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Geneial Villa Has
William Benton Shot
--A Big Sensation
ROB TRAM
OF LARGE SUM
l f : t
jonn anarp wi
haracter Witness
mams,
ssippi,
for
Mrs.
Jetton.
Minn ilU! riUUCdib
J: t,!:; , i-Hhpas Horni is
Said Tells of
His Kisssn cj Her Once.
siu-n-p Williams- and
Qiiirr Pr-m;nrnt Mississip
pians Tcsin v as to Good
riu.-ar. r.r Oi iviib. juuuii
iiiinico i)V
jri:on..
Icicihbors of
i iiii.ti'illii;- e
;; ., . : .. .1 ! . ..Hi, l i I o omig
shoi and kill
;. i ; i . ; ! ;i I ii' evening
, , 'i: i 1 1 .lei ion home
,, ,, i .. !! in the T!in-
, .' . .i The cuurt
, .. t,;, . i i" i:- iituios;. eupac
. , , r :i , . in'.'l,! of space be-
- -;i -' being o'le of
. : !, -!. 'Hi purl ies !.e-
.;; ; i i : i -1 . I .
Jflron Calm.
, . !-m i ' il ilie room w itli
r ' i ". '(' nm n aud took a
.. i:.- r- ;i - ' ( ' ' i i ' ' imnipdialcly in
- ,) .!'.- .N'imis. iiet'oro wbom
. i .. ':. ;,. irieil. As on other
.... .: b' ;ii:e3t-anM; ' court
. .. . ....) ;, i!i. h.win no emotion
M-s. Jrtton Cnters.
'- i. !i . !i.rrU later, duriu.? the
i-.i. :' .''Ii:i I'. 'bristle of David
:. -i !!! !: 1 1 i ii Ilor of the J'ct-
- -nf w ni:;i'-r f'eared a lane in
n;'- c'' 'lunrr.M'j paeko(J bptweon,
itinul and the door of the
.-ihti .rul M; . .iKton. her sister,
T:.-iu.. M. Coy. wife of Dr. Mc
" Mo'in- i lolly, and Dr. McCoy
'!":. - "i-e uiven seats be
'"'! '' :i:i'.'-Meys tor the defense.
'K .U--'on beside her husband,
o:'"8 lrf'. Mrs. McCoy next to
l"- t! Ht- v.rCoy uc.t to his wife.
-. V-i'd and John Jetton,
:' !!: dciendatn sat on the
':'.:t -:i'; ni lit., defendant, while Mr.
" R. Kim and Mr. Stewart, of Liulf
n. MiL's.. ;,ai on the left oi 'ic de
'""AW: and h cioud Dr. McCoy.
-ini-in- i-irfnhlaace between
'- .iHton aid Mrs. McCor was
:?'i t !, frn.M-rd. They are about
w ie. v.r-j'rt dressed very
i'. :'K"- ad hear o very striking
''.iVaacr sch oilier, in face
,;1 M'.-, Jcn.on
wears nose
pf'"n 'R- dressed i'i a hliifi
r '! 'Ait. ida.f iiai and veil, the
Hir u ni t. , I !
Mr n
' M. Si
0'i''T
'lip r-;il ,,'
hi!
ic: .
1 d' H !
II'
I he habeas corpus
-f!r' 't'larecl to be calm and
i?i, blowing qo nervous
'n-t"":t ol telling again
'' ln'' flooring. She and
i:,;n !-'d nr.! rise and greet
p; " a. kiss as they did
' 1 -I rornns hearing, but
n vd.-n oilier itti a
1i til'" hand and a wmilo
ir.-.T. wnuesses on the
a. !:-. ins:, in ordei'. were:
r"!n P. Christie, T. F,
" ii" anrif-areil befnro the inr,
,, 1 TMiUr,.! H11fJ (od of hQW
'""'cK-ted to the Jetton
''-rnaz of the homicide
Mr, and Mrs. Jetton
'' ;,1M thw found when
Stiles' Evidence.
