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! ". UE7S EHItVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. - ' , ; Leada all North Carolina' Afternoon 'Papers in Circulatioa T ATiij Til li xrn.A-i x f LAST EDJTiO 'i. THE MMMIGM. EVE V0LUIH2 27." BALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY, MAECBv 18, 1907, NING VIIO HAS SW Oil TO A FALSEHOOD? issue 'Drawn Between" Eve lyn and Hummel? A DISBARRED LAWYER 'This is for the Jury to Decide The Defense May Introduce as a Wit ness Kthel Thomas", ' the Girl 1 Whom Harry Thaw Has Been Ac cused of Injuring. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 18. The Issue be tween Florence Evelyn .Nesbit Thaw and Abraham Hummel upon which de pends the fate of Harry Thaw, was Squarely drawn today, and it rested with the Jury which to believe. The lawyers for the defense. It Is raid, had decided not to contest further the admission of the photographic copy Of the affidavit' Mrs. Thuw waB alleged to-have made In HummcI'S' office at tacking Thaw, but to rely on the wife's denial that she had signed the state ment of consent to Its being drawn. ' When the trial of Thaw was resumed tho young wife was at hand ready to go on the atanaVns soon as the formality of closing the sur-rebuttal by the pros ecution was finished and declared pos itively that Hummel lied when he said she told him she had never told Thaw that Stanford White had mistreated her. .Thaw's lawyers had framed a question that would enable her in the most Dosltive manner to elve the Ho to Hummel In every essential detail, and then leave it to the jury to decide between the girl wife and the lawyer with a sentence of Imprisonment hang ing over his head for conspiring to obtain a false affidavit In another court case.' . . -.v.-- . . Decision of Thaw's lawyers;'; " Thaw's lawyers after a conference de- qtdecllo lend their efforts toward brlng - in? the sur-robuttal pase" of the state ,! ' to an end as soon as possible. To this .-' end it was decided not to attempt' to cross-examine any 'of tho experts for the state on the question of Thaw's sanity. Instead the defense will rely on the tuxtlmony of their own experts. It was ' utatcd that Dr. Graeme and l)r,,8mith 13. JellifTo would be called, and possibly . serve the others, to whom a hypotheti cal question would be submitted on the sanity problem. This will be In contra diction of the testimony of the state's alienists, and It will be relied upon to offset the testimony for the prosecution. , ' " One Moro; Sensation. It was reported today that the de fense had one more sensation ready to spring before the end of Its caie in enr-rebuttal. It was admitted by one of the attorneys that there were only six - witnesses to be ' culled for ' Thaw before the time for the Bumming up of IXlmas and Jerome arrived. - " Four of these witnesses, it Is known, are Insanity experts. Tho fifth Is Eve lyn Nesblt Thaw, but who tho sixth wlt- tho defense, ready -as they are gener ally, to make public their ostensible plans, refused to give even the Blight ' est indication 'ho the mysterious wit- " ness Is. " Ethel Thomas May Testify, - -There was a report today that. this . witness might be Ethel Thomas, the . glrf whotn Thaw Is said to have Injured to such an extent as to have .prompted her to bring suit against him. It was generally supposed that the girl was ' dead, but the report stated that: she had been discovered In Philadelphia. : . It was pointed out today that when - the district attorney,'' in the course of - his long argument last week, mentioned , the name of the Thomas girl and seta that she was allye.Dolmas'-sharply X interrupted, the .inference beinfthat he ' objected to any statement that fJio girl i was dead. . " ,' , , ; ' s Should it turn .out" that the unac- : counted for sixth witness iifhla girl, it would' mean a strong point -scoreu, '- in thaw's favor.