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To Judge a Mai
BAY STATE PROGRE
TOM
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota
of New Jersey and Gov
Will be the Head Liners
morrow Night
Boston. Mass,, March i.?The
-opening gun la the campaign to
-swing Massachusetts into the Progressive
Republican column at tho
election next fall will he fired tomorrow
night. The local committee of
the organisation has completed arrangements
for a mass meeting to be >
' hit* M that time in Tremont Temple,
with Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota,
Gorenor W. R. StubbB of
Kansas, and former Governor J. <
Franklin Tort of New Jersey, as the! i
head-liner speakers. The personnel
of the speakers' list is taken to Indl- i
cate that the affair is to be a Roosevelt
demonstration, though the pro-.
^ moters of the meelng declare that ita
sole object la to boom the progresaire
cause in this state, without re[1'
' gard to aay Individual candidate. 1
The political situation In Massachusetts
this year is regarded as
peculiar, and unless all signs go
. laiMT iha fMd Raw fftf m?nv :
year* looked upon as rock-ribbed Republican,
will be as well worth looking
after by the O. O. P. managers as
some of the other states that have
been known In the past as "doubt?
. Encouraged by the re-election of i
Oos. fW last fall, the Progressive 1
| Republicans propose to see what
I they flan do to prevent a solid delet
gation being sent to the Chicago conf
ventfon for President Taft. The ProPC
gruestms say that Governor Foes' reelection
prove? two things, first that
? there is a Strong progressive element
| in the state which is willing to sup4KF
SIES OF UiTEHEST
, OtTHEKED HERE AND THERE
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Ky- . - , W;h
March came m somewhat like a
lion, which means that according to
tradition, and DeVoe, she will g? out
like a lamb.
The Susanna, commanded by Capt.
t Oliver Lupton, is in this port undergoing
repairs to the damage wrohght
i by her being capsized in the storm of
I - the list of February, while she was
going from New Berne to Belhaven
for a cargo.
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Wefk on the new government
building has reached thht stage
where we can watch her grow.
ftp, ...
The case of H. B. Stilley vs. S. Rt
Fowle & Bon Is occupying the at
u>uuuii ui me superior coun again
|& today.
. . .
"Faison," the large dredging .boat
S. being turttt here for the Miner IBoI'
- gtneerlng Co., of Washington, D,-C.,'
i to about completed/ she having <*#*
V llrcM her initial, daokinc raMl
t afternoon. She to practically rdady
for work now, bat dbme interior work
'to being done on her in the Mk
4 .here, which will probably require
two more weeks work.
j| KBTORDKR'S CX>URT.
HP There wae only one caae of lofcerW?*
est in Judge O rim en court thia raorn[
ing, and the most Interesting feature
I of that wae the disparity of nisee be:
tweentwo boys of the name age.
V Bluest Clark, a youth of 14 and not!
much under else for one of his age,
had called Arthur ZlgW, another
1 rontb of nearly twice hia atafna.and
' phjatquc, >tck bum, whteh Meter
K raaaatad, and M ha otetma vaa haldt
. -al? him dan until ha jatractad.
whan Mr. IVadariek Prate aaatew tha
dnftdTMtAfto- ?Uek Uw nMl>
tor bo? vm fftborinff. lnUrf?rr?xJ Th*
UMMb wtRlai Ik Mr. Prntt'a rard
whara tha amaUar boy had aaucht
th^Taaaa MdWma*u Snad ?l"lld th.
ooat. total M ad. * ckarta ot tta->
uraartr uAtdwt tor aaaarlnc and
?M paateaa toward
faaweeeaatewtted wan dot aalillaat
CdM ??**?. ~
- ?. Mg|i or Moderala north
* ama wu/
'A _ .... : iw ' .
ASH!
y- \:2*\ ' S
i's Character, Fii
as
1 MELT
U Former Governor Fort,
ernor Stubbs, of Kansas,
in Tremont Temple Toport
a Progressive candidate, and
secondly that a great many Republicans
are dissatisfied with President
Taft and hif administration and took
the only means in their power to
show their disapproval by voting for
the Democratic candidate for governor.
The President's championing
of reciprocity, say the Progressives,
was resented by the farmers, who voted
for Gov. Fobs, not because he
was-opposed to reciprocity, but to
show their disapproval of the President's
action. Business men, they alio
say, voted against the Republican
candidate for governor as a rebuke
to tbe President for prosecuting the
trusts.
