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GUEGCItlTTION PRICE: 3.00. PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1907. PRICE FIVE CINTO. A COMMISSION 'IN LUNACY ' jfEKOiia pors not oppose Tins Lwaes Statement Saying IX Will Join With Thaw Counsel In Requesting Appointment of Such a ConunUisloii to Examine Defendant If Any of Expert Retained Will Testify An tlKirltaUvely lliat in Their Opinion Thaw la Now Insane nr.' Evans to J fVirirliiri TMtlmniiT When Court 1 ,lW Open", Followed by; Evelyn Nesblt . ' '.r . IU1T MMU M AU,.U...w,r amwmv and Poiblr FamUy Physicians. nt w4 trk, ;rb'i.-Xh';:foHow-; Ing tatment a to District Attorney Jerom' position with regard to th sanity or Insanity of Harry K Thaw 1 vM'jMd to-day: ;;yrvl?rH. '"Mr, Jerom does not know wheth- , er or ' not .Thaw'c Ir,; insane.,.;? Noft 'fit JM assistants i know. Jnewoftha experts 'retained for; the prosecution know. These experts have ' not had ' an opportunity to examine Thaw eith- tutr nt as to, Ms physical conditioner hla , mental calibre. They are .present In court . at th trial (with n ( open mind.'. They would like to know. " I . "If any - expert, retained; for the , defence soma of whom have already , testified, will aay ' authoritatively, that '' In their opinion Thaw Is now insane th Dlstrlot Attorney -will Join with them In. the request to the court . for the appointment of a commission In lunacy to decide on the Question of the- defendants sanity." M-U::- - , CJHTVAN3 TO RESUME. STAND, ' . , -Harry McPlke, of counsel for Thaw, 1 said to-dayt .- ., - a . - ; ., ; Wbn the trial' Is resumed ' next , 1 week, "Vr. Evans will conclude 1 his testimony and Dr. Wagner will be re called to tell ' of ; his .conversations with Thaw conversations j which . were ruled-out last week. Then Mr, Thaw's wife will finish her story and his mother will be oalled as a. wlt ness for the first time. Finally, af- ter Mr. Thaw's will has been Intro-, duced as evidence it Is probable that the family physicians of the Thaw ' family will complete their. testimony. The alienists will be aeked a few 1 final questions In order to round out the case and then, unless something; V new develops, the defense probably will rest", v,'; ., : Dr. Joslah Stronf, president Of the American Institution of Social Ser r vice, said to-day that Harry K. ; Thaw consulted him more than two ) years ago about breaking P a "den i - of vice" in this city, which was pro tected by a. wealthy and Influential man. Thaw did not say where It " waa located, but Dr. Strong said the "young man told hlnwsuoh a story that t- "made his blood boll.- V 'JDr. Strong added that he referred Thaw to Anthony Comstock. THAW'S NIGHT-KEEPER DEAD. J", Death has again Invaded Harry Thaw's environments.' Close on the i passing ef the wlfe-ot Joseph, Bolton, one of the Jurors, ,who have to de cide the question of hla gutU or in v nocenc of the murder of . Stanford White, came the" announcement to . day of the death last night in a ho ,, pltal of Michael D. Downey, who for ;. months had beenTbaWs night-keep-er on the second tier of cells In the , Tombs, Which la known aa "Murder- "ROW.",''-. o v Downey had been a keeper In the ' Tombs for more than 28 years. When Harry Thaw first came to the Tombs, Downey did not look with favor on the new prisoner. But during the long watches of the night, when Thaw . paced up and, down, the, nar row confines of his cell, a warm ' friendship sprang up between the v keeper and the prisoner. When Downey Is burled to-morrow a wreath bearing Thaw's card will rest on the - casket Thaw sent the order for the 7 i flowers to Warden -Flynn soon after ';., he heard, of the keeper's death. ' IsEVTENTEEN HORSES CREMATED. Large Livery Stable and Three Ad- S lnlng Houses at Cape Charles, Va., urned Loaa $15,000, Norfolk, Va., Feb. 15.-Fire of nn , known origin, which started at 1:11 thi morning In J. Gladstone's livery stables at Cape Charles, V., destroy- ' ' ed ' the ' stables and three adjoining houses. .Seventeen fine horses In tha 1 Gladstone stables were cremated. Clt Isens extinguished the fire after much difficulty by the use of four streams ". from town plugs and bucket brigades. '.There was a high wind and sparks fell all ever the town threatening many buildings, but small biases were ' soon extinguished. The burned prop , erty belonged to J. W. Jones, U E. Mumford and others. The- total low . is between. $11,000 and f 11,000, with partial Insurance. - . Rockefeller Called Home on Account of Illness of Wife. Augusta. Oa., Feb, IS. John D. Rockefeller, who has been here tor a month,- left suddenly for New Tork , last night, on receipt o fa telegram announcing tha lllnest'of hlsr wlfi - lie was not accompanied by any of hla family. He had expected to re- - . maln unui aftfr the winter had paaa . ',- ed. .: . VT , ", , . yLakwood. N. J, . Feb. 18. Miss ' Lucy Gpellman. sister Of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, said. to-day that Mrs. Rockefeller waa suffering only frem a " alight cold. ; . T.-,;-7 ; TJ, J. " . . , .,, i , . .