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VOL XL NO. 5 1 WILMINGTON, N. C, JUNE 21, 1907 S1.00 PER YEAJR a ALLEGED COIIE Beta Main Railroads and Steamship Companies IS TO BE Complaint Made By Peter Wrieht & Son, Philadelphia Q motion Most Important Ever Brought Before ntcrsate Com merce Commission Charges Pre ferred Against Hamburg-American Packet Company and Certain Rail roads in the United States Every Arneriean Manufacturer, producer and Siiipper Interested. Washington, June 19 The interstate commerce comifissicn today decided to institute proceedings of inquiry and investigation into the affairs of the Hamburg-American Facket Company, which i3 charged by Peter Wright and sons, general agents at Philadelphia of the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company and the Cosmopolitan lines with pool ing and maintaining monopolies in re straint of trade. The inquiry is expected to be one of the most stupendous ever undertaken and of a character different from any that ever before has engaged the at tention of the commission. The inquiry will have to deal with an alleged combination between rail roads in the United States and the German shipping concern and there fore interests every American producer manufacturer or shipper aspiring to introduce his goods to foreign con sumers. According to the complaint on which action was taken by the commission the Hamburg-American Packet Com pany has built up a complete monopo ly of the east bound traffic originating in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha. Minneapolis, Duluth, Cleve land, and manufacturing centers of the United States intended for inter ior points or places cn the continent of Europe. The complaint renews what is claimed to be unfairmethods in stifling competition. The Cosmopolitan Shipping Company of Philadelphia, which figures as the complaintant, operates lines to Rotter dam, Leith and Copcrhagen. The charges allege an iron clad trust trans-Atlantic freight carrying exists between the Hamburg-American Pack et Company, the North German Lldyd, Scandinavian-American and the Wis soti (Sull) line and that his pool proportions the volume of trafic each of its members shall carry, and from what port or ports each line shall make its sailings, thus involving the apportionment of traffic originating in western cities both as to character and amount between the cities of the North Atlantic Seaboard.. k In chargingthat the Hamburg-American Packet Company in its almost absolute control of eastbound and west bound traffic between interior points of the United States and Hamburg, is a monopoly in restraint of trade, the complaining companies raises an in ternational question. The allegation is mode that the for eigh corporations is backed by the German government, dictates terms, routes and rates to shippers all over the United States who forward goods to Baltic ports, diver's freight to and from American ports at its own will without regard to the natural flow of trade, and uses coercive anl unlaw ful methods to crush competition: The statement filed by Peter Wright and Sons say Cosmopolitan freight services have no desire to suppress legitimate competition and adds: "We therefore do not seek to have ameliorated any of the conditions which fair competition may impose. We do believe, however, that pooling, combinations and intimidations, the latter in certain instances approaching blackmail, even under the semblance of competition, are not legitimate forms of competition. Pooling, com bination and intimidations in their worst forms have been encountercl recently by the Cosmopolitan service. These are the unlawful conditions masquerading under the guise of com petition which it is our purpose to . endeavor to place before your honor able commission in a concise and chronological form." n connection with the complaint the Cosmopolitan, line .submitted copies . ojf.i the combines- rebate form of con tracts and it is alleged that thes& 1 - ' NVEST GATED show that shippers are bribed and squeezed to compel them to submit to the monoly. It is charged that the Hamburg-American Packet Company's monopoly begins with the state-owmed railroads in Germany, which give -the corporation rebates; and that the com- . pany forces all European shippers to j sign an iron-clad contract providing for liberal rebates in return for ex clusive hinmnts hv its lines. It is charged that under the existing contract wmcn European snippers have to sign they must ship every pound of freight for Boston, New York Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News by trust lines, whether they go through German, Belgian or Dutch ports or the routing of which can be in any way controlled by the merchant. Further, it is charged that the merchant who ships one consign ment by an independent line cannot ship any at all by a line in the com bination. New York, Juno 9. The reply of the Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company to the charges preferred by the interstate commerce commission by Peter Wright and Sons, Philadel phia, agents of the Cosmopolitan Steamship Company will, it is under