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SUBSCRIPTION --PBICEr $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY; MORNING, JUNE 6, 1908. ,-PItfCE FIVE CENTS. FIVE C ABOLIN AGS ADUATES , WIS HONORS AT NAVAIi ACADEMY Hwidiwmi Popular Quintette of -..iin Bora Among the , A VI V vw-'w- 7 . . v-.t MiiiBhfnma Turned Out TterHty mt ih Vniua "SkT SJ i illlll m U W vJobn Wllkea Flnlshe il-tw Top y ' - iti s-ta. mI Tim IKACn ATQ in the First-Honor ust ctaae ' ' Their First Offlctal Cruise on uie Big -Cruiser North Canrflna Gen eral Porter Delivers tHo Diplomas Sketches of tho North Carolina Midshipmen. - . - v Special te-The Observer. , . ', v Annapolis. Md, xJuno 'v I.-Jn the presence of thousands of persona rom all over tha country, tea -: 200 members of tha claui of 1101 were 'graduated from tha United S States Naval Academy to-day. The diploma were presented fey General Horace Porter, prealdent of the board of vialt ors, who. acted "In place of Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, who, was un able to be present General Porter addressed the graduates. ' Speaking of the needs and necessities of the real naval .officer, he told them to learn fo think logically and to reac'n accurate deolalona He said that men must now be taught to Are -bullets. ot.to atop them, "we "want aueis now, not Cwtchertea." he aald. -The modern sailor must military, how- aver, without feeing warlike. After the farewell ball to-night ten dered trr the second class to the trad uates the cadets who are now passed mtdehlpmen left for their homes or the ships to which they Have uilrned. and the under-class been men will embark for the summer practice cruise. FIVE TAR HEELS WINS HONORS. The class of 200 Is the largest the Naval Academy has ever turned out. and the same la true of the percent ajce of North Carolinians there were nv of them. The North Carolina graduatea are:,-John Wilkes Rankin, a native, of Charlotte, now of Hart ford, Conn,.: William Cook Owen, of Fayettevllle; William R. gmltn. jr Weldon: Paul l. Holland. natU'e of of XauHnbUrg, now . of " W111U Creek. Bladen -county and Robert S. Tounf , Jr., of Concord. Toung Rankin grad uated third in this big class of two hundred, winning high and coveted honors. Holland stood eleventh In the class and Smith fifteenth. The first twenty-five In the graduating class are first honor men and have the choice of appointments and may grat ify their own desires a to. rhich branch of the naval service they en ter. Qwen atood fifty-seventh In1 the class and 'Toung ninety-seventh. It Is a handsome and popular qulnette, and one of which the Old North State may well be proud. It Is a pleasant coincidence that these young : Tar Heels, with two years sea duty before them, talk a their first official cruise as full-fledged officers on the handsome new armored cruiser North Carolina, queen of the navy. It Is likely that all of them may be assigned to her for their sea-duty period. THEIR FIRBT CRUISrf ON THE NORTH CAROLINA. - The big armored - cruiser North Carolina, which has' been the centre of attraction at Annapolis, has taken her midshipmen on board and - will sail early to-morrow morning on her "shaking down", cruise. - "General Horace Porter delivered the address to the graduates and pre sented the diplomas In the presence of an Immense audience. There were class cheers and songs ending in "Home, Sweet Home,", and "Out of the Wlldernew." The farewell ball held to-night In the Immense new armory was one of the most brilliant ever given at-Annapolla The armory was thronged with handsome officers In brilliant uniforms and pretty, girls from 'all parts of the country. Among the North Carolinians at .the.-ball of June week have been: ' , f : Midshipman Owen with Miss Blo cum, of Fayettevllle. N. C. . -- Midshipman W. R. Smith, Jr., w tn Miss Marjorle Bartlett. of AnnapoUa -Midshipman Holland, with Miss Helen Smith, of Wilmington. Del. Midshipman Toung. with - Miss Woods. ." '..' , ... CapC John Wilkes, of Charlotte, N. C, was re-elected , president of the Alumni Association. ; He Is the oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy and Is held In rlgh esteem by officers and midshipmen alike. ' " N. C SOCIETT DINNER.'. ' The' North Carolina Boclety of Bal timore gave Its June dinner at the Carrollton Hotelto-night. President E. H. Norman waa toastmaaterj . The speakers were Allen a- Will. Dr. Henry E, Shepherd, A, 6. Golds borough, and Thomas O. Boggs. A collision between two fast cars f the electrio railway between Balti more and Annapolis, In which several persons were -killed and many wound id, cast a shadow over the brilliant ball with which the annual com mencement at the Naval Academy was brought to a close to-night. Dr. St. Clair spruill. a North Carolinian, Who is now one 'of Baltimore's- emi nent surgeons, was sent to tha scene on a special car and had charge of the relief of the injured.. :- 1 TnivMnil aketchea of the North Carolina midshipmen follow. ; . JOHJf WILKES nAXKIX. . 