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LAST EDITION.
ALL THE UABKEia
THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME
VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
PUT THE GOLD
STANDARD INTO
f ! ACTUAL EFFECT
Practice It By Making Gold
Coin The Basis of
All Reserves
F
HOUSE CURRENCY BILL
The Man in Position to Further Cur
rency legislation Expresses Opin
ion That the Character of legisla
tion to lie Enacted at the Present
Session of Congress Will, in Large
pleasure, Determine, Financial
Plank of the R'publ(can Platform
in June -If the Action He Now
Proposes is Taken He Says it Will
Make the Republican Party's At
titude On the Subject Consistent
in 181)0 and 1B08.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Feb. 19. Chairman
Fowler, of the house committee on
banking and currency, is' of the opin
ion that th8 establishment of the
gold standard, following upon the
republican victory In 1896, should
be put into practical effect by mak
ing gold coin the basis of all re
serves. He believes that the uhur
actar of the currency law enacted
at this session of congress, in large
measure, will determine the finan
cial plank in the Chicago platform
in June, and that, the action he pro
poses would make the party consist
ent with Its attitude in 1896.
"The campaign of 1896," said he,
"was (ought out upon a single lssu
the establishment of the gold
standard, which - means absolutely
noining except bu . xar ua 11 id a
measure of value as related to cred-
its. The issue of the campaign of
1908 should be the practical appli
cation of the theoretical victory of
1896. . . - '
"The people of the United States
' should now demand that the re
serves in our bauks be In gold colu
and sufficient In quantity to .prove
our credits and protect all deposi
tors. Every creditor of a bann
should have the option of having his
credit upon the books subject to
nkojit, rt- In b nnprnt rrpdit of the
bank redeemable in gold coin. To
insure all depositors of banks that
their credits upon the books or cur
rant credits, are redeemable In gold
coin, let us deposit in the .treasury
of the United States a guaranty
fund of $700,000,000. The option
of a creditor of a bank to have his
credit upon the books subject to a
check or in a current credit redeem;
able in gold, will give us a true cur
rency which will adjust itself to the
ever credit-varying conditions of
trade, never too great, never too
small always Just enough.
ury, amounting to $700,000,000.
protecting both depositors and note
holders without discrimination or
preference, will prevent panics and
stop all hoarding of money."
MARSHALLWILL
THE
' (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington. Feb. 19. Captain W. A.
Marshall, commandant of the Boston
navy yard, has been detailed to. com
mand the, new armored cruiser North
Carolina. This assignment Is a choice
one and there was much striving for
ire berth.
Captain Henry Morrell, ordnance
oHcer at the New York navy- yard, has
.been assigned to command the Wis
consin, wh,ich will shortly be placed in
commission at the Bremerton navy
yard, Washington. , .. , .'.'
DR.T.J.WILSONS
SISTER
FOUND
DEAD IN BED
(Special to The Times.)
Chapel Hill, N. C, Feb. 19. Miss
Mamie Wilson, sister of Dr. T. J. Wil
son, Jr., associate professor of Latin
In the University, was found dead in
her room this morning.
She was well when she retired.
Death must have been caused by heart
disease.
At 6:30 Mr. Llorens. a Cuban stu
dent, who rooms in the office build
ing, according to his custom, rapped
on her room door to-, wake: her. No
response, but her neice, Miss elen
Brown, who was sleeping with her,
awoke. She could not wake her and
ran up stairs for her grandmother,
Mrs. Wilson. She failed to wake her
and called Dr. W. B. MeNelder, who
said heart disease , had probably
caused death.
Will be buried at Chapel Hill ceme
tery tomorrow afternoon.
THE TRI-STATE
DOCTORS ELECT
ALL OFFICERS
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 19. The Tri
State Medical Society this afternoon
elected Dr. Albert Anderson, Raleigh,
N. C.i president; Dr. R. C. Bryan, of
Richmond, vice-president for Virginia;
Dr. J. E. Stokes, Salisbury, vice-president
for North Carolina, and Dr. W.
