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.riJE OTS AN$ OB3 ttkVJ3li,,TnUIlSOAYf H AT 20190!) . 'I' r i 'carao let To' bo' Annual Foaturo in ; ; Raleigh Schools II SERIES OF ADDRESSES Peace Day' Exercise In North Car olina jkhoolA. Was Inaugurated Yes terday In the. Public Schools of Ital vlgii and Eloquent Speakers Dwell Vpon tlc glghlfljeance of Its Mean. ing to The -"World.. . Inaugurating the celebration of "Peace Day" In North Carolina, , the public schools of Raleigh yesterday held exercise's j in observance of the day that were full of, interest to the young folks of the schools and to the -visitors who were attracted by the events.- N In each of Raleigh's public schools - the. day was ' fittingly, observed, this being the tenth anniversary of the great Peace Conference held at The f Hague on the eighteenth of May, 1899, and thiscelebratlon of a great world movement waa most appropriately be v.,n in v'nrth Parnlinn in the nroeres- slve public schools of the Capital ofi the State. . ... The idea of the celebration in Ral eigh was to bring closely home toMthe young people of the city the ideas and !lhw ideals of Peace as set out In The Untrue Conference, and .to show how ' well the world may go forward on Its mhion without the caU to War. it was' a celebration in which Peace and Its blessings was set In direct con trast to War and Its horrors, the one to lift up and ennoble mankind, the other as a curse and menace to It. There were -addresses .of Interest at xach of the public schools in the'clty( and at each of these beautiful Peace flags, miniatures of the great Peace f las given the State, were In evidence, . nni) nt th HIn-Tv School, draoed acrosa the back of the stage In the audltoV rJumfc was mat eace nag, wnicn. presented to the 8tate by Mr. Ilayne Davis, the secretary of the American . Peace Society, was so eloquently a( rented in its behalf by Governor Glenn. The- smaller Peace flags at - the othef schools came through the thoughtful . remembrance of Mrs.. K- 13." Moffltt. the Regent of the North Carolina Daughters of the Revolution In the Raleigh school has been such a happy idea, that it is to be mad jf an annual event, and It will be one to be looked forward to with keen Interest, with "the exercises of yester day taken as an index of their. value. At the various schools there were ad dresses In which the import of the celebration was told, the speakers be- ine Rev. Georee W. Lay. rector of St. Mary's School; Prof. ' J. A. Bivens, of the Department of Public- Instruction; CoL J. C. L. Harris, Dr Charles Lee Smith, and County Superintendent of Schools Z. v, Judd. - t ' At the High School. - At the High school. Rev. George W." Lav. of St. Mary's, made an in tensely practical and Interesting talk in favor of the great peace movement of the world; He began by explain ing the part, taken by America and North Carolina in the peace, move ment As a result,- 571 international disputes have, been settled by arbitra tion since 1794 and 60 treaties for in ; ternatlonai ; Arbitration are mow f force. Ten men are practically in control of the question of peace or war in the civilized world today. ' It would ba difficult to pick a flaw in the argument of the Russian terrorists, who Justified the removal by violence of one or two men if we try at the same time to justify the wars of the past, which have caused the death of millions of men. the loss of mil lions of property, and broken the hearts of Innocent women and chil dren for causes often ; unjust and in many cases trivial at the whim of perhaps a single man. - . , He next took the economic aspect: Lincoln proposed at one time to pay for the slaves $100,000,000, since he said that the war was costing one million dollars a day, and that the war would surely last one hundred days. For all practical purposes, the expense- the the Doer war to Great .Britain was $800,000,000, and it cost Japan and Russia an equal sum. The sums amount was spent by the United States In the last ten years In preparation for war, or as a result ot previous war. This sum would she to 'each person in forty cities the slss of Raleigh, tl.OOOf. It would give $10 apiece to ewyinhabl torn of the United tftatfti. y 'When the Sun Francisco fire stroyed onethalf .billion, dollars of property we! rould all see that It waa nctually destroyed. If Rulelgh should burn down, we know we should all be very poor for a . considerable time. We do not realise the un doubted fact, that the expense of a war means the actual destruction ;of i just so much value, just as really as the destruction of a great city by fire. The recent panic was caused by over whelming destruction of ; property? In .the Boer war, and the war between Japan and Russia..' The peace movement Is a 'movement to apply In the near future to the relation between nations the same enlightened- principles. that have, through long, ages grown up between Individuals,' He showed thte ab surdity of the survival of the wager of battle in mediaeval tourney. yund of the dual in questions of honor, af , most to our own day,. both being sur vivals of a former age; out ofrlstace In the- civilisation of their day, j The appeal today to the-so-called unwrlt- ten law In affairs Involving . honor Deafness Cannot be Cured- , bv .local applications, ts they cannot reach the diseased portion, ot the ear. - There U oriljo one ..way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu lionsl remedies. ;. Deafness is cf used by an 1b flamed condition of "the mucous lining . ot) the Kustachiaa Tuke. .When this tube is inflamed you nave a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, tind when it is entirely closed. Deafness is tlx re sult, and unless the-inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal Condi tion, bearing will be destroyed forever; nineases out of ten ese caused by Catarrh, which is tooth ing but an inflamed condition of the mucout , surface. ...'