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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE EALEIGHI EVENING 'TIMES VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. NO TECHNICAL STRIKE, YET 250,000 COAL MINERS WILL QUIT AT MIDNIGHT RAILROADS WILL ICOL STEWART SEN. JOHNSON PITCHES INTO ALLEGED FRUIT TRUST FROM JERSEY OBEY THE COURT EXILED OFFICER Cessation of Labors not Matter of Bours,Wages or Any Other Element of Union Or ganization. T L And That is the Only Reason for Dropping of Ticks in Ohio, Mis souri, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas Retirement of President John Mitchell. (By Leased Wire to the Times) Indianapolis, Ind., March 31 At "least 250,000 coal miners will lav down their picks in Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Kanrns, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas to night. They will not return to work until a contract has been signed by the credi tors. In addition to these, man work ers in Indiana, Michigan, West Vir ginia and Kentucky may quit. The Illinois miners, It is renoited from Springfield, are willing to con tinue work pending the agreement, but the operators decided to elo-e ilmv 1 un til April 15, by which time, it is thought, miners and operator will nffree. This same action will be taken by Pittsburg district operators. ' : ' There is no question of wage or prin ciple r.t stake in the move and, techni cally, the miners will not be on strike, they will merely cease work because the operators, except in Indiana and Illinois, show no real intention of meet ing and treating with them. -'.' . The contracts under which the coal workers now are bound to- remain In thikhafts will expire at midnight to night, and no provision has been made In the majority of the fields for the op eration of coal properties until a per manent contract has again been put Into force. Attempts are being made in joint sessions of miners and workers at Terre Haute and Pittsburg to frame up some temporary agreement to pre vent a shut down, but so far neither meeting has been successful. John Mitchell, the retiring president of the Mlno Workers' of America, Is here in an effort to place everything in readi ness before he quits ofllco Wednesday, to be succeeded by Vice-president Lewis,' The latter will make several changes in the ofllclal force. SAYS'JIM" HILL Big Man of NoNhwestern Rail road Situation, While Not too Optimistic not Pessimistic (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York March 31. James J. Hill is quoted as saying in a talk on the business Situation, that, while he enuld not permit himself to be too optimisti", he was trying not to be pessimistic. Mr. Hill supplemented this cryptic ut terance as follows: "The general recovery In business which had been predicted has not yet manifested itself, to any considerable degree, and it Is not to be expected that It should. The prevailing condi tions were not brought about over night; thev are the result of events of many months, and a revival will, no doubt, be correspondingly gradual. "The railroads are not reflecting an Improved sltuatfon In the way of earn Ings. They have been saying? right along 'wait until spring.' But now spring Is hero and they are saying, wait till summer.' Then the cry will probably be, 'wait till winter.'" OMNIBUS WAR TO COME IN LONDON (By Cable to The Times) London, March 31 Two of the most powerful amalgamation of om nibuseB have engaged In a great fight for the motor omnibus traffic of Lon don, The total capital Involved will be over $20,000,000. In all, proba bility there will be a rate-cutting war. The companies Involved are the General and Vanguard on ope side and the London Road and ureat Eastern on the other, BUSINESS GAINS is- TRUST II NAME ails Paper Combination "One of Hydra-Headed Monsters Tightening Hold on People" (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 31. 'One of the hydra-headed monsters that have been tightening their hold upon the people," was the way Representative Watkins, of Louisiana, referred to the paper trust during a speech in the house in which he advocated the removal of the duty on wood pulp. The newspaper, he argued, was one of the main civilizing agencies of the world, and In this country It, he said, "sheds light in 15,000,000 homes," while today, he further de clared, the newspaper industry was working in harmony with organized labor, "its operating expenses are higher," he said, "because union labor is more expensive than unor ganized labor was a few years ago." There was, he charged, a tariff on everything that went to make a newspaper. "This," he said, "is ' purely and simply a donation to the paper trust, and a tax on the newspaper and other printing interests of the coun try." '-..