1 v John Wilkes Rankin ls the son of Mr. Augustus K. and Mrs. Xgnes Wilkes Rankin, and grandson of Capt. John Wilkes, of Charlotte, the oldest living graduate of the United States Naval Academy and president of Its alumni association. Toung Rankin's great-grandfather was Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, who commanded the Antarctic . explorations of , 1S33-42. The ' Wilkes family has been . closely Identified with , the navy tor many ye&rsr. The torpedo boat Wilkes, launched rn New Tork In 101. was tiamed after Admiral Charles Wilkes and was christened by the admiral's great-granddaughter. Miss Harriet E. Rankin, sistsr of John Wilkes Ran kin. ' Though he was born in Charlotte, -young Rankin's parents moved to Hartford, Conn., "when be was six months old, and have since made that city their home. Toung Rankin . en ' '' i r i i i, (Continued en Pag Eight), 'FOUR KILLED OX A CKUiSEE DEADLY WORK OF BOILER TUBE Accident on the TJnltedi States Cruiser . Tennessee ResnlU In the Death of XYwr and the Injury of Ten Others The CrnlKer Was Just Entering Can Pedro Harbor The Killed and . Injured All Connected With the llrcroom Force The Injured, to Be : (Takea to a Hospital Jn Ixs Angeles a Particulars of the Aocident uara - to ObcaJa The Dead and Injured v Reported. by Wireless Telegraph Station.. . .lion Angelea June s. Four men were .killed and 10 Injured on board the armored cruiser Tennessee at sea at U o'clock to-day when a boiler tube broke, hurling; fragments of .Iron about the engine room -and filling It with scalding ": steam.' The accident happened an hour after ; the cruiser left Santa Barbara" on her' way with six other vessels of the Pacific' fleet. to Los Angeles porta " Ohly the most fragmentary news of the disaster haa been received up' to ;T o'clock this evening as the cruiser had not arrived at San Pedro. What meagre details have been learned were gleaned from official mlreless telegraphy despatches, transmitted from the squadron to' the wireless station at Ban Francisco. .The cruiser was steaming at full speed when the explosion occurred. ; . , MANT FATALtT HURT. The force of the explosion was ter rlble and many of the injured were fatally hurt; it fa believed. Orders were flashed to Dr. W. A. Weldon, local marine surgeon at Ban Pedro, di recting him to prepare for the caring of the injured sailors. According to the wireless despatches no officers were Injured. The damage to the ship is not known at this time, but It Is like ly that the boiler rooms of the ship have suffered seriously. The seamen will not be landed until to-morrow morning, when they will bs taken ashore . at fan Pedro and brought to the Marine Hospital at Los Angeles, where arrangements have al ready been mads to receive them. Several of the other cruisers of the fleet arrived at Long Beach. Reddono and other ports ahead of the Tennessee and. it was evident that the ship had been considerably disabled by the ac cident. The Tennessee, is Admiral Sebree's flagship, commanding the second di vision of the Paciflo fleet. The others accompanying the Tennessee are the California, Washington,, West Virgin- la, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Mary land, comprlelg thhe first division com manded by Admiral Dayton. . The Tennessee arrived and anchored inside the breakwater about two miles from the water front shortly after 7 P'dOClU. . , ,,. Los Angeles, Cal., June S. A re port has Just reached this city from Ban Pedro of an explosion on the United' States cruiser Tennessee. The Tennessee Is coming into San Pedro harbor. ' - . 4 A boiler tube on the cruiser Ten nessee blew uj, killing four and In jur! mr many others. The cruiser has Just entered .San Pedro harbor and the details are not yet available. The Tennessee sailed from San Francisco on May 17th, and sine then has been cruising In southern Ca'l fornla waters, touching Santa Bar bara, San Pedro and San Diego. The latest information is that four men were killed and ten injured. The Iniured will be 4rourht to a hospital In this city. The Tennessee is still about 37 miles outside San Pedro. The cruiser left Santa Barbara for Los Angeles port this morning. DEAD AND INJURED. Following is a '1st of dead and in jured received by the local wireless station: ; y 4 - DEAD: ' ' GEORGE WOOD, water tender. -EARL BOGGS, fireman, second class. ! ADOLPH RHEINGOLD, machinist helper, second clsoa .GEORGE MERK. fireman, first (Probably fatally Injured: . V F. S. Field, fireman, second class. . E. N. Exantes, fireman, first clasa B. J. Burns, coal passer. - W. F. Burns, coal passer. ' J. J. Carroll, fireman, second clasa T. P. Parsons, fireman, second class, slightly mjured. . t . " Two of tho Injured Dead. - . Lrfs Angeles, Cal., June 6. Two of tho injured in the Tennesses accident, have died since the ship arrived in port, making six dead in all. GOVERNOR AT WASHINGTON, He and General Macon Will Consult With Secretary Oliver as ; to en campment at Beaufort Will Also Arrange For Presentation of Sliver Service; - : . . ... Observer Bureau, i v Congress HaH Hotel, . I . ," ; ' ' .Washington, June S.V iter neneral Macon. ' of the North Carolina National Guard, nini firwBrnor Qlenn here to-nIrht and to-morrow they have an engage ment to meet Assisiani eocrsxary vi vcmt. n iir whom thev will consult regarding arrangements for the .en .mnmn nt .tAt troons at Beaufort. The Carolinians will ask for the con struction of permanent mess halls and warehouses at Beaufort. - Tha Governor will also call at tne Navy Department to . , complete ar rangements tor