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VOL. LXXXV NO. 9;
PRESIDENT ENJOYS
VISITS III GEORGIA
Notable Banquet in His Honor
at Charleston Last
Night.
GUEST OF COLUMBIA TODAY
Pleased With
Features
Arranged by
Savannah People Witnessed
a
Serious
Accident Journey
Through Southland.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 5. Arriving
here at dusk this evening President
Taft uad one of the most picturesque
scenes of his trip. The head of a pro
cession of. automobiles escorted by an
Imposing array of military , organiza
tion, he passed through the principal
business, streets of the city, under
arches of electric lights that gave an
illumination aimost equal to day. The
sidewalks held an immense throng
and the President's progress from the
union station to the. home of Mayor
Rhett, where he is spending the night,
was maraud by cheers. Mr. Taft is no
stranger to' Charleston. He has been
here five times in recent years.
. His reception tonight was a repeti
tion of the cordial welcome the Presi
dent had received elsewhere In the
4 South.
Tonight he was the guest of honor
at a banquet tendered to him by the
city. It was arranged with especial
- regard to the President's comfort and
the only set speeches were the introduction-
of the President by Mayor
Rhett and the response by Mr. Taft, in
which he expressed his gratification at
being in Charleston, -. and- his' regret
that he could not make a longer stay.
The President leaves tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock for Columbia and will
reach Augusta, Ga., tomorrow night
fo a stay of two davs.
Governor',; Ansel, Senators Tillman
and "Smith arrived in Charleston this
atternoon to assist in the welcome to
the President and were .among the
guests of honor at the banquet tonight
This is the first presidential reception
In which Senator Tillman has partici
pated in a good many years.-
Until Mr. Taft was. Inaugurated, Mr.
Tillman had not even been a caller at
the White House for a long, long time.
On his arrival the President' was es
corted to Si tad 01 Green, the old parade
ground of the South Carolina Military
Academy where the major portion of
the military escort was drawn up At
Mayor Rhett's residence, an informal
'reception was ( held before the ban
quet. : ; '
President Taft had a busy day in
Savannah before leaving there at 2:30
P. M., for this city. sDuring a morning
sail down, the river to Fort Screven he
witnessed an accident in which it was
thought at first two men had been
killed. As it turned out,' one man, a
negro,. lost his arm, and another his
, eye. Tue two men were firing a salute
to the President from a small cannon
drawn up at the water f ront. A pre
mature explosion occurred asthe ne
gro was ramming home a charge of
powder and In 'the cloud of smoke
which followed the repdrt of the can
non the President saw a man flying
through the air. The man fell into
the river. The ram rod which he had
held shot across the bow of the reve
nue cutter Yamacraw on the deck of
which the President was standing. Mr.
Taft called attention to tne accident
at once. The man struggling In the
water, was rescued, however, and the
President later was relieved to find
there had been no loss of life.
The river trip ended, the President
, participated In a parade through the
I streets and parks of Savannah during
which he must have been greeted by
practically the entire population of the
city. He then Went for a fast spin
over the automobile course where the
grand prize race of 400 miles was run
last Fall. In many wayB it was the
most spectacular ride the President
has ever had veteran automobilist that
he is.
The average speed for the 2o miles
was 40 miles an heur and has straght
away stretches the speed of the Pres
ident's car was held up to 48 miles an
hour. Returning to his train from
lunchon at the Thunderbolt Casino the
President made 'a short dash at the
rate of 52 miles an hour. He made
this speed over , that portion of the
course, however, . where ' the - grand
prize cars averaged mote than 100
miles an hour, 1 The record for the 400
miles of that race was 65.5 miles an
hour which .stands s the American
road record. The President was oc
companled by " Governor Joseph M.
Brown, Mayor TIedeman, of SavannahJ
and Captain Butt, and with his gray
automobile cap pulled well down on
his head, he seemed to enjoy the ride
Immensely. The chauffeur reduced
speed but little in taking the sharply
banked turns.
