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1 . -. . t s f - t WEATHER , J Rain today;' Saturday probably rain; fresh Varia ble wind.. , The'Nan-A paper lo AO the people and for the people all the time.- Read it and keep posted. VOL. II, NO 151 LAST EDITION. GREENSBORO, NY , C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1907. LAST EDITION. PRICE: FIVE CENTS lift " HAimirii DEALS DEFENDED BY HISJIERS Argument In Matter of Various Railroad Transactions Heard In Washington, ATTORNEY DECLARES THAT ERRONEOUS IDEA PREVAILS Cravath Contends that Both Public and Commerce Commission Have Wrong Impression, and that Methods Pursued Are Common in Business Transactions. Washington, D. C, April 4. Argu ment in the matter of E. II. Harriman railroad transactions was begun before the interstate commerce commision to day. The case commenced at ten o'clock and when the commission adjourned for the day at 4.30, Mr. Harrlman'a attor neys had not concluded their presenta tion in bit behalf. The first of the series of addresses was made by Attorney Paul D. Cravath, who represented not only Mr. Ilarriman, but also Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and he was followed in the order nnmed by Judge R. 8. Lorett and John G. Milburn. Mr. Cravath dealt especially with the Chi cago and Alton recapitalization, while Mr. Lovett devoted most oi his atten tion to the attack upon the consolida tion of the Union Pacific and the South ern Pacific roads, wihch was brought about through Mr. Harri man's instru mentality. Mr. Milburn had not eon eluded when the commission adjourned, but so far as he went he dealt entirely with the union of the two roads. Mr. Cravath contended that the Chi cago' and Alton transaction had -been misunderstood by both the commission and the public, and he declared that the proceeding there followed was not un usual in financial transactions. Mr. Lovett also gave some attention to the Chicago and Alton affair, contending that the public had suffered no loss on 'account of the method of the recapitali zation. With reference to the Southern Pa cific and the Union Pacilio roads he de clared that they were not competing 'lines, but argued tuat even if they were .-. the transaction had not been illegal be cause the 'Southern Pacific had . been purchased outright by the Union Pa cific, which was not in contravention of the constitution. CLAIRVOYANT VAUTARE SAID TO HAVE SECURED $6,000 FROM HIS VICTIMS This In Addition to a Large Amount of Valuable Diamonds and Jewelry First Reports' Not Exaggerated Mrs. Hooper Talks. - The disappearance of the clairvoyant J - . 1 .-A T7 1 Tr-... ta maiA to have left the city with jewels and money amounting, to $10,000 which he btained from his unwary patrons by sleight of hand tricks, has 'created a sensation in Greensboro, j A largo num.- 'her of people who are said to have keen swindled were seeA yesterday, by Chief of Police Neelley,' who is making every effort to locate the man. 'in loojring over the files at the police station one of the officers came across -a circular which contained photograph . and description of a prisoner who escap ed from jail in Elmira, N. Y about ten months ago and who is believed to be " none other than Vautare. . The follow ing reward, signed by the sheriff of Chemung county. New York, and the 'de scription is said to tally, exactly with that of the missing clairvoyant : - Escaped man described as follows: Business, palmist and clairvoyant,, age .bout sixty years; height, about five feet nine or ten inches; cveight about 15 pounds; eyes blue (very prominent) ; figure erect; hair, gray; quite likely to be bleached If found. Face smooth, beard gray, if allowed to btow. complexion light;, features round, regular features, with double chin. " i: -v v. ': ':". .:'.-'. ' ."' '". Very refined' in appearance, might be ' taken for minister or judge. -Escaped May 22. 1006, from Chemung county JaD, where he was held for in- ' dictment for grand larceny in the first ". degree, in stealing $500 and a diamond ' ring, the crime being ' understood his , regular vocation of getting funds through clairvoyant tricks . from ''women. Has ' operated in many cities, we understand. - Known and indicated here a Dr. George , ' Magee.-Has George Kurta, etc," This description and the accompany ' ing photograph, which ij said to be an excellent likeness of Vautare, has been on file at the police station since the " escape of the man . from the Elmira prison. The photograph has been shown to a large number-of those who. jknew r Vautare and all deolare that the palin st and the man described are one and the sam4 . . , i Mrs. Hooper, the lady who was em ." nUitii hv Vautare to receive sad enter - ' tain bis callers, called, at the police eta- tion yesterdsy lind looked it the photo - 'vV-,-;;;-1'!