The Wilson Times.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR WILSON N. c TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1911 1 VOL. 18.-NO. 25
ELECTION
TOMORROW
IN NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA MAS
SACHUSETTS MISS. KENTUCKY
AND RHODE ISLAND
THE ISSUES INVOLVED
New York, Not. 6. A sheriff,
four judges of the state Supreme
court and members of the general
assembly are to be elected in New
York county next Tuesday. The live
ly character of that campaign closed
today, combined with an usually
heavy registration, indicates an ex
traordinary amount of interest for an
off year election.
The principal reasons why the pub
lic and the politicians' regard the
campaign as of more than the usual
off year importance are to be found
in the intensified bitterness of the
old fight against Tammany under
the rule of "Boss" Murphy and the
professed return to the Democratic
fold of William R, Hearst, who has
declared war against Murphy.
The charge that Murphy is striving
at this time to nationalize his con
trol of politics has given the fight
more than a state-wide interest. Mur
phy now dominates the Empire State
situation, from the governorship
wn. It is generally understood that
Leader Murphy intends to be a pew
er in the next Democratic national
convention. He realizes that a sub
stantial victory this fall will go far
towards " enabling him to control the
New York delegation to the national
convention, and incidentally the nom
ination of a president, for it is gen
erally believed that New York will
be in a position where its ninety del
egates, thrown to one side or the oth
er, will decide who shall be the nomi
nee. William IV Hearst evidently sizes
up the situation in about the same
way as does Mr. Murphy. He has
heretofore taken time by the fore
lock with the intention of first de
feating Murphy and then becoming
a candidate for the Democratic pres
idential nomination Fusion against
Tammany is the plan adopted to
bring about Murphy's defeat. The
fusion - movement, is supported by
representatives of the Republican
party, the Independence League, the
Citizens Union, and other so-called
independent organizations. The Fu
sionists have nominated a complete
anti-Tammany ticket, which has the
indorsement of many of the so-called
good government organizations.
. Tammany is making its strongest
fight" for the office of sheriff, with
Julius Harburger, a well known poli
tician, as the organization candidate.
Opposing Mr. Harburger, on the Fu
sion slate is John J. Hooper, who
ran for governor on the Independence
League ticket a year ago.,
Tammany is fortunate this year an
having no internal strife. There were
a few disagreements at the primar
ies, but none of the old leaders was
retired, and the organization is in as
fine trim as it lias been in years.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 6. The
local municipal campaign which will
end with the election Tuesday has
been in keeping with Philadelphia's
reputation for red-hot political con
tests. National interest centers
around Senator Boies Penrose, who
is fighting to. retain Republican con
trol of the city. His'-candidate for
mayor on - the Republican ticket is
George H. Eearl, Jr., who was nomi
nated' in the primaries after a bitter
contest in which faction fought for
? ' - i Jr.
Edward E. Ware in the election, x
Rudolph Blankenburg, who is the
nominee of the Democrats - and the
Yejvstone party. Blankenburg is
knjpwn as the "reform war horse" of
th4 Quaker City. He has led many
carJppaigns against the Republican or
ganization, and, though generally.de
feated, has continued to fight. Whe
ther he can win the mayorship at
this time is a question, which the
best informed Philadelphiahs do not
attempt to answer.
T-
xsosion, Mass., Novi 6. Of the
various State elections to be held
next Tuesday it is generally conced
ed that the contest in Massachu
setts is more involved than any other
with the national campaign of next
year. Eugene N. Foss, whose sue
cess constituted the straw which
pointed the way to Democratic con
trol of the lower branch of Congress
when he was elected to fill the va
cancy from a Republican district sev
eral months before the 1910 land
slide and who subsequently left his
seat in Congress to become the Dem
ocratic governor of Massachusetts
is a candidate for re-election. The
Republican candidate is Louis A.
