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f H ; Weather Today - ; -1 'i'V.'.-1V ; f Forecast .ft North Caro- I I'hti r.Miin!!v fair. WoJ- 7diB". J eeday juul 13urdajj light 71; total . preclpltAtloir ti t , $ w I incnefl. I V ; PRICE 5 CEKTO ; i . . . V. 1 tit SlkLj . i Leads all Nort Caroliea Dai MatnoM; '' I- 'a VALUE OF LAUD : fll'JillHE TILLER He js the Host Valuable of All: Citizens Address of the United 6UUs Forwrtcr and Chairman of lb National Con acrraUojn CpmnUon . Delivered t t tli National IrrlgtlW -Coiusresa; at BDolcaile:.lVaih:. 'Aue 10 The chief jfeatare of th6 Nfttlonal Irrigation. Con rees today was the , Glfford Plnchot, head of the ' United ': States Forestry Bureau, II was very vehement In his opinion of the land laws. .. There were many,noted speaker. on today programs.. 1 ney. wen:. .? . lllr. -Pinchot. K,J Campbell. F. D. of i the, Department of the . interior; Oeorge 8. Long. E. T., Allen. United States Forester; DalleylWllHs.. of the .United . States Geological Survey; W. G. , Barrett, director of the .Jnterna tloifial Board of ItepuhUcs; Dr. W. J.; Mi-Rm. aecretarr' of .the .Inland Wa- I terways. Commission; J. N. Teal, of f- . . i . . .... 1 i . . a .' ,- l.t the i joint ' conservauoni-'coramiiieci . W. Harris. Chicago; SamuetHHV pres ident of the, Washington Good Road Association; Samuel Lancaster High way Expert.; 4. " W-v-'."- - 4 ' ' .4Mr Plnchofs ; address was as;;fol-low:iv:-'r''; t Home Btljdlnff for the Nation. N i . . The most , valuable tcitlten; of.thls or any otiiei country Is the tnan who owns the land, from which he makes 3nls living. No other man has such a stake lji, trie country. . No -other man lends such steadiness ftnd stability to our : national Jife., .Therefore no oth er - queitioA concerns us -onore-. Intimately- than: the questlonr of homes, Ttmvm a non t hnmM for ntiriUlVS. J OUT l-chlldren.' and our, nation thls,l3 the central . pi-oblem. - The policy or na--tlonal lrriaUon is of Value to the United Suii23 in very many ways, but the greatest of all Is this, that raor.tii so v sflVs v rn. pinciioT , ; it if j V i J-I ""no-'i....! .ur-.. .1-iCr.rtiostc , I fleets this rc t truth, that ra r "r'to ready- zg. :?:ni-'l.: vc-...--- 1 only with r r. - I 'at v ith LIj his contrlouUon to puLUo oj. i-t,s 1 the maa-. v IV.x a permanent .f a-In it, , as th i ' man who owns -me tana trom which, he makes his living. 1 A i Our country -besan as &' nation of I farmers. Durinj the periods, mat J gave it character when our lndepend , ence was won and when our Union was preserved, we were pre-emieniiy a nation of farm era We cannot and we ought! not, to continue exclusively, or even, chiefly, an agricultural coun try, i because one man can raises food enough for manv.But the farmer who owns his land is still the backbone of this nation; and one of the things we tvnnt most is more of him. - ; ' I The man on the- farm Is valuable to the nation, nice any oiner ouzen jwst in proportion. to his intelligence. , character, ability, and patriotism, but unllke the other citizens, also "in pro portion to his attachment to the. soil. That Is the principal spring of . his steadiness, -his sanity, his simplicity and directness, and many of his other desirable qualities. ; He Is the first of home-makers. 1 r - -1 . ' The nation that will lead theworU jVill be a nation of homes. The ob ject ! of the. greaf -conservation move ment is just this, .to 'make our country a permanent and prosperous home for ourselves and for our children, and : for our children's children, and It Is a task that t -worth the-best thought 'Ignd .effort -of -any and all of ua- - : -M To achieve this or-any other great ! result, straight- thinking and 4 strong 'action are-n jcessary and th-traight ; thinkirg cornea-, first. - To- make this country what we need to have it, -we 'must think clearly and directly about our problems, and above all -we must -understand what4 the real problems are. ' The great things are zew ana simple, but they are too often hidden by false iwiis. and. conventional. -unreal thlBkln?haasl$at way to hide a real issue always his been, and al wars will beto replace It with a -false one..t''I " - i Tt rim.