Newspapers / Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, … / March 14, 1908, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
WEATHER pair today and Sunday; fresh west to south winds. llctflji Newt The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. HI. NO. 136 LAST : EDITION GREENSBORO, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1908 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS WILEY PLEftDS FOR PURE FOOD HOUSEHOLD Chief of Bureau of Chemistry Ad dresses Congress On the Welfare of the Child. NATION'S MOTHERS MUST BE ETERNALLY VIGILANT WILLIAMS 6DT HQBSDN THE COMMITTEE Minority Leader's Recommenda tion Followed Without Ques tion By the Speaker. Should See That Flesh, Uncontaminated, Palatable Food Alone Shall Come Into Their Homes Household Should Carry Out the Law. Washington, D. C, March 13. An urgent plea for pure food in the house hold was made today by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agriculture, in an address before the International Con gress on the Welfare of the Child, which is being held here under the auspices of the National MotHcrs Congress. Dr. Wiley emphasized the importance NO OTHER INFLUENCE EXERTED, SAYS SECRETARY Official Statement Made in View of the Prominence Given to Allegations of the Alabama Man in Connection With the Lilley Charges. i . Washington, D. C, March 13. -As bearing on the means adopted to secure the appointment of Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama, on the SENATOR SHARPLY SCOLDS the not Georgia Man S Executive Is Encrov .ig Upon Legis- .V jtive Power. POINTS TO THE RECENT WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE Fearful That Same Fate Awaits Us as Has Overtaken Certain Mysterious Country iVsited by Him Apologizes But Says Charges Are True. Washington, D. C, March 13. Execu tive encroachment upon legislative pow er was the subject of a stirring speech in the Senate today by Senator Bacon, of Georgia. His criticisms of the f res committee on naval affairs, which has ident( pointed and not veiled in any been referred to in the investigation of manner were caUcd out during the last me ciiuit's ri iu')icsriiiiiv iiucy in connection with tho purchase by the government of submarine torpedoboats, of the mothers of the countrV being : tbe following interview wi h L. White internally vigilant as to the source of rood products that come into their homes to see that they are fresh, uncon taminated, palatable and wholesome. Continuing Dr. Wiley said that the best means of executing the pure food law is in the household. Dr. Wiley called attention to the great importance of purity in such ar ticles as butter, maple syrup, honey and particularly of all dairy supplies. "Es pecially where there are children in the Busbey, secretary to Speaker Cannon, will be of interest: "Have you any objection to stating last hour of the session of the Senate. Mr. Bacon read a newspaper clipping in reference to a conference (held at the White House Wednesday night, at which legislation exempting labor organiza tions from the operations of the Sher man jinf i-frnet. law rtn1 nprmiHiTiff nnnl. what influence placed Captain Hobson , in, by raiironds was said to have been on tho committee on naval affairs?'' discussed. He said he was sure the Mr. .Busbey was asked. statement was correct, else it would "Not in the least. Captain Hobson !iavc been denied in no uncertain terms, was recommended for assignment to thei Are we to understand," asked Mr. naval committee by lion. John Sharp Foraker, interrupting, "that every Sen Williams, the minority lender of the,ator had a right to be invited to such SUIT IS FILED BY WHITNEY CO; FOR LARGE SUM Through Receiver, the Company Claims Damages From Gillespie Co. NEW JERSEY CORPORATION THAT WORKED ON PLANT Plaintiff Asserts That Contractors Vio lated Terms of Agreement and Caused Loss Aggregating Nearly a Million Dollars. House, an 1 Mr. Cannon accepted Mr. Williams'-'slate. On the night ''of De- house," said he, "the importance of tho cember 18, 1007, .Mr. Williams sent his : r i v t i - . i rr .1 i ; : i : i .. x r i purny vi uie mini cannot oe sumcienuy accentuated. The actual danger to health and actual threat of death in the case of infants that are fed impure milk (Continued on Page Two.) list of minority assignments to Mr. Can non. J hat was ten o'clock. Mr..' Can non glanced over tho list very hastily and handed it to Mr. Hinds to incor- (Continued on Page Two.) a conference, and that legislation should be framed in the White House rather than in the halls of Congress!" Mr. Bacon said, without replying to Mr. Foraker, that assumption of legis lative authority had been going on for years, and the right of the departments (Continued on Page Two.) TWELVE RfNGLEADERS OF ftSTf-GEEEK MOB have raCnPiue Military Company Takes Prisoners from Belhaven to Washing ton, N.C. QUIET