Weather.
SECOND.
EDITION
' Washington, D. C, Jan. 26 Fore-;
cast for North Carolina for tonight
and Tuesday: Partly cloudy tonight
and' Tuesday; light variable winds.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
WILL WARD IS
BROUGHT TO THE
STATE PRISON
Negro Brought Here From
Sampson County to Es
cape Vengeance
THREATS OF LYNCHING
Sheriff M rhail Feared Attempt
Would be Made to Lynch the Negro
Last Night Took Him From Jail
and Drove Across the Country to
Fayettcville, Where He Canglit the
Train For Raleigh Troops Had
Keen Culled Out to Protect the
Prisoner, Hut As Quiet Had Seem
ingly Been Restored Had Been Dis
missed. Sheriff E. C. McPhall and Deputy
Sheriff Whitfield Tart, arrived here
this morning, bringing with them
Will Ward, the negro who attempted
to rape Mrs. Mollie McLeod, at
Moultonyille, near Clinton, a few
clays ago. The negro Is now In the
penitentiary, where he wilL remain
until lime for his trial. Criminal
court .begins in Sampson county next
week and he will probably be carried
there for trial next Monday.
There seems to be no doubt about
Will Ward being the negro wanted.
He was captured soon after the crime
was committed and Mrs. McLeod was
absolutely certain as to his Identity,
The people of Sampson were great
ly stlrrod by the horrible crime and it
seemed for a while that Ward would
be lynched. Sheriff McPhall wan
equal to the occasion, however, and
taking the negro in his buggy raced
,0 laj;iA' Cnntonr-fDuft nlle
iiujfrariiTip-'-ai 'angry tnet. "fie
beat the mob to the jail, -landed his
prisoner -behind the bars and "Wired
for aid. ' Governor TCltchin qnlckly
called out the Sampson military com
pany and placed It at Sheriff Mc
Phall'g disposal. Everything qui ted
down and it seemed that the danger
was over. The military company was
dismissed.
Everything was not as quiet as it
seemed to be and the sheriff got wind
of a conspiracy "to interrupt the due
course of law and stretch the neck of
Will Ward. The plan was to storm
the jail and the move was looked for
last night. Sheriff McPhall was again
too resourceful for the followers of
Judge Lynch. In company with his
faithful deputy, Whitneld Tart,' he
took his prisoner and drove through
the country from Clinton ro Kayette
ville and arrived here this morning.
The negro Is now within tiie strong
walls of the penitentiary, and, for the
present, Is enjoying perfect safety.
To nervy, resourceful Sheriff Mc
Phall he owes the fact that he is
alive today.
NO LEGISLATION ON
IMPORTANT MATTERS
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Jan. 25 As the days
' pass by it becomes apparent that the
leaders in the senate intend hewing
close to the policy quietly determ
ined pn when congress convened for
the short session that there should
bo no general legislation on import
ant matters and that the time of con
gress should be employed In the en
actment, of the annual supply bills
and little else.
.'The leaders are confident there
"will be no action on the postal sav
ings bank bill, tie omnibus claims
hills, ship-subsidy, postofflce depart
ment reorganization, as recommend
ed by the joint postal commission or
anything else that is not Indorsed by
the unanimous wish of both houses.
Even statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico, which appears to have smooth
sailing In the house, may find trouble
In getting through the senate, espec
ially If there are thre or four determ
ined opponents to statehood.
Long Pitcher Quito the Game. -Pittsburg,
Pa;, Jan. 25 The Pitts
burg ball fans beard bad new when
It was announced that Vlo Willis, the
long pitcher, had decided to .uit the
game. Manager Dreyfua admit that
Willis hat not signed his contract and
say there le tome question of salary
to be arranged, JJut refuse to believe
that Willis is la earnest In sarins he
iu cult -- v.;.- .-. ; , ' J
Rev. A. J. Moncrief, Recently Called
By Tabernacle Baptist Church Here.
Opposes the "Cleveland Movement,'' and thinks it an all' rout to the
Christian churches.
CLEVELAND MOVEMENT
Rev. A. J. Moncrief Does not
Approve It
-Movement Will Not (io Down With
People of Raleigh The Movement
is a Reflection on the Churches
No Need For an Organization
Within the Churches to Teach
: People How to Live.
