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THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1908.
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BUSINESS HOPE
"LIES IN TAFT"
SAYS HIS MGR.
Press Bureau Slip Declares
Taft Would not CoDtinue
Roosevelt's Policies
SAYS HE IS WALL STw
'T
Startling Statements Contained In a
Circular Issued Today Through
the Tnft Press Bureau, 15y His Po
fitical Managers, Creates a Sensa
tion It Declares Taft is Not in
lilno AVith the Roosevelt Admin
istration's Financial Policy and
Indicates That He Could Not, as
President, He Controlled ''. Ry
Roosevelt or Any Other "Outside
Personality" IJlg Wall Street
Houses, It Is Claimed, Now Favor
the Nomination of Mr. Taft.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, March 9. "eBusiness
hope Ilea on Taft.'V "Tuft is the beat
candidate. "Big Wall Street house
calls on financial interests to assist in
nomination."
These quotations are from the head
lines of the Taft press bureau slip,
which Is being sent broadcast by the
secretary's political managers and is
couslng much comment. In view of the
fact, that on the whole it is In distinct
disparagement of President Roosevelt,
and quotes utterances decidedly un
complimentary, to the president. T'ur
ther quotations from this remarkable
document are as follows:
"Mr, Taft's long record is distinctly
against any conclusion that he would
continue Mr. 'Roosevelt's methods.
"He has displayed ability, good
judgment and, above all, sanity In the
gruat a iw successful accomplishments
of his career.
"We must not lose sight of the fact
that there Is a temperamental differ
ence In the two men. Roosevelt and
Taft. By nature and by training, as a
lnwyer nnd as a Judge. Mr. Taft has
always manifested a thoughtful atti
tude In his judgment, and a great de
liberation and conservatism In his ac
tions.. .
"Neither Is It conceivable that a man
of his force of character would be con
trolled, when tn the full power of the
presidency, by any outside personal
itv."
Messrs. J. S. Bache & Co., through
the medium of the Taft bureau, reas
sure the business world. They make
a distinct differentiation between .tin
nnllfies advocated by Mr. Roosevelt
and the methods employ'1 by him.
"These financial Intern they say,
"sore from the slaughter -produced by
Mr. Roosevelt's methods, v iave looked
with distrust upon Mr. Taft as the
heir not only of the Roosevelt policies
but also of the Roosevelt method.
From Information that we have re
ceived, wo now believe that this isa
mistake."
t . Taf Denies the Story.
(Special to The Evening Times)
Washington, D. C, March 9, 4 p.
m. Secretary Taft, when seen this
afternoon, stated that he had a 'phone
message from Mr. Voorhees, his press
manager, and that he denied the en
tiro story.
SHIPWRECKED CREW
OF BRITISH STEAMER
BROUGHT TO NEW YORK
.. (By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March D The Clyde Uner
Cherokee, which reached port today
from Turks Island, In the Bahamas,
tirmiirht twenty-nine ' people, one' of
them a woman, from a steamer and a
schooner which had been wrecked in
the coral reef region of the Lesser An
tilles and all of whom had the narrow
est kind o'f an escape from death at
nan
Twenty-three of the rescued were the
and stewardess, Mrs. Kathevlne
Kennedy, of the British steamer Beta.
Tho neta struck, bow on, two ana
half miles oft Turku Island, in a heavy
tog. There were four passenger on
board at the time and they and the
crew go' safely to the island In the
.tonmer-i boats. Airs, iusuneuy. . aim
EARL'S AFFINITY
BREAKS WITH HIM
Second Wife and Mother Leave
, lis home for U.S.
