..Weather.
fie ftepEg Ctmeg
SECOND.
EDITION
Washington, D. C, Feb. 8 Fore
lv cast for. North Carolina for tonight
and Tuesday: Fair tonlghtj Tuesday
1 partly" cloudy and warmer, rain.
ESTABLISHED 1878.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE LAWMAKERS
CONSIDER MANY
MATTERS TODAY
Senate Met at Eleven O'clock
Today and Got Down
to Easiness ..
A NUMBER OF NEW BILLS
Senator Dockery Introduces Bill to
Prohibit Capital Punishment Ex.
cept in Cases of Criminal Assault,
Bill to Pay the Funeral Expenses
of Thomas N. Hayes, of Wilkes
Bill to Regulate the Sale of Con
centrated Peed StufTs Bill bj
. Nimocks to Amend Law Relative to
Escape From Prison Wake Coun
: ty BI.;
The senate met at 11 o'clock and
was led In prayer by Senator Ormond.
The journal committee reported no
corrections to be made in the journal.
Various standing committees report
ed and a number of bills were placed
on the calendar.
New Bills Today.
" The following new bills and peti
tions were Introduced as follows:
S. B. 601. Senator Elliott. To In
corporate the trustees of a certain
church in Catawba county. Corpora
tions. . ' ; v '
S. B. 602. Senator Johnson. To
provide for the levying of a special
tax in Currituck county. Education.
S. B. 603. Senator Empie. A bill
to fix the closed season for hunting
birds, Game Laws.
Senator Doughton. , A petition
from 133 citizens relative to the for
mation of Avery county. Counties,
Cities and Towns.
, Senator Shaw. A petition from
citizens of Robeson relative to a
graded shhool district.''
S. B. 604, H. B. 604. Senator
Peelo. An act to repeal chapter 924
of the public laws of 1907, relative
to the encouragement of Immigration.
The old law provides for an appro
priation of $5,000 annually to en
courage immigration. Senator Peele's
law entirely repeals this act. It was
referred to the Committee on Immi
gration. :
S. B. 605. Senator Matthews: To
validate the acts of certain justice of
the peace In Sampson county. Jus
tice of the Peace.
S. B. 607. Senator Shaw, A bill
to make a uniform tax receipt. Fl
nnuce. Passed Third Reading.
To allow the, board of commission
ers of McDowell county to Issue
bonds.
To authorize commissioner of
Transylvania county to levy special
tax.
To authorize New Bern to levy
special tax to pay Interest on bonds.
To authorize commissioners of
Robeson county to issue bonds to pay
Indebtedness.
To authorize commissioners of Dur
ham county to issue bonds to pay In
debtedness. To extend the limits of the town of
Wlnterville.
To protect the forests of North
Carolina from fire.
To appoint a Justlde of the peace
In Ocracoke township, Currituck
county, .
To allow an authorized minister, as
well as ordained ministers, to per
form the marriage ceremony. Any
minister authorized by his church to
perform the marriage ceremony may
do so, according, to this law,
oT amend, law relating to finance
committee applying only to Pamlico
county. v
To prevent the throwing of saw
dust in. Big Ivey Creek, Buncombe
county. . v.. . , ,.(.,
To pay the Pinkerton Detective
Agency for helping to run dowu, tlie
murderer of Arthur Crlmlnger ln.fca
barrus county.' : v
- To appoint a finance committee for
Ash -county. .
To amend section 1283 revisal re
lating to fees when not a true bill is
found s in Brunswick and Catawba
counties. -
To amend law. relating to finance
relative to the pay of jurors in Gas
ton county.
. To amend section 2716 of revisal
relative to oaths of road overseers.
To amend chapter '180 of laws of
1907, relative to offenses beXore the
courts of Pasquotank. , ' :
. To fix pay of Jurors In Greene
county. .J
To prohibit puoiic drunkenness in
Mitchell oounty.'., .
(Continued on Page Two.)
