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ASSOCIATED PRES3 "NLYO- Carried by the; Evening Dispatch, Together with Extensive , Cpetlil Correspondence. . : r V TH2 'VCATMSH. 3 J : i;: .,..3 -'0 K K f: 'cJ v "" I " Generally fair tonight and.-Thurs5 " day; Light, to moderate west" winds V.v 1 . . - -. - 1 VOLUME EIGHTEEN WILMINGTON, N. C;, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER: 25, 1912 pjftlCH THREE EIITS r wsm- i mm 1 K 3 J s Bill lie Given Jury De- forr IHglit judge Carter States. That he Will Hold jury Together Until Monday If Nes essary, in Order to Reach a -Verdict, if possible Speeches -WerDeliveiS, ed Today andf Charge to the Jury Will Follow Testimony " at Closing Sessions. " ,- (StafE Correspondence.).. 'v Burgaw, N. C, Sepl.. 25, Before" the members of the jury are ready toj re tire tonight, in all probability they will have had placed before them the question of the guilt, or innocence of j. c .Holly, t the. -white :manf arge4 with the murder r by 'strychnines pois- oning of his ward; :Edward'CronwelU i The evidence '. wag . closed' last; night,1 shortly before 11 o'cockJ TcaybA$ heen devoted to the argumehts from attorneys. Judge Frank : Carter' exi pects to deliver his ' charge to, the jury either late this -afternoon oir at a session after supper HonightJ Judge Carter succeeded Ijn 'X bis "ex pectation last night of finishhig'rthe evidence. To accomplish this end he held a long session during the after noon, and another at night. With a large crowd present, and in the dimly lighted court room -evening, the T trial proceeded with unabated speed." After the State had finished the cross-examination of Dr. Edward J. Wood, an expert witness introduced by the de fendant, the defence rested Its case. It was decided not to put HollyN on the stand. The case was Resumed this morning, it 9:30 ai m. Iti was decided that each" side should take three hours for speeches.:; Four, pos sibly five speeches are to be deliver ed. The speeches for Holly will be made by his attorneys,; C DJ Weeks Esq., and William J. Bellamy, ,,Esq? ana tor ine &wer Dycon?ivr Ma-wptst, TlIfTIMrtTn DC and one, possibly- both members i of j y y l, liliUlIliLU 'J U ; UL me nrm of Ulana fijiiana:, -: Judge Carter stated that "he expects the jury to reach a verdict. If neces sary he will hold the v members" to gether until Monday morning of next week. Judge Carter will be 5 obliged to remain at Burgaw until a verdict is reached, or a mVtrial is ordered. The court stated that the -trials have been most expensive and that ; a ver dict will have to be reached, if there is any possible' chance. . The evidence at tb afternoon and evening sessions yesterday is jgiven below : ' --' r - The first witness yesterday after noon when court convened at 3 p m. was Mr. B. J. Cottle. He lived in Wil: mington, was working for. R.4R. Bella my, the druggist, on August lOth 1910. He had been working J there 5 or 6 years. He sold strychnine! to Holly. He referred to the poison reg ister he had with him. -At the time of sales he made entries. - On 'June 21, 1910, be sold Holly l-of an tninee, or about 55 grams, of : strychnine i also on Aujrusf 3:1910. . sold the same amount to Holly. The p'urchas-",vice er said both times he wanted : tne poison to kill rats as they were awful at his place. The witness could not say positively whether be" sold strych nine sulphate, . or nitrate. ? He knew Holly purchased the strychnine.":. The sulphate is usually sold. J F. M. Canady was " recalled. He said he was in the jail before Sunday, after Holly was arrested. Holly ask ed him to see "Miss Mary West; said for her fo tell Dr. Bell, the coroner, that "Edward" turned a lamp "'; over on the bed. The; witness delivered the message. '" Z1"- - H. L. Gregg was called.h He stated, that he had conversations with Holly many times. The witness knew; Crom well. He roomed at.the s hbteL." Hejeft. the hotel nineteen days before the fire. He heard Holly. 