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lie 1"" . .--' Associated Press Service. Associated Press;;.' Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 70. The Weather-FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers m fLaleigh of any Other Newspaper I! -. mm EWE mmz& !i II SEAM SHOT Pogh Robertson of Edenton After Quarrel. Shot Raymond Harney a Sailor IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Klfreida Was in Dock nt Elizabeth City Robertson, Who in a Fish Commissioner, Started a Disturb ance Harney, a United States Seaman, Tried to Quiet Him Robertson Tried to Cut Harney And Harney Knocked Him Down, Robertson Then Went Ashore, Returning Later and Shooting Harney Wounded Man Taken to Naval Hospital. (Special to The Times.) Elizabeth City, April 4. Pugh Robertson, son of Chief of Police Jamea Robertson, of Edenton, shot a regular United States seaman on the ship Elfreida last night about midnight as she lay at the dock here. Robertson Is a deputy fish commis sioner and was with the expedition which has been at Oregon inlet en forcing the fiBh laws. L,ast . night Robertson was raising a disturbance on the ship, and a seaman named Raymond Harney, attempted to quiet him. Robertson, tried to get a knife to cut the seaman and Harney knocked him down. Then Robertson agreed to leave the ship, took his baggage and went ashore. He took a pistol out of his suit case and returned to the ship. Ho opened fire on Harney, shooting five times. One shot struck him in the side, and the ball entered his stomach inflicting a dangerous wound. Harney (was taken to the naval, hospital in Norfolk. Robert ton was arrested and placed In Jail. The latest reports from Norfolk state that Harney is still alive, but In a very critical condition. DIES I'NDEU HOf.MKS' CI' USE. Detective Who Helped Trnil Famous Murder Expires Suddenly. Philadelphia, .April 4.- One more man who was connected with the conviction seventeen years ago of H. S. Holmes, the murder, died sud denly today, fulfilling the prophesy of the slayer that all who aided In his downfall would meet '; untimely deaths, Thomas Crawford, a de tective, who trailed Holmes and was a partner of Frank Ceyer, who made the arrest, is the latest victim of the "curse." Since Holmes whs put to death In I. NDli, many persons connected with his arrest and conviction, have met violent deaths. Among the num'.'or wero Judge Arnold, who presided: Lin ford H, Miles, foreman of the jury; two prison officials, nnd Rich ard Johnson, a Juror. Johnson end ed his life only a week ago. Advises Miners to Return to Work. London, April 4. -The Miners' Federation after a long conference, decided to advise all miners In Great Britain to return to work. CITY BANKS CLOSE AT NOON SATURDAY Beginning Saturday all the banks In the city will close their doors at noon for this one day In the week, thereby enabling the employes to en joy more freedom In the open. Tho savings banks will rooen again at C and close at 9 o'clock on Satur days, as usual. In taking this stop tho Raleigh In stitutions are but following the ex ample of banks In other cities, and it Is suggested that many other busi ness houses might 'take the tame action. Several years ago retail merchants thought it unreasonable to close their stores until late at nltht, but the early-closing policy has been uuccessful from every standpoint. It Is not sought to have the retail stores close at noon, however, ahd these wore cited mere ly as an example.. Business men are coming more to rcallso tho necessity for giving their employes plenty of time In whlqh to Ute exercise, and It is hoped by toe leaders In the nnon-clqnflron7faturr day movement that a,, hal(Jollday Till soon be tho custom In Raleigh, nrnninr nr nnrninrur rmnui Minn On Economy and Efficiency In Government resident Scuds Second Message of The. Year on Economy and Effi ciency Could Save .