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WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1909. WHOLE NO. 12,914.
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OUTLINES.
rv California Legislature, filter a
debate lasting many hours, re
siilored and defeated the anti-Jap
'ures yesterday, which incluued
-relation or me Asiatics irom
,h linblic
schools.
This action was
V result of the persistant efforts of
Presient Roosevelt and Gov. Gillett.
Upon the discovery that Senator
Knox could not serve as Secretary of
state in the Taft Cabinet without vio
lating the constitution, the Senate
pronfptly removed the objection
Xhe general offices of the Norfolk &
Western, at Roanoke, Va., was dam
aired to the extent of $75,000 yester
day by fire, which also destroyed val
uable records At a conference of
,,1-0 ruin en t labor leaders a formal state
ment of conditions was made and
president Gompers pointed out that
nearly two million laborers are unem
ployed Th.e two Houses of Con
gress met in joint session yesterday
.. e 1! 1
tne purpose ul cuuuLiiig tutf eit;c
toral votes Steamer El
Norte re-.
nnrts the bark Matanzas as in dis-
tress off Diomand Shoals A wire-
less from the North Carolina says Taft
Glares the New Orleans programme
satisfactory Admiral Sperry maps
OUt lue pi ui amine lu luc iiuui iui
the arrival and review of his fleet at
Norfolk on the 22nd The cruisers
North Carolina and Montana were
si ah ted1 last night steaming toward
1 il . n n. o n n V. n -(. W
. . J. it T 'H -
the anchorage off the mouth of the 1
Mississippi, wnere tney ancnorea ior
the night. A northerly blow on the
srulf gave the Taft party its first ex
perience of a rough sea Near Tarn-
pa a muu iiau Lieu a, iiegiu iu a aidh.e
to be burned when tne crowd was
persuaded to return him to the jail
The Virginia anti-saloon League
decides in favor of the local option
plan The four masted schooner
Sarah W. Lawrence went ashore off
Cane Henlonen yesterday. Soon -af
ter the life saving crew had rescued
the captain's wife and the crew 01
nine men tne scnooner oroKe in two
The Naval Appropriation bill was
reported to the Senate yesterday.
. 1 1 . 1 A
Several changes are made in it as it
came from tJKr House- New York
markets: Money on csll steady 2 to
2 12 per cent., ruling rate 2 1-4, clos-ia
In- bid 2 offered at 2 1-2. Flour
(iiiiet but firmlv held. Wheat strong,
No. 2 red 1.16 5-8 nominal elevator,
Corn firm, No. 2, 72 1-2 elevator Oats
firm, mixed 54 to 54 1-2. Rosin quiet
Turpentine steady. Cotton quiet. 15
points lower, middling uplands 9.S5,
middling gulf 10.10.
-
Taft took a "ninfsmile view" of Cu-
Ura cut. ' Roosevelt would have gal-
ioned the distance on horseback.
1 'lature. The Democratic party had
What does the farmer or the wage- sid in effect that there were counties
earner. care for a tariff war with Nort ?aro"na that "?e?ed, suar
, , dians. It had become a State law by
I ranee? Increase m price of caam-;the most remarkable provisions ever
p:gne would bother neither. ;seen in that kind of legislation, per-
! haps. The bill had been so drawn
Let s wait to see if Roosevelt gets ; tliat if the election had gone wet only
, , . , x , - the localities already wet would have
back from his African hunt before remained wetj but if it went dry, then
bothering ourselves about what we the whole State would be dry. Would
shall do for him as ex-President. j it not have been fair to say that if
j the election went wet the whole State
" x would be wet?
If Taft can keep the country gues-1 As to liquor in New Hanover de
sing about his Cabinet until Marchf bauching other counties, there were
4th, he will establish a reputation for . laws on the-fcooks strict enough to
being able to keep his own counsel.
Iowa has solved the problem of se
curing accurate birth certificates. The
mother will be paid one dollar for
each certificate filed with the author
ities. State supervision, through a com-!
mission, nf nnhlic libraries mav have
orr,n , . , .. . vOT.
some good features, but it is. another
advance in paternalism and State in
terference with local matters.