'say that Edward' packed his clothes and intended to Bail on a ship. Holly ' stopped him and would not letvhim leave Holly eaid he was under' obligations, tothe oy's father to' keep: him a, .certain . length of time. '" M.. W. P. Monroe was recalled; He said he had -a conversation 'with Holly about some furniture about, 6 a. in.., after the fire. Holly said he had ship ped one load-to Pikeville;3 to Sir, Flow ers, who owned the goods'.' -. ' A. j. Moore, Jr.,v agent of the. A, C. L- freight department at" Wilmingtoiii stated that he had had no" transac tions with Holly. G. Haskett Flowers knew. Holly. He, had a conversation with' Holly about goods shipped; to .his' place., ; There were two bedsteads,' three boxes; etc. he witness got a letter with Holly's wiiueBB got a Idler Wiiu .xauiijr.o i (Continued 9n Fifth Pase.).; . J pa; ill Mm ; Spooking Jnttnn" Both Wltf Also Speak in Same Places Reversing the Towns Afternoon and Nlght Wilson. Continues, His' Con- necticut Tour.Tomorrow Pleased at , NewsVrorn Jeriey. - .v, ' ' - - j "k ' ' New , J-ork, Sept. -Gorernor Woc4rdwiWilson 'and Goyernor- Hiram Johnsonare .invading Connecticut to day. Governor Wilson left here .early for. Bacjfyrd., where" he makes an af ternoon address, going to;New Hayen toWght, yoernorYjohnson s'peaks in New, Hay.this afterndon and in Hart f prd; ixinlght4' Wilson lias eplahned . to spend thj night In'New Haven, going topHiigld,Barioya;Fall Rivex tombrQWy He is keenly Interested to day;jn, the Returns from the New- Jer sey, primaries and. pleased at the" vic tory Congressman Hughes-whom he output i,vu-: mimvM JO . CARRY OII THE WR Mexico City, . Septv, 23. President Madero - has sent a message to Con gress requesting- the appropriation 'of twenty million pesos or authorization ot making a loan, for-that ampunt,'to'bg used in conducting a campaign against the Rebels. .It is " believed Congress will either make an appropriation - or authorize the loan.:'AIh.fa message Ma dero said there was on hand June 3rd fifty,' onel- mimon pesos, includlhg twentr- million borrowed.- PractiGally all this has been spent anymore is nec4i cessary. r': " ":" V - HURRIED TO HAITI ..a ; Washington, .Sept.", 25,-r-Edrly, .dis patches to the State - Department con- tamed advices ox a revolution m tne Dominican Republic. Preparations , for moving 250 marines to protect the cus toms houses on - the - Haytian border . . '.: 2 ' " .. . . ' were pushed forward and sometime tol day a movement of Marines from posts along' the Atlantic Seaboard is expeci ed to begin. They are concentrating at Philadelphia and will be rushed to Santo Domingo on the transport Pr xU EilLISTLlEIITS FOB : . fiAVY jIUMP UP Washington; - Sept, gSEnllstmeni s in.the Navy through 'the recruiting ser ,fo vice for, i he weeK amounted, to uy, tae largest figure . of any '.week since last. January. -These - figures -are taken by theNavyIJepartntent to indicate that the Navy ii regaining it's popularity. AljllESTY OFFERED : : J TJEXICAf J REBELS - Mexico City,-Sept. 25. A new. move TtiPTi't to obtain - peace in Northern Mexico was ;madQ -today, when Pres'; dentMadroandrCabinet? instructed the Minister of War to offer 'amnfesty k th followers" of Pascual Orozco, the RebeHeaden-"'-' 110!!i:il3)":EPiTEO ' ..x . . :..-."V r... .' " .r-. .. -'... 'j. , TO BE m I; Xondon, Sept. 25.-The masterple "Moni IAsa,": stolen from the. Louvre, f Paris, in August of last . year, is hang-i ng on the walIs,of a. private gallery m St. Petersburg, -according to a report published ju a Russian newspaper and telegraphed here- today. ' , ' ' Seattler'WaBhn.V. Sept.