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iiie 10 Gffi CASES Cress's "Attcrcm Ffirinz k An Ofcrgfct cn fca.h 1 v . ! . ' . i " . tl. m case -nines Attorney For . Browne Argued That the Klertion of United States I ) Senator ia in Accordance With y : Congressional Aatliorlty and for -'; That Reason He Argued That the Stte Courts Did Not Have Juris- -. diction Hearing ; Draged : Along Although Judge Warned Attorneys About Point He Wanted to Hear s Argument On. . . -.''' (By Leased Wire to The Times) -.. . Chicago; June 6 Lee O'Nell Browne, democratic leader of the Illi nois state legislature, today began an onslaught on 'the indictment charging him with paying Represen tative Charles A. White $1,000 to vote for United States Senator Wtl . Ham Lorimer. His first attack against trial on the charge was made before Jiidge Kickham Scanlan when the . court heard arguments on the peti tion filed by Browne for a writ of habeas -'corpus. -This involved . straight legal questions and took up several points 'passed- upon recently by Judge McSurely. The petition , mainly attacked Judge.:rvMcSurely's jurisdiction, in the matter, a , . Before Judge McSurely, Browne's i trial was oil call at 10 o'clock. The call was delayed by the habeas cor pus hearing. - ; - .-'. . . - Browne, appeared in court. with At- torneys James Hartnett, . Elbrldge, : Hanecey and P. H. C'Donnell.- . . Counsel for Browne immediately began the argument when the court cut in: . - .-: I wish It understood that the only ' point : I will hear Is regarding the sufficiency, of the indictment. I will -not sit here and review the crlmnal court action." ,, ?.. -, Attorney. Hanecey argued that the elect on of a United States senator Is by joint assembly and that then the : assembly ia acting fn acordance with . congressional authority. For -that reason; he "insisted, : neither the cir cuit nor criminal court had jurisdic tion. - He declared the federal courts alone bad jurisdiction in this case. Notwithstanding the frequent ad-. -monitions of the court to conclude, Attorney Hanecey asserted 'that in just'ee to his client he should not be forced to-clogA-his arugment before all 'points "were covered. The hear- -. In dragged atone. : . ' Meantime one hundred special ve- Tofremen" were taken to Judge Mc- Surety's court where the court, at ' taches and a crowd of spectators awaited the opening of 'the real bat tle. " - " , ' ' - , ' - "' . - : Later tHW hearing ,by argument was postponed pending the disposition of the habeas corpuB proceeding. TO THE FRESiuEHT "$ i By Leased Wire, to-The Times ) , Norton, -or cmgoy.;to-iay rorsooa nis ; postaiT asqiiitarij ' seore'ttir of : 'the treasury and became secretary to the ! presWent, :succee-rnjr V$ei.;y. . penteii; who- )s vlsU"ng relatives Jn the west find ' wlJl shortly go W his post at Tapgler,; Morocco ; as 7 tJnlted Btates minister to, ihatountry.'. -$Y-: f The title of "assistant president" has unofficially been5, given to; Secretjiry . NortoBjVWh It, te; said will af -times I ; speak of flcially for Presldeni Taft,. The change In secretaries', was .rnade " by. President Taft In response to the strong , pressure of his political friend.. It t was pointed out that Secretary car penter Is neither a politician qr a press - a Kept, the two necessary qualifications ' for the auaeeasfutsecFatafy-tcuthe-iirM-, ldent. Secretary Norton,, It Is said, ap preciates the need ot publicity work ; tor the administration and consequently will take the public into the . white hour coiiflilenfo through the medium of l!io press. ' HATE HATTER Peace cr; ijfar rQsestisa Be Decided to Conference Between . the Fretwlent and tWe Railroad Men to Settle the Matter Said That Road 3 Are VV11 ling' to Ijeave Whole (aestiop, to the Interstate Commerc-j Commls- . (By Leased Wire to The Times . Washington, June, S Peace or war between the railroads , and (he gov ernment hung in the balance foday on the conference between tho mil- road chiefs and President TaU over the administration's fight agalnrt In creased rates,' . "How far are you going In the op position to the rate-making commit tees, and cannot an agreement - be reached peaceably?", was the gist of tho questions with which the. mag- nates came here. E. P. Hlpley, president o the Atchison, .Topeka ft Santa 5e -Is the leader of the party. Instils pi ivate tar the trip was made fr6m Chioiiso The chief claim of the railroad men in the dispute vow taken before -1 he president is that they are 9tititleJ'to greater income from freight rates be cause they are paying $120,00), COO more a ;ear lnwages than 'tofor? the panic of 1907, , : Upon their