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1 limes 'Associated Press Service. Associated Press Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 59. , The Weather RAIN. . RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1912. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. ; Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper EDWARDS CAUGHT TAm Was Captured Last Night Near Lamb lrarg, Va. Was Evidently Surprised and Taken Without Resistance-Other Captures Expecled Today ENTIRE GANG NOW SAID TO BE LOCATED Detecyves Control Telephone Line and Full Particulars of the Cap ture Cannot Be learned Cap tured Outlaw Was Taken to Jail, Either at Hillsville or Galax Other Outlaws Are Said to Be in Section : Where Sidna Edwards Was Captured Lamsburg 'is 1 2 Miles From Mt. Airy Officers Prepared to Stay in Field I'ntil All Are Captured. (Special to The Times.) Mt. Airy, N. C, March 22. Sidna Edwards, one of the yiriginia out laws was captured last night twelve miles northwest of this city, hear Lambsburg, Va., and is now on his way to either to Hillsville Jail or Galax. He was evidently surprised and taken without resistance and It is said, that the entire gang Is now located In that section. Full par ticulars of the capture cannot be given as the detectives control the telephones, but other captures are predicted .for today. Ietails of Capture. 51 1. Airy. March 22. Later in formation confirms the , capture of Sidna Edwards, one of the Virginia ontlaws.-whlch event occurred at 4 o'clock his morning. It was the Baldwin detectives that made the catpure, unassisted, and Edwards had no opportunity to offer any re sistance. When surrounded and taken Edwards was asleep in an un occupied house, about a mile from his home, and when he awoke he was in the clutches of the law. He was taken to the home of Mr. Wil liam Hawks, near Lambsburg, Va., and left there at 8 o'clock for Hills ville Jail. He was worn out from wandering in the mountains and it is believed that ho will reveal the weherabouts of the our other out laws. He is only twenty years old and suffering from a badly burned , foot and had practically become ex hausted from trying to elude the -'.' officers. : Edwards Wus Hungry. Hillsville, March 22. Young ICd wanls was arrested by Detectives Tom Felts and W. W. Pliauts, who havo been In the mountains since Tuesday. They found him wander ing about aimlessly and hungry. His sore foot troubled him greatly. It is believed he was finable to kep up with the swift changes of base made by the other fugitives. Edwards probably will be put through a rigid "third degree" ex amination when he gets here. Little thought exists that ho will disclose the movements of his kinsmen! Ed-, wards is 22 years old. There was a' thousand dollars reward for Ed wards' capture. , " Edwards reached Hillsville In de tectives custody this afternoon and was placed In Jail. He would make no statement. Officers said he made no attempt to resist arrest when discovered last night near Mount Airy. Jasper Allen, known as Jack, brother of Sidna Allen, Joined young Edwards and the detectives on the road and came into town with them. Edwards was not handcuffed and appeared vefy docile upon his arrl-".- val here. ' Nephew of Hldna Allen, Mount Airy, March 22 Detectives are In control of the telephone lines . loang to the scene of Sidna Ed wards' reported arrest and details are maagre. Edwards' arrest has led to the conclusion here thafther members of the Allen gang are .near ' Lambsburg, a small village at the foot of the mountain and about L2 miles northwest of here. This sec tion Is several miles west of where , the outlaw's were supposed to have been two days. , J : Sidna Edwards Is the" younger of the two Edwards brother! and the more venturesome.' It was report ed several days ago that be made a sortie from, the hiding place- o( the outlaws and was seen by several persons. Edwards was easily recog nized by his limp, resulting from a burn received recently In a distillery. He Is a nephew of Sidna Allen, the lender of the clan. Mount Airy was greatly exceed over the reported capture and many persons have started for Lambsburg. Another Story. Hillsville, Va., March 22. Sidna Edwards, nephew of Sidna Allen and one of the Allen gang which totok tp the mountains after the court house assasinations here, was arrest ed today 'at Lambsburg, Va., with out resistance, by a posse of detec tives. Edwards is being brought here and is expected to arrive about three o'clock this afternoon. His capture leads to the belief that oth ers of the mountaineers soon will be in custody. Edwards will be taken under heavy guard to Roanoke, Officers Stay in Field. Hillsville, Va., March 22 Out in the hills and mountains along the Virginia and North Carolina border (Continued on Rage Seven.) FIRE AT SANFORD (Special to The Times.)