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ue:cimftio:t i.ric: C3.oo a yuah. CIIAKLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY 1 IORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1907. PRICE FIVE GEin. ' THE PBESIDE5I EXPLAINS v.uy li;ci::mj .was ': .o:.arri2) . President I. . i :t I -'"'3 ICttcr Stat ing Why "In God V.e Trus' lias i:Hn-' Dronnod lYom Gold Coins v t - los Not Approve of It and There 1 jVo warrant in tne wr Does Harm and Is Irreverent, Com Injr Close to Sacrtllpe Should Be ' Treated With Reverence Which Im- , piles Exaltation of Spirit Unwise to Cheapen Such Blotto by Using - It on Coins. ;;- :;' .'A-V'':rV;;-:;v.;':r Washington, Nov' IS. In answer, to . one of the numerous protests which have been received at the White House against the new gold coins which have ' , teen' coined without ,the , words ''In ... Ood - We Trusts President Roosevelt has written a letter which ho today made public. The letter follows; -'n . "When .the, question ot the new coin age came up we looked Into the law , and found there was no warrant there in for putting 'In Ood We Trust' on the ; coins as la ttie custom, although with ; out legal warrant had grown up, how ever, I might have felt at liberty to keep the Inscription had I approved ef ' Its being on the coin. But as I did not approve of It, I did not direct that It ' should again be put on. Of course the matter of the law Is absolutely in the .: hands of Congress and any direction of v . Congress in the matter will be' imme diately obeyed. At present as I have , said there Is no warrant in flaw for the inscription. .. - . . DOES NO GOOD. ' . . '."My own feeling In the matter Is " Que to my very firm conviction that to ' . put such a motto on coins or to use it la , any kindred maner, not . only does bo good, but does positive harm, .and is " In effect irreverence, which comes dan -i.'t gerously close to sacrilege.. A beautiful and solemn sentence such as the one , In question should be treated and ut- tered only with that "fine reverence which necessarily implies a certain ex ' altatlon of spirit. Any use which tends to cheapen it. and above all, any .use1 ' which tends to secure its Being treated In a spirit , of levity. Is from every ' " standpoint profoundly to be regretted. ' ''It Is a motto which it is indeed well to have Inscribed on our great national monuments, in ottr temples of Justice, In our legislative halls, and In build ings such as those at West Point, and Annapolis In , short wherever It will - tend to' arouse and Inspire ; a lofty ' emotion in those who look thereon. But It seems to-trfe eminently unwise to cheapen, such a motto by : use on coins, just as It would be to cheapen It by use on postage stamps In ad vertlsementa ?; ; " . $OURCE OF JEST AND RIDICULE. "As regards the use of coinage we liave actual ' experience' by which to ' go. In aU my life I have never heard any human being speak reverently of this motto pn the coins or show any reigns of itv having appealed to any iilgh emotion In him., but I have .liter- , ally hundreds of times heard-it used as an occasion of. and incitement to the sneering ridicule which It Is above - all things undesirable that so - beau tifut and exalted a phrase should ex .1 cite. -A-Vr-v '-A?-?, J, i-i "For example fhrnughoat the Jong contest extending over several decades on the free coinage question the ex istence of this, motto on the coins was a constant source of Jest and ridicule, and this was unavoidable, ; Every one ,Tnust remember the Innumerable car toons' and . articles based . on phrases like .'In Ood We Trust for the eight , cents, In -God We Trust for the short - welght.VIn Ood We Trust for the thlr ; ty-eeveven "cepts we do not pay,' and so , forth and so forth. Surely Jt am ; within bounds when I say that a use of the phrase which invites constant levity of thn type itf most undesirable. If Con gress alters the law and directs me to replace on the eoins the sentence In question," the direction will be Im mediately put Into effect, but I very elttcerely hope that the religious sen timent of the country, the spirit ot reverence in the country will prevent any such action being taken. , ' "THEODORE- ROOSEVELT." pXTOMBED 7 HOURS. i Marvelous Rescue of Miner Who Had Been Buried For 87 Hours Wife and - Children Mourned Htm as -1 Dead Men Worked Hard to Reach . - , vimjr -. - -; ' J" Pottsyille, Pa; Nov. 18. Imprison ed for 87 hours several hundred feet beneath the surface of the earth almost1 directly under his own home - where his wife and children' mourned .for him as dead Michael II oCabe, of . Gilberton, was to-day taken from his uu- tomb , In the Draper mine barely ailver after one of the ' most marvel , , ous- rescues in the history of anthra cite mining, ' , . " . Since Saturday afternoon when the ' top of the. chamber in which he was V working caved in and caused a rush of . culm and water from the surface, . relays of workmen toiled unceastng s ly to: reach him. ' Shortly after midnight the rescu- ers detected a scratching noise which told them that McCabe was still llv tog and with renewed vigor , fresh re liefs were put to .work and at ; 5 o'clock this morning he was reach- He had not changed his position ' ' from the time the rush- occurred as - he feared that ' by moving about aft . " other rush jf culm might start which would end his life. When rescued he - said he thought, he had been lmprls- " toned for at least a week and was so . . weak for want of water and food that he could scarcely speak He was - . taken to his home where the house of ? mourning was changed to one of re ' v f dicing. . ,. V f j Arrangements ' were -made last - 4 "flight to bore a hole in the hope of reaching the entombed miner and supplying him with water and food ' . tintll- his rescue could be made In v case he still lived.