Weather. -J
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EDITION
Washington, March 18 Forecast
tor North Carolina for tonight and
Friday: Increasing cloudiness;
warmer tonight; rain Friday.-
ESTABLISHED! 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909.
PRICE f CENTS
ING HEARD
F
Jury Has Bad Case for 24
Hours But Have Given
Out Nothing
OTHER MATTERS BEARD
Coovcr Jury Wrestling With the Case
in Silence No Word Had Come
From Them at 'Nine O'clock This
Morning Judge Hart Has Not
Communicated With the Jury.
Says It Is the Jury's Next Move
Mild That Hie Will Await a Mes
sage Prom Them Many of Jury
AVorlt Until Late in the Night on
tho Case.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times)
Criminal Court room, Nashville,
Tenn., March 18 There was no re
port from the jury this morning when
Judge Hart convened the . criminal
court Rt 9:05 o'clock; Up to this
time no direct word had been re
ceived from the jury and Judge Hart
had not communicated with the jury.
Judge Hart went ahead with the rou
tine work of the criminal court. He
stated that it was the jury's next
move and r. his and that he would
await a message from them. It was
generally understood that the jury
hail heen unable to agree on any of
the defendants up to this time.
Yesterday afternoon -and last
night were busy times for the Cooper
Sharp jury. The jurors worked
awhile on the case in the morning,
and resumed their afternoon delibe
rations, after dinner. Some. of them
were at it again last night until a
late hour, too. The jurors did not
take a walk yesterday afternoon, as
had been expected, as Judge Hart
thought they had better postpone the
walks for awhile and devote all their
time to a consideration of the case.
The twelve men had supper at 6:30
last night and repaired immediately
to their room on the third floor of
the criminal court building. Three of
the jurors are said to have felt a bit
Indisposed, Jacon Frutiger, Casper
Schnupp, and Green Lane, and these
men turned In early. The others re
mained up until late, some, it is
said, going to bed at 1 o'clock this
morning and others at a still later
hour. Constables A. P. Kirk and
Jess Webb had charge of the Jury
last night.
It ia not even known as yet who Is
foreman. When the jury retired on
yesterday, Judge Hart handed the In
dictment and the charge to Shlloh
Hyde. It Is not generally thought
about the court room that he Is fore
man, and the court officers figure
that Green Lane, Em Burke, or Cas
per Schnupp is more likely foreman
than Hyde, with William Howes
fourth possibility.
Judge Hart left the court house
yesterday shortly after 4 o'clock and
did not return until this morning at
8:50 o'clock. He walked about
town late yesterday afternoon and
rode out to his country home, four
miles from the city, on the Murfrees
boro pike. He appeared in excellent
spirits this morning and none the
worse for the trying ordeal through
which lie has gone for two months. ..
Everyone Guessing.
. Every one is up in the air on ac
count of the failure of the Jury to
give any Indication as to the nature
of their deliberations thus far. The
friends of John D. Sharp in particu
lar, are solely disappointed, for many
of them anticipated the possibility
that the jury might return a verdict
acquitting Sharp and then return to
the Jury room for further delibera
tion aa to the fate of the Coopers. In
fact, the friends of the defense seem
to feel that the longer the jury fails
to give out any Indication of the line
of its deliberation, the less favorable
It looks for the defense.
Of course, there are rumors, all
sorts of them, afloat in the ( city.
Those who reflect for a moment, how
ever, realize that they are ground
less, and necessarily so. On the other
hand, many of the unthinking believe
these Idle reports and have become
excited thereby. Borne of the rumors
are that a majority of the Jury are
unquestionably for a conviction of the
Coopers; that a majority are even for
the conviction . of John Sharp, and
that only two or three of the jurymen
are holding; out for acquittals all
around. - "-
Again one of the stories going the
Tounds Is thai there Br three distinct
Olements ta be fdujid. Among the Jury
Continued, , to fiecond, EJj.i .2
Mllll
WUYIN
THEMURDERCASF
THE EUROPEAN
SITUATION
NOW
IS VERY SERIOUS
Austria-Servian War Would
Involve Russia and Bul
garia it is Said
ENCUND INTERESTED
Possibility That All Great European
Countries Will lie Involved in War
on a Gigantic Scale The Issues at
Stake Are Also Momentous For
Franco and England Belgrade
' Now Like An Armed Camp Aus
trian Members of the Government
Say That Austria Will IK Every
thing; in Her Power to Obtain a
Peaceful Settlement.
