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... ' I v f . i, " t 7- t! -mm THE WEATHER Thunder showers Wednes day; Thursday fair; light, to moderate south winds becoming variable. ; PERSISTENCY. Everlastingly at It Is the poli 'v t I V. I V'' Ir't .- Lf'; ' ' " ' v cy which pays big dividends to the advertiser. 1 This paper Is 1 the medium.: .Time:. The pres ent " ' : - '- . ; VOL. IiXXXV NO. 137. VTIIiMESrOT MAKCH 2, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,231. 1 "'tLT-- ' 1 1 1 : : : i ; . " V : r . Perpetrator of Triple Crime Tracked and Shot , by Georgia Citizens. FATALLY STABBED PLANTER After Robbing Home and Attempting Assault Upon Farmer's Wife Re fused to Obey Command to Halt At Petrose, Ga. ' Vidalia, Ga., March 1. Will William son, a negro, who early this morning attempted to criminally assault a white woman and fatally stabbed her hus bana, met death at the hands of ' a posse of citizens tonight. He was rid dled with shot from tne guns. of the posse at Petrose, five miles from here, at 7 o'clock after refusing to obey a summons to halt. " Williamson entered home of. A. H. C. Mann, a well-to-do planter at Cedar Crossings, at 1 o'clock this morning, attacked Mrs. Mann, with criminal in tent and fatally wounded her husband when he came to her rescue from an adjoining room. Mann was stabbed with a long blad rd knife in a number of places and no hope is entertained for his recovery. Bloodhounds were secured shortly af ter the occurrence and. the negro was trailed to a trupentine distillery near the scene of the crime. . The neighbor hood was quickly 'aroused and posses began a search in every direction. Up on being discovered in an outhouse at Petrose, the negro ran and refused to obey the summons to bait, whereupon he was shot to death. - The house was robbed by the negro before he entered Mrs. .Mann's room. Owing to the-prominence pf the Mann family indignation over 7 the- triple crime ran hlgh,,,w '(J f ' Ati-.,s Williamson was well known In the community and was generally regard ed as a, dangerous, character. .v i : :. : SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. University Professors Make Notable , Contributions to Journals. (Special Star Correspondence:) Chapel Hill, N. C, March l.-For some time there have been in the Uni versity two scientists not without hon or except intheir, own country Drs. Dolley and W. Bv MacNider, of . the Medical Department of the University, have been for some time engaged in research work which bids fair to bring them fame. , Both these doctors are young men who have for some time been members of the University facul ty. Dr. Dolley's studies are concerned with the nerve. cells and their func tions. He finds that nerve changes vary with activity, over activity and fatigue; that fatigue and exhaustion have their physical basis in the nerve onlis; that the condition of surgical s'aock has an anatomical rather than a physiological basis. This simple principle of nerve fatigue will undoubt edly be of wide application to numer ous other diseases of - the nervous tystem: It may explain some types of insanity wnlch cannot be explained by gross anatomical changes. It may. interpret such simple conditions as hysteria and the milder types of nerv ousness. Dr. Dolley has explained his theories in articles In the Journal of Medical Research and the American Journal of Physiology, and by addres' W 3 before the . American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. In March Dr. Dolley will demonstrate his ideas at Johns Hopkins Univer sity . Dr. MacNider's highly successful work concerning tonsilitis has inspir ited him to search into the deeper mysteries of kidney disease. In his iuj ui iuc icuuyciouvc yuwc, kidneys that have been injured by re striding the blood supply, he finds that the usual changes which are supposed to develop and were sup posed to be final, namely, death of kidney tissue, and are only the pre l'aiinary stages of the process; that the kidney tissue which has been re generated differs in many particulars from normal kidneys and that the con lition resembles rather closely some of the common types of Bright's di scasc and Is likely due to a blood sup- 1 iy wh'.rh is inadequate to properly nourish the kidneys.. In his study of the influence of the size of the kid "cy on the power of that organ h nnd hat in many . cases of acute Krighl's disease, the secretion stoDS whcn there is an 'adequate amount of blood; that the disturbed function of this organ is due not so much to an abnormal blood supply as it is due to " sv.eiiing of the cells. The fact of a disturbed function as caused by this swelling of the cells has been proved experimentally by Dr. MacNider and v ill probably be of practical value In ifMier Of thft awitfl MTirtlHrmi nf frights' disease. , Both of these re- hcarcbes are of crime imnortance and will probably be of great weight In the ;uure work of modern medical socle lies of the United States. ... Lexington., Ky., March 1. George anO. 2:02 3.4 wad onlH tnAav hv c y- Tinsman. Barton Pardee and S. W. Reason, of Pennsylvania, to M. W. havage. Of Mlnoannlla tnr Mrt ftrtfl ihe trotter is now at Macon, , Ga. ""uer in names horses in barness horses in 1909. . . M. , . , VANT SECRETS FR0L1 COIIGER Details of Senators' Conference When ; Conger Told of Allds Bribery Will be Laid Before Sen - v ate Testimony. " Albany, N. 