THE CITIZEN.
Associated Press.
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Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV. NO. 239.
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HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY
VENEZUELAN TRADER
Reduces Quantity That May
be Imported Free From
Philippines by Half
Government Search Failed to
Reveal Any Arms or Oth
er Contraband Articles
! (By AssociHled Press.)
NORFOLK, Va., June IS. The
steamer Nantlcoke and the tug-yacht
Dispatch, the former detained tet
Franklin, Va., and the latter at Nor
folk for alleged violation of the neu
trality laws In connection with a sup
posed contrail ii expedition for
Venezuelan revolutionists, are ly ad
mission made hero today by their New
York agents, bound directs for Mar
talbo, Venezuela, but It Is denied that
the vessels have any connection with
any fill blistering project. Ira M. Levy
of New York, representing the New
York firm of Kates & Co., exporters,
has died application with Collector of
Customs Floyd Hughes at Norfolk, for
clearance papers (or both the Nantl
cr.ke and the Dispatch. The destina
tion of each is Riven in these papers
as Maracalbo and Captain James Tld
marsh, commanding the Nantlcoke,
says he expects to have his clearance
papers so ftiat he can sail tomorrow.
Mr. Levy stated that Collector of Cus
toms Hughes has forwarded to Wash
ington a report that tt careful Investi
gation has failed to develop anything
suspicions against either the Nantl
coke or the Dispatch and that local
customs officers have advised him that
the way would bo clear by three
o'clock this afternoon for the Issuance
of clearance papers for both bouts,
found No Arms.
Collector' of Customs Hughes and
special government agents have made
a thorough examination of both the.
Nuntlcoke and the Dispatch but found
nothing aboard of either but coal, wa
ter" SnalS-oVlslons. ' The " customs
agent Jater yesterday broke an closed
comjTtlr:bt:ttB''Rantk;oko but
found not hint contraband.
The revenue cutter Pamlico came
tip the Black Water river last night
and anchored close by the Nantlcokc.
Her officers today re-Inspected the sus.
(Contlnud on page three.)
ACTION AROUSES
SHARP CRITICISM
Senator Borah Declarse That
he Will Vote to Give Fil
ipinos Independence
(By Associated I"resn.)
WASHINGTON, June 15 Indulging
I" a vigorous denunciation of the com
mittee on finance because of Its change
of front over night on the subject of
tobacco Importation In the Philippine
Inlands, Senator Gturkette, of Nebras
ka standing face u face with Sena
tor Aldrieh, chairman of that com
mittee today declared that Its action
looked to him like
politics."
Ho characterized this action as an
effort to hang the senator from Wis
consin "up In the air'- and finally de
clared that this event afforded, sena
tors a good opportunity to vote a lack
of confidence In the committee."
This tart language followed Mr.
Aldrleh's statement that the commit
tee on finance would accept the amend
ment proposed by Senator Bulkeley
to reduce the number of cigars to be
admitted free of duty from the Phil
ippines from 150.000.000 to 70,000,
000 and the quantity of filler to bacco
from a million and a half to a mil
lion pounds together with a provis
ion that tho wrapper and filler to
bacco should be unstemmed when re
ceiving this concession.
AldrlHi Magnanimous.
The support back of the Hulkelcy
amendment was evident when tho two
Pennsylvania senators gave their sup
port to their colleagues from Connecti
cut, all of whom had read strong pe
tition from cigar makers for the ac
tion tney desired. Mr. Aldrlch, re
plying calmly declared that thero were
men whose denunciation was the high,
est commendation, and said the cam.
mittee's action involved no mystery or
petty politics, but that it proposed in
the future fo change a schedule when
convinced that a mistake had been
made, as ft had done In tho past. He
expressed the opinion that the actual
Importations from the Philippines
would not total the number named In
WITNESS sum III
E
Declares Signature on Times
Article Not That of
Her Husband
EDITOR TELLS HOW
STORY CAME TO HIM
Another Pretended Ex-presl-
dent Had Promised to Give
Him Interview
(By Associated Prow.)
