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r f VOL XXXIX "No 3 WILMINGTON JN' C, JANUARY 9, Sl.tJO PER YEAR 17 hi? J - w - ft .1 i ; 5 112011 Oil TRIAL Evidence in Case Against the midshipman DENIEDTHAT HE HAD HAZED Decatur Acquitted, at Once Rearrested and Will be Tried Again It is Announced That Iecatur Will Fight Against Charges That Will be Held Against Him Unofficially, it is Stated, That Coffin lias Been Con victed of Hazing and Dismissed In teresting Testimony Develops in the Trial of Midshipman Marzoni. Annapolis, Md., January G. The de velopments today at the naval academy were important. Stephen Decatur Jr., the first of the member of the first class to be put on trial, was declared acquitted, and restored to duty, but was rearrested shortly after and will be tried under other charges of hazing under the act of 1874, and of encourag ing or countenancing hazing under the act of 1903. It i3 authoritatively stated that he will fight these charges. Announcement was made unofficially that Midshipman Trenmo Coffin, Jr., of the third class from Carson City, Nevada, has been convicted of hazing Midshipman Kimbrough and dis missed. During the trial of Midshipman Mar zoni, it developed that a fagging sys tem exists at the academy, under class men being expected to bring food from the breakfast table to upper classmeu when they miss the formation. It was also made clear that since the hazing investigation began, upper classmen have been subjecting each other to the practices generally visited upon fourth classmen, so as to be able to. testify that certain things were not done to under classmen only, and con sequently, do not constitute hazing. An intimation of this has been gained by previous testimony, but it remain ed for Midshipman Robert W. Caba iiiss, a first classman from Birming ham, Ala., to finally let the cat out of the bag, when he stated that since the session of the court of inquiry begun the first class midshipmen and others at his table had been required to re ject dessert. This was only required of fourth classmen up to a few weeks ago. In the Marzoni trial. Chester S. Roberts testified that he was ordered to Mar zoni's room, where he had to do "Num ber 1G." Roberts said that he had been told to go to the room and say to Marzoni, "If she had been a dog, do you think she would have taken it?' Fourth Classman Benjamin W. Tye cf Atlanta, said that he had brought Marzoni's breakfast to him. "I did uot mind it a bit," he said. He had done it about six times. Tye said that there was friendly .feeling between himself and Marzoni and that tbey were from adjoining southern states. Tis fact, he said, made him perfectly billing to do the service for Marzoni. On cross examination Tye said that he did not consider the services he performed for Marzoni as menial nor did they annoy him or harrass him. He said that he had sren Nagle, Mar zoni's room mate, brin? Marzoni' breakfast Midshipman Allert C. Bryant, testi fied that he had carried milk to Mar zoni on several occasions. Marzoni came to his room and matin him stand on his head he said. Bryant was cross examined by Mar zoni's counsel to show that the bring ing of food from the breakfast table was a courtesy and not a humiliation. Bryant said southern midshipmen usually performed courtesies for each other and declared that he was not harassed or annoyed in any way by bringing tho food. ITe said he under stood it to be a request rather than ai order. Itry.int also said that Marzoni had lilpl !:im with his Spanish voluntar ily. He sat at Marzoni's tabln and was treated well in every ivspei t. Midshipman Marzoni was called to rhe stand by his counsel. lie absolute ly denied that Ik had hazed Roberts or ever knew him. He said that Tye had brought him fool by request. lie had thanked him for so doing and Tye did not appear to make any objection to j this. He only knew of two occasion5 when Tye had brought him food. Bryant had also brought him food and a glass of milk. It had been done uo 3er the circumstances as in Tye's case. Marzoni then absolutely denied that he had compelled Bryant to stand on his head as alleged in the specifica tion?. ITe said that he had never stood a fourth classman on his head and did mot believe it a proper thing to do. On cross examination he said that he had never in any way caused a fourth classman, to stand on his head. When, asked for explanations of Bryantfs testimony, Marzoni - said he could not explain it,except to say Bry ant was mistaken. The accused mid shipman Was then asked in regard to Tye and Bryan. He said that both boys were from the same section of country as himself and that it was the custom among southern midshipmen to