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Sitlj) The Newi A paper lor tJl the people and for the" people all the time. Read it and keep posted. . WEATHER i Fair tnd colder today and Sunday.' f A. r ) V rV VOL. II, NO 158 SALARY MUDDLE Says That Matter Does Not Come Within Ruling of Attorney. General. MUST SETTLE QUESTION BY FRIENDLY LAW SUIT Assistant Attorney-Generl Directs State Auditor Dixon that CommiBsion em Must Institute Action Against tete to Settle Salary Acts. Special to Daily Industrial News. Raleigh, N. C., April 12. In reply fcy Assistant Attorney-General Eayden Clement to request from State Aud itor Dixon ftrr a ruling on the right of the members of the corporation com mis (Ion to 600 per year pay as tax eommissionera tinder the machinery act when the act. equalizing salaries of state officers Increased the salary to $3,000 and stipulates that no officers named in the act shall receive any other remun eration for service, the assistant attorney-general takes the position that the question is not one in which a ruling by the attorney -general would be the 1 proper procedure, and that the members of Mie , commission should institute a friendly emit against the state treasurer for the extra salaries &e a claim againBt the state, letting the case go up from the Superior to the 6upreme Court so that the . "legislative mind" as to the matter in 'view of the- contradictory eta, can be determined upon. All the members of the commission ' are out of the oity today so that it can not e ascertained yet whether the ad vice from tho attorney-general's office will be followed.' 'Tie opinion of the assistant attorney general in full follows: : Raleigh, N. C, April 10, 1007. Eon. B. F. Dixon, State. Auditor, Ral Igh.N.C. Dear (Sirs Replying to youravor re fcneatintfTny"pinron as to whether you should reeue vouchers to the state treas urer for the corporation eommissionera' salary in the sum of three thousand, or thirty-five hundred dollars per an num, I would say that this is a matter of great importance , to the state, and it is nrv opinion that this question - x i jnuA V .uAH.n. general, the office of the attorney-general has no jurisdiction to determine a cause of this character, for this hot (Continued on Page Two.) ' snnwoMEN Beamar and Rakes to Be Prose cuted by United States Government. BEAMER STILt UNCAPTURED Epedal to Daily Industrial News. Danville, Va., April 12. Grover Bea mer and William E. Rakes, two young xnen, were indicted " by the United States grand Jury thia afternoon on the charge of being members of the mob A CASE FOR COURT DECIDES CLEMENT ' . . of "moonshiners" who on the night ot March 24, attacked the home of Anne , and Jane Hall, two agedsisten, of Pat liok county, shooting to death the for ; r mer and seriously injuring the lattcrl i The women were alone in their home when they were aroused from their lumber by shooting. Bullets and shot rained fast through the windows, a load of shot entering the breast of the elder . V of the sisters as she was crouching in -the corner. ' After doing the deadly work members . of the mob entered the house and asked ; .. for Pete Hall, an eighteen-year-old boy ' i ; i and nephew of the women, who had been ' ' suspected of aiding the revenue officers ; In beating illicit distileries in Patrick . ; county. The boy was -toot at home that V. ' night, having , had an intimation that : ' hie life was in danger from the despera does. Jane Hall.; the surviving sister, : recognized Rakes and Beamer as being K..' '; raemDera of '.the' nob. - ': : " Beamer has fled and his whereabouts is unknown. The crime is considered ' one of the. moot brutal ever committed in thia section of the country, and. a -. corps of re ramie officers are at work on ! flt eaae in an effort to ascertain the other members of the mob. , T In view of tho fact that the murder : was committed by people bent on kill big informen of violators of the law the ; j cats will be prosecuted by Uncle Sam in Wy. stead of the local or state authorities. . . .'' Wnck at friendship. , Tour bo tears were derailed at Friend- ship a aooa yesterday, blocking, the track so tbt trains on the Winston-Salem route wen delayed for a period of twaiva aowa, , : LAST EDITION. BOARD WILL NOT PREVENT OPENING D F SANATORIUM Aldermen Decide That They Have No Power to Pass Ordl nance. : '. DR. STAMEY'S ATTORNEYS MAKE A VIGOROUS FIGHT Citizens of South Greensboro Opposed to the Opening of Sanatorium for