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Terms in
Two
Kidnappers
Jtwws Boyle Sentenced to
Life Imprisonment For
Abduction of Billy
Whitla-Ilis Wije Gets
25 Years,
'hutching Scenes lake
Piece in Court Room
Dull Defendants Col
lapseEvidence ot Sui
cide Pact Discovered.
i;., i.i'od Pros.
i- I'.i.. May 10. James Boyle
. i i i.vvil to-day to life imprlson-
i , ; ir, ;!,. Ystm Penitential y :it
!! tlio kidnaping of "Billy'
v ;.!. indicted at Mary Doe,
i : s- nt'iu-t of 23 years, with a
; !:, ,,: mid costs of prosecution.
r,, ; (ii ! in it create a ncene in the
,, ;., ; - li' had threatened and did not i
, 'vivi.i prior to his sentence.
i .. however, made a plea for
. : i.u.li' iiis wife, pleading for
;. -;. i:i I t li rates.
Both Collapsed,
i;, : tt.;lo and his wife collapsed
i ,:'!.;;. upon hearing their sen-
!.' ;.n:iuu'fd. When they were
M-::. -l ;:.!!; to the jail from the court-r.-Ti.
1'".' ! managed to walk with as-fi.-..r.-"
.'.own stairs, hut upon reaeh
:.': irnr.t door he became limp and
i:..;. '.- in
ii- r.teily unable to support
1. i;i the vehicle and had to be
i I I ;.!'. ;!. way to the jail and car-:i-
t.i i.ls ceil.
.". r.eie was in even worse con
i'; in;-,. '.- was unable to walk down
ii" u- from the court house to the
.-: - ;;r.l was carried by Sheriff Ches
. ( ! : ci" Police Idvermore down
:;.! rf stairs to the street,
.v.- v.; -.- lift -ii into a omnibus and
v ! n '! : il was reached she was
!!; ! out by these officers and
; r,i' 'i o li. r cell, wheie she wept
v:- id!;.. No handcuffs were placed
: ; p'Ss-mer on the journey back
' 'ii-ii- m !1- and it was considered
i.:!!:. ci-niv to mancle them.
M-:rer. Pa.. May 10. Judse Wil-litiir..-
t,.-d:y M-titcneed .Tames Boyle,
H oi kidnaping "Billy" Whitla
t i;..' i is n:a r.t for life.
M . I: . !. was sentenced to 23
''.;'. In tli..' penitentiary and to pay
' of ."i.0'' and the costs, she hay
s' - ! a cctp-ifted of aiding and abet
ia '!:- l iilnapin of young Whitla.
Fjr'.her Sensation Framed.
? i t v. i 1 . 1 : i : : H i j : the fact that "Jim
ti.U " liole. as bis wife affectionately
'.'!,- hin;. was not permitted opportr.n
i" in cduit to disclose the name of the
!"! n wi.o In- id'.t ;rcs planned the ab
''''ii'Ti nr whirl) h aini his wife have
"a cum ictcil be declares the name
. r.'l a!! the details of the rasa will
'" l.i. Ml" public fiy soon.
!;''!e sa.s the statement that he
v. . i : 1 1 . U-.u,. through his lawyer would
the '(iintiy. lie said he rea
l lie atic h'.s wife have made a
i il;e in not making the matter pub
soon alter their arrest, but he said
Mi Helen and I had been bluffed
i'.'" (! cblusiidi ihat by keeping sii
Ti er tiiin.,' would lie made all right
:i ! ut- would excapo with sentences of
t ' i oxer a i ar each, with special priv
' s 'inled us (luring oar impris-M.'-'
t.t.
stand up to receive sentence she was
asked if she had anything to say. "I
did not do it, and I think the evidence
upon which I was convicted was very
flimsy," she said.
"That was a matter for the jury to
determine," said Judge Williams, and
then after a brief review of the case
he imposed sentence.
Talk of Double Suicide.
inai t meats ot double suicide made
by Mrs. Boyle last night were not
mere idle words was shown today
when it became known that a razor
which had been secreted in his clotu
ing was taken from Bovle and that
Mrs. Boyle had taken what she says
was 'Enough morphine to kill two
people."
