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VOL. XXX.
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. 1908
NO. 51.
DROWNED IN BRAVE ACT
NEW REFORMS IN TURKEY
HEADS PEACE LEAGUE
rue Cbatbam 1Kecor&.
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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
flews of Interest Gleaned from All Sections of the State and
Arranged for Busy Readers
peace Meeting in October.
Greensboro, Special. A peace con
fereiu'o under the auspices of . the
orth Carolina Peace Society will be
held in Greensboro during the cele
bration of centennial week in Octob
er a formal invitation for the con
ference to be held here at that time
bavins' oeen extended by the board
0f centennial managers sand accept
ed for the society by President Hayne
Tkvis. Messrs. Julius I. Foust, Rob-
ert P. Douglas ana a. ju. ocaies nave
been appointed members of an exe
cutive committee to make prepara
tions for the meeting. .
The list of speakers scheduled for
the conference embraces a number of
distinguished men and women among
them being : Ex-Governor Aycock,
(;en. Julian's. Carr, Mr. Locke Craig,
Mr. W W. Kitchin, Dr. W. L. Poteat,
president of Wake- Forest College;
Dr. James A. B. Scherer, of New
berry. S. C. ; Prof. J. Y. Joyner, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Senator Lee S. Overman, who will
speak on the subject, "International
House of Representatives," Hon.
John Sharp Williams, "The Modern
Aicphyctionic Council;" Chief Jus
tice Walter Clark, ' ' The International
Judiciary;" Hon. George W. Norris,
of Nebraska. "A Practical Plan for
International Peace;" Congressman
Richmond Pearson Hobson, "Arbi
tration and Armaments;" Mrs. Don
ald McLean, "Peace and the Revo
lution:" Mrs. Lizzie George Hender
son. "The Daughters of the Confed
eracy and Peace;" Dr. John Frank
lin 'Crowell, formerly president of
Trinitv College and now editor of
The Wall Street Journal., "The
Economical Salvation of the Na
tions;" Dr. Thomas Hume, "What
Professors Can Do For Peace;" Prof.
Horace H. Williams, "The Ethics of
Peace;" United States Senator James
B. McCreary, of Kentucky, "The
Possibilities of the Pan-American
Union:" United States Senator
"Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee; Speak
er E. J. Justice, of the North Caro
lina House of Representatives,
"States' Risrhts and the Navy;" J.
Allen Taylor, of Wilmington, "The
Waste of War;" William H. Taylor,
"Peace as a Practical Proposition
for Practical Men."
Another feature of the centennial
celebration which is expected to at
tract much attention will be "Pyth
ian Day." when members of the
Knights of Pythias from all over the
country will be invited to gather in
Greensboro. The local committee is
planning for a parade of 5,000 or
more members of the order.
The indications are that Greensboro
will be supplied with two theatres
next season. Air. S. A. Schloss, who
lost control of the Grand Opera
House when that place of amusement
was leased to Air. H. H. Tate, is on
a trade with the directors of the
Greensboro Auditorium Company for
a section of the huge . building now
in course of construction on the cor
ner of Sycamore and Forbis streets.
It is probable that Air. Schloss will
lease a section of the auditorium and
convert it into a theatre with a seat
ing: capacity of 3,000 or more.
Extensive Street Wcrk Going On.
AVinston-Salem, Special. Extensive
street work is now going on in both
Winston and Salem and other work
is contemplated as soon as that al
ready mapped out has been complet
ed. Xcver before in the history of
the city has so much of this kind of
yoik been going on at one time. Some
improvement is being made on prac
tically every principal street of the
Citv. Ralf-m will r:it rlnwn nnnsider-
?h!e bitulithie pavement in Ihe near j
iature.
Big Lumber Company.
Raleigh. Special. A charter was
issued last week to the Tar River
Lumber Company of Rocky Mount,
ith a capital of $300,000, all sub
scribed. The company will do. a gen
ial lumber business, erect factories,
dwellings, etc. The principal incor
porators are Kate J. Harris and
Horace E. Parker, Elmira, N. Y., and
E. Groom. Rocky Mount..
Election of Dr. Hill as President.
