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IE fMes Associated Press Service. Associated Press i Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 54 WEATHER Fair Frost. : RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aIeigK of any Other Newspaper III CHASE OF - THE OUTLAWS Sixty Picked Rlen Bogan the Hunt For. the Fugitives From Justice Today LEADERS IN ' PRISON The Outlaws Are Thought To Be On The "North Carolina Side of the Line Stories as to the Strength Of tlie Gang are Conflicting Probably a Dozen to Eighteen Men in the Gang-Xew Judge at Hillsville, And Affairs Are Being Straightened Out Grand Jury Summoned to Indict the Despera does. Hillsville, March 16.' Organized pursuit of tlfs fugitive Allen outlaws began early today. .Sixty detectives, picked men, most of them carrying army rifles in addition to their re volvers, were marshalled for the perilous task of scouring the moun tain strongholds for the main body of the gang that wiped out Carroll county circuit court Thursday. Stories as to the strength of the desperado gang are conflicting. It is believed from a dozen to eighteen men are together, probably hiding and entrenched in some out-of-the-way mountain hole, Just across the North Carolina line. With a nrlce nnnn their heads, these men are ex pected to battle with death when cornered, despite the fact that their real leader, old Sidna Allen, the clans head, and Floyd Allen, for whose sake the court-house slaught er Was planned, are prisoners, se verely wounded in the county Jail. Law and order, aH a semblance of which was swept away Thursday with assassination of Judge, sheriff and commonwealth's attorney, reigns in Carroll county again today. Judge StapleB, designated by Gover nor Mann, to reorganize Judge Mas sle's court, arrived late yesterday, accompanied by Attorney General Williams, and took charge of the situation. He immediately summon ed a grand Jury, which convened today to indict the murderers. Jpror Fowler, who was shot in the general fusllade of bullets, If, dying. All last night a heavy guard watched the Jail to prevent nn at tempt to rescue the prisoners, Sldna and Floyd Allen, Victor Allen, a son of Floyd and a young man named Strickland. Old Sldna Allen was captured in his mountain home, af ter a detective posse killed his wife and so severely wounded him he could no longer handle his rifle to keep his pursuers at bay. Judge Massie Warned. Bristol, Va. , March 16. Judge Massie, the outlaw's victim at Hills ville Thursday, obtained a ten thou sand dollar life insurance policy, it is Btated. The Jurist was frequently warned, but declined to, arm hlm " self. -,y. Probably no Arrests Made. Pulaski, Va., March 16. Hills ville has practically been cut of from direct communications since early today. ' A long distance telephone message from there declares the re ports from the mountains yesterday of the arrests of Sidna Allen and the killing of his wlfe proved errone ous and that the outlaw with his brother Jack, and their claln, is still at large. An organised hunt for the murderers began In earnest today, Mrs. Massie Unable to Attend Funeral. ' Roanoke, Va., March 16. The funeral car bearing Judge Massle's body arrived at noon and left later for Lynchburg. Mrs. Massie -and one of her daughters are ill at Pulaski, unable to make the trip for the funeral. . Two sons, Cabell and Wilbur, ac companied the body, also members of the bar from Wythevillo and Pulaski. Massie carried $16,000 life Insurance, one policy for $4,000 hav ing been written within the past month. ' '''. Many Rumors. -. Pulaski, . Va., March 16. All sorts of wild rumors were current In . Hillsville 'last night. ' Attorney 1 General Williams ' received a report of the capture of Sidna Allen, sorely wounded, and transmitted It to Gov ernor Mann at ' Richmond. Com munication between - Hillsville and .