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- v'; -V:;--?v', 'IwUi A NEW UTlllitY u rs'i:- Falr today, warmer in west; : Wed- ' :V '. : .. V Vy?I JgvTT" '' - r .-V - v neday fair, warmer; In' eastrncreaa- .'v' :V"v,v. C-'i -fx J : ET ' HSn' W 1 M(ti&&t-i-: kS I ' "v7iV ",;i ' i; I. -ewUoii.d towii-Va,"-: Uvr'v'. Eiiii; of Rdfinii., four Highwaymeq PerpQ- trate Series of Most Day- y ing Crimes. KUBOER ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY Robbers Use Automobiles , and Are Known As the" Automobile .Ban- y dits" Killed Chauffeur and Robbed. Bank Paris, France, March 25 Te au tomoble bandits who In February-, ter rorized many districts of Prance by carrying out an extraordinary series of crimes, have perpetarted during tiie past few days a fresh, series of daring crimes, which reached its climax tnis morning in a murder 'on the public highway between Villeneuve-St. Geor- res and Paris. A gang of tour ban dits, who occupied an automobile,-ordered the chauffeur of a private mc tor car to stop. When the chauffeur refused the highwaymen;, shotj- hfm dead with their revolvers and wound ed the occupants of the car. After throwing the-corpse, -of the cnauffeur into the ditch by the road tide the bandits entered their automo bile and drove toward Pahs. The most recent exploit of the band of road pirates, who have put rural Francs in a state of terror by the swiftness anr relentlessness of its op eration, has created tremendous im pression upon the imagination of , Pa risians. ., . i - . .. Apparently the police afe powerless acainsf the organization.' . The feature of today's series of crimes is the startling rapidity . with which they were committed. The auto mobile was stolen by the bandits as It was passing through the historical forest of Senart, about 25 miles from Paris ,at a quarter, pasfeight odock this morning. From .that place it was traced to Paris .and Chantilly, where it arrived at half past, 10. Its occu pants had stormed the bank. at Chan tilly. 23 miles to the northeast of Pa ris, returned to Ihe "siiburB "ef '. As nieres with the spoils and- made, good their escape by half past 11 o'clock, after which all trace Of them was lost. .. . . ' ; The stolen automobile was seen and recognized by the cyclist police on watch at Asnieres. about .11:30;'A. M. The police sprang up on their bi cycles and gave chase, fcut were soon distanced. Shortly , afterward they, came ur with the automobile which had been abandoned by the fcandits close to the railroad. - This is the last trace of the assassins: . v In the: abandoned vehicle the tolioe found an empty portfolio belonging to the Chantilly bank, which 'removes all doubt thakr the - Villeneuve-St. George's assassins were also those of Chantilly. There were a . number of blood stains on the' motor car and two hats with a number of cartridges for revolvers and Winchester carbines were found. 'v . r 1 ' ' -An employe of the 'bank at Cnantii ly. who escaped in a mysterious man- . ... . 1L. 1 1..' rer, relates tne story oi me. oauuiup attack as follows . "Four assassins entered Jthe N.bank and lined up before' the counter with military precision. : At ?the word of wmmand given by one of them, a vol ley was fired and the cashier cropped dead, while another victim was mor tally wounded and expired in a few minutes. A third man was wounded by two balls in the shoulder. A fourth happened to b& stooping to open drawer when two bullets passed ciose to his head without hitting him, ana he escaned into the vard.'' " . - " 7 Soon after th robberies had been reputed, detectives in automobiles be gan searching the environs i x. The rietprtivoa heHovA they have ! a auch better chance of capturing the assassins now, inasmuch a several Persons have been able to obtain. -ft good look at them and could identify them. With a view of coping with the automobile bandits, Jules 3teeg, Ministpr nt tin.. Tniarinr. . lift' decided Wfc LUU AUVV. w a , to introduce a bill in the Chapter tt deputies tomorrow- providing. lot. . wie creation of an automobile pouce GREENSBORO'S POLICE RECORD Mre Reeailina Thait Drunks- Fig ure for- Fiscal Year . . (Srjpriai star rorreaoondence.) Gretnsboro, N; C., March 25.