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WEATHER Fair today;; Thursday rain . and warmer; fresh northeast shifting to southeast winds. jr i i i The News A paper for , all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. III. NO. 110 LAST EDITION. GHEEXSBOKO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1908 LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS LANGLEYTALKSQ F REPUBLICANISM IN THE SOUTH Kentucky Congressman , Among the Jpeakers at Lincoln Club Banquet In Philadelphia. NOT A CROWD OF PLACE AND "PIE "SEEKERS Son-in-Law of Former Congressman Gudger, of Asheville, Delivers Splen- . did Address on the Work and Future of His Party in the South. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 11. Among the speakers on the occasion of the Lin coln Club banquet, given in this city this evening, was Congressman John W. Langlcy, of Kentucky. Mr. Langley, who is the son-in-law of former Con gressman Gudger, of Asheville, said of Kepii'blicans of the south: I thank you for the honor you have done me by inviting mo to participate in these festivities. I deem it a great privilege to speak for the state in which Abraham Lincoln was born, and which today leads the columns of the Repub lican party in the south. It is. alto gether litting and proper that on the occasion ot any anniversary celebration of the birthday of Lincoln thcro should bo a word from some representative of the south, if for no other Teason than the fact which stands out so prominently and luminously through out that momentous brief cycle of time between the 4th of March, 1801, and the 14th of April, 1803 the yearning in the heart of the great Emancipator for the children of the southland, Throughout that struggle Lincoln's soul went out in compassion to the Drave men who were fighting for a cause they (Continued on Page 4.) ALDRiGH GALLS UP CURRENCY BILL THE SENATE Formal Amendments Made by the Finance Committee Adopted by Upper House. CONSIDERABLE DEBATE OVER ELECTRIC CO. BONDS Questions As To Whether These Are Ac ceptable When Roads Are Interstate Gets Considerable Discussion and No Little Opposition. Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. Senator Aldrieh today culled up his currency bill, and formal amendments made by the finance committee were adopted by the Senate. Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, in quired concerning the provision for the distribution of tumls ty the secretary s TO GALL ON BOP Where One of the Greatest of Americans Was Born l I Refuses to Ask acts In Mat terofTreatm.i colour Pass ports In Russia. COMMITTEE ADVERSELY ' REPORTED RESOLUTION Plea of the Secretary of State That It Is Incompatible With Public Interest to Divulge' Information House In dorses Recommendation. Washington,''.. C, Feb. ll.-Russia's treatment of American passports was the subject of discussion for some time in the House today. The committee on foreign affairs yesterday reported ad versely a resolution calling upon the sec retary of stirte for information regard- of the treasury, and Mr. Aldrieh replied : ing certain negotiations with' Russia in that if the currency provided should not be needed in one state it should be ap propriated to another state in the same section ol the country. Inquiry was 'made by Senator ' Dolliver whether the provision in resjiect to rail road bonds as security for currency cir culation would include bonds of roads other than those operated by steam. Mr. Aldrieh replied that if such roads are interstate roads and make reports to the interstate commerce commission they would be included. Mr. Bailey said there was in his opinion no doubt that this bill does ex clude interurban electric roads, lie said the recently enacted law is his opinion did not require any roads except the steam railroads to report to the inter state commerce commission. "As great conveniences as these elcc- . (Continued on Page Five.) ! LOG CABIN NEAR HODGENVILLE, KY., WHERE LINCOLN WAS BORN, FEBRUARY, xa, 1809. BE TO SOUTHERN PEOPLE BIH Now Before Congress Gives Court of Claims Jurisdiction In Old Cases. PROPERTY SEIZED FOR UNION Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. About $10,000,000 may be secured from the gov ernment by people of the south if a bill reported unanimously by the House committee on war claims becomes a law. The bill gives to the Court of Claims jurisdiction of the claims for captured and abandoned property which was sold during the Civil war, and the proceeds turned into the United States treasury. During that war the government au thorized the seizure of abandoned prop erty, to bo sold, and the net proceeds placed in the United States treasury. TheTe was a provision that if any one should bring suit within two years after the close of the war and prove that the property sold belonged to him the 1 r .1 :i 1 ,j 1. . !.l money receivea ior it