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f 4 v . V gulcciuptio:; vnicu: uoo vi:n yeah. CHARLOTTE," N. C, SUNDAY MPRNING, JULY 21, 1907. pkice five ;.;;,. A HIEBEST IS UKADAIED JUDGE'S DECISION TO-MORROW Tlie Ileorli)? In the Writ of Habcus ' Corpus Proceedlnss Concluded at Ashevl'Ie Yesterday, Judge Frlteli ' ard ''Delaying' Ills Decision HU Over Sunday 6omo SpccJ-Uniion Regarding This Action T. J. Harmon, Who Had the Warrants Issued, Held for Contempt - of Court for Not Appearing Frtduy-. President V W. llntey Gives Out Lengthy Statement About the Case Conductors Wrought Up Considerably. Special to The Observer. Asheville, July 20. This lias by no means been, an uninteresting day in Hie railway rate cases. -' The bearing before Judge Prkchard, on the writ of habeas corpus v (or the ' release of Messrs; Wood, and Wilson,' the two Southern 'Railway agents convicted in police court and sentenced to 30 days aoh on the road, was resumed at 10" -..roVaock tijV morning, with, the Fde ' J Court room crowded to its utmost capacity. '. ' . , " Tae proceedings started -with the , ;callliig to.tfce witness stand of T. J, ' Harmon, the insurance agent who '"made the "affidavit on which the war ;' rants against Woodland Wilson' were Issued. v Harmon t was suubpoenaed y , yesterday but failed to obey the man s ' -y. dates of the court and was called out ' While xn the witness stand this morn , ' Ing, lie was asked by Colonel Rod h man '"why he had "failed to respond ; yesterday, -,-. Harmon replied that he was busy writing insurance. When , - excused by Colonel' Rodman, the wit ' tiess was ordered Into the custody of a deputy marshal by Judge Prltohard, and a rule for contempt of court was , Issued against him. Harmon remain ed in the court room to-day, in the .: custody, of the marshal, and wllh the adjournment of court this afternoon , Judge Pritehard ordered that 'ne ap ' pear hefore the court Monday morn ' s ing and show cause fvhy he should jiot be attached for' contempt. PRITCHAR D S DECISION MONDAf. ' h I Argument on the writ was oonclud- 1 ed this afternoon by General Counsel Thorn, of the Southern. Judge ' Pritchard took the matter under con-' eideration and will render his opinion . Monday. T"here is some speculation v - to-night 'as to which course the court ;'wlU Dursue, whether he will order the release' of -Wood and Wilson' or dis . miss the writ and remand the petl- ,-y tibners to the custody of the sheriff. . It is contended that the . taction of ." t J udge- Prltohard ' In, reserving ihto ifle .clslon'le not so favorable to the re- V -;-lease of the convicted agents. -The !i, : general opinion thia evening, however, ' 'is that jthejnen will be released Moa- ' day. ' ' - x - WHAT WILL, THE SOUTHERN DO? . The ' presence to-day of , President . ... Fialey and Vice-President Ackert and other officials and leading coun ' 'eel of tht road has resulted In much . speculationn as to Just what move the ' Southern ' contemplates. - President - ; Flnley this afternoon gave out a atate !; xnent over his own signature address ed to "the People Served toy the Southern Railway," in which he re . ..viewed the present situation at some ' length. It is learned to-night that '-' ,- Prealuent Flnley and other officials of thf road (here held a long conference at'the Battery Park Hotel. It Is also '' learned that the Southern .will make -'-- further move in the. Raleigh, case. President Finley" statement follows:- s , ' . - PRES.' FrNLEY'S STATEMENT. To the public served by the South " ern .Railway Company: -The inci- dents of the last few days Involving - the arrest and' trial of agents of the Southern Railway Company i selling tickets in the State of North Caro ,v fllna make it altogether proper that this company should inform the pub- - Jlo, with which it desires, to be co-op-i erative, of the eXact status of the . f present controversy. ' It is well known ' - that at the last session of the Legis , lature an act was passed - requiring . tickets to be sold for passenger travel ' within the State, at a rate not greater ; : thah 2 1-4 cents a mile. This act was made -to take effect the first day of ,July, 190J." The duty of enforcing -", legislation in regard to railroads is imposed by the statutes of North Car ;'olIna upon the -North Carolina Cor . & poratlon Commission. - The Southern - Railway Company, upon an examina tion of the revenue -derived by it from ' travel in the State of Nortm Carolina, found that to reduce its passenger ' rate to 8 1-4 cents a mile would so . - largely diminish this revenue as to "make the enforcement, of this" pas- senger rate equivalent to? a confisca- -. Hon of its property. The 8upreme Court of the United States has decld- v ed that in casos of . this 'kind it' is competent for the railroad company to fllea suit in the Federal Court, making parties defendant such a body as the North Carolina' Corporation ' Commission, and have a comprehen ' slve' Inquiry made into the situation, . and determine , In an orderly way , whether or not such an act as the one ,'nJiow in question is violative of the institution of Jhe United States, a 'eprlvation of . the property of the ',,''":"''llroad company without compensa tion, and . as denying to the rillroad company eqtfal protection