Ralegh, Special. There is much
gratification among; the alumni of
Nis city over the election of Dr. D.
H. Hill as president of the A. & M.
College. Dr. Hill has been with the
college since it was established over
eighteen years ago and has ever been
a faithful officer. As professor of
Ell?Hh he has done much to raise
the standard of the literary depart
rrKrit. and as acting president, he has
ah!y u!le,i that position. His friends
ar? ronfident that he will reflect
('.re,!it upon himself and the institu
tion. Killed by Runaway Car.
Waynesville, Special. Late - Tues-
(!fV
evenino- n iht tram ears of the
f harnpion Fibre Company were com
lr;r flo-vn grade from Quinland Town
,0 Hazel wood, the, man on the rear
Pai'. finding he had lost control of his
f'ar jumped, escaping injury. His
crashed into the car in front of
h'n' instantly killing Jim Whitener,
the young man in charge. Whitener "s
rfmains wpro intprrpri here in Green-
hill
Eller Elected Chairman.
Raleigh, Special. The State Dem
ocratic executive committee elected
Mr.; A. H. Eller, of Winston-Salem,
chairman, succeed Mr. Hugh G.
Chatham, resigned, and Chairman El
ler " reappointed Alex J. Field, secre
tary. The committee named the .fol
lowing central committee composed of
four members from each of the ten
congressionals districts :
First E.'F. Adylett, W. C. Rod
man, W. H. Hampton, Dr. E. A.
Idoye, Jr.
Second T. W. Mason, J. W. Gran
ger, H. A. Gilliam, Dr. J. E. Green.
Third T. C. Whitaker, A. J. Max
well, E. M. Koonce, W. AI. Webb. -
Fourth J. A. Thomas F. S.
Spruill, H. J. Olive, H. A. London.
Fifth C. O. McAIichael, R. L. Holt,
J. S. Carr, H. G. Chatham.
Sixth E. J. Hale, J. D. Bellamy,
J ames' Powell, A. W. McLean.
Seventh J. A. Lockhart, A. S.
Dockery. k (Other two to be named.),
Eighth Dr. R. S. Young, Edmund
Jones, R. A. Doughton, A. D. Watts.
Ninth J. H. Wedington, Alaj. H.
F. Schenck. (Other two to be nam
ed later).
Tenth C. A. Webb, W. T. Lee,
Marshall Bell, T. T. Ballinger.
In accepting the chairmanship Mr.
Eller spoke enthusiastically of the
outlook and expressed confidence that
he would have the hearty support of
Democrats all over the State. The
chair was directed by a resolution to
appoint a committee of five to revise
the Democratic plan of organization
and report to the next meeting of the
executive committee.
Governor Glenn, called on for a
speech, expressed the wish that some , manufacturing interests of the town
of the enthusiasm he saw in Denver j am! enjoy a barbecue- provided by the
might be injected' into the committee j White brothers and other libei::l
meeting and into North Carolina spirited citizens oi! '.he community.
Democracy. He never saw anything j L .was the biggest Jay Mebane '?ver
like it. He said he believed enough experienced and ih uc"sion was !-
Western btates would De carried ior
Bryan, with the solid South to assure
Bryan's election without New xork.
At the same time he believed the
Democratic financial and other planks
would so impress the New York fi
nancial and other interests before the
campaign is over as to go a long way
toward Democratic majorities in a
number of Eastern States.
Get More Than They Give.