FIRST WIFE REPELS HIM
The New York Artistic Crank Who
Last Summer Attracted So Much
Notoriety Now Separates From His
Second Wife, His "Affinity," Be
cause of Whom" He Divorced His
First Wife With Her Consent Kf
forts at a Reconciliation Resisted.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March 9. According
to a dispatch from Paris Ferdinand
Pinncy Earle, who left his wife and
her child last summer, in order to be
stow his affections upon Miss Julia
Kuttner, has broken with his "affin
ity" and Miss Kuttner and her mother
are on their way back to this coun
try.."---
When it was announced that Earlc
and his wife had agreed to separate
it was said that they were on the
friendliest of terras, and he was at
the pier on hor departure from Now
York. Mr. Fishbacher, Mrs. Earle's
father, did not at the time approve
of the arrangements, but when Earle
reached Paris last summer he was
received at the - Fishbacher house
Since (then He has Interested himself
to so great an extent in the manage
mcnt of Mrs. Earle's affairs and her
home that her father and herself
asked liim to cease his visits.
Earle has attracted a great deal of
attention from Americans in Paris
and to avoid this cut off the whiskers
by which he Is heat remembered in
New York. It is not known what the
trouble is between Earle and Miss
Kuttner.
GAL1F. WILL VOTE FOB
GRANT FOR PRESIDENT
IN DEM. CONVENTION
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Los Angeles, Cal., March 9. Jesse
Grant, of San Diego and New York,
will probably receive the support of
California for the democratic presi
dential nomination unless present plans
ini.'carry.
It is believed Grant has the backing
of the "system' which Is opposed to
Bryan's candidacy.
A plan for defeating the .Nebraskan
by bringing out men from many sec
tions of the country, thus preventing
Brvan from obtaining the required two
thirds vote of the convention, is also
laid to the "interests."
DISPEN'Y STINK
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Columbia, S. C. 'March 9. No new
developments have become public in
regard to the dispensary situation to
day. Governor Ansel says he has not
as yet decided whether he will call
an extra session of the legislature
He Is thoroughly investigating the
facts, as well as the law. He has
been in consultation all the morning
with Attorney General Lyon and with
the special attorney of the dispen
sary committee, W. F. Stevenson.
One of the members of the dispen
sary commission who was appointed
by Jydge Pritchard as one of the dis
pensary receivers B. F. Arthur, of
Union, telegraphed his resignation
and this governor Ansel immediately
accepted by wire. -, Nothing has yet
been heard from Commissioner C
K. Henderson, who is also one of the
receivers. .
Chief Engineer Rupert McKay, second
engineer John Slmms and Chief Oifl
cer Masden Bethal, all displayed con
siderable bravery In the emergency.
The other alx brought to port by tho
Cherokee were crew of the three
masted schooner Marjory J. Sumner,
from Weymouth, N. 8. She was
bound for Sagua, Cuba, with a cargo
of lumber, and went on a coral rejf
February 23 during a heavy storm,
THESOUTHCARO
SCENES OF WILD
EXCITEMENT
Women With Babes jn Arms
Rush to Bank for Mriney
DEMAND THE1H DEPOSITS
"Owing to the Money Stringency" the
New York Banking Honscs.of
Mircll, Spcisman & Sternberg
Closed Its Doors Today Its depos
itors 'Were Chiefly Small Trades
Men and Working Girls and Wo.
men Tho Hankers Disappear.
, Pitiable Grief of Poor Depositors.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March 9. Scenes of
wild excitement followed today the
announcement of the suspension of
the banking establishment of Mlr
rell, Spelsman Sternberg, at J 00 Gra
ham Avenue, the heart of Wlliams-
burg Ghetto. A crowd of over 500
persons, mostly women,, quickly sur
rounded the institution, and the re
serves from the Stngg street station
were rushed to the scene to restore
order, '-. . "
Women with babies In their arms
pleaded piteousiy for the return of
their savings, while men, from the
doorway threatened the bankers with
death unless some action were taken.
The bank did business until late
Saturday night and when it closed
there was no intimation that it would
not re-open. When customers called
they found the following notice post
ed on the doors: .'''
"Owing to the money stringency
we have been forced to susjicnd bus
iness temporarily, but desire tcVat-
sure all our depositors that if they
exhibit patience, they will be paid in
full. Mirrell, Spelsman and Stern
berg.": . .;. ' c :
The institution, which opened
about a year and a half ago, did a
flourishing business among the ped
dlers and small tradesmen and wor'w
ing girls of Williamsburg, . and in al
most every case the money they had
on deposit there constituted their
lives' savings. But little was known
of the bankers themselves. It was
generally believed that they came
from tho Eastsido of New York.