stood be in the nature of a general denial that combination for the re straint of trade exists between the de fendant and allied lines. CADET HAM EL DKOWXEI). Fell Overboard lYoin the Revenut Cutter Chae. Washington, June 19. A dispatch was received at the treasury depart ment today from Captain Reynolds, commanding the revenue cutter Chase which is now at Yorktoyn Pa., report ing the drowning it sea on June 17, of Cadet George R. Romel, who fell overboard from the Quarter deck -rail and did not catch life buoy or rope that were thrown within his reach. The life boat was immediately cleared away, but Romei sank when it reach ed within a few feet of him and he did not rise to the surface again. Rom el was appointed a cadet in the United States revenue service, April 17, 1906 from New York and was 24 years old Tihs is the first case of drowning or indeed, of serious accident to a cadet since the establishment of the cadet service thirty y.ears ago. MOTION .GRANTED Green and Cay nor File Application for Rehearing of Case. Huntsville, La., June 19. 'Counsel for Green and Gaynor, the Savannah contractors, who are under sentence for defrauding the government have filed with Judge Shelby, of the Uni ted States court of -appeals, a petition for leave to enter a. motion for a re hearing of the ease. The court of appeal. recently affirmed the sentence of the lower court. The motion has been granted and aplpication for re hearing formally entered when the court of appeals convenes in Septem ber. TROOPS MUTINY Were Suppressed After Bloody En gagement About Sixty Killed or Wounded. , St. Petersburg, June 19. Trouble has broken out among the troops of the Third infantry division, stationed at Kaluga. General Orloff, who sup pressed the insurrection in the Baltic provinces left St. Petersburg hurriedly last night to take charge of the garri son at Kaluga. No information is available as to the nature of the troubles, a strict censorship on all m coming press dispatches having been instituted since the dissolution of par liament. The dispatches of the Associated Press from Kieve, detailing the mutiny were turned over to the censor and held up for from 12 to 15 hours! before they were delivered. These details show that the mutiny was suppressed only after a bloody engagement be tween the mutineers and loyal troops, in which about 70 men were killed or wounded. The fighting continued for several minutes. Half a dozen soldiers were killed and about sixty were wounded. Finally the mutineers, who had no of ficers, no leaders and so plans, wav ered and fled. Two hundred and fifty were captured but 193 eluded pursuit and hid in the city. . The mutiny was planned to coincide j with a general political strike ?.z a f reply to the dissolution of parliament, i involving the railroads, telegraphers : and mails. In several of the southern provinces arrangements for the strike had been making for months under leadership of an experienced organizer M. Liskotj.' who was a member of the first parliament. The commander-in-chief has dismis sed the commander of the mutinous sappers at Kieve together with several other officers. Fire Dromed. Seattle, Washington, June 18. An ton Meyer. 'l 3 years old. his mother, two sisters and aunt. Mrs. John Hert ler, were drowned in Lake Sam ma -mish at . Monohan yesterday. The four women lost their lives trying- td ' J rescue the boy. ONE BODY IS STILL MISSIIiliEW EVlOEfiGE AEAIfiST HOLMES That of Midshipman Henry Clay j Murfin SEARCH STILL GOING ON Reward of $30 Offered for Recovery of Remains Rumor That Body-of Seaman Was Still 3Iisi!ig Was Un founded Battleships Leave Hamp ton Roads for Drill Grounds. Newport News, Va., June 19. Just before the battleships Ohio, Iowa, Maine and Indiana sailed from Hamp ton Roadstoday for the southern drill grounds off the Virginia capes, an or der was posted from the flagship, the Ohio, offering a reward of $50 for the body of Midshipman Henry Clay Mur fin, the only one of the eleven victims of the ill-fated launch of the battle ship Minnesota, whose remains have not been recovered. The Minnesota re mained in the roads and her boats, with those of the cruiser Brooklyn, battleship Texas and Monitor Mianto mah and several government tpgs are still searching for the body, but the absence of the four battleships cripples the navy department's facilities and it was deemed advisable to induce out siders to join in the search. From Norfolk comes the report that at the Norfolk navy yard it is stated that the body of Ordinary Seaman F. R. Plumble has not been found. Be fore he left for Washington yesterday Rear Admiral Emory gave the Associ ated Press correspondent a copy -.of the official list of bodies recovered. This list contained ten names, including that of Plumble, and showed that Llid shipman Murfin's body was the only one missing. The battleship sqtiadron will return to the roads in a few days. PREPARES roil WAR Guatemala lTessea in all Lainirers Obtainable to Work on Fortifica tions. Mexico City, June 19. Guatemala has cie thousand men employed, in building fortifications at the port of Oscos. and is making that point