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"WILSON N. C, (JCTOBETl 27, 1911
VOL. 18.-XO. 22
Times
YIN TSCHANG
MURDERED
CHINESE MINISTER OF WAR AND
A MAN OF MUCH
ABILITY
WILL FEEL HIS LOSS
Shanghai, Oct. 26. General Yin
Tschang, minister of war, in the
South at the head of the Imperial
troops is reported as assassinated by
a revolutionary spy, at Twang Shua.
His deathu ii true, is a serious blow
to the government,
Pekin, Oct. 2 6.-S weeping closer
and daily victorious with rush the
Chinese rebels are approaching the
capital unchecked. Tsi Nan Fu, cap
ital of the province of Chang Tung
and only 200 miles from Pekin has
fallen into the hands of the revolu
tionists. October 30th Day for General Up
rising Canton, China, Oct. 26. -Monday,
Oct. 30 is the date set for a general
revolutionary uprising. This was
learned today through the military
investigation into the assassination
of General Fengsen.
DEFENSE OF RiCHESON
ANNOUNCED
SPECIAL GRAND JURY GATHERS
TO CONSIDER THE CASE 6V
RICHESON WHO IS CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF ALVIS LIN
NELL. Boston, Oct. 26. As the special
grand jury gathered at the court
. house to take up the case of the
'murder of Avis Linnell, the plan of
the defense of Richeson was first
made known. The defense will try
to prove an alibi for Richeson on the
day that Miss Linnell took poison
and that tL poison he purchased
was bought to kill a dog, and that
Richeson loved Miss Linnell until
she decided she could not be the
minister's wife. That they still have
the original vial of cyanide potas
sium bought by Richeson of druggist
Hayn. Fifteen witnesses are summon
ed to appear before the grand jury
today.
BIG FIRE IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg Railway Company Loses a
Quarter of a Million Dollars.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 26. The West
Park Car barn property of the Pitts
burg Railway Company was burned
together with fifty street cars early
today. The loss is a quarter of a
million dollars.
PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS
Will Be Asked to Submit a Plan.
New York, Oct. 26. Opponents and
supporters of the plan which the
American Tobacco Company has map
ped out for disintegration both had
their innings in the United States
Circuit court here yesterday.
Counsel for the so-called independ
ent tobacco manufacturers and pro
ducers had filed their belief ob ob
jection but a few hours when a law
yer for a committee of the preferred
stockholders of the trust petitioned
the court to be heard in support of
the plan.
The attorney declared that he
, represented owners of - 458,000
. shares of the trust's preferred
stock. The plan, he said, not on
ly would fairly and honestly dis
solve the corporations,but would
stafeguard the interests of stock
' holders. Should the court grant
his petition he, will submit his
conditions at the public hearing
October 30, or as soon thereafter
as nractfoablf
Counsel for the objectors in .their
brief opposing the proposed dissolu
tion nla-n aftor flr1nrin & that it does
" - " -
not in reality dissolve the trust so as
to make competition among Its seg
ments possible, point out that the
plan contemplates leaving intact the
United Cigar Stores Company.
"No plan." it asserts. "can be ef
fectivo t.n. restore comDetition which
does not provide for dividing the
business and property of the unitea
Cisar Stores Comoanv among separ
ate concerns, owned by absolutely
disinterested individuals. These busi
nesses should be divided preferably
among at least ten separate corpora
tions and no one norrtoration should
be given a predominant power in any
locality."
Sne'j'e.stion f nlco made that there
- isnno nn inclination nrohibitine stock
holders in any one of the proposed
Independent segments of the United
'Cigar Stores from acquiring any in
terest In any other segment for at
least five years.
Minister Declares His Innocence.,
Boston, Oct. 26. Col. Thomas Var
land Richeson, of Amhearst, Va., vis
ited in Charles street jail his young
est son, the Rev. Clarence V. T. Rich
eson, who is accused of the murder
of Avis Linnell, his one-time fiancee.
Since the young man left his Virgin
ia home seven years ago to enter the
Baptist ministry, his father had not
seen him until today, and the meet
ing was dramatic. In the first words
of greeting, even before he had clasp
ed hands with his father through the
bars of is cell door, the clergyman
exclaimed: "Father I am innocent."
