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VOL. III. NO. 91
CORTELYOU TELLS
WHY HE DOESN'T
IKEHIS REPORT
Statement on Bond Issue Will Be
Made as Soon as Possible
He Tells Senate.
TILLMAN GETS WARM
OVER "DISOBEDIENCE"
And He and Aldrich Engage In Wordy
War, Terminating On the Part of the
South Carolina Man With More or
Less Veiled Abuse of Aldrich.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20. Just be
fore the Senate adjourned today Senator
Aldrich received a letter from Secretary
C'ortelyou explaining the delay that bus
been experienced in his reply to the reso
lution calling on him for information
concerning the recent Panama canal
bond issue, and the letter was promptly
laid before the Senate. Earlier in ll.e
day Senator Tillman indulged in caustic
comment upon what he characterized as
the secretary's apparent "disobedience"
to a Senate resolution.
In his letter, Mr. Cortelyou said; "I
am sorry that there should have been a
misunderstanding as to the lime when
yiy answer to the Senate resolution re
garding the treasury operations would
bo sent in. Had I been udvised of your
i-qucst to know when it might bo ex
)i ' led, I would have replied that I re
('iiml a little more time to go over the
liii!s of figures it involved. It is my de
hiv, of course, that all business of this
kind shall be disposed of promptly, but
this matter is so important that I have
I clt. is desirable that every feature of
the report should lie clearly stated, both
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STATE PROHIBITION
CONVENTION MEETS
ATTHEGAPITALTDDAY
Leaders Express Confidence That
Legislature Will Enact a Pro
hibition Law.
TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 20. President
lieriot C'larkson and Executive Commit
tee Chairman John A. Oates, of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, ar
rived here this morning ready for the
great Anti-Saloon League convention
called for tomorrow afternoon for the
purpose of influencing the legislature for
the passage of a state prohibition law.
Both are enthusiastic oyer the outlook
lor prohibition, being confident of a
sweeping victory. President Clarkson
says that on the train with him this
morning were people from all parts of
- the state, practically all of them declar
ing that the sentiment for prohibition
is overwhelming.
In reply to questions both Clarkson
mid Oates asserted that their demand as
spokesmen for the temperance forces is
lor statutory proniouiou euccuve .iuiv
, without any election for constitution
al amendment. President Clarkson con
tends that in view of the widespread
local option and the fact that only a
very few localities now have whisky,
1 liese being moral sores on the body poli
tic, the really Democratic thing to do is
to apply state prohibition.
Hebert's Name Sent to Senate.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20. The
President today sent to the Senate the
nomination of Clarence S, Herbert, to be
assistant treasurer of tho United States
at New Orleans.
CAN'T STOP RAILROADS
LOUISIANA RAILROAD COMMISSION
SAYS IT CAN'T HALT
' TRAFFIC.
Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 20. The
Louisiana state railroad commission, at
its meeting today, decided that it could
not make a rule prohibiting railroads
: from receiving liquor offered for ship
ment into prohibition territories.
A petition for a ruling of this nature
was asked for by the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern on the grounds
that whisky shipped into prohibition
territory and not called for' was a dead
weight on the road's hands, as it could
rot be disposed of on account of the
prohibition laws. ,
Yes, Advertising Does. Pay.
LAST EDITION.
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FRQMSiT
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Captured at Fargo. South Dakota,
by U. S. Marshals and Now
In Custody.
BROTHERS OF JIM SMITH,
WHO IS STILL AT LARGE
Reward for Latter's Arrest Is In Force
and Will Probably Lead to His Being
Captured Photographs Distributed
Over Country.
One by one those "Smithtown" celeb
rities are being corralled. Yesterday,
United States Marshal Millikan re
ceived a telegram from the United
States marshal at Fargo, South Dakota,
giving the intelligence that Fletcher and
Frank Smith had been taken into cus
tody. Several days ago a full descrip
tion, of the Smith brothers was sent out
from the office of the United States
marshal here, a copy of this description
having been placed in the hands of every
United States marshal in the country.
