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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leaned Wire and Full Prcsa Dispatchco. EIGH EVENING TIME THE VOLUME 30. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 19C8. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE 5 CENTS. ATTACHMENT ON 100M0RSEBANKS SERVED TODAY Arrived Id Qaeebstom Morse Engages Passage for His Immediate Return HIS SHIP IS BOOKED TO LEAVEJHIS EKE. Noted New York Banker, Financier and Trust President Tells Re porter He Is Coming Back and Straighten Out His Tangled Af fairs He Readied Liverpool Last Night In Meantime tho Court Oflleer is Levying on Everything He Has in New York and it is Be lieved He is Hopelessly Involved. Exhibited Great Nerve When Ap proached k'n the Subject. Suj uJh (By leased Wire td The Times.) New York, Feb. 8. Although Charles VV. Morse has been located In Queens town, where he arrived last night on the steamship Campania, under the name of "C. M. Moore," and said he would return to New York next week, the attachment of fifty accounts in banks and trust companies will con tinue today by Deputy Sheriff Max Poi'ges. Before Forges started on his work today he had served attachments on all even hundred, bapks and trust com panies with which Morse did business. Forges covered eighty of these Btltutlons yesterday and twenty In the day before, 'The list of banks and trust compa nies was given the deputy sheriff by counsel for Receiver Hanna of the Na tional Bank of North America, who Is trying to collect a claim of $243,000 against Morse. Up to the time Porges started out today he found only about 16,400 shares of copper stocks, of little value. Every bank account Morse had was cleaned out before he sailed for Eu rope last Saturday, and his creditors are not reassured, despite his state ment that he proposes to return and m.'et every obligation. Dlsnatches received from Queens tr.wn toiiav tell how Morse arrived there last night calling himself "C. M. Moore," and about as cool as the cool est man on board. There were many nersons on the Campania who recog nlzed "Moore," the fleeing banker, but that didn't disturb him in the least. Exhibits Great Nerve, "Your leaving New York has caused a great sensation," Morse was told. "Suits for large .sums have been brought against you. Your mansion in Fifth Avenue has been attached and all other property that could be found is In the hands of the sheriff. Morse wasn't disturbed by the news at all. When he spoke his voice was that of a man who seemed perfectly ure of himself. "There must be some mistake about that." he began. "I have already sent word to New York by wireless regard in. that business. I will return to America next week and will Bet mat ters right. I am now going to Liver .. pool." "Where are you going when you reach Liverpool?" "That's my business," replied Morse. Engages Return Passage to New York. ..': (By Cable to The Times.) Liverpool. Eng., Feb. 8. Charles W, Morse, who arrived on the Campania last night, has booked passage on the Cunarder Etrurla. The Etruria Is due to sail at 4 o'clock, but Is being de layed. ' W. E.COREY ON THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cleveland. O.. Feb. 8. W. E. Corey, nmslrlent of the United States Steel Corporation, declares ha Is optimistic over the business outlook, although he desires to be conservative, "Conditions in the steel industry are becoming better with ever-Increasing ranldllv." he said. "There nave Deen nn setbacks. It had been a good grad ual growth of real business. Ae etocks all over the country have been low the increase In business oan be regarded as due to a real demand. There has k.,.1. na purchasing ahead. But our business, which was at low ebb In the middle of December, when we were producing only M per cent or our ca. n.itv has crown aieauuy uu mills are producing between our and 50 per cent of the usual produc tion, i The demand for wire, tubes, and tin plate Is good. I am of the opinion that the normal stage will be reached by the end of the year at the latest." THIS IS SAID TO INCLUDE SOME RALEIGH ESTATE . (By Leased "Wire to The Times.) Plttsfleld, Mass., Feb. 8. Miss Alice Bylngton, late of Stockbridge, whose will was filed yesterday, left $5,000 to the Tuskegee Institute, JGO.000 to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural School at Hampton, Va., together with the remainder of the testator's proper ty not otherwise specified, aggregating $110,01.0. IRISH-AMERICAN ATHLETIC GAMES (By Leased Wire to The Times ) New York, Feb. 8 There will be brilliant array of athletic talent at the games of the Irish-American Athletic Club, which will be held at Madison Square Garden tonight. These games promise to be most suc cessful of the Indoor season and from present Indications there will be a record-breaking attendance. There is not a single athlete In training of prominence in the Metropolitan