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JssocUted Press Strvlc E JssocUtett Pr$ss , ; Strvta1 Vol. LXXI. No. 34. Weather SNOW. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper CHEMIST TO TO FIND Solicitor Norris Directs Further Probling Into the Death of Three Young Benson Men WAITS FOR RESULT While Chemist Is Determining if Foul Play Was Cause of Death In vestigation by Coroner Will Halt Home Things That Officers Can not Keconeile Make I'rohinjs All .More to he Desired William Hunter, First Man in Hooni, Has Reputation County Commission ers Will Hear Expense, No Doubt. Solicitor, 11. R. Norris, on his re turn to Kaleigh from Lillington to day, directed that, an analysis of the parts of the. bodies of the three young men found In Frank Wilson's place Monday night be made by Dr. C. A. Withers, chemist at the A. and M. College. The sanction of the county commissioners first must he obtained, but County Attorney B. C. Ileckwlth is of the opinion that an analysis should be made to clear UP, If possible, a matter that has caused no end of discussion from one end of the state to the other. There is no doubt that the commis sioners will stand for the expense, and it Is probable that Dr. Withers will be ordered in a day or so to proceed with the analysis. Solicitor Norris has been busy all week prosecuting cases in the Har nett couuty superior eourt- and for this reason has not been able to laarn mnnv nf the rircnnifltflnceB even those that came out at the coroner's Inquest of the death of JiUfH tuiLQi, vicu riciiiigaii unu ni ton Johnson, the three young men of Benson who met death at Wil son's place. Mystifying. There are things in the case that the officers cannot reconcile. Why three young men, all knowing some thing about automobiles, should go to sleep without turning oft the gas; why nobody detected the odor of gas until the door was opened by William Hunter Monday night; why some of the articles said to be owned by the young men could not be found; why telephone calls of in quiry were not given proper consid eration these are some of the things that mystify the officers. An Kx-Convirt, It was brought out today that .William Hunter, who was one of the first persons to enter the room where the dead bodies were found, served 12 months In the penitentiary for Mr. Merchant: Do the people of Kal eigh read The Times ? Does The Times go into their homes ? Does the sun shine? There were more than 5,000 school children of Kaleigh and Wake coun ty in front of the Grand Theatre this morning, invited there through the columns of The Times to hear Noodles Fagan. There has not been a word about Noodles iu any other IRaleigh pa per. Fully 12,000 per sons have heard him this week after read ing the announcements that The Times carried about him. Do, you think The Times is making good? ANALYZE THE CAUSE larceny, being sent up from , Cleve land county' in 1895, and his figure, officers say, has hot been unfamiliar in the walls of the Wake county jail. , ' ' Probing Necessary. .The fact that the place maintain ed by Frank Wilson Is said not to be the best reputed In the city makes the officers feel that nothing short of a thorough probing even though there may be grave doubts as to foul play Is absolutely necessary to clear away a possible stain on tho city of Ralolgh. '.". Until the analysis of parts of the bodies Is completed, the coroner's jury will not render its report. (iRKMANY ICKIJOl'ND Tni'ts of Baltic Sea and Confluents of Rhine -Frozen Over, Berlin, Feb 10. The great cold wave continues and iB most severe in the northwest. Holstein reports a temperature of 24 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. In Berlin and vi cinity the mercury has fallen as low as 1 3. The Baltic between Meck lenburg and Denmark is frozen over and steamship traffic between Warn cmunde and Gjedser, Denmark, has been suspended. The river Elbe is filled with heavy ice and the large ocean liners are having difficulty in reaching Ham burg. The smaller steamships are stopping at Cuxhaven. Wilhelm shaven is almost Ice-locked and Kiel Ford is almost impossible of en trance to 'the largest vessels. The cattle steamship Stadt Kap pein has been wrecked in the North Sea, but the crew were saved. The Rhine has been made danger ous to navigation by the drift and Its confluents are frozen over, which is a rare occurrence. KIlil.KI) 11Y HIS CAR Left It In High Oour While Cranking It Car l'lunged Forward. Athens, Ga., Feb. 10. Former State Representative John U. C Stevens, aged UU, planter, merchant and Confederate veteran, was killed by his automobile in which his wife was seated near Comer, yesterday afternoon. The car was left In high gear. Stevens attempted to crank it. The car plunged forward, dragging him