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Vel LXX. No. 135. The Weather RAIN. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE C2NTZ. , ", 1 ... ... - 1 , "'Tja IM"MW"MM""""M""MM"M""MMMM"7)r Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R,aleigh of any Other Newspaper : WORK OF THE Baptists Are Progressing Rapid!: Witb the Work; Before the State Conrention MNY REPORTS HEARD Work at yesterday's Meeting of the Convention Dr. Frost Speaks of the Work of the Sunday School Board Declared Board Is Worth All Its Coat and More Report of Board of Education Bead by Dr. Cnllom Work of the Home Mis sion Board Mission Work in the Mountains Discussed by Dr. A. E, Brown.;.;. ,;iM . (By C. B. TAYLOR.) WlnstonrSalem, N. C, Dec. 7 The morning session of the Baptist Convention began with devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. M. A Adams, of Wlntervllle. The report . of the financial plan was read by Rev. C. E. Maddry. Prof. F, P. Hob good read the report of trustees of Thomasvllle orphanage. A short talk was made by Manager Kesler. Rev. Oscar L." Powers ,of Scot land Neck, made the ablest talk of the convention and delivered a most pathetic plea for children of the or phanage. It was declared by many the best orphanage speech ever de livered before a Baptist State Con ventlon. . -.' : ., Rov. Walter N. Johnson, of Wake Forest, read, the, report of state mis sions and spoke on it. A recital will be given from 5 to 6 o'clock this afternoon by Salem Fe mate College, complimentary to the members of the convention. Reports In Detail. Winston-Salem, Dec. 7 The ses sions of the convention began yes terday morning at 9 o'clock with de votional exercises being conducted by Rev. James Long, of Morganton. It was a sweet communion with God, the ministers and laymen had, early in the morning while their souls were fresh, and deep did they drink at the well, filling to the full of the sweet communion spirit that carried them all through the day. President Durham announced that the time had arrived for the report of board of missions and Sunday schools, and Dr. Livingston John son, ' of Raleigh, came forward and read the report for the board, it spoke of the now Biblical Recorder building, being completed and Bap tist headquarters--a very compre hensive report, It covered every scope of (the mission work. When Dr Johnson made the statement that tU mission board bad come before the convention not only clear of debt but with a little 1400 surplus, the brethren forgot themselves lu their Joy and applauded. It made sev eral recommendations regarding the financial methods of the church. It recommended that appropriations shall not exceed $50,000 to state missions and $2,600 to the Sunday school work. 'In conclusion the re port said: "Surely the million dollar (Continued. on Page Two.) IN DR. HYDE CASE Kansas City, Dec. 7--Tbe success ful attempts of the state to Intro duce testimony not directly connect ed with the death of Col. Thomas H. Swope, for whose alleged murder Dr. B. Clark Hyde, is now on trial (or a second time, is causing the de fense considerable worry. MIms Eliza beth Gordon, nurse, resumed her story about how Hyde injected what the state asserts was pus put into the arm- of Margaret Swope under the guise of camphorated oil. 'The de fense objected strenuously to this testimony. HON - ' Big Demand for Small Coins. . Washington. Dec. 7 The demand In the east and south for 1911 quar ters and half dollars has been so great that the treasury of Holals have given hankers notice that no more applications will be filed. There Is always an unusual demand for new fcons Just before Cchistmas, but it Is heavier this year than ever be fore, 1 '. si,.-;'l n' -"' t-i u1""?-'"'";.- "., 1 . '.:' '.-:-. . - " ''': '-,:?' "-:-::.