dis trict who will not be present, and many events will be clossly contested. T WAS EXPECTED Railway Mai! Service On Nor- foIk&Souilicrn TWO POSTAL CLERKS Postmaster - Rriggs Receives Letter From Captain Elam Detailing Ser vice Afternoon Trains Will Carry Pouches to 'Wendell, Zebulon anil Wilson Norfolk and Kalelgh K P. O. Postmaster W. G. Briggs today recaived a letter from Captain T. B. Elam, chief clerk of the railway mall service, of Richmond, giving detailed orders in regard to the in auguration of mail service over the Norfolk & Southern, which will be gin Monday. The service Is much superior than was anticipated, for postal clerks will be put on i wo trains from the start. The present Norfolk, Edenton and Washington R. P. O. will be extend ed through from Washington, N. C, to Raleigh and will be known as Norfolk and Raleigh R. P. O. This will be on trains Noa. 1 and of tha Norfolk & Southern, No. 1 leaving Ralelgn at tv:30 a. m. and No. 2 arriving here at 10 p. m. These trains will make all local ex changes between Raleigh and Nor folk. On the other two daily trains on this road, No. 14, due here at 10:40 m., and No. 15, which leaves Ra leigh at 4:30 p. m there will not be railway postal clerks, but the Ra leigh postofllce will dispatch pouches from Wendell, Zebulon and Wilson, by tliesa trains. Captaln Elam, in closing his lot - ter, Bays: "I hope you may like this service and that it will prove of benefit to Raleigh as well as other offices on tha line." It is auite ' -unusual . for postal clerks to be put on trains the first day mall service is Inaugurated on a line. As stated, this gives R. P. O. service over a new route straight from Ralelgu to Norfolk and beats the name of these two cities. ELABORATE TROVISIOX FOB BELOVED DEAD. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Feb. 8.In u specially provided mortuary chapel, fitted up by the Hamburg-American Line for the occasion, on board the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which arrived late yesterday, was the body of Mrs. John McKenna, daughter of Richard C, Kerans, of St. Louis, Mo.; Justice McKenna, of the su preme court of the United States; Mrs. McKehna, and their three daughters, with their husbands, will accompany the boay or Mrs. mc- Kenna to St. Louis, where the fu- tt'neral will be held on Monday. BETTER Hi NEW CURRENCY BILL OFFERED i Measure Adopted mi Intro duced In Congress By the Miaiority Leader -!QU1LINE OF MEASURE'S Provides For a Taut Check Hun on National Banks Reserve Fund of FifUK-n Millions to Protect Deposi tors in Ranks That Fail Limit to Loans by Banks An Elastic Cur rency Feature What. 'Are 'Lia bilities" Zu 1 '' Not Exceed 30 j Per .Cent'.' Oilier'-... Provisions' .-of j .-'.the Bill. ...v! (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . " Washington, Feb. 8 What will be ' kno .vn as "the minority currency j bill", introduced by Represontatlvej John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, j the democratic leader of the hoii3( j was drafted as a re3iilt of a confer ence of democrats behind closed j doors last evening, Those besides Mr. Williams who participated in the conference were Representatives Lewis, of Goorgia: Pnjo, of Louis iana; Glass, of Virginia; Gillespie, of Texas; Ollie James, of Kentucky; Crawford, of North Carolina, and McHeury, of Pennsylvania. i Outline of Its Provisions. Among the provisions of the bill are the following: f It repeals all laws permitting na tional banks t0 keep three-fifths of their reserves in national banks of reserve cities, and similar laws per mitting such deposit of one-half of the reserve amounts. It provides that not less than one half of the reserves now required to be kept in lawful money on central reserve cities shall be hereafter held In gold or gold certificates. It does away with the payment of national bank examiners by the fee system, and substitutes salaries not less than $3,000, nor In excess of $5,000 yearly, with actual expenses. It provides that the total llabili Hoa nt nnv tintinnnl hfink: inclusive of the liabilities of its members shall , not exceed one-tenth of the btinks paid-in and unimpaired capital stock and one-tenth of Its unimpaired sur plus funds: and that in no event shall the liabilities exceed 30. per cent, of the capital stick. But the discount of bills of ex change drawn in good faith against actually existing values and the dis count of commercial or business pa per actually owned by the person ne gotiating It shall not be considered as liabilities. Violation of this section is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or Imprisonment. Limit to Loans By Ranks. No national bank shall loan in the aggregate more than seven times the amount of its paid-up capital plus Its unimpaired surplus '.':. Any national bank may keep 50 per cent of its reserve In United I States bonds or In the bonds of rer- Ualn municipalities; but