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V I THE WEATHER. nT ' V- J TTITIT Wm mTTm srrr a -rr the modern idea; X i '.JuSjLj 5M3ffij3 3S 5? iSSSi!lJ L , ? 'T mone stirring you-vj VPLJfC- 5 WELMTSGTOK, K. C, TPESDAY MOBNma, MAY 21, 1912. WHOLE yriMEBT?. 13 fl.lfi lllinu 1- i RICHESOKT DIES FOR 4 SWEETHEART'S MURDER Former Clergyman and Confessed Poisoner of Avis LinnelK Electrocuted Shortly Past Midnight Met Death With Smile on His Face At Peace With Everybody. Boston, Mass., May 20. Clarence V. T. Richeson was electrocuted at 12:17 this morning. The current was turned on at 12.10:"- and the prisoner was declar ed totally dead at 12:17. The former Baptist clergyman con fessed poisoner of his sweetheart, Avis Linnell, was outwardly calm when he entered the death chamber and he maintained his composure while the straps and electrodes were being adjusted as he sat in the electric chair. Richeson walked to the chair erect, i eyes straight ahead until he sat down. Then he closed bis eyes and kept them shut until the end. Sitting in the chair he was asked a series of questions by his spiritual adviser. During his answers he said: "God will take care of my soul, and I pray for all. I forgive everybody." The last of the questions: "Are you willing to die for Jesus sake?" the reply, in an even, well-modulated tone, was simply, "I am willing to die." The current applied was of 1,900 volts, eight amperes. One applica tion was sufficient. When the officials and witnesses of the execution entered the death cham ber after walking through the prison yard in a pelting rain they heard sounding through the walls the strains of a song. It was Richeson and his spiritual advisers, Mr.. Johnson and Chaplain Stebbins, singing. Distinct ly audible as they closed were the words: "For I know, what e'er be fall me, Jesus doeth all things welL" Richeson left his cell smiling at 12: os. Before starting on the death march he shook hands with William A. Morse, his counsel, who at the last moment had been admitted as a wit ness of the execution and with the two chaplains, the Rev. M. J. Murphy, the Catholic prison chaplain, being al so present .7"T',."; ' S' - . "T Then he said: "fm ready," and walked on. He was dressed plainly in a black cheviot suit, a frock coat, white vest, white shirt, turned down collar and a black bow tie, with gold studs on his. shirt front and with low black shoes, brightly shined. His hair was shaved down the middle. The party then entered the chamber. Richeson, accompanied by the cler gymen followed soon after, the un frocked minister appearing as calm as either of his companions. Among many letters addressed to Richeson which were opened by War den Bridges today was one which was found to contain cyanide of potasium. It was mailed from Station N, New York city, on May 19th, at 3 P. M. It contained no clue to the sender, the powder being enclosed in a small sub envelope marked "headache powders." An analysis developed that it was poison of the same nature as that which killed Avis Linnell. Attorney Morse said that he advis ed Warden Bridges to make public the fart of the receipt of this powder. Richeson was entirely innocent of any knowledge of its having been sent, the attorney declared. He added that he had every reason to believe the con demned man had no expectation of any such means of death. Didn't Want Any Delay ' FV.ston, Mass.,- May 20. When Clarence V. T. Richeson, the slayer of Avis Linnell, reflected that he prob ably had less than 12 hours to live, he expressed a desire this afternoon to see his brother, Douglas Richeson, of Chicago, who is in the city. The form er clergyman told his spiritual adviser, th Rev. Dr. H. S. Johnson, that he ecu!. meet his brother without fear of collapsing. He had reconciled him Sf !:' to his fate, he added, and felt that he was at peace with God. and the --frlri. Douglas Richeson decided this a: r- oon that he would not'go to his !-rotier. The condemned man slept soundly tor f-uir hours this morning, after be in -i awake nearly all night. He was faim and even cheerful at times dur-''''-r the night, occasionally singing a h; ;;.!'. or repeating his favorite Scrip t'Jral passanges. f'i' heson spent much of his time to in prayer and in reading his , T list of those appointed to attend ;hf 'cution of Richeson, given out 1 warden this evening, includes h-i'i. s rhe three physicians who are y: "' witnesses, the-Rev. Herbert S'. ' -: ' ti. the prisoner's spiritual ad r: Kdmund C. Kelly, deputy sher !:i '' Suffolk county, and one repre r '-':ve for each of the three press :S "Mons. The three medical wit 11 --s are Dr. George W. McGrath, h 'os. I. McLaughlin, the prison p-ivsici&n, and Dr. J. P. Butler, rep-''-ntinf; the surgeon general of the ';r-. Hev. Herbert W. Stebbins, the u'.'":'' ' haplain, the warden, General t';n--s and assistants make up the !1's' 'hose granted admission to the '' '"'!. 