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total Treapttauoa . iw i
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nXiaiiian, it, ti, rcii: .v, HAitcn is, icpa
PIUCB 8 CENTS
f
cqios opi;i;i
lii IS GfiSE
Court of Appeals
fies Former Ordei
or riEriTiori cugks cd.
i Labor Ireadera pumot Be
" Iaderr CUtm That They Will Be
Able to Cpse4 Seatence o( Iaiprlwa
" mem Impaaea I'poa Tie.vi..:f
, By. the Asaoclated piresa.): :.( "'
Waahinrtoat D.i C Mareh 1L The
American Federation of I,abor , here
after may freeJy, refer, to the boycott
agalnct the Bucks . Stove and Range
Co. of SC LobU, iexcest by iaclnsion
in the "We Don't Patriniae Ust, ; ,
Thla, in eubetance, of WidesDread
importance to the labor world, to man
ufacturer and to tiewapapeni sneval-1V-
i tne twetplnr dscinoa haniltu
. uuwB . today by the Court of Appeals
ot the District of Columbia in tho
noted injunction case of the. Bucks
Stove and Range Co. against tne
. American Federation of Labor which
has been before the coarts of the Dis
trict of Columbia in -various, phases
- for montha. - . i " -
In t. recent-' decision"? by. Justice
Gould, of the Supreme-Court of the
District, the American Federation-of
Labor and the officers.. Uesers. .Uonv
(cn. Mitchell. " Morrison and - others
v ere enjoined from conspiring to boy
cvtt th Backs' Htxrve and Kance to.
and Xrem printing or - pobtlshins- - er
distributing. , through-. the muils or
otherwise, any copy of .the ''Ifedera-
' ftoatet" orther publication referring
to the cempUiinait its businese or
product in the rWe Don't PatronlW
or "Unfair" Uat ui .'
- The Court -of Appeals modlfknl ami
affirmed the pial ef aatlce: Ooold,
of the Supreme Court of the. District
of Columbia, en Joining the American
Fedenrtlon of Labor, Samuel Cbmpen
and other d-f f oi1w-fiwMpt4tnlUng i
i-Ute "We Dun t Fatronisc-' tint the
name of the Bucks Stove and Ranarc
' Co,, of Sti Louis. - !V .
The opinion,1 " hlch 4 was ' hand?d
down by Justice Kobb. holcla that the
decree of Judge Gvv!d should be mod
ified to the extent that there should
. b eliminated from the decree th rt
strtction of the' laor organ and ' the
other defendants from : menticrniug.
writing, or- referring" to the business
of the Bucks 8tove and Range Co.. or
its customers. Otherwise the decree
Is amrmed. The conrt holds that the
"combination? and boycott tn further
ance thereof.' and the publication Ir
the "We Don't Patraiise!'. column 1
' aid of the boycott Is illegal.--
The court held that thu deffcndanu.
could not be restrained from all pub
lications referring to the Bucks bto-j
and Range Co. but only to such-as are
made In furtherance of an Illegal boy
cott. - , : . .- . ; - - . ' :
In a partial dissenting opinion. Chief
Justice Sbepard took a strong stand in
upholding the freedom of .the prera.
-He saj-s that even assuming that the
publication of the complainants name
in the "We. Don't Patronise' column
of the Federatlonist 'Was a step in
the formation of a conspiracy- to. co
erce' independent dealers into refusing
to have further business relations with
'that company I cannot agree that the
publication can be restrained for that
reason. - Regardless of its character
of purpose, the , publication is , pro-
tected from restraint. In my opinion,
by the first amendment of-the consti
tution which forbids an ytaw abridg-
- Ingr the freedom of the press''- :
. Ths Chief Justice : held that "the
only remedy for libelous or otherwise
malicious, wrongful and injurious pub
lications is by civil action for damages
and criminal . prosecution, - There, is
no power te restrain the publication."
The decision does not settle the arr
peal-in the contempt proceedings in
which Messrs. Compers. Mitchell, and
Morrison were given . Jail sentences.
This case will be heard . later by Jhs
uppetlate court.. '-- -. . ;
The labor leaden,' so. It Is said,
claim : that if the ' reaeonlnf
, adopted by Chief 4 Justice Shep-ard-
and Justice Van Orsdel
is followed In the decision of the con
tempt proceedings they wll be able
to epset the findings ef justice Wright
and prevent serving terms. of Impris--onmentu
- . :-.:-.'- 4 -.. r- - . 4 - L
' Hiving: as' his reasons, for the dpln-K-i
Justice Robb- declared- that .-th.
