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alb ffe Vtt Largest Guaranteed Local 4 Circulation WEATHER Thnraiay, Fshr end Cooler. Friday, Fait 4 Wtiaw, PBICEi FIVE CENTS VOL. IL NO. 69. GBEENSBOBO. N. C THURSDAY. APRIL 7. 1910 CLIMAX C A M E s EDUCATORS M EETt GREAT TRIUMPH REFUSED REQUEST FINAL A C TJON TAKEN IN BRO WNSVlLLE SHOOTING Charge Against Negro Soldier Sustained by Military Court of Inquiry, Which Has Been Investigating The Case Fourteen Eligible or ReinUstment, RESIST BITTERLY Men Suspected of PostofHce Robbery Fight bMBxL Grand Jury Brings In Present ment Against "High I'pi" A Thousand Delegates Gather Id Little Rock, Ark. Methodist and Catholic Lead Chairman Payne Will Not Per mit Tariff Disturbance. ers Repudiate Statements. STARTLING FLDIGS MADE President el Pressed Steel Car Company lecommended for Indictment Sar iogsBank President Bad noDelense. . (Bt The Associated Pre.) . Pittsburg, Pa, April 8. Th climax promised in tin Piltdburg graft expos ure earne a promised lata today with th presentment by tit grand jury of a lengthy report la which recommend ed the indictment of Frank M. Hoff stot, president of toe Pressed Steel Car company and on of the moat prominent business man in the country. Simultaneously in open eourt came a plea of Kinii Winter, president of the Workingmaa's Saving and Truat eom .any, that be had no defence to make to the charge that he gave a 20,KM bribe te former Councilman Horria Jia rtein. . The following in abbreviated form are noma of the moet atartllng find la the grand )ery' pneeatment made public sonigbt., "1. That Frank N. Hofstot, preaident of the Pressed Steal Car eompaay and Dreeideat of the Herman Natl lunal 1 of Allegheny, and prominently identi fied with other banks, paid to Chartee Htewart, a former eel act eouaoilmaa, the ilia of $42,400. ' ". That the money waa a bribe seed la influencing th vote of eouaeilmea ta paea ai erdlnene naming time bank which Hoffatot waa iatereeted a off icial ieeoaitarie of the city' million. "a. That the arrangement for the pay ment of the money to 6tewart waa mad m ttM spring ai 1008 and that th lata Jamea W. Friend, at that time an of ficiai of the Pressed Steel Car company, waa an aeeociat la the transaction. , That the . original plan . which Friend had wa to obtain to asrvic of Willises A. Blakeley, who waa thea a rn-artiein ettenwy here, but who i oar the diatrict attorney ia charge of the graft arosscutloas, a a ataJceholder of the bribe asoBey on til the ordiaanee had paseed. "6. That Attorney Blakeley declined to act ia the capacity named and warn ed all parties of the criminality of the proposition and of the liability to prose cuton if it went farther. "6. That aubeeqoent to Mr. Blakeley. refusal, Messrs. Friend and HorTstot completed aa armr cement rith Stewart whereby Hoffatot would pa or eauee to he paid to Stewart, the um named 7. That th transaction wa arrang ed to be made in New York city and took place there in June. 1A08, in order, If possible, to avoid criminal liability in Allegheny county. &. That Hoffatot did alee aolicit and eeaur from one Jamea M. Young, cashier of the Second National bank, of Pitta burg, the aum of f21,fW0, to be paid rttewart to inaure the aelectio of the Heron National Bank aa one of the favored city depositories. -u. That Stewart did demand from th now deeeaeed Friend, who waa anting a agent for th Second National Bank, a brrbe for Stewart' vole in favor of the bank ordinance. "10. That ia eocordaac with the find Inn. it be recommended that indict- menta charging coo .piracy and bribery be returned. The bank named aa ultimata pried Cla to profit by th bribes, alleged to v been paid by Hoffatot to Stewart, are: - Th Farmer' Deposit National hank, the Second National Bank of Pittsburg, aad the Oermaa National Bank of Alle gheny. In addition to theee three, the Columbia National Bank of Pittaburg, the German National Bank of Pittaburg, and the Workingman' Saving and Truat (mpaay of Allegheny, were named a arty depoaitoriea ia the ordinance paaeed July 1W8. over the mayor' veto. The plea of nolle oontendre made by -Preaident Emil Winter, of the Working man