- The elimination, of the accusation against Thaw that In the ' Thomas case he nad shown hlmseir as not much better, If any, than-Stn ' ford White, would do much, It was be : He ved, to eradicate a- damaging im- presston now In the minds of the Jury. ? Bar ifOut, Says Thaw. . ; r itiv Before going into court this morning, v.' Hary Thaw instructed his lawyers that they must do their utmost to bar-the ' Hummel affidavit from the case, "'' Thaw realised that if this document was aflmlttod ir evidence he would 'have to call at least fifteen witnesses in s ur-rebuttal, practically starting his . whole case over again. . : v ' :' It la said that Thaw does not fear - .the effect of the affidavit will have upon tfte jury as ho dislikes the delay it VIU cause in the-: termination, of the trial. . ' v -Jeifme Offers Affidavit. Court convened at tho usual hour, but ' a delay of one quarter of an hour was I " "J' . t - rv,i.. to .' to the offering of the Hummel affidavit. (Continued to Pnore Two.) 1 CITY REDDENED DY MASSACRE Tbree Days, of Brutal Slaugb- BITTER i CRY , OF JEWS A Cablegram to the Jewish Morning Journal Tells of the Attempted Extermination of Israelites in a Roumanian City and Asks Help of Their Compatriots Here. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 18. The Jew ish Morning Journal has received a cablegram from Podohllo, tjear Jassy In Roumanla, telling of a three days' massacre there, aimed at the exter mination of the Jews and calling for aid. The cablegram reads as follows: "Terrible massacre since last Thursday; town totally destroyed; all Jewish population ruined and houses pillaged; we ask help." ' The" cablegram was signed by Mar cus Getzell. Ellas Simon and Shaje Steinberg, leading merchants of Po-J dohllo. The-news caused the great est, consternation among the Rou manian Jews on the Eastside, many of whom have relatives either In or near Podohllo. The city has a popu lation of about 6,000, and at least four thousand of thorn were Jews. Cablegrams were sent to Podohllo for more information as to the loss of life. . Podohllo is , little more than 25 miles from Kishineff, the scene of the frightful massacres in Bessa rablan Russia. It Is believed here that survivors of. the Podohllo attack cannot look to . the' Roumanian '. govar,nmon fori ttid,otfmRniftnfl dom, iweni nor oe surprised to hear that the whole Jewish section' of thij town was de-' strayed and most of the -population killed. They have perfect faith In the thres men who signed the dis patch, as they know them as repu table business men who would not call for aid unless they were in the extremity of need. , THE SCENT GROWS HOT Sleuths on Last Stretch After Kidnappers The Men Who Stole Little Horace Marvin May Be Bun Down by Pinkerton Men Within the Next Few Hours. . (By Leased Wire 'to The Times.) Dover, Del., March 18. 'The Pink- ertons today believe they are closing In on the kidnappers of little Horace Marvin, and that they will be Under arrest and th& 4-year-old lad returned to hlB father before many hours.; . Under the leadership, of Governor. Proston Lee, slenths. are patrolling Delaware Bay In two ocean-going tugs seeking a black-hulled sailing vessel on board .which are believed to he persona responsible for the 'child stealing.-. Once the vessel stood off Kitta Hammock as though expecting a signal oT. niessage from shore. ' - Other detectives . are camped all about the- Marvin -' farm,. Indicating thai the searchers have received defi nite information that- something' of importance is likely to transpire at any moment in the Immediate vicinity of the spot where the lad was stolen, ; Detectives left on guard near the bay on Saturday after the disappear ance : of the; black-hulled . sloop dis covered about 4 o'clock On Sunday morning a camp fire half-way between the bay and the Marvin farm, on a little hill overlooking tho farm.. v REVOLUTION GISTS - OUT IN VENEZUELA (By Leased Wire to The Times.) : WillemBtad, Curacao, March 18. A dispatch received here from Cucuta, Colombia, announce that a-powerful revolution has started In the state of lion nas Btartea in me suue oi a. Venezuelb, With Gen, Juan Penalosa as Jte leader. iTacnlra, t'BDlO Ml PERIIi LOOMING be Danger of Centralization Threatens lir POSITION OF SOUTH It Holds tho Same Conservative Views it Has Always Held as to Encroachments on the Reserved Rights of the States Difficulty of Ronsing the People. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. March 18. "The south takes the samCground of conservatism that it has always taken on this great question of whether the national gov ernment shall assume powers now ex ercised by the states." said Senator Overman, of North Carolina, at the Raleigh last night. The wnator Is a member of the senate committee which is investigating the Brownsville shoot ing, i "The tendency is In the direction of a mora, centralized power in the hands of the national government and that Is the great danger of our life." He continued: "No serious encroach ments on the l-ithts of the slates have been made except In a very general way, but any casual observer can con stantly sec the danger. The trouble is that the individual may not be con cerned directly, and therefore it Is hard to arouse him. But if the ten dency is permitted to grow, every In dividual will feel it sooner or later by the restriction of his liberties under a more paternalistic policy. A BLACK Bl'RGIiAR HELD VP WOMEN. (By Leased Wire tq The Times.) Washington, D. C.;. March' 18. While walking in r.he wopd near Woodie Lane, In the poftheast section of the city yestorday afternoon; Miss Martha Keck, a school teacher, living at 1730 Seventh street. Northwest, and Miss Martha Kennehible, of 625 Massachu setts Avenue, Northwest, wero at tacked and robbed of their pocketbooks by a negro. . The robber escaped In the dense underbrush, after being pur sued for a quarter of a mile by two men, who were attracted by tho screams of the women. FOOT IN CATTLE GUARD Sacrificed hy a Girl to Save Her Life Sho Bends Back as the Wheels of a Rushing Train Roll "Over 'Her Ankle, Severing the Foot from Her Limb. Kansas City, Mo., March 18. Caught In a cattle guard and unable to free herself, Miss Frances Shaw", of Kansas City, Kan., aged 15, yester day sacrificed her foot in order to prevent being killed bya train.-' Miss Shaw, with her friend, Minnie Eaton, attempted to cross the Alton tracks, when Miss Frances' left foot caught in' the' guard and she was, unable to free herself. . y ; To save herself from death, she bent her body backward, and, hold ing' .the ties, awaited the Impact of tho train, her foot still firmly held by the cattle guard and her ankle lying on the rail. The wheels of the engine and The train passed over Tier. log, severing it between the anklo and the knee. t ' " -I DON'T KNOW; MAYBE," , ,i SAYS PRESIDENT M'CllKA. Atlantic City, N. J., March 18. President McCrea, of the Pennsylva nia Railroad, when asked whether he would go to Washington to talk with the president on the rate-bill ques tion, today, saidf '.-;,.' ,. "Maybe; I don't know' OLD AND ILL, TDE"'f TURNED TO DEATH (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Hillsdale, Mich'.. March 18. MC and Mrs. I H.. Terpenlng, an aged couple, months, attempted to commito sulolde ' tthr last nisht bv wrannlna- their t. ' . , V " ' j SSJTntSJT soaeT wHn chlorohoUa' W' H' f"810' Pviilo, 'form. " - ""-' . "Va died here Inst night. n FRETFUL CHILD In the Boggy With Him Going at a fast Gallop EVIDENCE IS ALL IN Joshua Harrison Told One Witness He Had Come to Xorfolk to Put His Little Boy in School Arpu incut Began at :.0 This After noon. (Special to The Kvetitns Times.) Elizabeth City, N. c, March IS. As C. T. WoodhoiiKc left the stand today at 1,?:.,15, Solicitor Hallett S. Ward announced that the state had closed in the oasj of Joshua Harri son, on trial lor kidnapping Kenneth Bcasley. The defence had rested a few mo ments earlier.. The principal witness for the state this morping was n. F. Burfoot of Princess Anne county, Virginia. Bur foot stated 'that on the morning of February 14, Tuesday, 1905, he was serving as lubstiluto on ths Norfolk police force ,and at the corner of Cumberland and Washington Btreets met Joshua Harrison, with whom he was well acquainted. This occurred about two o'clock in tho morning. Witness said ho talked with Harrison IS or 20 min utes, and asked Harrison what he was doing in th.it part of the town at that time of night. Harrison re plied that his wife was dead, having died, two years previously, and that he had coma up there to put his lit tle boy In school. Witnes said he had yesterday examined the police recordS-Of Ndrfolk, Mr. Beasley "as sisting in the e jnmlwition, land, Said records. W I Testimony of Allscll. K. W. Ansel, clerk of the supe rior court of Currituck county, stated that lie knew Harrison well. That on tin- afternoon