North Carolina Newspapers

1 1 in '4 v VOL. XIX KO. 383, WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY AUGUST 11. 1906. ETVE GENTS HiDTOHAi FIGHT Four Americans Killed in Bat tie With Pulaganes. GREATLY OUTNUMBERED Dispatch Received by War Depart ment From General Wood. The Fight Occurred on Thursday Evening, Near Juliet, Lyte, the Scene of Three Serious Conflicts Within a Few Weeks The Killed Were First Lieutenant James, a Virginian, Con tract Surgeon Snyder, of Baltimore, and Two Privates of Company F, Eighth Infantry- Manila, August 10. First Lieuten ant John F. James, and two privates of the Eighth infantry, with Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Williams of Illinois were killed yesterday afternoon after a hand to hand fight with a force of Pul ajanes at Juliet, Island of Leyte. The detachment . which consisted of ten men, was greatly outnumbered, but made a gallant fight." The Pulajanes captured three pistols, four Krag Jorgensen rifles and three hundred rounds of ammunition." Washington, August 10 The war department has received the following dispatch from General Wood dated to day at Manila: "First Lieutenant John F. James, Contract Surgeon Calvin D. Snyder, Privates William J. Gilick and Mathies Zock, company F. 8th infantry, killed about 6 p. m. August 9, near Muliet, Lyte, by Pulajanes." Juliet, where Lieutenant James and i others were killed, is a barria or ward j of the. city of Burauen, which has been the scene of three serious conflicts be tween the regulars, the constabulary and the Pulajanes within a few weeks. Contract Surgeon Calvin -D. Snyder was bprn in Baltimore, j Md., on July 1C, 1878, and entered the military ser vice on August 15, 1900.1 He has been on duty in the Philippines since De cember 3, 1900. . First Lieutenant John F. James, was born in Virginia, on May 3, 1878, and entered the army from that state. He . graduated from the infantry and cavalry school in 1904, and from the staff college in 1905. Lieutenant James enlisted as a sergeant in the Virginia volunteers in May 1898, and served in that capacity until July 130,1898, when I scious of the second section following he was promoted to the rank of First ' 'him without protecting his train Lieutenant. He was honorably mus- i by any signals and remaining in ca tered out on February 22. 1899. He boose and employing his fireman for was commissioned a second lieutenant ; in the eighth infantry on April 10, 1899, and was made a first lieutenant on February 2, 1901. j Lieutenant James Was a 'son of John F. Jamea, a tobacconist, of Danville, a "nephew of Dr. R. Bruce James, a phy sirMiin -vf that nih- c wdii nc a npnhow of R. A James, owner of the Danville Register. He has a brother now at the United States naval academy, and an- - oth-r brother at Virginii military in- ctitute T TWO KILLED BY SMUGGLERS Encounter in the Vicinity of Las Ma tas, in Which Charles P. Thurston, an American, and John Milbourn, a Porto Rican, Have Met Their Deaths ! A telegram. Washington, August 10J was received at the bureau of' insular affairs today from the controller and general receiver of customs at Santo Domingo, announcing that John Mil- j bourn, a Porto Rican was killed, and jJones Did oXt Represent Standard Oil. Charles P. Thurston, an American, I Washington, August 10. Former wounded by smugglers in thevicinity Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, of Las Matas, at six p. m. on August today deetnhl iSSSlfnv v- Jit .m. j, jjv, , represented the Standard Oil Company 5 and that Thurston died of his wounas. wen he visited the president at; Oys on August 8. v j ' ter Bay yesterday. "The Standard Las Matas is about 12 miles east of oil Company was not mentioned in the the Haytien frontier in Santo Domin- , interview with the president' said Mr. j " Jones. "I presented the interests of Thurston has Deen employed as a Mr. Barhsdale, of Pittsburg, in a con deputy receiver of customs at Oommen- trbversy that gentleman has with the dador on the Haytien frontier, and interior Department concerning oil Mil bourn was an inspectoj: In the same leases in Indian Territory. He told (territory. Commendador is the nearest me that his oil investments were in no custom house to the plate where i he manner ' associated with the Standard conflict occurred, and was established oil Company. to prevent smuggling over the Haytien j j border. 