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ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909.
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Stems of Stale Interest Gathered from Here and There and
Told Briefly for Busy Readers.
TEE WEATHER BUREAU AND
ITS LATEST CRITIC.
Raleigh, Special. The work that
is being done by the U. S. Weather
Bureau is perhaps better known to
the majority of citizens than that
of any other Bureau of the Govern
ment, and it hardly seems necessary
to defend it from such attacks as for
instance that which appeared in Ev
erybody's Magazine for May. This
attack was written by Mr. Emerson
Hough, who makes specific charges,
and these charges will be reviewed
atl answered in order.
First, he charges that the Weather
Bureau is unduly expensive, but does
not explain that -the appropriation
lor this service is examined critical
ly, item by item bv a committer of
Congress, and that this committee
voluntarily increased the appropria
tion
asked lor bv $133 "fin nn.
tnat last year more than $50,000.00 the members of which sneer at the
J?8 urned to the U. S. Treasury. Government Weather Bureau, and
Hie Honorable Jas. R. Mann said i prefer to rely upon old "signs" in
tnat this sen-ice is the most eeonomi-j stead of on new science as the basis
uu administered service, with the 1
;iiv uiai nas tteen done, in the uov
ernment service anywhere.
Second, that it does not progress.
It would seem that progress is being
made from the fact that representa
tives of weather organizations of
Europe have visited this country for
the express purpose of studying meth
ods and forecasting under" the Chief
of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Re
searches of great value to the science
of meteorology are being carried on
by this Bureau, and the world's re
cord for the greatest height reached
by a kite carrying a meteorological
instrument was attained by this' Bu
reau at Mr. Weather, Ya., the re
search observatory.
Third, that it is excessively explan
atory. This is rather a virtuo than
a fault. The Weather Bureau has
nothing that it wishes to keep secret.
Its methods and results, however,
must be made known, or the public
would not have that sympathetic re
lation with this Bureau that it now
holds.
Fourth, that the sen-ice is general
and not specific. A knowledge of the
prnVlonn; involved i, ?viig. a specific
forecast in regard to exact time and
locality would at onc.3 dispel the
charge that the service is too general.
Forecasts are made as specific as the
knowledge of the conditions will war
rant. Fifth, that it is evasive and inten
tionally ambiguous. Tl2 forecasts
are formulated with great care, and
cannot have not in anv sense a Del
phic interpretation. They are mado
to cover a definite period and all fore
casts are carefully examined to ascer
tain the percentage of accuracy which
varies fr?ni SO to 85 Per cent,
Sixth, that it offers no well-founded
bope of improvement in local fore
casting, On the contrary every in
ducement is made to officials in the
Weather Bureau to excel in local forer
casting, and the practical test of
merit of all experiments and all
theoretical work is the measure of
how much it will improve the forc
eps ting of the weather.
In the cases of the Galveston
storm and the storm in which the
gteamship Portland was wrecked,
which Mr. Hough claims the Bureau
failed to forecast, the records cf
marine associations, of the local press,
nnd of the Weather Bureau bear un
impeachable testimony to the fact
that the Bureau gave araplo warning
of the coming of the Galveston storm
that the Gulf was practically clear
ed of vessels of commerce and no loss
of property occurred in the open sea,
and tnat the morning before the pas
page of the storm hurricane signals
Times Mercury Changes Hands.
Hickory, Special. A stock com
pany, with J. Y. Killian as president,
and B. G. Mace as business manager,
has bought the Times-Mercury, and
Avill continue its publication, but as
a strictly Republican paper. Mr.
Click is no longer connected with the
paper, but will devote his time to
the Nutshell, a semi-monthly, which
he began publishing a few months
ago.
Dr. E. Y. Ytcs Dies Suddenly.
Durham, Special. Dr. E. Y. Yates,
Acterran minister of the Methodist
church, and for nearly nine yoars
lecturer in the department of Biblical
Literature at Trinity College, died
sitting in a chair at his hotel Friday
afternoon. He had been ailing since
Sunday Avith a, deep cold, but Avas up
the street this morning. After eat
ing his mid-day lunch, he went to the
front porch and Avas sitting reading
(he paper Avhen his head dropped for
Avard and he Avas dead in a feAv min
utes. Heart trouble, with" Avhich he
had been afflicted for several years,
was the cause of his death.
Six Months in Jail.