be on friendlier footing than others. He had requested the youths, not or dered them to bring nis breakfast when he was not down and they hail done so. The defense contended strongly that the under classmen had done thee things as a courtesy to Marzoni and an act of friendship and not under compulsion. Marzoni was followed on the stand by Charles A. Woodruff, his room mate who testified to Marzoni's fondness for a little morning sleep and that he missed breakfast formation frequently in consequence. Several other midshipmen said .they had carried rolls and milk to Marzoni. John Dixon, of Fayetteviiie, Ala., a member of the second class, said that he considered Marzoni was very nice to Bryant. SHOT AND PLACED IX BED Xew Evidence in the Edwards Case, Which Causes Police to Start on Different Theory. New Haven, Conn., January G. The announcement of the discovery of evi dence pointing to " the belfef that Charles A. Edwards of New York, the victim of the mysterious murder at the Hiller homestead was not shot in the bed where he was found.was the most interesting development in the case to day. This evidence came to light when an examination was made of the clothing on the body. On one of the stockings, the left one, a blood clot as large as the end of a man's thumb, was discovered, and blood had soaked through the stocking and. spread over the top of the instep. This is con sidered to leave little doubt that the body was placed in the guest chamber bed after the shooting, and the detec tives are working on the theory that the man was shot while standing or in some other position where the blood from the wound in left side of his heac would fall upon his foot. The fact that on the left stocking also there was a collection of lint or carpet dirt, is believed to lend color to the theory that he was dragged in an unconscious condition to the bed. There was no lint on the stocking which covered the right foot. It was said today that two bulets have been found imbedded in one of the walls of the guest chamber. The search for the pistol with which the crime was committed went on to day without result. At the coroner's office, it was said that his report on the question would not be given out tonight, though the investigation is about complete. NATIONAL HOTEL ON FIRE Flames Threatened to Destroy One of Washington's Oldest Resorts. Washington, January 7. The Nat ional Hotel, one of the oldest hostel ries in the city, was threatened with destruction at an early hour this morn ing. The flames started from a defec tive -flue under the roof on the fourth floor, and soon worked their way to the kitchen, on the first floor, which was pretty well gutted. The 165 guests in the hotel were aroused from their sleep, and scantily clad, made their way to the ground floor. - The fire, however, did not reach any part of the hotel in which the guests were domi ciled. Three women were rescued by the fire escape, one of them being partly overcome by smoke. While the excitement was at its height, one of the guests went into the parlor and played a lively air on the piano. This had the effect of quieting the excitement. One of the guests, while the fire was in progres, paid a porter ten dollars to bring his trunk from his room. The loss is estimated at between $7,00Tand $8,000. i Chorus Union Strike Ends. New York, January 6. The strike of the Metropolitan opera house chorus was ended today. The chorus returned to the stage this afternoon, signing in the matinee performance of Gounod's "Faust." Director Heinrich Conried agreed to pay the members of the cho rus $20. a week instead of the $15 wages paid them formerly, and they relinquished their demand for the rec ognition of their union. Charged With Murder. Milledgevillo, Ga., January G. lias Sauuder, a young man, has been ar rested and is in jail for killing O. W. Meadows, a prominent farmer and merchant who was found vmmlered in his buggy. Saunders admits he did the killing but says "it was accidental. The evidence shows that Meadows was killed, and then put in his buggy and carried on the road towards his home for about one mile and the horse turn ed loose to carry Meadows the rest of the way home. Struck by a Train and Killed. Scranton, Pa., January 6 W. T. Roe, of Lynchburg, Va., traveling rep resentative of the Modern Woodmen Knoxville, Tenn,., was struck by a KKnoxville, Tenn., was struck by a train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Moosic station, near here and instantly killed. THE PHILIPPIHE TARIFF BILL Representatiie Hill Talks on Tobacco Feature of the Measure HE HAS VISITED THE ISLANDS Industry Tliere, He Said, Would Never Injure American Industries Mild Form of Slavery Said to