The veteran Confederate soldier,
who has all along expressed belief
in his son's innocence, was visibly
affected. He grasped the bars for
support, while he answered only:
"My boy- my boy!"
For more than an hour father and
son conversed and Colonel Richeson
then left the jail as he came, in a
closed carriage, and was driven, it
is believed to the home in Brookline
of Moses Grant Edmands, father of
Miss Violet Edmands, to whom the
clergyman was to be married. It was
reported that a family reunion was
to be held at the Edmands' home
last night, at which would be pres
ent also Miss Lillie V. Richeson, of
Saranac Lake, N. Y., a sister, and
Douglas Richeson, of Chicago, a
brother of the minister. All are in
the city to aid in the clergyman's
fight for acquittal.
The exhumation yesterday of the
body of Miss Linnell precipitated the
first court clash between attorneys
for the prosecution and for the de
fense. It was the government which
scored, for Judge Murray, in munici
pal court today, ruled against the pe
tition of Attorney Philip R. Dunbar
that the defense be present at a sec
ond autopsy.
The body was subjected to an ex
amination by Medical Examiner Tim
othy Leary, early today, following
which' District Attorney Pelletier is
sued a statement declaring that no
poison receptacle was found buried
with the body. He also suggested the
possibility that another poison as
well as cyanide of potassium may
have been used.
At the conclusion of the medical ex
aminers' investigation, the coffin was
forwarded to Hyannis and reburied.
The Suffolk county grand jury will
consider the government's evidence
at a special session tomorrow. Sum
monses were issued today for all
the members of the Linnell family,
"William Hahn, the Newton drug
clerk, who told the police that Mr.
Richeson had purchased cyanide of
potassium from him and Frank H.
Carter, in i&6i&uiue Mr. Rich 'sons
apartments were located.
Flies Without Power.
Kill Devil Hill, N. C, Oct. 26. In
a fifty-mile gale yesterday Orville
Wright went aloft and remained vir
tually stationary in his glider, with
which he is conducting experiments
m trial stability. He was up 9 min
utes and 45 seconds and maintained
an altitude of approximately 150
feet. '
The record-breaking "flight" was
the seventeenth of the series that be
gan yesterday when the rain ceaseu.
The first gljde lasted only 54 seconds
eacn lengtnenmg until the ' final one.
The success of the experiment is un
derstood here to mark a long step
forward in the science of aviation
and to point the way toward solving
the problem of automatically pre
serving the equilibrium of heavier-
than-air-machines.
When Lorin Wright and Alexander
Ogilvie, the English aviator, brought
out the machine for the initial flight
the wind gauge showed that the gale
was 35 miles and freshening. Sand
carried by the wind pelted the avia
tors, the tiny particles cutting like
small shot. In the opinion of the
experimenters no more trying weath
er conditions, under which to make
the test of the machine, could be
found.
The glider was equipped with a
rear rudder of 24 foot spread. In
front to preserve the balance, a 10
pound bag of sand was swung cm
the end of a rod extending eight feet
in front of tne aviator's seat.
, The ailerons, or balancing wings on
the sides of the machine, were ad
justed and Orville Wright lifted him
self into the seat.
"Let it go," he shouted. Lorin
Wright and Ogilvie thrust the glider
into the face of the rising gale and
it shot up. Again and again this
was repeated each flight becoming
lengthier until for almost ten min
utes Wright soared like a brooding
buzzard on the rush of a fifty mile
sale.
Ogilvie made several brief, flights
at the close of the day, but none
even approximated the succecs made
by, Wright. It was apparent that
the maintenance of poise and balance
rested as much on the ability and
skill of -the aviator as upon the me
chanical contrivances by which the
Wrights hope to minimize the perils
of flying. Orville Wright admitted
his satisfaction with the results and
declared the conditions under which
the flight was made were unusually
severe. " '
"There were more different and
differing air currents up there," he
said, "than I have ever experienced
before. It was a novel and exciting
I experience."
Wright expeet3 to continue the
flight today. ..
