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10 SUPPORT D1X Wilson Denies That He Gave Any Such Assurance. LEAVES S U X D AY ON WESTERN TRIP During Week Will Make Speeches in Several States, Re? turning the Following Mon? day to Open the Pennsyl? vania State Campaign at Scranton. i Mrtr" ?? Hl- I n? lo > umber. ? 3..-.r*? with ?11 my heart that the fo ? - of sending yiur letter to ttii national headquarters. Where I am sun t. u ? < t (e'litlon i" -iiitt iin rii. Syracuse. N. V.. Ser.t*frib?*'i 13 -Dem-| ocrau v ? ' - ? tet day of Ooveruor WoOdrow Wils >n ? reported statement to <t l. id h- known j t... i lern ><M-at .? SuUo Commit e? mid county chairman jivere t" (net herjo on the day In- was to ylst the State Fair he probably would not have ac? cepted th<- Invitation, he wished t" avoid parttrlp'atloti in the internal ool itlca of any State Francis Kertiatii at whosa It into Gov? ernor l'l\ was tjntoriained during h - stay h're. made public a letter to-day from I. P. Tumulty GovViHirtr Wilson's secretary, dated September !'. express Im; regret that tin it'Omih?> coiild :io{ remain in Syr* list last evening In at? tend a dinner win.:, had hoen arranged by Mr. Kernan This letter silys in part; "As Oovf rn^r W ilson w as leaving Seagirt list evening he reqliested tue t . acknowledge i :eoi |pt ,.i yotir le:t r of August containing ;. v.-r. w. ?, erdtis invitation, and to t. Ii you that, according t>> the hrraiigeiiitnin made by tin- national committee, it will be n.sary f?i htm to lejiv? Nuw York as early in the afternd ni a" possl do after his meeting with the Stute and county commlttoenitn." John A. Mason, secretary to Gover? nor Dl\ and BCi-ri tary of tip t ,t i committee, declared to-day that thero had been no inisuuderstandlng tv|tii Governor Wilson. '"After it was learned positively that Governor Wilson was .oimng to th> fair," e said, "wo called a meeting of the State committee. It wiiH for Uns. purpose of selecting the presidentialI electors, hut w e all thought It Would be a good thing to have Governor Wil-] B"n iueet tho commlttoemen and say a word to them, i wrote to Mr. McAdoo und asked him if this arrangement would be sat Isfactnry, and he i c-lled that it would, and that Governor Wil? son wtuld be delighted to talk to the; t onunlttceinen." Before Governor bin left for Utlc.i 'Continued on Seventh Page.) PRECAUTION TAKEN ? iri* tii I'n inii I nrthcr Truuhle I? * mil I leid*. 'harleston, vv. Vn . September 13 - ..?it.rig lirt- to the bartl of the blue Creek Consolidated Coal Com nv at Holly early to-da> and the ? ? ? ntlnic further trouble In t*?i eual ? ? i ' ? ? ? . U ??.. ?t ? klrift miners and end i IMPLICATES MANY l,M PLOT Octroi! i ,.iin. tl i |.-rk I . -Ulli fur I'nixeeulluu. Sln-000 FOR PROMOTION .i tutted in I'ollce ? upluln Wliii feougbl liltlee u( Inspector. ? tilti.ee, sent it leitet to Mr. Wald? - SEA ISLAND GROWERS MEET Dele Bitten. Present I rotu I'hrec States l Inn I'rodtice I bin i otton. gates present from Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, the three States iiohni Cotton Congress ol .-' :. Island! iwers held Its annual session nere ?'. i Thomas ?1. Hudson, former . r.rxia. f;..ikc on the dlybrsltleatidh of ? Knight, president of the Fl?r'dfi ? rkctlhg of cotton Mr Knight ad ?at?.l a wnrehousi system for cot-' i planters and .< ^-j:.<11^-? In the j teni of giling .1. Swltlton Whale.)', South Carolina. S'at.- entomologist,; I..... VVorsham of Georgia, and J. Ilvari, of Savannah, also spoke. VVorsham warned the Sea Island iwors that tho recent wet weal er ?util mean much trouble fr^ni etHer ON SCHEDULE TIME ItntileMblp \e>? York l.lkel.i tu he l.iiunebed October ftl. Washington, September 1" ?Naval constructor Stecker, who is sunerin tending th-- 'construction of the 27., ? ??t.i, battleship New York at the New York navj yard, denies that the rebort thai the launching of that big vessi : will be delayed either by failure ? ?? tl ? transportation companies do' IIvc i* the machinery on time or by lack ot workmen He snijl that nd definite dal.