Exist Among the 3Ioros Representative Mondell Speaks Against the Polio' of Helping the Filipino People by Granting Them Open Markets in the United States. Washington, January 6. In a ses sion of five hours today the House placed on record a speech in favor, of the Philippine tariff bill, one against it and a twenty minute talk for tar iff revision according to the Republi can demand of Massachusetts. Mr. Hill, of m Connecticut, occupied three hours, and was listened to with the greatest interest in detailing the knowledge he gained from two visits to the .Philippines, the last one as a member of the party of Secretary Taft last summer. He paid particular at tention to the tobacco feature of the measure. Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, who has led the fight against the bill in the interest of the beet sugar industry of this country, spoke vigorously against the measure and against the policy of helping the Filipino people by grant ing them open markets in the Unit ed States. He said the passage of this bill would be the death knell of the beet sugar industry in the United States. The abolition of the tariff on hides was pleaded for by Mr. Lawrence of Massachusetts, who presented the posi tion taken by the Republicans of that state. Mr. Hill said the agricultural land of the Philippines was but nine and a half per cent, of the total area. He said that a mild form of slavery exist ed among the Moros. Substantially all of the export to bacco of the islands comes,"- he said, from a single valley in the island of Luzon. The valley is two miles wide and about fifty miles long. It was the wildest imagination to suppose that at any time would Philippine in dustry ever be disastrous to American industries. Reverting to Mr. Hill's statement about slavery Mr. Clayton (Ala.) asked: "Is it true, did I under stand the gentleman to say that slav ery still exists among the Moros; the traffic in human beings, where men and women are sold for $50 to $100?" "I did not see any of this traffic, replied Mr. Hill, "but I believe slav ery exists." "Five years the great Republican party has been in power and these conditions still exist?" "It is true." "I would like the gentleman to tell us why this great Republican assimi lation has not eradicated this condi tion," continued Mr. Clayton. "Oh, yes," replied Mr. Hill, "and we would have slavery in this country to day if it had not been for that great Republican party." Mr. Hill reviewed at length the tobacco industry in the Philippines, explaining the primitive methods of tobacco culture and the limited manu facture of smoking and chewing tobac co and cigars. He said single factories in the United States make more than the entire output of manufactured to-, bacco in the Philippines. Mr. Hill said a careful study of to bacco production in tne islands and the export tobacco trade had persuad ed him that the United States has nothing to fear from competition with Philippine tobacco because oi us in feriority and the impossibilityof ex tensive tobacco culture in the islands. Speaking of the argument that the cheap labor of the Orient would be brought in direct competition wltn American tobacco workers by a reduc tion of the duty on Philippine tobacco, Mr. Hill called attention to the fact that American exclusion laws keep Chinese out of the islands and contract labor cannot be employed, ne saw nrarrirallv all tne cigar and cigarette makers are Filipinos, few Chinese De- ing now employed. As a!l work oi tnis, sort is piece work he said n man's earnings increase as h's ability in creases. Mr. Hill sa'd the manufac ture of a firt elass h"nd made cigar in Mani'a is aTmost as expensive as m the United States. The House adjourned until Monday. Raleigh anl Pamllea Sound Railroad to Enter Raleigh. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C, J-nuary C The city engineer is making a survey for entry of the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railway into the city. The depot will be within a few yards of the power house of the Raleigh Electric Com pany. Work on the road is now to be pushed very rapidly. C. M. Wille and Company, Washing ton, have med petition in bankruptcy, liabilities $1,948, assets $970. . Reconciliation Between Bob Fitzsim mons and Wife. Sioux Falls, S. D., January 8. It was announced today that a reconciliation had been affected between Bob Fitz simmons, and his wife and that Mrs. Fitzsimmons would abandon her action for divorce. It is expected that the two will leave tomorrow evening far New York. THREE KILLED JltlD 20 MED Fatal Head on Collesion Between Pas senger and Freight Trains. PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE ROAD