THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
VOL. XXVI., NO. 42.
NEWLIGHTTHRQWN
ON CELEBRATED I
Two Witnesses Tell Stories
That Are Damaging to
Negro Soldiers
MRS. KATE LEAHY
GOES ON STAND
Says Officers of Negro Regl
merits Were Afraid to
Leave Their Families
BROWNSVILIE, Texas, Nov. 30.
New light was thrown on the Browns
ville raid by the oourt of Inquiry In
its session today and a number of
heretofore undeveloped points were
brought out, all of which are claimed
to be detrimental to the cause ot the
negro soldiers chai-ged with "shoot
ing up" the town. Celso Oliver, a for
mer policeman an& Manuel Morales,
formerly a tailor at the poet, were
the principal witnesses.
Oliver testified he saw Captain
Mackllrn, whom he Knew well, pick
ing up scattered cartridge shells the
morning after the raid. At the former
inquiry Captln Macklir. testilled that
the shells were found in one place, It
being alleged that they were placed
by citizens In support of -a conspiracy
theory. Morales told of a conversation
lie had with a negro soldier after the
rad, In which the soldier said he was
orry a Mexican had been .wounded
as the Americans were the only ones
the .negro troops were after.
Among the other witnesses was
Joseph W. Powers of San Antonio,
formerly keeper of the National eem
tefery at Fort Brown. Towers said he
had a conversation with Major Pen
rose following the shooting quoting
the latter as saying he would rather
haveioat his right arm than have had;
hi men do , tho shooting and he would'
gv year's pay. to know which sol-
.Stmmt"AUl i. -f" ' -- - --.s.iw-
Thai the officers of the negro reg
iment .knew the shooting was dne
by their men, was testified to by Mrs.
Kate Leahy, who said Lieutenant.
Green told her the officers recogniz
ed the reports of trie high power ri
fles, but were afraid to leave their
families to Investigate, believing that
the soldiers were nghting among
themselves as on previous occasions.
LATER RETURNS SHOW
Birmingham's Business Men
Believe That Capital
Will Begin to Move
COMEIHiOES FISHING
UIHMJNGHAM, Ala., Nov, 30
Later returns from the state Indicate
that yesterday's majority against Hk;
prohibition constitutional amendment
will
un above 25,000. ft appears
OnOWNSVILLERAID
that a vote of not less than 125.00o'dium of the mails. The native char
was polled, the largest in the history
of the state
As the sweeping nature of the de-
feat of the amendment is realized j
ti,..ro is a disposition in all circles to i
analyse the result for its probable ef-;tlnre Is a little armless girl who lias
feet on future legislation in the stale. proed herself to lie worth a in t
Industrial leaders and business men; profit of from $S." to $ 1 r. 0 a day
of Birmingham are almost unanimous 'through the sale of a little booklet,
in their belief that the result was a! the story of her sad little life wlvcn
rebuke to Tecent drastic legislation ' is Illustrated w ith pathetic pictures
and a declaration of the people of of lor engaged in performing tin
Alabama of their determination to usual manual olllees with her I'M
return to conservatism. Leaders ntThe fac simile of a letter written with
the Birmingham chamber of com- hrr toes accompanied the booklet. as
merce believe the election will hase'did a card for mailing a coin. The
the effect of bringing a great deal ; ' n-i -Ipb nt was asked to send a quarter
eastern capital to Alabama which h is to help defray tin- expenses of pio
been timid for the past two or three viding the little cripple with a home,
yean?. and engaging some nice motherly
Leaders of the amendment forces Hoosicr to care for her.
were overwhelmed by the news of the ! The appeal proved such a success
result, as they were absolutely cot,- that when the Inspectors finally re
tldent of victory up to the last mo-' ported on the conditions they had dis
ment. Governor Comer left for M's- jcovered the little cripple's staff of ae
sissippl last night for a Ashing trip. jsistants numbered eleven and the bus-
"The election, determined that the iness was combing in an average
men of Alabama' did not wish to w rite dally profit of J100. The child is now
Into their constitution police meas-iw-ell established and the acute person
lire, nor surrender rights they have, who had the foresight to advance the
expressly reserved." said I'nlted States money necessary for the Initial publl
Senator Johnston. j cation of her book on the business de-
'lt does not mean the return of the velnped is comfortably well off.
saloons nor any backward step in j The chief difficulty confronting the
.,,,i.iie mnniia Inspectors was the method to purrue
"It means that Alabama is conserv- -
Stive and not to be shaken off her ,
feet hv mere sentimental appeals."
