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THE WEATHER: FAIR. VOL. XXVI., NO. 137. STATES 191 IN CASES BEFORE Five Commonwealths Parties to Suits In Which Laws Are to be Tested UNITED STATES IS ALSO PARTY PLAINTIFF Many Questions Involving Constitutionally of Stat uses to be Heard WASHINGTON, March 6. Four states in addition to tho United States are to appear this week before the Supreme court of the United States in defense of rights asserted or laws enacted. The constitutionality of statutes In still another state Is to be Inquired Into, but the state In this In stance is not a party to the suit. The ftye states thus concerned are Ne braska, Kentucky, Arkansas, Minneso ta and Louisiana. The state of Nebraska Is concerned over maintaining the constitutionality of her grain elevator law In 1905. The Missouri Pacific railway company failed to comply with the provisions of this law which requires railroads to construct switch connections for ftraln elevator with a capacity of 15, 000 bushels located along their rlfrht of way. Its defense Is in the inva lidity of , the law. Once again the controversy between the state of Kentucky and a national bank over the taxing of the latter's shares of stock has come to court. Tbi time the suit Involves the Citi zens' National bank, of Danville, Ky. Protects Invalids. Arkansas comes into the court In dofense of her antl-drummlnR act. The law forbids the drtimmtnK or so liciting on trains of business for phy sicians, masseurs, bath houses, board ing houses or hotels. In was designed to protect Invalids traveling to Hot Springs. . At Williams, a boarding house keeper was arrested in 1908 on a charge of soliciting on a train for his, boarding, house In. Ho Springs. He claims the law Interferes with his inherent rights as a. citizen In pursuit of a lawful business. Minnesota has complained of lllegn'. cutting of timber on her school lands. She is seeking In a suit against the Shovlln-Carpenter company to recov er thousands of dollars for timber (Continued on page four.) TRAMP INHERITS NICE LITTLE FORTUNE BUT IS NOT DVERLTf ELATED Likes Tramp Life in Ameri ca and Will Return Afti (Settling Kstate r LANDS NEW YORK, March 1 After a search lasting nearly two years, Charles Boiling, a tramp. who is heir to 60,ono, left to him by his par ents In Germany, has bei n rmiail. Boiling Is thirty-seven years "hi and was horn in Kottcnhiiri;. Hanov er, Germany. Twelve years ago he left his home In Germany and started out to nee the world. Mis first trip was to Yokohoma. In Japan he spent what money he hatt. lie worked his way to San Kranciseo. Then he tried work an a farm hand. From farm to farm and from city to city, he wan dered. Summer niKhts he slept in hay stacks or on a bench in a park. Rolling's parents nvni-il the hotel and summer park at tiie railroad sta tion at notenbur?. W hin they died, two years ago, search was made by administrator of the estate for the son, who had not been heard from for a long time. Next door to the Boilings In Ger many lived the Ehlermanns. After the Boilings died Mrs. Khlermnnn wrote to her son. Charles, who is a prosperous grocer at No. 7K7 Arn str r-ir.3 av enue, tli.it a f : uii!'-..! search was being made for- Charles Boiling. From the earliest childhood Char les Boiling ami Charles Ehlirmann had been friends. Khlermann was grteved that his old chum could not be found and started a seareh. II? learned that Boiling had taken up the life of a tramp. For almost two years after he closed his grocery business for the nisht Khlermann wandered from lodging house to lodging house on the Bnwery. and from saloon to saloon, looking for Boiling. He found him last January in the Bowery. Khlermann took Boi ling home with him, dressed him in new clothes and wrote to the ad ministrator of the Boiling estate. Another brother. Lieut. George Boiling of the German infantry, was notified, and as soon as he got leave SUPREME COURT ROAMED MANi (Continued on jwffo fonr.) THE GUDAHY SLASHES UP WIFE'S GUEST E Bound Him With Ropes and