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Is. the. opinion of President Taft, who participated to night in a conference of . educators and philanthropically . disposed ' men and women of Washington on" indus trial education in, the South at the' residence of Miss Mabel T. Boardman. "There are v two-things working; to ward the solution of the -negro prob lem," said he President. "One Js the development of Interests among the. better class of Southerners in the edu cation of the negro and 'a conscious ness of the fact that nothing will so much help the South as such educa tion. The other important feature is the 'increase of the wealth of the South. - ;:'.- ' . "The South, until the last decade, had a dreadfully bard time to sup port the government of her States -without education, but now the South is getting richer, I am delig'hted to have 15 cents cotton, whether it" be high or not. 5 because it means the prosperity of the South, the develop ment of her educational system ' and the working out of , the most difficult problem ever presented to a people." Thomas Nelson - Page presided at the conference. Among other speak ers were James H. Dillard, of New Or leans, president of :the Jeanes Fund; W. W. Finley, president of the South ern Railway, and Dr. H. B. 'Frlssell, president of Hampton Institute. ; - v James H? Dillard in his address de clared that the white people must blame themselves for conditions pre vailing -in the South and described a natural ' segregation of the races that is developing with the development or industrial education. - Industrial edu cation he urged for the benefit of the negro and the poor white people as well. . '.. ' . :;' "The first thing wer can'do", he said, "for the negro's good, is to refrain from ill feeling and to be willing that the race should be hopeful of progress and improvement. In other; words, we should have the attitude of good will and not the attitude of ill will. "The second thing we- can do is to assist in the education of the negro and by education I mean a real educa tion, an education for living, an edu cation that leads to the knowledge ot how to do things better, and how , to live better." MISS ELklNS' VVCOUND FATAL.r Niece of Senator Elkins, Who Shot Self, Died Last Night. Kansas City, Feb. '18. -Miss. Agnes Leslie Elkins, niece of United States Senator Stephen J3. Elkins, of West Virginia, died at the hotel . tonight from the bullet wound .she inflicted on herself last Wednesday in attempt ing suicide. -v . V- . TV, ; . Despondency over the refusal of rel atives to consent to her becoming an actress is given by the young woman's friends as the cause, for. her . suicide. She obtained a nart in- the. Dlay. but Senator Elkins is said to have inform ed her to give It up,, v Miss Elkins carefully planned her suicide. She gave a farewell party to her friends a few hours before she shot herself. She jested with them about a plan she had -to '.'kill herself., After dismissing her guests, she wrote a note to the newspapers saying that she was tired of living. The bullet passed into her body just below the heart. Physicians said It was not a dangerous wound. She ral lied and this morning expressed a de sire to recover. A few hours later she suffered a relapse.' . Miss Elkins was an orphan 26 years old. Her parents lived here several years. The girl was not .prominent socially, but Is said to have inherited a considerable sum from her father. Senator Elkins was executor of her lather's estate.' . ' ; . .. 1 COLONIAL JACK ARRIVES Reached Charlotte Yesterday .; After noon on Way Continental Trip., -Charlotte, N. C. Feb, 18. J. A. Krohn, heralded as "Colonial Jack", the long distance walker,, en " route from Boston, Mass., to Los Angeles, Cal.. arrived In the city tnis afternoon at 2f5: o'clock. He is making the journey on, 11,000 wager, and expects to write a book embracing the experi ences of his trip. He came into the city pushing his wheelbarrow with a bicycle wheel and a pyramid shaped ox for the body. On this aVe tacked business cards of concerns . in , the towns through which he has passed. On the outward trip he is making only from 18 to 20. miles a day but on his return he will be required to make 40 miles a day. He will leave os Ange 'es on the return trip the first day of nxt January. . . . , . ' He will spend the remainder of to ay and tonight ; here and tomorrow Jnorning will leave for Gastonla. J ELEVEN