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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-05
MUST ANSWER TO
MURDER CHARGE
CUT YOUTH TIC DEATH AND MAY
GO TO THE ELECTRIC
CHAIR

RALEIGH, N. c., Special. A spe-
clal from Waynesville, n. c.. states
that~ at Haywood County Superior
Court today the notorious Seth Wood
the nineteen-year-old boy who slashed
10 death with a knife a boy named
Palley Stamey at Canton, n. c., re-
Gently, will face a jury of his peers TO
answer the charge of one of the most
cold FLOODED murders ever committed
IN this country. He was arraigned in
court last evening and his trial fixed
for today, a special venire Of 200 men
being ordered.
EX-Congressman Crawford and
three other lawyers are defending
Wood, while States solicitor Alley Is
being assisted in the prosecution by
Attorney j. w. Stamey. There is n
great deal of feeling in the commu-
nifty over the murder.
Another murderer will get his dues
this week at the same term of court
this being the negro, Taylor Love, who
showed shotgun barrel through a
window Of the home Of Jeff Lackey.
the contents blowing the top Of Lack
eys head off as he sat at a table
Jim Davis. the white man placed on
trial last evening for numerically
beating the nude form of his fifteen-
year-old daughter almost to death
with a switch full Of thorns, was con-
victed and today the judge will SEN
tence him. He is sure to get the limit
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charges Of attempted blacknail and
threats TO ifdnap. When she was ar
raigned before Magistrate Howe
Tuesday afternoon the girl maintain
ed the stOIid silence that has marked
her as an unusual prisoner, and she
was committed TO jail ia default OF
$1,000 bail.
IL developed az the hearing that
Mrs. Cowdrey. who IS a daughter OF
Major and Mrs. Everett Warren, re-
ceived a letter last Friday. in which
the writer demanded $500. Failure
TO comply with the demand would re-
suit in her infant daughter being kid
mapped. said the letter. AS the child
is the first born in the Cowdrey home
and comes of wealthy and fashion
able family. the toreat caused alarm.
After debating the matter the Cow
dreys reported It TO the police. Super
, intendent Day instructed them to
place the specified amount under their
front porch as directed. and Detective
Connery was stationed in the neigh
borhood TO watch. The officers vigil
was rewarded Monday night when he
saw the girl steal up to the porch and
abstract the letter. She was promptly
arrested and taken TO police head
quarters.
When first questioned by Superin-
tendent Day the girl declared that the
Kidnapping plot was concocted by a
male accOmplice in Canada and that
she was 10 receive only $50 for writ
ing the letter and collecting. She
came here from Canada q year ago
and has been employed by families
in the Cowdreys' set as a domestic.
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RUSSIA NEEDS
Y AMERICAN HELP
PASCOR FETLER TELLS OF APP
FALLING RELIGIOUS CONDI-
TIONS IN GREAT EMPIRE.

RIG HIM ND, vA.-Special.-
Pastor w. Fetler, superintendent OF
the Russian CHARACTERIZATION Society,"
of st. Petersburg. was the speaker
worlds Alliance at the First Baptist
Church last night. Rev. Robert S.
Macarthur. ID. D.. OF New York who
was TO have made an address, for
! some unknown reason was absent.
and so DR.. Fetler had the whole even
DR.. Fetler is out on $2.5OO bail.
which was furnished in his own coun-
try by American Baptfsts. He is
charged with seducing from the fold
members of the Greek Catholic
Church, and leaves for Moscow next
Wednesday to stand trial.
His plea for help from Christian
Americans for his own country last
night was eloquent and touching. The
graphic picture he painted of condi-
De practically without religious free
dom and welded to the dead princi-
pies of materialism and pantheism.
In all the wide empire, with its
l5O,OOO,OO0 people. he said, there is
not a single school or colleys for the
instruction Of children of parents
having the Protestant faith and not
single Baptist Church or chapel in
the whole country.
The Greek Catholic Church is the
church of the State, but it retains it's
hold only on the ignorant masses -
he said. The intelligent and think
ing classes have broken away from it.
don't think that / would be exag-
gerating if I said that 95 per cent.
OF the professors and students in the
Russian universities are secretly II
not avowediy atheists. materialsts.
or, what is still worse. disciples of
Count Leo Tolstoi.
Those outside Of Russia cannot
realize to what an extent the perni-
cious doctrines of Tolstoi have taken
| hold of the students. The blood of
Jesus is a fable he Is said to have
| declared on one occasion. / went to
| see him at his home shortly before his
death with an idea, hoping against
hope. Of influencing him, in my hum
Die way, toward q better conception
Of the Redeemer. I talked to him n
long time, and what do you think he
said TO me when / was through
| Pastor Fetler.' he said, If a man
would come to me and tell me that
garden I wouldn't take the trouble TO
go and look at Him. This is the
man whose teachings have attained
such a following"
Want Protestant Faith.
| People throughout the country
were yearning for the Protestant re-
ligion, and there was pressing need
| for a Baptist Church in st. Peters
burg. Services, such as could be held,
had to be conducted in halls and
these were rapidly being closed to
him by the imposition of prohibitive
rents. But even these meetings were
attended by immense crowds. and
there were already 400 converts to
the Baptist faith and over 1900 reg
ularly attended services since his mis-
sion TO his people.
He has collected s22.5Oo. during
his five months tour Of America, for
the erection of his church, and $20,-
600 more is needed.
Speaking Of the assassination OF
Minister Stolypin. he said he was very
sorry TO hear OF IL and referred TO
him as a strong man and an eff
cient servant TO the Car. At the con-
clusion a collection was taken and a
substantial sum realized.
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WANTS PARTY TO
STAND BY PLEDGES