(Continued; on Paje Sevan.). K1XG BITVS BOY NEW FEET Also Presents Diamond Scarfpin to Crippled Welsh Lad. London, March 16. King Georg. yesterday received a cripple WeV . lad, Idris Thomas, for whom he' dered a set of artificial feet. Last week the boy was carr.v in to the king's apartments. TJO'lng made, Inquiries regarding tkcause OT his misfortunes, it was due to consumption of the feet, and the lad has undergone eleven operations. The king gave the boy a diamond scarfpin with brilliants set In gold, forming the letter "G,". as a memen to of the occasion. Thomas said he was "not a bit afraid, as the king seemed like a kind father." $12,000 FOR EIGHT TEETH. Jury Returns Verdict for Man Struck by Railroad Car. Long Island City, N. Y., March 16. For the loss of eight teeth, Axel Homestead, an insurance man, was awarded a $12,000 verdict against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com pany by a Jury here today. ". He was about to board one of the defendant's cars when he was struck by a car .going in the opposite direc tion.;': TWO OCEAN BOATS IN COLLISION TODAY New Haven, England, March 16. Four passengers and several sailors were drowned In a collision between the peninsula and oriental liner Oceana and the German bark Pisa gua oft Beachy Head in the English Channel.. The lives of forty-pne passengers on the liner and two hundred and eighty men of the crew were jeopardized. The quick arrival of assistance prevented the catras trophy. The Oceana was bound from London for Bombay. An attempt was made to beach the Oceana-, but she sank quickly. ' Rescue work is ef fected by life boats. SOLID FOR ROOSEVELT Mecklenburg Strong For Former President Chairman Newell and His Roosevelt Club. Charlotte, March 16. Many of the republicans of the county are meeting here today In consequence of the session of the county republi can executive committee, called by County Chairman Jake F., Newell, to name the date for the county con vention. It has been suggested that the time Ih aiiRnlcious for Hhe forming nf a Rnniinvett f!luh Phnlrman I Newell 1 of the opinion that every precinct will send solid Roosevelt delegations to the county conven tion. The sentiment in this county, in spite of the efforts of the Taft Club recently organized, is so over whelmingly for the former presi dent, that there is no way of stem ming the tide, asserts Chairman Newell. The republicans of Mecklenburg county who favor Roosevelt, do not believe that they have been accorded the rights of self-government.. The administration,-they complain, ban taken no notice of the local organi zation, and Mr. Taft has constantly Insulted the party in the state. EXPLORER RADFORD SAFE Wrote October 1 That He Would Spent Another Year in North. Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 16.- H. V. Radford, of New Yprk, who is exploring the Hudson's Bay coun try, reached Spurrell harbor, at the mouth of Cheste'rgeld Inlet, on Hud son's Bay, October 1, 1911, accord ing to a letter received today by R. F. Bell, of this city, representa tive of a fur-trading concern. The letter was dated October 3. It fol lows: '' "With my assistant, T. George Street, I arrived here three days ago by canoe from Fort r Reservation, Great Slave Lake. Found the re lief supplies you were so kind as to tend up to Pelican, and have landed them here. "These will enable me to continue on my northern exploration for at 'least a year." Secretary Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Colorado Springs, ' March 16. Rev. J. H. , Franklin, pastor of the Baptist church here, has .been ap pointed secretary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Board, an International organization, with headquarters in Boston. Dr. Frank lin was a member of the special Baptist Mission recently returned from Boston. ACTORS AND TEACHERS MET They Consider the Need of Medical Inspeclion la Schools The Wake County Medical Society held a public meeting in the audi torium of the high school this morn ing at 12:15 to which the city school teachers and the Wake county teach ers were invited. Quite a number of the members of the Medical So ciety and the teachers of both city and county were present, late trains keeping some of the latter away. The meeting which was largely brought about through the efforts of Dr. John A. Ferrell was npt only In teresting but calculated to be pro ductive of much future good to the city and community in that it had for consideration the subject of med ical inspection in the schools. The object of such a meeting was to awaken the teachers to the need of such inspection, on the one hand, and on the other to Interest the doc tors in this work. : Dr. W. L. Potest paid a tribute to the doctors who he declared by Interesting themselves in such a work are doing much toward making themselves superfluous. The Importance of . good health Is recognized by all, Herbert Spencer said that the first requisite to be a good man is to be a good animal. Dr. Potest thought this might have moral as well as a physical signi ficance.. He failed