The News
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FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION.
ESTABLISHED 1888.
Special Message
On Brownsville
"Shoztin
The President Transmits
to the Senate the Report
of H. J. Browne Who
Has Investigated The
Affair.
All oi Co. B. Wete Invol
ved And all Cos. C. and
D. Knew the Guilty Par
ties Conyers ' Confes- j
sion.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. The
president today sent to the senate a
rather lengthy special message deal-!
ing with the Brownsville affair. The
principal portion of the message con-:
r f ..,.f e nr.. u-w,.
Msts oi the report of Mr. Herbert -
. , , .
.1. Browne, specially employed oy .
the War Department to investigate
the matter. Accompanying this are
the following remarks from the presi-1
dent:
To the Senate:
1 inclose herewith a letter from
...... vine iaiu.
the secretary ot war transmitting a, The ligt of participants given in
report of the investigation made by ! this report Conyers furnished me
Mr. Herbert J. Brown-, employed by : personally. I belive it is substantial
the department iu conjunction witn !y correct, but with the influences
Capt. W. G. Baldwin to investigate shown to be backing Conyers to ad
as far as possible what happened at here to his false testimony given be
Brownsville on the loth and 14th o fore the senate committee still be
August, 1906. The report and docu- i ing exerted lie can , not be relied
ments contain some information of , on to support his own confession
sreat value and some statements ,
that are obviously w-orthless, but 1
Mibmit them in their entirety.
This report enables us to fix with
tolerable definiteness at least some
,-:" the criminals who took the lead
in the murderous shooting of private j
citizens at Brownsville. It establish-
t o clearly the fact that the colored
.-oldiers did the shooting; but upon
this point further record was un
necessary, as the fact that the coi
u:xl soldiers did the shooting has
already been established beyond all
possibility of doubt. The investiga
liirn has not gone far enough to en
able us to determine all the facts,
i;nj we will proceed with it; but it
has gone far enough to determine
with sufficient accuracy certain facts
of enough importance to make it ad
visable that I place the report before
you. It appears that almost all the
members of Company B must have
been actively concerned in the
shooting, either to the extent of be
ing participants or to the extent
of virtually encouraging those w-ho
were participants. As to Compan
ies C and D, there can be no ques
tion that practically every man in
them must have had knowledge, that
the shooting was done by some of
the soldiers of B Troop, and possi
bly by one or two others in one of
the other troops. This concealment
was itself a grave offense, which was
greatly aggravated by their testifying
before the senate committee that they
were ignorant of what they must
have known. Nevertheless, it is to
be said in partial extenuation that
ihey were probably cowed by threats,
made by the rare desperate of the
men who had actually been engaged
in the shooting, as to what woi:.
happen to any man who failed t
project the wrongdoers. Moreover,
there ;tre circumstances tending to
show that these misguided men were
encouraged by outsiders to persist
in their course of concealment and
denial. I feel, therefore, that the
guilt of the men who, after the event,
thuis shielded the perpetrators of the
wrons by refusing to tell the truth
about, them, though serious, was in
pan due to the unwise and improper
attitude of others, and that some
measure of allowance should be made
for the misconduct. In other words,
I believe we can afford to reinstate
any of these men who now truthfully
led what has happened, give all the
aid they can io fix the responsibility
upon those who are really guilty, and
5diow that they themselves had no
guilty knowledge beforehand and
vei(; in no way implicated in the
affair, save by having knowledge of
afterwards and failing and refusing
to f'ivulge it. Under, the circum
stances, and in view of' the length of
time they have been out of the ser
vice, and their loss of the benefit
that would have accrued to them by
continuous long-time service, we can
afford to treat the men who meet
the requirements given above as
having been sufficiently punished by
the consequences they brought upon
themselves when they rendered ne
cessary the exercise of the disciplin
ary power. I recommend that a law
be passed allowing the secretary of
war, within a fixed period of time,
say a year, to reinstate any of these
soldiers whom he, after careful effl
a mi nation, finds to have been inno
cent and whom he finds to have done
all in his power to help bring to jus
tice the guilty. . -
Meanwhile the investigation will
be continued. The results have made
it obvious that only by carrying on
the investigation as the war depart-',
ment has actually carried it on is Mercer.
there the slightest chance of bring- Elizabeth City district. J. H. Hall,
ing the offenders to justice or of presiding elder; Elizabeth City, J. D.
separating not the innocent, for there I Bundy ; Edenton, J. W. Pater; Hert
were doubtless hardly any innocent, I ford, T. A. Sykes.