-. .',.'':'" Ask Legislature to-Hold Up on Rate . ' 'Montgomery, Ala.,1 Nov;13.--'At!4 mass meeting last night of . business men from aU parts of the State,' the , (Legislature was nrted to desist from further attempts to pass iawkthat may t disturb buslhess, having special rela tion to tJiiproposed railroad acts. A resolutiwedopted requests the mem bers to refrain from the passage ot ad ditional legislation at this time affect ing the business interests of the State. Arretted For Robbing , Fruit Dealer. ' Chicago, Nor12. The police t-day . '" arrested Rosalie Moguero and her companion, Antonio Bravo, who are - (wanted in Schenectadv. N.- Y.. an h charge of robbing a fruit dealer of 4800.; They had with them three children all under J years of age, and $1,245 in currencywas found sewed in -. the clothing of one f the -children. The couple aill.be held pending ad vices from Schenectady. FIGHT CQUES TO AH ISSUE lUanCRRED TO A C03UIITTEI1 American FcJcratlon of Labor Refers its llht on the Jlanafacturere' Association to a Special Committee -Instructed .to Make . Such Ex- peiHlitures as is Necessary to Carry ; on Work Krewery Workers Ap penl From Action of Council In Re voking Cijarter Union Has Been Most Loyal One Many Resolu ; tlons Are Introduced Invited .. by Governor to Meet In Tampa in :.e;,i 008," f. ;.e f Norfolk, Va Nov. t UTha appeal of the brewery workers union to the American Federation of Labor from the . action of the latter's , executive council In revoking the brewery workers charter because of their re fusal to relinquish Jurisdiction over the affiliated brewery engineers, fire men and teamsters, came before tho national body in convention here, up on a resolution by , Victor L. , Berger. of i MlJwaukee. the Socialist I: leader representing the Wisconsin (Federation1 of Labor. iThis resolution calls for. the return of the revoked charter on the ground 'that , the action of re vocation is 'a. policy of ; coercion and further because; the brewery workers have always been one of the "most loyal of the v International ; unjons. The international - engineers, firemen and teamsters, all v strong factors In the federation, wlH make a the s action v i' of a : , the executive council , which - v the latter , . in reporting the . revocation of the brew ery workers' ' charter said , became mandatory lh-view of the action of the Minneapolis convention in 1908. ST. LOWS BOYCOTT. , The Aght between ,the federation and i the manufacturers' association growing out of the wuit . brought In the District of Columbia by James WV Van . Cleave,' president of that association, for ' the - anti-boycott injunction desired ' by a . St. Louis stove t manufacturing ' con cern, came to an issue , before the convention Owhen the body received and referred to a special committee of -15 ' resolutions setting ; forth the (fight that is now being waged ; by the manufacturers' j association "in an attempt to disrupt the labor organ isations of the country," and provid ing for a "campaign j of education," against Van Cleave and' his Interests through, all central bodies allied with the American Federation of. Labor and - its commissioned : organizers who are. directed to , make such expendi tures as may be necessary to effect ively carry on the work. . . Resolutions were introduced as fol lows: - .-,'. Calling for Federal aid to prevent United States and Canadian 'lumber trust" reciprocity because - of dl9K trous results from competition -between Asiatic labor and white labor. EXCLUDE " JAPANESE LABORERS leaning" upon Congress to exclude Japanese laborers not only from the United States but from all its Insular possessions. Calling ; for Federal aid to perma nently prevent i the ' enforcement of the freight ratwr on lyjjLs, piuaweUM contemplated by the Hill and Harrl man railroads. , ' Calling for the-return "of the cement workers' charter. : Endorsing Jthe blue cross button as a permanent emblem of labor. 1 ' - Calling upon Congress to provide in annual "peace budget," with , an ap propriation of .at least $1 for every 81.000 appropriated for military pur poses, the fund to ' be used In pro moting frlendlr feeling and an ex change of' courtesies and information with foreign powers with whom there may.' be danger of a misunderstand ing. s Calling upon the convention in Ju risdictional disputes between bona fide organizations to return to, conciliato ry and advisory policies,'-leaving fi nal action to contending unions with- out effect .upon their eligibility r for afflUationwlth this organization. , i An appeal to the federation from trades unions of Colorado for . finan cial aid against war by capital. ' The Governor of Florida and others have - invited the feredatlon tor meet in Tampa; Fla., In 1908, . ; , , , . "f ",.f V-;- J" . i ""i f 'i . SAFE-CRACKERS AT PrCTSBORO. Store of XV. L. London A Son Enter ed and an Attempt Muile to Get . Into the liunk -The Only Booty a Few Dollars and Some Eatables. Special to The Observer. , , ' pittsboro ; Nov. 13. Safe-crackers broke Into the store of W." L. London & Bon, last night entering, through the private office' of Capt.W. L. London & Son, and then to the main building. They bored holes in the store safe enj the safe "of, the ,J M. Odell Man ufacturing Company, In Captain Lon don's private- office but they did not success - in entering either one evidently being' scared away by some one pass ing, in their hurry to leave they left their tools and V stick of dynamite on the office floor,-fy k:i):-gi'-'J '.vv Ah attempt to enter the bank was made, the lock to the entrance; door being . battered by a heavy Instru ment Whoever committed the deed had evidently got " the ..situation of things in the daytime, as- the glass door leading frtnf .the . office to., the main store was broken exactly oppo site the .Inside latch that fastens the office door. With the exception of a few dollars in the money drawers and some eatables, nothing was dis turbed. ' The robbers .broke Into the blacksmith , shop and secured ' the tools used in the burglary. This is court week in Plttsbora and tie towni is full of people. . If every person who came in to see the wreck and who made suggestions had spent 15 for - goods the present money pahlo would, no' doubt, have been reliev ed. . , .V . . ; r . :y:,t,:;.mm -, i.-.myi r . Prevents Transfer of Cases. '. .- Baton Reuge,.La., Nov 1J. The State Senate to-day passed a " bill prohibiting foreign corporations from filing or transferring cases to the Federal courts on penalty- of 'disbar ment from the State court. There was only one vote against the meas ure, which. was the cost of the pro posed reforms to be concretely pre sented at the extra session. Fareiteville Woodenware. Factory ' Is named, ' , . Special 'to The Observer, . ;' Fayettevllle, Nov. 13. To-day fire destroyed the dry house, sawmill , and .quantities: of timber of ; the Fayette vllle Woodenware Company, with a loss of,. 8 6.0 00 -or. 87.000, covered , by Insurance. The factory will have to shut down for a time. IWf EBE-SCE SESSIONS ON BISHOP MORRISON rUESIDIXG Eighteenth Annual Gathering of the Ji3uioaijsta of the Western --North Carolina OoH crenc Opened at Salls ; bury by Bishop II. C. Morrison. Who Speaks on Tithes and Liberality Many Routine Matters Gone Through -Willi the First Day Rev. W. L. Sherrlii Again Chosen Secre- ; tary Confsrence Committees Nam edReports of,'- Presiding Elders Submitted-Rev, IL 3L Duboso a visitor. , v , Special to The Observer. . - - Salisbury," Nov.' 18. The Western North Carolina Conference of", the Method's Episcopal Church,', ' South, convened in its,elghteenth annual ses sion this morning at 8 o'clock In, the First' Methodist church of this place. Bishop Henry C Morrison, the presid ing bishop, was in the chair, and con ducted the .opening devotional exer cises. He read as the morning lesson the third - chapter of Malachl and, speaking of tithes and liberality, he said:. . 1 . . 4 , . "This may seem as a peculiar lesson to read at the opening of an annual Conference, but we have read it with a purposethat we make strike a key note of higher purpose. ...The. impres-1 slon' exists among some people that the preachers in the Methodist Itiner acy are a set of tall gatherers, Or as they are often called, "beggars for the Lord.', That is a mistake. Our Lord is not. a beggar. There is a tendency among men to come to the conclusion that they are owners of everything which God gives them the privilege of using. ' 7, ,' - .'.. ',"1 amHot here to emphasize espe cially the tithing system, for, that is being freely discussed, but I will say this much that I do not' see how any man can claim the one-tenth which be longs to God. , The ten-tenths belong to God, but one-tenth ' is all that He has asked us to set aside entirely for Him. We talk about making gifts and offerings to the Lord, when the truth Is we are only giving God that which already belongs to Him.' If, we could get the Church to the loint where Bhe will render to God that which she should, she would witness such a re vival as she has not known before. "The tithing system Is Scriptural, but we never can get our people to set aside thla amount -one-tenth of . all Income for the Lord's work Until we preachers do the same thing.. Let us think of these things and not rob God any longer, but render unto Him that which", we should," h ' t ? " CONFERENCE BUSINESS BEGUN 7 The first business of the Conference was the calling of the roll, by Rev. W. L, Sherrlii, who has been the ef ficient secretary of the Conference for the past, twelve' years, having? :been elected at the session held In Reids llle in 1895. The calling of the roll -showed that, of the 228 clerical mem bers of, the Conference, 181 were pres ent; jand . 18 of the- 44 lay members atto -aiMfwe edie ' ts-si , aawae,, ... na Dresidln elders announced the names of some alternates to be substituted for principals In the lay delegation. After this Bishop .Morrison asked: Who will you have for, your secre tary?" and ReviW. It,' Sherrlii at once received the . nomination and second for this position and was elected unanimously.