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THE WEATHER. Fair weather and mild, tem perature Saturday and Sunday; ".igfct east winds. . V I I I I I I III i yl ! Jm 'ioai I 1 1 I v I I X II me meaium. Time: .me pret- r IV VOL. UOqCV KO. 140. ASK MORE PROOF OF PEARY CLAIM House Committee Not Satis fied Until Examined by Scientists. CAUSE ROW AMONG MEMBERS h'r. Macon Declares He's Against Leg islation in the Dark and Makes Threats Comes, Up Next Tuesday. Washington, Men. 4. Proofs of Commander Peary's discovery tot the iNorth Pole caused a row in the sub committee of the House Committee va Naval Affairs today. Two members of the National Geo graphic Society appeared before the committee with copies of Mr. Peary's proofs to urge the granting of a suit able reward by Congress to the noted explorer, but the committee declined to receive them in confidence with tho ultimate result that the committee has made it known that unless the Peary proofs are forthcoming to the full satisfaction of the committee that every bill introduced for the -purpose of rewarding the North Pole discov erer will be pigeon-holed. Three members of the committee were in favor of receiving the Peary proof without making them public. Representative Macon hotly objected and after declaring his position stalk ed angrily from the room. "I am against.any legislation in the dark," Mr. Macon sharply told the committee. "Furthermore, if this committee decides in favor cf Pearv without inspecting the full records and making them public, I will expose the whole business on the floor of the House or in a statement to the press. If we reward Mr. Peary, the Ameri can people have a right to know what we are rewarding him tor." : Prof. Garnett, one,-of the members of the National Geographic .Society, which accepted Peary's ' proofs, told the committee that Mr. Peary would flotj let the committee; have.' the proofs for1 public ' purposes. 'because'he "want ed them for use in newspaper and magazine articles. , The professor had with him a copy cf the proof s, but he declined to sub mit them. . He told the committee that be hadn't the slightest doubt but that Peary discovered the ,pole and never had any, even before he saw the proofs. He submitted to lengthy questioning and answered many inter rogations about the Peary dash for the pole. , . Representative Alexander of New York, was present as the. personal I of position was due to the parliamen i epresentative of Mr. Peary and tolditary necessity of putting the bill in the committee that the latter would he plad to have the committee exam ine he records, but he would have to see Mr. Peary again and learn wheth er he would consent to have them published. - -; The committee will take up the sub ject again next Tuesday and if Mr. Peary's proofs are submitted, it is in tended to have the scientists there to examine them on behalf of tha committee. . NEW DEPOT AT LATTA. South Carolina Corporation Commis sion to Pass on Matter. Columbia, S. C, March 4. Railroad Commissioner Coughman and his pri vate, secretary went to Latta, S. C, to day to give a hearing to business men in that town on the -question of re quiring the Coast Line to build a new passenger depot in that town, convert ing the present structure into a freight warehouse for the company. Commis sioner Coughman expected to meet Supt. w. H. Newell, of the A. C. L. at Rocky Mount and to go over the sit uation with the business men. SENSATIONAL SHOOTING AT SCOTLMW NECK; N. Scotland Neck, N. C.f March ,4. State Senator E. L. Travis, and, Rep resentative A. P. Kitchln, a brother of Governor W. W. Kitchin, and Con gressman' Kitchin, of the Second North Carolina district, and . Deputy Sheriff C. W. Dunn, , all' of i Halifax county, were shot down on the 'Main street here this afternoon by . E. E. lo well, a weathy and prominent citi zen. Travis and Kitchin- are serious ly and Dunn fatally wounded. J - Details of the shooting' are meagre. According to the best information ob tainable Powell met his three victims walking along the street together. He approached Senator Travis and asked him his reason for not replying to a letter he had written him. Represen tative Kitchin, thinking that Powell was out of humor, placed his hand gently on his shoulder and uttered words intended to placate him. " without further 'warning, Powell drew a pistol and shot Kitchin. down in quick succession, fired on next Tra vis and then Dunn, both victims fall Jng to the ground. : Powell then walk ed to his store and securing a shot sun barricaded himself, resisting: ar rest. No effort was made to arrest im and tonight he surrendered to an f - ' . k - 1 ' : . - - . . . .