- 25. Advices from Vajdez, Alaska, say that- Mount Wrangen, the most; widely known; of the' ' Alaskan-; ,'smoking - volcanoes, Is again in eruption, throwing out, large volumes, of -smoke, arid lava. Instead one crater, there? now.-are seveu ., . oo- frnm nil nts, and; Jar. to flowing .ftom 31- WELL PLEnSED Were Ohio Farmers With North Caro- Una 'Land Insurance -Commissioner Xojungptoj Recommend. More" Strict 6uperyIsion of Foreigq,B. and llA h" soclatlons -.' . . if , i Dispatch JIews i.B'ureati, .,J; Raleigh,' N.- C; Sept. 25, 1912. . The 25 . 6hio farmers' and profes sional men4 who are in eastern North Carolina investigating '-i farming ; con ditions are ' well pleased with -everything, according to Ellas Carr, ' secre tary of the Board of 'Agriculture who has Just returned from Edenton. Five of the farmers -were 'accompanied' by their wives, ;who , joined their hus bands in praising North Carolina soil and : hospitality. r- t . was pointed out by one. of ,th, visitors .that an acre near Edenton, vvrtU produce twice' as much corn as an acre in Ohio and tin addition bear a crop of peavine hay as v valuable " as "the corn grown byi the Ohio acre. It is" estimated that ten per cent. " of i the Ohio farmers who have visited this ; State ,have returned- toilive,. and "practically all jof the ' 25 here now expreslS "a -desire - to- migrate to NortbTvCarolina Insurance Commissioner .Young will in hfs annual report whichv . is" in course of preparation: recommends f a more strict : supervision over Jbfcilding and loan ' association" forthepurposfe" of T protecting ' the pubiicagainsty foreign-companies ,;whichare,5 he;say, are wrong in principle, a building and loan- association being designed ;to serve the local community. He ctm- iriends the management of the. local associations and suggests that- the planght properly be extendeds so that "land associations to enable per- sons:to buy farms and ai dfarmers Itt marketing their crops might be form ed. The idea is '- not new; Mro Young says and has:been ;tried out thorough ly in( European countries. x f ' Reports' from' 100' of "the 115, build ing and 46ari associations, operating in the State show:- that . the vrecbjpts for the past ' year amounted ' to 'f 5376.08, the disbursements to $5,223,93T.95f and the 'assets1 to. $8457,559.39.' .-The 7dis- bursements amounted to "increase ' iu receipts oyer the previous to $492,175. 07 and the increase In assets .to. .$9,75,- 272.72:;:fK Two revival meetings are in pro gress ;Tbere,f "the -one .at .the -Baptist Tabernacle ;.- being conducted by 1 Dn Calvin " B. Weller of -Asheviljie; and the other" at - Edentori"' Street Metho dist :Chiuxh'; conducted, by Rev. Nj'.-A. Humble" of iLaurinbur..- , t The Imperial Pharmacy, of ,-lFayette-Yllle,. was chartered? today with twenty thousand dollars authorized and:, twen ty three hundred ..subscribed. byM. L, Perry, "Fred A. Fleming, :W. J Elliott and R. W.Thaggard. ' ', ' !The Substitute- Models (Sellg) 55 T Great Film Sensation' at the Delight- fnJ Grand Today. - ' - it it. 'Subscribe. to The Evening Dispatch, f) t SftK ANOTHER VOl-UNTEEB. WORLD'S 5E31ES T Commission Meeting Today' to Arrange Dates and ' Other Preliminaries Go ino brv.SuDDosition Tlwit t Hvh York ?- Nationals'' WIM .Vthe PennaniU r New; York,: iSepjGs. fS.Members of the- : National .-J Baseballv i Commission "and Representatives lof " the- Beetpn American rand 'New York - Nationals gatheVed here today to fix - the date,s for the - world's "championship series, settlef 4he Sidisputed question ii3 to howw.and by 'whom-the sale of tick ets will -be ' conducted,'-formally ran-, nounce the - eligible -.players and dis pose !; of any other business bearing upon . thei arrangements. Although New- - York still ; needs : two . games f,to cinch the - National' pennant, the- com mission is proceeding on the -supposition" that, thatUeam will win the pen-, nant. The schedule,,, however, will be announced with a proviarton- deference o. the Chicago club,:which is a ck)?o second. After deciding the date, the commissi8n will invite 'Presidents Brush and McAleer- to toss for ; the honor of opening. Jt is planned to have twa games In feach city, instead of alternating.' l -. V STRIKE TIES-UP ROADS I! rSPAIIl ''' -,-. ; " v. .