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BALEIGH, N. C, TUESDA Y, APRIL 21,1908.
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TIMES.
Missouri's
Talks Brownsville
Warner Defends Action ol
President in Discharging
Soldiers Without Honor
NO RACE PREJUDIC
Turning Twenty-fifth Infan
. frymen Out of Army
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, D. C.. April 21. In the
senate today Senator Warner of Mis
souri, spoke on the Brownsville case
and upheld the action of the president.
Senator AVarren presented the report
of the conferees on the. bill to Increase
the efficiency of the army medical
corps, and it was agreed to.
Senator Hale called up the naval ap
propriation bill, but did not press it
in view of the fact that Senator War
ner had given notice of an address on
Brownsville.. ..
Xo Doubt of Guilt.
Washington, D. C, Aprii 21.-Sena-tor.
Warner, of Missouri, tile admin
istration champion In the considera
tion of the Brownsville case by the
senate military affairs committee,
discussed the case before the senate
today. Senator Warner declared there
was no doubt, of the guilt of the negro
soldiers of the twenty-fifth Infantry
and that the president's course was
fully Justified. -.-,'.-
He denied that the punishment of
the colored troops was In any way due
to nice feeling.
"Tt question of fact whether or
not l ! Tibet's of those companies par
ticipate 'n the Brownsville affray
should . inswered without preju
dice," he said, "either in favor of
or against them, by reason of their
race or color, and It is to be regret
ted that a studious and systematic
effort has been made to arouse file
race feeling of the negroes of the
country against the president because
of his action with reference to those
companies. .
"Those who thus seek to arouse a
race issue have taken upon them
selves k heavy. responsibility for their
action must necessarily serve to in
crease t lie race prejudice which now
exists to an unfortunate extent."
Senator f'lapp, of Minnesota, asked
Senator Warner how many of the sol
diers of the discharged battalion he
considered had been engaged in the
Brownsville riot. Senator Warner re
plied that from 'Ills study of the evi
dence he though 15 had taken purt.
Senator f'lapp then asked ho-.v marty
aside from t ie 15 he thought were
cognizant of the fact that the troops
had done the shooting. Senator War
ner replied there was no doubt that a
number had knowledge before the riot
ing was engaged In, and a number
more knew of it afterward. He was
unable, however, to say Just how
many had that knowledge.
Investigation of Paper Trust.
The house debated Speaker Cannon's
resolution for the appointment of a
committee to Investigate the paper
trust.
The bill for publicity in political cam
paign contributions was reported to
the house by the committee on elec
tions. STKAXGE COUNTRY IS WYOMING.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Sheridan, Wyo., April 21. A small
dog belonging to A. E. Case, of Day
ton, was dragged Into Tonkue river
by a trout and drowned. The dog
accompanied Case'B little son on a
Ashing trip. The boy hoked a fish
large enough to jerk the flshingrod
Into the water.
, Tho boy sent the dog after It but
the trout hauled the dog and pole
about until the dog was carried down
the- rapids and drowned In sight of
his master.
The boy recovered the pole and,
after a hard struggle, landed the
trout, which weighed four pounds,
Request to Car for BoR. -(By
Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago. Ills., April 21.-r-One
thousand dollars was set ar.lde, ac
cording to a will admitted to pro
bate yesterday, to be used in caring
for a dog and for the purchase of
two small tombstones to mark the
testator's grave and that of hl wife.
The Instrument was signed by Wil
liam E. Butts, formerly of 4336 Sixth
avenue. His dog wus known as
"Bluff," a white bull terrier.
Senator
TILLEY DEAD AT
Man Shot By Chief Pardue
Officer Will Claim
Self-Defence
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Winston-Salem, April 2i;Jumes Til
ley, Jr.,.-who was shot Saturday night
by Chief of rollee Pardue, at Kerners
ville, died at 5 o'clock; this morning.