several yards. Stevens was dead when picked up. LYKF.S DROl'PKD FROM HOLL Army Lieutenant From South Can Una He-Appointed at Post. Washington, D. C, Feb. 10--Lieut Gibbes Lykcs, of the ninth cavalry, was dropped from the list of army officers. Lykes was granted leave from his post at Fortress Wyoming last October. He never re-appeared. Army regulations provide that an of ficer absent without leave ninety days, may be dropped as a deserter Lykes is a native of South Carolina Senator Tillman secured sixty addi tional days in which Lykes could make lils appearance. Milk Operator Win. Washington, Feb. 10. The whole sale milk oporators In Boston, Mass., won a substantial victory through the decision of the interstate com merce commission, of what is known as the "Boston Milk Case." The commission holds of "That the leas ed car system is not, if the tariffs are properly framed, unlawful." President Reprieves Negro Woman Washington, Feb. 10. The presi dent reprieved for CI days Mattio Lomax, a negro woman under death sentence here for murdering her husband. Pending decision of the case In the District of Columbia courts Involving the right of the Jury to give a qualified verdict In a homt clde trial. Coaling For Departure For China. - Honolula, Feb. 10. The cruiser West Virginia Is coaling for depar ture today. China, It Is rumored, is ber destination. Rear Admiral Thomas says his orders are to hold the fleet In readiness. HENDERSON NEWS Warehouses Busy Hi"; Loads of To. 'burro Coming in Daily. (Special to The Times. I Henderson, N. C, Feb. '10. Our warehousemen are all busy bit; loads of tobacco are comiug in dally -the prices are high, .and we have never seen brighter or mine beautiful tobacco; Tlnis is the gold leaf tobacco belt, of North Carolina. Kvcry line of business seems good in Henderson now. The mighty water power from lilewitt 'Falls, on the fee llee river, hns been turned into Henderson am! our electric lights and many of our enterprises are run by it. The gas plant has been establi sh ed here and will soon be at. work. If has filed its application, with the sec retary of the state for a charter. The capital stock of the new corpora tion Is $200,000,' and the incorpor ators are Messrs. A. M. .Worstall and William Keummerle, of I'liiliuli Iphia. oral Mr. .). C. Kittrell. of :iis citv. The "Henderson (las Company" has all (ho mony it n oils 'end means business from the Word go. DIES RAPS III! Democrats Cheer the Resentment Ex pressed by Texas Repre sentative Washington, Feb.: 10 Wm. .1. Bryan was held .'up' to the house as "an evil genius hovering on the flanks of democracy," by Represen tative Martin E. Dies, of Texas,, who replied to the Commoner's latest at tack upon the democrat house mem bers. Democrats and republicans alike cheered Dies declaration that he "neither feared the power nor re spected the judgment of the Ne braskan, and his further announce ment that the democracy, under the leadership of Champ Clark and Oscar W. Underwood was headed toward complete success, provoked the. dem ocracic side of the house into storms of applause. "1 am almost ready to join Gov ernor Wilson in his desire to find some decently and orderdy manner of knocking Hryan into a cocked hat," said Dies amidst a roar of democratic laughter and applause. Dies' attack upon Hryan followed the latter's declaration in the last issue of the Commoner that thirteen democrats wao voted against the re cent amendment In the house to re quire publicity of all recommenda tions to the president on judgeship appointments' were "unworthy to rep resent a democratic constituency." Dies declared if Hryan had Spent as much time reading law as he bad attacking ' democrats in public life he would have known that the pro posed law would be unconstitutional and an Infringement of the presi dent's lights." "Bryan .has led the democrats through three disastrous defeats cried Dies. "Like the Bourbons of old he has learned nothing and for gotten nothing. Ho points our col umns straight to the rocks of St Helena. "The people are readv to give us more power. In this situation it Is a calamity, if not crime, for Bryan to sow seeds of discord in the ranks of the party'. Whatever we do here displeases him. The prosper! of democratic success seems to anger his very soul. I prefer to follow th leadership of the gentleman from Alabama, I have followed Don Quixote, of Nebraska, until I am wearying of a war upon wind mills I demand to be led against the flesh and blood enemies of democracy." The conclusion of Dies' remark able attack upon Bryan was marked by general applause and the cluster ing about him of h.s democratic col leagues who shook his hands. Two Feudists Killed By Constable. Pikeville, Ky., Feb. 10 Louis Hall, one of the country