Frotheringham, the present lieuten
ant governor and a man who for
years has been popular among the
people. National issues have been
injected into the campaign on both
Sides. The Republicans, under th
leadership of Senator Lodge, have
been making a mildly progressive
campaign. The Democrats are com
bating the Taft tariff vetoes ' and
whichever way the election results
the victorious party , is certain to
make the most of it for moral ef
fect on the country, preliminary to
the presidential race.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 6. This
city is to hold its first election un
der the commission form of govern
ment next Tuesday. Mayor John
S. Bransford, representing the Amer
ican party is a candidate for re-election
and is opposed by E. O. Leather-
wood, Republican. The result may
depend upon the vote of the women
who possess the right of suffrage in
Utah7
- Jackson, Miss., Nov. 6. With
practically no contest, the Democrat
ic ticket is certain of victory in the
state election in , Mississippi next
Tuesday. Earl Brewer, of Clarks
dale, heads the ticket as1 candidate
for governor.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 6. The vot-
eil of Maryland next Tuesdaa will
elect state officers, including a gov
ernor, controller and attorney gen
eral. Under ordinary circumstances
the Democrats would be certain of
victory, but conditions are somewhat
unusual this year, and the Republi
cans believe they have more than a
fighting chance to win. Their can
didate for governor is Philips Lee
Goldsborough, who has been collec
tor of international revenue for this
district. The Democratic nominee is
Arthur Pue Gorman, Jr., who aspires
to lead the Democrats of - Maryland
as his father led them for many
years. Both Gorman . and Goldsbor
ough were nominated by direct pri
mary. ' f
The anti-Gorman Democrats.among
them Governor Crothers, ex-Governor
Warfield, Senator Rayner and others
of the old conservative party leaders
supported state Senator Blair Lee for
tile nomination for governor. Gor
man's nomination, according to their
allegations, resulted from sharp prac
tices at the primaries. The approach
of election day has not served to
heal the split between the rival fac
tions and the Republicans believe
that many of the conservative Dem
ocrats will vote for Goldsborough-
Gorman, however, has a strong or
ganization and his sui porters de
clare he will pull through despite the
apparent drift against him.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6. A com
plete set of State officers and many
members of a legislature which will
elect a successor to United States
Senator Paynter will be chosen at
the election in Kentucky. The liquor
issue, a j revival of charges in con
nection with the Goebel case and the
exchange of many bitter personali
ties on the stump have combined to
make the campaign which closed to
day one of the most vituperative
that has been seen in the Blue Grass
State for many years.
Columbus, O., Nov. 6. Interest in
the Ohio elections next Tuesday cen-
WITHOUT
AHEAD
CHINA WITH ITS TEEMING MIL
LIONS DIVIDED INTO CLIQUES
AND GLAUS
THE SITUATION COMPLEX
Pekn, Nov.. 6. General Li, commander-in-chief
of the rebel forces
has rejected the peace terms offered
by the Imperial government
Shanghai, Nov. 6. Hard fighting is
going on at Hankow which was cap
tured after a terrific battle with the
Imperials. The rebels have captured
Ning Po, The rebel war chest is
greatly strengthened by the Chinese
who are contributing liberally.
Peking, Nov. 6. The situation, in
China is becoming more complex, if
not more serious every day. A week
ago co-operation was suspended be
tween Yuan Shi Yai and the Nation
al Assembly. Later it was believed
Yuan Shi Kai could reach an under
standing with the Manchu troops,
headed by General Chan Shao Tsen
It is now evident, however, that all
elements the throne, Yuan Shi Kais
party, the National Assembly, the
provincial assemblies, the southern
rebels and the northern army have,
up to the present, no- connection
whatever. The whole movement is a
spontaneous uprising against old
corrupt methods and the fact that
foreigners have not been attacked in
dicates that the desire for reform
is sincere. - ,
It is reported that the National
Assembly, at a secret session, decid
ed to resign . in a body, owing to
protests from many of the provin
cial assemblies, objecting that a pro
visional body should assume authori
ty to. draft a constitution, which
should be the work of a duly elected
parliament.