They failed to appeait today.
PRIESTIN PULPIT
ON TRIAL TODAY
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Denver, Col., March 9. Giuseppe
Alio, is on trial today for the mur
der of Father Leo Heinrlchs, who
was shot to death at the altar of St.
Elizabeth's Church while adminiS'
tering the sacrament to Alio, Four
experts have declared him sane but
the defense Is planning to contest
on the ground of. insanity. Every
precaution has been taken to pre
vent any demonstration against the
prisoner. Extra guards have been
detailed to protect him, both in and
out of the court room.
HARRIMAN ANNOUNCES HIS
OWNERSHIP OF CEXTRAL GA.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Atlanta, Ga March . E. H. Harrl
man having defeated Stuyvesant Fish
and retained control of Illinois Cen
tral, has authorized the official an
nouncement that he is the owner of
tho Central of Georgia Railway. Har
rlman makes this announcement
through the Georgia railroad commis
sion, to which he Imparted the fact of
his ownership some time ago, but asked
that It should not be published until
the fight for the control of the Illinois
Central was settled.
It. Is exolatned that the Bale made by
the Southern Railway to Oaklclgh
Thorne and Marsden J. Perry, of the
Southern's holding In Central stock
was to Harrtman and that he paid $3,-
000,000 for It, Thorne and Prry
re'
j celved a commission of 5 per cent, or
tou.wv, ior nesuwauus ivv"
DAGO WHO SHOT
THE JAPANESE
ARE IMPATIENT
if
And the CUy of TKio Is in Fev
er of Excitement toy
OTHLR TROUBLES EXIST
Therefore the Prospects of War Have
Not Entirely Disappeared Apology
Of Chinese Not Satisfactory Im
mediate Release of the Steamship
Seized is Demanded Postal Privi
leges of China iv. Main Inu la and a
Boundary Dispute Add to th'?
Tension.
(Special Cable to Evening Times.)
TokiO, March 9. This city is in a
fever of excitement today over the re
pert .that the cruiser Chiyidu .-hurriedly
lift port last night for an unknown
destination,. It is known that Premier
Saioiigi und Foreign Minister Hayashi
are not satisfied 'with' China's apology
fur 'hauling down the flag on tho Tatsj
Muru and her promise to punish the
Chinese officials responsible, and are
insisting on the Immediate 'release "of
the vi ssi 1.
It is known that the Mikado's gov
ernment is impatient at the dilatory
tactic- of 'the Pekin authorities, and ir
is not thought improbable that the
Chiyida:, Was joined outside the 'harbor'
by a l umber of vessels attached to the
first .i miser, squadron and sailed di
rectly for Canton liver.
One serious phase of the .slt'un ti'on
which not even the restoration of the
Tatsu Mnru will remedy Is the asser
tion of Baron Hayashi that the haul
ing down of the Japanese flag and the
raising of the Chinese flag by the Chi
nese was not caused by misunder
standing of orders.
Other- matters which ' have caused
rtralned relations between Japan and
China a boundary depute, the
Tsin Mintun Railway, the North Man
churian customs and the telegraph
ouestion are by no means settled.
Added to these Is the aggressive attl
tvde of Japan in regard to the postal
privileges of China in Manchuria, In
hfr .position. In this. Japan is backed
by Russia, as a result of a secret com
pact made within the past year.
We'll informed persons say they
wr.uld not be surprised to learn that
the Japanese war vessels had suddenly
appeared in tho Canton river and
taken tho Tatsu Maru under their pro
tection. ' . ' '
China has no large vessels of war In
the river, and tho smell river gunboats
would be utterly helpless should the
Japanese decide on energetic measures
to release the Tatsu Maru.