1 j President Asks for Information.: Charles P. Thurston was a soldier in ! Washington, August 10. President die Philippines and after the Spanish- Rooseyelt has become very much in American war, he went into- the Insu- terested in the reports of bad meat i Ilr civil service and became a custom supplied the New York and Norfolk inspector. He resigned and returned Navy Yards, and has written to Se to the United States when, upon the cretary Bonaparte to inquire about it. recommendation fo Col. Colton who The secretary has directed that the had charge of Dominican affairs, he substance of the Teports thus far re was sent to Bantct Domingo. - ceived be sent to the President. ! mm ofthe elkihs law Investigation of the Direct Re bate Charges. j IMPORTANT WITNESSES HEARD Testimony as to Direct Rebate j Ar rangements Alleged to Exist Be tween the Standard Oil and Certain Railroads Number, of Railroads Centering in Chfcago May be In dicted. : Chicago, August 10 Direct rebate arrangements alleged to exist between the Standard Oil Company and certain railroads was presented to the federal grand jury today by a witness who, in the eyes cf the government, is believed to be one of the most important wit nesses on this subject. Horace Tuck er, chairman of the Chicago and St. Louis traffic association, was the man who gave this information. Other witnesses heard were C. A. Kennedy, of the Chicago Railway Co., and J. H. Howard, clerk in the auditing depart ment of the Chicago and Alton rail road. Attorney Francis Hanchett, of Special Attorney Morrison's office, was still in charge of the grand jury today. This was taken to indicate that Sthe direct rebate charges were being (in vestigated. If this inquiry is carried to a conclusion it is declared that a number of railroads centering in Chi cago as well as the Standard Oil Com pany will be included In an indictment under the Elklns law. The direct re bate proposition is said to be in con-; nection with the payment of large re bates by the railroads handling oil of the Standard Oil Company, to that company in violation of the Elkins act. If this is found to be true, jthe grand jury may return an indictment against the oil company. This part of the investigation involves the handling of oil between Evansville, Ind., Whit ing, Ind., Chicago, and East St. Louis. WILL INSTALL BLOCK. SYSTEM A. C. L. to Instal System Between Tarboro and Pinner's Point -Re- sponsibilty for" the Wreck at Ahoskie Knitting Mill Employees on Strike. N x i (Special to The Messenger.) j Raleigh, N. C. August 10. A dozen employees at the Melrose Knitting sixty six hours as a weeks work.! The i rule is to pay lby piece, but j they claim they can earn more by working only ten hours daily. As to the union carpenters strike on ly 75 are yet out, the others are at work at other places, or under the nine hour rules here. The Rescue Fire Company of Ral eigh decides to go to Roanoke to enter the national tremens tournament. The corporation commission makes public its finding as to the wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line at Ahoskie June 21st. It finds Conductor Meach am to blame, as he allowed his train to stand on. the main line ten. or twelve minutes in the fog while con- other purposes and n violation of rules Thft nart of the road where i the wreck occurred is not supplied with the block system. The commission Is informed that Meacham was promptly discharged and now lives in Virginia. The railway gives notice it win install the block system on the entire line be tween Tarboro and Pinners Point. The commission thinks it the best way to prevent further accidents of this kind, The Coast Line now has on a part of its line between Pleasant Hill and i Selma 87 miles, and Detween xvuuv. Mount and Tarboro, 14 miles, under j the block system. . I The Seaboard Air Line notifies the commission it has block system be tween Hamlet and Noriina itt miiesr the Southern Railway that it has this system between the Virginia and South Carolina line, via Greensboro and Charlotte, 177 miles, and between Hickory and Newton; the Norfolk and Western has 38 miles between Durham and Woodsdale, and 45 