of, the laws. x Such suits as these ha,ve been from -time to time flled ' In a very large . . number of States in the Union and , have heretofore progressed in an ord erly way to a final determination. I Some time prior to the first day of July this company filed such a suit In the United States Circuit Court, set- ' " ting forth In detail what would be the effect of the enforcement of the pas senger rates uon Its revenue. . Due rotlce was given of a motion for anln Junotlon pending the suit, and counsel , elected bv the State appeared before the,Un!td States Circuit Court. Af- ter a full hearing and Jihe presenta ' tlon of proof by sffldavlts, the court entered an order directing that until flnai oetermlnntlon .of the cause the enmnany might continue to charge for Its Sjasseneer traffic, what Jtt had heretofore charged.- In order, however to see to It that Ji the event It should turn ont that the S i-t cent rate was a reasonable one, and In order that' the public should be in no w ay harmed by the temporary suspension of this rate, the court was careful to provide that there should be attached to each tick et sold a coupon which would repre sent . , the difference 'between the amount collected in conectioa with the sale of such ticket, and the amount calculated at the 2 1-f cents a mile. It was further provided that the railroad-Company fhould give a bond with good security to pay ine court such an amount of. money as from time to time should be necessary to make seeure these coupons. This bond was duly given. The result of this arrangement la that If it shall turn out in the final result that the reduction to 2 1-4 cents a mile Is reasonable and lawful each of the traveling public will suffer no damage whatever. The coupons representing the difference as above explained can be presented to the court, and they will be paid out of the fund as above provided. ' It would be difficult to conceive . of an arrangement' which would be fairer to the nublic than this, ' , . - In order that the litigation might not be delayed the court appointed a commissioner to take proof, requiring him toreporLas early as the month of September.. Thus, if the matter is al lowed to take an erderly course, there Is no reason why, within a very few months, the whole "matter cannot be heard And determined toy the Circuit Court, the public being fully represent ed in the litigation and also being fully , guarded -against any. pecuniary loss, fit -would seem to be perfectly plant, that if any Individual Or corpor ation believed itself to be out of dan ger of - a deprivation of . Wyproperty by legislation, it should be allowed the privilege of having-the' validity tf the legtsation determined ' in an orderly method and would seem to be per fectly fair to the public that a course of procedure should be taken which would on the one hand protect the rights of the person or corporation and on, the other amply protect the public in the event that It should turn out that the legislation was - valid. Suits ,imtlar to these have been proceeded wiin .to nnar-judgment and are now pending in a large number of States in the Union. r.,-,, ;w.:v r , In these instances no efforts were made by the State authorities to ham per or interfere . with the orderly coarse of Judicial procedure. If ours la to e ,a government of law, and not of man, then surely no litigant 'should be deprived of a fair opportunity of going into the courts to protect his fights..- The Southern Railway, Com pany is bound to protect its property, not only in the interest of Its owners and creditors, but also in the Interest of the whoje public It has a right and a duty to appeal to the law for Its protection, Iti is not In the right or interest, of the people of North Caro lina that the ability of the transpor tation companies to perform the .public service and to enlarge and increase the means of serving passengers and ship pers shall be destroyed and dlMfhlsh ed. It is a contradiction In terms to say. of any person or corporation that filing a suit in court and asking for an orderly and Judicial determination Of the -very right of any matter, is itself a violation or defiance of law. If an appeaLto a court of Justice, Is a violation- of law, then , air our courts should come to an end. , Respectfully, W. W. FINLET, ' 4 ..v.-'. . President ' 1,1 CONDUCTORS NERVOUS. Iljis declared here, on good author ity, . that railway conductors In the employ of th.eSouthern are on the "anxious seaV'aad that ,lt iwouU oc casion . lUtle surprise if there were many realgnations.. That the railway employes are deeply interested was evident by the attendance wf anany oi them oa he habeas corpus hearing. If Wood a"d Wilson are not re-teased by Judge" Prltohard, the resignations of railroad men are expected to come thick and fast .- .?,-'. The attorneya arguing the writ Of habeas corpus to-day ; were . Colonel Rodman and General Counsel Thom to rthe ipetltidnens and Judge J. H. Merrimoa and ; J. G.' Merrlmon for. the. State, IVThe .argument by Judge Merrlmon was one of the hest ever heard hre and is the subject of much favorable -comment , this evening. Those learned In the law who heard the argument declare that It was con vincJng and condluslve -' ' AWFUL WRECK AVERTED,- - . r'. ". . !" '' -,'... , - .