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f ; :-:r;' Cotivccn C:::::::! ch: &7fc leased Wire and Full Prcsa Oicprfal:op THE' BAMGk ',L,",'' EVENING TIMES, i 1 VOLUME SO. ( RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1907. VjVii Li WE liLjii JLLj rari A i t FIRST BE YOU ARE SURE RIGHT Tten Ccr.ten and Allack " All Wickedness , ' .SYSTEM OF TAXATION Notwithstanding 5 the Size of .the ' . v Man's " Bank Account, Don't Con found j the i Scoundrel With the - Good Citizen Good and Bad in Al) Walka df Life. - i r - ; M. : . ; ,' ' i- (By teased Wire to The Times.) ; Norfolk. Va., June ie.--Tha following aeech ' was delivered by- President . -y Roosevelt before the National Editor-. ial .Association at Jamestown today; , Jt is of course a mere truism to aay '.' --.-r that no other body of our countrymen wield as extensive Influence a those i v i r- who write for tho dally press and for . .;v the periodicals. ' It is also a truism ' ,' to say that such power Implies thi (revest responsibility, and shouTd be , held by others accountable, precisely i ' a If he occupied any othei; position , .of publlo trust. . t n I do not Intend to dwell upon your . fluties, ; today.' 1owver, save - that I - ' Nshall permit myself to point out one ' ,. matter, where It see mi to me that the ' ' need of our' people ic vital. It is ,.t'eentlal that the -man in publlo itte ' t end the man who writes It the putw . -7- e prs ,haU both- of them, lt?ti$- ,". are really good servants ot tne people, be prompt' to assail - wrong-doing end wickedness.' " But in . thus ' assailing . " . ' wrong-doing and wickedness; there are f . . two conditions-to be fulfilled, because - . if unfulfilled, harm and not good will . result; in the first place be sure of , your, facta and avoid everything like ' ' - ; hysteria or exaggeration, for to assail '. . '.; a decent man for something of"whteh ' he Is Innocent Is to give aid and com r.' fort to every acoundrel, while Indulg ence In hysterical exaggeration serves '. . - to weaken, not strengthen the state . " tnent of truth, v-- ' j . i . In the second place, be sure that you base your Judgment on ; eonduot and - ! . not on. the soolal or economic 'posi rAJ tlon of the Individual with whom you ' . are dealing. There are good and bad ' -men In every walk of life; and their : - ' . being good or bad doee not depend upon whether they have or do not have Jarge bank accounts. Yet this ele ''' - ' 'mental fact, this fact which we all ac : : ', ; eept as self-evident, when we think -- each of ua of the people whom he'hlm self knows in his business and Social j -, relations, "Is of ten completely Ignored by certain public men and certain pub : , , - , He writers. . , '.' i.yi ' f he Unsafe Editor, r-'i-y- r, ihe men Who thua Ignore and who r : " attack wickedness only when found In - , ,a particular class are always , unsafe, r and are aometlmea very dangerous . leaders. Distrust equally the man who , - is never able to discover any vices of ' rich men to attack and the man who r v confines himself to attacking the sins t and shortcomings of rich men. Mt Is, ' ; a sure sign ot moral and mental dls- v honesty -In, any man if In his public assaults upon Iniquity he Is never able r . to see any Iniquities save that of a ' -particular class, and this whether .he Is able4 only te see the crimes of arro gance and oppression in the rich or the : . crimes of envy and violence In ' the ' . " .; poor. He Is not true American If he - - 1 is a 'respector of persons where right v and wrong are concerned, and If he falls' to denounce the demagogue no less than the forruptlonlst, to denounce ' . alike crimes of organised greed' and - - ' crimes of brutal violence. There ; Is ' equal need to denounce the wealthy man who swindles ; Investors or buys legislature or oppresses wage-workers and the needy man who influence? class hatred or Incites mob violence, . We need to hold the scales of Justice . sT.