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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04
SIXTH DISTRICT MIDDLE
Special Committee to Investigate
and Report to State Executive
Committee-Adoption Of Uni
form LOCALIZED Primaries in
all Counties to be Considered.

Raleigh Special, LIST, to Charlotte Observer
During a meeting Of the State
Democratic executive committee
continuing from 8 to II o'clock
and very largely attended, A. H.
Eller was reelected chairman
unanimously and w. E.. Brock of
Arson county, secretary, Col. A.
j. Field having declined to serve
longer owing to present duties
as secretary to Governor Kitchin,
and considered at length the sit
uation in the sixth congressional
district with the result that a
special committee of five good
Democrats is to be named by
the chairman to investigate the
situation in that district and re-
port back to the full committee
with recommendations as to what
should be done. There was also
a resolution offered by Col. A.
J. Field, declaring that the time
has come in this State when
there should be uniform legal
lied primaries in all the counties
and recommending that the next
General Assembly enact such
legislation. The resolution went
over to the next meeting for
consideration. :. :
Committeeman H. L. Lyon of
Columbus, F.. F. ,McCullock of
Bladen and other members of
the committee from the sixth
district asked the committee to
excuse them. from voting on this
matter in any way. However,
they wanted it understood that
they wanted the committee to
settle the case in the sixth. Maj.
E. J. Hale said that for Cumber.
land Democrats and for II. L.
Cook, who was a candidate be.
fore the sixth district convention
for the nomination.. he wanted il
understood that they did not con
slider that there has been any
nomination for Congressman ii
the sixth.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

We note with pleasure that
the town commissioners have
adopted the recommendations OF
the fire company for a new fire.
alarm system and for other i'm.
provements in fighting fire.
These improvements are badly
needed. If now arrangements
can be made for purchasing the
new :pump so badly needed al
the power house so that water
may be thrown with sufficient
force, another long step forward
will have been made.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

Well, it has been decided at
last. Attorney General Wickers-
ham has rendered an opinion to
the effect that there is no pro-
vision Of law by which the statue
OF General Robert E. Lee in Con.
federate uniform can be removed
from Statuary Hall in the Capito
at Washington, and President
Taft has approved the opinion
without comment. In discussing
the matter aside from it's lega
aspect Mr.. Wickerham declares
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04
Let Tn e People Rule w.
Cobb Expresses Views.

To the Editor of The Robesonian:
l have been requested by sew
eral of my friends throughout
the county to give my views in
regard to the congressional stu
alton. Quite a good many peo-
pie are uneasy about it as the
tangle is the most unfortunate
affair the Democratic party has
had to contend with in quite a
long time.
1t seems to me as if the mat
ter should 60 before the highest
tribunal we have the people
and as Mr.. Goodwin has proposed
to submit the question as to who
the rightful candidate is to a
primary of the people of the
whole district. the court from
whose decision there can be no
appeal. / think he has acted fair
and all good Democrats should
give him their support, and as
for myself / will do all that / pos
sibly can to carry out the wishes
Of the citizens of this district.
4 1t is admitted by all that he is
the choice of the people of this
the sixth congressional district.
Being firm believer that ''the
people should rule" l must take
my stand for and fight for thu
people.
I was in Washington las
March and while there had
pleasant chat with DR.. Knapp
one of our most prominent gov
. eminent officials, and during GU
: conversation he inquired of m,
q as to who represented my count,
IN Congress, and being told tina
Mr.. Goodwin was the one he sal,
q that he was one Of the most abb
j men in Congress and was Away
t making visits to his department
a after something for his people
= | was more than pleased to know
we had man there who had al
u tention more than ordinary al
s tracted, and the recent contes
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

The aldermen of Wilmington
have expressed themselves as in
favor of the commission form of
government for that city. It is
the practical business way to
run a town and the idea is fast
spreading that it is worth while
to run a city or town along bust.
ness lines.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

''The sixth North Carolina dis
trict,' observes the Columbia
State, has Georgia manners. !"
Alas, that it should have struck
that level, but it is there, just
the same.-Charlotte Chronicle.
"Tis true, tits pity, and pity
it's, tits true.y'' But de sixt''
may yet bring forth fruits meet
for repentance.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

in which all were interested
shows very plainly that he has a
great number Of strong friends
throughout the district who ap-
preciate the work he has done
and is trying to do for them.
We must have fair play and
party honor. the welfare Of the
people must be the central mo-
tive of our contest, so let the
people rule
Yours trnly,
w. S. Cobb.
Lumber Bridge, N. c., Aug. 1,
1910. 1t
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-04