-' w-if'r The nrsi'lrahrf weineecf Inhls coun try, as PreIdnt-Iioovlt -ao well set forth in that great- message .which told I whaUhe-had- been-trv log-U-do I for the Amerlcsn people, is ' equality of opportunity, tor ry cttuen. No man should hat e lsssv and no man ought to ask for any more. r. Equality Of opportunity! is the: real: hbjct of our laws and .lntlttulon. Our.lnU tutlons and our laws are not valuabl In . themselvss. f. They are viuautf). only because :thy Securer equality of opportunity fnf happiness t and wel fare for our citizens. An Institution or a law is a means, not an end, a means to be used for the public good, to be j modified ; for ; the public good, and J to be Interpreted for the public good One of the great reasons why President ! Roose veil's administration was I of such . enorrabus value to the plain American people wsr that he understood what 8t. Paul meant when he said: "The letter kllleth. but the uplrlt glveth lifer , T 'ollow blindly the letter of the aw, or the form of n ; institution, without intelligent re- igardi both for Its spirit and . fori the public welfare, is very nearly as dan- ge rous as to d isregara tn e law f- alto gether. What we need is the use of the lew for the public good, and the construction of U for the public wet fare -i :! V.-A '. " -!v;- : JC goes Without saying that' the law is supreme and must-be obeyed. Our cIvillzAtlon rests ' on . obedience ' to . - law. But I the law1 is not absolute. It requires to be construed. Rigid cdh- atruaion of the law works, and must wori;. : in the vast majority! of cases, for he-eneflt of the men who can hire the best lawyers and who have , V. .. .. . . . . . AM . , . 1 l"". f'mres oi mriuence in isw-maa-f!ng it thlr command. Strict construc- f tlon necessarily favors the great ln terrsts sagalnst the people, and in lbs long run can not do otherwise. Wise execution of . the law ;must con sider what the law ought to accom plish for the general good. I The great oppressive trusts exist because of sub servient lawmakers and adroit legal constructions. Here is the central stronghold of the money pOwer In the everlasting conflict of the few to grab, and the many to keen or win H the rights they were born with. Legal technicalities seldom neip me peopie. The people, not the law. should have th benefit of every doubt, j -' Equality of opportunity a square deal . for every- man, the protection of the citizen against the great concen trations of capital,- the Intelligent use of laws and Institutions fori the. public good, and the conservation of our na tural resources, not for the trusts, but for the people; these are real issues and real probUma, Upon such things as these the perpetuity of this, coun try as a nation of homes really de pends. We are coming to see that the simple' things are the things to work for,: - More than that, we are coming to see that the plain American cltlsen Is the man to work for. The Imagina tion is - staggered by. the magnitude fof the prise for which we work. If we succeea,Mn?re win cxibx upon tnis con tinent a- sane, strong people, living through the centuries in a land sub dued and controlled for the service of the people, ItsTightful masters, owned by the many and not by the few. If we fail, the great interests, increasing their control ."of bur natural re sources, will thereby control the coun try , .more and more, and the rights, of the people -will fade Into-the privileges of concentrated wealth. ;( I , There could be no ' better Illustra tion of the eager, rapid, unwearied ab sorption by capital of the rights which belong to all the-people than the water power trust, not yet formed, but ' In rapid process '.of s formation, f .- This statement is true, but not unchal lenged. We are met at every turn by the, indignant denial of the water power interests. They tell us that there is no community ' of Interest - among them. and - yet -they - appear year, after year at . these Congresses . by their paid at torneys, asking for: your Influence : to help them remove -the few j remaining obstacle to - their nernetual and 'com plete absorption of . the i, remaining water powera' . , They tell us It has no significance that the General Electric Interests are acquiring 'great- groups of water powers In- various parts of the United States, and dominating the power market in the region j of each group And ' whoever-; S dominates power, dominates' all industry.? .Have you.ever seen a few drops of -oft scat tered on.the water spreading until they formed, a continuous fUmJ which, put an-enJU at once to all agitation of the surface. -; - The time for us to. agitata tV.3 question is now, before the separ r circles of centralised control spread L ,i : the valfonn, unbroken, -catloti- wi'a .coverlng: ,of ;a single gigantic tr: t . Tt" ?re will be little chance for ,:s2waIir,.