'Y., March 1. The se crets ; of the- "insurgents" conference, where Senator Benn Conger first voic ed his charges against Senator Allds, will be laid before the Senate tomorr row. After an animated discussion this afternoon the Senate decided that those seven Republicans who, with Conger, met at the hotel Ten Eyck on the night of January 4th to frame a protest against the elevating of Allds to the presidency pro tern, of the Sen ate, would not disqualify themselves as jurors to decide Allds' innocence or guilt of Conger's bribery charges, by appearing as witnesses at the present investigation. 5 Fierce skirmish marked every step of the testimony today. Allds coun sel came to the chamber determined to prove their allegation that the bridge, companies in which Conger and his brother were prominent, were guilty of criminal business practices. The -lesson they attempted to draw wan that Conger was: in no position to attack the reputation ' of a brother Senator. To accomplish this they put on the stand early in the day Eugene Landon, the former manager of the Groton Bridge Company, and question ed him about the pooling arrange ment known as the "Cleveland agree ment" through which it was held that the companies extracted exorbitant profits from the towns and cities of five States, by means of collusive bid ding. , , His testimony strengthened many of the assertions of Attorney Little ton's opening address, but its most in teresting portion was his assertion that he saw nothing wrong In the means employed by the bridge compa nies under the "Cleveland agreement" to obviate ruinous competition. "I do this", said James W. Osborne. Conger's chief counsel, after he had brought this answer from the witness. to show that' oeprations under- the Cleveland agreement were not such as would "appear wrong' to the ordinary business conscience." , ,,; -"There- was- u nothing about' - ihef Cleveland" agreement - which , Shocked my conscience", declared Landon. -, The . testimony snowed that thlsaa- mous agreement- was made by thft bridge . companies in 1901. Landon said today that it was falling into dis regard in 1905 and 1906 and he doubt ed if it existed now. Landon did not deny Conger's as sertion, that the bridge companies raised ja legislative corruption fund in 1902 and 1903. NEW YORK RAILROAD SOLO. Third AVenue System Bid in For Six teen Million. New York, Mch. 1. Before a motly crowd such as gathers at any auction sale, the Third Avenue Railroad wa? sold at the county court house under foreclosure proceedings today and was bid In for $26,000,000 in' behalf-of a reorganization committee, represent ing the holders of the first mortgage deventures. The road has- bad a checkered financial career and is now in the. hands of a receiver. Holders of the common stock whose holdings, amounting to $16,000,000, are practl cally wiped out by today a transac: tlons, were not represented. Third av enue shares on the stock . exchange were quoted at 7 1-2 today. Eleven years ago when dividends were paid at the rate of 7 and $ per cent, an nually, the stock sold at 242. ELLYSON ESCAPES AGAIN. Man Captured at Thomasville, N. C v Makes Good His Promise. N Spartanburg, S. C., Mch. 1. WiF. Ellyson, of Pelzer, Si C, who promised the ; local police autborities three weeks ago when he was brought back her fratn fThomasvilte N. C. . where vj.-tq was arrested arter m& secona cape from the Spartanburg city jail, tnat ne WOUia escape agaiu, mau good bis promise this afternoon wheii he . threw a pistol into the face of Chain Gang Guard Brown and reliev ing that official of his rifle, walked away.' Tonight mounted officers, arm ed with rifles, are-searching the woods for him. ' Norfolk. Va Mch. 1. Major A. My ers, one of Norfolk's; oldest and most prominent residents died 'today, aged 76 years. He served in tne vonieaer atef armv with distinction, being af terwards active in the business world. He was the father of Mrs. Henry C. Watkins. of Richmond. ' MR. WALTERS ON STEEL New York, March l.--Announcemeht was made today 1 that John D. Rocke feller, Jr.; has resigned as a director of. the "United States-Steel Corpora tion and Is' succeeded by Henry Wal ters, of Baltimore,' chairman of ; the Louisville and Nashville and the .At lantic Coast Line system of railroads, and a close personal friend of J. P, Morgan ,.. 