-, ". , ' r Congregational Chorche to, Join ; In I , f;'... Sejicn of Meedtogi tv'', ' meetings in ' Congregational' churches needcut and extending over a period of several weeks,- will be opened In this city to-morrow under the aus pices of the American Mlasionary As- unciaiionr m biobi- m ' rlous meetings will discuss negro ed uoatlon and the work the association ' has done and expects to do among the people In the mountainous sec tions of Kentucky, Tennessee and ' North Carolina. v :': Kills Himself Rather Than be Taken ometn.' -x--''i " r-i ' New Orleane, "Feb. IS. When a posse overtook Joseph "Corbln to-day, he shot and killed himself. Corbln waa suspected of being the man who shot up a Shrewsbury saloon two nights pro, killing one man and wounding . . three others. He, sr-i ; .caught ' near .', Lutchtr; t. ir.f . K .v.Wr.v - 1 , .-..(; m ..,,". ... , . . ; ; f!orfflan fay Oct Appointment.' Washington, Feb. 1 Tne bureau .-'of manufacturers of the Deportment of Commerce and Labor probably will appoint ii I Benton, of aorl. a nrll agent tn tnvtirte the mritt for cotton seed products, both la this , teuntry and abroad, UAU PLASXtl) UASSAUiK? J.KOWNSyiLLE TESTISIOJrt" WARM Negro Ex-Soldiers Tell of Alleged Plans of Citizens Of the Town to Do ; Violence to Uie Troops William Mapp Declares He Iliard OUUen ToU Another That It Was Agreed . to 'Catch a Lot of the Voung Fel lows In Allison's Saloon and Massa cre Them" On Night of "Shooting Up" He Heard Shouts to the Sol- illeri to Come Otn. ;' v; " Washington, s i Feb. loT Startling testimony concerning alleged plana to massacre colored soldiers at Browns ville, Tex. by men from tfna town fir Ing over the barracks to stampede the soldiers, and challenges to v them to come out of . " the barracks, was given by negro ex-soldlers to-day. at the Investigation before the ', Senate committee on military affairs. The most sensational story told was that i William Mappjwho was a mem ber of Company K'Twenty-fiftli ln fantry. . v; v'-.'"--v,--- Mapp was asked If he had. over heard any discussion -of the . shooting which caused Inlm to suspect .any per sons of complicity. He replied , that on the morning following the shoot ing he heard Wllburt Voschelle, the reservation corral boas, and a white man who had. been in charge of the corral prior to the arrival of a bat talion of the Twenty-flftm Infantry, dl8cuasmr the 'case. .. According to Mapp s story voschelle said: : a WeU, It Is a rood ' thing It hap pened aa it did. - I was out in-town last night and the crowd came In front of me the plan was to catch a tot of young fellows in ; Allison's sa loon and massacre you." , Mapp said .that the remark was not addressed to him and that he did not question Voschelle. He said that Allison Is th former soldier Wno had started the -saloon for the purpose of getting the negro soldier trade, the other saloon having barred the mem bers of the . negro battalion. ' Vos chelle Is now In Washington, having been subpoenaed as a witness. . : SHOTS OVER ,VTHE BARRACKS. Before giving this testimony Mapp said that on the night of the scoot ing he .had been awakened by , the firing and bad gone to the window of his quarters, and from there be saw several gun . flashes and the shots seemed to be directed over the bar racks. -' A man with a deep voice, ne aaia, snouted : "Come out you black V' (using an opproblous epithet and making It applicable to tne troops). Mapp said this chal kenge waa repeated several times dur ing the firing, but the call to arms was tnen sounded and ne hurried to get dressed and fall In with his com pany. ;' Thomas Jefferson, who was the room orderly in Company C barracks, said that he heard ttae. shooting and thought there were 10 or IS men fir ing. .The shots, he said, came from the rear and near the end of B bar racks, but he could not say whether the men were within the walls or not He said toe saw the flashes from guns and thought the garrison j waa under, attack. V . Solomon P. O'Nell, also a former member of Company C, testified that the shooting on the night of, August it was rrom near tne wall at the end of Company B's Quarters, and that -the shots were apparently over in narraciu. He said he heard a man shoot and ttnen yell: "Come out you black This occurred several times, said O'Nell. , "BREAK OPEN THE: RACKS." Former Sergeant Darbey W. O. Brawner, who had charge of Com pany C quarters, Twenty-fifth Infan try. on the' night of, the affray and whose. absence is J said to have re sulted In the order to break open the company's gun racks, said that he slept in a room at one end of "C quarters and that he was awakened by corporal O'Nell. O'Nell told Brawner that there had been flrlne- and a call to arms, and also told him to hurry, and open the gun racks. Brawner said he dressed and rushed out to nee his commanding officer. He said he met First Sergeant Harley and asked him what to do, and Har ley said "wait for orders.' The wit ness said that when Ine went back to quarters he heard MaJ.' Penrose say: "If you can't find the officer in charge of quarters break open the gun racks and get down as soon as you can and fall In," -.. . Brawner ' then proceeded to onen the racks, and unlocked three of them, but found that the fourth had been broken open. The only ammunition Comnanv C men had, according to Brawner, was tne toad bullet guard ammunition, or what Is known as the reduced range cartridge. - Brawner was one of the II men arrested on a charge of having par ticipated In the "shooting up" of the town. ,, GRANTED S MONTHS' LEAVE. Brig. Gen. Barry to - Relieve Brig. uen. vtint, in uomraand . of Army of Cnban Pnclflcatloa. . Washington, Feb. 15. Because of physical