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t 1 f . . ' - ' - - ' . , . . T, . 1 ' V . . - ' - - - ' - ' , t - I- . " .. ' ' 1 1 , ' , " - - I,-. - , . ' - t 1X .. 4-. ... . .- t THE 01 6 PATCH Delivered In the City fey Carrlw or tent anywhere by Mall at 25. Cents pr Month. - - . r- fiffTf'c (IE r , THE .WEATHER. , Fair, tonight and Tuesday Not mucli change in temperature. Light ,to moderate , northerly winds. VOLUME SEVENTEEN WIOnNGTONVrNKCMONI PRICE THREE CENTS i . 7 r-. - ' ' iBKiiiiir: wn her heroes In Terrible Freight Wreck Which Oc curred Late Yesterday Afternoon, Near Ellenboro in Western Part of State Parents and Sisters of Mr. Dooley Lelt This r City Today Fop Charlotte, Where the Funeral , Will Probably be Heid. : Friends in this city were horrified last evening to learn of the tragic death of Mr. Roy Dooley, son of Cap tain and Mrs. J. T. Dooley, "of this city; The young man was killed in a freight wreck on the Seaboard Air Line near Ellenboro, in the Western part pf the State yesterday afternoon." Young" Mr. Dooley was fireman on the train. En gineers J. M. Lindsey and Rod R, Green were also killed. The bodies of the dead men were buried; under 17 cars loaded with coal, ; Work wasJ in progress all last nght'in the effort to uncover the bodies. It was stated that the cause of the wreck was the collapse of a trestle ' over rwhich the freight train was passing. . The terrible news of the death of young Mr. Dooley has been received with deepest sorrow in this city where he resided for a numbet of years, and where he was exceptionally well known. Captain and Mrs. J. T. Doo ley, his parents, live at No. 6 Queen street. They were informed by wire last night of the tragic death of their son, Accompanied by their daughters, Misses Nellie and Mary. Dooley, sis ters of the deceased young man, they left this morning for Charlotte. It was stated today that the funeral of Mr. Dooley would probably , be held at Charlotte. Deep sympathy will be felt here for Captain and Mrs. TJooley and their daughters in the terrible , and unexpected bereavement Which ' they iave sustained and tender condolences yfll be extended by many ,friePdl la TViimington. v ij -i-i'-st.H, v-- " Young Mr. Dooley had beeri a fire man for Seaboard Air -jLine for about three years and wasfist. -about reajdy to receive promoti6n?fcbthe . position of engineer. lie" was' about 23 years of age and for the" 'past,- year or; two had made his headquarters .at Monroe. He was a member wof -the Catholic church, and of Wilmington . Lodge, Knights of Columbus. IJe had many friends here who will deeply . regret to hear of hia sad and untimely death. The Charlotte Observer , of today contains the following article with ref erence to the wreck: ' . - Special to Observer. -Ellenboro, May 28. Pinned beneath their engines in Watkins creek, on which arc piled seventeen carsof coal, are the bodies of Engineers Lindsay and Green and Fireman Dooley, Two others are perhaps fatally-injured as a result of a double-header Seaboard Air Line coal train Agoing. ' through a wooaen trestle Z miles west of EUen horo and about two ntes 'east of Pos- tic at 5:15 thisfferich3? . The dead are Engineer J. Mckfrdsa. Monroe Early Engineer Sbd'li J Greeni Mon roe. Fireman Roy Dooley Monroe. Early Lewis, colored, the other fire man, and Lbn Nearly, brakeman, are Perhaps fatally injured. ' - Conductor F. B. Howell; of Char lotte, was in the caboose on the rear of the train and was uninjured. The bodies of Engineer Lindsay and Fireman Dooley are still under the wreckage and can not be removed un: til the wrecking crew arrives. The train was movinc slowly east- hound and had passed nearly over the trestle when it gave way, both engines tailing a depth of forty feet and seven teen steel coal cars piling on the en gines. The second engine, on which were Engineer Lindsay .and Fireman Dooley, was covered upcompletely and neither man has as yet been located. A mangled hip can be seen but it is not known to which man it belongs Engineer Lindsay's people live at Cherry ville, while he made his home in Monroe. Hi white fireman, Roy Dooley, also made his home in Mon roe; Dooley's people live at Wilming ton. Engineer Roa Green, on first en sine fNo. 704, live at Monroe. His re gains have been taken to .an under taker at Shelby.. ' 1 '! , Early Lewis, the colored firemen on Mr. Green's engine, felt the trestle grte and jumped in time to save his nfe, although ho la nainfullv and ner faaps