This work has begun to bear fruit.
Tho Smiths who were captured have
the distinction of being brothers of Jim
Smith, suspected of having killed Reve
nue Officer J. M. Heudrix, and warrants
were issued for their arrest some time
ago on the charge of illicit distilling.
Jim Smith is still at large, but it is
believed that the reward ol $1,000 of
fered for his arrest will ultimately serve
to bring him in. His photograph has
been secured, and will be sent broadcast.
ArthuT Shelton, who was arrested on
a charge of illicit distilling in the Smith
town section, was released yesterday, af
ter a hearing before Commissioner
Wolfe, while Joseph Bateman, who was
recently bound over, has given bond.
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FARE LAW DECLARED TO
BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The State Supreme Court Affirms
v Decision of Hower
Tribunal.
AN APPEAL IS NOT LIKELY
Philadelphia, Jan. 20 The two-cent
railroad fare law now in force in Penn
sylvania wa's today declared unconstitu
tional by the States Supreme Court,
which handed down an opinion allirining
the decision of the Common Pleas Court
of Philadelphia rendered last Septem
ber. ;.-
The vote of the court Mas four to
three, the . dissenting opinion lieing
Landed down by Justice'- Mestrezat.
The two-cent fare law was enacted
by the last legislature, the bill passing
both houses by a practically unanimous
vote. The railroads foughttho bill vig
orously, and after it became u law the
Pennsylvania railroad instituted suit
in the Common Pleas Court of Phila
delphia, restraining the, County of
Philadelphia lrom enforcing the law.
The railroad contended that the law
was unconstitutional in that it was un
reasonable and confiscatory, and the
court in a decision sustained the com
pany's contention. The County of
Philadelphia then took the case to the
Stale Supreme Court.
Other railroads have brought simi
lar action in several counties of the
state, but the Pennsylvania's suit was
the only one to reach the Supreme
Court.
' Tho majority was written by Chief
Justice Mitchell. It declares that the
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WRECK PREVENTS VOTE
FOR KENTUCKY SENATOR
HOUSE ADJOURNS BECAUSE OF
THE ABSENCE OF A NUMBER
OF ITS MEMBERS.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 20. The House
adjourned ; today and no ballot for
United States senator will be taken un
til tomorrow. The adjournment was
taken because of the inability of a num
ber of legislators to reach the city in
time, they having been delayed by the
wreck of a Louisville and Nashville pas
senger train near Frankfort.
No one was seriously injured.
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GREENSBORO, X. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1908
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LEGION
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Members Take Advantage of the
Chance to Air Their Views
On the Matter.
BILL FOR STATION AT
, PHILADELPHIA STARTS IT
Debate Notable In That It Was In
dulged in Largely by Members Serv
ing Their First Terms and Verbal
Pyrotechnics Fill The Air.
Washington, D. C, Jan., 20. Unre
strained opportunity to express views on
the immigration question was afforded
members of the House today by-the de
cision, soon after convening, to take up
and consider a bill appropriating sf-2.)0,-000
for an' immigration station in Phil-
adephia, and many took advantage of it
The code of laws bill was temporarily
sidetracked.
.-'Members from both sides of tho cham-i
ber clamored for recognition, which car-J
ried with it the right to speak lor an
hour.
The discussion served to develop vio
lent opposition, led by Mr. Hepburn, of
Iowa, and Mr. Byrd, of Mississippi, to
certain classes of immigrants coining to
tho United States, 'while, others'--made
earnest pleas for -them .upon. the ground
that the prosperity of the country had
been advanced because of their presence
ii. this .country.
The debate -Was notable in that it was
indulged in largely by members serving
their first terms and who found in the
bill a 'chance to make their maiden ef
forts at speech-making on the lloor of
the House.
The entire session was devoted to a
consideration of the bill, which was pass
ed, and at 4..1J the House adjourned.
