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. " - s , 4 r .. ;".,"". :. f fT-: . , V": '..'. -'. . : . . : J ,..-..,.,.....-.. ? v . v.' , :'.v. , : . . . , . . . . ' . ' -. ' . . Weather. Washington, D. C, Not 6 Fore , cast for North Carolina for tonight and Saturday: - Fair with frost to- night. Saturday falrnd warmer. ' ' VOLUME S3. RALEIGH, N. C., FEIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908. PRICE 6 CEOT3. 2nd Edition SPENT THE NIGHT IN GLOOMY CELLS Morse and Curtis Are found ,. ilolisy of Making False ' Entries TOOK VERDICT CALMLY Sprat Uncomfortable Night in Jail and Both Appeared Haggard This . Morning Prisoners Sent Out For Breakfast This Morning-?-Lawyers i For Defense Hold Conference As to Future Action Jury Was Oat For Twenty-Seven Hours Mrs. Curtis Not in Court When Verdict Was Returned. ,.. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 6 Charles W. Morse was sentenced to 15 years In the federal prison in Atlanta today by Judge Hough In the federal court. Alfred H. Curtis, who was convict ed with Morse, succeeded in having his sentence suspended. Judge Hough said: "After careful consideration, which was entirely In accord with my views, together with the position taken by the .district attorney I feel that the ends of juntlce can best be served without inflicting a prison term on the defendant Curtis. "I don't believe, and the evidence does not show, that Curtis embarked on the illegal transactions with the intent to benefit himself. He made his first false step when he became subject to the master-mind of his employer. He knew his acts were wrong, but he was unable to break himself of the master hold. His feeble efforts at reform met with lit tle consideration at the hands of a supine board of directors. He con tinued in the .Illegal' path, hoping against hope that the end would come and that the bank would not suffer. "He has met total financial ruin through the collapse of the bank. "The evidence shows that his per sonal honesty has not been shaken, and I take this opportunity to de clare my confidence in him. I think that justice will be well served by sentencing you to five years and sus pending the said sentence." Turning to Morse, Judge Hough ; said: "The evidence showed that you, Morse, fathered an illegal scheme to use the bank and the bank's funds for your own speculative purposes. . "If by an adequate sentence, repe titions of your crime are not pre vented, the public will be entirely at the mercy of any financial institution who cares to act as you did. "I sentence you, Morse, to 15 years In the federal penitentiary." Immediately after sentence had been pronounced on Morse his coun sel asked for a writ of error for an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals and on this a ten days' stay of execution of the sent ence was granted. Counsel then ap pealed for bail to be fixed bo that Morse would not have to spend the interim in jail. ' Mrs. Curtis collapsed while Judge 'Hough was speaking, and she had to be led from the room by her friends. She 'did not hear that sentence bad been suspended on her husband until he joined her, a free, wan, in one of , the rooms off the corridor. But she was so weak and distraught that the news hardly revived her. She Is al most a nervous wreck. ' Mrs. Morse, In another part of the court-room, in spite of the far heav ier burden she had to bear in hearing th sentence of 15 yekrs in jail, re mained calm for a few minutes. Then the full weight of what the sentence meant seemed to dawn upon ber and she fell upon the shoulder of young Harry Morse and burst into sobs until she,- too, had to be led from the room. y The crowd that had filled the court room rushed out into the corridor af tor Curtis had left the room and it had heard the sentence of Morse. The sympathy with Curtis was genu- Ine and general. Some of the crowd cheered Curtis as he passed Into the room where his, wife was. To Appear tor Sentence. (By L'eased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 6 After an un comfortable night spent in a cell in the Tombs it was ordered that Chas. VT, Morse and Alfred H. Curtis, con victed of misappropriating funds of the National Bank of North America and of making false entries, should appear In the United States court for lenience today, ; , When Morse and Curtis were roused UU morning they were both haggard. They had spent the night 1 in cell No. 728, in the "Federal tier." Their neighbors were counterfeiters and other offenders against the laws of the United States. Curtis had seemed dazed when he entered the cell. He sat on his bunk, with bowed head. Morse tried to cheer up his fellow-prisoner, but the former bank president answered the deposed ice king in manasyllables. Before. 