HAS BEEN RESTORED Washington, N. C, March 13. Your correspondent learned, by long-distance telephone, this afternoon that the threatened race riot - in Belhaven was practically over, iweive or tne ring leaders of the mob who shot up the houses of Greek laborers have been cap tured. Two of them are white men and the rest negroes. Sheriff Ricks, of this wity, and the Washington military oompany will leave on a special train from Belhaven this afternoon and bring the prisoners under a heavy guard to this city to be placed in jail here, ar riving some time during the night. Several of the Greeks have left Bel haven for the north and the remainder are still at Belhaven, peacefully living SUMMONS MAKES PLEA E OF THE E Wants Same Rates Paid to Vessels of. the First and Second Class for Carrying Mails. REPUBLICANS OF TENTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLE AT ASHEVILLE TODAY HOW TRADE IS CONTROLLED Appears Certain That John Grant Will Be Nominated For Congress. 0. $13,000,000 Monument to Graft BATTLESHIPS TO RETURNBY SUEZ FROM FAB EAST Will Visit Hawaii. Samoa. Mel bourne and Sydney, Australia, and the Philippines. PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW CAPITOL. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, before Judge James E. Boyd, John S. Henderson, receiver of the Whitney Reduction Company, filed suit against the T. A. Gillespie Company, of Salisbury, for the recovery of $957, 801.79 damages for alleged breach of contract. An order wan signed by Judge Boyd directing the marshal to attach the property of the -Gillespie company in Rowan and Stanly coun ties. , ; The Gillespie Company is a Xew Jer sey corporation, and has the contract with the Whitney company for the con struction of the mammoth hvdro-elcc- tric plant at Whitney, in Stanly coun ty, including the' canal and dam. It is alleged by the receiver ot the W hitney company that the Gillespie company has not complied with the terms of its contract, and in consequence of the fail ure the power company is damaged in the amount above set forth. The Whitney project is one of the most gigantic enterprises of its kind ever attempted. More tlian $4,000,000 has already been expended, and before the plant is completed it will be nec essary to spend something like $2,000, 000 more. The company went into the hands of a receiver a few -weeks ago, but work on the plant lias not been suspended. ; Notwithstanding the suit was com menced in the Greensboro court, the case will later be transferred to Salis bury, and will be the first case on the docket of the federal court recently es tablished there by an act of Congress. Burton Craig and T. J. Jerome, of Salis bury, are the attorneys for the plain tiff. : . The filing of the suit against the con tracting company follows quickly the receipt of information, as printed yes terday, that plans for the reorganiza tion of the power company were being MORSE GETS ANOTHER HALT IN EFFORT TO FORCE Court Declines Petition of Cred itors Upon Plea of Financier's Attorneys. GIVES HIM DESIRED DELAY 7 Xew York, March 13. Charles W. Morse has 'won a temporary advantage in his fight to escape the bankruptcy into which certain creditors arc attempt ing to force him. ; Alleging insufficiently secured.-' claims aggregating nearly a quarter of a mil lion dollars, Charles A. Hanna, as re ceiver for the Xational Bank of Xorth American, and two former employes of the same institution, today tiled with Judce Holt in the United States Circuit Court a petition that the once nmlti millionaire iceman bo declared a bank I rupt.' In opposition counsel for Morse represented that T. G. Pringle and K. B. iShotwell, two ot the petitioners, were not creditors within the meaning of -the law, and that their alleged claims were inliquidatible because the operations concerned were based on stock transac tions. Upon these representations the court refused to appoint a receiver pend ing the determination of the status of each petitioner. Counsel for the petitioners were con in the Interstate Cooperage Company's ! cifie railvoad." Houses, A mere is no prospects ui another outbreak the troops will be withdrawn this afternoon. In a pergonal interview with Solicitor H. S. Ward, who has just returned from Belhaven, he states that everything is quiet at Belhaven. The wounded Greeks have had the best medical attention and the municipal and county authorities are exerting their very gest (efforts to capture and bring to justice the guilty parties. The town has employed coun sel, and the citizens are determined to prosecute the offenders to the full ex tent of the law. These Greeks, Mr. Ward states, are peacable and law-abiding cit izens and of a high class of farm labor . era. "' Washington, D. C, March 13. Sen ator Simmons, of North Carolina, today spoke in support of his amendment to the ocean mailship subsidy bill, author izing the payment of the same rates to vessels of the second class that are al lowed to those of the first class for car rying the mails. The only difference be tween vessels of the first class and those of the second class, he said, was the dif ference between 20 and 16 knots in speed, and a difference of capacity be tween 8,000 and 5,000 tons. "Today, in the whole word," declared Mr. Simmons, "thero are but twenty one steamships of the first class as de fined, by the act of 1891, and every one of them is owned by the Canadian la- DELEGATES ENTHUSIASTIC Mr. Simmons said that in 1005 Amer ican cotton trade with China amounted to $47,000,000, while last year it was only $3,000,000. 