Impact of the Trains Was Terlfflc, and Smoker and First Day Coach Were Telescoped Accident Happened Abont Ten Miles East of Carry. Pa. Cause of the Wreck Has Not Yet Been Determined. Corry, Pa., January 6. As the result of a head-on collision tonight between fast passenger train number 4, of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad, and a freight engine moving light, three trainmen were killed and twenty pas sengers more or less seriously injured. The accident happened during a se vere snow storm at Horn's siding, ten miles east of this city. The dead: Thomas Finn, Erie, Pa., engineer passenger train. Frederick Herman, Erie, Pa., fireman passenger train. A. Niell, Kane, Pa., fireman freight engine. The passenger train left this city 15 minutes late, and was running at 45 miles an hour when it met the freight engine head-on. The impact was terrific, and the smoker and first day coach were telescoped. Almost every one in these two cars were bur ied in the wreckage and sustained engines and when taken out were dead, more or less serious wounds. The trainmen were caught beneath their As quickly as conditions would per mit the injured were removed from the fruins and placed on relief trains, where first medical aid was given. Quick runs were then made to Erie, Kane, Warren and this city, where am bulances were in waiting to carry them to the hospitals. Major I. B. Brown, secretary of in ternal affairs of Pennsylvania and Conductor Morgan, of the passenger train worked heroically with axes and rescued many of the injured from per ilous positions "among the debris. The cause of the wreck has not yet been determined. A SCARLET FEVER CURE Big Success Claimed for Remedy by Dr. Lillian. A new treatment for scarlet fever which, he says, has had a long series of victories ?nd no failures in its struggle with the disease for nearly eight years, is now offered as a free scientific contribution to the medical profession by Dr. J. F. C. Luhan, of No. 220 East Seventy-second street. Noticing that most deaths from the disease were the result of paralysis of the heart, he devised a treatment for the blood and for the kidneys which prevents anaemia or destruc tion of the red blood corpuscles and also prevents kidney complications. The physician, in speaking of his treatment, said: "As to my treatment. The germs of scarlet fever diminish the red blood corpuscles and produce an excess of white blood corpuscTes. Anaemia next sets in through the poverty of the blood, and paralysis of the heart fol lows. My treatment is curative and eliminative. In the first four days of the disease, prescription No. 1 increas es the iron in the red corpuscles, and brings oxygen into the blood without impairing the function of the kidneys. In the next four days prescription No. 2, which contains all the ingredients of No. 1, and also another substance, acts on the kidneys in such a way as to cause the red corpuscles which have been destroyed by the disease germs to be eliminated from the blood. Often these deaa corpuscles cause congestion in the .interior mechanism of the kid neys, which turns into Bright's dis ease. The extra oxygen in the blood prevents paralysis of the heart, which is due to the presence in the blood of carbon monoxide. "I always insist that as soon as evi dences of the disease appear, the pa tient usually the patient is a child be bathed in warm water, and then placed in the lightest and best venti lated room of its home. The medicine must be purchased only of reliable druggists, as it must be perfectly pure and contain no chemical likely to de press the heart action, it must be kept in an amber colored bottle, as it : is affected by the light. While there are no poisons used in the prepara tions, the medicine should be thrown away after the patient is well and ic newed when needed again." Death of Prominent Craven County 3Ian. Ex-Sheriff William B. Lane, of Crav en county. d"ed of heart disease at hi 3 home Wednesday morning, very sud denly, while dressmg. He was one of the best and most prominent citizens of Craven, and besides b-'ng sheriff of the country, had represented it 5n the legisfature. He was 71 years old -Kinston Free P-ess. RoocvcIt Will Attend Gridiron Club Dinner. Washington, January 6. President Roosevelt today accepted an invita tion to attend the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club, which will be given on Saturday night, January 27. FORGED X. AND W. CERTIFICATES Many Fraudulent Certificates, of the Road Common Stock, are la Circulation. Philadelphia, Pa., January 6. A number of -forged certificates of the common stock of the Norfolk and Western railroad have re cently been delected. It is not