P. Timmarman, of Bateburg, vice
president ! for South Carolina, Charles
ton, S. d, was chosen as the next
meeting place of the society. The
meeting will probably adjourn tonlflkt.
Tha reception at the Selwyn Hotel
last night was one if the most elab
orate and enjoyable social events
that has occurred ia Charlotte in
many seasons. In every particular
it was all that such a function
should be to be characterized jis ele
gant and delightful. During the
hours, which were from 9:30 to
11:30 o'clock several hundred guests
were entertained, and the cordial
hospitality, extended by the recep
tion committee coulld not have been
surpassed.
Tha refreshments of salads, ices,
cake and punch, were of the quality
and were served In the manner that
was entirely in keeping with tha oc
casion.
Nothing was left undone in mak
ing this reception all that It should
have been, and combined with Its
elegance there was that delightful
Informality which made it all the'
more pleasing.
Those assisting in receiving were:'
Dr. Annie Alexander, Dr. and Mrs.
John A, Burroughs, of Afch.yille;
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cheek, Dr. and
Mrs. T. F. Costner, Dr. and Mrs. A.
J. Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dunn,
Rev. and Mrs. Plato T. Durham, Dr.
and Mrs. I. W. Falson, Dr. and Mrs.
R. L. Gibbon, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Harding, Mrs. O. P. Heath, Dr. J.
R. Irwin and Miss Mary Irwin, Rev.
Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Kiucald,. Miss
Anna Klncald, Miss Norma' Van
Landingham, Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
Montgomery, Dr. an'd Mrs. L. B.
Newell, Dr. and Mrs. B. C. Nalle,
Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Nisbet, Mrs.
Bessie A. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Preston, Dr. and Mrs. E. C.
Register, Miss Lucy Robertson, Miss
Sarah Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Scott, Dr. and Mrs. C: M. Strong,
Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Russell, Miss
Florence Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. A.
M. Whisnant, Dr. and Mrs. T. H.
Wright, and Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Mi
senhelmer. FREIGHT WRECK
(By .Leased Wire to The Times.)
Highland Falls. N. Y., Feb. 19. A
disastrous freight wreck occurred on
the West Shore " road near this place
this morning. A train, of thirty can
was completely demolished. . The
wreckage covers all tracks. It will re
quire about eight hours to clear away
the debris and repair the rails.
CARQ A DISASTROUS
LOVE LETTERS
IN SIX HANDS
Motive For Murder of Wealthy
Manufacturer Found
WITH BABY-BLUE RIBBON
Puekage of Ardent Love Epistles
Found In Office of Lewis Clawson,
Couched In Most Endearing Terms
and Indited by Six Different Wo
men, Apparently, Give Police a
Clue Women Are of Social
Prominence and There's a. Society
Breeze A-IJrcwing.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Reading, Pa., Feb. 19. A social
scandal involving three of Reading's
most prominent families threatens
to grow out of the murder of Lewis
B. Clawson, the wealthy manufac
turer. '.'
A package of ardent love lei tors,
couched in the most endearing terms
written in six different feminine
nasds and bound about with baby
blue ribbons, has been found by 'the
police in the office of the murdered
man. The letters were found on i
Saturday, shortly after Clawson was
shot. .;
Strenuous efforts were made by
the authorities to conceal facts
after the contents of the package
hnd been rend hv detectives nn.l th
names of the writers discovered. It
has been learned that one of. the
women who sent a poem of passion ,
through t:ia mails is of social promt-
nonn .r,,v tha wif nf wn ,rn ri
retired merchant. She wrote In Admiral Evans will retire from the
verse and one of her letters was a service on August 18 and as the war
copy of one of Byron's poems. ships will stai t for Manila before
Two other women who contracted I that date, it is expected that he will
the letter writing habit are said to! turned over the comrwid.