Alomr with thp -inrrpaspd rfpmanrt
f . . , . . , A
ior jugs in certain centers of trade
n;rby a,dryV Itrijitory, it is sa4d
there has sprung up a regular run on
the manufacturers of corkscrews.
, , A1 . 4t, ,
An exchange says that "lace yokes
:md sleeves continue popular in spite
ef their long use." Wouldn't they be
J"st as popular if changed oftener or
si!t to the laundry once in awhile?
When the Legislature takes to pas- j
-ny laws for regulating the conduct '
i) ministers of the GosDel as is asked
some Sampson county voters it
, . -
- w "b1" ii.aim& .i guests for tne evening. Mr. j. a.
: : established or State church. j Floyd presided most acceptably as
' Jtoastmaster and during the evening a
If Roosevelt as exrPresident can number of exceedingly happy respons-
' -n three hundred thousand dollcrs es wfe m? Principal fmong which
, ,.,.., . , . , . mav be mentioned those by Rev. A. D.
ar in a vaudeville show, why McCluref D. D Rev. Thos. P(. Noe,
"iid our Government pension him professor Washington. Cattett, Rev.
n L!ic paltry sum of twelve thousand, V7r. E. Cox and others. ! "
;- is proposed by a Minnesota Con- during the evening the IadieX sery
"essman? r? a delightful course of refreshments
consisting of salads, coffee, etc. Excel
Antln, TT , T lent music was discoursed by the
Announcement is made that J. Pier- Mandoiin Club, composed of Messrs.
Pont Morgan has purchased the svord Wtilson, Stanford, Griffith and King
George Washington wore at the time and guests of the delightful evening
bR resigned his commission as com- went away with only the most pleas-,
ander.ln-chier of the army. Wash- ant recollections of the smoker,
gton must, have worn as many Dropped Deiad on Porch.
swords as he had body-servants. I Frank McClow, a colored man, drop-
ped dead early yesterday morning at
u is a pity some of the jurors in hJs home on Third' between' Bruns-
"ai)itai , . , , , . , wick and Bladen streets. McClow ate
rai cases Which have been tried rneartyQ breakfast and started to his
1 idte in this country were not pres- work, without any complaint of 111-
nt when the Sunrise Club of New ness,'and fell dead on his porch upon
York discussed "The Unwritten -Law " opening the front door to .his home.
ue subject being "Our Imminent Re-
v,-rsion to Barbarism."
MORTON LIQUOR BILL
House Committee Tat AH
Encroachments Upon of
State Prohibition Lax
at.
SEVERAL BILLS ADVERSEL
New Hanover Representative Mads
Vigorous Speech in Advocacy of
Measure to Exempt This Coun
ty Wine and Cider.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 10. The House
Committee on Regulation of the Li
quor Traffic met for the first time
this session today with the net result
of an unfavorable report for Repre-
Lsentative Morton s bill to exempt New
Hanover county from the prohibition
law, turning down Representative
Linney's bill to allow Alexander coun-
ity farmers to sell brandy made from
fruit grown on their own land, quelling
Representative Myatt's bill to permit
Johnston county folks to sell brandy,
wine and cider manufactured from
fruit grown on land whereon they
live, and an adverse vote on Gaston's
measure to permit the sale of wine in
Upper Hominy township, Buncombe
county.
Mr. Morton made quite an extended
argument for his bill. He could, he
said, go into evidences of fact that
i ? T j. " i j 1. ; 1. r i . - i
pronioiuon uoes not promou; now ne
nau seen it violated in i-ne mountain
resorts of North Carolina and openly
in cities of other Southern States
where there were prohibition laws,
! &avannan, Atlanta ana mrmingnam.
j During the month of January $13,000
day in money orders payable at
Richmond, V?., had gone out of the
: State for liquor. One Petersburg
i house is advertising that the loaded a
car every day for North Carolina,
The law simply turns a stream of gold
cut of the State, declared Mr. Morton
Rut he would not base his plea for
.his kiU on that sort of argument, but
jupon the broad principle of local self
government. His people resented this
sv? as niuch as they did apport
irsg aldermen and otner city officers
for Wilmington by the Fusion Legis-
protect them. No. express or railroad
company would take shipments from
Wilmington except out of the State.