' ' 'Jl'l he lived npvl rlnnr
I'avirjson, with only
' ' '.'ii his house and
"r,i minutely the
" at. the Jetton
niim ir (be shooting.
'"' lielj) and, running
' standing oil the
residence. In au
lueslion as to what
'jaid. Jetton said:
1,1 '"V home; be has
'"''"i" -tiU had the pis
1,1 'j'J hen Jetton led
' " room he (Jettoii)
i:1' tcu was
' '' ;-orcss the bed, on
'' "J having the pista
' ' I saw him in a
' "'d.' -ith my wife
'" hed; right there."
;',vU 1 '') telephone Dr.
Jetton followed
" i'ori h he reached for
j .'Ci; on he had had it
'A.c.lti'ii did not maho
witness was in
'"'i time, and he
"'on -cions, as he did
''fi' 1 1,
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continued Stiles,
'J'king. He asked to
' -cemed to be hot,
.-asping lor breath
ooien s raincoat and
foiled, his other
open the doctors
'o allow him to
My. He said 'Oh! If
'' chance! I could
' -asily.' Dr. Wooten
I coul:. have ex
die.' He advised all in tne room to
live good lives and serveCod
Christie's Evidence
There was no attempt by the at
torneys for the defense to cross-examine
the witness with a view to
breaking clown his testimony.
John 11. Christie, who also testified
at the coroner's inquest, was the next
witness. He repeated the story he toid
to the coroner's jury: -l went, to the
Jetton home on hearing calls for help
and saw Jetton and bis wife stand
ing on the porch. Mrs. Jetton holding
her husband by the left arm. I asked:
'What in the world is tlie matter'."
Jetton replied: HC has ruined my
home: I caught him in a too intimate
situation with ray wife- and shot him.'
Jetton did not. say whom he meant
by he' but presently Jetton told me
to go to Dr. Wooten. I asked him
what Dr. Wooten w;- doing in the
room in that condition, when lie (Jet
ton! was out there on the ,orch. Jet
ton repeated: 'He ruined my home and
1 shot him.' When 1 went i to the
room I saw Dr. Wooten ly!tig on the
bed and nsk"d him what the trouble
was. Dr. Wooi'ii replied that Jetton
had slipped in and shot biin without
giving liini a chance to explain. Dr.
Wooten asked me to go for Mrs.
Wooten. Dr. Wooten told me that if
his wife did not get there before
he died to tell her good-bye for him.
'I will tell you good-bye now.' said Dr.
Wooten. Dr. Wooten took off his glass
es and gave them to me."
Lothery.
J. F. Lothery was the next . witness
on the stand. "When I got there,"
aid the witness, "Mr. Jetton was
stauding on the. porch with his
wife. When 1 asked him what was
the trouble he said, He has mined
my home and I shot him.' Mrs. Jet
ton said. 'I am innocent.' Mr. Jetton
said, 'I saw, I saw.' Mr. Jetton asked
me to t-;end for his brother Wrill. 1
went into the house and saw Dr.
Wooten lying on the bed and asked
him what was the matter. He told
me that Munroe had slipped in and
shot him without giving him a chance
to explain."
Mr. Cansler, of counsel for defense,
asked (witness if Dr. Wooten made
anv further statement. Witness re
plied that he did not.
Dr. McLaughlin, County Physician.
Dr. C. S. McLaughlin, county phy
sician, was also placed on tne .stana
and told of the examination of the
body of Dr. Woolen, the direction of
the bullet and the nature of the
fatal wound. The bullet entered t"he
left side between the sixth and sev
enth ribs, said Dr. McLaughlin, and
tut the sixth rib in two. This de
flected the bullet upward, the wit
ness said, and made it come out near
the angle of the shoulder blade on
the right side of the body and about
an inch and a half higher than where
it entered.
State Rests Its Case
After Dr. C. S. McLaughlin haa
testified as to the nature and direc
tion of the wound, explaining that it
was a fatal one, the attorneys for the
state announced they would rest
their case.
