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ASHEVIXLE, N. 0., FRIDAY MORNING; APRIL 30, 1909.
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SUGAR TRUST PAYS
OYER TWO MILLION
TO SQUARE FRAUD
PROVE INS A NIT I
OF CAPTAIN HAINS
Had Evaded Tariff Duties By
Fraudulent Device In
Weighing Its Imports
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
NOT TO BE ABATED
Payment Settles All Civil
Claims Including Other
Untried Cases.
Gen. Hains on Stand Relates In
cidents of Early Boyhood And
Events Preceding Tragedy.
' (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April J9. The Amer
Jean Sugar reflnlsh company of New
Jersey and tile New Tork corpora
tion of the lame name today paid in
to the treasury of the United States
$89,000, completing a payment ag
gregating over $2,134,000 In settle
ment of all civil claims arising out
of the fraudulent weighing of sugar
on the docks of the refineries in
Brooklyn and Jersey City.
The settlement was made upon the
advice of the' companies lawyers. A
statement from the latter was made
publio tonight In which they said that
settleimerit seemed wise because of
the fact that the government had
threatened otherwise to bring other
suits for amounts reaching nearly
$,00,0
The settlement, while It discharged
all the civil claims made by the gov
ernment against the companies, does
not prevent the bringing of criminal
prosecutions against the men respon
sible for the use of the fraudulent
device, through the use of which false
weights were recorded.
The weighing was at the suor
company' refinery. The sugar com
pany pay In full the recent judgment
for the penalty of $134,411 awarded
against It by a jury in the case tried
la the federal court last March, to
gether with interest, and agrees to
take no appeal from that judgment.
It also pays Into the United States
treasury : $2,000,000 representing- the
duties which have been unpaid dur-
tog. t)if'Mt'twalWf years, owing to
these practices, '" I1J39.098 of this
mount having already been paid In
binder protest to collector Loeb on his
re-tlquldatioa of the duties upon the
cargoes entered at the Havemoyer
and Elder refnerles between 1901 and
1907, when the alleged frauds were
discovered. The sugar company aban-
( Continued on page four.)
(By Associated Press.)
FLUSHING. N. T.. April 29. An
affecting scene was presented today
at the trial of Captain Peter C. Halns
Jr., when General Hams, retired, the
aged father of the defendant, related
with suppressed emotion, the Incidents
of his son's life from boyhood to the
time, when, driven to madness by his
wife's alleged infidelity, he shot down
the man who, the defense contends,
was the cause of It.
Beginning with the boy's tendency
to nightmares and general excitability
during his earlier years, the old gen
era! traced his career through the
campaigns of the Spanish-American
war when he fought under his father
In Porto Rica and was always "In the
way on the firing line."
In 1900, the captain wooed and mar
ried Claudia Llbby, the general said,
and spent years In unbroken happi
ness with his wife until in 190S, they
met William E. Annls.
Thornton Halns, the brother, who
was tried and acquitted of complicity
in the same crime, appeared In court
during the afternoon but left almost
immediately upon being told that he
would be sent for when wanted.
Dr. Graeme Hammond and several
other alienists who will testify for the
defense were In court today.
Nervous As a Boy. ....
General Halns testified that he dis
covered at an early period of Captain
Halns' life ithat the boy was suffer
ing from excessive nervousness. He
said the captain graduated at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis In 189S
but did not enter the naval service on
account of defective eye-sight He de
scribed the conduct of Claudia Halns1
toward her husband during their early
marriage as that of "a loving wife."
He said that they were very happy
until 1908.
During the Porto Rlcan campaign,
the captain, then a lieutenant of ar
tillery, was a member of his command,
the general said, and they all suffered
excessively from the sultry and bad
climate of the Island.
"Describe your son's conduct at the
battle of Guayama," said Mr. Mclntyre.
He was always getting In my way
on the firing line," replied the witness.
and when I told film to get away
he said I had no right to wear that
big white helmet on the firing line.
Then I told him I would have to put
him In the ranks If he did not stop
bothering me."
After getting General Halns to say
his father died from "senile insanity,
Mr. Mclntyre excused the witness.