-v STILL !IQ VOTE 0(1 BANK BILL Postal' Savings Measure Again Deferr ed by the Senate Considered Amendments for Six Hours : Yesterday Recess. Washington, March 4. After . labor ing today for. about six hours in an atmosphere surcharged with the elec tricity generated by sharp conflict of opinion, the Senate again failed to reach a vote on the Postal Savings Bank bill and once more took a recess until the following day. The result of this question is that the eventful day of March 3rd is con tinued until tomorrow. There is some uncertainty as to whether final action even then will be reached. When the recess was taken Senator Carter stat ed that seven or eight Senators had expressions yet to be delivered and he did not undertake to indicate an opinion as to now many other speech es these might provoke. Not during the- several weeks that the postal bill has been before the Senate has there been a date of de bate approaching in .any. degree the proceedings of today. Beginning at 11:30 o'clock the flow of oratory con tinued without interruption until af ter 3 o'clock when, " in utter-despair of reaching the end, Mr. Carter moved a recess until 11:45 tomorrow morn ing when the linguistic exercises will be resumed. During the day there were speeches by Senators Root, Carter, Cummlngs, Rayner, Clapp, Borah, Clay, NewTands I and a number of others representing almost as many views as there were speakers. . The Cummins amendment to the Smoot amendment, limiting to times of war, the exigencies In which the postal funds may be withdrawn from the banks in which they are de posited, was the technical subject of discussion during the entire sitting, and during that time there were many rather acrid exchanges of views. "Senator Root .dwelt especially upon the necessity of protecting the credit of the country and he appealed strong ly to the patriotism of Senators in that ; interest. Mr. Carter strongly seconded this appeal and drew even a more vivid picture of. the possibility of an unexpected national demand for funds than was. presented by the New York Senator. 1 1 " . ; ' . ' Both- Senators - Clay and Cummins chaj;gedSenatQjS Smoot ;jritlx JftcaatfaU tency in , originally presenting an amendment ; prohibiting the withdraw al- of the postal funds. from the local banks and following that up with an other provision authorizing such with drawal in the contingency of need for the funds by the government. ; Mr. Smoot defended his course as due to the fact that he had been con vinced of the unconstitutionality of the proposed law without some provi sion justifying it under the borrowing clause of the constitution. Senator Carter stated frankly that his change such shape as to insure a majority vote for it. THE HUNT, DIVORCE SUITV Turpentine King Seeking Separation Wm. M. Dickey is Referee. New York, Mch. 4. William M. Dickey was' appointed today a referee to take testimony in the suit for di vorce brought by John Wright Hunt, a wealthy man of Savannah,. Los An geles and New York, who Is some times called the "Turpentine King," againsr his wife, Henriette, formerly Miss Babcock, of Detroit, famed for her beauty. Mr. Hunt is 68, and Mrs Hunt 28. - - ' Alexander Tcherdiadeff, who styles himself Prince and claims kinship with-the Czar, Is named as corespond ent. The Hunts Were married eight years ago and have traveled widely. Their disagreement attracted interna tional attention some months ago, fol lowing the flight of Mrs. Hunt from her . husband's apartments in , Paris and the disappearance of the Russian. Mrs. Hunt denies the charges through counsel. officer and was taken to the county iall at Halifax. The bullet which struck Kitchin at dose range entered the face below the. eye and was later taken out below the ear by surgeons. The ball which laid Travis low knocked out several teeth and split his tongue. . Dunn -was hit below the. left shoulder-blade, the bul let ranging upwards. The nature of the letter over- the tragedy cannot be learned tonight as Powell refuses to talk. Travis ana Kitchin are among the most promt nent; citizens of the State and Powell is a ' wealthy . property owner. The shooting has astounded Eastern North Carolina. - ' ? . - Charlotte, N. C , March 4.-Over long distance telephone from Scotland Neck to Charlotte after1 midnight, the news was ' conveyed that Kitchin and Travis were removed to their respec tlve homes and that neither is fatally wounded. - Both are ! '.doing " well. A brother of Mr. Kitchin. one. of the wounded men. gave the information He stated further that the mysterious letter on which the shooting hinged was written to Travis regarding court case in which Kitchin had de fended , Powell's 18-year-old son, and to which Travis had -not replied. No one "save Travis knows - the contents WILMIKGrTOK, K. WRANGLES WITH WITNESS PiNGHOT Attorney and Former Fores ter in Dispute at The Inquiry! .. HIS DISLIKE FOR BALLINGER Still Declares He Deceived the Presi dent in Cunningham Coal Land