At the same time, it is apparent
that President Taft still has many
warm and faithful friends in Massa- I
chusetts and the old-line party leaders
express confidence in their sbllity
to keep tbe stmte in line for the Presi
dent's re-nomination and re-election.
One of the stumbling blocks in the
way of smooth sledding for the
Roosevelt boom here is the attitude
Of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, for
many years past the acknowledged
leader of the Republicans of Mm"
sachusetts. Senator Lodge, though a
College^nate and life-long personal
(Mend of Col. Roosevelt, Is unalterably
opposed to some of the letter's
policies, particularly his support of
th? judicial recall, and It is not believed
the 8enator can be prevailedupon
to support the movement for
Roosevelt's nomination.
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DEATH OF MR. DAVIS.
Mr. Calvin Davis Uted. in lhia City
Yesterday Afternoon.
t the residence of Mrs. John
Dudley in West Second street, at 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon| Mr.
Calvin Davis, who has been 111 for
tbo past Ave weeks, suffering from
an attack of jaundice, died. The deceased
was 39 years of age, and unmarried
and up to the time of his
illness was an employe of Messrs.
Swindell and Fulford. He was re-1 (
garded as a faithful employe and had |
for about eight years Bcrved his last
employers. The remains were taken |
to Morehead City on the 2 o'clock ^
train this morning, where the inter- (
ment will take place this afternoon. {
marriage this morning. i
Mr. Wn>. D. Minor camo to this <
place something over a month ago I
from Macon, Oa., leaving behind him
a widow whom he later expected to i
take unto himself. I
The days were hanging heavy on I
his heart and he wearied of the dis- i
tance between them, and bad her to i
meet him in Raleigh, yesterday. His i
Intended, hft*s. M. 8. Law, was in the i
capitol city, according to appoint- <
ment, and they took the train for this
city, arftftng here at 2?30 this morn- <
lng aa^ 'stopped at the residence of t
Mr. irV?^9atterthwalte, where at i
10:30 thls morning they were united I
in mkfflVge $jr Rev. H. P. Dallon, 1
pastor of the First Baptist church. i
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This Date la History, March 1. 1
1780?Bank of Pennsylvania, the i
first in the UnltSd 8tates, chartered <
and located at ^^delphia.
1781?Final ^^Bpcatlon of the ;
Articles of CkmfftyipUlon announced ?
by order of . (liis|S<l'
-1780?Congress passed an act
dering a general oensus. .
1808?Frederjok, Francis Chopin,
celebrated composer. Morn. Died Oct.
It. M4>.
1*17?Alabama terttory formed,
ltH-Jum ?. Hackitt middlik *
l?t rtap virtmrn at the Park 1
Tlrt.tr., New *ork I
1??7?The Cnttxt SUtM Senate I
miNI that the reoocolUon at !
NowtowndUnd.
w ?*?."anr ketweea PtaMtuar
nopital of Minnesota
HO lol Roberta end British
teseee III >~M1>p>iW|.- J- tm?CaKed
MMM mala tr l
rt*. ef 4* to 44, rotated to aaaaat
a ma I Lertaer, at imaola.
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State Is Hoodwinked Into Pi
Speculators to Acquire
Ugly Charges Against
Department
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Washington. D. C., March 1.?Atflltlonal
light was thrown Wednesday i
tot on the Everglades scandal, but
>n the proposed exploitation of the
..ake Mattamuskeet marsh lands In
forth Carolina. John Selp, a North
Jarollna land owner. read to the
ommittee letters showing that Wlllet
4. Hays, Assistant Secretary of Agri:ulture.
sought to make money out i
>f the marsh lands, which had been |
>assed upon favorably by J. O.
Wright, then a department engineer. i
Mr. Hays, according to Solicitor
UcCabe, . became interested in the
ands from a sociological standpoint
>ut discovered he might make some
aoney and telegarpbed Wright to re- "
lerve $100,000 in stock for him and
lis friends. This investment. Hays
igured, would net $600,000 or more
How Scheme Was Frumel Up. I
Wright Is the engineer who resigned
from the Department of Agricul.ure
to tak? .charge of the exploita;lon
of the Florida Everglades. It
vas before that time that be was sent
:o North Carolina to report on the
possibility of reclaiming the marsh
ands there that he met Selp.
The latter produced before a cotunittee
Wednesday a mass of corres
^ondence which passed between-Mm
ind Wright while they were trying
:o get the lands "cheap" from the
Hate of North Carolina. It was the
plan to buy the properties for $60,300
and tell them for more than $2.>00,000.