Alienist on Stand
- Dr. I Samuel Manaon, the alien
ist described an examination of Cap
tain Hains in the Queens' county jail
on September S, 1901.
"I found 4ilm sitting on his chair
staring Into vacancy," said .the doc
tor. "When I spoke to him he made
no response. I put my hand on his
shoulder and said loudly: " 'How do
you feel,' and still there was no re
sponse.
General Hains, recalled, testified
that he told Claudia Halns. after she
made the confession that she would
have to go to her mother. "I don't
know as mother will take me," the
witness said Mrs. Halns replied.
Yes she will take you when no
one else will,' I told her." the general
continued, "and I telegraphed for her
mother to come. I asked Claudia
why she had done this thing, and she
said she did not know unless It was
because she loved Annls and he lovea
her.'
The witness said that the captain
was so wrought up at this time that
he acted like an insane man.'
Letter to Annls,
The general Identified a letter alleg
ed to have been written by Captain
Haln'a wife to Annls prior to the con
feBslon. The letter was put In evl
dence and read to the Jury. "Dear
Billy," " it began. "Don't come down
Monday morning. Everything Is over
between Peter and me. He has found
out everything and told me all about
it last night. I am going to Boston
and will send you my address when
get there. I am almost crazy,
Good bye. Claudia.'
"Tell the Jury how Captain Halns
got the confession from his wife," said
Mr. Mclntyre.
STIRS THE SPLEEN
OF
...
HURRICANE LIKE STORM SWEEPS
COUNTRY FROM LAKES TO GULF
. . . .v . f ' j -
Many Fatalities Reported. Long List of Injured tvndr Enormous Property Damage.
Chicago Out Off Prom The World. Pittsburg Had Snow and Thunder
. ., Storm. Other Cities Beport Losses.
(By Associated Press.) .
CHICAGO, April 29. An electrical
storm, accompanied by a furious gale
burst over Chicago tonight, bringing
death to at least five persons and cut
ting the city Off front direct out-side
communication for nearly two hour
Tne centre of the storm was on
the south side of the cltv. where , three
"The captain went to her and asked laborers were killed and several more
her how she made that trip to the
mountains when she was away from
home a week," said the general. "And
Claudia told - him she went by boat.
'How could you go to the mountains
by boat?' Peter asked her. 'It was
the ferry she replied, and then Peter
said 'my God. Claudia, tell me the
truth about this.' 'Oh well. I might
as well tell you,' she replied. 'I did
not go to tho mountains. I went to
New York.' "
Scene at Home.
The witness' voice broke for a mo-
mrnt as he related a visit to his. in s
'Continued on page four.V
CONDEMN HUNDREDS
TD
DEATH FOR COMPLICITY;
ABDUL NilD'S SCHEMES
Eunuch Who Was Tenor of
Palace Publicly Ilanged.
Others Await Their Fate
SULTAN'S SON FLED
(By Associated Pres.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 29.--Constitutionalist
have root no time In
bringing, the conspirators in the re
cent rising to trial. The military
court, sitting In the war office today,
condemned etHDUt 250 prisoners tr
death and they were executed. Nadir
Pasha, the second eunuch of the pal
ace, was hanged at dawn.
The ihody was allowed to swing
until eight o'clock In the morning and
thousands of people stopped to look
at the great Nubian whose name was
terror under Abdul llamld. The
dead man's face showed an unnersnoi
Jaw and thick, heavy lips. In life he
,,t tn full., six feet fix Inches
tall. Madir was executed after a
trial by court martial on the charge
ih.t h. inited the mutiny of the
n- Anril IS. Nadir Pasha
cam ta the Imperial palace as
slave and grew up In that hot house
of Intrtmie
The national assembly which mt
today under the presidency of Sail
Pasha, decided that the sultan. Me
hmel V aAnuM take the oath of the
constitution within a week. The as
sembW also ratified the deportation
of Abdul Hamld to Balonlkl
rvinstriretorrt lied.
It Is alleged that the chief authors
of the recent mutiny rrP "
Harold's favorite son. 1'rlnce Mehme.l
BUrhan Hddlne. Rear Admiral Pail
t..h ni win mil Pasha, the for
mer trend vlller. and Nadir Paslia
who were engaged for a long time
orkor to the rising In corrupting the
troops. The two former have fled.