of February 18th he m 'I niao on the road lead ing to Norfolk driving a dark horse or mulo hitched to a, top bugy; that he could not sea the face of the man, but his voice was that of Joshua Har rison and that he was talking to a fretful child lie had v in the buggy, sajlttg, "Th -re, there, there," in a soothing manner. Witness said the horse, or mule, ha did not remem ber which it was, was in a fast gal lop. Tift) defence placed on the stand Benny Walker, one . of Kenneth's playmates, and the last one with him before his disappearance. ', He was questioned' as to his last conversation with' . Kenneth, and stated that if Kenneth said-anything about running away he did not re member it. But that when the school bell rang Kenneth said be was going further down the path: Other Witnesses., The defence also Introduced J. J. Coogan, who testified that he was a train, dispatcher for the Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction. Company ; that he knew the Mr.' Woodhousc who testified to having seen Harrison in Onyx saloon Tuesday February 14, between six and seven in the morn ipg. In Norfolk, as he was going to turn in his badge, having . loit his position the day previous; J Coogan testified that Woodhpusefhad not lost hi8--position the day previous, but was still in the employ f the com pany. Several character Witnesses were also examined for both state and defence. ..-' i " Court adjourned 'at. 12:30 tand convened at 2:30, when J, Heywood Sawyer opened the argument, for the state. Mr. Sawyer spoke for about two hours. Counsel hava not been limited in time of argument,, and as at least three on each side will speak, the cas ewlll doubtless go to the jury about Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. REFUSED EIECICALU . : HELP AND RiED (Special to The 'Evening Times.) Norfolk, Va., March 18.-S!mply phyBiUan, though, one was Id- the FLMMIY VENGEFUL HAND Discovery of Dynamite Helicon Hall Ruins 4 in WHISPERS IN NIGHT Evidence of a Stealthy Prowler in the Building a' Few Minutes Be fore the) Outburst of the Fire That Destroyed f'pton Sinclair's Co operative Colony House. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 18. The dis covery of dynainits in the ruins of Helicon Hall, Upton Sinclair's Co operative Colony house, near Engle wood, N. J., has revealed that the lire that destroyed th3 home, caus ing one death and imperilling the lives of many others, was of Incen diary origin. It also has been learn ed that at lsast one member of the colony was awake and fully dressed in the building a few minutes before the fire started, about 4 o'clock.'""; In addition to this the startling statement Is made by Mi's. Julia Ta bor, whose room was on the second floor, that fifteen minutes before the first explosion that marked the ba glnning of the fire, she had heard whisperings and stealthy footsteps in the building, which continued some little time. Finder of Dynamite. The dynamite was found by Chas. M. Hilllker, a consulting engineer, Who had been living In Helicon Hall for about two weeks, superintend ing the installation of a new boiler. He had aided In saving th lives of three woman ,durlng,b fire by iow eitagvitenv' fB .window by rope. '. He was exploring the rulnsfl1 and found the stick of explosive near-i- the wrecked boiler. This has confirmed the belief of the police that Helicon Hall was de stroyed for revenge upon Upton Sin clair possibly by soma person that had been turned away from the hall. A meeting of the board of gov ernors of the institution will be held today to take steps to aid in a thor ough investigation. Coronar A. D. Leer will hold an inquest in Englewood Thursday af ternoon in the case of Lester Brlggs who perished In the fire. Upton Sin clair, the board of directors of Heli con Hall and a numbar of other wit uesses have been summoned to ap- pea r. Agents for insurance companies will also attend the inquest. Upton Sinclair said that the insurance o Helicon Hall amounted to ? 4 0,000. FALSE, SAYS FORAKER Confession of Private Gray Declared a Fake Foraker Asserts That There is No Such Man as Private Gray, and Wanted the Author of the Press Dispatch Summoned. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 18. At the Brownsville hearing this morning Senator Foraker denounced the story as' carried in a press dispatch from Galveston yesterday, alleging . that D. C. Gray, a private of Company B of the discharged soldiers, had con fessed that the soldiers were respon sible for the shootlng-up of the town. Senator Foraker said that inquiry- developed that there was no private by this name, and the officers at Brownsville had characterized the statement as untrue.' The senator was in favor of summoning the au thor of the press dispatch to testify, but it wag decided to abandon this Idea for the present,, , . i Macios o. , Tbmayd.i Mexican, who expressed, the opinion at the Brownsville hearing- on Friday lust that the soldiers aid net-do the shoot ing, t was recalled to the stand this morning, when the, inquiry was re-1 jsumed, for;h6 Jpurfiota. Of Identifying certain photographs. ? ani A distances, shown by accompanying maps. Npth Ing was developed in his testimony i'' Z? -!! J .. ivnnnea o&ur,- now vaiiopea ai c Louls, whQ testWefl ftt ,el,fe a6 w 'general conditions at Brownsville PRESBYTERIANS MAKING PLANS FOR PURCHASE OF PEACE INSTITUTE four years ago, at which time he was stationed at Fort Brown. Lieutenant Baker's testimony was illustrative rather than direct in character, as he testified that he had not been to Brownsville for the past four years. He was called for the purpose of tes tifying to the police control of the town and the general characteristics of Its mixed population. At the conclusion of his testimony the committee took a recess until thj afternoon session. PRESIDENT YOAKUM AT THE WHITE HOUSE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 18. B. F. Yoa kum, chairman of the board of the Rock, Island system, was a caller at the white house today and spent an hour wih the president. Mr. Yoakum wa3 the first of the big men of the railroad and financial world to start the pilgrimage to the white house. He came to see the president even before Mr. J. P. Morgan and.talked at that time of the general question of government relation to the railroads and . to business in general. His re turn today, in advance of the an nouncement of President Charles S. Mellon, of the New Haven road, who is to meet the president tomorrow caus- I ed much interest and speculation. Mr. Yoakum would not talk of his conference with the president, except to add that he was not In Washington merely for the sake of enjoying the sun shine and to deny that his coming has to do with an contenip!utodprb"ie eution with the Alton financing. JEALOUSY OF MOTHER WINGED HER BULLET (Ry Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, March 18. Two men were ipt in Chicago yesterday, one by his fathcr-ln-law and the other by a wo man, who. It is said, objected to her victim's attention to her niothr. Both are seriously injured. William Ald ridge, 35 years of age, was shot by Amos Apgar, 59 years old, brother of Mrs. Aldridge, for refusing to leave his residence when ordered. Apgar thereupon drew a revolver and shot Aldridge In the right lung. Mrs. Ald ridge has been ill and had gone to her father's room here Aldridge had gone to see her. John Notsoviteh, 32 years old, of Ada street, was shot and seriously wounded by Mrs. Tina Hovik, 19 years old, at her residence. The woman told the police Notsoviteh attacked her with a knife when she ordered him from her home. Notsoviteh, in the few minutes that he was conscious on the way to the hospital, said the girl was jealous of his attention to her mother. He denied attacking her. HUSBAND SLEW WOULD-BE RAVISHER (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte, N. C, March IS. The sen sational murder of Jim Stephenson of this place last night near the city, ac cording to startling reports today, was the result of a most daring attempt on the part of the dead man to assault the wife of J. T. E. Kimball, who Is held for the killing. The preliminary hearing will, it Is declared, bring out some very import ant evidence. The dead man and Kim ball are both well known here. THK WOMAN'S CLUB . WAS OPENED TODAY. The Woman's Clulv recently pur chased a house on Salisbury street op posite the capitol square, and it was thrown open to' the public this after noon, the hours being from 4 to 6 o'clock, and is to be open tonight from 