WEATHER , Showers today. Fresh southeast to south winds. The News A paper for eJl the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. II. NO. 265 LAST EDITION. GBEENSBORO, K. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1907. FRIGE: EIVE CENTS LAST EDITION. GOVEBNMEHTTO SUE HARVESTER TRUST SHORTLY KLINE CONVICTED AT BEAURK OF PEOIRfdBGE NEGRESS HELD FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL FAMILY Man Who Defended Capitol Graft FOR AT I - HORSE AND AUTO STRONG APPEAL SHOW YESTERDAY EVENTOF MERIT Charles Fuller, for Z. V. Taylor, Wins One Auto Race and Julius Cone the Other. ORP E f rocccdings Soon to be Begun In Chicago by Department of Justice. COLLECTING EVIDENCE FOR A YEAR PAST Ciifl Against Concern Said to Be Very Strong and to Show That Both Out put and Price are Completely in the I .Bands of the Parent Company, Washington, D. C, Aug. 16. Suit is to be instituted by the government gainst . the International Harvester Company for alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The papers in the proposed action are being drawn at the department of justice and the indi cations are that the company will be hauled into court in the immediate fu ture. It is likely the proceedings will be begun in Chicago. A year or more ago, complainants of the operation of the International Har vester Company reached the department of Justice and agents of that department and of the bureau of corporations have accumulated a mass of information on the subject. The evidence that the com pany has violated the antitrust law is asserted to be conclusive. - The investigation disclosed the fact that the parent company controls prac tically all of the big reaper and mower and thresher plants in the country, and that' an apportionment of the company is made among the various subsidiary con cerns in such a way that no one of them will come into business conflict with any other. It further is alleged that prices of the farm . machinery manufactured by the International Harvester Com pany are fixed by the concern and from (Continued on page two.) TELEfiBAPHEBS READY TO ACCEPT OFFICES OF AN ARBITRATION BOARD Gompers. Keefe and Mitchell Men by Whose Decision They'll Abide. LITTLE CHANGE IN AFFAIRS Chicago, Aug. 16. The officials of the Telegraphers Union late today changed front on the proposition to arbitrate and ennormoed their willingness to accept fht offices of a general board of arbitra tors of the American Federation of La bor toward settling the difference. This iboard consists of President John Mitchell f tne Iron Workers, Samuel J. Keefe the Longshoremen, and Samuel iGompers. It was Mr. Gompers who made (the above announcement United States Labor Commissioner CNeill left today for Washington. JuBt before taking the train he said the letrike could not be settled in Chicago, knd that the only place that an adjust ment could be reached waa in New York. , . . 'yy ... Little Change in Hew York. New York, N. Y., Aug. 16. Interest In the telegraphers' strike centers today In the probable effeet of the general strike order issued by President Small of the National Union, and which called upon all operators employed by the Commercial Telegraph Companies, and those working private and leased wires Hot under union contract, to go out. Throughout the east there were few, Jf any, responses to the call. This was explained on the ground that all oper ators who were to strike had already quit work, and here the strike order was only given Importance as affording offi cial sanction of the action already taken by the strikers without the previous ap proval or consent of the national offi ' eers.! .--'. Both the Western Union and Postal companies claim not to have been af fected by President Small's call, and to be working their wires better today than since the strike was declared. Busi . ness. it was said, was handled smoothly, the Associated Press was not affected adversely. On tho contrary, several, of . the men who had left the service re turned to work after the strike order dad. been promulgated. ' Two Go Out In Washington. ''-' Washimrton. D. C, Ang. 16. Two ' leased wire men went out today as the . result of President Small s order. '' - " Suffolk Office Closed. , Norfolk. Va.. Au. 16. The only com mercial telegraph office in Suffolk, Va., f ."was closed today as a result oi the te , legraphers' strike. Did You Ever Know of Anyone Who Succeeded in Any Business Without Advertising? Think! THE BEAUTY CONTEST DIFFICULT TO DECIDE Interest Greater Than Last Year, and Horse Show Company Hopes to Make the Annual Event of Importance to This Section of the State. The horse and auto show at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon proved a very interesting event. The track was not in the -best condition, and the weather was threatening, and to these two causes is attributed a smaller num ber of entries and a smaller attendance than had been expected. However, the interest manifested, and the number of spectators exceeded