prosperity, they, say, rests the development of thd spxrsely settled far west, whose fertility !s a strong factor in the preservitloa o prosperity.,,, , . f Besides the status -of the -vorkers directly employed by railorads: -A'n'cn the magnates claim to be involved in the dispute, there are affected tie 1,- 600,000 employes of the inainbtsrs of the Railway Business Associatoii, the manufacturers of railroad , su ltIU s, Without htgher rates, Athej;-rsilorad men claim they will tw unable to pur chase' supplies.. ' The declartlon 'made yeKterday in NWwYork by President W. C. Brawn of the New York ; Central linea ihnt he was willing to have the question of Increased (reight rates left entire ly in th bands . of . the interstate commerce commission, was one of the principal factors in today's confer ence. ' ,: ' This morning it was declared that several big railroad men regarded Mr. Brown's suggestion as the speed test solution of the problem. V President Taft this morning con (erred ,with. Attorney Genesal Wlck- ersham, who is directing the govern ment's fight against the railroads. It wits said that they reviewed the ques tion from the beginning in prepara tion for the meeting with the railroad presidents. The railroad men bad out lined their plans at a secret session held yesterday and were prepared to tell President Taft their demands as soon as the meeting began. Mr. Ripley said this morning that under no circumstances . would he. make any statement or. receive any representatives of the press. - ,. At the conference this afternoon Messrs. Ripley, Delauey and Felton wl give "tho president the railways' eason8 for desirhg ,to have tle ,,ratej Injunction Jiulf dropped. It is un-; derstood they- will take the positon that the railways are justified In In creasing rates In wages granted 'to employes within the last, few months. ft is further expected the railway men will argue that the government's injunction, salt, to he tried in Mis souri, concern the question of how the increases' were made rather than the increases themselves, and that it unnecessarily disturbs business con ditions, not only : among railroads! but.among Industrial,' commercial and ftnancjaj institptions generally. i ' the railorad officials are also ex pected .to lay emphasis on the con- teoittfiitt uliass'tljQ j,ralrpads are,- permiweqio .increage rates meir ior- eign credit, recently. established, will be impaired., ' J i-':' It is the belief of those close to the; d inlplstratlon that the visit of he, allway presidents , '.Jo,,; Washington will prove . " a futile undertaking., While t.t Is true that the protest, of the western shippers against the in-: prea&e In rates is based on objection. to toe increase itseir, me attiuae oi the department of justice .seems' to be one of fneistent inquiry liito the methods by .which the, increases were dechied upon, rather than judicial ac tion against the roads because of the slse of tfie. Increase. T.he president and the attorney enerat are satisfied that the rail roads violated the Bnerman anti-trust ' when they" attempted to make the' increases . n t' questtna. vToey have obtained. a temporary injunc (Contlnuod On Page Five. . COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEMliEJtS A)V THE i ,:','.,:.. .','.. IX TIM 1 Xt KT ll'lf s ; a? t VA f Ullr 1" " -v . f JIUtTlIM, x T UiU I M tn. xrgM.Vi JlJiTA "Til J Ti I 1 'yp J. Mayor Gay nor, of New York, who will deliver the address of wel come, . .-' ' , ' 2. ' Colonel Theixlorv Roosovelt 3 Vm, lioeb, former se'retary to Mr. Roosevelt; . t i ' 4. Cornelius' ; Vanderhilt, - chair- man Mt the" executive committee of the Roosevelt -reception . coninilttee. PSSISSIPPI FAILS TO SELL BONOS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Jackson, Miss., June 6 Governor Noel and other ottlcials, were much sur prised today when no bida were offer ed on the $600,000 state bond issue authorised by the legislature at Its lust oesslon, and which were to be disposed of to the highest bidder today. Several financial syndicates made in quiry Concerning ,the terms pt the is sue,' which is for a period of. twenty years, bearing interest at 4 per rent, but none of - them saw. ht to submit bids. -.."Che funds expected from the Issue are btidl. needed to defray the expenses-of the state which is prac tically .'broke." ." - . . .-.-j , , . . . -;'-. -' Luyster is Rctter. (Special to The Times.) Fayettevine,' June 5 Pitcher William Luyster, of tbe Highlanders, who was hit by a-pitched ball in Saturday's ghmer returned here from Wilson this afternoon at 4:30 accompanied by Dob- son and4, 'Donovan, also of the High landers, Who had remained with him. Luyster walked .from train to the hack and was driven at once to the Hlgh- amlth hospital-where he Is now resting comfortably,' although he is badly hurt. but .