tne, presentation oi the silver service which Is the glff of the State to the armored cruiser North r..niina ' Th OoTemor thinks the presentation should take place In Car. ollna waters, tnougn mere is a nroni sentiment In favor of Norfolk, Va which would permit of a greater at tendance of Tar Heels. - -K - MISTRIAL SEEMS WKELY. ! ' Jnry Not Tet Able to Agree in the Case Against .ecquesi -wucuje , eys it Munt Reach an Agreement. Special to The Obsarver. '' Laurlnburg, June Tne case or State vs. Bequest was given to the Jury . mt h noon hour ant at this time everyt-ling points to a mistrial. Judge Jones says ne wm "p ue 4r. . nruthtr until an agreement Is reached, if it takes tilt Monday. Able speeches were maae to-aay cy Mr. H. B. Adams, Jr and Solicitor TLnhmonn for the State and Stephen Mclntyre for the defense. Bond in the thr cases was nxea at ana aaS fnr Xfll! ami RratiMt. reitriAG- lively, and all witnesses were discharg ed until xovemuer, wnen uie cases wia be called for trial. -, ALL DAT WITH MR.DAVANT HE IS EVASIVE IX.AXSWERIXG. Cro.Examlnatlon of Vice President and Trafllc- lanager of the Nor folk A Western Consumed All of Yevtrrday and Last , Evening In .Freight Kate Hearing at Wlnston , Saleui Jlr. - Guthrie ' Puts Plain Questions to Him and For an An swer He Ramble. off on Compcti ! Uon, Etc. Virginia Lawyer Labor. ;lng Under Minapprebenslon as to Object Sought by corporation Com - minion in This Suit. . , . Special to The Observer. : Winston-Salem, June 5. -The cross-examination of Mr. T. S. . Da Vant, vice president 'and general traf fic manager of theNorfolk A Western Railway, was resumed upon the con vening of the rate hearing ' before Special Examiner George N. Brown, of the inter-State commerce . com mission, In the court house- at 10 o'clock this morning.- Mr. T. C. Guth rie, of Charlotte, special attorney for the corporation commission, "conduct ed the cross-examination, continuing where he left off yesterday afternoon. Mr, Guthrie tried to get an admis sion from the 'wKness that the rate on Western freight to points in North Carolina were unreasonable and un just in comparison' with the rate that prevails to Virginia points,' but the witness would explain the great dif ference in the rate per ton per mile by decl-.rlng.-as 'he did yesterday. that these rates were established-be fore the Norfolk & Western by strong J competition of other lines, ana t the road, therefore, had .nothlj do with the making of the rati Mr. Guthrie asked the witness irhe considered the Winston-Salem ' dlvi slon a part of the main. line and he replied in the affirmative. This question was followed by another as to why the local rate to Winston' Salem and intermediate points is not the same as (o Hagerstowa, Md.. and Intermediate points. Witness gave a long explanation, the gist of which was that competition controlled the rate. . .i . .,-;. "What is your rate on coal ' to Greensboro?" tsked Mr. Guthrie, "Tne same that it is to this point. 13.30 on steam and 12.40 on domes tic coal?" . s ' What does your road get out of the coal hauled to Greensboro?" "We get 11.13." reDlled Mr. Da- Vant. "Tou make money hauling it for this amount?" asked -Mr. Guthrie The witness answered In tbs affirma tive. - , .- .- : . - "Now, Mr. DaVanf aald Mr. Guthrie, "don't you know that $1.18 more per ton on coal that stops here than on that carried through here to oreeashoro Is a, little .too much?" MAKES UP FOR LOSS TO SOUTH ERN. -. The witness did not consider it too much for tbe rates had to be aver aged, in other words. Winston-Salem must pay for what .the Norfolk A Western loses to the Southern by snipping the- coal to "Greensboro. The statement of Mr. DaVant regarding the, number of tons of coal that stopped and that which went to points Dcyona showed , that only a small per cent, of It . stopped here, yet It is averaged ud and charted against Winston-Salem. Mr. Guthrie brought out the fact that the first-class rate from tke West to Virginia points is t cents, which also applies to Llnnit, on the Durham division, 48 miles below Lynchburg. "Tofi haul freight to Lynchburg for 83 cents and to Llnnit. 48 miles fur ther, for the same money?" asked Mr. Guthrie. . ' , "Tea" answered the witness. In 1 questioning, further . regarding the rate from-Cincinnati to points on tne jjurnam division, , Mr. Guthrie brought out the fact that the rate to Durham on first-class freight la 13 centa. The distance Is (37 miles, 63 miles further than Llnnit, yet freight is hauled to Llnnit for 63 cents and for the additional haul of 63 miles a charge of 31. cents is made. The witness was asked if there was any other part of his system where he collected for the last part of a 600 mile haul a greater amount than on the W'nston-Salem and Durham divi sions, and he replied that he did not think so. . "Mr. DaVant. do you as a fair- minded rate-maker, think that this is right and Just?" asked iMr. Guthrie. The witness again entered Into a lengthy explanation about competi tion, etc. - ; - The first-class rate from Cincin nati to Roanoke, Va., is 33 cents and the witness was asked If It paid the road to haul freight for this amount. Ha said that it was questionable to his mind as to whether they could mako a profit on it. . "If that is so.? said Mr. Guthrie, "why do you run that line at a loss to carry out your system of bookkeeping?"