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Two Wealthy Men of Naval
Stores Sent to Jail Under
Sherman Law
WAS THEIR SECOND
OFFENSE AGAINST IT
Three Others Fined Heavily
BY Judge Sheppard. Ah
Will Enter Appeals
(By AMKK'taiUnf Press.)
SAVANNAH. Qtt., May 14. Over
ruling the motion In the arrest in
Judgment by the defense, Judge Wil
liam B. Bheppard this afternoon sen
tenced the. Ave men found guilty of
violating the Sherman Anti-Trust law,
and for the ttret time so far as is
known Jail sentences, in two cases:
were Imposed.
The sentences are: Spencer P. Shot
tor, chairman of the board of direc
tors of the American Naval 8tore
company, three months In Jail and a
fine of 6,000.
Edmund S. Marsh, president of the
company, $J,000 line.
J. JV. Cooper Myers, vice-president
of the American company, and presi
dent of the National Transportation
and T-ermlnal company, three months
In Jail and a line of $2,500.
George Mead Boardman, of New
York treasurer ,of the American Naval
Stores company, $2,000 fine.
Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla..
agent of the American and general
-manager of the National Transporta
tion and Terminal company In Jack
sonville, $5,000 flne.
' t Was Second Offense.
Mr. Bhotter and Mr. Myers were
sentenced to terms In the Chatham
county Jail, Judge Sheppard Imposing
the punishment upon them because
they had been before the court 'two
year ago entering pleas of guilty. At
that time Judge Emory Speer. .who
who wu priming, stated that a term
In prison would be Imposed If they
should come before the court again.
Itr ft'ini(d the fonner
occasion When the grand Jury re
turned a "no bill" as to him, as he
was a witness before the grand Jury.
Mr. M oiler's sentence was made
heavy because of his connection with
terminal yards In Jacksonville, where
(Continued on page four. )
BAPTISTS SUBSCRIBE
MONEY IN SUPPORT OF
Delegates at Convention En
thusiastic Cfver Reports
Received from Field.
COMMITTEES N A M El)
(By Associated Pros.)
LOUISVILLE, May 14. The South
ern Baptist convention today heard
reports of Its mission works and
backed these reports with cash. Lu
rlng the course of today's session at
the armory which was packed with
several thousand delegates, money and
pledges amounting to several thou
sand dollars. This will be used to
further Baptist evangelism at home
and abroad.
The last of the auxiliaries to trans
act Its huainess was the Woman's
Missionary union which re-elected its
officers today and In a f-w minutes
collected $3,187.60 for missions. The
union yesterday pledged itself to raise
18.500 In all for the furtherance of
Its plans. It was announced to the
accompaniment of much applause
that there wl)l be an Increase of 48
per cent In the forces for home mis
sions by the union while the foreign
missions will be increased in capacity.
19 per cent.
After devotional ererclses and tho
reports of home and roreign missions
to the general convention, impromptu
discussions of the work was launched
A mass meeting for home missions
was held during the afternoon while
foreign missions drew the attention'
of the delegates tonight.
Committees Named.
President Levering announced the.
following committees:
Foreign board. Held work and fi
nance committee: L. W. Wlllard,
Georgia: T. H. Ellett. Virginia: W. Y.
Guesenberry, Louisiana: J. H. Wright,
Tennessee: Stephen Crockett. Florida:
T. C. Carlton. Oklahoma: A. W.
Payne. Missouri; and B. E. Garney,
Kentucky.
Foreign 1ard. editorial and edti
rstlonal committee: B. O. Low?r.
Mississippi: T. W. Boatwrlght. Vlr-f-t.-
w. 8. Tyree. NortH Carolina:
Philip a Evans, Maryland: J. R
Sampey. Kentucky: T. P.. Bell. Geor
gia; W. O. Hamlet. Texas: George
With Roosevelt From New
York In The Upper House
Times Would Be Lively
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
DOMINATE THINGS
Senatorial Courtesy A TradI
tlon That Ignores Past Fame
And Present Greatness
(By Sheldon S. Cllne.)