Treatment of Tuberculosis in Their Part of the Sity. By a vote of five to one the Board of Aldermen decided yesterday after noon that they would not take any ac tion upon the petitions from citizens of South Greensboro, asking that Dr. E, L. blarney be prevented from opening a sanatorium at No. 106 East Lee street, for the treatment of tuberculosis pa tients. This decision was reached after nearly three hours had been consumed in argument of counsel for both the pe tioners and Dr. E. L. Stamey. The board met at three o'clock, Mayor Murphy presided and all members were present.. There was a large number of people present, including several attor neys, physicians, South Greensboro citi sens and others. The reading of the minutes was dispensed ' with, and the board at once proceeded to business, At a meeting held a few days ago petitions signed by a number of the citi sens of that section of the city were presented to the Board of Aldermen .tak ing it to take a hand and prevent Dr. Stamey from opening the sanatorium. The board referred the petitions to the board of health and asked it to report at the meeting yesterday afternoon. - Dr. Harrison, City physician and chair man of the board, submitted the report at the opening of the session. It stated that the board bad investigated the matter and believed . that a well-regu lated sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis would riot endanger the health of those livins iiearbv. and" re spectfully declined to honor the petitions of the citizens. The report was signed by Drs. Harrison and Wilson, two of the members of the board. City Attorney Strudwick stated that in compliance with the request of the . r- . . . . . . . isnwri nf Aldermen h h aH invMtimited . ... ... r . i ti,- conferred by the city charter, and was of the opinion that the aldermen could pass any law which thev believed would be for the promotion of public health. He submitted as a model an ordinance providing for the prevention of the es tablishing of sanatoriums for the treat ment of tuberculosis and certain other contagious or infectious diseases in cer tain sections of the city. He did not recommend the adoption of the proposed ordinance, but merely said the board had the power to adopt it. . An Ordinance is Proposed. The ordinance submitted by Judge Strudwick was intended to prevent the establishment of sanatoriums for the treatment of tuberculosis, smallpox, and a few other diseases in the central part of the city. Lee etrect, in which Dr. I Stamey's place is located, was include!. Following Judge Strudwick, Maj. I Charles M. Stedman, one of the attor neys for Dr. Stamey, spoke. He made a lengthy and forcible argument, declar ing that unless the place was a nuisance or a menace to public health the city had no right to interfere. He read a paper signed by nearly every physician in the city, in which it was stated that a properly regulated sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis wa not in the least dangerous to the neighbors in fact, less dangerous than some homes. The major eaid that the fact that some of the people of the community did not want the sanatorium did not give the board the right to interfere. Major Stedman introduced Dr. John Roy William and Dr. J, W. Long, who stated that the sanatorium if conducted as Dr. Stamey proposes to do, oo'uld not possibly , w injurious to tne public health, or any one living, next door would not be effected. Dr.' Long spoke " (Continued on .'age Three.) GEORGIA CLERGYMAN ; ' COMMITS SUICIDE DESPONDENT AND ILL HE TAKES OWN LIFE LEAVES WIDOW ' ' AND SEVEN CHILDREN. Atlanta, Ga., April 12. The Rev. Frank Riley, formerly a .member of the South Georgia Methodist . conference committed suicide at his home here to day, locking himself in his room, bar ring the door and turning on the gas. Despondency, induced by ill hearth '.t believed to have been the cause of the act. 