- - - - . ' The presiding elders constitute the committee - to nominate the standing committees of the Conference, and the report of this nominating committee was made by Hev. J. R. Scroags, and the nominations were affirmed by the adoption of the report. Several com munications were then read from the connectlonal officers of the Church, and, after reading, were referred to the proper Conference boards and standing committees. Bishop Morri son Urged the members of Conference to give heed to the reading of these communications,; saying this is an Im portant7 part of the ' business- of the Conference. . The' committees appointed are-as follower ; i ; THE COMMITTEES. . Books : : and - periodicals Minister; J. , B. Craven, W. S. Hales, J,- G. .W. Holloway, J. W. Moore,- J. P. Rodera, W. T. AlbrlghK James , Wlllsonr K. Myers. - R- G, Tuttle, J. "T. Ratledge and L. E, Stacey, laymen:' Dr., Few, J, N. Nlvensv R. J. Roan, W. G. Bradshaw, I. B. McKay, J. H. Allen, Walter Thompson, J. C. Puett, 3. I Smith, S. D. Hate and F. 8. Lambeth. Spiritual State of the Church Min isters: D. Vance Price, J., W,. Kenne dy, J. F' Kirk, A. E. HarriBon," L. Nicholson F.jl Townsend, Z. Paris, J. : T. . Stover, W. M. , Boring, B. F. FIncher and W. I Hutchensr lay men: J. Li Bradley, R. R. Crawford, W, It. Phiffer. C. s-A. Bird, J; B. West, Jr., H. R. Joies. E. H. Kockttzky, M. S. Parker and A. J. Rankin. v,r ;L Sabbath ; observanjce Ministers: T. E. . Wagg, T.' 8, Ellington, J. C, Keev er, T. 4- Rodgers, : J. W, .Inle, J..-J. Edwards J. H, Bradley. E G.- Pusey, J. E. Woosley, P. C Battle and T. E. Weaver; laymen: J.; A. Wilde, 8. Por ter, J. J. Carpenter, J. F. Ldlly, A.' C. Reynolds and G. Martin.'-1 -fir - District conference records Minis ters: J. B. Carpenter, O. p, Ader. N. Huggins. M. B. Clegg, A. R. Bell, L. B. Abernethy, a M. Short, C, H. Cavlness, A. S. Raper; Laymen: J. B. Connelly and Ci H. Curtis. ' ; Temperance Ministers: r J. W. Clegg, J. F.' Armstrong. J. M. Price, C. E. Stedman, H. C Byrum, G. W. Cruthchfield, J. C. Mock, V. L. Marsh, H. H. Bobbins, .L. A. Falls. P, L, Terrell' and W. L. Dawson; Laymen: T. A.- Halthcock, JT. A. Glenn, J, B. Lotsptoh, T. R, Gray, J. F. Craven, B. F. Dayte, W. W.. Holdsclaw. Church property Ministers: J, A. Cook, A. G. Loftin. W. O. GooJe, J. W, Strlder. R. D. , Sherrlii, J. 11. Bennett, E. J.' Poe, Ju. II, Green, W. M. Biles, 8. Taylor and W, H. Perry. , t ; Memoirs Ministers: A. W. Plyler, W. W. Bays,. S. B. Turrentlne, W. L. Orlssora, L. W. Crawford, ,E. G. Kllgora and J. C. Rowe. - Public worship Ministers: D." At kins, E. K. McLarty, J. E. Gay and J. A. J. Farrlngtom Laymen : W. B. Summerett and W. B. Smoot., Alterations m committee and board Rev. W. A Newell m place of Rev. R. H. Parker 00 committee on admis sions; Rev. W, M. Curtis In place of Rev. P. J. Curraway on same com mittee? Rev. O. E. Eaves Jn -place of Rev. C P. Moore and Rev. SS. Parrts In placa of ,Rv. W. O. Goods on the Epworth Leagua CoArd.;,i,--.---.'-At-: Ilev. V. L ehcrrilL nccreUry, nom inated Rev. Harold Turner as isxls tant secretary and r.ev. M. V. Ulx, Rev. J. F. Kirk, and Rev. W. A. New ell as statistical secretaries. Several visiting ministers were In troduced to the Conference, one of these being Rev. Wr. E. Towson. who has been a missionary In Japan for a number of years, and who Is now at home for a year of rest and recuper ation. ' - TWENTIETH QUESTION CALLED. I Bishop Morrison called at this Junc- ture the twentieth question: "Are all the-preachers blameless in their, life and official administrations?" the question so familiar and so Impor tant In all annual Conferences.: The first names called were those of the preachers who sustain the superan nuated relation to the Conference and who are the following-named: Revs. C ' M. , Anderson," H. I Atkins, R, O. Barrett, T. A. Boone, J. D. Bale, W . H i Cooper. S. M. Davis, T . H . Edwards, J F. England, M, C. Field. S. S. Gaoque, T. F. Glenn, J, J. Gray, S. H. Heisabeck, A.M.. Long, W. La Gette, W. B. Lyda. J. S. Nel son, R. W. Pickens, J. P. Reynolds, J . C. Troy, J. . W Wheeler, J .; A . Wiggfns, and F. H. Wood. Several of these were present In person and spoke to the Conference, letters were read from ; others, , and others were represented ' by their presiding eld ers.: 'The characters iof all were passed and all' requested to be granted the came relation for the next year, except Rev. W. Le Gette, who sent word to: the Conference that - his health was. so much improved that he ' felt able for light work in the active-pastorate. " , His presiding eld er. Rev, J, H. Weaver, and his pastor, Rev; Ei J, Poe, would not recommend his request , to the Conference, : both stating that they considered him un able for, work and bis request was re fused and .he was continued In the superannuated relation, , The characters of the preachers sustaining, the supernumerary relation wer next called and their characters were all passed. : The preachers sus taining this relation are: , Revs. , W. W.Bays. J, J. Brooks, A. G. Gantt, C. M. Gentry, ' and A. H.' Whisner, All of these were continued in the same, relation, . except : Rev.. W. W. Bays,rwho, has not yet come to Con ference and whose name 'will not be referred until his wishes are known, REPORTS OF PRESIDING ELDERS : Aud now," said Bishop Morrison, 'let ! us hear from the 'Beloveds,' " meaning the presiding elders. These are Revs. A. W. Plyler, Ji E. Thomp son, tU M., Taylor, S.B. Turrntlne, J.