Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / Sept. 8, 1910, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
4- 1 THE WEATHER. Increasing cloudinesa with showers Thursday an Friday in west portions;., light variable winds. , ; The Big; Contest ! ; V Nw ' l the time to Mt ' u of your friend In tbc fnt popnUr coateai.' Nomination blank In today's pmper. ; , 1 VOL. LXXXVI KO. 147, WTLMmGrTOK, C, THURSDAY MORNm SEP1TEIMBER S 1910. -v i 7 WHOLE NUMBER 13,394. liii .V ,c : ' : : -: BALLINGER CASE BIG AIRED AGAIN Should Not Longer be Re tained In Office, Com mittee Says. POINT OF NO QUORUM RAISED Five Members Speak In No Uncertain Terms Their Opinion of Official. Chairman Rules There is No Majority. Minneapolis, Minn., -Sept. 7. Con demnation of the course of Richard A. jjailinger in the administration vbf the Pep'irtment of the Interior, of which ho is secretary, and a declaration that he should no longer be retained in that office, are contained in a resolution adopted today by 'fire Members of the Congressional Committee -which has horn investigating the Ballinger-Pin-chot controversy. These five, four Democrats and one Republican, claim that their vote ia binding upon the committee as a whole. This, however, is1 disputed by the other three members of the com mittee, whe were present today. But five of the 12 members of the committee voted for the adoption of the resolution, which was offered by Representative E. H. Madison, of Kan sas?, an insurgent Republican, as a substitute for the one previously pre sented by Senator Duncan U. Fletch er (Democrat), of Florida. Conse qurnt'y. the question has arisen as to what action, if any, the full commit tee, when it !s present, will take later, fsmntor Fletcher's resolution was as follows: V ; Kcsolved, That from the weight of the evidence submitted to the com mittee we find as follows: "First, that Mr. . Richard A. Ballin eer, as Secretary Of the Interior, has teen unfaithful and inefficient in the discharge of 'his official duties. "Second, that he is unfit for the vf-ry responsible position he holds. "Third, that the vast amount of pub lic propertf'tfnder his control and the Jarge public interests are not safe. in his hands. "Resolved, further, -that the public good demands his prompt removal .from the- said office. "Be it further resolved that a report to the Congress be prepared setting forth the grounds and reasons as shown by the evidence for this find ing and recommendations including other matters referred to this commit tec and that the same be submitted to this committee on Friday next at l tlUt'Il A .III. Mr. Madison's substitute follows: "Resolved, that the findings of th committee be as follows and a report Dasea merlon De prepared , ana re "First, that the charges made by L. R. G la vis agalnBt Secretary Ballinger should be sustained; that in the mat ter of the disr-brition of the Cunnine- ham coal lands, Mr. Baliinger was not a faithful trustee of the interests of the ppotl3 and did not perform his fluty in such a manner as to properly protect such Interests. "Second, thnt the charges made by Mr. Pinchot should be sustained, that Mr. Ballinger's course in the adminis tration of. the Department of the In terbr has been characterized by a Inci- of fidelity to tfte pirtiic interests, that this has been shown in his treat- . ment of the Cunningham coal claims, the restoration )f the water power !''" to en trv without intention to re- iihdraw pnd in hits edminlstration of tho rnf-iamation service, the latter re sulting in unnecessary humiliation to the director and tending towards the disintegration of the service. He has not shown himself to be that charac ter or friend to the policy of conser vation of our natural resources that the nnn should be who occupies the importnnt post of Secretary of the ir. tenor in our government and he should not longer be retained in that onice. n ipresentatives James and Graham, ami oihcr Democratic members-main tnin that a quorum was present des-r-"o the fact that Chairman Nelson, Kcpnhiiean. chairman of the commit tee, had fMated in the meeting that Ttv ro v an no rmoTuxn. Diirine the sea sin no member tar. raised the point of no quorum and Representative Tnrnr contend that the adoption of the rpsojiition har. the effect of ex pressing the views of a majority. When th committee met there were ci;M members present, .constituting a n'-"m. tuit before the voting on the J'.irliFnn resolution 'was reached Sen ator Georg Sutherland, Republican. r'f rinh. and TJcnrpPMitative Samuel W McCall, Renublican. Massachu "ttft. withdrew. Chairman Nelson re nin in od bvt tor.k no part in the voting Tho Republicans assert that the