"We iMn't v Patronise"'- list , of the
A rm-riean Fcderationlst ."eomrtiluienji a
taltf-manic symbol Indicating to the
membership ot the Federation that S
lcycott li on "and, should be ob
served," and 'said tn - regard to th
fMft's modification of. Justice Gould's
decree that the court had a right to
prevent the- printlngof this unfair
' Mst. but that 'the decrees should stop
. there and .not. attempt to regulate the
publication Snd distribution ot other
matter over which the. court baa no
cntroL? - -' '
"The dtssentlhs opinion of .Chief
JVitlce Shepard." 'said. Mr.Oompers
tnlght "Is exactly that fort which the
Federation nas wen wi aronj cw
t ndlne. so far as id refers to the free
don of the press.,. The right to freely
rxoress opinions is a coaBtftotlonai
guaranty. - There is. toothing tibelous
4n aavthlna the Fcderationlst has pub
llyh.! In connection with thli whole
- caga.T-."V-. ';- '.iS- .'-:!.
' Warrants Toe Prize Fight Officers. :
' ' ; IBv theAeoclaUd PtpssT)
Chester, Pa..- March 11. As a result
of the fight between Abe Attelt and
"Young". Pierce. lest nltrtrt. In. the
' arena of the Olympic Athletic Club at
Easimrton. warrants were Issued todsy
for the arrest of officials of the ct"b.
bv the Delaware county author! tit a
The war raits. whlcK will be served tn-
rncrroir. charpe H. IT. Js.atn. H. J)
Fr .n-and T.'m. IT. Roc '-i h
JIOEIISiOEaODS
FLATLY REFUSED
Operators PrcpcioCchtin
y uatioh of Asreemfeht:
I1C13IISWECTE0
Men Bind little Dope f Being lAMe
' ' to Carry Their Point Against Use
Ovrir?rs f tlhracite tlir-i-47iiioa
- Jfot Bcogalsew by tbe CeiUeseace
a,PtUJadefpbia.
r Bt the AssocUtedTress. '.
Phila4elphia. .. March 11. The an
thracite coal operators met the com
mittee . of hard coal miners tn the
Readme- Terminal building here to
day and flatly refused -to grant the
men any of the demands they laid
before them, and at the same, time
proposed to the mine workers that
the present agreement, which expires
March 31, be ; renewed for another
term of; three years. - This decision,
while - not 1 unexpected , , by . the mine
workers, as tbyey had tonjr ago learn
ed 'that the operators were 'against
making any concessions, came as a
great disappointment to the men, .
- When the afternoon - session of the
conerence m ad Jour pee. - Thomas u
Le wis. . aauonai president 01 tne
United Mine Workers of America, and
his -colleagues filed eut ef President
Baers ctfice and went straight to their
hotel, wjtjt susplrR that waa ot- s
y.;' Continued on Page Three.); .v :
m DIES 10 FIDE
ill CDEECaO
TIace Destroyed
(Sped U K News .'and Observer. )
Creensbor-j, N. CX. March 11. A
Are with Jatal - result occurred this
morning at S:i9 o'clock, when KZ
Hygienic saaitarium. 4 West Mar
ket street, was totally oestroyeu aaa
Frank Greene, aa aged patient, whoa,
home ' : was at . Goldston. Chatham
county, perished In the flames. .
. Dr. - Biggs was spending the nijrlit
in the residence of the late Rev. Dr.
L. Crawford, .that -house being
usedNW Dr. Biggs as an annex to his
sanitarium. Mrs. Biggs was await-.
ened by the; coughing 01 ner. oaoy..
which had become strangled by smoke.
Taking the baby . In, her arms she
broke the glass oT her window . and
climbed oct on the roof 'of the porch
and aroused the patients, there being
four women patients and Mr. Greene.
