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BEwniif fop,;- ; rrV Off V v 1" "WEATHER Local showers and warm.' er today; Sunday generally fair, light to fresh winds. VOL. HI. NO. 166, TABLES ALDRICH'S FINANCIAL BILL Measure Adopted by the Senate Will Never Be Reported to the Lpwer House. FIFTY MINUTES OF DEBATE ALL COMMITTEE GRANTS IT Vreeland Bill Not Considered, But It, ' After Amendment, Probably.. Will "Be the Currency Legislation Adopted at This Session of Congress. Washington, D. C, . April 17 The Aldrich financial bill will not be re ported to the House. The committee on banking and currency, which has had the measure under consideration sinco it came from the Senate, today unani mously voted to lay it on the table. The discussion in committee was brief. It was 10.40 when the committee was called to order, and adjournment was taken at 11.30. The only point de bated was as to whether the committee should make a formal report, giving its reasons to the House for its unfavorable action, and the conclusion finally reach ed was that no reasons should be given. Consequently, the committee's report will be a mere statement of the action of tho committee. Of the nineteen members of the com mittee, thirteen were present at today's meeting. They were Messrs. Prince, of Illinois; McMorran, of Michigan; Waldo, of New York; Hayes, of California; Du rey, of New York; Lewis, xi Georgia; Pujo, of Louisiana; Glass, of Virginia; Gillespie, of Texas; Crawford, of North Carolina; McHenry, of Pennsylvania; and Chairman Fowler. The Vreeland "bill, introduced In the House last week, as a sub for the Aid rich bill, and which, it is understood, is to be considered at a Republican cau cus tov be held next week, was not con sidered' at today's meeting of the com mittee-. It was decided, however, to give (Continued on Page Five.) HEPRESENTATtVE GRISGS SAYS EDUCATION W i LL SOLVEJPlILEtfl Through It Race Will Crow Strong Enough to Establish Home; For Itself. FAVORS DISFRANCHISEMENT Washington, JV C. . April 17. In an argument favoring th disfranchisement of the southern negroes, Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives today, declared that such disfranchise ment was necessary to insure wnite control and the peace and prosperity of the south. In consequence of s,:ch action! he said, the negro would bo no less a factor than he is now. "At present," Mr. Griggs said, "he is only a menace and a scare crow not a factor in determining politi cal issues." The rights of the negrs of tho south, he maintained, were guaian teed only through white judges and white jurors, and those Tights would not be changed by disfranchisement. - Mr. Griggs took issue with thos.i who claimed that manual training and techni cal education of the negroes of the south furnished a solution of the race que tion. That in it-self, he said, was a declaration of the r.eero's inferiority, "For God's sake," he exclaimed, "let us not depend upon technical education of the negro to solve this problem.'' it (Continued on Page Two.) I115EMHITK UNCLE JOE'S ENGLISH MIXES JAP JOURNALISTS Little Men From Nippon Sidestep When Confronted With Chunks of United States in the Speaker's Best Vein. .- ' y ' . Washington, April 17. -The opening of the Sonata today was witnessed by bout seven Japanese on . their way around the world, . reptesenting the financial, scientific and .business inter- ' ests of Japan,' and double that number of representative of the commercial in terests of Tulsa, .Okla. The Japanese visitors were present during the open ing prayer by the chaplain, the. Rev. Edward Everett Hale. - They are the guests of Uhe Asahi Ehimbun, a Japa nese newspaper, . the tour around the world being in the interest of Japanese education. ' ; - ,. ' While on the House side the visitors from Japan were received by Speaker . Cannon, and accorded a hearty welcome. Tho spokesman of the party- Informed the Speaker of the pleasure it gave them lip ail tsgip LAST EDITION BRYAN WILL WIN AT DENVER LOSE NEXT FALL Sentiment In House and Senate Is That Nebraskan Will Be De feated If Nominated. DECLARE NOMINATION IS NOT AT ALL CERTAIN But They Realize That Even in the ' Event of Any Other Man Being Named He Will Be Defeated, Too, and Largely Through Nekraskan. BY JOHN E. MONK. Washington, D. C, April 17 With the southern states instructing Their con vention delegates for Bryan, the eastern states sending unlnstrueted delegations. and the west doing first the one and then the other, it is highly siznificiint at this time that a vast preponderance of sentiment among memhers ot tho lloust and Senate who are Democrats is that Bryan, if given the nomination for tne presidency is doomed to 'defeat. It is, perhaps, a thinsf unprecedented in the national politic of tho United States that the leaders