Raleigh, Special. State Auditor lengthy conference last week between
B. F. Dixon expects to visit within the executive committee of the trus
the next few weeks a number of the tees of the North Carolina College
counties that for years past have , of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
been receiving from the State in pen- ( and Professor Newman, the new
sions, school funds and for other , head of the college department of
purposes more money than they have agriculture, for the discussion of
paid in State taxes. There were policies whereby during the approach-forty-five
such counties last year and ing school year further developments
it seems now that there will be near- in the usefulness and importance of
ly as many this year, although the this department of college work will
tax valuations as sent in from the be put on foot. Reports to the corn
counties indicate that values have mittee show yapid progress in in
been considerably raised, the whole : stalling the city water system for
State valuation in fact having more J the college. Water and sewerage will
than doubled within eight years. ; be installed by the time for the open
The purpose of these visitations will ing. The committee decided to sell
be to personally look into the situ- the valuable ice plant the State
ations as to the assessments of prop- board of agriculture installed at the
erty for taxation and report to the 'college, it being demonstrated to be
State board of equalization at its cheaper to buy the supply of ice for
adjourned meeting August 4th. Dr. ( the college than to undertake to oper
Dixon went to Boone, Watauga conn- ate the plant. It was also decided
ty, to deliver the address for the clos- j that the machine shops and foundry
ing of the teachers ' institute there will be operated together with Fred
in" which sixteen counties were rep-1 Wheeler, of High Point, in charge of
resented. Then he will go to Valle:the two plants.
rViifid for ten davs' rest, during
days'
which time he will work on the Con
federate pension returns- that have
come in from .the county boards of j
pensions, lucrcaircr ne win vn
Burke. Iredell and other of the west
ern counties that are in the column
of "State dependencies" in
that
they receive from the State
more
State
money than they- pay in in
taxes.
Injured in Runaway Accident,
Spnecer. Special Sam Pearce, aged ;
'
about 16 years, a dehveryman for the
Antiseptic Laundry here, was pain
fully injured in a runaway accident
in Spencer Friday. Atter running
half a mile with the lad the horse
set the wagon and a heavy piece oiijers and -vVyatt are both respectable
glass from the side- of the wagon f,ell
across both his feet -cutting dangerous
gashes in cr.ch ankle.
Asheville Hit by Storm.
Asheville. Special.-Asheville
was
visited shortly after midnight Wed-1
visuea hnuruy - . !
nesday night by the - heaviest P;
and severest electrical storm jnncc
the establishment of the weather bu-j
wiovi Vioro m.nnv vears aso. i.nej,
storm came out of the cast and sud
denly. The electric lighting plant was
put t)ut of ' businesg"temporarily-and
oT-pat damage was done telephone
wires. The Asheville Cotton Mill Was j
fired by a bolt and five hundred dol
lars damage was done before the fire
could be put out. Nearly two inches
of rain fell.
A Good Showing. '
Raleigh, Special. Considering the
panicky times, the officials in the of
fice of the Secretary of State think
the number of charters granted to
corporations holds up very well this
year as compared with last year. The
last one goes to the Tar River Lum
ber Company, with $300,000 capital
stock, headquarters at Rocky Mount,
Horace E. Barker,' of Elmira, N. Y.,
and some other people from that
State being the largest stockholders.
Jerome Lanning Goes to Rescue of a
. Drowning Companion in French
, Broad River and Loses His Own
Life, While His Friend is Saved.
Asheville, Special. Jerome Lan
ning, a lad 19 years of age, lost his
life in the waters of the French
Broad river Snndav afternoon short
ly before 5 o'clock in a heroic and
successful effort to save the life of
John MeGuinn, a companion in swim
ming. It seems that young Lanning,
McQuinn and about twenty other.boys
,were in swimming at a point near the
mouth of the Swannanoa and French
Broad rivers, where the river is not
only deep in places but wide, when
McGinn, far out in the" river and
away from his companions, gave the
signal of distress. Lanning, a mag
nificient swimmer, went to the rescue
and succeeded in getting-a firm hold
on the drowning companion. Lanning
started for shore supporting Mc
Quinn, and in the meantime three
other members of the party swam-out
to meet Lanning and McQuinn to lend
aid in the rescue. They met Lanning
and McQuinn some distance from the
shore, and just as they caught hold of
McQuinn and started for the shore,
Lanning sank. The trio of rescuers
were unable to save Lanning from the
swift current, although they were
successful in saving; McQuinn V life.