- had over been sol for the launch? ing ? ?! the New York, hut thai October "l had been and still is the tentative date fur that ceremony, Tlie latest report shows that the u o-k on |?io New York wns 53 per .. in. completed September 1. with ? very Indication that the vessel would '? completed 0i> schedule tin.,- The keel of th. Now York was laid Sep? tember II. 1911. DECLINES TO PAY Sugar Refining Company Denies < barges of ncfrnudlns fiiivernment. New Orleans, l.a September 13.? Replying to the government's demand that it pay $lOh.claimed on alleged fraudulent entries of sugar at this port from lflbl to HulT, the American Sugar Refining Company, in a letter to Collector of the fort Heilert, declined t-i pay. denying that the company or its e-mployes hid defrauded gov? ernment, and asserted that the govern? ment had no legal right at this late date. It Is said District Attorney Heat He will be authorized to bring civil proceedings against tho company. VERDICT ?F JURY ACQUITS VICTOR Finds Him "NotGuilty" After Thirty Minutes Deliberation. ALL INDICTMENTS THEN DISMISSED Quite a Demonstration in Court? room Follows Freeing of Ac? cused Member of Allen Clan. Last of Trials Growing Cut of Carroll County Tranedv. TURN TO OTHER CHANNELS Police lliandon rhrlr Kormer The? In Muriner Shooting t n?e. 1 bullet from llaniiet1'* hva'd found that ? had followed a course directly from the back of the skull toward the fron? tal bdn?t dipping slightly downward. If the shot carrie from the side of the ? en sitting yd- ways In thii ..ar. while according to Chambers and Mrs. I la finer he was at the wheel. The ? of the bullet ::i Mrs. Hanner's letr was downward, the h?lfet entering just above the kue< cap. The automo? bile had a high side door, and the police experiments show, it :s gaid, that in. dottr would as a shield to a person sitting in the tonneau if a shot came from the lumber yard. GETS OFF EARTH IN HURRY filenn Martin Wins (tulek Starting I. v em nt I bit ago. Chi ago, September 13.?it took (denn Ii. Martin less than eighteen f.nds to ? get off' th. earth" at the aviation meet here to-day. Ht won t o quick-sthrtlnp event under condi? tions requiring htm |o bi twenty feet itwaj ;:t a given signal and to start hlg engine, ascend and cross a I'na &0G feet ii.-t..nt. H .?? time ?a* i;t.r. sec Max LilUe was second In 20.92 sec? onds. .Maurice PreyoSt, of France, the O.hly aviator flying a monoplane in th. event; was third, in seconds, ? nd Howard dill, fourth. In 32.49 Sec I lesplie the rain which continued while half a dozen aviators were In th.- ,,ir. some of them 1,000 foci high, .ill of tq day's events wer? run off Martin also wein tlie event for most accurate land? ing, shutting his engine e.fi I.?0Q feel up and descending to within nine feet of a given spot Llllie was secoi !. In 26 feet fen Inches; Prcvbst, third, 1-':' feet 5 inches, and r>?? Lloyd Thomp? son was fourth, in 127.1 inches. Aviator Marl Datifhertj iind a pas? senger wer. 3,000 feet In the air when th.- ehgil.i i he biplane went wrong. Daughorty kept control of the machine and made' a perfect glide to earth. SEARCH FOR WOMAN FIREBUG Churged With Starting Several Fires In \ onkers. N. * . Vo!>:ers. N. V. September 13.?The police here are looking lor a woman firebug" whom they accuse of starl? ing several recent tir.s In the manu? facturing district. One of the lires cosl th. Federal Cooperage Company nearly $125,000. The others wire ex tlngulshed with small loss. A watchman at one of the factories where incendiary blazes were dis? covered reported to the police lhat he saw a woman .