'He leaves a widow and seven ctiil dren.C,;.j'i';,v. -V KVV'w; Recently Mr. Riley has not been ac tive in his profession, but has been so liciting' Ufa tammaes.' -.'" ;;, -';"' GBEENSBOKO, DAKRIDGE IS SHUT E BY WAKE FOREST No Runs Made Till Third In nlntj In College Game. TRINITY WINS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON Feature of Trinity Game Difficult Catch by Campbell, Who Plays Second for Visitors Many Game Postponed on Account of Rain. Special to Daily Industrial News. Wake Forest, N. C, April 12. The second ball game with Oakridge resulted in another shutout and victory for Wake Forest, 2 to 0. No run was made till the fourth in ning, when two men scored for Wake Forest on the famous squeeze play. Benton made a beautiful bunt down to first base line. Hamrick scored from third and Turner, J., by fast sprinting, came all way from second, making one of the prettiest plays seen on the borne -diamond. - Other features were Gay's pitching and J. Turner's playing at third. Gay established himself today as a valuable pitcher, and showed great pos sibilities. He was well supported. War ren did better pitching today for the visitors than did Mayberry yesterday. It was a fast game of an hour and twenty-five minutes. Bach pitcher struck out seven. Umpire, John Cadell. Score: R.H.E. Wake Forest.. ..00020000x 2 5 1 Oakridge . , ... ..00000000 00 3 1 Wake Forest and A. and M. play here tomorrow. TRINITY WINS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON Special to Daily Industrial News. V. Durham, N. C April, 12. Trinity de feated George Washington here today 6 to 0. ' Titus, of the latter team, was knocked all over the field and was replaced be fore the first inning ended by Carr, who, I f "ueh ld times, pitched good i hall ftllniffrnrr'Afiiv An a mr. a tin nn .nin I ball allowing only one hit and one . 1 in eight innings, 1 in AioFhf. inmnora. L. The feature of the game was a very dJftlcuJt made by Campbell, who Playd 8econd for George Washington. (Continued on page six.) OUT SECOND TIM VAST AUDIENCE, AFTER HEARING STEAD, HURLS MONEY ON THE STAGE Remarkable Scene After Plea of London Editor for Funds to Finance Pilgrimage to The Hague. " " Pittsburg, Pa., April 12. At the close of an address by William T. Stead, ed itor of "Review of Reviews," London, Eng., at the rededication ceremonies of the Carnegie Institute, of Pittsburg, late today, in which the speaker an nounced a plan to raise $100,000 neces sary to conduct the pilgrimage from all countries to The Hague conference, ad vocated in a recent New York address, unbounded enthusiasm took possession of the large audience and money was thrown to the floor of the stage. Probably never has a public speaker been given such an ovation in this city. The lightning like rapidity with which Mr. Stead's plan to ' finance the pil grimage began, almost took the breath of the distinguished foreign and Amer ican guests attending the meeting. Mr. Stead after explaining the purposes of the pilgrimage to the next Hague con ference, estimated that it would take at PREPARING FOR DEMONSTRATION THAT SOON WILL BE ' MADE. ' . St. Petersburg, Russia, April 12. Ad vices from the Caucasus say that Russia is assembling a. body of troops on the Persian frontier for a demonstration which, it is thought, will be necessary soon.' ,'-".; ; ;,.'. j Newspaper correspondents are not al lowed to telegraph news of the move ments of the troops, but i is known that twenty railroad cars loaded with artillery and three regiments of Cos sacks passed through Kara on their way south last week. "-,.;' Ths Russian diplomats describe the condition of Persia as oomplets chaos CM SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1907. rf ALL OF AMAPALA L American Consul at Nicaragua So Advises state De partment. BONILLA SURRENDERS TO HIS ENEMIES Hostilities Among Little Republics South of Us Concluded by the Fall of the Honduran Stronghold to Forces of the Allies. ' V "; Washington, D. C, April 12. The end of hostilities in Central America is re corded in the following cablegram re ceived at. the state department this morning from American Consul Olivares, dated at Managua, the Nioaraguan cap ital today: "Amapala has been surrendered by Bonilla and the war is ended." Managua, Nicaragua, April 12. The Honduran forces who have been besieged in Amapala by the Nicaraguans, capit ulated unconditionally this morning to the enemy. President Bonilla has taken refuge on board the American cruiser Chicago and he will not be permitted to disembark on Central American soil. The capitulation was arranged by Commander Robert M. Doyle, captain of tna uncsgo. xne Salvadorean forces who were at Amapala are returning to La Union. Peace is now believed to be assured. SAY HARRIMAN HASN'T PAID FOR YACHT REPAIRS New York, April 12. The Sultana, the large steam yacht owned by K. H. Har riman, was libeled today in the ad miralty branch of the United States Dis trict Court, by the Shooters Island Ship yard Company, which insists that $20, 182 