The morning Star. The Morning Star Subscription Term: One Year by Mall $6.00 8ix Months by Mall 93.00 Three Months by Mail flAQ Oldest Daily Newspaper in the State. Largest circulation of any Wilmington Paper. VOL. LXXXIV-NQ. 84. " WILMINGTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30.1909, WHOLE NO. 13,034. CORPORATION IBf"? 3ILS LOVED HER SLAYER THE WRIGHTS FAILED! m president Taft's Revenue Scheme Taken up By Senate. ALDRIGH CAUGHT IN TRAP Unwittingly Declared That He Favor ed Tax on Corporations to De feat Income Tax Tillman's Tea Tax Defeated. Seller of Spurious Cleveland Letter Now Charged With Kidnapping. Penalty for Crime is Life Term in Penitentiary. - (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Washington, June 29. With the tar iff schedules disposed of and the door locked against the present intrusion of amendments upon them, the Sen ate today finally entered upon the consideration of the income and cor poration tax questions as connected with the tariff bill. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York, June 29. Although Broughton Brandenburg was acquitted here today of the charge of grand lar ceny in connection with the sale of an alleged spurious letter of Grover Cleveland to the New York Times, he had only a few minutes of freedom. Before leaving the court room he was re-arrested and will be taken to St. Louis next week for trial on a charge James Mrs. Edith May Woodill In- New Aeroplane Refused to f atuated With East- man. Ascend at Fort Myer Yesterday. si ... HAD KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS SEVERAL ATTEMPTS MADE Technicalities do Not Xyail Maj. Breese and Others Charged With Wrecking Institution Trial Set for July 26th. LEVY TO THE RESCUE Letter in lll-Fated Young Woman's Orvililb Wright Able to Make ShCrt of kidnapping his step-son, Shepard Cabanne, 3rd. The maximum Handwriting Couched in Most Sentimental Language. Latest Developments. FSght- Lack of Power Cause df Trouble Aviators Confi- i9L --: . ' dent of Success. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) St. MirhflPls Air) Tuno 9Q Tlio penalty for kidnapping in Missouri isfeelings entertained by Mrs. Edith life imprisonment. The author was . xtao-j- w uuuiu wwarus ner siayer, "Lame Bob" Eastman, were indicated taken back to the Tombs in default of $5,000 bail to await the arrival of the Missouri officers. The verdict of acquittal on the grand larceny charge was reached within a few minutes after the presid ing Justice had charged the jury that While the Senate was more than the question of genuineness of Cleve four hours in formally coming to the 1 land's letter was immaterial and that question of the taxation of incomes, the subject received more or less inci dental attention while the tea provi sion was under consideration and it was during that stage of the proceed ings that the most interesting occur rence of the day took, place. This was the announcement of the real at titude of Chairman Aldrich, of the Fi nance Committee, towards the corpo ration tax provision, which he had in troduced at the instance of the Presi dent. It had for some time been whisper ed around the Senate corridors that the Rhode Island Senator had become an advocate of a tax on the earnings j of corporations as the most effective means of defeating a general income even the question of the genuineness of the article was only a. secondary consideration. The primary conside: ration, he told them, was whether the defendant had stolen $500, the price paid for the article, from the New York Times. They must acquit the defendant, he continued, if they found that the Times had not relied on Bran denburg's statements as to the genu ineness of the article, but had relied rather on the reputation of F. S. Has tings, one of the Cleveland executors, whom they consulted before purchas ing the article. The extradition papers for Branden burg's transfer to St. Louis are now in the hands of Governor Hughes, at Albany. It is expected that they will reach New York tomorrow. The kid- i,5ii v . af ' ro I napping, which Brandenburg admits, Ulll UUl C V CU. IUC OCLlttLUlS luiiuuaicu I , i oecurrea suuitiy anci the writer jumped his bail while nder indict ment for the sale of the Cleland ar ticle. He was found in San Francisco with the Caanne boy, whom he had picked up in St. Louis. spoke very cautiously on the subject. Mr. Aldrich himself today removed the injunction of secrecy by stating his own position, which was in ac cordance with the rumors. He spoke in response to a question from Sena tor Clay and in so many words con fessed his advocacy of the corporation tax as a