THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1915-
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SANITY WITNESS
DENIED THE STAND
Testimony of Hotel Keeper in
Thaw Case Ruled Out.
OTHER ARE TO APPEAR
Statement of Evelyn "esbit Thaw That
She Would Appear for Her Hus
band is True But She May
Not be Called.
New York, March 9. Attorneys for
Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford White, today made their first at
tempt to get testimony concerning his
sanity into the record of his trial for
conspiring to escape from Mattejiwan.
The attempt was unsuccessful.
It was while William Gordon, a Bea
con, N. Y., hotel keeper, was on the
witness stand that Justice Page, be
fore whom the trial of Thaw and five
co-defendants is in progress in the
criminal branch of the Supreme Court,
sustained the prosecution's objection
against the introduction of such tes
timony. It was understood, however,
that the ruling applied solely to Gor
don's testimony.
Gordon, after telling of the many vis
its Thaw made to his hotel while on
his way to and from habeas corpus
proceedings which he instituted, was
asked by Thaw's counsel whether the
defendant appeared to be fully ration
al at all times.
The prosecution objected, pointing
out that the witness had admitted that
it was quite a while prior to the day
of the escape that he last had talked
with Thaw. Moreover the prosecution
contended, the sole issue to be decided
was the guilt of the defendant and his
alleged co-conspirators.
Why Testimony Stricken Out.
In upholding the objections Justice
Page said that if it was the idea of
Thaw's counsel to show through the
witness Gordon that Thaw was of
sound mind at the time of his escape
he thought his testimony on that sub
ject necessarily must be remote.
John B. StancMeld, chief of Thaw's
legal advisers, averted after adjourn
ment late today that he would make a
further attempt tomorrow to get tes
timony concerning Thaw's sanity be
fore the jury. The defense of Thaw
hinges on the claim that he was sane
at the time of his escape and was be
ing detained illegally.
being too strong for the Germans who
were forced to abandon their offensive
and fall back under a Russian coun
ter attack. 1
Things Little Changed
Things seemingly have changed lit
tle in the Carpathians, although the
Russians, according to their reports ap
parently have improved their position
on the Hungarian side of the Dukla
Pass. Petrograd claims an Austrian
defeat near Svidnik on the Ondawa
river a considerable distance inside
Hungarian territory. The Austrains,
however, still are attacking the Rus
sians south of Boligrod on the Gali
cian side of the mountains, east of the
Dukla pass.
The Vosges mountains, the Cham
pange district and the Arras region
continue to be the scenes of hard fight
ing in the West but apparently neither
side has gained any distinct advantage.
General Louis Botha's campaign
against German South Africa, which
has been almost lost sight of owing to
the bigger events in Europe and Asia
is progressing. One of Botha's armies,
advancing in the South is reported to
have occupied a German camp North of
Ukamas, 40 miles north of -the border,
and to have captured a large number
of tents, provisions, clothing and
transport animals.
LEGISLATURE ENDS
SESSION AT 10:30
WORKERS IN ENGINEER
ING TRADE IN ENGLAND
ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS
(Continued from Page One.)
victory in the region of Augustowo in
the North Poland section, a short dis
tance from the East Prussian frontier,
which threatens to break communica
tion between the Germans near the
lower Niemen and those before Osso
wetz. In Central Poland the battle which
had promised to develop on the Pilicia
river seems to have died down, owing,
as Petrograd puts it to the Russians
(Continued from Page One.)
committees for the Senate tomorrow.
Report as to Treasurer's Office.
There was filed in the Senate this
morning by Senator Ward a report on
the part of the special sub-committee
from the joint finance committee to in
vestigate the part of the report of the
State Board of Internal Improvements
that criticised the management of the
office of the State Treasurer that was
filed early in the session. The report
set out that investigation showed that
the affairs of the office of the State
Treasurer were found to have' been" ad
ministered with fidelity and efficiency
under the law and recommended that
there should be provision made for the
State to pay the surety bond of 'the
State Treastirer instead of the present
practice of requiring the Treasurer to
procure his own personal bondsmen;
and that there should.be interest paid
by banks on monthly balances to the
credit of the State. The report set out
at the same time that there have been
passed bills that provide for these
changes so that in future the bonds of
the Treasurer will be taken care of by
the State and the Treasurer will be
empowered to exact from banks inter
est on balances. The report as filed
was adopted by the Senate.
Final Day In House.
