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t " 1 - r f. 4- T THE WEATHER. '" Fair continued cool Sunday, Monday increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer, showers by night; light to moderate north-' past to east winds. 16 Pages To-day Two Sections. .founded! :ih - -in- VOL. LXXXYI-NO. 47. WILMINGTON, N. C, SU N DAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,200. SHOWS TAFT UP IN AID LIGHT Ballinger1 Man Wrote Let ter Exonerating Interior Secretary. SIX III PITTSBURG GIIIILJER Five Former Councilmen and Banker All Convicted v of Bribery. Scenes and Actors iri ttie Passion r u nunc Play at VQQu Bavtiria MACHINE METHODS ARE CONDEMNED MflD STARING Obevxxmme DENIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE Letter That Figured in Forestry In quiry and Which Authorized Dis missal of Glavis Creates a Sensation., i Washington. May 14. Oscar Lawler, Assistant Attorney General for the In. I. rior Department, of which Richard A. Ballinger is the head, did in fact prepare a draft of a letter addressed i,i Secretary Ballinger, and in such fftfru and phrase that it might have l n adopted verbatim and signed by ilie President as Mr. Taft's exonera tion of the Secretary of the charges i,i l. R. Glavis and authorizing the di.-niissal of Glavis from his position of special agent of the Interior De li.'iftment. l itis draft by Mr. Iawler was deliv ered this afternoon to the Dallinger l'iiiehot Committee and ordered spread upon the records of the investigation. Careful comparison of the Lawler draft with the letter of the President shows that Mr. Taft in fact adopted practically verbatim two short para graphs of Mr. Lawler's language. . The sul.stance of the two documents is otherwise widely dissimilar. The subject was on every tongue tonight in Washington where almost cvt'ty man, woman and child is bitter ly either a Ballinger or a Pinchot par tisan. . The thing came to a head this af ternoon !n the publication of a state ment attributed to Frederick M. Ker liy. one of the stenographers in the cilice of Secretary Ballinger.. in which Kciby related at length the circum stances under which he alleged the , Lawler draft to have been prepared, asserted further that all of the vvoWnunary drafts used In the prepara tion ol the letter were burned In a urate in the Interior Department at tho stifTfrpstion and under tho supervi sion of Don M. Carr. Balllnger's pri vate secretary. Kerby drew the infer ence that the Lawler letter had been adonted by the President essentially as his own; that Mr. Ballinger and his legal adviser had therefore virtually prepared the exoneration which Mr. Taft. had Issued over his own slgna , turc. Almost simultaneously with the pub lication of the Kerby statement Attor nev General Wickersham sent to the Rallinger-Pinehot Investigating Com rrittec. thetr in session, a copy of the Lav lev draft, accompanied by. a letter to Chairman Nelson in which Mr. Wickersham declared that the docu ment had been overlooked in sending the papers requisitioned by the com mittee at the behest of Attorney Bran deis. Denial From White House. The following statement was given nut at the White House late this af ternoon: "With reference to the published af fidavit of P. M. Kerby. a stenographer in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, to the effect that the Presi dent's letter of September 13. 1909. exonerating Secretary Ballinger! was substantially prepared for the Presi dent's signature by Assistant Attorney General Lawter. It was said at the White House today that there is abso lutely no foundation for any such statement. The President dictated his letter personally as the result of his own investigation of tiie records and consideration of documents and papers in his possession at the time, and upon the report to "him of the Attorney General." It was added at the White House today that a comparison of. the Lawter memorandum as submitted to the Bal-liner-Pinchot Investigation Commit tee today and the President's letter It self will show that the Kerby charges linvo no foundation. it was further pointed out both at the White House and by Attorney Gen eral Wickersham himself that a com parison of the Lawler draft and the irosiflent'8 letter would be shown lia't the inferences of the. Kerby state ment were unwarranted. Attorney General Wickersham de flan d that it was quite obvious that . i-awier did not preparo tho letter sirnert by President Taft. "There is only one clause, which in 1 