withdrawal of Messrs. Sutherland and Mphii broke the quorum. In ' this v"Mv Representative Madison joins, lie "Final action has not been t'fccn. No rpport has been adopted -"''I mcjority can, of course, if it Si r" lit. reverse today's action." ' Anofhr-r leading Republican Senator Rl!I: "It if well known in parlfamen tjiw law that when a quorum is not r-osent no business can be transacted J"i;t to adjourn." ir.eiflentolly he characterized the -.action today of members of the commit t"? as "the play of party polit'cs of (Continued on T"ge Eight.) WHITE IMES OAhflo FLIGHT First Competitor for $ia,00 Prize, Flies Out to'Boston Light and 'feack Agan Feature Day of Aero Meet. Boston, Sept. 7. Over land and sea. Claude Grahame-White, of England, sailed out to Boston light and returned late today in his Bleriot monoplane, the first competitor for the Globe $10, 000 prize, the blue ribbon event of the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet at At lantic. The course was one of 33 miles, consisting of two trips of sev en miles each straight down the har bor to the light and return, then a num ber of turns on the course to make the total mileage. The Englishman established a mark of 40 minutes 1 $-4 seconds, which, if not bettered before the meet closes next Tuesday night will fcive him the big prize. Next to the flight to the Boston light interest centered during the afternoon on the lofty climbs of Johnstone and Brookins, of the Wright camp, and White, wher went out after altitude marks. Ralph Johnstone was the first to point his skids skyward, his wide skids rapidly several feet into the air. Glenn H.Curtiss did three circuits 5f the on ond three-quarter mile course h six minutes and 29 3-5 sec onds.'' 'White at the same time made hi serial in the air contest and in 1 ' Wng made the first mark in that event. 16 feet, six inches from a given point in his Farman biplane. A little later he brought out his Bleriot monoplane and whipped around . the course in a speed event, doing the trick 1h six min; utes, 15 3-4 seconds, which -was 14 3-5 seconds slower than the time mad by him Monday. Immediately after wards he started in his Bleriot for Boston light. At an elevation of approximately 1,000 feet White headed his machine toward the sea and., the torpedo boats Stringham, MacDonough and Bailey took up the chase, but soon were out distanced. White turned the light in about ten minutes and flew back over the field 1,500 feet high, circled the pylon and was off again on the second had time to catch their breath. The lap before the thousands below hardly second round of the course was done with the same marvelous precision and wonderful speed and at 5:17 P. M.", White again was back on the field While the" crowds; were still cheering him, Walter Bfookins was sweeping skyward in prabefnl spirals for altitude. - - . ' ' The sight spurred White to further endeavors and "remaining on earth on ly long enough to record his formal entry in the altitude contest with his speedy Bleriot, he shot like a falcon after iBrookins. White swung to the south! reaching his highest mark sev. eral miles south of the field, while Brookins was more to the northward The Englishman was the first to start downward and he shot out of the deep gray clouds behind the grandstand in a wonderful glide to the ground. Johnstone had completed his altl- tnde flight just previous to the ascent of Brookins and White, having made at the same time the "best mark in du ration for the meeting, one hour, 47 minutes, 24 2-5 seconds. Glenn H. Curtiss put in a new mark in the accuracy event, making a land ing within 63 feet, and 1 inches of the mark, hettering White's mark by al most 100 feet. POLITICS IN NASH. Joint Canvass With Republicans sal aries Instead of Fees Big Day. rSDecial Star Correspondence.) Nashville, N. C. Sept 7. The Nash Democratic Executive CoiAmittee yes terday decided to have a joint canvass with the nominees of the Republican party and also have a speech by some invited speaker in every townsnip in the county. Perhaps the most far-reaching ac tion of the committee was the decision to have the people vote in November on the proposition of placing an om rers oi the county on a salary basis. There seemed to be a demand for such a vote. Well informed citizens of the county said yesterday that the vast majority of the voters of "the county are in favor of the salary basis of paying officers, and many are glad that an opportunity win be given in November to vote 'on the proposition. Governor Kitchin and Congressman E. W. Pou will address the people of Nash county at ,Nashv.ille Saturday, Sept. 17th. There will be a crass hsTiii and the