known how many of these fraudulent certifi cates are in circulation, but eight cer tificates of 100 shares each have been discovered. Detectives have been at work on the case for several days, and they are re ported to have learned that a Nw York brokerage firm is involved. E. H. Alden, secretary and assistant treasurer of the Norfolk and Western railroad today went to New York to make a personal investigation of the matter. New York, January 6. More than $77,000 worth of forged Norfolk and Western stock certificates have been offered to the public The New York stock have already been found and it is such certificate for 900 shares of this stock have already ben found and It is not known how many more mapr be in existence. Shares of Norfolk and West ern were quoted at $86 each on the stock exchange today. The forgery was discovered only a few days ago. Detection was ma'de through a mis take in printing an inch and a quar ter long picture of a locomotive on the certificate. In the genuine certificates this engine appears headed towards the left, wheeras on the forgeries it is headed to the right It was announced that the Norfolk and Western Rail way Company is not liable for any loss sustained by brokers by whom the certificates are passed. CALLS IT NATIONAL DISGRACE Dr. Minor Morris Expresses Himself Concerning the Forcible Removal of His Wife From the White IIouso. Washington, January" 0. "This White House outrage is a burning shame and a national disgrace!" So said Dr. Minor Morris, husband of Mrs. Morris, who was forcibly re moved from the executive offices on Thursday last, and taken to the house of detention. Dr. Morris arrived here early today. Mrs. Morris received newspaper men in her room, where she and Dr. Morris discussed with them the story of her father's will, which had brought on an estrangement between Mrs. Morris and her brother, Representative Hull, and which has led to much personal to Dr. Morris he was re moved from the surgeon general's of fice on charges filed by Representa tive Hull at a time when Mrs. Mor ris was about to proceed to Pueblo, Colo., to get at certain facts pertain ing to the will which she alleged bad not been made to appear in the case. It was these charges,. Dr. Morris said, that Mrs. Morris desired the Presi dent to have investigated. Representative Hull made a state ment today denying the charges that he had violated the provisions of his father's will or had failed to file a codicile to that will or forged a pari of the will. Dr.Morris tonight said that Mr. Hull's statement evaded the issue which was the cause of the "outrage perpetrated on Mrs. Morris at the White House." A MYSTERIOUS MURDER For an Unknown Reason, W. J. Con stantino Stabs and Kills Mrs. A. W. Gentry. Chicago, 111.. January 6. Mrs. A. W. Gentry. 26 years old, wife of the pres ident of the Universal Trading and Supply Company, was murdered today for some unknown reason by a man whom the police declare is W. J. Con- stantine, a boarder in the Gentry home. Mrs. Gentry died before she could make a statement, and Constan tine fled from the building without hat or coat. He is now being sought by the police. At the time of the mur der Mrs. Gentry and Constantlne were alone in the apartments where the Gentry family lived. Mrs. Gentry was about to go down town, when the mur derer attacked her with a razor, and after cutting her throat from ear to ear. pushed her out into the hall and threw her down a flight of stairs, she fell against the door of the apart ments occupied by Dr. David J. Go herty on the floor below. The physi cian took Mrs. Gentry into his office, and endeavored to save her life, but she died within a few minutes. A razor belonging to Constantlne was found on the floor of the room in which the crime was committed. Constantine is the son of a wealthy! man living in New York city. It is re ported that he is a member of the firm of John Constantlne & Son, whose place of business is situated in Harlem. So far as known he had no employ ment, but was living on money sent to him from New York Reduction in Staple Cotton Acreage Advocated. Lake City, Fla., January 6. The As sociation of Long Staple Cotton Grow ers which met here Joday adopted res olutions strongly advocating the reduc tion in staple cotton acreage next year of 25 per cent. The resolutions also favored the establishment of warehouses in county seats, and in sisted on changing the day of paying fertilizer bills to December 1, instead of October 1. The farmers were urged to borrow money from banks, rather than mortgage the cotton crop, and al so to, sell no cotton in the seed. The association here holds nearly $100,000 worth of long staple cotton. ra sncBim