last year's exhibi tion, and it is hoped that in these par ticulars there will be rapid bounds, and that it will not be long before the efforts of the Horse Show Company will be rewarded by the realization of the hope that the Greensboro Horse and Auto Show will become an annual event of great importance, attracting entries and people in large numbers from a large portion of the state. Two Auto Races. The first event yesterday afternoon was the five-mile automobile dash. For this there were three entries, Z. V. Tay lor, Julius Cone and I. Smith Homans, all Jackson cars. Mr. Taylor's car was driven by Charles Puller. About half way the race, Mr. Homan's car became disabled, and dropped out. The contest was won by Mr. Fuller, for Mr. Taylor, by the close marein of twenty-seven sec onds over his competitor, Mr. Cone, the (Continued on page two.) SAY STROUSE IS NOT THE MAN TO CONDUCT Fight Before Judge Prltchard as to Hendersonvllle Auditorium Waxes Warm. WILL BE RESUMED TODAY Ashevflle, N. C, Aug. '8. At the hear ing before Judge Pritchard today for a restraining order applied for by. Dr. Clarence B. Strouse, evangelist and Cha tauqua manager against the Auditorium Company, of Henderson ville, and its sev eral officers, something of a sensation developed, when numerous affidavits at-, tacking Dr. Strouse's moral character were presented. It is alleged that Doctor Strouse, who was not present, is a man totally un fit to conduct religious Chatauquas. It is said that if the allegations in these affidavits are not proved several damage suits may result. Last week Doctor Strouse, through his attorneys, made application for an injunction against the company which is endeavoring to prevent him from open ing his Chatauqua course, which is ad vertised to begin next Sunday. It is alleged by Doctor Strouse that he has a lease for the Auditorium for every summer for the purpose of hold ing a Chatauqua, and that he had been ejected. The hearing will fee resumed tomor row morning at ten o'clock. MANUFACTURERS FOR REVISION OF TARIFF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION IN OFFI '; CIAL ORGAN DECLARES FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. New York, Aug. 18. The National Association of Manufacturers, an organ ization of some 2,700 Manufacturers, publishes in the current issue of its offi cial organ, American Industries, a tariff creed emphasizing the resolution 'in favor of immediate tariff revision, unanimously passed at a recent convention. The association holds that present tariff schedules are unequal, and de mands the Immediate appointment by congress and the executive of a non-partisan, non-political commission. com poeed of man thoroughly competent to equalize present schedules. Jury v . Only Two Hours After They Are Given the . '-v.. Case." ANOTHER INDICTMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT Eleven of the Foreigners Are Sent to Carteret Jail to Await Next Term of Newbern Court, When They Will be Used as Witnesses. Beaufort, N. C, Aug. 10. After hav ing been out about two hours, the jury in the case of the government against E. A. Kline this afternoon returned a verdict of guilty of the charge of peon age. It is understood that the de fendant will appeal to the higher court. Another bill having been found against Kline for peonage of Ivin Hutson and Fritz Ramsey, he was held to Xewbern court under a bond of $1,000, which he gave. In default of bonds of $300 each, eleven of the foreigners were, held in Carteret jail as witnesses against Kline. The trial of the case against Kline was commenced at a special term of United States District Court, which be gan here Tuesday of last week. The cause of the trial consuming so much time is the fact that the testimony of the alleged.' peons, who are Russians, had to be taken through an interpreter. The taking of evidence was concluded yesterday morning, and then the argu ment of counsel commenced. Following trie conclusion oi tne argument or coun sel this morning, Judge Purnell delivered his charge to the jury, which consumed about tlnrty minutes. The defendant, E. A. Kline, who is a contractor of const met ion on the Ral eigh and Pamlico branch of the Norfolk (Continued on page two.) DECLARES iOW RATE LI Division Superintendent of L. & N, Says Railroad Yust Charge More. OPPOSITION TO HIS ANSWER New York, Aug. 16. Further testi mony that may aid in settling the con troversy between the State Courts of North Carolina and the Southern Rail way over the constitutionality of the North Carolina two and a quarter cent rate law was heard today by Special Mayor Montgomery, acting under the in structions of Judge Pritchard, of the United States' Circuit Court, to take depositions in the case. George E. Evans, division superintpnd ent of the Louisville and Nashville Rail way Company, was a witness called to day by General Counsel Thom, of the Southern. Mr. Evans testified that .en forcement of a two and a quarter cent rate on a road constructed so peculiarly