NEW YORK. June 15. Mrs. Fran
els Kolsom Cleveland appeared In
public today for tho first time sine
her husband's death to testify for the
prosecution In the case of Rroughton
Brandenburg, a magazine writer who
is charged with selling to The New
game of potty ("York Times a political articlo pur
porting to have been written by for
mer President Cleveland.
Mrs. Cleveland was dressed In deep
mourning but was self-possessed
though pale, while on the stand. She
declared emphatically that the sig
nature to the article In question was
not that of her husband. Also, she
pointed out the differences between
the signature and the genuine Cleve
land signature as it appeared on ecv-
ral checks which were handed to
her.
Court Honored Her.
Tho former president wrote with
a very unsteady hand during the later
years of his life, tho witness said,
whereas the name signed to the Bran
denburg articlo was written In a com
paratively bold, legible hand, more
like that of Mr. Cleveland during bis
younger days In the white house.
When Mrs. Cleveland entered thi
court room Justice Fitzgerald, Assis
tant District Attorney Nott and the
other court officials arose and bowed
low as a mark of respect. A large
crowd gathered to hear the testimony
or the former "first lady of the land.
Denied Signature.
VIRAGO. SERVANTS
SAYOFMRS.GOULD
IF
EmployesjAround Castle Gould
as Witnesses For Husband
Give Damaging Evidence
(r
HER CUPS OF SHAME
ARE FILLED TO BRIM
HENEY ANDHENEYISM ROUNDLY
SCORED B Y CALHO UN!S A TTORNE Y
'Frisco Prosecutor Has Tried to Make Himself More Important Than Guilt or Inno
cence of the Railway Magnate Argument Centers About Him
and Shows Up His Consummate Egotism.
(Continued on pago six.)
(By Associate! Pram.)
BAN FRANCI800. June 15. An
alysis of the testimony and reviews of
evidence in the Calhoun case occupied
the court today and A. A. Moore, se
nior counsel for Patrick Calhoun be
gan his argument on the charges of
brltbcry against the. "president of the
United railroads. Alexander King of
Atlanta, On., devoted nearly Ave hours
to a dispassionate Review of the case
from tho standpoint of the defendant
and concluded In -time to give Mr
Moore two hours for his Introduction.
Mr. Moore's argument Is expected
to occupy tomorrow's session, of the
court, .He will toe followed s by Mr.
Mrs. Cleveland told about meeting I Heney. The case Will probably go
John a. Carlisle and F. 8. Hastings, I to the Jury Friday"
B' executor of her husband's estate.
in this city, and discussing tho arti
cle, which appeared In The New York
Times, August 30, 1908, over Mr.
Cleveland s signature.
"Did you hear Mr. Hastings say that
the signature was genuine?" asktd
Itrcnarks Caustic
Mr. Moore's remarks were tinned
with the utmost .sarcasm and oltter
ness, and wero first directed to the
payment of the chief prosecutors of
fice expenses by Rudolph Hprooklcs
and then to portions of assistant dis
trict Attorney O'Qara's address of I said. The poorest iboot-htecka in B'i
yesterday. Francisco Is well qualified to rub sir,
Mr. Moore opened with a declare-1 Henry's shoes, or his heads as occa
sion snouici arise.
Any cose that has to depend on
tion that the defendant had answered
"ready", on forty occasions following
the return of sewn Indictments
against him In 1907, and that he hail
once refused a hearing, because, as he
said, "tho hired prosecutor, who
works for fame or glory, or money,
or all. had chosen to let James L.
nallnghor, his chief witness, leave the
state."
Heney No Kins;.
"I am sorry to note In Mr. O'Qari's
discourse the tendency of the prose
cution to claim that the rich are op
pressing the poor, thai streals are
Jseslea and srriteeTyv MHiiurtteil rejnfl rth'ir rtthten. ! The evidence" shows
that you should therefore convict this
defendant. It was unworthy of coun
sel and the poorest kind of policy.