SENATORIAL GERMAN VES
CONTEST SELS COLLIDE
ALL THE, CANDIDATES LOOKING
AFTER THEIR F0RCES--AYC0CK
IS IMPROVING
SUPREME COURT APPEALS
(By W. J. Martin.) '
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 26. What ever
is going on in the way of campaign
ing for tne seat in the United States
Senate now occupied by Senator F.
M. Simmons,"" is of a very quiet sort,
a sort of "sawing wood" season. Sen
ator Simmons and his private secre
tary, Mr. Watts have been into prac
tically every section of the State
lately looking into the situation and
"mending fences" carefully as they
went. Governor Kitchin, probably the
next most active candidate, has been
invited into many sections of the
State to deliver addresses, as is the
practice with Governors, and has nat
urally used these opportunities for
furthering his senatorial interests,
declares, too, that he is immensely
encouraged by conditions as he is
finding them.
Chief Justice Clark, while person
ally busy with the session of; the
Supreme Court is having his campaign
for the senate, well cared for. Many
of the weekly and semi-weekly news
papers in- all parts of the State are
carrying strong articles by friend:?
of the Chief Justice urging that the'
people support him and setting out
concisely his unique platform.
The campaign of ex-Governor Ay-
cock has possibly made the least
progress owing to the illness of the
ex-Governor with dyphtheria. The
disease is now spent and the patient
is expected to be out. He is rallying
well from the effects of his illness
and says that he is much encouraged
as to the progress' of his senatorial
campaign through assurances that
are coming in -to him from all over
the State.
This weekly delivery day the Su
preme court disposed of twelve ap
peals, five with written opinions and
the r-ot per curiam. The li3t fol
lows:' ' '". V- ' --'""
Carraway vs Lukins, Carteret
county, affirmed.
Equitable Manufacturing Co., vs
Willis,' Carteret, affirmed.
State vsPool, Wake, no error.
McLean vs Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, Hornett, . affirmed.
Frazier vs Seaboard Air Line Rail
road, Wake, affirmed.
Whitfield vs Dunn, Lenoir, affirmed.
Bell vs Atlantic and North Caro
lina railroad, Carteret, affirmed.
Town of Murphy vs Webb, Chero
kee, ajrmed.
Dalrumple vs Cole, Moore, error.
Jones vs Huntlry, Anson, affirmed.
Fields vs Bynum, Chatham, no er
ror.
La Boque vs Kennedy, Lenoir, plain
tiff's appeal no error, defendants ap
peal reversed.
Governor Kitchin and Commission
er of Agriculture W. A. Graham, who
have just returned from Granville
county fair at Oxford, say that they
have-not seen in a, great while as
fine home grown stock as was shown
at this fair. This is thte second year
of the fair which is scoring high de
gree of success.
Many Baptists of the city, mem
bers of Tabernacle iand Fayettevillc
street cnurcnes, are aueuuiu6
I 1 1 tnn
Raleigh Baptist Association this week,b Qr threQ g -n the CQurt
at Kmghtdale, this county. The re-!before can be taken for CQn.
ports from the different churches in-. slderat;on After arguments in the
mcate steaay progress. ine '""'case, involving the legality under the
Baptist church of Raleigh Is not SheTman anti-trust law, of railroads
this Association. nWnlTw romilata traffic norORS
Charters are issued for the Grasita:.. Q T.onisnnd
Co. Raleigh, capital $100,000 by Jo -
epu v. Diuwu, .
S. Jerman and other prominent busi-,
ness men of the city for the quarry-.;
ing of valuable deposits of granite!
near tne cny auu iui umci tummvx
cial purposes. The People's Benevo
lent Association, Laurenburg, for mu
tual insurance, by J. A. McAllister,
Ira L. Pope and others as incorpora
tors. Some of the most notable con ven-
some or tne mos., ""7
tions tnat are ."'