sneakine will be well advertised. A record breaking crowd will "be expected at the county seat that day. This is the home of R. A. P. Cooley, who Is the Republican-indepen: dent candidate against Mr. Pou. Folks are, hPiHnnins to wonder whether or not he will invite Mr. Pou to divide- time with him. and thus take an op portunity to say why he went into the Democratic' Congressional convention and'moved to make Pou's nomination unanimous.! and then afterwards an nounced, himself, a candidate, u is not known Tvhat hie will want to say to the folks, but it would be worm coming miles to hear nis explanation There's going to be big times at Nash vllle Saturday, , the , 17th. 1 a Norfolk,' Va., Sept. 7. The auxiliary Arethusla, which has been at tne yai u fnr vM-al months undergoing a com- rioto nvArhmiUne. to be fitted for a tank ship to supply ofl for the oil burning vessels of the Atlantic fleet and torpedo boats, will leave the navy yard tomorrow on her maiden voyage as an oft, tank ship. She will go to Galveston, Texas, where she is to take on a cargo of oil and return isortn. Beaiitirul tips for Fafl and Autumn rnn ho honcht at Gaylord"s : for 10 cents. ..'"' " : , TEDDY AND MAYOR UNABLE TO AGREE '; Socialist Executive of Mil waukee Would Not Wel come Roosevelt. GERMANS U OAY WITH Hi Seidel Explains Reasons for Not Tak ing Part in Reception 'Big Stick" Published in Honor of the Day Features. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 7. The Ge mans had their daywith ex-President Roosevelt tcklay Beginning the day with a tiff with Milwaukee socialist mayor, Emil Seidel, who is a German, Col. Roosevelt put in the succeeding hours of his visit here by roaming a'bout the city at will, making his own programme as he went. He inspected the city's trade schools attended two luncheons and a dinner. took an automobile ride te White Fish Bay and addressed two huge audiences tonight. Late in the even ing he went to his car, to start, early in the morning for Freeport, 111 , where he is to speak tomorrow, and for. Chicago, which he is to visit later in the day. The Milwaukee Press Club had the colonel in hand. The clubs got out the first and last edition qjt the "Big Stick," a newspaper devoted exclu sively to Col. Rooseveltsv affairs, in honor of the day. ( In a contribution to "The Big Stick" for this occasion, Mayor Seidel stated that "if Roosevelt comes to Milwaukee holding the same ideas which he expressed in an article pub lished by him March 20th, 1909, it is clear that he cannot serve the cause of, honesty and decency in American political life." "It is possible that I have misun derstood the article," stated Mayor Seidel, "but inasmuch as I am a so cialist and as he has designated so cialism as . a thing which is against morals f and .religion 'abhorrent," , 're-voltitig--which would 'replace the family ana home life by a glorious state of free lunch counter and a state foundling asylum' I am sure that he will be pleased that I am not personally connected with his re ception in the city." Charging the colonel "with a cun ning and deliberate purpose to create a false impression" he declared that the visitor "could lay no claim to the right or preaching either morality or religion or civic righteousness." "In the speaking tour of Mr. Roose velt through the West," said Mr. Sei del, "I fail to see anything of import ance beyond . political plans and de signs. As Biich of course it is of no special service to the present city ad ministration. The problems that now confront our city are of much ' the same nature as those the nation faces." Upon being shown this statement CoU Roosevelt said:" "On this trip I have made no parti san political speeches and of course shall not breakthrough the rule no by discussing either the State party matters or the municipal party mat ters and at present, of course, the dominant municipal party in Milwau kee Is the socialist party. If any one wishes to know my views on what is (Continued on Page Eight.) NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO ENTER GREAT CONTEST Popularity Marathon Will be Inaugurated Next Mon day Morning Push, Pluck and Perseverance Will Tell in This Great Bace for Valuable Premiums-Conditions-Votes 'Allowed, Eics Push, Pluck, Preparation and Perseverance-are going to, tell in-the great popularity contest which the Morning Star will 1 inaugurate next Monday morning at 8 o'clock in its campaign for new 'subscriptions in North and South Carolina. And it might be well for the, contestants to take these words for their motto which are cer tainly the elements of success in any line of human endeavor. ' Interest, in the contest is spreading like wildfire