Asnl Bey. Inspector general of th
Balonlkl police, who was charg'
with the transport of the former su.
taa to Balonlkl. relates that when he
arrived at the palace at one ocleck
in the morning he found Abdul Ha
mld In large salon, which was u
lvnrtnated as though, for a gala oe
w.owerv candle and torch that
... j tur,A in ttu building. T:
wa -because Abdul Haired dreads
IS
CAUSE OF LONG DEBATE
LEADI10J0 HESOLT
Senator Nelson Finds Sched
ule Full of Jokers Which i
Arc No Jokes.
VARIETY OF OPINIONS!
WEALTHY MUST PAY TAX
IS PROVISION MADE IN
ENGLISH REVENUE PLAN
Increases Made in Income i
and Legacies Tax and on.
All Property of Rich.
were injured when the roof of the
Grand Crossing Tack company'! plant
was blown off. A eattage at Seventy
ninth street ana Kins avenues was
blown down end 1$ a restarted to the
ponce ,Xhat twe men were killed and
a woman and child Injured. . '
Telegraph and telephone wires
were cut down on' all sides of Chica
go. It was the most complete pros
tration of wire service In twelve years
The Western Union reported that all
of Its wires were cut off as though by
a flash of lightning. Communication
with the East was established slowly
and by circuitous routes.
Traffic was Impeded on surface and
elevated lines and suburban trains
were delayed. Two Inches of rain
fell In and near Chicago. Many per
sons were Injured by flying boards
and knocked down by street cars and
wagons.
Great damage was done In several
suburbs where buildings and trees
were blown down. Injury to electric
light plants placed suburbs In dark
ness during the evening. The wind
reached a veloclt yo fforty-elght miles
an hour.
Several trains on the Chicago and
Alton railroad were stopped rat Lem
on t, ills., twenty-nine miles from
Chicago by the storm. The wind
ripped part of the Iron sheeting off
one or the oooches and broke several
window. Telegraph poles foil across
the tracks. . - .v -.,',.
Cltlsens of Morgan park another
southern suburb, were forced to flee
to the cellars of their homes. The
rooty were torn off many houses. The
lights went out and the 'Hoods came
to add t the terrors of the night. . A
hastily organised rescue committee of
twenty citlxafM Went from . house, iebf
house and succeeded In saving 'the
lives of several persons. The walls
of the Chicago .Rock Island and P'
cillc railroad station were crushed,
together.
8XOW. THUNDER, LIGHTNING
PITTSBURG, April 28 Two lives
Were lost and much damage was done
to property when an electrical and
wind storm passed over Pittsburg this
afternoon following a snow storm dur
ing the day. Lightning played havoc
with electric wires and wind which
reached the velocity of a hurricane
tore many roofs off, blew chimneys
down, broke glass and up-rooted
trees. At McKeesport, near here, a
negro whose, name is unknown, was
lifted by the wind from a barge
where he was shoveling coal, and
tossed Into the Monongahala river,
where he drowned. William Oerlagh,
Objects to Portrait of Davis on
Gift to Battleship
Mississippi
HUMILIATING TO
OFFICERS AND MEN
t-4nft ;V-'- 'M
Would Retaliate on Southern
. Senator For Questioning J
14th, Amendment . '
(By Associated Pre)
WASHINGTON. Aorll li. j
Aitkm calling upon the secretary of
navy ror information elatln to
the report that the state of Mlaslsslp.
vi m preparing to present to the
battleship MIssMppi an b.!ret all.
(Vt-r servloe, the centerpiece of which
la to tm deoorau.4 with an engraved'
portrait of Jefferson Davie, ha. been
prepared by Itspreeentatlve Hotting.,
worth of Ohio , He had Intended to
(.resent It In the house today but wag
llesutded from so doing.
The resolution (a preceded by sV
long preamble to. which It I deoier.