disability, Brig. Oen. Theo dore' J. Want In command of. th. army of Cuban pacification, haa naked ror and been granted tneee months' leave ef absence: Brig. Oen. Thomaa H. Barry, assistant chief of staff, will at once leave for Cuba to relieve him. General Barry's orders to take com mand In Cuba, " which he will obey Immediately, created an Important vacancy In the army general . staff, which the President this afternoon filled - by the ' appointment of Brig. Gen. WilUsm P. Duvall, in eommand of the Department of the Gulf, who consequently becomes principal as sistant to lJor GUneral Bell, chief of general staff. , General Duvall will be suooeeded In command of the Department of the Gnlf by Brig. Oen. WInfleld 8. Edgerly.x i - ' ( , :. - K- S Seaviatloa In Lower House of .West T , Virginia Legislature. V v ,i , Charleston. W. Va Feb. 1 1. After scoring lobbyists generally from the chair, Speaker Seaman,. In the lower house of the Legislature, to-day, aald, apparently addressing some Individual net named:- ,-v'' 'And to you, sir, i who offered to furnish means to secure votes " for your bill. I will say I know you and now see you are on the floor, and will say you must not again Insult the Intelligence and manhood p$ the mem bers of ne House." ... v. Speaker. Seaman's remarks created a sensation. v-::; t - . Nrw Gcmwal Manaarrr for the Georgia, t . . norma Atlanta.- " Savannah, Ga.x. Feb. II. The ap pointment ef i. C. Odelt, formerly trainmaster of the first division of the Central of Oeorgla Railway, to the po sition of general manager of the Geor gia. Florida A Alabama Railroad. Is nnouncd. Ills Offloe will be at Talla hassee, Fla, k VOTE TO BE JIAD TO-DAY AN ENTIRE DAY OF DISCUSSION Conferenoe Report ( on ImmigraUoa ,'BUI, Including Provision to Settle ; California-Japunese Question, Goes OverBacon and TUlman Prlopl :t pal 'Speakers In Opposition to What "They Regarded as an Ef . Tort to . Prevent the South'a Getting a Desirable Class of Dnmlgranta Lodge Warned Tillman That Un leas He Desisted He Would Move for Continued Discussion Behind Closed Doors, '..,, ' .'Washington, Feb.-1-15. An agre ment to vote to-morrow on the con ference report on the Immigration bill, which includes the provision , In tended to settle ,f fi the j Calif ornla J apanese question,' "was - reached In the Senate to-day as tha result of in entire day ' - of- discussion, on " that measure. v yW-.-.yt.-t The principal ; speeches were - de livered by Senators Bacon and Till man, in opposition lo what they re garded as an effort to prevent -.the South from gettthg a desirable "class, of immigrants. v Senator Tillman's re marks on the Japanese -: situation brought a warning . from . Senator Lodge that If continued ' be would move that the discussion proceed be hind -closed, doors. International references were - not made l atter wards by Senator TUlman. . Senator Galllneer expressed sur prise that the conference should eon tend that they had not Injected "new matter Into the conference rer port and Senator ' Carter said he would vote against the report entirely on that ground and predicted Its de feat., s- Both Messrs. Bacon and : Tillman disclaimed any intention to conduct a filibuster, and many other ; Demo cratic Senators stated that - even if the Georgia Senator and the South Carolina Senator did entertain such a purpose they oould not- follow them. ' ' ' -' ;,::ir r During the debate a member of the Cabinet who was on the floor, told Senators that the subject of : State Immigration board received the at tention of the Cabinet at Its meet ing to-day and that there, had been a general conclusion that the terms of the bill would not require a new ruling m the South Carolina case. PRESENT LAW SATISFACTORT. Explalnln gthe precise point of his objection to the report Mr. Bacon said that under the ruling of the Department of Commerce and' La bor, the contevt labor clause of the Immigration law has been ' so construed aa to permit the State im migration agent of South Carolina lo receive contributions of funds from private Individuals and use the money to encourage and assist Immi gration. Extended preparations were being made by other Southern States to take advantage of this construc tion of the law. All that was asked, he said, was that the law be allowed to remain as It now in. " The con ference report would prevent any action by a State. . Mr. Lodge aald there had not been the slightest Intention on the part of oonferees to modify In any way the clause which gives power to a State to take steps to induce Immigration. "There was," he said, "no intention on the part of conferees to limit the power of the State. If those clauses which limit contract labor have been strengthened it has been without any reference to the States." Referring to the South Carolina system, Mr: Lodge maintained that If that system was to be extended, there was not a State whloh not under the guise of a State agency, with funds provided by railroads and manu facturers, Introduce any number of oontract laborers. Mr. Lodge had no doubt many States would be quick to take advantage of the South Carolina rullnc. This ruling of the Depart ment he regarded as a close case and believed It might have been pre sented differently and with a dif ferent result It the present bill strengthened th contract labor law, be waa glad of It -SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEPARATE Mr. Bacon again expressed regret that the Pacific coast provision waa coupled with th Immigration amend ments. It waa not necessary to have resorted to' this expedient He be lieved a separata measure could have received a unanimous vote In the Senate. Senator. Galllnger expressed sym pathy for the situation In the South, and sustained Mr. Bacon's contention that the situation waa one of em barrassment and he should feel com pelled to vote for the report because of the Paclflo coast provision. Mr. Baoon then entered upon a de tailed discussion of the amendment to which he objected, saying It utter-' ly nullified th preaent construction of th law. When Mr. Bacon concluded, Mr. Tillman began a discussion of the South Carolina system, but Indicated that hla main purpose was to re view another part of th conferenc report . . r ' , " Every one supposed that this Im migration , bill , was dead," - continued Mr. Tillman. "But. lo and behold, an exigency has : arisen ' on the Pa clflo coast! -Strenuous Individuals are at work t accomplish ,a certain end. The able man wh presides over the State Department drafts an amendment to a law passed last May by th Senate and last June by the House and which has been In con ference ever since. ; The; conferees take that distinguished gentleman Into . their confidence, or rather he takes them Into his confidence, and the Senate Is notified; that this bill must. go through. ; y :.' ; TWO-FOLD OBJECT-DEVOLVED. - "Why? Speaking In plain terms. to keep the Japanese out , ef , Cali fornia, v But there la 4 two-fold ob ject Involved In ' the measure. The first of these Is intended to keep just laborers off th Pacific coast and from getting Into this country, and the jus tic in futheranoe of a policy which look to sectional , advantage, , have lncoruoraUd ,: provision which changes the law In regard to contract labor, which win keep out the, little dribble of Immigrant who have started to go Southward.!: v'' "And these two provisions ' linked together are to. be driven through Congress. Th Eouth's Interests are as usual Ignored; the Pacific coast, of course, Is taken care of." .k. ' Mr. ' Tillman contended . that this procedure mut be In pursuance of a settled policy' ad made ; strenuous objet!on to It . . .' Continuing Mr. Tillman said: 1 will vet? for an -exclusion 1 act to morrow which will kp the Japanese eul I do not see why there saeuld be a prejudice against them, " yet X am willing to keep them out It It brings war." . : : - -, Senator Lodge arose at ' the last remark. -"If," he said. In a. low. tone, "we are going to discus that question, I think we ought to do so. behind closed doors." "I am perfectly willing to go be hind closed aoors," Mr, Tinman re sponded - promptly, . "perhaps I can get a hsart-to-heart talk with some people who will net stay - her and listen,' but - '.we -: have got .orders from th White House that this re port has ,got to o hrdugh,Vfe;:.s'' LAYS BLAME . TO PRESIDENT, " the an ' at th Whiw" vlHous had. . npt taken i it upon ' himself to meddle with everything in the United States w would hot hav this Issu here," said MtV ;Tlllman.j.-C' A tr-"' "i Stating his opposition to any sys tem of contract labor to-be as strong a that of any ne, Mr. Tillman said h would favor the. proper encourage ment of "desirable white Immigrants to the South, and he believed the government would do well to spend one hundred million dollars tor that purpose. The South was to be dis criminated against he . maintained, because the Senator; from Massachu setts had a large-number of highly respectable-' constituents who were opposed to th Southern States get ting ' immigrants r Unless they jgot them1 from th slums of the Northern cities.1 Th South did not want this sort of" "scum and riffraff." Mr. Lodge' was questioned closely to ascertain Just what he construed to be th effect of the change. "Does It mean that a State agent cannot go abroad and secure Immi gration r naked Mr. Tillman. "It means that he cannot use other than State funds for tnat purpose," answered Mr. Lodge, "Suppose th Stat should pay th passage of; an Immigrant and then some one should come along and re imburse th StateT" asked Mr.s Till man, who added, "there are more ways than on , to beat the devil around th stump and the Senator from Massachueetts knows JMt as well as anybody lse how to do It.. "That might be one way, an awered Mr. Lodge, who added that ne did not think t ought to be done. Mr. TUlman then turned his at tention to the - Japanese provision and maintained that in placing the provision In th report the conferees had exceeded their th0,r'ty nrUntll, The abolishment of the Oriental sdoools applles,-ot course, only to the use of them by the JaJpanes. .. Their maintenance fer the Chinese will be continued. Mr. Tillman- continued: "I want to Vnow why It la." he said, "that tha Prudent of th? United States should be permltted-tf this bill becomes a law, nd! know It Will-to d Icker with abor unions, to make bargains, with labor unions? Why should the Interests of labor on the Paclflo coast mafte H pos sible for the President tot Issue an Exec utive order to nrohlblt the landing of a certain class of immigrants? We ought to have a law to regulate Won a thing. It outtht not to be left to Executive dl eretlon. There ought not toee any bar, gaining here for twllflcaV rposes. "W have