-allr-'ii-'Jar mairrfoe1 fcrerjtJS-eharse made-at-4h4n' her tc4sj-to'?MCij!der .the 'truwaw r t , r i . f : i;:ar with ther a! .-atToa-cit n - 1. t tie t'.r-s f cr ejctlre pro . ij vrryshort. If -we do not use it to: prcttct ourselves now,-. We may La very xure that the trust willvglve herr-rter small consideration . to. the welfare of the average , citizen when in conflict with 1U own.; I I; ; ir i Vi ;: The man who really counts Is (he plain American-citizen. . This is the man; for whom the Roosevelt policies were created, and 'his welfare is the end td which the Roosevelt policlss lead. As a. nation we ar. fortunate at : this time In this . fact j above : all others, that the great man rprho: gave his name to these policies baa for his successor- another great: ;t; President whose administration Is most solemnly pledged to the support of them.- I stand for the, Roosevelt 'policies beciu-a " they set the common good of, i '1 . of us above the private gain of s..",3 ;of us; ' because: they recog nize the livelihood of the small man as more important- to the nation than the f proSt of the .big man; because they, oppose all useless waste at pres ent at the cost of robbing, the future; because they demand, the; j complete, sane - and orderly development of all our. natural resources, not forgetting our rivers;, because they Insist upon equauty or opportunity. ana denounce monopoly r and special privilege; be cause discarding false issues, they deal directly with the vital questions that (really "make 'a. difference , fsUh Ute welfare of, us all and .most of all, because In them the plain I American always and everywhere holds the first place. .; And ; 1; propose . to stand .'. for them while -r I : have;, the strength ;to stand ; f or.r anything : , Li ' ' : -... r 1 . 1 : : , - Arrrstea uunu Tiger. :t--- '7' ' i- ' " .v Kinston.". N.C.-August 10. C?hlef of Police' Bruton arrested vTephas Chamberlain, colored., on the "charge of selling booze. He was tried before the mayor and sent on to court--. TELLER DORSETT STILL, ON THE . -.. .', . . , . , . . t ' . .,- 1 .1, - , . V .. . OTAXD STATE DtD NOT REST ; f ' i AS EXPECTED. : S AsheviU. NV C. Aug: 16 U TodaVs session of the Breese-Dlckerson bank trial was-enlivened by a passage, at arms between. District Attorney : Hoi tun and the, lion. Locke Cre-ig.,' late Democratic nominee for the governor ship of this State. , Mr. Craig objected to the attempted withdrawal of a Question put to a witness by Mr. Hol ton several days ago, charging the district attorney, with attempting ti take an undue advantage i of the defense.-He declared that Ihe district attorney should be willing to stand ui fall by a queition while the witness to on the stand., -.v ' !-'.ufi;.v-;r-;.V.&-Centraryl to expectation the Govern mcnt did not rest Its case today, tho croas-examlnation of S. TJ Dorsett, former teller of the failed I bank., tak ing' up the; entire day. The deienso brought out facts to the ! effect that fon a year or : more; before j the bank failed, Mr. J. C. Penland. one of th bank's officials, worked without com pensation, rthat "a, few days before the doors of the bank closed Dickeryon put - $2,250 on deposit and !Penland ts.OOO; that the strained financial condition of the hank was freely t lik ed about several days, before its fail ure, and that the night preceding sus pension it was understood! that.'' -if money was not received from Louis ville the next , morning,. the bank would not open for business.! Mr. Dor--tt was still on the stand when ccurt aajournea. : . , . i f . DESK FUIGIER E TO GRIEE Donald Porsch Landed in the'Tombs TIILE OF TllflGLED FlflflflCE Young Man Is Spedflcally Charged With ihe lArcrny of $40,000,. Profit . - - on Ohio Copper Ckmm6n--Placed Under $50,000 ! . Dond, Which 1 He Failed to Give. . ' 7 " v- (By, the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. ; 10; Donald M. Perse h, an ambitious young financier, whose offices constituted merely desk room " f ndpwhto'wn note broker's office, Js fa "the'vTombs tonight in de fault : of , ,?0,v00 - bail. and thereby hangs , a' V tale of . tangled ', finance through which v somebody In ,Wall Street hipped "FAugnstus Helnze. the one-time copper king, for 140.000. Persch is specifically charged with the larceny "of $40,000. a profit obtained by.the sale of 1B.600 shares of Ohio Copper' common and 4.600 shares of Davis iDaly Copper common, which an agent for Helnze placed with the Windsor' Trust . Company of this city as security for a loan of IS 0,t) 00. The stock was not held by the bank, but was turned