North Carolina Newspapers

It I I Weather. FIRST. EDITION Washington; D. C, Feb. 3 Pore cast for North Carolina tor tonight and Thursday: Fati slightly warmer tonight. Thursday, fair. f J ' ' ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909 PRICE 5 CENTO TWENTY-FIFTH DAY'S SESSION OF THE HOUSE Usual Grind of Bills Goes TiiMijh the Legislative Mill Today MANY BILLS REPORTED Speaker Protein Morton Presides Over Deliberations of House of Representatives : Again Today- Resolution Prsented Against the Morton Bill to Exempt New Han over From the Prohibition Law -; Bill to Prevent the Depredation of Fowls iKlled in Committee Bill to Relieve Ex-Treasurer Worth Favorably Reported. The twenty-fifth day's session of the house of representatives of the North Carolina general assembly was called to order at 11 a. m. by Speaker Protem,' Geo. L. Morton, and the morning devotions were conducted by Rev. F. M. Sham burger, pastor of Kdenton Street Methodist church. The committee on journal reported the proceedings of Tuesday as cor rectly recorded and the same stood approved. Under the usual call for petitions, memorials and communications, the following were sent forward and read: ' Resolution against the Morton bill ns to exempting New Hanover from the prohibition law. i - From camp of veterans, asking in creaaeed pension. nn) i mils RBonrtftflu , .f-in.,.t'.. To prevent depredations of fowls. unfavorably; to anvild laws as to Cit izens Savings and Trust Co., favor ably, The committee on engrossed bills reported the bills as passing the house yesterday a3 properly engross ed and sent to the senate: To elect county board of eiucation in Surry ana Cherokee, unfavorably; and a minority report by Kllllan as to three bills :to authorize Beaufort to levy tax, favorably; to allow sheriff of Alexander to collect taxus and same as to Wilkes and Tlamanee and Dup lin, al favorably; to allow special tax In Swain, favorably; to raise revenue and to peddle topacco, ana as to cou pons, all unfavorably; to tax dogs. without prejudice; to allow Anson sneclal ilax, favorably; to allow Lee to ls3iie bonds, favorably; to relieve sheri ffof Cherokee, favorably; to al low McDowell to Increase tax rate favorably; as to tax on slot machines favorably; to amend 4498, laws ot 1905, as to physicians license, favor ably; as to practice of medicine, un favorably; as to registering veteri narians, 'unfavorably; as to practlcs of medicine, educational qualifica tions, favorably; to abolish treasur ers office In Swain, favorably; to pro vide pay for special courts, favorably; to validate certain Justice acts, favor ahlw tn relieve clerk of court of HontKomery, favorably; to repeal law as to land grants, unfavorably; to provide a method ot selecting Juries for Cleveland county, favorably; to protect married women, favorably; to establish court for Rowan, favor ably; to amend 3640, laws of 1905 favorably; to relieve surely of ex Treasurer Worth, favorably; . as to sale of brasses, favorably; to prevent burning of boats, favorably; as to years support, favorably; to allow Durham a deputy regbter, favorably; to abolish law as to negotiable In struments, on aStnrday, favorably. Contested Election. Mr. D. C. Barnes sent forward the report of contested election of Wll liams-Btrlngnold, and t,he clerk read ....... ...,..-.. , . . tM report of the committee,, giv nierir ""utt- ... the aeewion oi me couiiuu, y , natiy . couurum iuo oiovimu v lUma the nrnsent incumbent,,. Mr. Kennedy, of Sampson, sent'-forward a minority report, recommending that Strlngfleld be seated, which was read, stating that tweuty men swore tney voted tor Strlngfield where only seven were counted. The minority report strongly upheld. BtrlngHeld's elee tlon and was signed by J. T. Kennedy, Ro3e r.nd F. W. Hanes. Mr. Barnes objected td the report of minority being spread on the mln utes, the chair ruling this out of or der and ft .resolution will1 come later at to disposition of report. Continuing reports, the following were reft d: To provide for Inspector for meters, fs.vors.bly; to prevent , sawdust in ". Edgecombe count . streams;6 Uvdriblyi "t " to paying :' claims t Bwaln eonHty( favorably; to ; mon4 Uws to stock law, uufavoiab Prominent Public . i w mwi i in i 'i t i in 1 I I' " TPS Mfr.L li t!