And when he turned to us and said
'no one of that crowd Is lit to rub
the shoes of Francis J Henry,' It was
somelhlnK no prosecutor should have
matter so insulting to any man,
servile and so Indecent In Its refer
ence that needs must full the avenues
of this city with gum shoos man and
pistol men and hatchet men, such as
those who sit behind Mr. Ifcney,
a bogu case.
Bprwkme Money.
"This Is the first lime In history
that a prosecuting officer has 'been
appointed' to offloe 4r person wMh
property Interests at stake end lM
served without pay to prosecute aa-
Weeps And Hides Her Face as
Stories of Her Profanity
Are Related In Court
that he and his partners received
163,000 from this patron nnd thai Mr
H-ency IndlvJdurilly received I2S.0C0
In two years, for nfflcn expenses If vou
like, hut 123.000 Is 129.000. Mori
humble members of the profession
pay their own office exoense.
I Continued on page three.)
T
OF CONSTITUTION TO
PROVIDE AN INCOME TAX
President Taft Will Recom
mend Special Tax
Corporations Meantime
on
IT PLEASES NOBODY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 16. Presi
dent Taft Will tomorrow send to con
gress a message urging the pihssugo
of an amendment to the tariff bill
Imposing a tax of two per cent on
the undistributed net earnings of cor
porations, and the adoption of a res
olution submitting to the several
stales an amendment to the consti
tution giving congress the power to
Impose a tax on Incomes. This un
derstanding was readied at a session
of the cabinet today anil was sp
provedr ihy republican leaders of the
senate who conferred with the pres
ident. Attorney deneral Wlckersham, ac
cording to present plans will draft
both tlw amendment and the resolu
tion It is expected that the corpo
ration tax amendment, when Intro
duced, will be referred to the com
mittee on finance and that the reso
lutlon siihmlttlncr the question of
nniendln the constitution will co t"
Hie committee on Judiciary. Doubt
less, holh of these committees will
report Jtiromplly. so that all of th
nuestlon Invnlucd may be disused of
"n Friday, when the pending Income
a amendment will be taken up for
consideration. "
In view of the emphatic stand taken
bv President Taft against a direct tax
"Pon Incomes. In the face of the de
cision of the Supreme court of the
t'nited Htates on that subject. ind hi.
t rrferrence for the "proposed tax upon
he earnings of corporations a number
of the progressive republicans have
signified their intention of following
us recommendations. At the same
time not all of the progressive repub
licans are satisfied with this adminis
tration program and It Is prohnhlc
that some of them will vole vigorous
firotests. Democratic senators alo
sre expected to indulge In strong
criticisms denunciatory of the tax on
corporations, as a substitute for a
direct tax on incomes.
WRESTLE WITH PROBLEM
OF GETTING SHEET OUT
Newspaper Men Talk Over
Ways of Keeping Devil
in and out of Office.
THEN CO TO SMOKE
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. June 15
The Kmithcrn Publishers' association
met In annual session here today with
Pn-sldcnt J P. Caldwell of Charlotte
N. C. presiding. The discussions at
today's session took a wide range.
Among ttK questions considered were
the following:
What can employers do. and how,
to keep their employes !-yal to them,
satisfied and contented, working every
dav of eaeh w ek ?
How can the! composing room force
be used to the best advantage?
What about a number of members
co-operating to establish a first class
news bureau in Washington, with a
number of good m n in charge, who
would send out for simultaneous
publications a 'budget of general
Southern news as well as news pic
tures and .news features?
What effort is br ing made by mem
bers of this association to secure a
special newspaper rale of postage of
nne-half cent per pound?
Are Southern newspaper generally
discontinuing the return privilege of
news dealers? If not discontinued
entirely, what percentage Is allowed?
What effect has the limiting of return
privilege had on circulation?
The attendance Is said to be as
large as that at any pt vius conven
tion. The association will conclude
with a banquet at the Hotel Hlllman
tomorrow night.
TROOPS STILL PATROL
STREETS OF SMILE
TO PREVENT' OUTBREAK
4
Those Hurt in Political Duel
Not Expected to Live.
Some Disappear.