$11,000,000 Annually, Washington, April 4. President Taft today sent to congress his sec ond message of the present year on economy and efficiency in the cov- ernment service. He recommended I the passage of legislation designed. to save more than $11,000,000 an nually to the people of the United States. Probably his two most striking proposals were that the local government offices in the treasury, postofficc, Justice, interior and commerce and labor depart ments, be placed in the classified i service and that the revenue cutter I service be consolidated with the lighthouse service in the department of commerce and labor. By the first change the president raid congress could effect a saving of at least $10,000,000 annually and ! although in this message ho gave no figures for the consolidation of. the two services of the sea,' in a pre vious message on the same subject early in the year, he predicted econ omies that would total about $ 1 , 000,000 yearly. The president concluded his mes sage With an appeal to congress to appropriate the $200,000 necessary to support the economy efficiency commission for another year with $50,000 additional for the publica tion of the commission's findings. ..' President Taft's principal recom mendations for economies were as follows: Placing of pension, agents in classified servise; estimated saving ?2,000 annually. Abolition of office of receiver of district land offices and transfer of duties to register; assisted by bond ed clerk; : estimated saving $200, 000 annually. Transfer of "political appointees" In internal revenue and customs ser vices to classified service; estimate of saving not given. Consolidation of lighthouse and life saving services Into bureau ol lighthouses; estimated saving $100, 000. Transfer of vessels and equipment of revenue cutter service from treas ury to commerce and labor depart ment and its abolition as a separate service, estimated in message on economy January 17, that saving would be about $1,000,000 a year. DAVID SETTLE ACQUITTED After Four Hours Deliberation, Jury Returns a Verdict of Xot Guilty Told Different Story. (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, April 4. David It. Settle, youngest son of tho late Judge Settle, was acquitted late yes terday afternoon of the murder of Robert Allen, the Jury returning its verdict after four hours delibera tion. The acquittal verdict was the result of the testimony of the de fendant, who in an hours explan ation of the circumstances surround ing the ratal snooting . never once diverged from the main points of his ctory. Settle claimed that he went out to shoot a screech owl that had been annoying him, that as he step ped .from the door his foot slipped and a double barrel shot gun was discharged, the full load striking Al len and causing instant death. Evidence offered by the state showed that both Settle and Allen, "who had been employed by Settle, were drinking together and had been together throughout the day of the homicide. When arrested Settle was under he Influence of whiskey and gave several conflicting accounts of the shooting. He had never before told" the same story as related on the witness stand. DR. VU TO KETUKX TO IT. S. Almost Certain to He Appointed : Chinese Ambassador Here. '' London, April 4. According to the Pekln correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, Dr. Wu Ting-fang Is al most certain to become the Chinese ambassador at Washington. Dr. Wu Ting-fang was for a time m In Inter of Justice in tho new repub lican cabinet, and formerly held the post of minister to the United 'States . Serious Washouts In Wett. Washington, April 4. Washouts on tbe railway lines of the middle west and south seriously interfered with the handling of malls and many drt leys were reported In thrt pofltoffico department, PRESIDENT , EWmRfk Durham Man