(By Cable to The Times)
London, March IS The Times
prints today a PaTis dispatch saying
the European situation Is exceedingly
grave, even graver than the Balkan
crisis implies, concerning tho future
of .all great European countries and
involving possibilities either of war
on a gigantic scale or peace and the
maintenance of a European balance
of power. The correspondent sug
gests that an Austria-Servla war
would certainly Involve Russia and
Bulgaria.
The issues at stake are also mo
mentous for France and England.
He says Austria's present policy is
prompted by a belief that after a suc
cessful war In Central Europe she
coiila " turn -'. the Austrian . ' armies
against Italy in the interests of the
Vatican while the Austro-German
policy also aims at mobilizing Turkey
against Russia in Asia Minor.
(By Cable to The Times)
Belgrade, Servia, March 18 King
Peter and other members of the royal
family are leaving today for Nish.
Belgrade is now like an armed camp.
Austria Wants Peace.
(By Cable to The Times)
Vienna, March 18 The lower
house of the Reichsrath debated to
day the recruits bill. All the speak
ers expressed their conviction that
Austria will do everything in its
power to obtain a peaceful settlement
of the present crisis.
At the close of the session a radi
cal czech asked the president of the
house, if, in view of the fact that
people of Austria were unanimous In
desiring the maintenance of peace he
(the president) was prepared to make
hlmsolf the Interpreter of. t he general
sentiment, when received by the em
peror tomorrow.
The president replied that he was a
friend of peace, but he added that,
should the love of peace by accentu
ated at a moment when danger
threatened the state, their position
would be weakened. : The decision as
to peace or war, the president said,
rested with the emperor.
SCHWABPREDICTS
'..'.; (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Detroit, Mich., March 18. Charles M.
Schwab, the millionaire Rteet master,
arrived here today from Buffalo. While
In the latter city he gave out an Inter
view in which he said that wave cuts
would result If the new tariff bill were
enacted Into a law by congress.
"I have just read the draft submit
ted to the ways and means committee
and If It becomes a law lower wages
must Inevitably follow. I won't un
dertake to aay what the percentage of
reduction will be, but It wll come," said
Mr, Scwab. In conclusion. .
NEW $2,000,000 t'NION STATION.
Harriman-Gould Line ' Building in
Memphis Thousands Invented.
Memphis, Tehh., March 18 The
ground for the new 12,000,000 union
station for the Harrlman-Gould and
other lines was broken today at Iowa
and Willoughby streets. Thousands
of dollars have been Invested In real,
estate In the surrounding district by
eastern, and northern capital. The
peculators ..were kept In the dark on
thai ttvtfiHnn : t -..-' "
REDUCED
WAGES
,vwm x n hi' I i
President
This Is President Tnft's Cabinet in session: . No. 1, President Taft; No. 2, Secretary MncVcagli; 3, At
torney General Wlckcrsham; 4, Secretary Meyer; 6, Secretary Knox; O, Secretary Wilson; 7, Secretary Nagel;
8, Secretary Dickinson; 9, Postmaster General Hitchcock; and 10, Secretary Kallinger.
HARRIMANNOTTO RETIRE
Story in Eastern Papers
Unfounded
Harrimnn Sh,vr the lloctors Tell Him
That the Other. Fellow '.Ought 'to
Have a Chance to Do Something.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Los Angeles, Cal., March 18 "I
have always been too busy to think
much about myself. But now I am
just beginning to realize that there
is a possible hereafter. I have worked
pretty hard, you know, and the doc
tors are beginning to tell mo that the
other fellow ought to have a chance
to do iromWhtrfg.- ' ' -'
,-I have worked hard because I
like the doing of things. I like to
bring things out right. I like to grasp
an idea and work it out and bring it
finally to a successful conclusion.
That is about all there Is in life for
any of us."
That statement was made the basis
by eastern papers last, night for the
publication of n story that Mr.. 'Har
rimnn was to retire from active bus
iness, by order of his physician, and
that such a statement had been issued
by the physician, Dr. Geo. A. Dixon.
Mr. Hari'lman himself dismissed
the report with the statement;
"There Is absolutely no foundation
for any assertion that I intend to re
tire from active business."
Mr. Harriman's secretary, Mr.
Thomas Price, after the statement
from Mr. Harriman ; was obtained,
said: .
"It is only an attempt of the New
York bears to have some fun over
night."
Dr, Dixon, who has been with Mr.
Harriman, also gave a statement as
follows: .
"I have been with Mr. Harriman
through the entire trip and I can pro
nounce any assertion about his in
tended retirement, or any necessity
of retirement, as utterly absurd Mr.