Carved Him up With Knife Till Police Camo SON OF MILLIONAIRE PACKER OF CHICAGO All Parlies to The Affair aro Prominent In Society In West KANSAS t'lTY, Mo., March 6. Finding Jere Llllis, a millionaire local banker, In his home when he arrived unexpectedly at an early hour today, John P. Cuilahy, a wealthy packer and son of Michael Cudaihy. the Chicago millionaire, Is alleged to have commuted an assault upon the man which led to his arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was released on $100 bond. 1.1111s is in St. Mary's hospital. His condition Is said to lie critical. Cuts said to have been indicted with a knife are on his face, legs and one arm. The cuts have been made In criss cross fashion. If he recovers he will bo disfigured for life, It Is aver red by physicians. Before cutting Llllis, Cudahy is said to have bound him with a strong rope. A woman heard I.illls scream ing und groaning in the Cudahy home and called the police. Her Identity has not been established. A patrolman hurried to the Cuila hy residence which la In a fashion able residence section. The front door was open so he did not ring the bell. Screams came from a parlor and then groans and cries for mercy. Tho policeman said of the scene: Three Men Prentsnt. "Three men wire In the room. Prostrate on the floor lay Jjlllls. part ly nude, and bound with a rope. Ills legs were bare and his few remaining clothes were bloody. Above him stood Cudahy In evening dress. His sleeves were rolleri tip and Wood was on his hands. At his side stood a chauffeur. None of the nun noticed me. I rushed to the to the trio and asked Cudahy 'what docs all this mean ?' " 'He's ruined my home' he replied making no resistance to arrest. I allowed him to telephone to his at- (Continued on Pago Two.) WILL EI PRACTICAL HELP TO TUBERCULOUS PEOPLE IN EVERY TOWN 'resident .Jvtfns Movement to Provide III Willi Ne cessary Treatment. . NATIONAL IN KCOPL Al.ltANV, N. Y.. M;.nh G. I'lisl flnnl 'I'm ft ;ui(l I ovf-r rinr 1 1 iikIh-9 will ."turn! tlw ,s!"Kfn "no iiman.l fur tn luTrulosLs in 1!U.V tit a i onfVr nrr of tho IimjiI (inimilti-H of the Now York Htfttc rhiirities hhI jihsoHjiUoii tu Ik; hHd in Albany Miirrh IS an J 19. Thi ronf'ronfc will n!rato the Itccinning f n nw period of ron strurtivo work ly the stntf Jinrl m-i! committors on the prevention of fi homilosis wliii-h h.is for itn nd ;M" imito provision for pvnry tuor-rruso-sis by ; 1 .', ami marked, redm tptn in the tuln rftiso8is death rate hy 1 : jO. The conference will he followed tip "n April 24 hy sermon in every city nf the state on national tuhenuloHfH. The' Albany conference wit) cm phapizf the fact that the rvduetinn in the death rate of the state and tin several rnmmiinil bs will demand a eounty hospital for every county: Ht least fine visiting nurne for every eity and i Wai : a free fl iKpens try in every city or village of fi.000 people or over; the reporting of ov-ry living iye to tho health authorltien. and ad equate oh ro in a sa natorium or hon pital or at home of every tuhenu li.ptis eaBf. and d(infeetion after every removal or death of r tuberculoids atient of the rooms in which h lived. The conference will bp held In fo'ir sessions March IS and I!, cloninsr with a public mass meeting on Saturday at which the Bpenkers will lw President Taft, Governor Hughes, Tr. K. L. Tru reau, Tr. Simon Fl xner, Robert W. I e Forest and Homer Folks. VKSl'VHS ACTIVE. NA PLK.S. March fi Vesuvius has suddenly become active again. There baa been a continuous eruption fo !he past twenty-four hours of red hot stones and ashes, this" being ac companied by Internal detonations. Several fissures have opened, from which pas and lava are emerging in frrftt qunntities FOUNDInH SHOM ASHEVILLfE CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE, X. L OF SENATOR PLATT End Came Suddenly Arter he Had Been In Feeble Health For Week HAS BEEN POWER IN NATIONAL POLITICS Outlived His Era and Has Seen Ills Prestige and Power Wane NEW YORK, March 6. Thomas Collier Piatt, formerly United States senator from New York and for many years a national figure In re publican politics died at 3 45 o'clock p. m. today In the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Oustav Abele on West Elev enth street, from whom he had rent ed three rooms for tho last four years. Mrs. Abele had been his nurse. Dr. Paul Auterbrldge, his physi cian, said tonlKht that the cause of death "Vas chronic and acute Hrlglit's disease. Tho body was re moved tonight to the home of Frank 11. Piatt, his son, and will be taken on Tuesday to Owego, N. Y., the sen ator's birthplace, where It will be burled. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Presbyterian church In Owego. Klid Came Suddenly. The end was startllngly sudden. An hour before tho senator died his two sons. Frank and Edward, with their families, and his widowed son Har ry and the latter's daughter, Char lotte, and son Sherman, had left the house, after their usual Sunday vis it. The senator said at that time that he felt very well and thought he would read the Sunday papers. At three o'clock he was taken with a fainting fit, and Dr. Auterbrldge was huirledly culled. The family was no tified and returned In haste, Mr. Piatt recovered from his first lapse but sank Into unconsciousness again at half past three and died fif teen minutes later. The relatives were all at the bed. Side. Only last week Senator Piatt was nt his office downtown. For several years he had been In feeble health anil latterly the use of IiIh legs had almost deserted him but his condi tion until today was not looked upon us more serious than usual, although (Continued on Page Two.) RACE WAR FOLLOWS THE KILLING OF TWO WHITE L Aft(T Killing Employer Barricaded Ilifnsclf and Kliol Sheriff. possi; IX iitksitit TAMI'A. I'l l., Mnn h ; A ritIiis 'l;(.h bet . ell lh- !.!' in Ihriitcfw! il I'nliiHtl", m Nin. ill i mm fnrtv rnlli'P KiMltll nl Ti!iii:i. HM ;i ristilt of bo killing nf Iwn pifimliirnt whiti nn-n this iift'-rnun ly hjr'"N. Tin- ImkI mosBiiKc tnniKliI fnim th- sti'iic if th.. rrimis Klalm lh.it ti Imniln il whiles with lilfiiiil h'litri'lH ;in imrsuini: hi-v-rrnl ni';:mi. ;i ml if thev iin- ruuclit a lynrhlnir iH irnl;i M-. Sam KlriMilnii;. ii..t iiitrrxlrnt fm a 1'inmlrnnt innlnictur nf this itv. hail a ilispnti- with a n-i;ro rmplnj-o al.nijt waKcs. I'sullint In tli- ni-Kfi drauiriK a pi.slol anil killinx .Sirih llinc itiKtantlj. Tin- r.i'i?ri i anwl. Ti lciihoni' m88im-s hrouKht Sheriff Wyatt from llr.':ndi-ntown with a possi'i- anil ljuorlh)unils anil later th npRro was ehaseil Into the house nf another nn:ri. who hail Ttlnihester rlHes anil n stifiply of ammunition, in an I'lilwniii. of shots which fol lowed iM-piity Sheriff Nfatthfws, who e( the chase, was shot anil killed. As the poHHi was a small one, the officers left for reinforcements and the neKrois escaped from the house. Tonight the chase Is tiding; continued and if the murnpj are apprehended, k is almost certain that they will t)P lynched. (Sheriff Wyatt telegraphed to Tampa t lO-o'clock for additional blood hounds. COl'I.O STII.r. CHAMPION. NEW fini.EAN'S. March . John ny C'oulon, hantamw-ii?ht champion, cored a knockout in the nineteenth round of his battle with Jem Ken drlok, the Rnelish claimant of this title, 'ite this afternoon. This was C'oulon's seccmd victor " er Ki nilrick within three weeks Jn the first match, he" was given tiie decision at the end of the tenth round. EVENTFU CAREER CLOSED Br DEATH C, MONDAY MORNING, DISORDER BREAKS OUT AFTER DARK ON SECOND DA Y OF GENERAL STRIKE One Woman Fatally Wounded by Shot Fired by Temporary Policeman.. Labor and Employers Mak Different Estimates of Number of Men Who Have Quit Work. Crucial Test Today. rill LA DELPHI A, March 8. Phil adelphia's first Sunday under the gen eral sympathetic strike, beginning peacefully, ended . turliulently with a fatal shooting of 4 woman by a police officer us a climax to an evening ot many disturbances". The labor leaders declare that 125,000 men are out un der the general atrlke order, but glv; no