WILL GET REST.
JASPER. Ala.. Nov. 30. "The de-1
feat of the constitutional amendment
means that Alabama will have a long
needed rest from political agitation,"
(Continued on pagr two.i
THE
WEDDING SELLS
TOLLED KNELLFOR
LOMK GIRL
Seeing Others Wed Recalled
bad Memories And She
Wanted to Dlo
GIRL WITH A PAST
WOULD FAIN FORGET
Swallows Chloroform Lini
ment In Effort to Seek
Oblivion's Shores
NEW YOHK, Nov. 30. 'Sonic-
times 1 have thought i" would kill my- ,
self, but I didn't try to do it last
night. Ooing to tnc wcauing got ;ni
so excited I didn't know what I waj
doing," said Annie Safern feebly :-s
she lay on her cot in the Uouverncur
hospital lust night.
Until last week the girl had been
employed In Mrs. Nathan Wolffs resi
dence, No. 116 East Seventy-sixth
street. When she went to visit her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Grau, at No. G6 Columbia street, a
week ago she was so weak and de
spondent they were afraid she was
going to be seriously ill and got lier
to remain with them. Their n;eco and
Annie's cousin, Miss Lena Grau, was
to be married to Isador Picker In the
Great Central Palace on Sheriff strott
on Saturday night and they thought
the excitement of the wedding would
put some life Into Annie.
Instead the contrast In Lena's hap
piness only made her own sad lo e
story more distinct in Annie's mind.
Shu went to the wedding, and for sev
en hours stood in the corner watchinjr
the dancing and merrymaking, but;
taking no part. All the time she was;
conscious that if Jacob Safern had
been true to her they might have been
happy also.
Annie came to this country eight
years ago from Dlvon, Austria, be
cause her parents opposed her mar
riage to Jacob Safern, her cousin.
Afterili9M!Jjceo here Jour. Yews
Jacob came over and Annie wanted
the marriage to take place soon. Hut ,
Jacob said he must pay back mor.ev j
he had borrowed for his passage llrst.1
This was accomplished after two years
nnd then Jacob went to Wisconsin, i
thinking he could get a better start j
there. Six months ago Annie learned;
iwt.-. wljwvwv-wij i-uvowurjwwvw
(Continued on .imm three ) I
SYNDICATED II LITTLE
FLEECED THE PUBLIC
Crippled Child Was Worth
Over Hundred Dollars a
Day to rinposter
SCHEME IS BLOCKED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. 1'o.st
olliee inspectors, artei- a year of win I;,
have succeeded in suppressing one o!
the cleverest attempts ever devls- d
Uo mulct the public through Ihe m-
ity of the average American was tip
stork in trade of the swindlers, who
apparently started out with the pur-
pose of capitalizing allliel ion.
Out in n Central Western state
in stopping the graft. The little glrl'a
affliction was such that she was cer-
tainly entitled to tne privilege or
making her living by the sale' of the
I pamphlet, but the appeal on th".
ground that she was In dire need of
a home the department construed
a misstatement of fact. In view of thf
annual Income of the concern approx
imating $30,000. They compelled, th
elimination of the appeal.
ASHEI
ASIIEVlLLE, N.
TOLD OF II PLOT
TO ASSASSINATE
J.O. ROCKEFELLER
Home of Standard Oil Mag
nate Guarded by Police
All Night
HEARD TWO MEN
FRAME THE DEAL
man With a Vivid Imagination
Goes to Police With
Woolly Story
CLKVKLAND. ((.. Nov.. 30. With-
out gourd, John U. Uockefeller and
his party drove from his Forest Hill
home to the station this afternoon and
took the train for Now York.