Head of tie American Cotton Manu facturers Association Washington, April 4. The Ameri can Cotton Manufacturers Associa tion went on record in favor of a rr- .1 duction of all those schedules o: the cotton tariff shown by ,i,o tariir mmm: ' I'l tilTIVE Vir.t;iM. OUTLAW'S am; I Thcy members of the Alien gn:i. are, from left lo right, Allen. Sidmi Allen and Wesley Edwards ii'C tin- only men still the Hillsvillc, Va., 'courthouse (ragc'ly "C March 1;J. Thee two i heavily urincd posses. Uriel Allen, the yo!int'.ef:t iiiciiiImt "f t'i the latter part of last week wln-ii lie si:i rendered voluntarily.' board to be excessive. In resolu tions unanimously adopted the con vention endorsed the tariff board. The proposal to prohibit trading in cotton futures was condemned 'ns !i injury to the colon trade. An ap peal was made to the New York cot ton exchange for more frequent re visions of its contract prices, to do Justice to southern cotton interests. Resolutions presenLed by J. I). Jlrra niett of Anderson, S. C, and the re port of cotton exchanges made by Louis V". Parker . of Greenville, S. C, called specific attention to the contract prices of the New York cot ton exchange, when it was claimed were often much less than 'tho value of the cotton. Tlw convention adopt ed resolutions asking the New York exchange to revise the .differences be tween contract and spot cotton every three months, instead of tw ice a year, as at present. Senators and representatives from the southern slates were urged to oppose the bills .Introduced in con gress to prohibit dealing In futures. The following 'officers elected: President W. A. Erwiu, West Dur ham, N. C; vice president,' Sttiart V. Cramer, Charlotte, N. C; Secre tary C. B. Bryant, Charlotte, (re elected. 1 The convention adjourned without selecting the meeting place for next year, but invitations were received from New Orleans and Memphis. TENNESSEE PAYS TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR Nashville, April 4. People from all over the state paid final tribute to he memory oT "Fiddling Boh," Senator Robert Love Taylor, Through tho sombre shadowed hall of the house In the state caiptol thousands walked slowly past the body of the dead senator, who suc cumbed In Washington Sunday. Nashville today suspended thousands of Tennesseans who come to witness the ceremony, In final honor of the man who threo times was Tennes see's governor and late senator. To morrow the funeral services will ho held In Knoxvlllo where the senator will be burled. Three Killed hi Wreck. Chicago, April 4. Three persons wero killed and elghtoen Injured when a Chicago and Alton freight train crashed Into a trolley car, fill ed with passengers. There were sixty pasaengors In the ear. Physl- OTfina Iiiii.HaH In tha upf.no . ami tliA I injured were removed to hospitals. OETlGTiVES HOPE rR Oil HilLsville. Y;i ed by Govertio; Anril '.' Kiiiiorl M a mi's warning of ;;:!' one cau:;ii! Imprisonment lo giving', aid to the tcctives- Eougiit the Hilliiws. the ili trails ..of'..S!dn:i Allen and Wesley Edward with re newed 'confidence-,. The officer wy the fugitives would have been t.iarv ed out or run down but for the ie: tivitics of .their friends- and kins men, who "lie. id os' cireuialing false clues to lnif-li ail .Hie -defe; l ies, 're believed to h ive succeeded in .':;( ting food to Hie outlaws. : Allen .ami. his nephew, ii is hi l;"ved, ,are in "l ho mountains b.'yon'l Uillsvillo and Ml Airy, acrois the North Carolina iiii" "Willi good' weather the searchers. hope to. -end Hi" long hunt hy 'find ing a. hid trail for I lie bhuuiliounil.;. It was throe v.i"ks ago today the Carroll cotirt-hoiiKtt tragedy,' with its toll of five li iv, wan enacted. Rumors That Outlaws iVcn Killed. . itutlunond, Va., .April 4-.' Consid. orable excitement was caused by a long distance felejil'.one report from Mount Airy that