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.corporation of Companies
May Be Revolutionized
By Decision of the
Supreme Court.
7FECTS LIABILITY
OF ALL STOCKHOLDERS
ill Determine Whether They
May Be Made to Pay
Debts of Companies
Which FaiL
iTashinglon, Jan. 24.- Incorpora
lon pf companies may be completely
evolutionlzed as a result of a decision
by the Supreme court of a case sub
mitted to It today. The question '.in
volved Is whether the exemption of the
riVate fortunes of stockholders from
he corporations -debts 'stand good in
ther states having contrary laws.
In tecent years Arizona has become
,pufar as the birthplace of corpora-
iopu
ions, largely because that state al
owed corporations : organized there
o exempt their stockholders from
lability for Jhe debts f the corpora
ion. . -. - '
A protest has arisen from" creditors
af the Arizona corporation. This has
taken concrete form In the ease of the
Wentworth hotel company organized
under ;Atlzona, law to build a hotel in
Pasadena, Cal, The corporation be
came insolvent and its creditors sought
to hojd its stockholders liable for iterate, It is understood. Is anxious to
debts. They claim the Btockhomers
..wore liable under the California con
stitution, which made stockholders or
; California corporations liable for their
proportionate share of the corpora
tions debts and further provided that
io outside corporation should '"be tfls
lowed to transact business on more
favorable conditions than California
organizations. ' "-"''r ,. T " - J- i--Conrad
H. Matthlessen of New
York, owner of $100,000 worth of
stock In the Wentworth hotel com
pany waB sued in New York for his
share of the debt. He contended that
his private fortune had been exempted
from any liability by reason of the
Arizona constitution. He 'won his
point in the federal circuit court of
appeals at New York. The Supreme
court considered the case of such
i-r-pnt Im'nnrtiinco that It directed the
,.o. v.. .ant tn It fnr ilnt prm I riH I ion
of the legal question so long in dis- ;
pute.
ARMY LEGISUTIDN BY
Demands , That " Government
Prevent Use of Troops
Against Civilians.
Berlin, Jan. 24. The Gorman Im
perial parliament today, to demon
strate Its indignation over recent in
cidents between ' the military . and
civilians t Zabern, adoptod by a large
majority a resolution demanding gov
crniiiHt artion to prevent the use of
tfoope against e'tUens unless at the
request of the civil authorities.
.The house thereafter took the first
(fl toward the adoption of a law to
prohibit such occurrences In case tlu
mivcmmpnt should fnil to net. A bill
Mas introduced prohibiting absolute
ly the Intervention of droops without
n requisition ant forbidding the use
of arms by the military except In self
defense, to overcome actual resist
ance, to force the disarmament of
nrmed pereons or in the arrest of fug
itives. Another bill drafted by the ao
rlullsts would subject members of the
urmy and navy to Jurisdiction of the
civil courts.
GERL1 CHANGELLDR
: ASSJILS SOCIALISTS
Herlln, Jan. 14. Pocliillut deputies
In the German Imperial parliament
wre bitterly aiinnlled yiwterdny t.y the
Imperial chancellor. Dr. Von Heth-msnn-Hollwrg,
when they put ques
tion with the acquittal by courts mar
tial of the German tfrnv mrm con
cerned In ha rH'eut Incidentals bp.
tween military and civilian at Za
bern. The chenrellor told the socialist rep
trucntatlves they were "unri'lintnrs :
ir tii tnrone ami iireachtT of re. ; ,e lm. I been commit ted for 20 days In
publlranlHtn," At the nnmn time h ! default nf a dr.n of 5.
plained the Klirle i f the (lermiinj Mi, hnel llniilon. (he prisoner,
army "under wlio piot(..Uon lli-r. ,lt.i u-d Hh l.ilna ill.r(lerly. arrived
Mirny bus tectum- Kirt nd ptiup-r- nt the .n on m h-lule time and sur
" " j it-lid. -led.
GOETHALS WILL BE
N.Y. COMMISSIONER
'If Language Means Anything Col. Goethals Will Be Police
Commissioner," Says Mayor Mitchell Influence '
Of Mrs. Roosevelt in Matter.
New- York, Jan. 24 . If Colonel
George "W, Goethals should be offered
the position of governor of the canal
?one by President Wilson he will not
now accept. ' - ' . " . ; ;
This la the Interpretation - Mayor
John Purroy Mitchel placed today on
Colonel Goethals' present attitude to
ward the police commlssionershlp .of
this city which has been tendered
him:- '.';,'' -"..:..'. v..-; ;
"If language means anything," said
the mayor, "Colonel Goethals will be
come .police commissioner of New
York city, provided two conditions
which he Imposes are fulfilled. I ex
pect these conditions to be realized."
New York, Jan. 24. The fact that
Colonel George "W. Goethals was will
ing to entertain under certain condi
tions a. proposal to accept ap
pointment as police commissioner
of New York city under " certain
conditions is said to have been
due to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt more
than to anyone else. .'.:..
Colonel Goethals was first ap
proached by Mayor John Purroy
Mitchel, oN direct offer was made, but
the colonel made it known that he
would not accept. . Mrs. Roosevelt
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Mitchel left and it Is said learned that
Colonel Goethals was considering the
tentative offer made to him by . the
mayor. Mrs. Roosevelt at once be
came Interested and talked with Col
onel Goethals about the" New York po
lice dapartment, recalling Mi-. Roose
velt's experiences when he was com
mlFsioner. She urged the colonel to
reconsider his determination...
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Goethals
also discussed the matter. Mrs. Goe-
eu.ve i-uiiama ior uooa. "o iota Mrs.
Little Doubt Felt But That
Capt. Van Horn Will Rec-
ommend Site in W, N. C.
Capti Robert Van Horn
of the
Infar.-.ry
Seventeenth United . States
ar.d member of the staff of Gen. Leon
ard Wood, who had been In the sec
tion since Wednesday morning In
specting sites for the proposed loca
tion of a Federal training camp for
young military students, left the city
last-night for .other, points in the
youth, where possible sites have been
suggested. The lust Inspection tour
made by the army officer was to H311
derson county yesterday. .
Before leaving here, Capt. Van
Horn expressed his deep appreciation
for the entertalrment that has been
accorded him and for the kindly spirit
In which he has been shown' over
Western North Carolina. He stated
that this section is admirably adapted
for all kinds of military manoeuvers,
owing to the natural contour of the
country. He was especially, struck
with the possibilities afforded for
manoeuvers that might be put Into
execution for the purposes of a train
ing school. .
Capt. Van Horn would make no
statement committing himself as to
what his recommendation to Gen.
Wood will be, but from the state
ments made by him generally, those
who are In touch with the situation
feel that there la little doubt but that
Western North Carolina will get the
training camp.
The visitor was accompanied , to
Hendersonvllle yesterday by C. W.
Westbury and J. II. Wood of the
Houthcrn rallwny, ('apt! Langdon, U.
S. A., and Col. H. II . Cohen. The
trip was made both waVa by .motor
and the entertainment committee
that showed the party over the sites
offered was composed of V. V. rat
ion, T. R. narrows, W. A. Smith,
Mr. Durham and others. The sites In
spected Included the Kanuga lake
property, the Highland park property
and others that seemed adapted to
the use of a training camp. Following
fhe tour of Inspection, the party were
guests at the ft. John hotel for lunch
con. J
PRISONER CONDUCTED
HIMSELF TO JAIL
Summit, N. i f Jan. J4. All record
for model prisoners In this section
have been , broken, A patrolman
placed a man on a trolley car, gave
him the fnr and told him to get off at
the rmintv lull In r:iltalvth. He was
further Instructed In tell the warden
TI1M1PK
SEEMS ASSURED
Roosevelt so, end it was on her sug
gestion that Mayor Mitchel was urged
to send an emissary to Colonel Goe
thals. Mrs. Goethals came to New
York on the same steamship with
Mrs. Roosevelt when the latter re
turned from Panama.
Upon her arrival in New York' Mrs.
Roosevelt communicated with Mayor
Mitchel. She told him there was a
possibility that Colonel Goethals
might accept the commlssionershlp.
The mayor Immediately took up the
question with George W. Perkins,
with the result that Mr. Perkins went
to Panama and has Just returned with
Colonel Goethals' conditional accept
ance. " .
One condition he named and which
Mayor'MItchel has announced he will
attempt to meet is that a law depriv
ing the courts of the power to review
the dismissal by the police commis
sioner of police officials be passed.
Another condition named by Colonel
Goethals was that he be retired from
the army In which he has served
thirty-four years. '
; The publication of Colonel Goethals
letter drew from Washington the
statement that it was the understand
ing that President Wilson had in
tended to - appoint .the builder of the
canal as first governor of the Panama
zone'. . ' ',-' v
Lindley M . ' Garrison, secretary of
war, who Is In New -York today, said
that he had always supposed that
Colonel Goethals would be appointed
governor of the zone and he believed
that the colonel would prefer to re
main In Panama as long as he could
be of service there.: - v
"I consider the services of Colonel
Goethals Invaluable, Secretary Garri
son raid, "and I hope he will remain
in Panuma." '".'" '.".-.
HA1TIEN REBELS HAVE '
Revolt Breaks Out at Gonaives
Government Is Raising
An Army. ,
Cape Haltlen, Haiti, Jan. 24. Re
rebcls. The ministers express the be
lief that the movement will be short
The lender of the insurrection Is
Oreste Zanlor, former goxernor of the
department, and at one time minis
ter of war. '.'"' y
The- city is only sixty-five miles
from Port Au Prince.
General Desormes. who yesterday at
the head of the rebel forces took
Cape Halten and Fort Llberte, is
marching' with his army on Hinche,
forty-five miles southeast of Cape
Halten.
Another Town Fall.
Port Au Prince. Haiti. Jan. 24. M.
Pradel, Haltlen minister of the Inter
ior who fled from Fort Llberte on
Thursday, arrived here tday. He re
ported- that the town of Port de Palx
also had fallen into the hands of
the rebels. ,
The Haltlen government Is organiz
ing an army to operate agaiiiBt the
rebels. The minister express the belief
that the movement will , be short
lived.-
ALLEGED MURDERER OF
ROBERTS IS IT JUAREZ
Mexicans Will Decide if Wo
man is to Be Returned to
United States.
Juaez, Mexico. Jan. 24. Mrs. Jen
nie Wenner, alias Anita Kief, arrested
in Chihuahua at the request of Amer
ican offlceru on a charge- of murder
ing Philip Itoberts. Jr., at Cripple
Creek, Col., was brought here yester
day and lodged In Jail. Proceedings
will be opened In the Juares court to
determine whether the woman shall
be turned over to the American au
thorities at EI Paso. If this Is not
granted the Mexican Immigration au
thorities say they will order the wo
man deported and aha will be return
ed to the United HI" lea.
Cripple Creek, CoL, Jan. 25. Mrs.'
Jennie Wenner was arrested at Chi
huahua by General Francisco Villa at
the request of the sheriff of this
county who followed the woman, for!
three weeks after the discovery of the
body of Philip Roberts In a cabin on
the outskirts of this city on December
According to the sheriff the wo-'
inun wurted the Tllo Grande from Ki
riiti to ritiapM tlm customs officers,
end followed the rebel army to Chi-,
hualiua, I
JUDGE SPEEH
BETS EXCITED
Springs to His Feet and At
tempt to Reply to Testi
mony of Attorney,
Akerman.
WITNESS ATTACKED
CHARGE OF ACCUSED
Says Speer Refused to Sign
Supreme Court Mandate
And Gave Big Fees
- To Son-in-Law.
Macon, Ga., Jan.-24. Smarting un
der the testimony of District Attorney
Alexander " Akerman, Federal Judge
Kmory Speer yesterday for the first
time since investigation of his official
conduct was begun by a congressional
! committee attempted to address the
Inquisitor., i The; Jurist sprang to his
feet, with his attorneys plucking at
his coat sleeves and admonishing him
to be seated, and began his remarks.
"Your honors, if you please, I have
sat quietly here and listened to mis
representations which have been heap
ed upon me. Just a minute '
-. "Judge," broke in Chairman Webb,
"I suggest that you have your counsel
make any remarks you wish made."
" "I am a lawyer myself," replied
Judge -Speer and I, just wish the
privilege of reading the charge which
Mr. Akerman' liaS Just attucked."
5 Chairman Webb declined to allow
the' Jurist to proceed but stated that
the committee would lake the charge
xne scene was precipitatca wnun
Mr. Akerman In his testimony accused
Judge Speer of delivering a charge
antagonistic to. the government.
The charge referred to by Mr. Aker
man -was In the case of the govern
ment against Scarboro, charged with
violating the national banking laws.
lr. Akerman contended that the
judge's charge was of suuh a nature
as to practically direct the acquittal
of the man. . -1
Hl Fee to Son-ln-Law.
Mr. Akerman recited, alleged In
stances of lapses of memory, on the
part of Judge Speer, which indicat
ed to him, ho testified that Judge
Speer's mind had begun to fail In
1907. , ' : "
In a bankruptcy case, fees that he
had considered excessive were al
lowed by Judge Speer to the firm. of
Talley and Heywood, the former be
ing a ono time private secretary to
Judge Speer and the latter his son-in-law,
the witness testified. When
he had protested that the fees al
lowed were much more liberal than
these allowed his own, Mr. Akerman
declared that Judge Bpeer had stated
that his son-in-law was in need of
funds. 1
"The Judge then asked me," said
Mr. Akerman, "if the court raised my
firms fees, would we withdraw our
objections to Talley and Heywood's
fees. , '
"The Judge allowed an Increase of
$175 In our fee but declined to cut
the fee allowed Talley and- Hey
wood," Mr. Akerman added.
The witness declared that an es
trangement between himself and
Judge Speer had been caused by his
refusal to recommend the appoint
ment of Judge Speer's son-in-law as
asslsfant United States district attor
ney. ' Since the estrangement, be
charged he had been able to win but
few rases In Judge Speer's court, a
fact which he attributed to Judge
Speer's personal activity In directing
the case Into channels which handi
capped the government's prosecution.
To Shift Scene. .
Macon, Oa., Jan. 24. Chairman
Webb of the congressional committee
that last Monday began an Investiga
tion of charges of official misconduct
aaainu. Federal Judge Kmory Speer,
announced today the scene of the In
quiry would be on next Monday be
shifted to Savannah, Oa. Witnesses
umonmed to Macon, Including T, S.
Felder, attorney general of Georgia,
will appear before the committee at
Savannah.
The scope and character of the In
vestigation was defined In a statement
made this morning. Mr. Webb said:
"Our report and recommendations
will be filed with the house judiciary
comsMttea of twenty-one members as
toon as we return to Washington. The
judiciary committee la not bound to
adopt our recommendutlons, but ' In
such cases It usually dona so.
"If we ahnuld recommend impeach
ment and the Judlclar.- committee
should sustain our findings, then ar
ticles of Impeachment would be
drawn and submitted to the house
with the recommendation that they
be adopted. - .
"fchould the house concur In the
action of the committee It would
stand in Indictment against Judge
Mpeer, and would then be presented
t the wnate, which would alt as an
liiilieai liuielit court 111 the -e." (
JOHNSON'S
OF GRAFT DENIED
Federal Employes Brand as Untrue Black Pugilist's State
ment That It Cost Him $25,000 to Escape Serving
' Sentence by Leaving Country. .o v"
Chicago, Jan. 24. A Paris able
gram 'quoting Jack Johnson as say
ing it cost him $25,000 to escape from
Chicago where he had been convicted
of violating the . white , slave act,
brought forth vehement denials from
the federal building today.
Harry A, Parkin, special prosecutor
for the government, said:
"I never got a dollar from any ' ne
except the United States government
in connection with the Johnson case.
I was in Jack Johnson's saloon once
and that was when I went to get I-ai-cille
Cameron, now Johnson's wZ to
start proceedings against Johnson.
Johnson simply Jumped his bond
that's all there was to that."
Charles F, De Woody, until recently
local agent of the department of jus
tice, said: .
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Passengers of Liner Denounce
The Management and De- "
mand Rebates.
New York,. Jan. 24 With a Tope
about her waist Miss Margaret Wil
son climbed up the side ofH the
White ' Star llneer Majestic at Quar
intine today to greet her sister, Jes
sie who returned from abroad with
her husband, Francis Bowes Sayre.!
Miss Margaret went down the bay on
the revenue cutter Manhattan 'with
port. The sea was slightly rough and
the roap was made fast, about Miss
Wilson's waist as e precaution. -
Some of the first cabin passengers
on the" Majestic filed a protest with
the line, demanding a rebate on their
passage money on the ground that
water leaked Into the main salon
greatly Inconveniencing them. They
denounced, the officials for alio wing
the liner to sail in adverse weather,
conditions and declared at times it
was necessary to stop leaks, with ras
and towels. Otllclals of the line
precated the statements.
. "It Is obvious," said an officer, "that
Iho British authorities would not have
allowed the Majestlce to leave South
ampton unless she was entirely sea
worthy." , While In the harbor of Charbourg,
after having left Southampton on
January 14 the Majestic was ammcd
by a tender which damaged m pi; te
and necessitated repairs. This de
layed her. She left Cerbous Mh a
gale blowing and encountered rj'igh
weather throughout the voyatre. At
times heavy seas swept over her
decks.
Captain Beadnell remained ;n the
bridge most of the trip.
Coming up to her dock at New York
this morning the liner struck the tug
John Nichols amidships. The tug
reached shore; then, sank. The crew
was saved.
RAILROAD DETECTIVES
LOOKING FDR ROBBERS
Three Men Looted Express
and Mail Cars of South
ern Near, Fackles, Ala.
Facklcs, Ala., Jan, 24. Railroad
detective today began search for men
who looted the eapress and mall cars
of a Southern railway passenger train
near here last night The bandits ob
tained ' about one hundred dollars by
blowing the express car aefe. Their
search through the mall car failed to
produce anything, because only second
class matter was In the pouches. No
attempt was made to molest passen
gers. Those who ventured out when
the train was halted were sent back by
a fusillade.
The bandits picked a lonely spot for
the hold up. The locomotive antfrnal
and express cars first were dotnchei
from the passenger roaches and rur
down the track a hundred yards. Olu
of the robbers guarded the englm
crew and mail and eipress clerki
while the other two robbed the cars.
After they completed their- work thf
men Ilred up the locomotive then
opened the throttle. The engine wltt.
tho two cars lurching behind ran a.
a wild pace .to Ivukliinvllle, Ala., It
miles awny, before steam was ex
mm majestic
1
IT
CHARGE
"Johnson's charge Is absurd. - It Is
evident that Johnson had no reason
to spend $25,000 or 25 cents to any
one to get out of the country. Every
one knows how I : trailed him and
watched him to prevent his escape.
Roy Jones, a levee district cafe pro
prietor, said by Johnson to have ttited
as go-between for Parkin and De
Woody, denied the charge.
: "I met Parkin just twice," he said,
"and that was during the Johnson
trial. Jack is trying to get even with
me for testifying against him."
A federal grand jury is Investigating
various stories connected with John
son's escape. Cancelled checks left
behind by Sot Lewinsohn, a profes
sional bondsman when he disappeared
from this -city,; figured in the investi
gation. ,
LONDONERS HAUL COIL
Forced to Transport Their
Own Fuel Because of
Carrier's Strike.
London, Jan. 24. With 10,000 coal
carriers on strike, a cold wave made
many Londoners shiver today and de
veloped unusual scenes at the fuel
yards. Limousines, taxicabs, ' landaus,
carts and even 1 perambulators were
drawn up at' entrances to the yards
by citizens who loaded their own con
veyances to replenish their fuel sup
ply. They were foyowing the example
of Leeds residents who recently, broke
up the strike of public workers by
individual service.
Nf the least' -unusual sight In the
tnn-l vHrriiT'wrW' m-ovided bv-, medicaid
students, who-in smocks that were
snow white at first, carted tons of coal
to the hospitals. ' - - 1
i The strikers, who demanded more
pay, had caused little inconvenience
until today when the told wave swept
in. . '
M.W IXJCRED IX EXPLOSIpy
ON TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 23. An ex
plosion of an oil tank below decks-on
the torpedo boat destroyer Roe today
seriously injured one man and dam
aged the interior of the Roe at the
Philadelphia navy yard. The victim
was M. J. Carmandy, a water tender
who was badly burned.
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Head of Commerce Department
Takes Affirmative View vr
Of Business Condi- . , v
. tion in U. S. -
MANFACTURERS PRAISED
FOR READJUSTMENTS i
Declares America First Of Na-'
tions Rising From Busi
ness Depression All ' J. v
1 Over the World,
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24. An-af
firmative view of business was the key
note of a speech Secretary Re'dfleld
made here today before the chamber ,
of commerce. . He praised American .
manufacturers for their ready re-ad-
justment -to new conditions-and de
clared that the flood of forelgp man-,
ufactures, which it was , predicted
would - flood American, markets .with
the passage of the new tariff, ... had ,
not materialized,-; , ;
"Aye, but you . say, 1 look at the de-
pression. Well look at . it," said . Mr.
Redf ield, "Look at it sanely, without
passion and without prejudice. What
do you see? But before you apswer,
let me ask a second question. .Where .
are you looking? .Get the horizon big
enough, else your pfcture-will be but
partial and may mislead.- Where then -Is
trade depression found? : In' India,
in Argentine, in Brazil, in' Germany,
in England. , Where is it least? . In
America! : Where is the rising tide
from such depression as exists felt
first and most? Here, in America.
Leava aside the pitiful parables of
the prophets ' of evil who for political
purposes preach national pain. Look 1
calmly at the truth. -.America -suffers
fro disaster. She la better 1 of f
woen ine worst, is saia! man ner sister
nations. From " the bottom, - which at
most was not deep, she has already
risen far and Is rising. There was Just
cause for hesitation In that which has
happened in the past. The reaction
from the Balkan war, which had tied
the purse strings of Europe and shut
down Its mills, was naturally reflected
here in some small degree.
"It was perfectly proper that busi
ness men, whose output was affected
more or less by the new tariff, should
give thoughtful heed how to readjust
themselves to it. They would have
been foolish Had r they done other
wise. Frankly the' men who dreaded
tariff changes must have said, and.
" (Continued on page 9)
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