- : Sanford, N. C, March 22, At 4:30 this morning fire was discov ered In the back room of Mr. John W. Mcintosh's residence on Hawkins avenue. The fire was first discover ed by persons who were up to board the early train. The fire department responded very quickly and soon had the fire under control. The wa ter pressure was good and the flame'i were extinguished before reaching the main building. The damage to the building and furniture is about $500, covered by insurance. .AMERICAN SHOT IN ITALY Girl Found Mortally . Wounded in Hotel With Marquis. London, March 22. The Daily Mail's correspondent In Rome says: "Marquis Volpicella, belonging to one ''of the old Neapolitan families, arrived at Naples hotel this morn ing with a young American girl well-known in tin; foreign colony. Shortly after ibcir arrival several shots were heard from Inside their apartment. "On the door being forced open, the Marquis and his companion were discovered '.'mortally wounded by shots in the head from a large pis tol." Another Rome correspondent gives a different version of the Na ples tragedy as follows: ''A double tragedy occurred at the Hotel Risorgimento in Naples this" morning, where the Marquis Salva tore Volpicelll, a prominent Neapoli tan nobleman, and Fraulein Adams, a young actress, were found dead In one of the rpoms. Fraulein Adams, who had been stopping at the Hotel Excelsior for some time, went w'lth Marquis Vol picelll to the Hotel Risorgimento for supper. They were heard quar reling in the dining-room. The alter cation was followed -by shots. When the door was burst open the Mar quis was found dead and the wom an dying. The police believe that Fraulein Adams killed her com panion and then shot herself." Twenty-Nine Bodies Taken Out. McCurtin, Okla., March 22. Twenty-nfhe corpses found last night, were removed this morning from Sans Bols imlne. Efforts were renewed to locate seven others In the workings when the gas explosion en tombed over a hundred miners Wed nesday. Twenty-five have been taken dut alive. , Eighty-four have been recovered. Wilson Goea to Wisconsin. Trenton,' March 22. Woodrow Wilson left for Wisconsin. The gov ernor expect to"rturn Monday. He will visit Milwaukee and probably make a speech there, . SAW HFJt FATHER SHOT 15V VIRGINIA OUTLAWS. The upper photo-' graph is of Miss Jeze bel 1 Goad, official step, ogriipliei- in toe Hills. villi", Vn., court housr, the scene of the deroiis raid of the "Allen pang." Miss Goad was present al the time of the raid and saw her father, Dexter Goad, the court clerk, wounded. The lower picture shows the "mountain hut" ol Sidna Allen, a mem ber of the guilt"-. This home cost $20,000, revenue from moon shine whiskey. CREW HAD TYPHOID FKVIOR One Sailor Caused an Epidemic on Hoard the Acme. Sacramento, Cal., .March 22. Mystery attending an epidemic or typhoid fever aboard the Acme, a lumber Vessel, has been cleared uu;.y and the cause removed through a concultation of state health officers. Barry Olson, a sailor, was din covered to be the carrier of iho germs. '"' Olsten's record equals that of Typhoid Mary, who spread the dis ease wherever she went and inuzlei the medical w-orld in New York a few years ago, Olsten is believed to have com municated typhoid fever to 28 mem bers of the crew, of the Acme since August 10. when heentere.l the chip's service. Of these, four cases have proved fatal. Olson was rent to 'the I'nited Slates Marine l!os liilal in San Francisco. . BLOODY TOM! WAR Five Members of One Ton Shot Down By Members if( Anolrtcr. San Francisco, March 22.