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TEUiU'Y '-OUXOE WEATHER Local rains today with fresh northeast winds on the coast; Monday, fair. '. SIXTEEN PAGES PART ONE : VOL. III. NO. 48 ,- LAST EDITION. GBEEJsSBOBO, N. C., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1907 LAST EDITION PKICE FIVE CENTS "J Nero. DEFEATS THE WISE ONES Nearly Thirty Thousand People See Middies Triumph by Score of Six to Nothing. EVERYBODY LOOKED FOR AN ARMY VICTORY And Everybody Proved a Poor Guesser. Game a Poor Spectacle from the Standpoint of Scientific Foot- v ball.:.". Philadelphia, Pa., Xov. 30. The navy today defeated its "Land Lubber Twin," the armv, in their annual football con lliet on Franklin Field, by the score of t to 0, before a brilliant and representa tive assemblage of nearly thirty thou sand persons. Though the score looks close tihe w est Point team never seriously threatened the Annapolis goal, the midshipmen playing all around their opponents at ricifrty every stage of the contest. The result was a great surprise to the army, for, with a heavier team, more expe rience and a better season's record than the navy, the cadets from up the Hud son could see nothing but victory. Af ter the first few scrimmages, it was seen that the navy was very strong, and the way the midshipmen tore up the cadets' line and raced around their ends took the army boys oft their foet. The army was plainly on the run. But like good soldiers, they came back and 'fought tho sailors hard. It was the navy's day. '..' From a scicntiflo viewpoint tfte game (Continued on page Six.) Will UK BEGIN EHTEBTAINNIENT AT BJIPTISTCONVENTICK? The Pastor ol Wilmington c hurch Says No Mayor ol City Says Yes. COMMITTEE IS WITH PASTOR Wilmington, X. C, Xov. 30,-Vester-day the pastor of the First Baptist church of this city sent out the follow ing telegram: . "Wilmington, X. C., Xov. 29. "To the Baptists of the State: "Only delegates can be entertained at the convention in Wilmington. Xo la dies, owing to unforseen conditions. It will be necessary to reduce your rep resentation. FRED D. HALE." Today Mayor Springer issued the fol lowing reply: . , . "My. attention has just been called to a telegram signed and furnished to the press bv the Rev. Fred D. Hale, pastor ot the First Baptist church of this city, stating that on account of what he terms unforeseen conditions, the people of this city are rciucinm. ui uimuims to open their homes to visitors who wish to attend the Baptist convention, which iiects here next week. I know of no conditions that have arisen or will arise to cause such a situation. I am informed that there have been no pror efforts made to secure homes, the first intima tion that we have had that the delegates nd visitors were not properly provided for being contained in the telegram re ferred to. This is an unwarranted and unjust reflection on the hospitality of our citizens, whose homes have been and we now open to receive and entertain visitors. I am requested to say that our people will cheerfully provide entertain ment to all who may desire to attend he Baptist convention next week, and I will take pleasure in making provis ions for any delegates, visitors and la dies, who wil wire or write me. "WILLIAM E. SPRIXGER, "Mayor." ' The following card, In reply to Mayor Hpringer, was wired the Industrial News last night: : "Wilmington, N. C, Nov.- 30. . "To the Baptists of North Carolina: 'Telegram signed by Dr. Hale was au thorized by os. Situation practically un changed - Mayor Springer knows noth ing of the methods used to secure homes and hi attack on us is unwarranted. "GEORGE E. LEFTWICH, t "W. C PETERSON, , V "C. C. BROWN, "Committee on Hospitality, First Bap tist Church." v '-. , Taft'a Mother U Dytafc - 'Millbury, Masi, Nov. 30. Dr. 0. A. Church, who to attending Mrs. Louisa M. Taft, mother of Secretary Taft, said late today that Mrs. Taft was steadily fail ing. He Intimated that she might live a few day longer, but that her,, ease 'rwaa hopeless. : She, Is unconscious most of the time. , y AY AMY FOOLING A dvertisirig and Progr E TESTIMONY OF EXPERT The Purpose of General Counsel Thorn ol southern on Cross Examination. VITAL POINT IN THE RAILROAD RATE CASE Examination of Secretary Brown, of Cor poration Commission, Resumed Yes terday Afternoon On Stand Three Hours Court Takes Recess. Raleigh, N. C, Xov. 30. The entire session of Master's Court this afternoon, in the railroad passenger rate hearing, ; was taken up with the cross-examination ' of C. W. llillniau, expert accountant-! from Kentucky, with a view on the part ! of General Counsel Thorn to shake his testimony on direct examination &r the state yesterday that the cost of intra state business was no more to the rail-1 roads than interstate business, this be- ; ing a vital point in the case in that if, as Hillman and Secretary Brown testi- j fled, the cost is no more