'S,:.;.-': A"- '-v' ' ' A statement issued by Elbert H. Gary; chairman of the -United State Steel directory, explains Mr, Rockefel ler's retirement as follows: "Mr. Rockefeller states that the on! , TALE OF SUFFERING Northwest Cut Off, Roaring Torrents in Ohio and - New York. MANY LIVES CERTAINLY LOST Summer . Suns Will Finally "Reveal - Fatal Death List Mohawk Val ley Conditions Many Are . " Homeless Losses. Ogden, Utah, March 1. Flood con ditions, -also unprecedented, have , cut off the entire Northwest and tied up traffic on half a dozen transcontinen tal railroads. Thaws in the . moun tains have caused avalanches that have swept away mountain towns and sections of railroad tracks in .various places from Nevada to British Colum bia. The exact number of deaths caused by avalanches in the Rockies in Ida ho and ; Western Montana probably will not be known until the Summer sun melts the great masses of snow and ice in the canons into which sev eral mining towns were swept. In the Cascade 'mountains, in Washing ton, a Great -Northern ' train witfi about 50 passengers is reported bur ied under a snow slide. Four trans continental lines into Washington and Oregon are blockaded. Only one rail road is operating into Salt Lake Cit;-. Several hundred westbound passen gers are held in Oregon. ' Throught traffic on the ', Oregon Short Line was suspended today but will probably be resumed tomorrow . The Denver , & Rio Grande is the only road entering Ogden that reports through trains jn operation. . Reports from the flooded regions, in Nevada are that water is higher than for 40 years. a l i Floods in Ohio. 5 Cleveland, O , March 1. Fully 2.000 people5 , are;' homeless tonight, in Ohiol ta& a resuivoi xne iiooa wnicn is sun sweeping over the- State. At Zanes ville . alone 1,000 persons are reported a - having been driven from their houses. The public buildings are crowded, with refugees who are being fed by. the city authorities. All business and traffic has ceased at Warren and today over 300 people were rescued from their houses in boats, several falling houses giving a new horror to the situation. While the Licking river at Zanes ville has commenced to recede the Muskimum, which is much the larger1 stream, .is still rising and the crest of the flood there will not be reached until tomorrow. An immense gorge has formed 'in the river at . Leavittsburg and it " is feared that if it "breaks it will rush down upon Warren with the most ser ious consequences. Along the whole valley of the Great Miami, farm lands are inundated and scores of Summer bungalows below Dayton are in danger of destruction. .The railway bridge at Youngstown is in Imminent danger on account of a vast mass of ice which is pressing against its piers and momentarily in creasing in volume. Situation in Washington. - Seattle, .Wash., March 1. Reports from Wellington say that 23.. lives are believed to be lost in the ava lanche that overwhelmed the Great Northern's Spokane Express today. Two passenger trains, seven - locomo-J tives ana superintendent O'Neirs pri vate car were buried. O'Neill escaped injury. i Eevrett,TWash., March 1. The stall- ed train was about two miles west of the west portal of the Cascade tunnel The track was open to the tunnel, but Superintendent O'Neil, of the Great Northern, thought the "train was safe where It stood. ' , At the Great Nortthern's headquar ters, the number of persons ' on the train is given as 30. Two passengers walked the ten miles from the (block ade and gave the number of passen gers as 51. Among them are -several women and children. As wires are down information is meager and. it is not known whether therte. were any fatalities. A work train Including two locomotives and a rotary snow plow was also carried off the track together with a water, tank near- Wellington station and buried by the avalanche. In Mohawk Valley. . Binghamton, N. Y., March 1. Six or eight immense ice gorges at differ , ; . s . (Continued on Page 2.), - IS NAMED DIRECTORATE ly reason for his resignation is that the holding of stocks in the company by; the members oL his family Is not sufficiently large to justify his giving any time or attention to the affairs of the corporation." ; ; Mr., Walters '.has-; long 'been known as ; the guilding genius of those em!