-! ;- . ' )) ' jH ' v.--f We will glre, One Hundred " Dollars for any case of iVainMis (cansed by catarrh) thit cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure, fiend for circu- culart free. ' Y. J. CHENEY fc fX., Toledo, O. Take Hall's Family PI Ui for constipaJoa. L Berry Suits For Live, Active Boys bUUU WmL Tailored fJ . lath Bst Mas Mr. Will otwar mmd vt-loek tw Doubla-braaafted with or without t:atses9tol0. Hera's ea opportunity to buy ths best suit el blue tg; gray or tan mixturo in summer cbaViots over of fered by any dealer at fS.OO. Berry Suits lor boys are made with the aama care and ot tit same good fabrics and trim mines as the men's If that boy of yours, is very inch m boy, bo is bard on bis clothes ; be wouldn't be natural if bs wasn't. He does the tbouaaad-and-one thins that burst seams, tear boles and rip off buttons from ord I nary clothes. By dressing your 4wy in a VBerry" auit he can do all these things and come boms without a ripped seam or a lost button. We have beaded hira off by strong; making- and aurabla all-wool fabrics, and besides there's an air of stylo and refine ment aoout "Berry" clothes that makes them exclusive In any company, ! - Every Suit Guaranteed to wear the fall eriod. Send for Style BooK,. Sam ples, dc. FREE. - Handsome iUustrationsofour beautiful styles of boys' and young men's suits, and a repre sentative showing of the lovely new patterns. Juvenile suits. iM to 9 years, in Sailor and Russian Blouse, $ S up. Wash Suits. 98c nr. O. U. BERRY & CO. The South 's Largest Clothiery, RICHMOND, VA. without rconrse- to Hhe machinery of Justice was a reversal of . the path of progress, and a backward step toward a more barbarous age.-;.". Th final end of the -peace mover ment is an International League to establish international laws for all na tions with the power to enforce them. and at the same time establish inter national courts to interpret the-law and administer Justice and thus pre vent thecauses of war as wel as adjust-.such causes whenthey have aris en, and thus fulfill .the angel' song. "Peace on earth, good will to men." ! Ing forced on them for the remain-' At the Murphey School. I The exercises aof Peace Day at the Murohey School were full of interest. The address was made by Dr. Charles Lee Smith, and this jWas impressive and valuable. lie complimented the school on the good discipline main tained, and later stated to Superin tendent"" Harper that the never saw pupils more attentiove or better be haved. Dr. Smith's interesting speech deserved all the attention it received, but besides this the Murphey School pupils have 1 a reputation for being unusually well - behaved at all times. A brief synopsis of Dr. Smith's ad dress Is as follows: , ft , 'Today we observe , the anniversary of the first International Peace Con gress which met at the Hague in 1899. This is auniQue hour! In- the history of the Raleish schools, for students afid teachfri have assembled not; to study the-lessons or war but to em phasize the blessings of peace. j; "The Hague Congress did not rep resent a new movement. The history of civilization, in its ultimate analysis. is the story of the world's struggle to secure universal peace., and paradoxi cal as it may seem, every great war has hastened 4 the coming of that JonKed-f or . event- . In the fullness Of time peace will corrie. ; Every progres sive step' enlarges the circle of broth erhood, and racial and political ah' tagonisms no : longer dominate inter national politics. - Ancient history was a period of race development; medi aeval -history of national beginnings; ana modern history 'of struggles: for individual liberty. As a result of j the protestant revolution men secured, re Hsrious freedom and we shall have ho more religious wars T cCs result of , po- tical revolutions the ptlnclpal na tlons" have secured political freedom and. there . will , be less occasion! for such wfrue!e in the future; we i are now living in the midst of an Indus f; re o i lion whic h wA I resn lr 1 n economic freedom.. This will tend to guarantee international peace. Iffy greatest heroes of history are not the Alexanders, the Caesars, the Nape leons. They are the Luthers, the Gro tiuses, "the Edlsons. ; The heroes of today are thd men who harness! the thunderbolts of Jupiter to the ham mers' of Vulcan and who hy their in genuity enable us to outherald Mer cury withthe SDeed of our dispatches Public education is d guarantor of peace. Popular government without popular education would be but: the prelude 'to a traeedy : or a comedy. Enlightened nations will demand that International controversies be settled by Jaw and not by war. ust as feuds between individuals are no longer countenanced, so the time is coming when wars will be considered, as be longing to -an age of barbarism.1 - j Dr. Smith told thestory of Hugo Orotius, the founder of, modern Inter national law, and emphanid the Ideal citizenship which would banish jwar. He said that our country could! best maintain peace by being prepared for war. and, i urged the students to tit themselves to serve their country at all times and under all circumstances, for sometimes It la necessary to tight In order to secure an honorable and latlnv peace. ! :j, At tlw Wiley m iiMl. The ppenkfr at the Wlly Hchonl was Huiierlntendent of County Hchonls Z. V. Judd, whose nddresM was tnr that was given close attention for It was full of Interest. Mr. Judd spoke in part as follows: "It was in Haleigh in lsl that the first ePace Society was organled In North Carolina, Just ten years after the organization of the New York Peace Society under the inspiration of a pamphlet - by -David Ix)W Dodge. 