Following the story of the plot to
assassinate, the president -of the Stan
dard Oil company told to the police
today by Sawyer Smith, of Minerva.
Ohio, the Cleveland poltee stood ready
to furnlHh an escort if demanded by
Uockefeller. The aged millionaire,
however, appeared devdid of anxiety
over his safety. The only unusual
move he made was to direct his ehauf.
eur to take a circuitous route to the
station.
The police chiefs In Cleveland and
East Cleveland are endeavoring to
trace the alleged plotters whose de
scriptions were gl.en by the Minerva
mtin. The Uockefeller home wa.'l un
der guard all Monday night, but ti
dav, tinder the direction of Uocke
feller, the guard was withdrawn.
The story told by hmlth, !in briel
is 1nut while in Alliance. Sunday night
he heard tnn men dlMussing a plan
to kill the oil magnate.
"We might as well get our money
for killing old John I)." one of them
said, according to .Smith, 'Tor we will
get what Is coming to us whether we
kill or kidnap him. Bill and the other
fellow have plenty of money and are
willing to pay well for putting him
., ,,r tni. wuv.
Kmith reported the matter to the
Canton chief of police and on his rc,-
,mnn ndatioii called on Chief Htam-
lierger of Kast Cleveland, with whom
he went to see Uockefeller. Smith
told hi. story there anil refused the
tender of his expense's while Here.
Smith Is a lumber merchant.
HIS SEEN jOMPLETED
Official Figures Show
5:53, 80 Working Balance
In National Treasury
HtfCKllTK B(M).MIN(!
WASHINGTON, Nov. .10. The fi
nancial portion of the president's
message lias been Completed. It was
taken up at ime length today as
the session of the cabinet. The Pa
nama canal bond situation and oth
er features cngagen close attention.
Today's official figures show ah act
ual working balaiue in the treasury
(Tices of $L't:,r.:i::,i;so though tie- total
lialanc- in tin- general fund which in-
luib-s this working balance in th"
treasury unices, tnc balance in bank
and In the treasury of the I'hlllppin'
Islands soil oilier details, is placed ,-it
t i -. "7!t. 4 12. Toila.i's excess of all dis
bursements over all receipts so far is
r.L'.Tt" but the H of all dis
bursements over ah receipt's thus far
his fiscal year is only $44, J!)!;, 956 as
Against $ 4 . 7 7 J.:i!l'J for the period In
previous fiscal year.
The internal revenue reccspts an-
booming, upwards of $25,000,000 for
the fiscal year Is expected from the
corporation tax and the estimates for
ihe various departments of the gov
ernment have been heavily cut.
Tho president Is devoting consid
erable attention to his message at
night.
NEW TRIAL GRANTED
PROFESSOR HARRIS
RICHMOND, Va., Nov., 30. Prof.
J. D. Harris, principal of the Warren
ton high school, who was convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to four
years In the penitentiary after being
tried at Warrenton In September on
the charge of having shot and killed
W. A. Thompson, editor of The War-
enton Virginian, Is to have a new
trial. In the Supreme court of ap
eato here toIay Attorney Oeneral An
lerson confessed error In the recent
rial and the court reserve! . t he de
cision of the circuit court of Fanpuier
county and granted a new trial..
G, WEDNESDAY MOUNINU. DECEMBER 1, 1909.
The
News Item.! It is reported
-
Country.
ISP' 'fWEW
2300 SWITCHMEN OF THE NORTH WEST
W$LKO UT ON STRIKE FOR MORE PAY
After Fifteen Days of Fruitless Negotiations Switchmen's Union of North America
Orders Its Members to Strike. Wheat Takes a Sharp Rise as First Ef
fect of the Stoppage of Work
ST. PAUL, Nov. 30. Arter fifteen
days of negotiating Hietween the
Switchmen' Union of North America
and the joint committee of railroad
managers represent in S thlr.een rail
roads of the Northwest, a strike In
volving 2.300 awftchmen becamei ef
fective at six Wock ttinlght. he
mon demanded : lx ' cents more an
hour and doubls pay far BufiAty, and
overtime in exce.il of m ihours. The
men wera-nlsye4-y. th-rtous
railroads 'running west and north of
St. Paul and Lake Superior to the Pa
cific coast.