't imber. Richeson had no sup- r :nsr that he desired none. Af i,;ng a little fruit; he -lighted a tTl be was sitting on theedge 1 s cot, apparently enjoying "hi ! -)kr when Deputy WaJden Allen 'en (' his cell with' the black suit of ';' " ''s to be worn during the execu- -..vuvouu uuuucu VXillUlJ v- v w Hut said nnthlfic- day the prisoner lay on his cot, but this afternoon and this evening he sat ip most of the time. Attorney Morse, who visited Richeson this afternoon, found his client calm and anxious to have the sentence of the law carried out tonight. Mr. Morse, in an inter view later, said: "Richeson has made up his mitW to die and he does not want any delay. This has been a long story and the last chapter is being written today. "Richeson is going to die without holding a grudge against any one. He has scarcely uttered a harsh word, and to'xne personally and to those who come in contact with him he has again and again expressed his gratitude." SENSATION IN BELGIUM. Slanders on Private Life of the Royal Family. Brussels, Belgium, May 20. A semi official communique dealing with false reports as to the private ife of the roy al family was issued today in the fol lowing terms: "Since a recent garden party held at Lacken calumninous rumors have been put in circulation concerning the pri vate life of the royal family. It was even declared that on the day of the garden party the Queen of the Bel gians surprised King Albert in the company of a chambermaid and that the Queen shot the woman dead with a. revolver. "King Albert had no knowledge of these reports, although for several days military officers attached to the court had learned of them by tele phone calls, both from Belgium and abroad. After consultation it was de cided to acquaint the King with the report. His Majesty, was astonished and very indignant. He decided to prosecute the authors of the reports and all persons repeating them. "Criminal proceedings were institut ed this afternoon before the King's procurator." The newspaper Le Peuple under stands, that., three persons, whose names are not given, are being pro ceeded against for circulating the slan ders which take three forms. According to the first, the Queen surprised the King in the company of a chambermaid and killed the latter. According to the second, the Queen fired upon the King, while the third report makes it appear as if the Queen merely threatened the woman. The King's private secretary in a statement tonight said: "Of course, the stories are quite un founded. Although, because of my po sition I cannot be considered an alto gether impartial witness, I can em phatically declare, that the happiness of the royal family has never been dis turbed and that the King and Queen are a most united couple." The incident has produced a pro found sensation here and public opin-. ion is greatly wrought up over the slanders and their authors. It is believed possibly that the slan ders had their origin in a recent be low stairs scandal at the palace in volving a lady's maid in attendance upon one of the Queen's ladies in wait ing and a court servant. The maid in question died in child birth a few days ago, about the time the reports con cerning the King began to circulate, and it is thought that this incident may bear' some correlation to the ru mors affecting the royal family. PENSIONS FOR MINISTERS. Northern Presbyterians Take Action in Regard to Providing Them. T-niiiavlllft. Kv.. May 20. Penisons or annuities up to $500 for every dis abled minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer ica corresponding in amount to the beneficiary's term of service are ob jectives of an action taken here today by thVJ24th General Assembly of the Church. This action was the combin ation in 'a body of 12 men of powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Board of Relief and the Committee on the Ministerial Sustenation Fund, the latter being in part an Insurance plan. The relief board, which has the wel fare of widows and orphans of minis ters as well, as ministers, themselves, and the sustenation fund will not lose their corporate identity. . It is provid ed that the "12 men shall hold office both as a;relief board and directors of the sustenation fund. Atlanta, Gji., was chosen as the host for the General Assembly, beginning on the third Thursday in May, 1913. GOT HER SLEEP. i;jnday and during the forenoon to- Burglar Instrumental in Answering Prayer of a Georgia Woman. Atlanta, Ga, May 20 A burglar with a bottle of chloroform was instru mental In answering the prayer of Mrs. Isabella Reagan,, aged 75, early today. On retiring" last night, Mrs. Reagan told her daughter Mrs. Roberta Her bert, aged 40, that she had prayed for a "night -without waking and dream- both widows, lived 1 J1C V " v y w j r - aione, except for a poodle dog. Some and drugged all three." After ransack- ing the house, ne aepaneu uu cash, all the money the women had. "T got the sleep I needed so badly," was Mrs. Reagai'B comment today. COLONIAL DIES PRESENT TABLET Fitting Ceremonies in Honor of Mecklenburg Declara tion at Raleigh. x COL. BRYAN GRIMES, ORATOR Judge Clark Speaks for Society and Governor Kitchin Accepts Thir teen Original States Repre sented in Unveiling. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, May 20. Ceremonies especially briliant socially and of great historical interest took place here to da"y in observance of May; 20th as the anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg -Declaration of Indepen dence, features being the unveiling of the handsome tablet to the "Mecklen burg Declaration in the rotunda of the State House by the Colonial Dames, luncheon to the visiting Dames at Ho tel Raleigh, following the unveiling ce remonies, and a reception in the hotel tonight by the Sons of the Revolution to the Colonial Dames. For the unveiling ceremonies Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State and chairman of the State Historical Com mission, was the presiding officer. In calling the assemblage to order in Rep resentatives' Hall and introducing Dr. D. H. Hill to read the Mecklenburg Declaration, Col. Grimes stirred much applause by declaVing that a great part of the awakening of interest in North Carolina history of late years has come through the efforts of the patriotic societies of the women of the State and that the North Carolina So ciety, Colonial Dames, was gathered today to commemorate what he beiev ed, and, indeed, knew to be one of the greatest events in American history, the unveiling of a tablet in honor .of the Mecklenburg Declaration and its signers. Dr. Hill read the historic document most impressively and then J2ol. Grimes introduced Chief Justice Wal ter Clark, of the North Carolina Su preme Court, who delivered the ad dress formally presenting the tablet to the State. He reviewed the condi tions that led up to the supreme and successful struggle for American inde pendence, treating of the conditions that caused the Mecklenburg patriots to take their early part in the move ment, and treated most illuminating- ly and at length the authority there is that this famous document is au thntic. He followed his comprehen sive statement of the case with the declaration that "To raise doubts as to matters of history which the world has deemed well settled is a favorite diversion for some. It requires merely a little leisure and ingenuity and it confers a gentle glow of satisfaction to appear better informed than other people." Governor Kitchin accepted tne tap- elt for the State and in doing so said that he honors Mecklenburg and May 20th and those men of the early days who had the boldness, to lead the way to independence. He cared nothing for the controversy raised as to the May 20th declaration and that he is more concerned with patriotism than facts. The good people of Mecklen burg and other competent authorities had investigated the matter and insist that it is authentic and that was suf ficient for him. He accepted the tablet on behalf of the great and patriotic people of North Carolina, who believe in the Mecklenburg Declaration and the great majority of whom will con tinue to believe in it as long as the State house stands and North Carolina holds her pace among this free Amer ican people regardless of the criticisms and attacks of some. At the conclusion of Governor Kitch in's acceptance the audience repaired to the rotunda of the State House where 13 Colonial Dames, represent ing the 13 original colonies, drew with fitting ceremony the ribbons that parted the veil and revealed the tab let: . These ladies were Miss Violet Alexander, chairman of the Mecklen burg, committee; Mrs. W. S. Liddell, chairman of the Charlotte committee; Mrs. Henry A. London, Jr., Charlotte; Mrs. John Halliburton, Mrs. C. C. Hook, Miss Mary Irwin, Mrs. Ralph VanLandingham, Charlotte; Mrs. Ed mund L. Prince, Wilmington; Mrs. Robert P. Dalton, Greensboro; Mrs., J, S. Allison, Concord ; 1 Mrs. A. B. An drews, Mrs. Hubert Haywood and Mrs. W. J. Martin, Raleigh. The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the ladies and the benediction pro nounced by Dr. White, of the Presby terian church. The Colonial Dames then repaired to Hotel Raleigh where a luncheon was served by the Dames of the Wake county committee to the Charlotte and other visiting Dames. Tonight theSons of the Revolution gave a