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lie. Hues 'nv.ir-Trtf hr Jssocl&ted Press Service Associated Press Servte Vol. LXXI. No. 48. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigK of any Other Newspaper GOSS PAWNED PISTOL FOR RAILROAD FARE Durham Restaurant Proprietor Recalls Hav ing Let Witness Have Three Dollars On Weapon Pistol llrmiKlit Here Toiluy IlyDur hum Officers 011 Request of Chief of Police Stell (.oss Siiiil at In vestigation That He Got Money From His Mother to Come to Ral eigh on Tuesday .After Bodies Were Found In Spite of Handi caps Officers Have Gone Thor oughly Into -.Affair With Sole View Of Planum Responsibility For a Tragedy That Might He lnler preted as Reproach Tremendous Amount of Work Done By Offl eei's. That. Fate W. (Joss, being held as an important witness in the death of the three Uenson men, pawned a pis tol in Durham on the morning of Tuesday, February Clh, to get money with which to pay bis .rail road fare to Raleigh, was the in formation obtained by Solicitor Nor ris today. . Mr. Curtis Godfrey, proprietor of a restaurant in Durham, recalled lending .liDM three dollars. On re quest of Chief of Police Stell, Mr. Godfrey dispatched the weapon to Raleigh, and it was turned over to Solicitor Norris by Sergeant J. A. Pendergrast of the Durham police force and Deputy Sheriv K. G. Hel vin of Durham county, in his examination before the coroner yesterday Goss said that his mother gave him the money with which, to return '-to -Raleigh on the morning after the tragedy became known, and did not mention a single word about pawning a pistol. Mr. Godfrey last evening, in reading about; the investigation, recalled having advanced Goss three dollars on the pistol and communicated the fact to the Durham police officers. Chief of Police Stell was notified and he immediately requested that the weapon be brought here. It Is a .38 calibre, nickel-plated Ivy John son pistol, with pearl handle, and was loaded when pawned hi' Goss. There seemed to be no doubt to day that the coroner's jury even without the additional evidence of the pawned pistol, would have Goss held for the crime. The Jury could not do otherwise, If they believed the testimony of Goss' friends and acquaintances and the testimony of the gentlemen from Benson. The jury Is not trying the case and are therefore not hearing both sides, and it Is their duty merely to consider the evidence to see if it justifies in binding over for the grand Jury. Should lid Cleared I'p. That there are other parties with a knowledge of the crime, if there was a crime, the officers are confi dent. The fact that Frank Wilson ARRESTED HERE FOR Henry Lindsay, a negro, was ar rested in a house on Johnston street tarty today by Policemen Brown and Delahay, of the Raleigh force, and Sergeant J. A. Pendergrast and Deputy Sheriff E. 0. Belvin, of Dur ham. Lindsay is wanted in Durham for the murder of another negro on Christmas day, and It Is said that he engaged In a shooting frolic with a negro In Wilmington some time ago, much to the pain of the other fellow. lclaters' Contest. '; The preliminary contest to choose the debaters for the triangular de bate between Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh will be held in the audi torium of the High School next Fri day evening at 7:45. The contest ant are Clifton Beckwlth, Carey Hunter, Jr., Wallace Rlddick, Oliver Smith, Kenneth Holloway, Spencer Stell, Walter Rouse and Russell For- himself, who of all men should court a thorough investigation, has given out interviews to out of town papers has caused the officers to consider the case a little more thoroughly. Why an Innocent man "should Insist that the deatli of those men was an accident, and why he should want the whitewash brush applied, is more than the officers can under stand. Solicitor Norris, Coroner Se lkirk, Constable Byrum and Chief of Police Stell and his officers are tak ing every