JERSEY TODAY
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times)
New York. March 9, The pollea of
Newark In attempting to solverlhe
mystery which clings to the death of a
woman whose body was found in the
Passaic liver, near the swamp whore
Mrs. Lena Whitmore was slain, were
today Inclined to the belief that tlu
,imn hmwl was responsible for the
murder of both, and took up the hunt
for the slayer on this theory.
Many circumstances tfre strangely
similar in both crimes. The woman
whose body was found by a liver boat
man on Friday last had had her cloth
ing stripped from her to hide her iden
tity In precisely the same manner as
the clothing had been Btrlpped from
the body of Mrs. Whitmore.
The body was found near the identi
cal swamp. And there were otner evi
dences Indicating that the dead woman
hnd been on board one of the boats
along the river bank, had had an al
tercation with men, had been Deaicn
over the heud and then flung over
board. OLD DARKEY WHO
WAS COACHMAN TO
PRES'T TYLER DEAD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Woodvtlle, Miss., March 9. Chas.
Gray, an ex-slave, eighty-three years
old. who as a boy drove the coach
th.t nrriod John Tvler from Green-
mat vii 1 1 iw w j -
way, Va., to Washington when Tyler
was inaugurated in 1841, Is dead at
his cabin home on the Glass planta -
tion. Taken to Mississippi in later
years, Gray was Bold at Fort Adams,
Miss., to Captain Joel Glass.
ANOTHER
SWAMP
MYSTERY IN NEW
4 - SOMRE MILES
I)
Thousands of Chicago People
Are Cut Off
SUFFERING FOR FOOD
Territory of Windy City Larger Thau
Chattanooga Submerged For Four
Days Inhabitants of That Section
of City Have Been Kept Indoors.
Some Cannot be Itcachcd From the
Outside Many Are Already Suf
fering for Food.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, March 9 Four square
miles of Chicago, comprising tho
thriving section of leasrue park, a
tcrirtory larger than the entire citv
of Covington, Ky., and almost as
largo as Chattanooga, is still under
water. " For three d ivs this modern
Venice has suffered from what the
residents have dubbed "the great
Hotty Green flood of March, 190S."
'Mrs, Kin;; , a widow, who lived
with hor -ste cnildrni at ?340 Fifty
first stret, a point inside the, city
limits by a margin of more than
four miles, ; succeeded In attracting
the attention of.llarvov Delude, one
of ."the hip-bool. lilc guards yesterday
morning. Delude picked his way
across the dangerous ditches, feeling
his steps with the utmost care, and
got up to the first story windows of
the King house.
"For God's sake get us out of
here," exclaimed the woman. "We
have been prisoners ever since Thurs
day night and we are starving. It
was impossible to get out for food
and no one can get to us."
GOODRICH APPEARS
BEFORE THE NAVAL
COMMITTEE TODAY
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March ' 9. Hearings i-i
the naval reorganization bill introduced
by Senator Hale, which constitutes the
(congressional investigation of liie
charges that naval construction is not
all that it should be, are resumed to.
iday. The investigation during the
coming week will take a slightly new
direction, in that the witnesses are to
be largely officers suggested bv Com
mander 'W. S. Sims, aid to the presi
dent. . .---
Appearing before the committee will
be Rear Admiral Goodrich, in com
mand of the New York navy yrn,l:
Rear Admiral G. C. Homey, retired;
Commander A. L. Key, who comman
der Sims succeeded as naval aid to the
president; Captain Cameron Melt.
Winslow, assistant to the chief ot tin:
bureau of navigation, and Lieutenant
U. D. White, on duty In Washington
In connection with the bureau of
equipment In the office of Commander
Sims.
Lieutenant White said that the slot
In the shutters, made necessary b.; the
passage of a wire rone. Is about thveo
inches wide and eighteen inches It-r.W.
This opening is large enough to permit
powder to fall through. Powder. Ii"
raid, had fallen through repeatedly and
would continue to do so.
"Do you contend, then," asked Sena
tor Hale, "that the shutters are of no
Value?" .', '.'.