- ..even and- to weigh them down on one .,' -' ' side Is as bad as to "weigh "the. down 1 on the other. - -,i,i'-5 Two Great Movements-j Mr. .Roosevelt spoke of what he eon sidered "two great movements In our V public life." one -the 'question 'of-re- shaping our system of taxation so-as to make it bear most heavllv .on those most capable of supporting the strain, - and the other of utilizing the natural '' resources qf the nation In the way that will be of the most benefit to thet na . tlon as a whole i Proceeding, he safa: In 1902 the reclamation service be gnn to develop the larger opportuni ties of the western half of our coun try for Irrigation.' The work Includes all the states from . the great plains v through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific slope. It has been conducted with the clear and definite purpose of URlnp the valuable, water resources of the pii!,llr- lnd for the greatest good ( v,mwd from second, page.) GEORGIA DAY AT JAMESTOWN -1 Prcstef Rcosevell's Fine Address Today.;; A FATAL FIREAT VIRGINIA BEACH his; Strong kinship itld All Rertlons p( (be Country , implies of lli Grandfather's bouse . at the Cttposltlon Intro--, ducid by 1 rresldent Mitchell, and What the , ltter 810 Georgia Iiay Great Success. Dig Princess Anne Hotel Des troyed Today. Mi LIVES WERE LOST Harm Orchard, C6hfe!ssedNurderer Gov. Steanenbergj Jj1. EXCOMh'ICIO (By Leased Wire to The Times.) - Norfolk, V.. June 10.The cele UratWa of ''Georgia Day" at tie Jamestown" Exposition today was a great success. ' vv ? pf course the chief event of Inter- Vest was the , speech of President Roosevelt, the fjuest of honor, . ' -1 He. was. introduced by President W N. Mitchell, who said: 1 t. The PrpRnt Uitrodueed, ."Virginians:' nd Countrymen: Standing here- on', the soil of the grand old com ;non wealth, the cradle of American clvtllxatlon e,nd true patriotism, in tho miat of this great southern International: exposllon, on Most Of Guests , Were Asleep When iff Blase Broke Out Many Over in t'te KKcape The Ilurned Eulldlig Vh. iUe. Third Largest Hotel at Famous Resort, come , In Their Ilooms or Kfforts to (Ily Ijeaaed Wire to The Tlmns. Norfolk, Va., June1 10.-Many livos are reported lost in the fire which do stroyed'thd' Prlneeu Anne Hotel . at Virginia Beach.. The hotel, one of ho' finest and. most fashionable along thq I Virginia coast, caught fire early today. I The majority of the guests were still through the corridors ef the big struc turc. Owing to. its construction the hotel burned quickly. - A number of guests were caught m their roams or In the Upper, corridors ; and ' Overcome ;s by smoke. - Others are said to have , per ished in tho blase. ' Alarms were' sent to Norfolk and v y ... Bv-o . Miit awr-nfinuC li ef tmr eoutnern consteiiationj: ,wei. glnla . B,acn nTf nghters. Ther Nor come you all, op tieorgja fay Uuoa folk flrohieh could not roach the scene me, has been conferred th hohor and ' of the fire, however, in time to be of pleasure of introducing to ys the nJr KroM assistance. They wore too illustrious ghest, . whOi i' In vfltting lnt to Prevent Mto loss of life. The wnrds. will hri.Mnf, wrM th P0"6 hv not Vet btea aD,e to K,ve - itn nanl MnnH if fhA numKop IrlllaA Or missing, v v Next to the Hotel Chamberlain at Old Point. Comfort the' Princess Anne Is the largest and moet popular siim. mer hotel between Atlantic City and F'.orlda, It is situated on the ocean front at Virginia Beach and has long been a famed and favorite resort for coutherners. " " - pride he feels In bis southern birth, a birthright of which he well may dj proud, for In the iilatory of this great country over which he presides there re ho pages that glow brlghterVhan those that ' record the deeds of our beloved south.'. V . ' -. , ' ; . " . "From that day 300 years ago, when the HUIq hand ot Anglo-Saxons steered their ships to tho spot on which wo are now standing, bearing at tholr masthead not ah electric light of " our modern ships,' but the bright l(gh( of civilisation to the new world, our south, in every stir f Ids event In our country's history, baa been chosen to shine forth to an idmirlng world in the glorious acts and cliarnctcr-of her peoplj. "it was a southern man on south ern soil whose burning words sowed 'he seed of the American Revolu tion, Patrick Henry, while Jefferson voiced the words of liberty that Washington made - good, when on southern soil at Yorktown the banner of Bt. George was furled. -. ; "When the dark - cloudspf war overcast our country ' and brother was arrayed against brother, the op posing armies were led by southern men, Lee and Scott, ; .' f -, -"And when Jn tue course' of the history of our country, it became Bec essary for the preservation of our