The House resumed the. session for
the day at 10 o'clock where it left off
after midnight when the session for
the final day, according to the journal
of the House, began.
The House reconsidered the vote by
which the bill for convicts to build a
road in McDowell county was tabled
the night before and passed the bill at
the earnest insistence of Representa
tive Currin.
Representative Page had proposed
the tabling of the bill. He said this
morning that he would not persist in
his opposition as it made little differ
ence who had the convicts as long as
their labor was to be distributed in this
way that he had so strenuously op
posed. Representative Leonard, Republican,
undertook to procure the reconsidera
tion of the vote by which the bill car
rying the appointments of the members
of the county boards of education had
passed final reading and been ordered
enrolled for ratification. He wanted
to change the name of the appointee on
the Davidson board. Chairman Mints,
of the board, insisted that the bill had
gone too far and it was too late in
the session to jeopardize the entire bill
by recalling it for amendment that
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Richard P. Stegler, the German
American, who, with his wife, accuses
Captain Boy-Ed, military attache of
the German embassy in Washington,
in connection with the passport scan
dal in which he has been indicted by
a Federal .grand Jury, in . New York,
was released on bail the same day
Mrs. Stegler had a harrowing exper
ience with two reporters of the New
York Staats Zeitung. Just after she
sot out of court she hurried to her
husband and the two were photo
graphed together.
Stegler and) his wif say that" the
German attache wan'i him to go to
England as a spy for tne -German- gov-
ernment and was to pay Mrs. Stegler
ioo a month for life if he were killed.
The other day two German reporters,
she said, invited her to a room in a
hotel, saying they would help her hus
band. When she got there they tried
to have her sign an affidavit clearing
Captain Boy-Ed. . They said in court
she had disrobed before one of them."
Then they called a policeman, charg
ing she hit one of them with a seltzer
bottle and a cane. In court the magis
trate dismissed the case against her
and said he might have sent the re-
orters to the work house for SO-days,
ut the evidence, was not quite strong
enough. - ' -. ' .
would require its going back to the
Senate also for concurrence. ,
The House voted against recall and
allowed Mr. Leonard to file a protest
to be entered on the journal. He com
plained that the representative from
Davidson had not been consulted in
the appointment of the Davidson mem
ber of the board.
The House tabled the bill to exempt
printers, linotype operators and millers
from jury duty. This was on motion
of Representative Mintz, who stated
that the bill was introduced by his col
league, Mr. Allen, of Wayne, and that
he desired that the bill be tabled.
Final Day in Senate.
The final, day of the session in the
Senate was convened by President
Daughtridge with prayer by Rev. I.
McK. Pittinger, D. D., rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Passage of bills on final reading was
taken up, the" following being among
the "many passed:
Provide that J. F. Arnpld shall re
ceive a license. to serve as pilot at the
port of Wilmington.
Amend the public health law of the
State. )
Prevent fraudulent use or wearing
of badges, buttons and insignia Of fra
ternities, making such acts a misde
meanor. Appoint members of the county
boards of education.
Amend the law as to active members
of the National Guard in this State.
Allow acquirement by the State of
State forests.
Amend the Revisal so as to exempt
Confederate soldiers from jury duty.
Prevent spread of hog cholera in this
State.
Amend- the lein law.
Require the Historical Commission
to place additional names on the roster
of North Carolina troops.
Amend the charter of the Blue Ridge
and Atlantic Railroad Co.
Amend the Revisal as to public drun
kenness. '
Amend the laws as to highways,
bridges and ferries.
Amend the Revisal as to jail fees
making the charges not to exceed 45
cents per day. (Amended to exempt
Robeson county).
Amend the law relative to drainage
of swamps so that owners can recover
damages.
ROBBERY OF BANK AT
ROCKY MOUNT PLANNED
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which had been sold or offered for sale
at ridiculous prices.
The police have developed on con
fession the robbing of a local rural
mail carrier on Monday. Many stamps,
stamped envelopes, postal cards, rural
post box pass -keys and a wallet in
which contained. Rural Carrier H. L
Trevathan's mail wagon was robbed
in front of the post office on Monday
morning, while he wa carrying two
pouches of mail from the office to the
wagon.
