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PRICE 5 CHIIT3. Lvouble the. Nuhiber of Paid Subscribers in te -City of Raleigh rof Any Other Newspaper; RALEIGII, 11 C.h FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910. AblTILT Lbycr Fcr Ghvls it --, Eizer Hear ALMOST A FIGIIT Heated Argument Between Brandeis . - and, Chairman ' Nelwn Jjooked Like a Fight for a Little While ; . Chairman Nelson Made an Objec- tionable ' Remark -Brandeis r De- ihnnded That He withdraw It But ' , -Ho Refused :to do so Mnny Mom : bcrs Asked Him' Withdraw It , ' Mutter Was Finally Laid on' the Table. .' ' (By-Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. April 1 During the cou rse of the cross-examination - of Attorney T9dd, in the Balllnger In-1 Vestigatlon today, a heated argument arose between Attorney Brandeis and . . vimiruiHlr nciHuii iuiu wuiuu hii members of the committee were flnal- ly drawn and which for a few min utes looked very serious. As It was the Incident was the most sensational feature slmie the Inqhiry began. , Mr: Brandeis was examining - Mr. Todd in regard to a letter, of no -tea terial Importance which Glavis had written to the land xfflce regarding the prosecution of the coal claimants by District Attorney T6dd. " .. Mr. Twdd.Bald the letter had been written but never' sunt. r " "How do yd, know it was never sentt" asked Brandeis. : "The original Was found In Mr. Glavis' office and furthermore, Mr. Glavis himself testified that It was not sen',"" " "' Mr. Vertrees rend from the testi mony where Glavis had said the let ter was not sent. , Mr. Brandeis pressed this question as to how tlie witness knew the let ter was noi maueu. Chairman Nelson broke in to say, "Mr. Brandeis there Is evidence that the letter was never sent. .; Why did you. not tell the senate .that why did you try to conceal the fact and de ceive the committee?" At this Mr. Brandeis leaped to his feet and jumped several feet toward' the head of the table where Senator Nelson sat calmly chewing a quid of . tobacco. The attorney was livid with rage. v demand," he shouted, "that the chairman withdraw that remark. 1 object to his insinuation that I have not acted In good -faith. I ask that his language be withdrawn." - ' "And 1 'decline to withdraw it," said Mr. Nelson, greatly flushed but still determined. ... ' "I think the language of the chair ; man is objectionable and I move that It be withdrawn," said Representa tive Graham. "I second that motion," put In i : (Continued on Page Two.) . v BRIEF FILED IN TIIE RATE CASE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. April 1 The- brief of the interstate commerce commission in the Missouri River rate cases was tiled today in the United States . supreme court. . ' , ' , The brief Is an appeal by the com- "V . . - . . n . ..... , ' L. - miiwinn rrom rn 'fiHt'iHiun ,.ue- wir 'United States circuit court- of the northern district of Illinois, which permanently- restrained the commission from enforcing Its order to the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com pany and other roads, reducing classi fied rate between, Mississippi Rive,r crossing and Missouri River cities as parts 1 of the through class rates on shipments originating at Atlantic Sea board nolnt destined to these cities. : The commission's, brief is a lengthy argument that the order was issued in "full conformity with existing statutes. - - Farmer Assassinated. . '' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Lexington, Ky April l.i-Wprd reached here today.that while plow ing In his corn field, MonroeVance, a frmer of Floyd. count' wafi awas sinated by persons . who, fired from ambush, killing Mm Instantly. -The assassins escaped.. ... , , Till FGV2LL CASE !!;' Jjy Yet vA Hay Be Looks A If Case Will Have to Be Removed to ; Another County in Order to Secure a Jury- Venire of ISO Men KxhaUHtrd-4udge Ward Hays .Sentiment 1 Against Defend, rant. -f.. : , (Special to The Timet.)