--urint? the fiscal year ending. March 2'th, Greenahoro had two more retail ors than drunks, according to figures -ust compiled and given out by he Commissioner of Public Safety. " noticeable that .the report' shows 181 warrants for drunkenness and 18 J for retailing whiskey and cocaine. DuiinK the entire twelve month periou 1440 arrpsta wr made bT the po- ce, ths prize offense having been yio- wnons of automobile, milk, neaua, ''2g and tmffl. AiyHnftnces. .There flere 2or. arrcata fnr ti.h offenses: 173 warrants were drawn ' and served for "rceny. Washington March 25. In a well; Jayed game here today -the Catholic InlvoiHity baseball team, defeated swarthmore College, 3 ,to 2. ),. cellamy for State Senator. - , Bellamy for State Senator V.'r P.GXEI1S' CASE GOES TO JURY . - r r. m .... w uuvernment nning Arraignment of Their I ct "Reasonahl n.,kt In JudcjV Charfle. vwWh ' , , , Chicago, Marih' 25.ThA nt the 10 Chicago packers, who. the gov erhment charges, have ", violate tha criminal secUon of the Sherman antl- irust law. went to the Jury late today. The closing argument delivered by Special Counsel Pierce Butler for the government -was " a scathing arraign ment of the acts of the packers. He repeatedly asserted that the govern ment had -established its case beyond question. - v . . - - . . Instructions ; from TTnitri aa.DO District Judge Carpenter laid great stress on the doctrine of reasonable doubt to be exercised by -the jury in unummS iar guilt or innocence of the defendants. The court said in part: . - . . Mhe guilt of the defendants, if'tnev are guilty can be established only by evidence admitted at the trial, nnd then only if suth evidence satisfies you beyond all reasonable doubt. UiVery defendant in this case is, by law; presumed to be innocent of each and every charge in the indictment. The burden of the Issue at everv Rteft ot the proceeding is upon the;-govern- constitute theoffense must befproved oeyona ail reasonable. doubt.,,k - On the point of circumstantial evi- dencethe court said: "All the facts and circumstances must be consistent and not only, point to the guilt of the accused, but' must be rationally inconsistent withriilno ceace, - before cpaiviction can be had. You- are the sole judges of the credi bility of the witnesses." - The court held that the Question of njury done the public " was not an ele ment to be considered by the jury. The ' court declared that to make an officer or agent of a corporation crimi nally ' liable - Cor' a corporate act done by another agent, it must appear first, that the officer or agent to be charg ed had. knowledge of the act of the other and second, that lie. personally participated therein. . 't ' In conclusion Judge Carpenter said : "1 charee vou Darticularry that the defendants are not to -be 'convicted merely upon suspicion; they ' are not to be convicted : merely because you think such a conviction might be pop- ulai; TAnd here let mi' say- that the matter of the high cost of living, about which , we have.-heard : and; read so much during the last year or more, has nothing to do '-with this case CAROLINA DEFEATS BAPTISTS. Score Six 'to One In Favor of Unlversl- k '. ty -The Crowds. . : " (Special Star Telegram.) . ? Fayettevllle. N. C, "March 25. Caro lina defeated Wake . Forest College 6 to 1 here this afternoon in a game that was Interesting despite the one- sidedness which the score assumed. kee held the Baptists almost hitless, while four singles and a iiKe numDer of doubles bunched in three innings gave Carolina four-runs. The other two were secured in the sixth on a couple ' of Passes to Whittaker' and Lee two errors, maae oy uunngs on onef play.' and a single "by Irby; Lee came within an ace of repeating the feat he performed here last year; or beating Wake Forest' without a hit, holding them hitless until the seventh inning, when Beam placed a neat-sin: gle back of first. Swink, with two doubles and a single and Edwards with a intrle and twoaacker, both of which onuntAd in Uie run-maKing, iea uie hittine. Irbv also mt ana neiaeu weu Utley, of Wake Forest, piayea a ciear first, and Bailey of Carolina, covered a lot of around around second. Irby started the ball for uaronna in me first round, with single through hort, -whith Swinlf followed , with his" first Hrvnhlo Wltn two KOne in me unu, ... ii.. aui. Hanes doubled to centre and Edwards a drive In riffht that" should mm hPAn erood for three bags. Irby followed with a single which proved t-htt end of Tlnderwood. With Smith on the mound, Swink also singled, but Page forced him. WhittaKer ana walked in the sixth. Hanes - hit to Billings, who fumbled and then threw btiih to third allowine Hanes to reach FT 41U W -J . m , an a Whittafcer to -score, jmi- DUVWUU -mum ' - , , wonti' hit scored Lee. In the seventh Swink placed Jiis second long double to left, wbich followed by Page's sac rifice and Young's single added one more to Carolina's .taiiy. - ; Wake Forest ...ooo uui uuv x x Anr,a 100 022 10X 6 10 nattartAd? TTflflerwooa. onuiuv, nuu ----- . - . ri1 Turner; Lee ana: bwiuk; ubiiiu-bw rry,a nhaArver this afternoon says: It- is .astonishing to see the crowds who vcame in on tne trains xm wir ing to Witness the aseball game ana fv in huster . Brown" at LaFayette rrvoiro We verily believe J that if tu- mMAa had heen faassable for auto mrtbiles: a record Dreanmg cwwu liUO - . . . . 