'The Mediator's Kingdom Not of This World.' It Is very proper, therefore, that the Raleigh schools should be the first in North Carolina ' to celebrate the anniversary, of the first Hague Peace Conference which met in 1899. "Attending the first Hague Confer ece were twenty-six nations. Twehty ftve of these assented to the Perma nent International Court of Arbitra tion. At the second Hague Confer ence there were ' forty-four nations represented, and they ; voted unani mously for the principle of an Inter national Court of Arbitral Justice!. These nations . represented seVenj eighths of the entire world population and practically- ail Of the wealth, In fluence and civilization. . "On the J3th of this month was eel--ebrated the 1 81st anniversary of . jthe American Peace Society.- Practically every nation has its national as well as Its local'-Peace societies. ; -. , L -Mr Judd then gave some reasons for arbitration as. follows: i i. "1.. It. la the-, economical -way. We can never estjniate by the dollar mark losses In human life caused by the ravages of war. T We j cannot put Sin accurate figures the losses in proper ty. Some suggestion j may be given; however, by the figures stating ;the amount of .money spent last year for naval and military purposearBritain $345,000,000; Germany, J2S3. 000,000; the - United .States $370,000,000, an amount ten times the cost of our art mles . twenty?five years ago.; This figf ure seems . all the more' appalling MM II 1 1 I 'LI 1 1 IJ ! IHT slct mi i i ri mil ii i f I i' . I t . f r I i i when we remind ourselves that br en tire -national educational budget for the year 1105-01 was . only a little more than '$14. 000.000. less than one- twenty-flfth our appropriations lor war. - ' "2. It contributes teafety and stabil ity to the society of nations. , When the gold fields of California were be- ng developed. Individuals found it necessary to arm themselves for pro tection, and step by step, greater pro tection , became necessary. At last a legalized government assumed the re sponsibillty and order was preserved. in the old days; when the family de fended its rights there was neitherd peace nor order. The State undertook to preserve the peace to the benefit ori all.. May-'trot the same principle lead to the reliance upon an International- Court to preserve the peace of na tions? ,.M "3. It is the spirit of the twentieth century. Today more than ever be fore the nations are saying we are our brothers keepers. The attitude of the .United States toward Cuba fs il lustrative, like the toast of President; Roosevelt when he Introduced the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan; on board th-Mayflower, August thei 5th, 1905: 'Gentlemen. I propose a toast to which there will be no an swer, and which I ask you to drink; in silence, stand ine. I drink to the? welfare and prosperity of the two' great nations whose representatives; have met one another on this ship. It Is my most earnest hope and prayeri in the interest not only of these two. great powers, but of all civilized man kind, that a just and lasting peace, may isneedlly be concluded between? them.'" , 1 J " At the Centennial School. At 'tha Centennial School, "Prof. j A. I Ivin.H talked to the children in lorrually uhout the Peace movement; telling them of the work of the HaRut Tribunal and of some of the dispute that had been settled by arbitration since the movement began. His re- marks were Jull of Interest and werf greatly enjoyed. . . f ! Hedwelt upon the part taken hy our own nation in the promotion ,o peace, and showed how the maintain Ing Of a great army and navy helped to promote peace. In his remarks ha showed that the-children of a century hence will study wars as a matter of ancient history. War Is a destructive agent, and a nation Is sometimes a hull century tn recovering, from Its effects Commerce as well as humanity ae4 demands that our quarrels be settled by the peaceful methods of arbltra tion. He further spoke of the Nortli Carolina Peace Society, organized . In Wilmington, and urged the children to become members as soon as the opportunity was offered. If a Ben timent can be moulded for xpe-ice among the children of the different nations, then it will not be many years before arbitration will be unit versal, and the nations will even dls arm. and convert their big gunboats Into the implements of peace. At the close of Prof, Bivlns' re marks, Mrs. E. E. Moffltt presented the children with the Peace flag. The event' wasan Interesting one and the young people gave intelligent and close attention to the exercises. At tlie Thompson Scliool. ; In addressing; the Thompson school' yesterday morning