dotalled figures. Heads of th'j police glvo figure which they declare, show that not more than 20,000 per sons obeyed the jjencral strike call. Itxir Watching ContlUt. The commutes of ten in charge of the labo nfithe trftutlo IimmhwI a statement declaring that the, fight of Philadelphia's workers was a cru cial one for labor In the entire coun try. They claim that the Industrial workers of tho city, organised and unorganized, realize this and will rally In even greater force tomorrow In support of the Hlrlkinfc traction men and the general labor cause.. Kmployors seetn to believe, that the trouble will be short lived. Tomoi-. row Is expected largely to point to the probable outcome, when tho num'ie. of men on strike are more complete ly calculated after tho opening of the. I shops. ' VALUABLE OLD LETTERS T Iiwliultt Lotli'i'8 from W;ish inion,.I l'ftrHfii and Oili er ( )olnii;il Siaii'snicii WASHINGTON. March B In an nnllRhted and i oliwebbed corner of the attic of the Iiouho of reprnsen tatives. covered v, iih dtiHt and yellow anil falling to pa cea from age, the li'njni. commill'i- on accoonta h.is rescued n laixe number of letters and document "I the early days of the republic which are of the great est historic 'Wthii. Among them are letters from .."hlngton, Jefferson, Lafayette. Jay, Monroe and many othern. To two of them a peculiar senti mental Inter, -Kt .iMachcM. These are letters written I" Martha Welling ton and Mary '('."Id Lincoln, the for mer conccrnloR Hie propoaed remov al of the body nt her husband from Mt. Vernon to a rypt In the capltol and the other iiprdylng to tho gov i rnment for a p o:lon. Hoth are ad dressed to the i".iker of the hoime. The house, y,M. rday, voted an ap propriation fif $'.'00 to have these historic papers i;tr'd for and deposi ted In the library of congrens as "the hoime of represi matlvea' collection." 1)11. KlOPStH lE.l. NEW YOKK. M.irch 7 Or. lyniis Klopsch, editor of The Christian Her ald, and known tor his philanthro pies died at the ;erman hospital at 2.f,0 o'clock this morning. WASHINGTON. March . Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Mon day, cooler in the interior; Tuesday fair, moderate to brisk west wind. & vsrn MARCH 7, 1910. Budding. Despite the disorders of th night the Bunday was a quiet ono as com pared with the two prevloui Bunday slnco the carmen's strike began. Cnm In Operation. The traction company, which op crated some 800 care during tho day, left 200' more of them n operation tonight tho first Sunday night dur ing the strike on which It hag taken this step. Thl fact probably bad much to Jo with the disturbances of the evcmlng, These began early after dark at KlghW und Christian streota, an Ital ian settlement, where an unruly mob stoned passing trolley cars. A riot call whs sent out und four automo biles loaded with officers speeded from the city hall. The force whs effective and after a sharp attack, In which clubs worn freely used and a number of heads broken, the dis turbers were dispersed and more than a half dozen prisoners taken, Includ ing, the police say, tho three ring leaders of the trouble, caught with bricks In their hands. 1'lr.sl Wild Shot. The most serious affair of the night occurred u little further down Chrln- COLUMBIA MAY TRY NEW T Will Vote April 2 on Adop tion of tlic Commission Form nf (lovcriimont 'OI.l'MHIA, S March 6 Whether or not the city of Columbia ahull adopt the commission form of government will be decided at an election, to be held on April 2, ac cording to a proclamation laeucd yesterday by Mayor learner. The proclamation was Issued In accor dance, with the terms of the act pass ed at tho last session of the general apicmhly. and has the necessary number of petitioners enrolled. According to the terms of the act 2.r, er cent, of those who voted at I he last city general election should havo presented the petition.. This would be Df0 according to the vole of two years ago, but the number eigne,! to the petition was 426. There would have leen more but the com mittee