s most not ed feud leaders, was shot and killed at Shelby Gap by Constable John son, and later Morgan Hall, his son, met the same fate. The elder Hall was 83 years old. Clear Kill for Stephenson. Washington, Feb. 10. By a vote of 7 to 6 the senate privileges and elections committee approved the (sub-committee's report xonerating Senator Stephenson from corruption charges In connection with his elec tion. Birth Is an accident from which some men never recover. ' ffl 1 f UK BEFORE CiHE Solicitor of the Department of Agiieul- culture Tells Ancut Ever glades Transactions THE INQUIRY TUESDAY .McC.ibc -Outlines the' Attitudes of Kceictary iboii and HiiiiM-lr llel nllvo of (lie Land t'liHi, Changes of Suppressed Kcpoi l . a:n ilie Dis charge of Two I Mgineci's -.' lb-arises That" .'!";' : S of Kn-j:ine-s Were DiK lfi, I in', t .'ie Dc ',:i!tiicii( One i'iii i-':!;- Sti;,iyss cii by Hecfviiiry Wii.i-n's Order iuipKiy iteyi.i . 'I il.t. Vvat.iiiliRlon, Feb. MeCai.il', solicitor of i o'f agriculture, ur.jn Ji. Ilour.o eommii tee on the depart nielli ot outline' tho sitlii ml-' . Wiisou and himself i Florida everglade latfd of.. suppressed repoi i resentatives Clark i;it the discharge of Chi'. ' fcinecr C G. l'Hio!'. ;. ant A. A. .Morehouse, called to complete -11'c Ceo. . i' i i - !' 1 1 iiii iil. i li.'l'.ne til.' i:i ( in ill: ure to '.' :!'.;i retary '.-.-live tn the i ;iki. i liarges uaile iiy Kep ilati i i'-ii-l;, and 1ir..:a'aa- Kn "nl .his ausist .!( Cube Was sialement he began before the coiii'nitiee early in the week, preliminary to the iniuiry which begins Tuesday--. It was charged befurr the commit tee that the report ef .1. 0. Wright, formei iy department Engineer, and now drainage engineer-, of Florida, was not printed in a senate docu ment on the evergi.uies situation, until ' Wright revls-eil ilie proofs to conl'ortii "vitli hiti .j-i.".v,ial notes. Sen ator Fletcher of Florida who hud the everglade i pons 'printed as docu ment, declared the penute document "does contain the lull report made by. J, O. Wright,'' ;)ud that it"ap pears in the document precisely as ordered i-'et up :;nd printed by proper officers of depai inieiit.." . .' Why publicai ion of the report was stopped originally in I 10, Fletcher declared was unknown. 'Another phase to he iii-vcsthtated by the com mittee is why a Hri iilar on the ever glades published by Engineer Kl Iiott's order, and afterwards sup pressed, it is said, by Secretary Wil son's order, was not printed in the senate document. Representative.. Clark made publi a letter he received last October from Secretary Wilson, after Clark asked at whose instance ilie everglades cir cular and 'Wright report were sup pressed. "It is . impossible to furnish you with the names of all persons who advised suiipn .'ssion of the circular letter and . report,'" wrote Wilson. "We have no record of them ami my recollection is these persons made their request' upon me verbally." 4. bStTr ft MAY Kl'CCF.KD HAHLAX. Charles Xale, secret aiy of com merce and labor, who will undoubt edly be appointed usMiiciale justice of the siipieine court of the Vnltil KtiKes ns the successor of the late John M. Harlan. The members of the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity of A. & M. College have gone to Durham to attend a banquet at Trinity toulght, J ' A 4 "AI N'T DKLIA" OPTIMISTIC Thinks S'luspects for I'l esideiiCs Ke- lection Ivvi client . Vwisliington, Feb. 10. "Aunt Delia" Toriey on the first morning of - her winter visit to her "Nephew Will" at tin- white house found time today to discuss everything from politics to preserves with a vivacity that hclie.il the enlrv o1' her birtli in the old ianiiiy Hible just S7 years age. "Why, I'm sure th;:t I'm very hopeful (,f President Tuft's- le- noiainut ion and ideition," she said in. answer to un imjuiry. "I am ro ily eiil Musiastie mi r tlie political outlook. 1 1 ' excellent."-. More Tioops (o Kl I'aso, Wnsbini-lon. Feb. ' 1 A "lmf ta'l- ien of (lie IStli i n f i.'n t ry lias lieen orrle -eil "from Whipple barracks Ari zot'n. to Id i'ltso. Texas. Tile siiiiu- (ioil- ..luavez, oppc. ile !. I'aso, is rei.'ti'd 'lift! " ." I he i use r.'eel os beins niu ':ti lits- n vi i- (1 ove ; I In' ( !) rent ened eliu"' (,f Madero troops vial ALiieri c.ci ten it ::i-y. . Big Colts Revolver Shatters Ankle of C. W. Dunson Was .Amputated C. W. Dunston, manager of Mal leus Drug Store, was shot in the ankle, with a .48 calibre Colt's re volver at a pressing club on South Salisbury street about midnight last iilght. The large bullet shattered the ankle, and tlie foot was amputat ed at St. Agnes' Hospital today. It was by accident that the police learned of the ufTair, since it was not reported, and Capt. Mart Thomp son at once got on the