Breaking the, glass In the window of
Mf. Greene's loom she called to him
and - heard him moving about in hs
room. -..The women patients ctlpirbed
out. on the poftch roof and Jumped to
the ground; a distance oc niteen xeet
Thay were alt screanimg and calling
for help and In s few minutes some
obe turned In -the Ore alarm from
box .No. 1- The, apparatus .would
not work and the bigt bell struck only
mm. but the Indicator tm the Are
staUon -registereo the jtamber. f the
box nulled and the nremea answered
the alarm with , their accurtomed
prom ptness -'.-' When they ' arrived
they found the house a mass ef flamest
but in - H, short tlnaetliey- had ftve or
six streams of water playing upon the
fire, -which waa extmguieneo aner en
hour's hard work, but not until It had
gutted the building. An ef the far-,
ntture and'all of Dr. Biggs' valuable
InstrumenU . - and - appliances . . were
burned up. - , The origin of the Are
hast not been - determined, but it la
nosslble that it caught from-. a defec
tive flue from the furnace In the base-;
r 5 (Continued oa Page Three.) ,
:."4 ' END.". '; . V ; ;'" .iC
ijJ.'thy-Askoclaie'Preaif.i' Vi-f
Laurens, S. Marcl) ll.-Thecaw
of Cothraa .' pinson, charged Wftth , the
murder of his Intimate friend, Tfiorh-
welt Beyce. in the presehce of arodng
oman witn whoxabotli young men
are said to have been Infatuated, was
given to the Jury 1st today, Ver
dict had been reached' at a lte .hour,
tdalg-nt. The defense "was ' lht.: the
snooting wasJturey accidental . The
Btaie claimed Jeafousy the cause
ot the mwrder.r t . -. ;: :
If not murder the State contended
It was such grO -neKllgence s td
cause manslaughter. Principal among
the State's witnesses was Miss Evelyn
Brown,-, a 'beautiful- young girl, who
Is the "woman tn the" case." She ee
enpied with " the' two young 'tneii. . the
buffer in which the tragedy was enacted.-.
She testified' that Ptnson was
drunk and boisterous,, that fee pulled
his pistol and said 1. ,'1. am going lo
shoot like hell.", He shot twice to the
ri?hf ot the? -buggy, then held," the
Pistol sealnst hls.breast and shot, the
i , . . I V 1- V.J ...
''H.i en Let? t t.o . l i.it i - ' i
K;L I THE :
lUJDBI C.1SE
Inmediito Action Will bo
t-TiikinforHiin
f iSEDTECCEO filiCif
1 1
Kortla Carolina Inventus Dei-tarca Tliat
ETkknce as Juldoccd Vtndkatcd
. Ulm Convlctloa of Maaslaagbier
-Carries
Bentence of Twea.
ty Tears TfJwJer the Law.
Special to New and Observer, f..
f New Tork. March 11. It was an
nounced today that John C Lumsden.
convicted of manslaughter In the first
degree focfatally shooting Harry iP.
Suydam." a curb broker,; would take
aa Immediate appeal. J '
.The Jury rendered the verdict after
five hoars' deliberation. All hope ef
adqulttal for the yeung prisoner van
ished with the first ballot taken by
the Jury. ; Every vote was for convic
tion, either of order or manslaught
er. , For some unexpected reason Judge
Maione and Assistant District Attor
ney Nott did not. appear. In the court
room until ten minutes after . the Jury
had returned. ', It must have seemed
like an hour to Iunedea standing erect
before the jury. He bore the strain
for a moment end then : swayed. A
court attendant gave .him chair Into
which he sank. There was no sign
ef emotion in his clear-cut face when
the verdict was finally announced.
Continued on Page Tbree. , '
GET fl'IHT
the Question Finally
'( By th AocYatel frriss. . -Atlanta.
Ga.. March 11. Uv a voaV
of 123 to T. the GeorsiA.divUloii f
the United Daughters ot the Couted!
racy late today decided on Anderscsi
vllle as the location for the monument
to Captain Win. having earlier In the
day rescinded its formar actlja tn
voting the monument "to Richmond,
Virginia.
The final decision to croct the shaft
on the site of the prison where Cap
tain Wlrx, C 8. A- was commanrlan'
during the Civil War. was reached at
4; 4 5 p. m-- after a stormy sessi m Jest
ing since ! .o'ciook this morrlng.
The vote stood as foRcers: A.tders.n
ville lit; Macon s5; Americus S.