snoiua ue uu over, but to do this the, citizen bring ing the suit had to prove loyalty to the Union. ....' . ' This disqualified most southern ers until the amnesty proclamation was declared in I860, which came too late to' take the claims to court, thc; two years' grace having expired. The ob ject of this bill is to enable the original owners of the confiscated property to get the money it brought when sold. TIFT-TBI PRIMARIES; FOBAKER BEATEN EVERYWHEREi Four Delegates- at Large and Twenty-Two District Delegates In Ohio for Secretary, WAS NO REAL OPPOSITION Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 11. The net re sult of the Republican primaries held throughout Ohio today was for William H. Taft, four delegates at large and twenty-two district delegates to the na tional convention in Chicago and a list of delegates to the state convention to be held March 3, which will be unani mously in his favor. Hardin county held no primaries. No opposition worth mentioning de veloped during the day. The Supreme Court destroyed all chances of success by the Forakcr element in Curako coun ty by declaring that the Taft county committee was the only valid organiza tion of its kind in that county, and the selection of delegates there went by de fault, no ticket being placed in the field against the Taft candidates. ' In Knox county the opposition to Taft had brought an "independent" ticket into the field, the independents.Miowevcr, being all Foraker men. The Taft can didates won easily, the vote being about four to one in their favor. Actual vot ing for delegates to the state conven tion was carried on in but thirty-five out of the total of eighty-eight coun ties in the state, the Taft delegates in fifty-two counties having no opposition. the matter of passports to American cit izens, and-particularly 'Jewish citizens, upon the plea of the secretary of state that it was not compatible with the public interest to furnish the informa tion at this time. After extended dis cussion the House today," by a vote of 118 to 07, sustained the adverse report, j In speaking on the subject Mr. Harri son, of Sow York, asserted that, the Russians, "with characteristic duplici ty," had attempted to exclude a whole class of citizens simply on account of their religious faith. "Against this in tolerable assumption," he said, "we have I always protested with indignation." iMr. Harrison rctcrred to recent circu lars of the state department making it incumbent upon Jews before receiving American passports to assure the de partment first that they were not going to Russia, and, Second, that if so, it was with the express permission of the Russian government, as a. most surpris ing and deplorable chapter of American diplomacy which touched elosely the American national hopor. The right of Jews to travel in Russia was not de pendent "upon the whims and fancies of an unhappy autocrat," but given to the United States citizens by the treaty of 1832, "and approved by . the con science of the civilized world," he said. In conclusion Mr. Harrison pointed out that the circular referred to was modi fied January 25 last, and the objection able paragraph eliminated. ' "A glowing tribute was paid to Secre tary Root and American diplomacy by Representative Lowden, of Illinois. The resolution, if adopted, he said, would defeat its very object, and the commit tee felt it was promoting the interests of the Jewish people in rejecting it. He said secretary Itoot had given personal assurance that every effort was being j made to get rid of the discrimination! which the Russian government practiced, "and we have confidence enough in the! secretary of state to believe that his I judgment should be supreme on this j question. Reciting many diplomatic ilodgenville, Ky., Feb. 12. Ninety-. the adequate commemoration of Lin nine years ago today Kentucky gave to I coin's sen-ices to the republic, as is the world and to the nation Abraham! contemplated in the Lincoln Farm Me-. Lincoln.-' Cradled in a rough log cabin, morial Association a,nd its purposes. ndowed with the heritage of lxivertv, ' This asociation is headed by the Hon. this Kentucky boy was nevertheless eon- Joseph V. Folk, of Missouri, as prcsi secra ted from February 12, I.SO'.t, to the 1 dent, and with Robert Collier, of Col- hour of his death to the betterment ot tier s v. eekly, as chairman ot the execu the condition of mankind. the committee, embraces in its mem- Fittinir. also, it is that plans should ! bership such distin gui shed citizens as at this moment be well under way for I' Horace Porter, Lyman J. Cage, Joseph d. Choate, Charles A. Townc, Henry Watterson, William H. Taft, Samuel L. Clemens, Cardinal Gibbons, Oscar S. Strauss, etc. , It is expected that the Lincoln me morial will le rendv for dedication Feb- MIC E-PIE ICE-ITER ASSTRUNG DRIrJK As Many Murders Due to Former as Latter, bays German-American Alliance Attorney. ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS HAVE THEIR INNINGS Go Before House Committee on Judici ary With Old Statement That You Can't Make a Man Good With Laws, and Then Try to Prove It. Washington, I). C, Feb. ll.-Tbc anti prohibitionists had their innings today when representatives of the National German: American Alliance appeared be fore the House committee on judiciary to oppose in general the sixteen bills introduced at this session for the sup pression of the liquor traffic, and in par ticular the Littlelield bill proposing fed eral aid in the 'enforcement of local op tion excise laws. Among those who pone against the lulls was Attorney vnarv 12. 1000 . the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, at which time it is Theodore'. Suf to, -of Xe.w York, president expected rresiilent Koosevolt wil)' ocui cate the modern temple to the memory of Lincoln. " COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS NO POWER TO DELAY OPERATION OF 9HOUR LAW Important Announcement in Connection With Recently-Enacted Legislation Applying to Train Dispatchers, Signal -'" and Tower Men, Etc. Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. An im portant announcement was made today by the interstate commerce commission respecting its attitude toward the re quest recently made by the operating vice-presidents of the railroads of the United States that the nine-hour law, relating to the employment of train dis patchers, telegraph operators and tower men, be suspended by the .'commission until such time as the law could be amended to meet the desires of all con cerned. The commission holds in brief that it has no authority to extend the time or suspend the operation of the law, except in a' particular case or cases in which a hearing has been held, and good cause shown for the extension asked. Fol lowing is the text of the commission's announcement: Thousands of, letters and telegrams received within the last few days, indi cate widespread misapprehension as to triumphs'1'10 power of the commission to "extend 1 the law" which eoes into effect March 4 (Continued on Page TvyO.) I next, limiting the hours of service of BONUS PRINCELY COUSIN GETS 20 CENTS DAMAGES And Boni Is Fined $20 for That Lovely Family Row in Front of the Church in Paris on January 2. Paris, Feb. ll.-"ount Boni de Castel lane, the divorced husband of Anna Gould, of New York, was today found guilty by the Correctional Court of criminal assault and battery on Prince Helie de Sagan. his coin-in, ami fined $20. The Prince was awarded twenty cents damages. .The encounter between Count Boni de Costellane and Prince' Helio de Sagan, DHID HAS PROVED THE AS WELL AS r t ACTOR KILLS WIFE UNO SHOOTS HIMSELF COUPLE MARRIED THREE YEARS AGO HAD ONLY RECENTLY BE COME RECONCILED. Cleveland, O, Feb. 11. Fred Wigle, an actor, shot and instantly killed his wife, Maud, and then committed suicide nt a boarding-house here today. The double tragedy was not discovered until fire was found in the room they occu pied. The bedding caught fire as a re sult of a revolver (being fired near the ravers. '.- - ' ' The couple were married, three years ngo in Canada, and were separated until a week ago. It is supposed they quar reled. The Immediate cause of the trouble is unknown. POPE FEARS TRAGEDY LIKE THAT AT LISBON ANNIVERSARY ST. JOHN CHRYS OST0M OBSERVED AT THE VATICAN. " "" ' ' Rome, Feb. 1 1. The Pope today at the Vatican, in the presence of three thousand persons celebrated, with the rite of the Greek church, the fifteenth centennial of St. John Chrysostom. The Patriarch -of Antioch, who came to Koine for this celebration, took part in the' services, together with a number of Greek prelates. It was originally intended to Jiave the ceremony take place in St. Peter's, but this idea was abandoned because of the danger of the great crowd which was sure to assemble there, usually num bering upwards of ninety thousand per sons, and which would make the main tenance ot order almost impossible. KILLS SIRL AND MR YOUNG MAN SHOOTS YOUNG WOM . AN AND THEN TURNS GUN , ON HIMSELF. -",- Phoenixville, Pa., Feb. 11. Norma Tholan, aged fifteen years; daughter of Hiram Tholan, of West Pikeland town ship, was shot and killed on the high way near her home today by John Mil ler, a young farm hand, who afterwards shot himself in an effort to end his life. Miller had been employed by the girl's father, who discharged him yesterday because, it is said, of his attentions to her. Miller came to this city, and after making a round of the saloons, purchased a Pistol ana siarxea dbck rowara me Tholan farm. On the way he employes engaged in the movement of trains upon interstate railroads. The only authority in this regard is expressed in the law as follows : "The interstate commerce commission may, after full bearing in a