-, nently . successful railroad, properties wih which he is connected ; and his succession to the directorate of Unit ed States Steel will bring him into the closest personal relations with 'the greatest , 'financial . interests of ' th6 country, r,-- y' . ; FATAL BAmpI illCAHAEUA Casualty List Increased to ; 225 Men ; In Engagemelt;Tima-papt. .: Fowler Eaped-fDetaHs' of thfc . Battle! Managua, .' Nicay March - 1. Gradu ally the casualty): list of the battles between the l. government and insur gent forces at -Tisma and . Tipitapa has increased, until now -it is estimat ed that not lets than .225 men were killed and 35fl I wounded. :7 -:' Searchers havecoine npon bodies scattered over .. a; large territory, as though he wounded' had attempted to drag, themselves Jtb. some refuge and died." : X 'r : ' It is now knowjj. that Captain God frey Fowler, who ras". In "command of General Chamorrojs .' machine guns, and'who was. wouhded.tn the left leg succeeded .in escaping capture, thanks to a conservative, who" concealed the American for twoVdays at his hacien da . Ai 1 account; r agree . that Capt. Fowler oh the owe side and General Lara' on-the other, were -the heroes of the Tisma battffi. ; . . The effectiveness of, the American's machine guns wasRppalling. Gen. La. ra charged : to whln ten yards of where Fowler and 'his men were serv ing them. His hairse was shot-under him and he miraculously escaped death. He shot five of his own men who wavered in the 'charge: Capt Fowler worked the crank of one of the guns spasmodically to econ omize the .. ammunition, which was scarce. Finally a outlet round a rest ing place in his leg above the ankle and he was dragged tothe rear by his men. ; . ; f; The town of Morrito, on the east side of Lake Nicaragua; has been re taken J3y the government ' Morrito was captured by ..doe revolutionists through the treason. of .the substitute commandant, who is . suspected of be ing ; implicated in ' the -killing of Gen. Romero, the commandant. According to the reports here . many stragglers who took"part In the fight ing at Tisma. and Tipitapa have reach ed Gen. , Mena's headquarters at St. Vicente. Their accounts of the en gagements ' so discouraged : - Mena's forces, that many of the insurgents ar surrendering daily to Gen Vasquez at CayaDB. The eoveriltoent army which Is destined to attae'i Rama: has com-'l with artillery. When ft reaches Aco yapa Gen. Vasquez will assume chief command. A group of revolutionists today at tacked a government patrol near San Marines, between Granada and Rivas with the evident intention of cutting communication between Managua and San Juan Del Sur. NOW PROBE POULTRY TRADE Same Jurors That Caused Indictments Against Milk Exchange. New York, Marcn 1. While Pierre Garven, the public prosecutor of Hud son county, N. J., is trying to get hold of the books of the six big packing companies, recently indicted witn the officers and directors, a grand juryjn New York today began an investiga tion of the poultry trade in the greater city.- The same jurors, who indicted eight directors of the consolidated milk exchange recently, have charge of this new inquiry and the assumption -is that it is" preliminary to a general investiga tion of the cold storage ' business in New York along the lines adopted by New Jersey. The investigation started " by the grand . jury, however, has to dojwith live poultry rather than storage fowls. Allegations have been made that members of the New York Live Poul try Commission Merchants Protective Association have been bringing live poultry into the city and holding it for a rise in the marnet. The district at torney is directing the Inquiry to find out If tnis charge is trueA . George G. Brown, secretary of the arbitration, was witness today and oth- er poultry men will be examined. . Colorado Springs, Colo., Mch. l.-r-A Colorado Midland passenger train ran into an open switch at Green Moun tain Falls today, colliding with a light engine. Forty two persons were slight ly injured. - OUTLINES. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ve hemently denied the assertion of Gif ford Pinchot that he. gave consent. to the letter written to Senator Dolliver criticising President Taft. It resulted in a clash at : the Congressional Inquiry-yesterday-- -A posse of Geor gia citizens , last night shot to death a negro accused of a triple crime, in which he fatally stabbed a planter after robbing his home and attempt ing assault upon ' his wife The se crets of the conference of New York Senators when Senator Benn Conger first voiced 'his charges against Allds will be laid before the Senate today. -A till to declare the members of the "beef trust" fugitives from justice and compel their extradition to New Jersey, was introduced In Congress yesterday-r The Senate yesterday introduced several bills Increasing pri vate pensions and providing for new public; buildings throughout the Cotun try. New York markets: Money on call easy 2 1-2 to 3 per cent, ruling rate 2 S-4 per cenW closing, bid and offered at 2. Spot cotton closed quiet 10 points lower, .middling uplands 14.85,-middling guir. 15.10. Flour stea dycwith a quiet jobbing trade; Wheat spot steady, No. 2 red 1.30 1-2 nominal elevator domestic and nominal f.o.b. afloat. ' Corn ' spot : steady,- steamer 68 1-2, .No; 4. 