fatally injured about the head lll,i shoulders Lon Lealy, a colored brakeman, was on tne tender nf tha eecnnH oneine He has a broken back and the' doctors say he wni not recover. ' Charlotte May 29 News of a head '"ng plunge of a double-header Sea board freight train hrough a burning Ip Passenger Trains 0. S. Supreme ;Iourt rlead-On Collision on Burlington This iworntng and Mine and Probably More People Killed Number Injur ed, Including Baseball Players Ac cident Happened in Nebraska, v r Denver, May, 29, Nine persons, and probably more, were killed and twen ty injured in a head-on collision ba- twe stbound and westbound pas- sent,- ce Nos. 9, and 12 of the Burlingxw. 0fSfS ten miles east of McCook, Nediw . " - The engi neers of both traix. 7 reported among the killed. -Member M the Den ver and Omaha baseball teams were passengers on the westbound train. A number of them were slightly injured. A day coach on the Chicago Limited Westbound, was totally wrecked, lln this car the most casualties qccurred. The tourist and baggage cars were thrown on their sides, but the occu pants escaped serious injury. UNBIND THEMSELVES Washington,. May; 29. By a vote of 14 ' to 11, the Democratic " Senators in caucus today rescinded their former decision : to support the Martin resolu tion, ; providing f or r -Investigation" - of the Lorimer case ibyjf the ' Previleges and 'Elections "Committee, VThis action eft. the Democrats uncommitted to any program when the v Lorimer case comes up . in the .'Senate today. . Boston, May 29. Mrs.-Florence Kel Ipv ? and Miss S. P. Breckenridge will he ; sDeakers . at the national confer ence of charities and correction to be held at -Boston June 7th, to. 14th." The conference 'will advocate reforms in the care of : voung criminals and . de- u.m,intc nnH rhanees in the mode f pnndnnrttie labor camps - and city Institutions. - " . Miss Breckenridge is a teacher : in th a i TTniversitv of' Chicago, and asso- rfate director of the - Chicago bcnooi nf - ftivics ' and Philanthropy, bne naa written and published - a number of .m r-aatata nn social r and eco- lLJ,CLtJAV? - nnimlr. subiects. Mrs.(Kelley is secretary of the Na tinnfll 'consumers' League, ; which Ie vitally concerned with problems'- relat ing to industries in which women are employed. Her interest In working wo men dates back a number of ears to the - time when she was a factory V. ' ... J YjM 7 4-' ft inspector -in Illinois. " . ; . ; Highest rlbunajaiwts ion: In the EtijZit. i Vice Law Applylrtg tVRallroad- Act of Congress Mi Justjce .Hughes peliverap'pinion.' f v ' ' ":.. . r '.' C T: -i ; '-Washingtpni . May 29.-7rThe. "hours of service;law for railroad - employes.'! passed by . Congress in i907, waf up-.; nem as , constitutional by -: the,- United States Supreme Court today. The -de cision - was announced v - by - yrusWcf Hughes in a test case suit instituted by the. Baltimore and . Ohio. Railroad. VILL NOT PROBE THE Washington, May 29. That Con gress will not conduct an investigation into the arrest and "extradition to Cal ifornia, In connection with- the Los Angelas dynamiting case, of J. J. Mc Namara, the Indianapolis labor leader, was indicated when the House Rules Committee declined today to take ac tion on the Berger resolution provid ing for such an inquiry. ; May Have Baseball. : An effort is being made by. several gentlemen to' secure, the Anderson franchise, in the Carolina Association. Telegrams were sent Saturday night when It was earned that there is a probability that Anderson may drop out of the neighboring league: No defi nite answer had been received to the messages' this afternoon.; It is hoped thai a 4eaL may ' be consummated by whieh WHmiiystonwill secure theAn aersoffanchiser - - J :X "Jim and Joe' ,. . ". -- Latest Selig picture with great sceh; ie views Grand Theatre today. It. MEDIATORS START IN ON . - - Washington, May ' 29. The media tion proceedings, agreed upon Satur day, between the Southern Railway and its firemen, in the hope of ad justing the wage dispute, began today. The : mediators were in conference practically all the day with the fire men's -; committee, headed by Vice President Teat, of the Brotherhood, of- Locomotive Firemen, In addition to a 20. per cent Increase, which the firemen are demanding, they ask that the same, rate of pay be granted all firemen, as well as higher allowance for overtime. Immediately following the conference with the firemen, dur ing which the controversy: was gone