particular case, and for good cause shown, extend the period within which a common carrier shall comply with the provisions of this provision as to suoh case." The proviso1 referred to is that part of section two which provides that no emplovo who Tiandles train orders bv telegraph or telephone shall be required or permitted to be on duty more than nine hours out of the twentv-four at offices' .continually .'operated night and day, nor more than thirteen hours out of the twenty-four at offices operated "only during the daytime," except in cases--of emergency, when four ; addi tional hours may be required on not more than three days in any week. Xo other provision of the law can be extended or modified by the commission. The power to extend under this pro viso is extremely limited, this is evi dent from the plain import of the lan gun ore above quoted, from the context to which it relates and from the obvious purpose of the entire enactment. It seems clear to us that nothing more was intended than to authorize the. commis sion., in exceptional instance! where conditions are unusual or unforeseen, to enlarge somewhat the time allowed to prepare for compliance. Conditions which are common to many railroads or to a substantial pereontnere of telegraph slat ions are conditions which must have been taken into account when this law was passed, and do not constitute "a particular-case" for relief by the com mission, ''"'...'' : We are therefore of the opinion, without deciding more definitely in nd- Remarkable Record of Backing the Winner In Most Repub lican Conventions. FOUGHT HARD FOR SHERMAN which resulted in the prince preferring charges against his, cousin, took place January 2 in .front of the Church of St. Pierre de Cahllot, where a special me morial service had been celebrated in memory of Lady Stanley Krrington. aiyanee of "full hearing" upon such appli relatives of both of the fighters. The ; c.ltj0s as may be made, that "good services had just, enueu ana iount jwni and Prince Helie met on the stairs, i : (Continued on Page Two.) Words were unchanged and then the two .;':. - .-. - - . ' -. men came to lilows; ano uount Horn swore at his counsin and spat in his face. Prince de Sagan took the matter to court and made charges against Count Boni do Cnstellane and his brother,. Count Jean. The charge against Count Jean was dismissed. Tho cause of the fight is said to have been due to the fact Prince Helie was paying attention to Madame Gould, and this is supposed to havo provoked Count Boni to the assault. BY JOHN E. MONK. .:'"' Washington, D. C, Feb. 11 Ohio has proved herself the maker as well ; as mother of Presidents in the thirteen con ventions of the Republican, party. Had it not been for the loyalty of the Buck eye delegates to the luckless candidacies of JohnlSherman, Ohio would have back ed the winners in practically all con tests for the nomination for President. As it was, Ohio has played the most conspicuous part of any state in the Union in the selection of Republican standard-bearers since the first Repub lican convention in 1830; and will again be the great factor in the convention of ItlOH. Ouite different from the showing made by New York. In the first convention Ohio proposed the name of Judge John. McLean and Salmon P. Chase. Both names were' with drawn in the interets of the party, but delegates insisting. Judge Mcel.an re ceived some votes in the informal ballot that preceded the nomination of Fre. moot. On the direct and formal ballot Ohio gave 33 delegates to John C. Fro month and 3ft to McLean. In 18G0 Ohio split its vote for three ballots, and at flic end of the third bal lot, when 2!) votes were given to Lin coln, 15 to Chaxe and 2 to McLean, it was Ohio's change of ' four votes that nominated "Old Abe." The delegation made its vote unanimous immediately. In 1804 Delegate Delano, of Ohio, pro posed Abraham Lincoln by acclamation The convention agreed with him. In ISfiS Judge Spalding, of Ohio, presented !en. U. S. Grant for President, and t In state gave him 42 votes. He was doid of the Xew York branch of the alliance, and former commissioner of taxes. . A running exchange of thrusts be tween Mr. Sutro and Representative Littlefield, who is a member of the com mittee, enlivened the hearing. .'Among those in attendance were several mem- . hers of the Women's Christian Tempi r ance Union and half a dozen clergymen from as many cities. Mr. Sutro as sumed the familiar ground that "you cannot legislate morality into the peo ple." and ho declared that Maine, Mr. Littlefield's stale, exemplified in a great' measure the soundness of the claim that "prohibition docs not prohibit." "Then." said Mr. Littlelield, "do I understand your argument to be that morality cannot lie. .inculcated 'into tha people by legislation? do you stand oit that? Answer me directly please." "I stand on Umt, ye's," s.tid