the strongest fortified port in all Central America, according to the statement of R. Sol, a coffee planter, of Sal vador, who recently arrived in Mexico City from that city. . ,. Mr. Sol states that the government of uatcinala has pressed into service all the laborers obtainable to work on the fortifications and thai 55 a re sult it is difficult to move launches, barges and small boats that operat3 along the coast. Fortifications are being erected not alone on the coast it is said, but deep trenches are being built and machine guns and cannon are mounted along the frontier at Oscos. Italian Cruiser Ordered to Guatemala Mexico City, June 19. Italian Min ister Renuzzi, has received no con firmation of the report that the Italian protected cruiser Dogali has been or dered to Guatemala to back up that government's protest against the exe cution of tyo Italian citizens convict ed of complicity in the alleged attempt on thg life of Estrada Cabrera, presi dent of Guatemala. Examination for Public School Teachers. (Special to The Messenger) Raleigh, N. C, June 19. The state board of education announces that the first examination for five year certifi cates for public school teachers will be held by each county superintendent the second Thursday in July. This is un der the new law, which also fixes the minimum salary of holders of such certificates at $33. The first examina tions for high school teachers' certifi cates will be held July 25th. Tho minimum monthly salary is $40. A SENSATION SPRUNG Charges Made That Public Lands Con vention Was Being Pasked. Denver, Col., June 19. A sensation was sprung in the public lands con vention today by charges made by both the administration and the anti administration forces that the conven tion was being packed. The anti administration men charged that a number of persona who were not pro perly accredited delegates had been given seats. An order was made to issue new cards of admission and to see that only genuine delegates re ceived them. When the committee on credentials reported it was found 498 delegates were accredited to Colorado, 145 to Wyoming and that other states had scarcely 100. iColorado's represen tation was later cut to 396, it being stated that the first figures was an error in addition. It developed that all Colorado's accredited delegates, whether- present or not had been counted, while in the ca?e of the states only those present were allowed to vote. The report sent, back to the com mittee with instructions to bring in a report according to the-call of the convention. This report will be heard The first thinsr tomorrow morning. If the com mittee obeys instructions, it will give a vote to all persons whose creden tials have been sent To the conven tion even if they are absent- Broker Van Riper Testifies to Window Signal WAS PRECAUTIONARY 3IEASURE Witness Thought It Legitimate to Get Information Any Way He Coukl Was Told By Holmes That He Al ways Made up Cotton Rciorts and Hyde Always Accepted Them. Washington, June 19. Li C. Vau Riper, the New York speculator, to day concluded his third day on the witness stand in the trial of Edwin Holmes, Jr., charge! with divulging the crop reports tf the agricultural de partment. He was under cross ex amination all day and very little that was new was developed except a state ment to the effect that Holmes had told him that Haas had on one occa sion given him $49,000 in one thous and dollar bills. Van Riper will conclude tomorrow. Being questioned concerning Holmes relations to Statistician Hyde, Van Riper said that Holmes always made up the reports and Hyde never failed to accept his recommendations to es timates. He contended that the win dow signal arranged for in case Hyde failed to accept Holmes figures on the October report, was merely a precau tionary measure and not because of any doubt. He did not at that time consider the signal arrangement wrong because he considered it "legitimate to get information any way you can." Mr. Van Riper had not concluded when court adjourned for the day. GRAFTERS HAD BONANZA Expert Tells How State Was Robbed in Purchase of Metallic Furniture. Harrisburg, Pa., June 19. Chares D. Montague, a metallic furniture ex pert of New York? testified before che capitol investigating committee today that the state had not only been gross ly overcharged for the metallic furni ture supplied by the Pennsylvania Ccu struction Company under its $2,000,000 contract with the board of grounds and buildings, but that he had bored into the burglar proof vault in the state treasury in four hours with an ordinary 8-inch breast drill. Mr. Mon tague said also that the four safes in the capitol for which this concern had been paid $66,000 by the state were worth only $27,000, and that there was no chrome sfeel .or steel rails in the vault, only ordinary steel which any one could bore into with ease. As to the metallic furniture the expert said the state was charged excessive prices. He Cited certain bills which were two or three times more than a fair trade list price .without the custorraty discount. He said the sub-basement contained one case tht cost the