It is stated that General Li Yuen-
Heng and other ebel leades who do
not recognize the Peking government
decline also to recognize the powers
of the National Assembly in conjunc
tion with the efforts of the throne
and Yuan Shi Kai, now their mili
tary opponent and premier-elects to
wards a settlement General Chang
likewise is said to consider the Na
tional Assembly's methods unsatis
factory. -
The third army division. Tvhich has
been stationed at Chang Chung Fu,
and the twentieth, at Mukden, are
being mobilized at Lanchau with the
troops already there, ostensibly for
the formation of a second army to
be used by Yuan Shi Kai. But seem
ingly Yuan Shi Kai does not intend
to fight, nor does the so-called sec
ond army intend to proceed, to Han
kow. Its objective is believed to be
Peking.
It is only necessary to threaten the
capital to obtain edicts altering those
of yesterday and today, but new
edicts will not satisfy Chang Shao
Tsen, and his army. Therefore it is
anticipated that the next . fortnigh
may see Chang provisional military
dictator, pending the election of a
full parliament and the appointment
of a responsible cabinet. He may,
however, remain with the army, keep
ing pressure on the Manchus, while
his representatives who are already
ters chiefly in the choice of delegates
to the convention which will meet
here in January to revise the state
constitution. No state officers are to
be elected this year; In Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus and some other
principal cities .spirited mayoralty
contests are attracting attention,
Providenqe, R. I., Nov. 6. Rhode
Island will hold her annual election
for Governor and other State offi
cers Tuesday. The campaign has
been conducted on broad party is
sues. Governor Aram J, Pbthier is
running for a fourth term on the
Republican ticket. The Democratic
ticket is made up , of five young men
none of whom has i ever held a poli
tical office. The candidate for gover
nor is Lewis A. Waterman of this
i
city, who led the party last year.
The result of the election, is regarded
as uncertain, in view of the fact that
last year Governor Pothier won out
by a scant pluraility. Under the cir
cumstances, with the same candidate
heading the ticket the Democrats
naturally has strong hopes for vic
tory next week.
MISSION-
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY RICHESON
WHEN RELEASED FROM PRIS
ON WHICH HE
CONFIDENTIALY HOPES
Boston, Nov. 6. The Rev, Clar
ence V. T. Richeson, indicted for
the murder of Avis Linnell is plan
ning to take up missionary work as
soon as released. He is confident he
will be freed from the charge. Riche
son who was to have been arraigned
today through his lawyers has se
cured a postponement.
ITALIANS KILLING ARABS
Washington, Nov. 6. The Italian
Embassy today gave out a statement
saying that Turkey was playing upon
the sympathies of the various na
tions. It is denied that Italian sol
diers are massacreing Turks or
Arabs.
Cut Off Water Supply.
Tripoli, Nov. 6. The Turks and
Arabs today captured the Boumeliana
well, thus cutting off the water sup
ply for the Italians. The well is in
the outer forts.
London, Nov. 6. Turkey's request
for mediation is liable to bear fruit
The various powers are reported as
about to act to end the Turko-Ital-
ian war Turkey is Willing to submit
to mediation if Italy will forgo her
claim to political rights in Tripoli.
London. Nov. 6. Italy is endeavor
ing to censor all news messages for
the purpose of keeping from the out
side world information regarding re
verses and the terrible . atrocities
practiced against the Arabs.
In order to send , an uncensorea
message it was necessary for a cor
respondent for Renten's agency to
fcfooeed to Malta and send from
there. :
"To sum up the results of the
campaign. The Italians nold, with
nearly twice as many men, half the
ground that they held three weeks
ago. They have lost in killed and
wounded, not counting the sick, well
over 1,000 men. Many Arabs have
been killed and vast numbers were
shot in cold blood. Now 25,000 sol
diers find themselves with their back
to the sea, -cramped and confined,
with an active enemy within a few
yards of them and with cholera
raging for despite official efforts to
conceal the truth, there have been
many cases among the troops and
the civil population is suffering so
much that whole streets in 1 Tripoli
have been closed by armed sentries.
"There has been no disgrace. On
the contrary, the Iatlian troops
fought with great courage and their
officers set a noble example."
'" The Arabs have advanced their
artillery , and are shelling the Italians
One shell dropped into General
Caneva's headquarters. The foriegn
military attaches have been kept
aboard a boat and not permitted to
land, the explanation given . that it
would be too dangerous for them to
go ashore.