Cases Gives Facts About ' Forestry. .Washington, Mch. 4. The Ballin-ger-Pinchot investigation dragged skrwly-along through "two sessions to day. Mr. Vertree3, counsel . for -Secretary Ballinger, continued his cross examination of Gifford . Pinchot. ' He : elicited some interesting facts from the former forester but for the most part the day was taken up large ly wjth wrangles 'between the attor ney and the witness and some times between Mr. Vertrees- and counsel for the other side. Mr. Pinchot complain' ed to the committee that it was diffi cult to explain, forest service matters o a man so little informed on-the subject as Mr. Vertrees appeared to be. . . The members of the committee showed considerable impatience and Snator ' Flint repeatedly urged coun sel to stop wrangling and try to get down to facts. Mr. Pinchot admitted that his first hand knowledge of Mr. Ballinger's acts, was very limited, but he reiter ated that the Secretary of the Inte rior had deceived -the President con cerning the Cunningham - jcoal cases and -had made a statement to the President which was "obviously un true.". Mr., Vertrees at the afternoon ses sion questioned Mr. Pinchot closely regarding the sending of forest rang ers:'t to ; agricultural colleges and brought out the fact-that Mr. Pincobt nfomed-vthe Secretary xr Agriculture of what he was doing, but he was not willing to swear to it. The attorney was under the impression, that he hau sought, to show that Mr- Pinchot and ormer Secretary of the Interiar Gar field were in the habit of doing what they thought best, regardless of the aw and that their antagonism to Mr. Ballinger was brought about . by- his determination to proceed wholly with n the law. As soon as Mr. Pinchot took the stand, Attorney Vertrees for. Mr. Bai rn ger asked him this question: "Mr. Pinchot please' state one sin gle fact of your own knowledge that reflects , upon Mr. Ballinger's conduct either as Commissioner of the land office or. Secretary of the Interior not hearsay, not what somebody else said or -wrote of your own knowledge." The witness hesitated at first bu later said : The fact of my own knowledge is Mr. Ballinger's letter to the President of November 15th with which he en closed the Ronald letter.. These let ters contain misstatements which' I have already., shown and prepared fur ther to show." Mr. Vertrees: You have testified. here largely toy inference and inuendo. Now state what vou know Mr. Bal linger said or did.". : Mr.- Pinchot: "The letter of Novem ber ,15th." Mr. Vertrees: "What else?" : ' -:Mr. Pinchot: "I never discussed the Cunningham cases with Mr. Ballin ger,' .The only knowledge I have at first hand is limited to writings tha; are disputed." - ,Mr. Pinchot sal dthat up to the time he sent Ola vis to President Taft the relations between . himself and . Mr. Ballinger; had. been "fairly friendly, not more than that. . , He was not more friendly because he knew; Mr. Ballinger's views as to conservation were different frdm his own. : "Then you were unfriendly?" "No. I distrusted him." "You; mean distrusted his policies?" "I distrusted his policies and what he would do," ' ' Mr. Pinchot was asked to read the letter from Secretary. Ballinger con veying a letter from his (Secretary Ballinger's) law partner to President TafL - "When he had concluded Mr Vertrees asked: - 'Does that letter Indicate v hostility to the - general - policy, of . conserva tion?" " . ,! ' ' "In my Judgment it does.". . "Point out a single statement to that effect." ' - Mr. Pinchot said it was .impossible to make judgment on a- single state ment, , The whole thing- had to. be taken .togetner. : - ; . Mr.' Vertrees spent' some time with the witness, as to ; the charges; thai Mr Ballineer had deceived- the Presl dent resrardinK' an opinion ofr.the Comptroller of the Treasury n. : the subject, of the agreement between the forestry service and the interior li nartmentJ reeardins Indian lands.' Be brought : out the fact that a cdpy of the Comptroller's decision referred to Mr' Ballinger, -had been sent to the "There ia nothing here to show that the President read that decision, ae dared Mr. Pinchot:' "And the unavoid able inference ; i that Mr. Ballinger dAneivkd- the President because the . . . Continued on Pago 2.). : ; C SATURDAY MOKNTNG, TO PEG1DE LIVE STOCK CASE Stubborn Arguments Before Supreme ' Court to Determine Punishment . . ofjiailroads-Outcome Will ; be Far Reaching. r Washingtonji March 4. How severe a punishment Congress has provided for railroads guilty of violating the so-called - "Twenty-eight Hour Law" for punishing the 'unlawful . confine ment of live stock in transportation was the basis fora stubborn contest today before the .Supreme Court of the United States. Counsel for, the government contend that the unit for fining railroads is