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the less guilty from those whose
was heinous.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, Dec. 14, 1908.
Browne's, Report.
Mr. Browne's report covers between
fiftteen and twenty pages and deals
in detail with the facts that have
thus far been made clear by the in
vestigation. Possibly the most in
teresting part of it concerns the
alleged confession of one Boyd Con
yers, late of Company B, 25th In
fantry. In introducing this document
Mr. Browne says:
Ex-Private Boyd Conyers, of Com
pany B, 25th Infantry, now at Mon
roe, Ga., told William Law-son, a
detctive in the employ of Capt. Win.
G. Baldwin, of Roanoke, Va., that he
and three (or four) other men of the
25th Infantry were the leaders in the
Brownsville raid. This information
was obtained at different dates dur
ing the month of June, 1908.
Conyers tried to commit suicide af
ter he found that he had made his
statements to a detctive, declaring
that the other negroes would kill him
when it got out. He finally wrote to
, ,
Senator Fo raker and received a re-
py That reply he eon-
strued to mean that "he should stic-k
to his original story told before the
senate committee at all hazards, and
iiifc'it: lie muuus. l nave cveij ica-
son to believe that his confession is
genuine and gives for the first time
true ; secret history of the Browns-
until it is morougniy sustained uvw
other sources.
Evidences of similar encourage
ment to stick to the lies told at
Brownsville' and before the senate
committee were found in many places
and subsequent to the date of the
jruiaiver letiei luey ueuctiiie auuugci
and more obstructive than ever.
The investigation has been con
ducted with strict recognition of the
advisability of preserving secrecy, and
with discretion. No promises of im
munity were made. The knowldege
on the part of the ex-soldiers that
the government could not punish
them after their separation from the
service, coupled with the belief that
by preserving silence they would aid
in the passage of the relief legisla
tion now pending in congress, has
(Continued on page 4)
Special to The News.
Durham, Dec. 14. The sixth day's
session of the Methodist Conference
opened with religious service by F. H.
V 'ood.
The proceedings of Saturday and
'ry were read, a number of com--eports
were read, and adopted.
T. X. Ivv was re-elected editor of The
Advocate, and addressed the confer
ance, which adjourned at 1:45.
Principal Appointments.
The principal appointments- are:
Raleigh district, II. B. John, presiding
elder; Raleigh. Edenton Street, F. M.
Shanoerger; Central, L- B. .Jones;
Smithfield, .1. M. Culbreth; Louisburg,
F. A. Bishop; Oxford, L. S. Mossey.
Durham district, J. B. Hurley, presid
ing elder; Durham, Trinity, G. T.
Adams; Memorial, M. Bradshaw; Carr
Church. J. A. Daily; Chapel Hill, W. R.
Royal; Roxboro, J. A. Hornaday; Bur
lington, E. M. Snipes. .
FayeUeville district, J. T. Gibbs, pre
siding elder; Fayetteville, L. E.
Thompson: Pittsb'oro, Y. A. Royal;
Carthage, H. M. Eure; Sauford, K. W.
Bailey:
Rockingham district. W. II. Moore
presiding elder; Rockingham, J. E.
Underwood; Aberdeen, D, N. Covins;
Hamlet, H. A. Humble; Laurinburg,
N. H. D. Wilson; Maxton, A. P. Tyer;
Lumberton, E M. Hoyle.
Wilmington (district, W". L. Cunning
gim, presiding eider; Wilmington
Grace, T. A. Smoat; Fifth Street, K. D.
Halmes: Bladen Street, W. E. Hurst;
Trinity, W. L. Rexford.
Newbern district... R. F. Bumpas,
presiding elder; Newbern, Centenary,
R. C. Beamon; Goldsboro, St. Pauls,
E. H. Davis; St. Johns, J. H. Frizzelle;
Kinston, F. D. Dwindell; Morehead
City, L. P. Howard; Beaufort, J. H.
McCracken.
Washington district, A. McCullen
presiding elder; Washington, M. T.