rvaieign wnum iuc ucai,
that will go to make Raleigh a veri
table convention city now that she
has provided a splendid auditorium
and is providing ample hotel facili
ties, are: The North Carolina Teach
er's Assembly, Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, with
er s AssemDiy, ov. w
Hon. Champ Clark as principal,
speaKer; ine &tate texaxy snould be-specially expedited.. The
torical Society m November date not cQurt a decision as to
announced with Senator Lodge as thege &. motion been pre,
special speaker; Grand Jge, - of sented t it tQ affirm a decision in
Masons in January; Grand fj'a court below. Only half an hour wW
Odd Fellows, m April; State Mer-t. m0nt of
chant's Association; North Carollnas
Banker's Association; State Dental
Society; Traveler's Protective Asso
ciation of North and South Carolina
in June; also North Carolina Bar As
sociation in July; Junior Order Unit
ed American Mechanics in August;
1 Southern Association of Agricultural
Department oWrkers, im October. The
TORPEDO BOAT S 167 AND TUG
ATHLEET WERE BADLY j k
DAMAGED
BOTH RETURN TO PORT
Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct 26 Tor
pedo boat S, 167 and the German tug
Athleet collided here. The Athleet is
badly damaged amidship and the tor
pedo boat also suffered. Both were
compelled to return to port.
Virginia's Governor Mad.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 26. Governor
Mann today denounced as an "abom-
maDie outrage ' tne State's non
interference with the betting at the
Jamestown races at Norfolk and an
nounced that he would exercise all
the "authority in my power to pro
hibit gambling at this track."
The fall race meeting will open
November 2.
Governor Mann, was aroused by
the non-appearance of counsel for
the State when the case brought by
the Attorney General of Virginia for
revocation of the Jamestown Jockey
Club's charter was reached in the
Norfolk city circuit court yesterday.
The Governor immediately summon
ed the Attorney General, who, how
ever, was away.
"I will not submit to this indig
nity," declared Governor Mann.
CROP IN TEXAS.
Fine, Weather for Harvesting
Crop
An Immense One.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 26. A letter
to Secretary Olds of the Chamber of
Commerce, from his son, Mr. F. C.
Olds, of Abilene, Tex., says regard
ing the cotton crop there, that he
has never seen such weather for har
vesting that crop, the temperature
having been since the first of Sep
tember considerably above normal,
the rainfall extremely small, which
helped the crop, and that he cannot
see how Texas can produce more
than from four million to four and
a half million bales. Of course, he
says that this figure would be dam
aged by an early frost. The lint re
turn is much better than last year;
in fact much better thr.n in the last
three years, though the outturn at
the beginning of the season was not
so good.
Supreme Court Determined to
More Expeditions.
Be
Washington, Oct. 25. The consti
tutionality of the Massachusetts sta
tute for the distribution of the es
tates of persons missing for more
than fourteen ears was upheld to
day by the Supreme Court of the
United States in the only decision
announced. The case arose over the
distribution of the estate of a nurse,
Miss Mabel Allen, who is said by
some to have reappeared since the
suit over the property came to the
Supreme Court. The court today,
however, did not decide whether
Miss Allen has been found or not.
The court promulgated new rules
for its procedure designed to- avoid
the future clogging of the docket,
,, Qcif,i ?n
jbeen ccmpleted, attorneys began the
argument of the appeal of Frederick
and JoQst H Scnneider from
conviction of conspiracy to de-
government out of land
on the Pacific Coast.
"Am I the first victmi?" inquired
A. S. Worthington, attorney for the
defendants as he began the argu-
; ment. He was referring to the new
' rules.
I The Chief Justice assured him that
'"'he was. Consequently only three
hours were allotted to the argument
of the case instead of four.
Hereafter the time for oral argu
ment of cases will be three hours
instead of four.
A new rule provides for a "sum
mary docket," on which will be plac
vAiiavo
l on thig dQcket The CQurt algQ
oiwod fnr th ar-
reduced the time allowed for the ar
gument of "'motions
Chamber of Commerce is also mov
ing' to secure the National Poultry
Association and the Southern Bap
tist Convention the latter for 1913.
Murder a Mystery.
Ir inapolis, Ind., Oct. L'6. Dr.
Hel e Knab, former State bacteri
olo it, was found in bed with her
Le almost severed from her body
b the slash of a knife. How she
c ae to her death remained tonight
mystery to the police. Jefferson
Haynes, the negro janitor of the
apartment house where Dr. Knabe
lived, was detained on suspicion that
he knew something of the circum-j
stances of her death, but today thei
detectives let him go after he had
withstood for hours their attempts
to draw from him any incriminating
information. They were in the dark,
they said, as to last night's tragic
incidents in Dr. Knab's flat.