- J VAST DIFFERENCE TO MER-' - CHANTS. . The witness answered br asking Mr. Guthrie what difference it makes to. Winston-Salem where the rate Is divided. Mr. Guthrie answered the question by stating that it allowed the Virginia merchants to get their pro ducts from the West at a much lower rate and could undersell the mer-l phants of this State by reason of It Tne witness was stiu in tne nanas of Mr. Guthrie when rhe session ad journed for dinner at 13:30 o'clock. At tha afternoon session the cross- examination of Mr. DaVanf waa con- unuea. ' in reply to a. question oi Mr. Guthrie Mr. DaVant stated that all the Norfolk A Western got from the first-class rate from Chicago to Winston-Salem was IS 3-10 and to Charlotte, which Is beyond Winston- Salem, his road got S7 6-10. and to Greensboro they got - 61 6-10. t He stated that the other etaases of freight were in about the same proportion. Afraid of, new road;. In response to a question the wit ness said that he was afraid of the South A Western road (proposed) ort account of tbe effect it would have on coal rates. In response to a question the witness stated that .there were only rare Instances where he could call the rate unreasonably high pa any road. .. . V Asked by the counsel as to what he was employed to do for tbe railroad, the witness said that it was to keep an eye out for the welfare of tha public. - "Well," said Mr. Guthrie, "if this Is your business, what has been the result of this upon Win ston -Salem?" The witness admitted that there had - been no material ehanre but stated in a general way that th rail roads of the country were not charg ing as much as they, did fifteen or twenty years ago. : "Tou spoke this morning of the prosperity of Winston-Salem and Dur ham,", said Mr. Guthrie. - VNow what has the Norfolk eV Western Railway done to contribute ' to the prosperity here?' ... . . ...... . . The witness called attention to the thousands the railroads are expending In improving the system and in new buildings and other improvements. He said that it was in this way that his road na.a contributed to tae prosperity of this city and not by - lowering freight rates for he saw no need for it in vlewof the rapid growth. DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CASE This concluded the cross-examination of Mr. Guthrie, and the witness waa turned over to. Mr. Davis, who Is counsel tor the Virginia cities who are Intervening In the case. In re sponse to a question from that attor ney, 'who by the war seemed to be laboring under a misapprehension as to the object sought by the North Carolina corporation commissioners, Mr. DaVant gave the natural compet itive advantages of Norfolk and other Virginia citiea over North Carolina cities, the principal competition being the water courses. Then he was called upon to give the competition In -Winston-Salem and Durham. In Winston-Salem the road has only the Southern Railway and in Turham there are the Southern, Seaboard and one or two short lines. In one of his questions to the witness Mr. Davis stated that Winston-Salem and Dur ham were asking for a lower rate to North Carolina than is given to Roa noke, notwithstanding the fact that the latter is a shorter haul. Mr. H. A. Fouspee, counsel for. the corporation commission, promptly entered a pro test on the grounds that It was an incorrect statement or . tne case. Mr. Davis asked the witness if he would reduce the local rate to Win-ston-Salem if the other roads from Richmond. Va, entering this city would not reduce their rate. The witness stated that it would be natu ral for roads out of Richmond and entering Winston-Salem . to . reduce their rate to the same thing. - Mr. Clement Manly, counsel for the Winston-Salem board, of trade, then took charge of the wltnesa ' In response to a question of Mr. Manly. Mr. DaVant stated that he doubted the claim of the complain ants that a lower rate on eoal would. increase the consumption of coal In Winston and he did not think lnat manufacturers were kept away from here on account of the coal rate. He stated that the diversity ot manu facturing enterprises Indicated that the coal rate was not a drawback to the progress of the Twin City. Mr. Manly asked if he considered the rate unreasonable and unjust, to which the witness replied that he did not and stated further that if In the opinion t the company -hnt the rate was excessive It would be changed regardlsw of any su-ri Med sone. Asked by Mr. Manly If he could Ignore the Importance Of Winston-Salem as a manufacturing town whose growth has been rapid from a small village to a large and Industrious city, the' witness stated the Importance of Winston was magnified by the question and read figures showing that only about a twentieth of the freight handled en the entire- system, was hauled to Winston-Salem. . . A NIGHT SESSION HELD. The afternoon - session - adjourned at 8:30 o'clock and another session was held to-night, this being tu-ld in the palm room of tho 7iaxcndorf Hotel and convened at 1:30 o'clock. Mr. Manly continued his cross examination of Mr. DaVant. The session lasted until a few minutes before t o'clock, when adjournment was taken until 0:30 o'clock to-morrow, when Mr. DaVant will again be on the stand and will undergo the redirect examination. One of the attorneys in the case stated . to-night that , the hearing would not be completed before Tues day evening 'of next week.