10 o'clock Curtis had gone to bed.- i , ., ' ' '' , , Morse, when Curtis' had fallen asleep, called Keeper Charles . A. Davis to the cell door. "Will you get me a night robe?" he asked. "This was overlooked when my son packed my suit case." .- Davis replied that he had no night robe at hand. Morse Insisted that he could not sleep without the robe. He did not ask for pajamas. . Morse went to his bunk in a bad humor when his repeated requests failed. He tossed restlessly all night and When the prisoners were called at 6 a. m. he seemed little refreshed. Curtis apparently enjoyed his rest lit tle more. The two prisoners did not content themselves with the early Tomb's breakfast of bread and coffee. They sent for more substantial fare from a near-by restaurant. In. spite of his restless night Morse ate with more apparent relish than did Curtis. The law provides for each of the charges of which they have been found giulty a penalty of not less than Ave years and not more than ten years In jail. ; Following passing of the sentence today their counsel will apply for a writ of error and ask that pending de cision the men may be admitted to bail.- Ex-Judge Olcott, of counsel for Curtis, and MacFarlane, counsel for Morse, held a conference at the rooms of the bar association to formulate plans for the future defense of their clients. There is only one appeal from the decision, and that lies with the United States circuit court of appeals, which in this district is com posed of Judges Lacombe Ward and Coxe, and that court alone has the (Continued on Second Page.) HA1NS LAWYERS WILL CONFER (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 6 It was decided to day by counsel for Captain Peter C, Halns, Jr., and his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, that the defense will prepare Its case on Sunday during an all-day conference between the lawyers and the prisoners in the Queens county Jail. ; Joseph A. Shay, who is associated with former Assistant District At torney John F. Mclntyre as counsel for the Hains brothers, was -authority tor this information. He declared that the lawyers would spend the whole day In Jenkins' cell and if Captain Hains was rational enough, go over the case with him too. Mrs. Peter C. Hains, Sr., mother of the Halns brothers, collapsed today at Fort Hancock. This is the second time she succumbed to a nervous breakdown since her two sons were imprisoned for the killing of William E. Annls. . George Stallings to N. V. Americans. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 6 George Stall ings will manage the New York American league team . next year, This was announced by President Ferrell yesterday. The president of the Highlanders states that Stallings will be given a free hand In the man agement of the team and will in every way be encouraged financially to put a winner In the Held. Professor Emerson Dead. " (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York. Nov. 6 A cablegram from Tokio announces the death of Dr. Edwin Emerson, former profes sor of English literature in Troy Uni versity, a writer of some distinction, and who numbered among his inti mate friends Gladstone and BUmark. Professor Emerson had been living In Japan for several years. Twelve Drinks Too Much. Chicago, Nov. 6 Eleven drinks of Westhammond whiskey caused the death of Charles Wishing, a husky laborer, yesterday. Wlshlng's death was the result of a wager of $1 with a fellow laborer that he could take fifteen drinks of whiskey without pausing. At the end of the twelfth drink he fell Into a stupor from which he never awoke. ' Nevada Completely Democratic. Reno, Nev., Nov. 6 Nevada's lo cal ticket Is more completely demo cratic this year than at any other time tn her history. The legislature, which has been in doubt, turns out to ba entirely democratic. Senator Nawlands -Will be ratdmsd bv a eood majority, i Bartlett wins by a heavy! plurality, tor congress. INDEPENDENT VS V. C. IndepenilentCoinpaiilas Offer ing Sulphuric Acid Below Prevailing Prices TALK OF COMBINATION Tiiimitinii fritiua.t. r'rmiltrnv'u Vuii'lw. ronncd Chemical and Fertilizer Company Makes a Contract With Gerniofoit Fertiliser Company, By Which the Latter Sells the Entire Output of Sulphuric Acid of the Copper Company Trouble Pre dicted When Copper Company Re clined to Accept Terms of Virginia ; Carolina Chemical Company. , (By Leased Wire to The