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Weather. IICOND. Washington, May 17 Forecast for North, Carolina for tonight iand Tuesday; Partly cloudy, , showers in the west tonight. EDITION ESTABLISHED 1871 RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS PETER C HAINS SENTTO PRISON AT Given Indefinite Sentence of From Eight to Sixteen Years DEWITT ASKS LENIENCY Justice Garretson Imposes Indetermi nate Sentence of Not More Than Sixteen Nor Less , Than Eight Years on the Slayer of William E. Annis Prosecutor Dewitt Asks For Lenient Sentence For Defend ant Hains Stood Up For Sentence and Showed No Emotion What everAll Motions to Set Verdict Aside Overruled The Crime of Hains.' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Flushing, L. I., May 17 -"The killing of William E. Annis was not justified and I hereby sentence you to serve an Indeterminate sentence of not more than sixteen yars and not les sthan eight at hard labor in Sing Sing prison." Justice Carretson In the supreme court today brought to a climax with these words the series of misfortunes that have come upon the Hains fam ily since Captain Peter C. Hains re turned from his post In the Philip pines to discover his wife's wrong-doing and to seek out William E. Annis nn AuariiRt 15. last. and Slav him. NThe captain took his sentence Btandlng. He did not move a mus cle, i He showed neither regret nor fear. When the last word of the court had been uttered he took his seat beside his father, General Hains, whose head was buried in his hands. "What la vnnr nnnifi?" nalied the clerk of the court of the captain af ter sentence had been passed. "Hains," replied the captain in a voiceso low that theclerk could hard ly understand him. "Are you married?" asked the clerk. ' The captain did not answer. "He is married," answered John F. MCJntyre for him. "What residence have you?" asked the clerk. "None," whispered the captain. The prisoner was turned over to the guards, ills father and his brother, the only members of the family present, embraced him in turn. He gave no sign of emotion or interest. Before the passing of sentence by the court counsel for the defense, for the people, and Justice Garretson had a conference In the Judge's cham- hers. Justice Garretson ascended the bench at 10-: 10 o'clock. . Captain Hains sat with his over coat over his ears, huddled in his chair as he sat for over three weeks during his trial. Mr. Mclntyre moved that the ver dict of the Jury finding the prosloner guilty of manslaughter be set aside, on the ground that it was contrary to law and the evidence. Mr. Mclntyre also moved that it be , set aside be cause of the lack of jurisdiction of the court, claiming that as Captain Hains was on duty In the service of the federal- government, he should have been tried in a federal court. Justice Garretson denied the motions and nothing was left to do but to paBs sentence. District Attorney DeWItt arose jttid in a vers low voice asked the conrt to show clemency to the pris oner. '- " '''..- . Then Eugene N. L. Long, or coun sel for the prisoner, with tears in his eyes and with a voice husky with emotion, pleaded with the court to be lenient. Mr. Mclntyre followed him and then Captain Hains was told jto stand up. , "This prisoner stands as any other prisoner,' before the bar," said Jus tice Garretson. "Hehas been ably defended and he has had a fair and impartial trial and with Malr Jury. Ills act in slaying William E. Annis was not Justified and he must suffer the penalty. - -Justice Garretson paused for a moAient. -., i "I sentence you to serve an inde terminate sen te dee of not more than lxteen or -less than eight years at hard labor in 8ing Sing," he added.1 The crime for which Capt. Hains goes to Sing Sing was committed on the afternoon f August 15, last year; With nil brother. Thornton Jenkins, t4 went to the Bayslde, Yacht Club and there 'found William E. " Annis . la his bathing suit cm!''s a email SING m boat. The captain emptied ah auto matic Colts Into the man he had sought out and whom he charged with having broken up his home. Thornton Hains was tried as an ac cessory to the killing and, was ac quitted. BULLET SHATTERS ROMANCE. Breaks the Hearts of Two Women and Puts Man in Hospital. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, May 17 The same bullet which forever blotted out the eyesight . of Eugene Moore, a rich New Yorker who tried to kill himself in thlSj city several weeks ago, shat tered a romance and broke the hearts of two women. One was his wife, whom he had abandoned; the other was Mr 8. Jennie Green, of this city, who left her husband for Moore. Mrs. Green, who is a strikingly handsome young woman, pleaded In vain for the privilege of devoting her whole life to the care of the helpless man. Mr. Moore rejected her prof fered sacrifice, althqugh unwillingly. Next Tuesday he will accompany his brother, M. E. Moore, back to New York, where he will enter a sanita rium, where he will end his days. His family Is wealthy. Moore deserted his wife early in the spring and came to San Francisco. His family put detectives on his track and when they located him here he went out to Golden Gate Park and at the foot of the Drake Cross fired a bullet Into his head. The missile en tered the brain area shattering the nerves of his sight, but failed to ef fect his death. The bullet was re moved In a remarkable operation performed by University of Cali fornia surgeons. TOBACCO FOR NATIVES Objection to the Roosevelt Presents. Superintendent of tlieAntl-Clgnretto League is ' Mad Because Hermit Roosevelt Took Cigarettes and To bacco Along as Presents for the .-. Natives. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, May 17 Lucy Page Gas ton, superintendent of the anti-Cigarette League, expresses great re gret over the report to the effect that Kermit Roosevelt has taken 6,000 cigarettes, 325 pipes and a great quantity of tobacco into Africa to be given as presents to the natives. "I can hardly believe the report," she said, "in view of the prestige of the Roosevelt expedition. The scat tering of such gifts will undoubtedly mean the rapid spread of the cigar ette habit among the natives in Africa. Some other presents might have been used. "What niakes It hard for me to un derstand is that such presents should be taken unless the former president and bis son are addicted to the to bacco habit themselves. Several years ago, Carrie Nation came Into this office and tore a picture of President Roosevelt from the wall, asking me what I meant by having the photograph of a cigarette smoker in the headquarters of our league. She said she knew Mr. Roosevelt used tobacco. "I Immediately wrote a letter to the president and' received a reply from Secretary Loeb, In which it was stated that the president never used tobacco in any form. ,"Thn came the reports that his daughter, Mrs. Longworth, uses ci garettes. I recall recently reading a report that her husband has in sisted that she diminish the number of cigarettes she smokes. Now comes this report that Kermit has taken all this tobacco Into Africa with him to give to the natives. "I am most Interested, in these re ports regarding the Roosevelt chil dren as the stories regarding their doings have such a wide-reaching ef fect. In Mrs. Longworth's case the reports are particularly disastrous as the cigarette habit seems to be in creasing among women. "if Kermit Roosevelt did not smoke a pipe or cigarettes himself, it does not seem to me that be would have thought of such things as gifts to the natives.", APPOINTMENT HELD UP. Lieutenant Cone May Not Head Bu reau of 8tem Engineering. - (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Washington, May 17 Despite the fact that he has been appointed to the position by President Taft, Lieu tenant Commander H. I. Cone, may not,' after all, head the "bureau of steam engineering of the navy de: partment. Thj confirmation of his appointment by the senate la being held up by Benator Hale, of Maine. Senator Hale Is said to be holding up the appointment -because of. his friendship for Read Admiral Cappa, until recently bead of the bureau. SENATOR DEPEW SPOKE TODAY ON TARIFF MEASURE Senator Sutherland Spoke on Jiie Proposed income Fea ture ol Bill. MR. DEPEW'S SPEECH Senate Convened at 10 O'clock and Turin" Hill Was Immediate!) Taken Up Senator Sutherland Holds That Income Tax Should he Re served to States Except In Cases of Absolute Necessity Depew Says if the Protection on Cotton is Wiped Out the 'Manufacturers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia The Same Principle in Other States. (By Leased Wire to The Time?) ; Washington, May 17: -The senate convened at 10 o'clock. -The; tariff bill was immediately taken up. Sen ator Sutherland spoke on the income tax, contending that this,, form of taxation should be reversed to tlie state exceut in cases of absolute ne cessity. He reviewed at length (lie history" of taxation in the United States and defined the powers of con gress under the constitution. Senator Depew spoke on -the tar iff in part as follows: "Mr. President, I doubt if it is possible to shed much light upon the question of the tariff. ' New York is the largtst manufacturing Btnte and there ie hardiy a industry hf Vi)i. 000 items in this measure which does not directly or indirectly affect our citizens. " "We are apt to think