Character Witnesses
After Dr. McLaughlin's testimony
and the state resting their case, Mrs
Jetton, G. It. Kent of Gulf Port, miss.,
and W B. Stewart of the same place
were called and sworn in, Mrs. Jet
ton kissing the book first. Mr. Stew
art was put on the stand first
Stewart.
"Do you know Mrs. Jetton?" asked
Mr. Cansler for the defense
"I do," was the answer.
"How long have you known her'."
"About eight or nine years
"Do you know her general charac
ter?"
"I do," was the answer.
"What is it?"
"Good."
Mr. Stewart said he was vice -res
idenk of the Gulf and Ship Island Rail
road. He testified that he had known
Mrs. Jetton's father, who lied about
1904, also her brother and her sis
ter, who lived with her mother, Mrs
Shipp, in Gulf Port.
Kent.
G. R. Kent, claim agent for (he
Gulf and Shipp Island Railway and
former clerk of the court of the
county m which lazoo city,
Mississippi, is located, stated mat
he had known Mrs. Jetton an
her life. He said he' had known her
intimately for 13 years.
'Do you know her general reputa
tion?" asked Mr. Cansler.
"I do," was the answer.
"What is it?" he was asked.
"Good," was the emphatic answer.
He stated that Mrs. Jetton was
born in Yazoo City, Miss., " and that
she lived afterward in Gulf Port. It
was at the latter place he knew her
most intimately, he said. She had
often been a visitor at his home and
he knew her people.
Mrs. Jetton On Stand.
Mrs. Jetton stated that -she first
visits Davidson ten years ago ana
visited each time at the home of her
EXTENS1 OF
ARBITRATION TREAT
IES REFORE SEiTF.
50DTHE1 SELLS
TEN MILLIONS
OF NOTES
True Wild
Occurred
Crescent
Western Hold-up
on Queen and
Near Alabama
Town Last Night Got Over
Forty Thousand.
Had Little Difficulty Holding up j
urew ana Looting Express
and Mail Car Bloodhounds
Have Difficulty in Following
Trail.
AS TO CiSlR'IA-
Tl
OFJATER
POWER PROJECTS
B
Wealthy Britich Ranchmar.
Was Tried by Court Martin
and Convicted ol Complici
ty in a Plot to Take Villa's
Life.
He Was Executed by a Firing
Squad Tuesday Night
Benton's Wife is Informed ol
Her Husband's Death.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 2'J. Extension of
eiplit general arbitration treaties still
was bofore the senate today, discus
sion centering upon an amendment to
exempt from arbitration the paramount
issues now involved in foreign rela
tions of the government.
The Chamberlain amendment would
exempt from arbitration all questions
of immigration, the admission of aliens
into public schools, the Monroe doc
trine and all that it might imply in re
lations with other American nations
and the provision of the Panama canal
act exempting American coastwise ship
ping from tolls.
Senator Shiveiy and others in sym
pathy with the desire of President Wil
son for the extension and for the re
peal of the toils provision predicted
ultimate ratification of all the treaties.
URGLAR LEFT
TELL TALE
HAT BEH
1
By Associated Press.
Washington. Feb. 20. The -ale of
? J 0.000,000 live per cent three-year
notes of the Soutiiern Railway Com
pany secured ly Hie general mortgage
four per rent bonds of the company
was announced today by President
Fairfax Harrison.
The financing of a. ten-year $rt0vv.
000 equipment trust also was an
nounced. The short-term notes were
sold, it was announced, "pending im
provement of the market for long
term securities" and the proceeds will
be used lor betterments in shops,
yards and terminals.
President Harrison staled in his an
"The Southern Railway Company, be
lb ving in the continued prosperity and
growth of the territory it serves aud.
recognizing the necessity of enlarging
its 'facilities to keep pace with that
growth, has. peding the improvement
of the market for long term securities,
sold $10,000,000 of five per cent three
year notes secured by the pledge of
development and general mortgage 4
per cent bonds of the company which
for some time past have been held in
the treasury of the company available
for sale. - -
This new capital is to be applied by
Southern Railway Company in carry
ing through its completion plans for
improve men ts and betterments to and
upon the property of the company
which were included in the general
plan for the future of the railroad
made at the time the development and
aeneral mortgage was created in
Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala.. Feb. 20. Defi
nite information1 of the amount ot
money taken last night by three rob
bers who held up a Queen & Cres
cent passenger train near iieif. was
lacking today, listiniates indicated
the loss v. as more than 5l0,i0.
