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LAST.HDmqg. "1M Lead all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. N. C, TtjA)A VOLUME 27. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, AY, NOVEMBER 13, 1006. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE Be. SIX CAUSES FOR DIVORCE NAMED Committee on Uniform Law Drafts a Bill TO 60 TO LEGISLATURES Second Meeting of the National Con gress on Uniform Divorce Laws is Held at Philadelphia. Governor Pertnypacker Presides Over the Meeting; Held Today. (Bv tlie Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 13. The national congress on uniform divorce laws held its second meeting in this city today. The iirst. meeting was Ueid at Washington nine months ago tit which lime an adjournment was taken to penult a committee to draft a bill on uniform divorce laws to be presented to the legislature of all the states, The bill drawn by the committee names six causes for which divorces tan bo granted. They are infidelity, felony, bigamy, desertion, habitual drunkenness and intolera ble cruelty. The committee recommends that the various legislatures be asked to agree on a period of residence, be fore application may be made for di vorce. It is expected by the com mittee that this recommendation if adopled by all the stales, will de crease the number of migratory di vorces. Delegates from all sections of fie country attended today's session at which Governor Peunypackcr pre sided. Judge William H. Staakc, of ilii:; city, acted as secretary. MEASURE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CURRENCY. (Bv the Associated Press.) Washington. Nov. 13. The currency committees of the American Hankers' Association and the New York cham ber of commerce which are at work on a measure providing for the Issue of emergency currency in times of finan cial stringency continued their work today. The meetings are secret and the members decline to discuss what is bring done except today that progress is being made In the "formulation of fundamental principles" which are to form tho basis of any recommendation which may be made to congress for its action. These principles expressed in the form of motions are being framed with a Vtevv to covering every phase of the subject mutter so that when they are completed the remainder of the. work of the committees In the agree ment on details may be rapidly com pleted. SUIT AGAINST TANDARD OIL Washington, Nov. 13. Atornoy Gen era! .Moody today held a tlnal con ference With Messrs. Morrison and Keilogg arid- Mr. Purdy, assistant to the attorney general on Standard Oil matters. W hile all concerned are re ticent us to the action to be taken there is no longer any doubt that suit will be entered within a few days against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey under the Sherman anti trust law. OFFICIALS CONFER WITH THE FIREMEN. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 13. The committees representing the firemen of tho New York Central and the New Y'ork, New Haven & Hartford railroads went in to conference with the officials of the two roads at the Grand Central de pot today. Committees were headed by Grand-master John J. Hannahan of the tlremens organization. Before go ing into the conference the members of the fircmens committees had a talk with Grand Chief Stone of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Stone said that he was acting only in an advisory capacity. Mr. Stone will have a conference witli committees representing the en gineers of the Erie, New York Cen tral and New York, New Haven & Hart fotd roads, later in the day and probably will leave for his home in Cleveland tonight. SUIT FOR SLANDER TO COME UP THIS TERM. (Special to The Evening Times.) Ashe-vUlo, N, C, Nov. 13. The civil docket in United States circuit court vill be called this afternoon late or lomorrow. Among the in terest ing cases set for trial are those: I against C. W. Hunt and wife of Bre- vard. The Hunts are being sued for j $15,000 by three plaintiffs, young ladies of Charleston, S. -C, who al- lege that they were slandered by a I letter written by Mrs. Hunt to a Mrs. Doolittle of Charleston on .Septem ber H5, 1898. The plaintiffs are Miss Ellen Thompson, Miss Claudia Rhott and Miss Paulino Thompson, all of prominent Charleston lami- I lies. . I . NATIONAL CONVENTION OP THE PRESBYTERIANS. (By the Associated Press.) Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 13. Prominent Presbyterians from all parts of the country are arriving to day for the national convention which will open tonight with a banquet for the purpose of organizing a brother hood to include the several men's societies, clubs and Bible classes within the church. It is hoped to have a membership of 400,000 men. Many of the most noted Presbyte rians of the country are expected. A IHLLKT WOUND IN HEAD; ONE JN HKAIIT. Hy the Associated Press. Poplar Bluff, Mo.. Nov. 13. i Thomas A. Houston, secretary of the American Audit Company of Cincin nati, was found dead last night in I his room at the Quinn Hotel with a bullet wound in his temple and another near his heart. Houston is I believed to have committed suicide. CUT BY THE RATE BILL Editors to be Galled Together to Discuss it K.vecutive Committee of the National Association Meets in St. Louis on the Fourth of December to Tall; Over Uto Matter. (By the Associated Cress.) L,cxinglon. inov. i.i. a meeting in in. executive committee ,if the National Editorial Association' ha? been calle. Tor pecember 4th in the Southern Ho tel at St. Louis, for the purpose of discussing the discrimination of th? Hepburn rate bill against newspaper men in the matter of railway trans portation. The committee will also take up the matter of second-class postage with a view -toward fighting the move to increase the rale on news papers, and will also make arrange ments for the annual meeting of the association which will take place In . .orfolk during the exposition. Durand's Possible Successor. (By the Associated Press.) London. Nov. 13. Gerard A. Low ther, the British minister at Tangier, is mentioned as the possible successor of Sir Mortimer Durand as ambassa dor of Great Britain at Washington. TWO BURNED TO DEATH IN HOTEL (Bv the Associated Press.) New York.. Nov. 13. Two men were burned to death last night in a fire which destroyed Weeks Hotel at Port Chester, both bricklayers. They were William O'Brien of Brooklyn and Wil liam Kane of Hallway, N. J. These, with Mrs. Weeks, the proprietress, her little daughter and her aged father, were the only occupants of the motel. They were rescued when almost suffo cated by the smoke. The fire is bPllev ed to have been of incendiary origin. METCALF RETURNING TO MAKE HIS REPORT (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cat, Nov. 13. Secre tary of commerce and labor Victor H. Mctcalf who was sent to San Fran cisco by President Roosevelt to ' in vestigate the exclusion of Japanese Children from the schools attended by whites, has concluded his work and will depart for Washington to make his report. Secretary Mctcalf has dur ing Ills visit here gone very thorough ly into the mutter and will take a great amount of statistics and facts bear ing on the case to Washington with him. He heard complaints of the al leged boycotting of Japanese restau rants and other place of business; In vestigated cases of assault on Japan ese atad white boys. Sei-etary Mctcalf declined Jo say what conclusion he had readied or to make any statement until he lias made his report to the president. FOUR GRANTED; SEVEN REFUSED Gov. Glenn Passes on Many! Petitions for Pardon BUT ONE COMMUTATION Pardon for Bigamist in Burke ' County Wife Beater in Rucking' ham Was -More Sinned Against j Thau Sinning Twelve Year Old Boy in Mecklenburg Pardoned fori Stealing Bicycle. Governor Glenn tills afternoon grant- cd four pardons and refused seven oth er applications for pardons. lie also granted one commutation, this being to John Caddy of Buncombe county, sen tenced at the April term of 1!'.C6 to tWO years on the public roads for for cible trespass. His commutation was to one year, his release to be next April. The list of pardons granted and refused and the reasons given by the gOVerhor for bis action in each ens follow: Pardons Grunted. Frank Towery. Burke county. August term 1905., convicted of big amy and sentenced to two years 0:1 the public roads. He Is an ignorant man and his first wife deserted him and has been reported as dead. 1 have grave doubts as to whether at the time of l-.ISs second marriage lie knew that she was living. He is an old man and infirm, and on recommendation of solicitor and county commissioners. defendant having already served over 12 months. pardon Is granted, condi tioned on his good behavior. John Evans. Rockingham county, convicted of assault and battery 0:1 his wife and sentenced to 13 months. Since the trial it has developed that he was more sinned against than sin ning, and upon recommendation of the prosecuting attorney, the Judge who tried the case and the man who con ducted the prosecution, and of numer ous good