Wilson, Special. A most deplor
able case, one which should have been
pet tied out of court, had it been pos
sible, Avas disposed of Friday morn
ing by Judge Oliver IT. Allen. The
trasedy of this case occurred a feAv
months ago in a drunken brawl in
jseA-erson, Ben Boykin shot "Bug"
Wilhams, who, after several days
died from the pistol shot wounds, in
flicted by tfoymn. ..... .
NEWS NOTES
were ordered for Galveston and other
Gulf ports.
In regard to the case of the Port
land the New York Times of Dec.
1, 1.396 said:
"In leaving Boston Saturday night
the captain of the Portland took
chances which no man in his posi
tion had a right to take. From a
source that warranted implicit be
lief, he, like every other captain on
(he Atlantic coast, had received warn
ing that a slcim of exceptional sever
ity would stiiko him as soon as he
leached open water, and that he knew
that his steamer, though well built
and comparatively new, was of a
type much better designed for enter
ing shallow harbors than for encoun
tering winter gales on as dangerous
a cort as theie is in the world. De
spite all this and according to his
employer, in defiance of implicit or
deis, lie steamed out into the gather
ing tempest. Why? Perhaps he be
longed to the class, once large, but
0f meteorological propheev. Per-
haps a score of things. Only this is
certain, he should not ha to sailed,
and he should not have been allowed
to saih"
Odd Fellows Meet in Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C, Special. Char
lotte was the property of the Odd
Fellows of North Carolina Tuesday.
Delegates to the meeting of the Grand
Lodge were here by the hundreds and
the streets of the city were asAvarm
with uniformed officers, representa
tives of every town in the State in
which is located a lodge of this great
order. Others arriveed later. Ar
rangements were made by the local
entertainment committee to care for
not less than 500 visitors. The var
ious lodges of the State sent not less
than 300 accredited delegates and
many more were present for the pur
pose of attending the meeting of the
Grand Lodge, which occupied three
davs.
Indian Badly Wounded.
Asheville, Special. A serious
shooting occurred Friday afternoon
about 5:30 oMoek in what was for
merly known as the Hicks Souther
"soft drink" place on south Lexing
ton avenue, when it is alleged that
Wade Wilson shot an Indian named
Whippoorwill. Whippoorwill was
drunk or near drunk and doesn't
know much about it. At first he said
that the shooting was an accident and
later that he was ordered out cf the
place and that the shooting followed.
The Indian was taken to the City
Hall, his wounds dressed and he was
then sent to a hospital. He was shot
through the arm and the breast and
is said to be bleeding internally,
Through Truck Train to New York.
Newbera, Special. Monday at a
meeting of the truekers, Stiperiten
dent Foster, of the Norfolk & South
era, and Superintendent Fountain,
held here, it was decided for the new
through truck train to leave here at
11 a. m.f for Goldsboro, Avhere it will
bo mada a through train for New
York on the Atlantic Const Line. The
train will at present run on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays and tho
Atlantic Coast Line will furnish as
far as possible ventilated cars for tlie
service. The schedule is satisfactory
to all and means better prices for the
truckers as the goods will reach the
markets earlier and in better condi
tion than as is tho case with the
present schedule.
Es-Sherif Drops Dead,
Salisbury, Specie 1. J. Hodge
Kridcr, former sheriff of Rowan coun
ty, dropped dead at his home in Salis
bury Friday from heart failure. He
was called for breakfast, and Avhen he
failed to appear was found dead in
his bed. He was 52 years old, a well
known officer, and is survived by one
son, seven daughters, two brothers
and a sister. The funeral takes place
with Masonic honors.
Bandits Hold Up Train.
Spokane, Wash., Special. Follow
ing the hold-up of the Great North
ern passenger train by six bandits
between Colbert and Mead Saturday
night, 12 persons Avere injured Avhen
the locomotive and the mail cars, cut
off from the rest of the train, Avere
run back wild by the bandits, after
they had rifled the rest of the train.
The conductor saw the wild cars
coming back at 25 miles an hour. He
and another trainman placed a tie on
the track, but the cars, though part
ly stopped, plunged into the coaches,
throAving passengers from their seats,
cutting them Avith broken glass.
Old Ccrn Liauor Was the Cause of
It All.