The first effect of the strike was a
sharp bulge In the price of wheat In
the Chicago grain market late today.
As the roa'ds entering St. Paul, I)u
luth and Superior nro largely grain
carriers from the? West, the prospect
of Interruption to this traffic caused
some to fear delayed deliveries of
grain.
Tonight both sides to the dispute
issued statements.
Illront Slalcinoilt.
The railroad managers committee,
In Its statement after setting forth
the demands made of them by the
switchmen, says In part:
''Tho managers' committee offered
the switchmen an increase or twenty
cents per day of ten hours in the
rates of pay of switchmen employed
In the terrltor west of Havre, Mont.,
on the Great Northern railway, anil
west of HllUng". Mont., on the North
ern Pacific railway.
ELLIS TAKES STAND IN
Sensations are Promised If
Defendant iH Allowed to
Tell Full Storv
L1TTLK I!"1
W. Y. Kills, i b
of N. P. VVilli
took the Wltll-'-
half today.
After a, ) :
was adroit!.. !'i
K, Ark.. Nov. 30.
rged with tin- murder
of Indianapolis, Ind..
wtaiid in bis own be-
lirlef iiucHllons, Kllis
light by his attorneys
relating what lie said
iin by his wife relative
laltcr's treatment of
cts to sei ui'e his llttb
tate objected to tills
he remainder of I hi
nt In arguing tin
dge l'e in chambers
aid that the evidence
v sensational If Elli
complete the tale he
to the point "I
had la en told l,
to Willis. Oi
lier anil his i IT"
daughter. The -evld'nce
and i
si.sion was i
poilll before ,1
It was intiiii
would be high!
Is permitted t"
hardly eoiniie a
reserved his il -'
ed today. Judge l-e
islon until tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair "Wednesday
and Thursday; Thursday fair, slightly
warmer; light to moderate northeast
winds. .
CITIZEN.
Hand-writing On The
7hnz,
:
r ,v
4i
that Pres. Zelava of -Nicaragua will resign and leave the
"The attention of thu switchmen
was called to tho -fact that In 1100
the switchmen were granted a larger,
pereentao of Increase than any oth
er class of employes In train ser
vloe. At ' present tho wages of tho
switch-men avetags over 1100 a.
month." ' ' ' ' -.- ' -i
The statement then sayu that In
submitting Its final answer tn the
kwltchmon the rnaruwiers : uggcteti
that the demands be sulrrrittted to ar
bitration under the provisions of the
Brdman act. The switchmen diwlln
ed this suggestion.
Charges Rati Faith.
The statement then says that
a telegram was addressed to Mar
tin A. Knapp of the Interstate com
merce committee and Charles P.
Nelll, United States comlmssioner of
labor, asking them (o act as mediator
tinder tho Erdman act. The statement
adds:
"ltefore tho conference with
Messrs. Knapp, ana Nelll had begun
despite I lie understanding reached in
the conferences, that mediation under
the Krdman act should be evoked, and
without the knowledge of either the
managers committee or mediators, a
strike order was Issued by the
swlthchmen'a committee directing
the switchmen of tne thirteen North
western railroads to ceaso work at 6
p. in., November 30 In the event that
their full demands had not been con
ceded. iHHT RIDER JURY IS
Nine Men So Far tSecnre'l
to Try Alleged Murderers
of Capt. Rankin
CNION C1TV, Tenn.. Nov. 30. Af
ter u recess of two days another at
tempt wns mndii today 4o completo
the Jury to try (iarrett Johnson and
Arthur t'loar, alleged leaders of the
Ueelfoirt Ijiike night riders, for the
murder of Captain Quentoii Rankin.
The day was marked by bitter wrong-
es la -tween attorneys for the slate
and for the defense.