WASHINGTON. May 14. Demo
crats In congress are vastly interested
In the reported possibility that Wil
liam J. Bryan may seek election to
the senate as the successor of Elmer
J. Burckott, whose term expires
March 3, 1911. A dispatch from Lit
tle Itock, Ark., nuoted Mr. Bryan as
saying that while he should prefer
that some other Nebraska democrat be
nominated for the senatnrsrtip, lis
would not say that he would not be
a candidate. Earlier dispatches from
Nebraska had represented Mr. Bry
an as an acknowledged aspirant for
senatorial honors.
While Mr. Bryan's advent in the
senate would not be hailed as an
unmixed Messing by all the democrat
ic members thereof, no doubt the
rest of the country would take a
great deal of pleasure In seeing Mr.
Bryan a senator and derive no little
pleasure therefrom Then, if Mr.
Koosevelt would only come to the sen
ate as a succesor of Chauneey Depew
the satisfaction of the country would
be complete.
, Would Stand Hazing.
If "Sfthet Mr. Bryan or Mr Roose
velt is undor the impression that upon
becoming a senator he would at once
step into tho leadership of his re
spective party In that chamber, 'ho
would as well be prepared for a rude
surprise. It Is a pretty good guess that
both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Koosevelt
would have to undergo a course of
hazing, though the dose would not be
so severe, probably , as the one for
instance which Is being applied to
LaFolletto of Wisconsin.
There are a number of democratic
senators who genuinely and sincerely
acknowledge Bryan as the leader of
their party, but they are hopelessly
in the minority. The average demo
cratic senator is deeply convinced that
ho himself would make a much bet
ter leader than Mr. Bryan. And how
(Continued on page four.)
BE
OG TWO FUNDAMENTALS
Episcopal Congress Again
Expreses Various Views
On Vexed Question.
UNITED IN SPIRIT
(P.y Associated Prews.)
BOSTON, May 14 The outlook for
visible church unity was a topic
which greatly interested a larnc atidl
or.ee today at the Episcopal church
congress which concluded its sessions
aft r a number of eminent men had
sjKjken. The conclusion rcai hed was
that there can be no visible church
unity without a full recognition of the
validity of the prli sthood and the sar.
ramcntal system. One of the i pcakcrs
expressed the opinion that no help
toward the desire. I end ran I"- expect
ed from the Roman Catholic church
until the id. a of a primacy at Home
supplants that of the papacy
Bishop William croswcll I inane of
Albany. N. Y.. thought that the pos
sildllty of visible church unity is not
likely to be realized in this world.
The Rnlseonal church was arraign
ed by Dr William I'aber, D. D.. of
Iietroit flf what he claimed Is lack
of unity within its own ranks.
"The office and work of the Holv
Spirit within and without the church,"
was discussed hv Rev canon II. H"ti
slev llansun of London. Rev. Or. Jo
seph II. Barry, dean of the Nah
otah. Wis. Theological" Seminary and
re.-tor-elect of the church of Ht. Mary
the Virgin. New York Melville IT
Bailey of New York and Rev. J. De
wolf ferry. Jr. of New Haven. Cnnn..
The congress was closed by a brief
farewell address by Bishop William
Lawrence, the general chairman.
Congrr Successful.
Rev. Edward T. Sullivan of New-
tnn rhairman of the committee of
publicity and editors of The Church
Militant, said tnni&ht:
"The congress was one of the most
successful sessions of recent years,
both In point of attendance and In the
quality of papers and addresses
Manv views hefd In one spirit rather
.i " held In manv splriln
as Philips Brooks once said. -1s the
m-iW,eiill-i-e1'' -'-
(Continued on pagw five.)
Series of Tornadoes Swept
Over Missouri And Ad
joining State
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS
REPORTED VERY HEAVY
Many Widely Separated
Towns Were Struck About
Same Time
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, May 14. A series
of tornadoes In Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma late today killed a dozen
persons, Injured about one hundred
devastated Mollis, Kan., and wrecked
a train and did great damage to
property. Twenty-five were Injured
In suburbs of Kansas City.