IGREEJPOB UMPIRE
Settlement of the Georgia
Strike Delayed by Failure
to Get Together.
IS
TRAIN; MORTALLr HURT
Young Man Succumbs to
Injuries Received at Gus
tonia on Saturday.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY
JTSTIFIAIM-K KIM-IVG.
ROANOKE, Va.. June T, Deputy
Sheriff W. N. Morris who on Sunday
shot and killed Rev John W. Phil
lips in Tazewell county, was last even
ing given a hearing iefore Justice
of the Peace Dillon, at Poehahnntas,
and acquitted. Morris was trying to
serve n warrant on the preacher
when the latter drew a revolver and
attempted to shoot the officer,
ris fired first.
MKADVIM.K, Miss. June 15.
While Meadvllle is still being patroll
ed by state troops and the civil au
thorities are taking every precaution
against a possible recurrence of blood
shed, following yesterday's feudal bat
tle In which Chancery Court Clerk A.
M. Newman and Silas (J. Reynolds
were killed and tlve other men wound
ed, tho situation tonight seemingly
holds little prospect of further en
counters. Dr. Ienox Newman a son of one of
the slain men, was taken to Natchez
today for medical treatment and re
ports from there tonight Indicate lit
tle hope of bis recovery.
It Is said that Dr. Newman was
driving along the street in his buggy
when he was nri-d upon from a room
In the second story of tho Butler
building by W. I,. Ho yd and Vlrull
Karr; that Ncwrrran lumped from his
buggy and approached the entrance
to the building when he was attack
ed by Reynolds and Attorney Apple
white, political and personal enemies
Within a few minutes Ham, Kugene,
Monroe Inox and Ernest Nowma.i.
sons of Dr. Newman, were engaged
In the street light, Sam Newman usin
repeating shot gun effectively on
Royd and Farr. Inox and Ernest
Newman were badly wounded.
Doyd and Karr, both bclievM to
have been dangerously -wounded.
hav- not been apprehended.
Sam and Eugene. Newman and I..
P. Prlchard, who were arrested last
niKht for participating In the tragedy
were released today on bond pending
their preliminary hearing next Mon
dan. Herbert Applewhite and Ernest
Newman, who are In Natche hospitals
will, It Is believed, recover.
The excitement existing as the re
sult of yesterday's tragedy was In
tensified today by a report that Theo
dore Clay, a member of the board of
supervisors of Franklin parish, had
been shot and mortnlly wounded hy
Deptuy Sheriff Wren Jones. Jones
Mor- w engaged In unloading a magazine
gun when the accident occurred. -
(By Associated Prestts)
WASHINGTON. June 1 6 A further
conference was held today In Ibe of
fices of the inler-state commerce com
mission by the arbitrators of the
Georgia railroad strike, former Hnrre.i
tary of the Navy Hilary Herbert and!
Representative Haplwlck, of Georgia. I
An effort was made to agree upon th
appointment of the third arbitrator,
but It was unsuccessful.
Several nanus were suggested, but
none of them was satisfactory to the
two arbitrators.
It developed today that the arbi
trators were In eoromunicatloij with
tho powers which appointed them arid
that the probabilities are that no
third arbitrator who Is not Satisfac
tory to the parties In the controversy
will be appointed
If this disposition be manlfcsti iM,
ultimate conclusion, the likelihood Is
that, by the terms of the Krdman act.
the appointment of the third arbitra
tor will have to be made by the board
of mediation, Chairman Knaini and
Dr. Nelll.
Mr. Herbert and Mr. Hard wick will
hold another conb n nee In an effort
to agree upon the third arbitrator.
Mr. Herbert said tonight that the
names of the men considered and n
Jected cannot be made public at Ibis
t)me.
He declared that if the third ar
bitrator Is not agrc d upon by Satur
day, he will be selected by the media
tion board.
22
SHOWER&
WASHINGTON. June IS. Fore
cast: North Carolina: local show
ers Wednesday; Thursday fair; light
variable winds.
(Sixi-lnl to Tin Cltlwn.)