-i H. : West, L: T. Cordell,n B. At kins, RM Hoyle,t J , H . ; Weaver, C. F. Sherrlii , and J. R. Scrogga Their characters were passed and they made encouraging ' reports of the work of their districts, showing a de- f elded advancement along all lines ov er tne wont or last year. The characters of the preachers In the AshevIHe, Charlotte, Franklin, and GreenfHoro , districts were passed and their reDorts submitted, v , ? ' . Bishop Morrison announce! at the close of these reports that .ie reii tne Conference Md done enough work for one session, and called for the readme'; of the announcements. , In keeping with, av; resolution passed by the Conference, ail 01 tne announce ments were 'written and handed to ....McZaxtiUha Conference host,, who .read' them. , -R,ev. H. M. Du Bose, D. sec retary of the Epworth League Board, arrived at this time and was introduc ed to the Conference. He addressed a mass meeting - - which was ?ield to-night in the ltfterest , of the Ep worth League and Its work. The hours fixed for dally meeting and adjournment are 9 a. m. to 12:80 p.- m." - - . Conference adjourned at the. latter hour, Rev; S- H. Helsabech. the old est member of the Conference, pro nouncing .the benediction. ah AFFRONT TO MINISTERS. Twrt Advertisers Takfl in Signs Wliloh 1 They Feared Would Offend the ' Visiting Methodists., - ', Salisbury, Nov. IS. when the Mtethodlst visitors struck town to day, two innocent advertisers took dawn -their signs because of danger that a personal affront might have been offered in the minds . of the good' men. " - - One i of "the stores on Main street had drawn a conference with Teddy bears. A :. mock organ sat In the chancel -and the organist waa on the stool. In one- place stood the bishop, then presiding elders, i missionaries, preachers and finally ,a large lot Vf reclining delegates marked "laymen." The hit was palpable and was much enjoyed until some ladles suggested that it might not be taken properly. Then the wise advertiser arranged him a Teddy bear baseball game, with the fleldwell covered, a play era bench : atftl an timplre calling Mtrikefi upon a bear batter With drawn .willow... . "Jl. saloon man was also wise. To the -ever-thirsty public he carries the Invitation, "Welcome Visitors." When the" Conference delegates arrived; though they are men who war hard upon the traffic, , the Whiskey dealer drew in his sign and will not float It until the churchmen leave.. Jn the Teddv bear instance the ministers declare thar, they were disappointed In not seeing the clever advertise ment , nVO EHiliED IX EXPIXSIOJ Ifcrcule Nitroglycerin ' Plant . Blows Up WUh TcrrlUO". Force Only a ' HuRfi Pit to Show Its location Shock Frit Forty Miles Away. . " Bradner;.0., Nov. II. The Hercules Nitroglycerin factory, a mile v and ; a half east of here, blew up! with terrific force to-day, '-Only ' three employes were In the neighborhood when the ex plosion occurred. ! W. Cisco Vas burn ed to . death, John Washburn I was blown to fragments and Henry Easton, superintendent of he factory, was probably, fatajly Injured. , , - A tesldence near the scene, of the accident a was . utterly demolished. Nothing remains ot the factory. A huge pit in the earth shows where it was located. In Bradner ho great damage was done except to windows and mirrors which were shattered by hundreds. i - Cisco was Injured by the explosion and felt among tho debris which caught fire, burning him to death. , The Shock Of the, explosion was felt at Upper Sandusky and at other towns forty miles away, - , 1 Know Nothing; of Fight With Utea. Cortez, Col , .Nov. 18. Although this place is but eight mile from the scene of the alleged fight between United States Iroops end Ute Indians in which a number c Indian, are. said to ibv bven killed, no reports of any such encounter have been received here. NO DECMUN 13 BENUEBED PETITION ILVRRDLN , CASE Judge Hough Not Ready to Answer tomnim-e Commission on Question as to Whether II irrlman Shall An swer Questions Put to Him Will Mender Decision December. 1st Op posing Counsel Can File Additional Briefs During Next - Tm-o Weeks , Privileges and Powers Of Commis sion Thoroughly Discussed Senator Sjwoner Argues Case Kellogg "Working , Hard Commission- Keek I lng to Get at Bona Fides of Deals. -v New. Tork, ' Nov. 13.---Af ter , seven hours - and a-half of argument on both aides ' of, the ; question, Judge. Hough, in the United States Clrcut Court, announced to-night- that 'he would not be ready to render, a" tte cision on the petition of : the inter- State commerce commission to com pel E, H. Harrtman' to answer cer tain questions propounded to him -last spring; in the course ot the commjs sioVs Investigation into the so-called Harriman lines, (untll December ; 1st The opposing counsel were given the privilege of filing "additional t briefs during the, next, two weeks, ; fW-H -The : arguments, which wereiTnot concluded until 8:30 p. m took a wiae range ana the privileges - and powers ; of the inter-State commerce commission were thoroughly gone in to. .Former Senator John C -Spoon-er," of 'Wisconsin, appeared for the first time in the case and argued In defense of the position maintained by Mr. Harriman that he Is not re quired . to tell the commission i what individual - profit " he made in selling tne etocxs ot other roads held by him ; to the Union Pacific Company. or . to detail the manner In whnch the famous 10 per cent UWon Paclflo dividend was f declared , In August, 1908, ' and its announcement i deferred for two, days. Mr,. Harrtman has at- so. declined to say how much stock of the Union Pacific, If any. he bought just prior, to the announcement of the dividend.. , --.,;..;-' ;,:,;'.;-..,:-"' : ; .",. John G. j- Milburn was also heard In defense of Mr. Harriman and in opposition to the petition filed by the commission. -On behalf of the govern ment, represented by the- inter-State commerce commission, the arguments were conducted by United, States At torney L. Stlmson and Frank B. Kel logg, special