1 would have visitea u-ayeweviin? day."; -'.i.',;;:--.- . ; to- HIGHLANDERS WON. Si New York Defeated Atlanta Southern . Leaguers to o. - .- ifianta Ha. March 25. -Harry Wot nitohers proved puzzle for the Atlanta Southern League men to day and the New icorx Anuencau easily 7 to 3. Martin,.: Upham and ffnit. hurled 'for' the, majors against Gentle, and Hogue for the locals-. . 'TJwpe' Manv A Slip -; vf "complex: situations cleverly, played at The Grand Theatre toaay,,- , ; ' . .. - - , - . - . 4 . f ; Bellamy for State Senator. : Bellamy for State Senator.' -WILMINGTON, N. SENATE TAKES UP STEPHENSON CASE The Senator From Wisconsin : ' i .-. . .. . . , .v . . ...... is Formally; Placed on 1 b ;:.' Trial. . ' - VOTE EXPECTED JO BE CLOSE jSenator Reed, : of ' M issourl, Took Up t 'Entire Day "With V Speech n ; .Opposition to, StephehVon''-' .' Retention. t-'- I -Washington. - ."March 2S; Isaac' Ste phenson,. the octogenarian millionaire lumberman and banker of Wisconsin, rVas today formally, placed on trial on charges Involving, the validity of his seatJn the Unite4 States Senate. The entire session .was taken up by Sena tor Reed, of 4 Missouri, with a speech n opposition to Senator Stephenson's retention of . his seat. . ' - :. Though' final action must be taken on the, "legislative day of March 25th" that parliamentary expression permits indefinite 'discussion ""by substituting recesses for adjournments and it Is expected the. final vote'.will be reach ed about Wednesday." Friends ..of the Wisconsin-senator say they expect a safe -majority for him, but admit the loss sot .one ot two of his former ad'- herents. His opponents contend that the vote will be close, - some ' even claiming that the result would be against Mr. Stephenson, if his col league- Senator LaFollette. who has been away ,for weeks; should return and vote in the negative. - - ' ! - - All- through the debate Senator Ste phenson, the first to enter the Senate chamber, sat quietly back In the rear, tier of seats occasionally apDlyinfr . a handkerchief to his moistened eyes as the .charges of political corruption were .fired across from the Democratic side. ' Close by him sat Senator Lori mer, ?t lllinoisr giving 3close attention. Mr. Lorlmers election la slmilauy un "There ' was a large" attendance' of Senators and the galleries were crowd ed. . . ' Senator Reed declared that if the Senate acquitted Mr. Stephenson "we ought to be brave enough to hang on tne( aoor of the Senate the legend 'Those who have the money can en ter here." Mr. Reed said that Mr Stephenson was not the' political hov ice that he ; had been represented to be.. .Mr. Reed denounced the use of money in the Wisconsin primaries as the open door to , wholesale fraud. an appeal , to cupidity and not to rea son. - - -. V The main i effort today was ' to con trovert the theory that Mr. Stephenson was innocent of wrong doing because he had not violated any Wisconsin statutes, and Mr. Reed stamped as ab surd the claim that the Senate could not . go back of the Legislature's ac tion. He contended that the violation of a specific law was not necessary to invalidate any election. ; He was not willing to accept any euch contention, that "unless a man has qualified him self for the penitentiary he has not disqualified himself for - the - Senate, for that "brought the Senate and the prison too1 close together for comfort or respectability." "This was not an election," he add ed, "it was a revelry of crime and corruption a campaign in which the barrel- was the controlling figure, a contest of dollars, a contest of - the long green." ' ': .. ' '.;.,,- ",. ; ' ri v-.; r NEGRO REPRESENTATION. Raleiah Men Issued Call, for Conven- ;' ". t' .!'.---.' tion.