that wool and cotton industries now is shared with protective countries whose mar kets she formerly monopolized. "In all the speeches that have been made here, so far as I can recall them, the only open and direct at tack upon the protective system as a policy or a system has been from the distinguished senator from Geor gia (Mr. Bacon.) "My eloquent friend from Georgia, in his brilliant defense of the south, which needs no defense, claimed that the prosperity which has created a new south would have come without any protective tariff, and that the protection which, in our judgment, has made the new south, has created a. class who live by placing tax bur dens upon their neighbors who owe them nothing and receive no benefits whatever from their existence. "Repeal the protection upon cot ton an) you wipe out the manufactur ers In North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Repeal the protection upon Iron and the phenomenal pro gress and development of Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia will cease. I do not wish to differ with my friend from Georgia, but it is hard for me to understand, if his statement is correct that the , south found Its own capital for these man ufacturing enterprises, where a pure ly agricultural people, who had no personal property in 1865, got two hundred and fifty millions of capital in 1880, six hundred and fifty mil lions in 1890, one billion one hun dred and fifty million in 1900 and two billion one hundred million in 1908 and that none of It was con tributed from outside sources. The profits of cotton must be beyond precedent." STEAMER AND TOW BOTH CO ASHORE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Providence, R. I., May 17 The whaleback steamer ,:.3ay City,' wth her tow, the whaleback barge Brit annia, bound from Newport News to this port, went on the rocks off South west Point, Block Island, in a thick fog early last evening. The Bay City struck hard, ramming holes in her metal hull and quickly filling. , The Britannia, towing behind," slid along and struck beside the Bay City. Both vessels are deep laden with coal. Unless a storm sets in It Is believed the steamer and barge can be floated. -Both vessels belong to the Whlte Oak Transportation Company. They hail from Belfast, Me. . Devotional Meeting Tonlahi. The devotional meeting of ffidenton Street Epworth League wlll(,b led by Professor Bivens tonight, lie la invited, v;-' ; ' v . The pub- HOUSE AMUSED OVER ATTACK ON Mississippi Paper Calls Him Names and Representative Wants to Explain THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF Representative Hart hold Wants Re port From Committee ns to Prac ticability of 14-foot Channel Prom St. Louis to New Orleans Expres sion of Mississippi Puper Not Com pliincntmy, But do Not Constitute Ground For Personal Privilege Explanations- Hollingsworth Want ed to Discharge Naval Committee Prom Further Consideration of His -Resolution. Washington, May 17 The house met at noon. Representative Bar thold asked" unanimous consent for the consideration of his resolution directing the Secretary af war td transmit as soon as possible the re port of the findings of the special board of army engineers' on the prac ticability and desirability of con structing and maintaining naviga channel'14 feet deep from St.; Louis to New Orleans. Representative Alexander said that this report had been received and that when ready it would be submitted to congress. He therefore objected to the resolution of Representative Bar thold. . , ; -.;... -.-:...' ,,-. " "Representative Hollingsworth then afforded - considerable amusement to the house, rising to a question of personal privilege and sending to the clerk's desk an editorial from the Daily Clarion Ledger, of ; Jackson, Miss., entitled "Waving the Bloody Sliiri". It was based on Mr. Hol lingsworth's ' resolution of several weeks' ago calling on the secretary of the navy for information' relative to-the silver service .presented to the battleship. 