'What does that meant" he asked. "It means that when we began to be troublesome our foreign competitors regulated their rates so as to crowd us out." Mr, Simmons - suggested that the amount of compensation for mail trans portation in the foreign service in any one year should be limited to the esti mated revenues of the government for that particular service, and Mr. Gallinger, in speaking of the shipping bill, said he would be willing to accept the amendment. MAYOR AND POLICE CAPTAIN BAYS ONLY THREE DAYS MORS TO LIVE. Spartanburg, S. A, March 13. Accord ing to threats made in Black Hand let , ten received by Mayor J. F. Floyd and Police Captain Hall, they have only three more daya to live, t ! The letters are written in red and signed by member of gang "Number 4," ' The police are of the opinion that ithe letter were written by members of a fang that was recently surprised by the police. The threatening letter have not caused ' either 0 the official any l WON. --,' '-i-yi'' I ''.-".y-' 1 ;- ; r' -r' BUSINESS SECTION OF 6AHIA. BRAZIL, BURNING FIREMEN APPARENTLY UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO CHECK SPREAD OF FLAMES. Bahia, Brazil, March 13. A great fire is raging in the business section of this city, and the firemen seem to be unable to check it. Already: thirty-three buildings have been consumed, with a loss estimated at $l,0fl0,000. ,,. Thero have been several fa talities. -.:'-' ,,; ' .. Asheville, N. C, March 13. Full dele gations from all the counties in the tenth Congressional district are here tonight to attend the Republican con gressional convention tomorrow. It is one of the most representative political gatherings that has assembled in Ashe ville for many years. John G. Grant will be nominated to morrow, while it is certain that Roose velt, Taft, Adams and Britt will be indorsed. Charles French Toms, of Henderson, and T. F. Roland, of Bun combe, will be selected as delegates to the national convention. The Republicans from all over the district here tonight are enthusiastic and believe that victory in the district and state this year is certain. formulated. Gillespie company was to continue the work under the reorganization, but the .filing o the suit apparently indicates otherwise. . ' iiwiiiit mum in -tnimn i n TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO ON JULY 6 THIS YEAR English Government Supplements Invi tation Extended By That of Australia For Our Fleet to Visit the Colonies On Its Journey. EX-GOVERNOR PENNYP ACKER. PENNSYLVANIA GAPITDL tident tonicht that the move of Morse Jt was understood that the would servo only Dnciiy to ueiay an in COBB DECIDES TO SIGN UP WITH DETROIT Augusta, Ga., March 13. Tyrus Cobb, who lead tho American League last year, has given up his fight against the De troit club and today signed a straight contract for $5,000 with that club for 1!I0. Cobb demanded a three years' contract at $5,000, with a clause protecting him in case of sickness or injury, which Manager Navin refused. He declared, on receipts of the letter of declination, that he would play with the Chicago independent team if Detroit did not come to his terms by March 15. He is now at his home in Roystcr, Ga.. and will report for spring practice with the Detroit club. , evitablo receivership. It was-.-admitted, however, that Morse's best fighting as set was time, furnishing the opportun ity to win over creditors to his plans of rehabilitation. : Immediately after Morse's return from Europe,"it was stated that the ice man had gone into the thick of the fight against him down-town, and by his own powers of persuasion had turned tho tide which was setting against him. Counsel for Morse. claimed tonight that the great majority of creditors .had been convinced that tlieir interests would be served best by givin the financier a chanco to pull out unhampered. Those engaged in the task of learning the ex act condition of Morse's finances figure that his liabilities are about $-1,000,000 and his assets approximately '..