precaution and are going thoroughly into the matter, and those not familiar with' the affair have no idea of the amount of time, trouble and patience has been neces sary in their efforts to clear up a mystery that might cast reproach on Raleigh for years. Senator 0. A. Barber, of Benson, who is assisting in the case, will be here tomorrow. More witnesses may be examined at this investigation, though the officers are positive no more testimony is needed at this time. Around three kodak pictures of young women may center a legal battle for the life of Fate W. (ioss of Durham, a young man strongly connected with the movements of Hugh Porter, A. R. Johnson and Fred Jernlgan, the three young men of Benson, who lost their lives In Wilson's apartments between Sun day, February t, and Monday night, February f. At the second investi gation by the coroner's jury into the ''death of these young men Goss was the principal figure, and it was on him that the shadow of an awful tragedy was thrown by the testimuny of several witnesses. That he ex pected the officers might examine him too closely, that he realized there was a possibility of connecting him with the death of the Benson nuMIi ne admitted on the stand, and his feeling of insecurity proved well founded. Other witnesses, notably .Mr. A. J. Davis, Jr., Mrs. Ida Pool and others, testified to unseea'ing conduct on his part. The watch and fob on his person when he was arrested Thursday were positively identified . as the property of A. R. Johnson, as was (Continued on Pane Two.) SPECIAL TERM CIVIL T WAKE Governor Kitchln today ordered a special term of . Wake superior court to convene May loth, with Judge R. B.-('line presiding, and to continue two weeks. Three special terms of court were ordered for Mecklenburg county, each to continue one week. The dates and judges assigned are: April 15th, Judge C. C. Lyon; May (ith, Judge II. A. Foushee, and May 27th, Judge K. B. Cline. JAMAICA A THORX Xo( Willing to Kilter Reciprocity Pact With Canada. Ottawafl, Feb. 27. The island of Jamaica is likely to prove a thorn in the flesh of the advocates of a wide reciprocity pact between Cana da and the British West Indies. Ac cording to cable advices, Jamaica, regarding the United States as a natural market, has decided not to send a delegate to the reciprocity convention here for fear the action would displease America. Roosevelt Plan Anarchy. New Orleans, Feb. 27. "It Is the craziest proposition 1 ever heard. Its anarchy." Roosevelt's advocacy of the plan for the people to review decisions of the highest courts of the land, was thus characterized by former Governor J. N. Gillette, of California. May Settle Coal Trouble. London, Feb. 27. An early set tlement of the coal trade dispute, which threatened to throw nearly1 a million miners out of employment March 1st, Is apparently more prob able. A solution Is looked for at a meeting at the premier's official residence this afternoon. REBEL ARMY CAPTURE 101 Juarez Surrenders to Rtbels, Making Bat Slight Resistance Kl Paso, -Tex., Feb. 27. 'luiil'i'Z is in possession cf .'Vasquis a -'rebels. Firing but one or two volleys and meeting no resistance except a few 'scattering - shots in n:,.y lo their, first volley,-the. rebels .marched inte lown, -captured the 'machine guns brought to repel them, and tool: charge of ilie municipal oflices. cus tom house. 'barracks, jail and oth public buildings.' The few hundred men in Juarez ::s. defenders -fired a few shots from points of vantage, then were ordered ny their officers to cease. -Tinted States troops part oiled he border at the time of :lie I. Apparently -ready -to enter' .mare--: if Kl Puk: .should he endani.v n d. One man,' Captain Romcry, -of (lie defend ers, was wounded accident I v. lie fire was "directed so -defenders.' bul lets ..and .assailants--did not fall on American soil. lOmilio Campa com manded the 'attacking ; par:.