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Weather. IECOHD. Washington, May 5 Forecast (or North Carolina for tonight EDITION and Thursday: Pair tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNE SDAY, MAY 5, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS m P 1'- f TOOT BI ra . REFORM FORCES TAKE CHARGE OF CITY AFFAIRS Mayor Johnson Swears in the New Officials From Alder men to Mayor MAYOR WYNNE SPEAKS A Few Routine Matters Attended to by the Old Board Result of Mar. ket House Vote Officially Declared Resolutions of Thanks to Ex-Mnyr Johnson and Ex-Police Justice Bad ger Adopted by Rising Vote- Mayor Wynne Makes a Stirring Address, Outlining the Work Be fore the New Administration Au tomobile Ride for the Dignitaries, Today at noon the old hoard of al dermen held its last meeting in the office of the police justice. The min utes of the last meeting were read and. approved. On motion of Alderman Lee Dr. R. H. Lewis and Mr. H. W. Jackson were elected to succeed themselves on the Raleigh School Board for terms of six years each. The matter of paying Interest on a warrant held by Mr. R. T. Gray was brought up and referred to City At torney, Jones, after some discussion The vote to sell the market house was considered anu the result of the election officially declared by the mayor. . ,'-'' Mr. J. Sherwood Upchurch, on be half of the retiring board of alder men, offered a resolution In regard to Mayor Johnson and Justice Bad ger, praising both for their eminent fairness' and devotion to duty. It was ndopted by a rising vote. Mayor Johnson responded briefly, voicing his appreciation of the kind expres sions of the board and declaring that through his six years of service for the city two ns alderman and four as mayor he had always labored for her best interests. He said he hoped that Raleigh under the new adminis tration would go forward by leaps and bounds. The mayor then called the rol". of the newly elected officials and swore them in one by one. Alderman D. K. Wright was absent because of a slight accident which confined him to his bed. He will be sworn In by Mayor Wynne later. .. Mr. Wynne was the last official sworn in. After this was over the old board adjourned sine die. -;. V The new board held a short meet ing. Mayor Wynne delivered an earnest address, which is given be llow. '':'. Automobile Ride. Immediately after adjournment the new board of aldermen, the mar ket house commission, the municipal building commission, the board of audit and finance, the police commis sion. City Attorney Jones, Mr. J. V. Simms, of The Evening Times, Mr, E. E. Britton, and others, were the guests of Mayor Wynne on an ex tended tour of the city. The party occupied twelve automobiles. Mayor Wynne's Speech. Mayor Wynne's address was as fol lows: Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen: This administration comes into of fice with well defined purposes. We ' are fortunate In having certain defi nite objects to work towards. Our pledge have been made to the peo ple, and they will hold us to account. We will not forget them. And to that end I purpose here at the be ginning of our administration to state these pledges and I promise to reiter ate them whenever it may appear that there Is danger of our forget ting. We made the following promises on the campaign: First. To reduce the tax rate in the city as Boon as possible, and to make a one dollar rate our goal. 2nd. To see to it that the laws of our city are enforced. 3rd, To 'put in business-like and thoroughly, efficient men In every de partment of the city. , 4th. To run the city as econom ically as a large and successful busi ness la run; to conduct it for the citizens and not for the office hold ers. ; 6th.. To work for a Greater Ral eigh, that is, to do all that we can to unite our people in a forward-going spirit and to encourage at every pos sible point the bulKilug up of our city to make her what she ought to be, tbe foremost city in the state and tha centre of the slate's life. . These are .. great tasks. But we Jiave given ou pledges, and the bur den la' upon us. I am glad that they are great tasks. I am glad that aur people are expecting much of us. I regard this administration as having the best opportunlty-'to serve our city that has been offered in the history of Raleigh, and I believe that I am now confronted with the men fit for this task. ; ' We cannot: do everything at once. The people do not expect that of, us. But we can begin now by practicing economy; and we can keep moving oil toward our goal so steadily that the people will see that we are doing. our best and will not grow impatient with us. By way of beginhing, I auggest that the board of aldermen at once proceed to a thorough