Plyers; Greenville.. J. H. Shoe.
Tarhoro and Mission, R, H. Willis
and Q. A. Terrell; Rocky Mount, D. H.
Tuttle; Wilson, G. W. Smith.
Warrenton district: W. S. Rone, pre
siding elder; Warrenton, W- W. Ross;
Henderson. R. C. Craven; Scotland
Neck, C. OO. Jones; Weldon. S. E.
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APPOINTMENTS
MADE ST 1 E.
CQNFERNGE
HA
THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED
CHARLOTTE, N? C,
Special to The News.
Wilson, Dec. 14. The last'of the del
egates of the Baptist state convention
left for their homes today. . Yesterday
the pulpits of the city were occupied
by prominent Baptist ministers. Dr.
E. Y. Mullins of Louisville, Ky., preach
ed at the Baptist church. The dele
gates were loud in their praise of Pas
tor Jenkins and the Wilson people.
President Carlyle, whose wise adminis
tration led the commtion through
troublesome waters iraveral times, was
warmly commended on all sides.
In the closing business session Sat
urday there was considerable work
accomplished. The school question
wes settled by the appointment of a
secondary school board which shall
have charge of the secondary denom
inational schools. A memorial service
was held in honor of the late Dr. W.
R. Gwaltney, of Hickory. The follow
ing were named as the Aged Minis
ter's Relief Board for next years: J.
F. McDuffie. W. C. Barrett, H. A. Fou
shee. J. W. Downey, E. W. Triplett, R.
H. Riggsbee, A. L. Phipps, W. J. Brok
den, and J. M. Arnett.
The president appointed the follow
ing committees to report next year:
J,avmen's Work J. L. White, F. D.
Hale. J. H. Highsmith, T. S. Frank
lin, R.- B. Horn.
Systematic Giving L. Johnson, G.
T. Lumpkin, J. A. Campbell, B. W.
Spillman, Walters Durham.
Baptist Young People's Union As
sembly J. T. Watts, C. E. Maddry, M.
A. W'ood. M. A. Adams, W. C. Barrett.
Pastor's Conference T. J. Taylor, J.
W. Wildman, S. L. Morgan, J. R.
Doan, W. H. Reddish. .
To write reports at the next session:
Foreign Missions A. J. Moncriefs.
Heme Missions, H. W. Battle. Or
phanage, J. W. Lynch. Sunday schools,
J. W. Bailey. Obituaries, T. T. Speight.
State Missions, C. L. Greaves.
Committee on Correspondence
Course W. C- Tyree, 15. W. Spillman,
W. R. Cullom, H. C. Moore, and L.
Johnson.
Committee on Advisability of a
Home for Aged Ministers W. C. Bar
rett, W. C. Tyree, M. L. Kesler, J. J.
HaH and M. L. Kesler.
The usual resolution expressing graf
titude to the Wilson church and Wil
son people, the railroads and news
papers was adopted and the convention
adjourned. -
Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 14. The first
"health exhibition" ever devoted
wholly to the welfare of negroes was
opened today at the Tuskegee Nor
mal and Industrial Institute and will
continue through the 'week.
A leading feature f the exhibitin
is the traveling exhibit of the Na
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention ot Tuberculosis.
An extensive program of illustrated
addresses, platform meetings and con
ferences will be conducted along the
lines of the recent International Con
gress on Tuberculosis at Washing
ton. In addition to the medical sessions
the program gives particular atten
tion to the general topics discussed
at Washington as they relate to the
negro race. .
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PRESS NEWSPAPERON CHARLOTTE.
MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 14, 1908
A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THE STREET
Big Blaze at
Cotton
Gin
Special to The News.
Lexington, N. C, Decr 14. Nine
bales of cotton were damaged by fire
yesterday afternoon at the gin of J.
W. Earnheai t ' at this place. Some
thing over sixty bales were piled on a
vacant let near the street and it is
supposed the fire originated from a
cigar or cigarette stump. The cotton
is not badly damaged and it is fortu
nate for it had been left there by dif
ferent farmers and was not insured.
Perhaps the worst damaged bale be
longed to o. poor farmer and it was his
entire crop.
