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New. WEATHER Fair today, cooler in ex ireme'irest portion; Mon day fair, warmer in the in terior. The News A paoer for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. HI. ' NO. 161 LAST EDITION. GKEENSBOKO, N. C., SUNDAY, AJ?BIL 12, 1908 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS TENNESSEE WILL DRIVE OUT THE STANDARD OIL The Supreme Court of That State Orders Trust to Suspend Business. ACTION FOUOWS LENGTHY PROCEEDINGS TTwtIim TrtKtiital nf .Cfflt tfYnea Rockefeller Corporations From Opera tion There As a Result of Violation " the State Statutes. ifilteY .Tenn., April 11. By the jtv. If Jt f.the Supreme Court of Teo npai I a an exhaustive opinion' delivered today lv-Justice M. M. Neil, the Stand ard OiirCompany is ousted from the State of Tennessee for the acts of this company at Gallatin, Tenn., in restrain ing trade, v By the judgment of tho Supreme Court Abo Standard Oil Company can only engage is. interstate commerce as far as Tennessee is concerned, and the court holds a affirming the decision VI UWIIWUVi V. 1 . wv..v " J . mat ill uie tnai vi iiu v v.iiwi the Standard Oil Company did violate the provisions of section I of the acts of 1903, chapter 140, and the punish ment imposed in section 2 of that act should be imposed, viz: "That the Standard Oil Company be lonfpH t.hn ririit to do business in this slate." The counsel for the company has taken an appeal to the United States; Supreme Court. I W.LLtlMS BEFORE THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Admits Excellence of Measures Proposed. But Condemns the ' Methods Followed. ANNUAL MEETING CLOSES Philadelphia, Pa., April 11. The clos ing sessions of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and So cial Science were held today and to- i night, at which the questions, "The Na tion and tho Railways" and "The Federal and State Control of Corporations" were discussed by men who hold opposite opinions . concerning federal control of corporations. Among the speakers at tonight's ses sion were Congressmen Burton, of Ohio; ' John Sharp Williams, of- Mississippi, and James L. Slayden, of Texas; United States Court Judge C. M. Hough, of New York, and Henry M. Hoy t, solicitor-gen- eral of the United States, Washington, D. C. James R. Garfield, secretary of the in terior, presided at tonight's session., Rep resentative John Sharp Williams,, of Mississippi, spoke of "Federal Usurpa tions." He said that so far as he could read or had read, all governments, wheth er free or not, which have existed and fallen, have fallen by weight of political machinery. "There has come a time - in their histories," he said, "when gov ernment and its machinery were the first consideration, and man and his in dividualitythe support of government the second. V "Every governmental abuse is based upon some plea or pretext, afcd -the usur pition of power by government is gen erally based upon 'necessity,' the tyrant's plea. This real or fancied necessity gen- erallv arrows out of war. This has been especially true with regard to legislative . and executive usurpations by our fed eral government." . Mr. William said that what has been actually accomplished by ' "legislation regulating or pretending to regulate in terstate commerce is notning compared 1 to what ie proposed." . He enumerated a ' score or more of measures pending in Congress looking toward federal control of publio acts ' and politics in the various states,' such for instance as a child-labor law, refor estation to preserve stream supply, etc., r and while conceding the excellence of the physical aims he condemned the measure as being attempted usurpations of states' rights by the general govern ment, -' -' ' ' ' Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the in terstate eommerce commission, presided ' at the afternoon sesbion' and made the first address on "The Nation and the j, Railways." Referring to the Sherman ' anti-trust law, Mr. Knapp said "nothing Indicates more the profound sagacity of the President than his call on Congress for modification of that bill." ; i,' ' Peonage in West Virginia. , " Huntintrton. W. Va.. Anril 11. Seven .Indictments were returned by a federal rand iurv tanlirfit undar the atatnt against peonage.. Samuel Dixon, a Fay. ette county coal-mine operator, is named la each indictment. NEW YORK SENDS ITS DELEGA TION FOR GOV. HUGHES Convention Like That in Whu yttos coe Conkling Figured S largely In 1880 Chairman ierman, in Able Speech, Discusses Issues Now Before the Party. , New York, April 11. Gov. Charles E. Hughes was indorsed as New York's Re publican candidate for President by that party's state convention Jield today, and the four delegates at large, with their alternates, elected to the Chicago na tional Republican convention were in structed to use U honorable means to bring about his nomination. The four delegates at large are On. Stewart L. Woodford, ex-Atayor Sefch Low, of this