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t -a - in- - $- 1 r j. . .. I " ' i I- a- i i(D. tkeaWawflf la awa IM Mm - ' Leads Ml Norfh CairoE ailies iii News aed Circulation VOLUME rci, KO. 52 llALEIQII, tf. C., TUESDAY WOUNIKG, JAXWAI.Y 17, 1011' ritlCES CENT AGUE, THE NEGnO nniinnrnrn nnniiinTm -lUllULliLII, UUlJUIb I LU Tha Bnita Guilty of a Tripple Murder, Criminal : Assault, Arson, Burglary .and Urceny,Given Quick Trial and Sentenced to Die February 15 iiitii TO FEOTECT FfllSCriEB Moaiagaa w a Taaast Vrom tba Sum rrwm Hern YeeUwtUy Moraiaa; aad Carried to Oxford Vadec HlliUrr l .n, ' W'fi ettWl Treat il Cowrt. Presided Oeo- by Jjdge Ward. Wm Held Took Only fw Hoar of Actaal Osar , Work U Cetnptoto Trktl of tha rrlnw Jary Bcadered Verdict .- ta Eight Mraasro Condctnncd Maa Brought Barfctoltaielgh. (Mpectal to News and Observer.) Oxford, Jan. Granville ouunty court broke all record for disposing of a' criminal this afternoon when Nathan Montague u arraigned, tried, eoarlcted and sentenced within fvur boura of actual urt work. When Judge O. VV. Ward convened this special term thla morning, ka had to order a ventre, assign counsel, wail . io. a, grand Jury'a-aaaoa-aad-taaa vary proper step ta thla almost an paralleled erlrea Thara have been hamtolda trtala (hat required lees time, but none approaching thla ta barbarity. lawyers hera aay. Monta tua will Ola Wediieeday morning, February Jlth. ,. ." 'Military Gaard. ; WitbaL titaa rurt waa an aaavanuai f aaMon. . Tha Oraavllla Oraya and tba Qatltny gun lookad death to any denv onttrattoa. Tba moat Infuriated man baa IHa fury lir nm paina vm idM a-era aotdlera who obeyad jtha literal, ordara ef tha aommandara, and on the Inolde every man who want up eu bra l tied to An examination. - .. . vtRltora. but theaa did net Indicate that there waa a riot Incubating. A crowd ot three or four thoueaqd man would acareety be without (Hooting Irena From anaabundance o( pre rauttoru thla step waa taken In order to oieka certain that there could be no atray ahot Into tha crowd that might kill either tha prieoner or at any tnnooent byttaader. Burn niu aa dtepoaed ( weapona were un touched for . the praeent. Nothing waa allowed ta trotibl tha trial. Barring thla very trivial Incident there waa nothing that looked like lynehlnf. The rurioua on tha eutelde had i not recelred half of Ha moneya worth. Not halt at It could gain en trance. Jrut 1t etruggtad vainly to hear tometblng of the teatlmony. - Followed Prisoner to Station, Tha crowd that followed the prln onar to tha atation waa tha aame that Savers every savagery of almllar na ture with the upernatural glamour that heaven alone understands. It . did net aeern to want Montague. Tha enforced alienee actually seemed to melt many a man to tha pitiless brut erho did not realize his predicament. words of ludga Taatlmoay af Phnaa Overton. ' Her father-in-law, Mbuman Over ton, irvt reduced to ehow almllar teatl mony. declared that Montague could not kava gotten bloody from the work that he did with the koaa. be- cauee ha did so little. A white cravat was found near Montague's house. It belonged to Ley tun Banders. Mosea Overton's TWImoay. Moaea Overton, tha third wrtneea, probably unearthed the clrcumatancas that anvaloped the murder la mystery until ha apuaared. MonUwtua had loaned Overton his knife that day. When found In tha light made by the burning house. It waa recognlaed. That led to the arrest and tha street to the discovery of the clothea that completed tba string of circumstances. Baralng and IMarovertas, Melville Hunt,, John T. Milton and Prank Hester were examined to ekow the burning ef tha bouse, tha finding of charred bodies, tba discovery of stray hairs, and tha evidence of a struggle. That Montague tried to throw the girl Into tha well eeema Ir resistible. Tba chain waa bloody and all about It were aeea patch ss of hair, Mood and tracks that told of the struggle. Until .Mud ta rue conf completely, there will be no way to and how Mr. Headers died. Killing of Mr. banders. Frank Hester gives a ray, at light In hie testimony. Hs discovered pan nearly consumed com, tba theory being that tha old gentleman faheUed' t