Town Land Fraud
Cases Taken Up
By Associated Press.
Tulsam, Okla., May 10. Again the
federal grand jury took up the inves
tigation of the Muskogee town land
fraud cases, incolving charges against
Governor Haskell, and half a dozen
other Oklahomans.
i : r-
SIMPLE GOSPEL
LAUREATE BY DR.
El IN TO
1
POSSES GiSE
JSIL MM
THE
SWEET GIPnL
GRADUATE
THE -BUL&E-BRQWED
HAM GRADUATE
r
rest
dent N
COMMENCEMENT.
orninates
Jessup. Ga., May 10. Posses are
scouring the country for miles around
for three negroes who early last night
escaped from the Wayne county jail
here, leaving behind them Deputy
Frank Madray with his skull fractur
ed, his eyes almost forced from their
sockets, and his life merely hanging
by a thread. Boot heel prints on his
face seem to show that the negroes
after flooring the officer stamped in
his face. It is thought that after as
saulting him when he went to the cor-
I ridor of the jail to give them some
water they dragged him to the jail
yard and there ieft him. After an hour
he was found by his wife who went
to seek him.
Co
n
or
GOVERNOR
emocrat, for
Eastern IN. C. Judgeship
TftFT SENDS
SSAEE TO
CONGRESS
Contest For Place Has
Been Long and Hitter
President Has Given
Mire Consideration to
This Case than Others
CHARLOTTE WANTS
BAPTIST CONVENTION
tice the legislative assembly has ap- j t. . on o
propriated for all the expenses other 1 rcSDyterian LOilege L0m-
than for salaries, fixed by congress,' . .
and the president adds, "it is too late mencement Begins With
to reverse that construction." I -n A ttt j a
The president says that ever since 1 Bamest Words tO The
the institution of the present assembly . GraHliatitia f!1flccPhnrfll
tne House ot delegates has uniformly! w "
held up the appropriation bills until Snrfctv 9inoino
the last minute of the regular session UWCiy OlUgmg.
and has sought to use the power to
do so as a means of compelling the
colic. urreuctj of the Executive Council
in legislation which the house desired.
In the last regular legislative assem
bly the attitude of the executive cour?
cil ia refusing to nass bills led th
house of dcregates to refuse to na j
the necessary appropriation bills
Mr. Taft discusses the acts of the
legislature and of the council in detail
and says the facts recited demonstrate
the willingness of the representatives
of the people in the house of delegates
to subvert the government in order to
secure the passage of certain legisla
tion.
The question whether the proposed
legislation should be enacted into law-
was left by the fundamental act to
the joint action of the executive coun
cil and the house of delegates as the
legislative assembly. The house of
delegates says the president, proposes
itself to secure this legislation without
respect to the opposition of the execu
tive council, "or else to pull down
the government."
This growing spirit shows that too
great power has been vested in the
delegates. The message presents an
exhaustive economic review of condi
tions on the island, its trade and its
wealth, its improved educational facilities.
It points out that "there never was
a time in the history
Local Pastors Will Go to Lcuisville
Prepared to Put the Next Meeting
d Bring
SPEAKS AT
FAfETTEILE
Special to The News.
Fayetteville, N. C, May 10. Memo
rial Dey is being celebrated here to
day by hundreds of people, school
children, local and adjoining military
companies. Owing to unfavorable wea
ther the exercises were held in the
Lafayttte auditorium where Governor
itchin addressed some 2,000 people,
a large number being turned away on
account of insufficient room. A great
number of people thronged the streets
this morning but were forced to seeK
shelter by sr.riag showers, and during
a lull a l?ngthy parade proceeded down
liuv slieet composed ot the military
and hundreds of school children carry
ing wreaths with which to decorate
the graves of the Confederate dead.
The address of Governor Kitchin
was delivered in about one and three
i' 11 .irrr cur i .1 i vt fi wr hnvn rn
''""ii preliminary steps to defeat the
tinniest plan of those interested in
'eepin- tj.e ,lilIllr. ()f t ltl other party
w mm. tn(. steam roller go-
H;'-'. now mill r;,vi. plenty of ammuni
tion to !(.;, it Kuing. It is the other
"I" tii it is on the anxious seat now."
