TmfllTYfCOLTJSGT imli WEATHER i Showers today. Sunday The News A paper for ail the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. fair, warmer. 1 ' VOL. II, NO. 235 LAST EDITION. GBEEySBC'lO, If. C.; SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1907. PRICE: FIVE CENTS LAST EDITION. ROWLAND CASE IS CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER TERM Judge Long Grants Request ot Solicitor Jones for a con tinuance. COUNSEL OBJECTS TO PRESENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHER Newspaper Correspondent Has Photo grapher in Courtroom and Lawyer Appeals to Judge Picture Taken at the "Bridge of Sighs." Raleigh, C, July 12. There will be no trial of the famous poisoning case of Dr. David S. Rowland and wife, Mrs. Lillian Rowland, until the September term of court, which convenes on the fourth Monday of the month. And the case is set for a day certain, the first Thursday of court. This order was made this morning over the vigorous protest of counsel for the Rowlands on the strength of a statement by Solicitor Jones that the state could not prepare adequately for the trial at this term, in view of the ruling made by i the court yesterday that the depositions taken at Norfolk, Memphis and other places out of the state by the defeiifce before the case was really instituted in court by the grand jury's true bill, these depositions under taking to set out that Strange wa sub ject to and died of heart disease, and used as a medicine the very poison, digitalis, which the 6tate alleges was most probably used by the Rowland in accomplishing his death. Counsel for the Rowlands insisted (Continued on Tago Two.) HAYWOOD CONCLUDES HIS TESTIMONY; END OF CASE ABOUT TW O W EEKS OFF Completely Master of Himself in Cross-Examination at Hands of Senator Borah, Whose Queries He Answers as Promptly " as They Are Put. ;-: Boise, Idaho, July 12. William D. Haywood, on trial for the murder of Frank Stcuncnbcrg, this afternoon left the witness chair, the time being equally divided between his own counsel and Senator Borah, who conducted the cross examination. ; Haywood's testimony closes the de fense, except for one witness, who will be called tomorrow morning, and his examination will take up about fifteen minutes. The state will then begin the rebuttal, unless motions to strike out certain parts of the evidence should be brought forward by the defense. Coun sel for the state announces willingness to abide by the instructions of the court to the jury, and will not make argu ments on motions to strike out. There is a prospect now that the case may be brought to a conclusion within two weeks. . Cross-examination of Haywood began this morning an hour after the opening of court. Borah's cross-examination, al ways rapid, was more ithan usually quick today, but from.firpt to last Hay wood preserved complete possession and control of himself. At ' times his . re plies came as quickly as the questions were flung at him. Again, he would hesitate and speak lowly, with a marked emphasis., Once, when Senator Borah pressed Haywood as to his sentiment to ward former Governor Steunenbcrg, Hay wood said, quietly and with a smile: i felt no different towards Steuncn- berg, senator, than I do towards you or anv of those people. Senator Borah looked up quickly, hut he did not smile. He said quietly: "Yes; I have been given to understand something of that sort," and he did not pursue the subject.; , Much of Haywood's testimony today was a repetition in detail of what 'Mover said yesterday. Haywood, however, made no effort to deny his knowledge of Orchard and his affairs, or his connection with Simp kins. When pressed closely as to the Dassaao of telegrams relating to the engagement of counsel to defend Or chard, Haywood admitted that he knew , Simpkins had retained counsel, but there was no record of any report from Simp kins to the officers of the federation. Like Moyer, .Hay wood had never heard Orchard make threats against Steunen- berg,' though he had heard of Orchard's assertion that Orchard had lost his in terest in the Hercules mine because of the troubles irn the Coour d'AIenes. Haywood explained the draft sent to fitmp'kins for $100 on December 1, 105, on the ground that Simpkins had left the money with lilm for safeke- jing. He had no acknowledgment from vSimp kins of the receipt of t ho V money, and had not heard from SimpkiiK since that Try Our ( Classified Ads., They'll Bring Results ' ' '. ' ' u r;-'".;. ' -. ?' ' . . '- - ; '-.,- . .;;-' .