Thus , ends a , matter which has
caused great dissension In the ranks of
the Daughters in thlp Stats. . The
special session of the Georgin dlvisle.1
held here today was csUed tn response
to numerous protests from Chapters In
all parts of the State against the action
of the Savanah conventlai In rutins
the monument to a cly wlthoow the
State. ' . rf -u 1
A special - appeal signed bv tlic
m&vor and cromlnent citisens of A.n-
dersonville was read to the convention
urginjr thgt the monument be located
there, . , -
Tart Preparing ' Special Message..
(Dy the Associated Press.) ...
Washington. D. r March. "11.
President Taft today began work on
hta message which Is to. go te the
extra session of -Congress on Tuesday
next, according to, present plana It
Is understood - the message wilt deal
only with tariff rsvlslbn and the gen
era) subject of revenue raising. PresU
dent Taft baa Indicated that he will
ask Congress to confine Its labors at
the extra, session .exclusively te this
nhlnct. -". Tha Tnesssee willy BOt SO
into detalta .regarding i specific sche
dules.,, it .win oe oriei ana.iay great
stress pn the necessity for prompt ac
tion. , -.v.-?t.- iXr.-i
" ' ' " j i .' . 1 . x 1 . 1 -
'':-I-;'t! By"tne Aesixtaied Press. )'; ; 1
. Monroe, La.. March ll.r-As a resul
of the'work Of train ,-wreckers, the
southbound express on the Arkansas
and Gulf railroad, - was derailed ; 2 1
miles north t Uls city, shortly be
fore nildnlght Mast night. Engineer
C. -V. McDaniel was Instantly, killed
and Fireman Jr B. eowan was sen
ously - hurt. f .: No passengers were
anions; the inhjred. .-.i' t j. - - ':
' An . Investication " showed ihat
switch had been thrown and spike.
while the signal light had been turned
so as to- show white. - . -x - ;
? The train "ws bound, -from J Little
Rock, "Ark., to Monroe, and wag travel
ing St s rapid rata, ' Av -...: --vV-1,--' !
Tnf Taee HorseljacTg
5 ; By the Associated Press.i ?
-i Washlnrtbni D. C- Ellrch 1I Af
tee a hard Ca.y'i work t his desk
President ,T ft, late today, "mounted
his etrc-T l f. horse "Sterrett" end
speft r rly t-vo'hotrs 1 the sad3ie,
accr ! -1 - t y '.' t ' Captin
Art r.':?res3.tiV9 t?
HKHIHE-T0
lii coftii m
General Wcshin::.T Will
;CohtinUwTc;:
ijruueat jof Dcfenssj
jecfa fori the State?
Main ArajasnenA nf 'Defense and Ooe.
Inr pch fotj the SUtet Tet to He
Delivered) Jairjy Wont Get the Ceee
Before Satnrday Ota Preeret patBcn
uons. 1 e f 1 -
(By the Associated Press.) "
NasbvUle, Ten a- - March- 11. The
fourth day of the arguments In the
Cpoper-Sharp trial for the murder of
former U. 8. Senator E- W. Carmack
closed tonight with General Washing
ton, of tne oefenee, tn tne midaie ef
his argument and two more attorneys
to follow hint. At this rate It Is doubt
ful if the case arUV go t the. Jury.
Dei ore Miora'. ; v ?
: General Waahlnaton f fialshed ' his
ninth . hoar of argument " when court
adjourned at ip..m., and, he an
noaneed .that hep "would conclude
sometime! tomorrow." - --'---' . .
He will be. followed by, Judse An
derson, who fS -expected to make -the
main argument' for "the defense. TTtrn
Attorney General? McCarn; will close
for ; the State. ,..,;? ; '
Judre Andersoit says "he wilt reonlrs
about six or eight Hours for his speech.
while McCarn decares that roar hours
will; do him. , t -' - -'. :- -
(Continued en Page TWO.) :
H . :
11 fi' inrl niii r -rrmi
Tins oxlv PHoprot
: CAPITAL TPUX
f . akse. x&aasxv a kvAxa.
JUl' i By. the AaeeeiaW- ?4:r-i?!