Harriman is In better condition,
physically and In every way, than he
has been for several years."
DISTRIBUTION OF
F
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March 18. The Trustees
of the Peabody Education fund at a
meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria today
voted to distribute the money on hand,
amounting to $2,500,000 rather than
continue donating small amounts from
the Income of the fund to the colleges
of tho country.
It was voted to give $1,000,000 to tho
Peabody College for teachers at Nash
ville, Tenn., affiliated with the Uni
versity of Tennessee. The rest of the
$2,500,000 will be distributed 1n amounts
of about $50,000 each to other colleges
In the south before January 1st next.
RETIRED ENGINEER DEAD :
AT GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL.
Washington, March 18-Chlef Bu
glneer Merschel Main, U, S. N., re
tired, died at Georgetown Hospital
here today. He was born at Ster
ling, Ills., July 6, 1843, and entered
the naval service in 1866, graduating
from the naval academy. His last
active duty was Inspector of machin
ery at the Norfolk naVy yard and at
Newport News. He was retired Sep
tember J 8, igj,, j
PEABODY
ND
William H. Taft and Cabinet.
PARIS SITUATION
(By Cable to The Times.)
Pal is, March Is. -TriKips arc held In
readiness at Versailles to. reinforce 'life
Paris narrison iu cane any ."tiike dem
onstrations' of a serious nature occur
today, which is a holiday.
The. letter curriers,, after the first ilc
lievery today, joined tin- striking tde
graphei's, telephone operators.', and
mail clerks employed by the postofflce
department. Bight hundred postmen
and mall clerks 't'inployed in the deliv
ery;' of nevsripni parcels went
Itfght ; thousand ' strikers met and
passed a resolution to maintain the
struggle to the bitter end.
London, March IS. This cits' is still
cut off from Paris by the telegraphers''
strike and has to communicate with the
French capital '.'by telphone, special
messenger, or by cable via New York.
By'; tonight it is expected that all the
employes of the post, telegraph'.' tele
phone and pneumatic, systems will have
joined the ranks of the strikers, and
the demoralization of the service will
be completed.
Mr. Harlhou, minister of -public
works, was in conference until long
after' midnight, with the strike leaders.
He declared that all strikers who did
not resume work within 24 hours would
be considered as having resigned.'
Only two .'men are now working on
the trunk telephone line to London.
Telephone service to Italy ceased
about -.midnight...' It Is estimated that
throughout'' the couutry not less than
10,000,0) letters and 2u0,000 telegrams
are held up.
KOOSKYKLT SAKE IX SICILY.
CamoiTa Has Not Plotted Against the
Ex-president.
(By Cable to The Times)
Naples March 18 Detective Pe
troslno found while here that there
was no .truth in the rumors that the
Camorra had plotted to attack ex
President Roosevelt upon his arrival
here. .-.
As strangely as other bulletins are
liorii, the information' comes from
Cammorrist headquarters that Mr.
Roosevelt will be safer In Sicily than
in the I'niled States.
DROWNED TODAY
Mr. Andrew Jackson, a prominent
contractor of this city, was drowned
this afternoon In Crabtree Creek,
near the railroad bridge on the Nor
folk & Southern. Two messages
were received at Tho Times office at
3:45, ono stating that he was drown
ed while trying to rescue a woman,
whose name could not be learned.
She was fishing about twenty yards
below Mr. Jackson. ' She Bcreamed as
she fell Into tho water and he went
to her rescue at once. The other
message simply stated that Mr. Jack
son was fishing and happened to fall
into the creek.
Mr. Jackson was a prominent con
tractor of this city and lived at' 819
West Morgan street. :
It was learned later that the wo
man whom Mr. Jackson gave his life
GROWING
WORSE
JACKSON
RUINED CITY FOUND
Important Discovery Made
in California
Itiiiiis of Prehistoric Cily With Over
700 'Well-preserved Stone Houses
Discovered by D. I Hond How
City Was Discovered.
(fly Leased Wire to The Times)
Los Angeles, Cal., March IS In
the San 'Jacinto mountains, near the
edge of the Cochella valley, D. P.
Bond has made California's most im
portant aerchological discovery.
Ruins of a prehistoric city containing
over 700 well-preserved stofi'e houses.
evidence of paved streets, strange
earthenware of fine types, and the
general aspect of the place show It
was no mean community.
Bond arrived here yesterday, and
after conferring with scientists ar
ranged to place accurate information
concerning his remarkable find be
fore the Smithsonian Institute. He
already has assurances by wire that
aa ..immediate and thorough explora
tion will be conducted from .Wash
ington. '.