and many of the young people, boys and, girls and youn? wo men, are " already interesting their friends and making ready for the start when ther word "go" is given by the contest manager next Monday. , Prep aration, for .the contest simply means that each and everyone should begin now to gather nomination hlanks and coupons - which will- count' when the time comes. Now is the "time." It should he grasped by the forelock for there Is nothine like the present. To- j morrow; is another day. A good star TAR HEEL; VETERANS PARADE Featured the Reunion at Norfolk Yes terday Fifteen Hundred in Line of March Tribute to TheQT" ' NaDVe State. .. Norfolk, Va, Sept. , 7. "The Old North State Forever,. Hooray L . Hoo ray!" with shouts of "Dixie"' quickly succeeding this-.tribute to their native State, the Confederate Veterans of North Carolina made things interest ing as they passed through the princl-' pal streets of Norfolk in Vfieir', annual ' reunion parade today. ' Slower of . step than the Federal and State troops whieh ! preceded them in the imposing pageant, they mores than off-set with enVmsiasm their lack of 'speed and carried the aay as they marched before thousands who throng ed the sidewalks from one end of the line pf- march to the: other to cheer the remnant of "Tar Heel" fighters-, who were "First at Bethel, foremost at Gettysburg, and last at Appomat tox." ! Fifteen hundred veterans took part in the parade and while at first it was feared that the heat of the day would be too much for them, few were un able to complete the march. In line were a half dozen or more agea men who lost limbs in battle and had to walk with the aid of crude wooa pegs and sticks A feature was the Raleigh drum and fife cdrps, who have maintained their organization . since the surrender at Appomattox. The weather was perfect. With the adoption of resolutions appreciative of the hospitable manner in which' the veterans were received on Virginia soil the reunion came to "a close. A "love feast" is scheduled for tonight at the Cumberland Street Methodist church. PELLAGRA CASES. Two Patients With New Disease in One House. High Point, N. C, Sept. 7. Two cases of the new disease, pellagra, have been found on Richardson street. Nathan Harrell and his wife are the unfoftunate victims. They have been sick several weeks and were waited on by Dr. Grayson, who has decided at last that their illness is pellagrin Another victim of the same disease is said to be in the same house. Mr. Harrell and wife cam here from Pilot Mountain last May, hot very well, and since then they hav 0rown worse. He, with his- wife, 'returned to his old home today, pathetic sights. OFFICERS OF UNITED SYNOD. Dr. J. A. Morehead Elected President. Two Others Named. Richmond, Va., Sept. 7. Dr. J. A. Morehead, president of Roanoke Col lege, Salem, Va., was today elected president of .the United Synod of the Evangelical church, of the South, which opened its nnual convention here this morning. Dr. S. T. Hallman, of Spartanburg, S. C, was elected. sec retary; J, E. Cooper, of Winchester, Va. Trpasnrpr. 4 f A. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 7. Harvard University library has come into pos session of the magnificent Lefferts col lection of the works of Alexander Pope, which consists of upwards of 500 volumes of books and pamphlets. The gift is an important one, as the collec tion is the most extensive brought to gether by any student and includes some volumes not in the .British mu seum library. Washington, Sept 7. Midshipman Payton,. whose chronic sea sickness in terf erred with his naval career, has been transferred to the army and made a second lieutenant in the field artillery. Payton is from Mississippi. is half the battle. No need to wait for preliminaries. All prospective contestants and their friends who wish to nominate a candidate in the contest are invited to call at the Contest "De partment of the paper, just across the street from the Star building, and learn V'How to be a Winner in This Great Contest." Each contestant should have a re ceipt book, in order that he or she may give each subscriber a receipt for the money paid and these receipt books are given free of charge to' any who makig request for same, either by mail or in person. The contest will begin next Monday morning at 8 o'clock, and will last for eight weeks, closing on the night of Monday, iNovember 7th. In that way the contestants will have full eight' weeks in which to secure a laree vote total, and make themselves the winners of the many valuable and de sirable premiums " offered In the con test. . Contestants who take advantage of these few days . before the opening of th contest will have just thafmuch RAILROADS'. PART . Ill CONSERVATION W, W. Finley, of the South v erii, Praises South-in St Paul Address. FEATURES OF THE CONGRESS J. J. Hill, Beveridga and Pinchot , Among the Speakers. Stirring r Incidents'" Marked the; Day. Conservation Keynote, . ' St. Paul,. Minn., Sept. 7 With the dazzling Presidential and ex-Presidential luminaries shedding their pow erful rays elsewhere, the light of the National Conservation Congress be came visible today. The two sessions today, addressed by James J. Hill, Senator Beveridge, Sec retary of Agriculture "Wilson and oth ers were well attended aid enthusias tic. Mr.