Institutions 'in ,. their integrity, and lor the preservation of tills glorious republic to free he slaves. It was southern man .who issued the emancipation1 proclamation, the.gen-4 tie, kindly, lovable Abraham - Lin coln, for he was, flesa of our flesh and bone of our bone. . - - : . - 'ii'hep whea . the arms . were grounded,, he flags furled, the soil stained by tho blood of martyrsour beloved south, lying prostrate. Crush ad; H was t one of her own with his noble heart bleeding for his peoplo lifted to us by his teaching and ex ample In honor- and principle the star of hope, our beloved Lee. . "JThank God, though, while com mercialism Jn its offensive sense has in a measure crept into our south, yet she' still clings to the ideal that has made her glorious In the past. Lifting above the sordid dollar honor and principle, regarding Integrity In her men, purity In her women and homes above all, making these the standards against mere wealth, re gardless ot-how that wealth may have been attained.,, "It Is from these that comes the Illustrious guest, of today. Held in esteem, honor and ' affection by the south, regardless of political affilia tion, not because of his exalted posi tion, but for his honesty, hecause (Continued n Page Seven.), THROWN FROM TRAP OP HIS BALLOON - (By Leased Wire te The Times.) Chicago, June 10. Three parsons were Injured, two of them seriously. In a balloon ascension at Luna Park last night, i Roy Snyder, an aeronaut, was thrown from his trapeze - when thirty-five feet in tho air and directly over t ' a v crowd. Mabel McGUl, 10 years old, , and Casste Boylan - were struck by Snyder and broke his fall, The two little girls, who were stand- log on a bench, were directly beneath Snyder He tell on their heads. Two of Snyder's ribs were broken, there was a deep cut In hie right leg; and physicians said there may be in ternal Injuries. Tho McGlll girl also appeared to havo been injured inter nally.' and her right arm, was broken. The Boylan girl was cut on tho head, by a piece of tho trapeze. ' - ; ; ," PRES. GUATEMALA . ASSASSINATED - (Special Cable to The Times. J , , Mexico Clt) June 10. It is re ported . from. Guatemala City that President Cabrera was assassinated. No official dispatches havo come to confirm this, but the Junta of Central American republics accepted the- re port as true. Jf - . ' ' ' x : The Mexican government notified the Guatemalan minister that three Guatemalan spies have been arrested at Tapachula. One of them was a lieutenant-colonel In the Guatemalan army. " ' . A train load of sappers, a number of ambulance corps men and eleven ambulences left yesterday for Guada lajara. They will later be transport ed to Salina Crus and thence ta the Guatemalan frontier. Offers from governors of the sev eral States to furnish national guards men in case of hostilities continue to pour In to the federal authorities'. Guerrero la the latest state to off or men. . 1 . " -. . i . x :kf If.'.'V.-S'V'''. -Sill Vi r ''XH -If' AWV'U' ted to SeeMer AFTER ORGHARO FIEKD The Efforts of Ilsywood's Lawyers to prove- Orchard Was n IWectivo and Not in tlie J3iMiiJojr'o tlw- Fed e ratios of La'xjr When iha Crimes Were Cotmnilted--eirencs and In cidents of the Kpted Trial.- , t- ' The remarkable tcetimony of" Harry Orchard in the case against r. 1. Haywood, now in progress at Bobiet- Idaho, lias startled ithe coimtry. This is a picture skplvlvcd from pliotogi-aiihs and descriptions. of ilia self-confessed murderer ef Governor Slcmicnbcrg, and a score of others as he appeared on the witness stand, RIGHT AFTER HISSIONERS Large Delegation Here Frqm Wake Forest Section; DISPUTE ABOUT ROAD Answer of the Commission Will fie Mat at 4: SO ' This Afternoen. Same Matter That Was Ue(pre fhej - . . ..... j . . !. 1 Uouiiiy t;ommisioncrs nasi vtccrK, Much Feeling Showd hy .Citizens I The" expected delegation from Wqke Forest arrived this morning, and, at U:10 appoared before t-the; ; highway commission in regard to the new road which' is being built ;. between New Llsrht township and ' Wake " Forest. This Is the same road that has caused o- much 111 feeling In that .section i of the county, a delegation Jiaving en here last week to enter a protest be fore the board of county .commission er: :- The matter was arguea ion two. hours before the highway commlsskm- and at times the speeches wore: rattter warm." At i:30 the board took a recess with the Understanding that their an swer in regard to the road should 1o made by ;S0 - this afternoon. .