over by the mediators to find a basis for - settlement' the railway officials were called in., Tomorrow morning representatives of the firemen again will. be called. . ; GETS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. Emerson's Wife Got Final Decree This ,. . . . Morning..' ' ' "Baltimore, May ; 29. A divorce de cree was signed today for Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson in her action against Cap tain Emersa, the -millionaire drug manufacturer. An . absolute divorce was granted. i - PREACHER BEAT HIS , ' WIFE TO DEATH TODAY -Tacbma v.Wash., May 29. T. H. Gardner; a traveling preacher, attach ed to no sect, today beat his wife to death with a club, one mile east of Kittitas ' Later he gave himself up to the authorities. ROOSEVELT THE. SPEAKER. Will DeliverAddress at Grant's Tomb ' - s, Tomorrow. . New . York, May .29. Theodore Roosevelt wilLdeliver the chief memo rial address tomorrow at Grant's tomb' ' Menu for this evening at 8 o'clock. Broiled - Steak, Hollandaise sauce, French Fried Potatoes, Little Cooking Demonstrations 620 Fourth street. , , cakes. North It tP5- x -'1 t y, Hy v-t - i f v I Jy '- . ' s I " " J ' Tfyr fNew :York;?Mji his first official , appearance ; in ' public or's Island. General- Jrretterick D. Grant officers .presentJIii'f'i, h-t - SUED DEiBD "Speed King" Snatches Record From Barney OldfieTd--Made Mile In Llt . tie Over Half Minute On Track at v Indianapolis.-:-'?."' r '. Indianapolis, May .29. Bob Burmani the "Speed King," driving a two hun dred j horse power Blitzen " Benz car, this morning established ar new world's record for one mile; v igoing -'this dis: tance in .35:35. The -previous record was35:63,:heldtbyiBarney CHdfield.- ' Winchester Va STay . 29. As the result ' of "a scooting atray at ; Stras3 burs. SjlonMfUjaleV aged SSm the- abdomen -end wiil-llCkelyeMrs: Bettie Middletoh Eaton, mother of two children,-, is suffering from a bul let woundUn the leg. Henry Goetz is arrested, charged with " the shooting. Goetz', it is .said, resented Middleton' attention to Mrs. Eaton and the shoot ing resulted. . :f ITALIAN KILLS ANOTHER. Tragedy Grew Out of White Slave Business. Miiford . Mass., ' May 29.'-rrouble, caused - by bringing Italian girls to Milford " for illegal purposes, - resulted today: in the assassination of Domen ico Calruti, an alleged white slave trafneer, by . Domenico Siirace, who has been arrested. : ' - " i STEEL MAGNATES MEET TO DISCUSS TRADE SITUATION New .York, May 29. Steel manufac turers -have gathered here to attend the meeting. called to discuss the trade situation, following a reduction in "the price of - steel bars ; last week by -the Republic Iron and Steel Company."; PAYING TELLER NABBED. Pittsburg Man Charged With Big Em- y bezzlement. ' Pittsburg,- Pa., May 29. William W. Baker, aged 36 years, paying teller of the Diamond National Bank, was arrested toda'y charged with embezzle ment Of $14,500 of the bank's funds. Baker wa with the bank for eight years - : r" . : The Cooking Demonstrations were mighty fine last summer;" better this summer. Attend the first series - at 620 North Fourth Monday, Tuesday. and Wednesday at 8 p. m. ' It COMMITTEE WANTS T, R, : . AS A WITNESS : -Washington,- May ' 29. Theodore Roosevelt is desired . as a witness be fore5 the special House "Steel Trust" Investigating Committee. The request was sent Roosevelt to appear to' tell about taking, over the Tennessee Coal and Iron - Company Tby.v the United States Steel Corporation. .. ' v :". .'. '. ":" rev Torpedo' Boats In Collision. Kiel, . Germany," May 29. Two Ger man torpedo boats have - arrived here in a damaged condition, after a 'collis ion, near Skalen, Denmark; One sailor was killed. , . - . 1 fATAl SROOTfG OVER ,:: VOHAN IN "VIRGINIA . ..- W : .- s ' . y : - v. new Secretary of.lWar, ,made .at the . annual lawn party at Govern presented Mr V', - y " Stimson to the army 3 DfiV BEFORE BIG K . .. :V-:.. '- : I '' , Few Tests - Made On .Indianapolis Speedway Today Largest Field : in Auto Racing History Will . Start in Tomorrow's Big Event.