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'f Tf o Fcir-Ccld CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY ; MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1910. . PT?T(TR vi Hotels and railways Se. dan and f , JTUiVXI g, copy flail, I, Charlottes ic. t PvfVr AAU ,1 Br carrier tfo. we dali, tod Sunday. ' '11 'i mil i ' ' If SENATE TAKES ACTION '- v - " . , CccIIrcs Tts Kciltlca CI Mr. V xm To Ct!sl Jastice THE OTIIEB NAf.lES PASSED IP Tbere Is ipjarestij Ko Opposition To . . Juslscs Yaa Defanter And Lamar . For Associate Justices ' "Washington, Dec. 12. The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Edward Douglas Whli of Louisiana to be . Chief Justic of the United States, the highest judicial position la the government, president Taffa promotion of Associate" Justice White was received by the Senate shortly after It convened. It Interrupted business to go into executive session to make the necea- sary confirmation, as the rule requlr- EXDORSE CHAMP CLAKK.' " Several Democratic Delegations Have . Formally Endorsed the Mimourian for Speakership of Next House Some SU11 Hold Aloof. ' Washington, ' Dee. '.12. Several delegations have formally endorsed Champ Clark of Missdhri for the Speakership of the next House and his friends now claim that his nom ination will be unanimous. The Vir ginia delegation Is among the more conspicuous of those that are hold ing aloof, by reason of ..the attitude taken by (Mr. Hay, who is for Mr.: Clark If he will pledge himself to tbe naming of a committee on commit tees. . '' The Democrats of the Texas .del egation today signed a statement fav oring Mr. Clark for the office, The Democrats of Kentucky, where Mr.; Clark iwas born; Missouri, bis home State; Illinois, Georgia Arkan sas and Tennessee, have so far pledged themselves for the Mlssourjhn. Small Boy Killed try Falling Treey" Special to The Observer. Newton, Deoc 12. Saturday a de plorable accident on the farm of Mr, A YEAR OF PROSPERITY Ccpfrc'ller Of The Currency ' EspcrtsTo Congress 4 1 SOUD GROWTH FOR ALL BANKS Caaklnfl System 01 Tbe . Nation Has Sustained Wonderful Expansion During Last Ten Years , CHARGES ARE KOT PROVED. Sub-Committee of Senate Totes That Testimony In Lorlmer Case Does Not Prove ' Any of the Charges - Made. ;v ., Washington. Dec. 12. The- sub' oommlttee of the Senate, whrch has been Investigating the charges of bribery ln connection with the elec tion of Senator William Lorlmer of Illinois, decided unanimously today that the ' testimony does not ; prove any of the charges made, j The committee took up the evl dence in its entirety at an executive session. - It canvassed the testimony, welshed the evidence and the argu ments and took Into consideration all of the facts that: have been advanced in connection with tne charges con. cerntng Lorlmers election and decid ed there had been shown no founda tion for the charge that bribery had entered Into tne case in connection with Mr. Lorlmer a election. The motion finally was offered to report to the full committee Of the that section. The lad, who was 8 or 10 years of age, had gone into the ing reference of nominations to com- " " jw ""J"" tnittAM am. not onniv tn rxn whr. engaged m felling trees, and during Washington, Dee. 13. Another year of prosperity and solid arowth for Ameri can banks is recorded In the annual re- Senate that the charges had not been port of tbe comptroller of the currency, proven. On this motion there was presented to Congress today. Not onlv no dlssentins- vote in the sub-commit- the national banks, which oome directly tee; Following this action, the subn under the control and supervision of the committee's report will be prepared currency bureau, are Included ln the com- for the full committee at once: and R L. Shnford. several miles from prehensive review of banking conditions, the reDort will be sent to the Senate town, caused the death of a small ut mate oanka, savings banks, trust within a short time, son of Mr. W. M. Reece. a farmer of companies and other financial lnstltu- lions some 15,960 others are represented. THE NATIONAL BANES. During the fiscal year of 1910 the com bined resources of the 7.000 national tnlttaaa fine, not a.nnl In cases whtor 6,cu " veiling irees, ana aunns "nou resources oi ine 7,W national StSTtVlll mem! he cutting of . tree, the boy got ln bank, of the United States, grew to ap- bers of tne uenate. cnier jusuce " White's commission will be issued ? WuTri so badly that before another session. . within a short time he died. Accompanying Justice White's fc: jutliern Merger Case Will Probably Ijast Another Week. Bpeslal to The Observer. sun In the list of nominations were those of Justice Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming, now a Judge for the eigntn juaiciaicircmi, ana Columbia, S. C. Dec 12 The 1?L .t,0 1 lh.a! comptroller of the Southern Railway soclate Justice of tht of the United States, taken In their cases,, although" ther7,"r "7 rZrl tl i. MMinnt