ALBANY, N. Y, Special-Callinl
upon the Democratic party TO redeem
its campaign pledge OF dicect nomi-
nations and primary reform. Governol
Dix today sent his second messagS
10 the Legislature demanding the en-
actment of those measures az once
The message sent in today was NOR,
than half composed OF excerpts from
his message sent to the Legislature OF
July 18th last.
"a failure to keep faith with
the people," says the Governor,
must be regarded as a betrayal
OF the voters OF the State. An
honest statewide system OF direct
nominations will render party or
ganizatton responsible TO the
party membership and thereby
make representative government
responsible I'm fact as well as I'm
theory and name.
THE party will was expressed
In the party platform. Ie was
confirmed and endorsed at the
polls. There remains now only
the solemn duty upon party rep
reSentatives I'm the Legislature 20
DO what the party promised. The
I people OF the State have decreed
their demand that the Legislature
shall enact and the Governor
sign a law which will establish a
system of statewide direct noni-
nations that will place I'm the
hands of the voters complete con-
troll OF party committees and
party nominations"
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FRANCE FEARS
GIGANTIC PLOT
Removing Dead Bodies From
Sunken Vessel-Will Save
Liberties Guns-Making
Full and Complete
Inquiry.

PARIS Special. Secret servic,
operatives OF the French Government
are reported TO have unearthed rev
| Citations that the blowing up of the
battleship Liberte. the fire upon the
Patrie and an attempt 70 wreck an
other warship of the squadron an
chored in Toulon harbor were part
OF a vast anti-military plot engineer
ed from headquarters in this city
Initial reports OF the investigators
were today placed in the hands OF
/ President Fallieres, Premier. Cafllaux
and Minister OF Marine Del Case.
and arrests are expected shortly.
me Paris press in part today ac-
cepted the anti-military plot as the
riShtful solution to the Liberte disas-
Radical Hostility.
whether anarchistry or radical So
ciaIists are involved in the conspiracy
has not yet been determined. 1t is
| peheNed, however, that the extreme
element which openly shows hostility
toward the government at every op-
portunity has played a hand in the
latest tragic demonstration against
war.
The work of recovering the dead
from the shattered remains of the
Liberte at the bottom of the Toulon
harbor was continued today.
The hulk of the once powerful war
craft will be blown to pieces after a
thorough examination has been made.
so that navigation in Toulon harbor
will not be menaced.
M. Del Case left Paris for Toulon
,nday and will personally direct an
investigation on his own behalf.
VIII Save Guns.
The guns from the stricken Liberte
VIII be saved. If IL is found posi-
bic they viii be placed in use upon
other battleships; If not, they will be
IrgF tn hi ia
public plazas.
The investigation on behalf of the
eaVy Department Is proceeding with
the utmost speed. Whether IL will
result IN Captain Jaures, Of the Lib
erie losing command is problem
aticai FACTIONS have formed in and
out Of official life. some condemning
the Liberties commander and Others
generating him.
naval experts have been ordered
on board other warships using the
class "B" powder TO make eVnevt
ments with II TO test thoro1ebI1p eIle
theory advanced that after a certain
| iapse OF time It ignites by combus-
non. Inc government has ramiled
/ US investigations 10 cover every the
oIy Whlch has been offered as to the
origin or the fire and explosions which
sank the Liberte.
Returned TO Die.
furser De KerforrO, of the Iiberte
VINO was saved today told one 81 fhe
most amazing stories that have arisen
from the sinking Of the Liberte. II
Illustrated the predominance of dis
cipline, even where life is al stake. A
sailor on the Liberte, aroused by the
clatter or the fire alarm. leaped over
board and started to swim toward
safety. He had proceeded about one
hundred yards when he heard the
ships bugler sound the cali to quar-
ters. For an instant the sailor wav-
cred. Finally he obeyed the call and
swan back to the ship, taking his
place In the ranks of the fre-6ehters
ana perishing with his comrades at
the post of duty
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ENDS Her LIFE IN
TRAGIC MANNER