BODIES AREREGOVEBED Mummified Corpses Taten From CheK , ry M iie -YesterdayAttempt to -V . Assassinate Mine Boss'. ; V' Caused Excitement. - . - Cherry," 111., Feb. 18. An attetnpt to assassinate one of the St. Paul Coal Company's bosses added to the trage dy of Cherry's mine disaster today. Metas Daditich, a dismissed employe, stepping tip, behind Charles Atherton. a newly appointed top boss at the 8L Paul mine, in which nearly 300 men were, killed last November, whipped out a revolver and erying: "To pay you back I" fired 'three shots. Ather. ton fell probably fatally wounded. : The shooting occurred during' the work of recovering the 166 or more bodies which have been entombed in the mine since the fatal fire of Novem ber 13th. Eleven bodies had ' been brought - up. Atherton Was standing at the mouth of the shaft ordering the hoisting of the bodies. .- A.bout the mine entrance stood a circle of widows and orphans, all ea ger to learn whether the next body would be theirs. Suddenly three shots were fired ifi rapid succession &nd man dashed from 5the crowa, . leaving the spectators in confusion. - A hundred minejs headed by Sher Iff Skoaglund ran after the assassin, while the crowd shouted, "Lynch him! Shoot him'.", The fugitive was cap tured in the main street of Cherry, the revolver still in his hand. . Manditch said he shot Atherton because the lat ter had. refused to give him a job. Later a mob surrounded the lockup and tonight the; prisoner was taken to Princeton, 111., for safety. Among the 11 bodies recovered to day was that of John McGill, a boy. When the alarm of fire spread through the irpne 'flaft ; .November. McGiir& father strapped his son to . him . and ran several hundred feet before he fell unconscious. The father was taken out by rescuers and revived. The boy could hot be 'taken- because of fire. The 'father is now working to help clear the mine." .'- To the amazement of veteran mine inspectors the bodies entombed when brought to the surface were .found to be almost perfectly mummified. V , The . mummified condition "was brought about by the bodies having. during the three -months, been in part of the mine which twas dry and warm and the bodies were going through a slow process of; drying up. ' "This Is one of the most remarkable incidents of a disaster which has been full of wonders", declared an old .mine inspector. The mummies are in such good preservation that they might have . been taken out of the ancient tombs of Egypt" ,' Fighting-, through fire and deadly black' damp which ever since the dis aster .has stood between them and the 165 or more bodies still entombed In the mine, they rescued the 11 bo dies in what, is known as the second level. They were about 175 feet from the main air-shaft' The men instead of retreating to remoter parts of the mine,. evidently had made a desperate effort to escape vflhen the fire broke out 'and they were among the first to die. ..--'- . ' , They were found with their arms stretched forward and face down,, hav ing been' suffocated as they ran. pro bably by a gust of deadly gas. Shut in air tight chambers' when the mine was ' finally sealed up, they remained in. a kind of an oven in which the ten perature was a little above blood heat. Their clothing was so badly scorchr ed and their features. so badly disfig ured by falling rock that identification was difficult. ' ; ' ' . y r. Fire is still raging n the mine A new tunnel of entry 750 feet long had to be cut around a fire area before the bodies were reached. As soon as this opening was made, work was be gun ; on barricading with concrete all the fire area: Four' other bodies were seen in the same place and these will be brought fcp.'., " WILEY RAKES. MILLIONAIRES. Could Give Names of Many Guilty. o Food Adulteration. New York, Feb. 18. VI could give the names of many men who have been convicted of food adulteration and who are still received by, the highest social , lights of this city," .said Dr. H. WV Wiley, 'the government food expert' ';.',' -" ;' " 1 ' ' - Drv Wiley came here to testify be fore the Hudson county (New Jersey) grand Jury 'in connection with the in vestigation ; the. cold storage ; ware houses, but he lectured today at the college of the city of New .York, -He declined to give the names of those he reefrred to. ' '.