over to a clerk acting for Persch and " at the tatter's orders thrown on the curb market and sold 4 for . approximately $9 0.000. r " How Persch obtained the 'capital to carry through the deal and why the stock was relinquished by the trust company are points yet to be cleared up. ; : v After his arrest2 this 'afternoon Persch was arraigned this evening be fore a magistrate: and. .after unsuc cessful efforts of ' his lawyer to have ball, reduced, to $2M0O..waa commit ted to the Tombs, although his coun sel .later, procured' a writ of habeas corpus returnable (tomorrow morning. His examination was set for Friday. - District Attorney Jerome took act- Ive charge of the case today and otherf r. Perse fc ?. according to i the police. haa been arrested twice vxef ore. once request f his - tatner.. ana. 'another time la ,conectlon with taking-tub scrlptlons . for an -Ice fund. ; Both charges,. were dropped., - I ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT.; , -.r.''V..rv- r -v 'r -i- : Cbarlea. " Vanghan. - Wanted - tn Pitt, j v ..-? Captured Near Rath. : CSpeclal to .News and Observer.) Washington. August 10. Charles Vsughan. wanted in . Pitt county lor the larceny I of k horse, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Adams, near Bath, and was brought here for; safe keep ing , until he is taken :,by the Green- vine aumoriues. r ' " Vaughan made hie escape from Pitt county ' Jail about four . months ago.'ii'. ; ''. . i-f-';! TAICARIRA XEAVES. Japanese Ambassador Expect to Rc f... turn to Washington This FaiL - v i (By the Associated. Press.), " Washington, D .C Aug. 10. With warm expression of gratification at his experiences" . in Washington since his arrival a year and a half ago and predicting that the Far. East ' will he especially benefitted as a result of the continual steady development of the resources of .this country, Baron Ko rogo Takahlra, Japanese ambassador, left Washington late this afternoon for Seattle, from where he sails on Au.gust.lTforrJapan. ..'- - y-:,l I The baron returns at the direction of his government and haa announced his expectation of - coming back to Washington In the fall. He is to assist the offidaUrat home In . the prelimin ary work'lncident to the proposed re vision . of Japanese . treaties with the powers of the world which become operative next year. To him has been explained fully the operation of the maximum and minimum provisions of the new tariff ' law of the American Congress, In' which Japan, as well as other countries is deeply Interested. SCAFFOLD GIVES WAY AND THEY L ' -.. FALL . TWENTY j FEET TO . -.AA'-'t j-'i-Vis.,Ai:: ' (Special f to Newa and Observer) Hickory. Aug. 10. At Brookfleid ah overloaded scaffold gave way this af ternoon and eight men fell to . the floor, a distance of twenty feet. J. Worth Elliott, the contractor in charge of the work, was severely cut and bruised about the face, and all the others bruised and scratched. No bones were broken, although the men fell among a tangled heap of heavy beams and timbers. The men were engaged in placing the roof trusses on the new Baptist Church. The scat folding was aupported by upright tim bers resting en the floor below. The weight placed on the schsffold waa too - heavy, causing the timbers to break through the flooring. , Mr. Elliott was brought to his home and the t gashes on his face stitched up. - The others' escaped with bruises and a few sprains. , ! CUBAN FILIBUSTER Capt. John O'Brien Visiting Friends In , Jersey.-, v (By the Associated Press.) J New. York, Aug. 10. Captain John O'Brien, the former Cuban filibuster, who was known during his activity in behalf, of Cuba In im as "Dynamite Johnny,' arrived from' Havana on the steamer Havana, i Captain O'Brien is now a pilot stationed at: Havana and will spend a- vacation. Vialtinr friends I In New - Jersey, ? ..', ' I'::' : EIGlIT; ffilOEIIEIIJIlllED COOK AUD UWEX Qt : 11 A RltlES; :: -:l j ?MiM:X. f v j 5 l A STILL HFTEBIIUTO: ROUTE Good Roads Advocates Hold Big . v Meeting at Greensboro v THE FURNITURE HEN MEET Fifth Annual Session of Tlse State As- r sxiaUoiz-Pre4ident Jtalf,' of Ttelds liBev PreadewJ udge Eore Delivers r Address of Welcome Response by Mr. Boylan, ' of Wllinlngton. - . ' y A: By ;bitEioYXE3i. Greensboro. K. CLij Aug. r19There was a big meeting o good road advo ca tea held in the rooms of the Mer chants and Manufacturers; Ciut b na tion of selecting a route for the pro posed national automobile highway between New -York and Atlanta, and to - take steps towards having it run