T'Jley, who was a young man. was ap
proaching the officer with a shotgun
for the purpose of forcing Chief Par
due to release Ills (Til'ey's) father and
brother, moth under arrest, the son
being charged with disturbing- a re
ligious service and the father with at
tempting to intimidate the officer. The
coroner :1s holding an inquest, over the
remains of the dead man this lifter
noon. One of tlic three shots fired
went through Tilley's lungs, one in the
heck and a third in the arm. The Im
pression prevails .that Chief Pardue
will be discharged upon the plea that
he shot Tilley in self-defense.
Will Make Burns Fight or Crawl.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York. April 21. After many
unsuccessful attempts to force Tom
my Burns to fight, Jack Johnson, the
colored heavyweight, and his mana
ger. Sam Fitzpatrlck. sailed for Eng
land today on the stoamship Kron
Prlnz to force Tommy Burns into a
match for the championship of the
world.
Burns' manager came here a week
ago with $5,000 to go as a side bet,
providing Burns received a guaran
tee of $30,000 of a purse. As such
terms were considered unfair by both
Johnson and Fitzpatrlck,." they have
decided to cross the ocean and make
Burns elghter fight or crawl.
"We are going to get a fight with
Burns or make him quit the ring,"
said Fitzpatrlck.
Yeggliicii Loot a Safe.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Greenville, S. C., April 21. Yegg
mcm blew the safe in Carpenter's
drug store. In which there is a sub-
postofilee, last night and got away
with several hundred dollars. There
is no clue to the robbers, but detect
ives are at work oa the case.
KERNERSVILLE
had Auto Smashup Near
Rockefeller Property
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 21 Two auto
drivers and two mechanics out for a
practice spin over the Briar Cliff
course today, In preparation, for Fri
day's big cup race, were badly hurt,
one of them fatally, near East View,
adjoining John D. Rockefeller's But
termilk farm property. George Rob
ertson, driving a Panhard car, was
going at a terrifflc clip as he ap
proached the East View bridge. Tho
automobile skidded and upset. J. B.
Weed, driving a i Matheson car,
jumped the stone bridge over Saw
mill river and he and his two me
chanics and the automobile plunged
into the water.
Robertson, who has a record of a
mile a minute, was alone in his Pan
hard and how the accident happened
Is not known. There is a, bad turn
Just before leaching tho bridge. A.
L. Campbell and Ralph Palmer fol
lowed Robertson, but the latter was
far ahead.
When Campbell and Palmer
reached the bridge, Robertson was
Jylng unconscious beside the parapet,
with the automobile overturned and
badly wrecked on the other Bide. Ap
parently he had dashed into the para
pet. Campbell and Palmer lifted Rob
ertson, Htlll unconscious, Into their
car and started on a record run for
East View hospital. Robertson was
revived, but he was still to dated to
be able to tell how the accident hap
ADVICE OF SERESS.
Juki's If cap of Trouble In Brussels
Brewer's Family.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Brussels, April 21. Seldom has
Brussels been so wrought up as over
the strange case of Mme. Feremans,
wife of a Mallnes brewer, who was
arraigned here accused of hiring paid
blackguards to assaslnate her hus
band. She admitted before the tri
bunal that she had called upon a
Jseress, who had told her if she could
get rid of her husband she would
be happy. The woman said that she
gave three notorious criminals the
sum of $2,000, and they were to get
a bonus if successful in disposing -of
the dead body. The plot failed.
M. Foremans has brought counter
charges against his wife. In addi
tion to the more serious charge of
having attempted to tako his life,
he asesrts she thrashed hirj so he
wants legal redress.
TRAIL OF NEGRO
Hunted Muii Killed Prominent
and Wealthy Planter Archer
This Mm
(By. Leased Wire to The Times.)
Jackson, Miss., April 21. in ac
cordance with the request of the
sheriff of Claiborne county, Governor
Noel has ordered a pack of blood
hounds to Port Gibson for- the pur
pose of chasing a negro who shot ami
killed Branch Archer, a -.'-prominent
and wealthy planter, this morning.
Gov. Noel also ordered the captain of
the local militia to hold his command
In readiness to protect the negro from
violence in case he is captured.
"Deadly Wallop In Roth Hands."