-' 'f-sm Upper picture, shows Cajilu-Oenernl's imbue In Havana. Below to the left is 'General Jose Miquel (Joniez, Charles K. Maroon, retiring American President Alfreda Zuyus. ly ;to establish Hues by timber cut ters. ' (Mr. Majette withdrew this bill): "to relieve Mrs 'Howard, of records, favorably; to amend law an to congegatlon of Uniten Brethren, favorably; to amend law as to drunk eness in aCtawba, favorably; to au thorize bondsmen of Sheriff Cooper In Tyrell to collect taxes, favorably;. The morning hour having expired, Mr. Kitchln sent forward resolution as to pay sub committee's expenses to the Deaf and Dumb School at Morganton, which the clerk read, and Mr. Kltcnln asked for its imme diate passage. It was read the second time, and Mr. Dowd .objected to further consideration on account of bills not being itemized. ivir. UuB Ilu ., -.v '' mat me umy mine ucrucu mo names of the beneficiaries, and on the presentation of that Mr. Dowd with drew objection and it misled. M: Haymore rose 10 uiuuu-y a bill 13b, saying iiiai uu uuuersvjuu that a minority report had been fllod and he asked that It with others of the same order, election of eduction boards, be considered in connexion wuu iimueiB ui Bl..r m.cu.c Mr. Conncrr asked that these bills h oforH mi npvt week. Wed.i.-s- n ..Thi.wa n ni-dered bv unanimous vote. Bills Introduced. Bv McDonald of Moore: To allow Lee county to build bridges out of bond" Issue r.Iso. By Coxe of Wake: To protect for- est8 of the state. By Butler; oT create Bolton town ship In Columbus county, By Coxe of Pitt: To require regis- tration of all deaths In towns of 1,000 or more lnhnbltsnts. By 'Floyd: To relievo Sheriff H. C. Kearney ot Franklin. By Hunts: To amend road law. By McDevitt: To prevent carrying concealed weapon In Madison; to prevent or punljh public drunkenness In Madison county. By Gaston: To prevent public J drunkenness In Buncombe; to appoint . , . ... . ,. fij '"---. lj M rnmunnu , i Hv Uaii Ta allow curt, tram and church ways In Forsyth. ny Hooaer, io auow Dau.u.. . a- , . n . r .. county to issue bonds for roads and bridges. By Barnes of Hertford: A resolu- Jm L J ufi. T v By Barnes of Hertford: To pay Miss Murrlll, stenographer to eleo- MoJlB.eIl? ... !. .... ..,. a Wllkeurt pay 'for making deckels. ii, tvoIopa- An to Inntiens in By Lovelace, as to justices m uieveiana county. - 1 y BIgmon: To prevent illegal, of liquors in Burke county- By Williams ot Dare: to amena law as to fish commission. By Sparrow, by request: To lo- cat line between Orange and Chat- bum coucilw, ' ,,''. figures in Cuba. President of Cuba. lit the centre is fJovernor, mid on the right Vice CMIK CASE DISGUSSEr Senate Considered Matfer Yesterday More Than Four K.nns Spent In Din cussing tho Mutter Behind Closer Doors Mr. Tillmnn Makes. An Ex tended Speech iiml Is Followed In Mr Bacon of Georgia. : (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Feb. 3 The execu tive session of the senate yesterday Cllned particularly to consider the nomination of W. D. Crum to be col lector of customs at Charleston. S. C, developed Into a general discussion of the race QueHtion with incidental reference to the Chinese and Japan- ese questions that are bothering the Pacific coast states. .. More thai four'-hours were spent be1lind r,09ed do01.Si and wlle the senate adjourned the Crura case was no nearer a settlement than when the matter first came up, Soon after Sen ntor Tillman tqok the floor he called for a quorum and announced his pur pose ' of maintaining a quorum throughout the day. This threat, which promised to compel the attaadnnce of senators, whetnP1. thev Wiil(,d to listen to Mr. Tillman's argument or not, led to a discussion of the rules. Mr. Tillman made im extended speech against the confirmation of Dp Cninii aUhough no charges of any Rort had been preferred against him or the administration of the af fairs of his office during his incum bency of the term that has expired, Mr Tillmnn submitted to the senate a numheK of communications he had received from various commercial bodies of Charleston opposing, con firmation and used them In tho course of his .remarks to show the overwhelming sentiment against the further continuance of a colored fed- frVnl nfflriftl ltl OIlO Of 1116 mOSt im- . ' " . .