of a party as lig as tne democrats contemplate -with calmness the possibility that they rrtav nominate for the presidency a man who is sure to lose and who, they think, can not win under any circumstances. A member of the House from one of the southern states, n leader among t!i? Democrats, said to your correspondent : "Although 'there hns been considera ble change in the sentiment for Bryan, and although there, are those who say now that Johnson, of Minnesota, has a chance for the nomination, I believe Bryan 'will be the winning man in Den ver. I take this view because there is a common opinion, an opinion .which I share, that Bryan, if he is not nomina ted, can defeat any other man we put in the field. "In saying this, I do not insinuate (Continued on Page Two.) 1,500,000 SPINDLES WILL BE STILL l?3 SOUTH FOR FERIDO 0TSIXTY DAYS Hard Yarn Spinners Take Fore casted Action at Charlotte Meeting. THOUSANDS OUT OF WORK Charlotte, X. ft, April 17. Although resolutions were adopted at the meeting of the Southern Hard Yarn Spinners' Associnflon, held here today, to withhold from the public the conclusions of the conferences, it is learned, late- tonight that a virtual agreement was reached to shut down all plants for a period of sixty days. At the end of that time another con ference will be held to consider the situ ation and decide whether further cur tailment is necessary. Approximately 1,500,000 spindles were represented at the meeting, which was harmonious. The attendance at tho meeting was not confined to members of the association, many outside mills being represented. It is understood that the cotton yarn situation was discussed in all it phases at the meeting, and it was the sense of the mill-owners that nothing but a complete shutdown would clear up the 'surplus stocks on baud (Continued on Page Two.) to meet him and referred to their itin eraries, which, he said, would carry them to London, Paris, Berlin and other European capitals. v - Referring to tho circumstance that there were some newspaper men in the party, the Speaker elicited a good deal of laughter when he inquired if their practices were like those of some Amer ican journalists. ; Discussing this class of writers, he said that "if there was news, they tent it; if there was no news, then they invented 'think' stories; that if one set of them did not invent T-hink' stories to suit tho other side, they in vented different 'think' stories, and if they could hot verify either one of th 'think' stories, they -had news for the next ' day by contradicting , the 'think' stories of the day before," . . " ;- "Journalism makes the whole . world . - (Continued on Page Three.) . ' . AND GEEENSBOEO, Photographs Showing Devastation in m f' lfe: LiLLEYREITERATES ins- w., . w is,; ati ,i inn h ,1 r f a r' f ' ' ' iifeSi r v p r p p ni V n ii n r it L shu&MMm LAbLajlVL rnUrl I rtjins of first baptist church, Declines to Accuse Departmental In the Center of the City, Where Four Streets Intersect. , x. n, . ' ' " : Oificers With Being In PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT URGES SQUARE DEAL 3 The Oldest American of Us AH. and Should Be Given a Fair Show. . SHOULD BE PROTECTED Washington, !. C, April 17. "After all, gentlemen, he is- the oldest Ameri can of all of us; so give him a fair allow; give iiirn a chance." In these words. President Roosevelt spoke to the memhers of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Com mercial Club, who, with a brass band and flaming banners, called at the White House today and -niade it. known to the President that they favored the removal of 'restrictions'.: of the sale of Indian lands in the new state. The President told the club that he would help them to sec that they got their rights, and he wanted their help to see that the Indian gets his.v 1 lie Presi dent's Temarks were as follows; ''It is a creat pleasure to greet you here. I take peculiar interest in your Ktate. It is a grea.t state, and it is go in to be a much greater state. I will endeavor to find out what is really for your interest and then to do it. I went over very carefully with vour represen tative this question of the removal of the restrictions and came to the. conclu sion that substantial justice would be dono'to both the Indian and the white man by keeping for the Indian a home stead of fort' acres of good agricultural land and allowing him to alienate the remainder. I do not think it is to his advantage or to yours that there Should be larger tracts of non-taxable and non improved hind. "I will help you to see that you get your rights. Now, I want you to help me see that the Indian gets his rights. I will help you in nny legitimate way; and I will do my best to try to see that the. Indian is not kept as an obstruc tion to the growth of the state. But