Sidn'a Allen ami Wesley Kdv, anis, the Uillsvillo out laws, were killed near Volunteer (Jap. The siory which supposedly was told to a rural mail carrier by negroes living bet ween T I Mount Airy and Volunteer .Gap, lias not been (oiilii'ined. Baldwin Doesn't Know. Rcauokv, Va , April 4. -Detective Baldwin, head f the agency Inur ing the Aliens, said the rumor thai Allen and Kdwards were killed "had reached him, but he was unable- io confirm it. SOIMI. WINS DLIIATi: Interesting Debate nt Trinilj Dur ham Hanks .Make Credilable Show ing. (Special lo The Times.) Durham, April 4. Mr. W. V. Starnes, of Monroe, was given the decision in the Sophomore debate held nt Trinity College Tuesday night for the Soiithgate prize. There were eight contestants, and tho de bute '.was one of the most creditable ever held, all I he young men hand ling 'the question at hand in u milli ner that, showed careful preparation. The--subject lor (he debate was "Would it be for tho best Interests of the stutfw to apply the principle of the recall to all state and county officers except lh judiciary." Mr. Starnes spoke on the afllnmilivo side pf the question. A recent ntatement 'of the- seven hanka In Durham mud.- a' most cred itable showing. The capital stock Is I 4&sf - j VI'KST t .li'Tll l!. Wi' lty Ki!'.v.'ii'.!s, Siiiii.i Allen ...anil Uriel it- liberty of tile o;;tl:nv hand rcspmisjl:ii- for it'll arc l:e?in' '.'u;:,! c.fivr ly sevi c:ll .K'H'S. V':!s il!i Siil-ia :ind Edu'i'-riis until given at .MT-".J iliid' Klirplll!:, '!?' discounts. St. .$5,:-;.-.t.K.'f7 ;: id; undivided' prolits 8 7,:! ." . r, -i ;' ha:is ami ,u7..".,';o.r,:i; deposits, total i souri I".;, :v'i,- 7W::,JXi.:::. This- ic-ri'-i-ord 1 1 : r . t ma n y nidi r: ci: ie;. of t he '.-da'' ni iv.b I I,'- proud of, ::nd v. hen ii is conrider ed ll'iai imrbai.i is pra'M ica i i a new and that oi"- e tulions me not i r, it ma !.,.; a i two of tl'.ee iy I he f it y proi'cv good. !i(. that i. to :v, Ai.i.i:;! ! i.v !ii:i;j;. Chicl of I and I'.ilr lni:;n y IliMeniia.'.i:. Vv.. Aoril :(. A in 'ii'i' i. Wisi Chester I'reMural ions a" t h" , UVli of I t' :..-.! Co. ! . v V'.'f' il ei'. w ho - v. rem. -illiier rij.-r- i I h.-i Ii. n lie- l ie ! y ''.'IV,' The Cl;.ii;--. i.iler.v i ,"i.p of IV ill I'l" e raih; n: 'Aiignst ii'!' ol ''-Pol v S ai ,. i al 111" ill S'lada lef. lid. I'll is od ; Mi . Ci ! ll'.ne. iov iiii ai ; .i.irhv aril. Iliad and :-i IH - '"be-- we, -..'i :,IM I'l'd Tit'-Ker,. i- K.- .". is -.llfui" iiorm r 1 1 .-1 r-t I with Lev, i.-.i 111,- I rlV e i iar' ii i i l ion Sheen; wi-ili dnl.' in i ;(- in t he crime, jir d I!., failure io j'l-rforiii ii ir i ll : in ; live le-hiir.:. !'..v d'p'ct ion of ,th'; i.iili'is Mf the i'jeal i o'irts. t he Jury . cua mi-i-i on ers have drawn 7 i ('M'.a inrynovi to serve at she irh'l during ilie woel, comtiKMii 'ii't Monday. May ii. PRISONERS ATTACK JAILOR JOHNSTON (Special to The Tlnie. I Charlo.te, April I. Jailer John tilon.: of the Mecklenburg county Jail had a Infilling experience, when he wen: into the -corridor to give the while prisoners their 'midday tueiil ye'iterday. As Is his custom he on this 'occasion locked the door of the room confining the prisoners as soon as he hn.l entered, dropping l;lu key into his pocket. Suddenly and eviden'.ly by preconcerted ar rangement several ol1 the prisoners seized liini and attempted lo take away the key which would have given them their , liber;y. JaMer .lolinslon'. presence of mind was the only Piling Hint, raved the day. lie fure (he men could accomplish their pttrponi' ho Kiu'ceeiled in v throwing tile ke.'