city; Frederick R. Hazzard, of Syracuse, and E. H. Butler, of Buf falo. . The convention the thirteenth held by the Republican party to elect dele gates at large to a national convention was a repetition in its distinctive fea tures of the Oneida convention of 1880, when Roscoe Colliding sought vainly to have not only the delegates at large but the congressional delegates also in structed for Ulysses Grant. Ex-State Senator Edgar T. Braekett, of Saratoga, president of the Hughes State League, precipitated a sharp de bate by presenting a minority report from the committee on resolutions to amend the resolution indorsing Governor Hughes, and- to instruct the delegates at large to work for him and the other delegates to '"persistently labor for his nomination until a nomination is made." niirvflMQ him LILLLI UHULU INTO MHARDS THAT ::ETip8i3 Wants Thorough Investigation of Circumstances Surrounding Appropriations. BIG COST AND LITTLE USE Washington, D. C, April 11. The in vestigation of the navy-yards at Charles ton,. Port Royal, Mare Island, Ports mouth, . N, H.,' New Orleans and Key West by a commission appointed by tha President with a view to their abandon ment was urged by Representative Lil ley, of Connecticut, before the House to day. Mr. Liiley offered a joint resolution providing for the appointment of this commission and , for improvements in other yards so as to eliminate the "waste I of public moneys in the maintenance of the same." The navy-yards mentioned in his reso lution were taken up separately and dis cussed by Mr. Liiley. Tho Mare Island yard, he said, has cost the people $17, 000,000. It has a magnificent stone dry dock which cost $1,175,000, but the secretary of the- navy states that this dry dock will not permit the docking ot a battleship. And not only is this true, but a battleship cannot get to the yard. "Key West is a place," said Mr. Liiley, "that has cost us $1,238,038. It is six miles from the straits, and the low-water depth in its channel is twenty-six feet, and $101,000 has been spent there for dredging, At this yard hi the fiscal year ending in 1U07, $94,318 was expended for labor, and the value ot their total pro duct was but 47,126." ,V "Portsmouth, N, H., or Kittery, Me., is a plant that has cost us over $10,000,- 000." Continuing, Mr. Liiley said that last summer when he visited Ports mouth, N. H., navy-yard -with the other (Continued on Page Two.) ATTEMPTS TO DDR SAFE S0BBESS FAILING IN EFFORT, DE STROY PROPERTY OF ' THE CONCERN. ' . '' Durham, N. C," April 11. It hits de veloped tkat several days ago a vigor out attempt was made to rob the safe in the office of the Bed Brick Company, now tn tne hands of a trustee,, and the would-be robbers, failing to get inside the safe, proceeded to get vengeance by breaking machinery and destroying property in general .The loss in this way will reach several hundred dollars. The Bed Brick Company went Into involuntary bankruptcy some time ago, and is new in the bands of the federal court Sidney C, Chambers, ot thia city, la the trustee, and hs has been holding tbe property until t the matters are wound up' and the money secured from the sale of property, i distributed among tiaa creditora. ;,'"--.;;' , When the dsV,? had reached the point of spirited tension, Speaker Wads worth moved that the question of adopt ing the majority report of the commit tee on resolutions, containing the in dorsement of Governor Hughes along the lines of the convention indorsement of Levy P. Morton in 1800, and that of President Roosevelt in 1900, be put in the convention, and this majority report was adopted by a viva-voce vote, with only a few scattering "noes." Premonitions of a turbulent, session were felt before the opening of the con vention when the West Chester county delegation at a caucus decided to pro test against the indorsement of Hughes by voting aga-nst the HugneB resolu tion and deelarirg for an uninstructed delegation. This plan was nullified by the unexpected action of Senator Braek ett in submitthi ; his minority report. In meeting this situation the majority of the convent.on adopted the platform by a viva-voce vote and the West Ches ter delegation lost all chance of voting as a delegation against Hughes' indorse ment. The new Republican state committee elected at' the convention today held a brief session immediately after the ad journment of the convention and re- (Continued on Page Two.) PEKSACOLA JAIL UNDER GUARD GF POLICE TOSAfE STfilKEBHEAKEBS THESE Men Who Sought Protection In the City Lockup Are Threat ened. NO FURTHER OUTBREAKS Pensacola, Fla., April 11. Since last night's disturbance there has been no serious outbreak in the street railway men's strike. The situation continues tense and there is great fear of an out break at any moment. All business of the city is demoralized and it seems certain that troops may be needed to take charge of the situation. The electric company is standing firm in its refusal to arbitrate the matter and the