-.' - Perpignan, France, Sept. ,25. Rail road, -"traffic . is completely: - suspended in Catalonia Province,. Spain, and there has - been considerable destruc tion of property by strikers; who quit in a body at midnight Barcelona ,dte patches state --that every v station i is now in the hands ;'of the military as every employe joined, the .movement. International; trains are tmable to pro ceed beyond the Spanish " boVder. , FIREMEHcOF WHITE ; : .; VVSTAB LINER STRIKE 'Southampton, " Sept. 25. Firemen of the White Star. liner," Majestic, refused tos go-.- aboard today -hen the' vessel Was about to- sail tor New York. ; They declared the stokehold undermanned and demanded more men be engaged. The vessel was delayed for some hours, before some of: the men "were induced to return to duty and! the vacancies of other strikers filled. V ; - , Boston. Mass., Sept 25,rThe differ ences existing between the -Boston ho tels : and "their employes will be ; taken to the. State Board of Conciliation, and Aiitration; where f bearing will begi v en" tomorrow before a full.board.' Pend ing the hearing the strike, which has beejr thretenedi. during the Chambers of Commerce Congress, fwilL be called GREAT VICTORY For , Wilson and Progressive f Democr ?racy.- in?New Jersey-CongreMmari .Huglies ;WUi- Have Majority ofs JBe- tWeen- Tiwenty; and Thi rty Thousand ' ' "I 11 . ' Trenton, N J. Sept -125.yAs the fig ures of yesterday's-primaries continue to . come - in ;the 'decisiveness of- Con gressmari"" Hughes' - victory ., tts , ,the choice of : the Democrats for United States ; Senator, f becames l more -appar ent. -The -result is regarded . as a vic tory for Governor Wilson; who has sup-' porfed -Hughes - throughout.1; Hughes' majority over James Smithy Jr.,' will run between twentr and thlry thous and .-. - ; : ; -r ;. ; ROOSEVELT COMES - , IflTO. THE SOUTH Little Rock, ; Ark. Sept. 251 "f f esl as if a had been in a crusade," said Colonel tRoosevelt . today, Coming jnto the old South,-with his trip through, the west at an-end, he said he felt that he had befen well repaid ,'f or jhls -Western campaign.' trHe said he had heard gopd reports of ; the Progressive' movement in the South. VAt the bottorf Roose velt continued, ;"thei Progressive; move ment-ls a religious 'one.", Roosevelt spent most of the day here, .leaving late this afternoon for Memphis. . . j FOSS AG1 HIED '' TO HEAD TICKET Boston Mass.; Sept.' 25;- As the re sult of. yesterday's " primary, Eugene MI Foss, will be the Democratic candidate for-. Governor for. a third ;iime, -having defeated District Attorney. Pelletier b twenty six:thohsand majority. Former Speaker r Walker b.ad: a majority of ten thousand overr Colon eU-Benton forthe Republican nomination. ''-. x 1 ARM IS SICK - OF THE Southampton, Sept. 25. John J. Archbold, , president of the "Standard Oil, is sick being bothered aboutVpoIi tical exposures, he declared in an. in terview todayj before sailing fori, New York. He ; declined to add ; anything further and - three .guards : were . placed before, his : stateroom door lo. keep off interviewers. - v -r ' : ' A t Altoona, Pa., Sept. t 25. President Taf t arrived here early, today to par ticipate in jthe' semi-centennial ; of the Iyal . iWar.roveniors . conference, ' BUSINESS liluUlO Their Con ul:it Party Swooped Oown on a Kentucky Tobacco Planter Found His Friends On Hand to Give Battle and They ( Beat a Retreat Riders. 