RICHMOND VA Special. -
Investigation Friday morning OF the
death OF Miss Edith ID. Murray, TWEEN
fy-two years old, OF 1928 Stuart ave-
nue., who swallowed carbolic acid at
the home OF Mrs. Robert Brown, OF
400 West Marshall Street, yesterday
evening. showed that there was not
and never had been, any mystery con-
nected with the case, though one
morning paper left that impression
The young woman, daughter OF
the late G. c. Murray, took poIue
OF the poison to Mrs. Browns nome
with her. swallowed the drug, COW
ered her face with talcum powder TO
alleviate the burning, fell back across
a he'd And in a short time died. me
~mntS bottle was found on the floor
by the side OF the bed. The Dotue
was properly labeled There was no
unlabeled bottle of poison in the
house, Mrs. Brown declares.
Miss Murray frequently VISITED at
the Brown home. She called yester-
dav shortly after u o'clock and COM
Dlafned OF feeling sick. She had been
suffering with some chronic trouble
for a number of years, ana II Is pe-
lieved that she took the poison IN
Mt of despondency.
The young woman, II mas peeh
shown. carried the poison with her.
The label indicates that II was bought
al the ChiIdress drug store, at i01 East
broad Street. The bottle contained
about one ounce OF carbolic solution
Mrs. Brown was not in the room,
she saws when Miss Murray took the
poison. Shortly after o'clock Mrs.
Brown heard groans. and, fearing that
her guest was suffering, she went up
stairs 20 her assistance. she I9unu
Miss Murray lying across the bed. An
~rontv hottie. conspicuously labeled
with the red skull and cross bones,
was living on the floor. The young Wo-
man was Writhing in agony
edith, what is the natter" cried
Mrs. Brown; have you taken carpoHc
mo, No. Nov' groaned the suffer-
ing girl. She then iapsed into uncon-
seriousness.
MIS-. Brown at once telephoned for
the ambulance, and, realizing that
Miss Murray had taken the poison,
she tried to get her to swallow raw
eggs. DR.. Watts, of the ambulance
corps, soon arrived, and the young
woman was taken to the Memorial
Hospital. She was dead before the
attendants could get her out of the
hospital elevator.
Quoted by Mrs Brown showed that Miss
MURRAY had not only taken the aclu
bought at the Childress drug store, but
had also taken some of the crude car
bolic acid which was used in the Brown
household for cleansing purposes.
The stopper OF MIS-. ISTOMn ca. o, oGii ~
@nDears that some Of the crude acid
was poured into the mlder, but never-
fheIess poisonous, solution procured by
Miss Murray. -
When she swallowed the acid Miss
Murray's lips and mouth We're badly
burnt She covered them with talcurn
powder, then staggered TO the bed
across which she was found. The bot
tie discovered by Mrs. Brown on the
moor had been drained.
Coroner Tavlor said this morning
that no inquest would be necessary
that 1t was a clear case OF suicide
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed, but the services viii
probably take place Tomorrow.
Miss Murray is survived by her
mother. three brothers and two sisters
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Fleet Is Divided.

PARIS. Specialize Italian fleets
are divided up today as follows:
First Division-Four battleships of
modern type, three armored cruisers,
one scout, three destroyers, one mine
ship.
Second Division-Three battleships.
old style; four cruisers, one scout.
Third Division-Three battleships,
old type; one armored cruiser.
Fourth Division-Two cruisers
eight destroyers and a fiotilla of tor
pedo boats.
1t is apparent from the relative
naval strength OF the two powers that
Italy could not be invaded. Realiz-
ing their tremendous disadvantage
from Italy's superior naval forces
Turkey has resorted to the full
strength of her diplomatic machin-
cry to stave off the war.
Italy Has Boats.
With her sea-fighting forces. Italy
could prevent the transportation OF
Turkish troops to reinforce the Turk
ism garrisons in Tripoli and il has put
an embargo on all Tripolitan ports
which would prevent the landing OF
munitions Of war and provisions.
There are few harbors along the Tri-
politan coast, aside from that Of the
city Of Tripoli.
Rifaat Pasha, Turkish Ambassador
TO Paris. called upon Foreign Minister
De Selves today relative to the breach
between his native country and Italv-
NO announcement was made follow
ng their interview, but it was report
ed that the French Minister advised
Rifaat Pasha that France could make
no move in the matter under present
conditions.
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TAFT MEETS WITH
COOL RECEPTION

