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struction Joyner
ARITHMETICS NOT
YET SETTLED UPON
Book Men Were Gathered in
Senate Chamber Exchang
ing Wits to Keep Cool
RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. lUr-Whil
th book men were gathered In the
senate chamber singing "There Is a
hole In the bottom ot the sea," ex
changing flashes of wit and humor to
keep up their courage this evening
about 7 o'clock, the etate text book
commission threw open the doors of
the representatives- hall and Invited
them into hear the report of adoption
Just completed. The report was read
by State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Joyner and showed the
following books adopted for use in
the elementary public schools lor a
period of five years from Sept. 1,
Ull:
Spelling Reed's primary speller
and Reed's word lessons, by Chas. E.
Merrill & Co., and a spelling book by
Foust & Griffin, readopted denning
Webster's dictionary, by American
Book company.
Reading The Howell primer, by
Howell Co.; the Hallburton pftirier,
D. c. Heath & Co.; the Howell first
reader, by Howell Co; graded clas
sics 1, i, I (readopted), B. F. John
son company; the Baker-Carpenter
language readera 4 and 6, McMillan
company.
Writing The Old North State copy
book, by North State Publishing com
pany' (readopted); the Berry writing
books, B. D. Berry & Co., Chicago.
Only the vertical system of writing
was adopted.
Prawing Progressive Lessons In
Art Education, the Prang Educational
company.
Arithmetics Left open for further
Information.
Geographies Dodge's primary
- -. 4. riivva'g rnmnaratlvs)
geSgraphyTHaha, McNally Co.
Language and grammar Hyde's
Lessons in English, V. C. Heath Co.
(readopted); grammar and composi
tion book two, by Robbins 4 Row.
published 'by Row-PeterrsWcompany;
modern grammar, by Buhler (rea-
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GEORGE W. PERKINS'
TESTIMONY PARTLY
REFUTEDBY THORNE
President of New York Trust Co.
Denies That His Corporation Was
"Chief Sore Point" in Saving Firm
of Moore & Schley
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Oakllgh
Thorn, president of the New York
Trust Company of America, which be
came involved In the financial panic
of 107, the affairs of which have
beer, linked with the taking over of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany, the United States Steel Corpo
ration in that crisis followed George
W. Perkins today as a witness be
fore the house committee of inquiry
Into the affairs of the steel corpora
lion. Mr. Thorne forcibly declared, con
trary to the testimony given by Mr.
Perkins and many other witnesses.
;nat the Trust Company of America
was not the "chief sore point" of
trouble at the time it was necessary
to save the brokerage firm ot Moore
f . (I Schley.
He surprised the committee with
declarations that he was certain un
due attention had been directed to
wants his company in that crisis and
he denied any knowledge of . the
agreement testified by Geo. W. Per
kins that the taking of the Tennessee
ompany by the steel corporation to
save Moore and Schley from ruin was
dependent upon the bankers of New
Tork raising money to save the other
horn of the dilemma, the Thust Com
pany of America and the Lincoln
Trust Company.
Big Run on Bank.
Mr. Thorne was examined in de
tail relating to a public statement
given to the press October 23, 1907,
and attributed to Mr. Perkins In
which It was declared that the "chief
sore point" ef the panic was the Trust
Company of America. He declared
that immediately following this a run
on his bank ecccurred and that the
run in one day took out 1 J. 600. 000.
For this, he admitted, he had con
sulted counsel as to the advisability
of suing for damages persons he felt
responsible but that he was deterred
by the necessity tos eek mora money
from the bankers of New Tork In
order to prevent collapse of his Insti
tution. That hi financial troubles were
in any .way tnvovlved In the difficul
ties of Moore and Scholar at that
time he emphatically denied and fur
ther declared that Tennessee Coal and
Iron stock held on oollateral for the
bank's loans amounted to nothing In
that situation.