(f.-nothlng unforseeh happens, -the .doctors; say he will be -out In a few- days. fFhls Js; indeed good pews npt -only . tcr Luyster's. -wife and child, but all Fayettevllle fans .and to Luyster's many admirers In the Kftstein Carolina League. :. BILL . . . . coi.:es bp i "(By leased .Wire to The Times) . Washington, June 6 Representative Mann of IlllioJ&, will call, up the rail road bill In th.e house tomorrow. There ar three prepositions concerning the tjllt under discussion. A large number of democrats say thai . If the adminis tration wants a railroad bill they will coiwupr: IprtheJSenate amendments with the republicans.- thus Sending bill direct to the president' for his signature An ther !;propQsftlohVof ' the dethocrats is to concurr.- n . a tew , of the senate mendments, (o that When the bill goes lpto. conference- nothing: "can be con sidered, except amendments disagreed to, -'. . - v JSome. '"regular" -republicann say the bill shall be treated a any other meas ure and : have the disagreements . ar ranged in conference. . . . Re.prenentatlves Dwlght of New York, republican whip; and - Representative arnei1 of Texas, acting whip of the democrats, ' hsve notlfled all absentee members to be present when the- bill cornea 'up tomorrow.- . : RAILROAD DR. BELL WILL HOT RUN Has Written Mr. Bailey That He Can t Ran For Commissioner The Executive Committee Will Select Another Candidate In 1 a Snort Time Dr. Hell Was Named For County Commissioner by the Mass iiieetiiiu. It has been rumored for sevefal days that Dr. G. M. Hull, ono of the mass-meeting's nominees lor county commissioner, had decided not to run, and had written to Mr. Cailey to that effect. Mr. Bailey was interviewed today and said: "Ih a letter to me Dr. Hell says: " 'Personally, ' I would be willing to run for county comirilssio'nei-, tho place for, which the mass-meeting named me, even though' at a sacri fice, for the sake of the high motives of the mass-meeting, hut I feel thit my first duty is to my patron's wno have been standing by me for a quar ter of a century, and I feel that I could not serve in the position of county commissioner witnous,"-' to some extent,' sacriiicing them. . I wish to sav that I am in full, sym pathy with the object of the mass meeting and shall do all in my power to carry them to success. I hope to see the full ticket nominated and' elected.' " j Continuing Mr. Bailey said: f,--..'!Dr, Bell's name was put in nom ination at the muss-meeting in. his absence, ; He Is a very modest man, but' his, friends in thy ;..;..sd-meellng thought he would aiccpt. I iregrct that he finds It nnpossihle to tlo so, hut' I am not surprised. Our cause has his unreserved support, and everyone knows what that means. "."Our exeoutiye committee wl)Iv In due.tinio,. bring out. a caiiCIdule in his- "place. The committee Is .com posed of men in every township, se lected by the mass-meeting with u view to Just such a contingency as this. , -i -" "By the way, when tho executive committee met hero May 21 your reporter- scums to have got ten 'the Iin prosslon It was a secret - meeting. This was a mistake. There -were a number present who were not mem bers of the committee and wete-aot Ipvlted The doors of the chamber of commerce 'rooms . where tho meeting was held stood wide open. . . . "Being a committee meeting no 6ewB()aper reporters .were' present, and -we. asked When ttie meeting was called to order that all who were not lu, sympathy, with .us rotire." j ' 4 RECPTION COMMITTEE OF THREE Hllti 1 J- ' . n. IIU.U T- 3.. Justice James W. (ierard, uf Hie Kiiprenic court of Xew York.- . Elbert H. Gary, prexideut of the I lilted Stales Steel Corporation." 7. (ioorjju 11... Slu'l(l-ii, former treasurer of the republican national committee. ' . ;, R. AGAIN ON THE STAND ( By Leased Wire to The Times) . New York, June 6 Charles R. Heike, secretary of the sugar trust, resumed the witness stand .today in his own.delense in the United States district court, where he stands chareed with conspiring to cheat the government out of duties by- means of false weights used on the Wil liamsburg docks. His testimony was again a complete denial of the gov ernment's charge. George S. Graham, of counsel for the defense, interrupted the cross-examination to put in evidence, finan cial statements made to Heike be tween 1901 -and 1908, which showed that the profits of the Williamsburg refinery were lower than those of the, trust's other refincri'ss