and-waa otrraMr en eared la that work when he waa slain. The belief la general that the child was burned without being murdered. The oldest, and tha youngest war, found near aavh other.' Identify of Dead. Ex-Sheriff 8.. A Fterolna a, evidence tendtd; to' prove the Identity of the three ad people, ile waa praeent when Montague waa arrested. He said tha prisoner laughed aa idlotio laugn, when accused. ' r e TeOtalo Evidence. R. K.' Utarnee completed the cor ctimetantial testimony by bringing out the fateful skirt, which no reasoning man can account for. Robbing the when the chllllfrer-ero" Ward 'shot through him. Ha cared not to speak, and It waa perhaps bet ter. ' - j . . '-MiHitagwo 'Haa' AdmfttrI CrhncV'fl That Montague killed the Bandars family has bsea admitted by him at an lima tanotber,aa.itmna ft' eauit waa one nia crimes. was deemed beat by cOoneel not to atlow him to make a public statement, -if ha wanted to do it as It waa feared that detailing tha outrage, there might be, an outburst. Ta-aome, the eon- veyed statement that Montague killed tha girl ibefora assaulting her, which appears to be tha truth, will come aa the one mitigation of grief; to others U will pile tt up In cumulative bar barity. Btt he aaya ha did. Judge Ward. In pronouncing aeh tence, told Montsrue that he stood ehsryed with tlx ' possible , capital felonies.9 murder, arson, ripe and bnrglary, murd-r f tha three being charged. to him. That he robbed the Sanders' home of clothe, and tha deed girl of a little money, is positive. But at every stupid step, t appears to nave dropped the evldenoe that wound a chain of elrcumatantea about him that aa barrister1 could have broken, tt la probably due Granville- to aay that with less precaution than waa taken, there would have been ne lynching. There via no murmuring, the populace did not appear to be In- .. ceneed, but curious. . There was no abnormal Influx here from the Sand ers" neighborhood.: Tha whole coun ty was in town.'; Prisoner Crv Wife. Montague ahowid Ms Drat emotion ' thla morning when be and his wife met in tha courthouse, 'nd he gave, her a bos of candy. Ho shAk handa with her, but ahowed no mora afTec Mrm., Their parting waa without mora affection. - -i. ( Mr. Overton's Testimony. " The sum total of tha testimony ds relnped, all elements of criminal as Mult being assiduously avoided In tha 'ttravsKsnca of care; was clrcumntan- 'tlal, it ennelunlve. The-first wltneea, Wee. ll. It. Overton, sister of Mine . Iattie Renders, fvs the dead girl's e as twenty-two. described her hslr ed riylhes aa beina those found In the pnwKfon of MntiUMfie at hie home the night of the murder. dead sirlBt he clothing.. tbrm. "SiSSXtt: Into the bouse and carrying away the only actual evidence furnished agglnst hlnv rather than burn it, waa the couraa of Montague. Other minor things Were mentioned. Theft to Crimo. -' Sheriff Wheeler strengthened the case by producing a little purse with seventy-five cents In It. and later find Ing many clothee that Montague's wifa and father-in-law, George Man gum. aald were brought from Monta gue's house. These key and clothea, purse and trinket belonged to the Sen ders family.' Mrs. (landers testified. It added de llheratevrobbery to a long list of an- thlnkablo Crimea 'After Mrs. Sanders testified, the State rested, and the defenss an nounced Its unwillingness to offer evi dence. Charge to Jnry, Argument was waived, and Judge Ward began his charge at 1:41. At t:il he had concluded, charting that uia evidence was circumstantial ana stating the prisoner's contention for him. "He denies, or would deny, that there la any evidence of any homicide at all. Nobody saw thla tragedy. Uudgo Ward oestinoed- -It rests pare. I tv nnAH nlH.na freiimfmntll Verdict In Eight Mlnatoa. . Eight minuteo'of deliberation folio wed., by a dramatically alleot as. tention. ; "Mherlfr, station your oepu ties everywhere, and aea that there is no demonstrstlnn of any kind," Judge ft ftratenco Prtmouneed. . The. stillness of a cathedral hush fell npoa the court room, fairly burst ing now, when Foreman C. Hob good pronounced the verdict that doomed in brutf to death. Jadge .Ward took time to