-"'' ;':;'".i',1' ';i'-":'':;-;S -i :- HARR Y THA WSANE SA YS COMM1SFON 'PROBING SStlTY Investigators 'Declare It Is Their Unanimous BelieJ That Defendant Is Capa ble of Rightly Understand ing His Position. Say He Is Entirely Able to Understand the Charge Against Him, and Tria Will Be Pushed to Its Completion. New' York, April 4. Harry K. Thaw today was declared sane by the nnani mous report of tho commission in lmi acy appointed to inquire into his pres ent mental condition. The moment the decision was handed down from Justice Fitzgerald's desk, District-Attorney. Je rome was on his feel vigorously protest ing against the confirmation by '.'tho court. He charged that lie had been ex cluded from the last session of the com mission and demanded to be allowed to have access to the minutes and steno graphic notes of what transpired at the final mental and physical examination of the defendant. Jerome Would Appeal. When Justice Fitzgerald declined to turn the minutes over to the district-attorney, Mr. Jerome, declared he would carry the case to the appellate division of the Supreme Court, asking that a writ of prohibition or . mandamus be granted to prevent a cont inuauca of the Thaw trial until the higher court had ruled upon the legality of tho com mission's course. i Justice Fitzgerald reminded Mr. Je rome that ho had waived .the 'statutory right of attending the last session -of the commission, by suggesting himself that all the attorneys' bo excluded from the sitting in question. - lie then granted the district-attorney an adjournment until Monday next in order that he might have time te.-epare bi 'applica tion to the appellate' division. Mr, Jb rome . protested ,that the time was not sufficient but Justice Fitzgerald cut him short with the announcement that the trial must be concluded forthwith. Will Hear Argument Monday. Unless Mr. Jcromei should secure a writ of prohibition in the . meantime, Justice Fitzgerald is expected to an nounce on Monday that he confirmed the report of the commission and order that graph. Another caller ,was Mrs. Harvey, at .whoso house Vautare boarded, and both of these women declared that the photograph was that of Vautare. Mrs; Hooper stated to the police yes terday, that a part of the work was making the small black bags used by the palmist in working his charms. By this work sho earned a dollar each Aight. Each of these charms was supposed to contain- a small amount of dust taken from tho grave of a little girl in Greene Hill cemetery. Vautare said that to ob tain this dirt, which was supposed to ea xo J ?nkvStrguthe hvmf nd the.ter and son, was brought on the steam t ""JST .r-Uj. China leaving Hongkong April 9. tery to open the ' grave. ' The dirt, he said.'cost him $30.. (, , Mrs. Hooper said that the man's power to make his patrons believe his state ments - was astonishing, numbers of women having sat for hours gazing at a blank slate waiting for a message from some dead friend or relative to appear. ':'' .: :: Would Double Their Wealth.' A few days ,before his departure the palmist Announced to a number of his visitors that he would let them into a scheme by which they could double any amount of money that they cared to in vest. The patrons who. wished to en ter into the speculation were required to place their money in a big black bag. The bag containing the ' money was thed to be- placed in a vault in one . of the city banks. It was to remain, thoie for several days, during which time the magician 'was to worK a cnarm. .At .1 nH ttf ffiri nariori thn lin.fr wah t.n J - - f - - - n , .".re taken, still unsealed, from the vault and money would be increased twofold." ' With dreams of untold wealth, should the charm work, the patrons agreed and all told there was paid '-over to the palmist $0,000 in cash. - Last Wednes day was the day on which the $0,000 ws. s to have been deposited : in , the bank, and on the night before ' Vautare vanished, none 06 those who were to be let in On the "ground1 floor' having any evidence thai) their money was doubled. Many Were" His Patrons.' . Mrs. Hooper says that she knows of several .srominentH people in. the city yrho at different, times, gave t lie palmist I'y j u (OontiAtnd on page si.)' ''i S' .