-. By a Narruv Margin ; Freight -Train Is Saved - From Being , Wrecked In Uw Yadkin River A Cross Tie - Placed -r Maliciously So ass to Canse a Calamity. , Special --to 'The Observsr. Winston-Salem, July7 20. By the slightest : chance .a freight wreck which would have cost the lives of all the train crew' and have dumped the i whole train of cars fifty feet Into 1 the Tadkin river was averted on the road between here and Mocksville ' this afternoon. An f freight train. No. -m, coming from. .narioue, was crossing tne trestia over the ; Tadkin river a cross tie placed between two ties and leaning towards the moving train was seen by the .engineer.,. --The engine was within if- hundred feet of the . ob struction when it was seen. : The engineer immediately applied the brakes and freversed the ungbie. .TJhe engine, f stopped Just as the fender struck the leaning tie. The tie had', evidently been placed on the track with lntdnt to wreck the train, but fortunately no damage was-- done.r' . -.',- r.--..v. The cross tie i which Is about two feet long, having been sawed off for the purpose, was secured by the engineer and brought to Winston, where it is kept for future reference, should, the guilty arty be found. . HUMAN SKELETON UNEARTHED. :"- - fV y ' :r ' .:?';-; Suggested That Bones Dng ftp on Site of Old Parish Ctaorch, Where She ' Was Buried, May be Those of Po , cahontas. t Oravesend, July 20. While ' exca vating on the site of the old parish church where Pocahontas waa burled", and which was destroyed by Are In 1727, workmen to-day., unearthed a human skeleton. Much Interest . was evoked by the find, as It was suggested that the bones might be those of Pocahontas.- . iThe skeleton was submitted to ex perts, who, however, were unable to arrive at any definite conclusion.. : The position of the skeleton when the workmen came upon It ; facing downwards within two feet of the sur face," suggests a more recent burial than that of Pocahontas. - . Pocahontas died at Oravesend In 1617, In 1813 she was married to John Rolfe, one of the' settlers of James town. In 1111 Rolfe and his wife, in company with a number of Indians, sailed for England. BRYAJS ISSUES STATEMENT . v . ..... TALKS FEDERAL OWNERSHIP X Desire Anjvl?re to Slake This an Issue In 180 Unwise to Turn V Attention, Front Regulation, on Which People Are Ready to 'AiU to Ownership, on Which People Are Not Heady -4o Act Federal ; Ownership is Ultimate Solution of ' ; Railroad Question, Mr. Bryan Be lieves, but He Recognizes TTtat . Hegulatioii Must be Thoroughly Tried Before JIasses Will be Ready to Try ' Jloro Radical Remedy. . . Lincoln, Neb.;v July 20. William J. Bryan to-day issued the follow ing statement: . s " , s ' - ."Government ownership is not an Immediate Issue. A large ma jority of . the people still hope - lor effective regulation. While they so hope, they will not consider' govern ment ownership.. While many Demo crats believe, and Mr, Bryan is one of them, that public ownership, ot railroads is the ultimate solution of the. proWemj , stUl those who . be lieve that the public will finally,, in self-defense, be driven to ownership, recognise that regulation - must " be tried under the most favorable cir cumstances .before the' masses . will b. ready to try a more radisal remedy. ; :: i ; s:k. SHOULD NOT BE ISSUE IN 1908. v- "Regulation cannot be: sufficiently tried : within the next : year. , There is no desire anywhere to make gov ernment ownership .an issue in 1908. Mr. - Bryan fully agrees with those who believes that it; would be whwlae to j turn attention 'from " regulation, on which v the people are ready 1 to act; to government ownership, 1 on which the people are -not ready to act .. To inject the government Ownership question Into the (next campaign would simply give repre sentatives oCthe railroads a charlce to dodge the ; Issues of regulation and decleve the public. ' . . "So far the 'railroads have- been successful ?'ln preventing effective Federal regulaUon, and, State regu lation has as a rule been restrained .by.; the United States courts, It is about 20 : year Blnce the inter-St.ate commerce commission twaW created. It required about 10 years for the courts to find out that the powers conferred were insufficient and then it took about 10 years to procure an amendment The railroads - fought the amendment at every step, and the Prenident was flnagly forced to compromise with the railroad Re publicans in the Senate in order to procure their support 1 - "Even that amendment' obtained with . tremendous effort, falls short of -what It should be. It 'alms to stop passes " and rebates. The rail roads profit "pecuniarily by both the stoppage 'of rebates and the prohi bition of passes, but extortionate rates still - exist." State legislation tor the reduction of. rates has re sulted In an agitation on the part of " the railroads for ' legislation which will deprive the State of au thority and centralize rate legisla tion in Congress. DEMOCRATS, MUST "MEET ISSUE. "The Democratic party must meet the issue presented; It must resist the encroachments on the authority of the States. It must insist upon the exercise of Federal . power ' for the regulation of inter-State com merce and it must Insist - upon the exercise