write the judgment and. then read It. which was that tha prisoner should die by alec trocotloti Kebroary Ith. When be said "May Ood have mercy upon your soul,- tha , negro, appeared to be un concerned as to whether tha prayer was answered,.or pot, ;w ,.,.,;.,., -., , Monlagno Tnlkg. Nathan Montague, the neaxo yester day convicted In Oxford ot tha mur der of Mr. J. Im. Bandera, his daughter. Miss Mrttle Handera and his grand daughter, little Irene Oventon,ln tenced to be electrocuted on JTebruary ISth, has made a partial eonfeeelon. efter hie plea of not guilty was enter ed at tha trial. -The eeml-confesslon waa made to Sheriff R- A. Wheeler, of Oranville. and in tha presence of Cap. W.i . Moody, of Company' B, Third Regi ment, of Raleigh, this being while Montague waa being brought back to Raleigh under military guard. la a statement, be made ha aald he waa at tha Banders' home at the time of the burning of the house and the mutter, but the ha was outside, that other parties had committed the foul deed. - According l the statement he made, he agreed to go to the bouse' with two negroes, one whom ha calls Brld sera, another Lonnla. who had pro posed to rob the place. . He says that he waited outside; that Brtgdsrs and Ivwnle went Into the house. Later, thev called him In and he fwnd Mr. Handera tying still, au If dead, with Mood about htm: that ha did not know whether or not MU MsVe Sen. den or Irene Overton were dead. He denlee setting fire to the houne. anil aa that; the rbnly part ha took waa to watch outside, while the other two .(.Continued on pegs eix.1 B flE'T III GOMEUPTHUnSOAY Date Set for Constitu tional Amendment CiPT. . ASHtTS oa Local Ceraeral Asrmbty Acta Measures Oaly, and sa Only Lotal Onoa Iatrodwrwd eaala AtUotaras sa Hoswr of Lata On. W. J. Bks Capt. a, A. Aaha Dcfcatla Mia Blatory of IMato. lit Oradaally tha tosalans of tha House art growing lunger, aa tha work ta- Yesterday tha ealeadar waa cleared again, a great many third reading roll call bills, relating to awntalpal or county bond authorisations. Tha Oreeasburo Commission form at Gov ernment bill waa among thoee being finally disposed of. This bill having already passed the senate, will bo ratified this morning. Mr. Battle's bill authorising tha State Agricultural Society - to own I iiat. tot worth of property, also passed Its final reading. All the other bllla paesed were of strict local nature, aa were most of those, introduced. Exceptions among tha new bills are: Tha bill by Mr. Hagaman, providing for tba support and maintenance ot Lthe Appalachian Training School u air. nay: noising ins eiry oi the law clerk to tha attorney general, from ll.ltt to IZ.ttt and ensue Ina bis official entitlement to aasistsnt at torney general, so that the aama will ftt the bigger POT. By Mr. Coanor: 'Providing that free classes ef mortgagee of personal property can bo tnado In the county. Wbea mortgage as regiateroa. A bill to provide a woman's build ing at tba Soldiers' Home, waa another one of general lateres. - A meaiertaj from Cast 9. K. Asho woaM iustlfy tha Htato la purchasing bis History of North Carolina for the schools and pabMo tlbranea of tha Btate. A bfil almllar to this waa kill ed at tha but session after It had passed, by tha efforts of Mecklen burg's representatives and (tpeaker Oraham, because of matter in the hie. tory calling In ejuestloa the historical Hon of independence. There will be another contest doubtless, over this problem of the exact status of ths numerous "descendants of the sign' era- Consideration of the Income tax amendment to the Federal Constitu tion bill, on motion of Its patron. Judge Ewart waa made a special or der for Thursday. January ttth. Announcement waa made that a Joint caucus of Democratic members of the Senate and House would be held Tuesday night Notice was also given that on Wed nesday nlfht.