during those years. Ho also brought out from Heike that he was never t;n the Wil liamsburg docks and that he could not know of the cheating that was being done. , : . Deaf Mute Killed by Train. Columbia, S. C,. June 6 Thomas Carter, prominently .connected and highly educated, was struck by a train bound for Charlotte, this morning and instantly killed. Carter was walking on the track. Carter was formerly a professor in the state institute for deaf and dumb, and was deaf and dumb himself. FIFTY SUBPOENAS IN KOHLER CASE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Cleveland, ., June 6 Flftv more subpoenal) were issued by the prosecu tion todav ol Fred Kohlor, the "Golden Rule" police chief on charges if in toxication and Immorality. Announce ment was made by those pressing the cape against the chief that several prominent business men who were ex pected to testify against the. suspended official,' have disappeared. This Is a blow at the prosecution and the su'b poenaes were Uwued to prevent any more leaving. - ' Kohler is himself III with the grippe, but declares that he will not suhtnlt to medical treatment until tho . case Is ended, - , ..Whole Family Murdered. '(By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Marshaltown, la., , June 6 - James Harding, his wife and son were found murdered this morning at 'their home, 16 miles southwest of this lty; The heads of the victims were beaten to a pulp. '" ... -. I- '' :' ,.;. N. C.E Twenty-Five Virginia Auto mobiles Will be Here Old Dominion AutoistR Will Invadi North. Carolina This Week, Pass Through Wake Forest and by 'N'euso Falls Wednesduy Afternoon Leave Here lor Durham Thurs day Morning. Tomorrow morning the Rochmond Times-Dispatch's North Carolina en durance run will start from Richmond at eight o'clock and will arrive here Wednesday afternoon and spend the night, leaving Thursday morning for Durham. There are twenty-five cars entered for the run," and besides these there will be quite a number of non contest ing machines along.- Dr. Stuart Mc Gulre's Oldsmobile will act as pilot car. There will be sixteen ladies in the party, and all told, doubtless there will be nearly one hundred followers of the "honk" wagons here Wednesday night, The following-Is the route: Leave Richmond Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, pass through Petersburg, cross ing the Appomattox . river, through Greensville county, taking luncheon at Emporia. Roanoke river will be crossed at Roanoke Rapids and Tuesday night will be spent at Panacea Springs near Littleton where a dance in honor of the autoists will be given. Wednesday the party "will fake luncheon at the Massenburg Hotel In Henderson, and al ter the run to Raleigh will, be made, passing Wake Forest, Neuse Fails and arriving here late in the afternoon, and will spend the night at the Tar borough. Thursday morning the re turn trip will begin, passing through Durham, Chapel Hill, Oxford, and. the night will be spent at Clarkville. The run willecnd in Richmond about 5 o'clock Friday, . - , . . ' '-: ' Automobilists all along the route are makinx preparations to entertain' the visitors, and '.everything wlll . be done to make the tripa pleasant one. DALZKLL HAD HARD FIGHT. J,iut.Wa,s HciioiiUiiated for Congress) r .V Cannon Man. - .A . - r, . -i ....... (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., June 6 In the hardest political battle, of his career, John Dalzell, a Cannou man, has won the republican congressional nomi nation in the 30th-district , by-the margin of a few hundred votes, With four , districts missing. Dalzell has but 402 majority. This is likely to be increased by the missing "re turns as all four precincts are sure to give Dalzell majorites.- The total vote in the districts com piled gives 10,677 for Dalzell and 10,aSS for Dr. Robert J. Black, of McKeespprt,. . his opponent. Dr. Fiac.c does not accept unofficial re turns as gathered. .. He declared to day that he has won by 217 "votes. He charged that fraud was practiced ih many districts to his loss and will demand a recount of Saturday's pri mary vote. - '.'''Presidential Appointments. (By Leased Wire to The Times Washington, June 6 Tae presi dent today sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations: ' War department: To be chief of engineers Colonel W. H. Bixby. To be chief of the bureau of insular af fairs Brigadier. General Charles R. Kd wards, (re-appointed at the end of a four year term.) Treasury department: To be as sistant secretary of the treasury A. Pia,v Andrew, of Massachusetts. ; To be collector -of customs, T. C. Stanton, at Stonington, Conn.; C. A. Harbour, at Warren, R. I.; J. M. Fo gell, at Castlne, Me. Kstrada Will March On Managua. (By Cable to Tae Times.) . Bluefields, by wireless from Colon, Jue 6 The Estrada, forces will move on Managua again iiinless Pres ident Madriz submits to peace terms imposed by Estrada. This announcement was made to day by General Estrada himself. "My peace offer," he said, "will hold good fora limited time only. If no satisfatcory reply is forthcoming, ve will direct a campaign against Managua. I am sure that such an expedition would now bo successful. Though we prefer peace, we are al ready preparing to march on Ma nagua!" -..