all heard thas In the last presidential election- an J. understanding was reached by those who- had charge of the-campaign that" If: the Mormon vote went a certain way,- a certain col league of ours would be cared for. And we have heard It talked, too. that the Chief Executive, who was the benefi ciary ef that vote though he did not need It-has exerted himself to the ut most to carry out, that agreement, an-i Is using his Influence to stave off a vote and protect In every way ne could the Senator from Utah. "The bargains are not conducive to the public welfare. I am sick and dis gusted with this disposition on the part of the Senate and wfth Congress actual ly surrendering everything Into the keep ing of the executive." SENATOR CARTER INTERRUPTS. Senator Carter, of Montana, Interrupt ed and took the position emphatically that the conferees had exceeded their authority. "A vote taken upon this ques tion,'! continued Mr. Carter, '"will. In my judgment, result In the dereat of t;io conference report." He had reached this conclusion after consulting with many of his colleagues. While It might be extremely Important to enact the desired clause regarding passports, he said, he deemed It of vltnlly more Importance J nete In en acting the law of the country should h ,,...rwie would be to establish a precedent whloh would be ex tremely dangerous In th future, If a vote for the conference report Involved the approval of the principal Involved, Mr. Carter concluded that he was per fectly free to aay he should vote against It This statement brought Mr. . Tillman to the conclusion of hla speech abruptly with this statement: . . . ... u m .1.. w Aw.f,il nnn. werabla presentation of what I have been trying to say. I quit. ; - Mr.-Patterson men secure unanimous consent for a vote on th conference re nort before adjournment to-morrow. Japan Has Agreed to no Solution of Hcnooi iTooiowi. ' London. Feb. 15. In a dispatch from Toklo the correspondent of The Times says: "It Is denied here upon gooa au thority that Japan has agreed to any anliitiAn nf th Ran Franclaco nroh- lem depending upon restriction of the, admission or Japanese , laoorers to the United States.TV ; -T V FELL TO DEATH pVEB PRCCIPICE Ellis Bare lcmt Life f on the Bloc Ridge Lecture by Mf.. Henry Blount . . ; ' Special to The Observer. v 1; Wllkeboro, Feb. . 15News - ha reached' here that E!l' Bar," who lived Just beyond the top of the Blue Rtdg. In Ashe county, , while pq hi way, from this place Wednesday with a. loaded wagon .and team, lost hi footing on what ,; s known g . t,h "Jumping-Off PUC," ' " on I the Btu Ridge, and. with his wagon and team, was precipitated down . the awful precipice,' a distance of several hun dred feet. Tne precipice is a solid rock,i almost perpendicular, - and in places 100 feet high. Bare and hla team were torn to fragments. . , - Th noted Mr Henry Blount lec tured In the court house here last night delivering his lecture en "Ora tory, Wit and Humor." ' The lecture was 'greatly enjoyed. vTh lecturer completely captivated his audjenc by his splendid wit and humor.. Ji has few superior In this, country as a lecturer, and no one can excel rnlm In splendid diction,, and rich Imagery of tjri. ,. v -'.;.-''. ''ivkaY', .'i- t -' '..; i i i Roys Confen lo Attempting to Wreck . ' - fionihera Train. , -,'t4 Tallapooss," O., 7,Feb.4J U Four boys led by Carl Davis the oldest 11 years old, it Is salfl, have confessed t attempting4 to wreck a Southern-Hallway train- Just east Of here -Tuesday night. An. accommodation tra'.n from Atlanta ran into an open switch, th engine was demolished, and the en gineer and fireman badly bruised, but tha passengers escaped. The lock had been broken, and th switch left Open. The boys sold thslr object wa to rob the eiprsas cac, . . . INCBEASB OF THE NAVY ' '' , - 'v.'.i-.' i i i ' -v- '.f BURTON'S . MOTION : DEFEATED Ohio Representative, in' Opening De bate, Attempted to Have One of the Rig Vessels Eliminated, : Mak- ' Ing Speech in Support of the Mo tlon United State Should T. kO , Lead - in Move for ' limitation of . Armaments KitdUn Offered . Amendment a to Armor Plate, but it Waa Lost Bill Finally Passed, ' Carrying an Appropriation of Waahnirtb'n,'Fb..-ilB ceedlngs of the House to-day on the naval appropriation bill were devoted largely fo the consideration " of th question of'the Increase of th navy, with,, especial reference tothe -ne-. cItyl;ofHwo:ivbattleships''of;;the Preadnaug'ht. type.JThe. effort , to Je duce th number waa defeated; after a long , debate. The - proceedings were opened , by a motion made by Mr. .Burton, of 'Ohio, to eliminate one of the big vessels', and he made a speech In, support of his motion in which he took occasion to contrast the American navy with th Japanese navy to the detriment of the latter, showing; that - with ships now under construction the navy of the 'United States would be - nearly two-thirds larger than that of Japan and was at present a half larger. He re ferred to the number of ships under construction, some of which would not b Completed until 11I, or even later, and ' maintained that there was no Immediate occasion for fur ther construction even of the one battleship now contemplated. Finally he said that the United States of all nations of the world should take the lead In the move for a - limitation of armaments, looking hopefully forward to the