-Atlanta, Ga March- 11. General
Clehtent- A. Rvafng. commander In
chief of the tnltel Cpnfedorate Vet
erans, and ' Chatrttiaa of the Prison
Committee (of Georgia, advotes chloro
forming criminal who have received
the death sentcnee." I believe the
law has no rights to -do more than
take a man's lite." said General
ET-ana "No llvlnk man. should witr
ness It- The death! cell shou'd be air
tight and the man he Is to die should
inhale the very breath of death Itself
and should) die painlessly and alone.
Any other death punishment is noth
ing short of barbarbtm. - Even this Is
General Evans l)ad already quali
fied this statement; by declaring him
self Opposed to - Capital - punishment
for any crime save that of attack, upon
women.. 1,' .- -:.il. . - r ...
GETS UIT OUHE W
-,f -
BROOKLTN MAXWHO MISTHKAT-
CD CIIILD ISj SKNTEXCED
.; &-:uAx!pLinh'- vr:.'
(By the' Associated Press.)
Towson. Md.. March 11. Joseoh if.
Janer, of Brooklyn, N. was today
convicted of! feloniously assaulUng
Catherine Lberehi g years old., also
ef Brooklyn, end sentenced to twenty
one rears in Maryland penitentiary,
this being the rhaxEmum possible un
der the: particular count or the Indict
ment on. which, cxaiTictloa . was had.
It was in . evidence that Janer, early
In February, brought the child to Bal
timore, represented her to . be : his
daughter, and ..during" two nights, one
spent in a disreputable house, and the
other. In a boarding house. repeatedly
subjected her to most brutal lit treat
ment. The prosecution put witnesses
on the stand to shotf practically every
move nsaoe vy janer ana me cniia Al
ter their arrival 1 , uaJUrnore, and
physicians gave evidence confirmatory
of the contention o the State, Janer
went on the stand m his own defense
and denied his guUti JaneVs cdunsel
made a motion for sF hew. trial but this
was subsequently i withdrawn. . , -
When sentence r$ was . pronounced
Janer showed- not ttie slightest emo
tion. ' He. was taken Immediately to
the penitentiary in Baltimore. Janer's
wire was utf-conrTf tnrougnot : we
Svttui Ure' Ontlmbitlr 0nb ami ' Sees
H-i ipdsolstlciVlslo
' (By the'Assocljitt'Press'i
Arashineton. D. C." -March i 1 1.-
President Taft todsjt said' this will be
a Tttimlstlc administration to an op
tmlstie country, u)l Of hope, cheerful
ness and conftdneei V - --v
TH. trfdMt esteecsed this went!
merit when ho became a full fledged
member .of the. Oullmlstlo Club.cf
America ' noon the , invltatt-w .of Its
founder, wiyiara j. jteoiown. w
Vnrk -' . Ur.'RnhllUHai. ail Optimist St
large, ncmed Mr.. Taft a member - of
the club's cxecutlre committee. -Andrew
Carnegie Is pwside-u of the or
yanisatlon. The . President declined
with regret aLn invitation exterid-d by
Mr. Robinson to attend the club s first
snnusl banquet to i New . York on
March SL . - -
' '. " Two Men FounU P61tn0.- .
- r Rv ': We a ssoclsted Press.) V
New York. March;ll. The bodies
nf ivA-mnn who anoeared to have
died from po'oT'Ti!r .were found In a
t lumtv ef v. i 1 . Northfield, ta
t t 1 . t -. 1 t coroner,-wivo
'" - -
1 . i
ISuMEat. hAYS
riiiCIIOMBJlDST--
v - . ...
lOJEB'EIFF
wither Reduce, Price
ncr Prc:;rv:3 Fcrc:ts
Perlarcal That tailed 8Utcf Urua
Have Aoreas to . Canadian ForesU
( Cntfl Some : Other Pa per-Making
! Material Be FenrMl Inrest - Con
itemtioa WUb LsmVtr Ilea,1
t- By whs Associated Press.
i Washtrsrton.- - D. CM March 1 1.- A
removal of the tariff on lumber would
neither reduce-the price to the con
sumer er preserve our forests accord
ing te the opinion expressed bv Clif
ford PinchoC Chief . of the t United
States . Forest Service, in a fetter to
Sereno E. Payne, chairman- of ths
House Ways - and Means Committee,
made -public tonight.