-'.. . Helena Sent to Nanking. ( By' Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, JUufe 6 It was said at the -navy "department this- after noon that the U. S. 8. Helena was' or derea last -Saturday night from Han kow, China, to reinforce the U. 8. S. New Orleans at Nanking, tUe critical point In the ; expected , Chinese antl foreign 'uprlping. 'V: 'V!: . i ROOSEVELT IS COMING HI LAST OF WEEK Sails From England Next Fri day and Will Dock In New York Eigbt Days later ENO OF iTjOURIlEY Since He Has Been Out of tlie Jpngle He Has Been the Guest of Nearly Kvery Europeiin Ruler and Mas . Been Accorded Every Honor- Plans for the Monster Reception In New York on June 18 Presi dent Will Not be at Reception but a Large Number of Senator and Cabinet Officers Will be Present Will be a Non-partisan Affair. , (By leased Wire to The Times, ) New York, June 6th On Friday next Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will sail from Southampton, England. aboard the a. S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and begin the last leg of his wonderful and spectacular journey, which will end when the ship docks in this harbor eight days later. Since he emerged from the African jungle the latter part of March he has been the. guest of nearly every. Eu ropean ruler, and honors have been conferred on him which were never before accorded a private, American citizen with the exception of General Grant: As a fitting climax . to his triumphal toury--onsteTeeptlort has been planned by representative' citizens of the nation, and when- the Colonel arrives on June 18, he will bo welcomed by thousands of his countrymen from' every section of (he United States, representing . all classes. Plans have been made on a most elaborate scale, and the recep tion promises to be as brilliant as the historical home-coming of Admiral Dewey with his vlctorlpus fleet.- A parade of harbor 'craft," fqljowed by a reception at Battery Park, where Mayor Gaynor will deliver the prinr clpal address, and a triumphal march up Broadway and Fifth Avenue to Fifty-nine street, with the famous Rough Riders as an escort, are the principal features of the program. rin annmint nf hlct nna)Hnn no nhfpf executive, President Taft will not be present but a large number of sena tors and representatives, together with the cabinet officers will be on hand. Organizations of every kind and description and from every part of the country will be present In a body and the city will be overrun with thousnds of visitors. ; Every available craft in New York rarbor was chartered as early as the middle of May and flat boats and stows are at a premium. Some of tho larger organizations, such as tile Re publican Club of New York, have chartered regular coast line steamers in which to go down the bay and welcome the Colonel after his , ab- sence of fifteen months. Although there will be many re (Contlnued on Page Two.) CHINESE WILL ASK FOR PARLIAMENT (By Cable to The Times.) Pekin, June 6-An ultimatum de manding the formation of a national parliament immediately wljl be served upon the government Wednesday, It was announced today. The delegates to the provincial assemblies are gathered here, prepared to stay and force their demand without waltihs for the' ex piration of the 9 year period provided by the government before the national assembly's convocation. Eight of the delegates have given their oaths to commit, suicide if the Regent,. Prince Chun, refuses the demand. Their self, slaying, according to Chinese ethics, would put Prince Chun in the light of a. murderer, he being held responsible, morally for their death.. - .' It Is believed here, that the ' Regent backed by the . Manchus and all re actionary forces;' will delay as long as possible answering the memorial,. Chicago, June 6 The -, smallest' baby in Chicago was today -reported thriving at the infant' Incubators at Riverview exposition.: It wtha only It ounces.'.' ' . ; ."''.' .. : ' ' --' '- s -i '-.
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