- The bloodiest long war of years is im pending in CliiiiaUiwn, following murders in the Chinese headquarters of Suoremento. Oakland and San Francisco last night. The .Ring Kong society's members, shot down five members of the Kim Linn so ciety. One of the assassinations took place in the temple of fliee Kung tong, or Chinese free masons society. The war is expecled to spread. BIRGLARS ROB BANK Got $2.",000 From Private Bank in Beren, Ohio. Cleveland, March 22. According to telephone advices the bank of Bcrea, a private institution at Bcrea, Ohio, twelve miles west of here, was broken Into by burglars last night. The safe containing $25,000 was blown open, and the burglars es caped with - the entire sum. . The burglars effected an entrance by en tering an office next door to the bank, and drilling' through a wall three feet thick. Later Story. The robbers of Derea bank ob tained eight thousand dollars in cash and Jewelry. The robbers 'were frightened away after they had drilled into the safe containing thlrty-flve thousand dollars.' . Adjudged Bankrupt. Greensboro, March : 22a In the United States district court yester day afternoon, Judge Boyd made an order adjudging J. W.-Hauser Indi vidually, and trading as J. M. Smith & Co., merchants of Morganton, bankrupt. The order was signed upon the petition of the bankrupt. The assets are given as $1,800 and the liabilities $1,260. ' ' 1 Training up a.chlld In tbe Way ho should go Is going some, ... . ml PRETTY BRIDE IN TROUBLE Guilford County Officers Are Looking For Mrs. 0.1. Greensboro, ' March- "22. Guilford ol'iicials are making a "thorough search today for Mrs. O. L. Wom batigh, a 'pretty . l!'-year-old. bride of six months,- nail for whose alleged abduction Howl 11. .Sing, an Oak Ridge student, wa i arrested here at midnight ami is being held in 'de fault of liotid. (lllieers h.ive reason to believe that Mrs. Wnmbniigh and SitiS left Oak '-'itidge W ' d-neSday night '-; and went to Ilifji I'oint.. Stories of ire vioni'. impro:i r relations are now be. ing related t.v servants a Oak Ridge,, wlnre Mivs. '' Womhaugli had been on a i. ii- recently. ; The affair has-created a sensation here and at 'ak Ridge'.' Mr. Wotn bauglt is In tli-' government forestry service and dining a husiness absence-bis wit" had been visiting at Oak Itiiige. He was married last September, his -.bride being a noted beauty of the county and daughter of .Mrs. .1. L. Lambert, of Guilford College. She is one of the most striking young women of tbe county, is 111 years old,' has a perfect com plexion, raven black hair, and weighs ahoni 1 2.'i pounds. Sing is a native of Floe nee, S. C., and was taking a ipeeial course at Oak Ridgo, GIRL Ml. I. CD BY TRAIN Elsie Singleton Victim of Treacher ous Crossing nt Greenville. Greenville, S. C, March 22. Elsie Singleton, a pretty 20-year-old girl, was instantly killed at noon today by Southern -Hallway train No, 2!) at the crossing of the Buncombe road with the railroad tracks at Poo mill. The girl was on her way to dinner at the time, and stepped on the crossing without observing the approach of the train. She was struck In the back of the head and the body was hurled thirty feet. Muts Singleton's father Is a planter, living some three miles from Greer. The girl worked at the American Spinning Company and boarded at a nearby house. The coroner conducted an Inquest this afternoon, after which the body was sent to the girl's former home. It Is hard for a man to mind his own business unless ho has both a mind and a business, WME COURT NFXf iiAY Two Homicide Cases and Number of Smaller Ones Up For Trial At Two Weeks' Term ARE MAGISTRATES EASY? Minted .That Hills May Be Sent to Grand Jury if Some Justices of the Peace Are Not Mori" '"trel'id of the Manner in Which They Fnl'orce Statutes Oscar Oneiil, White Man, Will I'ace Jurv on .(barge of Murdering- Patrick K. Hall. With -IS cases already. -on the docket and several others to be placed, Wake superior court, which will convena next week Tor the trial of criminal cases, will be kept busy for nearly the whole of two weeks. The offenses run all the. way fruit petit larceny to homicide,, there be ing two murder cases scheduled. Judge Jas. L. Webb will preside and iSolicitor Herbert E. Norris will pros ecute. Oscar Oneal, a white man, will be tried for the murder of Patrick K. Hall, also white, the homicide oc curing in Wake Forest township. The men had been on bad terms for several weeks, due to the charge by Hall that ' Oneal thrcy an ear of corn at him at a corn shucking in the fall. The men had- quarrelled Hid cursed each other on several, oc casions, until December 25, when Hall was shot by Oneal as he Was passing Oneal's house. The state will' claim that Oneal went to his home and returned to the road and jliot llull. . while the defense w ill aver that Hall was following Oneal at the time of the shooting. Hall was hit in the leg and died several days later from blood poisoning. Another Homicide. Another homicide cai-e is that igainst Will iSrown. a