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(Lte Weather. 2nd Edition Washlntgon, D. C.Dec'. 24 Fore cast for North Carolina for tonight arid Friday? Partly cloudy and prob- ably threatening tonight and Friday. Ay ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, THUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS CHRISTMAS EOR SKURA TELLS ANOTHER STORY ARMY TOO SMALL SAYS GEN. BELL MSS RUTH FEATHERSTON WINNER OF THE TIMES' FINE DIAM0MD 1 NEW YORK STOCK FIRM SUSPENDED HAiNS CHILDREN n Firm of Spader & Company Suspended for Term of Three Years CAUSE OF SUSPENSION Suspension ' Result of Operations Which Did Not Come Within the Rules of the Stock Exchange Sus pended For a Period of Three Years Firm Had Had Dealings With the Firm of Charles M. Cos terCoster's Firm Went Bankrupt Because of Crooked Dealings. (By Leased Wire to The Times) : New York, Dec. 24 As a result of operations which did not come within the rules of the New York Stock Ex change Marshall Spader & Company were today suspended from member ship in the. exchange for period of three years. Ever since the suicide of Charles M. Coster, of the firm ' of Coster, Knapp & Company, which threw his -Arm into bankruptcy on account of his speculations of large sums the firm of Marshall Spader & Company has been persistently mentioned as hav ing had dealings with the Costers and Knapper and during all the hearings before Referee Olney efforts have beenmade to see the Marshall Spader books.' -' ; Thoce hearings finally resulted in the arrest of the junior member of the firm of Marshall Spader & Com pany,' L. B. Wood for contempt of court .but he was acquitted Members of the firm of Marshall Spader & Company y are James Marsnan, w. c. . opauei, . "-4the grown-ups, and remembered only shall, Langdon B. Wood, JMlllam H. j the ,UUe chlWren who had n0 tather Martin and Thomas W, Moorehead. ,t ho,d them ,n h,8 arm8 and rep(jal k The floor members of the firm who , tQ them Twa8 - the nlght before were suspended are Thomas Moore-, chrjstmag and afi through the house head and William H. Martin. 1 not a creature was stirring, not even Following is the statement l3sued ,a mouge by Secretary Ely of the Stock Ex-, Of course they will not suffer, the change:: little Hains and Annis children. In Investigating the affairs of the other hands will fill their stockings, late firm of Coster, Knapp & Com- other hearts will try to make Christ pauy, it Was ascertained that many mas fun and cheer for them, but it transactions were had between this will not be the same as when they firm and the firm of Marshall, Spader , had really their own fathers. They & Company. The governing commit- are too young to understand in de tee appointed a special committee to tail the shadow that hangs over the:r investigate the matter, with the. re- young lives, but above all the noise suit that the secretary or tne ex change was lnsructed to prefer charges against Thomas W. Moors hoad and William H. Martin, mem bers of said linn of Marshall, Spader & Company In regard to their trans actions with poster, Knapp & Com pany and with and for other firms and parties, under Section 6 of Ar ticle 17 of the constitution of the ex change that on numerous occasions but particularly on or about the dates mentioned in the specifications or such charges that said Thomas W. Moorehead and William H. Martin had been guilty of conduct and pro ceedings inconsistent with just and nnultable minclDles of trade. "Section 6 of Article 17 of the con- soft as a woman's when he touches Btltutlon reads as follows: his baby girl. Loving the sea and a "'Section 6, a member who shall wanderer by nature, he has tied hlm have been adjudged, by a majority of self down to a dull suburban life the vote of "all the existing members that he might not be parted from his of the eovernlng committee, guilty of child. Most men, left a widower with wilful violation of the constitution of the exchange or of any resolution of the governing committee regulat ing the conduct or business of mem bers, or of any conduct or proceed ing Inconsistent with just and equit able principles of trade ,tnay be sus pended or expelled ,as the said com- mlttoe may determine unless some other penalty is expressly providod fof such offence.' "Thomas W. Moorehead and Wil- Ham H. Martin appeared before the ' Kovernlng committee at a meeting held yesterday and were permitted in i whom their father Is only a money person, to examine and cross-examine j making machine, or a policeman, but all witnesses produced before the. not the six little children who are " committee and also presented such the real victims or the Bayside trag testimony, defense or explanation as eJy. They have all known a father's they deemed proper. love, a father's care, a father's com- "The governing committee deter - minod that they were guilty of three specifications of said charge and of the charge itself, and suspend said Thomas W. Moorehead