by Greensboro. High-Point, Lexington, ThomasviUe, Reldsvllle t end -other points between Roanoke and Salis bury, besides the ohe city of Winston Salem, which had been recommended by a convention held In Roanoke Sat urday.'". F.; N. - Tate president of the Piedmont - Good Roads Association, called the meeting to order. - .There were" representatives present from 8ummerfield. Danvlhe. .Brown Summit, Jamestown. High Point, ThomasviUe, Lexington. Reidsville and Greensboro. At least fifty were pres ent from High Point and two hundred from Greensboro and Guilford coun ty. Mr. Waters, of the Atlanta Jaur nal. made - an opening statement or address to - the assembled good road sters, assuring them 1 of his determi nation as a representative of his pa per to aid in securing the Selection of the best route between Roanoke and Salisbury for automobile travel t all seasons of the year, and all conditions of -the weather. , A committee com posed, of J. F. Jordan, of Greensboro; H. ?B. Varner, of 'Lexington; . J. , A. Hardie, Jr.. of Brown Summit; Wi T. Swann. of Danvlllej; ;S.I Davls,"of High point; S. C Penn, of Reidsville; J; . W. Lambeth, of Thbmasvllle, ? and J. . A. - Hoskias, ; of .Summerfleld, was appointed . to A confer, as to the - best mode of procedure and report at he afternoon session at -S o'clcwdc Ci , i ; Upon reassembling this committee reported ; recommendation . ' which were unanimous adopted! v-,;r . . s " 'That the route lead from Roan oke to Martinsville; Ridgeway, Spray, Reidsville. Greensboro. - Hl?h Point. Tbomasville. - Lexington' to Salisbury." .. The committee further. ' recom mended that If the Journal-Herald party could be induced to consider Vr - (Continued: on Psge Two.) V '. - THOMASVILLE BUSINESS FOLKS MAPPING OUT A 'SPECIAL PROGRA3I. ' (Special to Newa ajjd Observer.) BUtesvllle, N. CAug. 10. The merchant,, manufacturers and v busi ness men of the town are busy arrang ing a : grand annual celebration in ThomasviUe to be held on or about September 11th, the date having not been definitely decided upon at this writing. Last yetr a similar celebra tion was held and proved a grand auccess in: every way. New features wil be added this year. A grand -military tournament will be held. In which military companies from other towns will participate and a sham battle, will be One of the features of the dsy; also street parade, riding tournament, match games of baseball and lasvn tennis, addresses by. prominent speak ers as well as a number of events of interest. The day will be full of; In terest and hundreds of . visitors - are expected. -Prizes wiU be' offered t in every contest and the entire town will be decorated in bright array to make the occasion one grand success. Espe clal efforts will be made to give the farmers and their families a -t good time. Everybody will be looked after and the day will be one. to be long re membered by all who attend. The ThomasviUe Blues will have a great deal of the arrangements In charge and will make the military part- of the program Interesting and enjoyable.' Work has already begun In the matter of getting things tn order and success will be the result. - - . KEVJ WITNESSES lN'mtfSUTrO!VCA$E I ' - ; I ; POLICEMIirDIS TIHED S50 .' :- -rA.t :a Officer: KIa;Pays Dearly for Ceating Fcce of Citizen STREET CRO&iNG'Mra Duriiam Tikes Vigorous Exception to the Action of the Corporation Com mission The "Bull City, However, Is a Fighter and Will Coat In ue to Scrap for Its Rlgbta. -: A , AS .. . 'i.... r - -'' - (Special to News and Observer.) ' P: Durham, ' N. C, 9lug. ilO. The city takes vigorous exception, to th ac tion of the Corporation Commission whereby the Alston avenue crossing promised by the Southern and Sea board years ago. Is . to be 'erected largely by this municipality. iThe city takes, the ground that the commission is unreasonable in - Its demand that the aldermen pay. SIS, 600 of the 118.- 000 required" cost to build the under-. ground passage -4 feet - wide, and 13 high. Under that order, .the commis sion is paying ' the railroads the - full value of their property which has been condemned- and Is - contributing' ' 0 cents en the-dollar towards building the track-passaer underneath. Thei city attorney holis rthat tha city Is In wUk 4oiind t- taiUtTahar pav9;ft'a n d pay ror the land too," that its ponce power asserts-Itself here and' makes the companies provide a safe cross inc. The right of the city to suchi a cross- Ins; cannot be denied, the city says. It excepts runner Because' the 'commis sion doesn't say who Is to build the crossing or when it takes place.. The whole thing Is in the air and it looks as if the Corpora tlon. Commission has . played a great Joke upon the town of Durham. The city hold that by every account, the order is without - any element bearing upon the issue now at stake. ..