The automobile ride was Interrupt
ed to permit the President to stop for
a few minutes at the Bethesday Or
pha nHome, where he made a little
speech to the boys, telling them there
was no reason why. any one of them
should not become President; of the
United States. The , President also
stopped only to address a body of stu
dents from a negro. school and return
ing to the city he passed in review of
all the public school children' of the
city. ' . f . i
COTTON PROSPECTS BETTER
Reports From Texas and Other States
Makes Crop Look More Encourr
aging Sudden Decline on
Thursday Prices.
New York, Nov. 5. The sudden de
cline in the cotton market on Thurs
day came to many like a flash out of
the clear sky. To others ater an al
most uninterrupted advance, of $15 a
bale a set-back of $2.50 to $3.00 such
as occurred was no more than natural.
Patten and other Interests are sup
posed to have reduced their holdings
if they are not actually out of the
market. Wall street houses have been
heavy sellers.' So have the rank and
file of cotton traders. The market had
become heavily overbought and when
bulls withdrew their support as they
did on Thursday the price came down
with startling suddenness. Vigorous
hammering by bear leaders helped to
bring it about.. The net decline for
the week is comparatively moderate
but bears predict that from now on
there will be a gradual sagging off
of prices to a point where the spin
ners will be induced ta take hold free
ly. Foreign mills have bought heavi
ly this season, but the American spin
ner has for the most part held aloof.
As a rule he claims that he could not
buy the raw material at existing pric
es and sell his goods at a profit. There
fore, he either abstains altogether
from buying or else bought as little
as possible. Also there has been a
steady spread of the movement to re
duce the output of cotton goods so
many hours a day or so many day s in
a week. ' -
Of late the . spot markets have
shown less snap, less activity and
strength. "Liverpool's spit sales have
suddenly dropped to a very small to
tal daily. The New York stock is, stea
dily increasing as cotton can be
brought from 1 the South at a profit.
Crop news has been rather more
cheerful. The top crop of Texas and
some other States may turn out to
be larger, than at one time seemed
possible. Over election day there was
very heavy selling supposedly by Pat
ten and other interests in New Or
leans jn Liverpool. The' market was
nervous on Wednesday and the dold
rums, on . Thursday, -Yet- bulls believe
that even a set-back of 50 to 60 points
in a day is no valid argument against
the proposition that sooner or later
prices must -mount to a very much
higher level. In the Sullyyear when
the. price was around 12" cents and
above there were frequent set-backs
of 40 points or mora in a day, yet the
price ultimately reached 17.55 cents.
The exports are on a very large scale
and spinners takings for the season
despite the high prices ruling show a
considerable increase over those for
the same period last a Jason. , Liver
pool has been buying to liquidate
straddles. At times both American
and foreign spinneTS have been buy
ers of future here. Bullish ginners'
reports, are expected from the Na
tional Ginners Association and the
Census Bureau, the lalter on Monday.
It is contended that the South had
sold cotton Jtp the amount of $350,000,
000 and is "in a position to fight a
decline and is likely to do so. Crop
estimates from various sources have
ranged from 10,000,000 to 11,000,000
bales,' which bulls refuse to listen to
any estimate of the world's consump
tion of American cotton of less than
13,000,000 to 13,500,000 bales. But
some conservative people are glad to
see some reaction in the market and
deprecate wild and dangerous-speculations
which they complain disor
ganize the world's cotton., trade. At
any rate if. there is to be an advance
they would like to see It occur gradu
ally so that the trade can have a
chance to adapt itself to the new level
of values. .
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RWG
Black Rock Springs Hotel and 27 Cot
tages Destroyed Thousand
Acres of Timber Land Laid
, Waste Details.
Winchester, Va Nov. 5. The for
est fires in this section continue to
rage fiercely and unless rain fall3
within the next few hours, the proper
ty loss will be enormous. Thousands
of acres of valuable timber land in the
great North mountains ; have1 already
been laid in waste, and the flames are
spreading in all directions.