for one-than, the other, then the reduced rates in ' North Carolina are not confiscatory. Mr. j Thorn led the witness through a "laby-j rinth" of statistics that would appall any ' lay mind. Mr. Hillman insisted that his -calculations were right in spite of 'au thorities ' to tho contrary, to sustain j which Mr. Thoin read at one time from , an opinion from Justice Brewer, , of the United States Supreme Court, in which that cdurt accepted as' true the. testi-1 mony of certain eminent statisticians of "national authority" as true, these i , (Continued on page Two.) WE NEED NEW RESERVE LAWS UNO AN ASSET CURRENCY, SAYS DAWES Neither President Nor speculator Responsible for Panic. He Declares. OUR SYSTEM IS THE BEST St, Louis, Mo.;- Xov. SO.Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago,-: former comptroller of currency, was the guest of honor to night lit a regular dinner at the St. Louis Commercial Club, and made a speech concerning, "the . present financial situation, its causes, and lessons." He declared that President Roosevelt is not responsible for the recent finan cial stringency' and asserted that neither could the responsibility for the monetary crisis be assigned to any particular group of spectator' in' Wall street. He said the stringency resulted from too great a dispropriation between the cash in which debts are redeemable and the debts themselves. .Air. D;ives said, in part: "President Roosevelt is not responsible for the panic of 1907, as his critics would have us believe; neither is any particular group of speculators in Wall street re sponsible for the expansion of credits which led to the present crisis. This is no time to either praise or blame in dividually: This cause or that cause may have hastened, or may not have hastened, the panic. It is well for us, in these times, to consider the funda mental conditions and the fundamental causes, and close our ears to those who seek to lay the responsibility upon in- (Continued on Page Seven.) FINE AND JAIL FOR MEN E PROMINENT NAVAL STORES pPEB AT0RS OP SOUTHERN ALA BAMA ARE SENTENCED. Pensaeol'a, Fla., Xov. 30. 'Thomas and J. B. Graham, prominent navar stores operators of Southern Alabama, recent ly convicted In the United States court after trial on, charges of peonage, 'were denied a new trial today. ' Thomas Graham was sentenced to serve thirteen months . in the federal prison at Atlanta, G., and to pay a fine of $300. J. B. Graham was eentenced to six months in jail and given- fine of $500. ' ' ;:; -: - SEEKS TO ml I T AT COMES WIND President Tuck. . Valedictory Tells ol v tcompllshed -,. by ilg Show. AT FIRS i VIEWED AS AN IMPOSSIBLE WORK Tells How Project, Originally Regarded As Visionary, Became an Actuality and a Most Creditable Proposition for the South. Norfolk,- Va., Xov. 30. The lights of the Jamestown exposition were turned off by President Tucker, after formal ex ercises, tonight, and tho exposition, which had been running since April 20, came to a close.' Director-General Martin authorized a statement showing the total admissions since the opening to have been 2,800, 000. of which about 1,500,000 were paid. President Tucker delivered an extend;, ed speech in the evening in the auditor ium, in which he set forth the hardships and the successes of the exposition, He recalled many brilliant naval and mil itary pageants that were held, and the large number of famous visitors who at tended. In closing the Jamestown Exposition tonight, in a valedictory address, Presi dent Harry St. George Tucker said, in part: . ..'.- '"The original conception of those who erected the exposition was to celebrate titting manner the tercentennial of the birth of the nation and of our own be- (Continued on page Six.) ONLY ONE CASE SET FOR BUNCOMBE COURT: MAY TAKE ENTIRE TIME Interesting Suit of R. P. Foster Against R. S. Howland lor $100,000 Damages. COURT COWENES MONDAY Asheville, Xov, 30. Superior court for the trial of civil cases Mill convene here Monday with Judge Onion presid ing and probably for the first time in the -history of Buncombe just one case is set for trial. This case is the interest ing and important suit of R. P. Foster against R. S. Howland and will proba bly consume the entire time of the two weeks' court. The case is set peremp torily for Monday nnd it is practically certain that a trial will be ' had. ' Court however,- will not convene until Monday afternoon, Judge Guion announcing upon leaving here last week that there would be no morning session of court next Monday. The suit of Mr. Foster against Mr. Howland is interesting. The . plaintiff demands of the dtVidant the mini of $100,000. The suit grew out of the lease by Howland several years ago of the Atlantic & Xorth Carolina railroad. The plaintiff alleges that Mr. Howland broke faith with him; that Foster was to aid Howland in securing a lease of this state property and that