.s llifough tho graling of the window, and as soon as the prison ers saw (hat (hey could not get the key the.v desisted. The leader of (lie bold a' tempt to escape was apparently led by a Rus sian youth, Victor Hill, who Is awaiting li'i:l lor cnr-hi'o'il,hig npd larceny. KNOX TAjm PLAINLY Re (Hade Bold Speech In Gaitaoiala Told ( Iicit (ion k;i(;iiiui1:i Tlml She Musi Ai. lo (lie Washington Conversa ; If She Hoped for Peace and Prosperity, Gaal'-niala City, Guatemala, April .:--Guatemala has not. been es pecially punctilious' .in observing its (.biij-ntions under the Central Amer ican peace pari of jh'7, and only recentiy Salvador had occasion to complain and invite the. good ollices of the American slate department to secure her territorial rights against. Guatemalan aggression. Mr. h'.uox evidently had in mind when he delivered his formal address at the president's halls.. It must have refi:ired some cour age after the kingly style in which lie had been entertained, and sur rounded by men who appeared to draw their breath by sufferance of the host, for the'seeretary to stand up and declare in language that could not he misunderstood that the strict adherence of Guatemala to. tho Washington conventions wan insep arable from any hope of future pros perity. . advancement and peace. These conventions provide that dis putes between the live republics shall be submitted lo the. peace tribunal at Cartago; that no gov ernment shall invade the '-territory of another, or permit vviiliin their own boundaries the ontlitiiig of rev olutionary c.vpiiliions against a sis ter republic, 'l ie- si-i reliiry said in pari : "i 1 naieni.i !a 'n lis posit ion of clow.' proxjmily' to the United States, where there in ever ready air eager niarl.il for its products, and with its ih 'i.i' population -occupies indeed an en' inblo posii ion n iiiong the Cen tral American nations.- This- posi tion will bo rendered increasingly ..desirable as time goes on and the de velopment of your country's enormous- . pdi-sibiii! U s is ..accomplished. And Mr: 'x tid'en!,' 1 .may. h re re mark w it h iiii I . I am sure, iudul'-ing any vi'i'.s note equally shared by yourself,' thai t lie- emit in nous devel opment, and peri'niio";! advancement, of .tin1 republic i'u oenil on it.-; stab'u' economic i-oudit ions as well as upon i'S doili' iliic Olllelll Pll'llt llllll- i-uii-:-;e(iient I epo:-e. ' 'I'lie unvarying frieijiMiip id' l',ic governmcn! iif the Unite I S-:ili for .'republican instim i:ons in tliis hemisphere and its de sire to sen f licui conserved free from interi'i reiice are too weil known air! understood to nee-. I words of ro-I't-suraiK-e froin tne. From the. very iu -eplioii of, I'tid even before the in d.'petidenc" of - the I .at ili-A mericatl liation-i the ullitudc of the Amer-i'-:'.n i.overiiniei-l. v.liicb -later .was imii ib mi cl.Uii e.MI "I a'akably Monroe. in I'ounci a-. M il i iiinisle d il by I'resi-.ii-in n and j! t o t he prcs- ilav. I i in r.i lias a t, of Ih is lo liniiil (lie Uliile.il ic'-ia I i 1 1 1 ere: t not only proSimiy of tin' live ;h.' greal coin uieicial le a ring com plet ion in also bci-aii:e of iis :n,ii.-;. Il hei-aUM-republic hih ,'. a l'n;i;;iiia now' hu: moral obligations under the Wash ington i on eui ions. The maintenance of peace, and stable conditions -.in those 'republics is a' matter of iir;t importance ! nn government. Th" faithful oli.-evviiia-e of those eoiiven tions will, in the opinion, of my govern mi nt. go far towards the elimination- of the turmoil that has hitherto shaken the very foundations of some 'of tire less fort uiiate ami lers trnmjiii.l comiiries. "In com li'sion, Mr. President, al low me to -indulge' th' hope that the relations between our respective count l ies may become increasingly cordial and close, to the mutual ben efit cf both." This speech, If published here, -as it probably will not be, may reas sure a pood many who have ad mirni the secretary because of his pari in breaking the - tyranny of President Zelaya of Nicaragua and some of whom, unfamiliar with the neceiisiiies of diplomacy,.