the separate ship ment, while the legal representatives of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company insist that the unit s the train, no mjatter of how many separate ' shipments it Is composed. Some features of 'the case resemble the. $29,00uj000 Standard Oil case. The outcome of the controversy will have a far-reaching effect. Many sep arate consignment of stock are car rfed frequently in t one train so the sum of the penalty imposed by the aw will varyfrom 1100 to many times $100, according to (he outcome of the litigation. The Baltimore, & Ohio Southwestern Railroad alone appears in this case, but practically every common carrier engaged In interstate commerce in the United States will feel the effect of the decision. This controversy was begun- when the' United States District .Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, fil ed 11 cases against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad. Company, claiming that it had carried as many shipments of live stock from shippers n various points In Illinois toN Cincin nati without unloading the stock for rest, all in violation of the Twenty eight Hour Law. , s The railroad admitted the shipment and its detention beyond the statuto ry time, but it averred guilt, of only one offense because all the' shipments were carried in one train expressed, a willingness to pay a fine for one Vio lation. 4 The District Court consolidated the cases and assessed a single penalty. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth District reversed that decision. The case then, was brought to the Su preme Court by the. railroad J; Brief 8 on both, sides of thvcontroversy have been' niCdt with tKe Uurt. TJ6unseI"fdr the railroad is headed by Judson Har mon, now Governor of Ohio; Solicitor General Bowers of the department , of Justice, has directed the fight on be half of the United States. In the brief of the railroad counsel. it is contended that the train is the factor, of offenses, because live stock s moved in trains. "If there be a confinement in cars beyond. 28 hours during transit under circumstances1 which' constitute a-vio- ation of the statute,' it must be the ault of the train", says the brief. "Congress has not said whether the offenses shall be per head of stock, per shipment,-, per car load, or per train load. If Congress had intended there should be a fine of $500, (the maximum penalty for one offense) for each head of stock delayed, or for each shipment delayed or for each car load delayed, it was easy to say so. Hearing in mind the rule of strict in terpretation of penal statutes, the only reasonable construction of the sta tute is that the detention of all stock oh the tame train constitutes but one offense. . Congress did not deem it neces sary to be so severe as to permit a fine of $500 for each shipment in a train load containing possibly 50 ship ments,- when a single fine of $500 would answer as well. - - . Several routes lead to the conclu sion that the separate shipment was meant as the basis, the government contends. ' Suppose cattle are loaded into cars "by the carrier and kept there more than 28 : hours without unloading be fore the cars are put into any train," says Solicitor General Bowers in his brief. "Is the train the unit of of fense.. though' there has been no train?" He asked the same question where cattle had been sidetracked in cars CContinued on Pace 2. OUTLINES. A sensational shooting occurred at Scotland Neck,' N. C, yesterday when State Senator Travils, Representative A,- P. .Kitchin and .Deputy Sheriff Dunn, all of Halifax7 county, N. C. were shot down on the streets by'.E El Powell, a wealthy citizen The filing 6t a decree was the final action in the beparation of Col. John Jacob Astor: from his wife, in New York, yes terday. No : sensational facts were brought out in the decree -The time a l the Congressional' inquiry was "tak en up principally with wrangling ; be tween Gifford. Pmciiot ana. the ator uejr, yesleiday- The Square took recess- alter , a ctx nour session yes terday, without voung on nostal sav ings bank bill forty1 bodies have been recovered from the gorge in which two Great -Northern trains were buried by acres of. snow The een eral strike ;n Philadelphia, when men from all trades joined In with the car men,; began last night. : ;; New York markets: Money on cal easy 2 1-2 to 3 per cent., ruling rate 2 7 8, ; closing bid z 3-4, offered at 2 7-8; spot cotton closed quiet 5 points higner, middling uplands 14.95, mid dling gulf 15.20; flour steady but dull wheat spot steady No. 2 red 1.28 sales elevator, domestic and nominal f. o. b, afloat; corn spot steady steamer $6 12 and No. 4. 