a Saving and Truat company, to day waa no leaa a aensatioa thaa th report af the grand jury lie waa oearged with the payment of a 20.0(1 bribe to Morri Einstein, a former aeieet councilman. When Winter appeared ia court Judee R. S. Frazer. wbi ia pre siding m the graft eaaes, aeked to be excused from hearing the plea oo ac count of hie Inner and intimate friend ahip with Mr. Winter. Winter waa then taken before Judge Thomaa D. Carna baa and J. M. Kwearingcn and entered ta formal plea. Sentence wa post- The court oidticd indictment drawn sesinst HoflVtot, in accordance with the grand jnry'a presentment, namely oa two counts of bribery and one of con spiracy to defraud the city. SEEK APPROPRIATION FOB BUILDING AT M0KGA1TT0H (Special to iaily News.) Washinsrton, kpA . Representative Webb today introduced a bill providing for aa appropriation of tlno.000 for s federal building at Morganton. Engineer Get I acre see. (By Tba Associated Press ) Savannah. a April . It waa aif-K-naced toriar that the engire of the Central of Georgia railway will ha givea aa aserease ia wa? of per cent. The asaawaarinent follows a three days' con feresm of Central sffictais and a com mittor from the Brotherhood of Lswoeso- tivo SPEECH OF ROBERT CGDEN Coming Tear Will Be Devoted Largely Ti Sural and Agricultural Schools, Said One ef the Speakers. (By Th Associated Prase.) Little Rock, April .Approximately 1,000 delegate, aouthera educator and tea prominent ia the caua of educa tion, attended the opening eeeatoa to Bigbt of the 13th annual conference for education in the acuta. The opening aeeaioa wa devoted principally to th add re, of Preaident Robert G Og- tjt litical eooditiona, urging th oduoatiua of the miae a a logical remedy, and an ad dm by Or. W ycliffe Rose, of Washington, who outlined the purpose and plan of th movement. Mr, Ogdea poke ia part a follow: "The outlook for aoeial aad political affairs in this country la at present omnioua. It would be easy to ank etatement of aonditiona morbid enough to uit the vonioa of th deepest dyed peimit. They appear oa ovary aide aad while they are in th first inataaoe aoeial, thy are arris aa well. Prom inent among the hwuea an question of employer and employ, the right of property,, th right of labor, the dutiea of lnUlligeas to ignorance, of race to rao, reapunaibilitiea to unfortunate, th blind, tha deaf, the ineane, tax criminal. But there is a remedy that hi quite withia our grasp and rt ia to be found ia aa enlightened, wise, oonacientioue aad aoaeat eitienahip in tandarda of civic duty and responsibility that will lead each maa and womaa to seek th Una af duty. Such eeeking will find th line and it will lead atraiaht into tha publi school. Oivea th intelligent deair aad th way will appear by whk. that duty may ba dona" V. t ,. Ai ta tracing briefly, the 'origin and growth at tha confer nea for adueatuai ia tha aauth. Prsetdant Ogdea declared that Ha purpose waa not to attempt to direct tn technical SHU oi ooucanoa, but to inspire to public aiind with a aenaa of Intelligent reaponeibility of publi education, the creation of a pub llo opinion in favor of taxation for edu cation, though with aa idea far above and beyond taxation. "Tba ultimate thought," ha said, "ia tha inspiration that will lead the people that are pros perous to aupport wisely directed educa tion by free will offering ia proportion aa prosperity ha mad them trusteea for th commonwealth. "Thia question of civic reaponeibility for public education ia very serious. Its Importance caa not be overstated nor its duties exaggerated. Tha dutiea of tha ritiexns are personal, they are both ethical and legal: they touch life at every .point, the home, society, the church, the state. lnscuming the general object of odu catioa aa applied to the south, Mr. Osrdea stated that from reports already in hand for the year 1910 the current expenditures for public edueatioB will be two and one-half times aa much aa they were in IIM. The value of school property is three times a much a that of 20 year am. and th anjouMiiwf money expended oa normal schools Ssiid other means of profcHaional education has increased 10 per