., Halifax, N. C, April 1. The case against R E. Powell, charged with the murder of policeman Chas. W, Dunn, of Scotland Neck, took an in teresting turn at noon - today, .when Judge G. W, Ward, who is presiding announced when the first special ve nire of 150 men , had been exhausted and only ten jurors secured, that he had seen' enough- td know that the sentiment wai decidedly against the defendant and that he would proba bly remove the case to another coun ty without proceeding further in the trial. Of the 150 men examined for jtirors some 75 pr 80 announced that they, had formed the. opinion that the defendant was guilty and that no evidence that might be produced oerearter won in iiiuro iiibiii i;unu(,e that opinion. :. - Jadge Ward slated that ho wunld give a decision as to the removal of the -castf at the convening of the af ternoon session, which opens at 2 p. m; ; It is . the; general opinion ; that the case will be removed to Warren county court which will be held in J nne. Another special venire of 25 men . has , been' summoned but it is hardly probable that they will ever be examined. ' ' t' Powoll JCAse Removed. . Halifax, N.1 C April 1. State v. Powell was moved to Warren county for trial there on the third Monday in June. - judge Ward said in moving the case Jha 'the did not'ntend it was no rejloctloa- un r the eitiaensbip" if Halifax county. 's , ; T. R. Daniel, a Juror, - was ap proached by C. T, Lewis and L. R. Carter about doing the best he could for Powell in the case. He. Daniel, was drawn as a juror to try the case. Ten jurors were chosen before the case was removed. THK INSURANCE SCANDAL. Sensations of the Allds Investigation Laid in the Shadow. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, 'April 1. The sensa tions of the trial of Jotham P. Allds by the senate for bribe-taking and bis conviction are dwarfed by the rev. elatlons already made and about to be, in state insurance Superintendent Hotchklss' Investigation in the fire insurance Interests "yellow . pup , fund, This.probiftg today is the dom inant factor In the fight for political supremacy .in New, York state, which is admittedly the Center of the tur moil in the republican party. Within a few days, according to the statement of one- of the promi nent figures in the Hotchklss- inves tigation disclosures will be made' re garding legislative corruption .whica will throw the Allds trial disclosures completely in the shade.; vi;U It was learned today that the In surance scandal has given the demo crats in Washington material for a hot fight in which they hope to du plicate the recent victory of Repre sentative Fobs", in Massachusetts. A corps'-of spellbinders is to be sent by the : democrats to Rochester to direct the fight against George W. Aldridge, victor In the republican primaries yesterday in the campaign to elect a. successor to the late Con gressman- Perkins. Aldridge, in the Hotchklss Investigation, has been, ac cused by E. R.' Kennedy,-one of the chief witnesses, of-accepting, $1,000 for helping to pass two .insurance bills. The declaration was made today that the Hotchklss investigation would be 10 thorough that the pro posed legislative Inquiry, outlined In a resolution introduced in the legis lature would have little ground, to cover. ' . , - -' ' - MR. IMRXELL ARRIVES. Succeeds Mr. R. H."l)eBntts as Dis trict Passenger Agent, i Mr.. W.- H. ParneH 'has arrived here and entered upon his duties as district passenger agent for. the Southern, suc ceeding Mr. R. H.; DeButte who has been promoted to traveling passenger agent. . . a.- ', Mr. ParneH is an experienced tall- road man with the ability to make and hold friends, and Raleigh extends to hlra a cordial welcome. ; , ICE COAL STH3XE g Opera tors This Afternoon No Strike In the Pittsburg Section, ' But Merely Temporary 1 Huspen , nion, and It Is Hoped to Arrange ,-, Matters Amicably. : .. . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg,', Pa., April 1 Pittsburg operators-will meet formally in the general offices of the Pittsburg Coal Company this afternoon and will take np the strike questions at issue. - If the operators agree to meet the ad vance of five cents a ton,., and also agree to a practical method of ad justing the powder dispute, work can resume at once. Some of the opera tors are willing to do this and others hold back; believing that eventually they would he forced to pay an ad ditional advance In wages to cover the use of safety powder, over, which they have no control. . - In. -the meantime miners are look ing to President. Iewts to come to Pittsburgh early nejrt week to adjust the complex conditions here 'and. pre ' ' : (Continued on Page Two.) ' Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum, wife of Major Slocnni, of the Seventh Caval ry, who was killed in an automobile accident in Washington a few days ago, and Major-General J. Franklin Bell, badly injured in the same crash, with a picture showing the wreck of Il S. G. TAYLOE KILLED LAST NIGHT (Special to The Times.) Washington, N. C, April 1 A very sensational shooting affair took place on the outskirts of the city at 9 o'clock last night. Mr. Samuel G. Taylor, a member of one of the most prominent families here, was ap proached in a resort on the suburbs end shot three times at close range by Carl Kelly, a desperate character. All three shots entered the body of the victim, one passing through the liver and the other two entering the brea'st, cutting a large artery. Ht. Taylor was rushed to the hos pital but died On the way. Kelly escaped, . chased by a large posse with bloodhounds and automo biles. He later 'phoned the sheriff from bis' hiding place in a residence In the' city and surrendered and was locked np in Jail.