-.- T.iri-,, th . tltlon that ;' where "f5 v " considerable uomilatlon . . oa,mnut,i of a race that cannot be assimilated by the white people of this country there is bound to be race antagonism, Mr' Bacon BaBta,ned Mr- T,,lnmn !n h" opposition to the selection of a negro for this office. -me urum case will come up again today, It being the policy of the republicans to keep ,K " fh4 , , Dixie Placed in Commission. fBy Leased Wire to The Times) t Washington, Feb- s xn uixie was kIsaaji in Mimiinlailnn tnnv At tha Ph.rt.,nhi. nftv yard. and the Arayl.t ftnd Pargua at Cuvlte"; naval I station, Philippines! . , v . . " -ORESTRYBILL iTioio by SENATOR PHARR s Designed to Fremole Iti Proper Management of Forests In N. C, 1 CORPORATION 11.11 emitor Plwirr AIko .Introduces Bill to Keguhtte th ' t'wers of Corpo rations Senator , Latham Intro (luces Bill to Kneourage Oyster Cul tine Hills by Senators Relating to he Holding of iDouewts and Fw of Coroners Senator Xininioeks Has Bill to Regulate Land Surveys. f The senate was led In prayer by "ev. Milton Barber, of Christ church. No corrections to be mude In the ournal. ,oin'"HtM rnorU'd anil bills were placed on tho calendar. New Bills Today, ilew bills were Introduced as fol lows: o. B. 468, SenatorPtiarr: To pro lote proper management, of forests in "orth Carolina. Judiciary. S. B. 4G9, Senator -Ptturr: To regu- He the nowers of corporations;.- .Tu- 'iciarv. ' S. B. 470. Senator Elliot: To ap oint justices of the peace in Cataw a, Justices of the Peace. S.B.471, Senator EUlott: Ao act elating to the drainage of certain ands In Lincoln county. Agriculture. S. B. 472, Senator .ry; - lo ap-jotat- a -court stenoriver for Jack on, 5wina!!"CbetiSe, -and" iSttCSt ountfes. Judiciary. S. B. 473, Senator Ray: An act re nting to the graded school of Hen- ersonville. Education. S. B. 474, Senator Latham: An ct to encourage oyster culture. Fish nd Fisheries. S. B. 478. 'Senator Sherrill: Ar ct for the relief of S. P. Austin, a "!on federate soldier. . Pensions anc' 'oldiers' Home. S. B. 479, Senator Nimmocks: Tr egulate land surveys. Judiciary. S. B. 480, Senator Barringer: Ar tct to eneo'.irace agriculture. Sen- te Bills 481, 483, 484, and 4S5, by 'enator Barrlnger, entitled as fie ibove, and referring to -different sec Ions of the state, were all referred o the Committee on Agriculture. S. B. 482, Senator Barringer: An xet to grant a new charter for Higl: ?olnt. ' Placed on the calendar. S. B. 48(1, Senator Barrlnger: An ict to revise the mllliia law, Mllitur Vffairs. S. B. 487, Senator Muans: An art L.o provide for a uniform law as to itock certificates. Judiciary. S. B. 488, Senator Peele: An a"t relating to the working of publii roads of Lee county byi convict labor, Public Roads. - S. B, 489, Senator Hkldlng: An act relating to the lmprived roads In Frankllntoa township. Franklin coun ty, Public Roads. i S. B. 490, Senator Fry: To amend the charter of the North Carolina Talc and Mining Coupany. Corpo rations. ! S. B. 191, Senator Holding: Relat lng to public roads In Franklin conn, ty. Putilic Roads." I S. B. 492, Senator! Manning: To appoint a Justice of t.h peace for Dur ham county. Justices or the Peace. 8. B. 493, Senator! Empte, by re quest: An act relatlnij to moving pic ture shows. Propositions and Grlev- For Aiili-tru Hill, Senator Lockhart resented a pe tltlon from citizens if Rockingham U8UlnR for tlie pRSHne of an anll truSt taw !n nccorlance with the ,.l,,,l,t Ar.l..lnar In Ua rlamrwi'nHp iib rv ' . '. . oL-t .. ,:i. a. L. iiiii oriia tvt v vuco . j. v . s- nn,,i .m v , , 7. ..!" ".. gHnk ot UnleiKli. Co'poratlons. Against Loekhirt's BUI Senator Barrlnger (resented a pe- tltlon from the board clty ot GrePng,)0ro. bf ,trade of the cltv of Greensboro, Opposing Lock. ha,.t.g ant.trust bill s b.1 498, Senatod Barrlnger. by reoue.t. An act to establish a refor .'1"B V "!1mlMb renin iiiHiuuiiuun. , ... a.,,J S. B. 496, Senatof Scott, by re quest: A bill to ameid law relating to state laboratory of hygiene. Pub lie Health. Passed Third leading;, ' The following bills tassed 8. B. 247; To anend charter ot WUsoa. ' Arrival of Truant i I j I Madame Giaehclti, "The eloping ,.. ,, , , ' , 1 " l... . Mil... u.UW,. 