-'.- i . ".;'..-.:-: i .' : '.'', .. .: ; .' ... ;-. ' '.':'. '" . " ::. -';;..-.. '5 LAW Jlr UNFAIR McCrea Testifies In $ult of Rail road Companies Against : Two-Cent Fares. AGAINST EVERYBODY'S INTERESTS, HE DECLARES Not Alone Would the Corporation Be Injured, But Traveling Public as Well Would Suffer From Decrease in Eate Paid for Transportation. Philadelphia, Pa., July 12. President James McCrea today took the witness stand in Common Pleas Court in the case of the Pennsylvania railroad's suit to restrain the enforcement of the two cent fare law in this state, and testified that the now law is unfair and imprac ticable and against the interests of not -only the railroad company, but against those of the traveling public. He said the new law would stimulate passenger traffic, as was contended by those who advocated the law, but would be a liardship upon those who pay a lower rate than two cents by reason of the necessity of the company being forced to raise the commutation apd other low rates now prevailing. Much of today's proceedings were taken up with the question of appor tioning the percentage of passenger traf fic from the other business of the com pany. The company has presented figures showing that the passenger traf fic amounted to about 21 per cent, of the whole business done by the com pany. The City and County of Phila- (Continued on Pago Two.) time. Haywood said he never told Fct tibone that he had sent any money to Simpkins. In his opening speech, At torney Dnrrow said it was doubtful whether the defense would attempt to explain the copy of the letter received by Orchard in jail at Caldwell, saying that "it was sent on December 21." In his testimony Orchard snid that this let ter was in reply to one from him to Pettibone asking for $100. Haywood, ill many particulars, con firmed 'Orchard, but where Orchard con nected Haywood or the Western Feder ation with the crime the witness was emphatic and prompt in his denials. He showed no desire to conceal the fact that Orchard had visited him at his house, or that he on different occasions had had" intimate conversations with Orchard. He denounced the administra tion of Colorado-at the time of the troubles as corrupt, and he extolled the value of the Western Federation. Throughout Hayword's testimony rang antagonism to what he calls the "capi talistic class," nd he expressed tho view that only by such' methods as those offered by the Western Federation can the workingman hope to control the situation. PEOPLE WIN VICTORY EARLY CLOSING AND ANTIJHiP MENT BILLS TO BE C0N - SIDERED. Montgomery, Ala., July 12. -The anti saloon league scored a victory before the Alabama legislature today whon the early closing bill passed t"au Senate and the bill prohibiting shipment of f liquor into prohibition counties was taken from the adverse calendar. The debate indicates that it will pass. Toe early closing bill provides that sa loons in Montgomery, Mobile und Birm ingham must close at 0 p. m. In cities of tho second-class between 2,500 and 25,000 population, they close at 8 p. m., and under 2,500 at 6 p. m. Steamer Six Months Aground To, Be Saved. New Orleans, July 12. Word came to night from the tugboat Taurus that the Leyland line steamer Darien, which has been six months, aground off Cape Vrde Island, can be saved with her cargo in tact. The Darien now liei thirteen miles from deep 'water, having been driven that distance through shallow water by storms and waves. PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENT SAYS W r t I ,LL SAY ROFtllELT V i (I Japanese Minister of Marine Dines With the President at Oyster Bay. WUR CLOUD MERELY A PASSING SHADOW Feeling In Island Empire Directed Solely Against People of the Pacific Coast and Not Against America at Large, Says Admiral, f --J v New Yo.c, July 12. -.idmiral Baron Yamamoto, one of Japan's naval ex perts, today met for the first; time President Roosevelt, the man who, more than any other man, was responsible tor the conclusion ot peace between Japan and Russia, after a prolonged war, during which Admiral Yamamoto was Japan's minister of marine. In a private conversation she repre sentatives of the two countries dfocussed the cloud which has been hovering over the long lasting friendship between Ja pan and America, and each expressed the opinion that it was merely a passing shadow, and one which could in no way reach a climax that would shake the confidence each country ha had in the other since the day Commodore Perry induced the Tokogawa Shogiin to open the island empire to communication with the outside world. .'.Although- Admiral Yamamoto is in America purely in a personal capacity and in no way as ii representative of his government, President Roosevejt made special "arrangements today to entertain (Continued on Page Two.) BAR ASSOCIATION AT HENDERSON! IUE ELECTS E Closes One of Most Successful Sessions In History q' Organization. C. A. MOORE IS PRESIDENT Asheville, N. C; July 12. One of the moat important meetings in its history was closed by the State Bar Association at Hendersonvillo thfo morning, and this afternoon many lawyers were here on their return home, including thn -distinguished guest of the occasion, Judge A. 11. Parker, whose address was a notable feature of the meeting. Judge Parker was yesterday elected to membership in the association by a ri-ing vote. ; Asheville was honored by the selection of Judge Charles A. Moore as president, a choice which will be highly pleasing to the attorneys of this section. Thorna. W. Davis, of " Wilmington, was elected secretary and treasurer and E. W. Tim- berlake, of Wake Forest, and E. T. Canslcr, . of Charlotte, members of the executive committee. A feature of to day's se-'sions was the recommendation of the committee on law reform that the legislature pass a law forbidding railways irom granting any : unusual courtesies to state omcrais. MDncc m UdiF A 1M0T0 WORKHOUSE INSTEAD OF FINE FOR WEALTHY OHIO MEN Judge Says That Prison Sentence , lators of Toledo,. Ohio, July 12. Twenty-one members of the Lumber Dealers' Credit Association, nine members of the Brick Dealers' Association and , two bridge agents, who two months ago pleaded guilty to indictment', charging Violations of the Valentine anti-trust law, were sentenced by Judge Lindley W, Morris in Common Fleas Court today. The lumbermen and the bridgenwn were sentenced to six months in the workhouse and the bricknien were fined $1,000 each. An application will ..be made to th Circuit Court for suspen sion of execution of the workhouse sen tence passed upon the bridge tfiist men and the local lumber dealers i and the, fines assessed against th3 briekmen. In pns'ing sentenco today Judge Mor ris raid: "The policy of courts heretofore has not only been wrong, but it has been proven to be Wrong. The figures sub mitted to me show that th people of Ohio are entitled to have the law ob served and the courts take an attitude toward the law that will require its observance. . ( "It has got to the point where there nut t be no trifling with men of capital E FOR TOBACCO TAX Hi Revised Legislation Elft ctlve August 1 Approved by Washington. GOVERNMENT BOOK SYSTEM MODIFIED Names of Persons to Whom Tobacco is Sold Must Be Kept, But Persons from Whom Crop is Purchased May Be En tered Simply as "Farmers." Washington, D. C., July 12. The re vised regulations in connection with the internal revenue taxes on . to bacco, which becomes eff-tive on-' August 1, today received the approval of Secre tary Cortelyou and Commissioner of In ternal Revenue Capers. One change of special, interest to the tobacco interests and particularly to dealers in leaf tobacco, is t he ; change in section 3300 of the Revised ".Statutes,! which, under former rulings, required a much .'more elaborate svstem in the government books at the warehouses and at the places of business of tho dealers than is 'required under the amended regulations. This section is now construed so as to reouire the en-. try of the name rind address of every person to whom tobacco is' -sold, but it does not require, as heretofore, -that 'the' names and addresses ol farmers, from whom tobacco is bought shall be en tered, but can bo entered siinnlv as "niir- chased from farmers," stating' the num ber of farmers, with the distinct pro viso, however, that the "original .'ware house books arc to contain t lie name of every farmer and the number of pounds purenasea irom mm and the. date of the purchase. It is also provided that these ware house books are to be kept open and al ways available to the inspection of the proper government officials. Under the old plan these warehouse books, covorin" in many cases as many as fifty pages as a result ot one day's entries, had to be transcribed into the government books; I'he present plan makes that un necessary. Another Change in this connection, af fecting the 'leaf dealers, is that where a leaf flealcr makes a sale to another leaf dealer, but holds the tobacco in his warehouse subject to the order of the purchasing leaf dealer and at his risk, the original dealer nuking the sale shall enter the same in proper book at the time made, and the .. nurcluisins' dealer shall make a corresponding en try in his books. ; When the tobacco is removed from the warehouse for shipment, the pur chasing dealer to .whom- it belongs shall enter in his books the names and ad dresses of the parties to whom ship ment is made and the district to which the tobacco is sent. - INFANTRY SERGEANT HELD FOR MURDER LAST DECEMBER Atlanta, Ga., July 12. Harry Hale, a sergeant in the Seventh United States infantry, stationed at Fort McPhcrson, was arrest?d today, charged with the murder of J. E.. Davis, in Johnson City, Tenn., last December. It is alleged that the soldier's name is Roy Hale, a brother of Ack Hnle, who is under arrest await ing trial for the murder of Miss Lillie Davis in a gravevard near Johnson City."-': '-.,,,.-; '.',:;:-..: Alone Will Deter Rich Vio- the Law. and social standing, who come into court and admit their guilt. "What does a fine signify to men who are amply able to pay ? It i no check. The only check is the fact that those caught are required to answer, "Fines are only makeshifts and do not bring citizens to ii proper realiza tion of their positions. "After full consideration I've deter mined that the proper punishment is impri-onnient in the workhouse. The sentence, therefor", on those who have generally pleaded guilty will he "that they be confined in the workhouse." SIX DROWNED WHEN ' , LAUNCH GOES OVER DAM Jamestown, X. Y-, July 12.-Sijc per sons wore drowned late this evening near Russell, Pennsylvania, eleven miles south" of here. A party of nine had taken a gasoline .launch on tha Cone wango river, which was very high owing to yesterday's rains. The boat was swept over a dam and si people drowned. When the beat reached the dam it was drifting broadsido. and as it went over turned upside down. NEW GULATIQNS ARE MADE PUBLIC Recent Portrait of Mm in in i miiihiimwiwimiui tmi m V 'NJll'f jm .uaimnM-l iWilll'i"!!!11" r J; . i MltoWtJMtlL. jjfifl, . .. J ? . ' JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. ATTEMPT AT POISON! ENTIRE FAMILY MADE BY Timely Arrival oi Physician Saves Lives of Durham County Couple. WHOLE AFFAIR A MYSTERY Durham, X. C., July 12. At Bilboa, a small trading piftce and station cast of Durham, an attempt was made late yesterday afternoon to murder the en tire family of y. C. Jones, .i mereliant at that place, who has an -extensive bii-i-nes in the eastern part of this county and in Wake. But for the timely nr. rival of Dr. George Koss, of East Dur ham, who was summoned When it was known that both Mr. Jones and his wife were in a serious condition, there would no doubt, have boon two deaths as a result of the dastardy attempt. Dr. Kiiss was summoned to the home about nine o'clock last night and nothing was known of the attempt at whole sale murder until Dr. Koss returned to the city at an early hour this morning, between two and throe o'clock. Then he told the story of the placing of arsenic in the coffee-pot at the home of Mr. Jones and of how near it came killing both husband and wife. The matter is a mystery; It seems that yesterday morning the family had coffee as usual, and there. -wa' nothing out of the usual. Last night coffee was again prepared and soon after supper both Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones, the only two who drank collVe, were taken vio lently ill. They grew worse and a mes senger was sent for a doctor. . When Dr. Ross arrived they were both in an extremely serious coudition, were suffering gr?at pain and almost in a state of collapse. He diagnosed the case at once and proceeded on the idea of arsenic poisoning, and after several hours of hard work brought them (Continued on Pago Two.) BROTHER OF KOTED FEUDIST SHOT II FISHT CURT SMITH KILLED BY SIGET TURNER OVER CARD GAME AT JACKSON, KY. Jackson, Ky., July 12. Curt Smith, brother of tlw noted feudist, ' ; John Smith, was shot and killed last night by Siget Turner in a light over a en nl game.. . Smith is alleged to have; first fired twice at Turner. Smith' was an important witness for the common wealth against Judge .lames Margin and associates in the mountain feud ca.M. Turner surrendered today to officers here. '-'.' EXC0NVICT FATALLY SHOT WHILE RESISTING POLICEMAN Bristol, Va., July 12. .Joe Farns worth. twenty-three years old. and for scveral'days a fugitive front justice, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Policeman A. 1,. Hill late this after noon in the 'mountains near Bristol. The officer was attempting to arrest Farnsworth, who is wanted on a charge of shooting William Kirk in Bristol on July 4. He is a desperate character and an exeonvict. The physicians say he will die. for You Promptly One .'..; . ,.'.-": ' : .'.- : the Oil aae(j(! FOR BOND T THE REf. JOSEPH EASTER OF George A. Peters Tried at Hills vlile. Va.. and Admits ..' Guilt. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED : Winston-Salem, X. C, July 12 A special to the Sentinel this afternoon from Mt. Airy says that George A. Peters was convicted of murder in the first degree at Hillsville, Va., today for killing the Rev. Joseph Easter, a Dunk ard preacher, who was .called to his door and assassinated on the night of May 23 last. : V The defendant was convicted upon'his own confession that he committed the crime. Xo one else was implicated. It was expected that Peters would make a clean breast of the whole affair, as he did disclose a conspiracy to kill Easter and implicate at least one or two other parties. The crime was tlu' most cowardly ever 'committed in this ..section, and so intense was t he if cpling . against Peters that he was carried to tlie. Pulaski jail,: where he has been conlined until brought to Hillsville last Sunday 'for trial, Talk of 'lynching was indulged in freely, but the prompt action of Judge Jackson aveited such an.'j. unfortunate occur-; reiiee. - The wife of the murdered man was bpr--. of the board wer present. The one of the first witnesses examined for I first niatt 'r taken np to the request the prosecution. She testified that shelof the water and light commission that was in the house at the time, and heard i w-election for a vote on bonds to mv the conversation between her husband eff the debt incurred by thein be called, and the supposed murderer. She ident-j They also aked that nn additionnl bed J'eters as the guilt v partw 1 he trial attracted a large crowd, and there was some excitement, though no trouble is anticipated. The negro will be hanged.. . A1THER JAP WITH FORT PLRNS ARRESTED SECOND APPREHENSION WITHIN FEW DAYS AT FORT ROSE CRANS. San nieffo, Cal., July 12. that in addilion to the tected in. ma king sketclies I! is 1' iiriird . Jana nese. (1,;:.! .it Fori,' Ibise- erans a few days ago; inioi -hei; was nr reeled in the fort today for having a blue print, of the works in bis. pisso--sion. .; This .I ipanese vras employed as a ser-; ( he l it v. The bonds arc to be pavoblo vain; at the I'ort. He Is a suiomus imm.ijn thiriv vear. and all proceeds are to fu his room was found a standard work ! i,c used in funding or pax ing oil tho on -engineering. The blue prim was well i floating indebtedness. ' drawn anil showed much technical skill,! jnuupdiatelv alter the ndoption of tho but was . i;ol completed. i ordiiianee in regard to the oleelinn, Mr. Major (Jatchell stiil refuses either torTllvir presented the ' ordin ance con ndiuit. or deny that Japanese have been rfatniin?- the- .inoilitlpatioim vko.l for l,v detected in spy,:nu on , the fort, but others, in a position to know, conlirin the report. ';... Twice Escapes, is Finally Hanged, St. Martinsville, La.. July 12 Elias Ijebtanie, whose life was twice pro longed by postponement of sentence af ter the death watch had been set, was hanged hpre today. Ho was convicted of wifc-murdcr. SSUE OF SI 25,010 WILLBE HELD Aldermen Take Steps to Pay Off City's Floating Indebted-, ness. '. ELECTRIC COMPANY WANTS MODIFICATIONS IN ORDINANCE Chairman W. T. Sergeant, of Water and Light Commission, Withdraws His Resignation Proprietors of Pool rooms Are Required to Give Bond. At the ' regular inctiiig of the beard of aldermen yosiehl.ty afternoon an elec tion for the '-.issuance of bonds to the laniouni. of jjsl.25.ois0 to pay off the city' . lloating inileliteclness w as' called. Tho.