- .r- Y;' 'V''''v i"vv';. o;'' 1 . I W 1 : 7 -cr?iii I mi 5 t!L: ': i HARRY KENDALL THAW. ',- Thaw Was Yesterday Pronounced Capa ble of Rightfully Understanding His Position by the Men Who Are Inves tigating His Sanity. the trial proceed without further de lay. The district-attorney and the counsel for the defense will.be heard in argument as to the confirmation of the report at Monday's session of the court if they so desire. : : .After, the-' adjournment - today Mr. Je rome issued a statement in which he said he could not tell until after a thor ough examination of authorities whether or not he ought to take further action in the way of an application to the ap pellate disvision. .Should he reach the conclusion, 'alter examining the law on the subject, that Jnstico Fitgerald had not :omi...-w- legal error in refusing him access to the commission's minutes, he would, of course, take' no further ac tion. Mr. Jerome declared that if he made an application to the higher court it would be oecause of the precedent set by Justice. Fitzgeratd and not particu larly ibecause of the effect in this case. Thaw Not n Court. .' Thaw was not in court' to hoar the decision. The jury which has heard the testimony against him was also ex cluded, and both ' prisoner and jurors were out of range of the district-at- ! torney's heated discussion with Justice Fitzgerald. Alt the mem Hers ot the Thaw family, including the mother and wife of the defendant, were present, (However, and their keen delight over the (Continued on Page Two.) BISHOP J.M. FITZGERALD OF METHODIST CHURCH HT Was Making Quadriennlal Visit to the Mission Fields. .:'-.:. '..' DAUGHTER DIED ENROUTE Xew York, April 4. News, of the death in Hongkong of Bishop James N. Fitzgerald, of the Methodist Episco pal church, was received today, by the Methodist Book Concern, in this city. Pleurisy was the cause of death. The bishop's homo was in St. Louis. The i .j..- :j i .:f. . j v. Jlisliop Fitzgerald, wno was one ot the general superintendents of the Methodist church, was engaged in mak ing one of tho quadrennial visits which (Continued on Page Three.) SWETTENHAM RESIGNED RATHER THAN APOLOGIZE London Paper Publisi es True Story of Retirement of Jamaican .'-.V. 1 . Governor. Londo(r,A)ril 6.1 ;Xhe Standard today A$)AttOg.;rublish for the At WriaPfes-leading to , tof,ene resignation Of 'iV ajjr'!pwet- paper says that according to .jr Aloj, andeVs own statement, in a letter to an intimate friend he resigned in conse quence'of ;'aV peremptory, demand 'from the colonial of lice to apologise to.. Rear Admiral Davis ' ' : . '. To this Sir Alexander replied that, if such a - course . wiire really t' noccssary lie . would do so with' pleasure, .but ithat such a compulsory apology carried with it hi resignation. Hir AJexandcr denies emphatically that there was any dis-, piite between him and' the' American admiral at the tiino of the Kingston I earthquake, sayings, , ; y : r?.-.T,i ;'' v' .v . -. fi'' - '." COULDN'T TELL GO O OF TROOPS AT BROWNSVILLE White. Negro, or Mexican All Alike by Moonlight. Say Testing Officers. '.EVIDENCE NOT CONCLUSIVE, SAYS MAJOR PENROSE Commander of Troops Says He Was Brought to Believe in Their Innocence by Witnesses Testifying to Impossi bilities. Washington, April 4.-After Maj Charles W. Penrose, who was com mander of the negro troops at Browns ville, completed his test, the Senate com mittee on military affairs examined two of the officers who made tests at Fort Mcintosh to determine whether it was possible to distinguish between white, negro and Mexican soldiers wearing uni forms on moonlight or starlight nights. The conclusion of these officers was that such a thing was impossible, and they asserted that in making their tests they made the conditions as near as possible like the conditions wero sakl to bo at Brownsville on the night of the shooting. . Major Penrose was cross-examined by Senator Warner: The witness having testified yesterday that on the morning following tho shooting he believed his men were guilty, but that he was now convinced that the men were innocent, he was asked: "When did you change your opinion on the question of whether your men had been implicated in the shooting t" "At about the conclusion of my court martial two weeks ago," replied Major Penrose. Responding to a request that he state what . fact caused him to reach the be lief that' his: -men were innocent, the major said -that- few witnesses had been able to state to his satisfaction that thejf had seen soldiers in town during the;' shooting. He snad tht.; witnesses attempted to tell distances at which they . recognized soldiers and distin guished uniformed men, which he de clared to be absolutely impossible on that night, as it was very dark. The major added to this explanation that his mind had been undergoing a change 'for Borne time before. ... In reply to a question by Senator Scott, the major said that he could con ceive of no motive for-negro soldiers to "shoot