- .There were about forty citizens inthe dele gation."- -. ' '; ' V; ' . 1 - - ' ' rMr. Newton Holding wan tne nrst at torney te appear efore the commission and he read a letter sent out by him last fall as chairman of the executive committee hi which- he stated that; It any 'cltlsen hod a grievance that was tuat one he would represent 'him free ef charge and he came before he board In accordance With the sromjse made.' - ,. . .,-: 'vv . .-.-v 1- Mr. Holding eald he case ,- before oommlslson as chairman of the dem ocratic executive committee of Waike county, and dot ad a paid -attorney.-Th people in the vicinity of Wake Fr est he declared, were opposed to. the new road. ;. He hsd thought that tn had harmonised matters In the coun ty and -believed that such wa? the case to a' larpre extent He proposed to stand o the pledse made, to the people and he cam bt-fore the board Hi oppose ' the -establishment of - the road in question; It was not wanted by Wake Forest township nor was It wanted y Now Light township The spoker hoped that the board would Sep j it was good for the pcaee anil hai rnpny. of tho county not to build the 'road.'amkasked that they jecedo rtm tholr former action. In his opinion he , board should consider what the i Irna- I fority cleeire in o'very section- btfbre building any new road. ' 1 . Prof. Oullo;', ns counsel for petition ers, gave notice of an exception to jho order as passed In regard to thrf'Wake Forest road and further notloe of Ap peal to the superior court. , Prof. Gulley next- read the prlndtal petition which was largely signed ;;by cltlaens living- in the neighborhood of I Wake Forest. This petition was as follows: ' "Wako Forest, May 30, 1907, "To the Honorable Board o Road Commissioners pf Wake County: "The undersigned citizens of Wale Forest township and tho neighbor continued on second page.) f SECRETARY TAFT REFUSED TO TALK -.'..(By Leased Wire to The Times.)- . Chicago, Juno 10. William H. Taf t, EOcVctary of war, arrived Ih Chi cago last evening on his way to Mail son and, Milwaukee, Wis., where Jie will deliver addresses loday. Sir. Taft was met at tho station by Gin. V,' k.-- Carter, commander of the ye partment of thp lakes, HC reslstored af the.Ahdltorluta Annex. 1 r ; ' ' X Secretary Taft declined toineak ;of his presidential boom. Ho com plained of a cold which had bothered htm ipt several weeks. - - -l f- -' - I j ' have no opinion to espresfr prf political matters, and t- wouldn't po so It I ceuldr said the secreta. !"Wo have- had wretched weather in Washington and 1 understand Ctlr cage hasn't' been much "hotter." j I : Secretary Taft speaks to tho etuf dents of the University of Wlscondih wt Boon; today, . This evening hie speaks on 1'The Panama Canal" be fore a dinner of morchants andj ron ufactarei' at HUwaukeo Wia.x Aflr delivering the 'commencement -? ad dresses at Xh Ie -and Minnescjta universities oa Juno 1? and, 13, $3" rstary Tfrft goes .west on4 lour jot inspection of army poets! ,' ' , , J STILL STICKING TO THEIR Insist oa Stalemeot About tSia Cannon Speech ONE WAS TOASTMASTEB Both Are Reputable and Ironilneat CltiM-ns of IxxitiBWil---Maybe the lp aker Did Intend it; sis "Jolly." lint He Said it- Ail the Same Only Curious Thing is That He Shoiild IX-ay Ijt. (Special to.. Tho Evening Tiines.) ; ' foxington, N. C. June 10. "The Cannon story stands aad will not down. Two aa good men ' as thore ai-e in NortH Carolina both ihiui- icHuuiuu.v . -uif cuovv w ief Colorado W Speaker J. G. Cannon spoke forL- the fcrinole state rights and- took the southern 'oney Paras, a smlon miner from Crip-. view of the negro at t!ie alumni , pie Creeks jd "pig Bill" DaVta. for- (By Leased Wire to The Times.) V.V v. Boise, Idaho, June 5.0. Steve Adam , , is in the county Jail. He was brought 7 here this morning, lie to held Incom municado. Darrow and Richardson and Mrs. Adams being denied the priv- liege of seeing him.. ' :;. . '. When the trial of W. IX Haywood was resumed today the cross examlna- ' tlon of Harry Orchard, who hai con-- y fefiied to the murder of eighteen per ' 1 sons, was continued.' Every effort was ' made by the defense to show that Or- - i r ' chard when lie committed his