and William H. Martin for he period of three years commencing from yesterday." Following in part is a statement Issued by Marshall, Spader & Com pany: . -" r "The governing committee has dis ciplined the firm by denying ui the privileges of the exchange for a per iod of three years-on charges of a vio lation of iU rules. - "The action ha nothing whatever to do with our financial responsibili ties. No fraud U charged and no one lti suffered a lost." trains ar.d Amiis" Children Will Have no father lo Play Christmas I Ills Year OTHERS FILL STOCKINGS Tonight in Every Home from Palace to Hovel Little Stockings Will Hang and Children Will Dream of Santa Clans, But Six Little Child ren For First Time Will Have No Father to Play Santa Claus to Them Others, However, Will Fill Their Stockings. (By DOROTHY DIX) New York, Dec. .24 Today is children's day throughout all Christ endom. .. i Tonignt, in every nome irom paiace to hovel, a little stocking will hang by the fire-place. Kiddies will dream of the visit of good old Santa Claus and his elfin rider; happy men, tip toeing into their darling's rooms with arms filled with foolish toys and Jim-cracks will stand a moment look ing down upon the little heads upon the pillows, and then with smiling lips and dim eyes tend themselves to perpetuating the sweet old myth of childhood. ' But tonight among all the child ren, so blessed, there are six intra ones, who, for the first time, will have no father to play Santa Claus to them because of a weak and wicked man and woman; and somehow that one pitiful little fact seemed to over- i shadow everything else in the Hains trial ou Christmas eve. Vbne forgot and excitement of Christmas morn ing, drowing out the din of flre-cracK-ers and the blaze of the tin horns, comes the wail of little Molly Hains, "I want my favver," and little Peter Hains bewildered cry "Why doesn't my papa come to me?-' He must know I want him so." From the hour of her birth Thornton Hains' whole ex istence has been wrapped up in his little Molly. Everything that is best and tonderest in his nature has flowered about the child who came as the price of her beautiful mothers life. Highly strung, nervous and He ritable often to others, to her he is patience -and gentleness itself. His hand, rough to others, becomes as a girl baby, turn it over to the first convenient female relative, but Thornton Hains, when his wife died, took his baby in his arms and be came mother and father both to her. Ho raised her on the ; bottle. He walked ther floor with her night after night, and when she sickened with diphtheria he brushed aside the trained nurse and held her for days In his arms, her poisonous little breath in his face, because she could rest easier on his breast than in any other position There are children to , panlonshlp, and so they are peculiarly forlorn" this Christmas with no jolly, laughing father to help them fire off rockets and to light off the big cannon crackers, that when they explode make little folks clutch at a big strong hand. Another Sensational Message. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 24 Notwith standing reports to the contrary It may be stated on high authority that the message which the president In tends sending to congress concerning the subject of the secret service will be particularly interesting reading, it not sensational. . The message will contain About 5,000 words Now Says tie Saw Jenkins Hains and Heard Him Speak WHAT ffA!NS SAID Martin Skura, Recalled to the Stand . Today, Now Says That He Recog nizes Jenkins Hains as the Man. He Drove to Bayside Yacht Club and Heard Him Say, "We've Got Him Now." Mclntyre Gets Letter and Has Promise of New Witness. Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 24 John' F. Mclntyre, chief counsel for T. Jen-i kins Hains, Juet before the opening of this morning's session of his cli ent's trial, as an accomplice in he murder of William E. Annis, an nounced that he had received today a letter from a man who may turn out to be a new and important wit ness for the defense. The letter, the lawyer said, was dated and mailed yesterday from Al bany, N. Y., and was signed Edward J West. The writer In suosiance of fers to give testimony concerning fie relations between Mrs. i;:audia Hains and Annis, and declares that he can tell where Annis raised an amount or money ($300) for the operation which is claimed to have been per formed upon ther wife of Captain Peter C; Hains, the brother of the de fendant who actually did the shoot ing which ended in Annis' death J-c-Intyre will endeavor, to locate West and, if his testimony is what he promises he will be brought to Flusn lng next week to take the stand. The prisoner was one of the first to enter the court and appeared to be la cood spirits. i Martin Skura, the Bayside hac driver, whoi when previously on trie stand a few days ago, surprised the prosecution by being unable to iden tify T. Jenkins Hains as one of the men he hauled to the yacht club in his carriage on the day of the crime, was the first witness called. Skura today testified that he now remem bers the defendant as one of the men he drove to the club house and that during the. drive he heard him re mark to his companion: "We've got him now." The defendant also asked him if heknew any real estate agents there abouts and whether he knew Ann?. Later, Skura said he found a package In his wagon. The court refused to let him tell what it was, but it was generally known to huve been a box of cartridges. -' On cro.