(By Leased Wire to The Times) :
Boston, Mass., April 21. -Harry
Lewis, Of Philadelphia, knocked out
Honey Mellody, of Charlestown, who
had never been beaten at the welter
weight limit since he defeated Joe
Walcott for the title, in the fourth
of a scheduled 15-round bout last
night. Lewis was the cleverer of the
two by far and carried a deadly wal
lop in both hands.
"My Idea, of Matrimony,"
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Middletown, N. Y., April 21. Fer
dinand Plnney Earle, of "affinity"
fame, it is announced is trying to en
gage the town hall at Monroe and
will lecture on "My Idea of Matrimony."
L00DH0
UNDS0N
at Buttermilk Farm
pened. He is in a serious condition.
J. B. Weed, who was entered for
Friday's race as the driver of the
Blanchl car, was out today for his
practice spin in a Matheson car with
his two helpers,- Charles Murry and
James Wood. All three live at the
Lincoln hotel In Manhattan. Weed's
car was the first car out today, The
road was still muddy and broken in
parts. The road was In particularly
bad shape as the car approached
Brown's Mills, a mile north of East
View. The stone bridge crosses' Saw
mill river at this point, and the
course leads over it. Weed was driv
ing at a good pace and tried to take
the sharp turn in the road at the
bridge without slackening speed. The
machine hit the bridge, and the Im-
I petus was so great that the car
leaped over the bridge Into the river
bolow, carrying all three men with it.
James Allen, driving a Kingston
car, was behind Weed. When Allen
reached the bridge he and his me
chanic helped the three men up the
river bank and put them In the Kln-
ston car. The Matheson car was a
total wreck. Allen rushed the three
men to East View hospital, and then
ho ran Into Tarrytown and got Dr.
C. W. Fatrchild and brought him
back to East View with medical sup
plies. Weed had a broken leg and
the surgeon set It. Murray was more
dangerously hurt. He Is believed to
have Internal Injuries . and it is
though he will not recover. Weed
was badly bruised and shaken up.
All
GHT
IS
POLLED
Little Interest BfJhowa
in School and Road
Elections
Total number registered
1,980.
Total number voted, 732.
Total number for, 54 S.
Total number against, 1S4.
Enough votes to carry, 391
Unless the citizens of Raleigh
township bestir themselves between
this hour 3:45 and 8:52, both the)
propositions for good SchooU and'
good roads wiil be lost. Little inter-j
est is' being taken -in foe election.!,!
most of the voters registered prefer-j
ring to remain away from the polls
rather than feo up and vote. Every
man who is registered and does not j
vote at all is counted as voting .
against both propositions.
From the results so far. learned,-!
it is conceded that the two ipcas tyres !
have chances to carry. A deal might-
be done before now and the time the
polls close, and it is possible th.it
enough men may be induced to tide
the measures safely over.
Large numbers of the working poo- j
pie have not yet voted, and will not;
vote until after 5:30 or 6 o'clock, !
and the result cannot be learned iin-J
til G. It is probable, ho vever, thai j
the measures will be carried. .'.'
- Returns at 2 O'clock. j
The results, so far as could he as-'
certalned at 2 o'clock this afternoon, i
were: " '
First ward, first divistoi Regis
tered, 250; for schools and roads 72;
against 27. Voted, 99. :v
First ward, second division' Reg
istered, 230; for school X6, rtid
roadsG; against, 59. oted, 95.,
Second ward, first division- Reg
istered, ISO. In this division 95 have
voted, three-fourths of whom are for
tho schools and roads.
Second ward, second division
Registered. 2 )8; for schools, 59; for
roads, 3S ; against schools, 18;
against roads, 39. Voted, 77. .
Third ward, first division Regis
tered, 190; for, schools. 100; for
roads, 104; against schools, 20;
against roads, 1C. Voted, 120.
Third ward, second division Res
tored, !); for schools, 17: for roads,
10; against schools, 13; against
roads, 12. Voted, 30.
Fourth ward, first division Reg
istered, 128. Here sixty-nine have
voted, with opposition to schools and
roads slightly in the lead.