-' When the poor , man is, convicted of a crime, he feels disgrace," said Dr. Wiley, "but the 'millionaire ;whd endangers . the health of. the , commu nity;; through impure food is ' still .re ceived In the highest of society and retains his place in the church." ." TRAVELING MAN INJURED. Struck by Train While Returning to Rockingham Yesterday. . " (Special Star Correspondence.) Rockingham. N. C., Feb. 18. While crossing the railroad track near here this morning, J. V, Thomason, of Whit mire, S. C; a traveling, man who had started in a buggy to some point In the county, was struck by train .No. 33 of the Seaboard i ir Line, and ' was severelx -injured. - He has .horrible bruises about the head and may have suffered a fracture of ; the skull. He was taken to Charlotte ton theearly morning train from Wilmington and placed in St Mary's hospital. The buggy in .which he was driving was completely demolished ; the . , driver with him having a harrow escape. WILMINGTON, N. C, CRITICALLY ILL Grew Rapidly Worse Yester day and Condition is Ex- i . tremely Grave. SECOND STROKE PARALYSIS Family Summoned to Bedside : Prom South Carolina Home Crisis Will -v ; Come Within Next 72 Hours ' Serious Symptoms -Washington, Feb. 18. Benjamin Ry an Tillman, senior senator 1 roni South Carolina and one of - the most pictur esque characters in Congress, is crit ically ill here. His condition is- ex tremely grave and Dr. E. F. Pickford, the attending physician, -said' late tc day that the . outcome of thd sena tor's illness would be , determined within the next 72 hours; The senator's right 'side is almost wholly paralyzed and asphasia. has de- veloped as a result of a cerebral hem - orrhage on the left side ol the brain, He has nearly completely lost the, power of articulation and this is re garded by the doctor as the most serious symptom of the South Care linian's illness. He may recover from the paralysis, but In all likelihood if is said, he will never regain the com plete ' use of speech, the , Senators dearest and most cherished weapon in his 'public service as a national legislator, and the keen edge of which' has enlivened v many debates of, un lon-wlde. interest in Congress. . .... !ThIs -'is. the second stroke of par alysls .to seize the Southern Senator, the" first having occurred nearly two years ago -when he suffered a nerv ous breakdown. At that time! he was treated at an Atlanta sanitarium an I later "took a ' trip to Europe for the benefit of his health. - Late 4 this .afternoon Dr. William ; A. White; "superintendent of the govern -ineniVlpspltaLfdr th$ inajle.;wi. cal od Into -'consultation with , Dr. Pick ford. While it was asserted that the Senator's - mind was .fairly alert, ami that ue was conscious of the happen ings ot his environment,-Dr-AVhite, as a specialist .on , disorders of the brain, the seat of Mr. Tillman's ill ness, was asn.ed to make an examinaf tion.- V .. . : The verdict of the physicians after the consultation wa? that the Sena tor's condition was serious inthe ex treme: that the outcome whs doubful and that it would require. 72 hours to say whether or not the case was hbpe- 4ess. - A trained nurse has been placed In charge of the patient and Dr. Pick- ford is In .closest communication with the sick Jroom. The alarm of the family is evidenc ed by the. fact that they have tele graphed? for. Dr. J. W. BabcooA, su perintendent of the Carolina Hospital for. the Insane, and the Limily physi cian of the. Tjllmans. He" has replied that he will leave Columbia for Wash ington - tomorrow - morning. Dr. Bab cock has known Mr. Tillman for many years and as Jiis physician, it is stat ed, Js - thoroughly familrar with his general physical condition rd habit.4 of life. , Th fact that Dr. uaDcoc; will not leave Columbia until tomor row eems to corroberate the state ment that there is , no immediate dan ger of a fatal turn - in the tSenator's condition, v ' Absolute quiet .has 'beerf enjoined and - practically nobody except rela tives"see the patient. The Senator's wife and their eldest son. Benjamin R, Tillman. Jr., are with him and his other two children, Henry C. and Sal lie May Tillman, have been summon ed by telegraph to the bedside of thetr father. Thev probably ; will . 'leave Greenwood,' S. , C, for the . Nation' r.anital at 6hce. ; , , . Washington, Feb. 18. At midnigflt Dr.-Pickford, who is attending Senator Titlman, stated that there was slight indications, of improvements in the pa tient's condition, but that there had been no considerable change. STORM AND T RAFFIC Reports to C ast Line Division Head ; quartera In R-jcky , Mount, N. p..