Started by hunters on Monday last,
the fire has now raged for. four days,
in the Great North, Massanutten and
Blue Ridge mountains. r- "
The town of McGaheysvUle, Rock
ingham county, was threatened with
destruction, and only late last night,
did the combined male population; of
the town succeed in checking the
flames. . '. .... .;igv
The large hotel buildings at Black
Rock Springs, in the Blue Ridge near
Grottoes, were destroyed by the fire
last, night together with 27 cottages
on "the property of. the Black Rock
Spring ConiDany. A number of cot
tages located on a tract adjoining the
Black - Rock Springs Company, were
also burned. Orkeny Springs is also
in great danger and a number of cot
tages have been burned in this neigh
borhood. ' ' '.
In Page county, the famous Dun
kard church, the oldest edifice in the
county, was only saved after heroic
work by the farmers. ' The .western
slopes of Maryland Heights at - Har;
pers Ferry Is also aflame.? -
yiLMIKfiTOX, y . C.,
KILLED:
m GREENVILLE
Harry Skinner, Jr., and J. L.
Fleming Victims af
Accident.
CAR CRASHED INTO BRIDGE
Three Others in tf.e Accident Injured.
Mr. Fleming's Neck Was Broken,"
Lost Control of Car A
FearfuL Mishap.
Greenville, N. C, Nov. 5 A fatal
automobile wreck occurred near here
late this afternoon to a car which was
occupied by E. G. Flannagan, J. L.
Fleming, Harry Skinner, Jr., and S.
C. Wboten, prominent citizens of
Greenville. In trying to pass a lum
ber wagon, Mr. Flannagan, who was
driving the machine, lost control and
crashed with terrific force into a tree
by the. roadside.
The machine turned a somersault.
Mr. Fleming was thrown on his head,
breaking his neck, and killing him in
stantly.1 Mr. Flanhagan was caught
under the machine andbadly crushed,
three ribs being broken and internal
Injuries sustained. Skinner's skull was
fractured and he was otherwise bad
ly bruised, resulting in his death later,
while being taken to a hospital in
Richmond.
Mr. Fleming was State Senator from
Pitt coun.ty . and Mr. Skinner is the
son of. United States District Attorney
Harry Skinner, of the Eastern fii strict
of North Carolina. "
Skinner, who was Jieinc rushed tr .-
hospital in Richmond, ' Va., died be
rorertjie train reached Wilson, N. C.
Greenville, N. C, Nov. 5. Green
ville is filled with mournine and sad-
pess tonigbt caused .by . the fatal auto
mobile accident which Occurred late
this afternoon. Mr, E. G. Flanaean
had three friends, Messrs. J. L. Flem
ing, Harry Skinner, Jr., and S. C.Woo
ten went-out'for a ride in his automo
mile.. They had -been a short dis
tance in the country and when about
a mile from town, on their return, over
took soine lumber wagons in the road.
Mr. Flanagan was driving his machine
at high speed and in turning out to
pass the wagons lost control of the
machine and it crashed with terrific
force into a tree by the roadside,
which turned it over and almost com
pletely wrecked i:.
Mr. Fleming was thrown about 20
feet and fell on his. head h
neck anft killing him almost instantly.
mt. Flanagan was caught under the
machine, wihich crushed him badly,
breaking three ribs and inflicting in"
ternal injuries. His condition is se
rious. Mr. Skinner's skull was frac
tured and he was otherwise badly
braked. He was taken at once to the
depot and started to a hospital in
Richmond. Mr. Wooten was badly
hurt about the head, but sustained the
least Injury of either in the party.
It is remarkable that all four of
them were not killed. Mr. Flanagan
was ex-State Senator of Pitt county
and well known throughout the State.