-;. ' : ' . ' Raleigh, N. C; March 25. Another effort, on. the part of negroes of North Carolina to secure - some represents tion - in the selection : of delegates to the National Republican Convention was manifested today when a call was issued ' by ' C C. Taylor and vC. N Hunter signing themselves chairman and secretary, respectively, of the Re publican 'State Executive Committee (as contra-distinguished from the Lily White" .committee of which exJon- gresBxoait Morehead is chairman. i The call is for a meeting of colored Republicans to assemble! in State con-r f vention here next ween, April ist ana among other things to take' action in selecting delegates to unlcagc estate at large, " and for .the various ' 10 dis tricts.' . -'-. -v ':-:. - .'.:.. ;.' .'' It is the understanding that the con testing delegation will be anti-Taft NEW "YORK CLUB HELD UP. Masked Men Bind, Gag and Blindfold Waiter; Get $4,500. r - f New York, March 25.-Four masked men,' heavily armed,- forced -their.-way into the Saratoga Club, on West 2J,th street; early-this morning, pointed re volvers at Alfred Luftgarten, a waiter acting as a watchman,, bovnd, gagged and blindfolded him broke open a safe and ' escaped1 with 4,200 in . jewelry and $300 In cash. - ' . . - v- .The. waiter managed to free himself of his gag af ter half hour's work and called for help. v - ' ; -' The ' loot obtained - belonged to the proprietors of.-the club. -David Bern stein and Alfred and Louis Sovenir. Among last evening's arrivals at The Orton w"as Mr. J. P. ; Caldwell, of Hallsboro, N. C. :v';;- ; Bellamy for State" Senator. C, TU ESDAYrKOBNING, MAKCH 26. 191 2. RAILROADS REFUSE DEMANDS Managers and Their Locomotive Engl : ,V nee ra Dead-locked on . Wage Jn- '. crease, Questions-Go Before ,: r ; Brotherhood ' s New Yprfc, March 25. -The confer ence committee; of managers- of 50 railroads east of Chicago and, north of , the Norfolk Western. Railroad and .their .locomotive engineers arriv ed at a.dead-lQck tonight over the question of an-increase? It and stan dardization ' of wages.""- The- managers today refused to acowe ; to the de mands of the men and the engineers tonight declined" to accept this deci sion and re-affirmed their demands. As -matters' now stand lt . appeared that the question wiii have tp be .plac ed before' the rank! and- file of the Brotherhood of LK;omotIveJhgineers employed by. the, railroads for a refe rendum .vote to what "the' policy, of the engineers shall be. 'W. S. Stone, grand chief engineer of the Brother hood, in a letter writtentonlght to 'J. C; "Stuart, of the Erie JtlaRroad and chairman -of .the mpnagers ; commit tee, said the engineers could not ac cept the decision, of the .mangers, and that if they had. nothing lurther to of fer, the matter : would ... ii slven Into the hands of the. engineers for decision.'-- - '' ' Mr. Stuart . replied . that - the . man agers could add nothing to their state ment and. that he hoped the members of the Brotherhood would- give it full cpnsideratlon when suhmitted to them. The engineers had requested a min imum wage of $4.40 per day -for pas senger service, $5.2iS v$Tr day for freight service and jsubstantial . in- i;r.sases for. overtime. They "also; ask ed Increases for switch, belt line and special engines .and specified that all electrical trains should be manned by engineers ai . steam railroad pay.' The mangers replied that to acquiesce in the demands would mean an increase in wages -of about IS - per -cent- and that .they were unable .financially' to add this burden to their already heavy expenses, z " ,v . . v. . After they had read 'the reply of tne managers; the representatives of the engineers continued and, it.- is said, agreed unanimously in thai it was " not' acceptable.., V A letter, ; the substance of which irfet forth aboTe, Mr, stone ana aispatcnea to Mrrjr- art .V- . " " "' After the exchange of letters it was stated, by a committee of three mem bers of the .engineers that there was no strike talk today at their confer ences.'. .Not until the result : of the joint conf ereioe between" . the engi neers and the- managers has been sub mitted to? tha rank and file of the 25,- 000 members of the engineers organ! zation, would the question of a- walk out he consiaerea, tney saia. St. Petersburg, March 25. A dis patch from Kulja, Chinese Turkestan, reports a "battle between government troops from Ummptsi and revolution ary forces near Shik-ho. The Revoiu tlonists were victorious and ar.& now advaniclng on - Shik-ho.. . The govern ment troons. ' according , to the . dis patch; lost 1.500 killed. 