The theory of suicide, put aside
earlier in the day, was revived but
the police declared the evidence tend
ed to indicate murder. The nife with
which Dr. Knabe was killed has not
been found and the coroner and the
police were of the opinion that if she
herself gashed her throat, she would
not have had strength to have care
fully idden the knife and then re
turned to her bed. Further, there
were no bloodstains on the floor of
her bedroom save where the blood
had trickled from the "wound, across
the bed and dripped on the floor. The
blow deat was a powerful one, for the
knife passed through the muscular
tissue and was only stopped by the
upper vertabrae. On one of Dr. Knabe
arms was a slight wound and blood
was smeared on her left leg.
The janitor had known Dr. Knabe
for years. He told the police he went
to bed in his room in the basement
of the apartment house at 11 o'clock
last night. Dr. Knabe's apartment
was just above on the first floor of
the building. He was awakened in
the night, he spid, by three screams,
apparently in Dr. Knabe's fiat, but
he slipped off to Pleep again without
investigating. At 5 o'clock this morn
ing, he continued, he heard footsteps
in the room above him. The family
li ing in the apartment above Dr.
Knabe's said they heard neither
screams nor ar.y other sound from
Dr. Knabe's room.
It was 8:15 o'clock this morning
when Katherine McPherson, Dr.
Knabe's assistant, entered the apart
ment and founcLher dead. The body
lay prone on its back, the arms out
stretched. The night dress was dis
arranged and across the breast was
a pillow. There were only slight
signs of a struggle. Miss McPherson
called physicians, who agreed Dr.
Knabe had been dead about six hours.
The coroner stated he could find no
evidence that she had been assaulted.
The police were summoned and were
unable to discover that there had
been a violent struggle in any of the
roomsQR?tex-had been robbed
motive ioi uie inuruyr puzz.ieu in
fectives today. Dr. Knabe spent much
time in study. She had told Mis?
McPherson last evening she intended
to read until late last night. She had
a wide acquaintance, but no one war
found today that said she had an
intimate man friend.
Dr. Knabe was 35 years old and
of strikingly attractive appearance.
She had never been married. As
bacteriologist and pathologis, she
was highly respected. She was born
in Germany the daughter of a civil
engineer in the German army.
Coming to this country as a girl by
her own efforts she paid the expense
of her education.
Tragedy at Fayetteville Fair.
Favetteville. Oct. 26. R. J. Chason
of Parktop, was shot and instantly
killed here yesterday afternoon by
County Constable Al Pate, after the
latter had received knife wounds
from Chason which it is feared will
proved fatal and a youthful lemonade
vendor had becia dangerously cut.
The victim of Constable Pate's fire
was a brother of the late Chief Cha
son of this city, who was shot and
killed by Tim Walker, a noted, blind
tiger, two years ago.
Aecordine to reports of witnesses
Chason was drinking and became very
highly incensed because a lemonade
vendor at the grounds of the Cum
berland Fair association spilled some
lemonade on the dress of a lady. Je
pulled his knife and was carving on
the lemonade man when Constable
Pate intervened. Chason turned upon
the officer and with a swinging stroke
made q. fearful cash across his throat.
As he fell Constable Parte pulled his
gun and .with one well aimed Dunet
snuffed out the life of Chason m an
instant. Pate was removed to the
Hisrhsmith hospital, where his con
dition is today reported to be very
precarious.
This is the first fatality tnat nas
occurred in connection with the Cum
berland fair in 40 years, a negro hav
ing been killed about, that number
of years ago at almost the same spot
as that of yesterday's tragedy, ine
coroner's jury acting in this case has
just adjourned and its verdict is
that Chason came to his death at the
hands of A. J. Pate. The jury rec
ommend that the affair be thorough
ly investigated.
Temperatures have ranged slightly
higher during the night over a large
portion of the belt and little frost is
reported this morning.
No rain has fallen in the belt dur
ing the last 24 hours.
PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Oct. 26. Dec. wheat was
1.60 7-8, corn, Dec; .64.
PHILADEL
PHIA WINS
FOUR GAMES OUT OF THE SIX
THAT HAVE ALREADY '
BEEN PLAYED.
CHAMPIONS OF WORLD
Philadelphia, Oct. 26. Confident of
their batting eyes at last have beeat
found and that seven games must
be played to decide the championship
the Giants are pugnacious and con
fident as bull terriers could hardly
wait for the "play ball," signal at
Shibe park. With the swing of the
battle back to the Quaker town th3
Interest jumped to fever heat The
weather broKe neavy with the sug
gestion of fog but with no Indications
or rain and the field is in perfect con
dition. The Giants who arrived last
night are confident of winning todays
game. Doyle vehemently denies ha
did not touch the home plate. It is
thought that Ames aDd Plank will
be the batteries. An immense crowd
gathered early.
Coombs Wrenched His Intestines.
Philadelphia, Ort. 2 Ja. k Coombs
the Athletic's pitcher i in bed at
his home with serious internal inju
ries. In the sixth iiininsr oT yester
days game he -wr ch 1 his- intes
tines. Today his condition is much
worse and Dr. R ---o his physician
has called in tvo Mh'r doctors.
Coomb.-, says in th.' slxi ii inning hi
Heats caught in a Yako in the pitch
er's box and when he deiivered th3
ball he felt a terrific pain.
Batteries. New York, Ames and
Myers, Philadelphia, Bender and
Thomas.
Umpires: Brennan, Klrm yind Din
neen. First inning.
New York 1. Philadelphia 0.
Second inning.
New York 0. Philadelphia 0.
Third inning.
New York 1. Philadelphia 1.
Fourth inning.
New York 0. Philadelphia 4.
Fifth inning.
New York 0;. Pbilade)hi.-. 0. ,
Wilts was substituted for Araea
in 5th inning. .. ' ;
Sixth inning.
New York 0. Philadelphia. 1.
Seventh inning.
New York 0. Phjjfadeiphia 7.
Marquard now pitching for New
York.
Eight inning.
New York 0. Philadelphia 0.
Wilson substitutes Meyers Jin 8th
inning.
Ninth inning.
New York 1. Philadelphia x.
Score H. II. 'E.
New York ....2 4 A
Philadelphia 13 13 it
Rumors Czar Assassinated Denied
London, Oct. 26. There are alarm
ing rumors from Vitnna and Berliol
that Czar Nicholas has been assassin
ated. This is denied In official cir
cles here.
MARKETS.
Provisions.
At 11:30 Dec. wheat was l.nO 7-8
corn, Dec. .63 7-8.
At 2 o'clock Dec. wheat was 1.0
1-2, corn, Dec. .63 7-8.
COTTON TODAY.
New York, Oct. 26. Jan. opened
9.05, March 9.20, May 9.3fi, July 9.44,
Dec. 9.23.
At 11:45, Jan. opened 9.14, March:
9.27, May 9.39, July 9.46, Oct. 9.15,
Dec. 9.29.
Liverpool closed one point lower
from yesterday's close with Jan.-Feb.
4.96 1-2, March-April 5.01, July-Aug.
5.08, Dec-Jan. 4.94 1-2.
Spots Wilson market 8 718.
At 11:30 Dec. cotton was 9.31, Jan.
9.17,. March 9.29, May 9.41.
At 2 o'clock Dec. cotton was 9.26,
Jan. 9.11, March 9.21, May 9.35. 1
STOCKS. i
New York, Oct. 26.-Speculative
interests were apparently uncertain.
at the opening of the stork market
with the result that an irregular tone
prevailed. Southern Ry., and Cana
dian Pacific advanced 1-4 and showed
the best gains in the initial trading.
Norfolk and Wentern which havo
been particularly strong during tra
past few days was the weakest fea
ture, declining a point,, At the end rC
fifteen minutes a betfer tone prevail
ed. The curb was irregular. Ameri
cans in London were ftrm oa the
narrow trading.
i " Rain Irr' the -Eas.
Fair in the west and local rains in
the eastern portion tonight or Fri
day with moderate nortlHttst winds.
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