counsel to . the commis sion. ': t '"i-:''':M:-.v . ',v ' ; . AMOUNT OF PURCHASES. Counsel for Mr. Hiarriman stated to Judge Hough-that the stock pur chases of the Union Paclflo Railroad, amounting to 8150,0000.000 during one period and about 8183,000,000 In , the aggregate,, were made on the recom mendation of , the executive? commit tee,, approved : by the board of direc tors and ratified by: the stockholders. All that Mr. Harriman bad done, Mr. Milburn declared, had met with the fullest . approval of the f tockhoUers of the 'Union Paclflo Company. He further stated that 'allowing fkr loss es sustained la -; the recent heavy slump of iprlces s?the Union s Pacific Company-had -pyoflted--iey'lesa'Maa 1 $32,000,000 by its stock purchases. Mr, Milburn said this-fact should silence the claim of the commission that the stock purchases tended to impair the effectiveness of the railroads engaged in inter-State business. V'V''KELWaGE:.'.BTAND. ' Mi Kellogg In reply to this stated that the so-called market value of the stocks sold to the Union Paclflo was nothing more or less than a Wall Street quotation, " probably fixed , by the .very pol of men whom it is claimed were behind the stock deals. As to the Impairment of the useful ness of , the railroads, Mr, Kellogg asserted that ' the roads of inflated values , were ,to-day unable to borrow- money to budld the cars needed by them tof carry out, their obliga tions to the public v "The same thing Is true . of , the roads without Inflated . values," re torted Mr. Milburn. Senator' Spooner ; declared that ' lh stock deals between Mr. Harriman and the .Union Paclflo were matters of concern only between the individ ual and : the stockholders and had nothing ; to do ' with inter-State coml merce.w Mr. Kellogg declared tho commission had a right to inquire Jn- to the uses of the moneys of arail road were put, ,. .-..' Judge HouKh interrupted the at torneys on both' sides with many pointed questions. He asked If, after all, ,the,comm4ision was only seeking by the unanswered questions to proye from whom Harriman, the individual purchased the stock subsequently sold to the company of which he-is president, i and what profit he Indi vidually made by the, transaction. S MrKellogg! said i the commission sought to set at the bona fides ot the stock deals. In general, he declared, the commission was making an ' In quiry which involved the question of whether, or not the great Western territory of the United States shall be dependent upon one man for its development whether or not there shall be railroad competition between the Missouri river and the South Pa cific coast. - , " f. Harmony In Securing Appropriation, Lake providence, La., Nov. IS. An address urging harmony In ' all sec tions of the United States to the end of securing 150,000,000 snnuallyV.om Congress for t river and ' harbor Im provement was issued 10-day by Con gressman J. S3 , Ransdell, prest Jent of the national rivers and: harbors con jjress. Mr. Ransdell said:' . "All projects now under contempla tion and which 1 have been approved by the engineers department Involve a cost of less than nveihundre.1 mil lions. . , It f I" questionable whether more t'.ian 850,000,000 a year can be expended Wisely and that should be divided among a number of projects." Governor Refuses to Oommnte Sen tence. ' ' , ' Roanoke, Va Nov. II. A special from Abingdon. Va says Governor Swanson has refused to commute the death sentence imposed on Noah Ful ton for killing John Johnson, last April, and he will be hanged In the Jail yard at Abingdon next Friday., Carrie Nation Li to Member. IVY 'C; . T. U. ; Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 12Mra Carrie Nation-to-day was made a life member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The convention took this action at the request of the Nebraska delegation. The convention devoted the day to routine business. 10 ASK CASH OF US CLE SAM POOR PROSPECTS OF GETTING IT Postmaster nuggins, of Columbia, S. C., and Revenue Collector Jenkins Will .Endeavor to Get Currency From Uie Federal Treasury to Pay Off Employes Certificates Relieve the Situation Somewhat, But Banks are Calling in Loans and Forcing " the Sale of Cotton Governor Ansel ' 'Appoints Lighthouse Keepers Game Wardens Little Girl Burned to Death,' ' Observer Bureau, 1422 Main Street, .---it. Columbia, S. C, -Nov; 18. ,Postmaster 'Hugilns,. of Columbia, and Intenral Revenue Collector Ml eah" Jenkins hve both said that it th present financial stringency keeps up they; will ' petition the Federal, gov ernment to send thent the cash to meet the pay rolls, which total over 875,000 monthly. Instead of paying off as usual in checks, this in order to relieve the situation In this State; , but the governmeht gave evidence In ; ad vices received. to-day that it will not lend, assistance down this." way. Now whether the request of Messrs. Hug gins .and -Jenkins, if made, will be granted, cannot be said.'" But It" Is a i fact that the' government is not itself accepting checks. v ' ; The two local active depositories ot the government In this city, the Carolina National Bank and the Pal metto National Bank,: have been re quired by the government to ship currency to Washington for the bal ances due there, instead of checks as lieretofore. In' the past It has been the custom to . send checks on New York for currency due the Federal Treasury, but Washington officials say that New Tork Is short of cur rency: and is not shipping