Mr. Harris rererrerj to the early days when might madit right and when the vassals of the great lords who lived In the castles arow and fought for the landowners. Ther? was- then no means by which disptut- were settled except by bruthe forced After a time this resort to the gage of battle was superseded so far as In dividuals were concerned, by the sub mlssion of facts ' in controversy t? Jury of twelve men. At no time, how ever, has .there been ; a tribunal t?o which the disputes and differences ; arising between nations could be sub mitted by which - these disputes ami differences could be settled with an ap peal ,to war. The - latest appeal to brute force was the war between Rus sia and Japan. ? Eighteen years ago the Czar of Rus sia Invited the civilized nations td 'jB, conference at The Hague for the pur pose of discussing thep roposition Of establishing ap rinciple of arbitration. it Is Intended by this address ami others to be delivered to the schools of this city this morning to commemorate the act of 4he Czar, and to impress Upon the school children this great principle of peace. i The greatest act of President RoVse velt, was that of inducing Russia ami Japan to make peace. Vhile the reo-, resentatlves of these two countries were in conference at . Portsmouth. New 'Hampshire, trying to arrange the terms of an honorable peace, be fore the city of Mukden there wee more than a mil Ion men armed with all the mosjerri. implements of war. ready ' at a wordi to - destroy each other. What a battle that would have been. What slaughter of human life there . would have been. While these men stood there- in battle, for Presi dent Roosevelt to have induced the MlkaV and the Czar to make peace, will stand out as the one act whlh .added more lustre and reknown to the reputation o( the President than any other act performed by 'him whllf President And lastly, when the na tions of the earth have accepted arbi tration as the principle of settling thefr disputes and 'differences and whlte wlnged peace shal lhave descended upon the whole civilized world, those who have brought about, this great result will reap the promise of oiir Saviour who said: nism are tire peacemakers for they shall be cuUm! the children of nod." i niu: m:.u rAYi.TTicvii.i.i:. llerole Work of County Home SitvlV llulldlngs of ilutt litMtltutloii. : . (Hpetiul ot News ami Dbserver.) i Kayettevlfle, N. C. May 18. A fife broke out at the county home Sunday night and but for the heroic work of County Superintendent Leslie, nil the buildings of the institution would have .been destroyed. As it win." ony One stable was burned, which con tained a valuable cow, owned bv tle superintendent. The loss la placed at $700. 5 XF.ORO T1IIKVKS CAPTURKD.1 Stole C.oo1h iTom Clothing Store 1 During BumIiicsh Rush. , New? Bern. N. C May 18. Officer. Montague, of the police force here, did some clever work Saturday night and Sunday and landed some negro thieves In Jail, who had stolen goos from the store of S. Coplon. Tlie goods were stolen Saturday night fn the business rush at the store. sev eral pairs of pants and a Stetson hft were recovered. Two Loral Tax Districts. The Superintendent of Public In struction has received notice that lo cal tax election for schools have been carried In one township in Guilford and one m Granville county. ...... T l: Run Down? I i All AU run down easily tired, thinj pale, nervous? And do not know what to take? Then 20 direct Ito your doctor Ak his opinion of Averts non-alcoholic Sarsapanlku No salcohoU no stimula tion. A blood purifier, a nerre tonic; a strong Iterative; an ! aid to digestion. ; Let yojr doctor decide. : iu-r. iwIOlIEiUTE r 4 . THROUGH RALE 1--' Ur. Leonard Tufts Heard by Chamber of Commerce Mi' T tlie Business Men of Raleigh Will In- I lte Co-operation of All the .Towns and Villages For the lloute Tlirousli the Sontliern Capital. j ! ' I Raleigh took steps last night to se cure the co-operatton of . all interested In the Capitals Automobile Route. A good meetmg of the Chamber of Com merce, presided Over by Dr. Hubert .RoyBter, had the pleasure of hearing a wise and practical address by Mr Leonard Tufts.. of Plnehurst, who has recently been over tha route, in an au tomobile from Apex to Camden; S. C and who has acquainted hlmsef With the character of the road and the work necessary to be done toi make the roads in proper shape for auto mobiles. Un spent yesterday morning at Sanford and found the Board or Trade in that place alive and ready W co-operate; He had already tvlsited Rockingham and' found Capt. i W. I. Everett, Mayor Everett, and other citizens ready to do ail they could to secure thH route. "He reacnea uai elgh at noon and spent the day as vthe euest of Mr. Josephus Daniels and left on the mjdnight train for New York where he will have an- in tefview with the New. York Herald's automobile editor, . that pnper being the promoter of the plan at the North em end of the line. In the afternoon Mr. Tufts was the guest of Mayor Wynne and Mr. John a; Park in an automobile ride over the city and re- h marked upon the steady growth of Raleigh since his last visit and the surpassing beauty' of the place In Its new Bpring clothes and new style over hanging creen linnets. Introduced fittingly by Dr. Royster as a gentleman who had done; much for North Carolina. Mr. Tufts talked with fullness of information i about the value of securing the coming of the automobile