- ' ' Ar rangements', are. b.iu;;' made to re store coniinunicnlion between Kl Paso and Juarez if the I'liUed States troops permit. No looting "accom panied the taking of the city. The Advance on the City. KlpaEO, Texas, Feb. 27. The army is advancing upon Jaurez along the Rio Grande the same course taken by Madero's army last May. The rebels spent the night in the vicinity of the old Madero camp, and began. 'advancing this .morning from Peace Grove where the peace parley's were held prior to Madero's assault on Jaurez in May l!Hl. ..The rebels are carrying a red Hag be nefit h the Mexican tri)-coIor. T nitcd States troops now here include the 22ud infantry, one bat tery of field artillery that arrived last night, four companies of (lie eighteenth infantry, and four troops of the fourth cavalry. Colonel Steezer is commanding the patrol. The rebel army stopped its pro gress toward Jaureb after taking a position on a hi!! overlooking the city 'at . eight . twenty . o'clock this morning. They are now on the exact spot from which the Madero army flred the first shots on the entrench ed Jaurez outposts a year ago. At nine o'clock the rebels resumed their movement toward Jaurez. No shots have yet been fired. Rebels Capture .laure. The rebels started cannonading Jaurez at 10 o'clock. The lire is from a northwardly direction. Part of the rebel forces entered Jaurez outskirts and opened fire. The de fenders replied to the invasion. Kn trance was made-along the Irriga tion ditch leading into Jaurez, al most parallel with -the'. Rio Grande. Mexican Consul Llorente here de clared that to prevent American right being interfered with the Jaurez garrison was ordered to of fer no further resistance and rebels would be permitted to take the town. Apparently after firing the first volley in answer to the attack the defenders of the town ceased firing. After the defenders fired a few volleys their officers ordered them to cease firing. Jaurez occu (Continued on Page Seven.) : : f - BY NEGRO WITH KNIFE Aiken, S. C, Feb. 27. Mrs. B. O. Beach, a prominent New York society woman, spending the winter here, was attacked last night by a negro with a knife and seriously in jured. Healing some one at her front gate shortly after ten thirty, Mrs. Beach went out to investigate and was attacked. An ugly wound Inflicted on . her neck. Physicians say the wound probably is not fatal. She says she was called to the gate by the negro who said he had a note from Katie, one of her ser vants. As she reached to take the note the negro slashed. It is said she was the wife formerly of one of the Havemeyers. A sheriff's posse Is searching for the negro. Knox ut Colon. Colon, Feb. 27. The United States cruiser Washington with Sec retary Knox and party, anchored in the harbor this morning, m p ft , ' KIP us-;c.!.M-;n di!sn:i:. (.ciicril Peilro !e. O-.piiia. CoVin uian minister (i i;ie I iiileil Stale. '..Ito was reriiMeii r eps 'jovcriiuicnl lis- l lebtike to a .f.t-:iienl i-msiiI !,y liiil.i-.ler (bill i '. I- o Serce. law ol Male Kn-iv (o ms neni menl would lit i it m ne I tine ouiic.' to Ilie I n I that ( -.. !i l.r:i :. i iaims in coiinci'liiiii Willi I -; 1 1 1 . 1 1 : i : i have not vet been ai'iiitlat d. Central Trust Company tf Raleigh to Favi $205, 000 Capital A cliarn r i.i beini; . prepared for i he' Central Trust Company 'of Kai eigli, with a capital of "tin, and the "application for -a charier will be tiled wiiii ihe secretary ol slate to morrow. .Ai.iomr tlie iiicorporators will he V.'f ): I:. C." Imilcali. .las. K. Roger:-. '-'.VUliahl 11. Williainslon. W. B. ilrak.-.. Jr.,, Aiex. W'eiili, ami others. it will lie seen thai .this institu tion, backed by these men and their associates, will, do much -to-develop Kaieigli. aihl ibis section. It will do. all branches of '.business usually found in tniM conipunies. TAFT ADHERENTS DRAW FIRST BLOOD Greenville, i r. i . . Feb. 21 llecause lie "linrrale .i" over Roosevelt's an nounced i .niiiiilacy, Jidiii Slavish', a foreigiiei1' ai'.d a sieel .. wiirker. had liis car cm off. and was slashed probably fatally in a riot of Tafl adhereiiis. The" Killer were arrest ed. It licve Bridge Disaster Was Caused l'.. Dynamite. Montrc i. i'Vb. 27. Thai ihe Quebec liiik;e .disaster, .