-"'-. V ' " Aboul Kassim, the Recent of Per sia, who heads tho appeal of the Na tional Council of Persia to the Par liaments of the world as to the treat ment of Ills country by the Russian government who have taken um brage at the Ann stand taken by Mor gan 8huster, the young American who has charge of the finances of Persia. . DETECTIVE BURNS IN NEW YORK CITY New York, Dec. 7 William J. Burns, the detective who captured the McNaraaras, arrived to consult with Walter Drew, counsel for the National Erectors Association-, which retained him to investigate more than one hundred dynamite outrages throughout the country. "I have come," said Burns, "to look Into certain dynamltinga here for which the McNamaras and that gang are responsible. Every dyna miting which occurred since 1906 may be traced directly or indirectly to the McNamaras and the men be hind them." Disavowing any enmity towards organized labor and declaring that such conservative leaders as John Mitchell and others have stood be hind me and my work," Burns said "if unionism is to prevail it must kick out, boots and breeches, the corrupt and dishonest leaders and corrupt machine which Is dragging it down today. '- Burns said the McNamara case has been the greatest blow to socialism in the history of this country. Burns said he did not efrpect any further confression from the McNamaras And the iron workers arc not the only, union guilty of dynamiting," lie said. "There are others but to say who would be obviously unwise." ' DISASTROUS ESCAPADE Boys Who Stole Auto Get Prison Sentences One of Them Killed. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 7 -Three to Bve years in prison for Robert R. Taft, ten months in Jail for Ray mond Mason, and a grave in a lonely country cemetery, seven miles from Buchanan, Va.. for Richard Clark, is the termination of an escapade of three Springfield, Mass., youths which began September 20th, with the theft of a 14,000 automobile be longing to George L. Bldwell, of this city. The boys drove the machine to Virginia, and when near Buchan an met with an accident In which the car was overturned and Clark killed. He was burled in a email cemotery near the scene. The other two were subsequently arrested and tried. Yesterday sentences were im posed. Taft is 19, Mason 17. All-American Football Team. New Haven. , Deo. 7- Walter Camp's choice for an all American football team is us follows: Ends: White. Princeton, and ' Bomelsler. Yale tackles, Hart, Princeton, and Devore: West Point: euards. Fisher, Harvard and Duff, Princeton; center, Ketchum,- Yale; quarterback, Howe, Yale; haUbacks, Wendell, Harvard; and Thorpe, Carlisle; fullback, Dal- ton, Annapolis. - postal Savings Depositories. (Special to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Deo. 7 Anna F. Clark, has been appointed post master at Carlyle, McDowell county, vice T.. A.-Edwards,, resigned. , MsdISoh and Waynesboro were designated postal savings depositor ies. CORONATION OF EAR The King and Ooeen At Delh FOr the - Coronation Ceremonies A GORGEOUS DISPLAY Imperial Salute of OI (Jans Welcom ed' the King-Emperor and Queen Empress on Their Arrival at Delhi From Bombay Indian : Princes, Military' OHlrers. Government Off rials and Great Stienui-s of Natives Witness the Procession Their Majesties Introduced to 150 Rul lug Chiefs. Delhi,-India, Doe. 7 An Imperial salute i of 101 : guns welcomed the king-emperor and queen-empress on their arrival from Bombay.- Equip ages vied with each other In splen dor as they passed along tho roads crowded with Indian princes, mill tary officers, government officials, and 'streams of natives. The route to the coronation camp was lined al ternately by British and Indian reg iments. : After tho series of presentations their majesties proceeded to the pa- villlon, where 150 ruling chiefs were introduced. .The brilliant ceremony, with its gorgeous display of jewels and richly colored garments, occu pied considerable time. Their majesties entered the city through tho king's gate, now opened for the first time since 1857 .when the king of Delhi went to public wor ship. A quarter of a million persons took up their quarters In the canvas city. , Throughout the morning the coming and going of great dignita ries continued. WOMAN LEADS PIG OX CIIAIX. Pet Animal on Silver Leash Startles