80 prisoners and three guns. The Rebels lost 200 killed:, '-. ';, OUT LI NES Senator Isaac Stephenson, of Wis consin, was yesterday formally placed on trial in the Senate on charges in volving the validity of his -election. - Joseph A. Arnold, head of the Di vision of Publications, yesterday as sumed all responsibility for suppress ing the now : famous Florid'ai . Ever glades report. 1 . ? A : gang of organized ; "automobile bandits" are terrorizing France with their exploits; yesterday they murder ed a "chauffeur -on a public highway aBd looted a bank. . : Judge Chretien at 11:30 last night finished his charge to the jury in the case Of Annie Crawford, charged with poisoning her sister, and the jury , re tired to deliberate. -. v ; . i -'i : ' - v After ' a severe arraignment of ; the acts-of the-Chicago packerS'iby govern; ment counsel '-. yesterday,;, the judge charged . the jury and the ,case -was turned over to them. ' , New. York Republicans hold . their primaries today which will give-the first real indication of popular., senti ment towards ' the Presidential candi dates. Both Taft and Roosevelt, lead ers say they will win. ' . ' ' The railroad managers and their lo comotive engineers a meeting in New York yesterday remained dead locked on the wage question, the en gineers demanding an increase . and the railroads -saying theywere unaible to comply with their' demands. - ; The detectives and possess continued to . play hide and seek with the Allen outlaws yesterday, and although they failed to oapture any of the aHeassins, who are surrounded in the mountains, they are confident that ' their efforts will meet with success. within the next day or so. -'..-'"V ':l::: ;: New York markets; Money on call steady,. 2 3-8 to 21-2; ruling rates2 1-2; closing bid ? 2 3-8; , offered v at 2 1-2. Flour steady. . Spot cotton closed uiet, 5 points lower. Wheat, spot li regular; No. 2 red 1.05 3-4 elevator, export basis . and 1.08 f.o.b. afloat Corn, spot firm;. No, 2, 80 1-2 elevator, domestic basis to arrive a,nd export 75 "1-2 1 .o b. afloaL Rosin firm. Tur pentine steady. : '- '.. Bellamy for. State Senator. Bellamy for State Senator. Bellamy for'State Senator. POSSES CLOSE ON COURT ASSASSINS Detectives Play Hide and Seek With the Allen Outlaws. SAY ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE Guards Are Placed at All Feasible Ex j' its from the Mountains New j Indictments Will Be Return . ed .Today ' " Hlllsville, Va.; Men 25. -"They can keep us guessing several days but no longer; 'they can't get food enough to live on." '. 4 This was the statement tonight of the leaders of the posses which , are hunting the Allen outlaws for the Court House murders of March' 14th. ; After another day's hide and seek up and down the southside of the Blue Ridge, in which the posses 'often were near, the Aliens and even found the Initials from Sidna's saddle, part of the horse saddla' and the remains of a meal hastily eaten hy the outlaws on the retreat, the detectives declar ed their , final assault upon the gapg might he delayed several dys. . t Able to proceed only at the gray of dawn or the cloudy mist at night fall, the posses today cautiously pick ed their way to the edges of several ledges where they supposed the Aliens might be. . . " ; "The posses cannot move at night," said one of the leaders. "To move about in the thick blackness of the mountains might mean a fall over a precipice. , "To use lanterns would awaken tha countryside and set up a barking of dogs' that would betray us. All .we qan do' is dash for the hiding places early in the day, make sure that the Aliens spent the night there and then follow thair trail. v.-.:'-, V ; "We have guards"at all the feasible exltfrlheniounlali Al-J lens cannot get away ".r "" A, posse of 14 spent last night in Floyd Allen's barn. R. H. Willis, one of the' attorneys for the Aliens, de clared today that the families of .Floyd and Victor were destitute and, that neighbors feared to aid them. , ; When the . reconstructed . Carroll county court convenes "tomorrow some indictments .. for complicity in the Court House,, assassinations are ex pected. ". Present " indictments for": murder against members of the Allen gang will be dismissed tomorrow on a teen nicality. ; Judge . Massie, assassinated , on the bench at the term of court which Te turned them, was prevented from, is suing the order for empaneling the jury. Judge Staples, who arrived to day, will empanel, a jury which will return substitute . indictments . more complete than those drawn in the ex citement, two days after