?d that 'ths dlgntty and character a
the United States government and Its
creditable standing at horn and
abroad require that It battleship
should be in command of officer m. v
bued with high American Ideals, heal,
thy loyalty and a Just pride In the
history and Institutions of the
nine year old, was hit on the hesd I prnmsnt they serve." In th reeolu- ,
by timbers blown from the roof ofM'"" proper, the eeretary I teaueat.t
a bluldlng and killed. 'd W Inform Congress "by whom nd
j ! . : on 'what authority such gift la to be'
, ALL KINDS or WEATHER, accepted and What lesson of loyalty
j BOKANTON, Pa., April , Bight patriotism such portrait engraving '
inches f snow fell here today between ntndd to teach, and with what '
T . t. m p. im( Kiiyvmn irainc, s"v'""n II . is expected :
Purln the afternoon t her wa a thereby te liPlr the bffloera and '
tieavy rslnfall, accompanied by aevsr now or hereafter to be in eon.'
thunder and .lightning. About six trol of ucn battleship, and pcl-'
9'ctoe there was a sever hailstorm Uy" to ascertain and Inform the con.
and another hard rain. ' trW whether 'or not the proposed
I . i : r ir allvef "rviee 'thug der. '
.NEW ORLEANS, April It. -Meagre able to or desired by the effleere now
report Indicate' the lose of everl I In command of the fcttsslulnpi," '
Uvea and much property In a storm I v I ntitiiury. 7 i
which swept over North Louisiana I ' Tit an Interview Mr: ir,llin.irtii.
and Mississippi and Southern Arkan- aald:
sa late this afternoon. -it follow the line, although In ,'
A special from FY rest CHy, Ark., contrary direction) of the on Intro
say that a cyclone struck that ducsd by Senator Money, of Mlaaie. '
tlon late today, killing two people. Ippl, March i, In Which h seek
Injuring mora or less seriously, six to fvlv war memories by requiring
other nnd demolishing a score or the Attorney-Of neral to file In the
more houses, most of them residences supreme court nroceedinire .
of farmer Out houses, barns, fence Hon the validity of the fourteenth
ami foreste were laid low and tele- amendment of the constitution of the ,
graph and telephone wire prostrated. United States. . He challenge, direct. .
The greatest loss to property wa In y the official records andftitegrity -
the neighborhood of Wheatley. ot the government and I th. VparaW
was killed and Miss Jena Young anl ment. II. seek, to revive th unhap- .
. u.u. jouiis viaumui, .,,., injur-... py (iis,.uslon and Issuss of the re.
Mrs. Aaron Poi, It Is believed, ie dy- oonstructlon oerl.. At' .L ' !
Ing as a result of Injuries.
Near Wheatley, Mrs. Hill Thrash
(Continued on Bags four.)
FOR WAR AND PENSION
(Continued on P four.)
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 29. The en
tire time of the senate was again to
day given to the general discussion of
the tariff bill. Senator Rayner of
Maryland led off with a general de
nunciation of the protective system of
the republican party and he was fol
lowed bv Senators Nelson of Minne
sota, who made an earnest plea f r
the admission of lumber free of dutv.
His assertions aroused quite a general
discussion which was participate! In
by Senators Hale. Warren. Carter.
Clapp, McLaurln, MeOumoer. r.lKin"..
Aldrioh and Galllnger.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota man
ifested special satisfaction owr th
discovery by himself of what he said,
were numerous "Jokers" in the lumber
schedule. While ostensibly the rates
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 2. Accumulated
wealth and "the trade," which the
liquor business is popularly called In
the Liberal government budget,
which David Lloyd-Oeorge, chancel
lor of exchequer, presented In the
house of commons today, are to bear
COAL MINERS AGREE TO
THREE Jl CONTRACT
Old Agreement, Practically,
Extended at Conference j
Held Yesterday.
PASSED MILLION MARK
Astounding Figures Made
Pul-lic Showing Van Vlin
singen'H Vast Deals.
(By Associated Pre.)
PHILADELPHIA. April 29. Peace
between the mine workers and oper
the burden of the tl5.762.000 pounds I a tors In the anthracite coal regions
sterling ($78,810,000) deficit of th
fiscal year Incurred by the old age
pvnslon and th race with Germany
for Dreadnaughta.