64 1-2, both nominal ele vator export basis.. Rosin and turpen- tine quiet '' ' - ' - TROOPS ABANDON STRIKE SERVICE Philadelphia Police Able to Handle Situation ' With out State Helpi STILL URGING ARBITRATION Firing of Pistol in Front of Mayor's Office Causes ExciteAient of the Day Old Employes Back, on the Cars. ; Philadelphia, March 1. With the withdrawal today of the last detach ment of JState police on duty, here and the discharge from further strike ser-' vice of the State Fencibles, this city gave up the only evidence of anything resembling martial rule, which has ex isted here since the car men's strike began 11 days ago. To fill the place of the State troop ers a special cavalry force was organ ized by the city authorities. . These men have not yet been given a chance to demonstrate, their effectiveness. Up until a late hour tonight, not an act of disorder has been reported to day in any section of the city. Interest centered in the efforts of business men, ministers and others to Induce the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to listen to propos als of arbitration. After a special meeting of the board of directors the company again announced that there would be no arbitration. , C. O. Pratt, the leader of the strik ing trolley men says, however, he still hopes for a satisfactory settlement of the differences before the sympathetic strike becomes effective on Saturday. Plans .are being arranged for a large mass meeting in favor of the strikers to be held tomorrow night In the central part of the city. : At 11 o'clock tonight six shots were firediT directly opposite the, office ; of MByorsiReybutnfby. mevsonerarho rode np in ah automobile. - Mayor Reyburn arrived at his office about half hour after the shooting. He seemed inclined to make light of the nefdent but said significantly: . "We will get the people who did it." He would not say whether he suspect ed their identity or whethei- he believ ed the shots were fired with intent to harm himself or any one. The automobile, a big black touring- car, came out MarKet street ana as it turned into Juniper street, opposite the office of the mayor a man leaned from the automobile and fired six shots. It is not known whether the shooting was done by some practical joker,, or some person of serious in tent 1 t A detective jumped into a taxlcab and -gave chase, but the automobile had gained a big lead and . was soon lost sight of. ' Following a conference of the Rapid Transit directors this afternoon Pres ident C. O. Kriiger reiterated the refu sal of the company to consider arbi tration in any shape or fornu "Our opposition has not changed" he said, "and nothing will in any man ner change it According to a statement given out at the Rapid Transit Company's office. 120 old employes sought employment at the car barns this morning. The number of cars in . operation this af ternoon is given as 922, which exceeds that of yesterday. Director Clay, of the Department of Public Safety, announced tonight that he would be fully prepared to protect the city in the event of a general strike on Saturday. PATTON ON COTTON CROP. Believes the Price Will Reach Sur- prising Level As to. ..Wheat. . New York, Mch. 1. James A. Pat- ton,- of Chicago, arrived in New York today preparatory to sailing for Eu rope tomorrow on the. Mauritania. " Mr. Patten said that be bad bougnt cash cotton today and predicted that unless next Summer's cotton "crop reached 14,000,000 bales, ' which - he considers unlikely, the price of cot-1 ton would reach a surprising level The next wheat crop, in his opinion. will be as big as last year's and' In Texas the largest ever.- . . .. : Philadelphia, ' March .--Princeton's wrestling team defeated, the Universi ty of Pennsylvania wrestlers here to night five bouts to one. The heavy weight contest resulted in a draw.- COAST LINE RAILWAY "ARRESTED" . (Special Star Telegram.) Y ' Fayetteville, N. C., March 1. Mayor V. C. Bullard today in ' behalf of the City of Fayetteville issued a warrant for the arrest of the Coast Line Rail way. The. warrant was served on C. S. -McMillan, agent for the' company here. The complaint made . by Chief of Police J.McD. Monaghan sets fdrth that the conditions' of the franchise granted the old Western; Railroad, re quired said road, to keep Russell ', and Mumford streets and the. sidewalks, in good condition, graded', and " of 'such level with the railroad that tha'track AFFAIRS AT STATE CAPITAL Assistant Bank Examiner Arrives $20,000 Damage Suit on Trial Horse Electrocuted As to . ' Handling Convicts. (Special Star Correspondence.) "Raleigh, N. C, March 1. C. V. Brown, appointed assistant State bank examiner yesterday, reported for duty today, having