THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
VOIi. XXVI., NO. 43.
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SIGNED
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RflhtMay Take Place ln?alt
Lake City Is Latest
Indication
JOHNSON SUSPICIOUS
OF STAKEHOLDERS
Wants The Money Putin Vault
And Triple Locked But Is
NEW YORK. Dec. 3. The Jeffries
Johnson fight for the heavyweight
championship of the world will be
fought either in Sa'.t Lake City, Utah,
or In the vicinity of Sun Francisco
an July 4, next. Final articles for a
forty-five round contest were signed
by the principals today at Hoboken,
N. J.
Neither of the contestants accord
ing to the articles, Is to engage In any
boxing contest before the date of the
big ftglit. This effectively eliminates
the possibility of Johnson meeting
Langford or Jeffrlrs fighting Kauf
man between now and then. Both, it
is further stipulated, must enter ac
tive training at least ninety days be
fore, the fight. Five ounce gloves are
to be used and the contest shall be
governed by straight Marquis of
Quennsbury rules, while the referee
is to be selected at least sixty days
before the contest.
If Jeffries, Johnson and "Tex"
Rickard and John J. Gleason, the
two last named the successful bidders,
cannot agree on a referee, Jeffries
and Johnson are each to select two
men, ami from these four Rickard and
Gleason are to make any selection
they desire. The referee Is to be paid
11,000, the contestants paying him
two-thirds, the promoters the balance.
Jeffries and Johnson have each de
posited 110,00 as a, forfeit to the
promoter if they fall to appear,
while Rickard and Gleason have de
posited $20,000 to stand as a forfeit
In case they fall to stage the fight
and toapply an the purse of 1101.000
offered, 81ity day before the fight,
Rickard and Gleason are to deposit
an additional $30,000 of the purse,
and the remaning $51,000 forty-eight
hours before the contest.
Johnson Cautions.
Robert W. MurpTiy. a New York
hotel proprietor, la the temporary
(Continued on nage mx.l
FATHER BELIEVES IN
HE
IS BEHIND THE BARS
Is Alleged to Hiive Stolen
$10,000 Worth of Silk
From His .Employers
TOOK IT BY HOLT
NKW YORK. Dec. 3. "Kniil is the
best boy in the world. He has lieen
my support. I could not wish for a
better son. He says he didn't do this
iind I believe him." declares Mux
Keiss of No. 110 West One Hundred
and Thirty-Eighth street. His son
Kmll is locked up in the Jefferton
Market Police Court prison awaiiln-.,
examination on a charge of grand lar
ceny. But the police declare he Is gullt
and th.at he has been in trouble be
fore. Max Keiss says thut Hie hoy regc
larly contributed nearly hail of his
weekly salary to the expenses of the
household, was tender and solicitous
of a parent suffering from chronic
rheumatism, and kind to his brother
and sister.
Young Ilelss is charged with '.1 "
larceny of a bundle of silk from the
Harris Raincoat company of No. S7
Fifth avenue, where he had been em
ployed three months as stock clerk.
The silk was of minor value, hut it
was part of a larV quantity of good
which had been stolen from the rub
ber company in a period extending
over several weeks, and the polic
declare that Relss was implicated in
the theft of all the silk. They placed
the firm's losses nt $10,000. Simon
Harris, head of the firm, told a World
reporter that it was less th.in Jl.dtn
Detective Frank Pea body and
Cooney, who arrested Reiss, aeaer.
they caught him handing a t undle o,
silk to Morris Ray on Saturday. The,
arrested Ray for receiving stolen
goods and locked up Hymnn Hereii
welg, of No. 29 Avenue C on the sum
charge. They say. Ray is u manu
facturer who employed fifty men. and
that. HeWizwelg hnd a small store in
Avenue C, from which a patrol waeon
loaded with silk identified as good
of the Harris company was removed
Since Thanksgiving detectives hnv
kept a close watch over Kelss. Th
noticed that every day he went t a
building in Fourth avenue, near Nine
teenth street. .They declare that he
met Morris Ray several times and
handed him bundles of the Harris
silk.