cent, and for tha latter m tie village and rural districts o0 ncr cent. The average monthly salaries of teachers abow a gain of 90 to U acr cent. The remarkable devej onment in the fscilitiea for industrial education in Arkansas. Georgia, Virginia and other southern its tea wss cited to indicate the added importance that ia attached to this branch of instruction. Dr. Rose explained that the greater part af the program for the coming year would be devoted to aarirultural educa tion. He declared that public thought and attention is now turning toward tne couatry and argued that aa the economic trend la ia that direction, tne eaurav tional trend should fol in the name direct ion. "How to train tha country people, how to advance the rural schools the agrtcunursl eetonls. the aisle at partmeata of agriculture and the state and county affairs, all of which ar im portant in the advancement of the coun try, are the important qnectioae," de clared Dr. Knee. A brief eeeskm. devoted to tha sp ointment of committeee and routine ! preliminary to the forma opening of the comerence, preceded tonight meeuag. F0KSTTM COTTJCTY FEPuiuCAKS WILL MEET SATURDAY (Special to Daily New.) Winston Salem. April Th Forsyth county Republiraa executif committee will aieet la called session at the office of Benbow end Hall, in the Masonic temple, oa Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Th objret in presumably to set a time for the Republican county convention and it is more thaa probable that a date will be nemed for the con vent Km after ttie Democratic convention of July 1. Carolina Delegate Elected. (Special to Dsily Niews.) Wlnatoa Setem, April's Messrs. J. C Ttmrtoa. R T etedman. J. TV. Srbonfer and R. B. fallows v were elected dele rate to represent the local Episcopal chorea at the annual convention of the North Carolina Diocese which ewnveriea here Mav 11 at a ateetmg of the vestry I rf Kt. Paale Episcopal ebnrca held hurt Hickory is nraaing oa a asoontignt sght. . Jacked ale. , ROOSEVELT MUCH PLEASED Tlppli Letter and Attitude of Merry Del Tal Condemned by Adherents 01 Both lellglous Denominations, tSy Tha Associated Press.) Roma, April I. Before leaving Roma tonight ex-President Roosevelt bad raa- aoa to believe that a great triumph waa his, because bonk the attitude of th Vatican towards him and the statement of th MetbodiaU, which ha had con demned, were repudiated by the leading UoU of thoa. two institutions. Abbot Lawreno Janaaona, on of the meat learned beaadktines and secretary of tha congregation of tha affaire of ra lurioaa. aaliad oa Mr. Roosevelt this evening and, act finding him, left hia card, oa which aa wrote ia trench that a dedred to oongratulaU him for tha una teat aupport gives to his order and th Cataolw church ta general in Amer ica during Mr. RooaeveTt' "glurioua ca reer" aa preaident, which he hoped would soon be assumed. - . Contemporaneously, Mr. Roosevelt re ceived fetter from relatives of high prelates and cardinals condemning what they ttyled "th personal attitude af Cardinal Merry Dal Val, for which neither th pop nor th Catholic church waa responsible.'' Mr. Roosevelt received th following fetter from Dr. Walling Clark, head of the Methodist organization in Italy i "Tba inoideat connected with the artl d written by th Rev. B. M. Tippl for tha American pre tiaa caused ana un told regret. Let m aaeure you that tha Methodists of Roma were not reepoasi bl for tha artiel. Allow me once more to ax press my admlratioa for tha oour agooaa position you have take ia th fact of tha demand of tha Vatican, The Methodists f Rom will not forget k." - A diaaar waa givea ia Mr. Roosevelt honor tonight in th gnat kail of tha historic Capitolina palace by the munic ipal authorities, over weioh Mayor Na than presided. Mayor Nathan, in proposing the health of the ex-President, referred to him "as one whose eharsctrr and work had an effect upon tha civil progress of human ily." After mentioning Washington and Lincoln as respectively the founder and consolidator of the republic, he charac terised Mr. Roosevelt aa a "purifier," saving that ha had hunted fiercer beasts than during his recent trip