state $1,182. The list price" was $297.01, subject to discount. As tcT tu lst floor metallic furniture it cost $2f 231.10 and was worth $132,103.53. Ori the entresol floor the cases were billed at $15,688.40 and worth $6,470.65. These estimates were based on standard trade price lists. Mr. Montague never heard of metallic furniture being fold by the foot "outside of Harrisburg." He said Architect Huston "design ed" metallic furniture for rooms which do not contain any at all and plans for which Huston collected a commission of $80,000 from the state as his own were prepared by a company which supplied the metallic furniture to the Pennsylvania company. The expert said that the bronze on the first floor was worth $26,000. The state paid $366,000. The commission will be in session for probably the next two days. Former Governor Penny packer and other officials will be given an opportunity to be heard this week. WAS FINED ST20. Captain of United States Transport Technically Guilty or smuggling. Newport News. Va.. June 19. Cap- lain Morrow, of the United States jarmy transport Kilpatrick, has been fined $720 by the treasury department for violating the law in bringing to this port a case of silks, laces and other fine dress goods marked "used household goods" Collector of Cus toms Stuart refused to discuss the case, but according to what can be learned the box which caused the trouble was shipped from Havana ty Major Herbert Slocum, U. S. A. The goods in the case were liable to im port duty, but ifthe revenue officers had not "investigated they would have been brought into the country as "used goods," without the payment of a cent into the treasury. It is understood that Captain Mor row will appeal to the department to have the fine remitted, claiming that while he was technically guilty, he did not know the contents of the case and did not knowingly violate the law , Alumni Day at V. M. I. Lexington. Va., June 19. The alumni held sway at the Virginia Military Institute commencement ex ercises today, as it was alumni day. The exercises comprised guard mount, morninsr parade, a battalion drill, followed by battalion parade and sham battle review before the alumni 'graduation parade. An alumni smoker ,was held in the me hall tonight. MURDER OF JUSTICE CORTEZ Mystery Surrounding the Ca.c Be lieved to Have Been Solved. , Patterson. N. J.. June 19. The mys terious murder of Justice Robert Cor tex, of this city, who was killed by the explosion of a bomb in his office last winter, the police believe has been un earthed as the results of the deve'op ments. Michael Minochien was found murdered on Garret mountain last week and Joseph Fustel was arrested, charged with the crime. Today Haruo ton A- Voorhees, a clerk in the United States Express ComiKiny's office in Newark identified Fustel as the man who delivered to the express office the infernal machine which later killed Justice Cortez. Voorhees also identi fied photograph of Minochien as that of a man who accompanied Fu3tel when the infernal machine was deliv ered. The police are now working on the theory that several men were in volved in the assassination of Judge Cortez. It is believed Minochine was one of them and that sonie of his com panions fearing that he had been tempted to betray them for the reward offered for the slayer of Justice Coitez killed him. Justice Cortez incurred the enmity of the criminal element among the Italians in his vicinity because of his activity in assisting the police to run down these law breakers. WILSON FOR GOVERNOR Was Nominated by Acclamation by Republican State Convention of Kenl ucky. Louisville, Ky., June 19. Hon. Au gustus E. Wilson, of Louisville, was tonight nominated by acclamation as republican candidate for governor of Kentucky at the state convention in session at the Coliseum. Mr. Wilson had no opposition. The first plank in the platform car ries an endorsement of President Roosevelt's administrative policies but avoids a specific declaration in favor of any candidate for the presi dency. However, it is so worded as to be generally regarded as more fav orable to Secretary Taft than any one else. It is as follows: "We approve the policies and com mend the ability th courage and in tegrity of President Theodore Roose velt and his administration, and with out expressing preference for any can didate, favor the selection of the na tional convention for President of one in full accord with the policies and who will enegetically carry them out in the interest of all the people." BOTH WORE BANDAGES Marriage of Captain Fairfax and Miss Maud Vera Hanna Took Place Yes terday. Washington June The wedding of Miss Maud Vera Hanna, daughter of the late Joseph H. Hanna, of Cin cinnati and Captain Horace Fairfax Morseby Browne, of the British army, took place at noon today in spite of the fact that both cf the principals wore bandages as the result of an au tomobile accident in Rock' Creek park otf Ioday last Mrs. BeuTah Jacobs, of Londoq, the young woman's chafifirone, who tf?as to have givep the bride away had not sufficiently reentered from her injuries to attend. Captain Browne and