63 .1-2 elevator export basis oats spot easy, mixed nominal; rosin sxeaaj; turjp.enuae rm, . - 1VIARCH 5, 1910. DECREE IS FILED Col. John Jacob Astor and Wife Had a Peaceful Settlement. QUESTION AS TO ALIMONY No Sensational Facts Arre Brouaht Out in Final Action Defendant ' Cannot Re-Marry The Children. New York, Mch. 4. Beneath the signature which made final today the Interlocutory decree of divorce pre viously granted Mrs. Ava Willing As tor, from her husband, Col. John Jacob Astor, . Justice Isaac A. Mills sitting at White Plains, wrote this afternoon: "The Clerk-of Duchess county, is hereby ordered not to seal the above final judgment." The decree, however, as filed to night at Poughkeepsie-the county, seat, makes little known that had not been forejudged in popular estimate. There appears the bald statement that the marriage is dissolved by reason of the statutory .offense on the defendant's part, but no- money settlement is men tioned, 'the name of the corespond- en is not given and none or tne testi mony taken before referee is availa ble nothing but the decree itself. The plaintiff may re marry but not the defendant. Custody of William Vincent Astor, the son, Is given . to the' father with provision that the mother may see him when she wishes and custody of the daughter, Ava Alice Mauriel, is awarded the mother, with provision that the father may see her at all reasonable times. . After citing the motion of the plain tiff's attorneys asking for the final decree the motion is granted by the court who. adds: "And it is further decreed that the dnstody of William Vincent Astor.'the soniot the parties, ,pe awarded to the defendant, iiut Uie-Tiaintiri-snaii ne Dermitted to see him at all reason able times and particularly in case of his illness or disability, and to con suit as to his education, and that he shall be permitted to visit the plain tiff for at least one month In each year; and -the custody of the said Ava Alice Mauriel Astor the daughter, of th nrtie& be awarded to the plain tiff, but the defendant shall be per mitted to see her at all reasonable times, and to consult as to her educa tion and she shall be permitted to visit the defendant from time to time. "And it is further decreed that tne plaintiff may marry again during the lifetime of the defendant, but tne ae fendant shall not marry again until the death of the plaintiff unless this court shall In this respect' modify this judgment." The understanding is that a settle ment of all money matters was ar rived at privately before the decree was signed, and it is prooaoie mat the exact amount allowed Mrs. Astor will never be known. It has not been the riollcv -of the Astor estate to al low money to go out of . the family. Therefore it seems likely that no lump sum has been settled on her, but rather that . she will enjoy a stip ulated income during her lifetime or an lone as she remains single. Col ARtnr is one of the richest men In thA United States and the Astor es tate one of the largest holders or reai estate in the world. It nas oeen re ported on one hand that Mrs. Astor win receive $10,000,000 outright and nn the other that she will get the ivminaratively modest allowance, pi sn flOO a vear. - But no one wicn Knowledge 01 mc farts is prepared to speak ior quota tion. The unusual interval between the granting of the interlocutory1 de cree and the filing today of applica tion for final judgment led to the re port that there was haggling over uie exact sum to oe awaraeu. &uu vucic is ground for belief that the $50,000 is nearer me uum .y,vv,wwv. ' DESTRUCTIVE BOLL WEEVIL. South- Carolina Senator Appears Be fare House Committee. ' .; . woahiTifrton. Mch. ki The boll wee- ,ru threatenine the destruction cf the cotton crop, of the South, east of the Mississippi river, ana paruy. wwi nt it Acordine to testimony given to day before the Senate Committee . on Agriculture ny senator cuuuu. wi ssnnt.h Carolina. A reduction from 25 000 to 2,000 bales of cotton a year was caused in one county of his State by the boll weevil, he ciaimea. - TJonresentative Dickson, -of Missis cinni. told the committee that the bol n was nroducinsr disastrous re Mit In his district. He declared that tr TnRt is months aboht 1.500 fam niP8 -had left : his county , as a result of the visit of the pest. Estimates given to the committee, placed the loss to the cotton crop last year, at from $25,000,000 to 3&,uuu,uyy. , . . . ii in. An Arbor. Mich. March ,4. A- C TTranT.iin. of Mercersburr. - Pa.; for mpr football star at both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Universities,, waa today chosen to succeed Keene Fitapatrick as trainer of the University .of Michi gan Athletic team- ; The appointment by the board of " regents - carles .with it, the title of - assistant professor of physical 'training. XliXJ:. (HER MCE III COTTOU Attempt Made to Bull Crop Twice in Season 'Reports of Better Spot Demand at Atlantic Ports The Crop. - , New York, Mch. 