Several members of the party, it is
said, started to the rescue and dived
but were unable to find the body.
'Two members of the party came to
A l' l ll
town, a aisiance oi more tnan two
miles, to notify the coroner. At 8
o'clock the body had not been recov
ered. Good Roads Meeting Held.
Alebane, Special. Over five thous
and people were here Saturday to at
tend a big good roads meeting, view
the industrial exhibits made by the
together, enjoy a be. J:i addition lo
:iie otner attractions tnere w.-e
three baseball games, a tournament,
a Truie" race and other forms of
&n-.u:-ement. No c-in: was allowed lo
sprad a cent for anythirg to eat or
drink or any form of amusein:it.
About six thousand peopleMvere fed
at the barbecue dinner.
A. .& M. Trustees- Meet
Raleigh, " Speeial. There
was
Shot by Brother-in-Law.
A special from Gaffney, S. C, to
the Charlottte Observer says: In a
tumcuuy iusl xiiursua ui ieeiiuu
county, N. C, between Hyman Wyatt
and Bank Sanders, brother-in-law,
Sanders shot Wyatt and inflicted
what is thought to be a mortal wound.
Sanders made his escape and came to
his home in this county. A warrant
was sent to Sheriff Thomas and Mon
day night, accompanied by Arthur
Hdoper, he went to the home of San-
! (lore a-rtA r q Tif li yorl Ti i m TiTinC'inO llim
. . . , fc resent
The sheriff is expecting an officer
from North Carolina 'to take charge
7
of the prisoner, as the authorities
up-'ayg i,een notified of the arrest. San-
white men and the occurence is much
regretted by their acquaintances.
Found Dead in Bed.
Waynesville, Special Last Sunday
morning about 8 o'clock Mr. James
Watson, of Salisbury, was ; found dead
in bed at one of the hotels here. s He
had been here for about a week and
the attention of a phySician.
R . , ; , , , h(J dic
tated some letters to the hotel clerk,
, , " , . ... v .i i t.
while lying in bed, and then said he
was.feeling better and the lights were
put out for the night. Sunday
morning he was found dead as stated.
Three Desperate Convicts Make Their
Escape.
Fayetteville, Special. Three des
perate convicts on the city chain
gang, one bound over to court for
threatening lives of policemen, escap
ed Saturday afternoon and have not
yet been apprehended. The gang was
at work in Moore street when three
of the men with the permission of
the guard, Charles D. Jones, stepped
off fqr a drink of water and failed to
return. . !
An Atlanta man has' been granted a
patent, for an "educational appliance."
Rod or 'rithmetic? asks the Journal-
BOLD MAIL ROBBERY
Car Entered and Route Agent
Bound and Gagged
MUCH MAIL MATTER RIFLLD
Two Desperate Men Board Ulster
Express at Edge of CatsfcUl Moun
tains, and After Disposing of Mail
Clerk Peck in an Original Manner,
Loot the . Mail Car Posaes are in
Pursuit, Seeking the Robbers in
the Mountains, Where They are
BelCeved to Have a Hiding Place.
Albany, N. Y., Special. A report
from Grand Gorge, a country station
on the edge of the Catskill mountain
region says two desperate mail rob
bers held up the Ulster Express be
tween there and Stamford, and after
binding and gageing Mail Clerk Peck
and throwing him into the mail box,
the cover of w.hich they secured, went'
through the mail and took everything
of value. They also took a watch,
chain .and $25 from the coat of the
elerk, which was hanging in the car.
After rifling all the pouches they
made their way back to the day coach
and got off at Stamford, taking a
road that leads to the mountains,
where the sheriff and railroad detec
tives believe them to have a hiding
place. At Stamford, Peck was miss
ed, and a search by the conductor
and brakeman resulted in tke clerk's
extrication from ' his tight quarter
in the mail box. An alarm was sent
out all along the line from this city
to Montreal, and posses are looking
for the robbers.
UGHTNIITG KILLS ZIX.