"I'll help you build a wall around
Wilmington," said Mr. Morton. If he
could hot get his bill through as it
was, Mr. Morton said he was prepar
ed to amend it so as to leave it to a
vote of the people of New Hanover
at the next general election in May.
Mr. Dowd, replying to, Mr. Morton,
insisted that prohibition had decreas-
.ed crime and improved conditions
As in Vnrnl lf nvepn.
As to local self govern
ment, the time had long passed when
this was a local measure. If Wilming
ton had liquor, railroad trains would
have cars, for negroes full of men car-
rying liquor in valises to all parts of
ta Qr they couW ghip they
have done to some little town in South
Carolina with a double ticket, to bo
jtorn in half and shipment sent back
Into the State.
Morton and Myatt, of Johnson, Dem-
:ocrat g ynotice of min0rity re-
p0rts, so the ' whole thing will be
fought out on the floor of the House.
ST. JOHN'S BROTHERHOOD
I no'Jnhfni 5mnlpr I ast Pvenina at the
Parish Hour& Addresses,
St. John's Brotherhood last evening
In the parish house gave a -delightful
m-oker, which was much eirjoyed by
a lare number of members and their
Slippers for "Slumberland" at Peter
TEST WAS SATISFACTORY
Kanavyha Combination Hose and
Chemical Machir.0 Won Out in
Competition With Old Process
Engins Yesterday.
Several hundred people, including
ha Mayor, members of the Board of
dermen and other city officials,
prominent local fire insurance people
and many attracted by the always in
teresting scene of fira apparatus at
work, were present at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon at Fourteenth and
Market streets to witness an altogeth
er satisfactory test of the new Kana
wha combination chemical engine and
hose wagon in competition with the
chemical machine using the old
soda and acid process and in the de
partment for a number of years.
Tha test was for the purpose of de
termining relative efficiency, time, and
economy of chemicals required, the
new machine winning in a walk on all j
points. The demonstration of the naw ;
apparatus was in charge of Mr. C. R. (
Raynes, of the Kanawha Chemical En
gine Manufacturing Company, of Char
lleetown, W. Va., and Mr. M. C. Hani'
:mond,.of this city, general sales agent!
of the company for the Carolinas. The
old machine was manipulated under j
! the direction of Chief Schnibben by :
! Fireman John T. Yates and other
members of that company. Two small j
buildings of equal si? and well filled j
with kindling and excelsior oer which 1
kerosene had been poured, had been '
erected and at a given signal, these
were touched off and fanned by the j
high winds were soon completely en- i
veloped in flames. To the layman, It
appeared at first that neither engine
would be equal to the emergency but
when Chief Schnibben gave the word
Mr. Raynes grasped the hose of the ;
new engine and Mr. Yates that of the ;
old chemical. The new engin-3 placed
its fire under control in just 16 sec
onds. The new engine used less than ,
35 gallons of chemicals and the old '
engine used up the first tank of 50 .
gallons and about 20 gallons of a sec-!
ond before the fire was completely out.
Both engines did remarkably fine
work, but the performance of the Kan
awha was simply marvelous. " ..k
The Kanawha-engine uses compress
ed air pressure and a secret chemical
formula while the old engine uses the
soda and .acid process through a lar
ger hose than that employed by the
Kanawha. Economy in chemicals is
net only possible with the Kanawha
by the use of a. less amount of fluid,
bat any amount left in the tank of
the new engine Is not wasted as is the
case with the old engine, the left-over
portion in the tank after a fire being
not usable again.