in charge thought It that It ! was best to present the petition at : once, and have the election ordered, I according to law. At the meeting was Mayor lleamer, : w ho had been notified that the pe- I ; tit Ion would be presented and he was in his office when the signatures i were shown. Tho special committee i orviists of Christie Benet, chairman; j J. fl. Penland, W. W. Abbott. H. N. Kdmunds, W. M. Otis and J. W. H. , Duncan. Mr Duncan was not pres ent, being detained on account of ill- I j ness. There were several others i precent w hen the proclamation wm i signed and since the election has i been ordered, those Interested will ! continue the canvas. Over 2,000 voters have been placed on the book ! and as a result a very heavy vote will be cast. KKFTKK8 DEMANDS. HETHLEHEM. Pa., March 6 President Charles W. Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel company today re- ', fused all of the domands of the strik , Ing steel workers. Instead of (ending j a reply to the executive committee of i the strikers he had his decision pub I lished In a special edition of a local newspaper. ... tian street ot Fourth street. During a disturbance there, a fireman doing police duty fired on the crowd, and tho bullet struck Bessie Welnor, woman of twenty-three, fatally wounding her. Tho fireman was guarding a car which the crowd at tacked, A shot was fired during another dli turbanee at Twenty-sixth atreet and lichlgh avenue, one man being alight 1y Injured when a bullet atruok hint la the. arm. ., The 'trouble there wa nulckly quelled, ' THOOPH WIMj HE HESJT. W1LM1NOTON, Del., March That the United States government does not Intend to take any chancei of having property In Philadelphia Interfered with by unruly mobs waa miule evident today when orders were received at Fort Dupont to have th forty-fifth company, coast artillery, ready to leave for Philadelphia at n moment's notice. Thla company of regulars. It Is anld, will be used to protect the 1'hlludolphla mint and other government building. BEEF PACKERS' CASE TO BE LEFT TO GRAND JURY Oovernment Offidalri wiU Turn Ovpr ICvidonco and Lpiv! it. to That Body. WASHINGTON, March "It is now for the federal grand Jury to decide whether a probable case ha been made out against the so-called beef trust or not and tho government offlcluls will not attempt by any un fair or unusual mean to Influence the Jury's action ono way or. the other. The case Is In the Jury' hand and the responsibility I with them." This statement, In effect, was made at the department of Justice today at the conclusion of a conference on the beef pnekers's case, which waa! participated In by Wade. II. Kills, re-J ceritly assistant attorney-general In charge of trust cases, United States Attorney Sims, of Chicago, hi chief and James H. Wllkcrson, and Oliver K. Pagln, of the department of Jus tice. The whole case. Including the law points ' Involved, the evidence submitted to the grand Jury, anil ijuestlons of policy, wa thoroughly considered and the statement was made, that the conference was In every way satisfactory. One of the participants In the con ference emphasized the fact that practically every bit of evidence the law officers of the government have been able to secure from any source had been presented to the grand Ju ry. Witnesses had been brought from all parts of the country and every material fact that wa possible to obtain, was In their possession and It was for them to determine what ac tion should be taken. The Jury, It was believed, would be able to make Its report within the next few days. Mr. Sim return to Chicago tomorrow. IlKV. MR. SIDES DIES. 8PENCEII, S. C.. March . Rev. F. A. Side, aged sixty-three years, dropped dead at Albemarle last night. He wa In a drug store. In apparent health, when the sudden summons came without warning. Ha was a well known minister of the Methodist Protestant church, and la survived by three sons and four daughter. Associated Press1 ' Leased Wire Reports. PRICE FIVE CENTS. L Failure of Senator Travis to Answer Letter