REV. MR. SMITH
PREACHES TO A
PACKED
HOUSE
Be Knocks Preachers and Housk Met at Noon Afler
.Paystapllsiienisto Sunday Holiday and Re
Railroad Jack ! samcd Business
COURT ROUSE CHOWOED
Court House Crowded Yesterday
The Evangelist Roasts Railroad
.lack Says Some Methodist go to
Heaven With Rooster I ndor Ontt
Arm anil Another Man's W ife Un
der the Other SomeV IJiiptlst
Preachers (Jo With a Jug of Li
quor Nearly Kitty Stood For
Prayer.
The court house was filled to over
flowing yesterday afternoon with men
who had come to hear the evangelist,
W. W. Smith. Thev were looking, per
haps, for something out of the ordina
ry lines of preaciilng. and tliev got II.
Reform beginning the occasion the
evangelist naked that the windows he
lowered from the top. Hut before he
did this he had the windows arouniJ
it wiiii to he
nun cio.seo, ns ne nut not want to lie
in a draught. When some one object
ed to the current of oold air that came
pouring through the house, he stated
that he guessed It was pretty bad on
those who were frozen tin inside, but
that he would have air Irt the rnom.
The service began with the evangel-
Ist's kicking at a dog that had strayed
Inside the chancel or "bar ' as It Is call- .
ed In court houses. Whether he hit1
the dog or not, the reporter did not
. i ,
see. Anyway,- he said that dogs had
no -place In a revival. The preacher
said that If the room were too fult-for
any more to come In .some long follow
clllllil ' Mma lin trt ' thl-frnnf'nnft' Ito
down and the others could s't on him
and even that would not be as hot
aS hell. .- I
Before beginning his remarks, the ,,,. , .
preacher said that his methods were fr to calendar and re-
too high for the ordinary preacher, and referrel to Propositions and Griev
that he had the sympathy of the peo- ances,
pie of Raleigh. Ho said that he had Mr. Doughton said that Saturday
held meetings In the largest churches the house passed a bill as to employes
on the continent, and If; the people
wanted to know who he was they could
wrlteto the president of the First
National Bank of Roanoke. ,
Next came what the people were. !
looking for.; He said that in r.ll his
travels over the continent, he had nev-
er been treated as he was by a "poor
old crank" here Saturday afternoon
(meaning the distinguished Railroad
Jack"). Mr. 'Eisom-said' that ho one
referred to was not a Raleigh man.
.,' smith (h.-,-i,u ..t w
the reporter could not get an adequate
account of his sermon, as parts of it
would not do credit to the columns of
any newspaper. Ho spoke, in part,
along the following lines: ,
Many preachers go to houses of 111
fame. If a man has Ave or ten thou--
sand dollars In his possession he can
join the church without being born
again, or being asked any auest'ons.
Some people are not lit to be a boot-
black In hell. Men ought to make
money, but they ought to bo consci- J
entlous about it. Some people will be which was reported favorably as
damned for the love of money. Somo amendedl and a minority report bv
Methodist preachers will go to heaven-. trom Chowan, and he
with a rooster under one arm and an- , . , , , .
other man's wife under the other; and asken " be withdrawn and considered
some Baptist preachers with a Jug of bv the committee ns a whole TueK
llquor under their arms. day night, as many western members
When told by Mr. Elsom that Rail- wanted to know more of It.
road Jack was not a native of Raleigh, ! Mr. Koonce said he hoped it would
the evangelist stated that he did not not be done.
know where he was from but that he Mt 'p,i'(f M i...j !.' .
knew where he was going that he was
going to hell, and that the city council
ought to take some action against
htm. , . "''.-': '
Before concludingr his discourse the
preacher got down to business and
preached a little. When be had finish-
ed. he asked all those who wished to
become Christians to stand. Nearly
fifty' stood. He then Invited them to
come forward and there was quite
number who accepted the Invitation.