Boyle Had Bad Record.
1 tie dramatic scene threatened by
' ' "iwi 11 is wile not occur.
u.'-n aK...t if he bad anything 1o say
1 re; li.d Merely: '"I have not." In
wntenee. the judge said
iti'e y,,ur arrest we have investi-
u your record. We find you have
convicted in Mercer counts court
I'l'i'Vioiis to your arrest for kidnaoir.g.
'"' guilty of larcenv. receiving
"l( 11 goods, assault and battery, es-
noni j;ui and manv other shady
rc tions-. All those have had their
"I'l'ienci. with this court in making us
""' to the decision that we have
' "'i"'d tlmt yoiir-Minishinont shall bp
iiaiiuuin sentence, Imprisonment
lile."
Advice of. Republican s
Disregarded Sketch of
Judge Connor Who
Will be Chosen to Fill
His Seat?
By Associated Press.
Washin&ton, D. C, May 10. Presi
dent Taft today sent to the senate
the nomination of Henry Groves Con
nor, a Democrat, to be United States
judge for tho Eastern District of
North Carolina.
An Important Fight.
I The vacancy on me North Carolina
bench, caused by the-death of Justice
Thomas R. Purnell, has existed for
some months and has been the source
of much concern to President Taft
The contest for the place has been
a bitter one and the Republicans of the
Eastern Districe of North Carolina
recently urged the President not to I
appoint a Democrat even if he had toj
go out of the district to find a suitable; By Associated Press.
in Their Vest Pockets
it Home With Them.
Charlotte will make a .strenuous ef
fort to secure the next Southern Bap
tist Convention that is the conven
tion for 1910. The delegation of lo
cal Baptists pastors, Drs. Bomar and
Hulten and Rev. Messrs. Conrad and
Pruitt will go to Louisville on May
11 prepared to make a fight to se
cure the next meeting of this great
baptist body for Charlotte. St. Jo
seph, Mo.; Oklahoma City, Asheville
and Charlotte are all candidates for
the. next meeting and though some
of these places have been training
their guns for the battle longer than
Charlotte, it is believed she will stand
as good a show as any other place.
The Charlotte delegation will be
earnestly seconded in their efforts by
Mr. E. B. Moore, proprietor of the
Selwyn, who has had signal success
in landing conventions. If it comes,
it will bring 5,000 delegates who pay
their own wray.
1
Dr. Porter Preaches on Mis
sions at First Baptist
Church And President
Kilgo, of Trinity on True
View Point of Life.
A simple Gospel sermon "was the
baccalaureate preached by Rev. Dr.
Charles Ghiselin, of the Shepherds
town, V. Va., Presbyterian church,
last night in the auditorium of the
Presbyterian College to the graduat
ing class of that institution. Its
theme was Ruth's splendid, costly yet
fully rewarded choice, and it dealt
less with advice for meeting the
minor problems of life than it did
with the supreme matter of import
ance deciding for Christ. This was
the subject of the sermon.
The setting of the sermon was
brilliant and inspiring. The gradu
ating class sat, in dignified cap and
gown. 011 the front row of seats of
the large auditorium of the college.
of the island I tUe other stucents farther back, while
when the average prosperity of the la chorus of college singers occupied
Porto Ricans has been higher, his o- hhe stage immediately behind the desk
.oiiuui!i git-Hti-i, ins meri 111 i iioumu .hi,.,, , ,, ,, -
and action more secure." For the first I "7" . ..
time in its history. Porto Rico, he says. " - 7,,"" rYL"
. null . MJ. . -
Kincaid, who made the prayer.
1 he ringing was most inspiring.
The congregation whk-h well filled
the auditorium all the Presbyterian
er of congressional consideration, de- r hur.es . .f he c ly U?U?S m, J?e
endent on the effect of such a change "Jf eJined inJ$Q S'nging ?f l.he
Absolute Power of Appro
priation Should be Taken
Away From Those Who
Have Proved Unfit to Ex.
ercise it Properly.
is living under laws enacted by its own
legislature.
