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1 . ' . 1 v -V Subscription Terms: One Year by MalI......6.W- The Morning7 Star Oldest Daily Newspaper In the State.. Largest circulation of any Wilmington Pager. Six Months by Mai I.... $3. 1XA Three Month by Mail 11.50 e VOL. LXXXIV-Nfcg52. VTLMTJSTGTON, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1909. WHOLE NO. 18,102. OF WOMEN AFFAIRS IN MM 'Ml fir BANKERS IN GHIGAGO TAFT IN CHICAGO RICHEST Postal Saving's Banks and Guaranty of Deposits Not in Favor. PIERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT Uniforn? Taxation is Urged Oklahoma State Supervisor Contradicted in Several of His Statements. Other Notes. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Chicago, Sept. 16. Not a voice was raised today in defense of the postal sayings bank plan in the sessions of the American Bankers' Association convention, nor was there a word ut tered in favor of guaranty of deposits of State or National hanks. Informal reports in speeches and in impromptu remarks both ideas were repeatedly scored by the assembled bankers, who were apparently of one mind in the two remedies offered for the relief of" the financial conditions. The morning sessions of the saving bank, section- opened with an address of welcome by Henry S. Henschen, of Chicago, who led the attack on the postal savings bank by declaring that if the good of the country demanded that the experience of trusted and in telligent men as custodians turnel over to third and fourth class post masters, the bankers would acquiesce, but that "if the welfare of the country did not demand such action the bank ers would protest in no uncertain tones." President George M. Reynolds, the head of the Bankers' Association, con gratulated the savings bank section on its steady opposition to the postal sav ings bank idea. i A new note was injected into the proceedings by E. L. Robinson; of Bal timore, who, in remarks on the "De partment of Mercy" emphasized the help which savings banks could be to depositors by advising them and tending to give them sympathy and eflfouragement. - James P. Helm, of Louisville, Ky., reported an exhaustive "analysis of the varying conditions of taxation 31 bank capitalization in the different States and urging the passage of a law, mak ing the rate of taxation uniform. Com ment was made by several of the bank ers on the bank guaranty law and its effect in Oklahoma in direct contra diction to the praise of State 'Super visor Young, of Oklahoma, at the meeting of bany supervisors early in the week. " jT Without a dissenting voice the nom inating committee of the association named for president of the associa tion Lewis E. Pierson, president of the Irving National Exchange Bank of New York; for vice president, F. O. Watts, president of the First National Bank of Nashville. At the meeting of the Secretaries of the State bank association W. F. Kes er, of Sedalia, Mo., was re-elected pres ident, and N. P. Gatling, of Lynchburg, Va., first vice president. WILL MANUFACTURE TOBACCO. Independent Company Organized at Reidsvi lie $50,000 Paid. in. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Reidsville, N. ., Sept. 16. The or ganization of the A. H. Motley Compa ny, which was chartered some days ago for the purpose of manufacturing smoking and chewing tobacco, was perfected here today. The authorized capital stock is $100,000, of which 5o0,000 has been paid in. Operations will begin at once. OUTLINES. President - Taft, on his 13,000 mila tour, reached Chicago yesterday and was acclaimed by enthusiastic thous ands. He delivered a notable naddress - The will of E. H. Harriman leaves his vast fortune of $75,000,000 to $100, 000,000 to Mrs. E. H. Harriman, who us becomes the world's richest wo yan. it is believed that he also has ft fortunes to his children and rea ves. The will evades the income tax jMr. L. A. Carr, of Durham, .'-promi-citizen and banker, died yester- tih Governor Johnson rallied from difficult operation which he under went Wednesday, but his condition Yesterday was still serious The JJntract for the building of the Win-Jton-Salem section of the Southbound mroad was let yesterday to Luck & of Roanoke, Va. At the bank- convention in Chicago yesterday the ftOSf.al QQ-rinoro tQn1r on I trna-no-n- v 1 bank deposits idea was not in fa wti Pierson was elected president itnout opposition Commander riv V says tnat Dr- Coot must submit claims to discovers of the Pole ".an unbiased arbitration and makes t; 2 'apology for his "gold brick" denun- duon previously uttered New 2 dmorkets: Money on call firm taj? hii? 9 oP!r cent- rulinS rate 3, 'clos 10 no!!2 4' offered at 3; spot, cotton flour nil?lgr' sing quiet at 12.80; "Gear , " j i vflt!? ?,rm'.No- 2 red 1.10 nominal ele afloat- on ed L12 nominal f. o. i. inai l;11 firm, No. 2 old 78 1-2 iiom- ina OT' and 79 !-2 delivered nom- nominal 17 67 1-2 f- O. b.. afloat Pentme qmet 60 1-2, rosin steady; Crowds Fought to Get a Glimpse of Chief Executive. WELCOME WAS ENTHUSIASTIC President Witnessed National League Ball Game With 30,000 Specta tors Notable Address at Great Mass Meeting. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Chicago, Sept. 16. President Taft during a stay of 12 eventful hours in Chicago today plunged with a will in to the long programme of enter taining .that awaits him on his long Western and Southern itinerary. . With perfect weather and crowds that, fairlv foii&ht. to catah a srlimDSe of e chief Executive this, the first ' city to be visited, set a high mark of enthusiastic welcome to the President. From the moment he stepped off the rear platform of his private car until he retired late tonight on board the train which will take him to Milwau kee tomorrow morning, the Presi dent's journeyings of 30 miles or more over the city's streets and parkways led him through lanes of massed hu manity that would be kept open with the greatest difficulty. Beginning with an automobile trip in review of 150,000 school children four deep on either side of the park boulevards, the President's day was replete with incident. He attended and spoke briefly at a luncheon at the Commercial Club, viewed an exhibi of ambitious plans for the improve ment 1 and beautification of Chicago attended the regular National League baseball game between Chicago's champion "Cubs" and the famous New York "Giants"; dined quietly with the Hamilton Club at the Congress Hotel ; made a notable address to a mass meeting in Orchestra Hall this even- ling and as a finale attended for a few minutes ythe ball , of the American Bankers' Association at the Audito rium. Mr. Taft was; ' deeply impressed by the greeting of the school children each one of whom waved an American flag and sang: and cheered as he pass ed. At the National League grounds this afternoon the President saw his biggest baseball crowd. More than 30,000 people were present. The Pres ident sat "in one of the open sections of the double decked stand and tho roughly enjoyed a brilliant game in which the two greatest pitchers of the league Mathewson, of New York, and Brown, of Chicago faced each other. New York won but the crowd had some compensation in cheering the President who remained to the end and waved a farewell to the throngs, President Taft, when he first reach ed the park, went down on the field and shook hands- with the members of both teams. Proceeding then to the reserved section stand he held an im nromDtu recemion during which he met "Pop" Anson, the famous old Chi cago player; Garry Hermann, presi dent of the National Baseball Com mission, and John E. Heydler, presl dent of the National League. Charles W. Murphy, president of the Chicago club, was with the President during part of the game. "Texas" Reilly, the editor of the San Antonio Light and Gazette, who rode all the way. from San Antonio to Chicago to present a formal invitation to Mr. Taft to" .visit -that city, also met the President at the ball game. He was in typical cowboy costume and had reached Chicago on a horse from the Taft ranch in Texas only this morning. The President assured Mr Reilly that he was looking forward with much' pleasure to his visit to San Antonio. Secretary of War Dickinson sat at the President's right, Governor De neen atjhis left and General Freder ick D. Grant just in front. Mr. Taft received many hearty cheers from the baseball enthusiasts, especially when he stood up with the rest of the "fans" at the beginning of the "lucky seventh". Although the inning brought only a blank for the home club, the crowd appreciated the President's good intentions. Once during the game Mr. Taft was asked by one of his party: "Mr. Pres ident, whom are you for, Chicago or New York?" ' ' , "I'm for inijuiBi.,, declared the President with, an anxious look at tha score board which showed a 3 to 3 tie between Cincinnati and Pittsburg in the seventh inning. But just then the score board boy marked up four for Pittsburg in the eighth and two in the ninth and the President declared amid' laughter that he was dumb founded. . REV. DR. MiLTON RESIGNS. New Rector of St. JameS Leaves Pres- idencv of EDiscopal Body. -. (Special to Baltimore Sun.) Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 14: At a meeting of the standing committee of the Southern Diocese of Virginia of the Episcopal Church here today, Dr. W H. Milton, - formerly of Roanoke, but now of Wilmington, N. C, resign-, ed as president and Rev. E. R. Carter, of this city, was elected to the vacan cy on : the committee and : Dr. W. A. tterr . mrhn "has a call under considera tion to go to New Orleans, was made president, v . COMMANDER ROBERT E. PEARY. Declared in Labrador yesterday that Dr. Cook was expected by the world to submit to an impartial tribunal, or board of arbitration, a state ment of his alleged discovery of the North Pole, the sooner the better, the challenge being emphatic and with no apologies for his expression that Dr. Cook had given the world a "gold brick." FLAG WILL SHIELD STRIKERS American Steel Workers at Schoen villeWill Return to Work Today. Foreigners Warned Not to I nterfere--Expect Trouble. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Pittsburg, Sept. 16. With the Amer ican flag" at the head of their column, the American workmen employed in the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in Schoenville will fall into line at 6:15 o'clock , tomorrow morning and march to the works. Since the Amer lean and foreign strikers have split the Americans have decided to return to work as they are satisfied with con ditions in the car plant since the strike was declared off last week. Throughout the strike district the Americans made it known to the for eign strikers that if insult was offered to the flag the offender would be shot dead. It is accepted that the majority of the marchers in tomorrow morn ing's union labor parade will go armed. The announcement late today that the Americans would return to work was met with defiance from the for eign strikers, who threatened to stop all attempts of persons to resume work inside their car plant stockade. It is generally believed, however, that the foreigners will not have the courage to carry out their threat. A spirit of unrest hovers about Mc- Kee's Rocks tonight but the strong force of deputies on uuard are able, it is said, to cope with any violence lia ble to break out. Violence and disorder, such as char acterized the last trouble marked the new strike today at the. plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company. A large number of men were roughly handled, street cars were compelled- to stop running between McKees Rocks and Schoenville and within a few hours after day light everything was at a standstill. The strikers, to the num ber of several thousand, were station ed at the O'Donovan Bridge and along Nichol avenue and George street, the scene of the fatal riot August 22nd. The present strike had its inception yesterday when the foreign workmen quit their positions, alleging that men mported during the last strike, were being retained as bosses. Since the settlement of the strike a week ago a majority of the foreigners have affiliated themselves with the In dustrial Workers of the World. Lead ers of' this organization say the men will return to work when assured they will be given fair treatment. MEN HAD FATAL .FIGHT Fought on - High -Furnace Keith Knocked Off and Killed. (By Wire to The Morning Star.) Roanoke, Va., Sept. 16. William Keith isdead at Puaski, Va,, as the re sult of a fight he had today witn Thomas Gregory. Gregory and, Keith quarreled while at work on a tipple at an Iron furnace. Gregory, hit Keitn on the head with a shovel knocking him off the tipple. Keith fell 20 feet and died from his Injuries. - Lynhaven Bay oysters on half shell at. J. W Bennett's Cafe. . , se lfi-4t. ' '' CHALLENGE TO DR. COOK Commander Peary Says Rival Claims Must be Submitted o Arbitra tion No Apologies for "Gold Brick." V (By Cable to the Morning Star.) Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. 16. (Via Marconi Wireless Telegraphy to Cape Ray, N. F.) Commander Robt. E. Peary declared today that Dr. Cook was expected by the world to submit to an impartial tribunal, or board of arbitration, a revised and authentic signed statement of his alleged dis covery of the Pole. Dr. Cook would soon reach the Unit ed States, Commander Peary said, and he was glad at the prospect of the matter being submitted for con sideration at an early date. It shoulds be done inside of a couple of weeks, and when it wa done, the commander declared, he was prepared to turn over to the board of arbitration, to the pub lie and to scientific bodies an array of testimony which would disprove Dr. Cook's claims for all time Continuing, the explorer said that he had stated in a private message to a friend that Dr. Cook had given the world a "gold, brick". This message had been allowed to leak out, and while he would have preferred a more elegant expression, he was willing now to let these words stand because they were at least emphatic. The ex plorer said also that he . would turn over to a competent tribunal and the public certified copies of his own ob servations made on his trip to the pole, with all other information bear ing thereon. Peary does not care to exhibit these records at the present time, for the. reason that the informa ion contained therein, If divulged in advance of he placing on file of Dr. Cook's authorized and definite state ment, might be of advantage to the Cook partisans. It is rumored here that Commander Peary's brief will contain sensational statements and that a portion of his document wasi prepared at long ago as the early months of 1908, when let ters were received from Dr. Cook in Greenland saving notice that he in tended to make a dash for the pole. Commander Peary dwelt particular ly upon the observations taken at the anex of th world, and the move ments of Harry Whitney, the sports man of New Haven, Conn., who has been described as the bearer of rec ords substantiating Dr. Frederick A. Cook's claim to have reached the Pole April 21, 1908. Asked how Harry Whitney, happen ed to remain in the north Commander Peary said Mr. Whitney was one of a party of sportsmen who went as pas sengers on