"On the contrary." replied the nival
ofPcer. "the.v are of much value. ..f
one hundred pounds of powder foil j:i
the shutter .only about one pound
would sift through Into tho hund'iiig
room."
"Powder would not fall through If
the Interrupted hoist were used'. '
asked Senator Hale.
"No, sir." . r
At tho conclusion of Lieulona'it
White's testimony Senator Hale ro-ri a
'eter from Secretary Metcalf embody
ing the substance of a conversation be
tween the secretary of the navy and
tho senator Saturday afternoon.
Although he refrained from mention
ing any name, Mr. Metcalf s meaning
was perfectly evident when ho stated
that the criticisms of "a naval olll
cer" wcro r'ost unrelialite. L'eutenrit
Commander Sims, who Is believed to
tot the oflker referred to. had rpM-n-
mended to the navy department tint
i -
the armor
thirty i"
Dell SIIOUIU uo nu-iri-eu
lies, wunsequeniiy ne in-
. .1 a . : ..tiMntnJ n,mnt- hiprnna. In
1 y7m ., and v,hen ne appea.,l
before tha Bonate naval committee hp
I guggested nn Increase of ten Incmi.
I (Continued on Page Two.)
NDER WATER
A11STRAT
ESPOUSES THE
AIDRICH BILL
Passage of that Currency
Measure Through the Sen
ate is Now Assured
ACTIVE INTERVENTION
IF PRESD'T ROOSEVELT
May Get to a Vote This Week Sen
ators Who Formerly Opposed
Some of the Ventures of the Aid
Meli Hill Can Now Vote For 1
and Go Home to Tell Their Con
stituents, In Strong Roosevelt
States, That They Did So Because
of the Insistent Demands of tho
President That Will Give Them
the Clean Political Hill of Health
1 hey Desire A Like Situation
Will Carry It Through the House,
It Is Claimed.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 9, The predic
tion made some time ago that at uie
critical time m tho progress of the Al-
drich bill the administration would ex
ert all the influence, possible to sccur1:
the nassage of that measure, has been
verilied in the fullest deeree.
As n result of the president's ae;Ive
intervention the chances for a vote tliH
week are brighter. Senator Aldrich !S
a master at legislative management,
and the team work which himself and
the president are now doing is consid
ered certain to pass the bill through
the senate in good shape. It happens
that most of the senators who are dis
pleased with the bill, and whose home
sentiment, is hostile, are followers of
the president and come from states In
which the president is strongest. Td
be able to go home and say that they
supported tho bill at the insistent de
mand of the president would give u
clean bill of health to nearly all Li
them.
When tho bill gets to the house a
l'ke situation Is going to be fo'jnd;
but there the republican majority is
not nearlv so sweeping, the proportion
of democrats who may support : tho.
measure Is thought to be less than in
the upper chamber, and republican
disaffection with it Is even more wile
spread. Against tins sltunt'on is the
fact that the president s uifl'Miicij
will
go further with representatives
i with senators.
than
FORMER CHIEF
CANAL IS N. G.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Marcu 9. John F.
Stevens, president of the Now Haven
Road and former chief engineor of
the Panama Canal, expresses hla
belief that the canal will bo a fail
ure and a great burden of expenso
to the United States.
He declaves that it will be ot no
great commercial alue when completed-
It would not be of no uso
in America's trade with South Amer
ica, he says, and the handling of pro
ducts bv rail to either coast, he pre
dicts, will discount any material ad
vantages In commercial relations
with tho Pacific islands or the far
east. Ho Bald the idea of the canal
being of advantage In time of war
Is absurd. It will not facilitate the
movement of fleets from one coast
to another sufficiently to bo of ser
vice in the quick action required
and will he a source of expense and
trouble bv renson of the necessity of
defending It by land and sea.
Based on the Income of tho Suez
Canal, he says, it will not earn
enough in many years to cover ex
penses and will be of far greater
advantage to European countries
than to ourselves. He fixes the date
Of completion. OS 1915.
ENGINEER SAYS
A