is due it for repairs. The libelants ask that the Sultana be condemned and sold to pay the claim. Held for Wife's Death. New York, April 12. Dr. Sam S. Guy, former coroner of Queens county, was new to await tne action of the grand jury following a coroners inquest today into the death of his wife, Mrs. Lillian Mott Guy, who was shot and killed nt her home in Far Rockaway on the night or April a. least $100,000 to finance the proposition. -To' raise this sura he proposed that every boy and girl in colleges and uni versities throughout the United States donate ifty cents toward the fund needed. He said the lesson furnished to Europe by such a movement would be an influential factor in the quest of in ternational peace. Applause Lasts Five Minutes. The suggestion came .at the end of his address and he f-at downNamid loud ap plause. For fully five minutes the clap ping and cheering was prolonged and fin ally the speaker again arose and said that probably the audience would like to contribute to the fund. Immediately a shower of silver money landed on the stage, coming from ell ' parts of the music hall. Among the invited guests on the (Continued on Paee Two.) TEN MILLION FACING Conditions of Indescribable Asked for Shanghai, China, April 12. The fam ine situation is desperate and Ameri cans are urged to give three million dollars in the next three weeks, not for Christian, but for humanitarian work. It is suggested that it would be best to cable money, to the American consul here, James Linn Rodgers, as supplies can be purchased in . Shanghai. The relief committee here is promptly sending supplies .to the front, but the funds' are Hearing exhaustion. All the relief measures adopted up to date are inadequate. Ten million persons are suffering' from Inadequate , supplies 1 of food and three million are nearing star vation. . , "' " . v The members of the committee at the front report that they find the bodies of the sufferers bloated, and that their faces turn green or black as the result T WAR TA AM THAW JUR Y AFTER LONG DELIBERATION DISAGREES; NO NEW TRIAL BEFORE FALL ; MAIN FACTS IN THE CASE Harry Kendall Thaw shot and killed Stanford White on the Madi son Square Roof Garden June 35, 1906. The trial of Thaw for murder open ed January 33, 1907. Judge Fitzgerald made his charge and the case was given to the jury at 5.17 p. m. April 10. The jury reported that it was un able to agree at 4.31 p. m. yesterday afternoon, and was immediately dis charged by the judge. Plans as to a new trial have not yet been perfected, though no fur ther action is probable until next fall.' , . CHILD KILLED WHILE TRYING TO BOARD A IG STREET Mil Grady Allred Runs From Play ground to Death Beneath ths Wheels. TWO VARYING REPORTS GIVEN While running after a ball or in an attempt to board a moving street car in front of the Ashboro street graded school building at noon yester day, Grady Allred, the twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Allred, of Vance street, fell beneath the car and wae so seriously injured that he died about forty-five minutes later. The ac cident was one of the most horrible that has happened in Greensboro in sometime, the lower portion of the child's bodv being terribly mangled. One foot was cut off just above the ankle, the shoe containing, the member being picked up some distance from where the boy wa3 struck. As soon as the boy was struck the car -was stopped and several witnesses aided the motorman and conductor in placing the injured child on a board. The car then started for St. Leo's hospital, but went no farther than the Southern rail way passenger station. Here four phy sicians were met and all agreed that it was unnecessary to take the child to the hospital as it was evident that death was a question 01 only a snort time. The car was wien reversea ana tne unconscious boy was taken to the home of his parents, where ne died. Motorman McGee and Conductor Ed mundson were in charge of the car, and both were so completely unnerved bv the terrible affair that they were rf lieved from duty. Witnesses say that the car was running very slowly when the accident occurred and no blame is attached to any employes of the com pany.