Troy, Special. Last Sunday the J),
and C. Railway Company ran an ex
cursion from Troy, N. C, to Ellis,
N. C, especially for home people to
attend the closing exercises of the
ElKs High School. Some of them
took on a little too much "tea,"
which caused some misunderstanding
and some of them have red eyes as
well as bruised faces. V
MAINE REM
EMBeREO
Will Erect Monument to Saifcrs
Who Went Down With Her
SIGSBEE DESCRIBES DISASTER
Admiral Who Was in Command cf
the El-Fatsd Battleship at the Time
of Its Destruction Delivers Illus
trated Lecture For the Benefit of
the Maine Memorial Association.
Washington, Special. For the ben
efit of the recently organized Maine
Memorial Association, whose purpow
u to erect in the national capital a
suitable monument to the American
sailors who met their death in the
sinking of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor on February 15, 1S0S,
Rear Admiral Charles D'. Sisrsbw,
who Avas in command of the "fated
Aessel at the time of her destruction,
Saturday gaA'e by request an illus
trated lecture here before a large
audience, describing the disaster.
"In many Avays it is made obvious
that public sentiment regarding the
Maine has continued beyond ordinary
bounds," said Admiral Sigsbee.
"Many disasters have occurred be
fore and sinct, yet none in recent
times has held public interest like
that of the Maine. Her destruction
Avas a turning point in our oavu his
tory and in the history of
Spain a turning point for the
better in both cases, let us hope.
"The mission of the Maine Avas en
tirely friendly," he explained. "It
had no further import than to re
assure our citizens in Cuba and to
protect them and give them assistance
in case of necessity."
Admiral Sigsbee narrated in detail
the events succeeding the Maine's
departure from Key West for Havana
on January 23, 1903. Arriving at
rii-Aana, the Maine Avas taken by tlis
pilot to one cf tho bouys commonly
reserved for Avar -essels. "It was
widely supposed in tba United States
that the Maine AA'as aftenvard shifted
by the Spanish authorities to another
buoy, but this was an error," he said.
He also denied that the Mair.P enter
ed HaA'atia harbor militantly.
Continuing, Admiral Sifsbco said it
Avas important that he should know
that state of popular feeling in
Havana regarding the Maine and a
parently the best Avay to learn this
was to attend a bull fight. "I haA'e
beendef!
tain pious peopk. Bull fights were
given only on Sunday but my object
Avas not pleasure. It has been decid
ed that my ship's company Avas
doomed because of attendance at the
the bull fight on Sunday, yet none
who went to the bull fight 'were in
jured in the loss of the Maine."
Admiral Sigsbee graphically de
scribed the scene on the Maine on
the night of the explosion. To bear
out the contention of the court of
inquiry that the Maine Avas sunk bv
a submarine mine, he called attention
to the parallel in the destruction by
contact with u mine of the Russian
battleship Petropavlovsk during the
Russo-Japanese Avar.
Regarding the policy of raisins- the
Maine I have nothing to say," ha
said. ,it might be better to ask
'tvby is not the Maine removed?'"
He predicted that sbo probably
would be bloAvn up in detail as the
only practical solution of the prob
lem. Seaboard Lcsos by Fira.
Portsmouth. Va.. SueciaL Firf of
unknown origin, accompanied by an
explosion, destroyed the eeneral
warehouse of the Seaboard Air Line
Kailway at the railroad terminals
here early Sunday entailing a loss of
Horn $100,000 to $150,000, and re
sulting in the injury of four men, one
being seriously hurt. The injured
are: l'iremcri Walter "Risaft. Nisrht
Yardmaster Mntheson. Tom Sellers.
colored, unknown white man,
Sultan's Women Driven From Palace,
Constantinople, By Cable.Eighty
women from Abdul Hamid's harem.
richly dressed and veiled, Avere driven
in carriages Sunday under the escort
of four eunuchs and a troop of
cavalry from the Yildiz to the ancient
Seraglio palace, Avhich has been un
occupied since about 1S24. Curious
bystanders were driven away from
the exit of the Yildiz palace by a
guard of soldiers.
The Confederate Reunion.
Memphis, Tenn., , Special. An
nouncement is made by the general
executive committee that all Avill be
in readiness foi the Confederate re
union, which Avill meet in Memphis
on June 8, 9 and 10 and all indica
tions point to ono of the most suc
cessful gatherings in the history of
the organization. All Confederate
A'eterans, who desire free accommo
dations, Avill be cared for in a general
manner. The general committee
makes announcement that food, lodg
ing and medical attendance will be
provided for each and eA'ery old sol
dier, who shall -make his AA-ants knoAvn.