nnnn.ttion to sither testimony is Urgely with reference to Jurist, nor was an attempt made1 to f hfifleeton as a port and , technical r?t wa" on th tand this afternoon in SUteV K ,a w2 9 mertrer The case will last .S .y Mother week It seems now. The confirm the Judges named for the new 'court of commerce. All were referred . to the Senate Judiciary committee. ', The nominations for. the commerce ' court were: . , THE COURT OF COMMERCE. f , Martin A. Knapp, now chairman or the Interstate Commerce Commission, for a term of five years. Robert W. Archbald, now United - States district Judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania, terra of four , years. William H. Hunt, now a Judge of the court of customs appeals, former ly United States district Judge of tne district of Montana, term of three , years. ' John Emmett C&rland of South Dakotafor a term of two years. This Is a change from the original ' slate, Arthur C Denison. United States district Judge for the western - district of Michigan, having first been selected for this place. x Julian W. Mack, -now Judge ln thu . appellate circuit court of the first . Illinois district, term of one year. To be members of the Interstate Commerce Commission: . .... i n""tTluftlvi,r nt TDIsnonBln and C. C. McChord of Kentucky. . e .. The appointments to the Interstate Commerce Commission are to flEtjflie vacancies caused by the elevation of Mr.. Knapp to the commerce court and-the forthcoming retirement of PLAN INTERNATIONAL WAR proximately tlO.OOO.OOO.OOO. 1 LONG STORY OF FRAUDS Annual Eepcrt CI Tt3 Attcrney Gsosral To Ccress EVEBY KIND IS INCLUDED Eost Strennoos Tear Tor Tne Depart ment 01 Justice A Surrej Of Got ernmenrs Legal Business Wilmington Alderman Dissatisfied; Will Tender Resignation. Speolal to The Observer. Wilmington. j5ec. 12. In a com' munlcation this afternoon in The Dls On September nntrb Aldorman .T R. Fales an- last their loans and discounts had nnnnpu ht h -win hand in his reached the Immense sum of 6,400,0(,OQ0 resignation at the-next meeting of the -an amount never (before equalled In the board of aldermen and gives as his history of the national banking system reason the utter disregard of law en- slnce tts creation ln 1S64. At the same rn,mi in tha oitv and hia innhilttv time thev were countlntr nearW MOono.onn t a- .n.,t,in t,a,A imr,rnvin' ment of fees which bear anv com of overdrafts In thelp assets, a nractlce Mnriitinnl parlson with those offered by private which there Is no law to stop The management of practically all , interests. But notwithstanding these Combining all other banks in the Uni-1 nt th oitv affair Viavino- been taken .obstacles the department Is f(Jr tun- ted States and Its Island possessions with from the board of aldermen. Alder-1 ste ln having been able to secure the mose or me national system and allow- man Fales says he made the people services or earnest ana competent ing an estimate for those not reported, of his ward promises two years ago, lawyers, to whose ability and Indus- it is evident rrom the comptroller's re- as to what should be done, but as an port that the banking power of the nation alderman he can do nothiiig. nas grown jn the last ten years from Washington, Dec 12. The annual report of Attorney General Wicker sham, presented to Congress today, Is one long story of frauds against the government. Trusts, so-called and real, their al leged conspiracies to defeat the Uw land frauds, custom frauds, frauds on the internal revenue, rebates, tmcket shops and fraudulent uses of the malls have made 1910 the. most V.renuous year In the history of the Department of Justice. Mr. Wloker sham states that only the earnest and enthusiastic work of the men of his force has made the work successful "The salaries paid are small," he says, "and the funds available for spe cial counsel do tiot permit, the pay 13.977 of all sorts of banks, with capital of $1,150000,000 and Individual deposits of $7.fS8,O00,0OO, to more than 27.000 bans nu Tiir nniiTii TDirnr' " vu",u,neu cp'' cose w z,uw,w,- ON THE OPIUM TRArrlC rJndiJ'au eiy in- ww.ww.uw. ine deposits nave more man Negotiations Are Completed for Gath ering of An International Confer ence With the Object of Suppress ing Traffic In the Deadly Narcotic To Meet at The Hague May. SO May Fight Other Drugs. Washington, Dec 12. The State doubled ln little more than a decade, and ln the same time the combined loans and discounts have grown to more than $12, 000.000,000. ' ' The volume of business Is reflected in reports which have been assembled from 137 clearing house exchanges showing combined clearings of $lf,O0O,0OO,ono for the year ended on September 30, as against $158,800,000,000 for 1909. With the exceptions of Kansas Citr, Mo.; Houston, Department today announced sue cessful completion of long continued Tex.; Greemburg. Pa.; Freemont, Neb.i negotiations looking to the gathering olor0 Bpr,n8' Cal- , , " an,i vlcksburg, Miss., the year showed an of an International conference with increased volume of business transacted. the object of suppressing the opium traffic. With the exception of Austro Hungary, all of the nations addressed on this subject by the department have agreed to the conference and word came from The Hague that May 80 next,- had been set as the date and The Hague as the place for the con ferences The Amerlaancommisslon ers. have. 