Pittsburgh. Pittsburg. Dec. 7 -ChurcHgoing Pittsburg was startled last evening about 7:30 when a fashionable dress. ed woman appeared in Fifth avenue strolling along, leading a little brown pig at the end of a silver chain. Crowds gathered and followed the woman, who appeared not to notice them, and pursued the even tenor of her way. Hundreds of persons stopped to watch her, but she marched ahead, the little brown pig following at the end of his silver chain, just like a well-trained dog, The woman, when questioned by a reporter, Biiid the pig was a blue-blooded animal. The woman gave her name as Mine. Grin ardi, said she was from New York, that she w-as not au actress looking for notoriety, but would give no fur ther information. She disappeared Into one of the hotels, taking her little pig with her. Gary Before Steel Committee. Washington, Dec. 7. -E. H. Gary, of the United States steel corpora tion, testified before the senate in terstate commerce committee that he always believed it was entirely legal for competitors to come together, mutually disclose their business con ditions to steady and balance trade, without any agreement on prices. M'NAMARAS BEFORE FEDERAL GRAND JURY Loa Angeles, Doe. 7 The Mo Namara brothers whoso complicity In an alleged dynamiting conspiracy be came a matter of investigation, after their ".confessions of guilt and their sentences to terms in the state peni tentiary, today faced a vigorous ordeal when Interrogated by a special prosecutor In the government's probe Into alleged trafficking in dynamite and the misuse of mails to promote destruction of property where labor warfare war Involved. The federal grand jury met with the expectation of getting from the McNamaras do tails sufficient to bring within tho purview of the law, those persons who nay have been employed in pro; motlng their purpose in -defense of organized labor. What the r Mc Namaras would tell the grand jury remained a mystery. It was believed they would tell enough to warrant the jury Investigating the methods Of other men. 1 District Attorney Drops the Cass Moss, Wlio Impersonated a Federal Officer, Said to Tic Mentally Irre sponsibleBuggy Struck by Train Poultry Show. (Special to The Times.) Greensboro,, Dec. 7-r-Dlstrict At torney Holton yesterday afternoon announced in United States cou''t that he would take a nol pros In the case of W. V. Moss, an eccentric white man who was charged with Impersonating a I lilted States oCti cer. Several months ae;o Mess went to the Elks club here and demand ed to search the building. Ho was asked "How come, ' and in reply ex hibited a United Stales deputy mar shal . badge. Unfortunately he sprung It almost In the face of Judge Jame3 E. Boyd and his clerk, J.M. Millikan, both members of the Elks club and they in turn wanted to know "how come." The result was a warrant and federal indictment. Moss, it Is said tried the same trick In Raleigh and at. oilier points. Dis trict Attorney Holton gave as reasons for the nol pros, "mental irrespon sibility." Two ladles and two little girls had a miraculous escape from death or serious injury at the Davie street crossing of the Southern Railwav late yesterday afternoon when a shifting engine struck a biiKfO' n which thev were riding. The occupants, Mrs. M." E. Watkins, or Caswell county, and Mrs. W. N. Cox. of Brown Sum mit, with two little daughters of the former, were driving a top buggy and the watchman of the crossing declares they ignored his warning. The engine literally lifted the buggy from Its path, demolished it and pitched its occupants to the side. They were carried Into a nearby store and examirattrfii shewed ii" juries of such as to have, fatal result;- An unusually ar.trwtive -program has been arranged for the annua! meeting tonight oi the Guilford county medical society, when ol fl eers will he elected, addresses made and a smoker held m the Commercial National bank building. By ah order of -Judge -Oliver If. Allen the firm of T. A. Walker snd Company, tailors, was placed in the hands of a receiver yesterday