4. Contrary to precedent the attempt Is being made to bull the , crop twice in one season and not only that, but bull "the taii end of a short crop" which is also supposed to be a hazardous proceed ing. . Yet prices on the old crop' options have certainly been advanced $1.50 to $2.00 a bale durins the past week. Undoubtedly . the personal . equation has entered . largely into the advance. Two ( well known New Orleans men, one now famous Texan and finally a Chicagoan have combined to put prices up. They have succeeded. They stop ped notices last week amounting to 52,000 bales and the rumor is that all of this cotton will be shipped to Lver- pool to get rid of it and clear the way or a further advance In futures here. Considerable cotton has already gone out Meantime too. there are per sistent reports of a better spot de mand at New Orleans and In ports of the Atlantic States with quotations very strong or higher. The certificat ed stock, here is steadily decreasing, i The' "in sight" figures this week arej bullish. Supplies of afloat for Europe are also falling off. Liverpool bulls Insist that stocks are inadequate and that there is only one way f or prices to go and that is upward. In Texas there has been comparatively little ain. Liverpool has at times bought May here iquite freely. Manchester trade is reported better. Bulls insist that there is a very large short inter est in that month and' add that there might be interesting developments lat er on. Also spot cotton in most parts of the South, it is insisted, is quiet. Curtailment of production is persist ent at home and abroad. Ellyson, the English statistician, Insists that the world's consumption of American cotton this year will be 11,500,000 bales against about 13,000,000 last year. .Unfavorable reports have been received about the yarn and cloth mar kets in the East . and South and to some, extent in Europe. Critics in the report . assert that' prices are simply being- put up with a view of. .enabling large tbpembTT'-. sell out:;,cottbu which they have been holding for some months p'astt The outside public badly bitten during the Winter, holds aloof. -A big acreage is predicted and under ordinary circumstances a big crop this year. . The next crop months have therefore . been hard . to move. Nevertheless as already intimated bullish speculation has, for the time being, dominated the market. WORLD'S SUPPLY OF COTTON. Hester's Statement Shows 4,440,109 Bales . Last . Week. New Orleans Mch. 4. Secretary Hester's statement of the world's sup ply of cotton issued today snows the total visible to be, (C) 4,440,109 against 4,468,276 last week and 5,402.- 424 las year. Of this the total of American cotton is (A) 3,152,109 against 3,268,276 last week and 4,238, 424 last year, and of all other kinds, Including Egypt, IBSrazil, nldia, etc., (B) 288.000 against 1,322,000 las week and 1.164,00,0 last year. or tne worm's visiDie supply or cot ton there is now afloat and held . In Great Britain and continental Europe,- 2,336,000 against 3,186,000 last year, in Egypt 172,000 against 309,000 last year, in India 697,000 against 454.000 last year, and in the United States 1,235,000 against 1,453,000 last year. (A) Including Liverpool plus cor rection American 21,000 and Houston and Shreveport minus correction 17,- 000 bales. fBt Includine Liverpool minus stock and other kinds 9,000. (G) Including Liverpool , plus cor rection all -kinds 12,000 and Houston and Shreveport . minus stock correc tion 17,000. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR JOHNSON MURDERER Raleigh, N. C, Mch. 4. John At- kinson, ' one of the two men . under sentence to be the first to be electro cuted in the new death chamber in the penitentiary March 18th, is com muted to life imprisonment by Gov. Kitchin. 'The commutation is on rec ommendation of the trial judge,' the solicitor and eleven of the jurors and is for the reason that the man killed was believed, by Atkinson to liave in vaded his home. Atkinson was sen tenced from Johnston county. The other vman . who is under sentence for electrocution March 18th is . Walter Morrison. A petition for' his commu tation is just filed on the ground that five postponements of the death 'sen tence made necessary by delays In the completion of the death chair ap paratus, have been a torture ' to him that merits commutation. ' 7 Y , Commissioner of Agriculture Gra ham says of the indictments just re turned by the Guilford county grand jury against the Red'C" Oil Co.. for putting on' the North' Carolina market oils under the flash test standard pre scribed by the oil inspection, act, that the department is determined to hew strictly to the line in these tests and in prosecutions for violation In order that the users of oil in the State may haie beyon4 question, that gra4 :. ot WHOLE NUMBER 