The so-called "Cleveland Move
ment" about whish so much is being
said these days does not meet with
favor in thlB city, The people of Ral
eigh- raot-easily ewept -"off .-thfiir
feet, They, are noat nj4n)i6tito1
antf'unWlariced 'pi. '.RVivA&bf
Moncrief, the brilliant young pastor
at the Baptist Tabernacle, yesterday
voiced the sentiments of the people
of Raleigh when, in beginning his
sermon he said: .
"There have appeared in various
periodicals of the country, among
them our local papei-3, some refer
ences to, or accounts of, what is
called the Cleveland Movement in re
ligious circles. This movement start
ed at a recent convention of the so
cieties of The Christian Endeavor,
from a suggestion of pne of the
speakers that a league should be
formed among christians whose
pledge of membership should be to
live as Christ did. The suggestion
caught. Such a league was proposed
and formed with a membership var
iously reported from 1,800 to 10,000.
By correspondence with the officers
of the other young people's societies
of the country, notably the Baptist
Young People's Union and the Ep
worth League, an effort is being
made to carry Nthe movement into
these other organizations, and
through them to the churches every
where. . I
"Is not this movement a reflection
upon the christian churches? Does
not the church Itself exist for the
purpose of holding up the Ideals of
Christ and teaching people to live as
he lived? This is the fundamental
idea of the church and this movement
js a reflection upon the integrity of
lis purpose, and the result of the la
bor? of the church. Is there any
aeted for an organization "within the
church to teach people how to live?
(Wo - do not need any such organiza
tion. Let christians exalt the church,
and emphasize its teachings as the
true christian doctrine of life and
there will be no place for such a
league as is proposed by the Cleve
land Movement."
CONSECRATED BISHOP.
Rev.
Alfred Harding, D. D., the Rc-
' ; clplent.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Jan. 25. The lev. Al
fred Harding, D.D., rector of St. Paul's
parish, and Canon of Washington, was
consecrated bishop of Washington this
morning In Trinity church. Rev. Dan
iel Sylvester Tuttle, bishop of Missouri,
assister by nine other bishops of the
Episcopal church, acted as consecra
tors. The ceremony was beautiful and
Impressive. The new bishop and Mrs.
Hading will hold a public reception to
night at the New Wlllard hotel. Bish
op Harding will continue as rector of
St. Paul parish until February 10. One'
of the projects which Bishop Harding
Intends taking up will be the building
of a great national cathedral on Mount
St Aihan. In this city, a nlan of. LJsb-
op Batteries, hU predecessor. ,.. I
ERRORS IN STATEMENT
Special Committee Creates
t Wrong Impression
Superintendent Joyncr Gives Out
Statement Containing the Facts us
(ilven lv Him to the Committee,
lit Their Request, During the In
vestigation. By -errors in .their .statements ami by
fulling to iclve a fuller statement of the
facts- In their possession about the
warrants for the two Items of expenses
from the Btute Department of Educa
tion declared to be issued without -legal
awthfipity by the special examining
and auditing ejmimlttee -of : tlj le&fs-?tBrtr-ijMf
r(ifot; .of the LOJUmiUee
creates a " wronjr v Impression, and I
deem II due both this auditor and my
self to give a full statement of the
farts as given by mo to the committee,
at their request, during the Investiga
tion Mr. A. J. Barwlck, chief clerk in my
off lee, was not appointed a member
of the state board of examiners by the
state superintendent of public in
struction, but was appointed by the
State Board of Education, under sec
tion 41(i of the public school law. The
attorney-general is a member of the
State Board of Education, and offi
cial' advised that Mr. Barwlck was el
itfihle to appointment as a member of
the state board of examiners. He was
appointed to this position upon my
recommendation, in order that he
in'pht serve as secretary to the state
board of examiners, so that the cor
respondence and business of the board
could be handled through my office
without additional expense to the state.
The law simply names the state su
perintendent of public Instruction as
ex-offUio chairman of the State Board
of Kxaminers, and does not make the
corespondence and work of that board
any part of the work of the state de
partment of education. Without this
arrangement to handle the work
through my office by the appointment
of my chief clerk as secretary of the
board of examiners, it could not have
been handled without the employment
of an outside secretary; and an examl.
nation of the mass of corespondence
and work relating to the State Board
of Examiners will convince any rea
sonable inn n that It would have cost
the Hale not less than $500 to have em.
ployed ah outside secretary and sten
ographer to do this work. For this ad.
ditlonal work neither my chief clerk
nor my stenographer received one cent
of compensation. The compensation of
a member of the tato board of exam
iners Is fixed by law at $4.00 per day
for the time that he Is actually en
gaged, not to exceed fifteen days an
nually, and In addition all expenses of
travel and board while bo engaged. By
the" appointment of Mr. Barwlck the'
state was saved the additional ex
panse of travel and board. The only
compensation for which a warrant was
issued to Mr. Barwlck was the 'per
diem of $4.00 a day allowed for mem
bers of the board for the time during
which he was actually engaged ill ex
amining and grading papers of. appli
cants for high school teachers' certifi
cates and five year state teachers'
certificates. Practically all of this
work was done by him at night and
out of office hours, and he was allowed
no compensation for the large amount
of extra work performed by him as
secretary of the board.