up" the .town, and then replying to a question by Senator Warner, he said neither could he'eon'ceive of a mo tive for 'citizens of Brownsville to "shoot up" their own town. From this experience as . commander of negro troops, Major Penrose gave it as his opinion that the race was secre tive, and if there had been culprits in his command it would have been im possible to have discovered them while the negroes were under pressure. He gave this as his reason for having rec ommended to the war, department the removal of restrictions and the employ ment of negro detectives to ferret out the guilty men, if there were guilty ones In the command. GEORGIA WOMAN FINDS HUSBAND WITH SKULL CRUSHED Marietta, Ga., April 4. Homer Moss, aged thirty-three years, a prominent merchant and land owner, -was found with his skull crushed in his store at Xickajack last night bv his wife, who instituted a search for him on his fail ure to return home. He dited from his wounds late today. Xo money or prop erty is missing, and there is- no clue to the perpetrator of the crime. 1 . Fined for Cashing Lottery Prize. Xew Orleans, April 4 E. J. Demarest, a wealthy resident of Xew Orleans, to day pleaded guilty to violating the state law in having cashed a $45,000 lottery prize about a year ago. He was fined $100. The prize was issued by the Honduras National Lottery Com pany. "We were the best of friends during i the wliole time the admiral was here. He had the use of one of my private carriages and drove around with my pri vate secretary." The Standard adds that this letter was written privately as one friend might write to soother; but it fell into the hands of a negro newspaper corre spondent. If the documents referring to the resignation of Sir Alexander were 1 published, the paper concludes, it would be round that the statement that tie applied to be retired "on the ground ot age,' was entirely misicaaing. Two Shot in Attempt to Escape. Los Angeles, Cal., April 4.-r-Threc pris oners In the county jail here, one a mm- derer, made a desperate attempt to muN der the night jailers early today and ! escape.,'' Two of them were wounded and ll',ihree captured. - v Vi-S GIGANTIC FUND TO 4 .j . ) i ii mi f A 't -'''! i-V u . km 141 ,rrry mi fPilMPM '' SENATOR BOISE PENROSE, ; Senator from Pennsylvania in an Unguarded Mqment Gave Out "Much Too Much" of the Details .in Regard' to.the, Anb-Roosevelt $5,000,000 Corruption : .Fund.' :.. .' ..- ',' ".'-;. ., J.l.j0HKSIII9iE0 FOR MftYOR OF RALEIGH BY InREEJiJOBITy Gets 1.055 Votes Against 254 for His Opponent. M. S. Clark. BADGER FOR POLICE JUSTICE Raleigh, X. C, April 4.Tho Demo cratic municipal primaries for the nom ination of city officials (nominations equivalent to election) resulted in the rcnomination. of James 1. 'Johnson for mayor, his vote being 1,055, against 2o4 for his opponent. M. S. Clark. Jor police justice, 1 nomas Badger is renominated, having received. 8." votes t0'25Tv.r 9mr,w S4Pttrk8i "nd 25ft for M.JihL.L t . t,'. lor police commissioners, .1. A. Briirss and L. A. Maihlor are elected, and ttaqrc (Continued on Pago Three.) 1 DEAD, 1 DYING, AS END OF ALL NEGROES IMPLICATED IN LYNCHBURG ROW IN JAJL OR AC0UNTED FOR. ' Lynchburg, Va., April' 4. As the re sult of the miniature race war here last night John Ifaskins, negro, died at the city hospital late : this afternoon, and Mnrcelus Foster, negro, was located by the police with a wound in hi left arm, aml h! otidHin is hopeless at the pity ' nospnai. I A. L. Weir, who seems to have done some of the shoolW at. tlm white. ' , , ... , rt u, living their present wages are not suf- has been moved to the jail. S C. Craw-1 m.ient ,to mcct tho daily necessities of font, who was shot in his left hip, is'iifs ' still at the hospital,' Two other, negroes, I.. liter the longslioremen of the Wash- Matt Brack and Armistead Clark, havo also been arrested. , This awounts for all. whov wVe en- 1 gaged in t,ho row. Hhe excitemeut Inci 'dent to the affray has subsided. CORRUPTION OF $5,0 00, 000 BEA T ROOSEVELT 1 - ".lift VW CMi A - 11 SIDES END TROUBLES Employers Go Up on Pay and Employes Glye Up Shorter Hour Stipulation. TAKES EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 Chicago, April 4.The differences be tween the western railroads and the members of th6 Order of Conductors, i aiid of the' Motherhood of Railway Trainmen, wer; finally adjusted today. The men abandoned their demand for a nine-hour work dav and ihc railroads made an advance ;over their previous I proposition '.in '.the ;' pay ot- baggagemen, Itlagiiicn, and brakenien of i ?1.50 per . 