measure, the President adopted," "aid Mr. Wickersham. "What Mr. Lawler prepared was what might be termed a suggested i'nn of letter which the President '"fluid adopt if he saw fit a practice of every day occurrence In the execu tive departments of the government." G. Finnev. assistant to the Secre- 'My of the Interior, declared that Ker- s assertion that he (Finney) tooKjger did not justiry disloyalty to me i'f" t in any conference on the subject ; country", said Frederick M. Kerby to ot" the Lawler memorandum "was a night. He added that In view "of what he h?d heard of "snake killing", he Attorney Brandeis, counsel for L. R. assumed he would be dismissed-from ;lavls, has made several efforts to the Interior Department "If the Sec 'ltain the Lawler memorandum and retary of the Interior believes that "" promised that It would appear so my statement of the facts", he contin similar to the President' letter of ,ued. calls for my separation from th September 13 an to prove that it form-j service, it Is up to him. I have only 'i the basis of the President's letter etated the facts. - He has said that he ii exoneration. . Attention was called to the memo lauduni by Mr. Brandeis when he be- OUTCOME DFTHE GRAFT CA3ES1 Four Charges of Perjury Against John F. Klein Heavy Fines Im posed Sentences cf Eight and Six Months. Plttsburg, May I I. Sentence was imposed today in the criminal court on s.x of the men who pleaded no de fense to charges of graft in connec tion with Pittsburg municipal affairs.' One banker and five former council men faced a court of four judges and learned their fate. The sentence-! ranged in length from lour to eight month in jail, in addition to the jail sentences heavy fines arc also impos ed. In every case the men sentenced j today were given from five to eight months in jail. The men sentenced and fines are as follows: Charles Stewart, former select councilman, sentenced to eiglu month? in the county jail and fined Hugh G. Ferguson, former common councilmen. eifcht months in the county ty jail and fine of $500. . Dr. Wl H. Weber, former select councilman, fix months in the county jail and fine of $500. P. B. Kearns, former- common coun cilman, four months in the county jail and fine of $250. Morris Einstein, former select coun cilman, six months in jail and fine of $25C Four charges of perjury were also made today against John F. Klein, chief witness for the commonwealtn in the graft cases. The charges are made by counsel for councilmen charged with bribery. The action Is based on a law, of 1866 which provides that a con vie jnay ,be.trJed,.for alleg ed perjury. . Two years in the workhouse and $100 were Imposed upon Harry E. Muehlbronner and Charles Veyerka bv Judge J. M. Swearingen today. Both were former employes of the Working Man's Savings and Trust Companr and were charged with embezzlement. Although not officially connected with the graft cases these men were called before the grand jury to testify and were called for sentence at the same time today, as the banker and council men. E. F. Jennings, of the National Co lumbia Bank, and E. F. Griffin, the former vice president, did not appear today, their cases being postponed on account of illness In their families. TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBITION. Closed in Raleigh and Will Move to Winston-Salem. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh. N. C. May 14. The Tuber culosis Exhibition has closed in this city and will soon be removed tp Win ston-Salem and the final transfer to the Mississippi Valley, where the next stage of the national tuberculosis cam paign will be taken up. Tht Raleigh Exhibition marks tne eastward terminus of the tour through the South. Mississippi and Louisiana will next be visited. , SHOOTING AT DURHAM Officer Killed Negro in Selr Defense. Were After Gamblers. Durham, N. C. May 14. In an alley tonight Patrolman W. A. Cobb shot and instantly killed Tom Hawk.ns, colored, while attempting to arrest a gang of gamblers. The negro had shot and burned tne eyelashes off of Sergeant Pendererass and had a shot gun level led at Cobb, wnen iae officer shot him through the heart. The coroner's jury tonight exonerat ed the 5J gan cross-examination of Fred Den nett, commissioner of the general land office this afternoon before the investigation committee. Asked by Mr. Brandeis what he knew about the- preparation of the Lawler memorandum. Mr. Dennett de nledknowing anything about the mat ter. He denied that he had had