All of yesterday afternoon several
firemen remained at the fire for fear
J of it catching again, and in fact it did
catch n second time after the fire had
apparently been extinguished for about
an hour. '
The office cf the clerk, of, the court
has been crowded to-day Avith pension
ers from the different sections of the
county. Amount received in this
county is $7,G46,000, and the pension
ers are divided into the following
classes: Fist class, 4 receiving $120
per year: second class, 3 receiving $60;
third class, 7 receiving $4S; fourth
class, 15S receiving $25; and 108 wid
ows who receive $25. Since last year
there h?s been one death in the sec
ond class, one in the third, six in tne
fourth and six widows. -
Thomas Perryrnan. ex-counterfeiter
and escaped jail-bird from Davie coun
ty, is in the Davidson county jail
awaiting the arrival of an officer from
Bavie where he is wanted for an as
sault. It is said that he is also wanted
for several other offenses. Perryrnan
says he sei-ved a term in the peniten
tiary at Albany, New York, for coun
terfeiting. The Woman's Betterment Associa
tion, an organization which has as its
object the improvement of the grounds
around the graded school, has been
formed among the teachers of the Lex
ington school. Miss Victoria Byerly
has been elected president; . Miss Edna
McCrary, secretary; and Miss Anna
Johnson, treasurer. The association
will give a supper at the opera house
on the night of the 18th.
Special to The News.
Spartanburg, S. C, Dec. 14. The
law abiding citizens ot" this county and
section are worked up over a- perfect
wave of crime that, has prevailed dur
ing the last few days. The record
since Friday night is three homicides,
one nnirdorous assault and robbery and
one stabbing that is likelv to prove
fatal.
George Mintz, white, has been ar
rested on the charge of knocking Mrs.
Sallie Green, who lives at Campobello,
in the head with an axe and robbing
iier of S75. The old lady is not ex
pected to live.
Saturday night Dump Dorroli, col
ored, shot and killed Jess Leak, also
colored,' at Switzer. Dorroh was ar
rested. Saturday night Griff Parks
and p. colored roan named Kilgore be
came involved In a quarrel in Laurens
county, just across the Spartanburg
line. Parks shot and idlled Kilgore.
Two white men employed in con
struction work on the Carolina-Clinch-field
and. Ohio Road, fell out about
some work and one man drew his knife
and stabbed the other. The injured
man is expected to die. 1
Last Saturday two white men em
ployed at Leonard and Beckman's
Camp on C. C. and O. road engaged in
a' quarrel and one killed ttte other. -
Mrs. Thomas, an aged lady, v of this
city, while walking through "Spring
street late Saturday evening after a
shopping tour was struck down and
robbed by negro, who made his escape.
PERFECT IKE
SPARTANBURG
EVERY DAY.
INS ON TRIAL
F0R1R0ER0F
E. ANNIS
By Associated P-ess
Flushing, .. Dec. 14. Confident
of his acouittal Thornton Jenkins
Hains was brought to trial here this
afternoon on the charge of being an
acessory to the murder of William E
Annis. Manacled to a deputy sheriff
Hains was brought from Long Island
city to the court room, shortly after
1 p. m. Judge Crane began the trial
Councel for Hains made a firm motion
to set upside the indictment.
Flushing, L. I., Dec. 14. Judge
Crane overruled the motion-.
Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 14 The trial
of Thornton Jenkins Hains, author
and seafarer, charged with "being an
accessory to the murder of William E.
Annis, who was shot and killed at Bay
side Yacht Club last summer by Cap
tain Peter C. Hains, Jr., commenced
this aftei-non. Long before the hour
of trial there was quite a gathering of
people in front of the town hall where
the case is being tried. General Peter
C. Hains, U. S. A. retired, father of the
brothers now confined ill Long Island
jail for the Annis murder, and his son,
Major Hains came up from New York
City to attend the trial. All the wheels
of legal machinery will be mt in mo
tion to bring the trial of Thornton
Hains to a speedy conclusion.
Admiral Sperry Warmly
Received at Colombo
By Associated Press.
Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 14. Admiral
Sperry landed from the battleship
Connecticut this morning to pay an
official visit to the Governor of Ceylon.