of State authority far the exercjse of all the power vested In the State; ?. This question has grown in ' importance during the past year and its prominence will be Increased if' any attempt is made to impair State authority. The Republican party, is as Impotent to regulate the railroads as it is to exterminate the trusts and to reform the tariff, ; "The Democratic party has in the national campaigns demanded ef fective railroad regulation, r while the Republican national platforms have been silent on.. the , subject, The President has partly , adopted the Democratic view ' on, this " sub ject, but so far : the -.Republican leaders have opposed it . The President- is helping 6 educate the.; eo- le up to the need of railroad regu lation; but ' his party, v.; under ? : its present leadership, is powerless to accomplish this . or any, other im portant reform.- 'If the Democratic party will clearly , and. unequivocally demand first, the ascertaining of the value of all the railroads? . sec ond, the preventing of over capitalization, and third, the re duction of rates to appoint where they will yield only a reasonable re turn'ori the real jraiue of the roads. It will commend Itself not only to Democrats, but to those Republi cans who have been led to '" study the railroad question. The railroad situation presents a vital issue and the issue should be so stated that every one can understand the party's position." " ' ' ARCHIE JOHNSON FETED. Thomasvllle Welcomes Him Home With. Great Hilarity, Feeling : Proud : That He i 4 President ; of the Press Association. Special to The Observer. --; Thomasvllle, July , 20. Ever since the election of Mr Archibald John son as president of the North Caro lina Press Association; Thomasvllle has;'" been V feeling' prouder - and prouder of her highly esteemed citi zen. AS a token of their great ap preciation and high esteem for htm, to-night as No. SS rolled In a large crowd of men, women and children In' carriages, buggies, horseback and on foot greeted him, "While- the -orphanage band, composed of " the young boys of the institution, sent their strains of muslo , floating through the air. " Al soon as he stepped off the train Messrs. Bob Lambeth and Tom Har ris caught him by the arms and huVtled him Into Mr. Kestler's 'auto mobile, which is the widely-known buck hitched to a two-wheel art The cart was decorated with flags ot all sizes and banners bearing the words "Hail .to the chief and "Hurrah for President Johnson." He was then the centre off at traction, not only to Thomasvllle, but also ; to the passengers of No. 3, who took part In the spirited occasion. . - The last coach of the train was full of the press associa tion delegates, who gave Mr. John son a terrific . hurrah at the car pulled out He was then carried over the city by the noble buck and Vnade to give a few words when the centre of town was reached. Every body is still rejoicing over the- bril liant reception given their Thomas- niir hero. HOME OF f BEM1EK 1TBED MACHINE GUNS' GUARD PALACE Attempts to Burn Railway Station and Police Building Frustrated by Prompt Action of Japanese Police " ami Gendarmes Troops Guarding Government Powder Magarlne Rioters Shooting Wildly Out of Wln- . dows and Many Japs Are Reported ; Killed Murderous Assaults Are ; Frequent and City is Verging ou Reign of .Terror New " Emperor ' Performing Duties In Purely Per functory Manner. Tokio, July,20.--A despatch from Seoul says that an enraged mob of 1, 000 persons has attacked and burned the residence of the Korean Premier, Ylwang Yang.' The Priemler was ab sent at the time on a visit to , the Palace. . ., r ' A proclamation "was published at 5 o'clock this evening warning the peo ple to remain in their houses. At dusk machine guns were Intrenched behind breastworks, built In the streets ap proaching the Palace, in ' anticipation of a night attack.' The military la pa trolling the suburbs. ; Japanese troops' are arriving here but they are too 1 few in number to make any attempt to disarm Korean soldiers feasible and they are now con fined, to their barracks. "',.'' ' At the formal audience this after noon,' Marquis I to was first to be re ceived. He had a conversation 'with the former. Emperor lasting ten min u;tes.-; ,' " vr- ; -The hew Emperof is performing his duties ' in a purely perfunctory man-, ner. He is said to show little strength of character and the outlook for 'his administration of public affairs is not promtamg.l::5iyv:-i-' '. ..r;.:. ;, ' Late advices from Seoul say that the rioting is growing in magnitude. At tempts to bum the railway station and the police building were frus trated iby prompt action by the Jap anese police and gendarmes. The powder magazine of the Korean .government is strongly guarded iy Japanese froops at the request of the minister 'of war. Rioter are shooting out of windows arid two Japanese are reported to have been killed, Murder- hus assaults are frequent and the city is verging almost on a reign of terror. Business la completely suspended. , . i HOSTILITIES AGAINST JAPS. ;' i -,'-, . v . -'' Other Foreigners in Korea are Safe From Attack by Enraged Mobs Troops Regarded as Wholly Inade- .r quate to Cope With Situation. ; v Ping Yang,1 Jury 20. All the shops have closed. -There is great exciter ment among the natives who are un aware -that .abdication has been ac complished. The safety of Japanese residents is problematical, as the de parture ot a regiment for,. Seoul leaves only 800 Japanese troops In the province.