any conference or correspondence with At torney General Wickersham in refer ence to the summary of the Olavis charges which Mr. Wickersham pre pared for the President. His state ment that he took no part in the con ference previous to the preparation of the Lawler letter was a flat contra diction of Kerby's statement. Klrby Makes Statement. . T marie tho facts nnblic because I jhad decided thp.t loyalty to Mr. Ballin- wr.nts the publication of all the facts. I have only made my contribution of what he has failed to make public." b Ah . lb- oM'i'i u w v fP3Tir? & m n mMYm wv jtu. si vcrx sYii,r 'iLt&i Mssmx" u rn - i . ZisCEHB FROM TH $4 f V.v;8', t -r THE MAGDALEN l.V$V i Fff$A I . CLOTHES ) turn -. . rr. L'j t inriiK (Aunr u axvi ,1 nfilVW LfiDfU ' ! ANTON LfiNG !SC(XStNGPLAY Oberaninicrttau. Bavaria. May 14. Tmirfsts from all parts of the world are flockins to this city to witness the first performance of the Passion pla sinro H'H Th M i"? performance was given May 11th and the last 'September 1st. The demand for tickets has been so lare that the officials are planning to enlarge the seating capacity of the open air theatre, whirh is now ;k. It is est'mated" that more than ;)(o,(KiO tourist? will visit th'e village to witness'the much discussed play. .More than (.i performers take part in picturing the scenes and in cidents of the life of Christ. CHARGES AGAINST BISHOP Morrison Charged With Mai-Administration by Texas. Preacher Wi.l Elect Kilgo and Denny on . First Ballot Monday. Asheville, X. C, May 14, After the strenuous labors of the delegates to the Cleneral Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, treat satisfaction is expressed that tcrcor row will be a day of rest. Nearly every protestant pulpit will be tilled by dis tinguished ministers and great crowds at the church are expected. Bishop Morrison, against whom charges of mal-.administratio:i are lodg ed and whose case is now before a Commission of investigation to decide whether or not a trial is necessary, seems not to be much disturbed by the charges and his friends declare that the committee will find that no trial will be necessary. The matter will come before the conference Monday when the result of the finding of the committee will be made known. Judges E. C. 'O'Rear, of Kentucky, is repre senting Bishop Mdrrison. The action of the conference in in viting th'j board of trustees of Vaader bilt University to Asheville, several members of the board now being here, was .a most popular move and hopes are expressed that all differences will be settled. The merging of the missionary socie ties of the church -at today's. session is a matter of general comment, i ne women are satisfied and declare that it is their purpose to work as faithfully for the success of their great under takings formerly. The election of bishops will take ulace Monday and the concensus of opinion is that Drs. J. C. Kilgo and i Collins Denny, will be elected on the first ballot. The reeouimendatioiv to meet in Asheville was adopted. The report of the committee on mis sions concerning the unification of missionary boards was favorably acted upon by the conference. In the midst of the morning session Dr. Collins Denny, chairman of the Committee of Episcopacy announced that he had received a letter charging Bishop Morrison with mal-adminisira-tion. . The letter, he added, came from L. A. Packard, of the Texas Confer: ence. Considerable debate ensued as to whether a complaint brought against Bishop Morrison by the Clay street church, .Richmond, Va., should be re ferred to the committee of investiga tion to be appointed by bishops. It was finally so referred. An-additional report from the same (Continued on Page Eight.) JUDAS ANQ CHRIST I FACTS ON COTTON WITHHELD Attorney General Wickersham Refuses to Comply WiJi Demands of House Declares Information is Se cret at Present Time. Washington. May ii. Because a grand jury already is investigating the alleged pool in cotton. Attorney Gen eral Wicker-ham today refused to fur pish th?. House with facts in the pos session of the Department of .Justice. on which the investigation was based. The Attorney General voiced this declination in a reply to a House res olution calling on him for the facts if not incompatible with the public in terests as to the alleged violation of the Sherman anti trust law by per sons forming an alleged illegal com bination to advance the price of cot ton. Incidentally he advised, the House that no investigation or iifquiry has ever been begun by the United States against any person charged with violating that law by conspiring to advance wheat prices last May and July. M.