'toot yet been fppolnted. -""Among tHe nations which have ac cepted the Invitation besides the Unit ed States are China, Great Britain, former Senator Francis M. Cockrell; France, Germany, Italy, Japan and of Missouri. The commission will select its new chairman. The mem bers of the commission who remain are Messrs. Clark. Harlan, Clements, Lane and Prouty. ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT JUDGES. In the official nominations sent to tne Senate today the members of the hew commerce court are deslgated as additional circuit Judges. In carrying this out, Mr. Knapp Is named as a judge for the second Judicial circuit, Mr. Archbald for the third Judloial etarutt Mr. Hunt for the ninth Judi cial circuit, Mr. Carland for the eltgbth Judicial circuit and Mr. Mack for the seventh Judicial circuit, Justloe Carland of South Dakota, named as one of the new Judges of . the court of commerce, is a Demo crat havta been appointed to the bench by President Cleveland. His appointment makes the complexion of the commerce court, three Repub licans and two Democrats. The Senate committee on Interstate commerce will meet tomorrow to con sider the nominations of C C. Mc Chord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin for membership on the . interstate Commerce commission, it is said , there will be no serious op position to the confirmation of either but as the Senate has no first hand Russia. Great Britain has injected into (he program to be considered a pro position to include morphine and co caine with opium ln the phohibitlon to be enforced. America rigidly will support this proposition, it is declar ed. In view of the frightful ravages caused bv these drugs ln the United StateB. Secretary Knox has reported to Congress that the manufacture of morphine has come-to be an Ameri can monopoly with an enormous growth of production. Cocaine also, he said, has proved to be a creator of criminals and of -unusual forms of violence. Last year 185,000 ounces of cocaine were imported, while 5,000 ounces vould have supplied every1 legitimate medical need. The Hague conference la called to place the traffic in these drugs under the control of International law. The conference will seek to have the de legates recommend to their own gov ernments measures for the suppres sion of the growth and use of opium, morphine and cocaine except upon physicians' prescriptions; the preven tlpn of the shipment of the dm to other countries: the control of their sale and use, the closing of opium resorts and the extension to foreign concessions in-China of the pharmac The New York Clearing House Associa tion represented 60 per cent of the clear ings of all associations of the countrv and durinir the current vnr hn reached 1 defendant Quieter naz.ww.ow.rofl, gome $3,000,000,000 greater than In 1909. For these enormous tran sactions balances of only little more than $o00.ooo;e99 wiiLiMx-,. , ' ' National bank failures. Four actual national bank failures marked the year. Final settlement of the affairs of 18 Insolvent banks was made In which depositors received nearly 88 per cent. These administrations were made Z: ":Z,:,rr f""?.Yer"nl lenirth and commented upon it. mo vuurtuuus. b rum mo uie or ine . ... ,, .,,. flr air i -1MB n, , v then took ud the discussions In Con- have bee I placed Tin the bands' of re-1 BresA and reports of committees When COURT ORDERS YERDICT IN WHITE SLAVE CASE Judge Boyd in Federal Court Instructs Jury to Return Judgment of Not Guilty in Charge Against Quaster and Napier Says Cvm Doesn't Come Under Law Provided Napier is Held on Another Charge. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Dec. 8. In United States district court this morning Judge Boyd directed the Jury in the white slave case, ln which Joseph W Napier and E. Charles Quaster were defendants, to return a verdict of not guilty as to both, and thereupon the was discharged Napier is being held ot charge of using the malls for the purpose of de fraudlng the Southern Express Com pany, and that casti, was continued to the April term of Federal court in Charlotte. ' , Before announcing his decision this mornlnsr Judge Boyd reviewed the evl dence ln the white Blave case at some using tthe malls for fraudulent pur poses. The Attorney General recom mend legislation to permit the agents of that bureau to administer oaths and serve processes, r Daring the year there were 15,871 criminal cases of all . sorts - in - the United States courts which produced fines, forfeitures and penalties aggre gating 81,083,974. , t ' Mr. wickersnam recommenas legis lation to give the right