for this service Fos ter was to receive $50,000 and also other moneys in case the ' lease was effected. As is well known Mr. Howland suc ceeded in leasing the Atlantic & Xorth Carolina railroad. Mr. Foster became (Continued on page Two.) G0EATE1BI JAMESTOWN NEW YORK WILL LOSE COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY J J. Hill Says That Chief Claim Nov Lies in Fact That it Is DearestN Place ' in Which to Trade. ' Xew York, Nov. 30. X'ew York, in the opinion of James J. Hill, head of the Great Northern system of railroads, has reached the climax of her commer cial supremacy. In an interview today the railroad builder of the northwest expressed the view, his reason being that the city cannot hope to maintain its commercial control when it chief olaim it, as he states it, that it ia the dearest plaoe in which to do butinet. "Traffic cannot be dammed up," laid Mr. HilL. "It will seek an outlet some where by going around the edges or mak ing for itself entirely new channels. ' - "Thero are wo outlets for the west Possible of development besides New ork and the adjacent ports. One is through Canada, down the St. Lawrence, PANAMA Gil BONDS GREATLY , OVERSUBSCRIBED ."V Successful Price Will.. It Is Ex i pected. Exceed 102 and Pos sibly 1C3. COMPLETE TABULATION IS YET IMPOSSIBLE Owing to Large Number of Bids It Will Be Impracticable to Make an Allot ment Immediately No' Speculation at This Time. ' Washington, D, C, Xov. .10. The open ing of the bids for the issue of $30,000, 000 Panama canal bonds which was bc L'lm at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, was ,.,.r,l,I,l ,!, tm, n'nlnnl- I when Secretary Cortclyou made the fol lowing announcement: 'The bills for the $50,000,000 of. Pan ama canal bonds invited by the secre tary's circular of Xovembcr 18, weic opened this evening in the treasury de partment. There were more than 3,000 bids, and the loan was many times over subscribed. Xo complete tabulation has been possible as yet, but it can be stated that the average price is well above the present market price of the bonds. Owing to the large number of bids to be con sidered, it Will be impracticable to make an allotment immediately, but the sec retary will be prepared to give further information on Monday." The secretary explains that there was such a largo number of bids that to make anv deductions as to the lowest i price at which the bonds would be award r led was manifestly impossible tonight, j As in all bond issues there were, no '.doubt, a considerable number which were I made for eonsiderflhle. amounta hv irre sponsible parties who hoped, if success ful, to be able to .sell their awards at a profit, and these suspicious cases would have to be looked- Into before final awards were made. . ' The successful price of the present is suwill, it is expected, be considerably in excess of 102 and possibly above 103. Among the" bidders was the National City-Bank of Xew York, whfch submitted a number of bids, aggregating $5,000,000, at prices ranging from 1011-8 to 103. It is also understood that the First Xa tional Bank of Chicago .bid for a large amount of bonds at something in excess of 101. '..Under-the secretary's eireu'' of Xo venibcr 18, these bonds will bear inter est at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum. payable quarterly, on the first days of Xovember. February. May and -'.August, They -will be redeemable in United States gold rrjin at the pleasure of the United States on and after August 1. 1910, and will be payable August 1, 1930.. The secretary reserves the right- to permit bidders offering the highest prices to increase the amount .- of : their pur chases. .- -.- .- .-, INDICT THEATER MANAGERS ' FOR KEEPING OPEN SUNDAY Kansas City, Mo., Xov. 30. Thirteen indictments were returned by the grand jury today against six theatrical man agers' of this eity, who kept their the aters open last Sunday in alleged viola tion of tho state law, which prohibits labor on Sunday. The theaters will be. open tomorrow as usual, it is announced. HIT IN HEAD BY STONE THROWN BY UNKNOWN PARTY Friday night, as Charles Hartsook was passing the corner of Gaston and Green streets, he found a man named Dicks sit ting on the curbing, with an ugly gash in his scalp. Dicks said that some one had hit him in the head with a rock, but he could not give the name of the per son who had thrown it. He was taken to Galloway's drugstore, -where Dr. Charles Scott dressed the Wound. It was stated at the police station that Dicks had been drinking. and the other down the Mississippi river to Xew Orleans.'" : ' , . Comer Signs Reform Bills. Montgomery, Ala., Xov. 30. Governor Comer today signed the bills to provide for the enforcement of the prohibition law, to regulate the sale of narcotics, prevent drinking liquors on trains in the presence of passengers and urging Con gress to return to the south cotton , tax money taken from the south daring the' war. , i ' i ' ' '.'