- . ; , , J "The shops xf Seoul have been clos ed, now? for 88 .hours. To-day the crowds are greater and the native spir it is higher, necessitating a greater show of military force, as the people are encouraged and inflamed by the several killings of yesterday. Gen eral Hasegewa (has i two machine guns placed In the Palace Square. Not only is the Korean army re garded as Impotent to cope with the situation, but the numbers of Japanese troops are wholly Inadequate. Ar rangements have been made for re inforcing them from, Shimonoseki. Hostilities are ' directed wholly against the Japanese. Other foreign ers are safe. Much apprehension is felt for the safety of Japanese at in terior, places when the Korean masses learn, as they will In a few days, of the momentous events that Jiave oc curred. s- POLICE DISPERSE THE RIOTERS. Crack of Rifles Still Heard and It Is . Believed Collision Haa Occurred Between tyte Japanese Police and Korean Soldiers. ' Seoul, July 20. This afternoon the rioters surrounding the Premier's residence were dispersed by Japanese police with the assistance of the. artillery.- The Premier sought refuge in the Palace, the other ministers going to the Japanese residency general. The crack of rifles continue to be heard and it Is believed that a col lision haa occurred between Japanese police and Korean soldiers. ,s If Jap anese troops attack the Koreans the state of unrest -will be aggravated. Troops are patrolling, the main streets ot the city in the face of a mob lnflammed to frensy by students. The anger of the Korean masses ap pears to be directed, less against, the Japanese than 'Korean"'! ministers, , all of whom they have vowed to kill. The situation appears to warrant the proclaiming of martial law, but Ito, desirous of avoiding interference ex cept to protect foreigners' and the throne, Is exceedingly reluctant to re sort to military rule. The environs of. the American ano British consul ates are guarded on account of their proximity to the Palace. , TO TEST TURPENTINE SPRAY. Presldeiit Harvle Jordan to Invest! ,. gate New Boll WeeMl Preventive . and May Recommend It to Cotton "-Growers. f -'i;' Special to The Observer, ' 1 5 Atlanta. Oa,, July . 20. President Haryle Jordan, of the Southern Cot ton Association, will probably inves tigate, the new spray of turpentine which la said to be an effective pre ventive of boll weevil, and If he finds that It does the work, ha will prob ably recommend it to farmers as a meant of getting rid ofuhe pest- The spray t was originated by a Louisiana farmer, who is said to have got good results -with it. The spray consists of one part turpentine to ten parts of water and the plant Is spray ed with It every ten days. . Sprays have been used effectively on fruit trees and plants, the farmers ; are watching, with great Interest further experiments that may be made with a spray of turpentine on cotton. President Jordan will. tour Louisi ana, making speeches In the Interest of the association, and while there he will see what results have followed the use or the spray." Should It prove effective, it would be the most re markabl discovery of recent years, as no other method has yet been found which stops the pest. President Jordan spoke Friday jat Garner, N. C, and yesterday at Ral elgh. After he has spoken at Union. S. C, on July 2th, at Spartanburg on July 20th, and at Gaffney on July list nr'wfll go" Into Texas." SECOND LYiNCHIiNG CASE0X ZEKE LEWIS THE DEFENDANT The Slate Puts Forward the Same Witnesses Used Against John Jones in tho ...First Trial Sheriff Began RecognUed Lewis as. One of the Mob Who Seized Him in the EtTort to Get the Key to the.Jail Ken dall not m Positive in His Identifi cation of the; Members of the L-nuliing Party and Haa an Inter esting Tilt with Counsel The Jury Will not be Allowed to Attend Church To-day. - Special to The Observer.1 ' Monroe, July 20. The second of the Anson county lynching cases went on trial this morning with Zeke Lewis as defendant. The same motions to quash the Indictment as in the Jones case were made by ""the defense and overruled. The ' Jury was secured In one hour and Sheriff Bogan went on the stand as the first witness for the State. ' He told the same story as In the Jonea trial. Lewis was one of those who had hold of him in the Jail yard demanding, the keys and witness de clared he recogniaed defendant quite clearly. Miss Bogan states,' as before, that she opened a window down stairs; In j the Jail ahd saw hSt father strug gling with several men outside, and heard her father say: "I know you, .Lewis, turn me loose." She did not know Lewis at that tlihe. The testimony of Henry D. Kendall, Sr., differed somewhat from what he gave It the Jones trial. He was not so positive as to those whom he saw in the mob and his replies indicated that his mind is being weakened by the strain ot these trials. . His testimony concerning Lewis .is that he saw defendant among others at the ford of Jones creek, where the conspirators met before proceeding to Wadeaboro jail, and afterward. Kendall told ot his prayer; with the lynched man's mother the: day after the affair and said he had prayed 'that those who ihad committed the deed 'would 'be rewarded according to their deserts." Asked why ho had prayed thus when he was one of the guilty ones, he answered that he waa trying to deceive God. "Are you not trying to deceive the court now?" "No." .