-r. Wickersham sy- the cotton pool is being investigated with the aid of a grand jury and the proceed ings are necessarily secret. Any public statement at this time," he says, '"would be utterly incompatible with the proper and efficient prosecution of the inqury." OUTLINES. Attorney General Wickersham has ret used to comply with the demands of tho House to furnish the facts held by the Department of Justice regard ing the prosecution of the alleged cot ton pool Charges of mal-adminis- tration against Bishop Morrison brought by -a Texas minister are be ing investigated by a Conference 'com mittee in Asheville Rev. Hight C. Moore, of Raleigh, read a paper and Dr W. L. Poteat delivered an address at the Baptist convention in Baltimore yesterday Charges of a stenogra pher .'cf. the Interior Department that President Taft did not write the letter exorerat-ing Secretary Ballinger caus ed a sensation in Washington yester day The jury in the case of Dr. Hyde, at Kansas City, Mo., had not reached a verdict at a late hour last night. Xew York markets: Money on call nominal, time loans easy. Spot cotton closed quiet, 15 points decline, raiddling uplands 15.90, middling gulf 1(5.15. Flour dull and without transac tions. Wheat No. 2 red nominal, No. 1, 1.21 1-8 nbminal f.o.b. Cron spot steady, No. 2, 70 nominal elevator, do- (mestlc basis. Oats quiet, mixed nom inal.' Rosin and turpentine steady. HAIR GfiOW TO TATi fART tNTHE fl A Y BAPTISTS RECEIVE REPORTS Rev. Hight C. Moore Read Paper on Mission of Baptist Paper and Dr. W. L. Peteat Made Address. Features. Baltimore, May 14 The greater part of the morning session of the Southern Baptist Convention was devoted to th'e consideration of the reports of com mittees appointed to consider the re port of the Foreign Mission-Board, lo cated in Richmond, Va. A report on the work in Mexico, Brazil, Arentina and Italy was read by ue Rev. George Y. Truett, D. D., of Dallas, Texas; one on Japan, China, and Africa by "the Rev. John Roach Straton, of Balti more; and one on field forces and fi nances by the Rev. H. W. Kable, of Staunton, Va. These reports presented the work and needs of the board to further en large its work. The convention voted to request the churches to contribute $600,000 to the Foreign Mission Board next year. .Mr. T. H. Ellet, of Rich mond, Va., called attention to the fact that the boara paid more than $17,000 interest on borrowed money last ye'ar because of the tardiness of mission treasurers in forwarding money and the convention adopted a resolution re questing the charges to make monthly remittances to the board. The . denominational newspapers were given an inning at. the afternoon session. Rev. Hight C. Moore, of Ra leigh, N. C, read a paper on the mis sion of the Baptist newspaper, and the Rev. eorge W. Truett, D. D., of Dal las, Texas, made, an aadress in value of such papers to the denomination. He accused the Baptists of the South of not adequately supporting' their, de nominational papers, and expressed belief that mission boards, denomina tional colleges, and other agencies could make no more profitable invest ment than to appropriate a portion of their expense funds to the support. of the papers from which they derive so much help. President F. W. Boatwrifcht, of Rich mond College. Va., read a report on the Baptist colleges in the South, show ing the number of such institutions for men to be 17, with permanent endow ment of $2,?20.167 and 19 colleges for women with an endowment of $21 8,000. W. L. Pofcat. president ol .Wake For est CoUege, Z. C, addressed the con vention upon the.demonational college as an asset to the churches. Quite a ripple of excitement 4-aa pro voked by a motion to repeal that sec tion of the by-laws of the convention which forbids applause on theTflodr. First it appeared that the motion was Mass Meeting of Anti-Ring Citizens Put Out a Full Ticket in Wake. THE CONVENTION YESTEROAY Glirri.ig Address by Bailey and Daniels in Raleigh Imbroglio Demand Representation in Party Coun cils Other Capital News. (Spec'al Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C., May 14.