JOHN Li. ROPER LIMBER MILLS
ARE RESUMING OPERATIONS
One at Eelhaven Now Running; dae at
Newbern Starts Monday
(Special Star Correspondence)
NewBern N. C, March, 9. After hav
ing been idle for several weeks the
John L. Roper Lumber Company's big
saw mill and planing mill at Bed
haven. N. C, yesterday morning started
up full blast and a hundred or more
men who have been out of employ
ment for some time resumed their work
ani a telephone message from that
place stated that there is a general
feeling of gratification thereover this
fact. The New Bern plant of the
Roper Company closed .down for repairs
on February 1st and was to have re
sumed operations last Monday but at
that time the work was incomplete
and it was not practicable to begin
operations then. A statement given
out by the officials .yesterday was to
the effect that the local plant would
begin operations next Monday morning
for sure and that' every man who was
working in the mill when it closed
down, would be given his position
again. v
NEWTON MAN OFFERED
(4,000 FEDERAL JOB
U. S. Attorney for New Fed
eral Trades Commission,
Senator Overman Secures For George
McCorcle What la Considered a
Fine Appointment in Wash
ingtonPromotion for Page
FEDERAL SIDE OF
PRESENTED
Trial of Terre Haute, Indiana,
Officials Under Way.
HOW GAME WAS WORK'D
...
Special Attorney General in Presenting
Case Tells of Methods Used to
Corrupt Elections, and What
is to he Proven.
Indianapolis, March 9. Just as
United States District Attorney Frank
C. Dailey closed the opening statement
for the government today in the trial ot
Mayor Donn M. Roberts, of Terre
Haute, and 27 others charged with
election corruption, former Congress
man A. O. Stanley, chief counsel for
the defense, objected to that part of
Dailey's speech dealing with events
subsequent to the beginning of the
election investigation by the Federal
rand jury. The objection was over
ruled.
Dailey declared that Hilton Redman,
one of the defendants, and son of Judge
E. H. Redman, another defendant, had
received coaching for grand jury wit
nesses in Terre Haute. Stanley con
tended that this statement had no bear
ing on the case.
The court room was crowded today.
In the throng were a number of women
who said they had "bolted the Mississ
ippi valey suffrage conference" in ses
sion here to attend the court.
Defense Opens Today
The defense will make its opening
statement tomorrow.
In his opening statement District
Attorney Dailey outlined the facts the
government expects to prove and de
clared that Roberts was the head of
the conspiracy and that he 'ruled as a
Czar". He told how the government
contends the false registrations were
made, of the alleged rough work at the
polls, of the manner of collecting and
the amount of the so-called "slush
fund".
Roberts gave orders and his hench
men obeyed without question" asserted
the districVattorney. "He had had long
experience -in the larceny of elections
and he knear not only how it could be
done, but upon whom he could rely to
do it. He 'made his appointing ts of
city employes largely upon their qual
ifications as election manipulators".
About 2,000 false registrations were
prepared at Terre Haute police head
quarters by Chief of Police Edward
Holler, who pleaded guilty at the di
rection of Roberts, Mr. Daily told the
Jury. He said Roberts and Holler de
cided on the argument of false regis
tration to make in each precinct and
set about manufacturing names for the
fictitious voters.
The district attorney told of the
means employed by the defendants to
get men whom they could control on
the election boards. He said they de
fied injunctions and drove away spe
cial deputy sheriffs with revolvers in
order to place the men they desired
on the boards.
In dealings with the "slush fund"
Mr. Daily produced a table to show
how much money Roberts assessed
from saloon men and resort keepers
for registration and election purposes.
Thief Holler and Eli H. Redman, a de
fendant who was declared elected cir
cuit court judge in the November elec
tion, collected part of the fund, the
district attorney said. He added the
fund totalled about $6,000.
DURHAM MERCHANT KILLED AT
JitGHT BY A HIGHWAYMAN
Bucket! M. Mann Robbed and His Skull
Crushed With a Club
Durham, N. C, March, 9. BUckett M.
Mann, a prominent local merchant, was
killed here late last night by highway
men. His skull was crushed by a blow
with a club. A pocketbook contain
ing a large" amount of money was miss
ing. No clew to the slayers has been
found.
Russia has a total of 137 central elec
tric stations, serving nearly 15,000,000
people.
Greatest of All
Human Blessings
Special Star Telegram)
Washington, D. C, March, 9. Anoth
er good Federal job was handed to
North Carolina today when George
McCorkle, of Newton, was offered a
position as United States attorney fqr
the Federal Trades Commission. The
position is worth about $4,000 a year
and is considered one of the big jobs
around Washington way.
The appointment of McCorkle was
made upon the earnest request and
recommendation of Senator Overman.