-.'-. v ' "Are you more afraid of trying to deceive a court than God?" , "Well, aometliriBS." The cross-examination of Kendill ended the day's proceedings. - At adjournment Judge Peebles or dered that the Jury be not allowed to attend church to-morrow, for fear they might hear a sermon on lynch ing. The defense claim to have a strong er alibi for Lewis than they had for Jones. A BRANCH AT SALISBURY. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company to Erect a $50,000 Factory One Newspaper Man Arrives,' Another Leaves A Lawn Party by the Mise Foard. -----Special to "The Observer. Salisbury,- July 20. This city is' to have a. branch of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company and when it Is completed the works wllli have cost upwards of $30,000. The factory will employ 50 or more men and a large business will be done. This matter was settled upon yesterday when Mr. L. A. Carr, of Durham, came here and took In the city for the purpose of locating this manufactory here. T. H. Vanderford, Sr.,: bffered a tract ot "and adjoining the Brown Furniture Factory and the 'buildings will be erected upon it Reed Clayton, who said he came from Mecklenburg, though mora di rectly from Jamestown, was arrested last night on a charge of attempting to paaa a worthless ooinupon Henry1 Jenkins, a colored-cabman. He de clared this morning that he had done this unwittingly and that he meant no counterfeit With the promise that he would lerae tawn,4ie was al lowed to go. Mr. Walter R Unton, of the Atlan ta Journal and managing ell tor of the Railroad Record, is In Salisbury on businesa Cor his pubUcatlons. k He will oot give Spencer bl write-up. Mr. Linton has (been two years with the Atlanta papers &nd 1a making good. He wtll.be given adance here at his old home where he was always a leader In the social tt - Mr. and Mrsv. A R. Parkhurat left this evening for 'Philadelphia where they will atop a, dy and then contin ue to Plalnneld, New York, where Mr, Parkhurst Is jpiltor of The Courier News. - He to remembered in North Carolina especially for Ms connection with The Industrial News on which he showed a master hand a manag ing editor. Mrs. Parahurst has been here under the ' treatment of the Whiteehad-Stokefl Sanatorium and goes back nursed to fine health. VOTE OF UNION WILL DIVIDE. 1 International ' Tobacco- Workers De cide to Submit Question of General Strike In tho Trust Factories to the Organization. Louisville, Ky., July 20. The ex ecutive committee of the Internation al Tobacco Workers decided to-day to leave to a Vote of the union the ques tion of whether or not there shall be a general strike In all the factories of the American ' Tobacco v Company, commonly known as the - - tobacco trust There are between 58,000 and 60,000 members of the union In the United States and Canada. The committee has been in session here all week considering the question of calling a strike and has also been passing on the cases of tobacco fac tories accused of . being eurreptlously In league with the American Tobacco Company, but using the union label. The committee decided to take the union label from sixty or seventy of these factories. JAIL TERMS FOR TWO RIOTERS. Indicted on Misdemeanor Cliarges in Connection With Smashing1 of Greek Places at Roanoke. - - , Roanoke, Va-. July J0.-AJ. V. Leu ter, and Robert Bell, 'Indicted on mis demeanor charges by a special grand Jury In connection with the riots of last Saturday . night when a moo smashed all the Greek restaurants and shoe blacking places In town, '- were to-day tried in police court , Lester was fined 150 and given ilg month In Jail. Bell wa '.fined. 2S and sen tenced to thirty days In jail. Seventeen of the twenty men Indicted are charg ed with misdemeanor and will be tried in police court The other three are Indicted for felony and will be tried In the- higher eouTt DISTRICT CONFERENCE ENDS. Rev. J. R. Moose Spenks and a Collec tion is Taken for His Work Dele gates to the Annual Conference at Salisbury Elected and Recommen dations on Trial Made Temperance and Other Resolutions Passed. . , Special to The Observer. Waxhaw, July SO. The Charlotte District Coatertnce, which has beeti in session here since Thursday, me to close to-day. Allny of tue min isters in attendance left this afternoon in order to reach home In time to fillj their own pulpits to-morrow. Two of tnera will preach at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches here to morrow, these bfcing Rev H. K,- Boy er and Rev. 1L II. Jordan, respective ly. - At last hlght'e session Rev. J. R. Moose, missionary to Korea, spoke on his work In that country. A collec tion amounting to 2238, was taken to assist in the erection of a new mis sion station in KKrea. i A collection amounting I to $22.80 was also taken to-day for Rev. R. L. Davis, Slate organiser of the anti-saloon league. Rev. Mr; Davis delivered a stirring address before