-a joint meeting of the Senate and House Committees on Ed ucation would be held, and that as Governor Jarvis had accepted an in vitation to address them. The session was void of special In cident, and no bill created any dts cusslon or debate. Hoase proceeding. The House was convened at twelve o'clock 'by Speaker tro tern. Dough ton. -Rev. A. J. Moncrief, of Raleigh, offered prayer. Tha "Journal Commit tee reported the proceedings ot Satur day correctly recorded. Memorials and mukma. ""The following petitlone aad memo rials were presented and ware re ferred to the appropriate committees: Battle: Cant S. A. Ashe, of Raleigh, refatrra to hit Hlrtory of Xorth Caro lina. M cOII I: Resolution of Daughters ef the. Confederacy, ashing for-aaneg -4o4 Eoldlera' Home. Kellam: Petition of Cape Fear Camp veterans for monument to Wo men of Confederacy. . . IJvlngaton: From cltixens of Fork, asking a charter lor tawa atXynavf- ResoluUoae, . - Battle: Joint resolution with tefer- ence to paving tha street la front of tha uovernor a """""n, . t . Kew Bills. McQlll: For the erection of a wo man's building at 8oIdiers Homo. - Pethal: To protect evomen from drfnkenaeaa of mtdwrvee or practi tioners. ptthel: To tncoorago sheep raising an) vwotect game. Bethel: To provide es-Confederatt aoldiers. Dlllsrd! To rn corporate ths town of Marble, in Cnsrokeo -ejounty. HerberttTo provido road law for visy county. Farham: To amend (ha laundry law of-1 tor.. ... ' Fagg: to allow .commlssionera of Stokes tl.tO per day and mileage. .. ' Meaae: To provide, for bridges In Haywood eountv. Mease: To allow . Warnesvllls to fund Its debt. 'Ray; To amend the law of ltOt. relative ta the law clerk of the Attor ney -General. . i ' : Swain: To determine tha bridre tag rights of the brldsa between yaah lpen and Chownw counties. twain:. For Impound stoc'l In Waeh Inrtort eotMrty-;-- - - - Swain: To Improve roads of Wash ington county. ... s. , Wood- To prevent public drunken Bees In Transylvania cMnty. Wood: To appoint Justices -of tha peace la Transylvsnia oounrr, -i Kellum:, To validate . certain pro bates and reglelratlons. ri Uvlngston: To allow Polk county to levy special tas to pay det l. . l.lvlnestons To Incorporate, the town of I.vnn. fiarAnen: For relief of the Appa. laclilan Training School. . .- (Continued en page two) .'. t ..I. . DEALS 1IAHQ GLOW TO THE OIL THUST Argument of Attorney General Vickersham TRUST EGSVIGJS ITSELF The Attorney General Tarns tba Argv ' isjat of (Ml Atharwey W aUoa aa Weapoa Against ths) Of pua, Know. Ina; That tha Iteurgauliatloa la im After Ddug Peclarcd "Aa Iliegal dorabiaatloa, Constiutod a Cjrrater Trust Tbaa It Ild llefnyo. . '. (By the Aasoclatod Press.) f .Washington, D. C. Jan. It. De alarlcg that tha lOftrganication of tha Standard Oil Company, of New Jer sey, la lilt riveted together the con trol of the subsidiary companies la a way that bad aoV agisted before. At torney General Wickers ham today argued before tha Bwpreme Court that tba defense pat up by thd Standard Oil Company against dissolution fell to the ground. It waa the third day of the oral ar gument of the ease. Frank B. Kel logg hod concluded bis long argument In favor of tha dlaaolutlon as decreed by the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern district of Mis souri. D. T. Watavn. of Pittsburg, had centered aa attack on the form and effect of the decree Mr. Wlck eraham a as Uwn. oalle.) upon to close the argument for the government- Us did not conclude, but will complete Die argument tomorrow when John (). Johnson will finish the presentation of tha en til e case. , . Dorlng his addrens, Mr.' Watson paved the way for llr. Wlrkervhara'e remarks Mr. Watson Made the de cree of the lower rourt the topic for his remarks. He a f I that the Circuit Codrt held that t.w defendant had dona nothing after tha passage t the Sherman anti-trust ax to violate It but to Convey the properties held to gether for years by a lawful body of men to the Standard Oil of .Now Jer sey. 