Chairman W. A. French, of the Fire
Committee of the Board of Aldermen,
under whose direction the test was ,
made yesterday afternoon expresses j
himself as highly pleased with the
Kanawha machine and is confident it '
will prove a valuable addition to the 1
Wttjpnington department. In a recent j
competitive test of chemical engines
in Washington, the Kanawha me out
lahead of all others and appears to be
the coming chemical extinguisher of
the future. -
The wagon and engine as brought
here for the Wilmington department .
requires some little changa in the run
ning gear to meet l3cal conditions and
as soon as these are made at the
shops of the builders in Charlestown, j
the new engine will be formally re-'
ceived into the Department and will .
be stationed at the Sixth and Castle
streets house. Two very fine horses
were recently purchased by Mr.
French in Baltimore for the new
wagon.
GIVE SILVER TEA
Ladies of the Parish GuHd of John's
Church to Entertain.
A silver tea will be given by the lad
ies of the Parish Guild of St. John's
Church, m the parish house, Third and
Red Cross streets, this afternoon at
4 o'clock and tonight at 8 o'clock to
which the public is cordially invited.
The Guild is now bending its energies
for the building of a choir room to the
church and the tea is given in that
benefit .
The programme in the afternoon
will include a solo by Miss Hallie Rut
land, with chorus of children; recita
tion by Master William Bunting; vo
cal solo by Mrs. J. S. Longfellow;
piano solo by Mrs. W, A. French; vo
cal solo by Miss Eunice Tucker; rec
itation by Master James Woolvin;
vocal solo by Miss Margaret Corbett
and "piano solo oy Miss Lucy Flynn.
In the evening the programme will
include a piano solo by Miss Julia
Post; vocal solo, Mrs. F. W. Holden;
selection by St. John's Quartette, Miss
Emerson, Mrs. Barnes, Messrs. Wil
son and O'Keefe; recitation, Master
William Penny; vocal solo, Mrs. Tay
lor; male quartette selection, Messrs.
W. R. Dosher, A. L. Dosher, Wl A. Mc
Girt and W. B. Muse; piano solo, Mrs.
A. M. Waddell; vocal solo, Mrs. Anne
deR. Harris; vocal solo, Mr. James
Wesley White; recitation, IHrs. M. J.
Dauer; vocal solo, Mrs. Longfellow;
ladies quartette selection, Mrs. Long
fellow, Miss Mcintosh, Mrs. J. D.
Smith and Mrs. F. A. Muse; vocal so
lo, Miss Mcintosh, ' and selection by
the Mandolin Club, Messrs. Wilson,
Stanford, Griffith, King and Hatch.
The accompanists will be M3. Wad
dell, Mr. "Sopp and Mrs. Thos. L. Sple-den.
INDULGE IN POLITICS !
Warm Debate in House Yester
day Over Election of County
Boards of Education.
BILL KILLED BY PARTY VOTE
Governor Uurges Anti-Trust Legisla
tion and Payment of University
Debt Very Little Doing in
Senate Measures.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 10. A warm de
bate in the House on the bill cham
pioned by the minority for the elec
tion of rnembers of the county boards
of education by the people, which was
finally defeated after a long and bitter
partisan discussion, was the feature
of the General Assembly today. Mem
bers of the boards of education in the
counties) of the State are now named
by the representatives in the Legisla
ture of the majority party and the Re
publicans sought to have this changed,
making members of the boards eleo
tlive by the people of the several
counties.
The bjll came up as the special or
der in the House and the debate last
ed until 2:20 P. M., when there was
&n adjournment until 8 o'clock at
night. Representative Harshaw, the
minority leader of the House and au
thor of? the bill, made a vigorous
speech 4n which he called upon some
membei of the majority party to tell
just wBat objection there was on the
partof the Democrats to this bill call
ing for local self government, regard
ing one of the most vital elements
in our civilization. He proceeded to
make a red-hot political speech in ad
vocacy of the bill.
Chairman Connor, pf the Commit
tee on Education, by' whom the bill
had met- with an unfavorable report,
said the bill struck at fundamentals
and the most vital point in the whole
educational system. The Democracy
had pledged under the leadership of
AycQck and Simmons, that when the
educaimal -qualification had been put
in the constitution there would be
such an educational system that every
boy in the State could learn to read
and write. That system could never
be local.