The, warrant to him for his per diem
as a member of the board for examin
ing and grading papers and preparing
examination Questions was not Issued
until the attorney general filed with;
the auditor and myself a written opin
ion that he was legally entitled to this
compensation, and was not paid until
the attorney goneral filed with the
state treasurer an exhaustive opinion,
citing authorities and declaring that
Mr. Barwlck, though chief clerk In my
office, was not debarred by the act of
1S07 regulating and fixing salaries of
clerks from receiving compensation for
; onuuuen on fag iwo.f ; .-
MANY NEW BILLS
PRESENTED 10
SENATE TODAY
The Senate Gets Busy After
the Rest Over Saturday
and Sunday
NEW BILLS PROPOSED
Senator Blow Introduces an Art Re
lating to the Eastern Carolina
Traiiiing School Referred to the
Committee on Education Senator
Jones Has Bill Relating to Salary
of the Night Watchman at the Cap
ital Senator Elliott Introduces
Bill to Require Clerks of the Su
perior Court to-'Report to the At
torney General. ,
The senate met according lo ad
journment at 11 o'clock today.
New Bills Today.
New bills were introduced inhe
senate today as follows:
S. B. -253. Senator West: A Dill
relating to high schools in Macon
county. Committee- on Education, j
S. B. 254, Senator Slarlmek: An
act to incorporate the United Breth
ren of Salem. Committee on Corpor
ations. S. B. 252, Senator Martin: An act
to validate acts of certain ofhcials in
Washington county. Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
S. B. 260, Senator Blow: An act
relating to the Eastern Carolina
Training School. Committee on Ed
ucation. 8. B. 262, Senator Jones: An act
relating to salary of a tyffht watch
matf at: tl)t,' a"clurt, . ' -,v '
8.. B. 2H, Senator Dookery:' An
act to aniend charter of Carolina Col
lege. S. B. 255, Senator Elliott: An act
relating to obstruction of streams in
Catawba county.
S. B. 256, . Senator Elliott: To
amend charter of Claremont College.
S. B. 257, Senator Elliott: To
amend section 3733 of revisal. Com
mittee on P.evisal. .
S. B. 258, Senator Elliott: An act
to require clerks of superior court to
report to the attorney general.
S. B. 259, Senator West: An act
to authorize Macon county Board of
Commissioners to donate for the erec
tion of a Confederate monument.
S. B. 266, Senator Pha'rr: An act
relating to uttering forged paper.
Committee on Judiciary.
S. B. 264, Senator Pliarr: - An act
to amend section 1046, chapter IS of
the revisal. Committee on Corpora
tions. S. B. 265, Senator Pharr:, To
amend section 4, chapter 73, acts or
1869-70, relating to Masonic Temple
Association of Charlotte. Commit
tee on Corporations. -v
S. B. 266, Senator Hankins: An
act to amend section 3817 of revisal,
relating to the sale of dynamite.
Committee on Revisal.
8. B. 267, Senntor Hankins: An
act relating to drainage of land in
Davidson county.
Bills On 1'lnal Reading.
The following bills were placed on
their passage and disposed of:
S. B. 217 H. B. 230: An act re
lating to fees of county officers in
Johnston county. Passed its flual
reading and sent to the house.
S. B, 88: An act Incorporating
the Pee Dee Valley Railroad Com
pany. Passed Its several readings
and sent, to the house.
S. B. 110: An act authorizing
commissioners of Rutherford county
to levy a special tax for bridges.
Passed its third reading and sent to
the house.
II. B. 91. H. B. 201: An act ro
amend charter of Klnston. passed
Its several readings. ,
A bill amending section 1409 of re
visal relative to justices of the peace
in Forsyth county passed its flual
reading and was sent to the bouse.
Privileges of the Floor.