upon petition of Watt Bros and Company, of Lynchburg. W. H. Swift, was named as receiver. In the complaint the .'indebtedness -Is alleged to be more than $6,000. The assets are not named. The third annual show of the Guil ford county poultry association will be held here Dec. 19-21. Added in terest Is attached to the exhibit by the fact that on the same 'date will be gathered here poultry raisers and fanciers from all parts of the state, it being a convention of the - state branch of the American Poultry As sociation. Representatives of a', local poultry associations of the state will also attend with a view towards organizing a state league of poultry associations. MEMBERS OF BOARD O O MAV HAVE STATEMENT. O O ' t Although nothing could be 0 0 learned 'officially,'- it is under- 8 0 stood that the state board of 0 0 agriculture discussed behind 0 0 closed '..: doors today certain 0 0 phases of the report of the 0 0 commissioner, Maj. W. A. Gra- 0 0 ham who yesterday informed 0 0 the board that he was elected 0 0 commissioner by the people, 0 0 that he knew his duties and 0 0 would attend to them strictly. 0 O The commissioner In his re- 0 0 port let it be understood that 0 0 he would not tolerate interfor- 0 0 ence or usurpation. It was ex- 0 i O' pected today that the members 0 j 0 of the board would prepare a 0 0 statement tor the public, but 0 0. this will be done1 tomorrow, it 0 0 Is thought if any notion iB tak- 0 0 en at all. 0 v' ' O 000 0 00 0O0000O00 Forty-Two Persons Poisoned. Now York, Dec. 7-Forty-two per sons are under physicians care In an east sldetenoment, suffering ptomaine poisoning from eating tomatoe sauce from grocery. None of tho cases will likely prove fatal. - . ; Maurotania Floated. liiverpool, .DeOii 7- The Cunard Liner Mauretania which went aground near. i Dingle . during the storm last night was floated: this j pioinlog. . J FREiSHT Cffi Commerce Commission IVlakes Im portant Ruliag About Inter change ol Cars TWO UNLAWfUL AITS Hie Temporary Confiscation by One Ituilrotul of Another Line's ( ars and the Refusal ol a llmlroucl o Let Its Curs Go Oil' Its Oun j.jne Are Both I nlawful ltmli-ouds Are h.viH'cted Ut Make Such Rules For the Iteluris of Cars as Will Terminate Such AbitseN. Washington, Dec. 7 Hie inter state commerce commission holds "that the temporary confiscation by carriers ol the curs of other railroads and the placing -of embargoes against cars being sent oil the lines of own era are alike uiiiiiwiu! and the rail roads are expected to make such rules tor the return ot cars as will terminate such- aliases." .-. ,.: : Under this' decision -all 'cars f jk( charijie rules ol the American pii"N way Association become subject, to the commission's renulations. ford ing it abMouiio -jurisdiction over transportation.: -'as-; well a? over charges'; of , all "freight. - - '.'The case which culled forth the de cision was one in which the Missouri and Illinois Coal (omp:inv complain ed of the embargo establishment last winter by the Illinois Central Rail road a'gai.nst the Hi.bvemei.it. of coal from mines on its lines in 1 llinois to UonilJjjm. .Missouri, on the (jronfil that it it allowed its cats to no to the linos in .Missouri ilie cars would be confiscated, and the 1 1 1 inc. i a Cen tral would .not' have, siil'ficieiit equip-" ment to. condm.I Its loi;.-il ''bu's'm'oBS.--. DVXAMlTi: IN PENITENTIARY IMot fP W!:l')Ue !)e!iViiy t Id'avemvorth Foiled. Leavenworth, Kas., Dec. 7 -1 he finding ot 12 loaded revolvers and four stick3 of i!v nam it e in tin Ind eral penitenuarv- yard at Fort Leav enworth late todav pro'iablv prevent ed', a wholesale outbreak: of goverh niont' prisoners .rivaling the,.' mutiny of November 7, 11101, when l con victs escaped aCter one Kunrd and three of their number had been kill ed. The confederate, of the prisoners, whoever he was. broke through the outside door of a tower Wednesday night and lowered the arms and e plosivcs inside the wall. 1 hey wero hidden under a pile ot wlvel-bar-rows. Tho convicts were no. . al lowed, in the yard