board the -steamer Erik. At:Etah, where It was determined to land a party and supplies for the re lief of Dr. Cook, particularly In view of the fact that Dudolph Franke was being- invalided home, Whitney asked if he might remain on the station to hunt walrus and polar bear in the Spring and make a trip to Ellesmere Land with Eskimos after musk oxen. This was; decided on. In order to pro vide' (against the' contingency of the Roosevelt not- coming, down. . from the north in the Summer of 1909 in-which event he would he obliged to remain In the Arctic for two years. Mr. Whit ney made arrangements " for a ship to Mr. Harriman Left 'His Vast Fortune to Wife. ESTIMATED AT $100,000,000 Magnate's Will Embraced Hundred! Brief Words Believed That He Left Additional Fortunes t o . Children Income .Tax. (By Wire to The Morning Star.) New York, Sept. 16. A ' hundred brief words, weighted each with ap- proximately $1,000,000 and containing in their entirety the last testament of E. H. Harriman. make his widow. Mary Averell Harriman, one of the wealthiest women in the world. It is perhaps the briefest will on record for the disposal of an estate of such magnitude. All his property is left to Mrs; Harriman. Wall Street estimates that Mrs. Har riman will inherit in reality and per sonal property between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000. Mr. Harriman's private fortune is supposed to have been, greater than this by many millions, but there is reason to believe that his unmarried daughters, Mary and Carol his married daughter, Mrs. Rober Livingstone Gerry, and his two sons .' William Avereii ana Koiana, a ooy ot fourteen, together with his serving sister, Mrs. Simons, and other rela tives, have all been welt provided for by gifts out of hand and trust funds set aside by Mr. Harriman during his lifetime The will is dated June 8, 1903, and is witnessed by Charles A. Peabody. president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, who drew it, and C. C. Teg- etho Mr. Peabody was Mr. Harriman's close personal friend and was fre quently; a caller at Arden House dur ing his . last illness. He relinquished a law practice commonly estimated as $100,000 a year to assume at a small er, salary the executive direction of a company in which Mr. Harrimari was heavily interested. Mr. Tegethoff was Mr. Harriman's personal secretary, Mrs. Harrimon was Miss Mary Aver ell, daughter of Wl J. .Averell, wealthy banker of Rochester, N. Y., who made his money in the Rome, Wa tertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company. She brought her husband financial aid in his early struggles in the market when aid was most valua ble to him. He never needed it again, for his administrative ability soon won him the support of Kuhri, Loeb & Co., the National City Bank and the power of the Standard Oil clique. Their 36 years of married life, it has always been said, were ideally happy. On Mrs. Harriman's shoulders will now rest the management of the 43,000 acres of woodland, pasture land and fertile, black bottoms In the Ramapo Valley, and on the steep sides of Tow er Hill; the completion of the great house, on which its master had already lavished $2,500,000 without living to see it finished; and those plans of pub lie benefaction parks and forest re servations which it is known that Mr. Harriman cherished, though ha makes no mention of them in his will. If the estate measures up to expecta tion, Mrs. Harriman, according to com mon estimation here, is the wealthiest woman in the world. Mrs. Hettie Green's hqldirigs have been estimated at $40,000,000; those of Mrs. Frederick Courtland Penfield, who ws Ann Weightman, of Philadelphia, at $80, 000,000 and those of Mrs. Russell (Sage at a like amount. The will was filed today with surro gate of Orange county, N. Y., at Gos hen. It was pointed out at" Goshen to day, that by making no bequests to children or relatives, Mr. Harriman avoided the large share of the enor mous inheritance tax, which, under the laws of the State of New York would otherwise be Imposed. Mr3. Harriman's dower rights are subject to no tax whatever, and the remaining two-thirds of the estate to a tax of only one per cent. Orange county is the home of mil lionaires and the county clerks hold i many important wills. That of James : S. (Silent) Smith. for; example. Which I disposed of $25,000,000 paid an inher!- ton with the Raleigh Merchants' As tance tax of $923,495.55, the largest sociation on the plea that the exist on record at Goshen. Jence of the two separate commercial organizations merely weakens the ef Jfort that the united business forces of come up for him this Summer. the city should put forth in the fur- Asked if Dr. Cook was aware that j therance of the interests of the city. Whitney expected a ship and what his j That no enlisted men of the North reasons could have been for not re- Carolina National Guard are entitled turning to the United States on that to be placed 6n the pay rolls for at- vessel li !ue wantea w gv lku;&, vu- mander Peary said he did not know. - All the members of Commander Peary's party agree that the far North has a mysterious fascination for them and thekr say they would like to go back. - Prof. McMillan declared today that the Eskimo language is not confined to a few hundred words, as he had been led to suppose, but that it pro bably contained a thousand words at least."