reception in the parlors of the hotel complimentary to the Colonial Dames, officers of other patriotic so cieties being invited. There were pro bably 200 guests and the affair was quite brilliant socially. Memrjhis. Tenn.. May 20. Ray Teta nia, of Milwaukee, was awarded the decision over Joe Mandot, of New Or- leanp, at the end of an eight-round bout here tonight, Y DETROIT PLAYERS GALL OFF STRIKE Tigers Agree to Play To day Without Cobb to Save Loss to Club. WILL FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE Cobb Asks His Teammates Not to Run Risk of Suspension on His Ac count Conference Held In Philadelphia . Philadelphia, Mayj 20. On the ground that he did not want to see Frank Navin, president of the club, suffer for any action on their part, the players of the Detroit American Lea gue baseball elub called off their strike late this afternoon and agreed to play their regular scheduled game in Washington tomorrow without the services of Tyrus Cobb. Thus-ends one of the most extraordinary situations that has ever been brought about in or ganized baseball. In announcing their decision to return to the field, the players said they want it distinctly un derstood that they will still fight for the principle involved and for which they struck. In returtiing to the club the players received no concessions from Ban Johnson, who had infienite ly suspended Ty Cobb for attacking a spectator in a game in New York last week. Mr. Navin, however, promised the men that if they returned he would do his utmost to have Cobb reinstated as quickly as possible; that lie would do all he could as a club owner to have the American League given better pro tection to the players on the field against unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of spectators and that he will see that none of the players "will suf fer any financial loss as the result of any fines that may be imposed upon tnem by the league. . - , The special meeting , of the American League-will 'be .held tomorrow at 11 A. M., at which the club owners will decide what punishment, if any, shall be inflicted upon the strikers. The question of a fine against the club, it is expected will also be taken up by the league. After the meeting Presi dent Johnson will go to New York and investigate the assault case, and on the result of this inquiry, it is said, will depend the reinstatement of the star centerfielder. . (Matters in thus unusual case began to develop as soon as Mr, Navin ar rived here early in the day. He first saw Mr. Johnson and had a thoorugh understanding with him and upon leaving to go into conference with the players, Mr. Navin said that it was a question of whether the players or the club owners would run the lea gue. . - , The Detroit president was in 'con ference with his men for nearly two hours. He told them Mr. Johnson had announced to him that there would be no compromise and that they would have to return tq the ball field without Ty Cobb or take the consequences. Mr. Navin made a personal appeal to them. He told them that he was the principal sufferer in the affair, and he did not feel that it was just to him. Cobb told the players that he felt he was responsible for what had occurred and that while he appreciated the ac- fContinued on Page Eight.) WARM DEBATE Oil CHURCH DOCTRINE Presbyterian Assembly Votes to Have a Brief State ment Prepared. 10 CONFER ON CHURCH UNION DECISIVE BATTLE IN OHIO PRIMARY All Jhe Candidates Say They Will Win in Buckeye State Today. Southern Presbyterians Vote to Ap point a Committee to Take Up the Matter With United Presbyterian Church. OUTLINES Prominent Democratic women held a Dolly Madison breakfast and har mony banquet at Washington yester day. A sensation has been caused in Bel gium over slanderous reports that have been circulated in regard to the King's conduct. Only three jurors were secured in the 'Myrtle Hawkins case yesterday and it is probable that another venire will have to be drawn. C. V. T. Richeson, confessed mur derer of his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell, paid the penalty for his crime shortly after last midnight, being elec trocuted at 12:17 this morning., Members of the Detroit baseball team who went on a strike because bf Ty Cobb's suspension, -decided yester day to play at Washington today to save their club from financial loss. Miss Mary Boland, the principal witness yesterday at the Archbad in quiry, testified that E. J. Williams was the author of the letter which men tioned a "silent partnerV-supposed to be Judge Archbald. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly voted yesterday to -appoint committees to prepare a brief state ment of the church's doctrines and to confer with the United Presbyterian Church In regard to union of the two churches. The Presidential candidates -closed their campaign in Ohio last nighiand expressed confidence that they would be victorious in the primaries today. Governor Harmon's only opponent is Wilson, whie all three of the Republi can candidates will be in the fight. v New York markets: Money on call steady 2 1-2 to 3 per cent. .Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour quietrand easier. Wheat, spot easy; No. 2 red 1.20 1-4 c.i.f. domestic basis to arriveehd ex port 1.20 1-4 f.o.b. afloat. Corn, spot easv: etiwrt 82 IB f.o.b. afloat. - Tur- J pentine -quiet. Rosin steady, -, Bristol, Tenn., May 20. The adop tion of a resolution to appoint an ad interim committee to prepare a brief popular statement of the doctrines of the church, which was adopted by a narrow majority and after a lively de bate, the passage of a resolution to appoint a committee to confer with the United Presbyterian Church on the subject of a union with that or ganization, the report of the Commit tee on Qhurch Societies, recommend ing the appointment of a woman secre tary, the consideration of a proposed amendment to the elect infant clause of the confession of faith, to be sub mitted to the presbyteries , and the adoption of the minority report of the Committee on Marriage and Divorce, refusing to submit to the presbyteries the matter of a revision of the con fession in this respect, were the prin cipal doings of today in the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyter ian Church. The contest over the preparation of a popular statement embodying the doctrines of the church was precipi tated by requests from, missionaries and overtures from presbyteries ask ing this on account of the prejudice against the church because it is charg ed by its enemies with believing in in fant damnation and predestination of souls to helL It developed a fight be tween the progressives and conserva tives and the former, led by Dr. James 1. Vance, of Nashville, won by a vote of 96 to 83. Dr. Vance plead for the assembly to "put in 20th century terms the truths of our confession." Dr. F. M. Wood, of West Virginia, said that the criticism was not against the confession, but really against the Word of God. Dr. C. F. Reed, declare ed in speaking on the subject that there was no use in talking of unjon with the United Presbyterians "if we are going to discredit our confession." Strong speeches were made against it; but the advocates urged that the statement was not to compromise any of the teachings in the confession, but to explain them. The resolution to ap point the committee was carried by a vote of 96 to 83. Dr. W. E. Boggs, of Atlanta, plead for a change in the confession so as to authorize only one ground of divorce impurity. He lost by the adoption of the report of the majority of his com mittee. There was much debate on the sub ject of the elect infant clause, and ma jority and minority reports came from the committee on this subject. Dr. Webb, of Louisville, presented the ma jority report, which proposes that the concession shall be amended so as to provide specifically that all infants are elected and regenerated. The minority report, presented by Dr. I. S. McElroy, of Macon, Ga., contained practically the same expression in a different form. The consideration of this mat ter was deferred. All speakers said that the confes sion as it stands does not teach in fant damnation, but that it was capa ble of that construction. The report of the Committee on Systematic Beneficence was adopted with slight amendments. The chief feature is the -appropriation of $550,000 for foreign missions and 129,000 for the assembly's home missions. The report of the Committee on Ro manism will be made tomorrow after noon and wil be one of the important events of the assembly meeting. Pan-Presbyterian Union In Atlanta Atlanta, Ga., May 20. With, two great Presbyterian bodies already hav ing accepted Atlanta's invitation to meet here in 1913, local Presbyterians are bending their energies to securing the third, when preparations will be made for what will be known as a Pan-Presbyterian Pentecostal Union. The (Southern Presbyterian Assembly, now meeting at Bristol, Tenn., and the Northern Presbyterian Assembly, meeting at Louisville, within the past week have decided fo come to Atlan ta next year. ' - Dr. Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, who was instrumental in securing the Louisville action today, now is en route to Seattle, Wash., where he will lay the proposition before the United Presbyterian Assembly, which con venes this week. Local church men have received' assurance, it is said, that this organization also will decide on Atlanta for their next meeting jlsic. " tb three branches of the denomi nations are expected to bring 6,000 to 8,000 church worKers to wis city next May. - Pathe's Great Weekly Scenes of all the leading current events in high-fclass motion.; picture at The Grand Theatre today, v A HEAVY VOTE IS EXPECTED Ballots Are Complicated and Returns Are Expected to Come In Late Campaign .for Delegates Closed Last Night Columbus, Ohio, May 20. Ohio. to night rested from the strain of the last two weeks' campaign, during which four Presidential candidates bombarded the State from one end to the other and is ready for tomorrow's primaries. Three of the Republican' candidates for the Presidential nomination car ried their fights almost up to the hour of balloting and tonight President Taft, Colonel Roosevelt and Senator LaFollette still are making public ad dresses, offering their final pleas with the Republican voters for support to .morrow. Governor Judson Harmon ended his fight for the State Satur day night The second to the last State to hold Presidential preference primaries and the home of two of the candidates, Ohio is considered the crux of an un usual political situation. Activity in the Ohio campaign is said to be without precedent in the present Presidential contests. Presi dent Taft and his former friend, the ex-President, have crossed and re-' crossed each other's trails in courses about the State, speaking from the rear of special trains, in open-air meet ings and in town halls. Woodrow Wilson, Governor Har mon's only opponent, did not enter the 'State. Harmon's serious antagonist has been William Jennings Bryan, who, speaking for the Ohio Progres- -j sive Democratic' League, has berated the Governor and urged Wilson's nom ination in several campaign tours. President Taft and Governor Harmon tonight went to their homes in Cin cinnati. The President will leave to morrow afternoon for Wasnington and governor Harmon will hear the re turns at his home. Colonel Roosevelt and 'S'enator LaFollette completed their campaigns, the one leaving fer tile East during the night and the oth er for the West. Supporters of all factions in the four-cornered contest are expecting a large primary vote. Because of the complicated ballots returns are not expected until late. The polls will be open from 5:30 in the morning until the same hour in the eveninig. Lewis C. Laylin, Taft's Ohio man ager, was confident in his predictions tonight on the eve of the primaries that the President will not be turned down by his own State. "It's a Taft victory and its' all over but the shouting," he said. "Ohio looks better for Taft tonight than it did 48 hours ago, and it looked mighty good then. Within the last 24 hours there has been a remarkable change in sentiment for the President among the farmers." Chairman .Walter F. Brown, of tne Republican State Central Committee, who has managed Roosevelt's cam paign in this State, did not make any final prediction as to tomorrow's out tome. The Ohio Roosevelt Commit tee, however, said : "Assured that delegates pledged to Theodore Roose velt will be elected in a substantial majority of. 'the 21 Congressional dis tricts we continue to expect a primary sweep of the districts by Roosevelt." Lieutenant Governor Nichols, cam paign manager for Governor Harmon, said that the people of Ohio will sup port Governor Harmon in tomorrow's primaries.' Taft Says Teddy Will Bolt. Dayton, O., 'May 20. President Taft's seven days of speech making through Ohio came to an end here to night with a final -plea to Republicans of his Own State to give him their sup port at tomorrow's primaries and to defeat Col. Roosevelt, whom Mr. Taft dubbed the "bolter." Mr, Taft appealed all day long in practicaly every . one ' of the dozen speeches he made for" Republicans to consider and keep in mind Mr. Roose velt's Cleveland speech, where the President said he prophesied a bolt. He continued to predict the wreck of the grand bid party if Mr. Roosevelt doer not change his attitude and is not assured of the nomination by the Republican . National Convention. He asked Republicans to remember how long that party had existed, what it always had stood for and to decide for themselves whether cr not ' they wish ed to see it disrupted to "gratify the ambition of one man." Mr. Taft has made no prediction be fore any of the primaries in other States have been held and he followed this rule today. His friends believe that he has made a noteworthy effort to win Ohio and many of them were confident , that the result of the trip will be evident at the polls Tuesday. ; Mr. Taft's only, engagement tomor row is one at the polls at Cincinnati and he expects" to leave that city in the afternoon for Washington. Most of Mr. Taft's attacks on Col. Roosevelt' over his . predecessor's threat to "bolt" the Chicago 