on-Thursday;, and today V. 5i. Belt z, a cuard, toimd the package before the.v had a chance to get it. Autoiwy Ordei-ed. New York, Dee. 7--An autoisy has been ordered on the body of Mrs. Nellie Burrelle, president of a clip ping bureau, who died yesterday. An anonymous telephone message led the coroner to believe the woman did not die from na'urai causes. IHH CASE If. HE FEDERAL CO (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Doc. 7-The cases against. Wellwrn Nance and Code Lane against Wclborn Nance- nnd ode Lane of 'Wilkes county, easily tho most Important ot the term, wore called In 1'iiited htates court Ibis mornirn and tho counsel announced that it. would probably be concluded by noou tomorrow. Nance nnd Lane aro al leged leaders of the party which at tacked reveuuo officers in Wilkes county about three months ago, when Deputy Robert Henry was badly wounded. Tho horses of the party, which had been tied in a clump of bushes, were shot and their saddles cut to pieces before the assault was made upon the officers. . Nance and Lane escaped and were later out lawed by the state authorities, the government also offering a reward of $600 each for their capture. Judge W, P. Bynum is leading counsel for; the defense and District Attorney Holton is directing the firo of the; government. - s , J- v.. ir- it i' I'.cniiiiiim J, D-.tveen, youngest of the loin iiiillionnu-e members of the firm ol iiiiveen Rrotlicrs, art dealers, who were convicted lor art. siniig glmK anil who was recently fined S1.",0() liy .Inline Molt, in the I luted St:Kcs ( iremt Court of New York. l!iu-eii left EnIanil liiirnedly to cs c:iie Kirfcitiiu a S."0,t( bail bond, mid lie lined a special train troni Portland,- !c. to lie in court on the flwv set lor Ins sentence. VBITE m HELD tpid! c vrnon m try hi nm) Decaturville, Tenn., Dec. 7 After leaving the witness stand during the coroner s inouest into the murder of three negroes two White-witnesses wore, arrested! They are' George Shel ton and .lohn Bailey. ..Warrants cliHTprlntr' trip!(r-Trr'.Wn were "s:worn to iiy Kinsmen of the victims. ! ;ie murders occurred several days a:;0 ! As Renj-imin ..'' Petiigrew, . a negro' and tils t wo children Were oh the 'way' -'to 'market '.with' cotton, tliey where held up and kilted. Robbery, it is srud was the motive, ft was believed Pet t! crew- was taking money to tne bank. : ii h;sl'i r m w a si khi: Mr. Ed Tavlor Took His Own Life Mr. (lo.luin Returns to Wasliing ". ton. , ' Dunn C 1) 7 -Mi Fd Taylor," a youhs 'inan about 3 2 years old. was found dead Tuesday- morn ing about three hundreds' 'yards from his house with the entire top of his skull shot. awav. Mr. Tavlor left home Monday morning to go hunting and as he. did not return his wife became uneasy and ' informed: her neighbors who beeari a -search, for I he nnssuii; miiii. 1 he count v coroner came down and iiiioannclcil a jury who - rendered u verdict; thiit he caine to his. de;;t i l...v !ii; ov.'a hand. The evidence : show ed that. '. "i". Taylor committed tho awful died by putting his gun oti the ton ot the fence?, hold ing tho -muzzle ol the friiii close to his head and puslune. the trmger with a forked stick. The deceased was a hardworking; farmer, and leaves . a wife and several smuil children to mourn his untimely death. Rev. E. M-. S nines accompanied by his wife has been in town for sev eral days yisit.ing his many friends. He was pasfoi': of the ; Methodist church here for four years, and is now located at llnxhoio. Hon. H. L. Godwin, aerompnnied bv his wife, loft tor W ashington this week to assume his congressional duties. Mrs. (lodwln will remain with her husband until the Christmas holidays. The Bank ol iMo I' ear in puMiiig in new oflice fixtures and. a tile floor nnd when completed will be rjiute an addition to the many handsome business! hpusen in town. The entire job If bi'lnu done hv the Hunn Hnrd voori Co. which rocs to show that we do not liave to go out. of town to have (his rluss of work done. Messrs. .1. lv. Pittmnu and wife, lauii I i Mm anil 1 ( ( litToul