any and that, therefore, gold or currency must be forthcoming from Columbia. These two depositories are used by the postoffice and the revenue office. The revenue collections In this State aAount to about half a million dol lars annually and the receipts from the sale of postal money orders and other such Items amount to several thousand dollars a day. . These Co lumbia banks are depositories for these funds, not only for the Columbia postofflce but " for the State ; general ly..', .. . Now, strictly speaking, the Federal government never takes checks for these balances. The method Is when these Columbia banks are called up on for balances they wire their New Tork connections to turn the caCi ov er to the government and charge Co lumbia with it On receiving one of these notices from a Columbia bank a few days ago, the New Tork bank, Instead of shipping the currency, went out, and bought the cash la the open market, paying a premium and nearly 4 per cent, which premium was. charged to the Columbia bnk. So the Columbia banks have fte choice between shipping the currency or gold or paying the pormlum. And as New York has notified Us connect tlons that It is not In position to pay out the cash, there is nothing left for the. Southern banks acting as govern-, ment 'depositories to do but to ship the casti. ? FORCING. -SALE XlF.CQtTON.L i The Issuance of clearing home cer tificates by Columbia and Charleston and several smaller South Carolina cities has. greatly loosened .up the sit uation, not .only In Columbia Itself but throughout the State. These certificates are being freely used as currency in practicatly all the cities and towns of the State by this time, and theyjare proving an effective and acceptable remedy. But while this move has assisted In the movement ot cotton, it has not resulted In helping the farmers to hold their cotton. ,The banks In urgent need of oaeh are call ing in their loans, which Is forcing the sale of cotton, which, according to tho view of even intelligent farm ers, is part ot a deep-laid conspiracy to depress the price, MORE GAME WARDENS NAMED. On the recommendation of Presi dent B. F. Taylor, of the State Audu bon Society. Governor Ansel's office to-day Issued commissions to the fol lowing lighthouse keepers on the South Carolina coast a game war dens: ; .,'-""""-, -.';.:-- .'i-':r:-' :-;: - Kajetan E. Kremser, ; keeper of South Jetty channel and W'lnyah Bay, South Island; Georgetown; Charles JoCinson, keeper South Island , light elation, Georgetown; Victor E. Thel hlng, keeper Romaln light ; station, McClellanvllle; Halvor S. Svendsen, keeper Bull Bay light station, Char leston; James E. Swan, keeper Mount Pleasant range, near Charleston; John iWelklng, keeper Charleston light station; Theodore 8.TolanBon, keeper Hunting . Island light station, Beaufort county; Frederick H. Brug gemanr, keeper Hilton Head rang; Charles Anderson, keep. Paris Is land range. Port Royal; Robert A, Slssort, keeper Bloody Point rane, Savannah; Richard Stonebrldge, keeper Dauf uskte Island - range. Sa vannah, - . s . LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH V 'A special to the bureau from Char leston says' little 8-year-old Helen Shaw was . burned to death In a frightful manner at the t Florence Crtttenton-; Rescue 'Home at a late hour last night The child was left nestled apparently securely in a large rocking chair. - but seems to have rocked It over into the fireplace. Thj little sufferer was promptly rendered unconscious and died In .that state, which greatly lessened her pain. . 3: THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION. DIKp Williams Cliargea laek of I'ulillc Spirit and Contrlhutlons to llocean . Work More- Congrega ; tlonsl . Than Congregatlonallsts. Detroit, Mich, Nov, 5 ; 18 Bishop Charles D. Williams, of the Protestant Episcopal : Dlocesf , of j Michigan, to day In his annual ' address to 1 the diocesan convention criticised Episco palians in his diocese for lack of public spirit and small contributions to the Church's diocesan work. He had previously urged the erection of a cathedral and a church hospital in Detroit - .. - '. "There la plenty of money to spend on personal enjoyment," said he. "I have preached many a sermon to an elegantly dressed congregation and then received aa an offering for my emergency fund an average of three cents per head. " That is the es tablished average of these offerings throughout the diocese three cents a head. This Is not due to stingi ness, it Is lack v of public spirit. The Episcopal ; Church boasts of Its strength and compactness; of its or ganisation, but It sometime seems to. me. that. It Is more congregational man me vongregdtlontumi tuem soivea-' MisusEOEFUDScnAcn:::) jr. R. walsii piuVCED on t:ii ku Trial of President Defunct Nation I Bank Called Attorney Dobyns l e gins preliminary SUtement In Be '.half of Government Will Attempt to Show That Walsh Obtained Own ership of Large Properties. Without Cost to Himself Sold Bond That Were Practically Worthless Exam iner Warned Walsh to Take Out Se curities For Personal -Enterprl! . Fixed His Own Price and Put Mouey f in His locket. Chicago, Nov. 18. The ' trial ' of John R, Walsh, formerly president of the Chicago National Bank now de funct, on a charge of misuse of the funds of that institution; formally op ened to-day.' The Jury was completed ; shortly after nqon and Assistant Dis trict Attorney Fletcher Dobyns, at the ' opening of the afternoon session, be-. gatt the