The Robesonian gets classical
ly poetic or POLITICALLY classical
whichever way one chooses to
have it-over the sixth district
convention proceedings. Hear
it: Venus, goddess of beauty
and mother of love, is tabled to
have sprung from the foam of
the sea, and the laughter-loving
goddess was something of a dis
turber in her day-a decade-long
war is charged to her. Down
at Wrightsville Beach Thursday,
within pebble-casting distance of
whitecaps that chased themselves
over the ever-restless sea, a
frothy objection to a county's
representation caused bitterness
and strife and scars that may be
age-long in healing" Whether
Venus had a hand in the proceed
ings or not, surely Eris, the god
dess of discord, welded a potent
influence. He seems to have
presided over the meeting more
effectively than did either Of the
chairmen appointed by the two
warning factions. - Charlotte
News.
Err What's the lady's name
We are at sea- about as badly az
that convention at Wrightsville
was about the "he'' goddess
The News mentions.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
AUTO HITS MONUMENT
Man and Wife Dying as a Result
of a Collision in Jamaica.

An automobile in which were John V.
Paterson. of No sos Arlington avenue
BROOKLYN. and his wife. ran into the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Hill
side and Bergen avenues. Jamaica. early
this morning Mr.. and Mrs. Paterson
were thrown from their car and their
skulls we're fractured. At the Jamaica
Hospital it was said they would die
The car. driven by Mr. Paterson. was
running at high speed. Mr.. paterson
apparently was unfamiliar with the road
and did not slow up when he approached
the monument which stands in the mid
die Of the roadway. The front of the
machine struck the monument with a
crash that was heard for considera bic
distance. Mr.. Paterson and his wife
were thrown over the hood of the ma
chine and landed in une roadway
Mrs Paterson was unconscious when
taken to the hospital Her death was
looked for at any minute Her husband
regained consciousness for short time
but was unable TO tell much about the
accident.
Citizens of Jamaica have been divided
into factions for some time through
ouarreIs over the position of the memo
rial to the soldiers and sailors Many
contend that il is in a dangerous place
but despite the fact that they nave
brought to the attention Of the authorl-
ties MANY narrow escapes from accident
the structure still stands
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
ROOSEVELT PREVENTS PANIC
Takes Command When Man
Faints During Speech.

Sioux Falls. S. D. Sept 3.-Just be
fore Theodore Roosevelt finished his
speech here to-day. 4 man standing in
the midst of the dense throng in the tent
tainted. The people were wedged to-
gether so tightly that il was almost i'm
possible for them to move. and began
to stir nervously when those standing
near the man called out for others to
make way and give him air
Mr., Roosevelt stopped his speech in
the middle of q sentence. Realizing the
danger OF panic. he took the situation
in hand al once
Keep your seats. all Of you he
called out. Bring the man here to the
platform
The people obeyed his directions and
several men pushed their way little
nearer 10 the platform, carrying the sick
man.
Throw some water on him said Mr.
Roosevelt, picking up the pitcher on the
platform. He won't like it, but it will
do him good.
When the man had been lifted on to
the platform Mr.. Roosevelt again warned
the people To remain seated. In few
minutes quiet was restored, and the
former President resumed his speech.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
PARIS-BORDEAUX FLIGHT
Bielovucci' s Time for 366 Miles
About Hours-Four Stops.

Bordeaux, Sept. 3-M. Bielovucci ar
rived at noon from Aneoulerle, COM
pleting the final stage of his biplane
fight from Paris 10 Bordeaux He
made the trip with only four stops.
The aviator circled above the steeple
OF St Andres Cathedral, triumphan1y
waving the French tricolor, and grace
fully ahghted amid thunders Of ap-
plause from q great crowd that had
gathered to witness the successful
finish
Bielovucci's time from Paris to Bor-
deauy was Z hours ; minutes and "a
seconds of actual flying, and the route
covered is estimated at z about three hun
dred and sixty-six miles. On the Ia st
leg he maintained an hourly speed av-
erage of fifty-four miles.
The aviator encountered strong and
battling head winds in the Dordogne
Valley Three times he was beaten
back, and he was forced TO rise to an
altitude OF three thousand feet before
he could cross the Dordogne River.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
TWENTY Of BOATS CREW
BELIEVED TO Be LOST
The British Steamer West Point
Catches Fire in MidoCean
and Goes Down.
SIXTEEN OF CREW RESCUED
Officers and Men Abandon Burn
ing Steamer in Two Boats
One Supposed to Have
Foundered.