-, Indianapolis, May 29. With the ex ception of -i preliminary tests . of ten cars, the : morning, of the,' day before the big five hundred: miles automobile race, found everything in readiness for firing of the starting bombs to morrow morning '.at 10 o'clock. Prob ably forty-three cars, the largest field in automobile racing . history will be lined up at the start. . MORE POSTAL BANKS. Posmaster General Designates Fifty Additional Ones. ,- - Washington, ? May. 29. Postmaster General Hitchcock has designated fifty addltfoTial nostal 'savines denositriries. .making the "imt-iappUon'b r.v-v. 4 ill IN El PasovTexas, ; May 29. Ravela tions of 'an" alleged plot to start an other revolution in Mexico, after over throwing Madero's leadership and pre. venting his- journey- to -Mexico 3ity, created intense excitement' today throughout the Insurrecto army. Stocks Today. v New York, May 29. Wall Street.r- United States Steel was slightly low er at the opening of the sto'ck mar ket, ten thousand shares being sold in the ' first five minutes at 3-8 de? cline.1 Most of the other ctive stocks were uriu. r-; r " z " The general run of. fluctuationsdid not amount to mtich. The market was not ' influenced by the buoyancy1 of Canadian Pacific ' and several " indus trials.' Heaviness in ' United States Steelj which- sold down' nearly a pointj held the stock market in checS; this morning1. It became dull. Trading ,was restricted because - of the ' belief that the Supreme , Court would annduhb the American tobacco- case decisio. The market made ; quite a show i of strength: after midday on light deal .Trading was quiet and firm during the late sessions. . Specialists general ly, were reluctant to any business un til it was learned whether the decision in the American Tobacco suit would be made. known. The American Tobacco Company Ps. were heavily bought and rose over a point and on .the. curb the stock jumped 26 points, to' 515. CLEMSON COLLEGE LOSES E T : Washington,. May 29. Clemsoir Ag ricultural College, of South Carolina, in the United States Supreme Court today lost its fight to escape a' suit for payment of $8,000 to Dr. John Hop kins, for, damages, it. is allege done to the latter's : land along the river; in Oconeev count, S. C. The damages;;it is. said, resulted from erdiy the college of a dike on the river1 bank opposite the Hopkins land. The South Oconee county; S.: C. The damages,' It State agent and so could not be sued. Justice LaMar; held this U view was wrong.f directing t further proceedings looking toward hearing the suiU- ' "I Love My Wife But Oh Her Family Comedy song by Mr. Baldwin, Grand Theatre today. at HIGHEST Court Holds It in Dg- stralnt f Trade Supreme Court of United States About 4:30 O'clock This Afternoon Handed Down Second Vital Anti-Trust Case Decision Holds Tobacco Corpdra tion is In Violation -of Both Sections of the Serman Law History of the Case. Washington, D. . C., , May 29. The United States Supreme Court this' af ternoon, about 4 o'clock handed down the., other important -anti-trust . case decision, this being in the alleged' to bacco trust case. The Tobacco Corpor ation is held in restraint of trade and a violation of both sections of the Sherman anti-trust law. ( -History of The Case. , The American tobacco corporations were made the target of the second big "trust" : prosecution : of recent years. The first was the Standard Oil. Because the testimony taken in the tobacco case was not so extensive as that in the Standard Oil, the two cases, were before the Supreme Court for consideration at the same time The attempt of the government to dissolve the tobacco . corporation as violating the Sherman' anti-trust law tQokhape in,, 1907. In that year, a petition was filed in the United States Circuit Court t New York. The Government asked that the American Tobacco Company, its officers, direc tors and : affiliated corporations be prevented andenjoined from restrain ing and monopolizing commerce in tobacco. . -; ' - . The restraints and the Tnonopolies alleged by the Government, were said to have been qbtalned by an Intricate system ' pf -: corporate t organization. If began in . 189jO when . the ?first Ameri canr Tobacco Company was organized, The new company took over the bus ;-.