the tragedy Sheriff George M. Edwards return ed here today and declared that week's seige , in ,the mountains with the inclement weather had almost completely exhausted the posse. Sher iff. Edwards said that on Saturday and Sunday night not ona ot the posse was able to obtain food or shelter. ,, The sheriff busied himself today with summoning a, new grand jury for the convening of court tomorrow, in preparation for the session Attorney General "Samuel Williams representing Governor .Mann and Acting Judge Walter R. Staples, reached , here to day. - , ';-:c;.T;:;":---.v.:-- ...r. . The defense authorized the state ment that no change of .yenue .would be asked for Victor Allen and "Byfd 3Vxa rion in jail in Roanoke and that no decision had been readied as to Floyd Allen's case. The arraignment of the prisoners ; will . be held - April 15th. ; Claude Allen Eludes Pursuers. Galax, Va., "March 25 Claude Swah son Allen," the 22-yearold son' of Floyd Allen, and one of those indicted for the ' Hillsville Court House murders, has - cleanly . eluded - all pursuers, but his uncle, , Sidna Allen, and cousins, Wesley Edwards and Friel Allen, are so closely pressed on the south side of the Blue Ridge that'they. probably Will be captured within three days. ; This, information, came - yesterday from leaders of the hunt for the gang who on March 14th swooped down on the Carroll County, Court, killed Judge Massie. Prosecutor . '. Foster, - Sheriff Webb, Juror Fowler and Miss Nancy Ayres and wouindedtwo bystanders; . Claude Allen, who once attended a State school at Raleigh,. N. C, and knows more of the outside world than the average mountaineer, it was learn ed today, took a pocketful of gold from the family cash drawer on the night of the tragedy, put on - his best clothing ana vanished on horseback beyond the North Carolina; line.- Hope of finding Mm in the mountain region has now been abandoned. -v. - . r : ' Not so. however, with the three oth er outlaws, who are dodging about In the crevices of the Blue Ridge-- be tween here and Mount: Airy, N. C. They have been seen at a distance. with detectives about half an hour be hind them. - v. ' . Can't Escape ' Says Sldna V Edwards, "I hone they will all give , them selves up. They had hetter do It, for thev have no chance at all." was the frank" comment . of Sidna '-Edwards likewise indicted for murder,- who was taken Sunday for safekeeping. to the Roanoke jail, where he Joined his un- HELO UP EVERGLADES REPORT Joseph A. Arnold, Head of the Divi sion of Publications, Assumes Full Responsibility for Its ' V ,: Suppression. . ; ; Washington, ! March . 25. Joseph A1'. Arnold, editor in' clief of the' Division of Publications," of the Department of Agriculture, today assumed responsi bility for the suppression of the much talked of report on the' feasibility of reclaiming the Florida Everglades. Mr. Arnold told the Moss "committee he. had recommended that the' report be' suppressea and had voiced that opinion to Secretary Wilson in 1910. "Why did you - oppose the publica tion of this report," asked Chairman Moss. ; ,.' " 'Because of the obvious irreconcila ble difference between the engineers of the department and the conflict of op'nion outside the department," an-. swered Mr. Arnold. "It was apparent to me that no report could be issued with the unanimous approval of the department. I thought that it . was time to exercise caution and Prudence. I recommendedtherefore, that no re port he issued at all. v A bulletin from the department should be the last word from the de partment and I did not think it fair to the people of. the country to give them any bulletin which was not en dorsed by the department The Secre tary agreed -with me. ' Mr. Arnold admitted that he had talked about - the Everglades to men who had interests In them. He-said that many persons called at the de partment to talk about the Everglades. . "Do you know of any one approach ng either yourself or the Secretary of Agriculture or any other official of the department 'improperly In v this mat ter?", asked Representative Sloan, a member of the committee." , . ' ' Absolutely no one, sir," replied Mr. Arnold.-' . v- -.?