strikers are equally determined do prevent s further operation of the cars. ; The mayor and city council held a meeting at four o'clock this morning and again this afternoon, but did not come to any definite conclusion. The strikebreakers who sought the protec tion of the city jail last night are still quartered there. A rumor was circulated this after noon that the strikers would attempt to take the imported men from the jail and a hurried called summoned police officers from all portions of the city. A cordon was thrown around the jail and no one was allowed beyond this line. Troops Ordered to Pensacola. Tallahassee, Fla, April 11. Upon the request of Mayor Goodwin, the Defun kia and Marianna companies were or dered to Pensacola by Governor Broward today. They will arrive about midnight. The Tallahassee company is being in spected here tonight and is held in readiness. KILLS SON-IN-LAW AND SHERIFF AND SURRENDERS Domestic Troubles at Fort Worth, Texas, Result in Double Killing Slayer, Promised Safety, Yields. Fort Worth, Tex, April 11 Enraged over domes tio troubles, Isaac S. Knight, a teamster, shot and killed Edwin Lar mok, his son-in-law, tonight, and then, to evade capture, shot:; and mortally wounded Oscar B. Montgomery, captain of police of North Fort Worth, and seri ously wounded Biohard Howell, a former city marshal.'. Pursued by armed men and women, Knight- sought a point of vantage in the Stone creamery, where lie had been employed. He Anally agreed to surren der to any unarmed cititen1 who would guarantee turn protection. J. F, Bryant, citiien, accepted tha ; proposal, and DEBATE ON ill DILL BECOMES TALK 01 Likelihood of Trouble In the Fcr East Is Discussed In the t House. HOBSON SAYS THAT WAR CANNOT BE AVERTED Alabama Man Thinks Only Chance For Us Is to Make Such Preparations As Will Prevent Our Total Annihilation by the Yellow Races of the Earth. Washington, D. C, April 11. Delate on the naval appropriation bill in the House todav resolved itself in the main into a discussion of the possibilities of war between the United States and Japan. In line with his well-known views on the subject, Mr. Hobson, of Alabama, pleaded for four battleships in stead of two for the next fiscal year, and pointed out that from now on the Uni ed States should have a fixed policy with regard to naval construction. A war between the yellow and white races he regarded as inevitable, and lie asserted that Japan's present military activity was with a view to tho supre macy of the Pacific, and as a natural consequence there would bo a clash at arms with the United States. On the other hand, Burton, of Ohio, and W. W. Kitchin, of North Carolina, disputed that contention, each of them avowing that the clash not only would not come, but that the United States should remain in the forefront of modern civilization as the exponent of peace. Others who spoke were Liiley, Con necticut, who criticized tho navy de partment for maintaining several useless navy-yards; Gill, of Maryland, who de nounced the President, for his treatment of Rear-Admiral Browtison; Dawson,. -Si. Iowa, who advocated the consolidation, of several bureaus of the navy depart ment; Loud, of Michigan, who favored a naval program for two battleships a year for ten years; Smith, of Texas, who made a general assault upon the Republican party; O'Connell, of Massa chusetts, who declared himself in favor of four battleships, and Ferris, of Okla homa, who condemned the dealings in futures in bucket-shops and elsewhere in farm products. Gregg Opens the Ball. Declaring that many members had "gone navy mad," when consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed in the House today, Mr. Gregg, of Texas, opposed a great naval program. ' Ho charged that President Roosevelt had an unsettled naval policy, and that he was trying to force it upon Congress. If, Mr. Gregg said, the plea for four battleships was based on fear of a con flict with Japan the President's course had been peculiar, because, he said, the relations with Japan on December 3, 1906, were more strained when be asked for one ship than on December 3, 1007, when he asked for four. The best proof that this government did not anticipate a war with Japan was the fact that the Atlantic fleet had been ordered to re turn from the Pacific waters. In a vigorous speech, Mr. Hobson, of Alabama, again pleaded for four battle ships instead of two. When an aggres sive nation, he declared, investigated the question of whether a war was to be undertaken or not, that nation did not ask about administration, maintenance of auxiliaries, but it asked "how many battleships has the other nation." Even a margin of superiority in fighting ships, he said, would tend to conserve the peace. With only three more battleships in 1898 Mr, Hobson said the margin of superior ity between the American and Spanish fleets would have been such as to have made possible the settlement of the case by diplomacy. So important was this matter of