1 month. , The original demands of the men wei;e for a u-increase-of 12 per cent, und for a working day of nine hours. The managers offered an increase of 10 per cent, and declined to grant the nine hour day.- . - . The ': agreement '..whs reached niainlv through the-efforts of Chairman Kiiapp,jh nf ihn nihiruint, nnmhiiii.na nAmmicelm, I of tlie inioi'statc commerce commission land Commissioner J'eiil, of the United I States bureau tof labor. They formu lated the -filial proposition and the ad justment was chietly due to their labors. The new agreement goes into effect on April 1 and is retroactive for the first three days of the month. NORFOLK STRIKES TIEUP - ; TWO STLMSHIP LIE5 Jiorrolk, Va.. April 4. Three hundred negro longshoremen in t he employ here of the Merchant and Miners' Transpor tation Company, operating steamships out of Norfolk to Baltimore, Boston and Providence, today joined the striking longshoremen of the Old Dominion Steamship Company and walked out de manding an increase from 15 to 20 cents to, 30 and 25 cents an hour on the ground h"'1 wunxne greauy inereascu cost oi ington und Norfolk Company walked out. The. strike is tying up the ships of both lines effected,, and.' breaking into sched- (Coutinued on Page Two.) President's Ene mies Are Pre pared to Buy Newspapers, to Debauch Dele- gations and De- scend to Any Means to Attain Their End. Senator Penrose 1 of Pennsylvania In An Unwary Moment, At a Dinner, Gavei Away the Whole "Snap," and He Outlined Plans of the Presi dent's Enemies. Harriman the Leader of Plot ' BY JOHN E. MONK. Washington, D. C, April 4.-Backed! I by a --gigiuitic corruption fund of jive 1 j million dollars, the anti-Roosevelt: con-. lepirators arc prepared to buy newspa I pers, buy state conventions, debauch I state delegations to the national con tention next year, ud prostitute the 011 Itire Republican party to. make sure or; nominating a presidentsl candidate who is opposed to Rooseveltian policies and . principles. "I Startling, yes. almost incredible as I this declaration sounds, it was made at j the White House today as the climax: of tho revev'i'ons that have come one ot the clash bet wen Presulont Roosevelt; and Edward II. Ilarriman. who 1a 'classed as the archconspirator in the op position movement. I i-resmenc ruwsevcic lias eiery rcwn tto believe that this charge is true, and j he does believe it. He desires now that! I the entire country shall ihc fully in ! formed of this state of affairs within I the Republican party and he is sounding the call to amis to 111s loyal lollower in ever state in the union. ; Proof If Proof Is Needed. The proof that the conspirators have the immense corruption fund is found in the fact that a man who is a member of the Senate boasted of the millions avail- able for the fight. At a private dinner given at a Wash ington hotel within the last few weeks. . one of the guests grew loquacious, con fidential and boastful as the courses were served. As his tongue loosened, he forgot that there were one or two men present who are-close friends of Presi dent Roosevelt and, apparent! v assum ing that every man around fHo table would be only too glad to join the ant 1 Koosevclt movement, he talked volubly of the details of the plot. That man was Senator Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, according t informa tion disclosed. 'at. the. White House this afternoon. The next day after the dinner, Sena, tor renrone, according to the White House story, met one of his fellow guests, a man whose name is almost (?11, nhe dliv' aftei" hi memory cr . . ' . .. . household word, uud, as sometimes wps a trifle clouded as to what had been said at the dinner, especially what he himself had said. : "What did 1 say last night?" Penrose is understood to have asked. "What didn't you say?" was the re joinder, with a somewhat vulgar adden dum: ''Why. you' simply coughed up everything you knew." v Thereupon, as the .story was' carried to the . White..-House and as It is now made public, Senator Penrose reiter ated what be had said about the $3,000. 000 anti-Roosevelt fund and offered then and there to give the man he was talk ing to a check for $25,000, if the man 1 would agree to use it in his state In securing anti-Roosevelt delegates to the national convention of 1903. President Fully Informed. There is no luck of detailed informa tion in the hands of President Roose velt concerning this conspiracy. In fact, it can be stated that thus far the con spirators have not made a move that t he , President has ' not learned of . promptly. The enemies of the administration have left their trail clear across the con tinent already, it is asserted, but as (Continued on Page Two., ' S-i,''-'"'.'
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