-'killing 74 men aim a u: inii millions of dollars loss, was d ie to an explosion ol dynamite placed by disaffected bridge-workers agents, s .ihe theory of detectives now lnve;igai ing. A biide.e workers' strike was on when the .i -c'iroplie ocenrod. . Soil-in-1 . i. Vick is Tvcilscd. Washln.t'eii. Fell. 27. -Representative Nicholas Longworth, son-in-law of Theodoii' Roosevelt returning from a wltli the colonel In MoBton aiiiiouticed he would not take part in the 'campaign for the selec tion of dele-gates to the Chicago con vention fruni ilia Ohio district. Xew .Mii;. or of (irenler Berlin. Berlin. Teh. 27. Dr. Karl Stein Iger, city -chamberlain, ' was elected mayor of greater Berlin. Steiniger's election as first mayor of the greater city places him' at the head of the world's third greatest .municipality, with a population of three million, five hundred thousand. Killed (ilrl Wife. Norfolk, Feb. 27. Ottis Hollo man aged 2:1 Intercepted his child wife aged 10 on her Way to work and shot her. probably fatally. He killed himself. The girl was em ployed in a mill. Domestic trouble. BIS GOIfl? TO BE FORMED KILLED BY LIVE Hill Gaoro Yard Master At Standing 0a Bsx Car Caught By Oveihead Vire ' 1 Kjieciul to The Times. 1 -. C-oldsboro', . Feb. .. -T. Yeslevday a'!e,-nooii - iji.'ini f :! o'clock,.- iliioar a itioiui n! 's warning. Capl. ' Mail. I'i. I )en laark. son of Chief of Police Deii niai !., of- li;is iil'. was instant l i : i I -, i while iitti'iiiling to liis dulie as .t;:id -nia:T of ,ne Atlantic. Coasi railroad w tliis point, lie was 'i .mii.v d.i. Vo inv,- I )i 11 tiii'irk was ll.r;t; I' !o he- mat Tied at all early t i e 'Hi; ..'hip:.i!i;: (lie 'kiiiftins of a lion car into the coal and wood yard of W. II. fin-tin. ;'di':i!iiiiv the At lantic i'o.c !.;i;i- ;::L.'ii(i ;.'j;rdn ami was si: lid it!", en t .in- of the ea : . . 1 : 1 1 ii ; ;!.-,. ' d i . an electric -Capi.'iiii l, m.iark , v:is . slaiidiie:. wiili hi:; Ice), in I he direct inn ihe car vai. ino in:- and did n.,i see the wire in which the ii'..'hial ion wa worn iff and -which-cau'h; 'him. directly ;tt tii hack of ihe neck. Death u;i, nslaiitaneous. A ueero liral.eiiiau ashed to Cajitain Demnark and at ::i;iiteii to p'lll him from Ilie wire. 11: was knocked prostrate the mo ment he. touched . Ihe body," st harged was it with elecll-icily. i,vmi:n s skkvick 1 I s( illy Service at ( lunch 11: Hickory on l.avmen's Movenieiil. Hickory, Fell.. 27,;-r An.. interesting service was held- ill t lie Methodist church Sunday niKht , : The services were-. In -charge of ihe laymen, who hae taken up. Ilie itivmen s niove- inent anil arc pla 11 ni 11 k an eveiy inember canvass for foreign mis sions. Short talks were. 'made by Dr. Xichol i'i, wlio told 'of the '-origin of Ihe laymen's -'movement ;' Dr. A. M. Wist, hat the movement lias -done for other churches: Mr. (I. F. Iv'e'y, what our church' slioiild do; l'rof. ti. W. Ilahn. what we can do: Mr. I. V. t'lay. in a short bin appreci;i liye . address, told, what was spent very year for whiskey," tobacco, candy, etc., and contrasted if with what we spend for missions. Mr. S. .1. Lawrence a former llickorv bov. who lias been in lireeiisboro lor sonieliine. lias re turned and decided to make llickorv liis home.-.-.' ...lie litis a position with I lie 1 1 ickorv I leiuocrat . l . 1: Ol' CKIMI). i.aviior Says I here is no More ( nine in Xciv 1 oik Than There Ma Been. Xew York, Feb. 1!7. Mayor Oay nor is certain' there is no crime wave in New York, notwithstanding numerous, hold-ups and robberies re cently. In a leite.