of appeal Indian cases, a via w for the issue of seiuroa warrantee or property stolen from the government: that Federal Judges be allowed traveling expenses within their own. districts and that the salaries of all Federal Justices be in creased. He also recommends mat the statute of limitations. in .customs frauds be extended from three to five rears. The Attorney General also re commends legislation to permit ine United States to sue and prosecute an effendlns- corporation wherever that eomorauon may ao Business. . Aa a result of tne Attorney uen- eml's recent trip to Alaska he pre sents some recommendations for the rettf in that Territory. Some Uws should be enacted to nelp the needy and deserving poor ln that dime, h says. Under the present law. when Demon Is found wltn legs or arms rroiwn off or starved nearly to death It is necessary to charge the Invalid with vagrancy and have .Mm commit ted in order to get treatment ln i government hospital. Appeal Filed ln Seminole Securities case. He reivers and 25 of them have been re stored to solvency. More than $3,300,000 In dividends was paid to depositors of Insolvent banks during the year. On the whole, it appears fro mthe re port that national banking, conservatively conducted, Is a profitable enterprise. The net earnings of the 7,000 national banks thei act was under discussion last win ter and spring. He said that In his opinion the act was not intended to apply to cases of the kind on trial. He said that the United States Con gress could not directly or indirectly Dans a law that would make punish able offenses cognizable under the po during the year were more than sl54.flflo.- Uc nower of the State. He did no" 000, from which dividends" of $105,000,000 hold the act of Congress unconstltu- were paid at the rate of more than 10 per cent on their capital. The govern ment, too, has profited from the existence of the national associations for, since their beginning It has received more than $202,000,000, of which more than 93 per cent has been for circulation tax on the bank notes they issue. With the exception of banks which have become insolvent as a result of defalcations or other dishonesty, failures tlnna.1. hut said that it was a whole some law, but that this case did not fall within the purview of the act, or Its purpose as shown by committee rennrts and discussion In Congress. Judge Boyd paid a well-d served compliment to Mr. John W. Hutchi son, one of the youngest members of be Charlotte bar, for his well pre nared brief in the case. Mr. Hutchi son had studied thoroughly the con knowledge that Chairman Knapp, court of commerce, intends to retirel"1 l"iT"" JJr fVnm fh. Mn.miiAn. the nomina- State Department is preparing legls- nave been almost wholly due to meom. " . , nnmmtt port says, and persistent violations cf the, national banking laws and the prac tices g-overning conservative banking. ''A targe percentage of the banks tl'it have failed should have gone nt vcl untary liquidation before they .-wichd the conditions which precipitated the fVi ure, says Comptroller Murray. The report leaves no Mm to doubt that It Is the Intention of th present aonunistration to rid the natlunal hank try are duo the very large measure of success tuat has attended the man agement of the legal business of the government durlnc the year. Prosecution for violations of the antl -trust law were foremost in the work of the year. Actions, says the Attorney General, are now under way or pending against the following so called trusts: Tobacco trust. Stand ard Oil Company, sugar trust, Harrl man :lnes, hard coal trust, powder trust, Terminal Railway Association of St. Louis, towing trust on the Great lakes, James A. Patton and others for an alleged corner in cot ton, beef trust, wholesale grocers trust, butter and egg trust, brick trust, bath tub trust. The following convictions were se cured enc fin.s imposed during the year: Paper trust, fined $57,000: night riders, fined $3,500; window glass truRt. fined $10,000. After the Attorney General's report camii from the , press, however, the American Nayal Stores Company, known as the turpentine trust, and six codefendants were convicted of violations of the anti-trust law.. Two of the individual defendants were sen tenced io. three months each. In Jail and fines . aggregating 817,500 were Imposed. . ACTIONS AGAINST SUGAR TRUST. Prosecutions of the sugar trust for frauds upon the government In the weighing of raw sugar recovered for the government 83,185,863.88. Con victions and sentence of individuals, still fresh in the public mind, were secured. Most extensive of all frauds against the government yet discovered are those in the undervaluations of im ports into the United States, The ex tent of the Treasury losses can only be conjectured. Every steD of the investigation shows fresh leads. There are now suits under way to reoover $700,000, of which the cus toms revenue is said to have been de frauded in Imports of cheese and figs from