'Mississippi by the people of thai state. The editorial referred to the representatives a "contempt ible little whelp" and declared that lie was a "young man who belonged to the past". Much laughter was caused by this accusation, which was added to wheti the expression -"pusillanimous"., was added to the collec tion as well as "one of Sherman's bums who robbed defenseless wo men" and "an ass of the first magni tude". Representative Bartlett made the point of order that Mr. Hollingsworth had not -stated the question of per sald Mr. Hollingsworth had hot pro ceeded far enough in his speech to enable the chair to decide the ques tion of 'personal - privilege. As the clerk finished reading the editorial Representative Fitzgerald said the matter presented by Mr. Hollings worth did not form the basis of a question of privilege. The speaker said he did not think Representative Hollingsworth had been attacked in his capacity as a representative and he therefore would not sustain the point of order. Mr." Hollinsworth moved to discharge the committee on naval affairs from further considera tion of his resolution, but Mr. Hale made the point of order that Mr. Hoi lingsworth's motion was not in or der. Mr. Hollingsworth asked unani mous consent to make a statement in the record explaining his position. His request was objected to. JAMES T. WILLIAMS RESIGNS POSITION (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May , 17 James T Williams, Jr., of South Carolina, re cently appointed civil service com missioner, resigned today. Mr. Wil liams is suffering froth tuberculosis He will go to Fort Bayard, N. M., for treatment. .'': THE LAl'RA E. REGISTER CASE. Crime Was Committed by Left-hand ed Man, the Police Think. (By Leased Wire to The Times) , Providence, R. I., May Hr-Laura E. Register was slain by a left-handed man of extraordinary strength that enabled him to drag her bodily In the grip of his fingers on her -throat for a long dlstanoe, according to the latest theory of the police advanced today. ',';,'"-!' "- :;-,-i--i;-U,tZ r. r. "It it was not t left-handed, man HOLLINGSWORTH who strangled her," said a high po lice official, "then the murderer must have twisted his right hand in such a peculiar manner that the imprint of his thumb was left on the left side of her throat. This does hot seem feas ible, and we are certain that the strangler, when found, will prove to be left-handed. "The fact that only one scream was heard and that the young woman, al though not of slight build, was prac tically carried in one hand of the slayer, proves that he was. a man of enormous strength," declared Inspec tor Armstrong. The police still believe Clarence Chase, the missing Auburn barber, might be able to throw some light on the circumstances leading up to the tragedy. lie was known to have been in this city Monday night. Since then no one has seen him, and al though the fact that he is wanted bus been published far and wide, he has not communicated with the police. RECEPTION TO HARRISON. Chicago Democrats Honor Their For mer Mayor With Big Reception. Chicago, May 17 Carter H. Har rison, four-term mayor of Chicago and known as "the undefeated demo crat", will arrive in Chicago this evening from Los Angeles. His ad vent is causing a stir in local politi cal circles. Preparations are being made by the faction of democrats who regard him as the Moses of the party, to give him a rousing reception when he steps off the train. He will speak during the judicial campaign for the straight democratic ticket. TARIFF MAKING SLOW Progress on Bill Not Rapid Enough. Senate Is Getting Along Very Slow i With the Mttasure. Ouly - On v FSfth of the Number of Paragraphs Disposed of in Five.Weeks. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Washington, May 17 Progress on the tariff bill is not as rapid In the senate as the leaders would like to have it. The manner in which the republican insurgents have attacked the schedules of the bill thus far reached has delayed consideration more than has the opposition of the democrats. The senate has now had the bill under consideration for five weeks and has disposed of only one fifth of the number of paragraphs. There are yet several set speeches to be made, and a stubborn fight is ex pected upon two or three of the sched ules. In view of the situation the prospects of a prolonged session are so apparent that Senator Aldrlch has forced the senate into early sessions beginning dall.f at 10 o'clock. He hopes that warm weather will follow and shut off oratory. It Is likely that ; the metal paragraphs will be under consideration nearly all of .this week. . MRS. HAYES TALKS. Appreciates the Honor to Her Father by the State of Mississippi. : (By Leased Wire to The Times) Colorado Springs, Col., May 17 Regarding criticism of the adorn ment of the silver service for the bat tleship Mississippi with her faffler's portrait, Mrs. Margaret Howell Jef ferson Davis Hayes said: "The honor came from the state of Mississippi and I appreciate it the more on that account. We had no part in this matter and I accepted the tribute to my father's memory as a splendid evidence of a reunited north and south. I know nothing about the opposition which It Is rum ored has developed. "Naturally I appreciate the spirit that inspired the movement to have my father's head placed on the silver service, the more so