you know as well as I do, that there are plenty of Indians who are not yet as well able to take care of themselves as the rest of you extremely able gentle men of Oklahomn. You cannot afford, in your own interest, to do less than , (Continued on Page Two.) LEAKSVJLLE POSTMASTER KILLS SELFMH PISTOL RASH DEED SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN RESULT OF DEPRESSION FROM ILLNESS. Reidsville, N. C, April 17. This morn ing Postmaster James D. Martin, of Leaksville, committed suicide in the rear of the office, -where he had gone to make up the mail for an early morning train. The report of the pistol was heard, but no one know anything about Mr. Mar tin's act, until some time later, when his body was discovered. ' Mr. Martin had been in bad health and it is supposed that the rnsh leed resulted from ft weakening of the men tal powers, Mr. Martin was for a number of years postmaster at Spray. His wife, who survivei, was Miss Sim mons, of Floyd county, Va. He is also survived by two boys, nges right and twelve years. Mr. , Martin was forty- N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908 MEASURE TO BE GULATE SSUINCUC1!1S mm STATE! Senate Adopts Bill. Requiring a Majority of Three Federal Judges in Each,.Case. SHARP DEBATE ON QUESTION Washington,. D.' .C, -April 17. Injunc tion against the enforcement of state laws can onlv be issued by a majority of threo federal judges who arc to p.iss upon them, if a bill that passes thu Senate today becomes a law. The Senate discussed at length the bill to "appropriate tho proceeds from the sale of certain public lands for the re clamation of swamp lands, .nut " made little progress toward its passage. The bill regulating injunctions was one drafted in the judiciary committee from a number of measures under con sideration. It was reported by Senator Overman, and its provisions were ex plained by him to the Senate. ' A sub by Senator Burkctt was disagreed to. The Overman bill was opposed by Mr. Heyburn on the ground that the great distances between the federal' courts in the west would operate to delay the granting of necessary injunctions. Sen ator ' Knox favored the passage of the bill nnd opposed Mr, Heyburn s argu ment. : "' - HOUSE HEARS PLEAS FOR BETTER SALARIES AND BUILDINGS FOR CONSULS Attitude of German Emperor in the David Jayne Hill Incident Brings Up No Little Comment Present System Is Sharply Criticized. Washington, D. C, April 17. The at titude of Ksiperor William and the Ber lin court toward David Jayne Hill, named by the President to be ambassa dor at that capital, was the subject of comment in the House today during the consideration of the diplomatic and con sular bill. Both Mr. Perkins, of New York, and Mr. Slayden, of Texas, expressed the opinion that the objections to Mr. Hill were due to no other cause than that Mr.. Hill was financially unable to main tain a certain standard of social repre sentation. Each of them condemned tho practice which they said had grown up of selecting men of great wealth to be' the nation's diplomatic representatives abroad, and urged as a means of counter acting the effect of such a policy the housing of our diplomats in buildings owned iy the government and the allow ance to them of salaries sufficient to enable them to maintain the -dignity of their high offices. ; In the course of nn appeal for govern ment legation buildings , abroad, Mr. Perkins, bv implication, charged that Emperor William's attltudo toward David Jayne Hill as American ambassa dor to Berlin had been entirely due to social causes. That the ambassador from the .United States must be a very rich man, he said, seemed to ' be accepted in court circles. In the case of Mr. Hill, he de clared that "no one questions his capac ity, nothing he had ever said or done was distasteful to the country to which Ije was accredited, but those who find special pleasure in elaborate entertain ment and in the splendors of social life supported by multimillionaires, seem to Chelsea, Boston's Ruined Suburb SOUTHERN EXPRESS UP AS1ST C0SFLIGTIS8 LipLATI8R Fined If It Carries "stuff to Virginia Towns and Fined if It Doesn't. According to Law. MATTER WITH THE COURTS Roanoke, Ya., April 17. Because the Southern Express Company refuses to receive shipments of liquor from Roa noke dealers for parties living at Ma rion, Glade Springs, Radford and Salt ville, Va., this company lias been ordered to appear before the corporation com mission and sli'ovv cause why it should not be fiiud for such failure and refusal. Tho towns named have ordinances which prohibit the delivery of liquor within their corporate limits. The state laws provide that if a common carrier Khali refuse to, receive and deliver promptly articles offered by shippers and fail to deliver the same with promptness it shall