At Hollls three men were killed
and ten seriously Injured. The Erk-
strom family of five persons Is miss
ing and may be dead In the run Is
of the home.
Near Great Bend a tornado killed
two and Injured twenty. AH wires
are down In that vicinity and It Is
feared that the death list may be
greater.
William Akerley. a Santa Fe engi
neer, was killed while working with
a barge gang between Great Bend
and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a
conductor, was killed.
The storm spread over a wide
farming area and laid waste many
farm houses and harns. An cstlmat"
of the rural casualties could not be
oniaineo lonigni.
At Holslngton, Kan., a tornado In
jured a number of persons and great
ly damaged farm property.
At . Pond Creek, Okla., a. severe
wind storm Injured four persons and
unroofed several houses.
Many wash-outs Interrupted traf
fic. Electrical disturbances crippled
telegraph and telephone wires.
Twenty-fVwe persons were hurt, sev
eral seriously and much property was
damaged by a tornado which strttek
Mount Washington and Falrmount
"Park-, stlnilrhs, at dusk tonight. Tt
Is believed that five of the injured
may die. Among the most Berloinly
Injured are:
Mrs. James (VOnra. her father,
mother and five year old hoy.
Mrs Mary Rolinon and bahy.
Mrs. George Root and two children.
Mrs. Ferguson.
OSIER DECLARES THE
EIGHT HOAINST WHITE
PLAGUE MUST NOT CEASE
May Never End in Victory,
But Can Accomplish Much
Good At Least.
CANNON MOCKS HIM
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Mav 14. That
tuberculosis Ih no longer a problem of
the doctors, that It probably will take
two or three generations to reduce lis
ravages to the rate at which typhoid
fever has been regulate, and that the
public must be awakened to a great
er sense of Its responsibility In com
bating the disease, was the sub
stance of nn address by Ir. William
Osier, the noted physician of Balti
more and Oxford, England, before a
public meeting today if the National
association for the study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis. Other distin
guished men who spoke were British
Ambassador James Bryce, and Speak
er Cannon, of the national house of
representatives, both of whom urged
the fostering of tho Idea of childrens'
play grounds as a means of keeping
them in the open air as much as
possible.
Dr. Osier congratulated the associa
tion on the work It had done, the
three principal things accomplished
having been, he said, the awakenln;
of the public, the loosening up of the
money hags of the legislatures anil
of philanthropic persons, and the en
listment of men and women who are
thoroughly In earnest In the campaign
What Must U Ioue.
Three things remained to be done,
he said. The first was to keep the
public awake, the second to obtain
more money and the third to arouse
the- interest of more men and women,
because the campaign was no longer
one entirely for the doctors Wheth
er tuberculosis will be finally eradi
cated" de declared, "Is even an open
question It is a foe that Is ver
deeply Intrenched In the human
race."
Ambassador Bryce praised the men
of science because he said they be.
longed to all the people. The men of
science he declared, were more of a
link and bond of union between p-t-
(Continued on page four.)
INDtAN IS DANGEROUSLY
SHOOTING AFFRAY ON COLLEGE ST.
Wade Wilson, Who Runs Soft Drink Establishment, Admits He Did Shooting.
Claims It Was tauSelf Defense. Tomahawk Was Found
In the Place Later.
Will Wade, an' Indian, who Is better
known around Hewn as Allen "Whlp
poorwlll," was shot and dangerously
wounded la the soft drink establish
ment at that northwest corner of Col
lege and Lexington avenue about six
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and Wade
Wilson who runs the place. Is, held
charged With the shooting,
Although the Indian la snot through
tile right breast, the bullet, piercing thf
lung. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, who was
called In to attend him at thu Mis
sion hospital last lilght said that the
wound Is not necessarily fatal. At
midnight he Wat' resting; easily and
seemed to be suffering but little. . The
Indian was wounded -4n two daces by
the one bullet which struck him. li
passed entirely through Ms arm a lit
tle above the wrist making a flesh
wound, and then plowed Its way Into
his chest. Unless pneumonia or some
complications ensue Dr. Reynolds suld
last night the Indian Is likely to get
well.