The guard of honcri had been assem
bled and there was a big crowd on the
waterfront, composed of natives and
Europeans. The admiral was cheered
as he stepped ashore. The admiral
with members of his staff, drove to
the governor's residence. Later in the
day the governor returned the call
and wafs received on board the Con
necticut with the usual salutes.
Meet to Frame
New Tariff Bill
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 14.-Chair-man
Payne, of the house -ways and
means committee, said Chas. M.
Schwab, the steel magnate, will appear
before the committee tomorrow.
He conies voluntarily. The Repub
lican members of the committee met
today to take the first steps toward
the framing of a new tariff bill.
Democrats will have no voice in the
deliberations on this bill, but probably
will submit a minority report.
Claud Kitchin Appointed
on Naval Affairs Com.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C-, Dec. 14. Speaker
Cannon appointed Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina, to the vacancy on the
naval affairs committee. ,
Lynching Narrowly Averted.
By Associated Press.
Danville, Ky., Dec. 14. A mob gath
ered at Jamestown, Russell county, last
night with the intention of lynching
James Hill,- a white man, charged with
murdering 13-year-old Mamie "Womack.
Onlv the vigilance of the sheriff saved
Hill's life.
Cubberly .Nominated.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 14. The president
sent to the senate the nomination of
Fred C. Cubberly for United States at
torney for the northern district of Flor;
ida.
1 J W 3a
Alleged Leaders
of Night Rider
Gang on Trial
ILLE
AFFAIR TAKEN
UP IN SENATE
Washington, Dec. 14. Senator For-
aker introduced an amendment to the
bill providing for re-enlisement of the
negro troops disc'iarged because of al
leged participation in the Brownsville
affair and addressed the senate con
cerning the amendment. He proposed
in his new measure to establish a tri
bunal consisting of retired army offi
cers before which evidence may be
submitted as to the guilt of the defen
dants and before whom the defen
dants themselves might appear to an
swer charges. The measure practical
ly takes out. of the hands of the exe
cutive and gives to the tribunal s ap
pointed" by congress full authority to
consider the Brownsville question, and
by its findings provides for the re
enlistment of the discharged negroes.
'Senator Foraker said that he did
not expect it would be necessary to
enter upon a new investigation of the
Brownsville question, but that during
the summer letters had been coming
to him from these discharged soldiers
declaring the detectives were constant
ly engaging them in conversation.
"These men," said Senator Fora
ker, "are not secret service detec
tives of course, for they would have
no right under the law to engage in
such service."
Continuing the senator spoke of the
activities of the detectives as outlined
by his correspondent, saying that in
many cases they went so far as to take
up their dealing with the discharged
soldiers for the purpose of securing
confidence ana spying upon their move
ments. Upon the conclusion of Sen
ator Foraker's remarks, the president's
message on the Brownsville affair was
read.
After the reading of the presidet's
message had beenr concluded the clerk
read all of the statements and other
evidence submitted to the war depart
nint for which the president's mes
sage was merely a letter of transmittal.
This is contrary to the usual custom.
In view of the fact that the report
contains what purports to be a partial
confession of guilt by one of the dis
charged negro soldiers much interest
was shown in the reading.
Proof Looks Conclusive.
In the words of the president evi
dence he placed before the senate
"establishes clearly the fact that coi-t
ored soldiers did the .shooting, and
makes it possible "to fix with toler
able definiteness at least some of the
criminals who took the lead" in dhe
affray that resulted in the summary
discharge without honor of the bat
talion of the 25th Infantry, colored,
which was stationed at Fort Brown.
The . message is a report of an in-1
vestigation made by a detective, Her
bert J. Browne, employed by the war
department in conjunction with Cap
tain W. C. Baldwin, to investigate
the fact as to the" Brownsville case.
The evidence secured by . Browne,
as the president sees it, makes it ap
pear "that almost all the members
of Company B must have been ac
tively concerned in the shooting,
either to the extent of being partici
pants or to the extent of virtually en
couraging those that were partici
pants." -
In the evidence transmitted in the
confession of Boyd Conyers, formerly
private of Company - B, 25th Infantry,
now at Monroe, Ga. Conyers, it is
stated, has confessed that he was the
leader of the raid and it is added has
given the' names of John Hollman,
John Browne, and Carolina De Sus
sure as leaders, all of Company B.
It further is declared that William
Anderson, James Bailey, Charles E.