incur a fine of $100, Tho company is complying with the or dinances of the towns, and it is held to be guilty of violation of state laws in obevmg the town ordinances. The town ordinances provide penalties ranging from $.1.50 to $50 for each of fense. The case will be heard at Rich mond on April 2!. have regarded as distasteful the pros pect of a change in the social regime." J'lam living and high thinking, he maintained, apparently were not popu- ar in all classes, "It is quite evident," said Mr. Perkins, "that if the recognized function of American ambassadors is to entertnin with excessive liberality, and therein their usefulness is thought to consist, the sooner we are done with ambassadors tho better. Hospitality has its charms, and dining and wining is a creditable amusement, but after all. it is not for such purposes that we sus tain a diplomatic corps." Such things, he contended, may be useful adjuncts, but certainly they are not the reeoir- nized objects of diplomatia life." II, ne slid, only millionaires were fit for the duties expected from American ambassadors, then American ambassa dors must soon cense to exist. When the United States, he declared, owned it') own buildings there would be a bet ter, chance for the man of modemte neans to make ends meet, and less de mand for the multimillionaire to expend his wealth in excessive display Mr. Slayden, of Texas, also touched ncation for foreign service in urging adequate coveniment maintenance for adequate government maintenance for American diplomats abroad, by provid ing suitable residences and fair salaries. Ho asserted that unless it was done, "we will be virtually saying to the world that the great North American republic, despite its declaration of equal ity, has set aside certain of its more important offices for the exclusive en joyment of the rich, by making it im- ( Continued on Page Two.) LAST EDITION competent. ; ARE NOT GOOD BUSINESS MEKiwd hav.e in attendance all dur- ,,, , . . ;'.., .. Washington April 17. Representative George L. Lillcv. u. urniimiim, u.iurr wnosa resolution a special committee of the House has been investigating the tlectrie Boat Company, Teiterated his enarges touay iieiore rne committee tnat the company has made excessive profits on the contracts it has secured from the United States government, and the most riina cross-examination by mem bers of the committee, assisted by Mar tin Littleton, 'attorney' --for. the Electric company, failed to make him retract. Jlr. Howard, Mr, Stevens nnd Mr. Olm sted manipulated the probe relentlessly and vigorously, the latter two especially trying to get the author of the charges to admit that the secretaries and other officials of the navy department were incompetent, and that they were fooled and duped in entering into contracts with the Klectrio company. . Mr. Stevens devoted moTe than an hour to a remarkably earnest effort to have Mr. Lilley charge the secretary of the navy and his predecessors within the last six or seven years, the chief of the navy bureaus nnd naval officials generally, in whose hands are the con struction of vessels, and tfhe letting of warship contracts, with "gross ignor ance, inefficiency and incompetency," in that they were responsible for the awarding of contracts to the Electric Boat Company, which netted that con cern allegedly mor.i than $1,000,000 of excessive profit at the government's cost. Not Good Business Men. -. Mr. Lilley steadfastly refused to father jauch a clwrge. He maintained Hint to the contrary he believed these men were highly competent, "in their line, and so far as their information car ried them," but he insisted that they were not good business men, that the poor bargains they made proved that, and that to nocn" others than shrewd, able business men should be entrusted the letting of government contracts. An attempt by Air. Stevens to have Mr. Lilley testify that on the shoulders of the President should be placed the responsibility for ' the alleged incompe tence ot navy olnci.als elicited the reply that the policy which has brought into office five secretaries of the navy in as many years is a poor policy. In the course of his testimony rela tive to possible influences having to do with the awarding of contracts to the Electric Boat Company, Mr. Lilley said he had "reason to know there has (Continued on Pago Two.) PENSrCOLA LEADING MEN GUARD THE PEACE BANKERS, LAWYERS AND BUSI NESS MEN SWORN IN AS DEPU TIES IN CAR TROUBLES. Pensaoola, Fla., April 17. The street railway strike situation remains Un changed. Cars were operated guarded bv state militia during the day. but were rim into the barns at nightfall The sheriff today swore in 150 prom inent business men of the city, including ' bankers, lawyers, physicians, city and ! Lmmt.v ,,ne,ll 8 ? . .Mrve . M. dePut.,e.8- Three companies of the state troops left for their homes today. A meeting of business men is held tonight in an endeavor to about a settlement of the strike. being bring Negro Murderer Hanged. Harlem, ua., April 17. hd Golat, it negro, was hanged here today for the murder of a negro woman several months ago. -. The News A paper for all the people and for ths people all the time. Read it and keep posted. PRICE FIVE CENTS NO VERDICT YET SITU CASE U. S. COURT Jury Retired for the Night at 9.30 Without Returning a Ver dict. MUCH SPECULATION AS TO THE RESULT Large Crowd Throngs Courtroom to Hear Conclusion of Noted Case By num and Holton Addressed the Jury; Yesterday Civil Case on Trial, After deliberating from 1.40 o'clock yesterday afternoon until 9.30 o'clock last night, the jury in the Jim Smith case retired for the night without ar riving at a verdict. There is no intima tion as to the standing of the jury on Lacquittal or conviction. About six o clock the jury sent for the map of the premises about Oscar Sisk's house, where Hcntlrlx was killed. It was thought by some that the jury had arrived at a verdict of guilty on the conspiracy charge, and that the jury; wanted the map for reference in plao' ing the responsibility for the killing. When the court opened yesterday morning the courtroom was crowded to its full capacity. Several persons went away, being unable to even find stand ing-room, Women stood in the rear of the courtroom and listened to the clos. inir nnppeTipa of fhft fl.riimpnt TjirffA ling tne tnai, dug yesieraay ins crowa I was larger than on any previous day. I Judge Jtvnum closed the argument for I tnB defense in a speech an hour and a nnif in cn2th. His arsrument was an i,i Arnaa nt um KmifK it ;llrued by him that the prosecution had failed to show that Smith ever agisted an offlcer or that he ever flre(l anv of the shots at the officers. Judge Bynum un ' .t.tnmntH in Hirr1it Hib teH. ; mony of Alice Sisk because of the prob- able connection of her husband w;th the killing ot Deputy Collector Hendrix. District Attorney Holton addressed the jury for nearly two hours. In the beginning of his argument he said that the statement that he wanted to con vict Smith because is is front Smith town is untrue. He only wanted to perform his duty as an officer of the law and after performing that duty, should he ask for the blood of any man it would haunt him to the end of his life. Judge Boyd delivered his charge to the jury, and set forth the points of law involved in the case. At 1.40 the case was turned over to the jury. This case is the subject of much gos sip on the streets and around the ho tels. Not since the trial of Congress man Blackburn has a case here attracted so much attention. It seemed to be the opinion of most of those who were heard to comment on the ease yesterday af ternoon that Smith is guilty and would be convicted by the jury. Others be lieved him to be guilty of the killing of Hendrix, but doubted if the charge of conspiracy, which must be substantiated before he can be convicted of the kill ing, had been proven. Others exercised the opinion that Smith is guilty, but thought that the jury would return a verdict of not guilty on the. grounds that there exists a reasonable doubt. Still others expressed the belief that Smith is not guilty and that the jury; would acquit him. Smith sat beside his attorneys and his wife as on the previous days of the trial and did not appear to be affected by the strong denunciation of the Smithtown blockaders hy the district attorney. Smith has an intelligent countenance and a well-shaped head with deep blue eyes widclv set, evidencing a strong in tellect. At the afternoon session of court the civil case of Ware & Leland against George A. Howell was taken up for trial. Ware & Leland 'are cotton brokers, of Chicago, and they are suing Howell for $3,000, alleged to be due them on two promissory notes. Howell was their correspondent at Charlotte and admits (Continued on Page Two.) TOBACCO TRUST NOT TO BE DISSOLVED DENIAL MADE IN BOTH NEW YORK AND RICHMOND OF STORY. Richmond, Va.,, April 17. Denial Is made both here and in New York of the report that the American Tobacco Company is to be dissolved. The ru mors probably arose from the fact that the American Cigar Company, one of the branches of the powerful corpora tion, is to be divided by the formation of the Federal Cigar Company, which will manufacture only machine-made cigars. This will leave the American Cigar Company to handle only the hand made goods. ; W. S. Luckett, ef New York, now general manager of the Whitloek, Jer- -. Hey City and Lancaster, Pa., branches, is the Federal Company's president, . "t oven years old- .'.iL:'''rt';'::'''v;'.';;.:
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