job. Diiiis'im was under the Influence'., of"' ether at the hospital and of course could not give any . information and other col ored men questioned said they did not know anything about it. The pistol from which was fired (lie bullet is an. ugly-looking af fair. It's one of thos-.e big, long Colt's, blue-steel weapons, -calculated to scare anybody. There. was blood on the batrel. It is claimed by friends of Dunston that the shooting was accidental, but the police sire not satisfied with that theory of the case. V.W.r.VBI-K "WASH" OX UXF." Three Million in Securities Hung Out (o Kiv. New York, Fell, in. The staff of (he l'niied Life Insurance Company has just completed a ten days job of washing and ironing without pre cedent in New York, The "wash" which was hung on lilies stretched across the street by a big Wall street bank consisted of three thou sand pieces of paier, representing more than three miliou dollars. The securities were saved from the sub-cellar vaults of the burned Kiliiitalile -Building a fortnight ago and were soaked almost to a pulp when removed. chai.i.i:x(;i: i ou ai:i;i u, cu New York, Feb. : I 0, America's formal cluulenire for tlie coupe inter nal ionul odes aeronautes, which iier many look away from the Tinted Stales last . .' car. is on its way (o Berlin today. It is signed hy the aero cinii, (it AmericM, and gives notice that three American balloons will take pari in the next interna tional contest. Aeronauts to repre sent this country will be selected in an elimination '.contest at. Kansas City. Tlie date for the international contest Is to be set by the German organizniion, but intist be between April 1 and November 1. ,.- Hrailiaii Statesinnn Dead. Kio Janeiro, llra.il, Feb. 10. Baron Dc Klo Dranco, 'minister of foreign affairs died of uramia. Bran co was rated as Brazil's most capable statesman. Hranco partici pated prominently In the welcome to the American fleet on its visit to Itrazll In 1908. Imprisoned .Miners Heleused. Danville, 111., Feb. 10. After fif teen hours of imprisonment In Fair mount Coal Shaft, fifty miners were released by. men who chopped the Ice from the shaft. The men were entombed yesterday by the breaking of the whecu coutrolliug tho case. shdi -raer m PISTOL 12,000 PEOPLE HEAR NOODLES THIS WEEK Five Thoused Hear Him at the Grand This Morning in Talks to -;V Capacity Houses The Children and the Old Folks vd From 9:30 Until 10:30 There Was a Steady Si. owards the Grand; the Doors Had to Be Closed foi First Talk Before 10:00. Last Appearance Tonight. Never before ill the history of Kaleigh have so maiiy't liildren been gat lie red ..together u one time as there'- were this morning to greet "Noodles" Fagan when he gave his well known lecture, "Around the World.." illustrated with picture slides. From 'all over the city the children came in a steady stream. The older (liil li-en and the parents crane too. ami it 'seemed as if every body In l.'ali icl; wanted to get ill the theatre. From' Hr.'iu until ltt:3u they eiiiiii' from all directions and lone, before Ion' o'clock, the hour set for the beginning of the lecture and show the Crand was packed from hot torn to top and soon: hundreds were waiting at the doors. So great was the crowd that it was at once determined to -repeat the lecture and the second house was almost as large as the first, and would have been just as large but for the rather raw weather which made it uncom fortable to Wait outside. This performance closed "Noo dles" public talks as the guest of The Times. His lecture and other talks about the city and his carni vals a the Grand will be long re membered by the children. "Noodles" closes his vaudeville engagement at the Grand theatre to night, which will be the last chance to see him. His act is the hit of the bill. : '" "Noodles' " great work in this city "during the last week has won him many warm friends. He will leave Raleigh tomorrow, having 'ac complished more in a single week than it; would be possible for most individuals to do in a year. During'. his stay he has instilled good, v.holesome thoughts and ad vice into thousands of school chil dren;: li,. lias cheered the weary, made glad the hearts of, many suf ferers '."and scattered seeds of sun shine and good cheer wherever he has .appeared. That the entire city has benefited by his visit goes with out saying. If Tlie Daily Times has assisted "Noodles" in a small way by throw ing publicity on bis great work, the results accomplished are ample pay ment. ' Children commenced to gather in front of the Grand before 10 o'clock this -morning and when the ' -loots were opened the line was the longest ever known at the playhouse. Despite tlie large number of children anxious to see "Noodles," who is the guest of The Times this