The president points out that if the
' Porto Ricans desire a change in the
form of the Foraker act this is a mat-
t
pendent
on the real political progress 011 the
island. Such a change, he says,
should be sought, in an orderly way
and not brought to the attention of
congress by "paralyzing the arm of the
existing government
The
the Porto
osity of this government "should not
be an occasion for surprise, nor in
dealing with a whole people can it be
made the basis of a charge of ingrati
tude."
The message concludes
Hot Weather Only Can
Bring About Adjournment
Republican for the place
The President has given more con
sideration to this North Carolina judge
ship than to all of the other vacan
cies on the Federal bench with whicn
he has had to deal since his inaugura
tion. He has been in constant consultation
with North Carolina senators and rep
resentatives and hed placed before
him names of at least a dozen candi
dates. The selection of Judge Connor
fourths hours and is universally con- j has been foreshadowed for several days
ceeded to be the finest memorial ad
dress ever delivered in this city on the
10th of May.
Bad Fire At
Winston-Salem
I lc
fiM-
Speci&l to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C, May 10. The
wholesale grocery house of A.
Messick Co. was damaged by fire and
water early this morning to the
amount of $20,000, insurance $13,000.
The fire originated in the rear of
the third floor. Damage to the build
ing is $2,000. It was insured for
?o!ooo.
and his nomination did not surprise
those who have followed the matter
closely.
Sketch of Judge Conner.
Judge Conner was for about ten
r years on the benth ot the supreme
court of North Carolina and for a num
ber of years before that was judge of
superor courts. Judge Connor is des
cribed as a man of liberal views polit
ically and is so regarded at the White
House in spite of his long affiliation
with Democracy.
Washington, May 10. Speaker Can
non is of the opinion it will take a
temperature of from 9G to 100 degrees
in the shade to get the tariff bill out
of the senate. The speaker was at
the White House today and after talk
ing with the president, said: "If you
will tell me when the senate will pass
the bill I will give you a pretty good
guess as to when congress will ad
journ. "The only thing that can move the
previous question in the senate is
hot weather."
Serious Situation Has Arisen
In the Island Owing to
The Contumacious Con
duct of People's Repre
sentatives. By Associated Press.
Washington, DJ C, May 10. For
the want of a quorum the House to
day took no action on the president's
message recommending remedial leg
islation for the island of Porto Rico.
Washington, D. C. May 10. Presi
dent Tatt to-day sent to congress a
special message recommending legisla
tion at the present extra session,
amending the Foraker act under which
Porto Rico is governed. The president
directs the attention of congress to
affairs on the island, laying particular
stress on what he terms "a situation
of unusually gravity" developed
through the failure of the legislative
assembly of Porto Rico to pass the
usual appropriation bills, leaving the
Disfranchisement Resolution j A without sul)port after Jllne 30
TO Be Re-C Onsideredj P.lto Ricans have forgotten the gen
erosity on the United States, the presi-
dent says, in the desire of certain of
By Associated Press. the isian(i-s political leaders for power,
laiianassee, iua., :iay iu iue ml hp adris that the present situa-
opening hymn. Oil, Jesus, 1 Am
Come." The choral wiciety rendered
the anthem, I Waited for the lrd."
from Meudelssohn's Hymn of Praise.
Miss Melva Carr was at the piano,
while Miss Mav Penfield took the
president savs that the fact of Jfa,liR Prano part, and Miss Flora
rto Ricans forgetting the gener- Cornelius, of Canada that of the
second soprano. "(k)od Night" chor
us was Leslie's rendered at the close
by the chorus with Prof. Anderson at
the organ and Miss Carr at the
piano. Miss inured Pratt, of
Wadesboro, contralto, sang the solo
W!
Mis. Boylf. was ordered to
Mr. A. H. Washburn sold to Mr.
D J. Hemby, a vacant lot on the corner
of Twelfth and Pine streets for the
consideration of $1,850. The sale was
negotiated by I. E. Murphy & Company.
Lion Hunter Brings
Low Big Rhinoceros
Af sofiatMl Pi
0:iS.
been bagged on the last expedition
0"""' P.ritis.i Kast Africa. May 10. The rhinoceros was charging Mr.