Two Jurors were win red today,
making nine on the Jury. The state
announced, however, that It would
prefer charges against -one 'Of the nine
tomorrow. Judge J. K. Junes, furnish
ed the sheriff with a list of two hun
dred veniremen to net summoned to
morrow. . W. Jackson, chosen as a Juror
today, was subsequently discharged
when it was inado known that he wus
a brother-in-law of Bud Morris, who
was sentenced to twenty years In the
penitentiary at the January term of
court for the murder of Cantaln Ran
kin. PIKHCK JIKV fOMJ'LKTK.
Al'STlN.'Texas, Nov. 30. Late this
afternoon a Jury was empanelled In
the case of the state of Texas against
Henry Cloy Pierce, charged with
false sweating, and the taking of evi
dence will begin tomorrow. There
was little trouble In selecting the
twelve men for the trial. It is the pur
. , t 1 . ... 1. ..!.!.. a ' .. r. a . , , m
plete the trial by the ejid of the pres
ent week. . , . . .i
IVa.
o snrt'it
. v j i : 1 .
ttpM
"This violation of rood faith so em
barrasMod the, negotiations' that suc
cessful mediation became Impossible
and led to the demand by Messrs.
Knapp and Nelll, addressed to, tyoth
the' managers coininlteo',. and j the
switchmen, , thai , the controversy , b
submitted to arbitration utWer the
terms of the Krdman act. To thl pro
P""8! , thjwcmhcni ,(rimuUU:iii.a.va
its Willing assent; put , tho swllihmen
alwolutelr declined It."
, SwltclnrMn's Htatenu-nt.
Speaking for tho switchmen to
night. President Hawley said In part:
"I have never seen a time when the
mi'ti were thoroughly organised And
ready for concerted action s in the
present Instance, This strike will re
sult In the most complete tlo-up of
railroad trnfflo In the terltory affected
that has ever been known, not even
excepting tho great strike of 1894.
From now on, not a switch engine
will movo In the territory between the
head of tho lakes mid the Pacific
coast.
"We did not wish a strike and used
every rcusonnblo means to avoid one.
"We have advised every member
that from the moment the strike be
gins ho must keep away from the
companies' property, obey tho law,
commit no act of violence, nor to do
anything that will reflect discreditably
upon himself or the organization con
ducting the strike."
MILL SUPERINTENDENT
GAVE "FRIENDLY" NOTE
Hays he Accommodated But
tle When the Bank Exam
iner was Expected
yitKKNMHoltO, N. C, Nov. 80.--
Tho end of f trial of Loo II. Rattle,
which is being held In the Pedernl
court here In connection with Ihe fail
ure of the city National bank of this
city. Is near at hand, the government
resting at noon today.
One of the strongest pieces of evi
dence brought out by tho government
today was the testimony of the clos
ing witness, A. L. ltaln. secretary and
superintendent of the Pomona Mill.",
who swore that his note of $7,000
held by the City National bank with
Pomona, mills stock as collateral, wm
in aeeommoilatl,,!! lime. The witners
treated somewhat of a sensation bv
testifying that ho was Induced to
make tho note by Rattle, who, he
says, told him the bank examiner wa
expected In a few days and it was
necessary In show a reduction In the
Indebtedness of the mills. Witness
testilled that Rattle assured him In
writing that ho would not be called
on to pay cither principal or interest
Tho receiver of the bank has since
instituted suit against Bain for the
amount of the note. Other damaging
evidence was given by H. F. Campbell
bookkeeper for the Pomona Mill,
who testified that Rattle lost $8,400
for the mills dealing in cotton fu
lures during the fall of 1907,
The entire afternoon waa consumed
In considering written prayers for In
structions from the defense, this pre
llmlnary to the argument not "'being
concluded when court adojurnedi or
the day.
