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Only Afternoon Pzpar Crimean Richmond VOLUME 30. EVELYN THAW TODAY BEGAN FORMALLY HER ACTION FOR DIVORCE Proceedings iDStituted Today Id Ihe Supreme Court of N.Y.By Her Lawyer "OH, I LOVE HER AND CANNOT GtE HER UP!" But the Die Is Cast ami He Is Re sponsible For It Estraiiseincnt Dates Hack From a Jail Scene Dur ing the First Trial Mother Thaw Endorses and Prompted the Kuit. She Feels Kindly, or Grateful to Evelyn and Has Arranged for Lib eral Alimony and Financial Settle ment Harry Probably in Asylum e T if.. Ilia Mottiov imil PeOlllc ml .., ......... - - - Opposed to Ills Liberation Unless Ho Gets lletter Evelyn Now Holds Jlim in Mortal , Fear and - Says She Fully Believes He Would Kill Her if Released From the Asy lum. . : (Dy Leased Wire to Tne Times) New York, March, 11. "Oh,. I love her; I love her; I cannot give her up." moaned Harry K. Thaw, when notified by his counsel at Mattcawan that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had begun proceedings today In the supreme court in New York to have her mar riage annulled on the ground that he was insane at the time of the wed ding. . . -, "I know she won't do it, if I can only have a talk with her," Thaw said. "I'll forgive everything and when I get out, wo will go off to gether and be happy again!" It- took Lawyer A. Russell Pea- body several hours to convince Thaw that It was true. He was told that his mother favored tho suit. "EvcKj'body seems to bo against me," he cried out, "and I guess I'll have to fight it out alone. I want you to fight this suit to the end. I was not insane when I married my wife any more than I am now and she cannot get her freedom oh that ground. If I wVj only out of this tcr rlblo placo this1 never would have happened." While it is denied that any agree ment has been reached as to a finan cial settlement, it is Known that Mrs. William Thaw will see thai Evelyn is well provided for. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw is made a co-defondant in the action. As next of kin aho is technically the real de fendant, as the law presumes her son to bo insane and therefore.. legaHy dead. Tho action ia entitled "Evelyn 'Florence Nesbit Thaw vs. Harry Ken day Thaw and Mary Copley Thaw." Mother Thaw Favors' the Suit. It Is understood that the elder Mrs. Thaw looks with favor upon a her daughter-in-law's suit and that she is largoly responsible for seeing that tho yo'ung woman's future is wellro vidod for. Bho believes that her daughter-in-law should be .treated with the utmost consideration in viow of the sacrifice she mado to save hex husband from the electric chair. Coincident with the news of the bringing of the annflfiracnt suit comes tho -positive assertion from Lawyer Daniel O'Reilly that the break be tween the couple, far from being of recent origin, dates back to the mid dlo of tho first trial of Thaw. "Durlngthe first trial," said Mr. O'Reilly, "something happened which caused a decided coolness between Harry and his wife. They kept up appearances but their relations have never been the same from that time on. Tho trouble was over a personal matter and had nothing to do with the attitude of tho Thaw family to ward young Mrs. Thaw." Mr. O'Reilly would not divulge the cause of the difficulties botween the Thaws, but intimated It wonhl con e out during the divorce proceedings. Old Lady Will he Liberal With Evelyn, -Evelyn Thaw has been contemplat ing the action she has now taken Blnee the jury acquitted her husband on the ground of insanity and he was committed to the Insane asylum. Re cently Mrs. William Thaw - retained Lawyer Franklin Bartlott as special (Continued on Page Beven.) THE BALEI6H EVENI OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE; WHAT THAW'S LAW YER SAYS (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) New York, March 11. The papers In the suit '.of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw against her husband for an annul ment of the marriage, were served on the young inmate of the Mattea wan Asylum' for the insane today. At the same time a complaint was handed to the defendant's mother, Mary Copley Thaw, she being made a co-defendant because of the possi bility that ths courts of New York county will appoint her guardian of his estate. '. The young woman sets forth that Harry K. Thaw was insane at the time the ceremony was performed and gives as proof the peculiar let ters and strangely worded will which he sent to his then personal counsel, Henry W. Longfellow. The cause, however, which led to the estrangement, date back from the night of the Madison Square roof tragedy when Thaw shot down and instantly killed Stanford White. The manner in which the Pitts burg millionaire wreaked summary vengeance on , the architect preyed upon the young woman and her feel ings toward him were never the same afterward. -' She knew at the time that his family were opposed to' her but in the face of circumstances she re