"uiky hull rhinoceros is ie latestRoosevelt when the hunter fired. The
, ' w,,'i'd from the jungle by Col.distance was 14 paces, and the animal
..' ' v"h- fen dead. Naturalists of the party are
i i ii wi ii . hiki' irnir l
son jt;iuut
-five skins have
for Sniithson-
t...... , , .win iiv..3ciii trim j t..v,. I" -
f.'illl;" llH'Illllimr Miu -i.i i s i i!...4 IXTooVii no-ton
O l& IUII1U, llilVeiiill lUSlllUUS ill liwuiutji."'"
'. . " n'siwni h camp near:?ept busy preparing i
j i.'.Mis word was brought down to-Mr. Roosevelt and his s
Jhe luck or the Rooseveltbringing in daily. Forty-
i.'r I-., . !"'H !,mI ,hat ir varietiesalreadv been prepared
11 f,'H)li iliflu, II.... ii... .,... . . ..... . t i.:.
Mr. Tiliett Talks.
"Judge Connor will give more gen
eral satisfaction in the place to which
he has been appointed than any man
who could have been appointed," said
Mr. C. W. Tiliett, of the Charlotte
bar. This is doubtless the concen
sus of opinion of the whole bar of
North Carolina, certainly the Demo
cratic part of it.
A Nativs of Wilson.
Judge Connor is a man of fine
judgment and knowledge of the law.
His home is at Wilson. After an hon
orable service on the superior court
bench, he resigned to serve on the
supreme court of the state to which
place he was elected the year the
Populist-Republican fusion got into
power. He was supported by both
the Populist-Republican vote and the
Democratic. He was later nominated
by the Democrats for the place, and
elected by them.
Who Will Fill Vacancy?
There wil be a contest for his seat
between Judge W. R. Allen, ot Golds
boro, and Mr. J. S. Manning, of Dur
ham. The latter was Governor Kitch
in's manager during the campaign
and will doubtless get the appoint
ment to fill out Judge Connor's unex
pired term.
house decided to reconsider the board
of disfranchisement joint resolution
which limited franchises in Florida to
"white male" citizens. Re-hearing is
set for May 19.
wilon ".-iti, ibo .r.nont r th part. Miss Adelaide Stephens and
neonle of Porto Rico assumed sruanl- Mln MAlY were aiso organ
ianshin over theiti and the smidaneo of accompanists during the evening.
their winiPR WP must have been Between Dr. Bridges and Dr. Ghis
conscious that a people that had en- ?lin ,,he,e has existed a life-long
invert sn little nnimrtnnitv for ednra- Jonathan and David friendship. They
1 I -1 .4 1. ..4 If 3 C3UnAtp
tion could not be expected safely forl,uu'"t" wRclut' aL nauiiiueii oiuub,
themselves to exercise the full power P-olieSe' ha, in presiaent oi me coi-
nf spif smvernment anrt the mesent do- ge in introducing the speaker, ana
velopment is only an indication that after 'eaehing three years each, they
ro h onno .nm imt tn fact in i ho I went to Union Theological Seminary
extension of political power to them I toset ner and again roomed togetner
for their own good. the three-year-term. "I have been
The change recommended may not w.,m niy tnend long enough to Know
immediatelv convince those controllinc '"m wen, said ur. iinuges, ana I
I a i i . j ? . i
the house of delegates of the mistake tan say inai wnaiever auvice ne may
thev have made in the extremity to Sve you is wnat ne lives in nis own
which thev have been willing to re- i ,Iie
sort for political purposes but in the 1" reading his Scripture lesson from
lonsr run it will secure more on care- rassages in the Book of Kuth, Dr.
ful and responsible exercise of the umsenn pausea to mention me swrj
power thev have 101,1 ol ur. uenjamin r rannnn wnen
"There is not the slightest evidence ne was minister to ranee, ne was
that there has been on the part of otten ridiculed for the time he spent
the governor or of anv member of the m reading the isibie by the mnaei
executive council a disposition to usurp r rench statesmen of his day. uno
authoritv or to withhold approval of I uay he tola a number ot these men
such legislation as was for the best that he had found a beautiful old
interests of the island or a lack of piece of literature and invited them
svmnathv with the best asnirations cf to his house to hear it read, ine
the Porto Rican people.