The Turks and Arabs, the cor
respondent says, hold the oasis, 15
miles long and from two to five
miles deep, where they can subsist
on dates and olives until April mean
time harrassing the Italians by night
ly raids. There are (no signs of the
Italians' preparing to advance. The
correspondent describes the spirits
of the invading army as demoralized.
The men expected a short and sharp
campaign. Instead they are lying in
the trenches with sand storms blow
ing over o"r rains soaking them with
continual night alarmg. They are
disgusted with the war and hate the
country. They long to return! home.
"For four days after the engage
ment of October 28. the Italian sol
diers engaged in indiscriminate
slaughter of the Arab population
under General Caneva's sanction,"
continues the correspondent "Cane
va first issued a general order to
shoot all Arabs found with arms,
but only when caught by troops in
charge of officers. The troops com
plained that numbers: of Arabs had
hidden their arms and resumed work
as husbandment. Thereupon General
Caneva issued another order to shoot
all Arabs who could reasonably be
suspected of having borne arms.' 1
"The blood of the men was up
naturally, as they had seen their
comrades shot from behind, and, it
is r orted, even mutilated, though
or A s it is impossible to ascertain
tho .ruth. With their excitable tem-
p .ment and highly developed ima
f ation the Italians suspected every
ing soul of gilt, and for four days
.angs of soldiers, often without of
ficers, shot every one they encoun
tered." Previous to October 23, the cor
respondent says, the tlalians treated
the Arabs with the utmost kindness
and says it is only fail to say that
many Italian officers, who looked at
the affair calmly afterwards, de
plored it.
"The troops," adds the correspon
dent, "made a clean sweep of that
portion of the oasis in which they
were fired , upon from the rear, al
though there Is no certain proof that
any Arab in the west end of that
section took part in the rising and
there were vast numbers of women
and boys who were perfectly inno
cent. Of these nearly all the men and
even the boys above a certain age,
were shot, while undoubtedly many
women perished."
TAKES POISON.
The Vermlya Woman Who Gloats
Over the Dead and is Suspected of
Killing Nine People.
Chicago, Nov. 6. '"tlrs. Louise Ver
milya, who was arrested on charges
of having murdered. Policeman Bis
sonette by poisoning him, made an
attempt yesterday to commit suicide
by taking a mineral poison.
"It is my belief that Bissonette
was given arsenic day by day even
while I was treating him, and final
ly he was given enough to overcome
all attempts by myself and consult
ing physicians to stimulate him and
killed without our knowing what the
trouble was."
The foregoing statement issued by
Dr. E. A. Van Arsdale, the physi
cian who attended Mrs. Vermilya
during her recent illness, and who
prescribed for the policeman before
the latter's death, for the first time
furnished a darect connection be
tween the widow and the last of
the nine deaths that have occurred
beneath her roof during the past
eighteen years.
Dr. Van Arsdale made the asser
tions after he had made preliminary
examinations of the contents of a
can supposed to contain pepper, and
which, used to season some food or
dered by the woman today, brought
on a sharp illness that at 5 p. m.
threatened death and which left her
in a grave condition for hours after
ward. ,
The physician said that while he
had given the woman severe treat
ment to counteract the effect of the
poison, there still was a possibility
of death because of the absorption
of poison before the treatment was
applied and because of her weaken
ed condition due to previous illness.
When eggs were served to the wo
man by the police, nurses who were
watching her pending her recovry.
from .an illness, she objected to the
black pepper with which they were
to be seasoned..
"In the pantry there is some white
pepper in a paper bag," she told the
nurse. "I'd prefer some of that if I
might have it.". 1
The nurse, by the odor of the light
colored substance in the bag, deter
mined it was pepper and allowed
Mrs. Vermilya some of it. Soon af
ter she became ill.
The "pepper" was taken to a drug
gist, who after an examination told
the police he thought the condiment
was mixed with an j arsenical rat poi
son. The remainder of the compound
was sent to a city chemist.
The incident has pointed to a new
possibility of the method by which
Mrs. Vermilya's roomers and rela
tives in past years met death. If
the pepper and poison compound
had been a part of her larder in
past years, that fact, said the police
while pointing out more clearly a
basis for their contention that Mrs.