not more than one-fourth of the total reserve may be kept in state or municipal jbonds; and the bonds shall be accept-j able only of such municipalities as! , have maintained their bonds at or ; above pa for s,x years recedg j and have been in corporate exlstncej ten years and have never defaulted In their funded debt, and whose net inueDieaness aoes noi exceea is per cent, of their taxable property. The acceptability of such bonds are re- serve sceurlty shall be nassed on by the attorney-general of the state In which the municipality Is located and the bonds shall be known as in controvertible bonds. The comptroller of the currency, Immediately after the passage of the bill shall furnish a copy of the new law to each bank In the country and Inquire If It will accept the provis ions. Consent shall be binding and the liabilities attaching to consent mnv hA Anfnrpprt hv tho rnmntrnllr.r. Agreement to accept the provisions . . shall entitle state banks and trust, companies to the benefits of the new law An Kentc Currency Feature. xhe elasticity currency feature of (Continued on Third Page.) BY DEMOCRAT FUNERAL TODAY OF JIM HARGIS B (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Jackson, Ky., Feb. 8 It looks like a county court day In Jackson, s:o filled ure tho narrow streets with men,, women, and children. Every corner has its cluster, every hitch-ing-post Its horse. The mountain oars. have come In to say good-bye to "Jergc Jim" Hargis, who died at the hands of his son. Usually when there is a crowd in Jackson streets many a man carries a Winchester. The vagrant breeze that lifts aside a coat betrays the glimmer of a Colt. But today, if ap pearances are to be trusted, not a man is armed. It seems to be taken for granted that the death of Judge Hargis means a truce In the war that has devastated the county of "bloody Breathitt" for thirty years and con ferred upon Jacson the title of "the city of sudden death." Thera seems to be no great feeling against Beacher Hargis, who killed (Continued on Page Five.) FORTY-TflREE T Only Ihres FaHd to Secure THE SlICKSPj; MEN Numes of Young Men Who Passed Exuminution llefore Supreme Court Percentage Was Good Applicants From Every Part of State Forty-three Will Now Sleep Well O'Xights. Forty-three of tho forty-six young men who stood the examination before the supreme court to practice law passed. The names of the successful applicants were made public this af- ternoon. The class that stood the court Mon day was not the largest class appear- ln for llcelm' b ixn means' bllt the percentage of those passing was greater than that of any former class. : The following young men are now lawyers: Richard L. Brown, Stanley county. William S. Brltt, Robeson county. John A. Watson, Yancey county. Claude B. McBrayer, Cleveland county. Oscar J. Sikes, Union county. James A, Powers, Pender county. Henry. C, Richardson, Union county. David H. Clarence ; county. Kmmetto county. James M. Bland, Pender county. L. Whitener, Catawba B. Blackmore, Duplin Sharp, Jr., Rockingham county. Joseph C. Meeklns, Tyrrell county, Ralph L. Johnson, Johnston county. William S. Gardner, Yancey county. Richard A. Turner, Yadkin county. John S. Butler, Sampson county. William C. Brewer, Wake county. J. William Bailey, Wako county. Thomas L. Johnson, , Buncombe county. John A. Barker, Robecon county. meouore aic..rary. unvmton - rcounty:'1" Hlram g-, Klkp!ltl.lck ' Haywood rounty joseI;h w. Wilson, Harnett county. waiter S. Thomas, Richmond county. Henry Y. Meyer, New Hanover county, Thomas A. McNeill, Jr., Robeson county. Arthur Leach, Montgomery county. Frank L. Dunlap, Anson county. Kerr Craige, Rowan county. Stahle Linn, Rowan county. Joseph W. Tlmberlake, Charlottes vllle, Va. John A. Huff, Wake county. Wade H. Ancrum, Wake county, Charles G. Loe, Buncombe county. "arry L. Baker, Yadkin county. George W. .Yores, Rockingham county. .Yiirliinn O. Rohnnnon. Havwood countv. n,,, t.k county. Ambrose A. Featherston, Jr., Bun- combe county, . Nelll R, Graham, county, Mecklenburg MMEN ECROW PAS C01 EVIDENCE IN NEW HAVEN iMm In Sensational i I igland Myslery llfGiight lo Light ; m vlroigt of SuiUiDE WAS WRONG Lawyer Nephew of Charles A. Ed wards, Who Suddenly Died in the Home of His Brothcr-in-Law, Judge Hillcr, and Whom Coro ner's Jury Said '..Committed Sui- fide. Has Gathered Mass of Evi dence to Show His Uncle Was Murdered Somebody is Likely to lie Indicted for the Killing Soon. Prominent People. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Feb. S. The great New Haven mystery of -two years ago which ended lor the time with a preposter ous verdict of suicide. -as accounting for the sudden death of Charles A. Ed wards, of New York, In the home of Judge Hiller, his brother-in-law, was revived today with the disclosure of a mass of new evidence pointing to mur der. .'