He leaves a wife and three small
children.' The terrible disaster, has
cast a gloom over the entire com
muultj. r ;
The first news of the distressing
tragedy at Greenville reached Wil
mington , early last evening through
the medium of a private long distance
telephone messaee to Col. Harrv Skin-
ner, who had just arrived from his
home to attend to some affairs of the
United States Court here, expecting
to remain over for the Taft Day cele
bration on Tuesday. Col. Skinner at
once arranged for a special train ov
er the Atlantic Coast Line for his re
turn last night and he left at 11:30
P. M. to join other members of the
grief-stricken -family. Mr. Harry
Skinner, Jr., was well known" in Wil
mington and had frequently been a
guest of friends here and at Wrights
ville Beach.- He was an alumnus of
the University of -North Carolina, a
young man of fine qualities and strik
ing personality, v His death will be
mourned all over the State. His fath
er and other members of the stricken
families have the tenderest sympathy
of the people of the entire State.
ATLANTA AUTO SHOW.
Special Trains Arrive With Machines,
i Opens Today.
, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 5 Three special
trains carrying automobiles for the
Atlanta automobile show which opens
Saturday.' reached this city this after
noon. One of - the trains was from
New York, another from Chicago and
a third from St. Louis. i
. There will be a formal dedication
of the show at 3P. M. tomorrow with
speeches hy the mayor and prominent
citizens.
WAKE. FOREST DEFEATED.
Richmond .Won in Hard Fought Game
by Score of 10 to 0.
Wake Forest, N. C, Nov. 5. Rich
mond College defeated Wake .Forest-
5 to ; 0 . in a hard , fought foot
ball game here today. . The team3
were evenly matched. . The touchdown
was made on a fake forward pass by
Richmond,
SATURDAY JVIQltyiKGr,
ACCIDENT OH NORTH DAKOTA
Four 'Men Injured on 'Big Battleship
" When Tube Blew Out Occurr-
ed During' Endurance Test.
Details of Accident.
Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 5. As tha
new battleship North : Dakota was
completing her four iiour endurance
run at a 21-knbt gait off the New Eng
land coast today with the battleship
speed championship of America, al
most in her grasp, a boiler room acci
dent robbed her of. the laurels and
sent her scurrying into this port to
land four injured men. The big ship
nevertheless exceeded ner contract
requirement of 21 knots an hour, mak
ing 21.71 in the first two hours, 21.64-
in the third, and 21 knots flat as she
hurried in on the fourth hour to this
port. The injured men are William
H. Grange, . water tender: John Sou
den, coal passer; A. Peterson, 'fire
man, and Peter McConncll, fireman.
Souden was badly scalded and when
landed this afternoon was suffering in
tensely. On the first two hours of her trial
today, the North Dakota's engines de
veloped 32,000 horse power.
She was enteriug the fourth hour
of her test when a seven-inch tube in
one of the lower rows of boilers blew
out and filled the room with steam.
The engineers immediately cut off
four of the 14 boilers.
As soon as the extent pf the injuries
of the firemen had been ascertained
the North Dakota was swung around
and headed back up the coast for this
port, where it was known that a good
harbor could be reached shortly after
the expiration of the time limit. All
four of the injured men bravely urged
the engineer force to disregard their
injuries and keep the battleship on
her wdtk. Under the ten boilers 21
knots was maintained for the balance
of the time, and at 4 o'clock the North
Dakota steamed into this harbor and
sent, the injured men ashore.-
The defective tube was replaced
and arrangements were made to leave
at,.midiWght-for the- 24 be&rfera at a
speed of 19 knots an hour. ?.
Tonight it was reported from the
navy yard that all the injured would
probably recover, but it was feared
Souden might lose his eye sight. In
addition to the four men brought
ashore, 12 others suffered from scald
ing but their injuries are of a minor
character.
VIRGINIA FOREST FIRES.
Damage to the Extent of Many Thou
sands Near Ronaoke.