resigned his position as assistant ' cashier of the Planters Bank, Rocky Mount, to accept the ap pointment. Chief Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton also resumes his official duties this week after his bridal, trip. Ke was married three weeks ago here to Miss Josephine Brown, daughter of Mr. Joseph G. Brown, president of the Citizens' Natipnal Bank. A $20,000 damage suit, Jno. W. El lington vs. Cary Lumber Co., seeking damages for alleged Injuries received while in the service of the company in 1906, is in process of trial in the Wake Superior Court. The plaintiff claims to have sustained serious inju ries while examining a kiln of lumber. A remarkable feature of the case is that Ellington did not stop work for four months after the accident and re mained In the employ of the company 18 months without demanding dam ages for injuries. Five lawyers are appearing for the plaintiff and three for the defendant. ' A remarkable electrocution of a horse took place at Polk and Person streets' last evening... A guy wire was attached to a tree on the sidewalk and av live wire became crossed with it cnarging the tree arid i surrounding damp ground. The horse was driven up close by the. tree and as it ap proached reared and fell over dead. The Murphy graded schbol is on that corner and during the forenoon recess a ' number of the children amused themselves by touching the tree to feel the shock of the electric current. It is presumed that the tree and ground were' .not so heavily charged at that time. Discussing the criticisms that have been passed on the penitentiary au thorities in some quarters for sending long term prisoners, serving, for, burgr iary, arson,- criminal assault i man slaughter and murder, out to the State farm dbn-ranroad'aharthef con tract work instead of retaining them within the prison stockade - as some contend the law requires, Governor Kitchin . says that he called on the prison authorities Saturday for . a statement of the situation as to long term prisoners. He finds that of about 700 convicts .under the control of the State's prison, seven-tenths are held for the crimes named above. To be exact, just 520 are serving for burgla ry, housebreaking, arson, criminal. as sault, manslaughter and murder and 482 are in for terms of ten years and longer. There are 88 murderers, 18 bouse breakers, 16 for arson and other classes of house breaking. t . Governor Kitchin says these figures show clearly why it is that the man agement of the prison for many years past has elected to send the long-term prisoners out on this work. . To hold .them in the prison would render that institution absolutely unself-support- ing and make it a heavy burden to the State. It would be, it is claimed, prac tically impossible to find, profitable employment for these convicts. It is said, too, that the number of escapes the past year were fewer than during and previous year save one, there hav ing been only 26. BATTLESHIP - SOUTH CAROLINA. Placed in Commission 'at Philadelphia Navy Yards Yesterday. Philadelphia, March 1. With the booming of guns, the battleship South Carolina was today placed in commis sion at the Philadelphia navy yard After Captain Augustus F. Fechtelet had read the orders of the Navy De partment putting him in command, the Stars and Stripes were run to the masthead, while officers and crew stood at attention. Salutes were then exchanged between the shore batte ry at the navy yard and the battle ship. The South Carolina and her sister ship, the Michigan, are the most pow erful vessels in the navy. . The new E-hip will sail on Sunday for Hampton Roads, and later will proceed to Charleston, S. C, At the latter place the battleship will -be given a hand some .silver service by the Daughter! of the American Revolution. New. York, Mch. 1. Edward W, Very, formerly a distinguished naval officer .and known the world over as an ordnance expert, died at his home in New York, aged 63 years. Several of his inventions are in use in the navy.. ' ON WMRANT might be crossed at any point; that the Yadkin Valley Railroad was the legal successor, to the Western Rail roadT that the Atlantic Coast Line is the legal successor to the Yadkin Val ley, and is, therefore, bound by the conditions oi tne original, rrancmse; that the Atlantic Coast, Line has not complied' with the said conditions af ter repeated notice from the City of Fayetteville and for such wilfuL viola tion of its franchise is cited to appear before Mayor Bullard at the City Hall at 9 o'clock, March 7th, 1910, ( to an-. 