-nter the grounds of the company Just before the nre started and shortly after she left he discover? ed a lively lilase In a pile of oll ? oaked papers. KVEItY SUNDAY l\ SRPTEMBKH, C. & O. Sunday Outings. J1.50 round trip to Norfolk sod t-'esslde. Three trains: S:2G, 5:ti) A. M. and 12 noon 8y HAZING PARTY 'ourUniversity of North Carolina Sophomores Under Arrest. 'OVERNOR ORDERS AN INVESTIGATION Villian. Hand, of Sinithfield, Bleeds to Death When His jugular Vein Is Cut After He Is Thrown On to a Broken Pitcher From Top of Barrel. 'nl ipel itt timid* ?.i w?.woo. ? ? ? ; (our ? f $5. lahv. I he Um forced, and uovtr rlgidl) luvfcsu throtvn the whole mi There prttc i of a!! work, and upon the prosper ie Institution last largest attendance lot pMlRiitlon Ordered. [Special to The Times - Dispatch. ] P.al-ich. N C., September 13.?Gov- I ern?r Kltehin and :h. State oltlcors! were shocked by the ntiws from the -?? .... unit rsitj ' ? killing of Wil? liam Hand, freshman, last night dur? ing a ''hazing frolic" by ?< crowd of Sop . . ? Governor Kitrhin tele? graphed as follows to President F, P. V. p.i :?!??. t:.. untff rstt> . thts after-: "Or, K P. Venabi?, president, Chapel Hill N. ('... Am shocitfed and distressed to tienr of th$ deatti of young Rand. Have -a igidly and thoroughly In ? t 1 and all tho facts and cir? cumstances connected therewith made { public; Mft.ke full report to the ex? ecutive committee of the trustees tit a meeting t6 be called for the purpbne, ? Stgnedl "W W. KITCHIN; '?Governor." No official statement of th- dis? tress.r.g affair !u> I.n receive! here. and a number of widely varied reports ? extant. Thfl ill-fated freshman was especially w>lj known and has rela? tives iiere. I Two older brothers, ?*>*.-,-,r R. Rand and .1. E. Rand, ..r.- era '.nates <f the licitv4 r.-'ity. Ralph W. Oldham, of Raleigh; one; ..f the har.ers connected with the kill-! inc. Is a s.>r. of George ..\. Oldham. of Oldham & Monie, lumber dealers, here. To-day Merrlmon ilrst confessed his part in the hazing after blood had been found on hfs clothes and then to d who the other three were. POLICE CHIEF CLEARED Cn*r tgnlnm t nlunibus Ofllelal -Not Proven"?< Mil Still i.ii,,.i,. Columbus. O., September 1.1,?The civil service commission. Which has been hearing charges against Charles i: carter, former *"i-i- r .-f Police, who Was deposed Mayor George .1. Karb. t -day held that the rase ?gainst ("ar? ter had hoi been proven and that the Suspension was unwarranted , Carter :v now expCried to take action In court t., recover his place ns chief. When Ihn lilvll service Investigation was under way Mayor Karb an nneed that he would withdraw from the ca>e. and Issued a second order formally discharging Carter. He ap? point* d Thomas ? i'Neli chief. , or the last week O'Nell hns eaten und slept in police headquarters, tho chief's oflic. r being barricaded against any possible effort of Carter to re giuri his office by l.i'rce. OLD TUNNEL DISCOVERED llellevcd to Hum- lleen ttnde by Prisoners l.mig Ago. Boston. September 13.?A mysterious tunnel lust discovered under the street ;n court Square I- thought to have been made by prisoners attempting t . escape from iall cells of three quarters of a century ago In the old courthouse, recently demolished to make way for a city hall annex. Worknvn removing the last stones of the foundation of the courthouse found the , ntraneo to the tunnel some sl\ ffloi below th. street level. The |i< I. was three feet square, and led from that part of the courthouse who:: in former years bad beeit lised for cells. Thor? was nothing to show that tile tunnel had ever been walled up. which strengthened the boHcf that It had beep made secretly by pris? oners Japanese Hero is Self-Slam ?.i.m.it m. ( ni \ r vom. ith business Urbanizations (ake Appeal to Governor Ebcrh?rdt. POLICE SEEM POWERLESS Service. Ouiiith, -Minn. September 13. ? Busi? ness organization? to-night appealed pany to suspend servico after six dar iiien had ii Injured bj strikers Und . but the police co?ld <lo link- with the browd that surged around euch car -??r.t into '.h?