Before Mr. Thorne took the stand
Mr. Perkins had spent several houra
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RESTLESS X1GHT FOR POPE
ROMS. Aug. 11. I a. m. Pop Plus
X had a restless night and towards
midnight awoke as the result of a
renewal of the burning Sensation in
his affected knee. Treatment by his
physicians, however, relieved blm and
iat this hftur he is reported to be
alaealBst n nefiillav..
advocating the establishment of a
government commission to focus the
limelight of publicity on corporations
as one means of preventing trust
evils.
Littleton Chief Questioner
Representative Littleton conducted
the examination bf Mr. Thorne, who
first outiited the history of the Trust
Company of America. He said that
before the panic of 107 this had as
sets of (74,000.000. He expalined
that he had been a member of the
Tennessee Coal and. Iron syndicate
and that his bank had made loans
to Moore and Schley which had been
paid. As far as Tennessee Coal and
Iron stock was Involved In collateral
on loans of his bank, It was nominal
and amounted to something over
400,000.
"Did you have anything to do with
the absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the United
States Steel corporation In 1907 T"
asked Mr. Littleton.
"Absolutely nothing," said Mr.
Thorne, "I knew nothing about It un
til I met Mr. Led yard on Sunday,
November 3 and he told me they were
trying to put the deal through. I
heard no more about it until after
it was all over."
Mr. Littleton asked the witness if,
prior to the panic, he had heard any
criticisms ef the kind of bifiinees the
Trust Company of America was do
ing, whether It was different than
other trust companies. He said he
had not and that the batik examiners
were In touch with the business con
stantly. He said the company was
supposed to be progressive and ag
gressive for business. Mr Littleton
referred to the failure ot the Knick
erbocker Trust company on Octuiier
22, 1907, and asked about tha 'con
dition of the Trust Company of
America on that day.
"We had $12,000,000 in hand."
"What were your withdrawals on
the 22nd and 2Srd of that month?"
"On Oct SI the withdrawals were
$L.500.000, Mr. Thorne replied. "On
the JJrd, before closing tlm rati
withdrawals were tJ.800,000., v
Thorough Examination
He explained that on the night of
the 22nd Mr. Perkins and Mr. David
son of J. P. Morgan and company had
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IS
BODY OF WILLIAM PIERCE
FHYE WASJAID TO BEST
Veteran Senator Honored
by Nation, State, City
Where He Resided.
FLORAL TRIBUTES
LEWIflTON. Me.. Aug. 11 Honor
ed by the nation, state and dry and
by the people among whom he lived
l In dignity, William pierce Frye.
j ITnited States senator for thirty years
and PrMl(,,"t Pro tempore of the sen-
ate for half that period, was burled
today. ,
The public funeral In the church
was attended by scores of felral,
state and municipal officials, a dele
gation of United States senators and
representatives In congress. Busi
ness was practically suspended.
Tho mahogany casket was covered
with a blanket of white sweet pear
and asparagus ferns bordered with
lilies of the vslley, the tribute of Mr.
and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart. Jr., of
Paterson, X. J., Mrs. Hobart being
a grand daughter of Senator Frye.
The pulpit was hidden by a wreath
of red roses and magnolia blossom ! P'c ,1r ;
sent fy Mrs. Hnbart, wife of the Jatn j Pears protmb
vice prealdont of the United fl. i mal break v
At the right of the-nnlnit . I
standing wreath of white rones, pale i
purple asiers and sprays of mtes of '
the valley, fled with a brosd rhii i
ssttn ribbon with
Senate" In black.
the words "U. S. !
j
i
GF,RAnTTS NOT "BROKE"
NKW TORK. Aug. 11. -vT hav
plenty of funds and soon we are go
ing to take a trip to Nova Scotia,"
wrote John Edward Paw! Oerafhty
in a long letter dated at Springfield,
Mass., to his father. John 8. Geraghty
received today from his son, who
eloped Wednesday with Miss Julia
French, the young daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ames Tuck Frenoh, of
Tuxedo. Newport and New Tork. Mr.
Geraghty does not expect his toy
home fer some time.