investigation of the affairs of the city, financial, taxation, police regulations, sanitary, and administrative, and that he facts be not only submitted to this board but mr.de public The people have taken us into their confidence; we will keep uo secrets from them. We want to know first of all where we are and what, we have to work on. I wish to give you a word of coun sel as to your immediate dutiesXYou are cal'.ed Hjon to elect certain offi cers. I have no favorites. I urge only that you gentlemen will in each Instance pick out the best man avail ablewhether he is a candidate or not. Our city is entitled to the most efficient men that can be had, and I Deg you to put .: the city's welfare against all other considerations what ever. The success of this adminis tration will depend upon the men we employ and the spirit in which we di rect them. Let us remember that we are here managing a great public cor poration with nearly. 30,000 stock holders, at a time when we are great ly increasing our plar.t, and lot us at every point put into office only those men whom we would put in charge of similar work in a private corporation The lime htfS come when the nccessl- (Ooiitinuert on Page Five.) THE DURHAM ELECTION Mr. W. J. Griswold Elected Mayor. The Alrfeiinnnir Ticket Will Ask For a Special Term of Court tieorftv Murray Died of Lockjaw (entry's Show. (Special to The Times.) Durham, N.C, May 5. The Gen try Brol hers show that exhibited here Monday was rim under the auspicles of the local lodge of Elks and the fraternity reaped as its reward about $1,000. :, Because of finding two hats near the dead body of Mr. Dan W. Rogers, who must have been killed by one of the early morning trains passing here Sunday, the death was at first considered mysterious, he extra hat has been identified as belonging to Mr. C. U. Hoover, of the Raleigh ball team, who lost it from the car window as he went home early Sun day morning. It has been sent to him. - The body of Mr. Rogers was terri bly mutilated. It was taken in charge by one of the undertakers and ship ped to his home at Welborn. He left a wife and three sous. He must have been sleeping on the track at time of the accident resulting in his death. The remains of George Murray, who belonged to the Johnny Jones show, and died at Watts Hospital from tetanus, after one day's Illness, were interred here at Maplewood cem etery. The lockjaw causing his death Is supposed to have been the result of a slight scratch from one of the lions. It was a very strange case. Rev. S. S. Bost conducted the funeral, all the show attending the service. Owing to the congested condition of the criminal docket the county commissioners will ask Governor Kltchln to appoint a special term, be ginning June 26th, designating Judge Biggs to preside, who would he willing at that time to hold the court. - -' In yesterday's municipal election the following officials were chosen: Mayor, W. J. Griswold, defeating P. W. Vaughn. Aldermen: J. B. Mason, J. B. Warren, R. L. Lindsey, J. S. Perry, T. M. Gorman, J.' E. Carpenter, John S. Nill and J. J. Lawson. Police and Fire Commission: N. Underwood, Claiborne Carr and W. M. Yearby. This was what Is known as the ward ticket. The majority in many instances wns small. The In terests of ' the town are safe with these men. Raleigh will play Trinity ngaln to morrow. The arrungements have all been mado and the interest' will be intense,' for Trinity is smarting over the terrific recent defeat at the. hands of Raleigh, and wants to reverse the situation. Miss Loula McDonald, who has been several day visiting her cousin, Miss Louise Troy, returned to Ral- elgh today. CAPTAIN BAB STILL BELIEVES annis is Alive Stale Will Make EveriEfforl in Rebuttal to Ueet Defenses Testimony BAKER FIRST WITNESS Charles linker, the Policeman Who Arrested Captain Mains on the lay of the Shooting, Thinks the Mur derer of Annis, Was Insane at the Time of the Killing Mclntyre Will Object to Sending Hains to Mutteawnu Says it is a Penal In stitution mid An Innocent Man Should Not be Sent There State's Keul Battle is to be Fought in I'.' -I) lit tn I Testimony. (By Leased Wire to'The Times) .Flushing, L. I., May 5 Antieiitit ing the clone of the' defense in I lie trial of Captaiil' Peter C. Halns, Jr., for. the murder of William E. Annis, Prosecutor Frederick "Dewitt sum moned to the other town hall in Mushing today eighteen witnesses whom he will put on the. stand in re buttal. ' .-'.'