-"' . The witness described an Interview he had with Representative Frank Clark, of Florida, whose charges as to the department's conduct In the Ever glades survey brought on the present investigation. .He said Mr. Clark call ed' with, a couple of friends. . He said that . "Mr. Clark declared that' if the Everglades report was very favorable, it would hurt some! of his constitu ents who -owned Florida land tmtside of- jthet Everglades that wasn't as good as the Everglades. y , ". -'- v " Mr. r Arnold said-tha-pWeaUc' o the ciroular letter cm' the-,Everglade, which, was. said to have hurt the sale of the .lands. -"was very . Irregular and unusual.'.'. This, letter was mailed out to inquiries In the' department until Senator Fletcher, of Florida, induced Secretary Wilson to suppress It , Mr. . Arnold was . the only witness during the afternoon. and, will resume the stand tomorrow morning. C. G. Elliott formerly chief drainage engineer of the . Department of Agri culture, . categorically. - denied before the committee today that he had any thing to do directly or indirectly with the suppression or delay of the de partment's report on the drainage of the Florida Everglades. .. , ; , The witness recounted-his relations with Solicitor George McCabeof the Agricultural, Department, after ' the. House! had directed inquiry -into the conductor officials with" reference to the Everglades project - He said Mr. McCabe had instructed him to produce all papers bearing on the Everglades. Later McCabe, ' Elliott said, declined to give him a copy of the Everglades report. ' , v - - n -v "I knew then and I believe I said at . the time that I thought McCabe would try to put-all the blame for this on me said tne witness. . r--. - FASTEST IN THE WORLD. New Dreadnought Florida Makes Won derful Record. , Rockland. Me., March 25. The fast est -."Dreadnought" in the American navy and probably in the world, is the title claimed for. the government-built battleship Florida, which made 22.54 knots on her ' standardization trial over the Rockland course today. The British dreadnought Vanguard, with a record of 22.50 has , been conslderel previously the fleetest battleship of the' world, and the Florida's . sister ship, Utah, butlt at a . private yard, made ai record of 21.637 ten her fastest trial run. Today's tests were held in a rousrh sea and a hrisk wind, with the big fighter using only- coal as her oil tanks have not yet oeen instaiiea. ,. .Capt Harry S. Knapp was in Com mand of the Florida. " The f our. hours'. endurance test of the battleship will be held tomorrow, during which, the ship must average 20.75 knots an hour or better. She will probably .finish off Provincetown, Mass. From there she will, commence her 24 hour, rwr . witha finish off Hampton Roads. . ' ' ' ' Lcle, Floyd Allen; his. cousin, Victor Allen, and his chum, -Byrd Maridn, All indicted for . complicity in the Court House shooting. - . . . Edwards swung his tall, robust fig ure into the train at Galax ' about noon. He . was brought here from Hillsville under a heavy . guard. . With. him was Sergeant White, of the State militia. He arrived in Roanoke yester day seemingly as carefree as, a schoolboy on a lark. .People from 50 miles around the countrywide gathered at ' the , railroad -.. stations . to catch a glimpse of the prisoner. They had no dimcultyi for Edwards projected his broad shoulders through the train window and waved his hand to each group, not a few of whom were friends or relatives, for Carroll county's popu lation is composed-largely of Aliens or their kinsfolk,' ij' ' Bellamy '-4 for'State Senator. Bellamy for State Senator. 1 1 rn i if n rti -i mi f-; - r - NtV YUHIV HULUb ,t , . i ' t ..i ', r IES TOOAY Will Show- Relative Strength of President Taft and F Roosevelt BOTH SIDES EXPECT VICTORY' "taft Leaders Assert They, Will Make , a Clean Sweep and the Colonel's, Managers ' Make Some." . ; ' , Counter' Claims. ; - ' -.'' -' i New York, March 25. Primary elec: tions tomorrow throughout New York State will give the first tangible in dication of popular sentiment regard- ing the ,- candidates to, come - before ! th Republican National Convention. ' The Republicans will select 86 of their 90 delegate's to the Chicago con ven-, PB tion and for.34 of these there will be;, ; ' contests between candidates deaignat--ed.by the -regular' Republican district'' organization and others named by pe-, V' - tmon in behalf of Col, Roosevelt 1 tThe remaining tour-l delegates at r.". ' large will be chosen 'by the Republl- ' . - can State Contention to, which dele-, . ' gates' will be selected ' also at tomor-... . . row's primaries. Interest in the rm-- ' ocratic primaries is confined to local - contests, for the Democrats ' have ' availed themselves of the privilege which the primary . law gives to choose ' all their delegates to the - National convention at the State convention." ' , ' , The. primaries are not , for direct ' . Presidential preference In . the . sense '. ' expressed by the recent contest in " - N North Dakota.