his" bride will remain in Washington utitil Mrs. Ja cobs is able to travel. STEAMER STRANDED The Erita. Coal Laden, Goes Aground Opposite Miami, Fla. Miami, Fla., June 19. The English tramp steamer Ereita from Westhart lepool, en route to Norfolk frm Havana laden with coal went aground yester day, about two miles opposite Miami iin seventeen feet of water. Much coal has been thrown overboard and it is believed she will get off tomorrow at high tide. A number of boats Lave offered as sistance, but the capi.iin of the Ereita refused-aid. The steamer is lying in an easy posi tion and with the present weather will not be materially damaged. Thl3 is the second vessel that has stranded during the,. past year practically in the same spot. Explosion of Torpedo i Destroyer.. Torquay, Eng., June 19. Four torpe do boat destroyers were engaged in steam trials off Torbay this afternoon, when an explosion was heard on board one of the vessels and soon her crew, numbering, twenty men, were strug gling in the water. The torpedo gun boat Dryad picked up all the men who were in the water and took them to Plymouth. The destroyer sank 20 minutes after the explosion. Rates Reduced. Washington June 10. Rates on pig fron from Birmingham, Ala to Corele, Ga.. from $2.73 to $2.15 have been made by the Louisville and Nashville rail, road Company, in compliance with an order of the Interstate commerce com mission . Of) STAND Corroborates Part of Orchard's Evidence HIS TESTIIIODinS CLEAR Told of Finding Bomb Placed to Fnd His Life Appearance of .luMice Gtwldard Adlxl to the Dramatic Situation Tlwt Oiaructcrizcil the Trial Several Witnesses C'rroIxratc In iurt Dif ferent Portion of Orchard' clenee NunilK'r of I cii uncial ory Editorirtl to In Admitted In El ilentv. Boise, Idaho. June 19. The state today made dramatic product Ion and pi oof of the Goddard bomb, besides offered further contributions to the tes timony of Harry Orchard against ,Wm. D. Haywood and secured a ruling un der which a number of the denuncia tory articles published in the Miners Magazine, official organ of the West ern Federation of Miners, will be ad mitted In evidence. To Justice Goddard himself fell the task of telling the stoiy of finding and preservation of the bomb with which Orchard tried to kill him. Ills ap pearance added to th? dramatic sceaes and situations that have characterized the trial. His testimony was clear minutely told. The veteran Colorado Jurist testified that the first information that he re ceived about the bomb came to him In Orchard's letter whlca was shown to him at Denver February 13, 1906 by Detective McPartalnd. He at once re turned to his home and in his gate discovered the screw eye which Or chard said he placed there. It was rust ed and corroded b ytcn months ex posure. , The witness said that he examined the ground outside the gate where Orchard said he planed the bomb and found a slight depression, with the soil packed around it. The bomb was dug up the next day by General Bulkeley Wells, who used a pocket knife to cut the soli away and raised the pine box containing the bomb. There was a small phial jdq top of the box and attached1 to the cork of the vial was a piece of rusted wire. The bomb and its attachments were at once taken to the office of the Pinkerton detective rkcency and care fully sealed in wrappers and envelop es that were signed by half dozen yitnesses. Including Justice Goddard, and j&tter lha tuev werc placed la a vault (6 Ze door wnlcn seaIs ,n eluding that ot .a notarr Publlc were attached. There they .rested untl1 the 22 of May following, vK?!X W1??! the Haywood case was ta come id rial they were removed In the presence fit the same witnesses arid all save three of the forty sticks of the giant pow der contained in tho bomb were ex ploded. The explosions occurred in the pres ence of the witness, in the suburbs of Denver and of the bomb itself, 12 giant caps and two wrappers tori from sticks of giant powder were sav ed as evidence. Senator Borah produced the several packets as they were originally sealed, and commencing with phial, passed them to Justice Goddard, who broke the seals and identified the articles. After the phial cam the little screw eys, then dozen giant caps and last the powder wrappers. Attorneys Itichardcn and Darrow, for the defense objected to all the ev idence and all the exhibits and mov ed to strike out everything, but the court ruled against them. Mrs. Seward., at whose house in San Francisco Harry Orchard lived during part of the time he was conducting his operations against Fred Bradley, gave testimony strongly corroborative of Orchard's account of bis acts and ex periences in San Francisco. Besides confirming Orchard's recital as to time movements and locations she testified that she found lead and wood shav ings in Orchard's room and a screw eye. and bottle attached to the closet door where Orchard had been experi menting. She said her lodger had a) Tery heavy suit cass and that she thought he was an inventor. Mr. J. A. Ppnam wffa and ilM rf 0 1 Chadboura were in the city yesterday.
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