to see how Thos. Carlyle, suffering the pangs of in digestion could be good to his wife. Dr. Albert Anderson, president of the society, presided over the meet ing with D. W. C. Horton as secre tary. The papers were limited to twelve minutes, the discussions to five min utes. The first paper on the program wa3 by Dr. M. L. Wright, of Holly Springs on "Inspection by the Teach ers for the (a) Detection of Con tagious Diseases and (b) Non-contagious Defects. His paper in the limited time gave a very concise, compact exposition of the subject. Dr. Albert Anderson read a most Interesting paper on "Nature and Aims of Medical Inspection." This inspection should extend tnruogh -school life to the home. The heed IS becoming more and more im portant as we become more and more an urban nation. Health and education must go hand in hand. Miss Peal Cross' paper on "Rea sons for Medical Inspection of Schools" was met with much ap proval. Medical ilfspection does not need any defense. The state should protect the health of its future citi zens. Every child has a right to be what nature intended it should be. Miss Cross showed the disad vantage of children with physical defects placed in classes with normal" children. The next paper was "Inspection by the Physicians for Contagious Diseases and Non-Contaglous De fects" by Dr. W. T. Carstarphen, of Wake Forest College; He indicated some of the procedures to be fol lowed by th Medical Association and declared the inspection should be on the broadest linse, advocating the employment of a "siting nurse. Following this paper the meeting' was thrown open to general discus sion. Dr. Shore spoke on the im portance of a sanitary water supply. Dr. W. L. Potest, of Wake Forest College felt that there was a promise of a beter day that the children and teachers are going to find the Infinite knowledge of the doctors at their command. "What is the use," he asked, "of pouring knowledge into cracked bottles?" Dr. George W. Lay, of St. Mary's school, spoke of the importance of interesting the mothers and getting their coopera tion. Dr. McCullera and Dr. W. I. Royster also expressed their Inter est. Dr.. Hubert Royster said Dr. Potoat had stolen his thunder as his only subject Is .physical morality. Dr. John A. Ferrell concluded the meeting with a summary of the im portant points brought out, mention ing especially the counties and cities that are taking active steps in this work. At the conclusion a light lunch was served tj the Woman's Club and Miss Lowen and her cooking school class, while a class of boys under the direction of Miss Jennie Fleming, physical director gave an interesting ejtolbtion,"r GIRL DROWNED III CITY STREET (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, March 1(1. The rain storm that swept over Greensboro yesterday afternoon in addition to doing much damage to highways and crops, claimed at least one victim as its human toll. The little victim of the flood yesterday afternoon was Anna. Bell,' a school child of seven years who was drowned within the city limits while attempting to reach her home from school. It seems that the little girl was going along Greene street; that', there is an embankment near Buffalo creek and that the road or street passes that way. At any rate the water had risen; the back-water was four or five feet deep while across the Etreet ran a' stream of water that resembled a mill rim. It was into this that the little girl was swept and carried to her death.'. The fatal aecident was witnessed by several negroes who were powerless to stop the child or effect a rescue. The body was found after an hour's search in the muddy back-water of the fill. ; ; . WILEY'S RETIREMENT Washington, March Hi. Dr. Har vey W, Wiley's resignation has not ended the Investigation of the bu reau of chemistry. Chairman Moss announced that his committee will investigate, the friction that forced Wiley's retirement. Secretary Wil son has been called upon for com plete .Information. WOMAN PHI SO till RELEASED Wife of .Murderer, Indicted With His, lx Freed. London, March 1C The sensa tional poisoning trial at the Old Bailey of Mr. and Mrs. Seddon for the murder of Miss Barrow, which aroused the greatest interest in Lon don since Doctor Crippen stood in the same dock, ended yesterday with a verdict of guilty against the man and not guilty in the case of the woman. All classes of society clam ored for permission to be present in the court. Never before in