Selp told the committee that he
made an agreement to pay Wright
17.600 aa a commission for floating
Lhe company's bonds and $40,000 in
itock for handling the properties
while they were being reclaimed. The
17,600 was not paid because, according
to 8eip, Wright failed to carry
>ut his bargain.
"Wright had examined thes? properties
for the Government and was
horoughly conversant with their
worth,'' Selp said. "I agreed with
aim that if he would get the lands
tor me at approximately $60,000
(there i?ere 50,000 acyes in the
:ractx I would form a company with
1600,000 capital. Wright wantec^
175,000 iu stock for handling the reclamation
work but compromised onr
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OA* OP ANGUS WORMS.
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lock* M roft SMOMM"MM Ucftt.
I ??y I'm mtkW nu. but wbcn
tke CoU?*t hfw at th# niMkaw I
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kuKtu
We d l??t left Beriea Point .hen
?o t?? toy ^neoe^dkwer otena wed
OM t
iboicbt tuiW ddkM' Tble continued
for ?te nliiln "thM 1 went
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>L*\I> SCENE IN WASHINGTON
H LARDS
nil nnmnm unm
m Mmmh nun
assing . a Law to EnableValuable
Holdings. Some
Attaches of Agricultural
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$40,000. Of the remainder of the |
Btock $250,000 was to be sold and j
the receipts were to be used for
drainage. 4 #->
"When I discovered that Wright
was receiving a commission of $5,000
for acting as the sales agent of 'the
State of North Carolina I feared that
his joint interest might affect our
title and so I finally withdrew the
proposition.
"Before we could go ahead with
the deal, however, certain chang?B
had to be made in the State laws.
Wright, who was all the time on the
pay-roll of the Agricultural Department,
went t6 the Qtate capital and
hid the laws changed so that'm!
BehenW would go through.
' "I afterward received a letter from
Wright to the effect that he had sold
the land to other people and had colleced
his commission from the State."
Hays Wanted to Bet Let In.
The letters showing Hays' interest
In the scheme were read into the
record. They were in Wright's handwriting
Here is one of them:
"1 was speaking to Mr. Hays, the
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
lbout thr> survey we made in Hvde
County and he became very much Interested
and invited me to come to
bis office and talk the matter over
with him. He thiikes there is a great
opportunity to mak^" some money
and frankly said he would like to become
interested in a company to purchase
the lake and develop the land.
He sayB he can secure the capital,
and was confident that he could sell j
the lands at from $40 to $60 per acre
when drained."
These lands were sold finally by
the State at $2 an acre.
In a second letter Wright said
Hays would go down and look the,
proposition over. Hays did go down
and look the land over with Wright I
and a photographer of the depart- i
ment, who took some pictures of the 1
la<nds and the lake. The McCabe,
statement says:
"Hays paid bis own expenses on
this trip as far as Washington. N. C.. |
and from that point back to Wash- j
ington. D. C? his expenses were'
charged to the Government '
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two canfulls to prove to the Colonel
or any other doubter of my word that
I apea^thf tru?h. Here they are.
Look at 'em," and the captain pulled
"How do you account for a storm
of sand worms?" was. asked.
"Well, maybe the high winds have
driven the tide back and uncovered
worms wintering along the Jores*
shore and the worms were picked up
by the eguaU that swooped down on
as tonight aad were blown oa my
boat. ^That's the oaly explanation I
eaagpahe. had I doa't want anybody
to ereahtet, r? a bar."
httisas. Ala.. March 1.?With a
pesparalery service this afternoon,
the Mai anneal convention of the
jkUmap* Christian Badenvor Union
?" ofWMd ?UwMS4KlDBa tfcM,
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PERNOON. MARCH X. 191!
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PARK.
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Bi'I to Organize One in Empire State
Ih Being Fought Before Leglfilntare?National
Guard in Time of
Peace In 'Semi-Military and SendSocial.
Albany, Feb. 29.?The Assembly
Committee on Military Affairs gave a
hearing today on Assemblyman Nelson's
bill providing for the organization
and equipment of a colored regiment
of infantry in New York City.
Prominent negroes of New York said
social discrimination was all that
kept members of their race out of the
National Guard.
Lieut.-Col Allan L. Regan of the
Adjutant-General's Department appeared
against the bill, declaring that
the measure encroached on the power
of the Governor; that the added
force is not deemed necessary by the
Adjutant- General's office and is not
now desired by the War Department,
and that the bill omits to provide the
means for equipping the new regiment.