Ask Governmental Bill.
Richmond, Va., Special. The In
ternational League for Highway Im
provement Satnrday adopted a bill,
asking Congress for an apropriation
of $1,000,000 to support the work of
the body through eight commissioners
to be appointed by President Taft.
The league purposes to open perman
ent headquarters in Washington, and
its first effort will be to build a nat
ional model highway from Maine to
Florida.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
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Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable .
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Horns and
Abroad,
President Taft will receive a salute
of 21 guns when he arriAres at Peters
burg on the 10th.
Marie Fron, 20 years old, danced
herself to death Tuesday night at
Chicago.
Fourteen Night Riders Avere con-A-icted
Tuesday at WaA-erly, Tenn., of
whipping J. M. Keece last October
and Avere fined $500 each and jailed
for ten days.
John P. Brady has erected on his
premises near GardensA'ille, Md., a
monument in honor of Adam, the first
man, saying it is better late than
never. He is a learned man too.
Thirty men overloaded a naphtha
boat and in attempting to croos the
river at Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday night
sank the boat and 23 were droAvned.
R. E. Raybold, 19 years old, died
last Sunday at Hyattsville, Md.f of
tetanus (lockjaAv) from running a
nail in his foot tAvo AA'eeks before.
Mrs. Boyle gave it out before she
was convicted in the Willie Whitla
case, that in the event she were sen
tenced she and her husband would
both commit suicide.
The great battleship Mississippi ac
commodated as many as 5,000 vis
itors at once Avhile at New Orleans.
R. II. SAveet, Ins Avife and four
children, and George Hall, Avero
drowned by the capsizing of their
gasoline boat in the Chippewa river,
Wis., last Saturday night.
Three brothers and one sister who
were making a bare living in Ireland,
have heired $100,000 from a batch
elor brother, who died recently in
rhiladelphia.
James Patton, the wheat king, has
promised to quit gambling.
Mrs. Helen Boyle Avas competed
last Saturday of complicity in the
kidnaping of Willie Whitla. She
gets 25 years in the penitentiary. Her
husband got a life sentence.
Six fishing steamers at ; Norfolk,
Va., last Saturday made a haul of
400,000 pounds of deep sea trout,
equal to 2,000 barrels.
Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the
Southern author, died at her home
at Mobile, Ala., last Sunday. The
day before was her 70th birthday.
Schuyler HoUey, at Logansport,
Tnd., fixed a pistol to fire on an ex
pected chicken thief last Saturday
night. The thief didn't come and
Holley forgetting to detach the con
nection, opened the door Sunday
morning and Avas instantly killed.
Washington Affairs.
Thomas H. Netherlands, who was
an expert penman and Avas an at
tache of the White House until a
month ago, when he resigned, suffer
ed so from overwork and nen'ous
breakdown that he committed sui
cide last Tuesday night.
Tho Porto Ricans take President
Taft's message very unfavorabty.
They think they could govern them
selves. President Taft sent a message to
Congress . Monday, asking for new
legislation for Porto Rico, practical
ly declaring too ranch power had
been gien the islanders before they
were prepared.
Representative Hollirgsworth stood
practically alone in opposing the
Davis engraving on the Mississippi
silver service,
Judge Wm. L. Penfield, former
solicitor for Department of State,
and authority on international laAV,
died last Sunday.
The evidence in tho Brownsville
colored soldiers affair makes 6,000
pages.
Judge Henry G. Connor, of Wilson,
NV C, a Democrat, Avas appointed
Monday to the Federal bench by
President Taft, succeeding Judge
Purnell.
Foreign News Notes.
The neAv government at Constanti
nople has hanged another batch of
24 mutineers. This makes 38 such
executions since the change.
Edgar Thompson left Albion, 111.,
25 years ago, motive adventure. He
landed on one of the Figi Islands,
married a princess and was croAvned
king. Late news chronicles his death.
Tavo missionaries to the Congo
Free States. Africa, protested
against a rubber company's oppres
sive methods against the nati-es and
are now being sued by the trust for
libel.
Friends of Castro tried recently to
raise a revolution in Venezuela, in
his favor, but failed. It is believed
however, that the army is partial to
him rather than to Gomez.
At Orleans, France, last Friday and
Saturday, a most enthusiastic celebra
tion was held in honor of Joan of Arc.
One hundred thousand people wit
nessed the ceremonies and bells rang
their merry peals.