citizens, pardon Is granted on his good behavior. Walter Nelson. Buncombe county. November term 1905. convicted of aid ing in breaking jail and sentenced to 13 months. His pardon is recommend de bv the judge and solicitor and by the county commissioners. He has made a good prisoner and has served over 11! months of his time. -For these reasons a conditional pardon is grant ed. Willie Phiifer, : Mecklenburg county. August term 1905. Defendant was a boy of VI years of age who stole a bicycle valued at $15.00 and was sen tenced to IS months. He lias now served l." months of his term and upon recommendation of trial judge and solicitor, a pardon conditioned on his good behavior is granted. Pardons Refused. L A. Sprouse. Madison county. Feb ruary 1905. The defendant plead guil ty of forcible trespass and was sen tenced to 13 months on county roads of Buncombe. He was really guilty of ! forgery and obtaining money under false pretences, and in my opinion sentence is not excessive. Pardon is therefore denied. Jas. Armstrong, Iredell county, Au gust term 19C5. Convicted of larceny and sentenced to 18 months on road. Neither trial judge or solicitor recom mend pardon and the punishment for larceny and robbery does not seem to me excessive. Application is therefore denied. Thos. Hathaway, Chowan county. Convicted fall term l'Jw of perjury and Sentenced to 15 years In penitentiary. He lias not yet served one half of his term unfl as neither judge, or solici tor recommend his pardon, applica tion is denied. Nelson Bumgarner, Wilkes county. March term 1906. Convicted of man slaughter and sentenced to four months in county jail. In my opinion the defendant received a very mild sentence, as his conduct caused the death of the deceased. There is no good reason shown why pardon should be granted and same Is therefore de nied. Stokes McCrary, Buncombe county. Convicted July term 1905 of larceny and sentenced to two years. Pending his application for pardon he made his escape. Application is therefore de nied. Bob Smithernian. Forsyth county. May term 1905. Convicted of larceny and sentenced to two years on public roads of Forsyth. Neither judge or solicitor recommend the pardon and no good .reason being shown, same is de nied. G. C. Mills. Rowan county. Febru ary term 1906. Prisoner was convicted of larceny and sentenced to 13 months Neither judge or solicitor recommend his pardon und no good reason being shown it is denied, but on account of defendant's condition I recommend to the county commissioners that defen dant be kept in Jail and not assigned to the public roads, to the end that he may be suitably eared for. The Commutations. John Gaddy. Buncombe county. April term 1906 Defendant was convicted of forcible trespass and sentenced to pub (Continued on Sixth Page.) MADE A MANIAC BY BLOW OF TIG Found e, He Respon- AND FAST Bat When liieJjHjlirc Sought to Gain fiom Him S!f Clue :-s to His Assailant II .Showed That the Cruising Blow Had Affected His Mind. (By the Assn. : Press.) New York, Npj l::. As a result of a blow on liio hj'tid, probably dealt willi a. blackjack V-ehhii h: a hold up man, i. young ir. a iielietcd to be John Driscoll. otSWa tat-foul. Conn., is a raving maniac pital. His skull las cr blow and his cojjditio.i to bo critical. Tjje vie - ! years old, Driscoll was found I Bitfe-.vnlk at I Kith . dam avenue early toda vtte H os "fl by the believed Is about on 1 be 1 Amster ile was unconscious, found a long An ambflai.ee surgeon wound above and be hind the right oar, suggesting thai the man had been struck by a thug. It was thought it t thai time that Driscoll was not seriously hurt, as he responded quickly to treatment, and, after ho had recovered conscious ness, seemed little the worse for his experience. When he was taken lo a police sta tion to give the officer.-; what assist ance he could in finding oat how he received his Injuries, however, he be gan lo shout and struggle in a man ner that left no doubt that the blow had affected his train. All efforts to calm him proved 'futile, and it be came necessary to remove him to IU-Uevnc. v 1 " BR. MATTHEWS COUSIN Young Man Who Killed Him self to Other Day' Their Fathers Were First Cousin- Herbert I,. Matthews Was At Union Station Here on Morning ol Day He Swallowed Poison Asking Way to Sunbeam and Appearing Very Jolly. It has been learned that Herbert L. Matthews, who committed suicide here tho other day by swallowing twenty grains of strychnine, was a second cousin of Dr. .1. i!. Matthews of Greens boro, who was convicted of poisoning his