time when peace and amity should exist among the whole human race. Continuing, Mr. Burton said no na tion on th globe is threatening us, "No nation will think lightly of en gaging In war with us," said Mr. Burton. He declared that "In Eng land to-day Xing, prime minister. Parliament and - the great majority of the people are ready and anxious to stand with us in a movement for the limitation of armament, and con cluded with the declaration that greatness does not consist In the strength of government but In the happiness and the opportunity of each Individual cltisen, a thing far more preferable, far more to be de sired than the triumphs of war or the empty glories of Imperial do minion." The speech was loudly ap plauded. MUCH INTEREST IN DEBATE. Mr. Burton was followed by Mr. Crumpncker and Mr. Longworth, who favored the two ships, and by Mr. Slayden and Mr. Underwood, who opposed that provision. The gal leries were crowded and much In terest was manifested In the debate. Mr. Hull, of Iowa, took a pro nounced stand against the amend ment of Mr. Burton. ' Referring to a contention by Mr. Burton that the Isolation of the United States Is the best protection, Mr. Hull said that "he seemed to ' have forgotten the events of the last eight years, when our splendid isolation was left be hind with the result that our flag now touches the Interests of the world at so many points that we are no longer an Isolatad nation." He said that preparedness waa the best argument for peace and that he was In favor of fighting for peace If necessary. . Mr. Kltchln, of North Carolina, favored th amendment of Mr. Bur ton, and Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,, spoke In favor of an In creased navy. After further discussion, Mr. Bur ton's amendment to reduce the num ber of battleships was defeated by a vote of 114 to 146. K1TCHIN OFFERS AMENDMENT. There ensued the old fight on the question of armor plate. Mr, W. W, Kltchln, of North Carolina, offered an amendment that In securing th armor of best quality for the two battleships mentioned In the bill, the Secretary of the Navy shall not con tract to pay . greater prices per ton than the pricea contracted to be paid for the battleships South Caro lina and Michigan. He explained that unless this was adopted the Mldvale, Bethlehem and Carnegie factories might undertake to raise the price. The amendment was de feated. II to 114. With these perplexing problems out of the way, the bill was then completed and the committee of the whole rose.1 When the bill was reported to the House. Mr. Watson, of Indiana, de manded a separate roll?" n provision appropriating 1100,000 for an addition to the Iron and brass foundry at the Washington navy yard Th provision was defeated, ayes 101. nayes 1. Then th bill was paased. It carrle an appropria tion of MMoo.ooo. ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT DETECTIVE, Captain of ChlrnBniIa Nar row Eempe From Death at th Hands of a iAinatlc. Chicago, Feb. . A wsll-dressed man, evidently of unsound mind, n tend the central pollc station In th city hall to-day and attempted to Shoot Capt P. b. O'Brien, . th de tective burau. ' . Th men placed a revolver do to Capt. O'Brien' head, saylngt -"Tou'r Roosevelt ain't youf Capt. O'Brien sprang up. knocked th man down, gnd took th revolver away.- He wa at once mcna 07 to Insane man, but after desperate fla-ht subdued mm. vvnn in as sistance of other officers th man was pled In ft cell., where he be came extremely violent it being nec essary for several officers to hojd him on the floor to prevent him from nsshlna h! brains out against th wall. Later vie wa removed to the hospital for detention of r th Inaan. Nothing found on th man, Indicated hi. Identity. . -, -, Vv-i''1' ..... 1 " Two Whit Mm Hanged for Criminal .' - ! : ;r v '. Awuiult ' ' ' Rnssellvllle, Ky., - Feb. f 1 Guy Lyon and Polk Fletcher, whit' men, were hanged here to-day for an as Mult upon Mary Gladef, a young German girl, two year ago. Lyon attempted to commit suicide 4 fast alght - by -opening a blood vsel In hla left arm with a tin spoon which he had sharpened. . Physicians . In jected nearly a gallon of artificial Wood Into lon. which revived him, but he was so weak this mornlne: he had to b turported to th scaffold. HOPE FOR A BEFOBMATOBY MANY MEASURES ' DISCUSSED Senator Drewry Introduces Two Bills Relating to . Insurance . Companies Substitute for Preston ; Reform. atory Receive Favorable. Attention Long Discussion of Leo County r Matter In Hooao " Senate Passes - BUI Giving Dunn a Dispensary- Graham Rat BUI Special Order for Tuesday Ormon Bill . to Reward Sheriffs for Destroying sun Passes Senate,. .. , . ; r ' WC' :'-'A Observer? Bureau, ii;,?: The. Hollaman Building, 5?; V .',;.t, Raleigh, ; Feb. ,lttX. ;XMr. :?; Drewry i Introduced a . bill In the:. Senate to-day to , mak It th duty of th . Insurance commissioner In ascertaining th financial condition of any company or mannar of it buslneas to employ Independent ac tuary" or-'lkllledlT "accountant V, In ease of . Insolvency of any company, the reserve or outstanding? policies may, with conaent of insurance com missioner, be used to reinsure poli cies to extent of their pro rata part thereof. Another Drewry bill would make U unlawful for any insurance com pany, association, order or society doing business in North Carolina after next June to Issue any