-; , : - The people generally have concluded that there will be no crossing, but uurnam is a fighter and expects to get something better than this acerbic lemon which haa grown ! to the - pro portions of a colossal grape fruit and is an too urge to awallow.' ; . -Aa to the OrpbMimgt General JuUan S. Carr this after noon sent this characteristic telegram to the orphanage committee of the rytmans now. in session In( Clayton and taking the final fall out of the on- posltlori to locating It here f ."The .citi zens oiMJurnam, universairy regarded and pronounced the most . liberal . In the State, embracing In our cltlzenshin several who have made good by large benefactions, unequalled In the history or me . enure state, una boasting one of the largest lodges of the rood and noble order of Pythians in the States welcome we orpnanage to our com munity where It will receive -a cordial support-from the whole city without regard to sect or sex. and amid a peo ple who have long ago - learned' that u is more messed to give than to re celve." . .-. - i v ,f The opposition to Durham has been tremendous and yesterday j the j mer chants and others got together to have something new on the bidding, v But the offers had closed.--Committeeman J. D. Prldgen , left this morning ' for Clayton, where he appears before the committee in. behalf of Durham. . He win pun nard tor this place which ; j (Continued , on Page JTwo.) v ; KEPT . TAD 0;i WI8T5 WARRANTS ISSUED FOR A NUM BER FOR EXCEEDING r THE - .; " ; spEEb"MinTif7'7 (Special to News and ; Observer.) Charlotte, N. C, .Aug. 10. -There will be something of interest going on in automobile circles In Charlotte, when the recorder' court convenes to morrow morning. Unknown . to a number of local autolsta, ' a member of the police force waa atatlbntd " on South Tryon street this afternoon .as people returned from . the ball game. Armed with a stop watch, the officer kept tab on machines as they sped past, bound toward the heart of the city. ; As a result, warrants are being Issued tonight for eleven - automobile owners, i not one of whom was run ning within the speed limit ! -' :. . It Is the Intention of the. police de partment to serve all warrants s&d try all in the city court'tomorrowi morn ing. The officer who timed the ma chines a'ated that a 'number of -machines were not detected. :- aa they passed more rspraiy than he was able to catch. 1 , i v.-.,' V King Edward In Francev : r "(By ihe Associated - Press:) t ::';A Calais, France. Aug. 10. ling Ed ward arrived here today from London and proceeded Immediately by special train for Marlenbad. .y. ' r iltiisunoi ii II His Fortune Left in Ve'ne- . i-s:;:-.--':-'-.: : -.. --.:'---;-'"-- zuelaUclting tpiiSIS , - - - - 5- The, Exiled Ex-President Is Being .R6bbed fn the Most . BoldTfaced Manner His Appeal to the Veoe V' raetsm. Congress Has Died Natural Death. : ..-.','., .--'..' fi (By the Associated Presa) - ' V . Caracas, - Saturday, - July 2 4 The much heralded ' appeal for Clprlano Castro r to the Venezuelan ' Congress which, after being read in joint ses slon,i was referred 'by Castro's' friends xri-lSSi In -that body to a special committee! for. report, has died a natural death in .the i committee room and' instead of the desired report the curious ex presfdentlal' appeal' has been achieved. Thus a last spasmodic effort of -the fews friends of the lte dictator 1 to awaken some sentiment for their fall en idol ' has failed; and ; the expatriate in Santanoder has not even "had the satisfaction of having his words re produced In the Venezuelan newspa pers,' as,' must have been his wish. " The systematic spoliation of the for tune which Castro left behind him In Venezuela has proceeded with such gigantic strides that, after the first six months,'- the 'five vmlllion ' dollars of known assets have been almost totally wipftdout.v- -''-vr---.; ? vi-:- '- , " . - Castro owned one million dollars of cigarette shares which had been given to Him as his share in the' promotion of the cigarette trust. A tew weeks ago the 'directors of the cigarette com pany! sold the fivfe million dollar con cern to ; a - private Individual,'. Senpr Garcia Guerre, for" $ 2 S 0,0 0 0. jiotwlth-. sUndlhg that oh the day Jot the sale the shares -wereC quoted on "the ex change at; 25 per cent, premium. . A new company which took In all the .Other- stockholders -except Castro. was formed, r In an order Issued ' by the Commercial Court to have the tS&.