Pot-ses with bloodhounds set out
today out had difficulty in foMowirg
the robbers' trail. It was rrMirwd an
automobile was seen near the rob
bery scene and it is thought ihe ian-
uits may have escaped iu it.
Associated Press. By Assoc in it-d I'ro.
Washington. Feb. 20. Conservation.) m l8so. T-xh. Frb. o Willie n
particularly as it atlccU tb? buildinejs. Benton, of u Paso. Scotch man.
streams, was added today to the chief
administration policies under public
discussion.
Conservationists learned in a pre
liminary way the answer which the
administration lias prepared to the
question of whether the federal
ernment or
premt; in the matter of water rizhtsi
By As ociated Press.
New York, Feb. 20. The initials in
a hat left behind by a burglar in a
Bronx flat led to the arrest and con
fession, according to police announce
ment today of George W". Asker, 23
ears old, professional choir singer,
whom detectives were loathe to ac
cuse because of his high' standing in
church circles.
The arrest of Acker followed an at
tack made on Mrs. Charles Rose on
Wednesday night by a burglar, who,
after failing to cow her at the point
of a revolver, beat her with his weap-
ou and escaped, leaving his hat be
hind.
The burglar had posed as a gas in
spector to gain admission to the flat.
The initials in the hat were. "G. xv.
A." and the space under the band
served, as an envelope for several
tracts issued by an uptown church
and also for several colored cards
awarded for continuous attendance at
the Sunday school of that church.
Going to the church the detective
got a list of every member whose
name begins with "A" and found the
name "George W. Acker."
SPANIARDS BURIED
ALIVE AT TORREON
190.
"The particular improvements now
to be undertaken are chiefly additional
and enlarged shops, yards and other
freight terminals which have been
greatly desired and have been earnest
ly recommended for several years past
to facilitiate economical operation and
to enlarge the opportunity of the com
pany for securing, competitive freight
traffic as well as for taking care
of local business. These improvements
will be undertaken at once and pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
"In addition to the improvements
provided for Southern Railway Compa
ny he also arranged to finance, through
a ten-year equipment trust tne acquisi
. .... . , ' i 1 1 : . . . i -
tion ot aaamonai mouern ruuing siuth
largely of steel construction, represent
ing an aggregate cost of more than
$5,000,000. Bids for this additional roll
ing stock are now" being received and
the orders for immediate construction
will be placed promptly. '
Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 2 uail
way detectives and police -villi blood
hounds early loday began a search for
three robbers who last night held up
the Queen Crescent's passenger
train No. 1, known as the New Or
leans limited. 12 miles north of Bir
mingham, ana robbed mail pouches of
registered mail said to contain more
than $10,000.
Just how much .was taken it was
said would not he known unit: post
office authorities had checked up. In
i nsip n 'icin . -. n ....i.i. t ,
"ii-o iuc inuueis ovenooKea a
sack containing S 1 0,000 consigned to
.cw urieans and a big consignment
i stamps.
The train, crowded with passen
gers on their way to the : ardi Gras
at xvew Orleans had just left AUalia
Ala., when three masked men emerged
irom places of hiding on the tender,
covered tne engineer and fireman
with revolvers and stopped the engine.
The robbers then forced tne engine
crw to uncouple the locomotive and
mail ear. One of the three manned
the throttle, the other two jumped
aboard and the detached section
speeded away.
Two miles down the track the rob
bers stopped and went back to tb
mail car. Realizing a robbery was
planned, the five mail clerk3 had ex
tinguished the lights in their tar and
had locked the doors. They opened
up to the robbers, however, when
threats to dynamite the car were
made and the robbers eutored unre
sisted.