RECORD BREAKING WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. With a
temperature ot 100 degrees th ther
mometer at the weather bureau can.
within one degre of attaining th rec
ord in th capital for August, wlfaa
tea year ago waa 141 dra ,
COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON WOOL DILL;
FREE LIST DILL UNDER CONSIDERATION
.- ' : : , '
LaFollette and Underwood Will Present Wool Bilh Before Senate and House Re
spectively TodaySenator Bailey May Prove Stumbling Block to Free
. WASHINGTON.- Aug. 11. Doffing
their coats and' for the first time la
history inviting, the press to be pres
ent, the conferees of (he two houses
of oongreM on tha wool tariff revision
and farmer free list bills sat down In
eonference today, tot, compose their
differences, finally at p. m. they
effected a core plete agreement on
wool and began pontderatlon of the
free list, Tha ftrool bill as agreed
upon will be reported to the senate
tomorrow by Benator . LaFollette, of
Wisconsin, and to the house by Rep
resentative Underwood. ,Tbey ' will
direct the eourse of the bill in those
twe bodies. A the house baa th pa
pers bearing npoii "the bill that bodyi
Wilt have to act ost The bill was so
amended as to require that the pro
posed law shall take ffect Oct. 1 In
stead of Jan. 1 as provided In fh
senate and houne measures. The con
feree hope to have the report adopt
ed In both housed tomorrow, and the
bill quickly started on its course to
the white house, where the president
1 expected to veto it.
The free list bill was under consld-
eratlon for about fifteen minutes but j the 29 per cent. But In some in
the conflict between the represent!!- ! stanros they ware higher than thoae
tlves of the two houses was so pro-
Dr. Francisco Vasquez Go
mez Announces Willing
ness to Be Candidate.
MEXICO i 'ITT, Aug. 11. Dr.
Francisco VnH'iez Gomez today an
nounced his willingness to become a
candidate f'r Hie presidency of the
republic. T. mi Associated PresB eor
respondent 'iid that should tli
antl-re-elecii.nilMi nominate him he
Could not ce., uls way clear to re
fuse the (.rfi-r. At the same tlnn'.
however.
he di
iared his relations
Madero were cordial
a smlio, that he Mil
' for tho vice presl-
with Kranelsi I
and added, with
was the randi lti
doncy on tin-
Another sun r
It ternnie kri''"-
between rhur-'i
resumed In .'l"x
the separation
Juarez almost v
Cathollr fhiir h
"Notional pir'V
a call fir a '"
idcro ticket.
cams today when
i that the old (IkIM
nd state would he
o. Notwithstanding
i fected by Ben It o
i a century ago W t
acting through the
has formally tumi"d
iventlon to plnc' in
n lldate for the prefl-
nomination
dency.
That th" n rii i re-election Ists
rill
In nomination u re
view of tliolr fnr
Madero last nlh:
Because if
Mi lr-o's refuaal to an
,. m ; ntlohal prog! e.l v
nul thR r"'
Part-V- whlrh i
a few week
aused to be rrented
the ontl re-el.- -I
him and named
,lonl'" r' "' !
Dr. Onmez '
Telegrn-"i r
head of their pari
ent lmmedlnt"iy fn
3R7 ant!-r.-r-''-" ilst eiubs through
out the repui' !' and tonight at thflr
headquarters !t was claimed that
more than 200 had approved their,
action. I
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ik- Fore
cast: North Carolina Generally fair'
Saturday and Sunday: light to moder
ate south winds, becoming vartabl. '
Baked
List Biih Proving Obstinate at Every
nounced that it became necessary to
postpone action until tomorrow aft
ernoon.
Sharp Differences,
After fixing St per cent ad valorem
as the duty on raw wool and Chang
ing the wool classification so as to
conform tq the language of the house
bill, the agreement on other fea
tures became a matter of detail. At
time there were sharp differences of
opinion but at no time wa a disa
greement on that measure threatened.