week, thpre was not the slightest disorder. In keep ing the youngsters in line "Noor.le.;" was assisted by the boys themselves. (Jood Nature Contagions. The irrestilde good nature of "Nooilles" was contagious, and soon persuaded the whole line of wait ing kids. When the doors were finally opi nod by Manager Aronson (be youngsters marched In tlie same good order that charade, Ized their wail. . "It's just tlie wav you handle a bum li of kids," smilingly remarked "Noodles" allerwards. "Treat them kindly, and they will treat, y on sijuare." l'reliniinary to the lecture, the children were '-treated to a concert by the Grand orchestra, which set iliein wlbl with delight. They show ed their appreciation with repeated cheers for "Noodles," the Grand and The Times. V In commencing his address, "Noo dles" gave a graphic description of his life as a newsboy in New Yoik city, '.where he commenced his busi ness career as a street waif among the human flotsam of that great city. Aa he told how he oi'ttimeg had to peddle papers until 9 or 10 o'clock In .the. morning before asqulring enough pennies to buy a meagre breakfast; until 2 or 3 in the after noon to get dinner, and sometimes until midnight before accumulating enough to buy supper, tears appeared In the eyes of many, Tells of Hardships. "Noodles" then narrated the man ner in which he secured lodgings, sleeping in the jail sometimes, In dry goods boxes on other occasions, along the wharves or in the parks during warm weather, and some times on the gratings over the cellar windows of the newspaper officers along Park Row when the nights were cold and he could secure no place of shelter, keeping warm with the heat that came from the press rooms. "Those hardships wouldn't be tol erated by a city like Raleigh," and "Noodles", "but they are common for the newsboy without a home In New York." liefore he had finished his graphic description of the terrible life of a homeless youngster In the great city, dozens of children were weeping, and some of the older folks wej-e shedding tears also. The lecture ended with the big gest volley of cheers and yells and handclappings that was ever shot off in this playhouse. For there on the magic lantern screen was the liberty bell, and the national en campment at Gettysburg, and Wash ington crossing the Delaware and old glory. The audience every man Jack of them every Billy and Teddy and Johnny and Mary and Bettie Mike Ouiseppe and Ivan and Ludovlc in the bunch stood up in their seats and howled. And "Noodles' couldn't have stopped them if he'd wanted to. He hadn't he explained afterwards, the slightest desire to do so. "Noodles" waited until they -were all quiet again it was a good five minutes, And then the liberty bell still on the screen in front of them, he left the "travels of the world," that had formed the : fascinating topic of his talk, and began to speak to them on something very different indeed. "All Americans." "You know what that is boys, don't you?" said "Noodles." "And you know what it means, every fel low down there? Of course you do. '"There's- not a boy down there in that audience, no matter where you were born or what country your parents came from, that isn't Ameri can that doesn't know what the lib erty bell stands for, and what old glory means. "It's a pretty good old country to live in, isn't it, fellows? And you are mighty glad you are Americans, arenf you? Of course you are, every one. "But it isn't enough to be glad. You've got to work for your coun try. Every single one of you news boys is a citizen. You're little citi zens now, and you're going to grow (Continued on Page Two. PLACED IN CHARTER INSTANCE OF MAYOR Mayor J as, I. Johnson said today that the discovery of the section In the city's charter empowering the mayor to employ an attorney at the city's expense was not news to him, since the section was pia.'ed in the charor by tlie legislature of 1907, at tho Instance of himself, who was mayor at that time. This power has been used by Mayor Johnson several times two or three of the occasions be ing to ferret out liquor violations. At another .time Mayor Johnson had a l'lnkerton detective work on the case of the multilated police records, but nothing ever came of it, as the detective was unable to learn who did the mutilating. Steamer Hescues Crew of Sinking Bark. Bremen, Germany, Feb. 10. The North German Lloyd steamer Chem nitz which left New York January 30, for Bremen, reported by wlre lesB that she took off the captain and twelve men of the crew ot the sinking Norwegian bark, Euphrates. Colli In New York. New York, Feb. 10. A cold ware from the west, sent the murcury down two degrees below aero. A drop or 30 degrees within twelve, hours.
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