in Africa. "Men of his caliber," said the mayor, "are beyond the limits of country. They belong by right to civilisation." He concluded with apostrophe to Mr. Roosevelt "aa the fighting philosopher." who is preaching the word of purity, goodness and duty to his people end be compered the ex-President to Mercus Au relius. Mr. Roosevelt, in replying, declared that no civilised man could come to Rome without feeling thst be wss vis tting the cradle of civilirstion. After expressing deep apprecistinn for the hoi pitaltty extended to him here, he spoke of political life, which, he said, waa not so much a matter of genius aa of the practical application of the very ordinary qualities of courage, honeetv and common sense, and the rarest of these, he added, i common sense. "Beware of the man who doe not translate hi words into deeds." said the ex-Preeident. He announced that he wss an optimist with regard to the fnture. "Twice Italy was at the head of th world," he continued, "first, in the day a of acr glory, when Marcus AuMlus wa imperor, and. second, d urine; the marvel ous reproduction of the life of Greece in the communes of Amalfl, Pisa, Flor ence and Genera. And now. in the last AO Tears, since the battle of Novara, we have seen the wonderful growth which has msde Itaiy what she ia and what she will be. "When the pessimists ay that civili sation is wore out, we can turn to Italy, whence tha entire Occident derives its civilization and where we don't know whether to admire move the past ot what is being prepared for the future "In all civiliwd countries it haa beea necessary to preserve some barbaric vir tues, above all, military strength to op pose snv attempt at oppression. Coun tries must be atronaer in order to be s-ood snd help the weak azaiaat th overbearine:." The ev President and Mrs. Roosevelt left for Spenu at 11.45 o'clock tonight Will Release Options. (Special to Daily News ) Winston Salem. Msreh a. T. V. Ed munds, of Prince Aitiert county. Vir ginis. representing partiee in Virginia, who has held an option on Cant. H. L Rigrina' farm, west of the city, since March 14. ha decided to take np th option and Captais Riggin left for Richmond, Vs.. today to close the deal. It is nnderstood that a corpora t ton will be formed snd the property divided into lots and put on the market. Hickory Ha Ho Llghta. (Special to Daily Niews ) Hickory, April 4 The Thornton Liyht sad Ptwvt ompsnv. which has ben furnishing rights for Hickory, aad the i siunieipelity of the Catawba ertv. have , dssas-reed a boot the price of tighta, th power enajsnany cut off the lifht and WOULD BE BAD FOR BUSINESS To leopea Question Would Bait II Not Destroy the Wonderful Advances Made Since Enactment ol Law. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, April C-rFlatly declining to precipitate "tariff1 disturbance" by calling a meeting ef th ways and means aomuittM of tha House to consider plac ing rattle and meats oa the free list for one year to relieve the high price of food. Chairman Payne, in an opeu letter to Representative Foelker, of New York, declared that a majority of the committee oppose any amendment to the new tariff law, Mr. Foelker, la a reply, asks th com mittee to reconsider aad "if they will act grant me a hearing aad ar opposed to the bill, that they will report the bill adversely and thus giv the member of the whole House a chance te say whether they are in favor or against this measure." Mr. Payne, who ia a Republican Boor leader, ssys ia hi letter that he canvass ed the Republican of the committee and that they opposed th Foelker bill be cause they did not believe the tariff amendment it proposed would improve the law and that if the committee brought in uch a bill and It cam up ia tb House for consideration, "the tariff law would be open to amendment ia every paragraph and achedul and would disturb business so long as the result wa uncertain, and halt, if not de stroy, th wonderful advance in busi aess which followed Immediately after its enactment. I ranaot think of any thing that would b mors disastrous." TO APPOINT SETTLE Asherlllo Man Will Be Judge On Com merce Court. (By John