-is-examination he admitted he had been closeted with Darrin last Sunday (subsequent to his first ap pearance on the stand) and that ne had had several other talks with Dar rin and other members of the prose cution's staff. Also he testified most reluctantly that he had signed his name to a paper relating to the case. It developed from Skura's evidence that Clark, the negro sailing master who testified for the state, rebelled against the fee of $2.50 a day paid to witnesses for the state and received 60 cents extra. - Mclntyre found a flaw in the lad's testimony when he admitted he sel dom remembered faces and that be had carried more than a dozen men unknown to him the day of the trag- 1 edy. I The defendant paid the closest at- tention to his attorney's efforts to 1 break up the declarations made by 'Skura. Major Hains sat along his brother, but General Hains was not In court during the morning, j Skura became so puzzled under Mclntyre's rain of questions that he frequently contradicted himself. He also admitted he had told his orig inal story because he had a mother and a brother to support. Before ! he was excused Mclntyre requested ' the magistrate to hold him for perj ury. Magistrate Crane said he would I not do bo In the middle of the trial, ( but would take it under considera tion for possible action Mater. Attempt to Slay Family.. Wilson, N. C, Dec. 24 At the home of Mr. Ruffln Lamm, about four miles out from Wilson, his son, John Lamm, attempted to slay tbe whole family. After a hard struggle the young man was overpowered, but not before receiving several bruises. On prevloui occasions the unfortu nate follow has given tbe family a lot of trouble, by unmercifully whip ping several of Its Nmembers. This morning a Jury decided that he Is In sane. - Is Insufficient to Maintain the Lard Deteices of of the Countf y HIS REPORT ISSUED Says There ia No Cliunce of Recruit ; ing Army From Citizens Because the Latter Day Civilian Does Not Know How to Shoot In Case of Sudden Outbreak There Are Not Sufficient Troops in Country to Form an Army Infantry Arm Too ". Weak..-;.:.: (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 24 General Bell, chief of staff, says that the United states has an army .'.Insufficient to maintain the land defenses, and that there is no chance of recruiting one from the body of citizens, .because the latter-day civtl'an docs not know how to shoot or take cure of himself away from the coddling warmth of a steam radiator. He says other thing, too, in his an nual report made public today which ought to make the man who boasts of the wonderful capability of the average citizen as soldier s't- up and think a little. , "It is a, discouraging fact," says General Bell, "that In case of a sudden outbreak : of hostilities with a first class nation there are not .sufficient: regular troops In the country, even when re-enforced by the national guard of the various states, to form an army after deducting the necessary force to provide a small garrison at our per manent posts and the necessary In fantry eupports tor our scaconst fort I ifkatlons. These latter are dstenseless , Hfiajnst , a land force of the enemy un j less provision has been niaJe for a ! sufficiently strong supporting force. "The conditions under wh'ch battles I of the present day are fought are so different from those in which we have been engaged In the past as not to ad mit of intelligent comparison. "Today practically none of our citi zens knows how to handle ami shojl modern rifles with any degree of ac curacy, and there Is not sufficient -'time to train them at the outbreak of host- Mlltles. . . . ' j "A considerable portion of the citl- ! ssens of our country believe th it all that Is required to make a .soldier out of a man is to put him In un form un.l place a rifle In his hands. Such an , Idea, dangerous to the nation, cannot i be too strongly opposed. An infantry ' soldier to be efficient must be taught how to tare for himself In camp, how I to march, to cook his food and ob ' serve the sanitary precaut:pns for die ! preservation of his health, to perform patrol, reeonnoissance, and guard duty, to care for and handle his. rifle 'and, most important of all, to be able to shoot accurately. "The Infantry arm of our service' Is too weak numerically for the services required of it, even in time of pence. Since January 1, 