're tha Federal courts to alt by the avefouea of Interstate rornnwoo." in quired lur. Watson, "to pass on the conveyance prupertlca?" He declarrd that tha Ktandard Oil did not ln a single power by r?on of the (onveyanro "We did not put any alien property In the new organ I sat Ion." he ihIi. "Only Joint property was chanicd from the truster to a corporation. Pray tell mi ow the fUandard oil of New J erne oul.l restrain trade by such a conveyanr?" It is contended that the properties conveyed were non -competitive before lift end remained exactly as they had been after that year. The reason he advanced for the Cir cuit Court holding that the oonvvance waa Illegal was that It believed It had to follow the decision of the Kupreme Court in the Northern Securities cum. But the Standard Oil case, he ar gued, differed from tba Northern He earitira. In the latter, railroads, ow ing a duty to compete, and enguged In active knd actunl competition, were concerned, in the former case, there were concerned trails companies, ow ing no duty to comvpete and not In com petition with one another because of their common ownership. ' seeoa potrrt that WrVWatsnn ar gued waa that the decree practically confiscated ' property beca'tise tt did' not allow, the subsidiary eompsnles to pax divldsads to tl Standard r!l of New Jersey, and that tha stock of the company became practically worthies. It la graUf nr. to belleve,.aW Jtfr. Wlckersham folio wing Mr. W atson. "that the defendunta will, at least, find soma difficulty. In evading the decrpe Of tha lower court if It la affirmed." 1 Ha 4erk-up the defense of the de crew, telling the court jtat .ike ourt below had held tiiai a ooneplracy to restrain trade had been' found and that the conveyance, of H9t was made in pursuance of that conspiracy. After, reviewing the history of the Standard Oil Compuuy to support his claim that its organisation jut pre ceding the reoiKnlxat1oh of the FUmlard Oil Company of New. Jersey la Utt was lllecal. Mr. Wickersham answered Mr. Waton's question about the effect of the trp In IStt. "The effeet was to rrvat the control of one hand over the twenty compa nies a control, that neither death nor taxa eor financial ruin-eouid Ter t. "Before tbe separation tha death of one of the certificate holders WoriTj have dlalntegrsteil the con trot. py this reorganisation a berpetuaf im mortal element was accorded to the control.' - SHEEHAN IS MEM SEVEflE F GRILLING 00 Til 11 IIII ESS Bitter Cross-Examination of Woman Detective PROBED FoTTlVE HOURS Elraiior of kh, Knowu as Mrs. Kloia, It Flaroely Assailed b t torneys, Who Attack lire vraio. ' Character and Past life Tte - ansa Theuugtl K All, However. II. . taalttt lasliakea aad Stk-ks to Hi. BMwy M TiAd t'nder IMrKt r. aatlaaiioa. . (By tha Associated Press.) Whtellpg. W. Va.. Jan. 1. Klvs hours ef tha moat bitter oross-exami nation to which any witness has bi en subjsctad by tba defense in the of Mra ' Laura Fsrnsworth Hchenk charged With administering poison t her millionaire husband. John 8chenk, failed to shaks today the story told the jury on direct examination Haturday by Eleanor Zoeckler, who in also known as Mra Klein, the detective nurse, a ho alleges that Mrs. Schenk offered her $1.00 to put a poisoned pill In the medicine which wee taken by the patieui at the North Wheeling Hospital. Mies Zoeckler. who If connected with s Pittsburg detective agency, wus on ths stand all day. The woman's versclty, her charac ter and her past life were prolMHl In the iuatlous propounded by U u. Hoyce. So tierce wns the attuck n trw-witties that Proserutrng Attorney Ha nil land objected, declaring that Mr. Boycit had no right to go. beyond the bounds ot authority, and the Jury i excluded while the objection wan argued out. Mr. Hoyce replied with enuaj bitter, news. He eaid: 'This la a commercial witness, and I will treat her corumer la,lly.. She waa. employed to suuirm and Ingratiate herself, lata (be confi dence of this defendant with a tissue of lies; be has agreed to lie fur money .and I will cross-examine her on thoae lines. The detective profes sion Is an honorable one. If -conducted along regular tines, but In this raee it was not This woman Is not a detec tive She I. only an operative, and I j wtlt cendtict this otjrrtmnlnr along lines to snow tnat in "urn capai iiy she lied ami entered Into a conspiracy ukhi net the accused." Time after time, he axkod "when von told Mrs. Schenk that, you h'd again, didn't you?" Without faltering or . changing lier expression, the witness snswered on every occasion with a stralghtaoi waru "yea" or "sura. I did." Aaked If she had had conversation with Mra 8-henk