- dbwntdvVh streets, rftono throwers' were lost in the mass, and there wer?! ri i eno?gh bflleers to drive back the attackers Mob violence Huns itself througn the city to-day, coining froni tin- West End, \\'her'?S! fo most of the week an ungovi rned muss at nien had dared the police and wrecked cats. Iva ging through the business section, tii< mob stopped long enough to uproot and do Ki.a a starling station; then pursued the employes; but tailed to catch them, und Ki ni on to meet a cr?Ss^curreht 1 of Lake Avenue, whore mill nan Is Joined the West Enders Just as car came lnttj sight. The conductor ana I motorrriah each received a thrashing, one beir.g pitched through a window, Then in- crowd dissolved. in the West Und the 6.000 men. boys and women stood with missiles. .v. car would clang into tue crowd. Tho lnotrrmnn would put on all power, drop to his kne.-s in the vestibule and try in run through packt?l humanity, but his trolley p ile would be pulled from the wire and the croud pouring through the car, would beat the car crew until in some instances they had lib be earned bruised and blectftng to drug stores, Appeals, demands, charges and coun-j t- r-? hargiss wet** made to-day by civic organization heads and municipal of? ficials. Business organizations a ?? appealing by wire and telephone for State trbbps t" quell the trouble. Governor Eberhard! is hastening; hack to St. Paul in look into thi Ou? iiith situation. He may order tho troops' ? ? To-night was looked forward to with great npprehension by ihn polo. Tiilk of dring the car barn a-'ter dark was heard In the crowds to-day. The street' car company gave up early this after-j noon and called in Its ears. Many wild , rumors were afloat during the day, lone declaring that several strike-j breakers had been killed, but this waaj unt rue. i Three Duluth companies of the Third regiment are encamped in th. armory awaiting orders from Governor Eber? hard '" protect the Dultith .-'tuet rta|l( Way Company's property from thd rioters Sheriff M? Inning this after-: nriuti i.'i tst.,1 the tioVerhdr to order ! ut the m|lltla. Me stated he Is in I need of fdlo troops There has been ho hi oh violence to-night and none Is ex- j . .linige Olbrnll late tr'-nlght Issued aii order in mandamus proceedings dl rnctlng the street >ar conipnh.v to shoe, cause why It is riot giving the public serv ice. The arguments will he heard Monday. oheriff csWlnlhg has been ordered by Governor Bherhnrd to suppress the rioting or r?*?tgn POLICE OFFICER THREATENED iilii.v. IfnnUerN Send Winning tn Lieutenant on Phlrago force. ?Chicago, Soptembei i." "Remember ?a hat Rosenthal got in New York." was th. warning received by Police Lieu? tenant Michael J; Oallery, who has beeil Interested in prosecuting alleged Illegal employment agencies <>n the West side; ii. s.id to-day the phrase j was in a Black Hand letti r threatening that his wife and aw children would : be blown up by dynamite If he did not i cease his activities. 