"Socialism and confiscation" the
wealthy rlassee are already crying.
of Pennsylvania Is assured for another
period of three years. The agreement
continuing In force until March 31
1912, the awards of the anthrai It-
coal mrlke commission was signerl
here this afternoon by the comml'-
tee erf seven on lehalf of the mini
anu a i-w are ciuicnins; ai ine nopiwwners and a similar committee rep
that the house of lords may throw resenting the workers.
out the budget entirely, but this Is With the exception of five added
of duty on lumber were lowered, h" lmprottle. Increased Income taxes. I stipulations sug(re-ted by the miners.
said, they In fact were higher even death estate and legacies duties, a tax I the sgreement Is Identical with th
than the Dlngley rates. Speaking es
pecially upon the lumber schedule tie
quoted prices to show that In seven
cl.xsses of lumber" She Increase of
prices from 1900 to 1907 was mo-e
than flfty-seven per cent while the in
crease of' wages was only from fifteen
to twenty per cent.
"They say we have no lumber
trust," he said. "We know that we
cannot slvow that the lumber men
have any written agreement among and
themselves, but we who are the con
sumers of lumber know that whether
we di al with one or another of them,
it Is al! the same there Is no differ
ence In price."
Interrtrlptine Mh McLnurin. who
got the floor. Mr. Aldrlch said:
"As this seems to be an experi
ence meeting. I would like to ask the
senator from Mississippi whether he
is for a duty on lumber or for fre
lumber."
"I am for a protective duty on
lumber.' said Mr. McLnurin placing
emphasis on the word "protective"
amid general laughter. "If an effort
Is made here," he added, "to raise
the duty on lumber above the rate
of twenty per cent on future Increase I one signed in New Tork three years
la the value of lands due to the ent jr- ago. The mine workers' union
prises of the community, taxes on I not officially recognized, the members
motors, to he devoted to keeping uplof the miners' committee simply sign
the roaos, and stamp taxes on sales! ing tne agreement on behalf of hi
nt property are the principal levies representatives of the anthracite tnln
upon wealth. I workers." The conference was a har
The government gets It revenge for monlous affair ami ended with "every
the rejection recently by the lords otjbody happy," as one of the commit
Its licensing bill, by increasing thotemen expressed ft.
taxes on some classes of public houses
(Continued on page Four)
the customs 'excise duties on
spirits. A tax of three pence In Vi
pound on sales of liquors In clubs
is also Imposed, and this Is likely to
antagonise both the liquor Interests!
and the working men.
n tne otner nand others arel
pleased by provisions made for the
unemployed, expenditures for refores-
taMon and the promise of an Indus-1
trial Insurance scheme, ss well as the!
satisfaction of knowing that the rich I
are to carry the greater share of the!
load.
The new taxation bears heavily on
corporations. The only features af- WASHINGTON. 'April t. Fore
fecting the United States are the in-least: North Carolina: Partly cloudy
cresse In the tobacco tax. a tax of Friday with showers In west portion
three pence per gallon on petrol and I Saturday showers and cooler: brisk
heavier stamp duties on stock trans-1 to moderately high southwest to west
action. ; i I wind.
MM.
is NJ
SH0WER& l
DISORDERS IN EMPIRE o
BE
Turkish Troops Oo to Relief
of Town Where Ameri-
see- - I
cans v ere in j winger.
uiiairucuon period. Al the same
time his state and til popl aeem
to think it quite th thing to place
the portrait of President Davis or
the southern Conferaracy, Instead of
that, or President Lincoln of blessed
memory, on the dining service of a
(Jolted Htates battleship for Us at all
L(tpntinud on JNf fonr. f
COLLEGE CIRl IS SLAIN '
BY ADMIRER WHOM SHE
mi
HAD REFUSED
mVMTJVTIVflPI.r. Anrll 2. A
(By WI.M Pre.) wa, tod(,y Persistent
('IIICAOO. Aprl The story or . ,
from the town of HadJIn, In the pro
Peter C. Van Vllsslngrii's gigantic vl(i).e (f A,,Bmli wher, nve Ampr-
forgerles was revealed fully today In j ran women missionaries havo been
the repou of an auditing firm that i alone with thousands of refugees who
spent month. In going over the re.l''ht "r"V'l tn,;r" """
... Moslems seeking to put them to the
estate man s books. These arc some HfirJln hn wlthl),1K)d a Hifl.
of the statistics: j for the past eight days and the nils-
That at the time of Van Vllssln-, slonaries have been sending out fran
gen's exposure. November 1. 1108 : " PI-als for held Today a me.