TOPEKA, KAN, Special Upon
President Tafts utterance todRy-the
last day OF his run through Kansas
on his 12.O00-mile trip to the coast
hinged largely the effect OF his cam
paign against insurgency. The Presi-
dent made no reference to his admin
istration policies in his stay az Hutch
inson, and il was not expected that
he would today depart from his
speeches on Monday, I'm which he
mildly defended his tariff vetoes and
discussed the trusts.
The President has not made the
vigorous fight in this State that was
expected Of him, even though he was
reminded by the standpatters that
strenuous effort was needed to save
Kansas from insurgency. MIR. Taft.
Judging from the comments heard on
every side, has gained little ground
on his jaunt through Kansas.
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STEEL MAKES A
DECIDED JUMP
Entire List Was Buoyed Up By
the Strength in Steel Shares,
and Universal Gains
Were Recorded This
Morning.

NEW YORK. Sept. 27-Acceptina
me United states steel Corporation as
Industrial interests and NE staei
trusts defiance or Government disco
luton as the slogan, big interests raj
lied to the support OF the srocl[ roer
hel To-Day and the opening was marked
Dy even greater scenes Of eXcitemsnt
IMAM attended last weeks slump. In
'eIssI concentrated on the steel shares
immediately following the opening
d olock OF $4,000 was thrown to the
ITenlled Dl0ders, who actually fought
TO BUY. From SO IA steel common
Ieapeu 10 o., gain of is points
trading. ia
Steel preferred opened at 1O9 81 as
against Tuesdays close of IO7. and
rapidly was pushed upward until itS
net gain was IA
In the first fifteen minutes of trading
thefe seemed TO be no end Of the buV-
ing, this movement having resnlted
from the official statement issued Iate
ISSt night by J. Pierpont Morgan and
T.. Il. Gary, stating that the cornora-
ton is impregnabie and will not he
forced into dissolution
IN the arena, in which the gage
tbd ca by the vast corporations lay al
the FOOT of Attorney General Wicker-
sham, the strength of the trust an
parenJly looked adequate to the trad
us rs Inc entire list was buoyed up oy
the strength in steel shares and uni
Versal gains We're recorded.
mis- started Market Upward
ca FoAoWing meeting of the United
states steel Corporation directors In
new YORK yesterday afternoon, EIbert
H. Gary Francis Lynde Stetson and
g. morgan repaired to the library
OF MI Morgan. Shortly before mid
night the following statement was
named out 10 the neWspa pers without
comment by Judge Gary:
80, : 4fsuant to the unanimous vote OF
ne Board OF Directors of the United
= = ~ I1eGi corporation at a meeting
at NnlcR there was present J. p Nor
gan II. Z. Prick, Norman B. Ream p
.f =. Is Wcidener' Robert Winsor, E. II
Dryden. Samuel Mather, Daniel G. REID
Eenry Walter, James A. Farrell anc
James II. Reed, the following stafe-
ment is published:
mo negotiations whatever have
taken place between the steel cornoTs
tlon ana the Departm Of Justice
LOOKING 10 the dissolution or disin-
tesratlon or the corporation. The cor
poratlon was organized for business
reasons and purchased its various
plants TO promote such business and
not TO restrain trade or obtain a mo-
nopoiy. In all its operations the com
pany mas scfupUlously observed the
law, and recognized the just rights OF
Its competitors and the consumers OF
us PRODUCTS. 80 far as it's directors
are aware no complaint has ever hear
made against II by either of these in-
It's counsel that It's exIStence is not in
violation OF the Sherman act s In
lerpreted IN the recent decisions Of the
supreme Court.
riee.. the directors feel that their duty
% their stoclxholders their employees
ina the public requires that they should
let at rest all run1ors to the effect that
hoy are contemplating the dissolution
y disintegration OF the cospc ratien
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Girl, Three, orders Baby Sister.

WINSIEAD, CONN, Special.-Amy
Bul, three-year- daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry c. Bull, of Center
street called at the Office Of DR.. d. d.
Reidy. on Elm Street. TODAY and in
quired if the doctor was home. She
sas informed that he was not and
asked II there was any word she want
ed TO leave for the doctor.
i want to leave an order" the
Shlld replied. Tell the doctor TO
Dring me baby sister at once. They
have got one in the next house and
want one. You won't forget to tell
me doctor, will you?"
Assured that the doctor would get
her order, little Miss Bull continued
on her way to High Street to visit
friends. Upon her return home AMY
informed her mother that she had
stopped at the doctors office and
added:
Il left an order for a baby sister 8"
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WILSON FAVORITES
CLAIM VICTORIES
Machine Opposition In the Pri-
maries Could Not Dislodge
the Executive.