Mr. Ptnchot holds that the funds.
mental nuestion at Issue in the . lum
ber tariff Is forest conservation- Ha
says that be would favor a removal
of the tariff 1f ha were of the opin
ion, which he thinks is the cause of
the demand for. free 7 lumber that it
would effer a way to protect our for-
esta, " "But 1 am unable to see. he
says,, "how free lumber will promote
"There Is only one wsy to save
our forests," he adds. That Is to see
that they are kept at work growing
tvonunued on Page Three.)
HflLF-LViTTEO Linn
SENT
rv4jr-' i ". " - as ' -- -v x
Homo Near Peachland
. ( Special te News and Observer.) "
Wadesboro. N. C March 11. A
telephone message from Peachland,
twelve miles west of Wadesbore, gives
news of a peculiar snooting this
morning.
wo men. Cleveland Previtt and
Falrley Moore, were in a was on on
their way to Peachland and n h'.le
passing the house where Hugh Horns
uvea, nearo a pistot snot ana raw
Home standing at a window with a
pistol in his hand. -Moore fell from
the wagon, -shot. He was carried
hastllr to Pemchland where ohvi-
cians could not find the ball - which
entered the left side, under the arm.
Moore stated that he never had any
difficulty with' Home and did not know
why he shot himi Moore was taken
home, two miles south of Peaehtara.
in a serious condition. A warrant was
Issued for Home, but waa not .served.
br the constable, who savs Horns is
on guard at "theTleuse, armed, and
threatens to Kill the-first -man who
cornea, .- 1 -
The sheriff telephoned the constable
to gather a posse ef Home's friends
and go after him, but the citisens are
afraid to go. i ;
Horne Is fine years. ou. unmarried
and is half-witted, living alone with
his invalid mother, who is over ninety
rears old. He has been In sevenil
quarrels, but never had serious trouble,.
Moore is a young man or good cnar-
aeter, 34 -years eld, and has a wife
and two children. , - - r
Protest Against Hundley. "
'(By the Associated Press.)''' : ''
Washington.) D. C March 'ltr
Reoresentatlve Underwood and a
delegation of lawyers front - Birming
ham, Ala., today made a protest to
the President I against the reappoint
ment ot 'Judge, Hundley to the Fc
era)- bench m the Northern district Of
Alabama. ': - The President Indicated
that ha would give the matfer careful
attention. - 'A -- . " ' . '. ' " -' . ;
TIIE-FIOUH f.!E(l FC0TE5T
v;, ;
WAST SECBXTTABTx JfflLSON TO
; RESCDTD RECENT ORDER AS
"V TO ADULTERATION.
. '-: - toy the 'Associated 'Press.) : :f
Vashlagton, D. C - . March. 11.
foj-mldable moveinuit, the purnone X
which Is to Induce Secretary of Agri-,
eulture Wilson 1 to. modify, or - reverse,
his recent decision In which, he held
that flour bleached by nitrogen perox
lde lsnvdulterated prod aot"-under
the food and drugs act.- - Is nn foot.
Hundreds of letters frens millers of
bleached flour in all v parts ; of the
country are being received dally by the
secretary, asking him to refer his ruU
ing to the referee board of scientific)
everts for review.'".? In sumirimt In
stances telegrams "are sent - to : mem
bers of Congress and . by .them : re
ferred to. the secretary Without any
recommendations. - ;' ;;'
-: That Secretary Wilson resolutely Win
stand by his decision Is Indicated y
the fact that in his replies to the va
rious telegrams, he declares that he
can see no useful purpose In referring
the question of bleached flour to the
referee-Doara. 'in is ooay. ne states,
is alreadx overburdened With Im
portant matters and he dd that the
courts are open to those who want to
arfal from r's dec! 'ut ",
"I am Et?r.y hcr..:a to hnvl-T the
shoots Pits
.'B ' S 't 1 V .," i
S G OOli jlOG y ji P l D l; y
ThoFhy Time is Passing
EntcrpricoEvcr Undertaken in a Southern State is
Setting Down For the Period Which CailsFcr the
Lknifcstation of Some
Contestants
want to know that what we cat I i the
pure product." i
- e
French Team Leads.
. tBy the Associated Press.)