Boston, Sept 3-Sixteen survivors of
the thirty-six men who comprised the
crew of the British steamer West
Point, which took fire when four
DAYS out from Glasgow for Charleston,
s. c.. are aboard the Leyland Line
steamer Devonian which is tonight
steaning toward Boston. The other
twenty men. who were in the captain S
boat are believed to have been lost at
sea. all efforts to find their boat having
been futile
The Devonian according TO a dispatch
from St Johns, n. F, tonight, picked
up the men at $50 o'clock on Thursday
morning. while in latitude 47 degrees.
20 minutes north. They were in a ter
rible condition from hunger and expos
ure The sixteen men saved were in the
mates boat
According to the story which Captain
Trant glea ned from the rescued men, the
West Point left Glasgow on August IS.
Four days later the ship took fire. and
after battling with the flames for nearly
a week the crew was obliged to aban-
don the vessel on August %, when six
hundred miles of Cape Race, in latitude
1920 north, longitude 44:10 west
The men embarked in two boats, the
captain and nineteen men taking the one
and the mate and fifteen others en-
barking in the other. Not long after
ward the West Point sank from sight
Then followed three days of terrible suf-
fering
For a time the two boats succeeded in
keeping together but on Wednesday V
night they became separated. and at
dawn the men in the mates boat found
themselves alone.
When the steamer was abandoned the
men took what food and water they
rations
Just as the men were beginning to
give up hope a faint pillar of smoke
doomed UP on the horizon. and an hour
later the hull of q big steamer could be
din1lv seen For time it looked as
though the big ship were going to pass
when she suddenly put about. and short
" afterWard sent out boat and took
the shipwrecked mariners aboard.
A search was instituted in vain for the
second boat and the Devonian was
Obliged to proceed to Boston with only
sixteen survivors.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
WOMAN GETS FLEEING MAN
Charges Him with Being One of
Three Who Robbed Her.

Mrs Lena TetOvitZ proved herself a
good detective and fast runner last
evening. when she chased through two
tenement houses and for three blocks
after a man whom she charged with
being one Of three who broke into her
rooms during her husbands absence on
Friday night and robbed her of So after
choking her
Mrs. Tetovitz left her home, at No
l543 Park avenue. alone last night. re-
solved TO find the men who took her
money. She spotted Benjamin Stein. at
113th street and Park avenue. She
made a grab for the young man. but he
got away and ran at top speed along
Park avenue to 115th street. with the
woman after him. Hard pressed. he
turned into a tenement house and made
his wav To the roof With Mrs. Teto-
vitz still on his trail. he entered the
building next door by way OF the roof
seuttle and ran 10 the street.
The woman was right on his heels.
and as he reached the sidewalk she
grabbed him and yelled for Patrolman
Fneleberg. of the East 10th street sta
tion With Detective McAvoy. or the
central ONCE. Mrs Tetovit, found Max
Falik who says he is a special orf1cer, al
Tooth street and Park avenue yester-
day.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
HELD UP LONE ENGINE
Bandits Mistake Saves New
York Limited.

Mobile. Sept. 3.-Five disguised train
robbers who had planned 70 hold
up and rob the New York and New Or
leans limited train on the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad. made their escape
in boat on Bayou Sara. twelve miles
north OF here. at 1915 O'Clock this morn
ing. after they had held up by mistake
a light engine which was making its
way northward.
The engine had just come TO stop
preparatory To crossing the bridge when
spaus the BAYOU But for the mistake
in taking the light engine for the
limited which is solid veSttbuled tram.
carving mail and express matter. the
thieves probably would have made q
rich haul
That the hold-up was we'll planned
was evidenced BY the fact that the ROD
bers first captured the two bridsenien.
chained them securely. took possession
Of their magazine rifles. and then awaited
the coming of the vestibuled limited
The FIVE men lined up the crew of ths
light engine, together with the con-
dnctor. and roobed them of their watcheS-
money and vaIuabIes. The robbers were
told that the limited train was three
hours late. and il is believed that this
ruse determined the bandits TO escape
rather than wait and run the rex OF
capture.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
CHILDREN IN ROBBERY CASE
Arrested Because Near Flat
Which Had Been Entered.