'conven- WILLIAMS CALLED JUDGE iGRAFIER W. P. Boland's Stenographer Testifies at the Arch bald Inquiry. SHE SAYS HE WROTE LETTER Miss Mary Boland Declares Williams Dictatjed it Made Reference to 'Silent Partner" About Culm Bank Deal Washington, May 20 . The relations of E. J. Williams, one of the leading witnesses in the Judiciary Commit tee's inquiry into charges against Judge R. W. Archbald, -of the Com merce Court, was the subject of testi mony given today by Miss Mary Bo land, stenographer in the office of W. P. Boland, of Scranton, accuser of the jurist. Miss Boland swore that instead of W. P. Boland having dictated the let ter of March 13th, 1912, in which a reference was made to a "silent part ner" in the Kaytdid culm bank deal, now claimed to have been Judge Arch bald, that Williams was the author of it Williams corrected his testimony Friday so as to make it appear that Boland dictated the letter. Miss Bo land declared that Williams -asked her to write the letter one day when Boland was absent; told her what he .wanted to say that she complied with his recjuest and the next day submit ted the letter to him for his approval. She said he signed it and she tore off the letter head because it was written on the paper of the Marion Coal Com pany with which Williams had no con nection. Miss Boland read to the committee memorandum she had jotted down in her note book during the, last few months of remarks Williams had made as he dropped into Mr. Boland's of fice. The notes were not stenographic reports but mere memoranda. iMany. of them credited WilHams with saying he had just left Judge' Archibald's office after talking about culm bank deals ; he was going to see some one at the judge's request ab'out culm deals. On September 28th, 1911, Miss Bo land testified, "E." J. W. told. W. P. B. he was going to Judge Archbald's to look at a brief which the judge was preparing for the Erie Railroad." Miss Boland continued that "E. J. W." came in later in the day and "told me that- he saw the brief and it was about a case for the Erie Railroad for a lighterage charge," On November 1st, 1911, she said Williams told Boland that he would have Judge Archbald hand them, the Erie, a few decisions that would vmake them sit up and take notice." Oh No vember 22nd, he was credited with saying that he "had sent the judge on an errand" that morning, and that "he had not gotten back yet." On January 13th, 1912, Miss Boland declared Williams told her that he thought it was a bad idea for him to "be associated with Judge Archbald any longer; that the judge was- "no good and a grafter." KILLED ON WAY TO FUNERAL. Prince George William Meets' Death in Auto. Accident. .Friesack, Prtlalla, May" 20. Prince Gebrge William, the eldest son, of the Duke ;of Cumijerland, and his cham-' berlain, Von , Greve, were instantly killed in an automob'ile accident on the highway, near here, this evening. Tbey left Berlin early in the afternoon intending to proceed to Copenhagen by way of Hamburg, to attend the fu neral . of the prince's uncie, the late King . Frederick VIII. The Prince, who was at the steering wheel, probably' failed to observe the signs of warning tnat the highway was being repaired, and. drove the machine at full speed into a part of the road way which wis being macadamized. He lost control, the machine being ditched and turned on its end. The prince's head was cfushed. The chauf feur, who was inside the -automobile, suffered from a broken arm. Prince George William was born, in 1880. His father, Duke Ernest August, Duke of Cumberland, and Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, is head of the house of the Guelpha. k tion were alike. Here is one delivered late today at Xeniat; "Mrl Roosevelt said at Cleveland the other night in efec?that .he was go ing to bolt if he were not nominated and that be bolted if -he were not nom inated he. would he the Republican party and those from whom he bolts would be the bolters because he said, 'I am the Republican party organiza tion.' There 4ised to be a King in France known as the grand monarch. He said, 'The State, I am it. I am the State,' and that is what Theodore Roosevelt is saying about the Repub lican party. Now" I venture to think he is mistaken. I venture to think that the Republican party will get along and live long after him and that he is not indispensible to it. , We shall have to change the form from a Re public to some other form if that be the case." - -'-li mm, ;1 J 4 Is" 4 i 7 , ft:, -..'IT.- ft! '.it '9m - .r t r ; it:. v -P - ' f t it .- r. A t, r n i i f Tit. 1! 11 1 1 1 f r, 1 : '.I? I 4 t ' K 3 1 Beeky Gets A' Husband" : Snappy comedy film at The Grand Theatre today. " : i t v. . A - 5
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