Fl
ARTICLES
BETWEEN
m
PUGILIST
THE
Z
HHTHEHS TO BET
T
T
Will Appeal to Members of
Congress If Knox Persists
in His Course
ESCAPE FROM COUNTRY
WILL BE PREVENTED
Will be Held Personally Re-1
sponsible For Death of
Two Americans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. President
Zelaya has not only refused to take
official cognizance or Secretary Knox's
note, which was pi-Actlcally an ulti
matum, but he is declared to have
dispatched special agents to Washing
ton to endeavor to have the state de
partments ultimatum set aside, first
by appeals tot that department and
secondly by direct appeals to mem
bers of congress. The state depart
ment Is entirely aware of the pres
ence and Identity of these emissaries.
These special agents are being watch
ed In a general way.
It was reported today that any at
tempt that Zelaya mlht make to es
cape from the country would receive
the direct ana vigorous attention or
the American warships now lying off
the coasts of Nicaragua. Secretary
Knox's note Intimated in the plainest
language that the state department
looks upon Zelaya as he man respon
sible for the torturr and death of the
two Americans, Gruce and Cannon.
Agents His Partners.
The plan to deflect the United
States government's program with
reference to Nicaragua came to light
tonight when Sencv Fernando San
chez and Dr. V. &r. Roman arrived
here. Neither Senor Sanches nor Dr.
Roman would talk. They gave their
addresses as New York.
Members of the Central American
diplomatic corps Aowever, , werfija a
flutter when they discovered yie new
arrtvais. eenor nannie. uicj u.w.
ed, is a partner of Zelaya in many of j
the latter's business ventures in Ni- i
caragua, 'and he hns managed to j
amass a fortune of between four and
live million dollars in .-joltl. Dr. Ro
man, the report continued, long has
(Continued on page, 4)
BUCK-LISTEO COTTON
ILL HAND RECOVERS
Case Will Establish Prece
deirt in the Courts of
South Carolina
WILL BE APPEALED
COH'MBIA, H. C. Dec. 3. The
Richland County Circuit court tod.iv
established a precedent for South Car
olina by awarding $20,000 damages
to O. M. Rhodes, a cotton mill oper
ative, who sued tho Granby Cotton
Mills of Columbia for damages al
leged to have been suffered by hli.i
on account of the defendant corpora
tions having placed his name on a
black-list, with a view to preventins
him from obtaining emplojment In
South Carolina. North Carolina and
Georgia cotton factories.
Rhodes, who Is a one-armed man.
alleged that as the result of a strik"
In the mill In 1 907, in which he. ho-.v-ever,
did not participate. he was
black-listed by the Granby mills, ths.t
the black-list was sent to other m?lls
and In consequence, he has been on- i
able to secure employment In tlie
mills of this section.
Rhodes charged a conspiracy on the
part of the various factories and suert
to recover $ la. 000 damages. Afte a
hard fought trial the Jury tonight
gave him $10.1(00.
It is probable that the company vil!
appea I.
ENRAGED NEGRO
KILLS PEACE MAKER
AUGUSTA. Ga., Dec. 3. Charles
Major, a negro farm hand, shot and
killed Clifford Holley, a young white
man at Gouch. OA.. yesterday
about dark. The shooting grew out
of a quarrel between the whiu- man
and the negro which was begun sev
eral days ago. The white people of
Gouch are Incensed at the shooting
and are hunting for the negro.
There may be a lynching If he is
caught.
It seems that the negro Major and
another negro Ria Walker started
the quarrel and that Clifford Hol
leyy and his father W. D. Holley took
a hand. The Holley took the -part of
the Walker negro, and major seeing
that he was outnumbered used a. Win
chester rifle with deadly effect
ELI SENDS HIS
ICS STRAIGH
ASHEVILLE CITIZEN.
ASH EVILLE, N.
WINSTAR'S
SINCERITY IN HIS
F
Ea Governor Winston Scores
Meddling in The Negro
Question
AGAINST PKOORESS
IN MARYLAND FIGHT
North Carolina Would Give up
Congressman Rather Than
Revive Old Conditions
NEW YORK. Dec. 3 President
Taft was bitterly assailed as "unqual
ified to speak on the neftro problem
in the South" by Francis D. Winston,
ex-lieut. governor' of North Carolina,
who addressed the annual meeting of
the North Carolina Society of New
York at its banquet at the Hotel As
tor tonight.