Mediterranean oorts. Indict ments are pending and some convic tions have been secured. A highly organized system td defraud the gov ernment has been disclosed. More than $0 Individual indict ments are pending against persons charged with smuggling with "sleeper trunks." Offers of compromise and prayers for immunity are in the hands of the Attorney General from several firms of importance who have con fessed to frauds ln undervaluation. THE . CONDITIONS DISCLOSED. "The conditions tllsclosed seem to Special to The Observer,. Columbia. & C Dec 12. The ap peal ln the famous Seminole case wa filed today. John T. Garlington and J. Stobo Young are appealing respec tivoiv from a 8-vear and one-year sentence. The men were convicted ot breach of trust with fraudulent in tent ln connection with the Seminole deal involving nearly. $60,000. The same trouble with a like organisation was bad In North Carolina. FORT MILL MERCHANT MYSTERIOUSLY KILLED Wll3CIWet!iya:iz:aCL::: M E3Vi:3 ttzl E:d Mr F. Jlevln, Shot From Ambush Wlille Entering Store, Dice Almost TnMtantlv Similar Attempt Made About a Tear Ago and Store Victim is Burned While He Attends Trial of Supposed Perpetrator. Bv Bell Telephone to The Observer. Fort Mill. S. C Dec M. While entering the door of his store about two miles from Fort Mill this after noon about ( o'clock, Mr. F. Nevin, a substantial merchant of this section, was shot from ambush and died al most Instantly. No clue whatever as to the perpetrator of the act Is ob tainable up to this time. The charge of the gun With which the deed was done entered the body of the victim near the heart, The fatal shot was fired from a shot gun and It Is supposed that the entire load entered the body. About a year ago a similar attempt on the life of Mr. Nevin was made As he entered his store one afternoon a shot was fired from about the same spot and Mr. Nevin was seriously in jured. A negro was arrested, charged with the crime, tried and acquitted by a Jury. A significant fact developed in con nection with this case. While Mr. Nevin was in attendance upon the trial of the negro his store was burn ed by an incendary. It Is supposed now that one man is the perpetrator of the former attempt, the burning ot the store, and the subsequent mur der of the victim, , cMr. Kevin was about 40 years old and unmarried. He was held In high esteem in this locality. "white slave trafflo act" wh.ie it was before the national legislative body, and it was the thorough pr Men cation of these matters to the court that (Mtiisnri it to decide ln the defendvi-ts' favor. Judsre Boi took thJ briefs, and will probably formulate and hand Jndlcate ft very general practice of un This afternoon Napier put u.i a cash bond of $1,000 for hi appli ance at the April term or cnarotto 1 from the commission, the nomina tions will go over until another meet Ing, The chances are that no action will he taken' until after Judge Knapp has been confirmed for the position to which he was appointed today. The Senate surprised laself.by its speedy action upon the nomination of Chief Justice White. Within less - than an hour after the name had been received from .the White House the Senate had disposed of the nomina ' tlon.- Immediately after the disposal of the routine business of the morning hour Senator Hale moved that the Senate go into 'executive session.- HETBURN BRATS AGAIN. "Th only voice raised In opposition ffl immediate confirmation was that of Senator ; Heyburn. He declared him- ' self, opposed to the selection of any one of the associate Justices as con-1 , trary both to , precedent and , policy, j The Idaho Senator eventually s ur rendered gracefully and when the , vote was taken Joined his voice with all others in the affirmative. Justice White ' was affected "when he ' learned of the Senate's prompt , action. He was on the bench when : a greuo of .Senators called to con gratulate' him. He met them in an ' antechamber an dwhen he resumed lation to be -submitted to Congress re gulating the Interstate traffic in the three drugs and a hearlns will he held before the wavs and means committee next Wedneadnv on drafts of four bills covering the subject. BETERIDGE OPENS UP. Starts the Fifrht For a Permanent Tariff Ommlwlon Whether It Develops W"1 Deoetid Upon Action of Finance Committee. f S Wsshlnsrton, Weo.. 12. The ft art of the fight for a permanent tariff com mission , began In .the Senate today, when Senator Beverldge ssked what action the finance committee propos ed to take upon his tariff commission bill. Whether the fight develops will ing system of weak bank, by W'ltaf i "-X lX KarrmonS? ever possible, or to discontinue business as a last resort where there Is no prob ability other than fallureA In this way the comptroller believes depositors can be paid In full and shareholders can save some of their investments and escape the double liability. During the year, 115 national banks went into voluntary liquidation, many or them yielding to that policy, some