7 to- tr.o't'locln , Tomorrow it will open durhngthe sa. me hours. During the remainder of this month there will be an .art exhibit at the club which wpa loa.neA by the Feder ation of Womans'-i Clubs. In the ex hibit are a number of very handsome paintings, water colors, etchiiigs, etc A charge of- twenty-five cents, is. made to View tho exhibit ? The first gift to the club was made ;by Messrs. Edwards Bceughton and waa a Norths Carolina flag,, it no floats, over the doon, - Two small silk flags were presented by Mr. P. C. En-nise. mm m a. A- M l j mm ii k : ii jfekiii in mm m fl.4l ' If -V' . intnuuuiM iuuiiu . JAS. HOODIE EXPECTS TD RETIRE The School is Now 'Owned by Stork Company and the Majority of the Stock is Held by Dr. Dinwiddle, Who Has Been President of the School for the Past Seventeen Years The Price Asked fb Prop- ' crty is Said to bo, $50,000 Meth odi.st Church Has an Option on School but tho Way ic Now Stands Looks Like it Will be Purchased by the Presbyterians. - Within the next few days it ta to be definitely decided as to what' de nomination will own Peace Institute . the Methodist Church or the Pres byterlan. The property at the pres- ' ent time is owned bv a atnelr com pany, tho majority of it being held e uy ur. uinwiaaie, wno nas been president of the school for the past ' seventeen years. After this seslojt he does not expect to. teach and fa to dispose , of, .his interest in "the school. For the past year the Pres byterians have had under cottsidera- 1 tion the purchase of -the property " but when nothing was done an option, was secured by parties representing1 'the Methodist Church. From what can be learned the .Methodists will not endeavor to get the property un- ' less the Presbyterians do not pur chase it, In which case It will be bought for a Methodist college and will be owned by the Methodist church of the Eastern North Carolina " Conference. ' The price asked for the s property, it is said, is fifty thousand dollars.. j As tha matter now stands the Presbyterians are to purchase the property, but all arrangements have not been completed, and from what can be learned will not be for sev eral days to come. For nearly half a century Peace Institute has been conducted as a Presbyterian school, and it would be a source of great .:, regret to the members of the church . If the property should be purchased by another denomination. It now looks, though, like it will remain In the hands of the Presbyterians. ' History of the School For about half a century this has been one of the leading schools in ' North Carolina for th& higher educa- tion of girls. The property waa do- .-. naled to the church hv ft Mr. Peace. ' of this city, through Rev. J. M. At- : , kinston, D. D., then pastor of the .. r resuyierian cjiurcn in. xi&ieigu, lur ; the purpose of establishing a college for the higher education of youngs women. Arrangements- were made in 1860 for having the: necessary buildings erected, ! and they were . completed during the first year of two of the civil war, but the school was not opened until about 1868. owing to the war. The buildings , ,' were first occupied by the Confeder ate army as headquarters for the medical department for the state of North Carolina, and afterwards by . ,, the federal army for the same "pur-.. -pose. .' . ,jr:,j!'v In 1868 arrangements were made -for opening the school, Ihe first president of the institution being Dr. k Lacy, - who waa Succeeded by' RerS Robert Burwerl and his' son Cap'aln -John Burwell. They- cbtidfcctef 'the -i school until' 1890, .wbeft.' pr: James Dinwiddle was, etecjed'' jireBlqqn't.. He baa served ag president, since that- . time witb; great ability, but now de sires to giva up -the duties that -fall"': upon him as" the head of- large In slitutlon: With the close 0t this es-' B(6n Dr; Dinwiddle peters his con - nectipa wltH b ach4o.:,v Therfr has ,beejR', no- Intimation a to who will succeed hint it the." Presbyterians pnrohae tbe property! ' s " Dr. Dinwiddle l" k" man of great . inlellqct and a teacher of wide ex pert nee. He i a graduate of the Vuiycrslty of Virginia and before luowunuao on jrace 'inreej II mey Don i secure rrcpsr , fu Will ho Ronnht hv li it . -111 1 1
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