. '. In spite of a verdict of suicide found by Coroner Eli Mix at that time, W. H. L, Edwards, a lawyer and nephew of the dead man, continued his -investigation--'into ilia uncle's death and with bull dog pertinacity gathered s'owly a mass of evidence, now ut great bulk and "-'pointing Indubitably to the ' one conclusion that Charles A. Edwards was shot as he lay in bed and that laudanum was then forced down his throat, the bullet and the poison killing him..- "The two years' work that I have put in gathering the evidence I now have," said Mr. Edwards, the nephew, to a Hearst News Service representative, today, "is only the beginning of what win be done in the case. I believe ab solutely that I have eriugh to con vie l the murderer. I shall Immediate ly submit the evidence I have to New Haven authorities and force their hanj. I will give them a week to go over the documents I have and the.i they must take some action. I believe the New Haven authorities after read ing the evidence I shall submit to them, will have no other recourse eX- ci pt- to make an arrest." That the. evidence was of the most convincing sort is shown from the fact, that after examining It, the Insurance company which carried $5,000 on thj dead man's life, immediately paid tha amount of the policy to the widow, its officials stating that - they could no longer substantiate a claim of suicide In the courts. Coroner Mix's verdict of suicide con tained the astounding claim that Mr. Edwards had shot himself In the reai! yard, then gone to the house, climbed the stairs to his bedroom and then had swallowed a dose of laudanum and got Into bed. TODAY'S WORK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. D .C, Feb. 8.-Atnonn the bills introduced today in tho house are the following: By Mr. , Bingham (republican) of Vt nnsylvanla, the bill Introduced In CONGRESS ish by Mr. cousins or Iowa, giving m,,,, primers' ink, and other com th.! survivors of Confederate prison ,n(is ,,avo ,,een ,18pd , the pagti experiences in the civil war pension at ot;ier institutions, but never l) a iiiuntu, ius 9.. . lur ev ery uuy of their confinement. By Mr. Flood (Dem. of Va.), author ize. g the appointment of a congres sional commission to Investigate the purchases of American-grown tobneco for foreign government and ascertain If the combination or agreement exists among representatives of those foreign governments to depress the price, - By Mr. Acheson (Rep. of Penna V directing the president to classify all postmasters of the second, third and fmirth rliiHfleH. and nrovidlnor for ap pointment bv promotion from a lower grade to a higher. Clerks in classified offices are made eligible to appoint- ment as postmaster. By Mr, McCall (Rep. of Mass.), p- pregS3d themselves as highly indlg proprlatlng $36 000 for the erect or , nft)t thfl blame Bnou,d be at. - J .... H ... , V. n TnliH r..i A An . ward statue of Washington, In front i nt ha .h.t9dniv '.m Vnrlf nn the plma east of tho capltol. By Mr. Harrison (Dm. of New York), directing an investigation of consular affairs by a Joint congres sional commission. NEGROES WANT $250,000 FOR THEIR "CULLUD" FAIR Washington, Feb. 8 The house committee on arts and expositions heard Rev. H. M. Newsome, a negro, of Alabama, yesterday In Bupport of the Taylor bill, which authorizes the expenditure of $250,000 in aid of the national negro fair to be held at Mobile, Ala., next fall. Ho said that his people were doing well in bus iness in the south and believing that It would help to educate and improve his race, he asked for this substan tial aid by the government. Repre sentative Taylor, of Alabama, also spoke for the bill, saying that he thought the money would be spent in a good cause. Ladies Society for Christian Work. The general meeting of the Ladies Society for Christian Work of the First Presbyterian church will be held on Monday afternoon, Febru ary 10th, at 4 o'clock. Dr. Sprunt will be present and speak in the in terest of the Foreign Department, All the ladies of the congregation, whethsr they are members of the society or not, are cordially invited to be present EN GET A COATING Silver Nitrate Spread Faces of Students. on IT OCCURRED AT NI6HT A & L Students Yited in the Night and Given Liberal Doses bf Silver Nitrate No Damage I)one and Boys Faces Will be Right Again in Couple of Weeks First Outbreak in Months How Some of the Boys Looked aiiw Tocn the . Affair. '. Taking advantage of the absence of the commandant,: Lieut. J. E. S. Young, a crowd of about twenty-five students Thursday night swooped down on ten freshmen on the third floor of the main building of the A. & M. College and spread silver ni trate on their faces. The freshmen suffered at the time from the appli cation of the compound, but today they . are all well again, though the silver nitrate will not wear off for a couple of weeks. None of the vic tims was mistreated In any other manner and the boys take their coat ing in the best of spirits. The freshmen