-'. :A v. The newspaper, he declared, had been patient and forbearing and long suffering. " "As the moulders of public opin ion," he said, "they could almost cause a revolution if they would." "If the government continued to perpetuate monopolies," ' ho said, "we will bid farewell to state rights, to Individual liberty, to the equality of all men before the law and humble ourselves in sackcloth and ashes before the plutocracy of the country and, as suppliants, bow down before the throne of our rul ers." '.. OLD VOLCANO GETS ON JOB Folks In Guatemala Living In Dread Lava Stream and De struction of Everything , " ( By Leased Wire to The Times) , San Francisco, March 31 -News was brought here by steamer of the active eruption of a volcano in Gua temala, which was supposed to be extinct, at the' base of which is the town of San Felipe. This volcano is opposite Santa Maria, the volcano which recently wiped out town after town. It began to rumble and emit smoke a few weeks ago, and now It is In complete eruption. Residents of Quesaltenango, the nearest town on the mountain side, anticipate a flow of lava that will wipe out the town. Mark Edson, who brought the news, said: "The first signs of a volcano 'were the usual deep rumblings and an un steady feeling of the earth, and we all looked for another eruption from Santa Maria. After several days a sudden convulsion of the earth was followed by a complete stillness, and then the old, extinct volcano, which no one suspected of any life,' shot out a magnificent stream of smoke and Ore, while the lake In Its crater was converted Into avcloud of steam that spread out, umbrella-shaped, several thousand feet In the air. "Streams of lava flowing outside '.he cone were omnlous when I left, and the Blgns were all for a tremend- J oub eruption." IT If the Highest Bench Decides Against Them on Constitution ality of "Commodity Clause" THAT ACT CftNNQTSTAND President Takes the View That the Roads Have Trimbles of Their Own and Will ', Hoi; Therefore, Invite Disaster of "Unreasoning ; Obedience" to Statute's Letter. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, D. ('., March SI. It Is stated on what Is considered, unques tionable authority that the "commod ity clause'" of the now railroad .fate law will not bp rigidly enforced bv the federal froverninent until a decision on Its constitutionality has been render ed by the supreme court. This clause makes it unlawful after Ma:' 1, 1908,1 for any railroad to transport any article j or commodity other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined or produced by it, ; or in which it Is directly or Indirectly j interested, exc ept sucn articles or com modities as arc necessary for its own use as a common carrier; President ; Roosevelt has carefully considered the disastrous 'effects thft. might follow the unreasoning obedienco to the letter of this law without consid ering its spirit, and he has no desire to increase the embarrassments that surrounds the railroads in their efforts to comply with the law. He has. ac- cordingly, directed the department of justice to institute proceedings as soon, as possible after May 1, in order that? a nromnt determination of the ouestlpit-1 by the supreme court may be obtaineidJi It is understood that the :, railroad.'!) concerned will co-operate with the gov ernment. The roads have been advised by counsel that the law; is unconstitu-J tional and, while they may proceed on j this assumption, It is understood they i have given the most emphatic assur ance to the government that if the court should decide against them they will immediately, in good faith, comply with the law. CORRIGAN CONTROLS CITY PARK'S PLANT (Iiy Leased Wire to The Times) New York March 3 1 Although neither party to the transaction is talking about it with any degree of positiveness, it is almost certain the transfer of the stock owned by S. L. Heaslip was-made to Edward Corrl gan yesterday. This block of slock, whether owned outright by Corrigan or by sonic of his friends, gives him control of the city park plant, and probably, will be responsible for many changes when that track opens again next year. It is understood Heaslip will continue to have an interest and will be re-elected president at the an naul meeting. Old-Time Hall Player (.one. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Newark, N. J., March 31.C.harles Swcary, a noted baseball player of twenty-five years ago, Is dead at the Newark city hospital from consump tion. He was sixty-one years old and a native of Newark. F HAS CLOSE CALL Little Bit More and Chapin of Vermont Would Have Been Swung Into Eternity (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Ga., March 31 The time ly arrival of the county police at an early hour thld morning kept a mob of negroes from lynching B. R. Cha pln, a young white man seized by them and dragged from the bed room of a negro dwelling In Browns ville, a negro suburb and the scene of much of the horror of the Sep tember, 1906, riot. Chapln was rescued and jailed. He Is a mill operative and a native of Vermont. t j IN ROM NORTH Man Second in Rank in Coast Artillery Corps Sent to Ari zona Witfiuut Explanation RELATIVES CAN'T FIND CAUSE FOR DISCIPLINE Wife and Daughter Driven From Ad ministration Building By "Dig Stick" Answer That "Assignment Was Made for 'Military Reasons." Kelfufts for Roth. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Cal. , March 3 1 . Excited by decrees such as monarchs resort to, stripped of his command without any explanation and secret ly consigned to pass the closing years of a long and honorable mili tary career in what practically amounts to solitary confinement in an abandoned army post in the wilds of Arizona, is the fate of Col. Wil liam J. Stewart, second ranking of ficer In the coast artillery corps and a native of San Francisco. Such are the conditions under which Col.- Stewart Is living at Fort Grant in a little daobe house in the valley between the Pinglemo and Calluro mountains, so far in the frontier territory that lack of com mon appointments keeps his wife and young daughter from him. They are in Washington, enlisting the aid of such men as Senator Tillman. Counsellor Charles Stewart Is ap pealing to Senators Perkins and Flint to ask. for a congressional In quiry into what they characterize as "the most extraordinary incident la the history of the United States army." " Oilicial correspondence shows Col. Stewart was peremptorily relieved of command at Fort Barrancas, Fla., and sent to Fort Grant by order of President Roosevelt. The . war de partment informed him that the or der was made by instruction of the president and was based on a report submitted to and acted on by the chief executive. Mrs. Stewart and her daughter have made visits daily to the ad ministration ;- building, and many friends have done the same that some explanation be asking given. They have met with rebuffs. Arguments of every kind, made with all the eloquence of blood rela tives and friends of half a century, have elicited only the curt and final reply: "The assignment was made for military reasons." . HIGH POIXT MAX MADE COMMISSIONER TODAY. Adjutant General Thomas Jl. Robert son today issued a commission to H. A. Mlllls, of High Point, as batalMon quartermaster and commissary of the first infantry, with rank of second lieu tenant, in place of Lawrence Young, of Asheville, promoted to major. The adjutant general orders an elec tion In Company M.,;- first Infantry, high Point, to fill all vacancies caused by the resignation of H. A. Mlllls. ONE LITTLE BOY FALLS AT DRILL Mock Fire Alarm Last Bell on Earth for 10-Year-OId Lad in Georgia (By Leased Wire to The Times) Tallapoosa, Ga., March 31 -At the public school yesterday the Are alarm was sounded for the purpose of put ting the pupils through the drill. Just as the line was forming Adrian Adcock, ten years old, fainted and died of apoplexy before physicians could be summoned. It Is said this Is not the first alarm the boy has answered, and it Is not believed he was frightened to such an extent that It would have caused his death. VENEZUELA DAY IN WASHINGTON Secretary Root Transmits to Congress Correspondence With Castro's Country (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 30. Secretary of State . Root transmitted to con gress today the correspondence with Venezuela concerning the American claims. There are five questions which have given this government concern in its relations with Vene zuela. They are: : Claim of the New York & Ber nuidese company, whose asphalt properties have been forfeited and are now being operated under the direction of President Ca3tro. , Claim of A. F. Jaiirett, a natural ized American, expelled by the Vene zuelan government on the ground of the claim of Orinoco corporation which arose from repeated conces sions to various strangers of the ter ritory belonging td the corporation. Claim of the Orinoco Steamship company, due to the annulment of an exclusive concession for naviga tion of tlie Orinoco river. Claim of the United States and Venezuelan company, growing out of the arih-ulment of an asphalt mining and a r;Vllroad construction conces sion. '.';.. : . :,.'; ,,;;, , '...