Can't Kind Wltm-naww.
The shooting caused great excite
ment In that part of College street,
where there are iilways many loung
ers, but Just how It occurred and why
It occurred, no one had been found
last night who could or would tell.
although It Is known that there were
eye-witnesses to the affair.
Tho only accounts of tt which the
police had -secured last night were
from Wilson himself and from tho
Indian, and these accounts differed
in a most unusual manner. Wilson
admitted firing the shot, but In the
little he would say lie declared that he
had fired In self-defense when tile In
dian attacked him with a tomahawk
The Indian In hi. statement made In
tho presence of tho officers at the i
police station and also In the pres-1
ence rif Dr. Reynolds, after he was:
taken to the hospital, said that the i
shooting must have been an accident i
Ill EXPLOSION ON BOAT
TIE II KILLED
Many of Crew Arc Injured.
Seven Hundred Pounds of
Dynamite I Mows Up.
KKV YVKKT. 111. May 1 4. In an
explosion today 'n the Quarter Coat
No 3. at Codjors. l ey, about -0 miles
from here. onWio- Key Wst.cxteiislnn
of the Florida i;.il Coast railway,
three men were Insi.intly killed ami 12
others badly injured. The Injured
men were brought here tontKht for
medical ttentlon and It Is belli i. d
that others- w n Mown fo atom ns
seven hundred pounds of dynamite
went off. The w omded men are now
In the Louis Maloney hospital wiih
Doctors Malonev ano Warren attend-,
ing them. .Most of the men are
Americans.
WASHINGTON'. May 14. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair Saturday
and Sunday: light to moderate south
erly winds.
Fij
as neither he nor Wilson was mad at
the time.
Wilson, he said, had ordered him to
leave the place, and In some way the
pistol hail been fired. "Whlppoor
wlll" had been drinking as he usu
ally does when he strikes the city, and
although not drunk, was very much
befuddled at the time Immediately af
ter he wns shot. He repeated his
statement, however, that the shooting
must have been an accident to sev
eral persons.
Walked From Place.
After the shooting, tho Indian left
the place and walked down. College
street and out Haywood until be
reached the Halthenon -buildmtsv
There he became faint from Ins of
blood, and staggered up against an
automobile.- A police officer assisted
him there. Dr. M. C. Mlllender, whose
office Is in tin- building, hurried out
and stopped the How of blood from
hlM arm until the pollre patrol ar
rived He was then taken to the
Mission hospital where Dr. Reynolds
dn-ssed his wounds At tho hospital
When he sat up, the blond Rushed
from the wound In bis breast ih a
streiiin showing thnl an Intercostal ar
tery had been severed but there was
no Indication of hemorrhage from tho
lungs.
Wilson's Arrest.
A witness of the urn-si of Wado
Wilson told the following story of the
affair I an night to a representative
of The citizen. This witness was In
the Hotel Rei ki ley about 6 o'clock
when he heard a shot tired. He Im
mediately left the hotel and looked
for an officer. While looking for the
l"IeeTn;ui he saw men running from
the soft drink place. Wl'h Policeman
Rressley he went to the place, arid
found it apparently empty. They
passed Into i he room reserved -for
White people but could See no one.
Tlon the policeman tried the door
FRIENDS MISSED THEIR
MARK, KILL EACH OTHER
LVh While TryiiiK'to Pro
tit) the Other Fired With
Fatal Kesults.