as the Southern Railway in North Car olina, would practically force the road to discontinue operation. The witness further stated that it cost more for the handling of local ser vice than for through service. Mr. Evans' answer was objected to by Attorney Shepherd, who appeared at the hearing in the interest of Governor Glenn end the state authorities. The special master permitted the an swer to stand. MISS LIBERTY WILL NOT BE CLEANED TOO THOROUGHLY Greenish Coat Put on by Elements Considered Sufficiently Styl ish for Her Ladyship's Wear for Sometime to Come. . New York, Aug. 16. Those who have feared that the greenish coat which time and the elements have 'left upon the statue of Liberty is to be removed with sand and brush, need no longer feel any apprehension. It is not the intention of the engineers of the war department, who have charge of the statue, to remove the coating which has softened the out lines of the statue and made it beauti ful, yy. : ' Captain Burnell, commanding the sig nal service station on Bedloe's Island, has explained what sort of a "dressing up" the statue was to receive. Mamie Shore Arrested In Winston Salem for Pu'.tfng Poison In Coffee. ANGRY BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN SCOLDED Is Said to Have Made Threats Against Children Laughed at Alleged Victims During Their Agony Mentally Un balanced, Says Mistress. Winston-Salem, N. C,,.-Aiig.'l6 Maniie Shore, a negro woman, is in the Salem jail charged with attempting to poison. uie iamuy or v. juoester. Site was arrested by Mr. Moester himself , who is a property detective. The affair' took place yesterday at supper time, nt Mr. Moester's home in Main street, Salem. The family was at supper when the youngest daughter noticed that the but ter had a peculiar taste. In a short time Raymond came home and took several sips of coffee and became sick. Another daughter took several bites of toast dipped in some of the coffee and she also became ill. About fifteen min utes after supper the entire family with the exception of Mr. Moester, was death ly sick. It is supposed that the poison was put in the coffee, as Mr. Moester did not drink nn', and was not affected.:.'' Mrs. Moester states that the poison was put in after four o'clock yesterday after noon, as she made gome' coffee .at that time and suffered no evil results from it. The cook, Mamie Shore, was ar rested this morning on suspicion. Whether this is her correct name or not isn't known, as she is called by several names. It seems that Mamie was very cross yesterday localise she had been scolded for neglecting her work. She was very impudent during the day and quarreled with the children. She was also heard to use threatening words to little Liz zieone of Mr. Moester's children, say ing, "I'll make you sorry for this to night, you little white-headed hussy," be cause she wouldn't do something for her. Mamie wouldn't eat any supper herself. ana seemed to be very much disconcerted because Mr. Moester wouldn't eat some toast she had prepared for him and which the family suppose was poisoned While the members of the family were sick she stood in the room and laughed at them as they writhed in agony. It is thought thnt tho neero was in a conspiracy with another negro woman whom Mr. Moester had forbidden to come on his premises. They have been seen together lately. Mr. Moester states that two efforts have been made to burn the building in which he lives by pour ing kerosene over the basement and lighting it. He thinks that arsenic was used. . Neither of the drug stores in Salem sold any arsenic yesterday, but there is a big per centagc of arsenic in rough -on-rats, and this might 'have been used. Mamie offered no objections when she was turned off this morning, but seemed to take it as a matter of course. When she was arrested she took it calmly and said she didn't know anything about it. Officer Griffin attempted to scare ; her by saying he saw her put it in, but she continued to assert her innocence. None of the coffee was left, so an analysis cannot be.mnde. Mrs. Moester says that in her opinion Mamie is not of sound mind. i WALL STREET MARKED BY EXTREME IRREGULARITY New York, Aug 10. The course of to day's stock market was marked by ex treme irregularity on a slightly increased scale. The lowest prices of the day were touched in the final hour when rumors of a threatened flurry in banking circle were prevalent. Asid'3 from the encouragement which Wall street saw fit to derive from the forthcoming public. -pceches of Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, the day's developments were for the most part adverse. "The work being done now," he said, "is to complete the original scheme of those who planned the memorial. Miss Liberty is to have new windows in her head. The interior framework is to be cleaned and elevators are to be installed. "The terrace at tho base is to be im proved and a cement covering for the walls of the base will cover up the dis figuring marks which have