means of defeating the in come tax. He added another reason, nt or twn thrp woTiiH jw, d- (Special Star Correspondence.) HOME COMING AT ANTIOCH Three Thousand People Expected at Presbyterian Church in Robeson. ficit in the treasury receipts which he was willing to have made good by the income that would result from the proposed corporation tax. With this service performed, he thought the law could and would be materially mo dified if not entirely repealed. This frank declaration from the Rhode Island Senator was seized upon by the Democrats as a confession that the corporation tax is a mere subter fuge to destroy the income tax, and they were not slow in "playing up" the development. Mr. Aldrich denied, however, that he had intended to char acterize the corporation tax as a sub terfuge and defended it as a legiti mate means of raising revenue Antioch. N. C. June 29. Three thousand people are expected at Antt och Presbyterian Church, here in Rob eson county, at a big home-coming planned for July 3rd and to which a iarge number of invitations have h&en issued. Six ministers who have gone out from this church are expected, Rev. J. A. Smith, of Wilmington, be ing the oldest of these. The exercises begin at 9:45 A. M. with devotional exercis-es by Rev. M. B- McLauchlin, followed at 10 A. M. by the address of welcome by Rev. W. T. Walker and response by Hon. D. P. McEachern. At 10:15 A. M. them will be an ad dress on the "Life and Work of Hec tor McLean" by Dr. H. G. Hill and at Whpn trip income tax auestion was 11 A. M. the "Life and Work of Rev formallv taken un. Senator Lodge j J. G. Conoly," by Rev. C. E. Hodgin moved as a substitute for Senator Bai ley's straight income tax proposition, a measure providing for countervail ing duties against countries imposing duties on articles exported to the United States. Mr. Aldrich immedi ately moved the corporation tax pro vision as an amendment to the Lodge measure, thus giving the corporation tax the position of a "third degree' amendment, beyond which no further amendments can be offered in the Sen ate. Senator Flinty who will have charge of the corporation tax provision in the Senate, spoke at some length in- expla nation of the provision and was fol lowed by Senator Dixon who advocat ed the retention of the inheritance tax provision in preference to any of the income tax measures. Senator Flint expressed the opinion that at the rate or 2 per cent, on the net earnings of the corporations of the country the revenues would be augmented to the extent of $40,000,000 or $50,000,000. (Continued on Page Eight.) Antioch's Past" will be the subject of an address by Rev. J. A. Smith, of Wilmington. The numbers will be in terspersed by music and shortly after noon dinner will be served on the grounds. The afternoon session wilfopen at 2:30 P. M. with devotional exercises by Rev. H. M. Dixon, followed by ad dresses on "Antioch's Present,' by Rev. W. C. Brown and "Antioch's Fu ture," by Prof. Nixon. "The Present Day Call to Christian Service and the Gospel Ministry" will be the subject of a closing address by K. M. Barnes. A MURDER IN ATLANTA. OUTLINES. A bill is pending in the Georgia Legislature with the purpose of ex cluding negroes from employment by railroads as firemen and trainmen Near Adrian, Ga., yesterday, Robert Jenkins, a negro, who last week shot - white farmer and his wife, was rid dled by a sheriff's posse In the Senate yesterday the corporation tax scheme of President Taft was taken up and Senator Aldrich acknowledged ho- an nsrlv wound, and two others, that he favored it in order to defeat j fire& . m quick succession penetrating the income tax. Senator Tillman's Williams' body, death resulting almost proposed tax of 10 cents a pound on insta.ntlv. Bain was locked up. He tea was defeated In New York yes- i-iaim self-defense. Bitter Feeling Caused Tragedy in In surance Office Victim. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Atlanta, Ga., June 29. Donald M. Bain, aged 68, shot and killed Ernest G. Williams, aged 35, a fellow employe in an insurance office, at 5 o'clock this afternoon in a room pn the third floor of the Prudential Building, in which both occupied desks. Charles B. Beardsley, the only eye witness, was shot4n the arm by Bain, accidentally. The shooting was the result of ill feeling between Bain and Williams of more than a year's standing. This morning some heated words passed between them and this afternoon the quarrel was renewed wMle the two men were alone in the office. As Mr. Beardsley came in from an adjoining nce. room, Bain began nrmg, tne nrst snox striking Beardsley in tne arm, innict- in a letter