Because the measure was reported by
the iminigrat in committee a number of
members thought that committee was
encroaching on the domain of the com
mittee on 'public buildings and grounds,
but Mr. Bartholdt, of Missouri, its chair
main, said he waived his rights, inas
much as the money was to come out of
the immigration fund.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, sought a
statement as to whether a general public
building bill would be reported at this
session, but Mr. Bartholdt , replied that
he was not-prepared to say.
Hepburn Scores Steamship Cos.
Condemnation was heaped Upon the
steamship companies by Mr. Hepburn, of
Iowa, who said they were responsible
for the large immigration to the United
States and the government should not
encourage them by increasing their facil
ities. He had, he said, seen advertise
ments of steamship companies in Eu
rope holding out false inducements to
the, ignorant class to go to the United
.SJates. The races coming to this coun
try today, he declared, were wholly un
desirable. -
Mr. Bennett,, of Xew York, said no
such advertisements Were sent out now.
Mr. Hepburn made an impassioned plea
for tighter restrictions for immigrants,
lie said he did not want to induce their
coming by increasing the facilities. in
answer to n ..question irom .nr. ..uar
tholdf, Mr. Hepburn said on immigrant
was not a producer or valuable consumer
when he cannot have a satisfactory
wage. His contributions must depend
uiHin whi ther there is a demand for that
labor, "and," be said, "I do not want
him to be permitted to glut the market
if labor to the detriment of our people
that are here."
Bourke Cockran, of Xew York, de
clared that the history of the country
showed that the immigrant coming to
these shores did no restrict the oppor
tunities of the native, but extended them.
"Instead of being the foes of the gov
ernment." be said amid applause, "immi
grants have been its foundation and its
architects."
Mr. Burnett, of Alabama, called atten
tion to the fact that at least one-third
the number of immigrants that come to
this country each year return to their
fatherland, taking back with them large
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MAY BE INVESTIGATED
FRIENDS ACQUIESCE IN THE SUG
GESTION THAT SUCH ACTION
BE TAKEN.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 20. The ad
ministration of Postmaster Meekins at
Elizabeth City will probably be made
subject to an investigation by postofRce
inspectors ueiore any action is uiKcn on
his nomination for another term. Sen
ator Penrose, chairman of the Senate
postollice committee, suggested to Sena
tor Simmons today that such an in
quiry be made.
Friends of Postmaster Meekins ac
quiesce in the suggestion that the
(barges ngainst him shall be thoroughly
investigated.
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Mrs. Thaw and
. : JEROME AND MRS. THAW,
fn the Above Picture Which is Reproduced from the New York Herald, the District-AttornRv is Shown in Conversa
tion With the Prisoner's Wife Over Some Papers Bearing on the Cast
GLENN WANTED
SO UTHERN TO PAY
First Proposition to Railroad Com
pany Made at Conference in Ral
eigh Was Declined and Now Fa
mous $17,500 Arrangement Was
Agreed Upon:
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Raleigh, X. C, Jan., 20. On tins, the
eve of the assembling 'of. -what all hands
agree: will prove an extraordinary session
of the legislature,'' great assortment of
rumors till a surcharged atmosphere.
While much dilliculty attends the effort
to separate fat from fiction, one re
port, which borders on the- sensational,
lias been traced to a source which many
believe to bo trustworthy.
This report relates to the much dis
cussed provision of the (Jlenn-Fiiilcy
compromise, ami purports to give the
exact inwardness of that provision re
lating to the famous $17,500 deal. Ac
cording to this report a conference was
held in Kaleigh between flovernor Glenn
and All'. Thorn, chief counsel oi tne
Southern in the , rate cases. At that
meeting it was urged by tho governor
that the railroads should bear the very
great expense which tho state had in
curred in prosecuting the various cases.