the confer ence to-day on - prohibition and) . a temperance, resolution was passed. The ''next district conference will be held at Wa,leboro. Waxhaw was royal in , hti, "tutertainiment - of the visitors and everyone of the large number that attended was well pleas ed. " :.. ' ." ,-'--.: 5 x-rr' -. The following ministers were re comrr.ended for, admission on trial to the . annual conference whieh. meets at Salisbury in November: ,FmSvln dell Love, N. S. Ogburn, Jr And J. F. Starnes, ail of Charlotte. The dele gates elected to the anual conference are: J. M. Niven, Waxhaw; J. B. Ivey, Charlotte; W. A. Short, Wed dington; J. H. Phlter, Monroe. The alternates are: J. W. Gullldge, WaJes boro; C W, Ramsey, Charlotte; O, E. Cunningham, Plnevlllej L. J. Stilwell. Charlotte. Delegates to the laymen's meeting of' the conference are: J. B. Ivey, D. K. Dunlap, T. J. Gordon, and L. C. Bickott. ', Tho local license of the following preachers were renewed; M. R. Per ry and O. E. Cunningham. A reeojution was passed by the con ference regarding Rev. J. E. Thomp son, presiding elder of the conference, who is serving his fourth year -on thlj trlct and will therefore toe moved by the next conference. " : EX-MAYOR B. F, LIVELY IIURT. Was Out With a Iarty In an Automo bile in Birmingham, Ala., and the Machine Capsized Striking Paint ers 8U11 Out Southern's Pay Roll Personal Note : Special to The Observer. ' Spencer, July 20. Ex-Mayor B. F. Lively', of Spencer , returned to hts home here yesterday afternoon , from Birmingham, Ala., badly bruised up by an automobile accident, which oc curred in that city Tuesday of this week. With a party of friends Mr. Lively was out riding when the ma chine capsized, throwing the occu pants out with violent force. For a short while Mr. Lively was unable to attend to business in Birmingham, and is still wearing a badly disfigured taee as a result of the accident He Is firmly convinced that automobiles will kill more people within the next ten years than railway trains. The employes of the paint depart ment of the Southern shops at Spen cer, who went out yesterday en a strike for higher wages, remain firm In their determination . to win the strike. None of the men ' have re turnad to work, though several non union men have applied -for work. The strike situation . remains un changed, and there is no signs ot an adjustment of the matter. The pay checks tor the Southern employes at this place were distribut ed to-day, the pay roll amounting to many thousands of dollars,- Includ ing the road men employed on the Aehevtlle, 'Charlotte, Danville, and Spencer, terminal divisions the pay roll here now reaches in the aggregate about 1120,004-monthly, J. W. Chandler, ot Philadelphia, and Miss Florence ' Chandler, , ef Greensboro, are guests of their broth er, A. B. Chandler, of 8pencer, this week. Mr. and Mrs, Sebe Pery, of Spencer, have returned from a trip to the Jamestown Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Deane left to-night for a visit to Jamestown, Norfolk x and Richmond, Mls LHUe Chandler, who has been spending several weeks In High Point and Greensboro, has re turned to her home In Spencer. GROOBI SELECT .TRAGIC DEATH. George B, Adamson, , Who Was to Ifave Been Married to MIsm Aid C. fiherrtll, of Cornelius. Killed 'In a Trolley Accident. Near Ocean View, ' Va., Friday Nlghi Norfolk, Va., July 20. George E. Adamson. aged 41 years, , jvho was killed in a trolley accident near Ocean View last night had been working as a machinist In Charlotte, ft, C, and Savannah, Ga He had several days ago -Joined in Charlotte, N. C., Miss Alda C. Shorrlll, of Cornelius, a small station near Charlotte, and the cou ple were here taking In the James town Exposition before -proceeding to Adamson's old - home in Providence, R. I., where they were to have been married at the residence of his moth er. They bad procured their tickets and were to have left by steamer for Providence to-night. -" Miss Sherrtn Is here awaiting word from relatives In Providence ot Adamson and the dis position et his body, after which she will return to Charlotte, - -, SUNSTRUCK WHILE FISHING. Tim Fierce Raya -of Yesterday Too Much f or K E. Phillips, of Wash '.;. ington. . ' i . .. fpcMtd to The Observr. Washington. N. C. July 20. Mr. E. ,E. Phillips, of this city, suffered a sunstroke while fishing in Pamli co river . to-day and was brought to the city to-night in an unconscious condition. His physicians have pro nounced, his case as hopeless nd he is not expected to live through th night ? Mr Phillips is engaged in the butcher business here, though bis ; place ha been temporarily closed during; the summer, months. He la very popular and his targe circle ot friends regret exceedingly that the unfortunate accident should have - befallen hlmv-'"',v -'"-"'- - XBA1XS COLLIDE HEAD I 31 DED; 70 OTHERS INJi: : Excursion Train From Ioua to 1 .