policy, contract or certificate for less than $600 or use application in connec tion therewith, forms of which have not been submitted to and approved by the Insurance commissioner. The House committee on penal In stitutions, by a vote of 8 to 4, this evening reported favorably the sub stitute for Preston's reformatory bill, this substitute bill having been adopted by a Joint sub-oommlttee of the Senate and House. Tne bill doea not carry an appropriation, but ha a provision that should an appropria tion of $7,600 be made by the State, the Governor ahould appoint trustees to co-operate with the private trus tees. The institution Is Incorporated under the name of the Stonewall Jackson Industrial and Manual Train ing School, the Incorporators being Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Miss Fanny Heck, Mrs. W. H. S. Burgwynn, Miss Gsdale Shaw and elgnt others whom they may name. 4 It Is understood that a bill to es tablish tehe county of Lee wll be in troduced in th House to-morrow. The bill killed to-day was a Senate bill. THE HOUSE. Th House met at 10:80 o'clock, Rev. Livingston Johnson offering prayer. McRae presented a petition from citizens of Robeson for a law regulating running of automobiles on highways. Unfavorable reports were made on bills providing for primary elections In Madison and Henderson counties. An unfavorable report was made on the bills of Parsons and Mc Neill regulating . labor in factories, nd a favorable report was made on Billing's bill, allowing IS hours as a week's work In cotton mills, with an amendment by Parsons that mills can not run later than I o'clock at night to make up for lost time. Dllllng's bill having made th hour 10 o'clock, and th arrangement being a 00m pro mise. BILLS INTRODUCED. Bills were Introduced as follows: Gordon: To authorise th Stat Board of Health to provide preven tive treatment for hydrophobia; to protect game In Guilford. Hankins: To allow Thomasville to lssu bonds for public Improvement Harris: To give magistrates Juris diction of misdemeanor for failing to list property tor taxation. McRacken: To Incorporate Ever green, in Columbus. Lockhart: To allow th corporation commission to require railway to build a union station In town of 1,000 people Beauman: To prevent sawdust be ing thrown In Mitchell county streams, also to give that county th good road law. Jackson: To allow Bellhavea to Is sue bond for a graded school. Wells: To allow Pender county te appropriate money to th Society for the Betterment of School Houses. Kennely; To put Sampson under the anti-jug law and prevent solicit ing order for whiskey there. Bryan: To grv Wilkes county th good roads law. Boyd: To amend the act of 1101 regarding wood pulp mill In Hay wood county. Manning: To allow Durham county to lswue $100,000 in bonds for good roads; to increase pay of Durham county commissioners; te allow that oounty to buy additional land for county workhouse and horn and to buy a sit for a new court house. Bolton: To make an appropriation to pay the expenses of th Confederate veterans to the Richmond reunion next summer. Yount:: To Incorporate Brtckford, Catawba county. Brewer: To Incorporate Linneld, Craven county, Taylor, of Vane: T require ex press companies to pay for loss or damage to property. Mull; To mak it unlawful to keep liquor for sale In Cleveland; also for relief of ex-Confederate aoldlera Griffin: T Incorporate the Castalla Railway Company. 1 vMeDanlel: To change th tlm of holding courts in Lenoir. Park: To change th time for holding courts la Ashe. ' Olbbs;-To provide for payment of damages wher persons haul logs over publlo highways. Kooocet To supply certain lost rec ords to Onslow. ..sv. Winborn; To amend th rerlsal re garding mortgage by corporation, DISCUSSION OF LEE COUNTY . , -. MATTER. -. - Th House took up as a special or der th bill creating th county of Lee, th minority report of the com mittee coming, up tor consideration. Th . majority of th , committee re ported th bill unfavorably, the mi nority - recommending that , It pasa. London,' ef Chatham, said h repre sented almost every Republican and Democrat In that oounty In protesting against this V proposition to almost ruin that grand old county. He mad a detailed statement of th damage in many ways which th creation of a uew county would do to Moor and Chatham, and without practical ben efit to cltlsens of the new county. - 11 said1 only three counties In th Stat had been created with less pop ulation than Le and that was don before the civil war. Chatham - was already a pauper county,: and to cut off 1100,000 of taxable property would mak it a still heavier burden on the Slat. H concluded with an appeal to- member to stand by th Kepre- (Cootlnuei on Pag Three.) MB. P0U mil KOT: HUM DEMOCRATS , HELP PRESIDENT Congressman, In Statement to the Ob- , ... servers Correspondent Says Ho Wia . Not be Gubernatorial Condldate 5 Naval Appropriation Bill, Preei i dent's Measure, Goes Through House by Aid of Democrat Webb ; Amendment ' Lost . by Close Vote . Southern Senator Will Allow th Passage - To-Day; of : th Immigra " tkm BUI, With thermovision to Kx r elude Japaneses. Coolie. y.;.vji.ii W. A. HTJLDEBRAND. lr -;- -'-v... I 1111 ... ir . . -M , . ' Observer Bureau, . . 