also be of some social promlnenco, I 11 ls reported in naval circles that
while a" fourth is of a middle class i the president has practically decidT
of society. The police 'were' -' stir-' ?d'-to 'elevate Captain Richard Wain
prised when they pulled other let- vright to command. By reason of
ters from the package. They had the retirement of Rear Admiral Wil
aunarently been written by mill ini T. Burwell in July Captain
girls. They were filled with scrawl-
lng, mispelled words, and they gush-- the. -rank of rear admiral,
ed with sentiment, - Such a strange In sPite of this, however, the ele
array of love lorn women was au vation of Captain Wainwright will
unexpected revelation. j mean that he will be promoted over
An fnqulry was started and it was the heads of several officers who are
found that all the society women his seniors. The president's reason
are married, one being the mother for this is significant, for he is said
of four children. The Identity of to be opposed to placing any officer
these letter-writers caused the police In command who has not at least two
to use all means in their power to
hush-up the matter.
Abraham Rosenthal, the youthful
brother-in-law of Clawson, is still at
liberty. - . :-'
A formal charge of murder has
been made against Rosenthal. Po
lice investigation has convinced the
officials that Clawson's death wan
the result of his refusal to yield fur- i
ther to demands' upon his pocket-
book, which the ; brother-in-law is
thought to have made as the prlctj;
of secrecy concerning conduct which
had already caused stormy scenes.
HARRV THAW AND
EVELYN ARE NOT
TO BE DIVORCED
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Feb. 19. An emphatic
denial is made by all parties inter
ested in the report that Harry Thaw
will divorce his wife, and prellmlna-
ries to this action are now under
.
Attorney Dan O'Reillv emnhatlcal -
ly denies the Interview attributed to
htm in which he was quoted as say-
iub iuki n is posBiuiB an acuou woum
be based on reports that Mrs. I haw
was seen dining at the cafe Boule
vard with a prominent financier.
Mrs. Evelyn 'Thaw denied she dln-
ed with him and says further that m lne mauer "p 8am lnat 11 was wltn
the divorce talk is without founda- 'fr, mA- n ' J1, f'l
. . . . . , i to the chief traffic manager of the
tlon. She and her husband are plan- che8apeake & 01l,0. He sald tnat he
ning a trip to Europe as Boon as he had aiCOntlnued the practice In Oc
gainB his liberty, she says. Uober last, when informed by Gilbert
E. R. Thomas, who was reported that agents of the Interstate Com
as having dined with Mrs. Evelyn merce Commission were here looking
Thaw, says It is a case of mistaken lnto the matter. Samuel Campbell,
Identity and Mrs. Thomas' supports chler clerk of the Chesapeake & Ohio
jher husband by declaring that he
; dined with her at his home on that
evening,
WAINWRIGHT TO
COMMAND FLEET
Admiral Evans Will Retire For'
- i
younger Successor !
T8IP ACROSS PACIFIC
Captain Wainwright Will Probably
Be Promoted to He Kear Admiral
mid Placed in Command of the
Fine Fleet .Bound' for Asiatic' Wa-
ters When Fighting Boh,'' the Oi l
Sea Dog, Brings It Jnto Frisco Har- .
hor Evans Reaches Age Limit in
August.
(By Leased Wire ti: The Times.)
Washington, Feb. 19. 1 P. M.
i "Fighting Bob" Evans will bid good-bye
to the Atlantic fleet after the
festivities in his honpr at Man Fian-r
Cisco. Captain Richard Wainwright
: who will be a rear admiral at that
j time, will hoist his standard and
i command the fleet.
! Positive announcement of these
; facts was made by officials at the
navy department, although no or
ders have as yet been Issued. .
The Earlier and Fuller Story.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, D. C, Feb, 19. It is
: stated today that In a" Probability
i Rear Admiral Evans. wi 1 not preside
over the destinies of the battleship
j squadron in its journey across the
Pacific after arrival at San Francisco.