Times) . New York, Nov 6 Sharp cuts have been made in the price of sulphuric, acid sold to fertilizer companies in the south as a result of the entrance of the Tennessee Copper Company In the manufacture of sulphuric acid. The entire fertilizer trade, which de pends Upon this acid and rock phos phate as the basic elements, has as a result of these cuts beau greatly dis turbed It appears that the Tennes see Copper Company's newly-formed chemical and fertilizer company has made a contract with the Germofort Fertilizer Company by which the lat ter sells the entire output of sul phuric acid of the copper company. Trouble was predicted In the ferti lizer trade of the south when it be came known that the Tennessee Cop per Company declined to accept the terms of the Virginia-Carolina Chem ical Company and made ooa tract with the .Germofort company for the sale of aM Its acid. The latter is an independent company, and it immedi ately began to do business with other independent fertilizer mixers by of fering sulphuric acid at from $4 to $5 a ton below the prevailing prices. As a result there has been'a general scaling of prices. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company is by far the most import ant fertilizer concern in the south. It was at first reported that the output of acid of the Tennessee Copper Com pany's subsidiary company would be handled . by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, but terms could not be made satisfactory to the cop per company. There is now talk of a combination of independent ferti lizer companies with the Germofort company as the nucleus, ROCKEFELLER AT DESK Standard Oil Employes Are Agitated Sudden Reappearance of Head of the Trust at Offices Causes Some of the Employes to Fear a 81iake-u When He First Came Back Was Personally Unknown to Majority . of Men. -V . (By Leased Wire to The Times) , New York, Nov. 6 The sudden reappearance of John D. Rockefeller in his office ln the Standard Oil 1,000 employes In the big building. The head of the great corporation has been an almost dally visitor dur ing the past ten days. When Mr. Rockefeller first put In an appear ance ten days ago he was personally unknown to the majority of the oc-' cupants of the offices. For fourteen years he had not put foot ,ln the building and the younger men and women who met him did. not know who the quiet, almost apologetic old gentleman who stepped softly Into the elevator was. When the big man kept on occupying his desk for two or three hours a day employes began to dread a shake-up. Yesterday Mr. Rockefeller arrived at No. 26 Broadway at 10 O'clock' in the morning and remained 'until 11:30. He met a number of his sec-, retarleg and trasnacted a volume of business. A man that knows all that is im portant ln Standard Oil business, said: "Although he has not set foot hero for fourteen ysars, Mr. Rocke feller hai been In close touch with Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold. His j - (Continued 1 oh Second Page.) , ' COMPANY TAHI WILL BE RUSHED Republican leaders Giving Serious Consideralioii to Early -Disposition BETTER FOR BUSINESS Work Tariff Revision Will rrob ably be Begun in Short Session of Congress Leaders Want to Get the Tariff Question Out of the Way as Qufckly as Possible so That ; Normal Business Conditions Can Ensue as Quickly as Possible. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Nov. 6 With nothing to hinder the formation of plans tor the approaching Session of congress, and the extra session which the new administration is pledged to convene, party leaders are-now. giving' serious consideration to a plan to rush tariff revision through at the earliest pos sible moment, It Is admitted on all sides that uncertainty will prevail In certain lines of industry until the tariff has been4 revised. In order to demonstrate that there Is a willingness on the part of the ad ministration to go out of its way to relieve this resitancy on the part of business men to extend their trade, some of the leaders are not averse to taking up tariff revision at the short session Instead of waiting until Presi dent Taft calls the extra .session. Senator Aldrlch, ' of -Rhode Island, who called at the. white house today to exchange ' mutual expressions of good will and felicitation with the president on the elect'on, said that in his opinion that the house could easily take up tariff at the .short session. Whether congress would dispose of the question before March A, was a ques tion In his mind. ! "It does not seem, possible to me that tarl ff, re vision cane dlspos:ji of at th"eShbTf session,' said the sena'tor'.' 'l' would very much like to see it done but I do not believe that conditions in the senate are such that we could handle the matter. Still. If our demo cratic friends interposed no objections and permitted the legislation to go through without unnecessary delays wo might be able to accomplish the task." Representative Ernest W Roberts, of Boston, who also called on President Roosevelt, spoke hopefully of the pos sibility of putting tariff revision through the house at the short session. "We all realize," said Mr. Roberts, "that the sooner we get this question of tariff out ot the way the better it will be all around. Industries can get down to a good working basis when they know what to expect In this di rection, and the sooner we let them know the bettor. I believe the matter could be handled in the house, but be lieve it would be difficult to get It through the senate." BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY SriatcM Yaltible Papers From Expressman The Expressman Had a Grip Filled With Money Also But the Thief Only Secured the Papers Mr. John Johnson, the Expressman, Thinks It Waa a Negro. A bold highway robbery was com mitted at the Express office, near the union depot, at about 5:30 o'clock this morning. The Kxpress Company waa loath to give out any information, hence the facts are meagre. It seems that Mr. John Johnson, who is the night man, met the Southern train from Greensboro and .4 received two satchels, one with money ln it, and the other full of valuable papers. As he drew near the door of the of fice, which is only a few yards from the shed, an unknown man grabbed one of the satchels and away he went. Luckily for the Express Com pany, he got the one full of valuable papers and the one with the money was not bothered. On securing the grip the thief "lit a rag" up the rail road, and, although the police and officers have scoured the surround ing country, he has not yet been ap prehended. " Mr. Johnson only got a glimpse ol him, but he thinks it was a negro. Vote in Moore. Carthage, Nov. 6 The official re turns from Moore county gives a, ma jority for county and legislative ticket of 234 to 461. Kltchln re ceived 1,219 votes and Cos 176; Page, for congress, received 1,244 and Waltier 969; Taft received 1,077 and Bryan 1,109. t SHAKE-UP AT FORT HAMILTON War Deparltnent Will Strip Fort of lis Staff of Com maadloo Officers MERE ROUTINE CHANGE Fort Where Hains-Annls Scandal l)e velcped to be Entirely Overturned and Will be Left Barren of Its So-cial4Lifc- A Mere Routine Change, Says the Department, But Others Say Change is Made Because of the Revelations Made in the Hains Af fair Was a Gay Fort, (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 6 The World this morning says: The war department, it has become known, has given the military garrison at Fort Hamilton, where the Halns j Annis scandal and tragedy developed, ; one of the biggest shape-ups In its : history. The fort is to be stripped not only of its staff of commanding officers, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Henry ;M. Ludlow, but Is to be deprived of the post band, one of the largest and best in the service. Under the drastic order, which : Is to go into effect In about a 'week, the staff and band will be transferred to , Fort Mancock, at Sandy Hook, and Fort Hamilton will then be left barren (of the great social Inspiration, music ' which has long made It one of the gayest centers of army life In America. The official explanation of the change Is that it is a mere routine procedure, due to the request of Colonel Harris, the commander of the chain of forts In Brooklyn, at Sandy Hook and on Staten Island. The colonel, it is said, jis due to retire from the service in a year, .and does not care to undergo the trouble of removing himself and his household, for such a Jort .period.f.rom Is present headquarters at Sandy Hook to Fort Hamilton, ' According to a statement made by one of the officers at Fort Hamilton, the real reason that lurks behind the wholesale change in the personnel of " the garrison is to be found In the revelations as to the frolics at the post contained In the alleged letters of Mrs. '' Halns. wife of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., who with his brother, Thornton J. Hains, Is under indictment for the kill ing of William B. Annis, the publisher and yachtsman. According to these letters, the gen uineness of which is denied by Mrs. Claudia Hains, some of the officers and their' wives and friends led a very mer ry life at 'Fort .Hamilton," which often concentrated Itself In bacchanalian revel at which men and women drank themselves "under the table," card playing,', gambling and drinking were vividly portrayed in the alleged mis sive. BUSINESS PICKING UP Many Indrustries in Chicago Busy Steel Company Takes Back Men and bo Does Pullman Palace Car Com panyPackers Feel the lloom Chicago Men Resume the March to Prosperity. '. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Nov. 6 Western Steel and Foundry Company takes on 50a men and will employ 1,000 additional within a month, Pullman Car Works takes back 2, G00 men and will Increase its force 2500 more. Inland Steel Mill Indian Harbor, runs full force with 1,800 employes and plans to use 1,000 more ln new Ninety-first steel plant. Illinois Steel Company increases force by 1,500 men and eventually will employ 12, 000. Steel trusts plant at Gary will add 500 men to Us payroll by January 1 and plans to use 12,000. - Packers feel the: boom, whlcii means work for thousands at the stock yards. Bank deposits increase, especially savings deposits. Furniture factories resume and leather, machinery and railway sup ply houses report rush orders. State street prepares to supply tieavy demands which already are In dicated by the shopping public and by out-of-town orders. Chicago business men have resum ed the march to prosperity. Careful sstimates by members of the Chicago Association of Commerce Indicates that more than. 18,000 workers have found place for full work lu the two days since the election. These same men predicted that before January 1 40,000 additional wage -garners would be given employment? ; ' Some Opinions of Prominent Chicago Business lien. ' D. R. Forgan, president of the Na t'onal City Bank ofV3hicago: The banks of Chicago discounted the elec-. tion. Now that every one Is settled, Improvement Is expected in all lines. Frank Hibbard, of Hlbbard, Spen cer, Bartlett Company: It is tooj early for us to feel the result. Our j improvement in business will comet second hand,, through the retailer. I Thewhole hardware line expects I steady improvement and i3 preparing I to meetslitcrased demand. . J. Ogden Armour: We are expect ing a steady Increase In business and contemplate enlargements in the near' future. E. T. Hendry, of Joseph T. Ryer son & Company, building material: j Business has been extremely quiet in i the steel line. We all look for a I gradual increase in employment and output Railroad buying will be largely Increased at once and busl ness very largly Increased. TAFT HAS GOOD MAJORITY. Latest Returns Give Him a Majority' w " of About 4,000 in Missouri. ; statement by President-elect Taft (By Leased Wire to The Times) ! caused a fresh outburst of enthusiasm St. Louis, Nov. 6 Returns com-. m Wail street this morning; The t" ? ,ait71iCl0C!C th1,m,orninf gI,'e stock market became almost buoyant Taft 317,124 votes In Missouri, and Bryan 312,889; a plurality for Taft ln the ear,y fading, establishing new of 4,235. .high records in all the active Issues. Hadley's plurality for governor Is Steel, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific 16,993. I and the Copper shares were leaders. Returns almost complete give Stone ; . . , the senatorial nomination over Folk Transactions were very heavy during by 18,829. As the legislature is dem-;tne first hour of tly session. Speclal- ocratic on Joint ballot by six votes, Stone is assured of re-election to the : senate, provided all democrats in the legislature aDiae ny tne advisory vote public and in addition to this there of the primary. That they will do was feverish covering of short coa this is by no means certain, and tracts by professional traders who there are predictions of a senatorial gold yesterday afternoon when the deadlock. i Northern Pacific extra dividend was Lioutenat-Governor John C. Mc- announced Metal shares were the Kinley probably has won the repub- favorites at the opening, with Smel lican senatorial nomination over , ters showing a gain of 2 points and Richard C. Kerens, by 15,000 votes, j steel common touching a new high CREW RESCUED (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov, 6 The Austrian common and preferred, and Ameri steamer Maria arrived today, bring- can Car & Foundry. In the railway ing seven shipwrecked seamen, the department Union Pacific, Southern crew of the schooner R. D. Spear; Pacific and Northern Pacific were the The Spear sailed from Philadelphia leaders, all selling at the highest fig October 28 for Cal as, Me. When ures of the year. St. Paul rose to within two miles of