the long annals of Old Bailey have such intensely dramatic scenes been witnessed as marked the close of the trial. When the foreman of the jury announced the verdict, man and wife clasped each other in a dose embrace. Their lips met in a long farewell kiss, and as the Woman was assisted below the crowd could hear her sobs die away in the distance. Seddon's speech to the judge last ed a quarter of an hour, and was a remarkable piece of special "pleading, but was ineffectual. Once his ac cents faltered when he referred to his wife, but otherwise he spoke with scarcely a tremor of voice. A remarkable scene followed, the prisoner in the dock calm, the judge on the bench, In passihg sentence, moved to tears. There was not a dry eye In court as, in gentle words and touching tones, the judge beg ged the man to make his peace with his Maker. "I am already at peace," Interjected the man, and then sen tence was passed and Seddon disap peared from the public gaze. Bl'RNS .MAN, SPRINGS TRAP An "Tired llusiness Man" He Gets Evidence of Deer-Killing. Atlantic City, March 16. Fred Eckles, proprietor of a hotel at Dorothy, N. J., In the deer woodB, was fined. ?200 by Magistrate Jag metty yesterday, on charges implici ty in the killing of two deer on the state preserves, near Weymouth, on February 9. The principal witness for the pro secution was Edward B, Harrlgan, an operative of the, Burns Detective Agency. Harrlgan said he represented him self to be an overworked business man, ' seeking relaxation ' in the woods,' and gained the confidence of Eckles to Buch as extent that the deer hunting trip was arranged for bis pleasure. Manufacturing In Raleigh. Washington, D. C, March 16. In a census bureau bulletin Issued today on the manufacturers of North Carolina it is shown In 1909 the av erage number of wage earners em ployed in manufacturing establish ments in Raleigh was 1,023 and the value of products in that year $2, 375,872, ' 11 S FOR PRESIDENT States That Will Hold Presi dential Preference Primaries Bismarck, . N. D., March 10. To North Dakota belongs the distinction of holding the first presidential pref erence primary. On Tuesday next, the various political parties will elect delegates to the national con ventions and at the same time ex press their choice for the party's nominee for president. The primaries have attracted the, national attention, not only because they are an innovation,: but princi pally on account of the fight now being waged between Colonel Roose velt and President Taft for the nomi nation. . , The general expectation is that the result of the North Dakota pri maries will exert an important in fluence over the other state-wido presidential primaries that will be held in four other states in the near future, as well as over the state conventions. Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin and New Jersey all will hold presidential preference primaries within the next ten weeks, and the date for Cali fornia's primaries is expected to bo set soon. Just now, fortjier President Roose velt seeniB likely to capture the re publican delegation of North Dakota, while Champ Clark, Woodrow Wil son and Judson Harmon appear to have about equal chances for win ning the democratic delegates. ' It is generally conceded on all sides that the republican delegates elected, will be Instructed to vote for the nomination rf Colonel Roose velt in the Chicago convention. Tho republicans estimate that their vot ing strength in the state will bo about 75,000, and it Is figured that Roosevelt will poll at least half of tne number, that President Taft will have about a tthird, and Senator LaKollette the remainder. Kyen the Taft managers, it is said, are practically ready to con cede that the president cannot com mand a-majority of the North Da kota voters in the preference pri maries. Senator McCuriiber, who ic a strong supporter' of the president, is declared to have stated in a re-1 cent, utterance that he conceded an anti-Taft .delegation.-. One reason as-1 signed is that the farmers of North ' I)akota--and they comprise the. larger part of the population of the! state became deeply incensed at) the .president because of his advo cacy of Canadian reciprocity, and, although that proposition failed through the refusal of Canada to en ter the compact, the. 