Fourth ward, second division
Registered, 7S; for schools', 25; for,
roads, 13; : against schools, 12;
against roads, 28. Voted, 37.
Outside east, north division Reg-
terea, 160; for schools, 3.'! ; for roads,
68; against schools, 56; against
roads, 72. Voted, SI".
Outside east, south division Reg
istered, 114; for schools and roads,
78; against, 4. Voted, 82.
Outside west, north division Reg
istered, . 160;..-for schools, 33; for
roads, 68; against schools, 56;
against roads, 72. Voted, 101.
- Outside west, south division Reg
istered, 170. Here 38 have voted,
but the pollholders have not kept ac
count of votes.
Shoots Wife and Stranger. '"'-''.'
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, April 21. Jerome Mar
cotti, engineer at the Revere house,
in a jealous rage shot bis wife, whom
he discovered in a saloon and con
cert hall, killed William Meyers, 25
years old, a stranger who was stand
ing at the bar, and then attempted to
commit suicide.
Bishop Will Not Survive Nljrlit.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Columbia, S. C, April 21 Bishop
Capers, of the Episcopal, church,' -la
very low. He has been growing
weaker every hour. A member of tho
family said at. 2:50 this afternoon:
"We do not expect him to survive
the night."
Jersey Boy Beats Rurkeye Lad.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Los Angeles, Cal., April 21.
Twenty-five hundred sailors and ma
rines from the battleships and more
than 200 women and girls witnessed
tho navy boxing contests at Chute'3
park yesterday; Tulinskl of the bat
tleship New Jersey won the light
weight championship of the fleet, de
feating Myers of the battleship Ohio
In eight rounds.-'-' Jim .leffffrlea acted
ag referee.
BEING
'ROBERT- ROBINSON SUICIDES."
Told His Wife He'd Kill Her Too,
But He Didn't.
(By Leased Wire to The, Times)
Washington, D. C, April 21.
Robert Lee Robinson, a glasblower,
j of Alexandria, Va., committed sui
I cido last night by drinking carbolic
i acid. Robinson quarreled with his
J wife last week. She left him and
came to her mother's home in Washington.-'.'.
'Last night Mrs. Robinson
accompanied her sisters to a theatre.
Daring the performance Robinson
called for her and told her their baby
was sick and that she was needed at
home.
. He accompanied her and on her
way told her he intended to kill her
and himself. Mrs. Robinson started
to run and Robinson, drawing a bot
tle from his pocket, drank its con
tents. He then hunted up." a' police
man, and told him what he had done.
Robinson, died in the ambulance on
tho way to the hospital.
S
By Mnown Man Who Fires
From Ambush One Mii-
lemains
(By Cable to The Times) :
rV'iisa.ccila, Fla., April 21. One of.
the strikebreakers recently'' Import! il
iby the '-IVnsucnlii Eieetr'c company
to take the places of the men who re
cently wtnt out On strike 'was shot
ami killed :it noon today from ambush'
an an unknown party while a -Kupfrlan
Park car was returning to the city.
Gas Jet Kills Miss Buckley.
: (By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 21 . Miss Grace
Buckley, the 21-year-old daughter of
II. H. Buckley, of 398 Halsey street,
Brooklyn, was killed last night by
gas asphyxiation, said to be caused
by the 'carelessness', of a plumber."
The gas jet in her bedroom was fixed
yesterday by the plumber, who tight
ened up tho stopcock so It was im
possible to turn it completely off.
Today when her grandmother, lrs.
Forbes, entered the room she found
Miss Buckley dead in bed, with gas
escaping from the fixture;.' A physi
cian was called, but the girl had been
dead some hours.
Commercial Bar Silver.
( By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York', April 21. Commercial
bar silver 54 unchanged. Mexican
dollars 47c, unchanged.
Opponents cf B
;VK:ains
(By Leased Wire to The Times) ;
Chicago, ...April 21. William Jen
nings Bryan has become seriously
concerned over the progress his. op
ponents' are' making.: His visit to
Michigan was undertaken, it is de
clared, in the nope that the slate.