-. $3,000,- 000. estimated at the present market valif of securities. Mr. Hanna's claim as receiver is based (Continued on Page Two.) Jury Brings In Verdict of Guilty Alter More Than Eight Hours' Deliberation. Washington, D. C, March 13. Ad miral Evans' battleship fleet, after leaving San Francisco, will visit Hawaii, Samoa, Melbourne and Sydney, Aus tralia the Philippines and return to New York by way of tho Suez canal. Secretary Metcalf announced the fu ture movements of the fleet after tho cabinet meeting today. It will leave San Francisco on July 6 "for our Pa cific) possessions," as Mr. Metcalf styled it. The vessels will first touch at Hawaii, where they will coal. After that they will go to Samoa, following this up by a visit to Australia, where they will stop at tho cities of Mel bourne and Sydney, the invitation of the Australian government to ; visit that country having been supplemented by a most cordial one from the British am-, bassador, Mr. Bryce. Leaving Australia, tho vessels are to go to Manila, and while in the Philippines tho annual fall target practice will be held. Thence the return will be to the United States by May of the Suez, stopping only at such ports as are necessary for coaling 'pur poses. The date of their return to the states is dependent entirely upon tho amount of time required for the target practice in the Philippines. The visit of the battleships to Pugct Sound will be made some time between the con clusion of tho grand review in San Francisco bay on May 8 and the date of the ; sailing over tho Pacific. Secretary Metcalf today made publio ti copy of a letter addressed to Secre tary hoot, March 2, by Ambassador Bryc-?, supplementing the invitation ex- (Continued on Page Two.) IS G REETED BY SILENCE LILLEY'S ATTORNEYS QUIT IN DISGUS T; B OUTE LL EXPLAINS PROBERS' PLAN Connecticut Congressman Will Face Submarine Charge Investi gators Without Counsel Methods Pursued Are for His Protection, Chairman Says. ' Bahia is the principal commercial city of Brazil after Rio Janeiro. It exports large quantities of sugar, cotton, to bacco, coffee, cocoa, rum and hides. It is situated about 800 miles northeast of Rio Janeiro, and has a population aomewhjLt in execs of 200,000. :K ";-''"" 1v !'' V.! ' : ' :-'". Washington, D. C, March 13. Repre sentative Lilley, of Connecticut, next Monday will face the submarine inves tigating committee without legal coun sel to advise him. It was learned to night that Frank T. Brown and Stiles Judson, the Connecticut attorneys en gaged by Mr. Liley, last night threw up their engagement and went home. They gave as the reason the refusal of the committee to permit examination or cross-examination of witnesses by per sons other than members of the com mittee except through written ques tions first, submitted to the committee for its approval. They felt that under such a restrictive arrangement legal talent could be of no assistance to Mr. Lilley. . Chairman Boutell, of the investiga ting committee, in an interview todajt made the following statement: "The apparent misunderstanding of the public as to tho attitude of the in vestijratinz committee toward Mr. Lil ley a misunderstanding which appears! to nave sprung irom puuuc nnikimrnt in which Mr. Liley has been quoted as dis satisfied with the prospective course of the committee toward himself as the oriainator of the resolution of inquiry is . unfortunate. It should be clearly , understood that the committee i pro- ceeding not only within the narrow I lines laid down by the law, but also with a view and purpose to protect Mr. j jurjr au tu jirrvunt mis investigation from deteriorating into a laughing stock and a farce. ' Explains Course Followed. "Mr. Lilly objected earnestly to being compelled to appear as the first witness before the committee. He told the eom mitte that he thought the investigation should proceed along different lines; that he should be allowed to name the order of the witnesses, and that he, through his counsel, should have the privilege of examining and cross-exam-, ining them directly. Now, the fact is that if we had acceded to this desire and ? laced witnesses on the stand before a oundation had been laid by the testi mony of Mr. Lilley himself, we should have been proceeding contrary to law, and ' the witnesses sunpoenaed by the committee could not only have disre garded the summons ami treated them with contempt, but could have brought action for damages against the server of the summons, the sergeant-at-arms of the Houso of Representatives, in case the summons wero obeyed. The law surrounding the process known a sub jJContinued on Pag Six.). y TIKES NO ACTION IN MATTERDFDIVICEHDS Directors Meet In New York, But Fall to Issue Any Statement In Explanation. Harrisburg, Fa., March 13.The jury in the first of the capilol conspiracy cases to be tried gave a verdict of guilty as to every one of the four men who have been on trial here for the last seven weeks tonight, after six hours' doliveration. There were two ballots 'taken, but the jury did not