Terrific Storcj Strikes ETtcimpmcni
of Pennsylviaia National Guard at
Gettysburg The Dead Members of
the MiYtia A Score or More In
jured. Gettysburg, Pa., Special. As the
result of a terrific electric storm
which passed over the- Pennsylvania
national guard encampment here Jt is
reported that at least six troopers
were killed, and two score injured,
some of them seriously, by being
struck by lightning. The known dead
are:
Private Morrison.
Private Barbe.
Unknown Man, Tenth Regiment.
The tent occupied by Governor
Stuart was blown down as were a
number of others. Several friends
were sitting wijh Governor Stuart
when his tent collapsed, but the party
managed to hold the canvas and all
escaped injury. The camp is flooded
and telegraphic service is practically
at a standstill. The entire camp is
panic stricken. The darkness is im
penetrable and men are wildly run
ning about through rivers of water,
seeking the injured.
Every tent of Battery B was blown
down, but no one in the battery was
hurt. The regimental guard tent of
the Tenth regiment was struck by
the lightning, and forty men of Com
pany C were badly injured.
The field hospital is full and men
are lying about the camp waiting for
aid.
The Young JWi's Christian Asso
ciation tent", wii.ch was filled with
men and women who had taken
refuge from the storm, was razed to
the ground, but so far as known no
one was seriously injured.
Assistant U. S. Treasurer Dead.
Washington, Special Major James
F. Meline, for sixteen years past the
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, died at his home in this ftity
late Friday afternoon, after a long ill
ness. He was 67 years old and a
native of Ohio. He will be buried in
the National Cemetery at Arlington.
Richard Crcker to Come Back.
New York, Special. Richard Chok
er, one-time boss of Tammany, is to
return to New York this fall, accord
ing to a New York World special.
While denying that he would take an
active part in the campaign for Bry
an, Croker said he hoped the Nebras-
kan would win and thought
chances good.
his
Montana Is In Commission.
Norfolk, Special. The new armor
ed cruiser .Montana was commission
ed at the Norfolk Navy Yard last
week. Capt. Alfred Reynolds is in
command. The Montana will , begin
taking on stores at once for her shak
ing down . to Guantanamo, Cuba,
which will occur within the next two
or three weeks. ' It is expected that
the Montana and her sister ship, the
North Carolina, will form the nucleus
for a new armored cruiser division of
the Atlantic fleet, - and that they will
shortly be joined by the Tennessee and
Washington, now on the Pacific.
Populists and Independents.
St. Louis, Special. The alliance be
tween the Independence party, which
holds its convention in Chicago Mon
day, and the re-mnant of the old Pop
ulist party is in contemplation. The
union may depend upon the outcome
of a conference to be held here. M
W. Howard, former Congressman
from Alabama, is coming as an emi
sary of the Independents to treal
with the populists. ,
Turkish Ruler Takes the Reins Into
His Own Hands and Restores the
Comtuution of 1878 Announce
ment of His Decision to Convo&a a
Pa!ia:aent Causes a Sensa'ion
Throughout the Empire.
Constantinople, liy Cable. Star! -
ling as "was the sudden disimssal of
Ferid Pasha from the grand vizier
ship and the appointment of Said
Pasha in his place, this step was os
nothing compared to the senation
created in all quarters by official an
nouncement that the Sultan had der
cided to convoke a parliament.
It was telt that in view of the gen
eral revolt in the army unprecedented
in the history of the Turkish Empire,
some change was inevitable, and that
far reaching measures of jeform in
the central government were bound
to be inaugurated. But the drastic ac
tion of the Sultan, who took the reins
into his own hands and by the stroke
of a pen suddenly yielded to the de
mands of the j'oung Turks and restor
ed the constitution of lS76,.has taken
the palace clique, the members of the
diplomatio corps in fact, the entire
population of Constantinople com
pletely by surprise.
Fiht on Freight Rtes.