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HECBIVE8 DEATH SENTENCE
WITHOUT Ql'IVEB OF A MUSCLE
,v;f By Leased Wire to The Times)
Suffolk, Va., Feb. 6 Without the
quiver of a muscle or the trembling
of an eye lid, Sam Hardy today heard
that he must die. Hardy was accus-
ed of assassinating Tiberius Gracchus
Jones In the latter's door yard at
Holland on October 26, last. , The
trial lasted five days.
PENSION EX-PRESIDENTS.
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Bill introduced Today Providing For The speaker announced that Mr. she was doing wrong In keeping the Marly open a lodge, and without any .-clu -p. .Winston," be'ng' In the city and
Pension of 92000 Per Year. Roscoe was out of order, and Mr. money, then It 'should be returned 'pfevlous probation, but "at sight," : the writer, knowing his great famil
Washirigton, Feb. 6 Representa- Roscoe moved the rules be suspended, without a request from North Caro-! procoed t0 confer the degree Upon the tni-ity with question of Masonic Juris
tlve Volstead, of Minnesota, Intro- Mr. Grant said a day's notice was Una candidate. Such a iodSe Is 1 usually prudence interviewed him on the
AntUkA . mii . h. 1,.,,.. ' 1 ' ' v . , 'known as an "Occasional Lodge.' and much tit kd of announcement of the
duced a bill In the house today pro- necessary. Some time ago holders of thesoi,vhon tho buslnesg f0..wh,eh",t. w.'orcr of ohm that h.-would'
vldlng for a pension of $12,000 per
year for all ex-preeidents. The pay-
menta are be made monthly. , ., I
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DEBATE IN HOUSE
TODAY OVER THE
FliH II
A LIVELY DISCUSSION
Rev. Ii. 15. Jones Conducted th.. Rdig.
k:is i-.xitcisos nt. I he opening or
tin- House Tills Morning iteports
ol Standing Committees Hills
Ratified Mr. Roscoe Starts JJall
Rolling As to Klsh Matter Mr.
KooiK'e Talks on the Matter tmd
Several Others (Jet Into flu- Debute,
bate. .
The session of the iwenti'-ninih dav
of the house of roprnMoptniives of the
North Carolina, general assembly was
called to order -today at 12 noon, by
Speaker Graham, who. to conduct the
religious exercises presented Rev. L.
. B-,'nes, pastor of Centra) -Methodist
'.huich.
' 'I he journal ot Satnrd::.v was re-
1,ortecI correctly recorded by the com
mittee on journal, and tne same stood
approved.
The call for petitions, memorials,
aud communications brought forth
the foIIwlng, which were read and
properly referred: Petition as to
fishing in Bath Crnek, Beaufort
county.
Standing Committees Report,
Th following l.iita ,0 ,.,in,.t,i .
n T1, ,, ,t , , , , . i
lo a low Harnett -to issue bands for
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MlAfie favorably; to divide courts i
of Stokes county, favorably; to abol-i
Ish May term of Orange county, fa-1
Vomlllv? hftlfl nnccAft SofurHav . t. I
ported as engrossed and sent to the
senate
n mntlnn Af U, n.,l. TT T C-rt
of supremo court and on a non-con-
currence with the senate,
Hills Ratified.
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The Allowing bills were ratified
and sent to secretary of state and are
now laws:
To amend law as to fences In Tyr-
rell: to appoint cotton-welerher for
Four Oaks: to nhollsh treqsnipr nf
Rwni. tn ,"'M i Hinni,,. ' A.i,
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vllIe: f01 draining Lower Creek ;. to-
alIow Ashe t ,evv a special bridge
'"x 10 repeal cnarter or uiaastone;
to entitle sale of test farms; to re-
establish treasurer of Duplin; to
relieve ex-sheriff of Lincoln: to
araend charter of Scotland Neck; as
tn .,,. nf ,.nmmllM.innoi.a , nt,km,t
. -, ,
countJ: to incorporate Lenoir; to
amend charter of Burlington; to
amena law as 10 tnrowing saw-oust
In Big Ivey, in Buncombe.