-;Id789i, - the ? Continental Tobacco Coarpaajp was hcorporated to .' -take oyer, the pg-tobac(k),Msfnesof,he American Tobacco Company and that or : nve independent plug , manuractur ers. : - : -. In 1900 the American Snuff Com pany was incorporated to take over the snuff business of the American Tobacco Company, of : the. Continental Tobacco Company,'; and of two other independent1, manufacturers: ' f , In 1901 the American4' Cigar Com pany was incorporated to take over the business of .the . American Tobac coCpmpa,ny. andqthervmanufacturers and sellers of cigars,' cheroots and sto gies. -5- . In the same , year, the Consolidated Tobacco Company was incorporated to take over in elchange for its bonds substantially all of - the stock -of ; the American.. Tobacco Company and I the Continental ? Tobaccb Company ; In 1903, -the American Stogie: Com pany : was : incorporated to , take, over the stosie - business ; of Tthe Atnerican Cigar - Company the 'American Tobac co Company, and the, Continental To- ; In4904,themerican bacco i Com- pany, the Continental Tobacco ; Com pany ' and the . Consolidated Tobacco Company" were merged1 into the ; pres ent; American Tobacco Company. . The : Government- claimed , that I al these organizations were created with ,the .definite purpose to destroy, com petition and ' that ' they , accomplish that : purpose. .'Each step was; attack- ted as a part iof. an unlawful . plan, whose - development and- progress - was advanced, it twas charged, by ' duress, oppression, and unfair methods, intend- edi- to- arive ' out ana Jieep' ouv? com petitors' and secure ; monopolies. The idefendants claimed, that noth ing was to be found Kn the organiza tion of these corporations, ; but the orderly; natural and legitimate devel opment of a -great business. They said, the acquisitions had been proper and that no, attempt to restrain trade, or to monopolize trade had prompted the creation xC :orporations. -, " -' . ,. In adition, it was charged that the American Tobacco Company acquired control of the United Cigar Stores Company, which conducts retail stores in large cities, and thereby was seek ing 'dominion T iji. the retail business, an avenue absolutely necessary to effective competition.' ' . f- ' : . , ". The tobacco organization was charg ed with having a mondpoly of the licorice paste, required in the manu facture of tobacco, the. MacAndrews & Forbes Company, organized by the Continental having no ; competitor, it was saidr" - : . - - . ! It wasalso said that the defend ant had : a- monopoly in the tin foil business the Conley Foil Company, of which the American Tobacco Com pany held a majority of the stock, (Continued on Third Pag.) ; ii Gather at University 'A-'.: - am t ..m ' " t Eighty Eight Warriors Today Receiv- ed -Diplomas lat the University of North Carolina Left Thejp Studies ... io Fight for. Their Beloved South Governor Woodrow Wilson Speaks ' Tomorrow. ' Durham, , N. C, f May 29. Eighty eight gray "haired Confederate , veter-ans.-jWho at the outbreak of: She Civil War Were students d'ntthe ialvpysity, of Njorthj Carolina,, and left; iheVC. books to (take up arms- in the long conflict between thfr States,' today received degrees as Bachelors of Art. Bestow al : of 'the long deferred graduation honors was in-'.accordance with a spe cial act of the-North Carolina Legisla ture. Many , old soldiers had not met from the time -they left the University togo to war until today when they oc cupied seats vof honor at - the Alumni hanquet. Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, makes the commenue- Iment address tomorrow. Artist Claims State - Department Re duces Cost , for Picture . of Justice , .Day and .Gave Him. Much Smaller1 Amount Congressional f Committee Probing. t . Washington, May, 29. Albert Rosen-? thai, the Philadelphia "portrait", painter, startled ,the , House Committee inves-, tigating ; the" State 4 Department expen- ditnea.i. today , withVaV charge ' that he was paid only 850 fori the portrait of Associate Justice J'Viiliani R. Day, former Secretary, while State : Depart- ieRtMypf and-. receipt lndlcng;nes Philadelphia,, May';29. Governor Ca Teyi;Of ,Wojning:who. visited, this city to attend the . launching of the. bat tleship Wyoming, will head a subscrip tion list for the, purpose of. purchasing a handsome silver service for the huge craft The Wyoming legislature will appropriate a-, sum to - aid , the , fund. Governor Carey, who is .an insurgent Republican and who ran for Governor on the Democratic ticket, was former ly. United States Senator. POPE ISSUES ADDRESS TO ' . BISHOPS OF- THE WORLD Rome, May 29.- An encyclical ad dress by Pope- Pius to Roman Catho lic Bishops : throughout ' the .' world strongly deploring' the anti-religious attitude of. sthe ; Portuguese : Govern ment, has beW officiary published at the Vatican. . . v. . f t '". THREE CENTS THE COPY. , The price of The Dispatch is but 3 cents ' per copy. That is 1 all the paper sells : for at the r office, and the only price au- thorized on the ; streets. 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