Vermilya has more than a passing
knowledge of the cause of death of
her associates, made it more diffi
cult than ever to connect her with
a death orther than that of Boisson
nette, since rat poison may be pur
chased anywhere without registry.
Governor Refuses to Interfere.
Richmond, Nov. 6. Tle petition
for appeal and writ of error in the
case of the commonwealth against
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., charged with
the murder of his wife and sentenc
ed to die in the electric chair Friday,
November 24, . was filed late Satur
day afternoon with Judge James
Keith, president of the supreme court
of appeals of Virginia, by Lawyer
Hill Carter, the lawyer taking the
papers in the case to the home of
Judge Keith, 110 Cathedral Place.
The papers in the matter are very
voluminous. There is more than 1,
700 pages of typewritten record and
ti-e appeal itself covers twenty-odd
pages and contains eleven separate
clauses upon which an appeal is ask
ed. Givernor Mann said that he would
not take any action whatever in the
Beattie case until the supreme court
of appeals had passed upon the peti
tion for a writ of error filed with
Judge Keith. The governor said that
he was still being deluged with let
ters of all kinds from all sections
begging for his clemency towards
the condemned man. The governor Is
making no attempt to answer such
communications.
TAKES OATH
OF OFFICE
PRESIDENT 1IADER0 INDUCDEtt
INTO OFFICE WITH IMPOS
ING CEREMONY
a big demonstration;
Mexico City, Nov. 6. Madero toofc
the oath of office as president oC
Mexico today amid a big military?
demonstration. He drove through,
the cheering throngs. The oath was,
administered in the Chamber pf Des
uties. The ceremonies were quiet.
Aviator Rodgers Gets Birdseye Vlevou
of Football Game.
Annapolis, Md., Nov 6. Whil
Lieut. John M, Rodgers circled over
head and got a literal bird's eye view
of the contest from the steerinan
seat of the navy Wright biplane,th
navy eleven Saturday afternoon de
feated Agricultural and Mechanical.
College of Raleigh, N, C, 17 to 6.
TWELVE AND HALF MIL
LION BALES REQUIRED
FOREIGN CONSULS SECURE THIS ,
INFORMATION FOR GOVERNOR .
COLQUITT.
Washington, Now. 6. More than
twelve and a half million bales of .
cotton will be required by foreign.
nations before September 1, 1912, ac
cording to information from the de partment
of agriculture which has
been prepared for Gov. Colquitt or v
Texas by the various American con- -suls.
LOSS OF TWENTY LIVES
When the Greek Steamer" Snk In -the
English Channel.
Amsterdam, Nov. 6. The! Greek
steamship Lordes Byron was sunk in
the English Channel with the loss of.
twenty two lives.
MARKETS. 0
COTTON TODAY.
New York, Nov. 6. Jan. opened
8.95, March 9.06, May 9.16, July 9.2JU.
Dec 9.16. N
At noon Jan. was 8.96, March 9.f7T
May 9.16, Sept. 9.22, Dec. 9.16.
Liverpool closed one point up tot"
the day with Jan.-Feb. 4.89 1-2, JuIy-
Aug. 4.98 1-2, Oct.-Nov. 4.97.
Spots Wilson market 9c.
Close of the market. Jan. 8.95, Mar, -.;
9.07, May 9.17, Dec. 9.18.
PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Nov. 6.; The - opening ltji
wheat was Dec .94 1-2, Dec. core r
was ,62 7-8.
Chicago, Nov. 6. At 11:30 Dec
wheat was .94, Dec. corn was .63.
Chicago, Nov. 6. Dee. wheat clos
ed at .92 7-8, Dec. corn was .62 1-2.
STOCKS.
New York, Nov. 6. Stocks opened
1-2 higher with gains in Lehigh of
1, American smelting 1-8, Balto. &.
Ohio 5-S, Missouri Pacific 1-2. Th
losses were in steel common, St,
Paul, Amalgamated copper and Sou?
them Pacific of 1-2. The curb la.
steady. American railways in Lon
don are irregular.
Rain tonight and warmer in the
interior on Tuesday probably fair
with brisk east to south winde.