- (8pecial i3tar Correspondence. V . Rocky;. Mount. N. C, Feb. 18. High winds last night we're pretty general over the Atlantic Coast in Northland South Carolina according; a reports In the office of . the . Atlantic C6asi Line in this . cit While the ; maio.k tart of - the. trouble . in ; this section was. slight wire , trouble, below Flor ence, 8 C, all wires .were down and connection cut off until , an early hoiv ihis morning.. At Pembroke a, box car standing on the siding was blown over the jack knife in the side track and, derailed so as to block the mafki' lines This was discovered by ; the sta tion' agent shortly after, it occurred afl a wreck of some'of the . night trains was prevented by. his reporting the matter promptlyy and the putting up 'of danger- signals down thetrack from the wreck.. 4"W1res.had been got ten up at an early "hour this , morning and' there : was jthrough . communica tion before 10 oicloclc-" '"v;,-'. - . -In Tarboro Tuesday the Rural Let ter, Carriers Association whichC em braces the .counties of Nash. - Edge combe and ' Wilson, '..will '"hold . their regular meeting for the discussion" of matters pertaining, to the. welfare , of the organization.1 ,: SATUROAVI IpRNDSTG, COnOll MABKEf COIiDITIOliS Cause for. Declini in Staple r During Past 'Week-lruence of Texas . ' ," Crop rOutfook General ' ; Y Trade is Favorable. i .'.New York, Febr 18.--The apparent impossibility of ridudng the general public to take hold of cotton and the persistence of American spinners'; in the policy . of i buying f romN hand Ho mouth sufficiently accounts for the de cline of roughly flto $2 a bale. .The greatest weakness , has - been'- in this crop. '' .' - ; 5?: '.... ' ! " '; .' .'' .... -. . . . i .- The May premium oyer " July j has suffered a sharp aet back,. It is only about one-fifth what-it was recently. Coincident with local irregularity and weakness in the : stock market,- Wall Street has sold , cotton to some extent New Orleans prices have been noticea bly weak at tynesyThe effect in New York has been very apparent Im portant Texas operators are said to have been among the sellers. The re ports from Texas on crop preparations have, to say the least,' not. been of a kind to stimulate prices. Yarns have been dull andmor,eor less depressed. Some favorable reports in regard : to the cotton goods trade are being re ceived from , various parts of y the country, but -there- are others of a much less ' favorable kind, 'v Neither manufacturers nor f jobbers liked the raw materialrhe soil of Texas seems j to .have beeibenefltted to some; extent by rains, sleet, and snow. The impres sion increases . that th next -acreage will be very .largely Meantime the re ceipts at the ports- and the interior towns are small add the statistical po sition is in some Influential quarters regarded as strong. On decline Wall Street and other hojnses have bought General trade is in -a favorable condi tion." Fall river has Jatterly been, more active." The local "stock is, strongly held and is steadily-decreasing. Eng lish supplies are also decreasing rath er rapidly. . Recently the East India crop estimates , have been reduced. Bulls argue, that-though speculation may be sluggish . .. now and spinners may defer purchases," yet later, on the facts . of supply- and demand will in evitably bring about, higher prices. However this, may be; the speculative world is for the moment at least ;.In a more or less, pessimistic, 'mood, in, regard to cotton ,d the- poBSibility of advancing the '"market - materially in the imndiate future. - THE SCHEDULE AGREEMENT. Johnson Will Not Object to Minor Change of National League. Chicago. Feb. 18."The American League will not object to any minor changes that the National . League may make in its 154 game schedule", said President' B. Bt Johnson, of the American League. "The agreement reached by the joint schedule commit tee of the two leagues at the Pittsburg meeting is binding on both: schedules, but we will waive that right to some extent. . "I wish' to repeat that the two har moni.ous schedules decided upon by the committee are the best that the two leagues have had since , they have been working together on the -jdates. If the National League makes any cnanges mat are not acceptaoxe to the ' American League and persists In keeping them then we will considel our agreement at an end.. . We' are not