Mr. Thorn demurred to this, but agreed
that his road "should be taxed for the
sum mentioned toward defraying the ex
pense of the state in assembling the leg
islature. To this, so the story goes, the gov
ernor agreed, and the matter was allowed
to rest right there. And, it is prtfpcr to
say at this point by way of parenthesis,
this report is given a largemeasure of
confirmation by the official utterance of
the governor himself on this point, which
was couched in these words: "The rail
roads on their part ugreeing to pay
$17,500 towards liquidating the expense
of the state in convening the legislature,
ami for court costs."
The Teport above alluded to will,
therefore, bo invested with peculiar in
terest when considered in connection
with the official utterance of the gov
Who Advertises in the Daily
Mr. Jerome Confer Over Papers
CROUCH.
ernor.' given, in a stale -paper -overplus
signature. .;
' Republicans Will Oppose It.
While the clans have been rather slow
in gathering it seems a fii''.'oiie con
clusion that the Reiiublican -"members of
the legislature will oppose
the strange
iL'i-eeiiieiit which has been arrived at be-:
tween the governor and the' railroads,!
and there is some indication that the)
Democrats will not, be a unit on this!
subject bv an V manner of means. A !
number of caucuses ere being held to
night, and it is reported on apparently
very good authority that about twenty
of the more intluntial members of the
majority will join Sneaker Justice in
his opposition to the proposed eonipro-1
misc. Strangely enough, it is said that
he will even find support from those who!
have been classilied as "conservative,
as many conservative members are in
clined to the opinion that the cases
should have been allowed to run their
appointed course through the courts.
Of course .there is always the oppor
tunity that the governor will succeed in
lining up the recalcitrant members, such
as the speaker, but that there, will be
trouble is the pro-legislature indication.
Indeed, one report is to the effect that
some of the Justice forces will, im
mediately after the reading of the gov
ernor's message, move an--adjournment.
' Prohibition May Be Paramount.
A significant arrival of tonight was
that of A. D. Watts, who conies from
Washington as the personal and political
representative' of Senator Simmons,
whose - influence, even though exerted
through another, is expected to keep
members in line on the proposal to pass
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LAST EDITION.
NEWS OF PLOT AGAINST
FLEET AT
Telephone Conversation In French
Capital Overheard and Gave
Needed Clue.
SEVERAL ARRESTS ARE MADE
Paris, Jan. 20. The reports cabled
from Kio Janeiro that the Brazilian au
thorities, were warned from Paris of a
possible attempt lo blow up the Ameri
can battleship fleet: while in the harbor
are true. .
Some time ago certain suspicions indi- t
eating the existence of a plot to destroy
the whole or a portion of the fleet
either at Rio' Janeiro or in the Straits
j of Magellan were aroused here and Tin t -j
tirally communicated to liio and Wash
ington. A chartered', steamer was re
j ported to have conveyed explosives for
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TRIAL OF CALIFORNIA
BQQDLEHS P0STPG1E0
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASKS DELAY
TILL JANUARY 18, WHEN
TRIAL WILL GO ON.
San Francisco, Col., Jan. 20. When the
cases of Patrick Calhoun, Tirey L, Ford,
Thornwell Mullaly, Eugene K. Schmitz
and Abraham Ruef, in connection with
the alleged bribing of supervisors to
gmnt a trolley franchise to the United
Railway, came up before Superior Judge
Lawler today, District Attorney Lang
don asked that all the cases be continued
until January 2S. and announced that
on that day ho would proceed with the
trial of Abraham Hucf.
Coorgc B. Keale, who represented Ruef,
asked for two or three weeks' time that
Ruef might obtain counsel and prepare
his case. Judge Lawler declined to give
Ruef more than two days to procure
counsel.
Industrial News. He Knows
The News A paper for
all the people and for the
people all ths time. Read
it and keep posted.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
5;
TELLS HER STORY
IN OPEN COURT
Justice Dowling Rules That There
Is Mo Warrant In Law for
Secret Session.
JEROME MORE THAN
USUALLY BRUTAL
He and the Prisoner's Wife in Frequent
lilts and the Witness Displays No
Little Nerve Her Counsel's Objec
tions Frequently Sustained.