regarding the prov able death of her husband, she sai l she had. That Mw. Hchenk had oft-n expressed a fear that nhe would not "get what was coming to hor," and that ehe was not sure nhe would -t a good home Tf the huiband thould die "I watched every hoard, every stone going into our house." Mr Schenk told her. witness tewtlflrd. "and 1 know It Is worth a lot of money. Following our talk when she offered me a thou sand dollars to poison John Hchenk. Mra Hchenk evaded me for several daya On the morning of lier arrant, she came to the hospital and naked hin If she could see her huehand. I toM her yea, to go In. Miss Evans ordered her out, as sbe waa Just giving Hchenk a treatment w'Tou can "give him the devil, for all I rare.' aald Mra. Schenk." Both the regular nurne and hemelf had Instructions not to leave wife and htmhwnd sloflp TOT a moment, an at tempt on his life be lag feared. Mr. Boyce took the witness In charge atl J, bla.llrit UaUn reUd the line which the defense would follow. "You ivere tod to brejk Into Mrs. Hchenk'i confidence by any means, weren't you?" "Thoee were my Instructions," h FLOuVER OK DEMOCRACY TO SIT AT FEAST OF HARMONY Conference of Democrats at Baltimore Today Will Bring the Leaders of the Party from Every Sec- tion of the Country KVEJtT AT IXIZABKTHTOWN. i Ttia Conipletloo tf Virginia and anv il oa Hallway to 11 w I Point -lc-hratext-rho awands atU'nd The lllg ItiiUMW a rrauirr. i;'lnibellitiwn. Jan. U Thounan.ln . re hera Haturday to attend the oel- i. ration of the completion of the Vir ginia aad Carolina Southern luilway ' this point The excuslon train ! brought a large arowd which swelled tin already great arowd whloh camel i vehicle from all parts of ths ; oiinty. Tha Celebration was an em I- I '""t success. A big ktnd'fale was a I'.iture. A big dinner, waa served on in., school grounds In great abundance 1 and with plenty to epare. Music L a .nl band enlivened tba ocoaalon I'tesldent A. W. Mclean. of the new r.iilroad, was present It was estlm- ! i e l that 4.000 people wera preeent, j TO FURTHER CEMENT THE GOVlJlNMK.T ACCEPTS. 11 ic Price fur Site for Enlargement of Poatomrw at WinHoa-piaJnn la natla factory u Federal AaUxwiliea. (Special to News and , bserver Wlnston-Halem, Jan. It. tMitrM Attorney Iloltoti recalved a telegram tins sfternoon trom the aaelHtant secretary of ths treasury, stating that the department had doclded to ac cept the price of lib. 000 fixed , und sarins water on the side, the mll thro,1Kh condemnatlonal proceeding . rtanl of ,m wj rt, , , for four lots on Trade street deeired I , , , f.r the entargement uT the present ! ,"Mrt ,n ,nts rfrr '"morrow n'fh'. postolllce building Thla memia the'wh"e ,h exclusive diamond-back otlice will not he moved to another i terrapin will vit with the aristocrat"' 't, ""J"r consldiTatloti. I canvas-back duck and the epicure,, I timitlifleld ham In the courses ot a I burniuot (hut Is fittingly to Celebrate 'Was Convicted of lanvs, i YaILI i ,l" l'emo.Tatic virtnrlea of IM" Tlie t.rrat Victory of IsmI aawgsaber t lie (Mobratad by aa Elaborate .la.-kxm Day BeuHiiet, Wkk Will I Truly Magntnccat 0re a"t j Harmon and "Speaker" Owrup lark Are to lie tl Central I Verm and UUI Deliver fogeual AaVareas.. However, Th-re Will Da Other ltrll ! liaot DrsiKxratk) Ughta Who Will Abx. StH-ak Tin Haaqont Will He tin- ( loaiiiK Cvcut of Harmon ( Con fetrennra During the Pay. I y the Associated Press i Italtimore, Md., Jan. It "oulm idurlng the lean years of defeat t dlno at "dollar dinners." with "aoj and hinilny'' ss the central them-. PR.VAK POWHX PAK1M.PJI. County and ScnU'Oced to ht Month n jail Frank 'owell, of Yadkin county, lilt, of tha crti The banquet will be the cloiu t.-a lure of a day given over to barmunv conferences among the lenv'r lis Who was convicted at "ths fttn term,1m'm 'ark.us ectu.ns of the eountrr. Time Of larcenv. and ""'vernor mrnion. .,r unio. sua sentenced to six months In Jail. W1M, ' ham p nark, of Mlasnm-t. are to m, yesterday pardned cnnditlonRlly. the ,h'" 'e"tral daures m the day's dolmo i reasons ror the granting of the unrdon '"i1 i lelng an follows 11 'nectlnir In ths l.Tlc tomorrow at 1 "Two reputshlo pMalrhms. ..n- be- t.rnoon. Ing ths County Superintendent of Senator Joseph W. Bailey, v x. fHeaMh. certify that fnrrher condn. - "k""""ir Knrene N Posa of M- ment will ser oualv tn.mitr the h.