E. Monk.) Washington, April . Ex -representative Settle, of Aalieville, will be appoint ed by President Tail a judge of the couit of commerce provided by tb pend ing bill emending the Interatale com merce commission act. Representatives Cowles. Grsnt and Morehead called on the President todsy and he told them he would appoint Judg Settle, when the bill became a law. The three representatives also urged the President to sppoint Wslter R. Henry, of Cbsrlotte, to an nditorship in the treaaury department. Preaident Tuft said he would inquire if there v ere any opportunities for as opening for Mr. Henry. MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS STILL DISHING UP SCANDAL (By The Associated Press.) Jsckson, Miss., April 6 - Testimony In corroboration of the statement of Mate Senator Theodore Bilbo thst s plot bed been arranged to entrap alleged bribe givers during the recent senatorial con tent wss krald tods) by the elate sen ste invent iffating charges o( bribery. Dur ing the day. howeer. there was much conflict of testimony on important inci dents, principally as to whether former Governor James K. Vardamsn, of whom Bilbo was a follower, had knowledge of the plans. Ri-presentstive .1. O. Cowsrt, wbo is credited with hsving declared thst he was "spprosched" s before tb" sen ste for two hours He testified thst whstever may have been esid to hira with regard to am vote was slwsys of a jocular nature. He knew, however, of a plot to en trap the sllrged offerer of the bribe. Senstors Owen sn-1 Seabrirnt and oth ers testified thst Kilbo hs unfolded to them his plsns sikI wmiihl their advice. Assiatsct Chief of Police .1 T. Rainey, of Jackson, declared Hist he had ar ranged for seTeral person to be present when Bilbo declared s trsnnfer of money was to bsve been made. In this in stance the alleged bribery did not ma terialise. Newspaper correspondents were ad mitted to the session ni today for the first time since the inquiry heuan. Interment of Mr. Lindley. i-ip-cil to Daily eS ) Winston Sslem. April 6 The rvmsins of Mrs. Lindley, wife of pv. O. A. Limi ley, who died et (n-ord on Mondsy, paaeed through the city vesterdsy sfter nooa en route to fobaecoville. The funeral s.-rveea were held at the Meth odist Protest ent church near there to day, snd were cro I'icted bv Rev. T. J. Op-burn, of Greriboro. who wei.t up this morning. Official Flights Called Off. Memphis. Term., April 4.--rwing to a i persitent rsle shieh blew 20 mile sn hour throw? boot tie entire alternor.n, the ofrieial rlurhtu of Meirptii.' first a ro plane meet were ceiled off Ute today. Trial fiifbts were euexoafully carried out this sfternoon bv Glena H. Curtis and tbarlee F. Williard. ( series K. j Hamilton i eipcrted to arrive (By Th Aaaooiated Pre.) WaahiiartoB, April 6. The military curt of inquiry which during th but year haa bean inveatigating th sbootiag up of Brownsville, Tex., find that the evideno dearly sustain th charge that tha shooting was dona by soldiers of th Twenty-fifth infantry, colored. A to th charge mad by bb mayor and citieana ef Brownsville, Tex., th eourt I of th opinion thati 1. Tb aoldiera of th Twenty-fifth infantry, stationed at Fort Brown, Tex, did, on the night of August 13-14, 18U6, shoot into Aouses of th towa of Brownsville, Tex, occupied by men, women and children, killing Frank N tus, a oitiaea of that towa, seriously wounding the lieutenant of police, M. Y. Doninguei, causing him th lot of aa arm, and killing th bora under him. The court k unanimous la it opinion thst th evidence sustains th charges. 