Cincinnati, O., Special. Brushing
aside all intermadiate modes of ac
tion, the Receivers' and Shippers'
Association of Cincinnati has carried
its Avar against a general increase in
freigtht rates directly to the President
of the United States. A communica
tion was forwarded to President
Roosevelt last Saturday at Oyster
Bay and made public here asking the
Chief Executive whether he intends
to enforce a decree issued several
years ago against certain, railroads,
forHldding increased rates. If so, he
is asked at once to cause the Attor
ney General to bring proceedings for
"contempt against the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company and the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail
way Company. Denying that politics
has anything to do with the letter at
this time it is explained, that because
of the fact that certain general in
creases in freight rates are to become
effective on August 10th on certain
roads, prompt and positive action be
came necessary.
Jealousy Drove Him to Death.
Norfolk, Special. Jealousy drove
young Claude W. Allen, of Roanoke,
to suicide at his boarding house here
last week. He told his troubles to a
friend before he ended his life. He
saw his sweetheart at Ocean View
with another young man Sunday af
ternoon. He said she would take no
notice of him at the time. He re
monstrated with her and she promis
ed to see him later, but the young
man was not satisfied with that and
fired the fatal shot into his brain.
The coroner's jury found that .he
died by a pistol shot fired by his own
hand with suicidal intent. A letter
addressed to his mother in Roanoke,
sealed and stamped, and apparently
written just before he died, was
found in his room. This was mailed
by the coroner without being opened.
Allen had been employed here as a
tailor for some time. -
Fanners Oppose Immigration.
Columbia. S. C, Special The State
Farmers' Union convention adopted
resolutions opposing immigration to
the South and demanding the aboli
tion of the State Immigration Depart
ment. Another resolution calls f oi
the establishment of a State fertilize
factory to be operated by convict la
bor. Still ?.rcther resolution adopt
ed is as follows:
"Resolved, That it is the sense o
this union that our cotton ought to be
compressed at the gins and cotton
bagging be used on such compressed
bales, and that we ask the national
union to take this matter up and
press it to speedy conclusion."
i
No Privileges For Harry. Thaw.
Poughkeeepsie, N. Y., Special.
Harry K. Thaw's privileges in the
county jail here have been curtailed
until he is kept constantly confined in
a corridor where there are no othei
prisoners. He is permitted to re
ceive as visitors only his - attorney
and his wife, and is not allowed th
free use of the jail telephone, which
he had up to a short tune ago.
Eight Cadets Are Dismissed.
West Point, N. Y., Special. Eight
cadets in the . United States military
academy here were sent to theii
homes as a result of hazing members
of the fourth class. They were Wm.
T. Russell, appointed, at large, and
Harrv G. Weiter, of Illinois, members
of the first class; and Byron Q. Jones.
New York: Georere W. Chase. New
York: Wm. W. Prude, Alabama
Isaac Sapulding, Oklahoma; Wm.
Nolle, Virginia, and James A.. Gil
lespie, of Pennsylvania, members oi
t3 third class
New Enterprises fot Rockingham.
Rockingham, Special. Hardly a
day passes without some new enter
prise bobbing up. Rockingham cer
tainly has got the right "go" on it
now. The Rockingham Foundry. &
Machine Company has been organiz
ed and will build a general foundry
and machine works , within the course
of a few weeks. The company, will
be under the general management of
Mr. W: A. Biggs, an experienced
man. . .
In a Letter to Mr. Hayne Davis the
President of the United States Sig
nifies His Willingness to Accept
the Position of First Honorary
- President of the Peace and Arbi
tration League.
New York, Special. President
Roosevelt has accepted the honorary
presidency of the Peace and Arbitra
tion League, whjch is the outgrowth
of the North Carolina congress, and
which has as its object adequate
armament and effective arbitration.