'agriculturists have not forgotten the effort mado by the president to lower the duties Upon the products of the Dominion, which tliey contended would com pete, with their own. Conceding that, the North Dakota delegates elected by the people, In stead of being chosen by the old convention plan, are instructed for J Roosevelt, a singular situation l.i likely to arise. The law makes dele gates thus elected to national con ventions, officers of the state and requires them to take an oath the same as other state officials. Their expense:-, up to 5200 Incurred in at tending a national convention, are paid by the state, and there Is at least the moral obligation on. them to comply with the instructions given them at the time of their elec tion. Thus, If so Instructed, .they will be obliged to vote for Roosevelt, no matter what the circumstances may bo at the convention, and even if they are the only ones that do vote for him. They could not, - under their Instructions, which are not qualified in any way, vote to make the nomination of any other than the man they are instructed for, unanimous, even If every other dele gate In the convention Bhould vote to do so. There is no provision In the primary election plan for any second choice for voting for any oth er than as directed in the pri maries. ' Howover, there is no penal sec tion in the law under which a dele gate could' be punished for voting for some other than the person for whom he was instructed, ahd even If there were, the offense would be committed In Illinois, and outside the jurisdiction of North Dakota. So nothing but moral obligation rests upon the delegates, and how far they will observe that In the face of .(CoDtnue4 oa Page Six.). CONTEST OX IN MARYLAND Taft and Roosevelt Followers Organ ize to Fight for Delegates. Baltimore, March 10. Supporters of President Taft and Colonel Roose velt met here yesterday and effect ed organizations to further the can didacy of their respective leaders in this state.. The Taft followers, composed of business and professional men of this city who favor the president's renomination, formed the Maryland Taft Association, with Col. Henry B. Wilcox, preident of the First Na tional .Bank,- as chairman. This evening the. local Roosevelt committee gave a dinner to Senator Joseph -M. Dixon and Aledhitl McCor mick, national leaders of the Roose vcTt movement, and perfected an or ganization for the former president., which will he known as the Mary land Roosevelt committee. Senator Dfxon made a speech at the public reception, which follow ed the dinner, in which he predicted that Colonel Roosevelt would receive i 00 votes in the convention, Former Governor Hill Dead. Boston, March 10. -John F. Hill, former governor of Maine, acting chairman of the republican national committee died heue today. JUDGE CLARK CLUB Announcement was made today that tho locomotive engineers had formed a Clark club in Raleigh with over 170- members, all of whom ex pect to engaged actively in the cam paign. The engineers enthusiastical ly endorsed Judge Clark's platform and pledged themselves to work for his election to the senate. Among tho members' of the executive com mittee, which will have in hand the matter of promoting his candidacy, are Mr. D. K. ; Wright, ex-alderman of the city of Raleigh; who is presi dent of the club, and Messrs. C. E, Ranson, F. L. Stockwell, John Robertson and others.- There are now a dozen or more Clark clubs in the state. . VOTF. TO I'NSKAT IS LOST ev Jersey Democrats Oppose Ex pulsion of Senator l-'it.lierbcrt. Trenrbn, N. J., March 16. The New- Jersey state senate late this af ternoon voted not to expel Senator Richard Fitzherbert, of Morris coun ty, as a member of that body, The vote was a strictly party one, and eleven republican senators voting for expulsion and the seven demo crats voting in the negative. Sen ators Silzer and Slocumli (demo crats! were absent. While there was a majority vote, expulsion fail ed because-the proposition did not receive the two-third vote of the senate 'required - by the constitution. ''.Senator,' Fitzherbert, by. a party vole, was found guilty last week of conduct unbecoming a senator. He was-charged with negotiating for the payment of money by. a public ser vice,, corporation ..for withdrawal of lulls', antagonistic '. to the corpora tion's Interests. . WIFE llll)i:s 11 IS FALSE. TEETH. Husband Appe'ils lo'l'oliee for Help In Get Square Meal. Pittsburg, Pa , March It;. Daniel O'Connell. of Iiraddock, an em ploye of the American Steel and Wire Company, has -appealed to the police for help that will enable him to