looking for trouble and that rest en tirely with the other league." AUTO ACCIDENTS Bad Night For The Smoke Wagons in - New York. - New York, Feb.l18. Last night was a night of automobile accidents in New York.' Mary O'Reilly, 17 years old,--was knocked down and mortally, injured by an automobile mail truck. " She died in a hospital a few minutes later, r August Hollinger, manager of a drug store, was run down by a taxicab and his skull was fractured: He will die. A surface car struck an automobile, causing .it to knock down. Miss Julia McGovern, 50 years old. She was se riously hurt " . : Joseph Sebold, aged 8, was run over by a light delivery wagon near his home, sustaining internal injuries that will probably cause. his death. V OUTLINES. The condition of Senator JB. R, Till man 'became suddenly worse yester day and is regarded as . extremely grave. He is ill at his home in Wash ington and the members -of the" fam ily have ' been summoned Eleven bodies were taken from St Paul mine at Cherry, 111.; yesterday and the at tempt - of a- miner to assassinate a mine boss added to the tragedy of the disaster -The National League' mag nate adopted a schedule of . 154 games -yesterday after a deadlock ,on-i the question-of schedules covering sever- al days Miss Agnes Leslie Elkins, neice of Senator Elkins, who shot her self because hef ..relatives woiild not consent to let her be, an actress, died last night - in v Kansas City -Three companies of militia ; prevented fur ther disorders at Cairo, III.; yesterday, where an attempt was made the night before to' lynch a negro. One man was killed and four others -injured, by deputies The Indian Appropriation bill was considered by the House yes terday -New York markets: Money on call easy,. 2 5-8 to 3 per cent, rul ing rate -and closing bid 2 3-4, offered at;- 2- 7-8. Spot f cotton 'closed quiet middling uplands . 14.80. middling gulf 15.05.; Flour steady: Wheat, spot easy No. 2 red 1.31 sales elevator domestic and nominal afloat ' Corn, spot easy, No. 2, 71 3-4 nominal f.o.b. afloat Oats -spot .steady, , Rosin and turpentine quiet FEJJItTJAIJX 19, 1910. TROOPS AT CAIRO PREVENT RI01G One Killed and Four Wound ed As Results of Attempt at Lynching. - SPIRIT IS, QUELLED Threats Made Against Sheriff and - : Deputies Negro Purse Snatch- " er Sentenced to . 14 Years v i in Prison eYsterday. , Cairo, 111., Feb. 18. With three companies of militia guarding, the court house and Jail under direct su pervision of Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson, Cairo settled down tonight, to complete quiet , after a strenuous 24 hours. It is believed that the mob spirit is quelled. ; There are many1 scat tered groups of men about the streets, but no crowd is allowed to congregate. Threats were made today ' against Sheriff Fred D. Nellis, for the killing of Alexander Halliday and the wound ing of four other men by deputies in beating , back the mob that attacked the jail last night in an attempt to lynch a negro purse snatcher. but the presence of soldiers prevents any open demonstration. . John Pratt, the negro whom the mob intended to lynch, was sentenced to day to prison for not more than. 14 years. He will be taken, to prison to morrow morning with 12. other con victs in a special train. -Lincoln Wil son,, arrested as a suspected compan ion of Pratt in the snatching or wo men's pocket books, was released -to night The grand jury failed to return an indictment against him. - ; - Pratt's sentence: was imposed , ten minutes after he entered court and pleaded guilty to the indictment re turned yesterday.; , ; ; '.,, .' -': A searching -..grand , Jury, investiga tion, ox .theattacfcdn thet jail .wag or J yJudg -Butter Immediately .If j dered by" ter the" disposal of the- cases ' against the two negroes. Judge Butler's In structions to the grand Jury 'were' id substance a demand that the rioters be brought to justice and . made to stand trial for rioting, a felony. "This sort of procedure must be dropped," he said. "There have been five mur ders in Cairo since November ' 11th, when we ' had a previous occurrence of mob violence. These murders show that mob law is no deterrent to crime and it is our duty to see that mob law ceases to be." t Coroner James McManus has . not ordered an inquest of the killing of Halliday. He said that he intended to go slowly in his investigation. A stray shot fired by a member of the mob was the direct cause