The president, he said, had written
"with some hent" tin the subject of
the negro and the franchise, a matter
upon which, as a Northern man, Mr.
Taft had no special right to debate."
"We did not expect the president."
waid Mr. Winston, "to discuss our pe
culiar Southern situation. We konw
that his study of it was of necessity
at second hand. At the dinner of the
society last year, wo were charmed
with his speech, and took It as evi
dence of his good will to the South
in general.
. Maryland Campaign.
"But during, the recent campaign
in Maryland, when (iie state was con
sidering an amendment along the
lines of those adopted heretofore by
el. in other Southern states, the pres
Idi nt Injected a letter too direct In
its lunguage not to give the Impress
Ion thnt the adoption of the amend
ment by the voters In Maryland was
to be a signal for an attack In the
courts.
"We could but construe the utter
aneeaof the president with the course
pursued by several of his predeces
sors. A constitutional amendment
more drastic in principle became the
fundamental law in Mississippi during
the presidency of Benjamin Harrison,
Under the strenuous Roosevelt,
amendments of simMur character be
came the fundamental law in several
(Continued on puge three.)
REFUSE TO PERMIT RED
England Declines to Let
Them Pass But Germany
Will permit them on hack
RED CROSS NOTIFIED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Five for
eign governmental communities In the
International postal agreement with
the United States have placed restric
tions upon mail from the United
States bearing Itd Cross stamps or
any other such ihsignias.
Four of these countries refuse ab
solutely to receive them under any
circumstances. One other has notified
the United States postoffice depart
ment they must be placed upon 'the
back of mail packages or letters, oth
erwise the letters will be returned to
the senders in this country.
The four countries refusing the
stamps upon any conditions, and
which have notified th,- American pos
tal authorities all letters or pack
ages bearing them will be returned,
are Great Britain. Orange River Col
ony. Southern khoarsm. and the
Transvaal.
The country which Is willing to re
ceive them if placed on the back of
packages or letters Is Germany. The
for ign restriction placed upon th
stamps Is made because such stamps
confuse the foreign postal authorities
with the regular stamps of the United
States.
The postoffice department today Is
sued the following circular explaining
the situation:
' Postmasters have been notified
that Great Britain, orange River Col
ony. Southern Rhodesia, and Trans
vaal, refuse to admit to their mails
articles bearing nonpostage 'Christ
mas' stamps or other adhesive charity
stamps. Germany admits articles
bearing such stamps if affixed to the
back of a letter or parcel, but declines
them when attached to the face.
' Articles liable Lo be refused ad
mittance to any of the foreign coun
tries on account of bearing charity
stamps will be returned to the sender
IT knoWn:lf sender lie not known, such
articles wll he sent to the division of
dead letters.
"Articles bearing Red Cross Christ
mas stamps for transmission in the in
(Continued on page 4)
ARDOR
OR SOUTH
C, SATURDAY MOHNIXG, DECEMBER 4, 1909.
The
TRAVELING MAN TAKES POISON AND
LEAPS FROM WINDOW OF BERKELEY
Robert K. Abbott of Chicago While Temporarily Deranged Makes Desperate At
tempt to End His Life. Realized He was 111 and Wrote out Symptoms
For Doctor Lest He Forget Them. ;rH'
Swallowing poison and then leaping
through the window of his room In
the second story of the Hotel Berkeley
Robert K. Abbott, a young travelling
man of Chicago, made a determined
effort to end his life last evening
shortly after o'clock. He we picked
up from the ground below his foot
broken and hie lly burned by the
bichloride of mercury tablets he had
swallowed, arM takes to Ma room
where Dr. E. R. Morris worked On
him for hours, emptying hie stomach
and administering antidotes for pois
on. . li,i,VSL1j!.,.;.',
Tho cause of the attempted suicide
Is certainly attributed to dementia,
Mr. Abbott showing signs of mental
derangement on his arrival at the ho
tel Thursday afternoon and again
yesterday morning. That he was
aware that he wits 111, physically or
mentally, la Indicated by the following
telegram which came to him yester
day afternoon, -but which was not de
livered because he seemed to be asleep
when it was received.