wife while be himself was under the influence of drugs, and who recently killed himself in Baltimore rather than enter upon his sentence of twenty years in state's prison. On the morning of the day that young Matthews killed himself here, he was at the union station in very jolly mood. He accosted Judge It. W. Winston of Durham and Mr. W, X. Coley of The Evening Times, introduced himself and asked them how to get to Sunbeam, Va. Neither knew of the place, and Mr. Matthews then pulled out a fresh pint bottle of liquor and Invited .each to have a drink. Saying the liquor was not his, that he had procured it for a friend, but he knew the friend would not mind their refreshing themselves from its contents. Both declined the preferred whiskey, and Matthews re placed it in his hip pocket. His coat caught up over it. and several persons joked him about not minding to show bis colors and be replied with lively jests In the best of humor. That even ing he swallowed the poison. A few davs later Mr. Coley learned from a gentleman at Graham that Mr. Matthews and Dr. Matthews were re lated, both coming from the Matthews family of Harnett county, their fathers having been first cousins. A CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT PEONAGE. (By the Associated Press.) Mobile. Ala., Nov. 13. Another in dictment charging conspiracy to com mit peonage was returned last night by the United States grand jury at Pensaeola. Fla.. against W. St.. Har lan, manager of the Jack Lumber Com pany of I.oekport, Ala., Robert Gallag her, woods foreman of the conipai)y. Oscar Sanders, an Intorprtei and John Atwell, a deputy sheriff of Walton county. The indictments relate to a conspiracy two foreigners whose lo cation is at present unknown. by fllic ded to Treatment MASS MEETING FOR TONIGHT interest of Juvenile Courts and Reformatory THE RESCUE OF A BOY Rev. Crawford Jackson of Atlanta, Chairman of the Central Juvenile Protectory Committee, Will Ad dress tin- Meeting He Has Done Things in Georgia. Tonight at l.-'M there will be a mass meeting In Metropolitan Hall in the 1 interest of the establishment in North Carolina of Juvenile courts and a re ! forniatory for wayward young people, I in order that such offenders may not ! haw to be sent to .I 'll to associate ; with burdened criminals. The meeting will be addressed by I Rev. Crawford Jackson of Atlanta. I chairman of the Central Juvenile Pro ' tcetory Committee, the man through I whose efforts mainly juvenile courts j were secured in Georgia and :t state reformatory established. Mr. Jackson I lias been in the city sinc e Saturday afternoon. He spoke here live times I on Sunday and made a fine impress I ion as a sincere, earnest, forceful and eloquent speaker. He has the air and ways of a practical man.. Besides Mr. Jackson, other speakers Iwli be Rev. A. J. McKelway of At lanta. Mayor Jas. I. Johnson and poss ibly Gov. R. B. Glenn. As an illustration of his work and the difficulties he has had to encounter Mr. Jackson tells the following story of a boy be rescued and what has be come of him: "Pardon me for a personal reference and speaking of a bov found by me four years ago in the hands of a po liceman a boy who had been left motherless from his infancy, whose father had led him wrong, when hi led him at all, but had finally glvea him- up saying to me, 'I can do noth ing with thnt boy.' He was spending many of bis nights, when I found him in goods-boxes, or sleeping under the viaducts, but often in jail. 1 tnlkpH with him a king time, but made- ab solutely no impression upon him. The boy had in his heart sworn defiance against everything which stood for l.tw and oiiler. He promised me. how ever, in a somewhat half-hearted way, that if I gol biro delivered he would b--a better boy. This promise was given to get nut el' prison much more than front a desire to reform. "The-' speech w as made next morn ing for his freedom. The policeman smiled while I was speaking and arose, as I concluded, tilling the court and myself what that boy had done for t h ree or four years back. For this and that theft and other offenses lie had been in the police barracks twenty times, and about a dozen times in the stockade. I come to my feet a second time, and spoke more emphati cally, saying. 'Your Honor, as bad a this boy is, I am going to stick to him.' I saw that boys face light up. and I saw 1 had him, but I did not quite have the court. The judge re marked in some sort of combined pleasantry and earnestness. 