Cooper, William Lemons, Henry Jim
erson, James "Rastus" Johnson and'
Henry Jones were with them.
HANCOCK'S PLEA
WILLPROBABLY
BE
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. 14 L.
G. Hancock, accused of the embezzle
ment of over $2,000 while manager of
the Lamb Fish Box Company here, ar
rested at San Francisco," arrived here
last night in charge of two local offi
cers who went after him. Hancock
pleads ignorance to taking the money.
He says he knew nothing about leav
ing here and never realized what he
was doing until he reached ' Honolulu
when he immediately decided to return
to America. -Hancock's mother has
been here several days. She has em
ployed able counsel to defend her son.
It is understood the plea will be in
sanity. Hancock led a fast life while
here.
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The Charge Against the
Men is Brutal Murder
of Captain Quentin Ran
kin Public Feeling is
Well Divided.
Union City Crowded With
Inhabitants of Reel Fool
Lake Section And State
Troops Further Blood
shed in Feared.
By Associated Press.
Union City, Tenn., Dec. 14. Late to
day eight men, alleged leaders of the
Night Rider band of Reel Foot Lake,
will be placed on trial for their lives,
charged with the putting to death of
Captain Quentin Rankin, a prominent
attorney of Trenton, Tenn., the culmi-
; nating act of a series of outlawry so
high handed as to call forth the mus
tering of militia to aid the civil au
thorities in hunting down and the pros
ecution of the members of the clan.
By the end of the week the hearing
promises to be well under way.
Whether the court proceedure shall
be conducted in order or whether fur
ther bloodshed shall occur during the
heat of the legal battle is considered
uncertain
From Reel Foot Lake and other"
strongholds of the clan men are pour
ing into Union City in numbers, with
their sympathies going out to those of
their friends on trial or held in jail,
while the state has well organized its
forces determined to put down any
possible outbreak in its incipiency.
As to public feeling, it is well di
vided. '
Names of Men of Trial.
The men placed on trial today, who
when formerly arraignedv last week,
declared themselveb not guilty, are Gar
ret. Johnson, Sam Applewhite, Roy
Ransom, Bud Morris, Fred Pinken, Ar
thur Cloar, Lid Burton and Bob Huff
man. 1
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Venezuela
Protests
By Associated Press. . -
Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, via Port
of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 14. Foreign
Minister Paul today sent a note to
members of the diplomatic corps, pro
testing against "Repeated violations of
territorial rights, of Venezuela" by the
Dutch warships that have been cruis
ing in Venezuelan waters.
No blockade has been declared. It
is set forth that the continual inter
ference with coastwise shipping is hav
ing a detrimental effect upon the com
merce of neutral powers. In conclu
sion the foreign minister says:
'Venezuela protests . with ' energy
against these aggressions upon terri
torial sovereignty of the republic and
holds Holland responsible for all con
sequences." Judge Garber Dead.
Bv Associated Press.
Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 14.Judge John
Garber, well known in California and
Nevada, as jurist and mining lawyer,
died here from typhoid fever today.
Judge Barber came to California in
the early days from Virginia. -
To Name Personnel of Cabinet.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 14. President-elect
Taft, who is spending several . days
here prior to going to Augusta, Ga.,
for five weeks rest preceding his trip
to the Panama Canal Zone, has an
ncunced he does expect to be in posi
tion to further outline the personnel
of his cabinet during his stay ther.
He is devoting some of his time pre
paring speeches.
Taken to Atlanta.
By Associated Press. (
San Francisco, Dec. 14. Captain of
Detectives Roberts of Atlanta, Ga.,
left here in charge of Elma Long, who
is wanted in a Southern city for pawn
ing a diamond ring which he did not
own.
Jail Delivery at Laurens, S. CI
By Associated Press.
Laurens, 8. C,. Bee, 14. A jail de
livery occurred here today. Four ot
the prisoners were recaptured within,
two hours, and one is still at large
this afternoon.
The Accident
Record of U. S.
By Associated Press, v
Washington, D. C Dec. 14. Be
tween thirty and thirty-five thousand
deaths and two million injured is the
accident record in the United States
during the past year among -working-men,
according to a bulletin on acci
dents issued to-day by the Bureau of
Labor .