tourists . and the ad vantage of the route through the Na tlonal Capital and tho State capitals of the South Atlantic States. He had racti ami flgrureS at his tonsrue's end. He knew the character, of the, road. either by personal, examination or through correspondence, 'of the sug gested route. He had i learned "that 'he route In North Carolina from the Virginia line to Apex was In good con dltion, or In such condition that the people in each county were glad to io the work necessary to put ; U in good condition.: .The worst road is ten miles from the Wake line through Chatham and there.was no large town to greatly help there. but he thought the people in that, section would act and that outside ' help could be se cured to supplement local effort as to put the , road through Chatham In fine shape. As to tho difference In constructing the' route In the clay country and the sand country south of Raleigh. Mr. Tufts said splendid roads for automobiles could be constructed at an expense of $300 a mile whereas It would cost $3,060 a mile to con struct the roads needed In the i Pled ment section of the State. He be Uev?d that, in addition to the: work the county authorities would gladly undertake, it would not require over $20,000 to make a fine road for: auto mobiles from the Virginia to the South Carolina line. He told of the wonder ful development of sections of New Hampshire that had j been greatly benefitted by being on the. generally travelled automobile lines, and be lleved that in one year "the people o fa. a. - al l ' a - . rsonn uaronna would receive more from tourists than. the .sum expended for making good roadst The value of good roads to the people livine aiong tne route could not be estimat- ea, but the tourists alone would spend sufficient money alt . along the route to make It an f object to those towns and villages through .which that route passes. Mr. Tufts speech was re ceived with many expressions of ap proval and interest m ur. iy xonowea and gave some facts showing how profitable inene automobile routes were to1 New uami'Shlre where he formerly lived He said two classes would use the roai ana neip the South: 1. Thone who go yearly to Pinehi'mt or to Home other point in the South Including the many won Piienu tneir winters tn Florida. They would ston over s-otmr nl Ing; 2. ThoM who would come for the tour. The New England people' are profoundly Interested In the South und the Southern people and such a route woum cause thouHumls of tbm to tour the South, und thev would iturtleulurlu I desire to ' vImIi th tioutherM capttnU hiui me rtoium rn renonn that would h rrnrnPd i'V tnit route, Hon.. IlK'hnril II. Itatlle. Mr. Jose pnus Dmilri-, Mr, fl. Montague, Mayor Wynne, Mr. P. D. 'fluid, uud others fcpoko on the Importance of .the plans anil tn motion of Mr. Joxotih n. Brown, the prenldent of the Chamber. was authorized to name a committee to correspond with like bodies, and town and county authorities to perfect a tnorough organization to secure th Capitals Automobile route; Tho com rhittee will be announced later. ' The Miulcal Festival. Dr. Hubert A. Royster and Dr. Al oert Anderson spoke of the debt of ODUgatlon owed to the Raleigh Choral Society for arranging the Musical Fes tival this week, and the Chamber pass ed resolutions and pledged its hearty cu-operaiion. Another Railroad. , 1 Mr. B. C. Pearce and Col. F. A. Olds spoke of the importance of securing me railroad that the Montgomery Lumber Company 1 ; building near Wakefield to Raleigh. It is believed the prospects for the coming ofo the iima are excellent. How Raleigh Goes Forvvanl. The report of Secretary Olds lareelv referring to the remodeled quarters of tne Chamber of Commerce and i the Merchants' Association, fitted up com pletely, not only for their use but for minor meetings conventions, etc., and which will be largely used by the Wo man's Clubs. There Is also a special room for ladies, for use as a rest room Pale? Nefvous? RALEIGH SS EADYPROGRESS not only for those from other places but of those In the city as well. 5 The secretary referred to the bund ing. development now In progress Ralelrh. Including three stores, a church, a machine shop and garage, a garage and over erghty dwellings, not toi speak of numerous building; Im provements. The Yarborough House Ii to be remodeled with Its front nd 'n various other ways. 1 Work Is In, progress on the new. dormitory at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and two dormitories at St. Mary's School, -and at the Hospital for the in sane ten buildings are in course of erection and contract is let Tor .a din ing hall, at a cost of $27,500. The Wake Water Cbmpany has ex tended Its mains to the Soldiers' Home and to St.