miles between Winston-Salem and Prices j HALL CETS 1 5 YEARS Trial of the First of the ' Salisbury Lynchers. ; let. Mi OUT 20 MITES First ConWction of the Kind Ever Secured in the State; Maximum Penalty for the Offense n I mnnvl hv -Tn Acre T.nilS Charge Against tlie Prisoner Was Changed From Murder to Con spiracyAttorney for Hall Contend ed That the Court Was Unlawful, but This Objection Was OverruledT Governor Glenn Subpoenaed and He Appeared .oh the Witness Stand. Charlotte, N. C, August 10. George Hall, cotton mill operative, was to night convicted of conspiracy in con nection with the lynching of the three negroes at Salisbury Monday night last, and given a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary. The hearing of the case began when court opened at 10: 30 this morning. At 6:15 p. m., after hearing several wit nesses concerning Hall's participation in the lynching, the case was given to the jury. After being out twenty min utes, a verdict of guilty was agreed upon and the maximum penalty for the offense charged was imposed by Judge B. F. Long. This is said to be the nrst conviction of the kind ever secured in this state, although a number of efforts has-been made to bring members of mobs to justice. The state sprung a surprise in the trial today when the offense against the prisoner was changed from murder to conspiracy. When the court open ed Hon. T. J. Kluttz announced that his client would contend that the court was .unlawful. It was argued that the governor could -not sign a commission for such a court unless he was in the state, and it was claimed that he was in Atlantic City, N, J. Mr. Kluttz asked that a subpoena be issued for Governor Glenn, andhave him brought to court. This was done, and the chief executive of the state was sworn and questioned about his whereabouts . on the 17th of July, the day that the call for the court was made. He said that he was in Atlantic City, N. J,, but in order to do what he could to prevent a lynching, he wired his private secre tary to issue the commission and sign his name to it. This he considered the proper thing to do. The objection of the defendant was overruled and the trial proceeded. The first witness was David W. Julian, a deputy sheriff, who testified that he saw Hall leading a mob of about 30 men, some of whom the witness knew. Thejomcer had in custody a man he bad arrested at the jail. Hall, said the witness, carried a hammer and threatened to brain him if he did not liberate the prisoners. Other testimony was offered and the case speedily given to the jury.' Lnmina Tonight Week-end dance at Lumina tonight. KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Baltimore Lady Thrown From Ma chine in New; York and Received Injuries That Later Prove Fatal. Others Also Injured. New York, August 10. When an au tomobile owned and driven by Stewart Elliott ran into a mounted policeman! in the Bronx early today, Mrs. Howard of 335 Tremont Avenue, Baltimore, was thrown out, and so severly injured that she died "tonight in Fordham Hospital. Miss Margaret Evans, nf this city, al so of the party is still in the hospital seriously hurt. Mr. Elliott and policeman,' Harry F. Smith, wera slightly injured. The mounted officer was riding af- ter'the automobile in an attempt to arrest the d-irrj- cT ''r an alleged violation of the speed laws. ne CTahre C?z :tJ ,1 .Vm:JiS bnTx tw-o in fl l; bile was thrown into a fire plug and Following the death of Mrc Howard tonight, however ElUott's re-arrest was ordered by the coroner. Francis wcls oruerea dt me coroner, xtauvu? A. Davis a merchant rSltlmore was arraigned in. a police court todar chared with felonious assault because of an accident yesterday when his an- tomobile struck and injured two women in PrrtaTpnr 4 Save monev and tret snlendid clothes and hats at the big Solky & Cor.'s. id hats at the big sale today at TO HAYE A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Important Reforms Granted by the Shah of Persia. WILL ORIGINATE ALL THE LAWS And After the Signature of His Majes ty, They Will Become Effective Im mediate Organization of a National Assembly Ordered This 3Iove Made to Fortify. tlie -Government and for -tlie Welfare of tlie Country. Washington, . August 10. For the first time .in her