. .: . Killed bjr FaU. -Roanoke, Taw Nov.-80.At Christians burg, Va., today, Alexander Bryan, of Troy, N, Y, fell from a railroad build ing where he was at .work, and was in stantly killed. The body will be sent to Troy...; , .v- :;: -: and Inseparable A re Never Found Apart in Business WILLIAMS AND CANNON AGAIN LEAD PARTIES . . j . SPEAKER CANNON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. FINLEY URGES NEED FOR SETTLING PRESENT PASSENGER RATE WAR Earnest Effort Should Be Made Looking to Readjustment ol ( ondltlons. READY TO MAKE SACFIFICE Charleston, S. C. Xov. 30. President W. W'i Finley, of the Southern Railway Company, who is in Charleston tonight to respond to the, toast at tho 178th anniversary banijuet of the St, Andrews Society, in speaking df passenger rate conditions in the south, stated that bo .believed it to be in the interest of the people as well as ' the transportation companies that an earnest effort should he made to adjust the matters affecting passenger rates now in litigation in some of Hie southern states, and if possible, arrive at a basis -.which would, assure relative uniformity of intrastate passen ger rates and at the same time an align ment of interstate rates. Even though it involve financial sacri fice, he said, that it is the policy of the Southern Railway Company to bring this about if possible, and that the pub lic served by the Southern Railway Com pany in the states in which t'here has been no legislation on .this subject, such as South Carolina, can rest assured that their interest in the matter will be fully protected by voluntary action on the part of his company. He is encouraged to belive that this policy has already commended itself to the authorities of some of the states, and will have a successful outcome, and he has no doubt that' the results will in augurate an era of cooperation and har mony between intrests that are in real ity one and the same. ELEVEN MINERS OOEMED TO AN AWFUL DEATH SHUT OFF FROM THE SURFACE BY FIRE AT ELEVEN HUNDRED FOOT LEVEL. Drytown, Cal., X'ov. 30. Eleven min ers in the Fremont-Groyer Gold Mine are shut off from the surface . by a fire which is raging at' the eleven hundred foot level and all hopes of rescuing them alive ha been abandoned. : ' The miners are working -below the eleven hundred foot level. Died While' Eating Dinner. -J Penaaeola, Fla.; Nov. 30. Capt.' Paul Camming, commander of the lighthouse tender Mangrove, now in this port, died suddenly today while eating dinner aboard the vessel. Heart trouble was the cause. : . .. ; .' - Th e Republican and De mocra iic Members of the House Hold C a ucus and Nominate Can didates for Speakership and for Other Offices for the Sixtieth C o n-gress. Washington, D. C, Xov, . 30. Hon. Jolroh G. Cannon, of Illinois, was to- night nominated by the Republican mem bers of the House, of Representatives for his third term as Bpeakor.-aud'he will be reelected to that office upon the recon vening of the House at twelve o'clock Monday. The nomination was made in a caucus held in the House of Representatives, which was attended by practically all of-, the 220 Republican members. The caucus was called to order. at eight o'clock by Representative- Hepburn, of Iowa, who presided. The other officers chosen were: Alex ander McDowell, Pennsylvania, clerk; Frank 'B. Lyon, Xew York, doorkeeper: Henry Casson. Wisconsin, seareeant-at-arms) and Samuel W. Langun, Minne sota, postmaster. The application of Hon. Teter A. Por ter, of the Thirty-fourth district of Xew York, for admission to tho caucus, was rejected. Mr. Porter was elected as an independent and -had the support of the Democrats of his district. Xotwith standing this fact he sent a letter to the chairman of the Republican caucus claiming to be a Republican and asking to be admitted to a seat. -To. his colleague, II. S. Boutell, fell the duty Of placing Mr. Cannon in nomi nation. ' Mr. Boutell entered upon a brief review of the history of the House in the matter of speakership. "In political wisdom," he said, "in (Continued on page Two.) ANOTHER INJUNCTION BY U.S. CIRCUIT COURT J RA'LROAO CASES Judge Prltchard Orders That c. H. tothrap. of Durham, be Temporarily Restrained, Asheville. X. C. Xov, 30. Before Judge FrUohanl in United States Circuit court this morning the Southern rail way company filed an amended bill in the original rate cases in the eastern district of Xorth Carolina, making C. 11. Cothrai, of , Durham, a party to the .supplementary, proceedings, alleging that ( othran had brought suits against tho Southern Railway Company for penalties amounting to $400 on' account, of the violation of the freight rates. Judge j I'ritchard granted a temporary injune- tion restraining the afore-aid Cothran j from prosecuting the. suits' or recovering I the penalties and making the