Mr. Taylor, of Brunswick, Republi
can, said he could see nothing in this
measure to warrant the Democratic
caucus that the party held on the
question. What the present status
meant was that Democratic members
could have some pleasure in naming
members of their County Boards of
Education, but Republican members
could not. That was an autocratic
one-man system of government. The
time had passed to be afraid of the ac
tion of a. majority in a locality. It
was a shame that during the latter
half of Governor Aycock's administra
tion and a shame during Governor
Glenn's administration and would be
a. crying shame during Governor Kit
chin's administration that the people
of the different counties should not he
given the power to name their own
Boards of Education.
The discussion took a wide range
with many participants and sharp
passages. Mr. Smith, of Randolph,
finally moved the previous question
"to stop this unholy discussion." Wil
liams, of Cabarrus, asked Tor a yea
and nay vote. The vote was 29 to 77
on the death of the bill.
There was almost a. dramatic scene
when the name of Koonce, of Onslow,
was called. He started to explain his
vote by saying what the people of On
slow wanted, but Mr. Dowd obejeted
on the ground he had not given no
tice. Koonce then asked unanimous
consent to explain his vote. To this
also Mr. Dowd objected, and it look
ed for the fraction of a second as if
the House was going to pass over Mr.
Koonce entirely, when he said with
some evidence of deep feeling, "Hold
on, I have a right to vote at least. In
obedience to the wishes of the people
of my county I vote aye." Morton and
Stubbs voted for the bill without ex
planation. The Governor's message as to anti
trust legislation was read and referr
ed to the Judiciary Committee No. 2.
Senate Routine.
The Senate was called to order at
11 o'clock by Lieut. Governor New
land. Among the new bills were the
following.
Mills, petitions for repeal of home
stead law; Manning, to authorize is
suance of bonds to refund State bonds
due July 1910; Elliott, to provide for
selection of candidates of all political
parties on the same day; Barham, to
provide for chemical examination in
cases of suspected poison; Nimmocks,
to protect employes of common car
riers; Barham, to provide for the defi
cit in the State Hospital for Colored
Insane at Goldsboro; Empie, to vali
date certain instruments; Matthews,
to prohibit setting of dangerous traps
on the lands of another in Sampson
county.
Two messages from the Governor
were laid before the Senate. One rec
ommends payment of the $5,700 claim
of the State of the late David L.
Swain against the State University,
and the other urged an amendment to
the 1907 anti-trust act such as would
fulfill the party pledge in the Demo-
(Continued on Page Four.J
onslow telephone imm POLICE CRUSADE
Connection With Jacksonville and
Othe;' Important Point Seems Now
eZZram- ArTV ments
With Connecting Systems.
With the proper encouragement of
Wilmington business men, it now
seems that it will be a question of only
a few weeks until this city will be en
jonying telephone- communication with
Jacksonville and all other important
points in Onslow county.
Dr. E. L. Cox and ex-Sheriff F. W.
Hargett, of Jacksonville, and Mr. S.
A. Starling, of Hubert, returned home
yesterday after spending a couple of
day in the city in the interest of the
Onslow Telephone Company, recently
incorporated by the Secretary of
State. They met a number of Wil-1
mington business men and were as
sured of their co-operation in building
the line, which will connect by traffic
arrangements with the Southern Bell
in this city. The central office will be
at Jacksonville and a part of the lines
of the Onslow company are already
built;' From Swansboro to Richlands
through Jacksonville there are already
more than a hundred subscribers to
the service. The company has already
completed about 31 miles of standard
line from iSwansboro to Jacksonville
and from Jacksonville 10 miles toward
Richlands. Already a line ten miles
(from Jacksonville toward Wilmington
has been built and the remainder of
the distance, about 40 miles will be
completed as early as possible. At
Jacksonville the Onslow company will
connect with the Home Telephone Co.,
j of Henderson, rsaching that large area
i between the Onslow county seat and
ewbern. The Home Company line
lie already complete within about sev
en miles of Jacksonville from New-
bern. The Onslow company also hasljrM appeared for the prosecution. The
a close traffic arrangement with this I nr. nr.. witnPRS fnr the State was
company. Dr. Cox, who is president Joe Johnson, a young white man em
? S, .nslow lm- exPects to ijoturn j pioyed about the city fof several
to Wilmington soon and in the mean-imflflfi,q n nnintr inhn.nn tpstifiv.fi
time wquld be glad to hear from per
sons interested in the enterprise,
which means much not only to hi
county but to Wilmington as well.