-lth loiroer nenrraeniauve int and endanger the lire of the primmer 1 a diseased man, und both the trial J Judge and the solicitor recommend ' pardon. "I therefore pardon prla.mer on ' ondltlon that he remain law-abiding j :unl of good behavior. j "W. V. KITVH1V, j "(lovernor " . d r. m H,,l of tallfornla: ,'ormr S.nator !U;c kbiirn, of Kentucky. Sen ator ShiM h. of Indiana; Represent tle . l.. I Martin W IJttloton. of .New York. National t'halrman Norman K- , M;n k and ' I leucon ' Jamee C. Hemp hill, of Kii'hniniiit, Va., are am nx others scheduled to take part In th- conference and t" deliver apeechea. either at the meetlne during the af ternoon or ut the hno,ot in the ever, ing. By the Associated I'ren. A ml tram from WAehtngtcr iLMhlngton, D. ., JMi. IS. Hnaalble ill bring t., Baltimore tomorrow coMiprniiilsea of the government's cano ' practically every lemorratc member ;nr;iiiiM .New Orleans Importers who 1 of the I'tilted Statee Senste snd Home .ii. churged with under-valuatlon of . f Kepre.-entatlvea. Altogether IT nfliroiderles and laces, were cunsldei- ', exp-ted that more than l.eno falthfn' . it a conference toilay between As-! I'emocrutu will itt abo'it the "groan - Possible CMiiiroiiilMe. -t tnt Attorney-General W T. IVnt koii and Wlr.kbam Rmlth, of New York, t. prexentlng the Importers. The Tre-iBiiry Depsrtment has d- m itidert iio.ooo tor Dat'g autiee trom inu boards" in the Fifth Hegim- m armory tomorrow night fontrarv to the general Impression, the, metinx tomorrow will constitute a relehrs tion rather than a conference, end M iy and EIHh. one of the New Or- great political significance Is expe' t-d lo.m. tlrms und pajment hss been rc- to attach to the proceedings- The f'c-ed. 1 men who proposed the celebration. i and who have had charge of th Dupoul NonUiiatert. plane, declare there Is no purpoea of . 7, . talarttog a "bo.wrt" for atlT mh Tt ffly theAH aocUted Press.) , iTnldent. They ray that so far a Dovar, Del.. Jan, IS. In a tauens ;OVernor Harmon n concerned, J-i-ahlch was attended by thirty t( the, "boom" Is already under wav, and fu-thlrty-one 1-Jiuhllcana of the two been for tome ; time UUL hram-he of the leieware Iiegwlatnre C.overnor r..n. i. tn ri.i Uii . . , llini A I li i ...., . n a ,tfBln .. T in,- ,..-,, .. ..,, ... ........... tne srternoon named as i nuea mates nenaior irom meeting, and Judge F..rrllns.ni1 rtt Cnml.rlunjt Vl m.iii. ml. Htata. Henator LhinmiL kiu armv.i... .'.!. .' . r. , - " ,t: . TnrT.es rosei master at tne banquet tlca II, - no ;."PP0-IUn. m, , - one vote ! bamle, , , , bou, ""rv".'. . e uborate MtTalr ever held In mnet Balti more In ealth of Moral decoratUin repleteness of fervb-e, and In- the Mr. Hoyce, after two hours of searching Inquiry, saked: "Isn't It a fact that every statement you have made relative to Mrs. Schenk offering you II, 00 to poison her hu batid Is a tlssun of lies, manufactured t out of the whole cloth by yourself " I "Bvcrylhlng I have told Is true." I . "Isn't It a raet that the only men i tUm rrf 11.000 was made when you 'told Mrs. Hchenk that Albert Hchenk, i John's brother, had , offered Miss Evans that amount to take John's keys to his safe deposit box and turn them-over to Albert, and yon stUd that tt Ought to be worth that amount to you If you got them for Mrs. Hchenk T" "That Is not true. No sut;h conver sation took place." CEXSVB rTUVRKR. cast agalnHt hira Today's aetfon will be ratified when i )n i e (i i.