1417 G. 8treet N. W, u - Washington, Feb. U. There were de levoDments of a no' lltlcal nature her to-day of intereat to worm Carolina. ConasamattiPou. - - who - has", Irequehtiy,, been mentioned ' among . the probably . candidates for : nomination for Governor, to-day defi nitely removed his name from the Hat r of possibilities. He said, "I appre ciate fully compliment which some of ' my friends have paid me in suggesting 1 my name for the high office of Gov-' ' ernor, but for several reasons X hav ' decided not to candidate. For months X ' have been saying this in private eon- . venation. I would not make any public statement for the press now ' were it not for the fact that some of' our State papers continue to print my , name In lists or candidates." Th r politically Inclined are now speculate Ing on the probable course of: Mr. Craig. Up to the present writing' t nave Been heard relative to the prob able future actions of the Ashevilt ' man, but th belief obtains In advised quarters that he ha not burned the ' bridges behind him, and haa not com mitted himself one way of the other. He Is in all probability simply await ing developments. ,a ' Mr. Pou joined about 11 or 10 Dem ocrata to-day In voting on the amend--ment to the naval appropriation bill and aa a consequence the House car- . rted out the President's programme of ; building up the navy by authorising the construction of two additional bat tleships. The administration pro- gramme could hardly have been car- ,1 rled out without this Democratlo as sistance, as the Republicans were pretty well dlvldod on the policy fav- p ored by the President. Mr. Pou took the position that this government should take no backward step in maintaining a large and ef- flcient naval establishment and ra. marked that he had been told that re- Japan came nearer to being seriously . strainea a xew aays ago man in aver- ago person Imagined. The other members of the delegation present favored the Kltchln amendment strik ing out the appropriation for on of the big ships. Claud Kltchln 1 not '. there. t , The amendment of Mr. Webb, which provided that a test be mad to ;.' determine whether any shell would ' destroy a battleship at dlstanc of J" 4,000 yards before spending additional -funds )n construction of such ships, . was lost by a close vote. . - Southern peopl hav been -very much Interested In the Immigration bill, pending lath' Senate. Ther ar' those who aay frankly that they suspect a joker. It was suspected that th bill, as favored by Senator Lodge and oth , era, would be Inimical to Southern cotton mill and other manufacturing Interests, but It I very likely that th Southern Senator will stand out ' of the way to-morrow and permit th passage of the compromise measure -which carrle th provision which will -nable th Prtsldsat t exclude Jap- anese coolies. While under the bill aa reported to th Senate there will be no duoa- tlonal tMmt Brovtaion. aa advnralaA h . Senator Simmons, there Is a provision which authorises th appointment of v a commlaalon to study the whole ha- -migration question, and this educa-. tlonal proposition will. It Is said, re- ' oelvs special consideration by th pro posed commission. Senator Simmons' -bill for a bureau of information and ' display, 1 which was Incorporated la the general bill by th Benat com- mlttse ha been retained by th eon- -feree of both th House and Sea .. ate. .,- - MOTHER WENT FOR SON. Walter Sledge, of Loedsbnrg, Ran Away From School and Enlist ta Marine Corp Father 111 and Mother Goes to Norfolk to Get Son, But Falls. . , Special to The Observer. Norfolk. Va,. Feb. 15. Lured by a promise of good pay, pleasant as sociations and a chance to se the world, Walter Earnest Sledge, an 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Sledge, of Loulsburg. N. C enlisted In the Unllted States Marin v Oorps . and cam to the barracks at th navy yard In Portsmouth. The boy had -been sent to school In Raleigh, but left there and went to Rocky Mount N. C. wher he enlisted. HI par ents learned of th fact only a tew day ago and to-day, hla mother ar rived her.- , ' .!(''';;":''': She called on Mayor Reed, but that official oould render no material aid, -although , he did aend police Detect- . lv Land with her to the, barracks aa an escort Mrs. Sledge . told .the mayor that" "Waller ws, her o and that sh had com tor him and would .tak him back with her.- She aald th boy' father was seriously ,111 and she feared fatal result on se-, count of hi continual worry ever the - boy havlngijnllsted. : " " -, Mrs. 81eda"-saW Colonel W.' T. Walker, commandant of . th oorps here, H could not comply with her request that her on be dlacharged. and the matter win oe tagen up in Washington. - c.; , ' ' 1 i ' Seaboard File $18,000,000 Motigage." '. Atlanta. Ga. Feh. 15. A mortgag for 111,000.000 was filed here to-day by . the Seaboard t Air Lin Railway, It ia to run for years and la made , In favor of th Morton TrustCom pany, and Janv-e L Burk. trustees. Th mortisg Is to secure 10-year J per cent gold bonds and the proceeds are to b used tor betterment of the road and Its equipment Fatal Shooting at Dances 1 Washington, Oa., - Feb. 15. Ira Garrett was shot and killed at a dance. In the western part of tt.'j county last night by Douglas ll.tr t -n. It Is believed the men bersme involv ed in a difficulty an.i llard.n a'.-t (Isrrett. Harden clalmetl he sht Ii self-defense.'. He . be syrr-- " Hoth men were priitner,t c naoisd-
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