- The anti ring Democratic nia-s meeting here this afternoon in naming a complete county" and legislative, ticket for the June primaries drew a sharp line be tween the anti ring, or '"reform" movement and the regular Democrat ic county organization with every one iof lho present county officers neces- s-aiily lined up with tne regular ma- j chine organization. Many declare that the "reformers" will be unable to win over the opposl tion combination, they have forced in ! opposing all county officers as well as the county organization of the party as a whole. Ort the other hand the promoters cf the reform movement are confident of success. Probably 300 delegates were here from various parts Iof the county. Kaieign members and sympathizers of the movement occupied one gallery and spectators generally the other. The hall was filled to almost stand ing room limit at one while. The meeting was called to order by Edi tor Josephus Daniejs. This duty had fallen to him. he said, because he was made chairman of the "sidewalk meeting April 30th, when there was sruch stirring happenings. There is but. one issue. " Shall the people rule or be ruled." he said. "A few self constitut ed bosses have been overriding the will of the people in this county with nng rule. The party machine is turn cd to fight the will of its party and we noip vise against It We are Mr-edjt gumshoe ,and ' elbow "pullffigr" politics in Wake. Our officers must be our servants and not our bosses,"' he con tinued. Mr. Daniels called Fab Whitaker to the chair. J. W. Bailey, in stating the object of the meeting declared it u magnificent body of men to be call ed enemies of the party. He declared that he was here to put his fpot on the machine, being like a boy who after eating tooiany apples, was urg ed to have more, he did not want what he already had. He wanted an organ ization to obey and not command. He insisted that he was not a candidate for any office and would accept no nomination, county or legislative. He was clearing for action and could best make his fight for the reforms advo cated as a private in the ranks. He had a speech prepared for April 30th, but the machine heelers who met them in that meeting made his speech far more effectively than he could have, by coming forth and showing their rottenness. They led as complete a mob. of howling dervishes from the Academy to the Court House to break up that meeting as ever followed heathen leaders. That showed they wouJd commit the grossest, frauds. He said that it did not matter about "Jo siah" and "Joe.'.' Personalities are not counting In this movement; that the machine would not stop to shed blood. Blood would have been shed in the Court. House that day had we men whom th.ey insulted deeply not re strained ourselves. Those insults are not forgotten and will not be. We will strike hard and strike true from now tp June 25th : Mr. Bailey set out the grievances of his faction of the party to be the domination of the machine, forcing everyone who would enter politics to make obeisance, change from the fee system of pay tor county officers to salaries and representatives in the Legislature who will accomplish some thing for the people. He declared Wake representatives in the last Leg islature only succeeded in putting l as door keeper of the Senate Xiek Deboy, who only recently boasted h nad stolen votes and bought them toa and would do it again; that they did add $2,500 to the income of the Waki' Sheriff and the Senate formed sncn a contempt for the Wake Senator that tt passed on, two readings a bill to renioye the capital of the State to Greensboro! This, he said, would no have happened ' if Wake had been properly represented in the Senate He charged gross mismanagement and partiality in road matters; un becoming conduct on the part of the Solicitor and county chairman rn In citing disgraceful conduct in the Court House-and using oaths and profanity generally on that occasion. He charged that the machine has subsidized the paper in the State Dem ocrat, published in Raleigh, with con nection with the county treasury. Ha regretted to do so. but was ready to (Continued on Page Eight.) lost. A division' was called for and it appeared that the motion prevailed by a majority of two votes, in a voting strength of 1,684. Charles A. Smith, of the South Carolina delegation, who was opposed to the motion, called for the ayes and noes, but before the call was made there was a demand for the regular order and the matter was left in , the air, the by-laws remaining as they have always been. EVIDENCE NOW III M. L. Winner Tells of Whis key Shipments and Number Six. SUMMONED BEFORE MAYOR Some of the Detailed Workings of the Organization Exposed and Names