signed "Edith", parts of which were found in the bungalow of the murderer and suicide last Satur day. The missive, which is in Mrs. Woodill's handwriting and couched in most sentimental language, was pre sumably sent to Eastman. It not only indicates a warm attachment for the man but seems to prove that she had known him at least a year. On the same paper in Eastman's handwriting is the following: "Little Dear: I cannot leave after our short; of bliss. With the' com ing of you and parting ever before me, if we meet in the unknpwn lets con tinue the blissful times that we spent here. I am with you in every thought." The letter signed "Edith' 'contains the following passages: "Is the iron immodest when it creeps through the loadstone and clings to its side? Is the seed immo dest when it sinks into the ground with budding life? Is -the cloud bold when it softens into rain and falls to earth because it has no other choice or is it brazen when it nestles on the bosom of heaven's arched dome and sinking into the blue black infinity ceases to be itself? "Is the human soul immodest, when drawn by a force it cannot resist, it seeks a stronger soul which absorbs its ego as the blue sky absorbs a float ing cloud and as the warm earth swells the sea, as the magnet draws the iron? ifjdo not feel myself to be bold or wrong or 'in myself for drifting tow ard you as I do. I would not feel my self wrong to go straight to you to morrow. "There is ever and always some hu man soul to love and trust us, and whose confidence we would not alter. We are not of our own making and our lives belong to another, Brahma, who rules and is wise. 4 "As one who was unconcerned and in every line of it and I read only the same adoration that a year's absence would not shadow. "And the wonder comes to me that you did not, could not, understand. Surely a life such as yours brings time understanding; you must know lewd from the modest, the untrue from the true. "Dream of you, did I say? Long for you would be better, for every heart beat seems to cry out against the enormity of the crime that makes me no longer yours. All the best in eve rything seems only to exist because of you, and for you. "I hate existence away from you. Why do men dare to lift up their voices against the blessed art in oth ers, which is but a greater, stronger, warmer spark of God's soul than they possess, or can lessen the. understand ing we have one for the other, and no difference can make us forget? "Remember me always, as you lov ed me best, and, though were you a a bandit a. anything my heart would beat in responsiveness to yours. "Thine but asks instead, 'wilt thou be mine?' Love, by time one has grown to know its significance, has usually been made a degenerate thing; that is hard to recognize. "Are we not blessed and know that no happiness can ." Two letters written by Eastman were found on his body. One of them was addressed to George Taylor, sta tion agent at McDaniel and told of the killing along the same lines as contained in the letter to his wife. It reads : "Mr. Taylor Enclosed find $10 to cover my indebtedness to you. I be lieve it ample. If not, will send differ- O&y Wn-e to the Morning Star.l ... Washington, D. C, June 29 After makftSg three unsuccessful efforts to get Ms new aeroplane into air today, Orville Wright made a shortAjghi", encircling the Fort Myer aeHpp Lack of power, due tola kKJSflf spark control, was finally determined upon ;by the two Wrights as the cause for the refusal of the machine to fly for more than, a few hundred feet beyond the end of the starting place. "A flying machine is like a horse" said Wilbur Wright after the trial. "If its new you have to get used to it before it will go just as you want it to. You have to learn its peculiari ties, yi am glad we learned what the trouble is and after a few more trials you will see some fun." There was hardly a breath of air when the machine was taken out of its shed and placed on the starting track shortly after 5 o'clock. The motor was given a test and it worked very smoothly. Everything being in readi ness, Wilbur Wright and Taylor the mechanic, each stationed himself at one of the propellers, ready to turn it, likg "cranking' an automobile. Or ville Wright turned on the ignition and his brother and the mechanic gave the propellers a twist. The latter whirled around at a great rate as or ville took his place in the operators seat. Wilbur stationed himself at the end of the aeroplane and ran along with it when Orville ' released the weight, which pulls it down the track and gives it momentum. The machine' rose as soon as It left the rail but appeared