8Ter tag charges.; WILSQN DISPUTES II Declares He Never Author ized Letter Criticising the President CAUSES- GUSH. AT Wilson Testifies as to Interviews With) Former Forester Was Letter That Caused Pinchot's Dismls- sal Testimony . -.. Washington, Mch. 1. The expected dash between Gifford Pinchot and, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, over tbe disputed question as to whether or not the Secretary had given the former forester permission to writo to 6enator Dolliver. the letter which D mPlMT'D I niiuiiui.d Munu INQUIR resulted In Mn Pinchot's dismissal, .'" ' ' : A came today before the Ballinger-Pin- I chot Investigating Committee. ,- Mr. Pinchot declared he had dis cussed the matter at length with Sec retary Wilson and that he understood his supe.r'or officer had given him ex- ',. press permission to write to' Sena-' tor Dolliver. . . " Secretary Wilson Immediately took the stand and asserted that while he had given . Mr. Pinchot permission to . write to Senator Dolliver concerning departmental affairs ' he never did and never would have given his per- ' mission to write a letter criticising the President of the United States. , Under a cross-examination ' almost wholly by the Democratic members of the committee, (Secretary Wilson was uncertain as to Just what had passed between himself and the for mer forester and became somewhat mixed at times as to just what letters the committeemen were referring to in their rapid - fire' of questions. The. Secretary reiterated -again and again that he never i saw or heard of . the lette'r Mr,,; Pinchot wrote until it was . read in the Senate. ' . .r- w t. - -Oecretary Wilson; -who holds all recv ords for cabinet - service,. was plainly ; agitated when he took the Btand.-Mr.. Pinchot had been reluctant to testi fy, to anything that, would bring him into controversy witn tne cnier under whom he had served 12 years. But Chairman Nelson insisted that he should go into the matter. Mr. Pinchot declared that he ami . Secretary Wilson went, so far as to discuss the executive order issued by President Taft forbidlng subordinate officers of the various department!! from giving information to Congress, and he added that the Secretary said: ., You and I Will have no trouble about that order." ! Admitting that his memory failed him as to certain points, Secretary Wilson always came back to the state ment that he never under any circum- . stances would have given Mr.' Pinchot; permission to write the letter which caused his separation from the serv ice. '-: : The Secretary said he urged Mr. Pinchot not to carry out his purpose to "blanket" a message from the Pres ident exonerating Balllnger, by send ing In. a letter to Senator Dolliver. "But, persisted counsel for Mr. pin chot Mf Mr. Pinchot was only to bo permitted to write about departmental : matters, how could you have thought his letter would blanket the Presi dent's message?" ' '. "I don't iknow. That was Pincnovs .... . idea." The day was replete with incident ; The cross examination of Mr. Pinchot was begun late In the afternoon and will be continued when the commit- , tee meets again Friday. Mr. Pinchot denied that he had neen . embittered by a dismissal which he considered was not Justified. He de nied, also, that there was a specific movement to discredit Mr. aainnger. He added, however, that he and for mer (Secretary Garfield, Giavis ana others are concerned in a- movement ., for the conservation of the natural resources and that they regard Mr. Balllnger as one of the greatest ne- ' mies of that movement Mr: Vertrees, counsel, for Secretary Balllnger, read three statements from a letter addressed by Mr. Pinchot to President Taft at the time that Gla- . vis was seeking an interview with the President "You state that by action of your ! ., office the patents to the Cunningham claimants were held up," said Mr. Ver trees.: "is that true?" ,. " ; : . "That was a mistake," said Mr. Pin- chot - " ' ".Secondly," said Mr. Vertrees, "you . stated to the President that as a re sult of Mr. Ballinger's action In re storing Water power sites withdrawn:' by ecrfetary Garfield," valuable lands containing power sites r had passed from the government K that true?" That was a mistake," answered Mr. Pinchot. ' i- ."-s : ' ' "Lastly," said Mr. vertrees, -you told the President that . you had . known Glavls for" Several years.. That also wasa mistake wasn't it?" ,t . ' 'I thought I had before seeing him : at Spokane last August 1 knew ot ; him." : " .' ." ' - v . Asked, if the whole framework of .; his letter to the president was not -inaccurate," Mr. Pinchot replied r ".The - . question whether" I made mistakes or y not is : no V essential. -The President v. would have seen Glavls anyway." 1 - Flays" Balllnger Again; : V- There was a surprising developmenjt whea filfifiri Cactoi .wowced to r : ..a 5 : -TO 'lI, h J n .... ... I tit H i " ' iil' I ii ' "2 - $ ; 'If' 1 .l! r' i t 'r". V f
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 2, 1910, edition 1
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