'Who's Ihe chief clerk?" the leader
n .. i.
tvaneu. i
I am." replied A. B. Mervtlle.
"Well, let's have the registered hiail
and be. quick about it," was the order.
The bandit leader's two companions
fnrrot Mrvilln'u Fmip QLiuni .
...v. . . . i .via. m . 1 1 (&. O . ' I .
leave the car. Mervillo himself wai
slow about complying with the order
to disclose the whereabouts of the
uhj.-t of Great Britain. Is d.,,
That as xn1rnid by Gen. I'ai4b.
Villa and vws nfilrtally t-r.m .. ij
the widow lien- by l'int-d St ;.. Coii
ijtil Ld wards of Juarez.
Mysicry surround.- the rcpon !
the death. William Item (11. M -lllS11l
v ictner tne rtderai gov.jof ho rt.niimil the re
the states shall bo su-; H)rt
mailer of water rights) .l-,li im .....
in nav.gablA rivers Secretary Gam ,0l. j-,,, lu.r ,1JihamJ
iZ ,, TlU?n, a,' Pl ef " lL,C ' ld,,aJ Ja,t z Tin consul said X nt,
jeci addressed to Chairman Adau.son llilcl ,.onfirrnw! ,is ,,, M ,b:
oi me nouse commerce committee, i .i ...... .... ..
util he has consulted Mr. Adamson. .i.....-, i,. .u.i.i.
Secretary Garrison will withhold for-' n ,,ls pil'vrrni,lonl.-
..... u ..i..m..Pn o. in inier-i u.ntoii a $- uud Ttic nichr
est tn tne detailed explanation by tae;al(,.r a ,ril,
mi Juarez by a intlitnr.
secretary was apparent in concrcsMou .. i.ji. .-.! .:.... . ...
... -- ".fii. .... win. ii r t .j. 1 1" .j ....'ii. -
al circles. .. ....a . ...
General principles of the adininistra x.i,a, .t mu m I. .. rr.v ri..rt
turns proposal contemplate no s'lr !,,, ,. atfair Xh rJiaigo Hftiitisi U-n-render
or the constitutional power .f(ol, as ,j,al h,. Har, implicated in a
the government to regulate what rhalljHo, , ,akt. illV life,
or shall not be done in navigabl- Villa Wi for .h .ui.li this nun-
LIEUTENANT CURLIN 'DEAD.
Annapoli? Md., Feb. 20. Lieutnan
Commander Roland T. Curlin died at
ihe naval hospital here today. His
death was due to the hardening of the
arteries. Commander Curlin was ap
pointed from Pennsylvania.
By Associated Press.
Madrid, Spain, Feb. 17. Stories of
the killing of seventy-five Spaniards
and the. burial alive of a number of
others by Mexican rebels at Torreon
are published at length in most, of
the newspapers of Madrid and the
provinces today. The incidents were
narrated by passengers on board the
Spanish, steamer Antonio Lopez which
sailed from Vera Cruz on January 27
and has arrived at Cadiz. .
SENATOR MAULDIN
ELECTED JUDGE.
By Associated Press.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 20. Senator T.
.1. Mauidin. of Pickens county, was
elected judge of the newly-created 13th
district at a joint session of the house
and senate today. Mr. Maul din's name
was the only one placed before the
general assembly.
r-A-'Vv-"ii"'.i" Vr'AA A- 'A A VW A A A V A A A A A A
il THE WEATHER.
Forecast for North Carolina:
Rain tonight, probably turning
to snow in north portion; cold
k' er on the coast; Saturday fair; -
high northeast winds shifting
ft to northwest. . y;
"Boarders -Wanted"
"Boarders Wanted"
signs have been discard
eel from the windows of
high grade boarding
houses. The modern way
to get desirable board-
ersin this city is by
"Using THE NEWS
Want Ad Way."
PRINTED YESTERDAY
96 Wednesday 1853 to
date in February to
day not included 2651
in January 4504 since
New Year.