were absorbed, others consolidated; many left the national banking field and con tinued as State organisations and some discontinued business altogether. , WEAK 'BANKS MUST GO. : i. 5 "It is the purpose," the report say; "to get out of the national banking sys tem every bank which is managed In such a careless, reckless ana speculative or Incompetent manner as, to endanger the safety ot its depositors." National banks, of course, provide the Federal court this afternoon was engaged in tne trial of 8lne minor dervaluations," says the Attorney Gen. eral, "and a very lax administration or tne customs laws in tne past, which has subjected the government to a very material loss of revenue. A general investigation into the subject of frauds by undervaluation has only commenced, and this branch of, the cases for retailing. George feimrcns subject will now be pressed vigorous and John Shepara wire tnea on tnis charge 'and both acquitted. Upon this assurance, the Indiana his place his eyes were hrimiyng fenator did not press the commission deoend unon the action of the finance committee, of which Senator Aldrlch" principal market for United States bonds. Tneip investments i these securities have increased $10,000,000 in the last year and they now hold $730,000,000 In these bonds,, of which approximately $700,000,000 are two per cents. ';';rr----.-' Clearly, It Is evident that the national banking system hasexperlenced It great est growth in the last ten years. More than half the national banks now in ex istence (nave begun business within that is chairman. The latter stated In re ply to Senator Beverldge's auestlons that the committee will report out a teriff .commission hill satisfactory to Mr. Beverldge while the latter and Senator Aldrlch are "till members of the Senate. The tevms-of both men exnlre March 3 . with tears. no - disclosed further issue rurtner, emotion when, on the adjournment ' , of the court, the entire v Louisiana . delegationfa Congress, headed by Senators Foster I and Thornton, called , to congratulate him. ' - - -Later today the new' Chief Justice , called at the White House to pay his , respects to the President and thank "."-vilm for the high Honor conferred nponfciia. l Wfa , 1 esjw3SStaSMSBtsSjsH(fiwHM e-w..::,'r. s 1 Annual Sermon Preached to American , ',... ..:iWoodmeBU.,i- ; , Special to The Observer. .V '"' Newton Dec 12. Yesterday . Re v? , E. W, Fox of the Methodist church ' here delivered the sermon for the Modern Woodmen of . America at """"Maiden." A" large -nuwrner- of -people v attended and the Woodmen in full - regalia marched in a body to s the church; , Consul North ' Carolinian Anpontvi , st Belfast, Ireland. Special to The Observer, , Washington, Dec 12. Hunter Ctiorn nf Vnrlll CrnHtl was inAnY innolnte(L to be" consul at , Belfast. "j t.000,0o0 to $71 J, 000,000 and reached the Irelnd. 'I'U Ui'i&poIntmnt was maximum In the history of the lnstltu- rime arid have a combined capital of $280,000,000. During the last ten years the number" of banks in operation has In creased by 1.553 and the authorized cap ital has Increased 8383,000,000. ' ' The bank note circulation of the coun try increased at the same time from (Ions in April ot this year. as marshal st . Osaka andcHlogo tn 1888, ' Since then he has occupied the posts of vice consul and Interpreter at Osaka and Hlogo,vice consul and interpreter at. Kobe, consul at Kobe, nonsnl ' general at Moscow and consul atyonv.v-, ' A Concession to the Jews, - St Petersburg, Deo. 12. An Im perial order has been published con nnninfV resolution' recentTv sdnnted by the Cabinet' permitting -Jewish, final adjudication depends upon the merohairts of the first guild to reside resnn or tne habeas corpus proceed In thr city and province of Moscow.'Jngs instituted In .wsw jersey, SMUGGLING COMES HIGH. Pearl Necklace Worth $8,000 Costs Woman More Than $25,000 Be. ' cause Site Attempted to Evade Paying Custom Duties on It. New York; Dec 12. A "pearl neck lace worth $8,000 has cost Mrs. Ada F, C- Adrlanoe ot Poughkeepsie, N. more than $28,000 because she at tempted to smuggle it Into the coun try on her return from Europe: last a mist. The terms of the settlement in the case were announced today by William Loeb. Jr., collector of the nort. 1 ' ' " ' Mrs. Adriance made no mention ot the necklace ln her declaration. . The customs examiners were suspicious and her clothing was searched. The necklace was found eoncealed in the lining of her hat It and some ar ticles of clothing not mentioned ln the declaration were seised and Mrs) Adrlanoe was Indicted for smuggling. She pleaded guilty and was fined $8,000. - To resaln her necklace' Mrs. Adriance was . compelled to pay the full foreign value of tne jewels, about $8,000, besides the duty, which was about $4,000. These amounts, with $2,000 originally paid for the neck lace, the $5,000 fins and consul fees make the total cost of the necklace more than fz&.uuu. Mrs, Theodore F. snonts, wife ot farlton. Washington. ' Dec. 