1. I.MV , 'hoHii Cinuso. He was taking a butli ,vhen her uri-ival at bis hotel in Xew k'ork was aiiiioiim-i il to him. A bill rolatina- to roads of Mooro ounty. A bill lo rcgulaie the pay of jur irs i.i V ilf.ou count y. A largo numbcr-of bills were passed in their second rending. Kinjiie's (iuiiii Law. S. B. 171 : An act to prohibit the iale of quail and .grouse for a period f two yearn, a special order for 12 ) .clock. U)da.v, was taken up. A nio inn to table, by Senator Spcnce, was .ost. '. ' . I - . Senator. Peele offered an aineml :ent prohibitinu the killing of nlo-e !iau 15 birds in one day by any ov:e iurson. . . ! Senator Blow offered a substlt'.ito or the bill, mailing the closed season rom -January 13 to N'tiveniber 15. Mr. Ulow spoke for his siibi-tiliit?, leclnrlng that It would give -all .the :rot.e:'tlon .needed. Senator Pharr oftorrd sin nmend uent to prevent i.ht. killing as well as he selling of birds for t wo years. ! Se-iator Uassett .again -re-Iterated lis position,' going' back, to the days )f liierilo old biimbnd when the' hunt ing of game was one of the privileges. )f royalty, lie' declared that the bill s -undemocratic iind unrepubllCHti. le made an earnest, plea for the in allds of tho suite, enpoclally." "the liindreds and thousantlH of Invalids vho crowd the city of Ashevtlle", who vould" be discriminated against by .his pernicious measure. ' Senators Barrlnger and Travis nude the .'Strongest 'spoeches of the iebnte In favor of the hill. Senator 'imple also inaile a speeeh of some length, Senator Fry called for the previous juestion. Senator Blow's substitute, making the closed season from Januury 15 to November 15 whs lost, 28 to 13. BILL LANG DEFEATS BILLS QOIRCS TODAY fRv Cnhln tn Thn TIiiiprV Melbourne, Feb. 3.-BI11 Lang today defeated Bill, Squires in a battle for .ho heavyweight championship of Aus tralia, equlres showed 1'ttle of his old time form and proved compara tively easy for Lang throughout. Inter est In the fight was not great as neith er man was looked' upon as nf real championship The end cam. in the form of a knock-out In tha sev. lentcentb, round. man Wife Causes Stir. i- BANK RECORDS ARE MISSING (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Feb. 3- V . sensation was caused by the announcement to- was caused by the announcement to- Horough Bank of Brooklyn, wnicn tb.3 prosecution had counted upon as a .strnnsr link- in their eliain of evi dence by which they hope to secure , " " "" 'Xu a Z the conviction of William S. Gow, ...!... ,..' ... .U- T! l.l.. .. MIIU 1 UII U1U1 111 111U D1UUIII.VI1 au- preme court, charged with the em bezzlement of $145,000, had mys teriously disappeared. The fact that . the - papers were missing was discov ered late yesterday and since that time D'.strict Attorney Clark and his assistant, Mr. Elder, have conducted an unsuccessful search for them. ( lleforo the beginning of the trial i today it. was announced that the ac cused banker would be called to the stand as his own star witness. BKiGKST B.VXK IX THK WOULD. National City Bank and National Bank of Commerce Will be Consol idated. ( Bv Leased Wire to The Times) Now York, Feb.: 3 It Is learned that plans are approaching' comple tion for a consolidation ot the Na tional City Bank and the National Hank of Commerce with a combined capital and surplus of $80,000,000 and .deposits Of about $400,000,000, making it by far the biggest bank in the world. i The consolidation, it has been said, will be easily carried out. H is said that Frank A. Vanderllp, now president of the National City Hank will he president of the merged Institution. '..Valentine P. Snyder Is president of the Hank of Commerce, and it is presumed he will have a high position in the new bank. The National City Hank has a cap ital of $25,000,000 and a surplus of $2 1,070.000. Its deposits are In ex cess of $200,000. 