to be able to mount into the air. but a few feet. The right wing veered towards the gpjfid and struck the earth at -sit& tip. The machine was swung com pletely around. Orville quickly stop ped the motor. It was found that the canvas at the tip of the wing had been torn slightly by scraping on the ground. After the canvas had been repaired the machine was returned to the starting rail. It had traveled about 200 feet. "I didn't have enough poower," ex plained Orville "Besides the wind is coming from behind me. There was a slight movement of the air from the north, but it was scarcely noticed. At 6:30 the machine started again and the first mishap was repeated, with the exception that this time the left wing scraped the ground. The machine was returned to a third trial and the crowd cheered lustfily. Wilbur contended that the weight was not sufficient in front and he gave an illustration of his ingenuity by at taching a rather heavy vice on one of the skids, forward of the machine, and ah iron clamp on the opposite side. Orville stuck to his theory that the power was not sufficient- The third attempt was even less successful, the machine refusing to rise at all. The power was increased before the machine was brought back for a fourth attempt. At 7:45 on the final trial, the ma chine rose to a height of about 15 or 20 feet. Shortly after it ascended from the ground it showed sighs of losing headway, but Orville kept on around the field, remaining in the air about fifty seconds and landing almost immediately in front of the starting track. As he stepped out he called to his mechanic. I found out this time what, the (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Asheville, N. C, June 28. In the U. S. District Court herfe Judge New man this morning overruled the mo tions made by counsel for Joseph E. pickerson, W. H. Penland and Major W. E. Breese to quash the indictment for conspiracy to wreck the old First National Bank of this city and set the Judge Newman s opinion in the case is very lengthy and covers eery con tention made by the1 defendants' coun sel. The defense based itft motion on two grounds, first, that the grand jury had not been properly drawn In that the venire had called merely for a jury, and, second, that the bill of in dictment had not been properly re turned to the court in that it. had been returned by the foreman alone and not by the whole body of the grand jury. The court found that the grand jury which returned the indictment against the defefcditots marked "true bill" was properly drawn, that the indictment was returned into open court with Judge Purnell, the presiding judge, on the bench; that the indictment was read by the presiding judge in' open session and handed to the clerk and properly entered in the record. Judge Newman drew a distinction between the manner of returning the bill of in dictment in the Breese case and the Reneger and Angle cases, which were cited during the hearing on the motion to quash, and said that the facts were materially different. Relative to the defendants making their fclea in apt time and the objec tions raised by the defendants, Judge Newman said: "The defendants knew, or ought to have known, as well when this indict ment was returned as ttiey know now how the bill was returned into court, yet they waited all these 12 years' to raise the question. I am very much inclined to think that the objection comes too late and I am satisfied in view of what occurred last July and what was considered by the defend ants under oath in the motion ' then made, that they are not entitled to be heard tq: m&ke their objection, in the 'inlr'Tn' Hfrafeft"'' lie Indictment - wag brought into court." NEGRO BISHOPS' COMPLAINT. Sailors Take Second of Ra leigh Series in Ten Inn- 'Vftf ' . . r ' si ."- "0-,.- . "5"'-'''. j-'C3L.W ing Contest. SCORE WAS FIVE TO FOUR Champs Apply the Brush Lavishly to Goldsboro Giants Subway Race Between Fayetteville and Rocky Mount Acute. y m i Results Yesterday. Wilminsrton 5. Raleich 4. Fayetteville 1, Rdcky Mount 9. Goldsboro 0, Wilson 10. Games Today. Wilmington at Raleigh. Wilson at Goldsboro. Rocky Mount at Fayetteville. Standing of the Clubs. Wilson Raleigh Commission Decided It Was Unwar ranted Privileges Insufficient. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Washington, June 29. Five African Methodist Episcopal church bishops, who complained to the Inter-State Commerce Commission that they were discriminated against by South ern railroads, and by the Pullman Company in transportation, dining car and sleeping car facilities have been informed by the Commission that their complaint was not warran ted. The bishops were Wesley J. Gaines, H. M. Turner, Evans Tyree, C. S. Smith and E. W. Hampton. Their complaint was directed against the Seaboard Air Line, the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, the South ern Railway, the Central of Georgia, and the Pullman Company. It was al leged that the day coaches furnished for negro passengers in the southeast ern States were not equal to those provided for white people; that ne groes were denied sleeping car accom modations and that they were refused food in the dining c:rs solely on ac count of their color. t the hearing of the case the com plaint as to the day coaches was aban doned in view of the weight of testi mony to the contrary: and with res pect to the dining car facilities the al legations were modified by concession. Most of the complainants and their witnesses testified that they actually did ride on sleeping cars Fayetteville . , Rocky Mount W. Ij. Pet. ...22 12 .647 ...21 14 .600 ...21 16 .568 ...18 20 .474 ...12 22 .353 ...12 22 .353 m It is held by the Commission that matter was, Charlie. The spark shakes j yndue discrimination or prejudice was back to zero. ' terday Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, was acquitted of sel hng a spurious Cleveland letter to the New York Times during the Presiden tial campaign In "British Columbia the chase of train robbers has result ed in the killing of one and the corral Jng of two others in a tunnel, where they will be captured or shot to death- The Wright Brothers failed to as cend in their new aeroplane at Fort Myer yesterday New York mar kets: Money on call' easy 1 3-4 to 2 Per cent., ruling rate 1 3-4, closing bid 1 7-8, offered at 2. Spot cotton quiet 12 cents. Flour firmly held. Wheat firm, No. 2 red old 1.47 elevator, and ;47 f. o. b. nominal. Corn steady iN;o. 2 old 81 1-2 in elevator. Oats steady, mixed 60 nominal. Turpentine steady. Rosin quiet. ANTI-NEGRO LEGISLATION. Bill In Georglai Legislature Against Negro Firemen. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Atlanta, G-a., June 29 The prepara tion of a bill to exclude negroes from employment as firemen and trainmen in this State was begun today by a committee representing the firemen and trainmen of the Georgia Railroad. The hill will be presented to the Georgia Legislature now in session. A bill has already been introduced In to the House requiring an educational test for negro firemen. Dancing Class at Lumina this afternoon from 4:00 to 5:06 P. M. . "Appearances are against me, but I had no hand in the tragedy. The poor little girl was practicing the art of hooking a fellow from another girl who was under the influence of wine and hit her three times with a full bottle of champagne. The four immediately left andt I re moved the evidence, of the crime and once more am making 'an effort to get bondsmen, for I don't want to get lock ed up. "But if not successful and I can not persuade all parties to come up and Wilbur seemed to regard the diffi culties encountered as rather amusing, and being Orville's "big brother" had a fey criticisms to make of him. Wil burg refuses to make any fights at Fort Myer saying that it is his broth er's job, but he does most of the "bossing" and most of the tinkering. Bishop Milton Wright, father of the two aviators, with their brother Reuch lin arrived at Fort Myer in time to see the tests. Tomorrow, it is "expect ed another flight will be attempted. HOUNDING TRAIN ROBBERS. One Killed and Two Took Refuge in Old Tunnel. -CBy Wire to the Mornlnr Star.) Winnipeg, Man., June 29. Detec tive Draper, of Spokane, with a pack of blood hounds has traced the Cana dian Pacific train bandits that held up ah .express train last week at Kam- leops into an old mining tunnel at Red take their medicine, why I will blow j Gulch, six miles east of Ash croft, off the top of my crazy head, and in that case I wish you would kindly see that all letters found on me are mail ed. (Signed.) "ROBBIE." July 1st. Is the beginning of the regular in terest period at the People's Savings Bank. Deposit with this bank now and you cSn draw your interest in three months. t ju 29-3t. British Columbia. Detective Draper has sent for help, as the two men trapped are heavily armed and show fight. One of the robbers was killed hy Constable Rucker yesterday. He wore clothes bought in Spokane. A valise full of dynamite was found in a iboat deserted by the robbers. Dancing Class of T.iimina Viic oftornnnn frrm 4. Oft fr j 5:00 P. M. not shown and the complaint there fore was dismissed. AFFAIRS AT A. & M. New Professor of Farm Work Bids Open For Barns. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, June 29 The trus tees of the A. & M. Coil-age today elected Ira O. Schaub, Class of 1900, to the position of prosessor n the department of college extension co operative farm work; also electel Mrs. Ella Harris, hospital matron. Bids were received for two farm harns to cost $6,500, one dairying, the other stock. They will be located just back of the agricultural building. PRI80NER LEFT COURT. Man Convicted at Roanoke and Offi cers Unable to Find Him. (By Wire to the Mornin? or Roanoke, Va., June 29. T. J. Bry ant, of Franklin county, on trial in the United States District cohrt here, Although it took ten Innings to turn the trick, the Wilmington Sailor lads won the second of the series from Raleigh yesterday afternoon by the score of five to four. Wysong was sent to the mound for the locals again on account of the sickness of "Rube" Howard, the third- member of the lo cals' pitching staff, but he went up in the air in the third when the Red Birds began bunting and Levy was sent in to rescue the team from ano ther bitter defeat, which he did in handsome style. Hemp, the very first man up, sin gled to left, was sacrificed by Nichols and took third on a passed ball, while Smith walked and stole second. With one down Brodie then sent a stinger down to left and Smith and Hemp crossed the marble, the side retiring when Levy forced Brodie at second and was out himself on a fast double. Hart, first, to face Wysong, fanned and Crozier ana Haas Were , out from fhe infield. Wilmington was out in order in the second ,and for Raleigh after Hoffman was out, second ' to first, Brumfeld was safe on error of short, was sacrificed by Dawson and scored on Wright's hit to right for two sacks, being out himself trying to stretch the double into a triple. It was one, two, three for Wilming ton in the third and Rowe opened Raleigh's half with a triple to centre, iscoring on Fulenweider's single to left; Hart hunted safely and Levy re lieved Wysong in the box; Crozier sacrificed and Haas hit to left for two bases, scoring Fulenweider and Hart; Hoffman (hit to short and was safe at first, Haas on third; Brum feld was up and Haas was out trying a squeeze play, Brumfeld going out, pitcher to first. With a lead of two runs for Raleigh, Smith opened the fourth by lacing out a triple to right and scored on Brodie's single immediately following; Levy flew out to first, Brodie was caught off first; Sharp singled to cen tre but was out trying second. Ra leigh was out in order in her half of the fourth. It was ditto for both teams in the fifth and Wilmington's half of the sixth. Raleigh's sixth was dangerous when Haas, first up, was hit by pitched ball and he was sacri ficed by Hoffman, but Brumfeld hit to Levy who killed Haas at third; Brumfeld stole second and Dawson was walked but Wright ended the hope by flying out to centre. Wilmington was up and down in order in the seventh and for Raleigh after Rowe was out, short to first, Fulenweider was safe on error of sec ond and was sacrificed by H"rt; Cro zier walked, but Haas flew to second. Both teams were tip and down in or der in the eighth and Wilmington tied the score in the ninth after Hemp and Nichols were out from the infield; Smith drew a pass and stole second with his comrade, Brodie, at bat; then the same Brodie lined a long one to right for two cushions and his pal crossed the rubber. Levy drew a pass but Sharp flew out to second. Raleigh was up and down in order in the ninth and the tenth came on. It looked sad when Jayes and Kite flew out, but lit tle Conn laced out a neat one to left and stole second; Hemp then hit to centre for two bases, scoring Conn and winning the game. Nichols flew out to left. Raleigh's half of the tenth was a pass for Hart, sacrifice by Crozier, but Hart was out trying to steal third; Haas singled to centre, but Hoffman flew out to left. The Tabulated Score. Wilmineton AB R H O Hemp, ss 5 Nichols, lb 4 charged with removing and concealing Brodie. cf 4 whiskey not bearing government stamps, walked out of the court room this evening when the jury filed in with a verdict of guilty. Marshals have not yet been able to locate Bryant. Dancing Class at Lumina this afternoon from 4:00 to 5:00 P. M. . 1 2 0 0 Smith, 3d 2 3 1 Brodie. cf 4 0 3 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Levy, rf, p 5 Sharp 2b 4 Jayes, If 4 Kite, c 4 Wysong p 1 Conn, rf 3 1 13 6 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 A 3 1 3 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals .36 5 8 30 16 1 (Continued on fourth page.) t- : '1M xttva

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