1 BELS RETREAT thdrawal Probably Duo to ihconipr?mistng Attit?de ?f American Patrol. SITUATION IS IMPROVED ,; Arrive of Outbreaks tlicr Sections bf Mexico. . b. C.i September 13.? a distinct ail <.f relief Iii tl-.e War Department to-day when Uenoral Schtiyier reported from Doug las, Ariz., the withdrawal southward >f the Mexican rebel bunds which hud been threatening Agua Prieta. across thi border from Douglas Th- retreat Is believed to have been largely due to the uncompromising attitude of the m< rleah patrol. Orders >., prevent fighting at Agua Prieta if tire were directed toward Douglas, would have been carried out i" the letter, according io the general Hiafr, even if that involved the sending of American troops across th, inter* national boundary. Willie it.. situation th,- border has Improved, reports continue to ar? rive ??; revolutionary Outbreaks in othet sections of Mexico Zapatistas ?ltd to . ,- threatening the town or Antigua, on the coast north of Vera Cruz: Uprisings arc momentarily ex? pected in the .states of Couhulhi and Nuevo Leon, according to advices to i lb State I icpartmi nt Tlie Mexican government is said to be hurrying reinforcements t,. ir.1 Tl gre, Sonora, whero is situated one of tip- richest mines in Mexico, operated by American capital. An attack by Inactivity of Federals. Douglas. Ariz.. September 13.?The plight of F.l Tig re. on which a long range attack was begun b> rebels un? der Sulazar early to-day, the mystery surrounding the whereabouts ot R? ..as's ban.: of rebels, who failed to al? ts k Agua Prieta this morning, and the inactivity of the 1,200 Mexican federal soldiers under General San .11 lies In the border town, were the chief topics of conversation and con? ference to-day and to-night by Untt / ,1 States nfltcera oh th" American side of the line Nothing has been h.ard of the fighting at Kl Tigre shiiicc the report that rebels had at? tacked. The telephone wires we:,- ctit about noon to-day. after word was re? ceived that lS'i Federals had left Ysiibiii for R\ Tigre, thirty-live miles ..is taut riojas was reported at Gallnrdp ranch. twelve mile, from Agua Prieta. to-day. Much indignation was expressed to? day by Americans with heavy Inter? ests in S?lipra beCll?St of the Inactivi? ty of the Mexican Federals. Reports from man" points In Sonor.i Indicate rebels bands ar, looting re? gardless of nearby Federal troops. General W. S. Schiiyier. nommandlng the Department of Cnltfornln, said to das that Rojas had Informed him that |IC "postponed ins attack on Agua ITletn In deference to the wishes of the American government." The entlr< Ninth Cavalry, command? ed by Colonel Gullfoyle, with the ex? ception ot one squadron nrid n trobpi is encamped h.-re. The colored troops will prttrbl th. border from Douglas ,-ast to the SOW Mexican line. While tile Fourtli Cavalry will patrol the border west of Douglas t nva'rj Goes to Front. FOrt Rlley, Kan.. September 13.?' Ehtralhmeht the Thirteenth United State:- Cavalry two pack train- and a detachment from th. Hospital Corps, bound for the Mexican border in re? sponse |o orders Issued from Washing? ton last week. began to-day. The troops will travel in feu;- squadrons, under the command of Colonel C. A. P. (Continued From Fust Page.) OF GENERAL NDGI AND HIS WIFE He Cuts His Throat and She Commits Hara-Kiri. FINAL TRIBUTE TO DEAD EMPEROR Japanese National Hero and His Spouse Time Their Self-De? struction So That It Is Co? incident With Departure From Tokio Forever of Deceased Ruler. Tokio. September 13.?General County Maresuke Nogl. supreme military conn-' ciliar of the Emperor, and his wife, ih<? Countess Nogl, committed siilclde to? night in accordance with the ancient Japanese custom as a nn.il tribute in their departed Emperor and f i loud, Mutsuhlio. The death by their own hands ot th<j fatuous general and his wife was k.? dramatic as it was sad. The general cut his throat with a short sword attdj the countess commttted hara-kiri. I Following the Samurai custom, tho couple had carefully prepared their plans for killing themselves, and llama them SO that they would !>?? coincident with the departure forever from Tokio I of thi dead Emperor, j General Nogl arid the countess had attended the funeral services of Mut suhlto at the palace here to-day, and I it wag expected that th.-y would pro? ceed to Aoyama to-night with the cor l tegc. Instead, however, at the coii j elusion of th.