New Tork. March 11. Averaging a
fraction over five miles - an hour,
Cibots and Orphee, the' French run-
nprs, who are leading in the sixdays
go-as-you-please race at Madison-
Square, are gradually Increasing the
distance between themselves and their
nearest competitors.. At. a late hour
tonight the Frenchmen. had almost a
nineteen mile lead, and, as they are
running in good , ronn. the trainers
picked them as the likely winners of
the race., barring accidents. There is
little likelihood now that the record
of 77S miles and one lap made In
102, will be beaten. "
" ' - '
' DOS OF JUBV
End of Eliiabsth City Trial
is in Sight
(Special to News and Obsen-er.
Klixabeth Citv. X (' March 1 I
The most sensational trial to .ake
place in this city since the Harrison
kidnapping case was concluded this
afternoon when thir fate of 1. 1
Hooper, charged with arson, was
given Into the hands of a jury. The
case against Mrs. Mary W. Gray as
aeeeory, waa nol prossed. The-jury
was sti'.l out at t o'clock and there
were no prospects of a verdict.
Hooper, the defendant. Is t-harsied
with an attempt to'burn the hou.o t
J. G. Gray, his brother-in-law. last
January.
The State Introduced evidence to
show that the motive for the crime
was to obtain Insurance, as the valu?
of the household effects was estimate!
st about $25o, and the Insurance car&
ried on same was 11.200. The de
fense vigorously assailed the testimony
of the prosecution and endeavored to
discredit the Identification of defend
ant with the -'party seen on the.
premises Immediately before the fire. '
'Mrs. Gray was made accessory and
was held as sucb during the Introduc
tion of evidence, but when Attorney
Aydlett had about closed his argument
last night tor the defense, 1 Solicitor
Ward drarnatieaHy asked a nolle pi-.uf
for Mrs. Gray. .
Tne case aas attracted tne grcatesi
Interest and the court-room has been
crowded to its utmost capacity at
every session. It has been a rent
lecal battle. The defense was repre
sented by Aydlett and Ebrinshau-s. J.
Heywood Sawyer and W. M. Bonos.
Confederate Veteran Dies.
(By the Associated Presa)
Wasinrton, D. C March 11. -i-Jesse
M. Smith, for twenty) laeara auditor ot
the Interstate ' commerce commission,
veteran Confederate ' soldier and rail
road expert, died - ere today, aged
IX. He was born In Lincoln county.
Tennessee, and ; will be ' buried in
Huhtsvllle, A?a. : : f , ' ' -
C0Ti:3EBT SETS TO WDfiK
PEOPLE OF AIX CLASSES" WORK
ING: SIDE BY SIDR T6 RE- f .
H - I PAIR DnMAGES.- '--V
.thVAiociated Vress.)
Cuthbert, ' Ga. March 1 1. With
bankers. . negro laborers, merchants
and business men working side by side
With other people of all classes, In
cluding convicts. Cuthbert u rally! ne
from the eff ecta ef . last Tuesday"
storm and struggling brayeJy, to pro
ide shelter for the unfortunate peo
pis whose homes were' destroyed.
It' Is said that by actuat count' 2 8S
frame - buildings went down and -22
brick ' stores were demolished; . .. The
Confederate y monument- and 'nearly
every -tree In Central Park Is lying jn
the" ground, .'while practically eery
large monument In the Western cents
tery was' rased. - ,-s :.'
- - Atlanta. to Send'Aui. '". '
Atlanta, - Ga,. March 11. -A special
meeting of .- the - general' council has
been 'called - for Friday morning -y
Maydr Maddbx when measures for the
relief of the stricken people of Cuth
bert Ga Will be considered.- Mayor
Mlddox was In communication by. tele
phone with Mayor McPherson., , of
uuuisen. - looar, , : iruin ' wnom. - hw
learned that aid was badly needed.
Adjutant General Scott left thla city
ye'rday afternoon for tho stricken
,' ot, . upon or ' ri of Governor
and the Biggest Newspaper
Energy on the Part of
iiEi'i Gonomons
require rm
RULES
A Slight Omnge Made As te the 3 um
ber of Votes TIsM Candidates Will Iio
Permitted to Cast For Any One Pub
lication of Scores Plenty of. Tbwi
Remains to Send In Tour JOwn Nom
ination, Or Unit of Some Fricml
Wlw May Win the White Stesumcr.
NEW RULES REGARDING
' CASTING OF HALLUTS.