"Chicago, Dec. 3.
"R. K. Abbott, care Hotel lierkeley,
AshevlHe.
"If condition serious, wire, Mother
will come, letter particulars follows
J. G. Abbott 3 1'. M."
- Tho telegram wan opened by Mr. H.
M. Drown after the occurrence and
he Bent a wire to J. O. Abbott notify
ing him of the happening.
E
Department Offers Prizes
to Young Farmer Secur
ing Best Results
RALKIGH, N. C, Dec. 3. the
semi-annual luiilK'-t of the state de
partment of agriculture, aggregating
$68,000 was adopted by the board of
agriculture and a variety of -other
business transacted nefore the board
took final adjournment A notable
new feature beint; an aproprintloti for
$600 for prizes lo be awarded, one
prlju- of $50 in e.e li congressional dis
trict, lo the boy attaining the best re
sults In competetive agriculture under
the auspices of the Hoys' Club de
partment The scope of the farm
demonstration work is to be broaden
ed by order of the board so as to
establish demonstrations relation In
every section of trie state. A test farm
committee to have in hand perman
ently the management of the test
farms In all sections of the state was
appointed, the in-mb rs being A. T
McCallum. William Dunn and W. K.
Scott. It was lie, idea" to take no action
at this time as to the establishment
of a test farm for nrlght tobacco In
Eastern Carolina lick of funds being
the reason given.
(FAIR
WASHINGTON, ec. J Forecast
for North Carolina: Generally fair
Saturday and Sunday; light to moder
ate northeast winds on the coast.
Black Sheep Of The
www
: WWW .In f
Mr. Abbott made . most determined
effort to put an end to his life. He
leaped through the closed sash, tear
ing out the wooden eatings separat
ing tire panes and was seen by peo
ple on College street forcing himself
through. He fell first to the projection
of the. kitchen, one story In height,
and thle broke his 'tall to the ground.
Dr. Morris was promptly at his side
and had him carried to hi room.
. Mr. Abbott is travelling representa
tive of H, E. Buckten and company,
'Chicago, makers of such patent medl-
einaa ma rvr Klngm DteooveettT-an
his order book shows many orders In
North and South Carolina. - '
Complained of Nurse.
Mr. Abbott has frequently been a
guest of the Berkeley, but was not
well known to Proprietor W. C, Hawk
or the clerks. Thursday he sent for
Mr. Hawk am) complained about "the
nurse." Mr. Hawk told him there was
no nurse In tho hotel and advised him
to go to sleep. The man asked Mr.
Hawk if he would ytke care of him
and was assured that this would be
done. Then Dr. Morris was sent for.
Dr. Morris realised that the man
was not mentally right, because,
though he had not bei-n drinking he
had written out his symptoms, hand
ing these to the physician with the
statement that ho had wrltton them
out because he feared he might for
get so mo of them. Dr. Morris gave
HUD OF S.P.C.A. Fl
Set (lame Warden to On ten
Culprits and Caught Wis
Own Relation
NKW YfiltK. Dec. 3. Colonel Al
fred Wagstaff. of Went Isllp, U I.,
who I head of thu H. IV C. A. In tho
United States, recently Informeil
Game I'rotector Hank Huff that some
persons were "dusking" ducks, con
trary to law, and that Hnff ought to
capture and mako examples of them,
Hoff took the hint, got busy and ar
rested I'olonel Wogstaff's two sons
and the bride of one of them. TIm-v
worn ha led to court and fined I "i
each anil costs.
"Dusking" ducks, which !v frowne.l
upon by the state fM?caue It Is consid
ered cruel and destructive of th
sport of riiuk shooting, consists '
shooting lucks at dusk or after dtiri.,
when they cannot see well. A fa
vorite method Is to attach strings to
live wild dinks, which are made to
iinuk by tugs at the strings. Thei
the birds fly nwir and Hre shot.
flame Protector Huff and an es
sistant stalked some "duskers" In Wll
lie Cr-k, which runs from Colonel
WiugstafT's Hike to the bay, on Sat
urday night. Ho heard fh- captive
wllik. dorks quacking and an occa
sional shot, anil finally arrested thru"
persons. They were ss Indignant is
society people well can be when laws
they consider made for others are ap
plied to them.