'Evidently Meant Business, as Sever X Carried ' Ropes. Vlt 1 V Henderson,5 Ky Sept;r2rWhen.a squad of "Nigh Riders': Wived 'at tne tobacco farm 'of1 J. Stokes'Taylor this morning, ?they were -nnexpectedly met by Taylor and a party of trlendsV arm ed with gunsi; After half, hour's parley, the . visitors, presumed to . be members of "a tobacco pool competing ; against the organizaUon headed bl?"Taylor; were allowed tp depart; Seyeral f Night Riders" carried ropes.v.' V - v 4 KiRpyii 1 i v SGIEIIT1FIC REV1SI0IJ New York, SeptT 25.--Presideht Taf t in an Hvening- World Interyiey oday promised -revision f of the-, tariff on a scientific basis. andv hinted tan extra tariff revision sessibn-'' should : the. Re publicans control the next Congress. Referring tofr the high cost-of Jiving, the' President expressed " the 'opinion' that American . workmen are? .very much ,v better.7 off than 'Europeans. ' He said the' woman ' suffrage' issue will have to be decided by the s various States. He believes: women are - as capable of the-wise' use of the ballot as men. t - - - - - BfCK -TO "CELL oTO -: .- WSllEICl V f - Chicago, Sept" 25r Harold Hoops, the young man who was released when his father paid the remainder ;of bis fine after he had served 26 days in jail for following a young Vwoman: and be seeching her to take atride in his auto mobile, returned to jail today arid ask ed for his old cell. ' He got .it. ' He said he was learning is lesson . and was going to finish his sentence. . MINERS . SEEK .CDMEIICE 4 Bingham, Utah- Sept?25.LieadeTS of the xoppers miners, on 'a strike for higher; ;wagesipontinued today their efforts to bring" about- a .conference with the Utah .Copper Company's gen eral manager. .TJiey admit that ; so far they nav met' with "little encout agement, ' but say 'tbTey will continue these overtures, so that if an amicable adjustment' fails the' fault; will not be theifs. No demonstration of any kind was Reported throughout the night, although a number of Greek : strikers were seen on1 the hillsides with rifles. The Qreeks are being .warned by their leaders not to carry arms. CUBA FACING A J ; Washington, Sept. 25. The demand on ; the : Cuban Government yesterday that 1 Cuba meet -'it's : monthly install ment of four hundred thousand dollars on the cost of the "Havana sewer and paving T!?;qrk threatens , to bfirig:.toa crisis the desperate'- financial ; troubles of ' the -Republic!" Cuba has Deenhav- ring jmuch trouble to meet these pay ments ana witn intesnai resources al most exhausted Is in a dilemma. - 'It either must reduce the civil establish ment in' the Interests, of economy, or secure the consent of the" United States to obtain another foreign loan.'. V, . ' ' Jmn - - -r Mill' f J - , K , Still After More Testimony.- - Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. ? 25. John W. Hart, ,r representing '. New York Police Lieutenant Becker, was.-; still here today; It was understood he ex pects to get Important statements bear ing on the Rosenthal murder case from persons other than those who appeared at the hearing, completed here Monday night :. ', r. "i..t v 5' ; 1 Subscribe jolThe : Evening DIspatcn. FIAIICIAL CRISIS Ont Cost VirglBla Op- orat;rs Oupss PIgd Will Not4 Take the' Militia Away for Several-' Weeks,'-' Howeverf-Repbrt ' -5 That Miners Are Receiving Ammunl-" v tlon Officers -" Making ' Inspection . 3:TodayM- - ? 