Mr. Sutro, "but I want my meaning under stood by this committee." What I stand on is this: The only way to make temperate- men and women is to teach them moderation as they grow up from boy hood and girlhood; and the only gen uine, constitutional way to keep them temperate when they 'have grown up, if they are not strong enough of themselves to be moderate, is to make over indul gence drunkenness a crime, a misde meanor. And that is the province of the state, not of the central government. Zf the law can say to a man 'tlion shalt (Continued on Pago Five.) Al ilPRiSONEO FOR II Twenty Days In Jail. nd $230 Fine lor Typographical Union Men. ;;: UNPRECEDENTED SENTENCE (Continued on Page Two.) ENGINES OF GUNBOAT MARIETTA DISABLED Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. The com mandant of the naval station at Key West reports having received a wireless telegram from the gunboat Marietta, saying that her port engine was dis abled at two o'clock this morning when 1(H) miles from Tampa. The Marietta is proceeding under her starboard en gine to Tampa from Belize, British Hon duras, where she went to render assist ance to the British steamer Anselm. Senate Passes Jap Exposition Bill Washington. IX C, Feb. 11. The bill met makins an appropriation of $330,000 for Norma anil an eigh-ycar-old sister. Mil- participation by the United States in nnnnuto.l Miuu TWlkin II till after i!n international exposition to be held short - talk drew a revolver from his at Tokio, Japan, in 1012, was passed by pocket and shot her dead. the Senate today. MILLION ROBINS SLAIN BY LOUISIANA iiUNTERS GOVERNMENT EXPERT ASSOCI ATES SLAUGHTER WITH SPREAD OF BOLL WEEVIL. El AGAINST C. W. MORSE CHARGED WITH OVER-CERTIFICATION AND MISAPPLICATION OF FUNDS. New Orleans, La., Feb. nounccmcnt that about 11.- The an-! New York, Feb. 11. It was learned .... ;iate tonight that the federal grand jury una miiiiuu . .v,eh g m vest mat mtr the atlairs ot eer- robins have been killed by hunters this I lain nationnl banks this evening voted .'. . I five indictments. Three of these .in- winter in Louisiana, which is a win- jietments, it was authoritatively stated, ter home for these birds, was made to- iniahe charges against Charles W. Morse straining the officer and members of uuu a juiinc! uim-iui ui me ..xniiuiiiii uiw iiiiiun jrum eouiiiiuniiz ine iiiueiiei'p Bank of North America or over-eer- which had been charged. Later, in April, tiflcation and misapplication of funds. '.)()((, a representative of the Employers' 1 wo ot these voted tor, it was said, Assocmf ion appeared in court and asked New York. Feb. 11. President Pat rick II. .'Mccormick, of tiie local typo graphical union, known as the "l!ijf Six," ami Ooorjre AY.: Jackson and Vin cent J. 'Cost olio, union organizers, today wen" lined each and sentenceil to twenty days' iniprisonment for dis oliedicnce of nn iitjnnction obtained bv tho ty pot ln'l;w of New York in . BKift, Thomas Bctiui-tt -and.-William S. Auder soh were fined 1110 on the same charge. Sentence was imposed by Justice l!i cliolf in the Supreme Court. This is the first time any such heavy sentence in t lie case of a labor organi zation for 'violation: of ail injunction: has been imposed in thesn courix, Tl'9 troubles grew out of the strike of Typo graphical Union No. (i, commonly called "Big Six," ordered early in 10(l(i' again t the association of employers known as the Typoethetne of N'ew York, for a closed shop and an eight-hour day. Soon after the going out of the men, the olll cers of the typothetae complained that the strikers were . practicing intimida tion against their employes who re mained at work, and those who took the places of tho strikers, and were resort ing to violence. . On these representations Justice Blanchard granted an injunction re- day by Frank M. Miller, president of the Louisiana Audubon Society. Following this announcement, George Howell, a government expert here to investigate tho habits of robins, said were against Morse, one on each charge, and the other against his associate. Air. Morse, who is due to arrive here that the government may prove that the ..on the Etrusia from Liverpool next Sat eastward movement of theabool weevil had been facilitated by the reckless de struction of the robins. urday, was indicted Monday by the New York county grand jury, which is also inquiring into the recent financial trans actions among the banks of this city. that the members of the union bo pun ished for contempt in that they had con tinued the acts of violence and oppres-, sion. By order of Justice Bischoff, referee took testimony on the charge ,. It was upon his report and reeoiumeiH dation that the sentence of today wa inflicted. " Gettosaving. ft That's an Odd Word, But Well Explain Later and in Considerable Detail What it Is, 'V '
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