preliminary statement In be half of the government It is expect ed that Mr. Dobypa will not conclude . until to-morrow.' - - The government wilt, attempt to show that Walsh took from the Chi cago , National $ Bank, the Equitable ' Trust Company and the Home Savings ' Bank tlt.OO0.0O0. In ' his statement - the ownership of various large prop- ertles without cost to himself by using the funds of the banks. He said: - -: "Watered ? stock to the probable '; amount of 125.000,000 or 330,000.000 was issued.. Mr. Walsh through hla employers voted the stock to himself.: : He then sold this stock to the banks, . taking the money to build up his prU iftkQ trukvi . V vwn v . sold by Mr. Wa!h was pract.caHy valueless. - it was tho practice of Mr ( WTatwh n wiatteAAMs tA' Arts ftf hfsl . v cs-sotc iiiano , wtas j , vi w , , companies and then sell the bonds of that company to the bank. These bonds were practically worthless." f BONDS MADE OUT TO "DUMMIES. I The assistant district attorney then stated to the Jury that Mr. Walsh had Induced various persons to sign ."ac commodation" notes for the bank. Then," said Mr.' Dobyns, "he signed the names of pepple to notes. Check were made out payable to bearer, and , credited to the personal account of Mr, Walsh. Bonds wre made out to the same 'dummies waose names were on the notes, and tne credits were made to Mr. Walsh's account. r "In 1908 Mr. Walsh was told by the bank examiner that the Chicago Na -tlonal Bank was being loaded down sonal enterprises. The examiner or- ' dered him to take these securltls out, and Mr. Walsh promised to do so. "In 1804 the bank was found in the same condition, the warning was re peated and Mr. Walsh again promised to remove the securities. Another ex amination showed that the bank was ' In a worse condition than ever antH was then ordered closed. ' "The .aovernment . will show ' that " Walsh's method was to buy from him self, fix his own price A and put the) mnnev in. his norket" . .... Defense Files Depoul tlons howlni " .--VatlUtM. Tailory .Claims , In f GovenwMdilp "SXen I "anion Was Is-" ened Taylor and Flney Will Go oa Stand Jury From Harrison County. Georgetown, Ky.. Nov. 1 8. The third day of CaIeb.Pwers trial opened ' with Increased attendance and Interest The first move of the defense was the filing of three Important depositions In . support of the avowed bearing on the validity of Willlom A. Taylor's claims ' to the governorship making good his pardon' boned to. Powers. One was from At-' tornev General Grins under Presl- ednt McKinley Ins'ructlng the Post office Department at Washington to di rect the postmaster of Frankfort to i deliver mall to State officials actually holding office. Another .; was from Taylor himself asserting his right as hOovernor. Attached to Taylor's depo sition was a copy of his commission as Governor. The third waa from United ; states District Attorney W. M. Smith, bearing on the same point t . .k The defense was assured by the court that compulsory process would be used to compel attendance of any , absent witnesses. The list of the de fense witnesses showed the fact that former Governor Taylor and former Secretary of State Charles Flney, both, ? now In Indiana, will be brought back to Kentucity to testiry in favor of Power. The prosecution asked per mission to file a counter avowal to that -filed by the defense's counsel earlier la the day. It will be prepared by to- ': morrow.-..-,;.,- v..... i ,,::, 4 - Judge; Morris decided this" after noon that the Jury shall be drawn ' from Harrison county. Sheriff Warren ' was Instructed to summon 200 men fronv that county to report next FrI- day. Harrison Is a large county. DAt GUTIJtS OI COXFEDERiCY, Fourteentli Annual Comention Being Held tit Norfolk Many Delegates . From All Sections of Country in At . tondanrr Revision of Conatitution and By-Ijaws. 1 . : 4 ... C Norfolk Vs., Nov. 11 The four- . teenth annual convention of the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy be gan here to-day for a session of four V days with an attendance-of several hundred dedicates, inelurtlng repre- sentatlven from every Btste that formed the Confederacy" and many from other States North, East and West The convention .was called to order In the auditorium Of the James town Exposition by the presl- r dent general, Mrs. Lizale ' George Anderson, of Gulf port, Miss., . who v made the response In the name of the convention to addresses of wel come Dy , rresiaent xucKer, in oe- half of .the management of the -Jamestown Exposition; Rear Admlr at Harrington, U. a N.' I. Mrs. James Y," Leigh, of Norfolk, president of the Hostess Chapter, and Mrs. William R. McKenny, of Petersburg, president of the Virginia division. The reports of officers were takefi up. The after noon feature aas a reception at Beauvoir, ? a replica of the Missis sippi home of Jefferson. Davis, erect ed on the Exposition gVounds by the Daughters of the Confederacy. - Among the most important mat ters to be considered at the present tension- Is a revision of the constitu tion and;by-law.: with a change in the time ot holding the annual inn t Inga from .November to October. . Week's Adjonrniuent GrnntCtl. New ' York, Nov.' 18. Raynifn .1 Hitchcock, the actor, appeared befra Judge .Reaalsky In. tHa Court of G n erl Sessions to-day tfl p!ad t t six Indictments handed down - t him. by the grjmd Jtry. A f ttUJx'Ul UIIH'tit Ot tiiO J-lvauI.-i , , , week was gramod.
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