of ' the volley from the deputies . guarding the jail that laid several of its members low, according to Sheriff ' Nellis" version of the attack. . ' ' "I -was standing on the front porch parleying with the mob which was de manding that I give up . Pratt", said the sheriff, "when someone in the crowd fired a shot. "My : deputies, watching the parley from a second story window, thought that I fired the shot as a signal, and they fired a vol ley in the air. '"'. -';". ; "The mob refused to retreat ; and the deputies then fired irito the crowd. My conscience is easy over the affair. The rioters were determined to get me unless I got them. I did my duty by protecting my prisoners at any price." - -. . A dozen broken windows in the court house today showed that shots were fired int the building by the mob. ! ,. ' ' - "J . ' ;: ' Therewere six negroes among the 14 armed deputies that defended the jail with Nellis. There were 20 depu ties in all, but there were, not guns enough to g;o around. Nellis had great difficulty 'im enlisting "deputies and the negroes were., impressed because the sheriff could not get enough rwhitef men to serve. ,: -. . , ', The conflict" between city and coun ty offlcers that marked the November lynching is again in evidence., Mayor Parsons says that he was not advised of any trouble until 2 o'clock in the morning and that he then ordered the police department to assist the sheriff. Captain Greaney, of the Cairo Mili tia Company, Uhat was ordered out at 10 o'clock last night by Governor De neenand did not report, said he did not receive thfe Governor's order until 2o'clock; Mayor Parsons has ordered saloons to remain-closed until danger of future disturbances has passed. . . The Halliday family nave retained an attorney to sue Sheriff Nellis and the county v for damages. ' Haliiday, who was a son of former .'May orvTho mas ' W. Halliday, was shot . through the neck. -He lay on. the ground .near the court' house porch, nearly three hours before Nellis would permit any one to remove him to a hospital. He died two hours. later." - . '"; v . Nellies replies to criticisms of , his refusal to permit the "injured man to be . moved by saying that he obeyect orders from '. Governor Denefen to per mit no one near the building. . Samuel Wessinger Is the only one of the in jured whose condition is at all seriousj He Is at St. Mary's infirmary with i buckshot wounds in the head." George B. Walker, correspondent :f or .the As sociated Press, who was . shot': in the leg while-, watching the i affair - today discovered five shot ; holes - in ; 4hJs clothes. : ."- EX-JUDGE T. B. WOMACK DEAD Passed Away Yesterday Morning in Rex Hospital Mark: Sites of His- toric Interest Coast Artillery -Inspection Dates. - (Special Star Correspondence.) ; Raleigh, N. C, Fob. 18. Ex-Judge T. B. Wonack, 'one of the most promi nent and honored members of the Ral eigh bar, died at. Rex Hospital here this .morning at 7:45 o'clock after a long Illness. He had been 4 in failing health, for more tha,n a year , from diabetes' and - complications. .There will be a funeral service here tomorrow morning, conducted by Dr. W. MpC. White, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of which the de ceased had. long been an elder and an especially active member, and the - re mains ,will be taken to Pittsboro for interment. . ! '- - Thomas Brown Womack was born in Chatham county in 1855 and finish ed his schooling in Pittsboro Acad emy and a- law course in the Law School of the University of North Car- olina, receiving his license in 187G. He was named for his ancestor, Genera'. Thomas Brown," of Bladen county, 6f Revolutionary; fame. He practiced law in Pittsboro . for a number' of years, being elevated to the Superior Court judgeship .while a. resident of Pittsboro. He located in Raleigh in 1894 when he "was appointed .chief clerk in the Revenue Department under F. M.' Simmons,- now United 'States Senator, as collector. Judge Womack was the author of a number of volumes of digests of the Supreme Court and oth er law books that took high rank wstn the legal - profession. . In. 1 898 Judge, Womack left Raleigh to take up his residence in New York a3 counsel for the - American Tobacco Co., However, he , resigned ; this posi tion within a year and returned to Ral eigh to resume he practice of . law. He enjoyed a very extensive, practice,, being . counsel for the Seaboard Air Line, the Jefferson