.. . '"';-' . ; . . The young state's attorney will leave no stone unturned in meeting every contention of the prisoner's lawyers that ho was insane' when lie .shot and killed Annis at the float of the Bayslde Yacht Club on August LI last.,:' The state in the direct presentation of its cajte called only a fey , Wit nesses. These' testified merely to the actual shooting and the death of An nis, both of" which facts were, of qoursc, admitted by the ilc'fense. ' The state's real battle is to be fought In its rebuttal testimony. "Captain Peter C. Hains still Moves that William E, Annis, be for whose murder he is now .'being Ivied, is alive." This was the positive declaration made by Attorney Mclntyre just be fore court opened., "If the captain is acquitted on the ground of Insanity and Justice Gar retson, in his wisdom, acts as did Justice Dowling In the Harry K, Thaw case, I will not be the one to ohject," he declared. "If the family chooses to object they must do it through some other agency than mine." ' The lawyer declared that he would enter an objection, however, if Cap tain Hains was ordered to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan. "If a man Is acquitted, Matteawan is not the proper place for him," he said. "That is a, penal institution. A man declared innocent should not be sent there." Tho lawyer is In favor of having Captain Hains turned over to the United States government, in whose service, as an officer of the army, he Still IS.: ' : Charles W. Baker, the policeman who arrested Captain Halns and his brother on the day of the shooting, was the first witness. In his opinion Captain Hains was Irrational. Dr. L. Samuel Manson, chief of the defense's corps of alienists, was next called. In order to give the prosecutor a chance to glance over the 10,000 word hypothetical question, a fifteen minute recess was announced at i o'clock. Dr. Manson was called to tho'stand when court re-convened. The alien ist declared that the defendant was a sufferer from a complication of mania and melancholia. As one basis for his diagnosis the expert said he had found the defendant's mother had what he termed "insensltlveness of the eye balls and throat and also anesthesia of the arms and chest." The same things were noticed about the captain. : The expert was allowed to tell how Captain Hains related to him In his cell the two incidents told -' about Thorwton Hains when the raptuin thought he was "Billy" Annis on Broadway. . v "His -eyes were staring," said Dr. Maiison, "and he told me no one could understand his feelings. 1 wanted o kill him, but I controlled myself,' he told me," testified the physician. Dr. Manson said, however, that Captain Halns had shown improve ment In the condition beginning last October. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS HAVE BUSY DAY Many Reports and Speeches Heard at Today's Session of the Federation MISS GUI TONIGHT Club Women Have a Most Interest ing; Session This Morning Fifty two Delegates Are Present at the .Meeting Reports Were Made by a .Number of Departments This Morning Talks .Marie on the New Library Commission, on the Bet terment of Pulilic Schools and on Health by Dr. Stilis. The historical old hall of house of representatives was: again the ::cene of the meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, the second session of the Federation be ing' held there this: morning at ten o'clock'' wit.h-.tho president, Miss Gib son in the chair. It was a fitting place for the meeting Of such a gath ering of so-many brilliant women. : The invocation was made by Mis. T. N. Ivey. '.The minutes of Tuesday's meeting were read by the secretary. The minutes-- were a-ecepted';.-'- Mrs. i. C. Duncan, chairman of I he Credential conitn it tee reported. The Federation 'was entitled to 102 delegates, .58. were reported present and the names of those ladies was read. Report was accepted. Committee on rules and regula tions reported two added rules to those adopted yesterday and were adopted by the Federation. The full list of rules were read and it was moved and passed that these rules be published in the year book. Vole of -thanks' was extended to committee on rules and regulations for their arduous work. The -report-of the board of direc tors was called for. The chairman made an interesting report. Some of the subjects that were recommended were iui interna tional scholarship for the Federation, the increasing of the Federation Mclver loan fund, a state health com mittee under the civic department, the Jackson Training school, the red cross work and a waterways commit tee. There was a spirited discussion of the Federation Mclver Loan Fund and the adding of a state health com mittee to the civic department. The report of committee was accepted. Report of the department, was call ed for, the first to report was the Library Extension committee, read by Mrs, Weil, chairman. The com mittee was pledgedto encourage li brary work in North Carolina in ev ery way and to aid the library com mission