- Hill let fall showers of epigrams at tne expense of the National govern ment and was applauded. Senator Beveridge waxed eloquent to quite a dierent purpose, but the crowd noisily approved. ; Gifford Pinchot suddenly found him self in the limelight and received an almost hysterical ovation. Tears sprang to his eyes, and were still in his voice when he sa.u. a few words of thanks. Another feat of the day, but of which the spectators knew little, if anything, was fhe closing of the Ed ward C. Hines incident. ,Mr. Hines defied the Illinois dele gation which had protested against; his being chairman of the credentials committee on the ground that public gossip had connected him too closely with the alleged purchase of Senator Lonmer's seat in the Senate; Mr. Hines told his fellow Chicagoans that he had been appointed chairman,' and that since they had chosen to play "penny politics," he would fight them all along the line. ; N. B. Baker, president of the Con gress,; understanding that Mr. Hines did not desire to serve; had appoint ed Prof. G. E. Condra, of the Universi ty of Nebraska. Professor Condra sug gested a compromise, which Mr. Hines accepted, namely, that he (Condra) should report on the number of dele gates present and then ask that the committee be discharged. This was done and the incident declared closed. It was the Senator from Indiana who stirred the crowd to the big ovation for Mr. Pinchot. The applause burst at the mere mention of the former na tional forester's name. Mrs. Eliza beth G. Gran, of New York, who Is at tending the Congress with Mrs. La rollette, wife of the Wisconsin Sena tor, stood up waving handkerchiefs in both hands. She afterwards said that she was so exctied that she scarcely realized that there was anyone in the hall but herself. Her example was all that the crowd needed. Everybody arose and it was a full minute before Senator Beveridge could resume. When he had concluded, cries for Pinchot came from every part of the house. He was finally dragged forward, and in a shaky voice said: "There are but few moments in a man's life like this. It is magnificent to hear the principles of conservation of National resources acclaimed as you have done. . I have fought many years (Continued on Page Six.) of a start over any who might enter the contest later on. . The premiums offered are certainly liberal and suffi cient in number so that every contes tant who starts right, can be a winner, Three thousand votes will be allow ed on every new yearly subscription to the Morning Star. Twelve hundred votes will be allowed on each H months' subscription io the paper. Six hundred votes will be allowed on each new four months' subscription One half of the above number of votes wHl be allowed on arrearges or-a re newal subscription to the paper. No subscriptions smaller than four- months will be counted ror . votes. -in this contest. The Morning Star is $2.00 for four months, $3.00 for 'six months, and $6.00 for one year. , Votes are also allowed on the week ly edition of the Star, the price ' of which is $1.00 for a year. hy mail only. Three hundred votes will' be allowed on the new weekly subscrip tion and one-half of this number of votes for a one year renewal or ar rearee on . weekly subscription. See full page ad for further, particulars CORRUPTCHARGES AT ALBANY SpeculatjorWof Several Legislators ln j . vestigated Sensation'- Sprung v- '-.