Senator Dockory aBked that the
privileges of the floor be extendsd to
tls mother-in-law, who happened lo
be In tho benate chamber, rie de
clared that the "privileges of Mio
floor," and In fact ibout every other
privilege, was accorded her at his
home. He also asked the same priv
ilege for the wife of Senator Elliott,
of Catawba. His request was granted
with a laugh. He is the recognized
fun-maker of the senate, as well as
one of the most useful representa
tive. On motion the senate adjourned
to meet tomorrow morning at 11
Duchess de Chaulnes as a Widow
III JtelliBiMlJ I
; fyr .CU8.H9 5.1,1,
. The VAjfJowed Biichess (le Chaulnes, formerly Miss Theodore Shouts,
who has jusi recovered iroui a severe attack nf the grip.-.' Her infant son
in tA he christened early in March.
THREE KILLED IN
Jt:
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cumberland, Mr.. Jan. 25 Three ;
men w-ere killed and ten others in
jured, three of whom it is thought
will die. In an accident on the in
clined railroad leading to the mine
ui uib rieumuiii x. u curve s trccn i
Cl'CeiC
Coal Company in
the mon at;i inside
near Piedmont
W. Vi-., roc-ay. Two
cars loaded with
miners going to
collided with two coul-laden
woii
- '
cars bound down. James Condie,
William Hamilton, and an unnamed j
ACCIDENT
mm
Italian were killed. Charles Knight; on the grounds of alleged drunken
and two Italians sustained injuries ness and gambling. The stat-j de
which may result fatally and the re- mancled to know if the 'defonno would
maining injured men were severely j
bruised and anaken up.
The accident occunec at a meeting .,
poi
nt for cars about mid-way of .tho
.... n.l. 4 n ,.1 l l. .
I 1 it ue,
niui.li n Kttii-iiiuc iwii. i li-
stead of taking separate tracks the
cars came together head-on, with I he
results given, The switch at that
point works automatically and was
reported to have been in good condi
tion Saturday night.
TAFI PARTY FOR
L
(By Leased Wire to The Times. 1 I
Charleston, S. C, Jnn. 25 President-elect
Taift, Mrs. Tuft, and party
sailed at 9 o'clbcg this morning on
tho cruiser North Carolina. A sa
lute of 21 guns was fired as Judge
Taft and his party boarded tho cruis
er. The departure for Panama was
auspicious. Mr. Taft hud no state
iment to make regarding the confer
ence which he held here with Sena
tor Philander C. Knox and Frank H.
Hitchcock. '....,"'
The president-elect declared hie had
found every moment of his stay in
Charleston delightful and that he had
enjoyed thoroughly the wholly unot-
flcial, but very elegant and neigh
borly entertainments which had been
arranged In his honor. He worshipped
Sunday, at the Unitarian church of
this city, the aermon being preached
by the pastor, the Rev. c. M, Gray. :
PANAMA
CANA
JURY PICKING
IN COOPER CASE
Criminal Court Room,
Nashville,
ienn- Jan- 2aThe. work
of jury
plcking in the Carmack-Cooper case!
n-n ,,,, mo.l horo "tlilo n,oi I ,r oov.
. . ?' 1
. eral hundred jurymen appearing in
court in.' response to the summons on
'the second venire of five hundred
. . . . " .
mull i ciiiMi uccui reu ueLweeu
k s " rp ( neiwepn eminsf I
for lhe statc an(1 lor ,ne deens ovel.
the effort of the state to force a
ing this morning on the affidavits af-,
el ti"S the ; competency of - Juror
l.eigii. i ne state gave notice that
t, i,.- .m t(..wi 1,0,,.
tng expressed an' opinion '.is well 8S,of Atlantic navigation. For she had
contest the attack on the juror. The
defense . finally admitted that thc-y
would contest. In view of the fact,
however, that a large number of. men
e . . ..t-
summoned for niry service were in
court, Judge Hart decided to 'pro-
c-eed first with jury picking. Each
side then retired to look over the
fourth panel containing seventy-five
names. -
Another juror, this one the -.'sev
enth,
noon.
was secured shortly before
J. II. Vaushan is his name
and, he s a farmer, living south of
Nashville..'.'' Ho has a family an can
neither read nor write.
co.ti:i:knce today.
Hyde County Citizens in Conference
With State Hoard of Education.
A large delegation of Hyde county
citizens were here today in confer
ence with the governor and other
members of the state board of educa
tion. , Congressman John H. Small,
of the first district, was with the dele
gation. Tho matter discussed by the con
ference was the drainage of certain
lakes and swamp lands In Hyde coun
ty, owned by the state board of edu
cation. Several of the
gentlemen
will remain here until the drainage
bill is acted on by the legislature.