-must have been bewildered lo see (his champion of"-republicanism accepting the hos Pitaliiy of the most, notorious dic tator now lolerMed under a pretense ol popular govern tin 111. An editor of a local paper asked if the j-.oicrnmeiil coticorship was se vere replied: "No, there is no cen sorship. II is unnecessary. The edi tors understand period ly what the government wishes published or not published."-' The city has two pa llets recognized ns official organs and third, "l.a Conip'ana," the tm h rot tied "opposition" weekly. The hitler hold voice of the people, spoke the only word of discourtesy regard ing the American mission. In Its hisile of two weeks neo (odav. n copy (Continued va rage Sevtn.J BAD BREAK NEAR CAIRO q Almost Surrounded By Water :t Much Suffering and v.TenierGJ MANY HOMES FLOODED Anxiety Centers About Cairo Nine Square Miles of Cairo Drainage District lundated Kxcept for Olio RailroalV Line the City is Cut off l-'i-om Communication In Meni phis the Flooded Area Is Steadily Increasing Food , Situation at I lick inuii Serious But Train Load of .'Supplies .'Was.. Expected This Aftei noon. Seven thousand persons have fled from their flood threatened homes. Eight persons have been drowned. The property loss runs into millions. Ten states are affected. The states and federal government are hurrying help to the afflicted. Nine thousand acres of the manu facturing district of Cairo. 111., arc under water. Future' City anil oilier surburbs, v.i'h a' combined population of 1,100 are Hooded. Hickman, Ky., factory district and part -of the home section is flooded. Two thousand are homeless.. -Columbus,- Ky., with the outlying country is under water, depriving one thousand persons of homes. The .iemphis Tennessee river sec tions are flooded, driving twelve hundred froju Jj.ep homes. Many factories are under water. At New .Madrid, Mo., eight hun dred are bomele-s. At Doreiia. Mo., seven are home- I'.iglit thousand 'persons are flee ing from flood threatened homes in the towns between Hickman, Ky., and I leleiia, Ark.. t'aiio Almost Surrounded. Cairo, Ills., April 4. Cairo is al most surrounded by water by the h: en-king' carl? this morning of the i.Voiuie ami unio levee wnicn pro j tecti il the drainage district, which is now under from five to fifteen leet 'ol water. The lives of live hun idred workmen were endangered when the Mississippi rive tore a jcreVnsse a hundred and tw-cnty-flvn d el long in the dike. 'I lie lerri lory Hooded is north of Cairo, and i'1'nprises about, nine thousand : i res. The number of homes, storeil and other siruclurcs are Hooded In ihe drainage district is estimated at on" t housaud. . Anxiel v at Cairo. .Memphis, April, 4. -.--Anxlely over ilie Hood situation this morning cen ters about Cr'iro, Ills., where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers last night mhod two levcts. Nine square miles of the Cairo drainage district is submerged. Future City, with ix hundred inhabitants, is inundat ( Continued on Page Seven.) WILSON CONFERS Wnsliingl.)!!. April. 4. Governor W'oodrow Wilson came to Washing ton today on his way west, and spent several hours .conferring with his political managers, senators and house members. "Our campaign is one depending on our friend and their bruins," said Wilson. "We have no money. Our campaign has been bankrupt four limes, including he present. It Is :o confer with tuy friends In the !w,o houses -of congress I am here." The governor left this afternoon for Chicago, , . i;W I'OSITICX FOR SHLSTKIJ Wm-'hington, April 4. W. Mor gan Shunter, deposed treasurer gen eral of Persia, has been" appointed South American representative ot tho National City Company,, of Now Vork. It is said that the National CUy -Company, allied 'With the National City-Rank of New York, Intends to ' devole Us business primarily ! to1' South American loans. I flOOfl 11. ' I
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