1. As to th disciplinary aspect of their crime, including th perform no of duty by officers and enlisted men of tb loth infantry, garrison sd in Fort Brown, Texaa, oa the Bight of August It-14, UKm, aa measured by th stand srd la th army, the court ia of tha e pinion that if the ollioera, non -co ni mis sioned officer and privates, had per formed their reeective duties on tb evening of August 13-14, MO. Immedi ately prior te the ahoeting affray, with CARDINAL GIBBONS MADE CALL AT WHITE ROUSE (By Tba Associstsd Preaa.) Washington, April 1 Cardinal Gib bon nailed at th White Houss late today. After ho had beea with the President for 15 minute or mora, the cardinal emerged from the executive of flost and waa accosted by a party af newspaper maa. "My oaU," lie eie, "had nothing to a with tha Incident at Roma. The in cident - w--eaually-- wssntiOBed, " Tba President expressed hi regret and I ears-eased mine. It wa a matter of mu tual regret. But I aaaur you, gentle men, the mention of, the iewadant waa casual. Good day." An hour subsequent to the cardinal oil at the White House Father Doyle, of the Catholic University, dictated the following statement: "The visit of (he cardinal to tha White House today had no bearing oa Wis affair at Rome, and be merely ex preaaed incidentally hi regret at what occurred there aud the President made no comment." IF RECEPTION IS GIVEN WANTS IT NATIONAL ONE (By Th AtM-riatal Pre-u., PitUbiirg. April 6. Colon. Tbodore rVTwvHt dirt that, if a rarvption is tsTwlTfd hiro in Sw York on hit rftum frriin M.ruid, it MinII Ik aatioiuJ trvd not local. A. P. Moot, ditor of fh Pitttlinrg Le.drr, avr-nt rllgram to Mr. Rove vfR ywttrdT, him that ther fffeRiA to bv a d'-Riir to make rv crption in Vw York local rathM thitn national an J auK-tjni tbat th" ia moti'il ration thf nind on bf all th poopk of the nation. The following re ply r-xived by nthlt today : "Rome. April 6 A. P. Moore, E!itor of the I-tiaJfT, Pittnliurg. Pa.- -Rooar-vrlt, of ooiirne, want a relnbralion na tional, if held at all. Ax you aay speeuil deaire ia to jrive the people at Uryv a chanoa to frroet him if tin v ao wiBh. " ( S ijrneil. ) f .iLOl ; H LI AMERICAN SALVATION ARMY LASS SUES FOR DIYORCE (By The Associated iTesa.) Atlsnta, April 6. Adjutant "Gertie" Momton. of the American Salvation arm. sli'e permit to operate in At Isnts was recently withdrawn by Mayor .Mndo.ii, lodsy 6ld s petition for a decree of uivorce. and slunoiiv. 'in sny sum thst may wrw S'l.U;tte to the court " Adjutsnt Morrison, who hss been the recojfiiired lesder of the American Salvtaion army work in thia city for aeveral yeare, alleges in her petition tbat the nisrtisl trouble of her-f and bus band. A ttant William Morrison, began hortlr sfter their msrrisire, when, she ieclarcs. h" began to curse and abuse her. both in private aod publicly; that be would not contribute to the aupport of hr-lf nor of th home for working irirla which ahe founded and that on the InCbt ct Aisn-h .10, sfter cursing her be fore ber children, he seired a razor srwl threstened to cut her throat. Will Select Golf Grounds ( Special to Daily News. I Asheville, April 4 The report of V. J. Pickering, the expert grass msn, who wss here left week looking over the goltlnr facilities of the city w.th a view of niskine recommendations, was opened at a meeting of the folf committee of the Pxard of Trade. Retail Merchu ts' afcisticn and t.cuntrv club. 'J he re port wss to th effect thst the best ly iirr property for making a golf course, such ss planned, was toratexl in the Reaver-dam valley section, to the north of the city. No action was taken by ttte approsiatioa of the obUgatioaa aad f sponsiwiitiss devolving upon taeat ay tne serious attention thea ooairoating them, the ahoeting affray could aot have oc- arred. Also, that If immediately after tba hooting, when th men had beea charg ed with the erim. a careful inspect toa of every maa ia the garriaoa, includ ing hi ami, equipment and ammu nition had beea made, as was attempt ad at daylight, several hour afterward, sums of the guilty men would have bona discovered. I. Aa to the eligibility to reinstate ment, a majority of tb court find fav orably a to th qualification of th fol lowing men: Company B, 25th infan try: Jone A. Ooltrane, Edward L. Dan Iris, Edward W.rnsld. Company C, soth infantry : Lewis J. Baker, Clifford J. Adair, Henry W. Arvin, Calvin Smith, John Smith. Company D, 85th infan try: Robert Williams, Winter Washing toa, Eli Gant, Joha A. Jsckson, Sam uel E. Scott and William Van Hook. Brigadier-General Theodore Schwaa doe not concur in the second conclu sioa. Lieutenant-Geuoral Samuel H. M Young and Major-General Joseph P. Fanger do aot concur ia the third con clusion. According to the terms of the