Scotland Light- 145. Even New York Central be ship a northeast gale carried away came cheerful and advanced 1 the headgear and some sails, The schooner failed to make an anchorage inside Sandy Hook and was driven to sea. She sprang a leak and was foundering when the Maria came along. The schooner Was aban-', doned about 450 miles from Sandy! Hook. I DAIRY 1XSTIITTE. Prof. Conover Tells of the Great Suc cess of the Institute in Henderson County Sanitary Condition in Ashevllle. I Prof. J. A. Conover, of the state de-' partment of agriculture, has just re turned from an extended visit to the western part of the state. From Oc tober 26 to 31 he assisted in the dairy demonstration institute, the first meeting of its kind In the state, at the farm of Mr. Jonathan Case, in Henderson county. Dr. Tait Butler, state veterinarian. Prof. B. H. Rowl, of the United States department of agriculture, and Mr. L. N. McCor- mlck, chief sanilury Inspector of Ashevllle, were present and delivered lectures. The morning sessions were taken up in practical demonstrations in milk-tcstlng and butter-making and afternoons to lecture-work. About 30 were in regular attendance dur-, Ing the whole Institute. Mr. Conover believes that much good was done and all who partici pated ln conducting the institute are: much encouraged over the excellent, showing made. j Mr. Conover stopped at Ashevllle and in company with Mr. McCormlck Inspected the Ashevllle dairies. He says that Ashevllle has the best and cleanest milk supply of any city in the state. I He also Inspected the city market and found It ln first-class order. .-rM McCormlck has had It put In the1 very finest of condition, absolutely clean and spotless. His Is an ex ample that other Inspectors might follow with good results. London Bar Sliver. (By Cable to Tho Timet) London, Nov. 6 Bar silver, steady at 23 l-6d; advance, 8-16d. FRESH OUTBURST OF NTIlUSIASf.I In Wa'l Street Ca jsed By Ecss snriog Statement frcD. Mf. Tafl HOUNDS FOR STOCK Stock Market Became 'Almost Buoy ant in Early Trading, Establishing New High Records In All Active : Isues Genuine Demand For Stocks, on the Part of the Public and Feverish Covering of Contracts by Professional Traders American Cotton-Oil Sold at High Record. '. (By T. C. 8HOTWELL) : ties were also active. V There seemed to be a genuine de- mand for stocks on the part of the record of 51. Amalgamated Cop per wasi also active, making. a new top of 84. 7 Specialties niSared i the strength With international PUmp, American Cotton-Oil, add American Locomotive selling at high record prices. Consolidated Gas and Nat ional Lead were also strong. Stocks of railroad equipment com panies were taken in hand and ad vanced under leadership of American Locomotive, Allis-Chalmers, Doth points. ' ' .. In London, American stocks were strong because of the cutting of tie Northern Pacific melon. Advances in the foreign market averaged about a point throughout the list, Although reports from London said that a settlement of the Lanca shire strike was in sight, the cot ton market in New York opened a trifle lower.! Wheat was also slightly lower. . - On the curb market Cobalt stocks were favorites under leadership Of La Rose, which made a new high record; Nlpisslng and Cobalt Central. Stocks of copper companies in Nevada that can produce the metal at a low cost were also strong in demand. r HAD TWO WIVES. Lived With Them Both, Maintaining Two Separate Households- Charged With. Bigamy. ' ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Nov. 6 For a Ilttlt more than a month. If the allegations 'of the police and his alleged second wife are correct, Herman Falkensteln, a housewrecktng contractor, has been living one day with Mrs. Falkensteln No. 1 and the next day with Mrs. Falkensteln No. 2. To establish ments, both of which Falkensteln furnished and over which he presid ed as head of the house, were main tained In widely separated locations in Chicago. Falkensteln was arrested on a war rant sworn out by Mrs. Falkensteln No. 2, charging him with bigamy. Just how Falkensteln, If the allega tions are true, was enabled to main-' tain two residences and how he ac counted to the two women for his absence from home every other day, Is one of the things in this strange matrimonial mix-up which has not been told. Wife No. 2 was Miss Elvira Smith, of Elkhart, Ind., and she swears she married Falkensteln in May last at Elkhart. Merchant Association. There will bo a meeting of the Merchants' Association tonight at S. o'clock in their rooms. A large ( tendance Is desired, ; . ,, ...... i.