- and it might take longer. The corporation commission ' will not ' Introduce very much more evidence nor will the board of trade, but several railroad men are to be examined for tho de fendants, which will require con siderable ' time, as every inch of ground is carefully gone over. HITCHCOCK TO THE TOMBS. Mil I - . "", The Second Trial of the Actor, on cmrgea Preferred by Young Girls, Comes to Sudden Halt Adjourn ment Until Monday and the De fendant Not AUowod to Give Bond. New Tork. June 8. The trial of Raymond Hitchcock,' the-comedian, came to an abrupt halt In the Supreme Court shortly after the - opening of the proceedings to-day. On request of -Max Steuer, who had been retain ed to succeed Hitchcock's former counsel, m defending the comedian, on indictments growing out of charges preferred by young girls. Justice Goff granted an adjournment until Monday to allow the attorney to familiarise himself with the details of the case. The trial having technically begun and Hitchcock having been surrendered by his bondsmen. Justice Goff ordered him committed to the Tombs. Hitchcock was much disappointed At belnc sent to prison and said he was prepared to furnish ball, justice Goff, however, refused to accept ball and stated that Hitchcock must re main In custody during his trial. Un less g writ for his release is secured from some other Justice, which is not considered -probable,' he will have to remain in the Tombs until bis trial is resumed on Monday next. Mr. Steuer's request for an adjournment had first been made earlier in the day. J The attorney stated that he had Just been called Into the case to succeed John B. Stanchfleld and had not had an. opportunity to go over the testi mony of a previous trial the Flora Whiston case which had resulted in Hitchcock's acquittal. After a con sultation with-Mr. Steuer and Assist ant District Attorney Garvan, Justice Goff granted an , adjournment until Monday but declared that in the meantime the defendant stood com mitted to the Tombs prison without ball. -.-..- Justice Goff stated later that it had always been bis custom to take such actios In cases of the kind. When a prisoner appeared for trial, he said, his ball was forfeited and he would continue it only with the consent of the district attorney. This could not be obtained in this case, he said. Dynamite Claims Two Victim. , Talladega. Ala, June . O. G. Hill, blast foreman for the Talladega Con struction Company, and a negro labor. er were Instantly killed at zenn. zq rollee east of here to-day, and another negro r&tauy injurea or a prenumu-n exDloston of a dynamite blast. It Is aid that the dynamite was placed in the bole while it was still hot from drilling, causing a premature explo sion. Hill came here from Georgia and Is survived by a widow and four children. ' TAFT DELEGATIONS SEATED THEY WIN OUT IN TWO CGNTBSTS ..;.-.;'; r , 4 ' Without Roll-Calls or Dlvlekm the Re publican National Comin:tee Set tics Contests From Alabama and Ar t. kana Proceedings S Would Have Bern Devoid of Intern But For the Effort to Have Taft Men Prevented , From Sitting in Judgment on the Contest The Contests . Iferterday i Involved. 4 Seat Committee to 1 Take Contests From Florida, Geor gia and Kentucky, Involving 31 teats, at To-Day's Sitting. 5 Chicago, June fi. WitbJout roll calls tha Republican national commit tee to-day decided the contests from Alabama and Arkansas, Involving 24 seats In the Republican convention. In favor of the delegates Instructed for Secretary Taft. The victory lor the Taft forces was sweeping, not even a division being required to determine the will of the committee. : Contests from Florida, Georgia and Kentucky will be heard to-morrow. Thirty-four seats are affected., ' ' The proceedings to-day would have been devoid of Interest had it not been for . an effort to prevent Frank H. Hltchcoc., the Taft manager, and Arthur F. Statter, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Charlee G. Phelps, ot Washington, both? as sistants to Mr. Hitchcock, from sitting in Judgment on the contests. These men held proxies of the members of the national committeemen from New Mexico, Alaska and North Dakota, re spectively. Their' entrance into tyie executive, session of-the national com mittee provoked Joseph B. Keating. United States attorney for the district of Indiana, manager for Vice Presi dent Fairbanks, and Representatives J. Francis Burke, of Pennsylvania, who acts in a similar capacity for Senator Knox, to make vehement pro tests from the Outside. PROTESTS IN WRITING. After a hurried conference between representatives of all the antl-Taft forces, it was decided to reduce the protests to writing and have them pre sented to the committee before Lie contests were taken up. The protests were sent to W. F. Aldrlch, formerly a member of Congress from Alabama, and one of the contesting delegates-at-large from the Scott-DavidMon antl Taft delegation from that State. It recited the fact that Mr. Hlchcock is directly Interested In the management of one of the candidates directly In volved In the case, and "therefore dis qualified to alt in Judgment" upon It. It also declared that Mr. Hitchcock did not reside, and Is not a qualified voter In the Territory he claims to rep resent, and was not a regularly or properly chosen national committee man from that Territory. Similar representations were made In regard to Messrs. Blatter and Phelps. Mr. Aldrlch presented the protest to the committee, and in connection stat ed that he dM not regard It proper that they should be compelled to present their arguments to members who had an "interest" in .the outcome. "Atl I care to say In reply," said O. D. Street., United States attorney, for the northern dlstntcf of Alabama, and the chief local counsel for the Thomp son faction, instructed for Taft. Is "that Charles H. Scott, the member of the committee from Alabama. Is sit ting as a Judge m this case, and rt ap pears to me that he is Interested In the oucome. , Mr. Scott is one of the delegatee-a't- large eleoted by the Scott -Davidson faction which wa supposed to be an tl-Taft. LAID ON TABLE. Debate on the question waa shut off by A M. Stevenson, the member from Colorado, who promptly moved to lay the protest on the table. The motion carried, Mr. Scott, of Alabama, being the only member who opposed it on a viva voce vote. The tAlabama contest, affecting the four delegat es-ajt-large and the two delegates from each of the congres sional districts, 23 in ajl, were then taken up. . The Alabama cases, by agreement of all parties concerned, were consolidat ed and therefore two hours were giv en to each srde. It waa regarded as the most important of all the contests, because of the fact that 33 delegates were Involved and It Is first in the list of States that will be called In the convention when nominations are be ing made. The candidate securing th)e delegation from Alabama Is sure to Te the first placed In nomination, because the State having no candi date of its own, stways yields to that State presenting the candidate favor ed by Alabama. , ARGUMENT FROM FACTIONS. The Scott-DavJdson ' faction, being the first to file Its contest, was given one and one-naif. hours to open, the Thompson faction- following with two hours, and the Scott-Davidson people closing in half an hour. The principal-arguments In the opening for the Scott-Davidson people were made by Judge Asa E. Btratton,' of Montgomery, a leader of the antl-Taft forces. He used, almost all of the .time allotted to his aide for the opening, although Mr, Aldrlch and J H. Manning, postmas ter at Alexander, spoke briefly, . The latter charged that the Taft conven tion had been controlled by Federal office holders and . directed from Washington. - The Taft forces, undsr the general direction of Ormsby McHarg, of Wash ington, D. C, were represented by O. D. Street, United States Attorney for the northern district of Alabama, ' The Arkansas contest involving the two delegates from the fifth congres sional district was then taken up. Only half an hour was devoted to It, and tho committee voted without a dissenting roice to seat the delegation Instructed for Secretary Taft. The other delegation claimed to be for Taft's nomination also, but It was not instructed. , - . : : - r . All of the members of the commit tee were present In person except IB, and II of -these were represented by proxies. , Missing Mr. Byers Located in Saluda. Special to Tits Observer. " .. - Hendersonvtlle. June 6. W. M. By ers, whose mysterious disappearance was noted ia yesterday's Observer, has been located - in Baluda and brought to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Press Galismor. in this place Mr. Byers had been in poor health for some time and he is unable to account for tils actiona Ills mind is a perfect blank as to what transpired during the interval -between Monday morning, when he left Hendersonvllie, and yesterday when be waa found In Paluda. It is certain that he walked the sixteen tnlles between here and Saluda. .- .- - NEWS OF CAPITAL CITY COAST LINE KOAP IS . FIXED. Pleaded Guilty of Technical violation or 28-Hour Latv Writ of Error Granted in Catw For Violation of Safety Appliance Law Biff Shlp ment of Whiskey Condemned CommiMfdona to Military Officers Is sued Wske Primaries to Be Held : -To-Day Proceedings of Board of Agrk-ulture Charter For Lanndry For Concord Applicants For High ' School Certificates Considered. ,. Observer Bureau. ' The Holleman Building. - Raleigh. June 8. . -. In the Federal Court to-day the Atlantic Coast Line Railway was put on trial on the charge of violating what is known as the "28-hour law," this being a requirement bythe gov ernment as to the- watering, etc., of stock in transit. It is charged that in this case cattle on their way from the West were neglected In this re spect. - Chief Counsel Elliott repre sented the railway company.' It plead ed guilty to a technical violation of the charge and was fined 8100 and costs. In the case against the Atlantic Coast Line" involving 41 violations of the safety appliance law a writ ot er ror was granted. The road appeals from the fine of 34,900. Edward Brooks, a negro of the gang which shot . Deputy Marshal Recce, waa sent to the Atlanta pen for two years. One hundred and thirty cases of whiskey shipped by the Casper Com pany of Roanoke, Va., were con demned. Another case before Judge Purnell to-dav was that of an ex-letter car rier, W. H. Dowd. colored, of Raleigh, who stands charged with withholding letters, it being claimed that he did not deliver these but took them back to the poatoffice in order to lessen his work. At the present term qf this court there have been II sentences, of these It being to the penitentiary. Only the Confederate drum corps and Jacob S. Allen will represent the Raleigh Confederate veterans at the Birmingham reunion next week. Commissions are Issued to Lieut. Clarence Latham, Lieut. R. P. Walker, Junior grade, and Knsljn J. G. Nor man, of the Plymouth division of na val militia. 