act creating the board of inquiry, it find ings ar final aad tenant be revised by anyone. POLICE SAY ARRESTED MAN CONFESSED TO KILLING (By The Associstsd Press ) Chicago, April , Oeletu Wlllaeuaa, 2fi years old, waa arrested here 1st to day and ia aaid by the police to have confessed that h (hot and killed Mrs, Wardss Kooa aad tb latter husband ia their horn at Caa ton, Ohio, last Bight. The arrant waa mads In th uaioa ta tioni where Willamaa had slighted, frsea a trsinr Th Cassava wollea had lsaareed a telegram asking that a watch be kept for Willamaa aad detectives had beea set to watch all Incoming trains. According to the police, a bloodstain ed reverie r waa found ia Willaraaaa posssssion. When taken to the police station the prisoner, the police aeeert. admitted tne double crime, aserting that Mrs. Kooas nnd her husband had exer cised a mysterious influence over him. FIVE YEARS FOR PLACING EXPLOSIVES ON TRACKS (By The Aaaoriated Press) Philadelphia, April . Pleading guilty to the charge of placing exploaiva on the tracks of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, Frank Godda, a atnke sympathiser, waa today sentenced to five year in tha eastern penitantiary. God da , who ia aa Austrian and haa been ia America only a few mouths, aaid in hi defense tVist be found a dtnarait cap on a railroad near his home in tha sub urb snd wa told by boys to place it on the oar tricks. Judge Carr, in imposing sentence, said he was nut quite nuie the prisoner knew the dangerous character of the eiplosiv, but tclt the case should be dealt with severvlv. The strike situstion was unchanged j today. ( TELEGRAPHERS AND SOUTHERN SUBMIT TO MEDIATION tBy The Associated Press.) I Wsshington, April 6. A deed lock j having been reached m the negotiations between the Southern railway and its trlejrrsphcr relative to a new agree ment regulating employment for sn other year, their differences will be sub mitted to Chairman Knapp. ot the in terstate commerce commission, and Dr. harles P. Neill, commissioner of labor, ss mediators under the Krdmsn set. When it became evident thst tliu com pany and its men had failed to adjust the matters in dispute, the company re quested federal intervention, the Order of Railroad Teleprapbert Rig-nilying its willingness to lest the mutter to efrssrs. Knapp and Veill. CASE OFSflLOMON BRANTLEY AGAIN BEFOkE THE COURTS (By Tlie Aocisted Press. I Washington. April 6 The ups and downs of Solomon lirsntley todsy filled the ears of the iimtieea of the Supreme court of the I'nited State. I lirsntley is a m irro who wss convicted of voiuntsrv msnslsughter in Georgia severs) rear Piro Tlirough his ettor uey, John Hsndolph Cooper, be obtained a new trial, but this time he waa con victed of murder. He appealed to th Supreme court, w hich affirmed the con viction in the Georgia courts. Today counsel for the prisoner and for the state argued beore the court on Brantley'a claim (hat he had beea deprived of bis constitutional right by being placed on trial the second time. Catawba's New President. i By The Asocisted Press.) Newton. April fi. At a meetina; of the trustees of Catawba co"ec Dr John F. Buehell, st present the Bead of New ' BToomAeld, P., academy, was elected president of the institution. Dr. lSueeied is oirly 34 years oh! and will be the. state'BJUtingeat eollega ai aside n. ' DENY BEING FAY AND HARRIS Counsel Asks Postponement, But Cor ernmenl Wouldn't Consent Prls onersMust Put Dp Defense Todiy. (By The Aseociatad Press.) Now York, April 6. Thoe now sires individual kaowa to th polio aad fed eral ofitoers as "Kddie" Fay sad little Dick" Harris, charged with taa recent robbery of the Richmond, Ye., poesafiiaa in which snore thaa ft,UM tsmt wa ob tained, were oo piqued after their arrest that they could not resist eongratuluat ing their oaptor aad admitting their identity, accardiug ta the tastimuay of postothoa laa pec tors at th arraignment of the prisoner ia New York today. New taer ar iadiwaaat w-aea ret erred to Fay and Harris. The two alleged burglar virtually nouT eased naortly aiter tbi'ir arraet. s taw Inspectors toa lined. aad upon thi th gov raovtit will large ly