12. The State Department has issued to the Italian ambassador the warrant for the sur render of pbrter Charlton, charged with the murder of his wife: at Lake Come, The case now has passed out of the hands of the state Department for -the time- being at.leasW and- its V Warrant For Sumsndcreflihe president - of th XnterboTough Kapratranwt company, irom wnom Jewels woTth-480.000 were taken when she arrived" from Europe 'ast week,' was too ill , to appear for a hearing today. Mr. Shonts told Col lector Loeb that his Wife did hot be lieve th gems were dutiable. Because she obtained them m exchange for other-Articles of . bers on whicb;he had once paid duty. , Collector Loeb told Mr. Shonts , he would make knows, his decision tomorrow. ly.' The Attorney General recommends that a general immunity statute, such as exists under the interstate com merce laws, should be enacted to ap ply to criminal prosecutions general ly, hut says such a statute should only protect a witness from the conse quences of the testimony he is about to give. ' -y; "v : ;v, --,- Twenty-five ? criminal Indictments charging rebating and their illegal discriminations are pending against railroads, private corporations and in dividuals, Two convictions with fines were secured during the year. Land frauds are probably entitled to place with the customs frauds and violations of the anti-trust law. Tho department won signal victories dur Ing the year against unlawful fenc ing of the pubno dcfmain. in 81 civil suits and 28 criminal prosecutions more than 400.000 acres of land U legally fenced were restored to the government" ' m;i CHARGES OF LAND FRAUDS. Prosecutions against the Oregon V uamomia jtaurosa company ana 45 other defendants to recover 2,800,000. acres of land valued at $80,000,000 which the government claims are Il legally held, are now pending. There are also trader way 24 suits against the Central Paclfio Railway Compariy and others to recover thousands of acres of valuable lands .which the government i niililllll wins HJillji pa tented, probably with nTl knowledge that they were valuable for the mineral and oils underneath. . i In the departmenfs.j:; campaign against bucket shops, 850 such places were closed, others voluntarily closed as a result of the crusade and Indict" ments are pending against men and corporations and the telegraph com pany which allowed the use of its Wires. -; 'V -. ;.SV.-v : r. '' "'.The lurtaVTf1lnv8UsiUyiirwnfctf has built up an effloient secret police, began: raids on firms charged with HUSBAND IS IN A I31T.L Pair Quarreled It Ini CI K!;tt As Td Wbst&er BeSresa fisisi lz-A Be Dp Cr Cm . ' Philadelphia, ' Dec, : 12, Herbert- Mason! Clapp, wealthy clubman of this clti. Is, in a hospital with a bullet in his lead and likely tS die and his beautiful young wife is locked up enlarged! with having shot him. V According to the police, the couple quarreler in their bedroom at 'S:30 . this momiing, and Mrs. Clapp Jumped out of bed, secured a pistol and 4hot twice atj her husbaoo. One of, the shots went wild but the other crash ed through the muTs mouth.' emerge Ing near the left ear. At first the. family afid hie phpsician attempted to conceal jthe facts, saymg Clapp. who had been drinking and was suffering from nervousness, had accidentally Inflicted. the wound. Clapp is 28 and hie wife! is 28. Clapp has had a career which has frequently brought him before the public. He is a grandson of "Mason" the "Shoe Black Man" and Inherited much money from that source. . . When the physicians at St Joseph hospital notified the police that the man's condition was serious Mrs, Clapp was taken to the institution by two policemen and a magistrate. , As she appeared before Clapp he criea: , - t t Take, her away, take her away," SAID SHE WOULD GET. HIM. , "She said she would get me. and she did," said Clapp. "She is the best one I know with a six-shooter," he added. "She la not afraid of a gun, man or the devil. Her name is Marie Leakeil and she was a manicure in a Market street hOteL" ... Clapp then made a statement to the police which has not yet been made public Mrs. Clapp denies that she did the shooting and says she cannot under-, stand why her husband should say she shot him. v-. . After being cross-examined Mrs. Clapp said that the shots were fired while she was trying to wrest the re volver from her husband, .The' po lice report that Mrs, Clapp said that her husband awoke. her for the pur pose of quarreling with her. She said he drew a revolver from a holster which he kept under his pillow and threatened to kill her. TRIED TO GET GUN FROM HIM. She tried to get the pistol from him she said, and in the tussel it was exploded. She said she was so ex cited that she did not know - how UU.UJ nuuia were area na rua not know who pulled the trigger, but be lieved that her husband did. The polloe stated that the wound is of such a nature- that it could hardly have been -seIMnflioted, but that the bullet must have been fired from the