OASTONIA, June 15. Tragic In the
extreme was the death here Sunday
morning shortly after 10 o'clock of
Mr. Leonard Holland, who died in
the city hospital as the result of In
juries sustained Hat unlay night at 11
o'clock when he jumped from fust
(rain No 3:i as It passed through Gas.
tonln. His skull was fractured In at
bast two places, his head bore two
or more gaping scalp wounds, both
lets were broken and other marks of
the accident were apparent on bis
body.
Just how the accident occurred Is
riot ,. linih lv known. Young Holland
bad n ticket, It Is understood. to
lilac ksburg. H ('., the only stop De
tun n Oaflncy and fbarlolte. To a
frb nd who was on the train with
hlrn, a Mr. Newton, of I.lncolnton, he
remarked that II" i lie train was not
going too fast be would get oft ut flas
tonia; If this was not practicable b"
would go on to Charlotte and spi nd
tie- nifht. The train went through
G.islonlit at a rati' of about thirty
inllis an hour. The night telegraph
operator was the only one. so far as
has been ascertained, who saw Hol
land Jump. Expecting htm to be
ground lo death under On wheels, the
operator turned bis head away to
avoid witnessing the tragedy. Hol
land's clothing was bftdly torn and
thi supposition Is that bis coat or
sorn- part of his clothing caught on
the car and that he was dragged some
distance, as his shoe, fir one shire,
was found thirty of forty feet west of
where his body was picked up.
Leonard Ifotland. known to nil his
friends as "Huh." was the youngest
son of Capt and Mrs. J. q. Holland,
one of liAstouia's most prominent
fu mines.
BESIDE RAILROAD TRACK
Spencer Man Supposed
J lave Peen Struck
Train
to
by
tci:i t niMi.H in iu if. rorxnti.
NEW YORK. Jnm 13. The ninth
council of the Alliance of Reformed
cWtirrhis holding the Presbyterian
system organized at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church today. Of the
more than three hundred delegates
marly one-third have come from Eng
land. Scotland. France, Holland and
other countries of Europe, and In
clude many of the most prominent
divines of the Eastern assembly of thi
church.
(KMHnl to Ttie Clllcn.)
KAI.IKMItRV. June IS. Mr Walter
Iioby, a young white man of about
30. was found dead by the railroad
track mar the Vance mill shout I
o'clock yesterday morning. He had
'lieeii hi' and run over. It Is assumed
by a Houthlround freight and was
badly mangled. The right arm was
almost m vered, the left badly crushed
above the elbow, his back bore nil
lliei'iills cuts above the hip, the left
leg was broken Is low Hie knee arid
the rluht foot almost nminitntid The
liodv was discovered l,y Mr. Hen Mr
CtihliiriK. a night operator al Spencer,
who was returnlnK to bis home In
Salisbury on a wheel. It whs lying
beside the truck and lire bud probably
hei-n extlnce for some time when II
was discovered Mr McCubblns hur
led to Salisbury arid reported hla
Kruesorie- discovery arid the body w.l'i
later taken In charge by ndertaker
Wright.
Just how Mr. Dohy rrii I his death
may never be known. With bis fam
ily lie made Ills home with his falh
er It Is supposed that he had been
to Spencer and while returning fall'-dj
observe the freight approaching
a i
to
behind him.
The deceased was about :I0
old and was tt carpenter by trad
lie leave several children.
WtKMMi: IS NKKMIOM.
(Ry Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June II Tor with
anger and extreme humiliation, alter
nately flushing with shame, sobbing" or
clenching her hands In exasperation,
Kslherlne Clemmons Gould sat
through a trying ordeal l the Su
preme court today at the continua
tion of her suit for separation against
Howard Uoiild. Mr. Gould's attorneys
sought to bring out that Mrs. Gould's
habits were such that her husband
was justified In leaving her. In the
event of proving this, the defense
holies to undermine tha charge of
abandonment, the only phrase of the
plaintiff's case which has yet wllh
stood the attacks of opposing coun
sel, Justice Dowlln.g having ruled out
the charges of cruelty and n on -support
yesterday. Howard Gould will .
lake the stand tomorrow.