- Augustine's Normal School. At the latter the St. Agnes' Hospital, of granite, will be dedicated next Tuesday. Its cost, complete, is $40,000. A party of tweniy-five people of-prom-Inence from New York, Philadelphia and other cities will come here in a private. car .to attend: the- dedication and will be here two days:! The hospi tal will be equipped with eighty-five beds. : - ; 1 The fertilizer business has been very satisfactory, the Caralelgh Company having an output of 30,000 tons: an Increase of ten per cent over the pre vious season. - The work on the . Rex Hospital Is well advanced. Its enlargement will probably be necessary In two or three years. There is now a movement to secure more land 'adjoining the hospi tal, on which to erect a building for the doctors and the State medical schools, i The secretary said he had letters from various gentlemen, including Mr, Leonard Tufts, Mr. W; H. Williamson and Mr. Klttrell, The secretary, of the Henderson Board of Trade, on. the sub Ject of the' automobile highway to. pass through Raleigh with route between Washington and Atlanta. i The secretary referred td the;matter of replacing the Belgian block pave ment with litullthlc. and to lay othef streets with this admirable material. so largely used In Asheville and Char lotte. , The secretary urged that after the new market is bulJt that the sale of fresh meats and' fish, be not allowed save in the market. It was stated that thecorn contest for Wake would have many partici pants. This Is under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, and all the farmers in' the county have have been Informed of It. Space has been secured for this corn show at the State fair. The electric power now lr use in the various plants developed i Buck horn Falls, gives complete satjfactlon. The secretary- made. a. plea ir more industries. SI ,500,000 FIR Several Girls Have iNar-i row Escapes ; (By the Associated Press.) Akron, O.. May 18. Fire 4n thej seven ; story Ilower b'-ock today de stroyed the building an Its contents. causing a losH.which if is thought wil aggregate $1,600,000. Several g'.rli employed In the building, had a nar row escape. Fireman were in danger from fa'limr walls. - There were , up wards of 200 employes in the. build- ing'when the fire-was discovered. The blae started In he besement ynd the occupants of the block had" pfenty .of time to escape, although the1 young women were thrown into a panic. No Injuries were reported. Thecause of the fire is unknown. Among- the occupants of the building- are The Tip Top Glove Company, the Korach Skirt Company, the Akron Candy Company, the Egg Baking Powder Company, the Smith Pattern Company, the American' Cereal-Company, the Lombard and Replogef En gineering Company and the Neel and Armstrong Company. ; The losses of these companies will run from $5,000 to $35,000 each. Both the Goodrich Rubber Com pany and the Diamond Tire Company had many thousands of dollars worth of automobile tires stored in the building. The tires are a complete loss. There Js about $800,000 insurance on the building and its contents. II. IKED CAMNOT COME " t PRESIDENT KILGO, OE TRINITV, WILL GIVE IJTEKAUY ADDRESS At WAKE FOREST. A tef-phone message from Presl dent Poteat, of Wake Forest College, conveys the disappointing Information that Rev. Dr. Aked, the eloquent Bap tist divine, of New York city, cannot deliver the address on Thursday. How ever President Poteat promises all visitors a treat, for President John C. Kllgo, of Trinity College, has agreed to lake the place of Dr Aked, and de liver tne uirf-iM. Here lDr. Aked's telegram: "New York. N. V.. Mav II. "President PoW nt.Wake lrwt. N. O. "Inriuemea, which Is epidemic here, holds me prltMtnrr. Impossible to have home. Deeply grieved to break faitn and much dl't reused at thought oi inconvenience to you. "CHAS. F. AKED." JEFFREYS IN LIMELIGHT Mt-ps on .scales, for nrst Time. Sltifc ltetlrcmetit. (Ry the Associated Press.) . Chicago. Ills.. Mav 18 AtnH .T Jeffreles has Jumped on the scales in puonc iorne nrst time since he came out Of retB-ement. and in the oresence oi a lew interested persons tipped the oeam ai z3 pounds. ' ' Jeffrien annodnrri) h wnnu again before hf left the city and , - - -v w v e would how whether er not he was re ducing his weight, ffe said his best lignung weight was 2Z0. 1 1- f : 1 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER William S. Washburn ,t SticrmN Wll- IianiH. Rexlffttetl. Washington. D. C. iMav 18.- Presi dent Taft today announced the nomination- Of Wil 1 5a m a 'Wl.hhnm a t, - fc is sf Civil Service Commissioner, vice James T .Williams, resigned: He was for years a civil service commission em ploye here and served as civil service commissioner in the Philippines under wr. Tart. Today s nomination is based on. his Philippine record. GOVERNOR OF ALASKA , Name of Walter E. Clark Sent to the ' Senate. . , i Washington. D. C. May 18. Presi dent Taft sent to .the Senate today the rominaticn of Walter E. Clark, a Washingrton. newspaper r man, as Gov ernorof Alaska to. succed Governor JJoggatt, reeigned.' f .- v .".1 - . IN AKRON, 0 iflEKLESsTELtS. T HE PL Reveals I nnermosf ' Se- crets of Graft Prosecution CALM ' 1110 IDISTMD m . . '" - - , , . i-"-; Though Cmler a Cross-oxainlnatlon Replete, With - Stinging , Inferences ind Insinuations Tells of 'the In faniotiH IroiMslt Ions Made' 1V Abe Ituef. . i By the Associated-Press.) , San Franci?co, "May 18. Rudolph Spreckels, millionaire, whose name has been blazed Into the record ot every- day's proceedings In the trial tor bribery or president Patrick Cal houn of the United Railroads, begun more than five months'ago. was a wit ness .again today." ; . ". Through a crosa-exa'ml nation re plete with stinging Inferences and In sinuations he sat undisturbed, disclos ing the Innermost secrets of the graft prosecution, reciting th substantial payments he has made to Its officers and agents and disclaiming utterly the motive.s Imputed to him by Attor ney Earl Rostra, who conducted the inquiry for the defense.' " . , , Late in the day Mr. Spreckels was excused until tomorrow with the