are ntlendiiw; the Baptist convention at .'Winston-Salem this week. Mr. Clifford made one of- the addresses ot tho convention. Automobile Blade Led tu Arrest. : I Li: a. Uec. 7 When the dead bodv or Daniel Donovan was picked tip last night in the river road here, the. blade ot an automobile air fan dropped from beneath his coat. After visiting the garages of several nearby villages Sheriff Becker arrested George H. Sherman, in Herkimer. The blade fitted Into a- broken fan on Sher man's machine. The prisoner refused to talk. ,i If M : vn ..J .. LAST WIRE IS SIMS Completes Span of Eighty-nine Wiles From Blewetts Falls to A MAGNIFICENT PLANT Largest Hydro-Electric Power House Sou tli of Niagara Falls to Goner ate Current by February for Mills, Factories and Cities-Northern Capitalists Interested in Sights to Be Seen-Many Acres to Be Under Water Great . Force Working? Night and Day. t , Completing the span of eighty-nine nulott friim thf pitv nf Rnlpiffh la. Blewitt s falls, the last high-potentiaf wire was strung last night across the Yadkin river and into the enormous power house in which electric energy will be generated to drive mills and factories and light cities within a hundred and fifty miles of the plant' There were forty capitalists and a number Raleigh of business men were present to see the finish of the transmission line. Standing on top -of the nearly finished power-house,-the tall steel towers could be seen" tor miles, these carrying the costly copper cables which will transmit ' hundred thousand volts from the thirty-two thousand horsepower of the river. Everything is being put . in readiness for turning on the cur rent on February first. Eight bun-,i dred meu are working day and night to finish what is probably the largest Falls. as nosis yesteraay, air, . Mitchell, president of the Electric"' Bond & Share Co.; Col. Cbas. E. .lohuson of the Carolina Power & Light Co., and Mr. Frank Abbott, superintendent of construction, filled their positions most delightfully. 1 heir guests arrived at the falls- in a specially chartered train over the Seaboard Air Line, consisting of two Pullmans, a diner and a baggage car, in personal charge of Mr. H. S. Leard, division passenger agent. The many interesting features of - the place were shown and explained, the day being devoted to tins purpose. The Great Dam. After alighting from the train, which stops directly in front of the general office, the visitors were con ducted to the great dam, 1,650 feet long and Ct feet high, constructed of : concrete and stone, which is now Hearing completion. Within ten days, all the concrete work on tho dani will be unshed and it will bo ready to hold the. great 'fiver in check with the' closing of the sluice gates. DelM enng Material. Material for the dam is delivered directly from freight cars to the dam bv means of an aerial tramway. Thh) is a heavy cable suspended front towers at each end of the dam, the material being hauled out to any point desired in large buckets , or baskets. Several visitors ascended ladders to the top of the dan) Jo see (Continued on Page: Two.) 1 svrrv t. ' ' v k f ..if Chicago, Doc. 7 ,Thirly-eIglt'hiu-dred (striking shopmen. of the.UHnoJa Central linos condemned n the-,; Mst; Namara brot hers and declared .death, bbould havo been the penalty, allot-. ted them. Action was taken at a mass meetiug of the Buruside shop federation. ,. . . Vlolonco. or any kind lu labor con troversy wail held Injurious to uulda labor. " Butler Brings High Price., Chicago, Dec. T--When the price, of fancy creamery : butter yesterday, advanced to 37 cents a pound Whole-: Bale, the highest market for this Ben son of the year, was reached Since 1888, according to old time dealers. Fire in New York Town, v, ; ! Bonnton, N. ' J., Dec, 7 Nina stores and two hotels in the. busi ness district were destroyed by Are, the loss is estimated at eighty thous and dollars. The blaze originated, ins a laundry. - :i oi; t 1 , j '-.'..'. ,;;,:,;.'(,.; ;'::;X' V" h'-MX5 't
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