build it ess to lore extradittoa, wnioa in prisoners are mtimrij new im IrmimIjim J C. Konal and J H . Roberts, of Washington, were the wit ussss who told of the accused asea a al leged lank of legal caution. -RiAssrta teetifted that in an interview at polio aeailuuarter the prisoner who call kimsolt Prank Ui ester, but svnern th poll declare te be "Little Disk" ' Harris, told hia that th inspectors had due a reamrkabl pies af work la mak ing taa capture and aaaea now taey won able to trace them a quickly fro as Riehmoad ts New York. Kooas said that whoa he called at the) Tombs th prisoaar who insist that ha ia Frederick Caaaiagbam. but who ha beea identified by the New York police as th daring "Eddi" Fay, said te him. I'd Ilk ta know how you traced the trunks from Kiohmoad ta New York" f "I told klm," said aona, "aVat "wa obtalnsd an aosurat ' deseriptioa ! them from th negro who drove them to th Riehmoad depot sad tbat w fol low sd them quickly after that. Fay, or Cunningham, then said te mat "We mad a aiiatak in getting them out of Richmond so soou. Then, la getting the trunks away, we should have aad aa automobile." , "During the same interview," the In spector continued, "I asked fuuaiuifaena l . . 1 1 . . 1 . , a i , wnst wen in uv sotue iijium 111 ui, trunk with the extra fin est of Bale blower' tool, lie replied: Tv been a little worried about that. That's nitroglycerin. You'd better get rid of it before it doe damage.' I poured tba -introglyosrie down a waste piu of a aink in thi building." Henry A. Wise, I eked Ntsttea diatrirt at.tnrney ia New York, and I I. Lewis, United Htates district sttorney at Rich mond, speared jointly for the govern, ment today. A vigorous fight for delay wa made) and a claim of mistaken identity set up t th arraignment here today liefmei I'nited Htates (Vimmissinnsr Rhiel.i- of the two men arrested so eensatioi'sll? here last week aad accused of rubbing; the Richmond, Vs., puatoflice. When the prisoners names were men tinoed as "JUdir" Fay and Rirharri Har ris their counsel exclaimed: "We don's known any such people. My client ra Cunningham and Chester." He said they wer prepared to show that the men were not the individuals the government hsa sttempted to make t hem out and. intimated that he sxpwtcd to prove aa alibi for them. Their remuvsl would be strenuously opposed, lie dcilareil. At the start the defence sked for an aitjournment of the cam lor a week, 1 he government obie,-tc, ,md t'ommis- sioner SJiiebu giive it permis.ion te sub mit it. etidence this afternoon atid fate tlie pn.onet-'s counsel until toniocioie; sttcrnoon to put in their defense. I H. llarrion, poto(Tiiv inspectoi -in chief, at Wa.hington. and the fluse men who traced the trunks containing phiti. der from Richmond to this city, were the chief witnesses for the g-ovcrnmerrt. Inspector Harrison testified that in stamps, money snd negotiable drafts had been stolen, of which $70,000 ia stamps had been recovered. Before (he men had been arraigned todsy they were discbargrd on the warrant on which they were arretted snd lesTTcsted under the recent indict merit found sgsinst them by a federal grand jury in Richmond. REVENUE OFFICERS DESTROY MANY STILLS IN MARCH I Special to Dail y Newa.) Asheville April 6. The reports com piled ia Revenue Aflvnt R. B, Saras' oip'-e shows that during the month of March deputy collectors working from the Aahev'ille oflce destroyed s total of 41 distilleries and bound over to I hi ted State District court i men oa ehargvs of illicit ditilling The collector ie tired iSt'i.i gallons of wkitky. Tlie vali-e of the seized and coufisoeti-d srap trty for the month is 6.47'J. BONT18 cXirillJC); WADKSBOR0 WILL HAVE lMT-ROVEU STREETS lJ.MaJ to Tkiilv :,iewa.l Wsdesboro, Apnl ft.- lTe eleeStaa haM r.-.ter.tsy oa the question of im-ainc; i,r"ls for street iirprovsments awaajen ed wis interest and yet th wet poDedl was very right. Only 24 vets were polled aaid the election remitted ia favor of greater WadcSbore. Ike total wnse ia raver et us Senas as M stsVt vatsa i
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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