! which he suddenly had learned he is
i in danger of losing, could be saved.
His conciliatory course in Illinois is
the result of fear that an uniiistruct
ed delegation may be sent from the
Springfield convention next week if
I he gives aid or encouragement to the
Opponents of the slate organization.
He has lost New York and Pennsyl
vania and New England, it is report
ed, will send tnilnstriicted delegates.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
will take an uninstructed delegation
to Denver, according to statements
he has made.
Not one Atlantic coast state, anti
Bryan men say, will ,send a Bryan
delegate to the natlonaf convention.
Ohio presents a hard contest. Min
nesota Is Instructed for Gov. John
son. California, Oregon and Wash
ington are claimed for Johnson, and
they claim Bryan faces the probabil
ity that ho will fall considerably
short of the two-thirds necessary for
nomination.
' The Illinois state 'convention, it Is
predicted, will instruct for Bryan on
. Thursday at Springfield, not because
the leading men in the Rtate organi
zation desire to do so, but because
they feel bound by a promise. Bryan
was told thut it he would keep his
TRIKE
REAKER
HOT AND KILLED
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CREWOFSMACK
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Rescued By Ladew's YacM
But Denniiess In Great
-SO- CWy
-.' (By Leased Wire to The Times). .
Nov York, April 21. The steam
yacht Columbia, belonging to George
H. Ladew, the millionaire banker, ar
rived In port from Fernandlna, Fla.,
and Nassau, the Baliamas.'today with
.three fieshermei) on board .; rescued
from their fast-sinking vessel at the
height of a northwest . gale, off
Charleston, S. C. The three .are Capt..
Garner, George Boniface and Rhodes
Bell of the fishing smack Star, of
Charles. on.
They went out . for a haul last
Thursday- morning. Friday a f ternoou
the. northwest storm sprang up and
the -little smack could make no head
way against it. .-The only course was
to drive before the wind, out to sea.
When the Columbia sighted the
smack, Capt. Garner had hoisted a
blanket on the stump of a mast. The
rest of it. had been snapped off by the
wind. The stern had loosened and
was in iniinent danger of parting
from the rest of the vessel, then leak
ing badly.
The sea was running too high for
the Columbia to risk lowering a boat.
Capt". John'' Bond. 6 the yacht, ma-
; npeuvered his vessel so that he came
' up under the smack's lee and then,
! between the height of the terrific
'seas, the 'Columbia threw a rope to
: the Star, Three times: the men
caught the rope and were hauled
through the water to the yacht, one.
at a tune. The three are stranded
here penniless; Mr. l.adew and his
pany were not on the yacht when
she Jell. ':
(Jets Ducket Shop Patron, Too.
Albany, N. Y., April 21. - The as
sembly, has passed the O'Brien anti
buc.kctshop bill .with only one vote in
the' negative.'. This bill makes all
transactions on margin or deals In
futures felonies, It defines bucket
shops, and penalizes not only the per
son or firm which maintains such an
establishment, but all patrons who
happen to be caught in the place
All Over Land
hands off the internal affairs of the
state he could have the Illinois dele
gation.
The Johnson campaigners have
told Illinois democrats that if .they
could win Illinois and Ohio they
would regard, the defeat, of Bryan as
a certainty. They have some hope of
winning:' Ohio, at least to the extent
ef preventing Bryan instructions, -but-
they came into Illinois many months
too late.
Many thousand copies of this letter
have lieen sent from Johnson head
quarters into Kentucky and the
south:
"It appears to us thai the time is
ripe for the., democrats of the coun
try to turn their faces from the past
to the future and get .together 'with
a view to victory. We think that one
of the essentials of Victory this year
Is "a strong candidate, who will be nc
eeptnblo to the party as a whole,
rather than any particular wing or
section of it. It is wilh that feeling
that the democrats of Minnesota
have presented Gov. John A. John
son, of that state, ns n candidate for
the democratic nomination to the
presidency;
"Tlie conditions governing the
presidential contest this year are
such that if the party will use good
Judgment and proceed tactfully and
discreetly we will bo able to escape
from the tradition of defeat that
have come down to us from 1896,
1900 and 1904 and put a man of our
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Retains New Counsel in Effort
to Get Out of Mattewan
Asylum
DIVORCE SUIT OF WIFE
Stirs Slayer of Stanford White
to Desperate Steps Toward
His Liberty
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 21. Casting: aside
the advice of his bother and his entire
family, Harry Kendall Thaw, the
slayer of Stanford White, has .plans
made to demand in the supreme court
today a writ of habeas corpus which
seeks to have him declared sane and
'released-from the state asylum at Mat
tel) wan.. ; '.