been there since the statue was opened." Hurt When Car Hits Wagon. Chicago, 111., Aug. 1(5. In a collision on State street today between a trolley car and a milk wagon, three persons were seriously Injured. ;: i SAMUEL IVHITAKEIt PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL GRAFT PROBERS URGE PROSECUTION OF GRAFTERS Want Civil and Commercial Proceedings Started 'Against All Those Persons in Any Way Involved in the Scandal. ITarrisburg, Pa., Aug 1C. Criminal and civil proceedings against nil persons con cerned in the fraudulent contracts in connection with the construction and furnishing of Pennsylvania's $13,000,000 (npitol are recommended in the final report of the eapitol investigation com mission made to Governor Stuart today. Eighteen persons are named in the re port ns - being . involved in one way or another in the irregular transactions DIXIE DEFEATS THE E; SCORE 6 TQ 3 Predictions of First Class Base ball Being Fulfilled In Every Particular. ROOTERS IN EVIDENCE AVe must insist in sticking to our pre diction that Greensboro fans were to wit ness good baseball for the rest of the present season. Up to the present time the Gate City League teams seem to be making every effort to make good this promise. Yes terday's game at Cone Park was all that could be asked along this line. They played rather a slow game, but they played good, clean ball, and the interest was intense. Manager Askins, of the Dixie team, lias succeeded in signing young Hughes, the star Haw River twirler, who did some clever slab work against Proxim ity in the game played here last Sat urday between Haw River and Proxim ity. Hughes pitched a clever game, al lowing seven hits, walking two and striking out six men. The rooters were on the stand early, and kept up a din that made the game assume the appearance of ' real: baseball. The attendance was not as large as it might have been had the weather been a little more favorable. The Game by Innings. The game started with Dixie In the field. Hollcman, of the Nationals, hit to second and was thrown out to first. (Continued, on page two.) T CONFERENCE OF LABOR LEADERS IN CHICAGO RESULTS IN THIS DECISION. Chicago, Aug. ,16. At the conference held here lust night between President S, J. Small, of the Commercial Teleg raphers Union of America; Secretary Russell, President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, and several other labor leaders, it was de cided definitely that there should 'be no strike of the 47,000 railroad telegraph ers of the United States. These operators will be called upon shortly to contribute a strike fund of $00,000. Two of their general officers at tended the conference. .''. PENNYPACKEH. and the attoreny general is' urged to be gin prosecution at once. Among those to be prosecuted crimi nally is Congressman II. It. Cas-el, who supplied the metallic casing and fur nishings for--the building. Governor Pennypackor's name is not mentioned. After receiving the report Governor Stuart announced that he would direct the attorney general to begin prosecu tion at once. STATE COURTS HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER A OESERTERM ARMY War Department Makes Several Decisions of Interest In Con nection With Service. RULE ON ENLISTMENT FRAUD Washington, D. C., Aiij. 16. Several decisions of interest by the war depart ment oeanng on various features of the service have been made. A deserter ap prehended by a civil officer authorized by United States statutes to apprehend deserters from the army, it is held, is in the custody of the United States, and, under the decisions of the Supreme Court, the state court have no juris diction to interfere with the custody of the deserter. - It has been decided that the conceal ment by an application for enlistment of tho fact of previous application to en list, which fact if disclosed would have caused his rejection, in the event of his enlistment,' .constitute an act of fraudu lent' enlistment; ' : A deserter who is in the Philippine islands in immediate contact with the military authorities, still passing under his military name, i not considered to be absent from the UniU'd States in the sense contemplated .by the statute of limitation and the statute does not, ?t has been decided, therefore, operate- to prevent tho granting of a deserter's re lease in such case. INSTRUCT POLICEMEN .' ':.;. ; I. ":':'; '.' '-'-. MAYOR OF PLAINFIELD, N. J., OF FERS FORMER PUGILIST A JOB. :. . New York, Aug. 10, Robert Fitsim- mons, the pugilist, has" been asked to accept the position of physical director in the rwnool oi Instruction for 1'olicc- meiii just organized by Mayor Charles J. J'iBK, of l'lainneld, A. .J. titzsim mons recently has been living on a farm near t lie Jiew Jersey town, ritzsim- mons is considering the offer. Judge William It. Knnyon will instruct the policemen on the laws of arrest, and Dr. Charles B. Lufburrow will give a course in first aid to the injured, wjj Prof, diaries Jlerr will teach them ling lish language