-H 00' depositeor. in 1he; Bank df Vene- auela' to" the order, of whoever 'miht be the holder of thie block of stock. In one day one million dollars of good money became fifty thousand. It was Immediately attached. by Individuals who .have : law, suits pending again'st Castro- for I the recovery of, properties and damages. ; -. . . ...-.''" '.-, ' ; A German citizen-, .named , Theodore Hauer. arrived a' few? days ago with the million dollars of cigarette shares in his pocket, and he claims that these belong to him by virtue of purchase from General Castro. He will begin action against 'the alleged- perpetra tors . i. of the reorganization which Vf rose out" these shares of hla . J 1 III f.6T THIS BODY WILL ASSEMBLE TO- 7 DAY7jAND j ACT ON BLACK ' -"MOUNTAIN SHOOTING. r V',;.V.-:!.:-: ; .-.:.'; ,v5 ' (Special to News and- Observer.) I fAshevlle, N. C Aug. lO.Wlth: the re-assembling - of the - grand ; jury , to morrow, an . immediate investigation will be pegun of the facti leading up to and the shooting of John? Hilt Bunt ing, the young traveling mail of Wll mlngton, who died , from' his wounds, and Paul C. Collins, who now lies in a hospital here from; a -pistol wound received at. the hands of Town '. Con stble F. C. Walk ins, who shot the men In : Hotel Gladstone early ; Saturday morning. ; : -.-'- :; Late last night . the x two eye-wit nesses, Clem Jones and Burley Cow an. the negroes who went with the officer to the room and were present at, the shooting, - were brought here from. Black Mountain and lodged in Jail; In order to prevent their leaving tne tsiate. , 'ims action was taaen oy Judge Adams upon : - the affidavit of Henry. M. Brown, a traveling man, who said that he had understood that the negroes would leave. . - They v are the strong witnesses for the prosecu tton.-' . --.7;:.:" ,tl Is not likely that the cases can be taken up at this term of the Superior Court at Locke Craig, counsel for the Defendant Watkins. is engaged in the trial of the bank case. , Fully half a dozen of the ablest lawyers of Ashe vlUe have ben retained by the friends and fraternal orders to assist in prose cuttna the case. r ,'-.:- " , Mr; Collins has not yet given out any, atatement. and very likely will not 'until he Is able to . dlzcuss the matter, with, his attorneys. Mr. Col lins' condition was reported aa favor able tonight. , , "u , - a - v - , . ; APPLIES FOR RECEIVER "1 t To Wind Up the Affairs of the Traders and TrncKerr uanic or Norfolk. .-'(By tha Associated1 Press.) Norfolk. Va.. Aug. 10. Jamea Win. ston, named, as trustee In the deed of assignment .made yesterday by . the failed Traders and Truckers' .Bank. today 'applied to Judge HanckeL for appointment as receiver . under bond to wind up the affairs of the hank hv the court's decision. Mayor Riddick. vice-president of the bank.' said ' he had no objection to the creation of a receivership but requested a continu ance.'! until H tomorrow. wnth - was granted. ' ".!..': - ;,' - - "-'f ,;. Postmaster at Saolaton. V (Special to News and Obseryer.V nuauvwn, . j. , Aur. 10. Penelope Musgrave is. appointed post master at Saulston. Wavne county. D IB vice L Peele, resigned. i7 ' '5 SISTER SI! ..;--t.' of eMntcmbiHTith. '-A - ; ' .;",' :: - ! ,';' ; , Licatcilant Adams 3 1 lilSliGi Said She Did Not Go Deeply Into, Mat . ",. ; W;of eBrotW ' ) Mutley,;Aa She Had Little Confidence In Him LitenanU AVllSnx ahd v Adams Were Recalled.,. v. '(.-;'(By jthe 'Assbciated,' Presa")' ;' "A'y ; i Annapolis; Md VVAugC ; lQ.ifMp.7i Rose Sutton - Parker,; whose testimony has been looked forward to as of sur- passing- interest In . the InvestlgaUon " ., dath on October 11. 1007,' bt P.brotilM. -rjniun.At h,tj. ton, Jr.; U.a- M. C, rwas the : center of attraction , - at the session o; the court's1 inquiry- today.'? She took the Stand smilingly, waa a-wllllny. witness and demonstrated that. her memory pt her. interview, with Lieutenant, Adams shortly after her brother's .dec ih was -much better than the recollection .?n .the same points of Lieutenant A lams. -His testimony -waa very larefy "1 don't remember". In character. Iivaa noticeable r fromv Mrs. "Parker's ' tosti- noney that whether or not Adams and Button were friends; Adams and Mrs. Parker parted .most amicably after .a little dinner party lasting a cotrle .t hours and endlng'about midiy e;.a local restaurant at. which Ad3.m3 v one of f Mrs. ... Parker's guests. - Xir. Blrney, counsel. to Lieutenant Ajexis, did not- press Mra Parker to any sy tent on cross-examination. . 