- '.- . ' Excitement L was intense for two hours. AH is quiet now. The local military was" called out at 2:30 and a strong guard placed around the jaii.: V-.';:;v-;--v; - The cause of the murder cannot be ascertained, but a woman is thought to have been at the bottom of the af fair Mr. Tayloe was a son of the late Dr. David Tayloe and as wide ly connected in Beaufort county. His surviving ' brothers - are: Dr. David Tayloe, Dr. Joshua Taylor and Mr. Jos. Tayloe, all of Washington, and Dr. Armlstead Taylor, of South Carolina. , , . He was about thirty-three years Old.' - . ' Fall of Biplane. ,, (By Cable to 1he Times.) , Berlin, . April 1. As a cheering crowd watched Its evolutions, a bi plane today suddenly whirled, and felt 900 feet to the ground. ' Both the" viator and a passenger be was carry ing escaped death, but were seriously hurt. . They were'M. Ugot and Herr Von Heking. , ; .... ''!' '.v, .'j 5 1: - i . V J " a.. il WfRS. IIKRI3ERT J. SLOOUM 7 r v ' " " " " , '1 M.J 4 ' ,' i STEMMERS STORM TOBACCO PLANT ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Louisvjlle, Ky., April 1 Rioting l.roke out in the strike agaln3t the American Tobacco Company today. Six hundred men, women and girl stemmers who are seeking a wage in crease stormed the plant at 1 8th and Broadway. They attempted td enter the doors and start a stampede in the factory, but were driven back by the police. Several women were hurt by blows of clubs. .There are now about .1,500 on strike. '. MASTERS ANDPILOTS WIN THEIR STRIKE (By Leased Wire to The Times) . New York, April 1. Luther' B. Dow; general manager of the mas ters and pilots association, announced today that the strike of the 250 tug boat men begun on Lantern signal-at midnight was practically won.- The strike paralyzed harbor traffic for several , hours and the bigger rail roads, which found themselves pow erless to !inove a barge, gave in aud their employes went back to work. Captain Dow declared that the New Y.ork Central, the New York, New Haven & Hartford, the Pennsylvania and the' Erie had all' acceded to the demands of the strikers and that within twenty-four hours he confi dently expected the Lehigh Valley, the New Jersey City, the Lackawana, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Ar buckle Company, of Brooklyn,,, to come Into line, ending the strike . Miners Celebrating. . Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 1 All an thracite mine , workers quit work to day to celebrate the anniversary of winning the eight hour day in the bituminous" regipn. ; They are over whelmingly opposed to A strike in sympathy with the soft coal strikers. N the automobile after it came in col lision with a trolley car. General Hell and Mrs. SWh uiii wei-e the only occupants of the car. The accident was caused by a sudden turn of the adtomobile to cross the car tracks along which a oar was coming. BANDIT KILLS TWO WOMEN ANDONE'MAN (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Springfield. Mass., April 1 Daylight today brought relief to Springfield after a nlglit of terror in which a woman and a man were killed and another wo man was fatally shot. A double tragedy followed the reappearance of the mask ed burglar yho a year ago kept the city in panic for weeks. Confronting three, unprotected . women in their home, the bandit shot Miss Martha B. Blai-kstone dead as she screamed and fatally wounded another, Miss Harriet Dow. A few hours later th body of a man was found on the tracks of the boston and Maine Railroad. The third woman threatened by the bandits, Mrs. Sarah J. Dow. today declared her be lief that the dead man was the mur derer; but the police are inclined to the theory that the bandit, incensed at having secured no money from the women, held up the man and killed him, leaving the body on the tracks where.. If. was-mangled by a train... , An investigation of the house in which the women were attacked today show that the thug probably hid in a closet in the early part of the evening. When he suddenly appeared before the three, a slouch hat hid the upper part of his face and the lower part was masked with a handkerchief.' As he demanded money. Miss Blaokstone, who was a graduate of Smith College and a school teacher, fled In panic, screaming. She dropped, with bullet through her heart. . Miss Dow.. A while her mother tried to calm her, jumped up and was shot through the head. Then the. rob ber fled toward the railroad track, Within a short time posses had been organised' and several suspects were arrested. ' The majority of them were released today. , Killed In Touring Car Accident. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Peoria, Ills.. April ' WEdith Breier was killed and five other young people, were badly injured when a .tonring car turned turtle here today.f-.Tiie party was joy riding and the car ran down a ditch in a down town street. J It was overturned iind buried the. occupants beneath the I body. I ima.-CAD BUI Reported to House By Chair" man Mann Kill As Amended by the Committee Embraces the Chief Features of About Twenty Measure Dealing With the Existing Law Some of the Provision of the Bill. (By Leased. Wire to The Times.) AVashington, April 1 The railroad bill, otherwise known as the adminis tration bill amendatory of the inter state commerce act, which has been before the house interstate and for eign committee since January was today reported to the. house by Chair man Mann. The bill as advanced by the coin mittee embraces the chief feature of some twenty odd measures dealing with the existing law. The changes made correct of faults as outlined In various court decisions so that the government will have, after the passage of the bill, more active and better control of the common carriers of the country. One Important change Is that hereafter suits brought by or against the Inter state commerce commission shall be brought by or against the United States and the attorney general in nil cases Is to represent the government. Another important change is that which deals . with the long and shorl haul clause of the existing ljws. The words "under substantially similar cir cumstances and conditions" are elimin ated to that the railroads can no longer discriminate. In brief, the bill gives the government full power to control and regulate the business of the com mon carriers of the country. The com merce court created by the bill is In accordance with President Taft's recommendation. The enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission as provided by the bill, it is believed, will cause a complete change in the method of the railroads, in the matter of classi fication of freights. ' The common car riers are authorized to enter Into agree ments, specifying the classifications of freight and the charges of .transport ing passengers and freights, but the agreements must .be in such form as prescribed by the .commission-: and be filed with the commission within twenty days after It is made and thirty days before it goes into effect. The com mission may on application suspend the taking effect of the proposed charge or classification. It is further provided that in such agreements between carriers the carrier shall not make any agreement for the pooling or jdlvision of traffic, or division of earnings under penalty. Upon written request of an appli cant the carrier must state correctly the tariff on a proposed shipment be tween stated places. A penalty is imposed for an erroneous quotation of rate. The commission is given rule power to Institute any inquiry on its own motion as to any matter concerning which complaint is authorized to be made by others, or relating to the en forcement of any provision of the act. The scope of complaints which may be made bofre the commission is enlarged to such an extent that it practically embraces every feature of business that may arise between shipper and carrier. The commission is given power to sus pend for 120 days beyond the time a tariff rate fixed by the carrier field with the commission is to take effect. The penalties enumerated in the bill to be imposed on carriers for the viola tion of any rule or regulation pres cribed by the commission are severe, as they Include both a heavy fine and imprisonment or both. The penalty is especially severe for any director, offl' cer or stockholder who assents to any issue of securities forbidden by the act This is punishable hy fine of not more than $10,000. or by Imprison ment of not more than three years, or both. The views of the minority, which were prepared by Representative Adamson) of Georgia, were completed today, and filled with the report of the majority. Representative Sims of Tennessee, and Russell of Texas, dem ocrats, refrained from signing either report. There are certain amendment which they will offer to the bill when it comes up In the house. ALMA KELLNKK FOl'XI). Ransom of $10,000 Paid For Her. Will be Home In a Few Days. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Louisville, Ky., "April 1 The friends and family of Alma Kellner, the 8-year-old girl who was kid napped last December, annpupced to day that, the girl had been found and would be home by next Sunday. It is understood that a ransom of f 10,000 was paid for the girl's recov ery. Mrs. Frederick Kellner, Jr., the mother, said: ."My daughter will be back home in a few days. She. Is in good hands." . The uncle of the child, Fred Fehr, left Louisville suddenly a few days ago and friends of the Kellners said today that the cnild is either now with her uncle or will be within a few hours, v According to all informa tion available . today it was under stood that no prosecution would re sult from the kidnapping. BALLINGER INQUIRY IS IN PROGRESS Committee Met Again After Several Days' Recess to Resume Hearing TODD A WITNESS Committee Resumed its Healings This Morning Elmer ' E. Todd, District Attorney for Washington, the First Witness-GIavIs Said Todd Was Connected With the Watson-Allen Case Admitted ; a Part of davls Testimony and De nied Another PartDenied Mtate' nient of .lone About Judge San ford. V (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ' , Washingto, April , 1 The joint i-enate and house committee resumed : its investigation this morning of the Ballinger-Pinchot controverys. Elmer E. Todd, United States dis trict attorney for Washington; was the first witness for Mr. Ballinger called by Attorney Vertrees.-, Todd is the official mentioned by Glavis as : having been connected with the Wat son Allen Case. Glavis also asserted that Todd had advised him to delay prosecution of the coal claimants. , Mr. Todd said it was true that an ? agreement had been reached to omit Mr. Ballinger's name from the Wat son Allen case. eH denied the state- ment made by Special A gent Jones : : to the effect that he (Todd) had ad-. vised against prosecuting the 'coal claimants "because Judge ' 'Sanfofd ' was constitutionally opposed to land " fraud cases and he did not want to ., be humiliated by bringing such a, I prosecution before him.".; 'Mr. Todd said he never made any such statement to Jones. Judge Sanford, he said, was not opposed constitutionally to land fraud cases. No such case which he had tried, he . asserted, had ever been reversed by -' a higher court. t,. Judge Sanford, however, made a speech in which he criticised '"theo- . retical conservation." , ; Mr. Todd narrated the circumstan- , ces surroundingjfchls failure to prose cute the coal claimants for fraud. He thought that the cases did not -come under the statutes which ' Glavis and Jones cited. He stated further, that Glavis' successor, Special , Agent Christen son, had complained to him that cer- . tain papers and letters which Glavis had were missing and the matter of beginning , criminal proceedings against Glavis was discussed. He referred to the letters which it is alleged were discovered among Glavis' effects in the federal building in Seattle, copies of which had been , published in "Collier's." Todd said he t'old Christensen he thought that :. . (Continued on Page Two.) ERUPTION GAINS (By Cable to The Times.) Catania, Sicily, April 1 The eruption of Mount Etna today increased in sever ity. In spite of an occasional slacken ing in the advance of ,lava, the- red hot streams gained ground faster than at any time in the last week. .: Advices received today from the vicinity of Borello said that scarcely a soul was left there, and that only a. sudden stop in the flow or a deflection of the lava could save the town- on which the two streams had advanced for nearly two days, at the rate of two feet a minute. The. inhabitants of the town have fled or driven by the police to outlying districts or neighbor ing towns. The terror of the peasantry about the slopes of Etna grows more pitiful dally. " :;'( : . Rogalna, another village, was report ed today to be In danger and the plight of Nieolosl was declared no better. s The crowds of tourists -who came to view the spectacle have been materially' thinned by an exodus to Taormina, the resort at which Theodore Roosevelt was expected today; Many foreigners, however, are still fcer".'-1 i.vv.j One of the sights that most attracts them Is the slope Immediately below the crater on Monte Faggt, down which . a cateraet of crimson,' smoking lava pours at a speed of 800 yards a min ute more than 10 miles an litfur, , - i v
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