Mrs; Gould, having naively told yea.
lerday what It required of woman
of fashion In the matter of dress at
Palm Reach and elsewhere, witnesses
for the defense recited today the In
dulgence of the same woman of fash
Inn In the matter of alcoholic .stimu
lants and told further, while tho heav
ily veiled Mrs. Gould burled her burn
ing face In her hand, of certain re
mark and conversation not exactly
In keeping with $100 gowns and the
palatial Castle Gould on Long Island.
Inguag Unprintable, , '
It was during this testimony con
cerning some of the -alleged violent
and profane Innguuge some of it as
related too strong to be printed with
propriety that Mrs, Oould wept most. ..
X, she recovered tte'rstrlftilclrf). and -at
the time coached her lawyer, v
freshing his mind on pertain tnoldenig
with suggestions and "reminder. '
Specific statement that Mrs. Gould
had been Intoxicated on various occa
Ions, that she called Howard Oould
"you little hound" one night; ths(
once she was apparently so under the
Influence of liquor a to stagger
against the banister at Castle Gould;
that her maid brought liquors to her; '
room. Including some times two cock
talis before breakfast were among the ,
statements brought out as the em
ployes of the Gould estate related .
their experiences with their former
mistress.
Mrs. Gould's lawyer, Clarence- 3.
Hhen rn Injected Into the case the rath.
er novel argument that admitting even
that, his client hud been intoxicated.
this should have strengthened rather
than have weakened the ties between
wife and husband. . '
"It has bem held," he said, "that If
husband drank he needed the love
and company of his wife more than
If he were sober. I It not thi
equally true In the case of the wifeT"
Drratic Manager.
Whether or not fit fur managing a t
household. It was a rather erratic ad- '
mlnlslrallon that Mr. Oould conduct-
I at Castle Gould, according to most
of the testimony. Verbal clashes with
the manager of the great estate, heat-
d arguments at the hen coop with
iirpentcrs, one of whom testified that
sin couldn't walk straight," at tho
nine, a period when she remained In
her room for two week, consuming
duiliiK that time seven hot tin of brnn-
ly with oilier liquors these Incident
w,-iiMNiisA'ise
I Continued on paare three.)
TEACHERS ASSEMBLY AT
MOREHEAD CITY OPENS
HETROIT. Mich, June 15. Hover
en Camp, Woodmen or the World,
In convention, here tonight Initiated s
class of five hundred candidates Int"
the order, the degree work being ex.
emptlfli d by Greater Cleveland ramp,
of Cleveland, Ohio. The soyeri gn
'nrnp will conclude Its sessions Saturday,
.ft'MOIt Oltlll R KKSKIOSX.
DETROIT, Mich, Juno 15 Black
hand outrages and their elimination
by means of more rigid Immigration
laws which will bar. out member of
the society, h one of the matters be
fore the thirtieth biennial convention
of the National council, Junior Order
of American Mechanics which opened
here today with HI 2 delegates present,
represented practically every state In
the Union.
)v. Hill and Governor Kit
cliin the Speakers at First
Session Last Niht.
-The
(Special to Ttiei fltUen.)
M'liiKHK.Wi CITY. June 1-
Norlh Carolina Teachr' assembly
i unveiied In Its twenty-sixth annual
rrioetlng at the Atlantic hotel here to
night with su attendance running
Into the hundreds. Tho outlook I
for one of the most Interesting as-Hciipblli-s
ever held in the state. The
oiH-ning address tonight was made by
Dr. I). H Hill, president of thse A. aid
M college, who was followed by
Governor Kltchln In an Interesting
address In which h' outlined his pol
icy of liberality and encouragement
toward th public school system of
the state.
The sessions will continue unlit
Saturduy and many educators of note
are on the program to speak. The
Woman's Betterment association
meets this year In conjunction with
the teachers. :
Superintendent C. A. Tlejnolds of
Buncombe, together with about
score of teacher are In att-endanJo.
r;