- Duiiing Inquiry-XDetails i Brought Out. . - -. -.y' . . ' r-, -." New York, Sept. 7. Te specula tions of Louis Bedell, one time chair man of the Committee on Railroads of the State Assembly, in stock , of the New Yortc Transportation Company following the fmsage 0f a bill intro duced by rh?m in 1900 giving to that company an unlimited, franchise to op erate at . will upon any and lall of the streets of New . York City, today en gaged the attention of the legislative committee, appointed . to look into charges of political- corruption at Al bany. ' . ' The committee began its sessions with an inquiry Into the activity of the New York State SVreet Railway Association in its work of facilitating the passage at Alt any of -bills friendly to the interests of the association and of impeding the enactment of meas ures inimical to these interests. Be sides the name of Bedell, those of for mer Senator Louis Goodsell, of Or ange, of former Speaker S. Fred Nix on (deceased) ; of former State Sena tors Malby. Green 'and Raines, (the .latter d.ea?), recurred frequently in the testimony given by G. Tracy Rog ers., of Binghamton, on time president and moving, spirit of the New York State Railway Association and for years stationed at Albany as the chief lobbyist of the traction Interests. The operations ln Wall Street of Eedell and his financial relations with ihe now defunct stock brokerage firm of Ellin gwood and Cunningham, of which Rogers was a partner, were re lated at length by a former bookkeep er of the brokerage firm, George Car penter. Confronted with the ledger account of the firm Carpenter testified that the entries showed that on Janu ary 31, 1900. the total debt of Bedell was $7.775.98.; : An entry In the stock book of the firm showed that on April 9th, 1900., showing Bedell bought 100 shares of ' New York Transportation stock at U 7t8' and 100 shares at 11 5-8. This represented an putlay. of ?2.375. The bill favorable to the transportation company was signed on April 24th. of the same year. When the blotter. of the brokerage firm was submitted , in evidence it showed that under date of Anrll 17th Bedell had been credited, with '13,376 in payment for. his -200 shares of New York Transportation Company stock. The sensation of the day was tnen sprung. M. Linn Bruce, cnier counsel for the committee, handed the witness the check book of Ellingwood & Cun ningham and pointing to an entry un- 4er date of April 17th, had him read a credit entry showing that on that date H. H. Vreeland, president of the Met ropolitan Street Railway Company, had given the firm his check for $3, 000. Of this amount $2,375 had been placed to the credit of Louis Bedell, $300 to that of former Senatr Goodsell and $325 to that - of former Assembly-, man T G. Rogers. i The next entry disclosed that on May 18, 1900, Bdell had purchased another 100 shares of New York Transportation stock at the market mice of 12 7-s. or $1,300. On May 1. 1!01 resell owed Elling wood Cunningham $9,624.65. ana had 3.000 shares of New York Transr portation stock to his credit. On this same day, however, a credit pf $3,500 was pntered In Bedell s iaccounw ana once more Mr. Bruce hunted up cjjeck stubs to ascertain the -origin of this payment. The stubs showed that on that day H. Robinson, solicitor of the Metrot-olitan Ptree? Railway, had giv en Ellingwood &, Cunningham his cneCK ior ,uu arawu u wc xriunwu Trust finmnanv. - The entry in the ttock book was des- ienatted as follows: H. A. Robinson, L. Bedell, special mandn $3,500." A l'ne had been run throueh H A! Robinson. The hear ing wap adjourned at this stage until 11 A. M. tomorrow Bedell( was present during the hear ing. ' OUTLINES, A resolution adopted by five me; bers of the committee that probed the Ballinger-Pinchot affair, condemned the course of Secretary Ballinger and declared that, he should be retained in office no longer. President W. W. Finley, of the Southern Railway, ad dressed the National Conservation Congress yesterday on the "Railroads' Interest in Conservation in the South The socialist mayor of Milwaukee yesterday refused to welcome former President Roosevelt to that city, on account of the latter's expressed ideas regarding socialism. Some two thousand North Carolina veterans par ticipated in the parade, which fea tured the reunion at Norfolk yesterday The committee ; i investigating charges of political corruption at Al hany, N. Y., had an eventful day yes terday? Inquiry is being made into the apecamuouf ui cei taiu iegisiaiurs New Y6rk market: Money on Call easy, 1 7-8 and 2 per cent., ruling rate, and closing bid 1 2-8,pffered at 2; spot cotton closed quiet, 10 points lower, middling upland 14-15, middling gulf 14.40; flour barely steady with a quiet trade; wheat weak, Mo. 2 red 1.04 1-4 elevator, and 1.04, 1-2 f. o. b. afloat, new No. l JNortnern uuiuth, l.zi r. o. b to arrive; corn easy, No. 2, 65 1-4 ele vator domestic basis, No. 2, 64 3-4 f. o. b.; oats easy, new standard white 38, white 38 1-2, rosin seady, , turpentine quiet. . . Entire change' ot program at the Crvatal Palace - ,V, -J '...'-.