crimes, - " was a detective In the employment of , . the r.iir.o owners aiid was not an agent- .; ot tho Western Federation of Miners. i Steve Adtms dcc'.arell ' Orchard to : v' 'v havo bon his accomplice In many nf J .. the crimes. Is here to become' a state witnesr.. Ho had confessed to many murdora, but later repudiated his con fesslon. It Is not known what attt- ' .' ' ' tudo ho will take, on tho stand herev, U was riporteit that Mrs. '; Orchard, ' wife Of the assassin, would com, her i :. ' to testify, 1uf thlrf ls denied in d -patch from Cripple Creek which quote i ' . her as i aing that she would) cot leave ; ,t ,t i . .hex. 1Uaf)4 hud,s;OJld not .be,a witness ', in !h caso. - - ' - s v Many persons named by "Orchard in his astounding-confession, are to be " brought, here by the defense to refute ' the ; statements made by Orchard. ,.s - Adamsd probably will be the first wit- - ;; ' i. " neas eafted after the cross-examination '.'' of Orchard, ; which is expected o end . J tomorrow.'' t ', . Darrow and Richardson. Haywood's counsel, are also Adams' lawyers and they defended him in March, when he ! '' was tried lit Wallace for the murder of Tyler, which Orchard told about in i' ' his testimony a few days ago. ' These attorneys have had repeated ; assurances from .'Adams that -he will "5'f never turn state's evidence, and Mrs,' ' Adamn, Vho recently saw her husband ' , . In the Wallace Jali, says he will not corroborate Orchard, tl. is pointed out ' that the state; if it calls Adams to the ; -witness stand, will ' he bound by his - ' answers, and if he denies Orchard's -assertions it will prove the defense 4 ' J good turn and help to destroy the tea., tlmony of the prosecution's chief wit- ' ness. ' ' ' 'v Judge Wood is not placing any limit on the extent to which the state may ' ' ' go Irt introducing "evidence. Pxeraor- -dinary precautions are being taken to " f Insure Adams" delivery in Boise. He " i is mahacled and m the eustody of three -men who have reputations as being -dead shots. This is Another of the r , npectaoular settings or the case. The eross-exammatlon of - Orchard today was directed wtih a View-to proving ; through the Witness that til reality he Was in the employ of the mine own- -ors as a, detective when' he committed y his murders and -that be was not the agent of the- Western ? Federation of : Miners. This indicated the line the -defense would take in addition to try- . ' lng te prove false many of the things t.; " -to' which Orchard has testified. 1 - . Among '-the men who are to impeach ' Orchard on the stand heer are' David O. Coatea, former lieutenant governor ? B. Kasterly. secretary -Creek , miners - union; banquet at Oullford College. It is no, doubt true that th,P language at tributed to the speaker iplght have been other than was actually used by him, and as much was stated in tho firs disppatca, but the substance of tu dispatch was true acording to the two men mentioned. 7 The ftry has been officially denied and hrand, ed as a Vbase fabrication,' but thpse who know' the two, mea 'no hhve told whst they heard at that baneiue know' that -taey '" have Ihtelllgence enough tq 'understand-: the English language even whe spoken by ihe osar of the house, ' and It Is ' also known that their veracity Is unquKjqK tioned 'and ' nnquesllonaMe mdni' their fellow citizens. A.nd If " sitlH further evltienee ta naeded,,'the.re re all ttidaev banqueters who must he-1 Hnbwledge that Xbeei two men haw noun bee guilty of an untruth"'djf mlsund'erJtdiod, the pakeri- " This correspondent has seen it Ipt Vor writtcB In ah anxious vela, 'ask. f (Continued on Second fage. merly a unlvm lcjtder In Colorado and now a superintendent of a mine at Qoldfleld, Ieva4a.i",,t ' . , v , ,-i , , .,, t ) v the nei? eE(::R: ; ; c u (By Leased Wire to "he Times. ) i Salt Lake, UUh Juu7 13. Elder Qrigham it Soberia. of 't Mormon Cbercbi oniajexoludid. ijron congress beeouse of his potygamoas practices, added' eiatienit; thapte? Sunday Id tho controversy with ho mUkieters. of thb WangeliBal chrtrches. He iib''li'jC!lVrliiii agisters as" belonging to a third1 sex, 'neither m'aJor' rale, arT fpicf they 'were batter '4aHflod tor V'uk tens than statesmanshls.' 'AH.' of the h offl Aals !of tho rhurca, InclmMng fresl deat Smith, were pree-'tit and tacitly endorsed the 'address ot Mr. Roberts.