of Candidates Are Being Involved. Summoned before Mayor Walter G. MacRae yesterday afternoon under Au thority of the special statute of the Revisal of 1905, Marion L. Winner, recently convicted in Superior Court in New Hanover county, of the charge of selling whiskey and sentenced to the county roads, now enjoying his liberty under appeal to Supreme Court, and whose signed affidavit some weeks ago relative to the sale of whiskey in Wilmington created a distinct sensa tion, made still further revelations re garding the association known as "Number Six", its rules and regula tions, choice of candidates for office, etc., and explained in detail how such large consignments of whiskey have been received by a few near-beer deal ers. Winner told his story in a straight forward manner, manifesting no desire, to keep anything back nor to exagge-' rate anything. His testimony is re garded by those behind the movement foi the enforcement of law in Wilming ton and New Hanover county as of vital importance, and will be' used by them In a way that will be announced later. Mr. Winner was summoned to appear at 4:30 o'clock and those pres ent at the Investigation, besides Win ner, were Mayor MacRae, J. O. Carr, Esq., attorney for the Mayor; Mr. . Meares Harriss, official stenographer for the inquiries, and a representative of The Star. After Winner was sworn bv Mavor MacRae, Mr. Carr stated: "Mr. Win fief.' you' have been summoned' here by the Mayor under the Statute of Ncrth Carolina, which provides tha the Mayor may issue subpoenas to any party he thinks may know about places where intoxicating liquors are Isold, and you are put on the stand re gardless of your wishes in the matter, and will be held to the same degree o? truthfulness under oath that you would if you were in the Superior Court, and with this ex lanation as to how you are forced to come here to testify, I, as attorney for the Mayor, will ask you such questions as we think are pertinent to this inquiry." In reply to questions Mr. Winner said that he was 44 years old and had been living in New Hanover county for 35 years, that some time in March he was convicted of selling whiskey in Wilmington; that he was at that time doing a near-beer and grocery business at northwest corner of Front and Dock streets, having a near-beer license; that he had not engaged in" the near-beer business since the Mon day following his conviction in Super ior Court on Saturday night; that when his license was revoked by the Aldermen he was packing up prepara tory to removel to Carolina Beach. Shipments of Whiskey. Regarding the shipments of whis key, the following are the questions of Mr. Carr and answers of Mr. Win ner! Q. In the recent examination the s; I railroad's records, we have found that ! large consignments of whiskey are made to certain parties here. Do you know what method was used for re ceiving that whisvey prior to January 1. 1910? A. Well, it was received then In fictitious names. Prior to that, any name, so you had a bill of lading to correspond with that name. In other words, if you had a bill of lading marked "Sam Jones" and that barrel was marked "Sam Jones" in the rail road you would get It. Q. Did you ever receive any con signment of whiskey over the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad A, I received it over that road twice. Q. Was that before or after Janu ary? ( A. That was before January 1st. Q. Were those consignments in fic titious names or in your own name? A. One was in my own name and the other was fictitious; that is the heft of my memory. The goods I got foi my own use was in my own name, and I think ..here was a barrel and a half that was In a fictitious name; that's the best of my memory. I ain't certain whether those barrels came in my name or jiot. Q. Why did you stop ordering , them over the Coast Line? A. Too much trouble to get It. f Q Explain that. A. You had to go there and identi fy yourself, and if you wanted any In any amount, it didn't do to order It that way. Q. Well, after January 1st, 1910, we find from our investigations that there were large consignments of whiskey to certain Individuals; for ex ample, J. T. Newman and J. C. Welch. Can )ou explain from your knowledge of the business why these gentlemen had such large consignments of whis key to them, and how It was disposed of? , A. 'I can't to Mr. Newman, but I I (Continued on Page Six.). . '1 . L. .if . ft '1 -v I 1 T. ". ' 1 ft
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