superiority, he said, that when Congress haggled over two bat- (Continued on Page Two.) walked behind the walls of the cream ery, where Knight surrendered. The prisoner as taken to Dallas for safekeeping. '- . Larmon was married ten days ago to Knight's stepdaughter. Domestic trouble, it is stated, prevailed in Knight's home and the marriage widened the breach. After Larmon and his wife had; been or dered away from the Knight home, Knight followed them to their new home, armed with a shotgun. Entering ' the house lie killed larmon. Knight endeavored to escape, followed by officers and citizens. He fired at his pursuers as he ran, wounding Montgom ery and BowolL After Knight had sought refute in the ereamery he fired several 1 shots inta the-crowd, but no others were :,:s'Vi--.rM-:v-;..'''.:-;,r.. May Marry Madame Anna Gould ('Y'f ''''f 'f"" Vfc'i I - PRINCE HELIE DE SAGAN, Who Has Been In America, Supposedly As the Suitor of Madame Gould, the Former Wife of the Prince's Cousin Count Boni de Castellane. FEREST REScBVE BILL ADVOCATES STILL HOPE FOB ITS ADOPT! Action May Yet Be Had Before Adjournment of This Session ( of Congress. NOT AT ALL PLAIN SAILING1 BY JOHN E. MONK. Wnsliinfrtnri. T). C. Anril 11. While tne leaders oi tne jiouse are opposuu io the passage at this time of the bill providing for the purchase of lands in the White mountains of New Hamp shire and in the Southern Appalachian region, and converting them into federal forest reserves, the committee on this' measure has not lost hope of securing action before adjournment. Constitutional objections have been urged against the bill and this point is now under consideration by the House committee on the. judiciary. ' This com mittee has practically decided to refer the matter to the committee on rivers and harbors. ; , If that committee should decide that the federal forest reserves proposed j would be an aid to navigation, the com- j mittee on the judiciary would undoubt edly hold that the forest reserve bill is constitutional. The measure would thereupon .be. referred to the committee on agriculture, which has jurisdiction over the merit of the proposition. The committee on agriculture is friendly to the proposal that reserves shall be created in the Southern Appa lachians and in the White mountains, and would undoubtedly report the bill favorably if given an opportunity to do so. Whether the bill can be passed before adjournment in view of the fact that it will have to go through three com mittees before it can reach the House, is doubtful. Every effort will be made, however, to pass the bill at this session. BRODIE DUKE'S WIFE PASSED FORGED CHECKS ADMITS THE CHARGE, BUT SAYS SHE WAS ILL AND NOT RESPON SIBLE IN CIRCUMSTANCES. Chicago, April 11. Mrs. Alice Webb Duke, the divorced wife of Brodie L. Duke, of the American Tobacco Com pany, who was arrested last night on bHe charge of passing forged : checks, was today held to await the action of the grand jury in bonds of $2,000. She was unable to give surety, and was sent to the county jslL Mrs. Duke did not deny that the sis- nature to the cheeks -was her own, but she said that because -Of sickness' she was not responsible for her actions at the time the checks' were passed. She also claimed that she was being perse cuted by tie - American Tobaooo. Com- E AlfO PICE DE SAGAN SAIL FOR OTHER SIDE ' ' ' Former Countess de Castellane. With Children. Going to Genoa and Naples. HELIE ON ANOTHER STEAMER New York, April 11. Mme. Anna Gould, with her children and their tutor, sailed 'for Genoa and Naples todav on board the North German Lloyd steamer Frederick der Grosse. About the same hour the Prince de Sagan sailed for f.urope on the American line steamer St. Paul. Mme. Anna Gould and her children passed the night on board the steamer r redenck der Urosae. he was regis lered on the passenger list of the steamer as Miss Annette Chapin. Ihe Gould party arrived at the pier about midnight last night hi five automobiles. Mme. . Gould was accompanied to the steamer bythe Prince de Sagan and Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse, her friend whom she had been visiting at the Hotel St. Regis. The sailing party was assigned to the captain's suite on the upper deck, and tho Prince de Sagan and Mr. and Mrs. Morse remained only long enough to bid them farewell. Tha Prince de Sagan was registered on the steamer St. Paul as E. D. Hodores. Referring to a report that Prince nelie de Sagan and Mme. Gould had been married in Jersey City last night, Edwin A. Jones, who has been acting as coun sel tor airae. uould, said: "The prince and Mme. Gould are not married and not engaged, but no man can tell what win happen in the fu ture." The prince talked with newspapermen while waiting Tor Jus steamer to sail. He was asked if th" report Was true that he and Mme. Uould have been secretly mamecu "No, no; it is not true," he replied. 