history, Persia is to have a national assembly. This in formation was 'conveyed to the Per sian minister here late today in a ca blegram frein Mirza Nassrollah Khan Moclairerolet Sadreazame, . the grand vizer and ; minister, for foreign affairs, who stated that in .view of the desire of his imperial majesty, the Shah, for the extension of national tranquility, and for the welfare of Persia, and all its inhabitants and in order to fortify tne .government, it had been decreed necessary to give certain reforms and a constitution desirable ror the coun try, and for the administration. rpt. s : i i . m j. , xiie linmeaiaie organization or a national assembly for the realization of these reforms, accordingly was or dered. According to the dispatch the assembly ;will be composed of equal panies, nameiy, princes or tne Diooa, clergy, chiefs of the reigning dynasty, Cadjar, high dignitaries and person agesi merchants,- and representatives of corporations. v; The assembly will meet at Teheran, and lit is provided that all civil and constitutional laws shall originate in 41. . . T 1 J i XI - 5 1. cuts asseuiuiy, t-.naaiier me signature of His Majesty will become, effective. ACCIDENT ON THE WORDEN Explosion in Paint Locker of the-Tor pedo Boat Destroyer Causes Injury to iSix 3ft,n, One of Whom -Was Se verely Burned and May Die. No -folk,' Va., August 10. Six men were burned by an explosion . in the paint locker on the torpedo boat de stroyer Worden this afternoon at the Norfolk navy yard. Those injured' are: William H. Wil son, burned on head and entire left side Torn waist up, may lose left eye; Robert E.i White, negro, painfully fburnbd about right side and facehair singed off! head; Hurlett Hodger, ne gro, burned on head; Henry Shurman. hair singed off. burned on hands and face. Joseph Harrowa, right hand burned; unknown negro laborer, both hands badly burned. While engaged in -driving rivets in the paint locker ; on the Worden this afternoon, pne of the red hot pieces of steel Jfell into a quantity of varnish, causihg it to explode. The force of the explosion was so great that-Robert WhiU and William H. Wilson, who were driving rivets at the time were blown through the opening leading into the paint locker, and landed on deck. Immediately after the explosion, the little boat caurt fire, but the flames were extinguished before any material damage was done. It was stated to- night that the only damage done the , vessel was burnins: the paint off the wood work in the locker. A report that gasoline was aboard the Worden and was responsible for the explosion is denied by Lieutenant V. S. Houston, commanding the vessel. He said the explosion was due to th formation of gases from a can of as phlatum varnish left open in the paint locker several days ago. All of the injured will recover wit' t the possible exception of W. H. Wil son. His I entire left side is horribly burned, and it is believed that he in haled (some of the fire Jn the locker. He may also lose his left eye. He was sent to St. Vincent's hospital in this city. - The other injured were sent to their homed in Norfolk and Portsmouth. Henty Shurman was burned while rescuing Wilson from the burning locker A board of inauiry will inves- the accident and the damage tigate done the vessel NO NEWS OF MURDER Belief ic The is Growing That Reported Horn de at Hill Top Was.a Fake, reported ; murder at HIU Top. supposed to hav? occurred Jat Tues- day afteroon, an account of which was given Ugterday morning, seems to be ( in mystery astho matter has not been reported to the coroner. Dr. J - P- Turner, and nothing further has , ' mr- V5 PI fi, Z ftf nl2 J'JS'if i t , . , Jamestown, received here by the p-Hc? i?esdaZ ..A 5 , lgrani' " lake. - preensDoro leiegram. "j ; - ' Of course It was a blot on the state and all that, but ms Derxer to iet tne matter! dron where It Is than to show to the world that we can do nothing Durham Herald. KOWLESJU A SUICIDE Paying Teller el Unto Arenne Bank. Criticism by Neighbors and Friends Cause of Tragedy. Relatives Assert That Kowlaski Was Innocent of Any Knowledge as to the 3Iismanagement of " the Bank. Examination orf the Bank's" Collat eral, Reveals Forged Notts Aggre gating More Than $500,000-i-Presi-dent StenslandV Alleged Iefalca tions, it