Two Year5 Ago Only One known SCOTLAND NECK MAN TALKS OF THE CRIME Says Powell Is Sullen Man Who Is Perfectly Sane j ButMoroso 4 SCOTLAND NECK. N. C, March The myatery aurroundtna- th lotter which formed tht motive 1 for th hooting or Senator Travf. Repre sentative KUchln and Chief of Polio Dunn her Friday waa cleared today through th good office of United State Congressman Claude KUchln, who talked to Travl and then gave out a statement of th matter. Two year aigo Powell' oa n gaged (n deadly affray .for which ho waa bound over to th Superior court Powell wrot Senator Travl with' a, view to retaining htm a counsel and Travl, having been employed by th other lde, did not gnawer th letter. Travl doe not recall th letter which Powell claim h did not r ply to,: Wv'-a.'SAsi ,s S:VV'!': '.''-;s' ' Powetr Taken Awf,;: Intimation that Powell I lnsan r denied by the authorities, who ay ho I cool, tnlcl and Indifferent. A a meaiur of precaution Powell wa today removed to state' prison at Raleigh though th town I quiet, and there are no evidence that vlo lencw might don - the prisoner. Chief of Polio Dunn wa all v at I o'clock tonight though report of hla death at noon wer widespread. Ill condition Is' critical, but ft la making; a gam fight for life, Reprsenttlv KUchln t recovering nicely, tout Senator Travl I not doing o well and phytlcUo bellav ,. hi . wound may affect his power of speech. Th preliminary trial wait upon th con dition of th wounded wen, Ilceliliftt Tell of Powell. : Mr. J, 0. Brown, resident of ouuuaiiu ewui: wnu vwiiv f.17 IUI FIL 1 n . I a X, -1. . I . . - . I . .. last Monday and - Is stopping at th Swannanoa hctel, talked Interesting ly last night of th erlm which ha stirred the Kastern part of th tat. Mr. Brown I a ootton mill man nd wilt make hla horn her for som time. If Is well acquainted with all parties to th shooting, and know. Powell, the man who committed th - crime, well, , He attribute Powell' rash act to the general morosenes of hi dla position. Powell I about stxty-nv yeara of age, is a Confederate veter an, and had been an Invalid for flv year until nearly a year ago when he got well enough to attend to bu- Iness. Ill, son, tjulller Powell, Is wild young man and has given hi father and th community - great deal of trouble and this. Mr. Brown think, has embittered th old man. Powell I perfectly sane, tie say, but la of a very sour and sullen disposi tion, and ha for a long time had general grouch against all tho world. Admired KltotilM. only a few month ago, .. Mr.lt flrown say, Powell told him thtf there wa not a man in Scotland Neck who wa a real man except Paul KUchln, and that Kltchln fContlniiod on page four.) WILL SEND IMMIGRANTS TO SUPPLY FARM LABOR Planned to Have Federal Government ; Co-opcrato . With State Authorities WASHINGTON, March .Co-operation between th federal govern ment and th vral state In th matter of placing; Immigrant on farm wa urged by Secretary Nagel, of the department of commerce and labor, at a conference held at th home of Repreaentativ Dwlgnt, of New York, In which Becretary ot Ag ' ricultur Wilson and other partlcl- pated. - , ! Secretary Kegel declared that the ,1mA mA Mla.Al AB . H A KM . inn- mi ncu . u . mutwm m , Hah responsible bureaus or agencies , with which th National Bureau cf ; Immigration could deal, ' At present -government officials are compelled to drat directly with, Individual th reliability of whom they have no mean of ascertaining. In order to encourage desirable Immigrant to leave th cities and get on th sol either as farm owners or farm labor ers by being able to assure thi they could better their conditions, Mr. Na- ' gel urged the necessity of , I system whereby they might be more ratlafao. torily placed. J . . ' Mr. Nagel struck the keynote when! he declared for state and federal co-f, operation generally and although no definite plan waa outlined. It was agreed that the Idea should be devel oped and further conference prob ably will be held to that end. . PDILL'S MOTVE GENERA CROUCH AGAINST WORLD