3 FLORIDA ORANGE PACKERSJE KILLED SHOT DOWN AFTER BEING BURNED OUT OF HOMES, SUPPOSEDLY BY RIVALS FOR JOBS. Tampa, Fla., April 11. News reached here today of the killing of Charles Whitehurst, George Grirlin and Charles Smith, orange packers at take Hamey twjnty-thrce miles from Sanford. While the victims and ten other white men employed in the packing-house, operated by Auburn & Son, were sleeping, a party of armed men set fire to the house, and as the inmates ran from the burning building, the attacking party opened fire on them with rifles and shotguns. ' Ten esoaped and aroused the neighbor hood, but no clue could be found to the assassins. The men killed were recently from Georgia, and the crime is believed to be the work of men who bad been refused employment1 in.' the. paoking- FIVE, AT LEAST, . DIE lil STORM IIJH YORK Dozens of Persons Injured In Wind That at Times Reached Sixty Miles an Hour. MANY FISHERMEN ARE REPORTED AS MISSING One Boy Who Ventured On Roof of Apartment House Is Blown to Street Below and Seriously, Probably Fa tally, Injured By the Fall. New York, April 11. Five men ara known to have lost their lives, a num ber of boatmen are reported missing and dozens of persons were injured in a furious windstorm which set in here this afternoon. The wind's velocity, according to the local weather bureau, ranged generally between forty and fifty miles an hour, but at times was as high as sixty miles. Pedestrians suffered much discomfort, besides being in constant danger from falling signs, shutters, awnings and other articles which were torn from, their fastenings.. two men met death from this cause. John O'Brien, an expressman of Jersey City, and Thomas Talbot, of Brooklyn, a special policeman. A boat containing three men was seen to upset before the wind in Pelham bay, but those on shore could do nothing and were forced to see the men drown. The identity of these men is not yet known. Owners of boathouses reported to the police late tonight that a number of their small boats, hired to fishermen, had not returned and they feared for the occupants. It is hoped that these boats have been blown out into Long Island Sound, or over on the Long Is land snore, ana tnat the men may Do safe. A shore patrol was established tonight to search for the missing men. The lores of the wirur n'-tae :atr ' streets may be judged by the fact that it swept Louis Spector, four years old, from the roof of a five-story apartment house to which he had ventured. The lad suffered a fractured skull and in ternal injuries as a result of his fall, and will probably die. A good deal of damage was done in and about the city, roofs, fences, out buildings and trees suffering. Incoming ships reports heavy weather at sea. The steamer La Lorraine, of the French line, which came in from Havre, reported a tempestuous voyage, stronjr gales and heavy seas prevailing all , through the trip. Few ships ventured (Continued on Page Two.) BATTLESHIPS BEGIN LAST LEG OF CRUISE TD THEGOLDEN GATE Sail From Magdalena Bay for Points Along California Coast. THOMAS NOW IN COMMAND San Diego. Cal., April II. The At. lantio fleet of sixteen battleships began today the last leg of its originally planned cruise from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate. The four divisions of the fleet weighed anchor at four o'clock this afternoon and three-quarters of an hour later were threading their way out of Magdalena Bay in the wake of the flagship Connecticut. On the flagship was Eear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas, who began the jour ney to the Pacifio as head of the second squadron, but who was promoted to ehiof command during the enforced ab sence of Bear-Admiral Robley D. Evans. Sailing in single column formation, according to dispatches, the ships passed Sail Rock and rounding Entrada point, one of the headlands marking the gate way of the harbor, turned in a long cir cle to the north. The six black-hulled destroyers of the torpedo flotilla gave a parting salute to the big white vessels. An easy journey of 620 miles lice bo fore the fleet, which k scheduled to an chor off Coronado beach at one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Admiral Thomas has allowed sixty-nine hours for the run up the coast, requiring an average speed )i only nine knots an hour. The ships left Magdalena at the usual cruising speed ot ten knota, however. When the ships reach Saa Diego they will have logged 13,669 knots since their departure from Hampton Road on De cember 16 last v Every coast city from San Diem to San Francisco is to see the fleet during the next four weeks, it having been ar ranged that at all points where n stop is scheduled the ships will pass aa dona to shore as possible. Preparations for tbe four days of the ships at San Diego are complete. The city is gaily decorated with flags and pa triotie bunting. In this city of 40,000 inhabitants a fund of nearly" $20,000 iiaM D0hh rmiMn inr i.nfa inurummMi cm tha offloara and meif of tha aav r-' 'ill-
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