-. .. . . Four performance 'at ' the Crystal Palace dally 3:30, 4: S0 8: 15, 9:JL5 DECISION FAVORS ; UNITED STATES Newfoundland Fisheries Dis pute Settled by the Hague Court. ENGLAND WON TWO POIilTS Trouble Arose Many Years Ago From British American Treaty Grant ed Five of Seven Questions to Americans. The Hague, Sept. 7. In the gloomy little chamber of the permanent arbi tration court five judges, who, sine the first of June have considered th 1 Newfoundland fisheries dispute be tween the IJnited States and Great Britain, this afternoon pronounced the tribunal's historic verdict. The decision gave neither principal a clear cut award, but in the seven, questions at issue supported the Unit ed States in five and Great Britain in two. , Summarizing the seven questions' submitted to' the tribunal for arbitra tion, points numbers two, three, four, six and seven, were jdecided in favor , of the United States. Great Britain won points numbers one and five. , This court will be a memorable one. because it settled finally the disputes. arising from the British-American. trpatv nf 1R1R which hovo ronuil. continuous diplomatic controversies. ChandlerjhP. Anderson, the agent of. the United States, Samuel J. Elder,. of American counsel and Otid Cart wright, secretary f the American At lantic Fisheries Commission, and otb- er Americans here are satisfied with' the result, giving the United Stated, a victory on five out of the seven , questions submitted to -the court. : On one of the twd questions decided in favor of Great Britain number one, . the United States -has raised certain questions of equity which will -he sub-1 mitted to a special committee for.de- termination. Englishmen are pleased with ; the: award beeause under it the three mil; limit is based 'on-headlands' instead' of for the sinuosities of the coast, and i because sovereignty Is saved .by, con-; firming Great Britain's right to maka its fisheries regulations without the concurrence of the United States. The decision reached by the arbi tration with one exception were unan- ' imous. The exception was on the coast ' question, in which Luis . Drago. the . member from Argentina, filed a dis. sentlng bpinion largely supporting th contentions of the United States. ,? The award provides that existing' disputed fishing regulations shall be . submitted to a commission composed: of one expert from each- country and Dr. Paulus Hoek, the fisheries adviser ' Q of the Netherlands, anfl recommends ; " the organization of a Similar perma nent commission to consider future disputes on the question of requiring snips to make entry or report at cus toms houses or to pay light and har bor dues. The award holds that the ' requirement of entry or report at cus toms houses is . not unreasonable though it should not be made unless Lconvenient opportunities are afforded the officers pf ships to report person ally or .telegraphically to a customs house or to other officials. But, the decision adds, "they should not be subjected to purely commercial for malities of report, . entry or clearance at a customs house nor to light, har bor and other dues not imposed up- : on Newfoundland fishermen." The award holds that by the treaty of 1818 permission is given to Amer icans to enter certain bays and har- -J bors for shelter, for supplies and to -take on board wood and water, based ' upon tne grounds of humanity. .This should not be conditional upon the payment of dues, and reporting to: the customs houses, but ships remain ing 48 hours should report to the of ficials if it is convenient and the op portunity arises. On question fivw regarding what point must be taken when measuring the "three marine miles of anv of the coasts, bays, creeks or harbors," the award recommends definite lines based upon certain enumerated coast points, and in giving his dissentinir opinion, on this point, Dr. Drago holds mat tne scheme should be a part of the award instead of ft recommenda tion. On question seven the court decided that fishing vessels are entitled to the commercial prevlleges accorded to other vessels but cannot exercise them at the same time on the same voy age while acting under the treaty liberties regulating fishing. LOST CLOTHES, TOOK LIFE. Texas Man In Fit of Despondency Over Trivial Affair. Kansas City, Mo., Sept 7. Because some one stole his clothes, a man supposed to be1 C. Williamson, of Wll derando Texas, lost his Job and be cause he lost his jofj he committed; suicide by taking arsenic while seat ed in the Union depot here last night. This note was found In his pocket: , "Some one stole my good . clothes, money and letters. I lost my new Job ' today because I did -not, have any ' good clothes. . I hope . my friends a and my mother will forgive me," ill 4- w ft IX: Hi i1 1 u if f M '.I t.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 8, 1910, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75