Jtistiee 8. flmlth Wright, of Isl'.p,
raised his eyebrows when Mr. an. I
Mrs. David. Wagstaff and George li.
Wagstaff were named as the prison
ers ' (.INNF.KK UOfHlT.
MRMI'HIS, Tenn., Dec. 3. The
National Olnner'a association, in its
monthly re-port Issued late today, es
timates that 8.880,000 bales of cot
ton has been ginned up to Decem
ber 1 of the present season as com
pared with 11,008.000 during the
same period of last year.
Family.
him medicine and called again yes
terday morning when the man's con
dltfon seemed to be fairly good. When
the telegram came yesterday ' after
noon It waa taken to hi room but
not delivered as, he was asleep, Lea
than two hour late he leaped from
the window. ,
i Relative r.'otinrd.
Among Mr. Abbott's effect ws a
card of membership, No. 6707", (n the
Iowa State Travelling; Men' associa
tion, which showed hi home address
to be No, 41S Monroe avenue. Chi
eu)v -Kle company' address Is- H
Michigan avenue.
' A- telegram. Informing Chicago rela
tives of the accident was sent by Mr.
H. M. Brown of Aehevllle Post T. P.
A, and Mr. Brown saw that the com
mercial traveller received all needed
attention as did Manager Hawk of the
hotel. i
At 10 o'clock last night Mr. Ab
bott had so far recovered conscious
ness that he recognised Clerk Norman
and made a cheerful remark to him
to tho effect that some one would
have a big expense account to pay.
When asked where he had pain he In
dicated from his stomach. to hi
mouth. He was not asked about his
motive In seeking to kill himself lest
this exclto him. Dr. Morris wsa unable
lost night to say whether or not hi
patient would recover, fearing Inter
nal Injuries.
DR. ABBOTT EXPRESSES
NEW VIEW OE CHRIST
Doew Not Regard Him aH
the Ascetic of the Com
mon View of People
PMII.ADKI.PHIA. Dec. S Minis
ters of the leading congregations of
the city, reinforced by U large number
of students from the University ol
Pennsylvania, formed the large aud'
ence that listened this afternoon to fl
lecture by Dr. Lyman Abbott, of New
York.
"I think Jesus was one of those
men who think It Is right to be rich,"'
said Dr. Abbott "To Him. accumula
tion of wealth was not wrong, but ac
cumulation for Its own sake was will
ed. What Christ condemned was the
hoarding, and not the using ol
wealth: lie would not approve of men
whose whole mission In life Is to '
quire, and still acquire wealth, an I
who do not put any of the'.r culture,
money or education into tlw greet
problem of poverty confronting' us.
"Christ liked pleasure, and (ltd not
renounce tho world. He accepted a
great many Invitations to dine, ron
all kinds of people, reputable and" dis
reputable. "I don t know wha.t Jesus Chrtt
would do if he visited the big Ameri
can cities' but I am very sure if He
was captain of the football t' am, nnd
there was any man who attempted to
"win foully. He would give, him u
talking to he would remember to the
end of his days. If He came to Phil
adelphia for tho men who are corrupt
in this city, He would have a red-hot:
Iron to brand them for the rest of
their lives'.
'I do not tldnk Jesus would be a to
tal abstainer If He were In America,
and I am sure he would not confound
temperance with total atlneneoe. .