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 5. Damage to
the extent of many thousands of dol
lars has been done by forest fires
which started on Mill Mountain on the
southern edge of Roanoke last Sun
day. High winds yesterday and last
night carried the flames miles and in
their sweep a number of barns and
other buildings were destroyed and
other , damage was done. Last night
and today hundreds of people were in
the mountains fighting fire. State
Commissioner of Agriculture Koiner
has suffered considerable loss to his
orchards. At one time last night the
fire was within ten feet of the fence
surrounding the grounds of Virginia
College. The fire is not so fierce to
night. '
PEARY BEATS TEDDY
Ex-President No Longer Highest
Priced Author. v
New York. Nov. 5. Former Presi
dent Roosevelt has lost his record as
being the highest paid author in the
world.
For the narrative of nis bie came
hunt in Africa it has been generally
uuaermooa mat ne was uj iweiyi; $x
a word, but now a comparatively new
rrfaeazlne an n mi n res that it has con
tracted to pay Commanaer Robert E.
Peary si.20 a word for a story or aDout
50,000 words concerning his ,adven
tures in seeking the North I'ole.
OUTLINES. '
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President Taft was the guest of
Charleston, S. C, last night, where a
notable banquet was served in his
honor... He will spend today in Colum
bia and will then visit Augusta In
an auto accident at Greenville, N. C.,
yesterday afternoon Harry Skinner,
Jr., and J. M. Fleming, two prominent
young citizens, were killed. The ma:
chine crashed into a bridge and two
other occupants; were badly-, injured
The delegates to the isationai
Farmers' Congress at Raleigh yester
day went for a jaunt to Greensboro
and Durham and were royally enter
tained In the North Mountain sec
tions of Virginia forests fires are rag
ing and several towns have been
threatened An . erroneous report
gained currency all over the world yes-.
terday to the effect that Air. Kooseveit
had been Wiled in Africa; there was
no confirmation of the rumor, however
The 15th annual meeting of the
Association of Colleges and Prepara
tory Schools convened in Charlottes
ville, Va., yesterday with notable ad
dresses by notable .educators New
York markets; Money on call firm
3 1-2 to 4 ner cent., ruling rate 3 7-8,
closing bid 3 1-2, offered at 3 1-2; flour
dull and easier; wheat spot easy,- wo.
2, red 1.24 5-8 elevator domestic. No. 2
red 1.20 1-2 asked f. o. b. afloat; corn
spot steady No. 2, 69 1-2. domestic ele
vator nominal and o 70 bid delivered;
oats irregular, mixed nominal; rosin
and turpentine quiet
NOV EMBER G, 1909.
Rich New Yorker Who Died
With Whooping Caugh
The Donor.
ALSO $35,000,000 TO WIFE
Presbyterian Church Interests Share
Largely in the Bequest Benefi
ciaries Both Here and
Aboard Other Gifts.
New York, Nov. 5. John Stewart
Kennedy, one of America's little
known rich men, who died of whoop
ing cough in his New York residence,
on Sunday last, left bequests of more
than $25,000,000 to religious, charita
ble and educational institutions in -his
will, filed for probate here today.
The gift is the largest single contri
bution of its kind ever made and the
beneficiaries include educational and
church institutions, North. South,
East and West in the country and sev-
eral abroad, 60 in all.
Nearly half of the $25,000,000 goes
to institutions connected with the
Presbvterian church of which Mr.
Kennedy was an active member. Oth
er large beneficiaries include- the
American Bible Society, the Metropol
itan Museum of Art, the New York
Public Library, the New lork United
Charities. Columbia University, and
Robert Colege, Constantinople.
Aside from these eifts. Mr. Kennedy
left approximately $35,000,000 to his
wife, his relatives and a great num
ber of friends and employes. The wi
dow's share will be about $16,000,000.
All of the testator's employes receive
gifts of from $500 to $z,ooo eacn.