NEW YORK, Special. -AIthough
early reports from the primaries un-
der the general law in New Jersey
Indicated that Governor Woodrow
WILSON'S candidates had received a
setback, later returns today showed
that the Governor just about held his
own, IN so far as the testing of his
strength at the primaries was con-
cerned.
mercer county was carried by the
wilson men, while the opponents of
the Governor won out in Sussex.
In Hudson county the results were
SO complicated that no definite con-
illusions could be drawn
Mayor Otto II. Wittpenn won a
nomination in Jersey City. AS Witt
penn is arrayed against the big Six,'
IN Jersey politics. his victory tends
to aid the Wilson interests.
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Acquitted of Arson Charpe.

SUFFOLK, VA, Special. -Notwitb-
standing that four witnesses testified
that Ollie NJ. Miller, a young white
man. formerly of Maryland, had con-
Iessed that he fired the plant of the
Virginia Manufacturing Company, a
Jury In the City Circuit Court yester-
DAY afternoon acquitted the prisoner
without leaving the box.
The defendant proved an alfbi bv
his wife, Miss Ethel Askew. Miss BET
tie Askew, Miss Martha Evans and
Robert Evans. who said he was home
several hours prior 70 the fire, and
never left until the alarm WAS runp
TWO States witnesses sWOre Miller was
near the scene shortly before the blaze
began.
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LEILA. STEPS TO STOP
PRIZE FIGHT IN LONDON

LONDON, Special. ~ A new legaI
battle to prevent the prize night be-
tween Jack Johnson, the negro heavy
wefxht. and BCmbadier Wells, al
Rarl's Court Exhibition Hall on Oc-
Sohcr Cd. was instituted today by the
Dsnlrict Railway Company, freehold
rks Of the hall.
The railway company asked Tor an
Injunction preventing the tight on the
~fonnd that X would jeopardize the
Hcrnse. Judge Luis. in High Court,
heard arguments on me appikeasion.
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ITALY READY TO
OCCUPY TRIpOLI

PARIS, Special, War within TWEEN
ty-four hours viii be the result un-
less Turkey returns a favorable an
swer TO ltaly's ultimatum on Tripoli
ia that time. according TO semi-offi-
cial advices from Rome. II Tur-
Italy is prepared to land troops to-
morrow and formally occupy Tripoli.
Turks Playing for Time.
| CONSTANTINOPLE, Specialize
Council of Ministers of the Ottoman
Empire were in cOnclave today over
the ultimatum of Italy. 1t was Off
cially reported that the Turkish gov
eminent has decided TO reject in toto
Italy's claims for a protectorate over
Tripoli. Turkey is preparing for war
and an appropriation has been voted
for the purchase of 100000 worth of
small arms in Europe.
While the indications are that the
Turkish government will maintain a
firm attitude it is availing itself of
every means to gain time, while every
European power that might have
either direct or indirect interest in
Tripoh, aside from Italy, is being
sought to use it's influence against
Italian domination over Tripolltan
territory.
Italy Ready to Land Soldiers.
MALTA, Special. "A fleet of Italian
men Of war and troop ships is lying
twenty miles off the Tripolitan coast
today. The fleet passed within sight
Of Malta on its cruise across the Med
iterranean Sea.
1t is reported that the ships are
preparing to land sailors and ma
rines, and that foreign residents Of
Tripoi are in a panic, fearing that
such an action will provoke a general
massacre of Europeans.
Two more Italian warShips and
four destrOyers passed Malta today,
steaming in the direction of Tripoli
From the shores it could be seen that
the decks were cleared for action, and
that the gun covers were off.
The tribesmen in Tripoli are. becom-
ing FESTIVE under the gathering cloud
Of unrest. Many of them have prom
ised the Turkish commanders to
fight against the Italians and on the
strength of this promise have been
given modern weapons.
The foreign consulates in Tripoli
were thronged today with foreigners
seeking protection under the foreign
flags.
The hostility of the natives towards
all foreigners is becoming more open.
1t is feared that, at the first outbreak,
the Turks may allow the fanatics to
sack the foreign quarter of the city.
Malta is fifty-six miles south of
Sicily, and 1S7 miles north Of the Afri-
can coast.