1 " f. " Charleston, W. Va, ; Sept.' 5MJen-; oral Elliott,, accompanledby a number of ,x)ther.inilltia: officers, ieftf today loi" ; inspection .of .the martialJawV country. It is stated that military- authorities . hearthat large:quantitlesi of arms and;- - ammunition have - been shipped into r Montgomery .arid '.other- towns' - where c the striking miners-have been holding -i meetings, and, If - this Is; found Uo ;be true, It is probably that the martial la boundaries 'will be extended; and the'" arma.' confiscated. - While the ' plans: -Of Governor "'Glasscock' have riot oee4 divulged;itwasreprted today hes quietly arranging' to withdraw the5 mlll- tia and restore' the task of maintaining ' order f to ' the- civil authorities This moveit is stated: will -be resisted by ' the operators, - who are alleged to :opi pose any action that will not give thenf, -complete protectioh1 It" Is said if th-. Governbr decides ; to -1 withdraw- the.1--1 troops . the - orders won't r bet issued - for several weeks and in the meantime it is hoped a satisfactory solution of the'' differences will" be reached J 1 SUPREf.lE C0U1T-T0 i EHLE CI!..tLtOIlvCASE Washington, '-Sepf;V25:-Tfie Idng wair4 of Porter? Cfilton behlridvr theM' v " bars ei-a,, NewfJersey prison?: for thd " : - - final qrd aa6iwbee turn' toKaly aBswelf for-the (mur-A d'er lof.&is-wlfat'--B-Comofvtwd ; -years ago",' is drawing" toan end The ; Supreme Court will take rlip .Charl ton's case i during" the" coming . e'riri', " ." which' opens October 14th Cha'rlton's " ' appeal is the most noted murder, case n before the court.' Not only did the details of tne crime " stir both Europe ' and America, but diplomatic officials - ' of Italy and the" United States have r becoriie Involved In the: matter; r.The. , . decision of " the ' courtv will be looked " . ( x to, as a guide In diplqmatle inter- course. " , :. ;--'-r.:-: .:' - - ; ' - .,,: -:" :-. -.- - - - , '- The 22-year-old prisoner, through " ' - hisfather, Judge? Paul Charlton of . ' Porto Rico, will not contest the ques- ,. .tlon his? igyilttV-butiwlll 'CaJTenge . - ine right,, of the American s govern-, ment to surrender,, him to the Italian authorities. This right Is claimed: n . -. t , . , account of the peculiar circumstances ' under ;.. which v Charlton ; was arrested. Immediately ; after iit Mrs, , .Charlton's ' , body -was' found In. a trunk in Lake" - r Como, the searchr fori her . ; husband began. . He Vas arrested at the re- ' - ouest" of the .wife's brother,; CaptH. H. , Scott,- of the . United States army, as he. stepped, from V' a -steamer v at ' Hoboken, ' N. J.. He had committed . no crime In .America;-! but . confessed to having murdered -his wife, who he' ' said, ; had refused : to obey his .order"- . to be quiet one night, as .they .. so-, journed at aLake Cqmd on . their wed- -" ding. trip. 'I " ' . ' - :, Under the treaty between ' the United States and. (Italy, the latter country repeatedly has C declined , to ' " return Italians,who committed crimes 1 in tills country and escaped to Italy, -" here for punishment. . IJaly has re-" . sponded that she would punish them. - When" the Italian government re -quested the : United States C to surren-, der Charlton,: Secretary Knox replied v " that as the ' United -States feouId not r punish hhn,-if : found ailty, he would r go free if r ; not; surrendered and; i so he granted the request.' To prevent , the - - removal, -, . Charlton's - father brought habeas " corpus proceedings before the "New " Jersey-. courts claim ing that there was no authority1 "for his arrest; : and challenged the 'right v of the American Government - to turn ' r his son over-'to thej Italian officers.' The Z New Jersey courts , held against Charlton, wJh6 appealed: to the ' Su- " -preme -Court of the United States. The case : took its regular - -place ' on - the - docket arid Charlton has remained in jail in- New Jersey; -' y ?' , - New Home For Cotton Exchange. . i Newl York, : Sept y 25.-r-Members 1 .of the New York cotton exchange haye approved the - preliminary plane , Jor erection of . a new. home, a . twenty twj etory "skyscraper; to cost fa million and vthree-quarter of ;dollars;; f ;y ' r - 4
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