1838, many regimen's 'have spent more than half their time In a tropical climate and, as a result. , insufficient time Is given in the United States for the officers and men to re I cover from one tour of service abroad before another begins." : General Bell also wants better Infan try and says that the cavalry branch Is antiquated. HENRY C. KING LOSES FIGHT (By Leased Wire to The Times) Charleston, W. Va Dec. 24 By the decision of West Virginia su preme court of appeals in the case of the ttate versus Henry C. King, of New York, King loses his fight for 5000,003 acres of land In southern West Virginia and adjoining counties lu Virginia and Kentucky and an other step toward the settlement of one of the most celebrated land cases In the country has been taken. Three opinions have been handed down by the supreme court and ad verse to King in his long fight to got a title to the vast tract of timber property valued at $12,500,000. King claimed 500,000 acres of land In the southern tier of counties, through an original grant from the heirs of Robert Morris. The land was forfeited to the state of West Vir ginia by reason by the non payment of taxes and the suit was Instituted flftoen Years ago when King endeav ored to redeem the lnad. vwvwmwvwwwi? wnwmuwmutMuu p MISS RUTH FEATHEKSTOX, V Roxboi-o, X. C. MIS3 FEATHEKSTOX SUICIDE NEAR RALEIGH Aged Man Kills Himself Tofay Mr. Dennett Wall, Asert Seventy Years, Committed Suicide iit His Home This Mornin r East of the City Not in H:htM!ml. Rennet Wall, a white man of about 70 years of age. conmiltted suicide this morning at his home east of this city; ' lie shot himself with a shot-gun. The 1 tnt of hi4 hpnd Ufl liletnllv hlnvvn , off anil his bra'iiH spattered oh Uie , floor an l walls of the seed-house la j which the suicide took place.: j The old man has not been "in his i ' rip hi mind" for some time. It was I known that he contemplated suicide- ahd his people made an effort to keep j. the gun away from him. This morning, j he secured the gun in some way and : slipped away with It. He went into t the "seed-house," shut the door and killed himself. Coroner Separk was sent for. It was his decision that the old man came to his death by his own hand. FOUR YEARS FOR 'PERJURY. Divorce Case Perjurer Gets .Heavy Sentence, (By Leased Wirt- to The Times i ; Baltimore, Dec. 24 in the crim inal court Judge Wright told Otio N'euhaus, the Flinder divorce case perjurer, that the crime of which lits was convicted Was the worst that had ever come before the court He .then imposed a sentence of four years in the penitentiary. Neuhaus, testifying in the divorce suit brought against Mrs, :' Frieda Flinder, reflected upon the woman's good name. When the conspiracy which resulted in the divorce was un covered, Flinder his brother Cersohn, Neuhaus and Mr. and Mrs, John L. Llssner were all Indicted. Nculuuts was the first to be tried and was con victed of perjury. 4- (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) , New York, Dec. 24 Alfred Shrubb as a preliminary to his Marathon race with Tom Longboat at Mndison Square Garden on January 26, will race against three of the best middle 'distance runners of tbe country In a twelve race relay at the garden on January 9. Shrubb came to Nefe York yesterday to accept any three men named, also giving the manage- 1 ment the right to leave the selection of tbe three men who will oppose him . to the public. This race will attract almost as I much attention as the Marathon race, as Shrubb is famous for his work In i . relay events. I A five mile professional handicap ' race will also be run on the same night, In which a big field Is expected. Shrubb will make hU headquarters : In New York after the first of tho1 year and do the balance of bis train- j ing on roads In the outskirts of the city. SHRUBWILL RACE 01B0I HAD 440,451 VOTES. SATURDAY A HOLIDAY GovfTocr CI in Ash Perple lo OLsirve Saturday - ! Business Interests of State Want An Extra Holiday Governor Asks That .Saturday he Ilejrapded as a Holiday in Addition to Friday and That All Return Thanks For Mer cies Received. ; At the earnest request of various br.shiess institutions throughout toe entire jatate, I, R, Bv Glgi)nJ,spvgrr.or of North Carolina, in addition to de claring Friday, Dacember 25th a legal holiday, do earnestly, request that Sat urday, Daceaiber;' 26tli, be also re garded as a .holiday, and that on these two davs the people observing their usual Christmas custom, will not only meet in their accustomed places of worship, but also in their hearts ren der thanks to God for the great mer cies He has bestowed upon them dur ing the year just past. The observ ance of Christmas is a beautiful cus tom, mid coming as it does this year at the last of the week, it is but meat and -right - that two days instead of one should be set aside for kind re membrance of Mends and for thank fulness to God for what we have re ceived. : R. B. GLENN, Governor. Fight