committee. The report was a lengthy and extended one. The re port was accepted. The secretary read a communica tion from the library association thanking the ladles for their efforts In getting the library commission at the last legislature. One of the most Interesting feat ures of the session was the report from Mr. Louis R. Wilson, or Chapel Hill, on "The New Library Commis sion." In concise and clear manner he set forth the plans and work of the library commission. The day of Institutions and Influ ences that make life more worth liv ing has come. The churches, the stale and public spirited societies have been busy with their institu tions. On all the things that are of good roport North Carolina has been in terested. The modern library next to the school is the best educational force in the state. The library commission was creat ed by tho last legislature, $l,li00 to be used in paying a field secretary and defraying the (raveling expenses of the commission. None of the offi cers receive compensation. it Is to have headquarters in Ral eigh and to have a field secretary. Tho commission offers its services to any person, school or club In the state that asks its aid. The work will be along the follow ing lines: First to undertake. the fostering of the library sentiment In the state and compel every community to afford some library facilities'. , Second to old the libraries already established. There must be improve ment in the libraries, Modern meth- ods must be observed. Third, the commission will set up a bureau of information of all libra ry matters at Raleigh with a secre tary. The library sentiment, is to he fos tered by members of the commission, field secretary, etc. The state press has shown itself favorable to the commission. Improvement in libraries already established will be brought about by urging the librarians attending libra ry associations, summer schools, etc. The commission has not been thor oughly organized yet. The field sec retary has not yet been chosen, nor has the office been opened in the city. But. this will be done at an eaj-ly date. The Woman's Club will lie the best aids in these endeavors, it. will be the little leaven that leav ens the whole lump. The president extended hearty thanks to Mr. Wilson for his inter esting report and the recomniend tion of the committee to turn over all the Federation library work to the commission was adopted. ,The report of the joint education committee was postponed in order to allow Dr. C. W, Styles to address the Federation. He spoke most in terestingly of the health conditions in the south and of the dis eases that, attach the negroes and tenant while people. Most of these d'seases are African diseases that have resulted from the mingling of the negroes and poorer class of white people In the south. He cited a num ber of incidents that show the appall ing inroads the African diseases are making on the white people of the farming regions ill the south. The conditions ou the farm are frightful. The death rate of the children in the cotton mills in thof "south is lower than that on the average one horse white tenant farm in North Carolina. After the session adjourned the delegates and 'members of tin; Feder (Oontinued nn Pace Two.) COMMUTES SENTENCE A Reprieve Granted to Junius McKoy, of Robeson Zeke Austin's Term Shortened by One Year Junius McKoy, Sen tenced to Hank May 2lsl., is (iiven a Loiigier Lease of Life Pardons Itefused Two. Gov. Kitehin today coniniuted the sentence of Zeke Austin, who was convicted of-, manslaughter -.at the April term of Buncombe court, 1907, and sentenced to four years on the roads, to three years. The governor does this on the recommendation of the trial judge. Many good citizens and the wife of the man kl'.l recom mend pardon. The commutation is granted because of the prisoner's youth and his good behavior since imprisoned. The governor also granted a re prieve to Junius McKoy, convicted of murder at the November term of Robeson court, 190S, and sentenced to hang May 21st. The prisoner is reprieved until June 2!. 1909. The governor refused pardons to Willie Holmes, convicted of F. and A. at the October term of Wake county court, 1909, and to Alex Alston, of Franklin county, serving ten years for murder in the second degree. Neither judge nor solicitor recom mend the pardon of either. HELD HACK QUOTATION'S. Three Western Union Employes Dis missed for Holding Grain Quotations. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., May 5 On charges of holding back Chicago and New York quotations long enough to permit certain bucket shops here to profit, if is declared that three high salaried employes of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany have been relieved from duty and about six others are hooked for dismissal. It Is asserted that stork tickers have been placed in the offices of brokers In Pittsburg, Wheeling and several other cities that were not re ported to the company's home office, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. Brilliant Array of Legal Talent On Hand. The hearing of appeals from the Fourteenth Judicial district is on this week. This district is composed of McDowell, Burke, Henderson, Polk Rutherford and Yancey. Among the attorneys present are: Judge A. C. Avery, Messrs. Isaac T. Avery, S. J. Erwln und J. T. PerkinB, of Morganton; J. W. Pless, J. W. Winborn, A.i Hall Johnston and C. B. McBrayer, of Marion; E. J. Justice, of Greensboro; J. Hiss Ray and G.. E Gardner, of Burnsville: Howard A Foqshee, of Durham; N. A. McLean, of Lumberton, and E. H. Gibson, of Laurlnburg. VOTING WILL LIKELY BEGIN ON THE 24TH i Senate Will Devote Remaind er of Week to General Speeches on Tariff 1LDRICH STILL AT WORK Senator Dolliver Resumes His Speech Today, Devoting His Remurks to Yigorous Attack on Cotton Sched ule, Prompted by Stutenients Made Yesterday by Senator Aldrich It is Not, Improbable That the Debate Will Continue Into the Middle of Next Week Before Any Paragraphs Are Taken Up For a Vote. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 5 Indications today are that the senate will ("'vote tbe remainder of the week to general speeches on the tariff and it Is not improbable that the debate will con tinue into the. -middle of next week before any of the paragraphs in the bill which were passed over at the re inest of senators, are taken up for onsideration and a vote. The best ipinion today is that the voting on tlic various schedules will not begin before the 24th, if then. Senator Aldrich is still actively at work try ing to mollify those western senators A lio are claiming that the bill as it iow stands is too partial to the interest-; of the east. : So far as the senate is concerned there, will be no change in the hosiery ichedule of the tariff bill, a member of the finance committee said today. The Dingley rate on hosiery gives :imple! protection it was saFd, and : there is no general demand for an increase in the duties. Chairman Payne, 'of the house ways and means "ominittee is still for an increased duty on stockings. His plan Is to liave this schedule fixed in confer ence where. It is intimated, the dif ference In the duties will be split which means a slight increase over the present rates. . The senate convened at 11 o'clock. 1 .Senator Dolliver immediately resum ed his speech on the tariff bill, devot n g his remarks to a vigorous attack im the cotton schedule, prompted by statements made yesterday by Sena tor Aldrich. ' '. "I object," he said, "to the senate amendments to the bill because they did not originate in the senate or tn any of the committees. They had al ready been submitted to officers of the' .appraisers board in New York und approved by them before they were submitted to the ways and means committee or before even the senate committee held a meeting. The gentlemen who prepared them have been sitting up nights with the offi cers ol the board of appraisers ar ranging the schedules and raising them above the Dingley rate." Senator Dolliver added he would submit two letters In support pMhts statement. Replying to Senator Aldrlch'a crit icism that he (Dolliver) was being prompted'' by certain manufacturers, in his argument. Senator Dolliver said that Senator Aldrich is relying upon his army of experts. He had even drafted one man from the pay master's corps of the army. Senator Dolliver then took Senator Lodge to task for an interview in which he was quoted as saying that the senate amendments to the cotton schedule would he of great benefit to the textile industries of Massachu setts and that ail vulorems had been increased. Senator Lodge sprang to his feet and declared he had been misquoted. "1 did not say that," he exclaimed. "Then you should have Bald it," replied Senator Dolliver, "for that Is exactly what the senate amendments have done, as I have demonstrated " Senator Dolliver exhibited various samples of cotton goods and declared that the language of the scheduled affecting these articles had 1een so cunningly drawn that the duties, ad valorem and specific, became cumula tive, and therefore Increased more than 50 per cent. He ridiculed the Aldrich plan of counting the thread und the additional exaction of mer cerized goods, -' Cruisers At Gibraltar. (By Cable to The Times) Gibraltar, May 6 The United States cruisers North Carolina and Montana arrived here today enroute to Turkish waters. They put In here to coal.
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