Commander Russell Raynor, of
New York City, President of the
State National Guard Asociatton, also
argued against the proposed legls.
lotion. He described the National
UulCPdTtr tft&fr'Of peace as "serai-social
and semi-military organization."
Joined in Matrimony.
Mr. J. A. Cherry and Miss Sudie
I Roberson were united in marriage
| Wednesday night at 7:30 at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Roberson, near this place. Rev.
It. V. Hope of the Christian church
of Washington, officiated. After the
ceremony the wedding party were
served with a sumptuous wedding
supper
Annual S|KirtHinen's Show.
New York. March 1?"Higg?r, Better
and Busier" is the slogan of the
18th annual Sportsmen's Show, that
today and will continue through the
coming week. The exhibition this
yoar has the familiar setting of outdoor
life., with a liberal display of
trophies of the chase, but many features
of the pragram are entirely new.
Some of the foremost marksmen of
America will be seen In the shooting
championships and special events at
the targets will be held for boys.
The management has set aside tomorrow
as Boy Scouts' day and next
Tuesday will- be Children's Day. A
feature of Children's Day will be a
barbecue upon the stage, when each
child can enjoy a hunter'B feast.
, (ieorgetown's Big Meet."
Washington, D. C., March 1.?
Never has an athletfc meet in the
capital brought together such classy
performers as those who will compete
in Convention Hail tomorrow
night at the annual indoor carnival
of the Georgetown University athletic
association. While every one of the
events on the program will bring out
\lg fields of the beat in their respectIts
classes, it Is In the relay races
manifested. In theee ev?yita the contestants
will include the crack teams
ot Cornell, Yale, Harvard. Pxinoeton.
Carlisle, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
6Cher of the bis Eastern collect*
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c talacraa. lafr Iwt alght (or AtMM.
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bur. wbo Is writs 01.
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pobalsr -rosss sm, has bass *fbotatad
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FR01B DEPART!
j Republican Administration
its Door. Large Corpo
| Offenders. Secretaries
"The Interests"
Washington, II. t' . Feb 29
Though grafters have been found In
every government department and
huge suing of money stolen In one
way or another, the Department of
the Interior leads the list of departments
in furnishing rich spoils for
financial pirates. During the last
25 years It has been estimated th"'
more than $75,000,000 ha*- j*
stolen from the govershape
of laDds. II tbiB esti!
mate has been Bomewnat augmented
I when It was found that certain corporations
had laid greedy hands on
valuable mineral 'lands in the west
and in Alaska. In Alaska alone the
total land grabbing has been estimated
at over 1200,000.000.
This is one of the fruits of a Republican
administration.
Land 4ftasedation in the early days
was confined mainly to the ranchers.
This form of land grabbing was
termed "illegal fencing." From that
the frauds extended to real estate
dealers who bought soldier script,
homestead entry deeds, lieu script,
and other forms of government deeds
conveying public lands to private
owners. In later days corporations
entered the Held until practically all
lands in the west were owned by syni
d lea tee.
i Public clamor made it mandatory
on the part of the government to unidertako
an investigation. Detectives
'were hired, special bureaus were or-11
Iganized, and the work of reclaiming '
'lands illegally obtained from the gov-1:
eminent was commenced. The mare's <
I nest thus unearthed brought within i:
the reach of the law some of the most |
prominent men In public aDd private h
life. Numbers of the men were sent1
to the penitentiary and others were I
allowed to retain their good names j
and reputations only after the strong-1
est pressure was brought to bear.
| This condition of affairs greatly re-!
| fleeted upon the various Republican
administrations. Not a Secretary of
the Interior Department down to the
Ralllnger regime under Taft passed
four years in office without having
been under fire Hither as to bis at'-'
tion in respect to the opening of the public
lands u> entry ox in non-prose-1
cution of the grafters who obtained |
I lands from the government Some i
I harsh criticism .was directed to sev- (
leral of the secretaries and in one case
i It has been openly stated that the
Cabinet officer w'as "too closely allied
with the interests" to dispel the i
cloud of graft."
Secretary Ballinger. who resigned
TEXAS SOLID FORI
mam
SAYS JUDGE SELLS
MEKTINd AT WACO TOMOKIUIW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
STRONG WILSON
SENTIMKNT.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
INDICATIONS POINT TO THRKE
FOURTHS OF THK DKLEtiATKH
FROM THK LONE STAR STATE
FAVORING THE NEW JERSEY
GOVERNOR
actio, Tw., March 1.?Political
Interact in Texaa la centered in a conference
which ia to be held at Waco
tomorrow by frienda of Woodrtrw
Wllaon, who expect at that time to
lay the foundation for an aggressive
' fight to -elect forty delegate# to the
I Democratic National convention who
will he In favor of the Mg>tD taction
of the New Jereey governdvfor preeidon':.