1 State Auditor Dixon Is receiving re turns made by banks and the corpo rations which report to him. The banks make a very good showing In deed all over the State. The Auditor has finished, his spring campaign of speech-making and delivered about 60 addresses, mainly at school closings. Numbers of the candidates for State offices are here, the vote of Wake In the primaries to-morrow be ing of very particular Interest to them. In this county the Australian ballot, wlhch Is a very large one In else, la used and the voters make a mark to designate their choice. FORMAL CONVENTION CALL. The following Is the formal call for the State Democratic convention, Which was issued to-day: . "Pursuant to a. resolution, duly adopted at .a meeting or the State Democratic executive committee held In Raleigh March 11th, the delegates from the several counties are hereby called to meeting In convention at noon Wednesday, June 24th, at Char lotte for the purpose of making nom inations lor the various State offices to be tilled this year; for the selection of delegates to the national Democrat ic convention at Denver; for the adop tion of a State platform and for the transatrton of such other business as may be brought before the conven tion H. G. CHATHAM. "Chairman of State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee. "ALEX J. FEILD, "Secretary. OXE YEAR FOR FORGERY. Young Express McnMcnger Sent to State Prison Late Donnell Gilliam ' Eulogised. I Special to The Observer. Tarboro, June 5-Wilson R. Perry, the young express messenger of Au burn who forged a check on the Rocky Mount Bank Saturday, was sentenced to one year In the State prison yesterday by Judge Cooke. Perry Is 22 years of age and until recently waa on duty between Wil mington and Rocky Mount He was released from the hospital In Wil mington Saturday and went direct to Rocky Mount, where he secured 360 on a worthless piece of paper. He was arrested while attempting to board a train for Petersburg. Ex-Gov. T. J. Jarvla," Judge Jacob Battle, CoL John L. Brldgers, L. V. Baasett and . C. C. Daniels eulogised the life of the late noted lawyer, Donnell Gilliam, Thursday afternoon, at the session of Superior Court. Resolutions were adopted upon the death of their late associate at the bar and were entered upon the court rec ord. - ' . HELP ON MOST SERIOUS CHARGE A Buncombe Man Held For Alleged "Farming" Out of Ills Niece For Illegitimate Purposes. i Special ti Tbe Observer.. ' .' - : j Asheville. June I. A white'; man named James Banks, (0 years of age, was brought here from the Reems Creek section of. the county this even ing and landed in Jail, on a serious charge. It Is alleged, that Banks has kept a girl IS years 'of age. his niece by marriage, at his horns and "farm ed" her out to men for illegitimate purposes. -It is said that the unfortunate wo man slokened of her life of shame and fled; that the tftatter waa re ported to the ' officers, who secured what they considered sufficient evi dence to warrant the issuance of - a warrant, and Banks Is now In Jail to await prellmnary hearing next Tues day. He denies the charge. Killed In Baseball Game, LaFayette. Oa.. June 6 Willi Watson, aged 10. was Instantly killed in a ball game here to-day. While engaged In a gams with a number of his friends a bat ' slipped from the hands of one of the boys who was at temping to hit the ball and struck young Watson over the heart, causing Instant death. Accidentally Shot and May Not Live. Special ly Tlie Observer. Henderson, June 8. Mr. Ed Hlghf, who accidentally shot himself this morning in his place of business, was removed to his home about 4 o'clock In an unconscious condition and but little hope la entertained for his re covery. t ; EIGHT DEAD; SCORE HURT COLLISIOX OF . ELECTRIC; CARS Loaded With Victors to the Com . inrncement Festivities at tbe United , States Natal Academy Trolley Car , on tlie Line Between Baltimore and Annapolis entities Into a Car Heart ed For ; Baltimore Tbe Accident Due to a Confuxlon of Orders . Drougbc . About Through tbe Run ning of Extra Cars Over the Lino ( During -the Naval Academy ; Com-" mencement Excrcisca, Ltet of- the Dead and Wounded. . .... ':.. i Annapolis, Md.. June 8. In a head on collision between two special cars of the Washington. Baltimore & An napolis Electrio iRallroad ( Company : shortly before 8 o'clock to-night, eignt persons wero killed outright and a score of others were seriously Injured, some of them perhaps fatally. The collision was due to a confusion of orders, as the line has been running several extra cars each way la con nection witti the commencement fes tivities at the Naval Academy. The dead are; ; RICHARD NORTON. 