Wainwright will have been raised to
years to serve on the active list.
From this it is figured that the fleet
will not be hurried back from Far
Eastern waters.
' ''.',- . ' ' . '
REBATE INQUIRY
AT RICHMOND
BEGAN TODAY
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Richmond, Va., Feb. 19. Inqui -y
Into the alleged Infractions of the Hep
burn bill In the matter of giving ami
receiving rebates by the Chesapeake
& Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line and the
Seaboard Air Line railways was com
me?.ced in the United States district
court by Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Franklin K. Lane and sev
eral 'witnesses testified.
Ihe principal witness heard this
morn.ng was City Councilman H. O.
(iaiet
who is associated . with the
wl.0itule rfl,n POnen of w n
I . . T, ,
UL':iiirou Here. tuiiuiLiuu on exam-
I lnu",n ,hat 11,1,1 u"ed "false ex"
1 Ifnsc bills and bills of lading." whn
Mlllii'lllK ovvr Lilt: -.lieULipaiie OE villiu,
H" also stated that he had billed cars
to f,(.tUous points and sometimes
wHtn shipping to the Valley of Vlr-
glnlai he would have the car billed to
some point in the Carolines In order
to get certain rates. Further concern
Th6 lBVMtlallon! wm be resumed at
0.cl0cki adjournment having been
taken at noon. '
Mrs. Hetty Green
I Refused
W, f'f!: l I
flr ' wit
.Mrs. Hetty Green whose picture is here shown, in a remarkable inter
view, printed in Boston,, declared that she refufsed to make a loan on the
famous collection of jewels belonging to the Cornelius Vanderbilt fam
ily, during the recent' financial panic. Mis. Green also stated that, she
had foreseen the panic and had loaned millions of dollars to embar
rassed financiers, '
INQUIRY INTO
Presd't Roosevelt Is Interest
ed InThe Question
INTERSTATE COMMLRCt
There is Reason to Believe the Presk
dent Intends to Direct Interstate
Commerce Commission to Investi
gate the Subject That Tribunal
Has the Power to Make It and On
a Comprehensive Scope If Desired.'
.Matter Discussed at White House
'Conference.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington,: Feb. . 19, President
Roosevelt is somewhat concerned'
over the course of "certain railroads
in reducing wages and otherwise cur
tailing 'expenditures..'
There is reason". to 'believe- ho con
templates dirociing that an Inquiry
be made to determine, just, what ls
behind the action of the roads in
question. This may be done, it ls
stated by the Interstate commerce
commission, which has authority, un
der the law, to "Inquire Into the
conduct and management", of rail
road companies.
Such inquiries may be made com
prehensive In scop.', covering ques
tion of rates as well us of transpor
tation, and even touching the finan
cial operation of railroads, as in the
case of the Harriman lines.
The subject of such an inquiry
was discussed, it. is understood at a
conference held at the-' while-. house
yesterday evening in which tha
president, Mr. Knapp, chairman of
the interstate commerce commission,
and Mr. Nelll, federal commissioner
of labor, participated.
Later
The President Takes Formal
Action. ':.,.-
Washington, Feb. 19. 4 P. M. -The
interstate '-commerce '-'-commission
has today received the follow
ing communication from the presi
dent: The White Houso,
. Washington, Feb. 18, 1908,
"To the Interstate Commerce Com
(Continued on Second Page.)
RAILWAY
WAGES
Who Says She
Vanderbilt a Loam
AND OFFICIALS
A Conference in Portsmouth
Friday
RALl IGH MEN NOTIFIED
Head of Machinist Ordered to Meet
Ollicials of Road in Portsmouth,
But 'Object : of Conference Not
Known Supposed Reduction in
Wages is Object.. I
Jltv Eil. U. Pace, chairman of the
machinisia' co in ni it too of district
lodge. No. 1 6, has received a tele-.
gram calling him to Portsmouth. !