Standard Life In ; surance Co.,and quite : a number of; other local . corporations of large pro portions in addition to his , general practice. He was also through the will ot the late. Mrs. Florence Pi'Tuck-' er.otie of the two trusteea to adminis- tr-hatr extensiveestte -The degree Of doctor f ot laws5 was -conferred him by ; WUKe jf ores.t oiieger a-hwui- br of years i ago.. Judge Womack, married Miss .Susig Tavlor in 1881-; with , whom he lived miite hanmlv until her death sis vears ago. Four years later , he mar ried Miss Cassie Taylor, and sh,e sur vives, havingthe deepest sympathy .Oi hosts of friends in her iereavemenU Judge Walter CiarK, as cnairman ui the- committee of the . Uterary. and Historical Society of North caronnu, on marking historic sites, announces as members of a central committee to have this work especially in hand, the following: T. M. Pittman. Hender son; Major E. J.( Hale.. Fayetteville: Dr. Geo. T. Winston. Asheville; Capt. S. A. Ashe. Raleigh; Col. J. Bryan Grimes. Raleigh; R. D. W. Connor, Greensboro:-Major H. A. London, waleisrh: OoL Josenh M. Morehead. Pittshrwo: Mrs. Jno. VanLandinghan.. Charlotte; Miss Mary Hilliard.Hinton, Raleigh. The committee is called to meet in Raleigh March 18th at which time it is proposed to. create a. gen eral committee haChe one member in each county wha shall report sites in their respective counties- rnai euoiuu Owing to' the fact, that the War De- partment -nas jusi ueiueu w eaeh arm of the department service inspected by . officers directly connect- ed with tnat neparimem 01 vV ice some changes are necessitated in the dates of the inspection of tho Coast Artillery companies of the-.Na tional Guard. Inspector Stringfield will observe the original gates for th inspection for State authorities,, bi:t fhe War Deoartment inspector, to be rfcaTiflted later, will make inspec tions as follows: Salisbury April 4th; Greensboro April 5th; Newbern April 6th; Wilmington April 7th; Charlotte, Battery, A..' field artillery, "April-8th; Charlotte Hospitol Corps. April 8th; Reidsville Hospital Corp3. April 9th. The hospital corps Inspections will be hy an officer of that branch of tht department service. i ; . . WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. Financial Conditions Strengthens Bus iness Confidence Outlook. New York, Feb, 18. R. G. Dun & Co's. Weekly- Review of Trade tomor row will say: j" V " ' .Improved ' financial conditions goes t Rtrensrthen business confidence. Sentiment in iron and steel Is mors cheerful now that the United State Steel -Corporation has . enierea iae market as a buver ot pig iron although: the situation on the whole in this di . vision still' remains, somewhat-disap- nointinz . v i' , - " r - ' - , n-ho Aw o-Vvruls iobbine. trade was more active this week. Many buyer have been, operating in all ' depart ments of the . market tut show no Lsneculative spirit. - In the opinion ot T " .... . . IA laree iobblne ' house mauagcia , business of the week was up to nor mal for this season, The , primary dry goods markets are still not , en tirely satisfactory as competition for hjisiness Is ' close. Export - cotton ponds trae is -lacking. The, larger woolen and worsted corporations are securing business, but ;. the "7 smaller concerns are' not making satisfactory headway. .Yarns- continue slow and generally weakly. Improvement Is not ed in shoe , trade, buyers "no longer hesitate; - a good volume tf orders ari received and factories -. are wen sup plied. The leather market shows re. newed activity. . 1 . WHOLE NUMBER 13,222. GLAVIS' HVES III SEEKING I Questioned at Length in Re gard to Assistance From Pinchot. - HE EXPLAINS THE SITUATION Ballinger's Attorney Will Continue the Examination Coal Land Cases Brought Up Again On Wit- ' ness" Stand. ' ' Washington. Feb. 18. Louis R. Gla-;; vis was again under cross-examinn- v tion all of today before the BalL'n- ger-Plnchot Investigating; committeo and when adjournment was taken tn- .