is Now Believed, Will Ag gregate Nearly $2,000,000. Chicago, August 10. Frank Kowla ski, for five years paying teller of- the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, which faied last Monday, shot and killed him self tonight In his home, 340 North Carpenter street. Criticism by neigh bors and friends, who accused him of a share in the downfall of the bank, it is believed to have driven Kowalski to suicide. The acme of his trouble was reached last night when a woman accosted him' on the street and accused him of being responsible for the failure of the bank. Speaking of the incident later in the evening Kawlaski complained bitterly of the suspicions, of his friends, and declared that unless his character was speedily cleared he would take his own life. - Kowalaski'srelatives assert their belief that her was innocent of any knowledge as to the mismanagement of that institution by President Stens- land. When the bank failed, Kowla ski had $700 of his own money on de posit in the institution, and his imme diate relatives had in the bank near ly $50,000. Kowlaski who was 30, years old, had been with the bank for. 13 years, beginning as office boy. While the search for Paul O. Stens- land the missing president of the failed bank, is extending to all parts of the country, Cashier Hering who was ar rested yesterday, spent today with the states attorney examining the- banks collateral in an effort to determine the shortage in accounts. After an all day's search, forged notes aggregating more than $500,000 were found, and are now in the possession of the states attorney, who will use them In the prosecution of persons responsible lor their utterance. From statements made today by Hering, regarding loans made by Stensland to himself, and the shortages found by previous investiga tions, it is asserted tonight that when a final adjustment of the affairs of the bank is made, it will be found that President Stensland's alleged defalca tions will aggregate nearly $2,000,000. REUNION OF VETERANS Annual Barbecue and Dinner at Per kins; Springs Dr. Wratt Exum En tertains. (Special to rhu Messenger.) Gold&boro, N. C. Augiurt :10 The an nual barbecue dinner and reunion f Thos. Ruffin Camp Confederate vet erans was held ' at Perkins Springs, near Pikeville yesterday. There were more than one thousand friends of the Id . soldiers present, besides a large i p P7nnn 1 1 i nu i z 1 1 v 1 1 1 f i . x. lixu , -i.i..: ii m ii t... t.x or tne IrvinfArfArfiPv a vptv mnsnleuous fi- on llft or w Col W. B. ForL whose home is near Pikeville, nd who j, aiwava interested in a?.y- tning tna:t afford pleasure to the old 1, 'Th "dav was spent very !ilMC9TiHr fri Vi o. ViotyiOA of the ZTGY. Jl 1 - r A. X . v w . . . .... . . Xl 1J wno sat oeneatn tne Dougns 01 mo iu. oaken trees, and recounted with mncn enthusiasm the heroic struggle that took place more than forty years ago. The news has been received here that Mr. W. James Jordan, the gen ial editor of the Snow Hill Standard, and also a prosperous farmer of that community, is to be married so.m In fact Mr. and -Mrs. R. F. Ormond, of Dover, have issued Invitations to the marriage of their . daughter May me Elizabeth to Mr. Jordan, on Thursday afternoon, August 23, at their hom3 in" Dover. Mr. Jordan is quite a ire- 1ue21t Tisiror to uoiasDoro, wnere ue has many wno ll -6X1611(1 their congratulatio n on the present m vo happy occasion. Complimentary to his young lady friends, Misses Rosalie Smith, Laura KIrby and Sadie Spier, Dr. Wyatt Ex nm delightfully entertained on Thurs day afternoon at his country noma ar ana oia Daroecue ainue. m uic cicur ing the guests were most delightfully entertained with musical selections rendered by Miss Margaret Exum. ACCUSED OF 11G DDIN6 GIVEH LOWER FflEIGHF HATES Oil Companies and Railroads In dicted by Grand Jury. - i - " - VIOLATION OF COMMERCE LAW. In Case Indictments Against One Com pany ar Sustained, They Necessa rily Must be Sustained Against the Others Bail Fixed at $20,000 for Each Company. ' Jamestown, N. Y., August 10. The federal grand jury for the Western District cf New York, today returned indictments aguinst the Standard Oil Company of New York, ' the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, and the Vacum Oil Company, of