Mr. Roscoe asked that the fish bill.
. . ,
tIon of Mr' ?coe wo"ld Pf a I
e nieiiis buu
.demerits of the bill.
' , Mr. Morton rose to a point of order,
saying that the house had no right to
g0 into committee as a whole except
on revenue bill, and he moved It be
maAa ...,., ... Vr,,,av ..,
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It was announced that there were
several special orders for that day.
Mr. Green said he wanted to dis
cuss the bill.
Mr. Prlvott said the inference as to
1 1 who signed the minority was errone-f
ous.
Mr. Wallace said the bill was Ini-
portant, and all had been begged to
to attend, and the motion of Mr.
Morton should prevail, and thus en-
lighten the house.
Mr. Roscoe said there had been
much fuss for years about the fish of
,. the east, and the reason was the bills
; have been unjust, and there would al-
; ways be trouble as long as some were
exempt. ' ' '
The speaker sustained the point
and on the vote it was made a special
: ' (Continued On Pagi two.) t
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NOUSTRY
SERIOUS PANIC
IN HOTEL FIRE
Manchester, Eng., Feb. 7. In a
frightful pariic accompanying the
burning or the Grosvenor lintel today
three men lost their lives and upwards
of a score are badly .njured. . Throe
hundred persons were asleep in the
hotel when the fire was discovered and
n nnieklv did the fire gam headway
'that before all were even aroused the
(Ire was burning In every story ot the
building.
The city fire, fighting foree found
themselves unable to cope with tne
blaze and they were greatly hindered
by the great crowds which r.athercd.
Th" police were wholly ummle to hold
back the people.
The most frightful scenes wens on
nt..i Til on who were driven to the
' roof leaped to the ground, sustaining
..i..., a iniiirieK" Others lunined from
wlnfows to the kreet beneuh. Three
men are mission " m"""'
be in the ruins Of the building.
. ... I I .1... until ttl
Lucky Raid" in Seriously 111.
l.nn Anirales.-'Cal., Feb.. E. J-
("Lucky") Baldwin,' who was
stricken with pneumonia about ton
' Uavs ago early today was reported to
he slowlv sinking. A consultation
of phvsiciana has been called
Baltlnmi-e, JW., Feb. 8 Joseph .Tuner nns arraineit and pleaded not
this morning. He was granted a change of venue and the cas was removed
the ilrst week In March.
IfiitlieHno Loeivh. th. Mm
hploir. .mil fi.e shniln r ti, ii.it.... 1
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PRESENT MARKET:
VALUE OF BONDS
Movement in South Dakota
Legislature to Return Money
Derived from Bends
DESIRES INFORMATION
In IXscussion (irowlng Out of Move
ment, the Members of the Legisla
ture of South Dukota Desire to
Know the Present Value of the
Paper State Treasurer L:u',v He
eelves ('oiiiiiuiniration From Super
intendeiit of Iieglshitive Reference
Division Will Confer With Attor-ney-geiieral
and Answer Immedi
ately,' .
It was printed in the columns of
The Evening Times several weeks
ago that there was a movement on foot
In South Dakota l return to North
Carolina the money derived from
the bonds glveu tn aid of the Western
North Carolina ltailroad, ten of which
were presented to the state of South
Dakota, but that North Carolina was
wanted to ask for the money. : . Gov-
ernor Glenn flat-footedly refused to
ask for It, basing his refusal upon
the grounds that if South Dakota felt
bonds went to Governor Hughes, of
New York, and requested him to
(Continued on Page Two.)
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Eleven-Year-Old Katherine Loerch
And Her Abductor, Joseph Janier
0 a6TAlB '
'On-Vnlll'.fll 1 lllfllirli o-til ti-1r ii-nu ftl.-e,i
1... .-1..1 ...i.. ... i... ...n.....