The case will go to the Jury Friday
morning, five hours having been al
lowed for argument on each side.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
PJtlCE FIVE CENTS. 4
L
LI
KILL THE FAMOUS
;t measure
Appeal Will Now be Made to
TIm English Electorate
For Verdict
NO PRECEDENT IN
HUNDRED YEARS
Advice of ' England's Ablest
Leaders Disregarded And
The rot Oolls
l.oNDu.V, Nov, 30. fn the sedate.
detached manner characteristic of
proceedings In the glided chamber
and in direct disregard to the advice
of some of Its ablest and oldest mem
bers, such as Rosebcry, W or ley, Lojrd
James, of Hereford,. Lord . Crame r,
Lord tltilfour, of liurlclgh, tha. U.irl
of Lyton, Iard Courtney end the
archbishops of Canterbury and York,
tho house, of lords today creutcd u.
situation unprecedented ' In -, Kngllsh,
history, at least In three, hundred
years, by refusing formal assent 40
the Judgment, thereby in lhrory, mak
ing It Illegal to collect taxes and car
ry on- the king's government.,,
After six. days debate, notablo for
tho high standard of the oratory, us
well as for the ablo and convincing
arguments arrayed on both sides for
and agalnrt the budget, ana placing In
every possible, light the aspects of th
great constitutional questions Involv
ed, tha house of lords cleared for di
vision at half past eleven o'clock to.
night,, The scene was imiiresslve but
In no sense exc!tlnr-. None' would
have supposed that the event proceud
Ing wag destined hot nly to proe
memorable in the annuls of Drltlhk
history, but possibly; also-, Involving
far-reaching Chung's In tho KrltU'i
Constitution. '.
fiallertcti Crowileil,'
Tfieta uerUlnly wus unusual Mtilma-
tluiin tho publt" Rsllerles, which
wero 'crowded; with peeresses, mem
bers of the honso of r.oinmnns, sm
tnHMiniii Milwafi'tit If' the hous,)
Itself complete culm prevailed.
Th vote w on Ird ljnsdowne
amendment that tjhs htis was not
Justified in itlvlng Its consent to th
bill until It had been submitted" to tho
Judgment of the country. When the
voto was announced. Just before mid
night as 80 to 75 In-favor of the
amendment a few mixed t'heers weru
heard, The euil.ojf Cfewe Immedi
ately moved un adjournment, and tho
house, rose, ' . .;, '
An auger nntf eKlieclunt crowd,
wero awaiting the result lfl Iho.t'eH-i
tral hull, and whim- the Jlure,of llio
vote became known, there was a alight
attempt at counter demonstrations.
Tho ofncliila, however, speedily cleav
ed tha hull.
A'hvn division was taken there was
practically no : excitement in tha
streets, although earlier in tho even
ing considerable crowds Kutherod In
tho vicinity of the houso and attempt
ed a pro-budget demonstration. - A
large force of police were In readiness
and as soon ns the crowd showed a
tendency to : become unmunageaftlw
they dispersed the domonstratorSi be
ing assisted in think task, by ft heayy
rainfall. r
The Dnal day's debato was again
distinguished by oratorical 0xccllonct, .
particularly the speeches of Lord
Curxon, of Kedleelon, former viceroy
of India, and tho archbishop of York.
both of which wero of vxcoptloiiut
brilliance. '
ArrlihiHhop 0K4.
The archbishop strongly opposed
Iord Iinsdowne's' resolution, declar
ing that it would be unpreccdentett
for the lords to reject a flnano bill
passed by the house of common with
suh a majority. , . ', ' - "
Lord Curxon was plainly suffering
from his-recent, indisposition, hut in
spite of physleut- wtuikncsn, he' spoke
fContimiiHl on pagt1 three.)
L
(Charlotte and Salisbury
Making Sprited Bids for
the Theological Institute
CIIAKLOTTE, N. C. Mov, 0.-A
dosen Southern cities are bidding for
tho Luthern Theological , seminary,
which, by recent action of tho United
Lutheran synod will be removed from
Its present location at Mount Pleas
ant, an Island In Charleston harbor.
The executive committee of the synod,
which meets here at noon tomorrow,
will decide the question of' tha novr
location. Tho synod comprise tho
states of North and South Carolina,
Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida,
and Mississippi. . Tho jtiecessity of a
more central location? Is the reason
for a, change. Charlotte. .Cptumblu.
Savannah, and Ballsbury are leading
In the spirited contest for th Institution.-
. ,
OHDSOFENGLANO
BUDGE