eat a square .meal. He quarreled with his wife a few nights ago, and alleges she hid his false teeth while he slept. Since then O'Connell has subsisted on milk and broth, and his wife refuses to produce the teeth despite the plead ings of police, neighbors and friends. Storm in Alabama. Montgomery, March 16. Appeals reached hers for the aid of the storm-Htricken Headland, where, yes terday two score homes were de molished and several lives lost, in a tornado. Immediate relief work is being rushed. Hundreds More Quit. Loudon, March 16. Within a few day? hundreds of thousands more men and women will agument the two million already Idle, because of the coal trade war. Conferences are apparently ineffectual. New Chinese Government. i London, March 16. A dispatch from Nanking today says while some delay Is being experienced In ap pointing the new cabinet, it la be lieved that within threo weeks the entire new government, Including the assembly, win be. transferred.. WEE DEAD HOn Bodies of the Maine Dead On Way Home, While Ship Is FLAGS AT HALF MAST Solemn Funeral Rights in Connec tion With the Kinking of the Bat tleship Maine and the Carrying to Their Lust Resting Place, of the Itodics of Her Gallant Sailors Flags at Half Mast in New York Parade of 30,000 in New York Will Pay Tribute. Havana, March 16. Solemn funeral rites connected with the sinking of the. United States battle ship Maine and with carrying to their last resting place, the bodies of many of her gallant sailors, are going on here today. The old battle ship is being sunk in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the smoke of the saluting guns of war vessels serving as funeral shroud, while with the pomp and pageantry of na tional mourning, the sailors' bodies are being brought back to Washing ton, aboard a battleship. Honored in New York. New York, March 16. Flags were at half mast on many public and private buildings, commemorative of the burial at sea of the battleship Maine which will be towed from Havana harbor out into the Atlantic and sunk this afternoon. A ,St. Patricks' day parade of thirty thou sand men will halt and stand at at tention for five minuteB at the.' Jlme set for the burial of the Maine off the Cufian coast. President Will Attend Services. Washington, March 16. PresU dent, cabinet members and high gov ernment officials, will attend the ser vices in honor of the Maine dead, next Saturday. Leaving the Maine at her last resting place at the bot tom of the sea this afternoon, the cruisers North -Carolina and Bir mingham, bearing caskets contain ing the recovered remains of the old warships crew, headed direct for Hampton Roads, Va. The caskets will be brought by a scout cruiser to the Washington navy yard. FOl'R SAILORS DROWNED Two Steamers Collide in Chesapeake Bay, One Sank; Four of Crew Went Down. Baltimore, March 16. Steamer Gloucester,, of Merchants' Miners' line, from Raltimore for Wilmington, Line, collided with the schooner Her bert 1). Maxwell, from Baltimore for Wilmington. N. C, off Thomas Point, Chesapeake Kay, collided this morn ing. The Maxwell sank. Four ot her crew were drowned. The Glou cester's main mast and part of her rail were carried away. Boats on Streets. Augusta, Ga., March 16. Floods covered many of the streets with three leet and more of water.. A regular boat service was Installed on some of tho flood-filled streets near the river. The property and live stock loss probably will be consider able. No loss of life has been re ported so far, Many families have been compelled to abandon their homes. v Many of the stores can be reached only In boats. Crawford Case in New Orleans. New Orleans, March 16. Tha prosecution resumed Its efforts to pile up clrcumstanclal evidence against Annie Crawford, the young girl charged with murdering her sister, by giving her morphine. Sev eral medical experts testified today. Cold Weather Injured Game. Washington, March 16. Con. tinued cold weather has had a seri ous effect upon game in many bee tions of the country, and the hunt ing season was practically closed March 1; even in the south, accord ing to a biological survey report to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Officers Injured In Riot. Parre, Mass., March 16. Textile strikers and a police dstachment clashed today. Several shots vera exchanged. A half dozen officers were injured. Five rioters, all ttaU Jans, were arreBtecV
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