-; One of the witnesses of the affair was Miss Hcrndon, teacher in the Ashboro street graded school. Miss Hcrndon stated to a representative of the Daily Industrial News that the Allred child and several of his schoolmates were en gaged in a game of ball in the street when the car passed. iShe saw the child board the car and the next instant he was beneath the wheels. She and sev eral others rushed to him and reached him in time to see him raise himself to a sitting posture. He screamed once, then fainted. Sickened by the terrible sight she turned away, and when she looked again the men were placing the child on the car. Fully three hundred people witnessed the accident, or were in sight of the car. It is a singular fact that they dis agree as to the cause. About one half think he was running for the ball and ran in front of the car, while others be lieve he fell while trying to board the (Continued on Page Two.). CHINESE STARVATION Horror PrevailAmerica Is $3,000,000. of starvation. The people are pulling up tho growing crops for food. Wholfe families have been found dead in their houses and corpses are seen lying by the roadside. Probably five thousand per sons are dying daiiy from starvation. A few cases of rioting for food have occurred and cannibalism is being re ported. Newly tnade graves have been rilled of the bodies and parents are ex changing their children to be eaten. JUDGE CRUMP RESIGNS FROM VIRGINIA'S COMMISSION Richmond, Va., April 12. Judge Bev erly T. Crump has tendered his resig nation as chairman of the state cor poration commission to take effect May 1, the delay being caused by a desire to complete the rate cases before the body. LAST EDITION. At'orneys for Both Sides As Yei f Undetermined As to Action. But Change of Venue Is Scarcely Prob- - ' -; able Prisoner and His Family . Plainly Show Effects of Their Try--0 ing Ordeal. New York, April 12. Hopelessly di-l vided, seven for a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and five for acquittal on the ground of insanity, the jury which since January 23 had been trying Harry K. Thaw, reported to day alter seventeen hours and eight minutes of deliberation that it could not possibly agree upon a verdict. The twelve men were promptly dis charged by Justice Fitzgerald, who de clared that he, too, believed their task Was hopeless. Thaw was remanded to the Tombs without bail to await a sec ond trial on the charge of having mur dered Stanford White. When this new trial would take place no one connected with the case could to night express an opinion. District-At torney Jerome declared that there were many other persons accused of homicide awaiting trial tnd Thaw would have to take his turn with the rest. As to a possible change of venue, both the district-attorney and counsel for Thaw declared they would make no such move. Thaw's counsel will have a con ference tomorrow with the prisoner to decide upon their next step. They may make an early application for bail. Mr. Jerome said he would strenuously op pose it. He added the belief .that as seven of the jurors had voted tor "guilty," his opposition probably would, be successful. Another Summer in Jail. In that event Thaw has another long summer before him in the city prison, for his name on the ; already crowded criminal calendar cannot possibly be reached until some time next fall. The scenes attending the announcement by the jury of its inability to agree upon any sort of Jerdict were robbed ... IS, 1SJ0SEVELT President Speaks at Unveiling of Monument to Rough Riders. PLEADS FOR PATRIOTISM Washington, D. C, April 12. Presi dent Roosevelt made a speech, in which he touched mainly . on patriotism and good citizenship at the dedication to day of the monument erected to the memory of the First Cavalry, United States Volunteers the "Rough Riders" of the Spanish-American war, in the national cemetery nt Arlington. Mrs. Ally n K. Capron, the w idow of Captain Capron, of the Rough Rider reg iment, who fell at Las Guasiinas, pulled the cord holding the American flag that covered the monument, the Kev. Dr. D. J. Stafford, of SSt. Patrick's church, this city, made the dedication address, and Chaplain H. A. Brown, U. S. A., pronounced the benediction. Regular troops and part of thn na tional guard of the District of Colum bia participated in the exercises inci dent to the dedication. They inoludcd four troops of the Thirteenth cavalry, a battalion of field artillery, four com panies of the District National Guard, (Continued on Pace Two.) VIRGil RAILWAYS STOP REPRESENTATIVES OF CHURCHES AND RAILROADS AGREE ON DISCONTINUANCE. Lynchburg, Vs., April 12. At a con ference here today between representa tives of the Norfolk and Western, Ches apeake and Ohio and