- to Police Commissioner Waldo the mayor sa; s the crime sta tistics since September lirsi, com pared wjth the records for the nasi two years, show there- is n.) unusual iniouni of crime in t he city. "You must . remember, lie added. "you cannot prevent the proprietors of rag-bag' newspapers from inveti:-iim- a-wave of crime whenever Hie feel disposed to do so for the sake of sensation and ihe circulation of their pa,'iTri." A PERSONAL F1GH1 Itosion. F1I1. 27.- Although Theo dore Bonsevelt declared his intention of making a ."straight-out fixht" for the presidential liomlnation, lie de clared he would not hp drawn into a personal controversy with the present administration. The colonel was angered by a statement pub lished that he said President Taft was not a progressive. Ito'osevelt said he did not propose to make the issue a personal one. MliS. KOItKliTSON I1KAI) )iel From Kll'eet of Burns Received ave k or So Ago. Scotland Neck, Feb. 27. Mr.;. Thomas M, Hobertson, of Twin Falls, Idaho, died at the home of her sisters, Misses Mary Herbert and Lizzie Smith, yesterday afternoon at about one o'clock, after suffering for two weeks from the effects of he Ing severely burned 011 the 12th of the present mouth. Mrs. Robertson chairman m0rehead hlk:ormeeg Republican State Executive Committee to Meet Tomorrow Afternoon and Banquet at Night with her three children, .came 'here iii .before .Christinas to -visit her relatives ' and friends" in "-..her old honve tovwi, and just as she was he riiiiiiiii to think of returning to her far-away home in Idaho, tlie accidi'in oci ureil thai cost her her life and deprived the three little ones, tie' olilcst less man your years old, of tin' love and cure of a fond mil. devoted mother. She was stundin.u in front of all open grate giving ''attention t" her baby, about ven .months ;old. "when her skirts imhl and soon enveloped her body, terribly burnine her that little hopes for her" recovery were enter 1 a 1 neii from t he very lirsi . Mr. Robertson was uotilied of the eiilenl,. and later' informed'' that wife would not survive, when he irted for lier bedside, ".and. for. a week he 1 raveh'il hastily tnai. lie night, lie ifei-e before -she died, and Saturday "about '. midnight, lie ar rived, .after driving from .Knfield, a distance of eighteen miles. The inlM-ment will take'-place this afternoon in the Kpisc.opal cemetery, the last sad riles being conducted !)v kev. R W. Anderson, rector ol Trinity church. Mrs. Robertson was formerly Miss Nathalie Smith, a charming and popular young lady of this place. Hid was married' several years ago. tins being her first visit to the home jf .'her childhood since sdie went iiwav a happy bride. She was a daughter of live late K. II. Smith and ;i sister of Mr. Stuart- Smith. . TF.MTI.i: STIHKK SITI ATIOX leileral (ioeiiimenl lnvsti)atiii Action 111 Prevent iiii; I.xpoi'lalioii Ol ( hihll-en. Lawrence. Mass.. l'eb. J7. --There were niinor disturbances in the tex tile mills strike. Among the pickets irresled were live women.' who the police say carried persuasion to a point approaching violence. Twelve thousand are, still on . strike. l.tahtei n thousand are at work. T he todoral government lias begun an investigation ol the municipal au thorities' . action, in preventing, the xporlaHoii ol the strikers chil dren. 1. SHEPHERD BUYS EI PIECE PROPERTY Mr. S. - .T!rown-" Shepherd has lioiighl from Mr. C. I!. iMwiirds the niece ol" prppei'iy 011 West Mariiu street occupied h Mrs. Hiitcbings is a tio.tt'iliug liouse. The building is a two-story frame residence and the lot fronts fid. feet 011 Mariiu street and extends hack I (i 1 foet. The consideration has. not been made known. Mr. Shepherd said today h:it it-was' his intent ion to improve the property,- '.-.. ;oi:i:n; ('M'..i, i'i.i:.si:i Thinks Koo-ecli Candidacy Is In Interest df llenloi latic Success. New erli, "Feb. li. (iov. Kininet 0 .Neal,: of. A'ialnimu, ! bow .'here,- is 'ntliusiiislic over Roosevelt's candi dacy. O'Neal says: "it increases democratic chances in the next, elec- 1 ion. and' giys'Uie country the op pei'tuniiy to sittie forever Ihe third : rni iiuestion. 