McCorkle has been Senator Overman's
personal and political friend since the
junior senator first entered politics.
Back in 1895 it was McCorkle who first
placed Mr. Overman's name before
the convention as a candidate for the
Senate. McCorkle has been Mr. Over
man's friend and political supporter
ever since.
Senator Overman has been desirous
of securing a good job for McCorkle
since the Democratic party came into
power a little over two years ago. The
attorneyship for the Trades Commision
is the first job that the junior senator
thought Mr. McCorkle would consider
accepting. Senator Overman wired
McCorkle today to come to Washing
ton to confer with members of the com
mission and he is expected to be !iere
tomorrow. "
Repsentative Page has appointed
Charles N. Russell postmaster at Cagles
Mills.
The appointment of Representative i
Joe Johnson of South Carolina to a
Federal judgeship places Representa
tive Page, of North Carolina, as the
third ranking .man on the House appro
priations committee. Should the Con
gress elected in 1916 have a Democratic
majority, it is almost certain that Page
will be chairman of the appropriations
committee. P, R. A.
Siberia offers a new .field for the de
velopment of electricity and the sale
of electrical devices.
The most wonderful thing in the world
is love expressed in the helpless infant.
And among those aids and comforts for
expectant mothers 13 the well known
"Mother's Friend."
This is an external application to
enable the abdominal muscles to become
more pliant, to expand naturally without
undue pain from the strain upon cords
and ligaments.
In almost every settled community are
women who have enjoyed the blessing of
this famous remedial and helpful embro
cation. Their daughters have grown up
to learn of its splendid assistance.
Applied as directed upon those muscles
Involved it soothes the fine network ot
nerves with which all the muscles are
supplied. Thus a great share of the pain3
so much dreaded may be avoided and the
period of expectancy passed through in
ease and comfort.
Anything that adds so much comfort
must be counted as a blessing indeed.
In a little book sent hy mall much use
ful information is given to Inexperienced
mothers, it tellg how to use "Mother's
Friend" and how to avoid. caking breasts.
95 bottle to-day and write for book to
Bradfie,! Regulator Co., 409 Lamar Bldg.,
Kriend!5 Ga Be SUre y0U "Mother's
WARNING.
The party or parties who have been
making a practice of stealing the Sun
day paper from No. 307 North Fifth
street are hereby warned against tres
passing on this propertv. All such paf
wre further warned that disregard
or this notice places them in danger of
bodily harm.
March 8. 1915. J. A. FARLEY,
MRS,
wife
LEA MUCH IMPROVED
. .ot United States Senator from
Tennessee Has Pneumonia ' .
Asheville, N. C, March 9. The con
dition of Mrs, Luke Lea, Wife of JJnited
States Senator Luke Lea, of Tennessee,
who is illhere with pneumonia, today
was said by her physicians to be great
ly improved. Senator Lea and Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Lea's father
and mother, arrived -here, last night.
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells How To Get Quick Belief
from Head-Colds. It's Splendid!
, In one minute your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages of your head
will clear and you can breathe freely.
No more hawking, snuffling, blowing,
headache, dryness. No struggling for
breath at nighf; your cold or catarrh
will be gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. It pen
etrates through every air passage of-the
head, soothes the inflamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly. It's just fine. Don;t stay stuffed-up
with a cold or hasty catarrh Relief
comes so quickly.
Spring Fashions
'Who steals my
trash.
purse steals
But he that filches from-me my
good name -Robs me " F3tc.
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The ONLY candies which passed
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of Health of Massachusetts, and
received the endorsement of Dr.
Wiley. .
The Parker Fountain Pen We
have the largest assortment in
the city. c ' ' : .
Ely's Cream Balm.
Bunting's Catarrh Cream the
best ever.
Mercolized Wax. Saxolite.
Samose the Flesh Producer.
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Also Howard's Specific
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J. HICKS BUNTING
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WILMINGTON, W. C.
J.F.LEITNER
ARCHITECT
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J. B. McCABE
Certified Public Accountant
Room 615 March. Nat. Bank Bldg.
Phone 996 WILMINGTON, N. C.
You'll see quite a variety of good models
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Hart Schafiher & Man
Varsity styles are the particular choice of most ef the
young men. There are some very interesting style ideas
shown in them; new lapels, new shaped backs, new col
lar effects; and. a number of new things in waistcoats
If you're going to dress just right, you must see these;
especially 'Varsity 55 and 64. You'll be surprised at the
values you'll gef for $20 and up.
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