T
What " Some North Carolina
Hon. Charles S. Hi'-'kin
of SSane's-
vilie, (ilro. the Grand Master of Ohio
Freym.1s.0ns, has announced his inten
tion of ' makliig William Howard Taft.
pi 'sMeiu-eii et, "a M ismi on ;S!Ih:"I
Tile' ceremony will 'take place in. 'in-
cinnati iU the Scottish kite Cat In dial
on ri hui'Stlay af term ion. February lstli.
in tile presence of a 'large number f
prominent itarons of 1. iliio and .'other
states. -
on account of the w ide-spread Intel-- ; the Mu-sonie 'fratifi-nlty. were made Mu
est that this announceiiient has caused, ' -"Hit" wt s'.ht. as It was not thought
it will not be out of place to publish ,; sei-mly m- lieeoining to submit these
the opinion of a few prominent' North I tl i;:-11 i 11 1 m to the, 'ordeal 'of election by
Carolina Masons oil this Important j !;; 1 ! it . (a unanimous- vote- being neces
toplc. jsiry tn eli'i't). -lint as the world be-
Mr.yS'. J. Hinsdale, Fast Master of came mine democratic, the eustohi cf
William O. Hill Lodge, No. 21 s, of. this, treitin'g -.these royal princes with such
city, who Is well up on all Masonic ! eoiisiiii'iiilioii has fallen into dlsu'R.' "
j questions, was seen tod.iy tind t;avc
out the following opinion : ' . t!n l-ue ours. President Taft will, of
"Quite a little discussion iris been ; cei'iVe. lie entlth il to any honors which
precipitated recently by the iiiinoimi e- mi'-lu 1" le-erved for princes of the
ment that the Grind Master of -Ohio.; old woi lil. lint in a country which
lias signified- his intention of making )) Mes Its If mi Its-democracy. It would
President-elect Taft a 'Mason on ! seem that even the chief executive of
Sight." The question has beeu asked by 'the laud should pass the 'ordeal of the
some if this Is regular and If the i ballot box' just us any oilier less dis
Urand Master has this right. I ll'ngulsh' d pi rson must-
"Tho ancient law governing nil Ma-1 "fi has bei n hinted that there Is
sonic bodies, known as tho 'Landmarks ; some pollt-ics nil.ved up in this action
of Masonry,' gives certain preroga-j of (lie Ciavid Master nf Ohio, or that
tlves to the Grand Master, and among It Is a play to tho grand stand. Be
there Is the right of making Masons
! at dof "ot nleani thilt 1,0
1""' J"? " , ,"!
; son. but 'thut ho h;1'8 th(. rf,hti with
the assistance of at least fdx other Ma-
sons, to meet In a suitable place, rEU-
convened hfiB been concluded, it
closed In regular form. . j
"This prerogratlve Is Very close to, 1
l l u-;. v .fW.-iv.wxT . .
yui'tv in the criminiil court Part II
to To-.vscn, where It will be tried
1.. It I ,,,.:-. I,,. T. ....... I, I u
;r: 1 de
relent nn the prerogative, of.
i -'Mallei' to Issue d'snensn-
.i-li'-.. lira
liorl?
Wxr.
fii l.il.;es wiiii-h h.ive no char-
I'll prerogative of making Masons
"!Vlif.' is (me wliich Is seldom, If
.at. .
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Vi i'.T.r :,r this (iiii.nd Jurisdic-
tii'ii.. a.- -ihe nunc the fratemity Is
s i I'erfiia-rded,-'. the. ..higher will be the
ptMid.ird of its 'membership,
j , .'!! veins gi.iin- by,: most of the
Pi-: in . ef . the liloml idyiil, w ho joined
"As the , lii f executive of a great na-
this as li may, It Is not for me to crlt
1 Mf. ' ;!,a ' aM,P1- wh" hns
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I would 'have' iim-n better."