Uc says that the ruined city lies 15
miles from Indio and not over 15
miles from old Los Angeles on the
Yuma stage road. Bond's attention
was first attracted to the town by
several heaped-up stones. Approach
ing nearer through a rocky canyon
he beheld a series of streets lined
with. '.'ruins, of houses built on: ter
races. Another road led from the
town to a. high peak overlooking the
entire country.
OHEtiOX PI..VX TI HXED DOWN.
Iowa Doesn't l.iki
lion of
(By Leased Wi
1 l'lan For the Elec
Senatoi-s. :
re to The Times)
Des Moines, I
senate, by a vote
ii., March 1 S The
of 31 to 13, turned
down the propos
Ition to adopt the
Oregon plan for
States senators.
election of I'nited
The senate passed
the bill amendin
g the present law
prohibiting divor
marrying before i
ced persons from
Ihe expiration of
year after the div
,'orco is granted.
MRS. GREEN WILL MOVE
FROM HUBOKEN FLAT
(Ry Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York. March 18. Mrs. H
tie (irecn will move on May
from her flat at Hobokrri..' The mar
riage of her daughter drew the atten
tlon of the public to Mrs. Oreen's nl
dress, and as she seeks the utmos
privacy, she will Intrust the secret
her new address solely to relatives and
close friends.
When her daughter became Mrs.
Wilkes, Mrs. Green Invited two girl
whom she calls Freda and Annie, to
share her flat with her. They are em
ployed in a Sixth avenue department
store and help Mrs. ureen with the
house work.
One of the girls will accompany Mr.
and Mrs. Wilkes abroad soon and the
other will help Mrs. Oreen to establish
herself In the new home. .
; Aronhlme Brothers Bankrupt.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Roanoke, -Va., March 18 Aron
hlme Brothers, distillers, who also
conducted a mall order house, were
farced into involuntary bankruptcy,
Their liabilities are placed at 18, -
00.
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORY
OF CLEVELAND
'resident faft to be Princi
pal Speaker at Exercises
in Carnegie Hall
THE 72ND ANNIVERSARY
President and Party Will Spend the
Night at the Home of Henry W.
Taft and Will Leave in the Morn
ing For New Haven to Attend the
.Meeting of the Yale Corporation.
Will Ketuin to New York in Af
ternoon and Attend Yale Alumni
Dinner Returns to Washington
Saturday.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March . i New York
will today pay tribute to the memory
of the late ex-President Grover
Cleveland, it being the seventy-sec
ond anniversary of his "birth.-.' Presi
dent Taft Will be the principal
speaker at the exercises to be held in
Carnegie Hall at 3 o'clock this after
noon. .
President Taft and party will ar
rive from-Washington at 1 o'clock
this afternoon over the Pennsylvania
ilroad. With him will be Mrs.
Taft, Miss Mabel Boardman and As
sistant Secretary Mlchler. The pres
ident and Mrs. Taft and Miss Board-
man will spend the night at the home
of Henry W. Taft, and tomorrow
morning will leave for New Haven In
time for the president to attend the
meeting of the Yale corporation. He
will return to New York n the after
noon a i d jttUmd the Yalo alumni ..din
ner In the evening. He wtff ?eack-the.
white house again in time for break
fast Saturday.
Mayor McClellan, who will preside
at both meetings, has appointed a
committee to arrange for a perma
nent memorial to Mr. Cleveland. In
addition to the addresses by Presi
dent Taft, Chief Jnstice Melville W
Fuller of the supreme court of the
I'nited States, will speak, and Rich
ard Watson Gilder will read a poem
which he has written for the occas
ion.. A chorus of 120 voices from the
Liederk'rang Society and Walter
Damrosch's Orchestra will provide
music.
President Taft will attend the ex
ercises in the grand hall at the city
college, but will not speak. Ad
dresses will be made by Senator Elihu
Root, Governor Hughes, I'nited States
Circuit Court Judge George Gray, the
Rev. Daniel J. Qiiinn, S. J. president
of the Fordham University; William
B. Hornblower,. and Edwin M. Shep
pard.
Mine. Lillian Blauvelt, will sing and
the Philharmonic Orchestra and the
I'nited Hebrew singers of New York-
will provide music.
Washington, March 18 President
and Mrs. Taft, accompanied by Miss
Mabel Boardman and Assistant Sec
retary Mlchler, together with secret
service men Wheeler and Eloau, left
here at 8 o'clock this morning for
New York, where the president-will
speak tonight at the Cleveland me
morial dinner, to be held at Carnegie
Hall.
