v. 7 1-r H SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1911. VOLUME 17 NO. 100 ft WlBSQN Times. - v t V. I FD1C reion OF M M H .1 Mil 1 1 iidlLUUllU ve-saver: 1,463 DISASTERS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SERVICE- ONLY 53 LIVES LOST 74 VESSELS WERE LOST . Washington, Jan. 2. Out of a total of 6,661 persons -involved in 1,463 dis asters to vessels of all classes within the scope of the United. States Lif Savihg Service, only 53 lives were lost and but 74 vessels were complete ly destroyed, according to the annual report of S. I. Kimball, general super intendent of the service," for the fiscal year which ended June 30th last. The greatest number of .casualties reported was in connection with craft without documents, such as sailboats, launches and rowboats, 1,046 accidents having occurred, to such craft with 3,013 persons aboard, and a total of 14 lives having been lost. There were 3,648 persons aboard 417 documented vessels reported in distress by keep ers of life-saving stations, and the" total number lost was 39. Of the " 1,463 vessels of all kinds ' which met with,, accidents, the lif e savers rendered assistance to 1,407, valued withV r- : $10,179, 'i by the rescue 230. '-of: lifecsavi vice inci- . i ? or v ." . fi5J?:ff'rV , 1 person"! I i 'Z shotwounds,' bro of 13? 3 fxon jfirown,?, surgical jersons suffering from; in- broken limbs-of: buhsas, &ni the recovery of 150 bodies of per- sor-whoaoCdeath by lumping - or falling from piers and bridges, breaking through the ice or in other ways. Nine of this number were sul cidei, j " t:!"!j The net-expenditures for maintain ing the - service throughout the year were $2,249,375.68. The enactment if the bill passed, at the last session of ' Congress by the Senate providing re tirement pay .for members of the life- saving service and others of the field, service incapacitated for duty is urged in the report. Who Will Christen The Arkansas? Washington, Jan. 2. Officials of the Navy Department are ndn-plussed by the announcement from Little Rock that Got ernor Donaghey, of Arkansas, has designated Miss Marion Clarke, daughter of Senator James P. Clarke, to christen the battleship Arkansas. The Department already has named Miss Mary L. Macon, daughter of Representative R. B. Macon, of Ar kansas, for the honor. This action was taken, it is said, after the receipt of a telegram from Governor Donaghey declining to ap point a sponsor because .of lack of time to make the necessary, arrange ments. To meet the situation, and in order that Arkansas might riot be de prived of the honor of christening her name-sake in the navy by a daughter of" the State, Secretary Meyer took up the matter with Representative Ma con", who was in Washington at the time, and ascertained that the Con gressman's daughter would be willing to act as sponsor. Accordingly the Secretary advised the President of the New- York Shipbulding Company, the builders of the , Arkansas, that Miss Macon would be the sponsor. There the matter rests as no further word has yet been received from Governor . Donaghey. Of all the monopolists the one we most detest is he who monopolizes conversation and prevents us from .getting In our word. f TUV WFATHFR We presume that the weather fac tory Is taking holiday today, .New Year's Day, : legal holiday, as the Weather Bureau did not send us any buletin. , ' NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST HATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP PENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Chapel Hill, Jan. 2. Dr. William B. MacNider, of the University of North Carolina Medical School, was Friday elected a member of the Council of American - Pharmacologists at the meeting in New Bern.. r. Buena Vista, Va., Jan. 2. Fire early Saturday in the business section did damage to the extent of $15,000. In surance of about $12,000 covered the tosses. Brown Brothers' general store was the heaviest losers, it being damaged $8,000, with half that amount of insurance. .- Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 2. L. M. Hun ter, charged with having forged checks on several Charlotte banks, was. brought here Saturday from Harve de Grace, Md, and turned over to the Federal authorities. Hunter came here several weeks ago and posed as a manufacturer investigat ing a site for-a big plant. He in stantly won the confidence of local capitalists and lived high for a week. Washington, Jan. .2. Chairman Martin A. Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Saturday took the oath of office as additional Circuit Judge of the United; States, thus. be: coming automatically a member of the new Commerce Court. Pinehurst, N. C, .Jan. 2. In the final round of .the seventh annual holiday " week golf tournament Satur day Walter J. Trayis, of Garden City, former!American and British cham pion, defeated Paul M. Hunter, of Mid lothian, two up and one to play. Westfield, Mass., Jan. 2. Following the discovery of an alleged shortage of nearly $60,000 in the funds of the Westfield Savings bank, the treas urer of the institution, V. W.Crowson. was placed under arrest and arraign ed in court. According to a statement issued .by State Bank Commissioner Arthur D. Chapin, Crowson has con fessed to misappropriation of the funds of the bank. LEADS THE WORLD AS A COALING CENTER Hampton Roads Shipments For .Year . Exceeds Cardiff By 2,000,000 Tons. Newport News, Va., Jan. 2. Hamp ton Roads became the leading coal shipping center of the world during the year ending Saturday night. More than ten million tons of coal went over the docks at Lamberts Point, on the -Norfolk side, and tho Newport News piers in nineteen and ten, giving Hampton Roads a lead of about two million tons over Cardiff, until now recognized as the world's greatest coal port. . . Of the ten million tons four millions were dumped at the C. & O - piers here, while the six million were handled by the Jtf . & W. at Lamberts Point and the Virginian at Sewalls Point. It is estimated that the three railroads received fifteen million dol lars in freight charges. Local agents say that the new re cord will be exceeded in nineteen eleven, and that when the Panama Canal is opened Hampton Roads will send out fifteen million tons of coal and upwards annually. Disappointed In .Love, Young Wan Kills Himself. Sheppards, ; Va., , Jan. 2. Archer DuncaV committed suicide Friday af ternoon by shooting himself In -1 is U inple with a pistol at the store o! James Gills. Mr. Duncan was a very bright and handsome young man. - It is reported that disappointment in love caused him to kill himself. GONZALES IS INTERVIEWED LEADER OF MEXICAN INSURGENTS TELLS OF HIS POLICY AND HIS PLANS FIGHT IS AGAINST DIAZ Presidio, Mex. Abraham Gonzales, leader of the insurgent forces operat ing near Ojinaga and provisional Gov ernor of Chihuahua, has given an in- terviwe to the Associated Press cor respondent at Mulato. This.is the first statement made by any of the Insurgent leaders in the field. Gonzales talked frankly telling of the policy of the insurgents and their plans. "The Independents now control the greater part of Chihuahua," said he "we could capture any of the outlying garrisoned towns at "any time but in turn we would have to establish gar risons in these cities, thus taking many fighting men from the field. - "We did not expect to defeat the Diaz army In a day or a month. We have accomplished all that we set out to do up to date." . ; "The independents control a section of the railroad, thus holding the gar risons at Juarez, Ojinaga; Pedernales and Laguna helpless in "their bar racks. We have checked every effort to send reinforcements north and con trol several hundred miles of the bor: der. ' - ;- ' ''- "This gives us an opportunity to re- emit our armies and train our eager recruits. Every day increases our strength. When we are ready to strike we will strike and Diaz will be shaken from his throne. . "The independents will , protect the property and lives of Americans and other foreigners. We come as libera tors, not as invaders. " "The independents are not fighting Mexico,. they are fighting the Diaz gov ernment. - Gonzales talked slowly in halting English, turning now and then to a young officer for aid in translating his words. "Of our immediate plans I cannot, of course, speak. We have opened the door for our countrymen who wish to fight and we are arming and drilling them as fast as they come. "We want simple justice. We want the right to vote as we believe. The courts, the great instrument of Diaz's tyranny next to the army, must be made court of law, not tools of op pression. "The men who have organized this uprising will fight until all are dead. They are confident of victory." BRYAN FEARS DISCORD. Hesitates to Send Letter to Baltimore Diners Lest He Spoil Harmony. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2. William J. Bryan has informed Albert. L. AI money, Baltimore, Md., that he can not attend the Jackson Day celebra tion on January 17th, it is stated. Mr. Bryan says: ' "It will be impossible for me to be present, and I hesitate to send a let ter to be read at the celebration lest it might prove a discordant notes, if, as I would infer Jrom the preliminary arrangement, those who originated it are dissatisfied with the last Demo cratic " national platform. "That party was satisfactory to the party two years ago and is satis factory to the rank and file now. The victory of last month was, in my judg ment, largely due to the fact that several planks of the platfornf had al ready been vindicated by events, and events have, since . the election, vin dicated other planks." The boaster's story of his life is too much like the historical novels-one part truth to three parts fiction. TREASURY BETTER OFF BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN THE