Southern railways with an interdenominational ohurch com mission, the railway : people agreed to the discontinuance of Sunday excursion rates in the future. A subcommittee was named to formu late a bill to go to the next legislature looking to the prevention of cheap rates on Sunday and to give the state corpo ration commission authority to indicate what necessary passenger and freight trains to be operated on Sunday. Another conference will be held here when the bill is ready for consideration. PRICE: FIVE CENTS of any theatricallsm by the general be lief that after their lone deliberation ' r and the reports of a wide division of sentiment, the jurors could make bo "; other report than on disagreement. ' "V; inaw, surrounded by the members 01 his family the devoted, aged mother, '; the pale young wife, the titled sister, the ' .: Countess of Yarmouth; Mrs. George Carnegie, and Edward and Josiah ThaWi the brothers received the news. When it became known that the jury was about to make its report, and thai the case would be disposed of, Thaw , called his wife to a seat by his side and sat with his arm thrown about her un til he was commanded to stand and face the jurors. Smiling and confident as he entered the courtroom, he sank limply into bis chair when Foreman Deming B. Smith, in response to a question by Clerk Penny as to whether a verdict had been agreed upon said: "Wo have not." Family Much Affected. The mother, her features hidden be hind a dense veil of black, sat stolid and motionless. In ill health of, late, ahe had felt severely the strain and stress of the long hours of anxious waiting. 1 11U n J 1 , , 111 I JIU9UIIIIU H UD ( his hand tightly as the Jury foreman spoke, and then when he sunk down by her side, she tried to cheer him as best 3he could by saying that she believed he would now be admitted to bail, and that a second jury would surely set him free. - The mother, the sisters and brothers, pale and well-nigh exhausted by their tedious, nervous wait for a verdict, (Continued on Page Two.) 7 Has Endeavored to Secure Con stitutional Amendment Bar ring Second Term. TALKS OF $5,000,000 PLOT Roanoke, Va., April 12. William Jen nings Bryan in an interview today was asked for an expression of opinion on the suggestion made by John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, at a banquet on Wednesday night at Chattanooga tnat Hrynn nominate Roosevelt for Presi dent. Mr. Bryan said: "I said nt the ban quet in Chattanooga all that at present I can say. I then said: 'As at present advised 1 cannot see that it is my duty to nominate - Mr. Roosevelt.' '"In both of my campaigns I stated that I would not be a candidate for a second term if elected, and as 1 have- endeavored to secure a constitutional amendment making a President ineh-' gible for a second term, f could not consciously urge the renomination ot Mr. Roosevelt for a second term, even 1 if there were no other reasons." In speaking of the Harritnan-Roose- velt episode, Mr. Bryan today said: , "The President seems unduly excited over the alleged $5,000,000 raised by Wall street to prevent his reelection. If Wall street is opposed to any doctrinov held by President Roosevelt, it is ccr- tainly not a Republican doctrine. When we came up against the corruption fund m 1896, we found no more ardent cham pion of these special interests than Mr. Roosevelt." , Mr. Bryan spoke here tonight under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and met' here his daugh ter Urace, who is a student at Uollins Institute, and whom he had not seen since last fall. THINKS ROOStVELT SHOULD NAME BRYAN Evaneville, Ind- April 12. The Hen- dricks Club, the largest Democratic or- , . ganuation in the state, while celebrat- . nig the birthday of Thomas Jefferson, tonight, adopted the following resohl-: tion and teWraphed to John Temple .: Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.: "The Hendricke Chib of Evansville bo- , lievs, that in the interest of a 'square , . deal,' Roosevelt should nominate Brytn ;li for President in 1008, as there is now. ' 1 no doubt that Bryan was beaten lit 1896 by the contribution of money from. insurance companies, railroad companies 1 and tariff protected monopolies, and that President Roosevelt knows this to be a ;'.-.; fact, and that Bryan uT10O8 stood on tin platform on which Roosevelt bow v l stands, railroad regulation." ,.'",.;,-; ;- A V-- '. . V. ' '. . K ! '. U- '.'' V.'''" vwV:. ml Ii'" .Vt'.'v.'.