- til tomorrow morninir." there was no . r indication that John J. Vertrees. coun- ' sel for Secretary. Balllnger, ', was ap- proaching the end of his constant Art . of Interrogations. ' n " - , The late afternoon session was de voted to an inquiry into the motives . of Mr. Glavis in seeking the' assist ance of Gilford Pinohot Glavis said , ' he went to him because he had faith in him ? and felt he was absolutely sincere' Mr. VertreeB explained sev- eral of his long questions today by the statement that he was searching- out the motives of the witness to as- -" certain whether, thev were innocent -.t or malicious. A cross-examination of ' the witness as to his meeting .with, Gifford Pinchot at Spokane, Wash:, in August of last year, . then . was b.e- . v gun. Glavis said, he told, his story to Mr. Pinchot and that the latter called in ex-Gov. . Hardee, of Califor-: . -nia. - : . , .... ; , . ;, "iBut up to the time of your meeting . ' Mr. Pinchot. all 'that you wanted had -been granted had it not?" ? ' : "Yea." . ..'' ..." .:..; ., ;- '. .'. "What was . there to bet. gained In , presenting-, the case, to 5 Mr.. pinchot? The forestry" had already intervenedf 1 and your .requests" had - already been 1 granted.",. k-, . '". r; 'i.trV:'"- " h'-r thousnTinaV:ihI viewt airthe " facts and tlie diflioulty I. had haar,in'7 -getting a, postponement, of the cases; ; lthat in tVleWk 0f the letters i written by Dennett -and his action throughout" the proceedings that, It .would be only a little -while until, these peases were brouerht-' up .again . to . be . decided be fore- either Mr. Dennett or Mr.' Bal-5 u p an(j j did.not think they were fit people to render a decision." . Chairman Nelson: "Did you. think " - the forestry could get in these cas- es?" . v .-"-'-''. '..''v'.,' '' 'No sir."" ; ' ' . '; '..' "What were your reasons for go ing?'' ". '..,.:' ';, : :': ' - '.'"v ':'''' -'j "I do not think the heads' of the , Interior Department i and land office were men who could be depended up- , on to protect the government's, inter est." ; - .--'; -"-.-'' . Senator Root: ''You believed the . remedy was removal from office of , these two men and you wanted Mr. Pinchot to help you In that?"; ' "It was not vote that," said ,GlavK "I did not know exactly what to do. t I wanted to get Bome,. good advice." "Had you fever gone to him be- fre?" asked Mr Vertrees. - ' : ' "No " . ' ,-' - ',' ; ':V. - ' V;"jVhen you sought to get the-fotJ- estry to intervene in.1 these cases and before going to see ' Mr. , Pinchot, hadn't -you written a letter to Assist- ; ant Law .Officer iShawofthe Forest ? Service tn which you said 'Another point involved in, which your attention . is called, is . that the entire field has , beeri withdrawn ' from alL forms of . entry. Therefore, should these find ings be cancelled there would be no opportunity for other ' filings to be made. This would enable, the forest Service to secure certain, legislation -which would enable It to control tho -output of coal in a similar manner to that which they are now disposing of the timber." :. ' . .-''. "Yes sir" ' .' - ' ' Mr. Vertrees asked Glavis to deta'I the acts of, Mr. Balllnger while -out of the government service- that he.' considered improper ':' Mr. Balllnger resigned as commis- sioner of the land office March .4th 1908. and did not become Secretary of the Interior until March r5th, 1909. t "His first act" replied Glavis. "war . when he returned from Washington? -to ISeattle. where I conferred with ? him. and told, him of the evidence I, , was 'securing in the, 'Alaska . cases,' -and having had as commissioner all ; the information concerning these cas es, he deliberately reiiresented - th'. .;.' oal claimants themselves . 7 "This was contrarrVto an act of Congress 'althonglr , there had been a . decision favorable' and another un-J favorable on. that point. P thought -Ui"3 :' act of Congress ; entirely clear anu : that . it ' prohibited his acting." He' rep- resented claimants in the Cunningham ; and other ctoups. " I state this of my own knowledge and fronr the state- ment made to .me by Mr.' Balllnger. that he was doing tsh iookwmfwrgbpv that he was doing this .work.'?: ' - ' ' ."What did he do with respect to,, the Cunningham group?"- ;' f vv- ,"He prepared-an affidavit for' Cur-: ., ningham ;which he took to Mr.,,Gai- . field with a view to; securing patents; Chicago;, Feb. 1 8.The , release o? '4 Jacob Atz, second baseman of the Chi cago Americans last season, to ' the ' Providence Eastern League Club was?' announced today by President Chas. i. Ai Comisky.-At Is given In part pay- ' ment for tShortstop Blackburn. . 1 : ' . ' ; - ! v, , ; ; . N i .,, L . 7 v'.,'.t 1 .v .: 1" " u. .3-t 1'. : ' 1', i ;'""-''' ) l ' - Mi . , ;. ".Hi t ' --v.' , it y"i ' I"' IV' rV. .
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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