because it came as a tribute from his own state. Nor have I had any intimation that there was opposition to it." RANCHER KILLS HIS WIFE Because She Served Milk Inst d of Cream For Breakfast' Hillsboro, Ore., May 17 y " Roselalr, a rancher living ,.i the mountains, 39 miles northwe;''' of here, killed his young wife ch a butcher knife Friday morning be cause she served milk Instead of cream for his breakfast. He removed and burned the wo man's clothing, washed away all traces of blood, composed the body and then, waiting until 10 o'clock that night started on horseback for Hillsboro, arriving here Sunday morn ing and giving himself up to the sheriff. The murdered woman was formerly Miss Llzetta Dombrower, a San Francisco stenographer. Rose lalr Is 45 years old, and she was 23. Roselalr's first wife got a divorce because her husband beat her, and he Is paying her alimony, u FIRST STEP IN OCCUPATION OF State Department May Object to Island Sending Agent On Tour PURPOSE OF TOUR The Cuban Government Proposes to Send General Del Castillo on Tour of South American Republics The General is a Man of Marked Revo lutionary Tendencies and it is Said the Cuban Government Wants to Get Rid of Him United States Government Recognizes This As a. Laudable Purpose But Don't Want the General to Go Because He May Cause Trouble Countries "Visited. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 17 The first step toward United States interven tion in Cuba will probably be taken by the state department today in sending instructions to Minister Mor gan at Havana to represent to the Cuban government that in view of Its finances it can ill-afford to send Gen eral Loiniz Dei Castillo and two aides on a two year tour of South and Central America, as was .sug gested in dispatches published today in newspapers. The department is considering such a step, and Is giving close study to the serious situation, as. existing in the . islands, as an nounced exclusively by the Hearst News Service last week. General Castillo is a man of revo lutionary tendencies, and it is 'appar ently the Intention of the Cubans to keep him out of the country to avoid trouble as long as possible. While the Washington authorities agree that this is a laudable purpose and realize that this piece of strategy was taught to the Cubans by Governor Magoon, when he sent General Guer ra away from the country yet there 1r a potent reason In the eyes oftne state dpartment, why General Cap tillo should not tour South America. He is a man of marked anti-American prejudices, and representing Cu ba in an official capacity could do harm. South ; America looks upon the policy of the United States in Cuba as a criterion of its attitude to ward the other small republics. A disbelief in the Cuban policy would undo all of the diplomatic work of former Secro'ary Root on his tour of South A'' .ca, it is believed by this governj .jilt. BIG REWARD POR BANDITS. Great Northern Jers $60,000 for ..'..Men Who HclV jp Train Satur day Night. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Spokane, Wash., May 17 In hope of realizing the ?60,000 reward of fered by the Great Northern Railway for the capture of the six bandits who held up westbound passenger train No. 3, near Morse, fresh posses were recruited at dawn toddy and started on the trail. It was learned today that none of the twelve passen gers hurt by flying glass when the wild engine which the robbers re versed ran into the passenger cars, is severely injured. The bandits fled into the fastnesses of the mountains with their 120.000 loot and have a good start on their pursuers. ; The authorities today began look ing for Edward McDonald, a lawless character known as '.'Red" McDonald who was concerned in the theft of $40,000 from the Great Northern Oriental Limited near Rondo Siding, Mont., three months ago. McDonald was seen in the vicinity of Morse on Saturday night. Description of the men say they were all of big stature, wearing slouch hats and masks. FIXmiDA MAN DEAD. Died of Heart Trouble In New York r Hotel Early Today. (By 'Leased Wire to The Times) New York, May 17 Registered at the Broadway Central Hotel since Thursday last as Louis De 8. Davis, St. Augustine, Fla., a man was found unconscious in his room there early today and died before the Arrival of a doctor, evidently of heart .disease. A letter addressed to . "dear mother", with the envelope addressed to Mrs. James P, Davis, No. 10 Cin cinnati avenue, St. Augustine, - Fla., was found .In the room, and In it Davis wrote he had been , Buffering severe pain about' the 'heart ' and would see a doctor about It. . CUBAN REPUBLIC
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