Thaw, stung by' the refusal of his
mother to aid his fight for freedom and
the action brought by his young wife
to annul their marriage, has taken the
bit between his teeth and forced his
lawyers to act. He Insists on fighting
the suit brought by his wife, and wants
l-.i he free so he may better accomplish
his purpose, James S. Graham, of
-Xewburg, N. Y., has been retained by
Thaw' in his fight for freedom.
Mr. Oraham obtained from Justice
Morsi hauser, of the supreme court, an
order directing Superintendent Baker,
of Matteawan asylum, to permit Thaw
to sign the application for a writ of
habeas corpus. This application was
signed yesterday and Is ready to be
pivHenu.-' to Justice Morsehauser at
White Plains today.
When news of Thaw's plans reached
the. .office 'of the New York district at
torney, Mr. Jerome liad immediately
steps taken to fight the action with all
the energy and power that Mr. Jerome
and his assistants can command.
Mr. Jerome announced that he would
appear in person to contest the applica
tion for a writ when it is presented by
Attorney Graham today. Assistant
District Attorney Garvan, who aided
in the prosecution of Thaw at both
trials, will accompany Mr. Jerome to
White Plains.
" Mr. Graham, the attorney acting1 for
Thaw, and who was private secretary
to former Gov. B. B. Odell, expressed
ho fear of the outcome when told of
the sudden activity of the district at
torney's office. He said:
"I have been retained by Mr. Thaw
solely to secure his release from Mat
teawan and have no connection with
his suit for divorce or other matters.
I h ive scon my client several times at
Matteawan', and I believe he Is per
fectly snile and of tho opinion that he
will'. be-released on habeas corpus pro
ceedings. lie personally - gave me di
rections to ask for the writ, and I have
not consulted any other counsel or
members of his family, with the excep
tion of Mr. Peabody, by wbom I was
ret a ined. .'.-."
"We will .proceed in the matter with
all the haste possible. I believe th
writ nf habeas corpus will be Issued
within -a week. The issuance, of .'the
writ is a formality, nnd cannot be de
nied.": ".
Mr. Graliam declined to discuss tho
'effect hich the application to declare
Thaw sane will have upon the suit for
annulment brought by , his wife, In
which' she charges that he was Insane
at the time of their marriage.
The ..direct cause of the filing of the
petition at this time Is said to be
Thaw's determination to contest his
wife's suit for divorce. Mrs. Evelyn
I Thaw, It is known, has been anxious
that her suit for annulment of mar
riage be conducted with the utmost
possible speed. It is said she Is anx
ious to be' securely, hidden far from
New York when Thaw Is relcasod.
Jlrs. William Thaw, It is said, has
made plans to spend the summer in
Kurope with her daughter, the former
Countess', of Yarmouth, and is stren
uously opposed to any action, at this
Ihne which would have as Its object
the release of her son.
'Thaw has bitterly resented what lie
terms the desertion of his family, and
he lias been urging Attorney Peabody
for weeks past to beg-in legal proceed
ings to secure his liberty. Ever since
the papers in the suit of his wife were :
served, he has, assumed a most bellig
erent altitude and there have been sev
eral violent scenes at the hospital when
his attorneys called to see him.
Thuw Has Improved Physically.
Matteawan, N. Y., April 21. Dr.
Amos T. Baker, who has had per
sonal supervision of Thaw's case,
speaking somewhat reluctantly of
Thaw's condition said:
"He has Improved physically. He
has not, however, Improved in spir
its, and seems dally to become more
impatient."