come into court untu two hours after reaching a conclusion. , The found guilty are John H. San derson, contractor; William P. Snyder, former liuditor-general ; W. L. Mathues. fornir:" rtate treasurer, and James M. ShulmkeiV former superintendent of public building" and grounds. Motions for new trials were made in eicli case. -.. The jury came into court at 8.52 o'clock, and a minute later Foreman Dunkle, in reply to Clerk of the Court wardens inquiry, announced that they had agreed upon a verdict. It was read to the court, and then aloud.: The jury was not polled, but when the clerk read the verdict, convicting all of con spiracy, each man gave his assent by a nod. Judfje Kunkel thanked the jurymen for thfir patience and the care given to the case, and dismissed them with tho customary--, thanks of the court. Only Sanderson and Snyder were in court when the ver.iiet was given, and neither would talk. None of the coun sel for the defendants would say any thing about the case. The state's at torneys when questioned said that they were pl.-ased at the result. ; The maximum imprisonment for each (Continued on -Pago Two.) : SZZZ.11M9Z POSTOFFICE BILL, THE LARGEST OM RECORD, PASSES HOUSE Effort By Overstreet to Defeat In creased Pay For Letter Car riers Is Voted Down. PENSION BILL IS UP TODAY Washington, D. C, March 13. Carry ing the larcest 'appropriation in all it history $222.1 !)0,302 the postoftlce ap propriation bill' today passed the House of Representative, having been under discussion fourteen days. This is $1,425, 000 more than as reported by the com mittee. Chairman Overstreet, when the reading of tho bill had been completed, waged a vigorous fight on tho proposi tion to increase tho pay of letter-carriers, which was voted into the bill last Wednesdav, but that action was con firmed, 130 to 126. The closing debate on the bill dwelt mainly on the rural delivery service, the only amendment to get through be ing one increasing by $200,000 the ap propriation therefor, Following the pas sage of a number of private bills and an agreement to take up"the pension (Continued on Page Two.) New York, March 13. No action was taken by the directors of the Southern Railway Company at the meeting to day on the preferred stock dividend, which is usually acted upon at this time of the year, and it was stated after the meeting that the dividend question had not come up for consideration. No official explanation was made why no action was taken. The directors did not make public the earnings for the last six months. The direvtors last October reduced the semi-annual disbursements from 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 per cent. Before that time the company had been paying 5 per cent, annually on 'its sixty million dollars of preferred stock. The financial commu nity had fully anticipated the action of the directors today, as it was generally understood that the Southern Railway Company had been forced to meet new conditions growing out of the legisla tive rate enactments, and that the ina bility of the company to handle eco nomically all business of the several months, and because of inadequate facil ities, had lessened tho company' earn ings. . . rat files ism PB0TESTiN3 HIS EAITIY COUNSEL DECLARES SUIT FOR AN NULMENT OF MARRIAGE WILL BE FOUGHT TO END. New York, : March 13. Denying the JEALOUS, HE SUMS HIS L COLUMBIA, S. C, YOUTH PUTS TWO BULLETS IN FRIEND, WHO MAY RECOVER. Columbia, S. C, March 13. At Marlon charge of insanity and praying for dis-itoday , , Luther Hewitt, twenty-four -,.'.., .. u rr - wv. 1 years old, shot Arch Stephens twice and missal of the suit, Harry K. Thaw, (hen ble m,t his ownrbrains, M the through his counsel, tonight made an- j result of a misunderstanding concerning swer to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's suit for j the latter' attentions to a young lady,; an annulment of their marriage. Thaw's wit,u whom1 H'" is 8aid to hav beett ... , 4 r, . , in love. Stephens may recover, answer was delivered to Daniel O'Reil- ' r.i ', UA home lust evening, and Hewitt i said to ly, counsel for Mrs. Thaw, who, after receiving the papers, announced that the case would be put on the trial cal endar in tho. Supreme Court next week. The answer of Harry Thaw is brief and contr.ins only the barcsv legal form alities. A. Russell Peabody, Thaw' counsel, declared that the case would be resolutely contested by his client. . have brooded over the matter until he - becamo enraged, and the shooting was the result, After shooting Stephens in. the neck and in the back, Hewitt shot himself in the temple. Walking about twenty-five yards Hewitt shot himself a second time and dropped dead. Both men were employed at the Marion Maa ufacturing Company' mill. ; ; .
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 14, 1908, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75