Xew York, Jan. 20. Mrs. Evelyn
Xesbit Thaw told her story today for
the second time. The repetition lacked
the vitality of the first recital, but the
great crowd in the courtroom where her
husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, is ou
trial for the. killing f Stanford White,
listened intently 1o every word.
Justice Dowling had ruled that he
found no warrant in t.i? law for clos
ing the doors against tiin public- Dis
trict. Attorney .-Jerome, failing in his
move to exclude spectators, took occasion
when" it came his turn to cross-examine
the witness to bring out nil of the de
tails of the 'first trial which Mr. Little
ton." of the defense, had omitted in his
direct inquiry of the witness. Mr. Je
rome also sought to block Mrs. Thaw's
testimony in its entirely on the ground
that the conversation . which occurred
three years before the tragedv could
not have had any" bear:ng on Thaw s
mental condition the -night of the homi
cide. Justice Dowling overruled the oo-:
jeetion.
Mis. Thaw was on the stand all dav
long and Mr. Jerome announced when ml
journmcnt for the -.dav was taken tha
las cross-examination would occupy
In greater part of tomorrow's sessions.
I Mrs. Thaw's story was broken into
! bits by. constantly repeated objections
j from the prosecutor, Who sought to ex
! chide all details on the ground of jm-
materiality.
Mr. Jerome insisted upon r-ndingfrom
Inst year's records nearlv every word the
Ivitncsi had then uttered, lie did this
j under the privilege of framing new ques
1 t ions. : . .--
Mr. Littleton objected to it. declaring
that the district attorney, by- rending
I the former testimony m a disnsrceablu
.1 manner, was trying to discredit the wit
j ncss in the eyes of the pirv. when be
could not discredit, her in nnv way by
a direct question. Mr. Jerome made
i no attempt to disguise a tone of com
! pleto .contempt in reading the testi- ,
niony.
' Jror.vi Contemptuous.
! Contempt also .'characterized most of
-.the" qiiestiws he put to the witness,
whom be attacked in a loud voice. Mr.
' 'Jerome plun'd at .wo into the nioi"
j intimate details of the testimoy and
' made no delicate choice of words in
framing bis interrogations.
Mr. Littleton's obieetions on the
ground of "offensivcness and unpropri-ity-'
frequently were sustained by the
court.
Mrs. Thaw-niatehed wits nuainst both
District, Attorney. Jerome and bis assist
ant. Mr. Garvin." She fenced with them
as skillfully as she did a veur a bo, and
answered Mr. Jerome m a voice pitched
in as .loud a key as bis own. -
When Mr. Jerome demanded to know
if the young woman nail told Thaw cer
tain things,, she. replied hoih;
"Ves. I told 'him. but 1 didn't use the
language you are lisim:."
"Doi.'t argue with nie. madam," shout
ed Jerome.
lint- one new feature appeared in the
estiiii'ony of the witness. .1 his was when
he told' about .Thaw swallowing the.
contents of a bottle of laudanum fit
Monte Carlo, in 101)4 in an attempt to
cad bis life. IV.-viouslv to this, at. the
Grand -hotel, in New oik. Thaw bad
talked of suiiiil". bis wife declared, and
bill Higgested that she also shoul 1 take
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If.C. H ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET JUNE 99
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL AN
NOUNCE. PLACE OF MEET
ING IN A FEW DAYS.
Raleigh, X. C Jan. 20. The execu
tive committee : of the Xorth Carolina
Bar Association met here today nnd de
cided to hold its next annual meeting
June .10 to July 2, the announcement of
the: place being reserved until the de
tails of the contracts for rates can be
closed, thero being three places, at:
either of which the meeting can be ad--vantageously
held. Announcement as
to the place is to be made within tho
next few days. Members of the execn-:
tivo committee here for the meeting
were President Charles A. Moore, Ashe
ville; Thos W. Davis, ilmington; T. T.
Ilicks, Henderson; T. B. Woinack, Raleigh.
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