It'iAN'oKK. May 1 4 William Mai
c and It M. Vouiu: two young Trt'-n
of piomincn families of le eotintv
Hum Plate, shot II II d killed Hell nOw-d
while ir . ing to kill another man last
nlKlit at a school entertainment a'
I irvd' n
Yoiine and Ifailey had an alterca
tion with William JeHe oyer the mat
ler of to kets of adoiiMsloiij Young
and liailey ato.is. d Je-se and the lallei
l r ' j - K one 'it lie lo. Je.e and Young
i limbed and Itaih v. in an effort lo
shoot JeK.-e. shot Young. As Yonnic
ua falling he (if d aimlessly ihe ball
kllllliK hi friends Ball') Jesse was
shot in the side and another man wan
slightly wounded. Pandemonium
n Igm-d In ihe hall where the eriter
taumicnt wa held
Women fainted and others st reamed
hysterica!!', and I' was many minutes
before the friKhlelted and Ic rice - WH
pai tiled. Young w :is the eon of a for
tier inemh.r of He Virginia legisla
ture and Itali w is a telegraph opcr-
AtTOIl IMKH P WOIMW.
LA I "URNS. H. c.. May 14. J. Rom
Wilson, the actor who was accident
ally shot here la- . night died at six
o'cloc k this after won. Th body Will
be sent to Ham. "nd. 111., tomorrow
morning ,
i. i ga
HURT IN
In the partition which leads from the
room reserved for whites to thn
room for colored people but found It
locked, llu then Jumped over the
counter and as he entered the colored
peoples' room, behind the counter, lis
was told to stay back us he hud no
right there. A few minutes later Cap
tain PaeJ arrived and also went be
hind tho counter with Policeman
Prossley and soon came back with
Wade Wilson. The captain Ordered,
the place locked up- and too Wilson
to the police station. When they
roar had the station and Wilson was
searched a 33-cullbre revolver with
one carl ridge missing was found on
hlin. He admitted to Cnptiiln Page
Hint he did the shooting but refused
to say anything more In regard to
the affair except to Intimate that the
Indian had tried to use a tomahawk,
Pound Tomahawk.
The establishment Is the one thst
was formerly run by Hlx Mouther, who
was haled before the last term of the
Huprrlor court for running a blind
tiger. It has been generally supposed
to he closed since that time, but tho
hahltues seem to have found an en
trance through the Bide doors. In
Wilson's statement to (,'npt. Page h
declared that the Indian came In half
drunk and raising a disturbance and
that wtpn h ordered him from the
place he got the tomahawk aimed at
his head.
The tomahawk wns found by ("apt.
1'nge, who searched the premises.
The Indian has a police court record
for drunkenness, and disorderly con
duct and all the other misdemeanors
that tloiior is the father' of. He comes
to the city from the reservation near
Cherokee ahmt every month and us
ually lands In the police station each
I rip. He Is known as a "Bud Indian "
E DONE THE
NEGRO SAYS HERBERT
In Address Hefore (Jon feder
ate Veterans Foret.ellH So
lution of Negro Prolilem.
Illy M'blt-l PrCHH.
N'iH. iiI.K, Va . Ma. 14 -An ad
dress by forim r Kerretnry or the Navy
llilaiy A. Herbert, and a military and
luc para'te marked Confederate
ntmorial duy here today
Mr Herbert said In pact
"We lost OUt battle fol the lllde.
.i hdi-nce of Ihe Conf'edi lacy. To Hint
we are reconciled We all agree It is
he I thai there be hut one da Willi!
we have o he proud and gfati fill for
ih thai at laj-l In Hie Colon with the
idea of disunion fotever buried and
under the flag that Is powerful enough
to protect us and our descendants
asalnst ail the nations of the "earth,
we finally triumphed In all our over
' arpct-bag and riesfro 'rule, the crea
tures of radicalism.
"There Is no law among our stat
utes lhat docs '.he n' gro Injustice
N'-w constitutions have hecndevlsed for
the benefit of boih races and I honest
ly believe that now we have reached
the solution. In Its main outlines, of
the negro problem whk!h has been
the curse of America."
Confederate veterans who had pre
vlously marched In line on Memorial
day cllns having grown old and feeble
today rode In automobiles.'
Everybody wants Everybody
to StopJ"altUrj And Pass
Tarlif Bill
MONEY GIVES ROOT
SHARP CALLING DOWN
Republicans Present United
Front When It Comes
to Voting
(By Associated Prr8.)