negro, for tbe-killing -of- Jack Freemen on Jan uary 27. This homicide also oc curred in Wake Forest township. Drown '-was at a frolic and was act ing the part of a bold, bad iikim 'hooting at first one thing and an other. Magistrates Too Lav? L'nless some of the Wake-, county magistrates get a move on ' them selves in several different direct ton;;. it is likely that they wiil fai in dictments. Some of the' justices 'are 3aid to be too easy with pistol-ti,:eiv, thiefs and other offenders, and uwtuy of them wait until court is aimos.! in session "before '-sending up their papers. In sonic instances ,i pt is-. oner may he in jail seyonil .ee',;s before the rei ords are ;.nit n si. Mag istrates ate said to he too ;ix i'i their methods -ami some of .1 hem, mi les they can make sa' isfacio-y planal ions, ai" due to receive ,i iih- lic lalidown. ANTI-SPITTING tWMPAIGX' Dlliliiiiii FiiI'oi cinu; Law Aiiainst Spitting m (be Streets. Durham, March 22.---.-The ailti- spittniR campaign inaugurated by ? Durham hc-ar.-l of he-Tilth ceveral weeks ago, i:i bearing xeel!eit ro- biilts. Large placards bearing a warning agaiiM spitting along with the city ordinance, forbidding the unsanitary practice, have been post ed conspicuously about the city, These have bad a wide spread' de terrent -effort, and the difference in the appearance of the streets and the public buildings is marked. The Traction Company has been enlisted In the light. There Is a spccilic or dinance against expectorating in the street curs. The Traction Company is preparing to post placards in the cars bearing this ordinance, and the conductors on the cars will be asked to report all persons violating the ordinance. ' NKW KOOSKVKLT CLIH Mecklenburg Republicans Will Launch Club Saturday Night. (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, March 22. Tomorrow, unless well laid plans again mis carry, the Roosevelt boom will be definitely launched In Mecklenburg county, at a nieetjng of the county republican executive committee, It was the original purpose of the Hoosevelt members of the on.mlttee to make the first, meeting of the com mittee on flaturdRy last the occasion for organizing a county-wide. Kooee- GUNBOAT FREIDA TO EiifeCE LAWS. i ; : '.':. Will Proceed to Albemarle Sound to Destroy Nets and Arrest Violators of Fishing Statute -Violators Have Been Warn ed On Many Occasions veil cliih. It was deemed advisable then to proceed first with the organisation of the Roosevelt ..ad herents in 'each township and later combine all the township and city precinct orgu-niznt ions into a county club. The report war, widely circu lated, on account of this action, that t hero had been no intention of form ing a Hoosevelt club at all. Mr. Jake Newell, who is chairman of the county executive committee has called the meeting for Saturday, is an excellent supporter of the former president, and declares that he can not understand the state ment of Mr. J. K. Little, of this city, appearing in the Greensboro News, to the effect that there had been no purpose of considering a Roosevelt organization at the meeting of Satur day. . Fqiinl Suffrage For Chinese Women. Chicago, .March -22.--News that equal suffrage was granted the Chi nese women by the parliament at Nanking was hailed with- joy by women suffrage advocates here. MIHl WAGE Bill . London, March 22. Premier As 'I nil h in the house of commons thi afternoon refused to accept t lit; miners' amendment1 io the minimum w-rfge. biil, providin;; a --'minimum " of $!.L'.- and -iO ceni.; as t lie daily wac for men and boys respectively.-. The miners" leader, Edwards, de clared Hie premier's decision not to accept the miners' amendment meant the shattering of the oppor tunity which .-appeared open yester day for settlement. ItllM) ISSl'K soi.n. Lovboro WiM Improve Streets Will Soon He a City. Iloxboro, .1 March ": -A SLMi.iiuo bond i:-sne voted some time alio for the improvement, of the streets of I'.oxlioro has lven sold to the trus tees of the Terrell school fund. There is still $r..timl of this issue to he disposed ol and it : is practically certain lli.i'tlii- will be done in a V( I'V .dioi'l 'lime, either to one of the b;Mil(s or prival" tit ' z -lis. Work will be bey"-; :i:i ;-on i as hub can b" ad vert ised f'o'- end the contract lei. Mr! Gilbert C. White.' of Char lotte, is- the. engineer ill (burge (;!' i he work. Already . U'oxboro has-a good wa l: r vvftf-m, v. Iiicli wiih, the volinue su: plciiieni rd as ii soon b", will be i uflicii m until . the town has Uiade much- more substantial crowtli; the streets," homes and business dae."s are rpl ndidly I i k h t -ed with ;i slc:tdy a current of elec tricity as any city;'.. t!:e school build ing.' and management here would do credit to any town; a tfilti.tmu hole building is nicely furui.hod and maiiageil in keeping. - with Its eo;-t ; and now to cotue out of the mud and dust, Iloxboro will indeed be a little city -which can put on real city airs. And all this has been done with Iloxboro and Person county money, besides- helping, out the neighboring towns in a very mate rial way. Aduiiice for Fall lliver Operatives. 