front of clapp and at some little dis tance, : i During last night Mrs. Clapp Mid she and her husband quarreled ever the question whether the bedroom window should.be opened of closed. Mrs. Clapp said that she wanted the window closed while her husband de sired, it open. .icsiiSi. Mrs. Clapp was tonight released on $2,600 bail. Her husband is still m a Serious condition. CALLS WIDOW A VAMPIRE. MANY ACCEPT INVITATIONS. Winston-Salem Board of Trada Re : ; eeJve Formal Answers From Guest Who Are to Attend Southbound Jubilee. - v. . ...... . , . . . Speolal to The Observer. j ' Winston-Salem, Dec. 12, Among the many formal acceptances of invi tations sent out by the - Winston- Leading Counsel For Hattle Le lusno iienonnces wiaow oi mur dered Man Says Gtrl Was Brought From Provinces Solely For "White Slave" Traffic. Cambridge. Mass.; Deo. 12. The viot or acouit Hattle LeBlano of theJfla,Mn board of trade to the South murder of Clarence F. Glover was JrlXZLl?"11" oompleted shortly after the beginning -"S'iSi w "J'J.t l,om of the afternoon session of the trial , Jw fWTSJS1 cbF' todav and the remaining two hours. iln.L,wd6 ttr dit0IL'' ?he were occupied by Melvln M. Johnson, JfiiMlJkVt the leading oonnsel for the little cane Pa?,ei? ed.ltor ' Th?. RKb News Breton girl, in the opening of his plea ?3&"f Jfh of for her life., He said that the little EH-M5 ftS5?SleS2ls yoP girl was brought from the provlnees inteTd.E i2VrSu?e,r: Solely for the "white slave" traffic J&8ir Norfo,lt' and then, turning to Mrs. Lillian M. i llfS' JJLft X:."' marie; Dr. R. IL Angell, president cf the Central Manufacturing Company of Roanoke. Indeed, there are prom inent cttlsens comlnir not only from the towns along the line of the South bound but from various ottines is and out of the State. . - From Charleston comes the word that a delegation of 150 members of tna rhsmKo . shooting.; there was a burst, of pas-i; T tour of the road t litter nr slonate protest by the defense. Again ?f January nrobabtv m,w"r tw Jt.d Tiond rnlta tJu. .virtonox. e ,,raJlua.r' PrOOWy, However, there Glover, who induced her to leave her home, Mr. Johnson denounced the widow as a vampire. He will finish his argument tomorrow . ? ; ' District Attorney John J. Hlgglns today made one last effort to Intro duce Glovers alleged . dying . state ment that Hattle LeBlano shot him, but when he said that Mr. Johnson himself said Hattle had admitted the the case. When Mrs.. Glover was on the stand the district attorney became involved m a heated argument with Judge Bond upon the admissibility of some of ner evidence, and the col loquy became so bitter that the dis trict attorney was threatened with ex pulsion, s .i f Two more witnesses were Introduc ed who said that they saw Mrs. Glover close the . laundry on the evening of the shooting, whereas the widow dented that she was out of her house on that night Then the prin cipal defender of Hattle LeBlano be gan his final effort to obtain her freedom, .,..-. It was expected tonight that Mr. Johnson would close before noon to morrow and that the remainder of the day would be taken up by the district attorney. i,, . House Passes an Inheritance Tax Bill. : Washington, ' Deo, 1 2 The House of Representatives today nassed an Inheritance tax bill for the District of ColuTablA The entire session was spentTIr4ussIonadL: passage of tbe measure, which: was introduc ed by Representative MUler of Minne sota. It provides that , all collateral inheritances, amounting to more than J 3,000 be taxed five per cent wbl'e irect inheritances up to $10,000 be exempt those from this amount up to $50,000 to be taxef 1 per cent, those from this 'up to $200.000 twos and a half per cent and those above $t?0.- ooo be maae to psy 6 . per cent will be a rood slued SAltnHnn fi-,,. Charleston next Thursday. iH..y..... . . . XORTH miCA'$E'lAU Tar Heel state Forges Ahead of IT, r Rival, MissoarL as the Rlrrst. n ... s haeco Mwiufacturinjf Stato jn t: tnion cigure trom CoUector -X Internal Revenue.. " Special to, The Observer. '. .:. v . Winston-Salem, Dec 12. An nouncement is made today that North Carolina has finally forged ahead c Missouri, in the .manufacture of r baoco. the year's official figures r Ing that the North. State has r l t the government greater mo than any State In the Union on t manufactured weed. For st-.. years the Carolina man ':n-U have been endangering mi I's t premacy untU at last acc,. ; figures from tbe record s of ti.j missioner otinternal revenur trick is tufSSaTrrfdvor of : Carolina, . The report shows thai Koit'i Carolina pays about 20 per c the total -internal revenue co in all the United Et&te. Tv t indeed show that in 190 t ollna passed Missouri, .of v: Louis contributed the I'.om's Winston-Salem does fr ollna , in the tobacco in ' total revenue paid bv I: J4.438.S4!. 40. ' whtle Ncr paid $4,S14,532.62, r'nt 5T5.542 pounds of tobarr
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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