Three children were arrested by two
detectives last night when it was dis
covered that they had been seen near
door of an apartment al No 213 East
95th street that had been entered and
robbed The children live in the build
ing. and if the detectives VINO arrested
them have any further evidence than
that they were in their own house at the
time of the alleged robbery. Police Head
quarters would like to know
The man who was robbed is Joseph
Weigh He reported to the third branch
detective bureau the loss of gold
bra celet. gold chain. gold locket and
gold rings Detectives Giba and Cruise
we're put on the case and made the ar
rests.
The little prisoners We're taken to the
Chldren's Society's rooms for the night
They are Annetta Coronado. fifteen years
old. and her brothers, Joseph and Henry.
eleven and eight years old, respectively.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
SURFACE CAR HITS A CAB
Edward H. Delafeld and Party
Escape Injury in Crash.

Edward H Delafeld. of No. u west
s2d street. his wife and Major E o.
vesturrne- -Burbury, an engineer officer
in the British army. narrowly escaped
injury last evening, when northoound
surface car struck 2 cab in which they
were riding at 39th street and Broad
vav AS it was. the members OF the
party we're shaken up and the driver
nearly thrown from his seat
Mr.. and Mrs DelafeId and the Brit
isI7 army officer arrived in New YORK
Yesterday from Europe. They took the
cab at the steamship pier. bound for the
Grand Central Station. The driver VINO
had stopped at Broadway TO let trarhc
90 bv, at a signal from patroln1an
drove across Just as the car started
The cab was hit broadside. The glass
windows were smashed and one of the
doors was DANA aged. The partys bag-
gage. on seat by the driver. was
thrown to the street. None of the pas
sengers left the cab. but urged the
driver to get away from the scene as
soon as possible.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
CHASES TOW IN HE'LL GATE
Tug Set Schooner Adrift to Pre-
vent Collision

Ore of the most skilful captures of q
runaway vessel that threatened destruc-
ton TO itself and other craft plying the
turbulent waters of Hell Gate. occurred
yesterday afternoon when the tug Tice-
line. under full head of steam, caught
the FIVE nlasted schooner Henry Fulton,
loaded with lumber. when il was within
d few boats lengths of the rocks on the
north end of BlackweIls Island.
The Ticeline was fighting her way tow
ard the Sound with the schooner in tow.
when the tug Waterfront. with four
scows stretched out astern, turned Hal
let's Point bound into the East River.
\ collision seemed unavoidable. and the
Ticeline slipped her towing cable, turned
4 about as if on a pivot and began the
chase After catching the schooner and
making a hawser fast the Ticeline
turned about and got through He'll Gate
in safety.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
FAMILY STRANDED ON REEF
Five Persons Rescued Late at
Night by Yachtsmen.

Cries of woman from the direction Of
Green Flats startled the residents of the
water side of Davenport Neck. on the
cound about 10 o'clock Friday night
Several persons attempted to launch
email rovboats to 60 to the rescue. but
the sea was running high and they put
back to shore.
Commodore NJ W. HOuck. E t
I Jcundsbury and F. d Bennett finally
nut out from the New Rochelle Yacht
Club pier and discovered James Larson,
his wife and three children, of Franklin
avenue New Rochelle. huddled together
on the reef with launch tipped over be-
side them. The yachtsmen took the fam
iIv to the clubhouse.
Larson said he had taken his family for
a spin on the Sound and the gasolene
had given out as they reached Green
Flats. which was covered at the time.
The launch stopped and the falling tide
left them on the reef The water was
about up to their knees
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
MORANE 8.471 FEET IN AIR
Narrow Escape from Death
Motor Stops-Swift Descent.