1 thtnk Roosevelt will get sonic '-southern republican viiics; nt the convention. Whoever is nominated tln're will be dlsscn tion among the republicans, making for our success." OLYMPIC STBl'CK WKF.CK I'm Into I lei 1 11 s For Repairs Cur. ries Large Number of I'asNciigers, llelfast, Ireland, Feb. 27. The White Star l.iner Olympic, which left New York Wednesday, struck a due in Southampton today, struck a submerged wreck in the Atlantic this morning and Is proceeding -here for repairs. The Olympic carried a largo passenger list, with many notables, Including Ambassador Reld, the Duke of New Castle and Count Apponyl. 'RALEIGH 18 AFTER STATE CONVENTION This City's Claims Will Be Presented In Due I'oiiii Tomorrow and It Is Kxpectcd That the Capital City Will Have the Honor Magnifi cent Auilitoi'iuni, Fine Hotels and Central Locution Principal Argu ment (.I'ceiishoro and Charlotte Will Ask For Convention Mr. Mm ( bend Has Nothing to Say About Colonel Roosevelt's Candidacy-Members ()f Kxecutive Com mittee. With Chairman John M. Morehead and Secretary and Treasurer Gilliam '.irissom tonight, Raleigh today be gan assuming a political proportion for the first time in several years. ; Tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 the re publican state executive committee will meet in the Yarborough Hotel for the purpose of fixing the time and place for the state convention and tomorrow night Chairman More head will give a banquet at the Yarborough in honor of the com mittee, it was said today that be tween 400 and 500 people will Sit down to the- feast. The first question that Is asked Mr. Morehead by a politician of either the republican or democratic faith is 'not, "Will Raleigh get the convention'.'" but "What do you think of that'?" meaning of course, the wide sombrero tossed into the ring by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, twice president of the United States, and a most willing gentleman for a third term. Tlie second question that Is asked Mr. Morehead is, "Will Raleigh get tlie convention?" Mr. .Morehead does not know which city will get the convention and he says so, but when It. comes to Colonel Roosevelt Mr. Morehead is not saying anything. Colonel Roosevelt's candidacy is properly a matter for the convention to discuss and not for- the chairman' of the state executive committee. Raleigh Wants Convention. Raleigh certainly wants the con vention and her claims will be em phasized tomorrow when the com mittee meets. Delegates from Greens boro and Charlotte will likewise promise fine entertainment and the conte.it will undoubtedly be lively. 'With - the magnificent auditorium, splendid hotels and central location Raleigh Is expected to overcome the arguments of the other towns and win out. Will Arrive Tonight. Among the prominent members of the party expected tonight are ex Senator Marion Hutler, of Washing ton; Dr. K. S. Warllck. of Morgan ton; Maj. lieo.'-E, ' Butler, of Clin (Continued on Page Five.) (Special to The Times.) Rockingham. Feb. 27. Marlon L. Hitison, sheriff of Richmond county, died this morning at (i o'clock. Ho was perhaps the largest capitalist In this section of the state. Though lie had been in poor health for a few days, his death was unexpected. Hoy Saves Train From Wifek. St. Joseph. Mo., Feb. 27 A small, red headed, freckled face boy, un known, saved Durlington train No. 17, from being wrecked near Wheel ing last night. The boy discovered a broken rail, and waited an hour in the bitter cold to flag the train. Crow and rassenger Drowned. lirussels, Feb. 27. Thirty-two passengers and crew were drowned by the foundering of the steamer De liverance, a government restel ply 1 . t.-... ., 1 . . . , "iis oiur un me ouraers 01 the Belgian Congo.
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