COUN TRY'S FINANCE TO ISSUE PANAMA BONDS Washington, Jan. 2. The coming of a New Year finds the finances of the United States Treasury far im proved over the condition in which the business of 1910 was begun, hav ing spent some $26,000,000 more than it had taken in. That sum took no account of the extraordinary expendi tures for the Panama Canal. - The beginning of 1911 finds that defiicit reduced to $6,000,000 and the total deficit, Including Panama ex penditures, reduced to almost $26,000, 000 on all accounts practically half of what it was a year ago. The year closes with about $86,000, 000 in the general fund and a working balance of $34,000,000 in the Treasury offices, both considerably lower than a year ago.' This is considred by the Treasury officials a remarkable show ing in the' face of the fact that more that $130,000,000 has been advanced out of ordinary funds for the canal construction. The showing seems to sustain Secretary MacVeagh's de cla ration that the Treasury would be able to keep an even keel until Con gress passed legislation to allow an Issue ! of tsAurfes3 jupon the plans which Mr MacVeagh has laid down? Such a plan as Mr. MacVeagh and Senator Aldrich have so far worked out contemplates the issue of $50, 000,000 or $100,000,000 of Panama bonds, not to be available for national bank .circulation, and at a rate of in terest high enough to make them at tractive to investors. Such a plan promises to develop into legislation when Congress settles down to" work. HE LIVED THREE WEEKS WITH DEAD IN HOUSE. Decomposed Body of Cleveland Man's Wife ancr Daughter Found. Cleveland, O.; Jan 1 For three weeks, while the dead bodies of his wife, Anna, and three-year-old daugh ter. Hermina, lay decompose:! in an up-stairs room, Herman Mielke ate and slept in a downstairs room at bis home. , Mielike, who is a paroled work bouse prisoner,, went to police court Saturday to report to Probation of ficer Vinning, While there he told Vinning that he has Just discovered the death of his wife and daughter. Mielke said that he and his wife quarreled two weeks ago because he kicked their collie dog, and that , he had -not seen her or the child since. He said he supposed she had run away, until Saturday when odors issu ing from her bed room led him to in vestigate. He claimed that he found a bottle that had contained chloroform by her side. Qail Released Mate. Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 2. "The quail is a remarkable bird," declares Mr Metcalf, of , Providence, a cottager here, "and I ' haven't been reading Roberts, Long or Seton-Thompscn Early in the week we caged a pair of birds which had been broueu: in to my daughter by a native. Shortly afie: the male escaped. :For two days he was missing, ihen, returning, he hovered about, auH. at ihe fist opportunity, pecked at the button on the door until he was able to open the exit and release his sr.vtte. "Vcu tan talk about loons p'l.viTm t it, and crows counting, but I guess the quail comes in for some considfcra tior, too. " 'iKii't believe it?' The ta ?t. How ever. re;nains," concluded Mr Mei valf with conviction. CANDIDATES FOR U. S. SENATE REPORTED OUT HOWEVER EX-GOV. AYCOCK SAYS HE IS NOT IN RACE-KITCHEN NON-COMMITTAL Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 2. Special dis patches from Washington to the ef fect that ex-Governor Aycock and Governor Kitchin are both active candidates for the United States Sen ate to succeed Senator Simmons two years hence has created consider able comment here. Asked about the matter Ex-Governor Aycock said that he is not and will not be a candidate. On the other hand Gov ernor Kitchin made this response to the inquiry: "The Washington story is interest ing but I have no statement to make about its subject matter at this ime." The situation seems to narrow down to the conclusion that the senatorial contest will be between Senator Sim mons and Governor Kitchin, tne fight to be between them exclusively in the event there is primary expres sion on the senatorship. Then if the question goes into the Legis lature without primary expression ex- Governor Aycock might be drawn in for the election through a dead. lock between Simmons and Kitchin. SHOOTS CAFE PROPRIETOR. Wholesale Merchant of Laurinburg, in Difficulty Over Settlement of. Bill For Oysters, Seriously Wounds Resturant Keeper. Laurinburg, Jan. 2. A mosunfort unate shooting affair occurred here Friday night in the "Busy Bee Cafe," in which PeterTsumas was the Vic tim. Mr.Lonhie Hammond, a mem ber of the firm of Covington-Hammond Company, wholesale grocers, - had re cently sold some oysters to the "Busy Bee," and there had arisen some dis pute as to the settlement." It wa while the parties were endeavoring to settle the matter that the dispute arose which led to the shooting imme diately after the bill had been paid. It is said that as Mr. Hammond" wa about to lave the cafe, . Tsumas as saulted him with a stick which was the beginning of the real difficulty. There are contradictions as to the sue ceeding occurrences. Mr. Hammond contended that he fired the shot In defense of himself as the proprietor was about to fire upon him. He surrendered to tho chief o. police and was placed under a bond of $5,000 by Recorder W. P. Benton for his appearance at court The bullet entered the left side. shattering one rib and lodging against the spinal column. A portion of the body is slightly paralyzed. The bullet has' not yet been removed. His general condition at this time is re ported to be uncertain. Athletics May Play In Japan. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 2. Business Manager Frank Bancroft, of the Cin cinnati Nationals, who has taken base ball clubs" to foreign countries, expects to add another country to his list after the next world's series. Japan is the country Bancroft expects to storm, and his army of invation will consists, he says, of the Philadelphia - Ameri cans, whose recent trip to Cuba . he had charge of. Greensboro Man Killed by " Train. Greensboro, Jan. 2. Andrew Weatherly a well known Greensboro real estate and rental man, was run over and instantly killed by the in coming passenger train from Madi son Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. His body was crushed almost beyond re cognition, and at first the body was thought to be that of Wl G. Jennings, another Greensboro man. Investiga tion showed that ' Mr. Jennings was at home.' It will -require more than one coat of" whitewash to renovate some poli ticians. Indeed, some of them need a disinfectant added to the lime. 2 AVIATORS AREJOLLED MOISANT AND HOXSEY DARING AIRMEN HAD FATAL FALLS ON SATURDAY TREACHEROUS CURRENTS John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxser. aviators extraordinary, were killed Saturday. Both fell out of the treach erous air currents with their mi chines neither from a vast height and Moisant's remaining minutes of life were so few as to count as naught. Hoxsey was killed instantly. Moisant met his death at 9:55 a. m., attempting to alight in a field a few miles from New . Orleans, La Hoxsey, who went into the air early in the afternoon at Los Angles, lay" at 2 : 12 p. m. a crushed, lifeless mass in view of the thousands who were watching the aviation tournament. Moisant's Record. Thus the last day of 1910, in bring ing the total number of deaths of aviators to. 30, capped the list with two of the most illustrious of thosa airmen who have been writing the history of aviation in the sky of two continents. Moisant, a Chicagoan by birth, after an adventurous life in Central America, became interested in aviation in France less than a-year ago. , After soaring into public re cognition by his plucky flight from Paris across the English channel to London wfrh: a - passenger, Moisant'3- fearlessness and resourcefulness were exhibited frequently. Finding him self without a machine, he purchased one from a friend for $i6?000 and within ten minutes started on his winning flight from Belmont Park, N- Y., around the Statue of Liberty, win ning a prize of $10,000. Saturday a sudden puff of wind caught him within 500 feet of the earth, turned his machine over and a' broken neck terminated his career. Hoxey's Achievements. Arch Hoxsey, after a year of uni form success with the Wright aero planes, had gained a name for daring and competence In the air. Only ill the past week he set a new world's record for altitude of 11474 feet and then, to show his contempt for " the earth,- sailed majestically more than 4,000 feet above the highest moun tain in California Saturday he ran afoul of the same kind of boiling, treacherous wind within some 500 feet from th earth, and a minute later a horrified crowd, aroused from Its shock, was rushing madly to where a broken mags of humanity law beneath a torn bit of canvas and some broken spars. Both met death in almost the same manner. Each machine was headed for the earth and suddenly seemed to stop, hover in the air, then "turn over onto its nose" , and dive headlong to the earth and to destruction. With Hoxsey and Moisant, twenty seven aviators and their passengers were killed last year in falls from heavier-than-air machines, against five in the two years previous. And those three years comprise the working his-? tory of the sport, for it was in 1908, that Lieutenant Thomas E. Self ridge, TJ. S. A., fell with Orville Wright in the first public trial of an aeroplane at Fort Meyer. He was the first pas-senger-and the first man killed in a self -sustained machine. The other American dead, all killed this year, are Johnstone, Hoxsey and Moisant. COTTON MARKET The New York cotton exchange waa closed today, the day being observed as New Year's day and a holiday. Spots were bringing from i4 1-2 to 14 ?-4 on the Wilson market today. Receipts here were light. 4 4 f X " ' V if ""Y