VVAHII1NUTON, May I (.Again
the committee on finance was upheld
when the senate today voted down an
amendment by Senator Cummins to
lower the duty on round Iron, eto., by
a vote of .IS to A3, and Uphslil the
house rate which was recommended
by the He nu to committee.
Almost the entire session Was giv
en up to a debate on the profits ot
the fulled xtutes Hteel corporation
and toward the end of the day per-
sonalltles were freely Indulged In by
senators. This occurred after Bena
lor Hoot had spoken In defense ot
the nnimre committee and In criticism
of senators who had complained of the
failure of that commit toe to provtda
more niuple information concerning
vnrlnus schedules. Mr. Money, ad
dressing himself directly to the sena
tor from New York, resented Wht
be chiiiac terlned as a lecture to the!
senate and suld If the senator from
New York desired lees spaakinr In
the body "He should do less Of II him
self." bt"P Wind Jamming1.
Asking that an Interview with J. 3.
Hill be rend immediately after the
senate convened today, ' Senator Boott
endorsed Its advice to congress that '
oratory be suspended and that con
gress promptly pass the tariff bill,
"This," said Mr. Bcott, "Is In llrta
with lutters I am dally receiving beg
ging and praying that thess gentle
men," waving hU hand over the sen
ate chamber, "get through with their
wind-Jamming and .let ..the- otrantrjf
go ahead with Its- bostneeav"
An extended discussion took place
on an amendment offered by Mr. Cum
mins reducing the duty on round Iron
........ II. I ,1 t K I A nf mm j, rani 'M
pound, and on Iron In slabs, etc.,
from 4-10 to 3-lft of one nent a pound.
Mr. LaKollette mads complaint that
he had difficulty in obtaining from the
committee on finance Information to.
guide him In his oourse on the tarut
mil. Hetiaior hooi, in untoun" oi msi
committee laid down the proposition
thst tho committee on finance In re
porting a house bill was under no ob
ligation to furnish Information to thai
senate except on those paragraphs on
which It proposed amendments. Mr.
Hoot said olher senators would do well
to conllne themselves to cleai'-cut,
short statements and "to refrain from
declamation and to refrain from gen
eral discussion for home consump
tion." This was mid In relation to
a criticism made by Mr. lAFollette.
Itccomo Kan.'asthv.
"IT gentlemen think that the people
of the country will applaud them,"
added Mr. Hoot, 'In my Judgment
they are much mistaken."
Mr. IjiKollettn referred In sarcastic
language to the "suprem ronfldsnoe
(Coritlnmvf on pag four )
SESSION AT RICHMOND
WantH Million Dollars to
Survey SyHtem of Nation
al Highways over Country
(111 Assts-laied Press.)
ItlCMMONI). Mny 14. The Inter-
national li'cue for Highway Im
provement hean Its convention horn
today. Mayor Richardson made the
wclc, mini: address and Governor
Kwanson. reiury of Agriculture
Wilson and it number of other promi
nent oteri made addresses. Delegates
torn all over the country were prc
m I'residenl John A. Htewart of New
York staled that the object of the or
ganisation was to arouse the country
to press upon congress the neces
sity for establishing a national plan
of Kood roads and carrying It out
with liberal appropriations. A letter
from President Tsft was read express
ing hearty approval of the objects of
the convention. This convention Is
being held In a "hot lK-d" for highway
Improvement and there Is much en
thusiasm. The league has among Its officers
Kugene Masters. Ht. Augustine, F1s.t
vice-president; J. K. Ingram, Bt. Au
gustine, treasurer: and Harry L.
Brown, ft. Augustine, secretary.
Final draft of a bill to be presented1
to congress for approval providing for
an appropriation of 11,000,000 for
survey of a system of national roal
ways throughout the country, to be
constructed by the state, counties anj
cities. . possibly with government all
was made by the executive committee
of the league this afternoon
(Continued on page four.)