The change of classification ha th
effeot of fixing a fiat duty on all wool
and while it reduoe th rates on ordi
nary wools .from St per cent, a pre
Tlddr4h tb4,eu blUVOitUnoralhous ijonfsre had had an opportu.
a. .i- . . i . . j 7 sh! I., a ..4. I -a ' iii..' - . .
those of th. bous bill from.' to per
rent; it lino Increase the rate on
carpet wools from 19 per cent, a pro
vided In the senate bill, to the 19 per
cent fledx by the conferees.
In most respects tha duties on th
manufactures of wools were Incrsasad
over the arte of the house and re
duced below that of the senate bill.
so ns to make them correspond with
of either measure. After the disposal
OIL MAY BE INCREASED
Judge's Ruling; Makes It
Possible to Make Rebate
Fines Much Larger.
BI'FFAIjO. N. y., Aug. 11. An tm
portant decision wnder the Klklns j-.
bate law by whlrh flues aggregating
1 170,000 Imposed upon tha Stundurd
! Oil Company, the Pennsylvania and
. New York Central railroads may Le
Increased to $4,000,000 against the
flrjt named corporal Ion wsi handed
down by Judge Hazel In the United
HtatcH court hero today. The fine
I already Imposed were for giving and
receiving rebates on shipments of oil
'from olciin, N. Y. to Itulland and
IU llovi-s Fulls, Vt. Tho Standard OH
compiiny was convicted and fined
$2fl.O0O.00o tho conviction being af
firmed upon appeal. The railroads
iJiad'-d guilty and were fined $6G.
O'iii, finally dlnposlng of the case so
far as they were concerned,
i Wh-n United States Attorney
oTirlcn Slid H. Woilac Dempsoy,
! c.'iclii! attorney, moved the trial of
'another indictment against the Btan
idiiid 'ill company based upon the
i.aim- per!e of alleged offenses, a
'pica of bar was entored. It was ar
cui d tni the act of paying the re
bute -.vos the essentlalpart of the of-lir.f-
and as the slleged ffense In
;l. pending Indictment was covered
!.i a payment which the company had
ln!r. ,id been fined. It should not again
t, p;'-ed In Jeoi'ardy.
The gotcrnment took the position
i hat ':u'-h shipment conntituted a sep
aralo ofl'er.o.
Judgf HazeJ's dwlnlon today up
holding this (intention of "plea at
bar" If dismissed ar.d the defendant
eompnny Is required to plead to the
lndlrTnent at the next regular term
of r.jurt Thre are two untried In
dlctn'.ntM against the Standard Oil
company containing about two hun
dred counts each, of which Is pun
ishable by a fine of $19,000.
BAD PTORM AT PKXS4.COLA
PENSACOLA. Fla., Au. 11. With
w'cd at ninety ml!cs art hour accom
panied by a terrific downpour of ram,
Pensacola today experienced the
.worst storm since' the West Indian
hurricane of September, 10. A
number of barge wer blown ashor.
Turn
of th wool bill the f re list bill wa
laid bfor the conference. Mr. Un
derwood announced th : refusal of
th house to accept the senats amend
ments confining th free admission of
meat and cereals to those coming
from countries with, which th United
States hs reciprocal trad agree
ments which would confine th fre
importation of those article to Im
port from Canada. He, stated also
that th house would Insist upon add
ing lemons to th free list.
Malta Obstinate. 4 .
'I will never sign conrrne re
port on those lines," said Mr. Bailey,
almon- before th chairman of th
nity to complete Ms outlln of ths
hous. position. , With thl decided
difference of opinion which marked
the expression of all th conferees,
agreement was made Imposstbls at th
tlm, Mr. Underwood mad an ef
fort to obtain th content of all par
ti to report disagreement Mr.
wauey was agsin obdurate, "I ant
frank enough to say," he said, "that
I am never going to agree to a diss
greement unless I am sur that w
can sustain ourselves In th senate."
wmm woman
Alleged That He Had Made
Remarks Detrimental to
Her Character.
SPENCER, N. C, Aug. 11 -Because,
It is alleged, he circulated re
ports detrimental to the character of
Mrs. H. Q. Sherrlll, wife of a well
known citizen, George O. Webb, a
machining In the Southern Hallway
shops hero was cowhlded here today.