'Why, Mr. Jackson, if I turned this boy loose, you could not get him to your office except with a four horse team and tying him beside.' 'Your Honor, you have done everything else with this boy, T wish you would now do for him what General Wellington did with a very troublesome soldier, whom he was on the point of executing to get him out of the way. because he was uncontrollable and demoralizing the army when an old merciful soldier arose holding up the stub of an arm, th rest of which he had lost in battle, and asked the Gtneral if he could say a word. Permission being given, be said, "My Bold, you say you have done everything you know what to do for this soldier, have you ever for given him'.' suppose you try that, and put him on his honor to be a better man and a better soldier." "This short but .powerful appeal went straight to the heart of the great man. who turned to his prisoner say ing "Weil, my man. I believe I will try that plan. I will turn you loose out of pure mercy, and trust you to be a bet ter man and a better soldier." The prisoner, who bad grown worse and worse under the series of' punishments, was expecting 110 mercy as his last offense was the most grievous. He wept, and like Peter, went out and wept bitterly. In a few days he canv back and said. "General, by the help of God, I'll never trouble you again And he never did. "Now, suid I. 'Your Honor, you have done every thing eise with this way ward and motherless boy. The lasli of the law has been laid on again and again for several years, and the bsry has grown worse. Won't you now please forgive him and turn him over to me?" "Then the judge turned to the boy and said: 'John, will you ge with Mr. Jackson and be a better boy?' 'Yes, sir' was the boy's whole-hearted re ply, and John has been true to his. word. "That is out of the Fulton county Industrial Farm, four years in ad vance of the time, on account of his beautiful conduct, is now living with Ills father, going to school, doing there and elsewhere splendidly, and at the age of seventeen is one of the most promising boys in the whole county." CAPTAIN DENIES THAT HE SHANGHAIED THEM. (By tlie Associated Press.) Norfolk. Ya., Nov. 13. Captain A. Crockett, of the Chesapeake Bay oys ter schooner-dredge James A. Whiting, from which the nine alleged "shang haied" men were rescued by deputy United States marshals and landed here yesterday, arrived today from Tangier Island. He denied all of the charges of cruelty preferred by the rescued members of his crew, and said the men not wanting to continue un der their contracts used the means of alleging cruelty so as to get away. After deducting credits on bis hooks for commissary working clothes and supplies furnished the crew, be agreed to pay them small differences. He de nied that the men had not been prop erly fed. but the men contradicted him and said they stood by their first story. The nine men will today be carried before tlie federal grand jury to tes tify upon an indictment for alleged violations of the new federal shang haiing law. Captain Crockett is remaining here awaiting the outcome of the proceed ings. In the event of a continuance of tlie trial following indictments the nine men will likely be held in jail as government witnesses until next May at -H pel- day each. UNDER FALSE PRETENSE Standard Oil Agents Secure Land in California The Manner in Which It was Gotten May Lead to Indictments An In vestigation by Government Officials Going Forward. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 13. The Call today says: It became known in federal circles yesterday that recent locations of land in Kern county by agents of tho Standard Oil Company have been made the subject of investigation by government officials. As a result it is asserted indictments will follow. The land was taken up by the petro leum combine for gypsum deposits, but is used for oii purposes. That the character of the land had been carefully si tidied is shown by the fact 1 lun a flowing oil well has already been developed. The inquiry is bein;; made through the ollice of United States Attorney Devlin of San Francisco. Federal agents have been al work for several weeks in Kent county. From tneif preliminary report it is believed that the manner in which the land was secured will warrant indictments on the part of the federal grand jury. The evidence gathered by these agents will be placed in the hands of United States Attorney Robert T. Devlin, who will in turn forward il to Washington to (be attorney gen eral. EXPRESS CLERK AND CASH GONE (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury. N. c., Nov. 