un-, demanding that he would produce Irr court his personal account of, - the many thousands of dollars he rJrilt tedihe had expended in behali of the graft i prosecution. . . Mr, Spreckjels admitted that he had paid the' rert and i expenses of Mr. Heney's private, law otfice for a long time and. that these items amounted to between $500 and $600 a month. It was likewiee admitted that Mr. Spreckels had for a long time paid a cordial gum'jto Charles W. Cobb, Mr. Heney's partner, to whom. In pursu ance of an agreement made at the out set for the prosecution, Mr. Spreckels is to nav $20,000 more. "Did yon make the agreement whereby Mrs Heney was not to re ceive any salary for his services from the city?" was asked ny the defense. "No: I knejw that such was the case. but I believei Mr. P. Heney personally volunteered his services," said the. wit ness. - The w'.tnepa said he had requested Attorney General Langdon to appoint Mr. Heney a member of his staff after he had obtained from the prosecutor an agreement to accept. Further, -he sa d. had authorised Mr. iieney, and k Assistant Attorney , John O'Gara to employ additional counsel. Tney engaged .Hhfam Johnson, whom Mr. Soreckels paid. Assistant uistnct At torney Heney went into the motives that actuated the witness in his op- oosltlon to the United Railroads plans of street raiilway development. The inquiry had been In progress but a few minutes when;a violent aiterca tion arose over the street car strike of J07. Mr. Heney was defending h:i riffht to Introduce . conversations Lbetween thi-d parties, as he claimed tne, motivesi oi. a wnuw. ncio a.. i-nlf ft . 1 ". ' v. ': . , 'This witness Is expected . to be telllnir the truth." said Mr:. Heney. In agry tones as he rose' from his seat and faced Attorneyi Rogers, oi tne ae fense. - "Dofvou expect us to be limit ed or bound by your, dirty Insinua tions?" he asked. V I don't kjnow" why. yod should refer to dirty , Insinuations unless It is be cause of: your inner consciousness xn terruDted Attorney King, of Georgia, and as other atforneys for the defense rose to engage. Judge Lawlor ordered ; au iu ru iun "fV".i J . "' , Mr. SpreCKfeis aeniea tnai ne naa R ever iravenu w r wmi yvum-i department or JusUce, Attorney Gen ham Ruef (to inspect proposed streetl eral Wtckersham today decided to sus rallway rouites. He declared that he j perid Turther . proceedings in those had never aiscussea me poncy oi tne graft prosecution witn nis aiiorney, and that, he had never suggested toi any person rconnected with the prose - cution that ! they should seek to have any person Indicted. ; - y On. cross (examination Mr. Spreckels said Ruef had visited his office three times between 1901 'and 1998. "1 recollect In particular, he said. "one interview with Ruef that called to my attention the need for an in vestigation. Ruef came to my , office . M . J I km n r.niMnai nd .ho. t cats to bid on municipal bonds about to be issued. He promised that bids woum oe succeeaea Dy a sirise. . i wa nornueu uy mo ugwnui.. "Ruef assured me that the bid of tne synaicate woqia oe acceptea, saiu Mr. Koreckeia. "and ne wouia guar- antee mat we wouia not nave io diol above-par for the bonda 1 asked I him how this could be done, and I he, said: That's a simple- matter. vYouj know my connection with the laoori union people. When the bias are I about to be submitted we, will have j tne oiggeat atriKe this town ever saw. i i win tie up everything, inciuumg mi street railways, T nen a use m wvmi a. aa assa a . I A ait a. I inv nt voiir ranllallsta' f rlanna. - I cept tho In on the know, submit bld I for then bonds, f nds,k . ( Ruef If he really Intndeu l. niMkinir monav to k (l 7ttK?tiS!n2...i "I naked for the Akf joking. uiit his race nusnea una he withdrew from my offlco.' RACING AT BELMONT PARK. Harrigan Won the Crotonan HandU' cai Mcdallon. Am a Winner, f (Ry the Associated Press.) V ; Belmont Park, N. Y., vMay: 18. Threatening weather kept the attends ance down at Belmont Park toda about 3.500 persons being present: 1 . :: "r -i nan nanmcap, resuuea in. a VJCtOry I f or the favorite. Harrigan. Demund. I an added starter, went put to make I the pace followed by Restlgouche and! Harrigan. This order remained on. I changed to the final furlonz when I llarriean moved nn nn ih.nntaUh was going away by half lemrth. i I - r wis wmuv. uiiui aj ruauuii stakes. Lrge Altendame and. Great Volume o atone y llamlled.' t r (By the Associated Press.) ' Norfolk. Ya. May 18.Wn the races on me Jamestown jockey Club's track today the bookies had all the best of lt Four odds-on-cholces Tom MeU X??rr21' i"K.a",ra. an. ' nunxe, suing aown to aeieat. Tne at-l - yl . h thT mfri and the volume of money handled jth kuuu wM iiKvwiafi ine iarKes( yet. The weather continues superb. - There! has been no rain during the meet thus rar, v. The Norfolk people are-takln I great interest .In the gentlemen Jockey I won ine uououeLi Reinficrit."""." v: - . - . - -:r by a head from CalvnteT J-"1 Federal court toaay rount K. t T . -. jZXOll' ItorriTTrTanaiiiorn. jonn r.. JttnTiTou'v mnv i I Horn. Ralmond P.Vrajrrrd F, IL1 J.Un&TOWX n.CKS. ,.?frv SnldeV gu Hty for using rthe malls to event for, Saturday. ; mm ASSAILED 'A v Charges Forwarded to De y partment of Justice ui Wlm ICUJEIIGE- Tliat Is iWliat the Petition v ADeire.1 ? and Defcufio ;Aslc TliaijJ Cfre no 5 Prevented from Trjini -tho Case Bar Attempt Was Made' to Influence , Grand iurjj J By the f Associated Press:) Tulsa.