Beauvflle France, Sept. 8 - Leon
Morane. the daring French aeronaut,
made sensational monoplare flight to-
day. eclipsing his own worlds record for
altitude by reaching a height of 2,9S2
metres (S.471 feeD. The previous alti-
tude record was 1854 feet, made by
himself last Monday at the Havre meet
ing.
Just when the aeronaut reached his
highest mark the motor of the machine
suddenly stopped, after which the mon
oplane began long and remarkable
plane toward the earth. The birdman
plunged downward at q tremendous
rate. and reached the ground distance
of two kilometres Q24 n1iles) from the
aerodrome.
The great crowd which had gathered
on the aviation field to witness the flight
saw Morane planning downward with
frightful rapidity, and it was feared that
he had met an accident Several auto
mobiles were dispatched hurriedly to
the place where II was expected the ma
chine would Re dashed TO pieces
Morane was found dazed, but not
hurt in the seat Of the unchanged mon
oplane. holding z barometer in his hand
He said that he had tried without sue
cess again to start the motor, and that
the velocity of the descent caused at
tacks Of nausea and uaddening ham
naering of the ear drums, while the vio-
lent gusts of wind threatened to capsize
the craft Nevertheless, he controlled
the machine in it's wild fight, and was
able at the last moment narrowly to
avoid a barbed wire fence and land
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
GRISCOM WENT TOO FAST
Fined for Speeding Auto, Despite
His Artistic Defence.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Bridgeport Conn Sept 3--Lloyd c
Criscon president Of the New York
County Republican Committee. drew a
diagram to demonstrate 10 the City
Court here this morning that he vas not
guilty of violating the automobile speed
law Of Connecticut at the time Of his
arrest on Saturday night.
Judge Carl Foster studied Mr. Girls
CONS handiwork with admiration. but
remarked that ne was forced to conclude
Mr.. Griscom was guilty. and fined him
s15 and costs. Mr.. Griscom took an ap-
neal under bonds of SIS.
Clifford Gorgas. a motorcycle police
man. who made the arrest. testified that
he had chased the GrisCom automobile
for more than two miles before he could
catch it. and that his speedometer regis
tered thirty-1ve miles an hour
Il don't think I was going that fast,
said Mr.. Griscom.
u would rather take the evidence of a
speedometer than any mans guess re-
torted the court.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
Had Collector Loeb's Check.

They found also a check signed by
Collector Loeb for $50 46, payable to
Pisani Brothers. importers of foreign
marble, with an establishment IN AS
toria and with that they found checks
aggregating $500 which Pisanl Broth
ers had mailed to the Mechanics and
Metals Bank. at No. 80 Wall street, one
of theee items was a cashiers draft fer
81 900 drawn by the Italian-American
Bank of san Francisco on the National
Park Bank of New York.
Pisani Brothers was one Of the firms
which complained of loss of mail, and
Tsch Brothers, paint manufacturers in
the same section of the city. also made
COMPLAINT of three checks mailed to the
corn Exchange Bank which were never
received These complaints were flied on
August %. and on the same day the
Piukertons started on the case from the
bank end.
Mood. according to the Postoffice De
Dartment has been pal of Charley
Fisher. who was sentenced week ago
by Judge O'Sullivan to two and half
wears in Sing Sing for forging checks
stolen from letter boxes.
The records of the department also
show that Mood was sentenced to nine
wears in Jefferson City Penitentiary.
Missouri, in 1893; to five years on Oc-
toher 8 1902. in the Eastern Penten-
tiarv. Philadelphia. and 10 fifteen
months at Newark on December 2S.
1905. all for letter box work Young.
they say, thev have no record OF Young
was held in 81 500 bail for robbing let
t~r boxes YESTERDAY. at the same time
that Mood was held on the more serious
-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
NAVY YARD CRANE DROPS
Three Men Injured by Accident
At Drvdock 4.

There was some excitement at Dry
dock i. at the Brooklyn navy yard,
yesterday afternoon, when a big trav-
elling crane fell, injuring three men. A
few weeks ago a similar accident hap
pened and the crane went down, caus-
ing much damage and injuring four
men.
James Liddy. Of No. ii Warren street
Brooklyn. who was working on a COM
pressed air gauge. was bruised about
the shoulders. Thomas Bosonette, Of No
1o2 West l0bd street, Manhattan, who
was operating the engine on the plat
form Of the crane. had his head bruised,
and Thomas Asken, OF No. 81 Lexins-
ton avenue, Brooklyn, was severely
strained All we're removed to the Cum
berland Street Hospital. The builders of
the dock IS the Holbrook- Ca bot Rollins
CORPORATION The damage was estimated
a. $1,000