cAvcTTrwn i c ,,, . .,-c
WAN. ED.
-. ,.
Wilmington Would Like to See Upper
Cape Fear Metropolis m League.
.Llgem?nIl the peng
rT Trio OQ onn "r t n a w'n cr-v-i- Pi -nl in n
' RncnL . t Qo ,1 1 7
Baseball League proceed, there is a
! growing desire among patrons of the
!rt Lroro thf h
composed of six clubs instead of four ! . Another phase of the charge was
and in Wilmington especially there . developed by the introduction of Har
ts a strong desire that Fayetteville rr P?a' sawr at the eraee
shall hP nnP of thP npw ritips inning, works in the southern part of the city
led. Wilmington and Fayetteville have
many things in common and there is
a relationship between the two upper
j and lower Cape Fear cities that would
imake the association verv nleasant.
The absence of street car accommoda-
tions to the ball park in Fayetteville,
which has heretofore militated against
the largest attendance, is now elimi-
nated with the new and uo-to-date sv&-
I tem there and no one can doubt the
sporting proclivities of the upper Cape .him on the club's books. Mr. Barth.
Fear neighbors. Rocky Mount has al- i another member of the club, testified
ready organized and is knocking at that he filled out an order for three
the doors of the League and some oth- dozen bottles of beer but had not vis
er city will be the sixth. Wilmington ited the club in three weeks and did
here and now nominates Fayetteville not know whether the beer was there
and believes that her admission would for him or not.
give strength and spirit to the East- Aust went on the stand in his own
era "Carolina organization. With its behalf and testified that the club had
unsurpassed railway facilities, its be?n conducted in a perfectly orderly
ability to support a good team in fast .and legal manner as it was charter
company aha its growing importance ed by the State. As to the evidence
as a city in North Carolina, the desira- of Johnson, he stated that the wit-
jbility of Fayetteville as a city in the
I League is overpowering to the "fans
: and fannies" down this way. It is
j hoped by the 15th, arrangements will
'be made to have Fayetteville apply,
! for a franchise at the Goldsboro meet-
ing. ... that the secretary of the club be held
" for the grand jury under bond of $400
STEPHEN BOWEN DEAD. i which he thought was not unreasona-
!ble. This was acceded to by Mayor
One of the Landmarks of Wilmington. Qr)vm r and Aust deposited two cer
Advanced Age of 97 Years. 'tiffed 'checks for $400 and was released
Stephen Bowen, one of the most from custody,
venerable and highly respected Wil- i -f na Arrest of Ancth-r
mington colored citizens, passed away i The- arrest of young Mr. Pierre
at his home on Eighth, between Ches- ' Harris created something of a sensa
nut and Grace streets ,at 10 o clock ;tion ar(1 wa3 npon a warrant served
j Monday night, following a stroke of : b Qfflcor R L- Rouse In the same
paralysis suffered on the afternoon of . ctT2nectiori Dennis Thomas, a colored
the first of January Prior to that man wag aso taken Jn custody Mr
time for years he had not been sick Harris $200 bond with h5s attor.
I a day, and at the time of his deatn v. o6ius Kelh.m. Esq.. as surety,
;had reached the advanced age of 97for hJs earance in the police court
years, he was oorn a &w
Brunswick county but came to W il I-
mington before the war and was a
cooper by trade, having been in the
employ of the father of Mr. Martin S.