-, Only regularly enroll- ' ed Republicans can vote for Repuhli-' ' can candidates, and the law permits '";' no instruction of delegates.', The sup-f ' porters of President rTaft. however, , maintain that 1 the "regular" . or "or-1 , ; : ; ganiatiion" delegates ; designated . in J ' -., .-, . -: all of the 43 Congressional districts, with a few possible exceptions' iavor v -MrvaXt'sJre-nojnijQ&Uon..oL Rc-ose? :; '., . : -felt has : deifTare" pilbTlcly 'thaf - this V ' primary is no fair test of popular1 sen- v ... timent, ' and ' the -committee organized , . i to support him 'in New York county , has called attention to the handicaps '; that mtrst be overcome by the Roose-'. velt ticket" Chief among these is the ' ; " fact that the names of candidates, for . -. delegates must be printed neat the ' , bottom of the-ballot which may ne cessitate unfolding strips of paper in t , some districts, 12 and 14 feet long, ' t;. Bo'th the Taft and Roosevelt forces ; . claim a 'victory In tomorrow's contest: ,; in the local primaries.' The Taft lead- 'I ers asserted confidently that - they1; .'''-',' would make it a clean sweep. Charles' Duell,' president of the New York City A Roosevelt committee, said that with a . " -fair vote and a fair count .his side would win. ' ;" ' 'r ; Col. Roosevelt today conferred with ' his campaign manager Senator Dixon, who came from Washington for the . purpose. Neither Col. Roosevelt nor Senator, Dixon would say. what . was . ' discussed.- Senator Dixon gave out 8 ... a statement in which he said, despite . : ' ' the .claims of, the Taft leaders, the ' . Roosevelt forces had Won eight of Inr -J dlana's 13'distrits and would control . . the State convention tomorrow. . , . - -I '. . ; The Senator said . that tt delegates '.. r.t elected in ' States which are normally . ' Republican, Col.- Roosevelt had won -, ! 58 and President Taft 12. Including . ' , the Southern States, In which he said'. , -i the President, had "some grave yard v ' delegates," he declared that President . 5 i Taft had not more than .65 "dependa- . ble" delegates.. ,' ''.: " " r ... ''.',- '.''', - " ; Teddy on Eve of Primary . , , V "New York, March 25. In one of ... - ' i the six-meetings. which Colonel Roose--V: ' '- velt addressed in the Eastside tonight ! ' , , on the eve of the primary elections. " V tomorrow, he faced a situation which.. V - had the better of. him and other lead-' . ers' at the meeting for fully, 15 min , utes. It was all due 16 a woman. .-."'' After Colonel Roosevelt had launch- .." ed into an. attaick upon -the .new prP ". mary law, exhibiting the 14-foot ballot whichi will be used in one election dls-, - trlit as an .example of its encumber- , ances and begun on , the "right of the : , leople to. rule," one o the few women iu the audience, disturbed things oy , . crying in a loud voicj, ."How ' About . ; " tbo. women ".. . , . . .. . ,-V, ' Many Identified the interrupter m . Maud Malone, a militant ' suffiragette, -:, who' has upset similar political, meet- " Ings in the same. way.. There was at : . cr.ee .wild confusion of hisses.- and cries to "Put hereout"- r : :-)U..y;; Mr. Roosevelt was self -possesed. and fter the clamor had quieted some what replied affably; --"Madam, .. I bave asked that you womon yourselves , be allowed to vote to 'determine wheth er you shall. vote." This was greeted -. with 'general cheering, but Miss Ma lone ikept her -feet' and '.was abput. to make- further Interruption when the Colonel said; 'Apparently ' you don't';, feel contented with this.-. . Ia that; case " I have a great deal fbetter, opinion of your sex than you have." .. . ; s . - Men. in the crowd "began.throwlng ' paper pamphlets and other missies at ' ;. Miss Malone. 'The Colonel': pleaded 1 for Courtesy, but the '. pandemonluni ', ;. continued. ' notwithstanding ' the ". col- , onel's shouts, from. the platform and V the effort of the'johairman to rap the crowd . to order. ' The, riotous, demon- : fitratlon continued, for aquarter of an hour, during which Colonel Roosevelt-', was absolutely helpless. The ' hand i , tried to charm therloters toalm-but , '(Continued on Page Eight) . .s . .'. X.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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