8 new commanders of U. S. battle
ships were appointed last Saturday.
WASHINGTON NOTES
The Senate upheld, by a A'ote of 44
to 35, the recommendation of its
finance committee by declining to re
duce by quarter of a cent a pound
the duty on "pig lead," thereby in
dicating tho majority's voting
strength on important tariff schedules.
Export duties on certain articles
are provided for revenue raising pur
poses in the Philippine tariff bill.
which was reported to the House by
the Avays and means committee.
A commission of lunacy probably
will be asked for by the defense, it
AA-as announced, to inquire into the
sanity of J. C. Davis, the Washington
laAAyer, who with his brother, M. C.
DaA'is, Avas arrested here on Saturday
on charges of SAvindling, involving
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
President Taft continues to folloAV
his avoAved policy of selecting those
he considers to be the best men to
fill important Federal offices, irre
spectiA'e of their political faith, in
sending to the Senate the nominaion
of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat,
to be United States judge for tho east
ern district of North Carolina.
After seA-eral hours spent in tho
Senate Wednesday in discussing the
AA-indow glass schedule of the tariff
bill, Senator Aldrich asked that that
paragraph be passed over. Some oth
er sections relating to glass manufac
tured articles, that previously had
been passe dover, AA-ere agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to the consid
eration of passed OA'er sections until
the iron ore paragraph was reached,
when Senator CraAvford spoke at
length upon the lack of Avisdom of
any tariff that encouraged the cx
haustion of natural resources, which
could not readily be reproduced. Ha
insisted that there should be no tariff
on iron ore, oil, lumber and coal.
Early in the session, Senator Payn
ter spoke at length in favor of the
removal of the duty cf six cents a
pound upon leaf tobacco as a means
for freeing the tobacco growers from
the control of the tobacco trust.
Senator Simmons offered an amend
ment to the windoAV glass schedule of
the tariff bill, reducing the rates be
low those suggested by Senaor Cum
mins in his amendment to the same
paragraph Tuesday.
"The rates proposed bv you are the
rates ..of the. .Wilson bill, are they
not?" inquired Mr. Aldrich, address
ing the Senator from North Carolina.
"Well," replied Mr. Simmons,
smiling and hesitating, "that should
not be an argument against them. I
think if that is the case it would
rather be a commendation."
Substantial progress was made in
the consideration of the tariff Tues
day, the amendments of the com
mittce on finance being upheld by the
Senate by substantial majorities.
A feature of the day's session Avas
a general discussion concerning tho
great disparity between wholesale
and retail prices of commodities. Re
publican Senators declared that this
difference was so great as to demon
strate that the duty leA-ied by a pro
tective tariff had small effect on the
price paid by the consumer.
This feature of the discussion was
precipitated by Senator Scott, him
self a glass manufacturer;
The schedule coA'erinff the products
of lead Avas passed OA'er on the sug
gestion of Senator Aldnch because,
he said, tho finance committee desires
to make some changes in the duties
as previously recommended.
On motion of Mr. Aldrich the sec
tion relating to soap was amended so
as to place a duty of 50 per cent ad
xalorem on perfumed soap.
The House provision on sulphur
was further amended so as to place
crude sulphur on the free list and to
provide for a duty of $4 a ton on re
fined sulphur.
Speaking in favor of a reduction of
the duties on fetone and earthenware
as a means of giA'ing the people gen
erally cheaper goods of that kind,
Mr. Bacon offered an amendment re
ducing the rate from 60 to 35 per
cent ad valorem.
Mr. Bacon's amendment Avas de
feated by a vote of 25 to 54, Senator
LaFollette being the only Republican
who voted in the affirmative with the
Democrats.
Almost the entire session of the
Senate Friday was giA-en up to a de
bate on the profits of the United
States Steel Corporation and toward
the end of the day, personalities were
freely indulged in by Senators. This
occurred after Senator Root had
spoken in defense of the finance
committee and in criticism of Sena
tors who had complained of the fail
ure of that committee to proAride more
ample information concerning various
schedules. Mr. Money resented what
he characterized as a lecture to the
Senate, bv Senator Root, and said
if he desired less speaking in the body
"he should do less of it himself.' '
Mr. Simmons Wednesday, dis
cussing the tariff addressed' the
Senate at some length upon the win
dow glass industry to determine that
the glass manufacturers would pros
per with duties much below those
provided in the pending measure.