-,. ...... ., The most Important of the five claims involved in the dispute be tween the U.iited States and Presi dent Castro is that of the New York & Bermuda company to the asphalt deposits of the South American Re public. LAFOLLETTE LEADS KNOX ON LIABILITY (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 3 1-T.he sen ate '.'committee, on edicatjon and; la bor today reported tile Lafollette em ployers' liability bill. Thus the first distinct advantage is won by the La follette measure in the race between it and the Knox bill on the same sub ject. ' sonwiiL E Two Cents A Mile, Per Capita, to Be Charged Where There's 10 In A Crowd (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 31. The Southern Railway announces that in order to meet the competition of va rious lines In the southeastern ter ritory, It has taken steps to at- once establish over Its whole system an open party rate of two cents per mile per capita for parties of ten 'or more travelling together oh one ticket. , This action, according to Secre tary Edward Moseley, of the inter state commerce commission, and President Finley of the Southern,1 does not have to be approved by the j commission and, In consequence, no notice of thoHestabllshment of a new rate was filed with that body. TWO MEN BADLY HURT IN FAMOUS THEATRE (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 3 1 Two work men were perhaps fatally hurt and ton others serously Injured In tho collapse of the ceiling over the foyer of the old Madison Square theatre on 24 th street today. Wants Commerce and Labor Department to See if It's In Cahoots with South American Republics to Control Trade CLAIMS COSTARICA IS PARTY TQ CONSPIRACY Banana Plantations Said to Have Ilcen Seized Iiy Competitor of : Alabama Growers and Kfforts for Relief Got Blocked in the Courts. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 31. Senator Johnston, of Alabama, attacked the United Fruit company of New ,icr sey and introduced a resolution pro viding for its investigation by the department of commerce and labor with inquiry particularly into the question whether this company is shielding its operations behind the government of any south or Oriental American republic. The resolution was referred; at the request of Sena tor Johnston, to the committee on commerce. Senator Johnston presented com plaint against the United Fruit com pany alleging that it is a combina tion organized in the state of New Jersey with a capital of $20,000, 1)00 which, by the absorption of various companies, controls 90 per cent of the fruit trade of the United State?. It is alleged that In order to main tain prices it has been guilty of ail sorts of high-handed operations such as throwing overboard ; cargo.es of fruit, giving away . fruit to destroy competition and arbitrarily fixing fruit prices in the markets of New York and New Orleans. In the case of an Alabama com peting company, Senator Johnston charged that the United Fruit com pany conspired with the government of Costa Rica to seize the banana plantations of this competitor and that efforts to obtain relief in the courts of this country were ineffect ive because of proceedings against the southern government. According to , Senator Johnston, the report of the German consul at Costa Rica to his own government had confirmed the complaint as to the magnitude of this trust. Dr. Hill Will Be Nominated This Afternoon and Incident Now is Closed (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, ' .1). C, March 31 The resignation of Charlemagne- Tower as ambassador ti Germany, has been re ceived, to t.iko effect June 1. The pres ident will send the nomination of Dr. David Jayne Hill as his successor to the senate this afternoon. NOISELESS GUN FROM BAY STATE INVENTOR (By Leased Wire to The Times) Worcester Mass., March 31 Oliver II. Smith, of this city, has invented an apparatus for making noiseloBS tho discharge of all kinds of firearms. His gun is wholly different from tho one Invented recently by Hiram Percy Maxim, for Smith's Invention can be carried about In a vest pocket and at tached at a moment's notice. Smith does not allow close scrut iny of his attachment, but from a demonstration It appears to bo a kind of cap, with a narrow bar across the top. that fastens on to tho end of the barrel or muzzle, adding an Inch or more to its length. The outlet Is the exact bore of the shot, but project ing Inward the bore Increased slightly. TOWER RESIGNS BERLIN POST
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