and penmanship. Manager Baptist Institution at Thomasville Speaks In Be v half of Wards. NEARLY ALL CRIMINALS BEGAN CAREER IN YOUTH Closing Exercises of Baptist Convention. Held in Asheboro Street Church with a Large Attendance of Delegates and Visitors, y y..siJfflt ... if J : The Asheboro Street Baptist church building w as crowded last evening at tho Baptist Association, which has been in ses sion on Thursday and Friday of this w?ek. The principal feature of the evening was an address by M. L. Kesler, general manager of the orphanage at Thomasville, who spoke with great ear nestness in behalf of wards under his chanrs end made a number of telling points in tho interest of the children and the institution which gives them a home. "I sometimes see' in the Sunday papers the picture of a child that is pointed out as one of the future leaders in the affairs of the state. It is a good picturo and the child appears to be happy and contented, mainly so, no doubt, because it is well dressed, well fed and has no troubles to bother its infantile brain. I can go out into the streets of any town or city in North Carolina and show you a child of the poor, dirty, unkempt and rageed, who would make just as good a picture as the other kid if it only had t he chance to get the good things to rat, the nice clothes to wear and the opportunity to take an occasional nap in the daytime, so as to brighten up and look pleasant. But the child from the streetH and the waif from the slums never has its picture taken as a represent ative of alt tlia-t is good and beautiful in child life, and yet that poor little sinner may have just as much good in its composition as anyone of the .chil dren of the rich. "I appeal to the broad brotherhood of man in behalf of all children, no matter what may be their ancestry or personal surroundings. God bless the man or woman who takes a little child by the hand and gives it that which a child needs, apart from material comfort. I mean the sympathy for the childish sor rows, a little giving out of the heart to the one that needs it, and a showing, if ever so small, that there is some 'grown up' in the world who can be moved to action bv the sieht of this little tot and its manifest want for that one touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. "Five-sevenths of the crime committed in this country are directly traceable to improper training, or to none at all, of the children. This is a statement that can be proven by statistics and the evi dences are apparent on every hand. A police judge in one of the western cities recently established the practice of questioning all the juvenile prisoners brought before him. He found that a very large rjereentace of these delin quents had received no training whatever and that an almost mnnite small num ber had ever been inside the doors of a Sunday school. Is this not conclusive evidence that crime begins in early child hood and as citizens of the state do not we owe it to ourselves, if not to the Gospel of the Christ Child, to care for aii1 tnnch nnd lend in the rieht wav all of the many children that need our help. " 8 must have good children in our community or we shall not succeed in making good men and women, those that will live upright lives and build up our institutions as they should be built." "Th? institution which I have under my charge does not a peal to you for support or for your money unless you feel thnt you owe these to a cause that most people are willing to aid when they know of its need. A very considerable portion of the money we receive comes from the Sunday-schools throughout the state and it is almost invariably in small amounts. But in a number of instances these amounts are increasing, as in tho case of one school that formerly gave two dollars a year and now gives as many dollars each month. I most sin cerely and strongly recommend this as an example well worth the following. Just now w-p are in the hardest kind of a fix. A year ego we were out of debt and supposed we were on Easy street, but we have been put to additional ex pense and at the same time are in re ceipt of applications for admission that we cannot grant, simply because we do not have the means with which to care for any more children. 'He giveth twice that giveth quickly,' as all of us have been told, and I venture to express the liope that the giving will start at once and continue until we are able to care for every child that needs a home and cannot be given one unless it is placed w ithin the walls of our home, for' that is just what we try to make of the orphanage at Thomasville, "We shall always be glad to see you at our home. ' But please don't oome there with the idea that you are about to meet a lot of little cherub with wings sprouting out under their shoulder blades, "They are the average lot of youngsters possessed of iust as much mischief as afe other children, and we try to keep (Continued on page two.) 1 ..'V

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