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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.)
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