- Th .charitable, relieious and edu
cational Institutions which receive .the
largest Dequesta are iu suare iue icar
due of the estate left after definite
e-ifts of annroximately $12,000,000
have been paid out. Their shares are
estimated by counsel for the execu
tors as follows:
Prpshvtfirian Board of Foreign Mis
sions. $2,250,000: Presbyterian Board
of Home Missions, $2,250,000; Presby
torian Phnrrh Extension Fund $2,250,-
000: Presbyterian Hospital, New York
f . - r x
$2,250,000; Robert college, uonstan
$1,500,000: Presbyterian Board
of Aid for Colleges, $750,000; Metro
politan Museum of Art, New York, $2,
250,000; New York Public Library, $2,
250,000; Columbia University. $2,250,
000; United Charities, New York, $1,
500,000; America Bible Society, $750,
000; Charity Organization Society,
New York, $750,000.
Among the numerous smaller guts
are the folo wing: Yale University,
$100,000; University of Glasgow, bcot-
land, "where from my infancy i re
sided until I came to this country,
$100,000; Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute, $100,000; Hampton
Normal School and Agricultural Insti
tute, ?100,000; Anatolic College. Mor
Tnrkpv. $50,000: Syrian Protes-
tant College. Beirut, Syria, $25,000;
American School at bmyrna, lurwey,
$20,p00; Centre College, Danvine, ivy.,
$25,000; Berea uoiiege, -veuiu.i,
$50,000; Presbyterian Board or re
lief for Disabled Ministers, $30,000. .
There are also numerous bequests
k nno to $25,000 generally to
local religious and charitable organi
zations. . 'V- .
Tho loner list of Rifts is preiacea in
the will by this paragraph: .,'
"Having been greatly prospered m
the business which I carried on for
r .n an vpars in this, my adopt
ed country, and being desirous of leav
ing some expression or my sympatny
with its religious, charitahle, benevo
lent and educational institutions, i
make these gifts."
Mr. Kennedy, whose death on Sun
rrpd with only brief com
ment by the press, was one of the mil
lionaire philanthropists . wnose guts,
T -T1 o-vi Tnensiirftd in millions, were
made with as little glare of publicity,
as possible.' As he gave quietly so
he had lived unostentatiously, and
made his princely fortune with little
blare of trumpets. Besides , being a
banker "he was one of the country's
chief builders of railroads, a patron
f ort sm ri education, and in his own
quiet way, one of New York s fore
most advocates or-.scienuucauy. ui-
ganized charity. '
Many of his great benefactionspro
bably never were made public but he
figured in recent years as the giver of
sftn nno "home for the United Chari
ties 'in this city; of $1,000,000 to the
Presbyterian Hospital; $250.uou to me
school of Philanthropy;- $500,000 to
Columbia University; and of $400,000
to a nurse home for tne rresoyienan
hospital. Mahy even among the well
informed had any idea as to iue icai
wealth of the banker.
On Wall street -Mr. Kennedy nao
the reputation of keeping the largest
-nsh balance In his bank accounts of
any New York financier. As banker
and investor he always snowed great
interest in the development of the
Northwest. " .. ' . ,
William Torrey .. Harris, former
United States Commissioner of Edu
cation, died at1 Providence. R. I., 'last
night: Mr. Harris work in education
al lines gained for him International
recognition. :
GIVES MS
TO INSTITUTIONS
FARMERS' NATIONAL CANGRESS
Left Raleigh Yesterday on a Trip to
, Greensboro and Durham Annual
Address by Col. Cameron.
Display of Products.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, C, Nov. 5. Accompa
nied by delegations of representative
men from Greensboro and Durham, tha
delegates to the National Farmer's
Congress left at 7 A. iM. today for the
special excursion to these twd splen
did' North Carolina cities and to take
a loojc at the intervening country.
One hour was devoteo to taking in
some of the features of special Inter
est about Durham, including tobacco
warehouses and factories. From 1 to
7:30 o'clock was spent in Greensboro
with visits to Guilford Battleground,
the Cone mills and other features of
interest, arriving in Raleisrh on the
return trip at 10 P. M. Regular busi-1
ness sessions will be resumed in Piil
len auditorium Saturday.