Piist'Ornnd Master of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina, Hon. Fran
I
s 't mnlro fr. Tuft a "Maon at flight."
Mr. Winston had the following to say:
(.continued 011 Pugo Two.)
JOSEPH JANER
TRIAL BEGINS
ON TOMORROW
The Fallier and Mother
dirl Are Butb seri
ously Sick
of
THREE INDICTMENTS
Joseph Janer, Wealthy Brooklyn
Man, Will Re Tried For Hie Life
Tomorrow 011 Charge of Kidnap
ping Eleven- Year-Old Catherine
Jjoerch There Are Six Courts In
Indictment, Three Charging Capi
tal Offenses Under Maryland Law.
Jauer WiU Plead Not Guilty.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) -.
Baltimore,. .MjcL.-JPeb.- - 8-Joeepii
Janer, the wealthy Brooklyn man,
will go on trial for his life tomorrow
on the charge of kidnapping eleven?
year-old Catherine Loerch. There
are six counts in the Indictment,
three charging capital offenses under
the Maryland laws. : ,
Janer, despite the evidence against
him, will plead not guilty through
his counsel, Edward I. Clark. , 1
The little girl victim will be held
here until the trial Is over despite all
the efforts on the part of her rela
tives to get her back to Brooklyn to
see her sick fcther. The uncle and
brother of the child are, here for-tbat
purpnre, hot the' authorities will, not
allow her to be taken out of thevJuri'
I lodicuon of the Maryland .court; afl .
she is the chief witness against' Janer.
Marshal Farnan today said that he
has no disposition to be unfair er
seem hard-hearted in his stand
' against allowing the little girl to see
'her father, but he has hit doubts
; about the seriousness of Loerch 'a 111
i ness and has a strong suspicion that
: the whole thing may be a ruse to get
the girl out of Maryland, In which
case it would be impossible to foree
her to return and the case against
Janer would fall through. ;
Father Dying. '
New York, Feh. 8 Adolph Loerch;
father of Katherine Loerch, is dying
at his home in Brooklyn of tubercu
losis and her mother is suffering
from serious burns caused by falling
on the kitchen stove in a faint. Both
constantly cry for their daughter.
"I must see Katherine before I
die," cried Mr. Loerch to his wife.
"I must see my child before I pass
away." -.
: In response to the dying man's ap
peal Michael' Loerch, the child's
uncle, is In Baltimore today, trying
to induce the authorities to allow him
to take her to her father before his
death. ."
Janer, since being In prison, has
made two appeals to his wife to help
him. : His fortune of 1500,000 Is
strictly under her control, and with
out her aid he is practically helpless.
After Janer's second appeal waB
received Mrs. Janer angrily tore up
the message and said:
"I will have nothing more to do
with this monster. I have cast him
off entirely. I will not aid him in
! any way. - He has always treated me
! with the utmost cruelty, and I can
not have the slightest sympathy for
him." . ". .
Janer, according to the laws ot
Maryland, may chose between a trial
by jury or a judge. If he makes the
1 latter choice, It Is likely that three
1 judges will hear the case at the same
time. In rendering a verdict the de
cision of the majority will rule, but
the Baltimore authorities are confi
dent that all three would coincide In
bringing in a verdict of conviction. '
J The district attorney's opening
.speech to the Jury or judges ,wlll
brand Janer as a man entitled to the
fullest penalty, which la death, and
i will declare him to be the worst of
. criminals under the law.
j The prosecutor will make It a spe
cial point to ask that in case of con
viction the death sentence be pro
nounced although under the law lm
1 prisonment for life or a lesser pen
alty can be placed.
I Katherine Loerch Is In the house
of the Good Shepherd and will be the
first witness to be placed
on the stand against Janer. The
child has been under medical care
and has almost entirely recovered
from her hysterical condition Mn
which she was found when Janer wan
I arrested. - . . : "" , - y
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