President Roosevelt's letter accepting
the honorary presidency was made
public by Hayne Davis, ' former- pres
ident of the league. It follows :
"My Dear Mr. Davis:
' "I am in receipt of your letter en
closing notice of my election as first
honorary president of the peace
league, and gladly accspt; for I most
emphatically believe that the whole
American people should subscribe to
what you call your 'practical pro
gramme for peace;' that is to the
doctrine that avc should provide ade
quate armament to protect us all
against aggression, and at the same
time strive for the effectual arbitra
tion of any and all disputes that
may arise between us and foreign
powers where it is possible to submit
to arbitration. In other words, ' I
cordially sympathize with your an
nounced purpose to secure present
protection for the nation and at the
same time, make, as rapid progress as
possible ' toward permanent world
peace: As you well say we should
have , an unquestionably superior
power in our own "possessions and in
the waters adjacent thereto in the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans; and we
should also do every thirig possible to
secure agreements with all govern
ments to respect each oter's terri
tory and sovereignty and to arbitrate
all other questions.
1 should be delighted to see sena
tor McCreary president of the league
if you do not feel you can continue in
that office.
"Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT." .
Senator James B. McCreary, of
Kentucky, is the active president of
the league.
PLAN FOR CAMPAIGN.
Prominent Republicans From Every
Section Confer With. National
Chairman Hitchcock in Regard to
the Coming Campaign,
Chicago, Special.: As the result of
the Republican conference here Sat
urday, which was called by Frank H.
Hitchcock, chairman of the national
committee, heaquarters , will be es
tablished immediately in eight States
and active campaigning for Taft and
Sherman begun long before these
States had expected to take up work.
The States taking, part in the con
ference were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Missouri Michigan, Minne
sota and Wisconsin. They were rep
resented by the following: National
Committeeman E. E. Hart, Iowa ; A.
T. Rogert, Wisconsin, and A. R. Bum-
ham, Kentucky; State Chairman Roy
O. West, Illinois; J. P. Goodrich, In
diana; C. F. Franke, Iowa; R. H.
Winn, Kentucky; G. J. Diekema,
Michigan; A. D. Brown, Minnesota;
W. . Dickey, Missouri, and W. D.
Connor, Wisconsin, State Secretaries
Edward St. Clair, Illinois; CarPRid-
dick, Indiana;, A. P. Adier, Iowa; A.
S. Bennett, Kentucky ; D. E. Alyward,
Michigan; D. H. Salmon, J. A. Mar
tin, Minnesota, and J. E. Thomas,
Wisconsin.
Leaders Enthusiastic.
The meeting was one of the most
enthusiastic vet had by Mr. Hitch
cock, although at the outset the men
were less receptive than were the
representatives of the States in the
far West who met in early part oi
the week at Colorado Springs. This
was due, it is said, to the fact that
some of the men came from States
which they regarded as debatable and
they had little data on which to base
political estimates. It was agreed
that polls should be taken at once in
order to .gather necessary informa
tion concerning the voters and Wil
liam Hayward, State chairman for
Nebraska, and Victor Rosewater,
national committeeman from that
State, explained the svstem they have
used there for a number of years.
To Uurge Radical Reforns.
Chicago, Special. The platform of j
the Independence party, which is to
meet in national convention this
week will, if present plans are car-.
ried out, contain a much more radical
declaration on the question oi in
junction than was embodied -in the
plaform of either the Democratic or
Republican party.
From present indications tne tern-
per of the convention will be in la -
vor of a declaration doing away en -
tirely with preliminary injunctions
in cases of labor disputes.
Threatened Race Troubles in Louis
iana About at an End.
Natalbury, La., Special. Many of
the Italians who fled from here dur
ing last week's race troubles have re
turned. Amona" these arrivals is
Charles Lambiasi, whose wife last
week said she feared her husband
had been lynched. Unless furthei
troubles develop the State troeprf new
encamped here probably will be with
drawn this week. .