Senators Have Tilt
During Tariff Debate
lie PAPER
i onsinrnsi in i
! i.iglUi.i-Hiii S
UUilULIiil !U
RESTRAINED
i
By Associated Press.
New York, May 10. A permanent
injunction restraining from operation
the Fibre and Manila Association un
der which name it was charged that
25 paper manufacturing concerns had
formed a combine in restraint of
trade, was ordered by Justice Hough
in a decree handed down in the Uni
ted States circuit court here today.
Judge Hough's decision granting
the injunction declared that the Fibre
and Manila Association is an unlaw
ful combination in restraint of trade
and commerce and an attempt to
monopolize it contrary to provisions
of the Sherman act.
tion indicates that the United States
has gone too fast in the extension of
political power to the Porto Ricans.
He concludes that the absolute power
of appropriation should be taken away
from "those who have shown them
selves too irresponsible to enjoy it."
The president suggests to congress
the wisdom of submitting to the ap
j propriation committees the question
1 of qualifying some of the provisions
of the fundamental act as to the re
spective jurisdiction of the executive
1 nnnntil onI tilt. I OCM cl a 1 1 aSQPIllhlv
But no action of this kind, the presi
dent says, should be begun until the
Foraker act be amended so that w-hen
the legislative assembly shall adjourn
without making the appropriation nec
essarv to carry on the government.
' sums equal to the appropriations made
i in the previous year for the respective
purposes shall be drawn by the war
rant of the auditor on the treasurer
and countersigned by the governor.
Such a provision applies to the legisla
tures of the Philippines and Hawaii
and "it has prevented in those two
countries any misuse of the power of
appropriation."
The president reviews the establish
ment of the present government for
Porto Rico by the Foraker act. He
says the statute directing how the ex
penses cf the government are to be
provided leaves some doubt whether
this function is not committed solely
to the executive council but in prac-
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 10. In a tilt be
tween Senators Aldrich and Beveridge
when the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed today Senator Aid
rich said:
"I have given thirty years to consid
eration of these matters and while I
may not have the ability of the sen
ator from Indiana, yet, such as I have
I have brought to this question, and
if the senator will give a fraction of
time to the consideration of these
matters that I have given he will serve
his constituency and the country bet
ter than by proclaiming to everybody
a lack ot iniormarion.
Mr. W. L. Nicholson is building a
residence on Iouise Avenue, in Pied
mont Park.
American statesman then read the
book of Ruth, and the Frenchmen
were loud in their praises of the
sweet idyl, and inquired where Dr.
Franklin had discovered it. "In the
Bible," he replied.
Describing eloquently the parting
scene of Naomi and her daughters-in-
law. Ruth and Orpah, the speaker
said that every decision for Christ
implied as it did with Ruth, a wil
lingness to give up everything. The
spirit of self-sacrifice is the essence
of the Christian life. Jesus always
declared what such meant to those
who would follow Him. "The foxes
have holes." He said, "and the birds
of the air nests but the Son of Man
hath not where to lay His head."
Such a decision implies a readiness
to do the duty which lies before us.
Orpah failed in this but Ruth stood
the test. "Iet the dead bury their
dead." said Jesus. "Go thou and fol
low Me." Such a decision shows a
purpose to follow Christ forever.
Ruth did not say "I'll try the life in
vour country for a while, and see
how I like it." Ruth burnt her
Mclntyre Begins Closing
Plea For Capt. Hains
By Associated Pres?
Flushing. N. Y.,
Mr. Mclntyre said his summing up
May 10. WhenouW occupy about four hours.
l Hi at a a nneciKUitv that trlO 'K 5
court opened today John F. Mclntyre - - e ! ta but it is
chief counsel for Captain Peter C.ore likely Justice Garretson will ad
Hains, on trial for killing William E joura after both sides have their last
Annis, began the closing plea to the ord to the jury and deliver his charge
jury for his client. tomorrow morning. t -