---troit, Mich, Craslies Into Ii i. t Between Selmu and Pljmouta Freight Running Behind Time I. ,1 to Dlnaster, Crew Simply EiIu.,i ing That Orders Had Bean For.;,t ten Light LocontoUve of Freight t Turned Completely Around by Ter , rifle Force of Excursion Tram l'.u glne, Running at Rate of SO 3111 c j an Hour Down Steep Grade AH of Dead with Single Exception Were Residents of Ioua. -,',.s : Salem, ' Mich., , July ,; 20. Thirty-one people dead aud mora thdn , seventy aijuibo, many or taenx seriously, u the result of a' head-on collision to day between this village and Ply mouth, when a Pere Marquette excur sion train bound from lona to Detroit, crashed into a we&twbound freight in a cut located at a sharp curve about a mile east of Salem. Following Is the list of dead, all of whom with a single exception lived in lona: :' - -j-.:: .-.'';.; ?, -v- .;--: rv, " , .ti'-..'. HOMER SMITH, a boy. : ALBERT TRAUTWINE. , JOHN TAIFEL. . CHARLES HESS. ' ' ; - ' HERMAN HESS- . PAUL HESS.W w , WILLIAM CORNELL. DON ROGERS, Lowell, Mlott DICK JONES. MRS. ABRAHAM EDDY. EDWARD GALLAGHER. FRANK DOUSE. ' ' L. K. MERRELL. - 1 HENRt REYNOLDS, Pere Mar quette engineer.; t :i . CHARLES McOAULEY. Sr.' ALF HERBERT. V EDWARD BURLING. . CHARLES BROAD, aged It,' , JAMES VIZARD. , . , WILLIAM STAGER. ' " ' WILLIAM GRAMS. . . WILLIAM OOTT. , " MRS. AUGUST RICHTER. '. s FRED FITZGERALD. - ' BRAKKEMAN ED. CORWIN. . FIREMAN KNOWLES. - r . ' Wit J J AM EVANS. ' , FRANK LATHAM. ' " ' . BENJAMIN DURLING. , I': CHARLES FENTON, fireman of freight engine; Harry Williams; E. J, ' Pbtley, conductor passenger train. - Charles, Hermann and Paul Hess were brohers. James VUard was M ( ' well-known minor 'league ball player -who ahd played in theCentral League ; and also at Omaha. William Stager had come to lona recent 'y from Kan sas City, where his mother now lives. Ed ward Gallagher Is the sot or an ex mayor ef lona. Henry Reynolds was a Pere Marquette engineer bound -for Dertoit on the excursion train to take out hla regular run. a , The passenger train ef eleven cars, carrying the Pere Marquette, shop employes of lona and tbelr families to; the ; Michigan metropolis . for tbelr annual excursion, was run- -hing at high spe 1, probably 60 miles an hour, down a steep grade. ; ; It struck the lighter locomotive of the freight train with such terrific force as to turn the freight engine completely around. The wrecked locomotives this afternoon lay side by side, both headed eastward. Only a few of the freight cars were smashed and it was only a few hours work to re- ' move air traces of them from the scene. But behind the two wrecked locomotives six cars of the passen ger train lay piled in a hopeless wreck. Four of the passenger coaches remained on the track un damaged and were used to , convey the dead and Injured to lona; one coach was entirely undamaged, with only Its forward trucks off the rails. These were the Tear live cars. The two coaches next ahead of these were telescoped.. The next car for ward stood almost on end after the wreck, Its forward end retting on the roadbed and the rear end high In the air upon the two telescoped coaches that had been following it. - -INDESCRIBABLE MASS DEBRIS. Two coaches were thrown cross-v wise of the track end lay suspended from bank to t bank ot the but five or six feci above the rails.1 Of the baggage car , not enough remained to show where it had been tossed. Portions of the baggage car and ef the , locomotive tenders . and freight cars were piled In an .Indescribable mass of debris. - ? r h ., The 28 dead bodies first taken from the wreck were shipped to lona, and the injured were placed on two trains, one of which headed for Detroit, i and the other for lona. There were about 85-Injured people " on each train. Later in the day the body of Ed Curwan, the head brake man of the passenger train, was taken out of the wreck. ' . , Fireman Know les died on the re- lief train e route to Detroit bring ing the list of dead to 20. with a possibility that more bodies might be found in the wreckage and that several of the injured may die. Responsibility is 4 placed ' squarely upon the crew of the freight train by officials of the road. Officials who arrived at the scene of the wreck soon after the accident , se cured from the freight the orders under which It was running and which crearly showed the. . position of - the passenger . excursion train, and that the freight had, encroached upon the other train's running time. " FREIGHT'' ORDERS FOR OOTTEN.' The special train was due at Fi lem at 9:10 a. ,m. and at Plymouth at 9:29 a. m. It passed Salem en time. The time card of the special was telegraphed to the freight crew In the form of a train order and this order, with the signatures of the freight 'crew attached, was re covered by the 'officials of the road. The freight crew left the soene early, but railroad oQctals said that they explained etmpiy that they had forgotten. The collision occurred at 9:18 o'clock and the freight train should have reached Salem at9:10 to be within their order. , . Jury Instructed to Acquit , Louisville?" Ky., July 20. A spMU from Sandy Hook, Ky., says J-i ' Moody to-day instructed the, Jury in the case of James Hargis, en trial for complicity In the assassination of "Dr. B. D. Cox, to acquit the prisoner. T! - is the last case against Hargla i : : ! leged complicity In the Breathitt ty crimes, and Hargis walked from t--- Court room a tree man. The ju ' instructions followed the w'tVU of Attorneys Byrd and Jouctt. f r r prosecution, from the case, V ! yers stating that the S!.tt v - fcle to pro :!:! Is
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