Rochester, for violations of the Interstate Commerce laws. - The evidence presented to the grand jury in the oil cases having indicated that shipments of oilwere made from Rochester to Rutland, Vermont, over the New "York Central, Boston and Maine railroad, j&nd Rutland railroad lines, United States Attorney Brown assea mat ne oe given time in whlcn to prepare for an investigation into the connections' of these three road3 with;the shipment of the Standard Oil Coirfpany's products at the alleged discrimination rate, alleged to have been given by the Pennsylvania rail road. At the request of Mr. Brown the grand jury was given a recess for two weeks, during which time he and his assistants will prepare for a furth- . er investigation. The specific charges allege that the; Pennsylvania Railroad Company granted to the Standard Oil Company special concessions in the shipments of freight and that the Standard Oil Com pany.' did "unlawfully and knowingly accept from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company a concession in respect to the transportation of certain of Its prop erty in interstate commerce, where by,, and by which device that prop erty was transported in such com- merce at a less rate than that named in - the tariffs so published ' and filed by s&id Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany in violation of the statutes." The indictments are so specified that in case those found against one com pany are sustained on trial they neces sarily must be sustained against the other companies.. The various counts pertain to specific cases In which these special rates were granted, and ac cepted, and embrace a period of tjme from January, 1904, to December 22, of the same year. The indictment against the Vacum Oil Company, of Rochester is on ex that special concession were ac that scpecial concessions were ac cepted from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The specific charge against the Vacum'Company is that it shipped its product from Olean, N. Y., to Rutland, Vt., at a lower rate of freight than that published in the regular stated schedules of Pennsylvania . Railroad Company, and on file with the Inter state Commerce Commission at Wash- . ington. ' . Bail was fixed at $20,000 for each company. , Lumina Tonight Week-end dance at Lumina tonight. . RAIDED BY THE POLICE Arrests of Officers of Stock' Brokerage Concerns in New, York, for Failure to Register a Co-Partnership. New York, August 10. Four stock brokerage establishments were raided by the police this afternoon, and four arrested on a charge of failure to reg ister a copartnership. All of tb.9 places, three on Broadway and one on West 42nd street are alleged to be subsidiary concerns operated by John A. Boardman & Co., whose maim offices re In Philadelphia, Pa. , The name of John A Boardman & Co.,' appeared on the doors of all four places. ; Four men arrested were held in $2,500 bail for further examination next Thursday. They were: Geo. Tur ner, alleged to be the New York head of the Boardman company; Wm. H. Lilas, James Stockwell and Frederick Bloomfiedl Stockwell and Bloom field are alleged managers of two of the Broadway offices raided. A num ber of employes, at the places were de tained at witnesses and the police confiscated books,' papers, furniture, etc, found in all of the offices. All of the employes including sveral women were served with subpoenas to appear at once at the office of Assistant District ''Attorney Garvin, and under police surveillance they were escorted there. , . , Counsel for the prisoners denounced the action of the police in taking the books and furniture from the office and asked the police magistrate to di rect that they be returned. This re quest was refused, but the magistrate issued a summons for the head of the police department to show cause to morrow why the papers and records should not be returned. The clerks, operators and stenographers were questioned by Assistant District Attor ney Marshall in John Doe proceed ings. The counsel offered objection to the examination, and advised the em ployees that thy were not compelled to submit to it. Some of them slipped away, but the others were examined by Mr. Marshall. - - . Lamina Tonight; ' ' Week-end dance at Lamina tonight.