-iiiiui uitifin ill iijiiil nrcuiiiin . ... on' January "ith. - - ... Umuu ..! .1'JauJs. awl viataaw. a4aeerM rialit for KiDosltloo. teaxm tne ik-mncracy has ever knowi CHOSEX W DEMOCItmC OAICW . TO RCCCEED SKS ATOn dp:iew, OJf THE nXAl, VOTE HE tlB. . CEI13 IXCR MOIlE tnX WAS SECISRART. ' (By tha Aasociated Press. Albany. X. X : Jan. 1. At the Democratic ' caucus here tonight Wil liam V. Bheeban was nominated for t'tilted .Statea - Senator to sitonaed Ckauncey M.iepw. The final vole resulted s follow: Siirchan. tJ; Sliepa. d. U, Herrick. f, . ghcehan re ceived four more than necessary for a majority. ; . T)tomaVllte Haa a PopnUuion of ,8II and LcxlngtiMi Has 4,13. . (Special to News and Observer.) Washington. V. C Jan. It. Thorn. asvllle, . North Carolina, has grown from a town ef ttO In 1110 to a com munity of ,1H aoordlng to the census flfrurea published today. Ten years atfo tba pouulatlon waa only 751. Lexington now haa a population of 1,111 ss compared with 1.21 tea years ago and 1.148'ln 1L . Foil row AI DEPARTMENT. Tbo Approprlatloo Bill Riwiorted to Ilouae CarrVro 1253,000.000. j - (Py tha Aasociated Presa) "H Washington, Jan, It. Tha post office apprbprlatlon bill aggregating l2SX.0oo.000. an Increase of more than 19,000.000 over tha current appreprle tion. was reortel to the House to day by the poatumca. committee. The plan la In Consider the bill In the House Immediately after disposing of th pending army apprdprlatloa btlLI (By the Associated Press. i Washington. V. C. Jan. The final arguments In the tight for na tional recognlttott of the exposition of 1118. Wert mud before the Hoiim committee on expositions today, !ov ernor Sanders, of Louisiana, appearing for New Orleans, and Representative Kahn, of California, for Han Francisco Mayor McCarthy, of Kan Kram-iwn. invited the committee to coma to Sun hYanctsco. Largo MMI Alifii-. The lAmorratlc leaders resent th., Idea that the Baltimore conference jj intended to bring aoout harmony In th.- liemocratlc ranks. They declare It l sltnnlv t j celebrate a harmony already nitnd No attempt wilt be made to fix a policy hh to the course of the Demo cratic nuijonty in the House of Representative- That will be left to the Congressional leaders to be dealt wtth In their own say. No resolution bind ing the 1 lemocrwer to any caflaVas for any national ptflce will be jennsld ered '111 order'' and there wrfl be no appeals from the chair osr'thta parllu ttientary point. A fre7 open discus- ty the Aasxclit'ed Pros t . 1. 1 A - ' 1 .. 1 Monroe Manufacturl lmm mill -...-Ll ..... i . ...1 i,....m.i i. other "ism- of the Renuhllcaa nartv Ing about 3,000 and assets phout TV-. more th,n "r,;,l'on haa 000. Moat of tha creditors Arm oral "'". '""' The plant Is being operated to com plete the unfilled orders and will prob ably be re-organlsed. John Martin Signed. New York. Jan. It. Tha New Tnrk be given places of honor at thla asbla American League Club today slgnd whether they are to aay anything or John Martin, an Inflelder, who was with -the New Brunswick, New Jersey semi-professional team ltst year. Mar tin haa been ordered to report In Athens, Ga., on March I. His home Is, In Ptninneld, N; J. ., Dr. Hopwood Reatgna Lynchburg. Va, Jan. It. The trust ees of ths Virginia Christian College met hera this afternoon to receive the realgnat'on of Ir. J. Hopwood. who haa been president' since the rollegt was founded. l)r. Hopwood expects to found another Christian College at soma point In the State ot Georgia.; it i : 1 if - 'i- i .i t t ' f I I I' I :) i m i ti f ? r 1!' ' t ! t t I 1 ' J l : t.J '..l'J (.' . the i' h; iff . n, 1 Adams , r,n" " 'mocratlc principles haa been .ring Co., one of the ,,vl1te,, .nd n r,ker who cornea to Ing planish oJ th.- h" aT "Cannonlsm- or ay Some idea of the mamltads of ths. banquet may be gained from the fact that there will be fifty-three seats at the speakers' table. This doesn't meat that there wli be fifty-two socsche. But the more Important guests will I - I rroc nor. Ths. bsnauet Is lu'lurt t o'clock, and la expected to end gomr where around midnight Before the (oastmaster rapt for or der, however, y(he dlnera et tpctct to make away with 7,too Lytihsvrn oystera T allons Of diamond-back terranlri. lj50 pounds of Jertev . pon, ISO canvas-back durka. 4t Smith field hem, l.tot cocktallalfed quarta of chamfiame tot ouartt of aautemo and 13 IS worth ef fancy Iraa, to aay nothina of the llxlnts" that go be- the various course. The smoke froraf S.000 perfect cigars will mako blue during the response to tha oua toaaia . . - - - ft f haft Ja tin XT 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 17, 1911, edition 1
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