of Little Hamilton Near High school Building Friday, September 8, Leads to Civil Action in Wako Superior Court Mrs. Bessie M. Armstrong Sues iloth SealKMirtt and Soul bein for Death of Her Husband, W. W. Armstrongs To Ask For sa.",(MIO. ' '.'i.' : ': ill-. Heiifv V. Brldgers, whose au tomobile struck little Emma Hamil ton on Friday, September 8, inflict ing pain! in injuries, faces an action, in Wake superior court. The suit is entitled 'Emma Hamilton, by her next friend, Rufus S. Hamilton, vs. Henry C. Brldgers." The attorneys lor the plaintiff are Messrs. Armi stead Jones. & Son and Mr. Walter I.. Watson. Although the complaint has not been filed, it is understood that dam ages in the sum of $10,000 will be asked for. It will be alleged that Mr. Bridgers, alter injuring the child through reckless driving, and carrying her to the home of her par ents, did not so much as make In quiries as to her condition during her long illness and manifested no interest in her recovery. It was re ported at the time of the child's ill ness that Air, Bridgers had employ ed nurses and a physician to take care of her,-but this was denied to day bv Mr, Hamilton. Readers of The Times will remem ber the accident. On Friday morn ing. September &, shortly-, before noon the little Hamilton child and several other children were en route to the high school building and were on Morgan street wherf an au tomobile struck one of the children. At the time of the accident Mr, Bridgers seemed distressed and car ried the iniured child to her home. He said he was unable to prevent the accident.' and several who saw the mishap said it was entirely acci dental. For several weeks the child s life bung in the balenee. Her physi cian Pr .lames McGee. discharged her-a few weeks ago Another Damage Suit. Mrs Bessie M. Armstrong, widow d'f AV. W. Armstrong, who was killed bv a train or trains near the state penitentiary several weeks ago, has as administratrix brought suit against the Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway lor the death of her husband. The complaint has not been filed but it. was said today that S 2 -" 'nut would be asked for. Messrs. Douglass. Lyon & Douglass are attorneys for Mrs. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was apparently struck bv a Seaboard or Southern train the tracks are parallel and knocked to another tracK and run. over The facts of the accident were lnrd to get at at the. time, and Mr. Armstrong died a few days after wards at Rex .Hospital-. .. BOV KILI.F.D. Struck Over llcn.l With Piece of Wood, Accidentally Ki)H'K Htm. (Special to The Times.) Dover N C, Nov. 4 A peculiar fni.il accident, occurred here, not far from New Bern, yesterday afternoon when Reich Richardson, boy seven years of age. was struck on the head with a piece of wood and killed. H seems that one of the laborers in the employ of the boy's father had hauled a load of wood; that he was ,,,,i in tiirowlnu the ood from the wagon across a fence when the lad passed along. One pf the chunKB of wood struck him in the head tn- Dieting an injury from which he died within halt an .hour, Moving I'lcliircs of (Jood Kuan's. Washington. Nov. 4 Moving pic tures of model road construction, taken bv the federal good roads bu reau, will be shown during the con vention of the American association for highway improvement, at Rich mond, Va., beginning November. 20. (ieiiuaii and French AftTecment. , Rerun..-'Nov. 4 The Morocco and French Congo agreement between France and Germany was signea py, the German Minister Foreign affairs Her Von Ktderlen-Waetchtet and thai Krencti ambassador, M. Canibon. . j
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