NEED STRONG NAVY
President Roosevelt Expresses
H:s Views
SHOULD HAVE AMPLE DEFENSES
To a Notable Conference of Naval
Officers at Newport, the Chief Exe
cutive .of the United States Sets
Forth His Ideas in Regard to That
Branch of Uncle Sam's' Fighting
Equipment. , ' V
Newport, R. I., Special. Pleading
for popular support for a "first-class
fighting navy," a navy capable of
seeking out the enemy and "hammer
ing him into the. quits," President
Roosevelt was the central -figure here
in the most notable conference of
American naval officers ever called to
get her to consult and discuss, in a
broad, general wa, the future ot
United States battleships. , The Presi
dent spoke publicly for more: than
half an hour, and then the conference
went into executive session for one
hour. During' this session the Presi
dent took a leading part in the dis
cussion. He argued as a laj-man, h
explained, and did not attemjjt to giva
advice to professional men.
The President said in part : ,
"Admiral, Mr. Secretary," Gentle
men: 1 could not speak to you teen--" '
nically. I can speak to. my fellow-.
countrymen, who are deeply, interest
ed in the American navy, but ..; who
sometimes tend to be mislead" as to
the kind of navy we should have and
as to 'what the navy can and ought
to do.
"For instance, there are always,
certain numbers of well-meaning,
CJaiable individuals, coupled with
others not quite so well meaning, who
advocate merelv a coast defense navy.
Such advocacy illustrates a habit o
mind as old as human nature itself
the desire at the same time to da
something, and not to do it.
No fighting was ever won yet ex
cept by hitting, and the one unfor-
giveable offense in any man is to hit
soft. That applies to the individual
and it applies to the nation, and to
those who advocating a coast defense
navy, are advocating that" we shall
adopt as a national principle the
principle of Bitting soft. I hope with
all my heart that never will this na
tion -of ours hit mlcs it cannot pos
sibly be helped. But when this nation
does have to go to var, such Avar will
only be excusable if the nation in-"
tends to hammer its opponent until
the opponent quits fighting.
For the protection of our coast we
need fortifications, not merely to pro
tect the salient points of . our possess- '
sions, but so that the navy can be .
foot-loose. A year ago, at the time
it was announced that the fleet was
to go . abroad, there was a certain
number of newspapers especially in
my own city of New York, that rais
ed a clamorous protest asrainst it. It
took at one time the form of a mis
taken prophecy to- the effect that the
fleet would not be allowed to go
around the world, and one of the
reasons alleged was that to let it go
around the world would leave New
York defenseless in the event of war.
"We have taken the Phillippines,
but if we had not taken them not a
particle of difference would be made
as regards the needs of bur naval pol
icies, lhere has been a division of
this people as to taking the Phillip-
pines.
"There has been no division on the
Monroe doctrine, no division on build-
ing, maintaining, policinir and de
fending the Panama canal ; no di
vision about Hawaii and Porto Rico;
no division about keeping Alaska; no
division about asserting our superior
nrht to defend and protect Cuba.
Not one of the courses of action thus
outlined can be followed out except
ing v with a first-class navy. ; The-
Monroe doctrine was m danger of
falling not merelv into disuse, but
into contempt, until we began to bttild
up our navy. The, Monroe doctrine
unbacked by a navy is an empty
boast. V
"If we have a eoast defense navy
only, we had beter at once turn over
the Panama canal to some stronger
and braver nation, and eive dd
Hawaii, Porto Rico and Alaska, and
say that we hadno more interest in
Cuba than the smallest outside
powers.
"We do not want any navy at all
if it is not ay first-class one, and such
a navy will be necessary for us just
so long as we "demand the right to
administer our national affairs as we
think best.
I have to exercise a continually greater
I supervision, a . continually greater
exercise of the risrht of reiection
1 am0ng imigrants that come hither,
1 anj shall. it mav be.: take an attitude
that will
tend at first to 'provoke
friction.
Georgia Baptist College Burns.
La Grange, Ga., -Special. Fire early-
Sunday destroyed the main build
ing and college chapel of the South
ern Female College (Baptist) here,
entailing a loss estimated at $40,000.
There was no insurance. The South
ern Female College was organized in,
1842 and has ranked among the
- 1 leading educational institutions
of
tne boutn
cemetery.
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