- Okie.. Maw t. rW... against ' District -Attorney Gregg and - f1, .r "ush. special assistant . to the Attrney General, made today by " the: defense , in Muskoire , tnvun lot fraud cases, ;were forwarded to tb ' Department of Justice at Washington on the suggestion of Judge Marshall, wno is nearinK me inai., a i , Zudge Marshall refused to set on f the. petition of the defense asking that uregg be prevented from trying the case. The petition alleges that im. proper Influences, had been brought to bear on the I grand Jury, which was dismissed last Saturday as theresult: of charges made by Gregg The court assigned the following reasons for his refusal to act: . 1 ;. " - f .: Gregg's charges- against the dis charged Jury he regarded as vjague and inaennue-T i. - '..r.i.i;' The court had paid no attention to the charges in Gregg's motion, but had discharged ' the grand Jury be cause of the right of the government to 'change a; grand Jury when it so desired . '.'.--.. . '... - j. ' . Charges against Gregg should 1 be x filed the Department at Washington. where he waa appointed: ' (; ; The court! did not comment upon the petition of the discharged grand Jurors. ; ? . - . . - s ' One of tho petitions presented Is signed by nine members of the grand : lury that was discharged on Saturday" last by, Judge Marshall upon motion of ! District Attorney Gregg. ;who as serted that the Jury had been subject- ea to improper innuepces. - This pe tition? refutes this charge and in turn makes ; allegation against Messrs. Gregg and Rush, j It alleges mlscon- ' duct belore the Jtlry, vefjorts to Intimi date and coerce the Jury to return in dictments against Governor Haskell and the other defendants regardless of and contrary to proof presented, and petitions the court to investigate the Jurors allegations. ' The defendants also filed a response to: the motion of District - Attorney Gregg disputing the charges of IrrtT proper InfUience.. This response al leges that Gregg had . used the Tulsa 1 World, of which he is stated to be part owners to mould sentiment, and - to prejudice the court and grand Jurv against the defendants; that he stated, that he was after Haskell and asso ciates and that no one else would be . prosecuted, that he stated that he wn . a ; personal enemy of William T. Hutchings and would send him to the penitentiary at all hazards, that Greggs partners In the Tulsa World had stated to apromlnent Tulsa man that It was ' a political prosecution Marted by William R. "t Hearst i and Theodore Roosevelt against Governor HaskelL - , ; . : ;-. . : ' r : . 4 , Proceedings So5pended. ' , Washington. . D. C., May 18 -After s v,VasjJ8 s avrftB icicgiaju 9CI11 JfCaC J' dayJby Henry E. Asa counsel for the ' fen&ms T fraud cases, to Senator Curtis-of Kan- i a, and forwarded by the latter to the i cases pending the receipts of testimony i in; support oi charges alleging Inl proper conduct on the part of the 1 government attorneys. The Attorney- General also decided that It, would not be for the best" In terests of the government to substitute other counsel for those now fconduo Mng the cases. . - - ' In commenting upon the matter Mr. Wickersham stated that it was his firm conviction that the govern ment attorneys were performing their , I ..v .iB.il.tMIIJ SUU illWieilLIJT ' Li lhtt this long range, he certainly would not iftterfer with ht .trnr lu reCognIzed that the government at- torneya were conducting those cases i under saverse Circumstances anrl . n I doubt were doln their rmt dtitv ami aoing it weu,iand should be sustained i . - v , i . a rvtriisi'it . . "1 a i .;. f nTC Oiit of Six Favorites Wem tho WIiuktm. J - py tho Associated Press.! Louisville, i Ky Mav , ll.-.i?Arm players had s. good day at Churchill juowns toua,v as nve out . bf six fa vonin ww returned trie winners. In a Svtt bbS ft ss. a. Al... a- . . "; iwmhh wr-, m nanciieon st ft miln Rnfl IU' - yaruM. niidln II..11 ?r'k trick reeord. running the I,J"l"nf.4n Patting s-.l of a nisinnre in i;40 iii, ratting 3,1 of .v fflSwlr dHvporio: t f y wn ris liyporinn If. and Gi" hll?R. .n heat in the third mr IMMIG11ATIOX COMJkilSSlONFJl William WUUsihh Nomlnatloii ni to ' :.; - in Sena to. '...' ' IK (By the Associated Press.) V Washington. . D. tl. Mav 18. IateT tniS" arternann th Tr-.li1n t sunt to the Senate the nomination of VilItam J. '- St . . Jl lr New,clmmlrat,0n at the Prt f AT . M IT - ft. A - alMMtte ,William winisWs is a nractisln at- lorney ot tnis city. lie waa iramiira i tion onmmiaatnnor for twr vears dur- Ine the. Ft none ve It administration but resigned because of a . disagreements With Mr. Roosevelt. ' T:' .1 ; Frands Convlctetl. : j. . - m. ' rr; .(Py the .Associated press.). defraud' In. promoting the Central Mining and ; Development- Company. owner of the "Two Queens' group of gold mines In Arizona. t t The penalty is a fine of $500. or im prisonment Tot -18 months, or both. E. S. Horn ? fainted In the ' court .room when the verdict was read. , ;.?. ; Funeral of, Mrs. Ktone.V ' . ,.i- t r y w Stone, whl died at the , home of -jher L, Mnc w. McO. White, on Mon- day night, were held from the manse 204 isouth Dawson street, yesterday afternoon at five o'clock, and Wr .-'- lleiVConaa Clt MA.. ItlOV X A IlKV rohducted by Rev. Georire H r . The interment; was U Oakwood cem- v" etery. i .?' . t 1 X
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