--.. ; v' .'"V,-' .v':.-- " Never before has a towel of the size and quality been sold for 6c on sale Saturday at Gaylord's. , se 17-2L Novel Question of Go verhor' s Jurisdiction Over T)mA Man's Affair. SEVERAL PARDONS GRANTED Wilmington Motor Car Comoanv In. corPorated Commercial Bodies May Consolidate National Guard Orders. (Special Star Correspondence.) Rafeigh, N. C, Sept. 16. The novel question of the right of the Governor of North Carolina to pardon a dead man is put squarely up to Governor Kitchin In a case from a western county and Governor Kitchin has ap pealed to Attorney General Bickett for an opinion. The ruling of the attorney general has not been given but it is under stood that he has taken the position that the dead man is "not within he jurisdiction of the Governor of North Carolina. The history of the case seems to be that a fine and costs ag gregating something over $100 was entered against a defendant in , this western county Superior Court and a friend, now declared to be all too poor to bear such a loss, was accepted as surety for the payment of the fines and costs. Soon thereafter the de fendant died and now the demands of law enforcement are constraining the county officials to require ; the poor surety to pay up for the dead man. The Superior Court judge was appeal ed to and said he was powerless un less the deceased defendant wasi par doned, but that in that event he could remit the fine and costs as against the surety. The Governor was appealed to and returned an answer that he did not consider the question of a par don for the dead man involved and taking the ground that the judge could simply make an error In the case, relieving the surety from pay ment. The judge has reiterated his position that the Governor could and must pardon before he as judge could grant any relief. Then tb,e Gov ernor appealed to the Attorney Gene ral with the result that this legal arm of the State government declares it as his opinion in the. light of the law has no jurisdiction over the dead man. Governor Kitchin today granted five pardons and refused five. All are con ditioned on good behavior. J. G. Rose, serving three years for forgery in Or is nge, is pardoned because of good record and faulty intelligence: Jake Rhodes, two years for larceny in Gas ton, on account of youth and suffi cient punishment: W. H. Blackwood, ten months for selling whiskey in Dur ham, because a cough is believed by the county physician to indicate incip ient tuberculosis, he having lost 39 pounds within the period of i ten months imprisonment; Frank Carter. four months in Mecklenburg, for non- support, at request of wife on condi tion that he go to his home end sup port nis family; Joe Keffler, 30 days for vagrancy by the mayor of New Hjll, at the request of friends who vouch for him. The Governor states that he is a young Hebrew a bov looking for work. The pafdons refused were M. B. Brickman, ten months in Forsyth, for selling liquor; Rube Peterson, Yancoy, seven years for. second degree mur der; A. S. Jackson, sentenced to death for burglary and commuted to life im prisonment in 1901: C. L. Bricefield. five years for forgery in Iredell coun ty; Gus Rountree, 12 months for lar ceny in Craven, and J. L. Smith. 25 years for murder in Robeson; The Wilmington Motor Car Co.. capital $25,000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed by L. H. Simmons. A. L. Council, E. W. VanDuzen and others received a charter today. Another charter was to The Runnymede Mills' No. 3, Wilson, capital $62,000 by the Runnymede Mills and a number of capitalists of Tarboro. Other charters are to the Tarboro Knlttlns: Mills. $10,000 capital by H. T. Bryan and others, and Whitted-White Co. (Inc.) Charlotte, capital $125,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed by T. B. Whit- ted, F. H. White and others for gen eral electric, cotton milling and other machinery supplies.. uv. Jriuoerx a. Koyster, wno nas been elected president of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is setting on foot a movement looking to the consolidation of this drganlza- tenomg tne drills of their respective companies unless they actually parti cipate in the drills for the whole hour and a half that the regulations pre scribe and that these drills continue is the ruline made In General Order No. '17 just issued by Adjutant General Armfleld. . There is also a general ordef giving the names of the officers and men of the several companies of the Guard who made marksmen, records in the " taget practices at the encampments the past Summer and stating that the official badges sea marksmen will be provided by the War. Department in accordance with the regulations,1,: : ..." l : '"v"'-: f ' -'. f ' ..' j V ."::;.! A -. ... - ' V "... . m Ml "' ,''"' - : t .Vt' .