1 The Bank of Commerce has a cap ital of $25,000,000, a surplus of $15, 250,000 and deposits of about $200,000,000. : I The National City Is what Is known 1 ns a Standard Oil bunk, while the Morgan and Kuhn-Loeb Interests die Unto Lie policy of the Bank of Com merce. Kuhn, Loeh & Company are also Influential In the City Bank. CHAPMAN TO BK F.XTUAD1TED. Secretary of tho Corporation Commis sion of Oklahoma Wanted in Texas. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Austin, Tex., Feb. 3 The extra dition of W. L. Chapman, of Guth- j rle, Okla., secretary of the corpora tion commission of that state, and Beveral Oklahoma men under Indict- ment at Eagle Pass, Tex., for forg eries alleged to have been committed in connection with land frauds, will be demanded by Governor Campbell The cases grew out of tho recent sen atorial investigation Of land frauds "ertln ? ,andsJI,tt Oklahoma belonging to the seceding Klckapoo Indians who live In Mexico, ELEVENTH MAN BEEN SECURED J. A. Woodruff, Young Farcer, Accepted This Morn ing as Juror HIE WIIITWORTH CASE Woodruff Said Ho Knew John D. Sharp, One of the Defendants, and That it W ould Take More Evidence to Convict Him Than a Stranger, But Would Not Allow His Friend ship to Stand Above His Oath De fense Was Rather Surprised Whea the State Accepted HimJacob Frutiger, a Swiss Farmer, the Eleventh Man (By Leased Wire to The Times) i Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3 Two more jurors were secured in - the Cooper-Sharp case at 11 o'clock to jay, leaving but one positive vacancy with the possibility of another on ac count of Juror Whltworth's contested fitness for service. ': The eleventh juror was Jacob Frut Iger, a Swiss farmer, living on Para dise Ridge, In the fourteenth district. The tenth juror in tho Cooper 3harp case was accepted this morning at 9:50. He is a young farmer, J. ,V. Woodruff, living In the fourteenth 1 district. Woodruff said he had known Jotr D aton,t ono of 4efend. s ior years, that It would take more vt ience to convict Sharp-than it would to convict a stranger to him but he would not allow his friendship for the accused to stand above his oatb is a juror. The defense appeared rather surprised when the state sig nified that it would accept Woodruff. attorneys for the defense asked Woodruff no questions at all, but they on f erred at length before accepting him. . The third panel of the fourth ve nire was taken up this morning. Woodruff was the tenth man called on this panel. Fifty names were on t, two less than the original panel In the case, which contained 102 names. Fifty veniremen are accounted for by Acceptances and challenges. The investigation of Juror Whlt worth's case will be resumed as soon is the present venire is exhausted. The witnesses In the matter are pres- ?nt in court today. MBS. VALENTINE COMPETENT. Jury Holds That Love For Usher to Not Proof of Insanity. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Feb. 3-After a long trial a sheriff's Jury, by a vote of 12 to 2, decided today that .Mrs, Maria ugusta Valentine, an elderly widow of New Rochelle, is mentally compe- ent to take care of herself and man age her $100,000 estate. Mrs. Valentine, it was alleged in the petition of certain of her rela tives, was considered incapable of managing her affairs because she had declared tha she loved an usher in a theatre. On the stand Mrs. Valen tine admitted that she loved the usher. One of the three commission ers, in charging the Jury pointed out that a person may be thought foolish by his or her friends In bestowing af fection on some other person, but this was not a proof of Insanity. THREE KILLED IN I (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Ashevllle, 8. C, Feb. 3 Three men were Instantly killed when Sea board Air Line freight trains Nor. 20 and 29 collided head-on six mile north of here early this morning. The dead: ENGINEER CLYDE MOORE. FIREMAN L. H. KICKLEB. COLORED FIREMAN. V The trains were tunning at high speed when they mt on a long trestle at 1:30 this morning, and both loeo,' motives and 10 cars, went totally de Imollahed. Ms, IN MURDER CA SEABOARD CRASI ,i-.r. - -$h t-.' vri- " ; - .TMTD'inWTT1.