Willard for many years. He was a
remarkable man in every respect and
'enjoyed the respect and esteem of all
! who formed his acquaintance. He
1 was an uncle of Henry Brown, of the
old barber firm of Brown & Pearson,
and now conducting . the business in
his own name on Princess street. The
. deceased is survived by his wife, sev
'eral daughters, who reside North, and
ione son, Robert Bowen, of this city,
!The funeral was conducted at 3 o'-
clock yesterday afternoon from St.
Stephens A. M. E. Church, of which
t deceased was one of the founders. A
large number of friinds attended the
obsequies. ;
Mayo? Wright Sworn In.
Mayor Thomas H. WJright. elected
chief executive of WrigMsville, yes -
terday took the oath of office before
Justice G. W. Bornemann and assumes
the official dutfces of this office. He
was elected at a meeting of the Board
of Aldermen of Wrfghtsville Beach on
j Tuesday afternoon and succeeds Mr.
!.1 A. Arringdal. "
Developments Thick and Fast
Yesterday in Prohibition Law
.
j Enforcement Programme.
AUST BOUND OVER TO COURT
Warrant For Young Liveryman Charg
ed With Violation of Statute.
Jchnson i 53 Held as Witness.
Other Notes.
Developments followed thick and
fast in the prohibition violation cru
sade in Wilmington yesterday. Rich
ard Aust, secretary and treasurer of
the Riverside Pleasure Club, was held
for the higher court to answer the
charge of illegal liquor traffic in con
nection with that social organization;
Pierre A. Harris, a well known young
liveryman in charge of the baggage
transfer department of the Orrell Liv
ery Company, was served with a war
rant, charging him with violation of
the State prohibition law, and the po
lice were reported to have even furth
er developments "up their sleeves" in
their crusade for law enforcement un
der the prohibition regime.
The trial of Aust took place in the
Mayor's court at noon when a number
of witnesses were heard as to the al
leged illegal transactions carried on
by Aust in conducting the club at
Water and Market streets. He was
represented by Louis Goodman, Esq.,
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that several days ago he went to the
Riverside Pleasure Club and bought
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j -stock, paying Aust, the secretary and
j manager, 75 cents for the same. Pay-
,ment wag made with a d0lar out 0f
which Aust gave him 25 cents change.
For deliverjn? tlle liquor to stock.
r was a ch against Johnson
also, but this was not pushed yester-
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day. Johnston's statement as to the
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Puhase was corroborated by Stock
tov &om ho obtained the liquor.
and a member of the club, who was
arrested Sunday evening on a charge
of drunkenness and who failed to ap-
"ear on Tuesday, being later arrested
n a capias. Hoffa stated that as a
member of the club he filled out an
order for liquor and placed it in the
hands of Manager Aust, later return-
g and finding the liquor in his lock-
er. However, he had not paid for the
liquor but the amount was charged to
ness had not paid him a cent for the
pint of whiskey which he received and
which was represented to him to be
for a sick man.
city Attorney Bellamy argued thai
then? was probable cause and asked
to day at noon. The negro was locked
T)olice station. T, ive wltneM.
eg have been summoned to testify for
the State. Mr. Harris claims that he
had made out a combination order to
ai mr.il order house for some of the
nfrees Employ d at the stables and
not conscious that he was violat
ing the Irw. The -State claims that it
- ni :e al:e f r show that payment for
he r.rtlrv t off for the mployes
w.j-'.-. rot made until after the packages
:had hter. delivered and the defendant
come under the law prohibiting
persons from acting as agents for oth-
ers in ordering liquor. City Attorney
Marsd-:n Bellamy has been employed
to prosccuto the cases,
Tne young man Johnson, principal
witness against Aust in the Riverside
.treasure uiud case, is neia ior tne
Superior Court as a witness under
1100 bond which he had not been able
, to give last night and was committed
j in default. It is expected that he will
! he able to f urnish the bond today.
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Ladles
Out new Spring Oxfords and Pumps
are here. Call and examine them.
Hewlett & Price. '
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