For these delegates who did not
undertake the special excursion today
and for all the delegates whenever
they have opportunity or can take the
time, an objective point of ove-shad-
owing inteerst is the extensive display
oi corn, iruits and vegetables assem
bled by the State Department of Ag
riculture especially for the benefit of
the Farmer's Congress and admirably
displayed in the State Museum. There
are over 100 exhibitors from every
section or the state and about, 300 dif
ferent exhibits including corn, apples.
grapes, vegetables, and truck of va
rious kinds, including a number of
very fine pumpkins.
In his annual address before the
Congress Col. Benehan Cameron, pres
ident of the Association, declared that
in his opinion the Association is now
on the eve of accomplishing great
good. With the tariff out of the way
as a National issue in that both the
Republican and the' Democratic par
ties were divided, he hoped that the
farmers would prosper "in spite of the
tariff which he complained taxes all
that the farmer consumes and affords
no protection for his products.
Treating the problem of marketing
crops, Col. Cameron ad vacatedware
houses for tobacco and cotton and
similar - staple crops, where ready
money was necessary and the time
not ripe for selling to the best advan
tage, and for perishable crops the cold
storage. Co-operation, he declared,
should be the slogan, this being al
ready an accomplished fact In many
parts of the country, and is destined
to restore the husbandman of the
soil his rightful supremacy In the
nation. It will add millions to the ac
tual harvest of profits realized by the
patient growers. '
He predicted that the National gov
ernment will ere long provide inspec
tors to have the watchcare of inter
state shipments, or consignments of
agricultural products with records by
railroad, consignee and consignor that
will make it possible to officially trace
the condition and marketing of prod
ucts and thereby keep down friends
that are perpetuated agaipst the
growers. -
As to transportation he urged sup
port of the inland waterway projects
as giving relief for threatened con
gestion In: railroad traffic, a general
system being urged to be established
by the Federal Government.
Discussing public roads. Col. Cam
eron advocated cooperation by the
county; the State and the National au
thorities, funds to be created by $1,
000 each being contributed by the
three branches of government, mak
ing $3,000 to be expended in the town
ship apd in the county with good roads
thrown in.
BOTH SPOKE AT
Secretary James Wilson Deplored
Present Educational Tendency
and Ambassador Bryce
Urged Education.
Durham, N. C, Nov. 5. "The place
for the farmers now is in the South
where the soil is friendly to nearly
every product of the country," declar
ed Secretary Wilson, of the National
Department of Agriculture, today in
an address before the National Farm
ers' Congress' during its visit" to. Dim
ham to inspect the tobacco factories
here. ' ' - " '
Secretary .Wilson said he had, noth
ing against the schools and colleges
of the country, but that their tenden
cy had been to educate away from the
farmers instead of towards them. He
expressed his sympathy with the man
who - proposed' aiv agricultural school
for every county whether that school
be an actual institution or merely a
place where fanners met and discuss
ed farming. . '
"'Of course the lure of the cities and
the lands of the West have called
men. away," he continued, "but the
place for the farmer is in the South,
where the soil Is friendly to nearly
every product of the country. The
abandonment of farms has been upon
such a scale that the danger of reduc
ing the country to an import rather
than an export nation is evident. . :
Issue was taken with Mr. Wilson
by a number of the New York delega
tion when ' he declared that ' in New
York State. 60 miles ttom Albany, and
WHOLE NUMBER 13,145.
STElNHEIL TRIAL
REACHES CLIMAX
Accused Carried From Court
in
State of Utter
Collapse.
A TTACKED HER VERACITY
Judge DeValles Believes Her Story it
a Tissue of Lies Sepsational , ;
Turn in the Case Paris i .