signed herself to' him and made her self a martyr when she told the sen sational story of her New York ca reer. " Dissension then arose between the couple even during the first trial. Harry's mother and Bhe continually quarrelled and although, she felt lit tle in her heart for her himband she acted as she did simply for appear ance, sake. She was, In reality, a wonderful actress in court and deep down in her own feelings not the martyr which the public made her out to be. Once) she quarrelled with the Countess of Yarmouth, the prisoner's sistor and although she lent her pres ence in court every day it was not with the feeling of willingness gen erally presumed, at the time. "We will file our answer tomor row," said Mr. Peabody. "You -may rest assured the case will be fought. Th:iw was sane when lie married Evelyn 'Nasblt and bis present con dilion of mind does not in any man ner enter into the case." PRESDT SENDS MESSAGE ABOUT (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Washington, March 11. In a me.- ssge to the senate today on tlv; Brownsville matter, the president, sn'd: "To tho senate: "On December 12, 11)05, the secretary of war by my direction issuo'.l tho fol lowing order: " 'Applications to ro-onllHt from for mer members of companies B, C, and ' D, 25th infantry, who were dis charged under the provisions of spe cial orders, No. ' 266, war department, November 9, 1906, must be made In writing and be accompanied by such evidence, also In writing, as the ap plicant may desire to submit to show that he was neither Implicated In the raid on Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13, 1006, nor withhold any e Idence that might lead to the dls cevtry of the perpetrators thereof." "Proceedings were begun under this order; but shortly thereafter an Inves tigation was directed by the senate the proceedings under the order were topped, Tho senate committee en trusted with the work has now com pleted its Investigation and finds that the facts upon which my order of dis charge of November 9, 1906. was based, atn substantiated by the evidence. The tertimony secured by the committee Is, therefore, now available and I iir sire to revive the order of December 1?. 1906, and to have It carried out In whatever shape- may be necessary to achieve the purpose therein set forth; ony additional evidence being taken which may be of aid in the ascertain ment of the truth. The time limit during whfcli It was possible to rehv state any Individual soldier In accord . (Continued on Second Page.) conTonnDQ 1LUHU J lUlU d RALEIGH N. TAWNEYSAYS HOBSON'S OFF Says Not Ten Democrats Will Vote for His iBill NO MORE BATTLESHIPS Not During Present Session of Con gress, : Declares Chairman of Ap propriations Committee, Will More Money Bo Voted for Additional Warships Says the Public Build ings Bill is Also Doomed to Do feat At Least He Will Oppose Both. -' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 11. Repre sentative Tawney, chairman of ths appropriations committee, had a long talk with the president yesterday and, then declared himself unaltera blyopposed to tue administration's big battleship increase plan. Representative Hobson declared that "sixty democrats and , the ma jority of the republicans'' .would, when the time came, vote for the larger naval program. , "Hobsou's Interview makes me smile," said Mr. Tawney. "I'll bet there wen't be ten democrats that will vote for four or more battle ships. I was talking to Padgett, of the naval committee, and he said that Hobson ought to come down out of the air and touch ground occa sionally. He is letting his enthusi asm for battleships run away with him.;. :".;' "I am going to do my best to keep the appropriations for the whole gov ernment down to the mark of the present yeaiywhich 13 $920,000,000. If they put in a naval bill calling for four battWuips, that will be ?40, 000,000 more, and if a public build ing bill goes through t:iat will be anywhere from $15,000,000 to $100,000,000 more. But neither the greater naval ball' nor the public building bill will go through if I can help it." -' ; - THE COMGRES OF MOTHERS (By MARTHA P.VYXK.) ..-'Washington.' DC., March 11. Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president of the National Congress of Mothers, took a fling at Senator Reed Smoot in her annual report to the congress this morning. "This society did its best to have the Mormon apostle. 'unseated,'.' she said, "but political '.influences were too strong for us and we failed." Mrs. Schoff commended the society for Its successful efforts in accom plishing the establishment of juvenile courts and gave a short resume of tho work which had been done during the past year. A luncheon was served this after noon at; the Shoreham and the re mainder of the day will "be spent in sight-seeing by delegates, who have not been summoned to committee meetings. ON 29 COUNTS -.''-. : n. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 11. Charles W. Morse, as former vice president, and Alfred H. Curtis, as former president, iOl'N the National Bank of North Amer j !c, have been Indicted on twenty-nine counts each by the federal grand Jury and both were arraigned today before Judge Hough In the United States circuit court. There IS one Indictment against each I man and of the twenty-nine counts, j eleven charge conspiracy to defraud I the Bank of North America and tho other eighteen, In each case, charge the making of false entries In tho books of the institution. The maximum penalty, upon convlo tlr,n, for the Indictment against each man is ten years' Imprisonment flv I years for he conspiracy charge and the same term for the charge of maki ;lmj false entries. MORSE N01CTED and Atlanta With C, WEDNES DAY, MARCH SO W MEN TALK TO ARBITERS Headed By Stone, Delegation Meets Koapp and Neiil THE QUESTION OF WAGES Employers Present Figures and Make Argument Re-luting to Wage Schedules On the Southern Railway- Secret Conference With Finley and Other Officers By the Mediation Board Different Labor Departments Heard. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . ' .Washington, . : March 11, Headed by Orand Chief W. S. Stone, of the -Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, delegations' representing the empl vjo of the various shops of tho Southern Railway appeared before the arbitra tion board, composed of Labor Com missioner. Neill and Chairman Knapp, o? the Interstate Commerce Commit' s on, this morning to present figure showing why the Southern' shouid .'rot resume Its wage scale. Tho mudiatlon board yesterday henrd in secret conference Mr. Finley and other Southern officials who, presented figures purporting to show that a re duction was necessary. ; Today these claims were made known to the ma-, chin ists who in turn protested that such a reduction was not necessary or acceptable to the employes. J, I. Whiddon, of Macon, Ga., chpi." iv.nn of the engineers delegation, caUei. especial attention of the board to the 'fact -that engineers were now moving trains carrying double the amount of tennage carried ten years ago, and in answer to the Southern's argument that wages had been gradually in creased since January, 1502, said that a dollar paid an engineer now movfs much more freight than at that V.rr.a. The argument, was 'urtftjul tHivancei tniit passenger engineers on tho South ern recive less than paid on three fiitrths of the other lines. The frelsru engineers' wages compared in the main f; il ly well. - It was no fault of the employes,-another speakeV reminded the board, that the Southern's revenues had been so cut that It could not meet existing e pers.'M. If the cause was a just one, it Was argued, the road should ippe.il to the commission for the privilege ;f increasing Its freight rates, putting the burden on the whole people, inste-id of making up the deficiency at the iXt pi use of the hard worked employ s. Ktfeh ndmlttinsr the Southern's claim .of an average 15 per cent loss in bus iness the employes claimed that this did hot justify a ten per cent wage cut Southern Cut s I (own Force. Again. 100 !en At Spencer Out. Spencer, N. C, March ll.The heaviest cut In the Southern Railway shop force of the season was made tonight, -when the..-, machine shops, erecting shop, boiler shop, black smith and tho tin and copper depart ments were temporarily closed by an order from Washington officers. The foreman of the machine and erect inp; shops were laid oft, while other foremen were retained. The electric, car, roundhouse and office forces were hot affected by the reduction and a holiday force will bo kept in all shops for emergency work. ..The cut tonight increases the num ber already laid off by about one hundred. All the men take the cut quietly '.and there is no evidence of excitement. Fifty Men. Laid Oil' at Columbia. Columbia, S. C, March 11. Tho SoHthurn Hallway today posted no tices in its shops In this city that about fifty of Its shopmen would bo laid off Indefinitely. Two reasons are assigned for this action,, the first being that Spencer, N. C, shops have been enlarged, and the other is that tho railroad has a number of new lo comotives and the repair work Is not as heavy as formerly. Atlanta Shops Closed. Atlanta, Ga., March 11. The Southern Railway shops at this place were closed down tonight for an In definite period. Tho order closing the shops stated that only a force suffi cient to meet the actual demands would be retained. The exact num ber thrown out of work could not be learned, but Is said to exceed one hundred. Shops Closed at Helma. Selma, Ala., March 11. Seventy five skilled workmen at the' shops of the Southern Railway in Selma were thrown out of employment today by an order received to close the shops indefinitely. The car repairing de partment will be continued with a de creased force. Leased Virc and Full Proas NG 11, 1908. WAS A BIG RAT Missing Precious StonesFQund la Rodent's THIS TALE FROM MOBILE Family of Former Consul Vindo Have Been Missing Valuables for Some Time Aft'er Detectives Had Seurclied in Vain for the Criminal n Member of the Family Had An Inspiration Taking Up the Hearthstone the Valuables Were ltecovered. ''-.' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mobile;, Ala., March ll.The resi dence of Ramon. Viada, former-Homlu- ran consul. Is infested with thieving rodents. That this Is regarded as a fact was shown last night when dia mond rings and jewelry, said to be valued at more than $400, was recov ered from a rat's nest. - : For some time members of the fam ily have lost, under very mysterious circumstances, pieces of jewelry. Ef forts to'. discover the thief or manner in which the jewelry was taken from Its accustomed place were futile. Finally It" was-, suspected ..that rats might have had some thing to do with the disappearance of the jewelry. Why members of the family should reagh such a conclusion was not volunteered, but an examination was made by tak ing up the masonry of the hearth and there Jill of the jewlry save one dia mond ring was found. The jewelry was in a rat's nest, and when detec tives reached the Vlada residence they dirpatched two youn;,r rodents and in stituted search for the missing dia mond ring. :' Culluloid Comb Causes Child's Death, Washington, Penna., March ll.: The explosion of a celluloid comb in tho hands of. Cornelius,, the threq-year-old son of Edward Castorline, caused the death of the", child. The mother was also badly burned. The child while playing with the comb, accidentally touched it to the stove. It immediately ignited and the child's clothing cali giit fire. TODAY'S IN CONGRESS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 11. In ' the senate today the reports from the senate military'.-'affairs- committee on the Brownsville ease' v.ero submit ted... 7; ;' ;'. President Roosevelt fent ii mes sage to. the 'senate urging extension of the time limit for reiiisiateinent of tho battalion' of negro soldiers discharged on account of t!:o Brownsville rioting. Senator (lalliager introduced a bill to give the controller.. of' the Currency control over building and loan atjcclallon iu the district. Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, ad dressed the senate on t:ie Aldrlch bill. ; The hours.? considered the post office appropriation bill. HOAiEROUS $50 BANKNOTE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Indianapolis, Ind., March 11.. A counterfeit $50 bank note,' almost per fect In execution and which was re cently turned over to United States Secret Agent Thomas ' Halls by tho City National. Bank a( Lafayette, Ind., has been traced to the central Indiana insane hospital, where, laboring under tho delusion that the United States government owes hlin $10,O00,0C0 Frank lin Bradley, 70 years old, has been making counterfeit money during his 20 years confinement. A closo watch lias been kept and this Is the first sample of Bradley's work that has been discovered in circulation in Beveral years. r Bradley frequently manufac tures $1,000,000 bills, which are prompt ly seized by (the asylum authorities. DIAMOND THIEF TIMES. TWO CITIES EFFORTS THE BIG 10,000101 SOUMIST'N Addiilooal Activity Onloiper- MNewRailrosil PUSHING CONSTRUCTION Soon as Spring Weather Opens a Big Army of Workmen Will : Be Put to Work On Constructing the Koatl That is of so Much Importance to Western North Carolina Syndi cate Headed By Carter and Backed By Thomas F. Ryan. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bristol, ' Va., March 11. It is re ported that 10,000 laborers will be em ployed to augment the : construction forces on the South and Western Kail way in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina this spring, and that the syndicate headed by the George L. Carter Interests and back ed by Thomas F. Ityan, which is building the road, will take advantage of the cheap labor that can be secured now. Circular "letters were this week sent to all of the contractors on the road asking them to approximate the time it would take them to complete their contracts if their forces were doubled, or trebled. It is now 70 per cent completed, and it is said that more than $12,0)0,000 will be expended in completing and preparing It ior operation, besides the cost of equipment. The road will cost upwards of $",0,000,000. ' ': Xotcd Woman Dead. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. March 11. Mrs. Anna Brandreth McAlpine, wife of Gen. Kdwin A. McAluine, and known throughout the world for her phil anthropic works, is dead In her apartments In the St. Regis Hotel. She was the founder, organizer and president of the Woman's Aux iliary of the Young Men's Christian Association and was interested with Mrs. Russe.ll Saga and Helen Gould in building homes for "sailors' in ports in various countries. ttT 1 1 but All WAY RATE SAYSREP.HARDY By Leased Wire to The Times.) . . Washington.' March 11 That it is 'impossible for. the interstate ..commerce Comn.ib.slon to .regulate, effectively the rates on interstate railroads under "X Istlng laws was the statement .made today by lteinesentative Uiifus Hanlv, of Texas, before the house committee on inter: tate and.' foreign; '-commerce.