who received the application of silver nitrate are: Paul Hendren, of Chadbourne; Hin ton Rest, of Griffon; James Fennell, of Wilmington;- N. R. Martin, of Winston-Salem; John and Fred Peden, of Wilkesboro; Robert Graber, of Con cord; J. W. Move, of Kinston; T. J. Summey, of Brevard: Fred. Tucker, of Henderson. The oulbreak Thursday night was the first this year. No trouble of any kind, it Is said, had occurred at tho college to mar the quietness of the nights. That night, however, Commandant. Young was out of the city, having gone to his home at Hen dorson, and about twentv-five soph- omores took advantage of his absence and Invaded the rooms of ten fresh men. It Is stated that some of the crown ot na?.ers uia not room ui uie college. This is the first time In the his- lorv of A. & M. College that hazers have resorted to silver nitrate. Lamp before has such a mixture been ap plied. Though no official Information rotildibe had on the matter this af ternoon. It Is understood that none 0f the hazers have been caught up with.: No freshman could Identify ' them,', and though the faculty would punish the guilty ones it la impos sible to get hold of them, In discussing the matter this morning with various members of the sophomore class, it was learned that the deplorable affair was by no means Instigated b ythe sophomore class as a unit, and many have ex. tribnted to the sophomores It is Denevea inai. me uin uimmiiii the 1 performance entirely among (Continued on Page Five.) TEN FRESHM THE FUNERAL OF PORTUGAL'S NG BURIAL MONDAY Elaborate, Imp o slog Ceremo nies of Catholic Church For Royal Blood HEAVY CUSS CASKET The Interment Delayed Three Days Yet While the Bodies Lie in State. Imposing Funeral Cortege of Mill tary and Civic Organizations Diplomatic Corps Largely Repre eented, Rut King Manuel and the Queen Did Not Attend, Debarred by Portuguese Custom of Old. (Special Cable to The Times.) Lisbon, Feb. 8. Funeral services for King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz Philippe were held at Bt Vin cent's Cathedral today with all the imposing ceremonial of the Catholic Church. From the honor paid to the dead monarch's memory no ; one would have imagined that he was not the most dearly beloved of monarchs. The mourning and weeping throngs lined the streets through which the cortege passed. The diplomatic corps, the court officials, representatives from every court of Europe, all the leading resi dents of Lisbon and a great throng of humbler Portuguese assembled first at the Necessldadeg palace where the bodies of the murdered sovereign and his son were taken in magnificent funeral cars to the ca thedral. Double rows of troops kept back the crowds which packed the thor oughfares and a strong detachment of police preceded the cortege. There were no signs of a disturbance, how ever, only what was evidently the sincerest mourning. Carriages of the Portuguese and foreign dignitaries followed; behind them marched the populace on foot. King Manuel and the Queen re mained away from the service In I accordance with the Portuguese cus-i torn which makes It unusual for wives or children to attend the fu nerals of their husbands or fathers. The remains of the king and prince were enclosed In glass-covered caskets, the former so heavy that twenty-four men were needed to carry it from the Necessidades pal ace chapel to the funeral car and again to the cathedral altar. The crown prince's face was covered by the Portuguese flag to conceal the wounds inflicted by his assassin. Beginning this afternoon the two bodies will lie in Btate for three days before their burial. HIGH POINT STILL H AS THAT BUSINESS HUMP High Point, Feb. 8 A deal . of state-wide importance was consum- mated here last evening when the In- terests of the McDonald bank, with a capitalization of $75,000, were merged with that of the North State Savings Bank and Trust Company, with a capitalization of $250,000. The latter bank began business the . first of this week and the McDonald bank was to have opened for bus iness March 1 5th. This makes the North Carolina Savings Bank and Trust Company one of the strongest institutions of the kind in the south. Mr. McDonald will hold a responsible position with the new bank. The D. M. Pollock Lumber Com pany, of Atlanta, will move its large interests here next month. It Is one of the largest hardwood manufactur ing plants in the entire south. Asso ciated with Mr. D. M. Pollock will be Mr. F. F. Creelman, who has re cently sold his Interests in the lum ber business of Howard Hews ft Co., of Melville, Fla. The offices of tha new concern will be in the building of the North Carolina Savings and Trust Company, and the yards wilt be In the factory district. This will place the High Point manufacturers in a position to secure hardwood, of which they use an Immense amount. 1 at a moment's notice.
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