Fast and Furious Before-Club." (By. Leased Wire to The Times) V:nchondon, Mass., Doc. 24 Dressed in short skirts, black stock ings and tennis shoes, Alexlna Caron and Clara Frennler, both about eigh teen .were principals in an eight round boxing match pulled off last night before the St. Jean Club here. Referee Tardlff finally ended it be cause he feared the girls would In jure each other. The fighting was fast and furious. FINES IMPOSED Chicago, Dec. 24- Fines have boon imposed on the Illinois Central Rail road on pleas of guilty of violation of the twenty-eight hour law by Judge K. M. Landls in the Un!.od states district court. A fine of .10.) and costs was imposed In eaca ot seven cases. Tho company admitted keeping stock confined in cars, shipped lu in terstate commerce ,for a longer per iod tban twenty-eight hours without releasing them for exercise, food and water, as provided by the law. : It was maintained that accidents were responsible. 1 CHANGE IX "SHOOFLY." Will Run to Weidon For Remainder of Week. The S. A. L. announces that they will extend the run of the shoo-lly train for this week, up to and includ ing Saturday to Weldon, on account of heavy traffic. Instead of stopping at Norllna, as it now does, the shoo-fly will run to Weldon. The hour of Its arrival here, 10 a. m and Its depart ure, 6 p. m .'wlll not be changed. ' RAILROAD Exciting Contest Closes at 12. O'clock Promptly, anl JjjpsCoj.it Yates DIAMOND IS PRESENTED TO MISS FEATHERSTON Greatest Contest in History of the State Closed at 12 O'clock and Miss Ruth Featherston Was Declared by the Judges as "The Prettiest Wo man in North Carolina," and the' Fine Diamond Was Presented. - The great conest is over and the judges have deciued in favor of Miss Ruth Featherston, of Roxboro, as the prettiest woman in the State of North Carolina. The Evening Times' office was the scene of excitement from 8 o'clock Till 12, when the great contest cloced. . Mr. E. G. Long, of Roxboro; Mr. A. L. Baker, of Raleigh, and Mr. Fred Baggart ,of Dunn, were the judges and they counted the vote and Issued the following signed statement: Judges' Statement. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 24, 1909. We, the undersigned, hereby certK fy that we have acted as judges in the diamond ring contest for The Evening Times and we state that we have counted and canvassei the vote as cast and we find that Miss Ruth Featherston, of Roxboro, has 449,451 votes. This was the largest number of votes, cast and we further stato that we find that the vote was prop erly credited and that according to our verdict the ring should be pre sented to Miss r eatherston, she be ing the "prettiest woman In the State of North Carolina.'' (Signed) FRED BAGGETT, E. G. LONG, A. L. BAKER, Commttee of Judges. Evening Times Office, Raleigh, N. C. Miss Josephine Sears, of Raleigh, had 163,332 voles. Miss Parker, of Dunn, had 161,766, While Miss Feath erston had 449,451 votes to her credit. Miss Isabella Young, of Dunn, who was one of the favorites, bad -with withdrawn from the contest and tne Durham vote was not cast. A representative from Durham was hero but the money to pay for the sub scriptions sent was not sent with the subscriptions and the management of I The Times refused to issue votes for names unless the money accompanied the names to pay for each subscrip tion and the judges ruled that the "management of The Times acted right and wisely In not Issuing votes when the money did not accompany the. names. j Miss Featherston and her friends were at The Times' office and the fine diamond ring was presented, in the pre-ence of the large crowd, to Miss Featherston by the manager of The Evening Times. All of the young ladies in the con test did fine work and they all de serve great credit for the fine work. Miss Sears, of Raleigh, certainly did fine work here and worked from the opening day toll the close, but the otner towns brought In more sub scribers and she was second in the' list. The Evening Times wishes ali tne young ladles a merry Christmas and a happy new year, and may your friends always be as true and loyal to you as they have been in this contest. BUSINESS MEN WILL FiO U A DUEL (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Diego, Cal., Dec. 24 -Unless their anger cools before the date set, which 1b New Year's morning, Presi dent Dawham, of the San Diego, and ex-President : E. R. Ackerman, the former an attorney, and the latter prominent business man, will fight a duel. . ' - The duel will be by the English and not 4he' French code, and Marquis 6t Queensberry rules will govern the contest. Light boxing-gloves will take the place of swords. President Dawham Issued the chit lenge following a wordy war In the presence ot several members of the club. He believed he was being mad the victim of a practical Joke inspired, by Mr. Ackerman. - ".. " 7 ; --v . v it.. ... - - 4 t 1 vl
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