13,234. THOUSANDS JOIN THE GAR STRIKERS Probably Greatest Sympa thetic Strike in History of llroranirftH Lhor. --'-x -' 'HI- . - ' ' ' ; ::!". . SITUATION IN PHILADELPHIA Union Workers in Many Trades Ceas ed Work When Strike Was Jnau gurated at Midnight Pre- , J i pare, for Rioting. : : ( Philadelphia, March 4. Encouraged by messages of sympathy and of offers of assistance from labor organizations in all parts of the country, the union workers of many trades ceased work at midnight and inaugurated what promises to be one of the greatest ' sympathetic strike3 ever- witnessed- ' in the history of organized labor. The committee, of ten say at least 75,000 organized workers as well as many unorganized sympathizers of the street' car men have already ceased, work. Promptly at midnight union orches tras playing in the leading hotels and cafes picked up their instruments and;; ftaited for their homes, 7! Union cab drivers and chauffeurs also abandoned their posts . and the ,7 hotel and railroad cab and automobile service was badly crippled. The committee of ten remained , in session at their headquarters all night, receiving reports from the var ious unions: Rioting which began tonight in sev eral sections of the city and was par ticularly severe in northeastern dls- t trict Is thought to be a forerunner of more serious trouble . tomorrow when " thousands of Idle men will throng the streets. Many associations . . of 7 employers ' have sent letters and telegrams to the. officials of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and the city officials, commending the stand taken and urg ing'., thein . to remain firm n; their d;,v termination not to submit to the strlk ersr demand for union recognition . -All .policemen,- firemen' and. specials, who have been on , duty since ." th strike, began, received, orders, tonight. to remain. at their posts. The emer gency, automobiles in the -city hall1' court yard were Increased in number . and measures taken to send a force of men to any section of the city at a moment's notice. . Many of these machines are driven , by their owners, wealthy men, wHo have volunteered for police duty and have been sworn In by Director Clay. . William Drexler, aged 42. years, was shot and probably. fatally injured' to night by a policeman who shot at a crowd that had congregated on Frank ford avenue In the Northeast section of the city; . , , Several cars had been stoned by the crowd along this street, and the police guarding them fired a volley in the air. One of the bullets, however, struck Drexler in the stomach. ,. Crowds also attacked cars in the ' downtown and northwestern sections of the city. The final word making effective the general strike ordered for midnight tonight, was sent to union workers all over the city tonight when the com mittee of ten received word from tho 1 secretary 'of the Car Men's Union that the last effort to secure - arbitration ' had failed. A proclamation was also . made to unorganized labor. All . unorganized workers are urged by the committee to assist in the general strike by ceas-' ing work at midnight and to refrain from working at their usual occupa tions until the committee of ten, ( Continued on Eighth Page.) oil for their money that , the law en- titles them-to. J ' A charter is issued for The Regal v Medical Co. Fayette ville, capiui $50,-. ' 000 by J. Hairingto'h and : others r ; for the compounding of special medl- 7, cines and for general drug business Inspector R. W. Blair, of the In , ; ternal Revenue Department at Wash- ington. Is here making a regular-in--: spection of the internal revenue col lector's office for the Eastern district. He pays Collector Wheeler Martin and his clerical force the high com-' pliment of pronouncing this office one " of the , very best oonductTed in the whole country! ;;.-.. 7 .'.. ;" Henry Wilder was . brought here from Youngsville today and given a ,, hearing before Col. Jno Nichols on the charge of being, a "blind tiger" on Youngsville. The evidence was such that the Commissioner put him under $100 bond for his appearance , at the next term of the Federal court" to answer the .charge before a Jury. James I. Casper was brought here today to wait trial for stealing reg istered letters from -the mails while serving as a rural carrier at "Scotland - Neck. . He was arrested in Georgia t Gov. Kitchin-offers a reward of $200 ,. . for P. H.. Bivins, of Granville county, - wanted for the. murder of.Vassar Fow- V Ier, while Fpwler was calling on him; to ut .U2 bis. kulie ana fight fair. '". Til ,, ''-.,V"'V or": .... v ji .Jr r ..Hi 7 .7777-';.:. rVh ;-.V:vtf.t : !.- . . 7 4. 1 . - . ' ' ' il ::?;i&'ti ....... . . --n , . ,..1.2 J A ;77i:. is. 7- J.1 "V J. ... 1' ' ' i4e .--M ... . : . zr '7.'": v '77. 1 W. 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