'Fall lliver. .Mass., March 2.1. ,Tcn per cent advance in wages March 25, was offered the opera tives' unions by the Fall lliver Col ton Manufacturers' Association. The inert a;ie will be accepted, averting a general slrike. The advance affects thirty thousand operatives. Traction Cur Leaves Track. Peru, Ind , iMurrb 22. Eleven persons were Injured when a traction car traveling 35 miles an hour struck a cinder pile and plunged into a canal two miles from here. Sunday Is the day of rest; but did you ever know a man who felt reited. pa Monday morning? ORASTIC ACTION IS FOUND NECESSARY Fisli Commissioner Vann Will Take Charge of Gunboat, Which Is .Manned IJy Crew -of Twenty-five, and Proceed to Dare County This Action Made Necessary Because Civil Authorities Are Apparently 1'nahle to Handle Situation Nets Are Placed In Channels and In lets and Fish Are Caught Before They Have Opportunity to Go Up lliver Violators Havo Been Warned Repeatedly. Because- the civil authorities of Dare county are apparently power less to enforce the fishing laws, the gunboat Alfreida, stationed at New Bern, was ordered this afternoon to proceed to Edenton and there be un der the orders of Mr. C. S. Vann, fish commissioner. In Albemarle Sound fishermen have constantly been violating the law by placing their nets in prohibited waters and so great have been the complaints that Governor Kitchin ordered the Alfreida to the scene. The Alfreida, which is a govern ment vessel, is statlonetT at New Bern and is a part of the naVal bri gade of the State. It carries rifles and several one and three pound guns and on this expedition will be manned by twenty-five officers and men. The gunboat was formerly the property, of Dr. Seward Webb of New York, but was converted Into a gunboat by the navy department during the Spanish American war. Complaints of the violation of tht! fish laws have been made from time to time, and the violators were re peatedly warned that drastic meas ures would be taken unless the out rages were stopped. The various In lets and channels of Albemarle found, where the fish must enter if they are to move up the Pasquotank river, are prohibited as fishing ter ritory. It is in these inlets that fishermen cast Uieir nets, contrary to law, and it is said that the civil authorities of Dare county are un able to cope wih the situation. Cominisioner Vann will steam to (lie uroseribeil teritory and enforce the law. ; 1 . N. C.-LA FA VF-TTF GAM K CALLF.I) Northerners' Missed Connection To Piny Trinity Today, Greousbo.ro,' March 22. Tho La Fayette baseball squad, which Is In Hie south for a two weeks' tour to play southern colleges, including those in the Carolinas, missed con nection here yesterday and as a re sult was unable to reach Chapel Hill in lime to play the University of North Carolina an opening game. The team went on' to Durham to play today. While here, the manage ment of the team got into communi cation with the manager of the University team, and It Is probable that a game will be arranged and played in Greensboro. The LaFay etle boys said they were anxious to meet North Carolina on the dia mond. Trinity Won From Klon. - ' Durham, .March 22. In the sec ond game of the season on the home grounds, Trinity College was' again victor over the teani from Elon Col lege. The score was 1 to 6. Tho batteries for Trinity were Ivey and McLean, and for Elon College, Thompson and Warren. Trinity got leu hits and Elon seven. Claims to Have Sent Itosalsky Uomb. Jacksonville, Fla., March 22 Fred Newsoiu, alias Fred Price, the man who claims he sent the bomb which exploded In Judge RoBalsky'a home In New York, Is either ' de mented or a notoriety seeker, the police believe. Newsom will be held for alleged petty thefts pending fur ther Investigation. 1 I
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