CONSUL IN PALERMO
THREATENED BY MAFIA
(By Cable to The Times.)
Palermo, March 18. W. H. Bishop,
the American consul here, has received
letters threatening his life and declar
ing that the blackmailing; band will
punish him even worse than It did Pe
troslno if he 'continues - prosecuting
Sicilian criminals who seek u refugee In
the United States, or if he continues to
cause the Italian police to arrest per
sons suspected of having been In the
plot against Lieutenant Pctroslno.
Consul Bishop ha-s taken steps to
protect the consulate and his person.
GATHEK1NG EVIDENCE.
To be t'sed In Prosecution of Cover
nor Haxkel.
Bellefontalne, O., March 18 Gov
ernment Becret service operators are
hero gathering evidence to be used
In the prosecution of Governor Has
kell, of Oklahoma, In the land fraud
cases. According to the allegations.
Governor Haskell used the names of
Ohio people and got possession of 1,
000 lots at Muskogee on an allotment
o the government.
THE DEMOCRATIC
IBERS OF THE
HOUSE TO REPORT
Given Until Next Tuesday to
File Their Report On
the Tariff Bill
CLARK CAUSES LAUOH
House Met at Noon and Chairman
Payne, of the Ways and Means
Committw, Iteorted Tariff .Bill
and Asked I'liiinymous Consent' Un
til Tuesday For the Democratic
Members to File Their Report.
Proposition Was Agreed to -30,
000 Copies of the Bill Will be
l'rintel 25,000 Copies of the Mi
nority Report Will be Printed. -
W&shlngton, March 18 Immedi
ately after the house met at noon
Chairman Payne of the ways and .
means committee reported the tariff
bill and asked unanimous consent -that
the democratic members of the
committee be given until next Tues
day to file their report, which was
agreed to. Minority Leader Champ
Clark caused amusement by saying:
"Mr. Speaker In 12 minutes this .
bill was ordered reported by the com
mittee to the house." : Representa
tive Mann said that Mr. Clark was
out of order in revealing the secrets
of the committee. '. The speaker said
the point was sustained, Mr. Clark
then said he had stated the facts.
Chairman Payne Introduced a reso
lution that 30,000 copies of the biltrT"
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inai 2o,uuu copies oi tne minoniy re-...-.
port be printed. Representative
Crumpacker asked unanimous eon-1
sent for consideration of the census
bill, which was objected to by Rep
resentative DeArmond.
The house then took a recess of 30
minutes to enable the committee on
rules to prepare a special order to
consider the bill. This was the first
meeting of the committee on rules
since Its appointment.
Representative Dalzell reported a
special order from the committee on
rules providing for the reconsidera
tion of the census bill. He explained
the provisions of the bill, stating it :
was the same measure that had been
passed by the last congress and vetoed
by President Roosevelt. The objec
tionable features which caused the
veto had been stricken out. It was
necessary, he said, to pass the meas
ure as soon as possible.
Representative DeArmond, of Mis
souri, criticised the committee on
rules and said there was no occasion
for any special order; there was
plenty of time for the bill to come up
in the regular way. He criticised
Speaker Cannon as being the commit
tee on rules; he determined matters
in advance and called the committee
together to ratify his decision.
Representative Payne, of New
York, replied, saying the committee
on rules was necessary In order for
the house to legislate.
Champ Clark, the minority leader,
closed the debate for the democrats.
He explained why committees should
be elected by the house, rather than
appointed by the speaker. Me caused
a. laugh when he said the democrats
wore on top for three hours on Mon
day. A vote was taken which resulted In
the adoption of the special order of
the house, in committee of the whole
and proceeded to consideration of the
census bill.
Representative Crumpacker ex
plained its provisions.
MILITARY ACTIVITY
STILL CONTINUING
Washington, March 18. Cablegrams
received at tho state department today
from Central America indicate . that
conditions are still disturbed and that
military activity still continues y In
Nicaragua. The Yorktown haa sailed
from Acajutla for Corlnto. the Mary
land has left Acajutla for ArnapalA
and the Tacoma has arrived at Pueitb
Cortez. John J. Gregory, :' charge
d'affalrs, has left Corlnto on the Waah .
Ington for Panama, whence he Will
sail for New Orleans. ,., i -I
At the state department this morn in if
It was stated that the Emery ease was -rapidly
approaching1 the stage , Wber
a, settlement would be m4,