1 1n- reply to his questions th& said, she talked, to Lieutenant - Utley, but did not go deeply with him .Into' the matter of her brother's fight,, because she had little confidence In Utley. Lieutenant. Osterman. . she said, told her' he. did not- understand -why her brother' was - unpopular.. ;Lleu:sr:iat' Potts histoid her her brother v -$ a coward.' Che l "1 net read ti;a rtecrd of the earlier Inquest at the time of the? talk: with i the others ynrmti. Cpeaklng ef her interview with LUC- tenant. Juflins 'Jind -"ta .eirne Tsx-at wii:cn-L s-,...z, t:.y t-.i,--u:r guest, she ter!f.ei tl.-t.tl--;' were c: dinner - for aLout . an t hour sad that their parting -was emlcafcl. V . . iTo'Jdr. Davis, lira Parker raid she had told. her mother on returning to . Portland, her experience whlls at.An napolia. .. ; ; , ; . . , Sergeant Major llenry Hubert te? tlfled that Private Kennedy, who gave' testimony at the present inquiry-contradicting that of some of the oncers Involved in : the case, had a -good record, that he did not know Ken nedy's reputation for truthfulness, but he would . believe any - statement he might make under-oath, . ' - '..Lieutenant .Williams was i recalle J .' and said the r cartrldses taken f rora Lieutenant Button's revolvers v;efe U ken apart1 by 'order of the board', cf, inquest In order to decide front wui:'v revolver, the service weapon 'or: Mj own. the bullet- that killed Lieuten ant Sutton was fired. ! . ; t ' " ' v J , That ; bullet, he said, was slightly) flattened on one side of the nose,, sr. 1 waa of the sort foundaftrwird la ths' revolver."' , - rr v " ' ; '. ' : Lieutenant Adams,: recalled by - -llr, Davis.., testified that he did not give Sergeant Dellart the pistol which the latter said had been handed him by some one he could not identify on the occasion, of the shooting of Sutton, and that he . does not know by wham tha weapon was handed to DeHart. , The : court; adjourned at :40 ? p.: m -"A. :' ", l i TirrTrrrrT. annTTTrirvT .' -?h .. i .. - , :'., France. Switwrland and rulrrta Are . Left In th Cold In Neve Tariff DeaL ; (By the Associated Press.) r : " -''-Waahlngton D. C, Aug.lfr France. - -Switzerland and Bulgaria are expected' by treasury officials ;to. enter, a pro-r test against the apparent discriminant tlon against the matter of terminating -reciprocal ! agreements . , which had been entered into v under the (Dlngiey -law.'-H.ip'.r-.W'Ci -V '' t-V-,5Vr. 1 " Under the Payne, law the Secretary ' " of State could' not do. otherwise than -denounce the treaties In .-"which not ; specific time for their termination had f been fixed .It the end . of tlx 1 months 7 from April 30, last.?. On -that day Sec retary Knox sent out notices . that . a ' new tariff law was being framed and" that' new commercial relations would . be made. The treaties In which - no time - limit, was . fixed - were with France, Switzerland . and Bulgaria. . - Limitations froza six months to year "Were specified in treaties with Germany, h Great ; Britain, : Portugal. Italy,- Spain and The Netherlanda , In. the case of Germany and Great Brit- aln I : six months were - given from Auoust 7 for the termination -of the ;; treaties, and In all other cases , one year waa given from August 7 1 Treasury department, officials - fear that their work will be made difficult by reason of discriminations. ; '. . - v . ! 1 ' ". ;; r r iycnE.SEiN.cQixi:cTioxs ; 7 , f 830.944 As ArjiU tlA.57S ' Under . ?f.' - ; , the;Diniry.iAw, .. v t . 1 rn the Associated Presa 1 . ' ceipts reported today from the - oper ation, of the -new,. tariff law amounted to 1930.144.- as .agalvst 'the ..receipts under the Dlngley law. for. the same day .last year amounting to, $7.57J, A! fair comparison .of receipts , un-. deil the two acts cannot be made be fo9 the latter part of the present week, as aomabf the collections cf under the Dlngley law, V tlv.'- v .'J K Had 'Hls Hand Ripped. 777- (Special to News and ' Obatrver.Y -4 phoenix AugMO. While workin at the' wood working plant of -W. XV. Uurrell. David,, the son of the ownr of the plant, "had his left hand badly ; cut : by a rip saw. 'necf itatlng C.e amputation of three Cn- a . - , . 'AS A($Ms '?';V' t 'v.!"--'.'- - Ti I'. . " ' " " ,! I I . ' ;i ',
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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