Mr. Pace is a machinist in the em-'
ploy of tliu Scaboiu'd Air Line here, j
He will ro to Poitsniiiuth, Va., Frl-j
day for a con Terence with officials of
'.' the road.' .
What; the conference is for Mr.
race, does not, - know. ''Asked this
this afternoon - if lie thought It was
to look i.ito llii1 matter of a reduc
tion in wages, he said he conld not
answer. .Mr. Pace declined to dis-'
cuss the niiitter.
I 11 is roporled"" that all district
chairmen of machinists and carpe-i-ters
have been ordered to report at
-Portsmouth, and since the Southern
is -having conferciices with its men,
it is inferred that the conference: in
, Portsmouth is for a similar purpose.
I It Is stated -that the machinists
trh'd to have the conference post-j
poned a few days, but another mes-r
sage, received later, said the matter
was urgent. There are about 3001
machinists and 150 apprentice ma
chinists In tho employ of the Sea
i board.
Other Sealioard officials In the city
whan nsked ktu-w nothing of the
, matter. .
SENATOR LATIMER
A LITTLE BETTER
(B Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 19. Sen-
ator Latimer,, of South Carolina, who
Is seriously ill, is pronounced a. lit
tle better this morning.
I
SEABOARD MEN
DO
BUZZARD
KILLS MEN AND
STOPS TRAFFIC
Weather Bureau Records Says
It Is the Very Worst In
Chicago's History
GREAT SNOW-DRIFTS .
STOP TINS IN M.
A Number of Lives Have Already
Been Lost in the Storm, Both On
Land and Water Fishing Tug
(Goes Through the Ice On Lake
Michigan aud Carries Crew to the
Bottom With It Storm ia Gft
eral AH Over the West and South
west, Extending Over Missouri,
Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wis
consin and the Lakes Especially.
Later News Will Probably Bring
Sad Stories of Losses Of Life and
Property. i
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, Feb. 19. The worst blls
ze'rd in the weather history of Chi
cago, according to the records of the
weather bureau swept over the cUy
yesterday and continues this mornlcf
unabated.
The storm was general all over the
west and southwest, extending Over
Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin and the northern portion
of Illinois.
Traffic on the railroads was Impeded
and some lines in Nebraska made im
passable by the huge drifts of snow.
A number of lives were lost while
the storm was raging its worst, two
members of the fishing tug Anstateli
losing their lives In Lake Michigan oft
Waukeegan when the vessel, crushed
by Ice, Went to the bottom.
Other fatalities were roprted as due
to the severity of the blizzard.
Cotton A sso. Delegates Stormbound.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 19. About 500
delegates were present at the open
ing session of the national conven
tion of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion. As many more are delayed on
late trains by blizzards.
Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, Qa.,
expects a thousand delegates at to
morrow's Bession.
Governor Campbell failed to ar
rive to welcome the convention on
behalf of the state. Otherwise the
regular program is being carried
out. .
RESTORE MOTTO
, (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Feb. 19. Chairman
Zlliam McKinloy, of Illinois, reported
from the committee on coinage,
Weights and measures today Unani
mously in favor of restoring to the
co'ns of the United States the motto
"In God We Trust." The committee
said it was convinced that there wa
practically, a -universal-desire for this
action and that it had ben swamped
with petitions to that effect The
president Is understood not to be op- .
to the proposition. The bill for the
vet toratlon was introduced early In
iho session by Mr. McKinley. -, ,
7,000 ENGINEERS
QU1TW0RKT0DAY
(By Cable to The Times.)
London, Feb. 19. Seven thousand
engineers employed In ship yards on
the Tyne quit work In sympathy with
the other workmen already on itrlk.
By the end of the week It la feared
the entire Tyne ship building Indus
try will be completely tied up either
by walkouts of employes' or lockouts)
by employers. ; " t-t .
1NG0DWETRUST