- ceremony at the place I they withdrew to their modest homo in Ak?siikij s suburb of Tokio, and I there began their rln.il preparations for ? death. First the general wrote a letter to his n- w Emperor, Yoshlhlto, which la i tor was found beside his body. Tin n I he draped In mourning a portrait ,-n. [the wall of the late Emperor, and af? terwards he and his wife dressed thoin j selves In full Japanese costume an I [drank a farewell clip of Sake from cupl w-hlch had been presented to the g. n ? oral by Mutsuhlto. ; Darkness had fallen and General I Nogl and the countess awaited ttv? ? signal they agreed upon to announca I their leave taking. This was too booming of H sitrnai ln the palace grounds which was to let the people know that the body of the Emperor v ii) starting on the funeral car for Its ; last resting place. ; As the boom of the gun resounded I through the ?dear still night General j Nogi arose, and grasping In his hand a short --.cord, plunged It into his throat, while the Countess stabbed herself through the body. A student who resided at the N'>k1 home heard the fall of the bodies and rushed Into tho room. Eying upon the floor wert) I the hero of r*6rt Arthur a'nd his wife. Both still were breathing, but their spasmodic gasps show.-d plainly that I death was near. The student hurried I for aid. but when he returned with it both the general and the countess I were dead. I The tragedy created a profound sen 1 nation and expressions of so.rr.ow were hi axd on every hand tornight. General Count Nogi was a national ! hero in Japan It was he who cap? tured Port Arthur from the Russians I In 1904, artel assured the success of hs i country lu the battle of Mukden. The I count was born at llagl. in the Prov I Ince of Choshu, In t?r.? and was tho leidest son of MiU'OtetlgU Nogi. a Sam ! ur.il of the Choshu clan. During the Saigo rebellion. Nogl j fought bravely at the battles bit ? Yamagauchi and Tawarazaka ?nd w ta wounded, and after the rebellion was suppressed he was made a lieutenant colonel. He commanded the First p.ri ; gnde of infantry In th* Chlhp-Japanese War. and captured Port Arthur in oho day. tin the outbreak of the Russe '? Japanese War III 1901. General Nogl was appointed commander of the Third i Army. IHs forces took 203 Metre Hill 'after terrible slaughter, and also de? stroyed the Russian squadron In tho port General Nogl personally receiv? ed General Stoesset'S proposal to sur rounder Port Arthur. The Countess Noel was a daiighti V Of Ytichl S.iday ukt. a Pa mural ??; ; Kagoshlma elan. Impressive Ceremonies. Tokio, iseptemh. 1.1.?The second ptrt of th* ceremonies In connection with the funeral of lite late Emperor of Japan. Mutsuhlto. took place night. When the casket containing th?* body of thr. late rubr started on Its; Journey to Aoyama. whense it will r.o taken to Monoyama for dual burial I Imposing as nad b'ien the ceremonial it tended by the great dignitaries in ? ? i .? i ii service serving to emphaniico ? 'Shinto rites and the twentieth century ? tltarism was conducted, the passage of the funeral car through the street* of the capital to-ntght was even more ? th. capital ah opportunity to display -orrow at the nation's bereavement, and hundreds of thousands stood for hours In absolute silence along the route as the cofun passed on the first st.ice of its Journey toward'- Its last r- itIr.g place. The streets and boulevards were brilliantly llghtedd by torches and are lights on both sides of the road Ir tersectlng the torches snd elect i t; lamps were placed large sac red trees, and at frequent Intervals black nnd white cloih? i ov. re.! poles, surmounted by wreaths of evergreens, h id bpen erected. At 7 ??'??lock In the evening tho? who were to participate In the pro. cession began to assemble again at tha