Watches The Trial. , j t
Paris, Nov. 5. After having with
stood, for nearly three days, a mere!
less examination at the hands of the
presiding judge of the court of the
Assizes, where she is being tried -on
a charge of murdering her husband f
and her tsep-mother, the Iron nerves
of Mme. Marguerite Steinhell gave '
way late this afternoon and she was '
led from the witness stand and out qt
the court room in a state of utter col- .
lapse. Several times before the ell- .
max came restoratives were adminis
tered when it seemed as though Mme. '.
Steinhell was about to faint, and each -time
she had recovered quickly and
replied to the Interrogations of the ;
presiding judge, M. DeValles.
When today's session of the court
began M. DeVallers . was fearful lest '
the strain to which Mme. Steinhell
had been put for two days was prov
ing too much for her, but his solici
tude for her evoked from Mme. Stein-'
heil the unhesitating statement that
she was not at all fatigued. . M. De
Valles thereupon led her through a
labyrinth of questions surrounding the
case with hs wonted relentnessness '
and Mme. Steinhell, with her ever :
ready wit answered them quickly and "
to the point or when they seemed un-
drily compromising; -pleaded ;forJu8- :
tice and not vlndfctiveness.
Once she made a plea direct to the
jury that they believe her Innocent,
declaring that in the hour of her ad-
versity friends, who had. partaken of ;
her hospitality had utterly forsaken ''
her. Again, when pressed closely by '
Judge DeValles as to why she had de
clared certain jewels had' been stolen
at the time of the murder when In
reality she had concealed them, Mme.
Steinheil, her eyes burning brightly
and moistureless behind the, pallor
that the walls of Saint Mazaire prison
have imprinted upon her cheeks, cried '
out that it was to save her daughter
from the knowledge that her mother
had a lover.
As to her accusations against Bur- '
llngham, an American newspaper
man, and others, whom she had charg
ed with complicity in the crime, Mme.
Steinheil said that in her frenzy she '
had takeri recourse In anything that
seemed to give promise of clearing
herself of the charge.
It was just after a savage attack
had been made upon her veracity by
the judge that the climax came. Mme. :
Steinheil's attorney protested, but the
judge retorted hotly that the accused
woman had lied throughout that
that her story was a tissue of lies.
A short recess was taken but when '
Mme. Steinheil returned to the stand
again she' was unnerved by the or
deal and was ledfaintlng from the
room. . '. '
Several nolicemen were - examined
late in the afternoon concerning what
they saw at Mme. Steinheil s house "
after the murder and shortly after
wards court adjourned for the day.
FRAUD INDICTMENTS.-
Handed Down by Federal Grand Jury
for Underweigning sugar.
New York. Nov. 5. Several indict
ments were handed down today by the
Federal grand jury which has Deen
sfkiner evidence in connection with
the underweigning frauds at the ddeks
of sugar refining companies in this
city and elsewhere. As the govern
mpnt's Riiererestion' Judsre Hand, in the
United States Circuit Court, ordered
the indictments placed under seal un- ,
til the bench warrants issued under
them shall have been executed. '
20 miles from Utica, every third house r
was untenanted. .
' Secretary Wilson boasted of the
freedom of his department from poll
tics. He declared that of .the 11,000,
men under him he did not know the .
politics of eleven of them. '.
While . Secretary Wilson, '- whose .
presence, had not been expected, was ,
addressing ;the farmers downtown.
Ambassador James;; Bryce, of Great
Britain, was urging upon the students
of Trinity College the necessity of cul-.
tivating friendships formed at college.
He congratulated the South, upon the
number of men it sends to college for
preparation for business . as well as
learned life. '" - '
Mr. Bryce commented upon the sim
ilarity of the National anthems of
Great Britain and the United States
after both had been sung by the stu-.
dents. -He said that men. should study
the growth of liberty and Its re-birth
in the British nation before America'
was discovered. i
' Mr. Bryce spent the whole after
noon in motoring over- Durham roads.
Owing, to his i late arrival he missed i
the meeting of the farmers this morn- '
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