Mr. Simmons contended that the
rates of the glass schedule are too
high and. afford much more protection
than the American manufacturers
need. e,j.e
2 JAIL SENTENCES IMPOSED
Motion of the Five Men Convicted of Violating th3
Sherman Anti-Trust Law, for an Arrest of
Judgment Refused Shotter and
Myers Sentenced to Jail.
Savannah, Ga., Social. The hotly
contested suit against what is knovrn
as the Terpentine Trust ended last
Saturday night by finding certain
heads of the combined interests
guilty of violating the Sherman anti
trust laAV.
A Savannah dispatch of Friday
says :
OA'errulir.g the motion in arrest of
judgment, offered by Ihe defense,
Judge William Sheppard Friday
afternoon, sentenced the fiA'e men
found guilty of violating the Sher
man anti-trust laiv, and for the first
time, so far as is knoAArn, jail sen
tences, in two cases, were imposed.
The sentences folloAv:
Spencer P. Shotler, chairman of
the directors of the American Naval
Stores Com pan A, three months in jail
and a fine of .$5,000.
Edmund S. Nash, president of the
company, if 3,000 fine.
J. F. Cooper Mj'ers, A'iee president
of tho American company and pres
ident of the National Transportation
and Terminal Company, three months
in jail and a fine of $2,500.
George Mead Boardman, of New
York, treasurer of the American Na
val Stores Compnay, $2,000 fine.
Cail Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
agent of the American and general
manager of the National Transporta
tion and Terminal Company in Jack
sonville, $5,000 fine.
Mr. Shotter and Mr. Myers were
sentenced to terms in the Chatham
county jail, Judge Sbeppard impos
ing the punishment upon tbsm, be
cause they had been before the court
two years ago, entering pleas of
THE DAVIS BROTHERS CHARGED WITH MUCH WRONG
Washington, Special. John C.
Davis and his brother, Martin T.
Davis, Avhose alleged quesnable
dealings in high finance came to an
abrupt close last week with a deluge
of complaints from residents of this
city, Alexandria, Va., and other cities
were indicted by the grand jury here
Thursday. The indictments charge em
bezzlement and misappropriation of
vast sums of money, forger' and the
uttering of the forsred capers and
false pretenses.
Five true bills, charging embezzle
ment and two charging forgery and
utterance, w-er returned against John
O. Davis. Embezzlement from the
Potomac Building and Loan Associa
tion, of which he was secretary and
treasurer, and forgery are alleged
against Martin T. Davis. In addition
to these, joint indictments charge the
SERIES OF TORNADOES SWEEP THE SOUTH
Kansas City, Mo., Special. A scr
ies of tornadoes in Kansas, Missori
and Oklahoma late Friday killed a
dozen persons, injured about 100, de
vastated Hollls, Kan., Avrecked a train
and did great damage to property.
Twenty-five were injured in suburbs
of Kansas City,
At Hollis three men were killed
and ten seriously injured. The Eck-
strom family of five persons is miss
ing and may be dead in the ruins of
the home.
Near Great Bend, a tornado killed
two and injured 20. All Avires are
down in that ATieinity and it is feared
that the death list may be greater.
WiUiam Ackerjy, & Sante Fe en
KILLED WHILE TRYING
Roanoke, Vn.. Snecial. William
Bailey and R. M. Young, two young
men of prominent families of Lee
county, this State, shot and killed
each other while trying to kill an
other man Thursday night at a school
entertainment at Dry den. "Young
and Bailey had an altercation with
William Jesse over the matter of
tickets of admission. Young and
STRICT PARTY LINES ARE
Washington, Special. After a day
devoted to discussing the duty on
iron ore, the Senate, just before ad
journment Thursday adopted b' a
vote of 61 to 24, the recommendation
of the committee on finance for a duty
of 25 cents per ton on iron ore. The
House had placed that article on the
free list while the present law levies
a duty on it of 40 cens per ton. In
this A'ote party lines were . annhilat
ed, as seventeen Democrats voted
"aye" with the Republicans and
twehe Republicans A'oted "no" with
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Richmond, Va., Special. The In
teraatiqnal League for Highway Im
provement began its convention here
Friday. Mayor Bichordson made the
AA'elcoming address and GoA-ernor
Swanson, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and a number of other prom
inent men made addresses.
Delegates from all over the coun-
'try were present. President John A.