THE NEWS is not
triving prizes for "want
Ids" IT GIVES RE
SULTS the charge is
one-cent-a-word the
page, eight and you
reach the people, 'cause
"In Charlotte,- It's
THE NEWS." 'Nuf 'Ced
streams but to the states is given
practically the entire supervision of
the actual operation of the plan. Th
administration view Is that mere pos
session of the right to control should
not influence the government to op
crate the system for the benefit of the
national treasury but for the interests
of communities and states through
which the streams pass.
Lo-operation between the govern
ment and the states is sough, with
such safeguards that the administra
tion believes all parties will bo sat
isfied. President Wilson has endorsed
the Garrison plan, its general outline
is:
Federal permits for water power
projects would be given only to con
cerns incorporated as public ..tilities.
The public utility commissions of
the states vould be expected to reg
ulate th operation of the plan to pre
vent discrimination or monopoly.
Water power rights would be given
only to thoe states which had cood
public utilities laws.
All benefits, financial and otherwise,
would accrue to the states.
Congress would be asked to vest the
war department with authority to is
sue all permits.
registered mail and one of the rob
bers stabbed him in the shoulder!
with a dirk.
The robbers set about their task
merrily, whistling as .they rippe I open
the sacks. One took the registered ac
count book and checked over the par
cels while the others worked.
Having, as they thought, obtained
all the registered mail, the robbers
wished Merville "good luck" and af
ter cutting the mail car frou the lo
comotive climbec" aboard and were
off.
The locomotive was abandoned
near Birmingham and at mis point
early today officers started the blood
hounds in a search for the robbers.
Amount Not Known.
Cincinnati. Feb. 20. Official reports
of the hold-up of the "New Orleaus
Limited"' on the Queen and Crescent,
received here today stated that thej
THAW'S FIGHT
FOR LIBERT!
IS RENE
By Associated Press.
Concord. X. II- Feb. 2o. Harry K.
K. Thaw' fight for liberty was re
newed today before Federal Judge
Aldrich.
There were two points At t-sue
the discharge of the prisoner on a
writ of habeas corpus thus preventing
his extradition to New York as a fu
gitive from justice, the alleged of
ing. .
Benton was lat seen alir n Jua
rez Tm-sday . mrnins. n us gout?
to Villj s honi kiid said he g
I'lC ;o tell Villa what he ibouclH !
him." lor the manner in which t's
ranch. l.cs Rcwdio.'' in western
Chihuahua had ben looted y n-b I
roldierr
Instrrclion had Iteen sent by '.'i
American stme department .y-st"rd.t
to Consul Idward.i. It w;n rej-Mied,
to sec 'hat n 'limi shou'.d rom; t
Benton, th orders being cent at the
request of the British ambassador.
The warning, it now apix-ars, came
too late.
It is ".upposed that Villa's fU-fen.
will t that' the man was bot I
cause Lc entered Villa's o21i-
ttarted to draw a gun although th
cousin -ays BcLtcn did not c i
Juarez armd.
Benton had been in MeK lor
alout 2" ve-ars. He was lit 1
.wars old.
Benlon and Villa hav ;
ijuaintar.ces for many year. Hentjn
knew him wliti as an outlaw .am
or less accept'-d a part of tl !ei-.-iian
stela' fabric. t,. thru 1 l.i.
crc-st-d th IVr.ton ratuh - i
the city of t'Mhrabna. The ranch !
U'O.irjO acres 1 foundered oror t"
!'ct in Mexico, it s wHj V4tcr-i
contained fin pasturapc, ad lh"
owner was particularly firnf f M.
orchard whbh si.cr-oodin band d
revobitienls' rti. Into Itrcwcwl lirti
on paid i:r.,t'o f..r U i.ul Impr"?"
iM-ntii were ald to have brought 'b
value close to fl.'"'"
It w is with the n"f'ir?w -if 1
ac quaintance Uhlnd nixrt h
Sot!nian w-nl to Villa illi com
plain', c.t th depredations. Yr-jicrdii
Villa, who h.i cmFUtrrMc d-nl-1
that he had Benton in ctrfH"?-. t ln
a rjorter that B'nton ws arm-:
when he made his rl'it-
Fricnd of Ihe ranchman 'r
that IVntrn while of fW t't:;r
and ready tp nte n-tf. - ,y, m't
habit ;.nd tievfr known :o carry a
gun. Mis "real r;;on for coins nn
armed wan his n knowets nf h
temper.