injunction returnable here on December 20. OPPOSE DISPLAY OF COLUMBUS (OHIO) POST, G. A. R, WANTS STARS AND BARS SUPPRESSED. Columbus, : Ohio, Xov. 30. Well Post, G. A. R., of this eity, last night adopted resolutions appealing to the Confederate soldier: - "To lend his powerful influence for suppressing the display of Confederate colors, in that magnanimous spirit which concedes the truth established by the conflict." The resolutions further declares "we submit that by our sacred memories on either Hide of that historic, conflict we have now a reunited country, with one flag, and there should not be another that would imply divided devotion." ADLEY WOMAN COLLAPSES AFTER STRENUOUS DAY Lawyers Set off an EnormoK Amount of Verbal Pyro technics. UNSPARING IN PRAISE AND BLAME OF ACCUSED When Senator Brown's Slayer Reaches Her Room in Courthouse at End of Bay's Session It is Found Necessary to Administer Restoratives. Washington, D. C;, Xov, 30, Eloquent lawyers today made effective addresses before the jury in the case of Airs. An ni.i M.: Bradley, on trial for the killing of former Senator Arthur M. Brown, ot Utah,' in this city, last December. .There -was -a large gathering in Judge Stafford's courtroom, and all were eager listeners to the arguments for and against the defendant. Assitant District- Atorney Turner opened the final proceed -! iiigs with a careful review of the testi mony, analyzing in a masterful manner many conflicting statements. He fre quently grew eloquent and evidently af fected the defendant by his powerful re view -of the ease. He was followed by Robert Wells, of counsel for the defendant, who con cluded his impassioned address by de claring that Arthur Brown himself was responsible for the fatal shot, as it wa his acts that bad fired the overwrought brain of the' defendant. -and brought on his own destruction. . Case to Jury Monday. Court then took a recess until Monday-, morning, when four hours will be devoted to arguments, at the conclusion of which and the judge's charge, will be given tO the jury. Mrs. Bradley collapsed under the strain which she has suffered since her trial be gan, and when she reached her room In the lower eorridor of tho courthouse at i the end of the session today, it was j necessary for attendants to administer .restoratives. It was some time before .' she was able to return to the jail. .' While Mr.' Turner was describing the scene of the killing of Senator Brown an atendant delivered to the district-attorney a small package containing the pis tol that, had been used by Mrs. Bradley. The defendant-evidently.. recognized the weapon as it was uncovered and laid at .;i convenient place near the speaker. She j (Continued on page Two.) TORPEOO BOAT FLOTILLA READY FUR DEPARTURE TO PACIFISM MONDAY Ail Now In Shape for the Depart, lire of Little Ships on Long Vovage. Xorfolk, Va.. Xov. 30. Following sev eral months.- of active preparation, the Hot ilia of six torpedo hoat destroyers which is to preceed the battleship squad ron to the Pacific coast, is -tonight prac tically iir complete readiness lor the start ok its long voyage, which begins on Monday morning next. The task of fitting out the vessels composing the flotilla has been the most important undertaken since tae depart ure several years ago of the first tor pedo flotilla which made the long end successful voyage to i'hilippint islands, where the vessel are still stationed. While the trip of the first flotilla acro-s the Atlantic and subsequently through the Indian and Pacific oceans established the seaworthiness of this class of boat, these vessels are in no way designed for the carrying of provisions, etc., and the naval auxiliary Arethusn has been fitted out here and assigned as convoy and supply ship for the trip beginning Mon day. - The Arethusa carries provisions and supplies for a much longer period than it is estimated will be required for the run to the .Pacific and besides carries in her great hold propellers, rudders and supply machinery of all kinds that lnitrht lie needed in a breakdown or ; emergency for any of the boats. Besides the tact that the flotilla is to make a greater number of stops than the battle ships squadron soon to follow the ves sels arc so small that the speeding of them makes living most uncomfortable aboard and for this reason they wUl take it along moderately slow so as , to insure every possible comfort to the officers and men. Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson L Cone, who commands the flotilla, aa busy all of today aboard his flagship, the Whipple, completing all details and, final plena of departure. The flotilla composed of the Whipple,;. Truxton, Lawrence, Steward, Hopkins and Hull, will, upon their departure Monday, pass immediately over the Virginia capes, laying their course southward.- . - BR '' ';?
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