"He would not say, have you, p
rooms In the churches, but denounce
a play In a theatre as wicked. No
enjoyment I right that doesn't Jtel;
to develop manhood and women
hood." . ,
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Discharge of Gun Blew Hold
In Box And Rendered Him
Unconscious
BODY RECOVERED
SOME DISTANCE AWAY
or Virginia family And Bo
came Head or Washington
Bank Two Years Ago
n A I.TIM OH K, ; Dec." Henry
I.ynn, president of the American Nn
tlonul bank, of Washington, p. CT, met
death while ducking on the Busnue
hanna flats, ten miles from Havre Je
Grace today. Mr. Lynn ana occupy
Ing a sink bos, and had "omplalnod
to those In charge of the tender that
It was leaking. H wo filvt-n dlreu.
tlon what to do and appeared to
have carried them out.' , , ' ;4
Bom tlm afterward. It wnf d'.sV
covered that Mr. Lynn wit not In the
Ink box. Investigation showed hat
the boit had a hoi In the "net appar
ently made by a gun ahot It I bu
lls ved that Mr, Lynn' gun wa aeciv
dentally discharged, blowing th hols
In th sink box, and that th recoil
reoelved perhaps In hi' abdomen
mad It Impossible for him to call
for help, 'which wa within easy reach,
Thar ar no wound upon the body
and It appears evident that Mr, Lynn,
probably !nenlble from h erfet-is
of th recoil, Arownui a th weight
of hi body dragged the sink' boy
down and filled It with water. The
body was recovered In five test of wit
ter about fifty feet from the sink bun
he had occupied and was taken : to
Blkton.1 ' , . . , ( .
WAS vmoiNiw.
.WASHINGTON, Dec. Mf. Lynn,
wo born in Loudoun county, Vlrtrmt',
HI father I W. Lynn, president
Of the Loudon Nallonnl bunk, of Lees
nurgi.'Va., of which IV lUnu y Lnu
waa cashier Until 103, when lis came
to this city it cashier of th Amen,
can National Bank. H leave a wld-.
ow, who wa Mis Jsannett Karri-'
on before her marrUigo, and a baby
girl residing at Leesburg. The body
will he taken lo that place tor Inter
ment.
ifT v ' , met sm a rm
WJLLdJ nJi HO 1 11 Alii ii
UNDER OLD NAME
n a nmA vvvsf TEict o A rw .
According to prent plans, the rs
cently completed Carolina,, Cllnchfleld
atvd Ohio railroad wilt Inaugurate a
passenger Schedule Sunday tinder the
old nam of th South aad Western
In this state, Ths freight schetul
wilt probably b Inauguarted the fnl
lowing day. Th road ha been ready
to operate through train for over a
month but ws unable to do so owing
to the constitutionality : of the the
special act under- which ' It charter
was granted being questioned. Th
Supreme court recently decided ad
versely to the road making It neces
sary to do bulnea In.thl stats under
the name of the South and Western
under which It entered. ' ' 1 ,
LEAVE CHURCH FATHER
T
TVfiooinrtofV Wovlf in Vt()V
or' brought Undesirables
Into Btaid Congregation1
NKW YORK, Dee I. Old' Jolilt
Htreet church, the "Mother of Meth
odism" In America, ha become) the
held of contending taction, whlc:i
threaten even live church l-rganuUt
tlon. Prominent members have al
ready taken away thel church let
tcrs, It is said.
It was learned yesterday that on ac
count of th acute situation the Reir,,
Dr. John Wesley Johnson, who hti
been pastor nine year and waa for
merly associate editor of The New
York Christian Advocate, will aever
bis connection with the-church at the
end of the conference yeor. '
The trouble began several years ago
when Dr. Johnston started a rescue)
mission. This brought tato the churon
fold many from the feowery lodging
houses. They displeased staid old
members, whose forefather had wor
shipped there since the church'
(stance, and complaint were made. In
charge of the rescue work the pastor
placed "Bister Cora Doettinger, who
is said to ha-ve been a woman of the
slums, converted at tho Had ley mis
sion. " ,
The first serious result of the trou
ble came only a few week ago when
Dr. Johnston dlsirslseed from their po
sitions the deaconeea, Mr. Viola
Downer, and the organist. Frank Mo
Clerey, ch-u-glng that they hsd Inspir
ed a revolt in the church a gains him
and "8leter Cora." Mr. Cowner, be
aid. had sent a written complaint to
a mwrnl- of the official hoard. Th
result of this letter waa the closlmr
of the mlseion, the '-withdraw.! tif
"Sister Cora." and the proffered rts!.s
nation Jato, , , j
RANKER
1
WHILE
SUOTI
DUCKS IN SINK BOX