In tb rcrie of h IntrvKw.
Fenton and Vi'ln ctv.rrel'Nj ;."d 'ti
ten vas ic t to ? w oi Pin incm .
fen.e being conspiracy to eicapel James Ilamb.eton. an -.n.-: nman.
from Matteawan. and the right ot and ether, luclud.ag ie?or.er
Thaw to bail pending the disKjrl- banst-d cv.ry ir.aMnfaw.ilrm;
tion of the case hv the f-deral cotirts. the fate of the missing man but
Opening argument upon the habeas c-verywncie w-rc n.-t ith -.ajionf
Open
corpus petition was made by former
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, who
amount of booty taken bv tb ban-! held that Thaw was not subject to
dits was not defincly known.
IS
NOMINATED
BT PRESIDENT
extradition upon the charge in the in
dictment against bitn in New York.
I Mr. Stone said that the indictment
a: a A r.l,..riTo uu nvrrt net or crime.
but the court pointed out that Gov
ernor Glynn's requisition charted
Thaw with conspiracy.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS. Oj
Special to The News.
Washington, Feb. 2u. William C.
Hammer, of Asheboro, was nomled
by President Wilson today to be dis
trict attorney, this being the mort
important step in the matter since he
was recommended by the senators
back in November
Senator Overman said today he
will try and call a special meeting ot
the judiciary committee, of which he
is chairman, tomorrdw and have the
nomination approved. It is possible
some little opposition may be nvide
to confirmation but it will amount to
little because Overman is chairman
of the committee, and President Wil
son has louna inc crrpcs asiM
Hammer insufficient to hold him up.
Washington, Feb. 20.
Senate:
Arbitration treaties again discussed
in executive session.
Administration bill introduced to
raise the Argentine legation to an
embassy.
Disagreed to the house amendments
to the Alaska bill and tent it to con
ference. House:
American Bankers Association urg
ed modification of the interlocking di
rectoratcs bill.
Labor committee arranged hearings
next week on the Palmer bill to bar
child labor products from Interstate
commerce.
Territories committer akcd to au
thorize a two million dollar private
railroad in Hawaii.
and dentals.
t' n -ni ITdward 'he firrf C
I-arn 1 ""' r's. Me t.:ve Mr'
(ntoii only a bare outiin of ti
case.
"I nav telegraphed all dta:lf ft
:'n- '-orii-n;:nd . to Wa bii?ton." at'1
the -oitKul. "and if n-3''c t't" it
must be Irom tl.Te. I p'rcd te
word c Villa not to njjK- the d
tails T'lbUc.
Askel what disposition had l-cn
jtnade of the body. Lar.l replied'
-I do not tbink it will , n "V
tliis side of the Virdr."
Villa's sudden J,c.rtir' "h!v i-
icgarded a.-, fiisbt from -h- -erin t
indignation vhich vas p:-c-j u .-
the Interest manifesto! hi tn"on s
ciisapp?Hrancc.
As the fort-noon ro-e on talk
a mass meim? re o'. o
definite rhap. IixciK-d rre"!? or
American. Engliih. French and 't
man refugees who have ioi m -.r
properly in ,Mexico. or comt-l-d to
Lbandon 't temivrarily. asserted it
the time had com for for-is' r. i.
protej-t araiust treatment llns da '
out to them.
Since Ihe rcvol uion s b gar tr
have ntvtr lud :'"ch 4 nic-ettr.g b it
l.avc accert-d l-ir bti-dn$ stobi'H.
Statement 0cred ted.
1,1 rao, 1 pjur, 1 -11.
deritood among lionl'T H"wi.aj-
men that name of foreipne 1
divuU' in arn ot lo l" tn"b
Contini-'l on I'aife Nit.
ib so hard to
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