-. He was advocating the passage of hl. b'll to prevent the railroads from charging less for a long haul than 'they do for a short haul. "The railroads," he said, "employ the best" lawyers In the' country and get tjie bst -decisions from the courts." Kepresentnlive Stevens, of Minneso ta, asked Mr. Hardy, If under exist ing circumstances,' there was any way of effectively controlling the rates. "Not for a minute," said Mr. Hardy, Stil! After Race-Track tJaiiihler. (By I,eaed Wire, to The Times.) Albany, N. Y., March ll.--The Aguew-Hart anti-racing bill, mak ing It. a penal offense to permit gambling on race tracks, punishable by from one to five years' Imprison ment, was favorably reported out of the senate codas committee today, but with an amendment deferring Its enforcement until September 1. State Senator Patrick H. McCar ren, the representative of the rnce tracks, succeeded in fastening tho rniTiini mm j amendment on the bill thus permit ' ting the Jockey club to carry out Its plans for the coining eastern racing season unless the amendment is stripped from tho measure before the , legislature adjourns, i -.' Dispatches PRICE 5 CENTS.. MAKING TO SECURE CONVENTION Charlotte and Greensboro Are Well Repersentei In Raleigh Today. STATE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TONIGHT Meantime Hotel Lobbies Are Animate ed. With Representatives Desirous of Showing How Ably Their Towns Can Do the Entertaining Stunt. Charlotte Men Come in Early To day and Greensboro Men Arrived This Afternoon Some of the Rea sons Why Each Should Gpt" Con vention Prominent Men Present. The fight to see which city will get the democratic state convention is the topic on the streets today. A delegation of Charlotte men arrived at 10:30 today and a delegation from Greensboro came at 12:45 this after non, No other cities, so far as it is learned, have sent representatives here to get the convention, but other towns may make an effort. The con vention, however, will either go to Charlotte or Greensboro, The meeting tonight will be Inter esting. A large number of notables have already arrived and more will come in this evening. Charlotte men are boosting the ability of that city to accommodate the convention, and so is Greensboro. Short three min ute speeches will be made tonight by, Messrs. J. P. Caldwell, W. C. Dowd, on behalf of the press; by Mayor Franklin- for the city; by Mr, Edgar B. Moore for the hotels; Mr. E. R. Preston for the Greater Charlotte Club; Mr. A. L. Smith for the Man ufacturers' Club; Mr, W. M. Tye for the working men. . The following are here from Char lotte other than those to speak: Ex Mayor P. M. Brown, Senator H. N. Pharr, Wade H. Harris, Editor Even ing Chronicle; Col. W. B. Rodman, Solicitor Heriot Clarkson, Jno. A. Mc Rao, Col. T. I... Kirkpatrick, C. C. Moore, ex-Mayor J. H. Weddington, ' J. B. Hasty, J. W. Wadsworth, Clar ence Kuester, C, E. Hoper, W. M. Jordan, E. R. Preston, Henry C. Wil liams, Summers Alexander, W. W. Haywood, A. C. Hutchison, W. S. Alexander, E. F. Creswell, P. ' M. Cave, C. C. Harding, Robert Craig, T. C. Toomey, R. R. Ray, and R. K. Blair.. . . . ' - In '. regard to accommodations, Cbarlotlo claims to have better ad vantages than any other town in the State, having six hotels', including the new $;100,()00 Selwyn. The street' car system gives access to all points of the city and suburbs, 'including the cotton milling districts. (jlrecnslioro Men Arrive. The Greensboro delegation, con sisting of twenty-five representatives, including Speaker Justice and the I mayor, arrived this afternoon at 12:45.' .... A committee: consisting of Mayor Brandt, A. M. . Scales, E. J. Justice, and J. A. Allen Holt, was a,t once ap pointed to give a few reasons why Greensboro is the best city In the state for the convention. Among those in the city from Greensboro are: S. Glenn Brown, ti, C. McLean, E. J. Justice, L. J.1 Brandt, A. M. Scales, W. F. Clegg, M, W. Sternman, A, 0. Corpenlng, R. C. Strudwick, J. N. Wilson, J. P. Saunders, E. D. Broadhurst, E. A. Brown, .1. Allen Holt, A. B. Kimball, Andrew Joyuer, W. B. Merrimon. The committee of the Greensboro delegation who will present to the state executive committee Greens boro's petition for the state conven tion was Interviewed by a reporter of The Times, and had this to say why Greensboro should be chosen as the convention city: They say that Charlotte is not de pendent on a convention to show that is a great commercial city. Char lotte has few equals and no superi ors. The only considerations which should operate upon the executive committee and influence its decision aie those which effect the Interests of the delegates, and other demo? . (Continued on Page Two.)
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