I Stewart, of New York, stated that the
I b3et of the organization was to
guilty. At that time Judge Emory
Speer. who was presiding, stated that
a term in prison would be imposed,
of they should come before the court
again. Mr. Nash was excused on the
former occasion, when the grand jury
returned a ""no bill" against him, as
he Avas a witness before the grand
Jry.
Mr. Holler's sentence was made
heavy because of his connection with
the terminal yards in Jacksonville,
where re-grading and re-gauging
wecr alleged to have taken pSaco.
The case will be appealed to tho
United States Court of Appeals," just
as poon f.s (he bill of exceptions can
be prepared, and certified to by the
court. In the meantime, a motion for
a new trial Avill not be made before
Judge Sheppard. A Avrit of error
citing fiftv-thice grounds Avere filed
j by the defense immediately af icr scn-
tenc AA'as passed. Councel attacic
nearly everything the court permitted
to tome before the jury, to Avhich
the defense entered protest. It be
gins with the court's failure to sus
tain the demurrer to the indictment
and ends AA-ith an exception to the
jury's A-erdiet.
Bond in the sum of $20,000 was
given for ail the defendants joint
ly and they 'were discharged, pend
ing the determination cf their appeal.
The costs they mu3t pay, if the con
Aaeticn and sentences stand, will, it
is said, reach $17,000, which will, in
the eA-ent the sentences stand, be ap
portioned among the five eonvicted
men.. The defendants AA'ere sentenced
separately. Judge Sheppard mado
no long address, but merely gave them
an opportunity to say Avhy sentence
should not be pronounced, a privilege
of Avhich they took but small advan
tage, and then passed the sentences.
Mr. Shotter was the last to be sen
tenced. Judge Sheppard made his
longest speech then, probably a hun
dred words.
brothers with forgery and false pre
tenses. The embezzlement charges so far
acted on by the grand jnry against
John C. DaA'is aggregate $52,000. As
sistant United States Attorney Proc
tor says the total claims brought to
his attention aggregate $150,000. In
addition he knoAvs of a case where
$25,000 Avas secured from a person,
who has not .made complaint up to
this time. Other claimants, it is ex
pected, desiring to aA-oid publicity,
have not made complaint.
Including these claims. United
States Attorney Baker estimated at
$150,000, the total amount secured by
John DaA-ie from inveetox's.
;Mr, Baker Thursday made a state
ment exonerating Thomas A. Owen,
who was arrested on a charge of Con
spiracy Avith the Davis brothers, and
J released on $1,000 bond last Saturday,
gineer, was killed while working with
a bridge gang betAA'ecn Great Bend
and Kinsley. Frank Kiebolson, t,
conductor, Avas also killed.
The storm spread OA'er a wide
fanning area and laid waste many
farm housoe and barns. An estlmato
of the rural oaeultieB could not be oh
tained,
At Hoisinfrton, Kas., n tornado in
jured a number of persons and greatly
damaged farm property.
At Pond Croek, Okla., a eeverg
wind storm injured four persons and
unroofed several houses.
Many washouts interrupted traffic,
Electrical disturbances crippled tele
graph and telephone wires.
TO SHOOT ANOTHER
Bailey abused Jesse and the latter
struck cne of them. Jesse and Young
clinched and Bailey, in an effort to
shoot Jesse, shot Young. As Young
was falling he fired aimlessly, the
ball killing his friend, Bailey. Jesse
was shot in the side and anothesouan
was slightly wounded. Pandemonium
reigned in the hall Avhere the enter
tainment was held.
BROKEN ON THE TARIFF
the Democrats. During the day Sen
ator Bailey, in announcing that he
proposed to vote for the duty on iron
ore as a revenue measure, declared
that such action did not affect the
prosperity of the United States Steel
Corporation, and added that even if
it did there Avas a better AAray to deal
with that organization, which Avas
an enforcement of the anti-trust laAV
against it. He declared that he ex
pected to see this law enforced and
he expressed confidence that eventu
ally the officers cf tha steel corpora
tion would either be in the peniten
tiary or fugitives from justice.
FOR BETTER ROADS
arouse the country to press upon
Congress the necessity for establish
ing a national plan of good roads and
carrying it out with liberal appropria
tions. A letter from President Taft
was read expressing hearty approval
of the object of the conA'ention.
Final draft of a bill to be pre
sented to Congress for approval, pro
A'iding for an appropriation of $1,
000,000 for a survey of a system of
national roadaway. , .