on secrets Purpose cl Q:e$ti::s Asked b; Attor ney General Heiilej ROGERS DECLINES TO ANSWER Matter Will bo Cert I ft oil to the New York Supreme Court for a Determi nation a to Whether Rogers Mul Answer or be Adjudged for Con tempt Suit Is to Exclude Certain Companies From Dolnc llralnc In Missouri. New York, Jsn.urr. .!. dcvelop ea from the questions asked by Attor ney General Herbert S. .Hadley, of AIls couri, of Henry H. Rogers, vice pres ident and director of ho Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, that one of Mr. Hadley's chief purposes in con ducting an examination of officers cf that company in this city, is to find out whether thv. company owns a coa. trolling interest in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, tile Watsra rierce Oil Company, of Missouri, and the Republic. O:. Company. This Mt. Hadley said tonight, he regards as a step in the direction of excluding the three latter companies from doing bus iness in Missouri. To most of the Im portant questions arked by Mr. Hadle bearing dlrectiv on the question or stock ownership. Mr. Rogers declined to give any answer, 'on the advice of counsel," and Mr. Hamey requested Commissioner Frederick II. Sanborn. to certify the questions and Mr. Rog ers refusal to the supreme court of this state for a determination as to whether or not Mr. Rogers must an swer them or be adjudged in contempt Mr. Rogers declined to reply to ques tions as to whether he controls any stock In the Wafers l i.-ice Oil Com. pany, whether Mr. Van Buren, of New York, holds a controlling interest in that company for the Standard OH Company of New Jersey, whether tho New Jersey company controls tha Standard Oil Company, cf Indiana, or th Waters-?! rce Ccmpany, and whether two-thirds of the dividends of the Waters-Pierce Company are not paid to H. M. Tilford, who, Mr. Rogers said, has an office at 26 uroaaway. this city. Mr. Hadley tonight declared that ne would take all these questions to the supreme court of New iork state io secure an order for Mr. Rogers to show cause why he shall not answer them. Mr. Rogers did say. however, that he never heard of an agreement be-. tween the Standard OH Company, or Indiana, and the Waters-Pierce com pany to divide the trade of Missouri, and that he did not believe it was ever made. Mr. Hadlev said afterward that ne hA an in function against such a di vision, but that he was unable In Mia r to show from the officers of the oil companies that they are owned by the same party. This is wnat ue i a? mine to show in the New York iipaHner Mr Roirers today declined to answer the question whether he had a transaction with H. Clay nerce in i?u by which Mr. Rogers secured au or n9rt nf thA Waters-Pierce Oil Com- . pany's stock for the Standard Oil Com- pany, of New Jersey or ior tne iuuu na company. , t Mr. Rogers was still on the stand when the hearing was adjourned until Monday. TON OF DYNAMITE EXPLODES Five Men Instantly Killed. Four Fatal ly Hurt and Seven Seriously Injured. Chicago. January 6. Five men were instantly killed, four others fatally hurt. and seven seriously injured by the explosion of a ton of dynamite at the quarries of the Dolose and Shcp- ard Company at Gary, Illinois, todxy. Ai of the men killed and Injured were foreigners who were laboring In the quarries.. The cause of the explosion i3 not known, but It Is suppowxl that a box containing 100 pounds of the explo sive fell from the top of another case while it was warming prior to use for blasting purposes, and that the explosion of this amount set off the rest of the 2,000 pounds. The building in which the dynamite was stored, was at one end of a quarry in which about forty men were woik Ing. - - Three men of them who were in stantly killed were at work In a trench about l"iO feet from the build ing in which the dynamite was stored Pieces of, the wrecked building wer showered upon them, crushing thern to ' the earth. Tho other two men killed by the air concussion, whUe working in a blacksmith shop close by. The total loss to property is $ii5,0). In force of the explosion was felt for 20 miles around, and many -windows were broken in houses standing three or four miles from the quarry. V Fatal Shoot ins: at Lancaster. Charlotte, N. C, January C Dr. E. S. McDow today shot and perhaps fa- . tally injured.!. IL Witherspoon, a mer chant, at Lancaster, S. C.t and also shot W. M. Brown, a cierk In the store. , The shooting was the outcome of a -quarrel over a business transaction. Dr. McDow Is in jail. Two pistols -were 'found on his person wbc" arrest ed. -It Is taid no weapon was found ' on either Witherspoon 05 Brown. n tl
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