25 years old, Baltimore. ' -. A. H. SCHULTSt 40 years old. Be tlmore. ,-. POLICE PATROLMAN SCHRIBER, 40 years old. employed by the rail way company at Academy Junction. AN UNIDENTIFIED WHITE WO MAN, apparently about 38 years old, said to be from Baltimore, and dress ed In ball costume. ZACH O'NElAL. 28 years old. New ' Tork; motorman of one of the wreck ed cars.- - :-' RUTH SLAUGHTER. I years old. daughter of General Traffic Manager William E. Slaughter, of the road. , V t J. W. M'DANIEL. Baltimore. ' GEORGE WHITE. Baltimore. v BOTH CARS WRECKED. - ' . The catastrophe occurred Just be yond Camp Parole, which Is the first station after leaving this city. .The wrecked cars were specials one of them bound from Baltimore for An napolis, the other running from here bound for Baltimore. The latter car ried few passengers, while the other was well filled. The Impact wan ter-' rifle and both cars were wrecked, that bound for this city being thrown from the rails. As quickly as possible aid was sent from here and the dead and , injured were brought to this city. Of the injured, Oenoral Trafllc Manager William E. Slaughter, of the Wash ington, Baltimore A AnnapoUa Rail road, was in the worst condition and his death at any moment would not cause the physicians surprise. CONFERENCE OF YOUNG WOMEN Hundreds Gather at Asheville From All Over the South Opening See- 1 slon Iist Evening, Miss Helen C. Barnes Jinking tlie Address, Special-to The Obnervar. Asheville, June 8. Over 400 girls from all over the South are here al ready and. many more will arrive to night and to-morrow to attend the annual conference of the Toung Wo men's Christian Association, which opened at Kenilworth Inn to-night. The attendance-promises to . be the largest n the history of the confer ence. Many prominent men and wo men from all over the United States are taking part in the . convention, among whom are Dr. J. Lovell Mur ray, of the student volunteer move ment; Dr. W. W. Whit., of New Tork; Rev. Robert Wells Veach. of Rochester; Mlas Ethel Cutler, secre tary of the national board; Miss An nie D. Casler, executive secretary for Virginia and the Carolines; Miss Helen Barnes, of New Tork, execu tive nicer of the conference, and the Misses Rlggs, of Lawrence. Kansas. The conference was- opened at t p. m.. Miss Anna D. Casler presiding. Miss Helen C. Barnes made the opening address, which was the chief feature, taking as her ' subject . the words of the Apostle Paul, "I am, not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesua Christ." In a'spiendld address, she compared the two men, Paul, who had social position, who was a Ro man cltlsen. a scholar, an educated man, straightforward In his ways and above all a thinker; and Christ, who waa a man of no social position, no wealth, no great crowd of friends and who died an ignoramus. Sh showed how much this statement must have meant coming from auca a man as Paul. "We should not be ashamed to stand up for Christ In social life, school life er In any other place. The highest type of man la the one who stands up for Christ anj you should stand up tor him and live a part with him." GILLETTE VERDICT REVERSED. Sentence of Six Months Imposed en former Yhe President of Mutual i; Mfe Insurance Company Quashed by New York Supreme Court. New Tork, ilune 8. The conviction ; of Dr. Walter R. Gillette, formerly vice president of the Mutual Life . Insurance Company, on the charge ot ! perjury, and his sentence to six months In the penitentiary." were set aside and the Indictment against hint quashed by a decision of the appel late division of the Supreme Court to-day. The reversal is based on three grounds developed in the trial of Gillette, who was indicted In con sequence of his testimony in tha In surance investigation conducted by Governor Hughes. ' Dr. Gillette, who has been out on $18,000 ball, was accused of having sworn to the grand Jury that a bank account kept by him at Dobbs Ferry was his personal account which he later stated was the property of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and that he held it for confidential pur poses of the company. Justice Mc Laughlin, writing the malorlty opin ion of the court, sets forth three In teresting grounds for the reversal; first. ' and the defendant's constitu tional rights were violated when he was required to testify against him- self before thegrand Jury: second, that the Indictment was defective In that H failed to set forth specifically the object of the grand Jury Inves ligation: that the materiality of the -defendant's answers could be seen, and third, that the defendant's an swers, while perhaps misleading, were not fal. - Concluding nis opinion Justice McLaughlin states: . "The insurance Investigation de veloped a sertou situation as to th mannremont of 1" Insurance fompi nies and it may be, and very likely i that some of the pBk-ers of companies are baMe to and shoul i punished - criminal!? for what t d!J but when th! Is done it mu done accorilnsr to the law ef t ate. Ours Is a government of ! and public clamor, n ri!-r f loud or long continued, is n t rtence, nor Is' It a iu.-u'.:v3-.' i JaSIclal action."
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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