Decasme of some con f onion
exbttins; rrarUlng the Uaiit of
7,0(H - certificate votes I which .
may be cast at each publication .
of scores, the context mswrrge-'''
Hot ts today - adopting a new . "
rule. Until fnrther notice no
candidate will be perrnittcd -t -'...
cent snore than estooKh votes to .
place bins more thaet-A,eoe .
votes aheejd ef the kedce! at tltn
precediue; publication of hcotch.
If .fbe leader of the enttte
tewt, rcgardlecM of slistrict, had .- -ee.OOO
votes to hie credit. i as the-
lant publkwtiott, so caiididato " -will
be permitted to vote more - -
than enough to make his score ' ,
45.006 In- the next pwbllcatietu : - -and
nu contestant will be per-
luittcu to lead two days as sea-
CCSKtoM. . r . .r j ;
: j-Y.v:
You know' that big, romping, reck
less, boisterous school-boy I son , of
yours; you know how he keeps o i
growing sjid growing and growing un
til you are almost at your wit's end I
solve the problem of keeping him 'lu
his clothes. He grows and gaows and
Is still a boy. You can't exactly fig
ure just where he's going to istoo, but
just now he's running mostly to legs
snd length, sort of assuming all "the
physical characteristics ot al ragweed
or a bean-pole. But gradually yo.i
have observed that he is slipping troin
the childish stage into a more deliber
ate, mature sort of a -child. I '
Well that's Just exactly the -ebnm-s
that is taking place In this great 1
00ft voting contest of the Xewn and ('
server's at this time. . The change i
slight, but nevertheless it is going o'-v
A week or two ago it waa the ni-rcvt
infant, a little later it had cut its first
tooth and new it is ready to enter ih
"knee-pants" stage of; its eacistenc-. .
Its last week s elothee are outgrown
and don't fit any better than a - dlm.'.J v.
worth ot paint would fit the !Manw"! '
temple. It's keeping the coptet rmy '
busy meeting new conditions. lltj
rather sorry he wasn't born is pairj.
. Kew Vothrgr Rule.
' -And as new: conditions arise,' hv
must be met.: For instance -a now
rule is going into-effect todayi it has
to do with the matter of voting. Here- - ,
after, end until further notice.! np ct- .
testant wiu oe permitted to cast mo.-" v
than enough ballots to place him 5 .' ) v
ahead of the, leader on the preceJin s
publicatioa day.: For Instance, If J4'. -Blank,
leads the race In Sandal's Ve Vs
and Obsrrter, with a score of 40.0 i.
the leader on the .next publication Vf
scores, which will be the follow,;! r
Wednesday, a-ill not be perm lit ted . in
have over 45,060 votes to hlsior -Iff
credit. Or In other words, if ybu liav-j
to your credit tn the ' paper jat ' th s
time but 5. 000 votes, you will he tj ? :
mitted to east 40,000 It you desir
just enough to 'put you 6.000 aheiit . (. c
the leeder at the time the scores vj i . ..
last publlFhed. This rule doeefft trean -that
In each district this will be tho "
case, but it applies only to the) leads -.
of the entire contest. ? regardless cf , .
district -; r .;'-.' J .- . -.
Just bear in mind: j-on willibe : si-
lowed to cast enough votes to put you
SsOOO aheed of the leader at the but
pubtloarlon. It may mean that i ytvi -
may vote .30,000 or only t.OOO; deponil-
lag of course upon your present score,
i ' CrnrteUnts-Ajtc TTilnldmr. z"-r
Just this time the contest Is gettln
under way. . It has takn. a month : to
get the contestants and their interested
friends educated up to a proper reall- -sation
of the grand opportunities this
affair holds for them, and to. get them -'. ,
familiar with the rules. - Many eaitdl- -dates
Vr still coming- and' many
more will, continue to do so for lr -next
three weeks or more. The can
test business is filled with just as many '
uncectain ties for the conteet nuuiagn- "
ment ae-it is for the contestanta Odt
of a long experience this department v-'
has learned -the truth of that eM ".
axiom, "yon never can tell." -j So it
Isn't venturing any predlctlonsj ,
- However, ee thing is . prtica!ly
certain now. Based upon t e.nth"
siasm manifested since t!-
tion of this great i v -
Is absolutely cert i
blfgeat affairs s
taken in a Sot:
tet man ha !
situation sec i
tbit nothr-
I'-'nf one t