To Appoint Committee.
The report of the legislative ex
amining committee Is the talk of the
town today. The senate committee
for investigating the report submit- remained Intact, and, perched in thft
ted will be appointed by President ruins the operator, Binns, sent the
Newlands, who was not In the city signals that subsequently brought aid
Z' - . l,rom aI1 directions. The water
The house committee meets this. poured Into the great-gash in the Ae.
afternoon a.t 4 o'clock, (Continued on P. t.. "
SURVIVORS OF
COLLISION PASS
IN THE HARBOR
Baltic Carries 1,650 Passen
gers From Scene of Col
lision to Safety
REPUBLIC GOES DOWN
The Badly-crippled Florida Still Out
side the Harbor, Traveling Under
Her Own Steam Learned Yester
day That Six People Ijost Their
. Lives, Two on Republic and Four
on Florida Republic Goes Down
While Effort is Being: Made to
Tow Her to Port Biggest Feat at
Life-saving Ever Made Wonder
ful Work of the Wireless.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Jan. 26 The White
Star steamship Baltic, bringing 1,650
survivors of the collision between her
sister ship, the Republic, and the Ital
ian liner Florida, was detained off
Sandy Hook by dense fog, passing in
at 9:55 a. m. The badly crippled
Florida, traveling by her own steam,
is somewhere outside, heading for
Sandy Hook under convoy of the
American liner New York.
The stove-in Republic sank at 8
o'clock last night off Nantucket
Island, while a fleet of tugs Were try
ing to get her into the nearest port.
Her gallant captain, Sealby, one ot
the heroes of the wreck and his salv
age crew, stuck by the sinking ship
until the water, rising over the
decks, swept them off their feet, They
were all saved. - .. ;VJ .r..,
It aid not develop ntil yesterday
afternoon that there had been loss ot
life in the collision. On the Republic
Mrs. Eugene Lynch, of Boston, and
W. J. Mooney, a banker of Langdon,
N. D., were instantly killed In their
staterooms. Eugene Lynch, of Bos
ton, and Mrs. M. M. Murphy, wife Of
the financial agent of the Union Cen
tral Life Insurance Company, Grand
Forks, N. D., were badly nurt. Four
unnamed persons on the Florida,
presumably steerage passengers, were
also killed. The bodies of Mrs.
Lynch and Banker Mooney probably
went down with the wreck of the Re-
went down w,th 1
PUbliC last night
A itr hlnr.l. t.,.11. n(l 1
- hf.h uiav.iv ii i n mill 1 11 rnmnrn
the fog soon after midnight, passing
the Hook without signalling, and
dropped her anchor with a muffled
anlfiuh nff A mlirncn 11a-l,fnl.fM A t.tc
1 ukuuuiu l J..1.U
o'clock this morning. In such an un-
hear-'spectacular manner did the White
ar uner Balt'c come to port, bring-
s'r i.otiu sumyora of one
"l l"c u'eC01-wecKs ana Diggest lire-
savlnc achievements in tho i,i.nmr.
on board the passengers of the lost
steamsiiip Republic, barring only two,
who were dead, and one who was In.
jred, and all the passengers of the
. aisaoiea Florida except four in the
steerage, who died in the collision be
: tween the two boats in the fog of
l-'CitllPlIn,. ..nnf
. Saturday morning.
Then, replying to questions from
a newspaper tug, Captain Ranson
shouted out this:
All those on board from the two
steamers are doing as well as could
be expected. Some aie suffering from
the nervous shock, but the great ma-
Jority are normal, even thn anrth.
, quake refugees from Italy, who were
! in the steerage of the Florida."
With his voice roaring strangely
through a speaking trumpet Captain
Ranson went on to supply the chap
ters, missing until then, in the nar
rative of the disaster.
"I am told," came the bellowing
notes to the listeners on the little tug
below, "that there waa absolutely no
panic on the Republic following the
collision and very little on the
Florida.
"The Florida came out of the fog
without any warning and smashed
into the Republic abaft ot midships
on the portsldej iust forward of the
after hatch. The shock was terrific.
Staterooms 34 and 28 were stove In
, by the bow of the Florida, which
wnnarew irom tne great hole she bad
cut almost Instantly and vanished In
the fog after leaving one of her anch
ors on the wreckage of the demol
ished staterooms.
"The wireless room on the Repub-
He was smashed, but the mAe.hini.m
;v..;: