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SIXTEEN, PAGES
PART ONE
VOL. II, NO. 236
LAST EDITION.
GKEESSBOKO, N. C, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 15)07.
LAST EDITION.
PHICE: FIVE CENTS
i.i
Says Harriman
Has KUlMM
Of
Commerce, Com
mission Report
Declares That
Magnate Con-
trots Absolutely
Territory Equal
V One-Third of
United States.
Urges That Ran1-
I roads Be Con-
fined by Fed-
I era! Law to the
. Furnishing, of
Transporta tio n
andBeKeplOut
of Stock Deals.
BY JOHN E. MONK.
Washington, D. C, July 13. That
competition in transportation has been
effectually squelched in a territory equal
to one-third of the United States; that
Harriman as an individual has domi
nated the. great railroad consolidation
.1 -wiucii ne nas duiii up m me mai i-
i .... . , . ai.,. .
years, together with . reconmvnuations
( that a -federal law should be passed reg
ulating the issuance ot railroad securi
ties, and that the function of a railroad
corporation should he confined to tho
furnishing of transportation and not be
permitted to invest generally in the
stocks, bonds and securities of other
railway or steamship companies, except
connecting Alines, suir.3 up the report of
the interstate commerce commission on
Kn IT., '.,, ,11, rtoco
. bill: Atlti . 11. l.mvi .
y . The commission has been training for
i weeks, and has given forth an utterance
f. as mild as the coo ot a dove. Inde
fensible financiering" is the strongest
term used in the report. The word
"'prosecution" is not employed in a
, singlo line of the thirty or more pages
of the report, copies of which have been
; placed in the hands of the President
i and the attorney-general.
i Glad It's Oven
i 1 Sighs of relief were heard in the of-
ices of the commission when the Harri-
A Mian v.nftrf i-n a miron rt ni 1 Vil if, tn
I , of the commission has, ligurativcly, been
1 mi liict lipnil ni a roalllf. tif A hentpri. nnH
V at times bitter, controversy over the
? question as to whether recommendations
;t should be made urging a prosecution of
; the Harriman lines as a combination in
restraint of trade. . A compromise was
'effected.'--The report is a simple re
; cital of facts, but it is strong in its
I ' facts. It is made clear that the Harri-
- man railroads have in some instances
evaded, and in others violated, the pro-
' visions of the Sherman antitrust act.
- It is for the attorncy-generul to decide
i whether proceedings shall be instituted
to dissolve the various illegal mergers
- for which Harriman and men associated
'are alleged to be responsible.
i There will be no criminal prosecutions,
it is believed. All those who were crim
inally liable have enjoyed the, expert
ene of what is known as an "immunity
bath."
No Ginger, Lots of Facts.
the commission threatened some weeks
ago to hold up E. H. Hurriruanr as the
"horrible'' example" in the railway
world. It was the intention to "rough
house" Mr. Hariman, to excoriate him
in strong, vigorous English, in fact, to
ratin him alive, llio commissions re
port on Standard Oil, wherein the mo
nopoly was mercilessly flayed, was con.
suited as a model to be used in the tres
ent instance. cBut the commission, after
several animated consultations, decided
otherwise. The Harriman report, Iwrit
ten by Commissioner Franklin K. Lane,
nnd "unanimously loined in bv his col
f leagues; is, with the exception of the rec
ommendations relating to governmental
supervision of the issuance of railroad
securities, little more than a narrative.
If Special Counsel frank if. Kellogg
wanted incorporated in it the ginger
which he put in his memorandum of the
case, he failed of his purpose. . There is
oo ginger, but an abundance of facts,
upon wuion, t is probable, tne attorney
general may base an action or actions
against the Harriman roads under the
terms of the antitrust act. ,
The report analyses the Harriman
policy in consolidating railroad systems,
itrikingly brings out the fextent of ter
ritory covered by the Harriman roads,
(Continued on' PjreNTwo.) V ;
Try Our ) Classified Ads., They'll . Bring Results for Yow Promptly One Cent a Word
His Rivals
E. H. HARRIMAN,
Whose Methods of Financiering and
Railroad Operation Have Been Bitter
ly Assailed by the Commerce Commis
sion, Whose Report Was Made Pub
lic Yesterday.
TPQLITIGAL
PERSONAL,
SAYS HARRIMAN
Magnate Picks Flaws In Docu
ment Issued by Commerce,
Commission.
THINKS HE CAN STAND
IT IF THE PEOPLE CAN
Xew York, July 13. Mr. Harriman,
speaking by telephone from Arden to
night, said:
"FrAm what T am told, the report is a
political document, and part of a per-
" .. . mi. i. C 4.1,
sonal pursuit oi me. ue tone w we
report and the method of its promulga
tion show that.
"Imagine a court or any judicial body
DCUUIllg v - -
rtlv tn nhwsnnners thromrhout the
country with the following printed in
Ibold type at the head: .'Confidential. To
all newspapers: mis rcpon, is reieaseu
lor publication on ounaay muruiug, umj
14, 1907, and not before.'
"It is deemca gooa pontics to attach
me. But I can stand it mucn better man
(Continued on Page Two.)
REPQR
PROSECUTION AT LAST
GETS WITNESS IN SUIT
AGAINST W. D. HAYWOOD
In "Interests of Truth" One Man Comes Forward and Verifies
Story Told By Orchard Sensation Follows
v Sensation in Courtroom.
Bosie, Idaho, July 13. Startling de
velopment came today in the trial of
William H. Haywood, for the murder
of Frank Steunenberg, Avhen the state
began its rebuttal evidence. One wit
ncss confessed to participation in a la
bor riot resulting in the death of two
men. The record of conviction for mur
der in the second degree of a witness
for the defense was introduced and the
proof of another having been to the
insane asylum of the information of his
neighbors was offered. Its admissibil
ity was argued and the decision of the
court will be handed down Monday. Fin
ally, shortly after court adjourned for
the day, information was sworn to and
a warrant for perjury was issued against
Dr. I. h. McGee, a physician of Wal
lace, Idaho, who was one of the wit
nesses for the defense. The warrant
was. given to Sheriff Hodgin, who tele
graphed officers at MeGee's home to ar
rest McGee.
A crowded courtroom sprang ; to
strained attention at the close of the
second session of the Haywood trial to
day, when William Dewey, a witness
in rebuttal for the state, confessed to
active armed participation in the do-
MORGANTESTIFIES
1ST
si rv
wu
is poy
POLlruGIT
Financier .ids the Cause oi
"British Justice" and In
jures Friend.
DECLARES THAT HE HAS
NO KNOWLEDGE OF HER
She, However, Tips Him in the Matter
of His Early Education and Multi
millionaire is Bound Over to Attend
New Session of Court.
London, July" 13. J. l'ierpont Morgan
appeared in the West London police
court today as a witness in the case
of Mrs. Josephine Leslie, who was ar
rvsted at Xew Market July -4, charged
with defrauding members of well-known
families by false pretenses, and who rep
resented herself to be a friend of Mr.
Morgan. The latter repudiated all knowl
edge of Mrs. Leslie. He said he did not
write to her advising her to join one
of his syndicates and never invited Mrs.
Leslie, as alleged, to dine at hi son's
house. As a matter of fact, Mr. Mor
gan added, he was in Xew York at the
time of the alleged invitation.
On cross-examination Mr. 7 Morgan
said he did not remember any invita
tion baing sent to George Kastwick, the
prisoner's father, for a public dinner,
which Mr. Morgan gave in Xew York.
Mr. Morgan was sure that his firm had
no customer of that name, and he said
it was improbable that any of his busi
ness friend--, would speak of investments
returning 12 per cent., which Mrs.
Leslie said was to be the interest on
money invested in tho alleged Morgan
syndicate.
"I do not know many of that charac
ter," said Mr. Morgan, in conclusion.
Asked where he spent his school days,
Mr. Morgan replied:
"At Hartford and Boston."
The prisoner hero interrupted the wit
ness, faying:
"Pardon me. It was in Germany."
"Oh, -' y!" admitted Mr. Morgan . "I
was at the University of Goettingsn."
Mr. 'Morgan, replying to further ques
tions, said he knew of several of those
who attended Kast Wick school, but
asked: if he invited a college chum of
that nanto to attend a dinner givon to
Dr. Chandler, of Xew York, he replied:
"Xo. The committee attended to the
invitations. Tt was not a dinner given
to Dr. ' Chandler, but a reunion of stu
dents." In the course of th:' evidence it was
stated that Mrs. Leslie was nwrried be
fore the American consulate at Geneva,
Switzerland, and left her husband in
Switzerland in lfinfi.
In a letter found on the prisoner, ad
dressed to "Mis Kastwick, Optend." and
referring to her impending arrest, oc
curred the sentence:
"I an afraid I shall get a longer
term of imprisonment than T?fore." !
After the plaintiff, Miss Annie Blount,
had testified briefly that he was in
duced to give Mrs. Leslie $42,500 on the
strength of letters purporting to have
been written bv Mr. Morgan, promising
huge Teturns. Prior to Mr. Morsan sign
ins his evidence the clerk of the court,
addressing the witness, said:
"Yon are bound over to attend the
new Bailey sessions, but you will re
ceive notice when you are required to
attend." .
Mr. Morgan replied "all right," bow
ing to tho magistrate.
struction of the Bunker Hill and Sulli
van concntra tor at Warilner on April
291819, when two men were killed in
a riot of a thousand men. Harry Orch
ard began his series of, crime at Ward
ner, where he said he lighted one of
the fuses that started the cxplosition,
and he swore that William F. Davis,
known among his fellows as "Big Bill
Davis," led the tnob.
Witnesses for the defense have sworn
that Orchard was not at Wardner on
April 20, 1800. Davis himself has sworn
that he was elsewhere and positively
dented any connection with the crime,
for complicity in which Paul Corcoran
was tried and convicted,' and some dozen
men including Davis himself, were in
dicted. Davis, on the stand, admitted
that he went into hiding, immediately
after the rioting.
Dewey swore today that not only did
"Big Bill" accompany the mob to Ward
ner, but that he served out guns rifles
and ammunition to the union men gath
ered in the union hall at Burke before
they went to Wardner, and was one of
the leaders of the column thnt advanced
on the concentrator before the work of
, (Continued on Page Tiro.)
ONE OF THE BIG PACIFIC FLEET.
ADMIRAL BROWNSON. "' ADMIRAL EVAN.
I " Uncle Sam Is soon to ssnd into Pa-) t, ' '
- clflc waters ono of the largest squad-l 111 , -, I
If "CP'i rons of war vessels ever .assembled in' "? ' ,
one movement Tho largest and most ' ' ; 1 if; f J
wi modern vessels of all classes will con-j ' I fe"1'"' " i I
VP$F$ stItut8 the fleet- whicU n 119 undOTi S; ' " j
Tr,:VSl the command of "Fighting- Bob" Ev-I . '
i i ana The demonstration, it is beLeved,1 I
It ! f v i ave effect cf allaying unrest; j
II "f on the Japanese question. The pioturea ftli'lfrt
iif thttK'' show Admiral Evans, his flagship, Ad-j Kt V '
1 ki. miral Brownson, Chief qf the Bureau' J ' el
It 1 of NtTftti011 and Secretary of the Aff f
A I V'"'! ' Navy Metcalf, under whose direction' mi
' I V f V'il the movement will be made. j tffi''? fl f
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BATTERED BY BRICKS j POtH
AT HANDS OF A MOB '
jm mi m m u . . .
Indignant at Treatment of Amer
lean In Greek Resort. Vio
lence Follows.
AUTHORITIES ARE HELPLESS
Roanoke, Va., July 13. Resenting the
treatment of a young American, received
at the hands of several Greeks in a Greek
restaurant in Salem avenue about eleven
o'clock tonight,' a large number of Amer
icans assembled in front of the place
and bombarded it with brickbats, de
molishing the windows and doors. . Some
one inside flred several shots into the
street, none, taking effect. '
Several hundred people quickly gath
ered in the street, and the bricks con
tinued to fly for two hours, the police
being unable to make the mob move.
At one o'clock Sunday morning Police
Justice John -uimiolpli Kryau is in the
street, armed with a revolver, aiding
the police in . forcing the crowd back to
Uommerco street. Loud hoots can be
heard for several blocks. ';,.'
So far no serious damage has been
done, and the guilty parties have not
yet been arrested,.;
Judge Bryaif ordered the police to arr
rest an American who was in the street,
but when the -officers started to do so
the crowd yelled, "No, you won't," and
closed in. The police did not make
the arrest. . ., . .. .
Shortly after one o'clock Mayor Joel
Hoi man Outchin arrived on the scene,
and is trying to induce the crowd to
break up, but the hooting continues. !v
stop maItofacture : . '
' of liquor in georgia
Atlanta, Ga., July 13. Tlie'Hardrnan
Covington bill, -which prohibits the sale
and manufacture of liquor in the state
of Georgia after January 1, 1008, passed
the Georgia Senate today; Thirty-three
votes were registered for the bill 'and
seven against. '
SECRETARY METCALF.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ID WW RELATIVES
Counsel For Defendants Goes
Before Judge Cooke At Louis-'
burg With Petition.
Raleigh, X. C, July 13, T. T. Hieks,
of counsel for Dr. David S. Rowland and
wife,' whose trial for poisoning Charles
R. Strange has just been postponed to
the September term of Wake court, went
to Louittburg today to procure from
Judge Charles M. Cooke a writ of habeas
corpus tor the prisoners, the purpose
being to procure release on bail, which
huB nnf iVinrin liartf rtfrtiA nai-niirfml
Miw iivv nut vuuivin, 11 ti I, Vt.Mi :
The petition and allidavit for the writ
is made by D. G. Gill, of Vance county,
an uncle of Dr. Rowlarid. ' Friday night
of mext week is the day agreed on for
hearing the petition. This will be in
Raleigh, and will amount really to an
'investigation as to whether there is
really probable cause for holding either
of the prisoners to answer the charge,
since only murder in the first degree
can be charged, and under the statute
no bail can be. allowed where only the
highest degree of murder enters into the
cuse. '-- - '.
About forty smmoenhs wero placed in
the. hands. of the sheriff tonienv to be
served ' -on ' witnesses.-'- Counsel for the
prosecution intimate that it will be im
possible to hear the case at that time,
because witnesses cannot be (rotten here,
ana laugh at the idea of efforts to get
bond.
COL ALLEN
FATSLLySTRICKEiRILE
PLEIQMA CLIENT
Prominent Lawyer and Legisla
tor Dies In Courthousej
at Troy.
FATHER OF MRS. I. N. DEATON
Troy, X. C, July 13. The sudden and
unexpected death of. Col. Allen Jordan,
which occurred this morning at eleven
o'clock in the courthouse at this place,
cast a gloom over the town and entire
community. Colonel Jordan was seventy-eight
years old and one of the old
est, lawyers in the state, having been
in active practice of his chosen profes
sion for more than half a century.
As a criminal lawyer he maintained
an enviable position,, and was actively
engaged in thj; prosecution of a crimi
nal action at the time of his death, lie
was affable -nnd specially , courteous to
the members of his profession and at
the same time guarded jealousy , tin'
interest of his client. When death came
to him. as come to all, it found him at
his pott of duly making a most power
ful ;plea to the court in behalf of his
client, and he felt the summons, quickly
sat -down nnd without a murmur sur
rendered his spirit to the Great Judge
of all debates. : . r
Colonel Jordan was a lifelong Repub
lican, and a nueh represented his 'county
in the general assembly for many years,
and was also a member of the constitu
tional convention, tyt every position of
trust and honor he guarded the interest
of his county and ftate with pnternal
care and fortitude and won the admira
tion of all who knew him. For many
years he was the leading Republican of
this section of th estate. As a citizen
he was a man among men, universally
loved and honored by all who knew him,
and never nllow?d an opportunity to es
cape to do an act of kindncs or deed of
charity. - , '
: He is survived by one daughter, -Mrs.
I. M. Deaton, of , Raleigh, and one
brother, .the Rev. James . Jordan, of
Franklinville,
RALEIGH TICKET
AGENT INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
Charged With Violating the New
2 14 Cent Passenger
Rate Law.
SOUTHERN WILL PROBABLY
APPLY FOR HABEAS CORPUS
Railroad Company's Agent Will Be Ar
rested Monday Injunctions to Re
strain Bringing of Suits and Indict
ments May Be Applied For.
Raleigh, X. C, July 1.3. This after
noon three true bills against the 'South
ern Railway. Company: for selling passen
ger tickets at more than the two and
one-fourth 'cents, rate prescribed by the
let of the last legislature, to be effective
July 1, were "returned by tho Wake
county grand jury, naming T. K.
Green, city ticket a'ent at Raleigh, as
the party to be - indicted, the punish
ment being line or imprisonment. :
Since July 1 the Southern has been
selling tickets at the old three and one
fourth cents rate and issuing a coupon
for the difference which it obligates to
refund in the event the act of the legis
lature .is sustained in the test suits uud
the restraining order proceedings agaii:st
(.lie corporation commission now pend
ing in the federal court.
The true bills just returned are the
result of the charge of Judge Long in
convening court M'ondav, when he di
rected the jury to take up the matter
violations ot the act in tins count v.
without regard to the restraining orders
as- to the operation of the new law as
Irimnlinrr in tho 1Vi!fv.i 1 mnpf T-T
the ground that the act is self-operating,
and that the litigation iu the fed
eral court in no way interfered with
prosecutions in the stale court of the
.Smuhern; for violating the J:-6 and one
fourth cents act. ... . ..
The situation is .regarded here as a
direct conflict between, the federal court,
through the, veceni restraining orders is- .
sued by .Judgo, Pritcliard in the Circuit :
Canrt at Aslieville and: the; state eourtj
and. the serving of the indictments on
City Ticket Agent Green and tho 'devel
opment as to resistance and answer on .
the part of the Southern are awaited
with intense interest. :
In the three indictments :1 he parties
named as having purchased the tickets
at tho ''excessive rate are J. J. Howard,
Nicholas DnBov and ,T. ,T. BriK.iks. The
I name': of Franklin McXeilJ, chairman of
me corporation commission, appears on
one of the bills : as a '..witness "un
checked.," and it is .supposed that this
is an enor, the name of this ofTicial hav
ing, it is picsiitned, been used in the
jury-room for some other purpose and
erroneously appears under the head ot
witnesses in the bill as returned.
Will Be Arrested Monday.
Green is not to be arrested until Mon
day, and then will come the tug-of-war,
as the Southern is expected to go into
the federal court for a writ of habeas
corpus with injunctions outstanding
on the part of the federal court to pre
vent prosecutions of the very kind com
plained of in the writ.
Another development showing, too, the
temper of the federal court in the mat
ter was the service of injunctions from
Judge Pritchard, of the federal court,
on B. C. Beckwith. of this citv. and J.
A.
npir.ivt- niii jwjiiu tiuiiiLi, oi nan-
dolph county. --together-- with specified
clients, restraining them from brinsinsr '
any suits against the Southern for pen
alties 'for violation of the rate acts.
The bill sets out that Spence and
Moffitt have already instituted suits
in a number of cases in Randolph, and
that Beckwith has in the public prints
expressed his willingness: to bring such
suits, and is, in fact, now preparing to
institute suits for a number of clients.
They are made parties into the restrain
ing order against the corporation com
mission in the original injunction against
the enforcement of the state rate act.
A prominent member of counsel in
timated this evening that there might
fcc indictments for contempt of the
T'nited States court if developments con
tinue that tend to'-disrcmird the order
clearly made by Judge rritehard, of the
Circuit Court. :
P0ST0FFICE named for
WORTH BAGLEY IN CUBA
Washington, D. C, July 13 The name
of Ensign Worth Bagley, the first naval
officer killed during the war w'ith Spain,
has been given to the United States
postofliee established at tho Guaiita
namo naval station. Correspondence and
telegrams intended for the naval station
hereafter are to be addressed "Bag
ley, Cuba."
Miss Ethel Roosevelt's Birthday.
Oyster Bay, July 13. The celebra
tion of the birthday of Miss Ethel
Roosevelt was the occasion tonight of a
fancy costume dance at the Roosevelt
summer home at Sagamore Hill. About
twenty-five of the young friends of tho
Roosevelt family, many of whom have
been house guests during the day, par
ticipated in the festivities, which were
also hea'trly enjoyed by President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.