13, W. S. Gray, for some time night money clerk in tne. noutnern Express Com pany's office here, is missing and with him several packages amount ing lo more than a thousand dollars. The company kepi the mailer a se cret until today when District Agent Sadler Investigated (he matter. Gray is seventeen and has stood well. NINETY PEASANTS KILLED BY TROOPS (By the Associated Press.) Maitatl, Coutiand. Russia, Nov. 13. A punitive expedition which has been operating at the Kruetsberg district during (lie last few weeks killed ninety peasants belonging to a revo lutionary organization termed the "Forest Brothers," w ho levied trib ute on the surrounding country. Several robbers have been tried by drumhead court-martial and executed at Jakobstadt, seven ly-eiglit miles' from here. A NEW FORCE AT WORK IN SOUTH Southern Immigration and Industrial Association OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Governor I ley ward of South Caro lina is the President of This Or ganization, a Permanent Develop ment of the Southern Immigration and Quarantine Conference. (By the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13. Tlie Southern Immigration and Quarantine Conference today effected a permanent organization to be known hereafter as the Southern Immigration and Indus trial Association, and elected these of ficers: President. Governor D. C. Heyvvard, Columbia. S. C.j Secretary-Treasurer, J. R. McMullen, Gadsden, Ala. The next annual convention will be held in Birmingham, Ala., the second Tuesday in November. The report of the committee on or ganization was the first business of the day. It recommended that the associa tion be continued as a permanent or ganization to be known as the South ern Immigration and Industrial Asso ciation, its object being to exercise an educational and supervisory influence over matters pertaining to immigra tion, health, labor, technical education and general enforcement of vagrancy laws, in order that a uniform policy re garding these matters may prevail throughout the south. Governors and state commissioners of agriculture, representatives from com mercial, manufacturing and business organizations are made honorary mem bers of the association. The active membership is to be composed of rail roads, corporations, firms or individuals. The appointment of a vice president from each state is recommended. The report of the committee on organization was adopted tmani mously. The report of the committee on education was then submitted and adopted. It recommended the adop tion in southern schools of the Lou isiana system of hygienic instruc tion; hearty co-operation by the farmers with state experiment farms; the founding of trade schools, and that the governors of all southern states call the attention of their peo ple to the great need of technical education for the whole youth of the south. The report of the committee on immigration recommended that the several southern states establish de partments of immigration. The re port urges the federal government "to provide liberally for the recep tion of immigrants at the south At lantic and gulf ports, and thus en courage tho establishment of steam ship lines for the direct importation of immigrants, thereby relieving the crowded condition of Ellis Island and the congested eastern cities." The report was adopted. DECLARES THAW (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 13. D. M. Delmas, the California lawyer engaged as chief counsel for Harry K. Thaw, said today that be bad visited Thaw in his cell in the Tombs prison and found him a ner vous wreck. Mr. Delmas said: "Judging from my single interview' with him, which took place yesterday afternoon, the young man is laboring under great excitement arid is evident ly of 11 highly nervous temperament. "H is true,',' continued Mr. Delmas. "thai some time ago Joseph H. Choate was approached In behalf of Mr. Thaw by bis Pittsburg atttorney, David B. Watson. Mr. Choate declined a retain er. John K. Parsons also was 'ap proached, but he declined to take the ease on tlie ground that he was too ol or such active set vice. Now. so fr as I know, there will be no other New York lawyer concerned." Mr. Delmas said he had hot been in formed as to when the case would be called, but believed It would come up some time in December. MONEY ON CALL BEGINS TO SOAR. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 13. Money on cull -was loaned at 14, per cent soon after the opening of the stock mar ket today. NERVOUS WRECK
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