Upon hearing of the alleged reports
today Mrs. Hherrlll. without waiting
for her husband to interfere In the
case, armed herself with a whip and
laid In Wall for Webb. When he ap
peored Mrn. Hherrlll vigorously ap
plied the whip, raining blows on
Webb's head and shoulders. All the
time Mr. Hherrlll's husband looked
on but did not Interferwr Mrs. Sherrlll
Immediately went to police head
quarters and submitted to a charge
of assault. The affair created con
siderable encltement.
SHOCK IN RAX HKItXARDIXO.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cel.. Aug 11.
The most severe esrthquake felt In
this vicinity In years shook tho busi
ness buildings at .4o o'clock this
afternoon.
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COMMITTEE'S EfES
OPENED BY THINGS
REVEALEDTO THEM
Express Surprise at Methods
of Solicitor McCabe as
Told by Dr. Kebler
DR. WILEY PRESENT AT
YESTERDAY'S HEARING
Kebler Criticised What He Re
garded as Arrogant" Meth
ods of Solicitor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 With Dr
Harvey WV Wiley present as an Inter
ested auditor, pr, U P". Ktbier aoi
Dr. W. D, Blgelow, assistant to Wli
In th bureau of chemistry, today
gave Important testimony to th
house committee of Inquiry regardtnj
th charge against Dr. Wllsy now
pending befor President Taft. Dr.
Ulgelow, assistant chief of th bu
reau beian a full and frengatatmt
of th negotiation that resulted In
th employment of Dr. H. H. Husby,
th New Tork drug expert, at an an.
nual salary of $1,00 to devote pat t
of his tlm to th govriymnt' r
vie. This I th Contract, declared to
have been illegally mad by Pr. Wiley
and hi associate. . . .
' Dr. Blgelow insisted that whn h
was later summoned heore th per
sonnel . board of 'the . department o f
agriculture and Interrogated by Soli
citor McCab h wa glvaa no inti
mation that thr i1 wer ; ehartM
against him or his associates or that
an Illegal act had been done. Th
testimony ot Dr. Kebler, ehlef of tha
drug division Of th bureau of chem
istry, wa punctuated with statement I
of th attltud of Solicitor McCabdi
toward employes of the bureau of
chemistry. Dr. Kebr criticised what
he regarded a Mr. MuCabs's "arro
gant" msthods. He testified that h
had been subjected to a sharp exam
ination by Mr. McCabe befor a sp.
elal government agent, whom he call
ed a '.'secret aervie man" and a sten
ographer because h owned on tharo
of stock In a drug manufacturing
company, a fact which h said h had
communicated to Secretary ef Agri
cutrota ' Wilson 'four year' previously
and had been assured was not Im
proper, , f .'!, " V-r - "iiisivY-i
Dr. Wiley and Dr. Blgelow wr
marked for resignation! Dr, Kebler
for reduction In offlc and Dr. Rusby
for discharge as a result of th find
ings of the personnel board.
Cause of Hearing
Dr. Blgelow testified today that tha
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CXG. BILLINGS' MOTHER
iOEREMOFHEHOl
G!PIiyMi.1!JLER
While He Was Pulling Off
Another Stunt with His
Oreat Horse Uhlan
DIDN'T GET MONET
CHICAGO. 111.. Aug. 11. Whll V
K. O. Billings, driving hls champion
gelding Uhlan, was hanging up a nw
world's trotting record at Cleveland
today, hi mother, Mr. A. M. BIN
lings of Chicago, despite hr eighty
nine year waa making a little record
of her own In capturing a would,
be blackmailer or blackmailer, who
are alleged to have mad threat la
"black hand" fashion. 1
John Mills, a eolord man, wh
says Cairo, Ills., I hi home, and
John Henrrlx, a whit man about .
$7 yeara old and whom th pollc
style a "hobo" from hi appearance,
were arrested. Testerday morning
Mrs. Billings received a letter d
mandlng that $500 be wrapped In a
bundle of old clothe and givn to
man who would call and aak for work...
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