-. election will be held Sepleniber 24, be fore which time : formal notice will be published in the daily papers.. In emu pliance with an aetof the last legisla ture governing slieh eases six juilges and six registrars were appointinl. 'I'he m mliers of the water and light commis-ion apju-ared -before the lxmrd and requested that the ''amount of the bonds' to be voted upon include $20,001) expended by them and for which they are prsonally responsible. They also requested that an additional. $(15,000 to be used in continuing the work on the water svstem and extending the mains be included, but ( it y Attorney Shaw Mated that owing to an act of the hist general: risKmibly it is.' impossible to, hold an election' for. paying off a debt already iiieurred. and olio for assuming a new' -debt at the same time. It was then decided (bat the ': S20.000 should lie"-'-considered a part of th? . (loating debt and that the election for bonds for con tinuing the wnrk of the water and light commi sion should be held later. Among other matters discussed by the board was the recently enacted ordi nance granting the Greensboro Elect rio Company an extension of fifty years on its present franchise. 7.. V. Taylor, at torney for the company, appeared be fore the lwiard and stated that if four light modifications were made in the ordinance -it 'would be accepted by Mr. Van -.-Brunt' and bis associates. These modifications are that Mr. Vim: Brunt be permitted to put up $5.0f)0 of the company's bonds instead of that amount ill cash' as a forfeit ; that the company be permitted to operate freight curs within the city limit, between tho hours of 11 p. m. and 5 a. m,; that thn company be permitted to use sixty in stead of seventy-pound rails in con structing the track, and that provision for an estimate of reimbursement for extendini pns mains 50 feet be mad1. Action in the matter wa postponed until the next regular meeting. The committee appointed to confer vith W. T. Sergeant in regard to his resignation as chairman of the water and light comniission. reported that. Mr.. Sprtteant had .veconsiderpd the nintfer and would enntinm'.. to look after tlia city's interests. The Meeting in Detail.' The '-meeting was called to order nfc two o'clock with Mayor -Brandt presid ing. With the exception of Alderman Brown, who is out of tho pit v. all niem- .vii.i.o'jo to he used m turther miprovinir the plant be included. The members of the commission sn;d that: they thought, it wonhj he a good plan to Include this amount in tho Moating: ..debt..:-of the . city. City At torney; Shaw then explained .thiii sueli an cloet ion could' -not- be held. The' two elections he said wciv enli'vly separate and district 'and would require (wo rn! istrations. The i?:?(l.0(l0, wh; it is :hs amount of .the debt already incurred hv the Cnmniisiou. was really ii pari; of C o float inn debt anil shoul I be included in the amount, to be. covered by the bonds. When, the discussion of the election was taken up it developed that the citv's obl-'.'nl ions are far greater- than has gem rally been supposed. Instead of 70.1100. which during the last eanumhn was said to be the amount of- t'-e debt, it is found that tle.!l-2"),000 will lmrely . cover the'eitx-'s obli.eat ions; fn :-irlf!it Wm to this thel-e i. a -debt of between $10,. oi'tl: and tfr.'.ono . incurred by the Inst board in ia vin.g; .Kbn .. s'ti'e"t , which must be- paid. It is 1 lnniiti t , however, that tlie os-,:cssnteii(s from the proji"rly-own--rrs will Coyer this ol ligation. 'I lie ,f'25. 000 bind i-sui1 it is thougM,- will bo soOieient to nici't tb'v nrrssin-r i)iv:I.i nf Ins couipiny. lielative to the substi tution of ipa.000 in the company's bonds for the $5,000 in cash, wbich the board demanded ns a forfeit in case the coni pany failed in any way to abide by the contract, Mr. Taylor said that should the bonds decrease in value, addi tional security would be put up by Mr. Van Brhnt and his associates. This se Continued on Page Two.) Cent a Word " ' .- - : : ....':"''';-'. ... '.: ' ' ' '