' suge r. r.t hed here from Miss Lam
his otitstnndlng Indobtedness. mostly ;,r1 ,. of i,hof) lHtn.
on forteed notes and mortgages . Ii-rt. timed 10.22 a. m . which said:
amounted to II, 633. 209 "With the arrival of the troops
That he had applied during the! the disorders In and about the city
last -ii(ht years 192, 4f,l on the mn-!hv cased, and we are all safe and
Hiring forgeries In his efforts to llqul- 'well.
d.-ite the sum of $102,000 j (HlKned) LA M BKUT".
Van Vllsslngen, who was brousht 1 Adll Hey, permanent under-secre-from
the penitentiary to tell of hlsjtary of slate In the ministry of thr
assets before the referee in bank-1 Interior, today said that the govern
ruptiv. continued his testimony dur-'merit would make a searching Inves
Ing the afternoon. Ho little did he j ligation Into the cause of the illsor
know of the extent of his forgeries ( ders and punish the Instigators. Ite
thot he placed the total at around: ports received at the ministry of the
$1,000,000. (interior Indicated that quiet now pre-
The forger was examined by Attor- vailed everywhere,
ney tossing Rosenthal, representing; The secretary said that the govern
Mr. Itosenfeld. Van VIlHslngen reit-ment recognlwd the m'cesslty of pro
erated bis accusation awilnst these vldlng food, medicines and shelter for
two men, declaring that they knew of the sufferers, afltl had taken step to
his crimes In 104. and that they : provide these and Inaugurate other
made him continue his forgeries In" measures of relief. In reply to s
Tiler to pay them $400,000. j question ss to what connection exist
ed between the massacres and the po-lltk-al
events In Constantinople Adil
Bey replied that that, too.
Wooer Then
Turns Pistol to His Own
And Commits Suicide.
FELL DEAD BY HER
CREW SAVED BY ICE.
DETROIT, April 29. A Free Pree Investigated.
special from Ran It Hie Marie. Mich..;
reports the sinking of an unknown CONFEDERATE St'RGEOTf DEAD
steamer about four hundred feet long!
in White Fish Hay today. Captain! WAiWfl.VGTOV. April It. Dr.
Hoyee. of the stesnvr George W. Henry Marshall Parker, who served
Peawy. reported that the crew of the i at Richmond. Va. as a Confederate
sinking steamer were seen walking army surgeon, died there yesterday,
over the Ice to another vessel which He was born In Albemarle county,
had also been caught In the Ice. Virginia,,
(Ry A-Hstcu Press.)
NORTHAMPTON, Ma., April 31.
Knraged and temporarily Insane, It
is believed, because of her refusal to
marry him. Porter 8mRh, who was
graduated from Dartmouth college
last June, today shot and fatally
wounded Miss Helen Ayer MarUen of
Mvmervllle, Maes., a member of the
senior elans at flmlth college, and
then turning the revolver on himself
Committed suicide.
Miss Marden was taken to the Dick
Inaon hospital where she died shortly
before noon. Hh was the daughter
of Frank W. Marden, a Boston oU
merchant, who llwes in Domervllle.
Hmlth, whose home is In Chicago,
had been in Northampton for several
days. It Is sold that he had persist
ently followed Mine Marden and tried
to force hie attentions on her. Thl
forenoon Miss Marden came out of
the students' building where eh
roomed. Mne had gone only a short
dUtance when she met Smith. Mud
was being Idenly workmen not far distant, heard
a shot and a girl' scream. Turning,
they saw Smith standing beside the
girl with a smoking revolver In hte
hand. Smith raised the revolver anj
fired two more (hots at th girt, o
Miss Marden sank to the ground;
and ' Smith Immediately, placed the
mutesle of the weapon on hi own
bead and Bred, falling dead tienide
the young woman, '