"
The Wllaon partlsana in the Lone
Star otate appear confident of captilling
the entire delegation, but feel
they should wage aa aggreectve a
fight aa If they regarded the reeuR in
> doubt. Am the renuM of the Ware
meeting R to expected that a rigor
one campaign for a'Wlnon-dalaga
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NO. 115
ikes Good Men
0.000 STOLEN '1
W OF INTERIOR
Has This Charge Laid at
rations Have Been Main
too Closely Allied With
hitt portfolio jaub under ? onKui.t" rnfroiu
tfoe time he entered President
Tuft a Cabinet. The flmrer of accu^a
tiori^afcas pointed at hini b> r> ahuq ?.t
his at-tion in respect to the Cunniculiaui
coal claims in Alaska. i:i v>Lkh
it was alleged that Mr. Hallin'ger had
pa>- l the claims after having been
I that they were tainted with
>.ttud.
In the main, however, large corporations
of the country have been ;b?principal
offenderf""^ Ileal estate
firms, < mining t^nns. and other companies
engaged in large industries in
the middle west have been accused
at different times of land grabbing.
Tbe most gigantic frauds, however,
were those carried on by a ring of
real estate dealers in San Francisco
Their mode of operation defied detection
by the officers of the government
for years
Dummy entrymen were procured
and deeds to large tracts of laud obtained.
Lands worth anywhere from
$125 an acre to $250 :tu acre were
secured for from $5 to $500 per tract,
of 160 acres. Often the ripg would
have legislation passed by Congress
which would be to their interest.
Buch as the creation of forest reserves
where thousands of acres "1"
their property was located. In lieu
of thiB land the ring would obtain
deeds to other and more expensive
lands These operations were carried
on successfully for years until i:t
the administration of Secretary
Hitchcock special detectives wereemployed
to run down the thieves. A
number of ,them were routed out of
the General Land-Office it) this city ? ^
and in some ut the western state*.
Through these men information was
gathered concerning the ring
Of one San Francisco firm the department
got such information a*
practically cleaned up the greater
part of the grafters in one fell swoop
The dominant member of this firm
v. as a man uf the highest reputation.
pro:::ii.cnt in club aiu^ou-lal tlrdw
He crew from poverty \ affluence
within a short while After a trial
which covered the history or h:?*
crimes for more than ten years he
was sentenced Jo the penitentiary
At present the Interior Department
has classified the various for: :* *
in which homestead and other entries
are made. They are the homestead
entry, mineral and non-mineral, lieu,
land scrip, soldier scrip and permanent
deeds In general the deeds convey
16u aires of land, the conditions
of which vary with each grant.
(ion to Baltimore will be maintain* d
up to the time of the holding of tInstate
convention or the State primaries,
if the last-named system ?:
selecting the delegates is adopted b>
the State executive comlmttee There
appears to be a popular demand :ov
the holding of a presidential preference
primary and In connection with
the Waco conference tomorrow there
will be a separate meeting of Democratic
leaders from various parts of
the State to consider the matter
Discussing the palitieal situation
in Texas, with respect to the chance*
of Wood row Wilson securing the
support of the Texas delegation.
Judge Cato Sells of Cleburne, who is
chairman of the executive committee
of the Woodrow WHeon State Democratic
league. says:
"We are not only optimistic, bur
ou? conflds^^ in t^.e situation la f | ^
Justified by reports, coming through
a systematic organization in practically
every county in the state, which
Indicate that at least three-fourths
of the Democrats of Texas are in favor
of the candidacy of Governor
Wilson, and that Texas will send a
solid Woodrow Wilson delegation tothe
Baltimore convention."
Illinois V. M. C. A. ?
Peoria, III.. FVb,^ 29.?Delegates
representing the branches of tb? Y.
M. C. A. throughout Illinois, have assembled
here in force tor the annual
state convention, which opens to-"*5
night with addresses by Chancellor
j rata Blroc^ o." tho c*
Kansas, and the Rev. Dr. William J.
Williamson, of 8t Louis. Ths two
days' program la one 6f the beet ever
prepared for a mooting of the organisation
In tMs state. A notable
feature will ho n dinner at the Coliaoum,
at which man are
ed to attend.
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