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WEATHER Partly cloudy' today; Monday fair, light to fresh vest to northwest winds. The News-j-A paper for all the people and for the people all the time, Read it and keep posted. VOL. HI. NO. 167 LAST EDITION GFaNSBOBO, N. C, SUNDAY, APBIL 19, 1908 LAST EDITION PBICB ITO CENTS 278 DELEGATES OF 54B INSTRUCTED ARE FOR TAFT HILL'S POVERTY K J. Goulds Part; Divorce Expected THEIR PRIMARY in ' life 1.1 -g STOBYA TOBAGGO TRUSTDISSOLVING FORMALLY DENIED DEMOCRATS HOLD WILLIAMS SAYS SPEAKER'S ACTION IS HIGH-HANDED SOLE OBJECT! SIXTEEN Many EARLY PRIMARY NOW SUITS BOTH FACTIONS Committee Was Called To Order By Chairman Brown, Notwithstanding He Refused to CaU Meeting Behind Closed Doors Differences Are Settled. The Democratic executive committee called together by Secretary Collins over the head of the chairman, E. A. Brown, held its principal meeting yesterday be hind closed doors. The committee first met in the county courtroom and was called to order by Chairman Brown a few minutes after eleven o'clock. After wards it adjourned o the grand-jury room, where a seer session was field. Twenty-six of the twenty-seven pre cincts w.ere represented, either in person or by proxy. A . dispute arose over who is mem iber of the committee from Greene town ship. Chairman Brown stated that the former committeeman, a Mr. Hanna, had left the county and he had appointed R, D. Wbite in his place. T. J. Murphy moved that Mr. Hanna be considered the properly accredited member. Col. W. S. Thompson moved as a substitute that both of the men be allowed to act as repersentatives of Greene township. This motion was adopted by a vote 23 U 4 Secretary Collins read the call for the meeting, which was issued in . his (Continued on Page Ten.) PRITCHARO'S STRONG PROHIBITION SPEECH I H T W ! N - G IT Y YES TE R D AY In the Opinion of Many Hearers the Argument Is Un answerable. HEARD BY LARGE NUMBER Winston-Salem, N. C, April 18. Judge J. C. Pritchard's speech on pro hibition at the courthouse here today was masterly, and in the opinion of many of his hearers the effort was un answerable. .The courtroom was packed, many farmers being numbered among his hear ers. The speaker was happily intro duced at 10.30 by Eugene E. Gray, and for an hour and twenty-five minutes Judge Pritchard dealt sledge-hammer Mows acainst the Honor traffic. Hia ad rfresa was arzumentative, free : from abuse, and he held his audience spell bound, as it were, from beginning to end. The ipeaker read letters from the mayor of Charlotte and Fayetteville, in which the chief executives of those nlaces told of improved conditions, mor ally and industrially, since the saloons were driven out of those towns. . He also read a letter from United States Marshal Millikan, who was opposed to local option at the time Greensboro voted the saloons out, but says now that if another election should be held in the Gate City he would certainly vote "dry," he being convinced that tne present con dition! are far more desirable than those when the town had licensed sa loons. Judge Pritchard wanted to know if It would not be to the best interests of Winston it the money invested in sa loon here was used in the establish ment of a big cotton mill, one that would give employment to hundreds of men and women. He believed in turn ing water on the liquor men by. degrees, as they could not' stand too much of it , at one time. ' Judge Pritchard urged the women of Winston-Salem to "get busy" and to see that their husbands voted right May 86. He urged the girls to shun every man that drinks as they would a ease of leprosy. , At the close of this magnificent speech many in the audience gathered around Judge Pritchard and congratulated him upon his effort. A number of men were heard to say .that they had been con verted by ths speech. . : - Judge Pritchard has accepted an in ' vitatlon to speak at Centenary M, S ehurch at 2.30 tomorrow. He stated to day that he came here at. this time with Mrs. Pritchard, who wished to attend the Moravian Easter services. -Judae- Pritchard will not ro to Rich- - mond to hold court until May V He will fill all of his appointment! in Tad kin, Wilkes, Surry and Stoke, counties. 1 Prince De Sagan at Cherbourg! - Cherbourg, April 18. The steamer St Paul, with .Prince de Sagan' on board, .arrived here late last night, v . . Brooks:Kltch!n Faction Too fo Holt-Craig Combi ... nation. Fifty Six Chosen During Past Week of Whom Forty Are Pledged to the Secretary. ACCESSIONS TO HIS FORCES FROM ALL SIDES Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts and Missouri Join the Procession Hawaii Favorable, Though Uninstructed Ok lahoma and Tennessee for Ohio Man. Y By JOHN MON. WashingtonApril 18. Fifty-six dele gates to the Republican national con vention were elected this week, and forty of them are pledged to Secretary Taft, either through Instructions or by virtue of resolutions Of preference. The total number of delegates thus far elected is 546. Secretary Taft's support- ers claim 278 of them, 212 being uncon tested, to which should !c added four from Oklahoma and' eight from Ten nessee, a total of 254. Delegations friendly to Secretary Taft but otherwise uninstructed and unpledged were elected in Hawaii and in the Second and Third Massachusetts districts this week. Un instructed delegates wcer chosen by tlio Seventh Louisiana and Sixth South Caro lina, districts. Minnesota finished up the work be-, gun last week in t'hc Fifth district and every one of the eighteen district dele gates and four delegates at large are now instructed for the war secretary. The other additions to Mr. Ta'f t's strength this week came from the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth and Fourteenth (Continued on Page Two.) JIM SMITH NOT GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY LEADING TO MURDER OF HENDRIX Jury Deliberates for Twenty- Three Hours Before Reaching an Agreement, Asking Fur ther Instructions as to What Constitutes Conspiracy. Smith Sentenced to Penitentiary for Four Years for Blockading. Other Moonshiners Sent to the Penitentiary and Fined by the Court. The federal court jury in the Jim Smith case returned a verdict of not guilty -, yesterday atternoon at one o'clock, after deliberating on the case from 1.40 o'clock ; yesterday afternoon Judge Boyd discharged the jury and an nounced that he would pass sentence upon Jim Smith and others already con victed on other charge immediately after tne noon recess. For some time it looked as if the jury would be unable to agree, and that' the case would result in a mistrial. By eight o'clock yesterday morning the jury was -5n the juryroom deliberating on the case. When court convened at ten o'clock the jury filed into the court' room to ask further instructions from the judge as to what constituted con spiracy. After- receiving the additional instructions the jury still deliberated for three hours before arriving at a ver dict.- At the afternoon session Judge Boyd pronounced sentence, upon those con- GHARTEHS GRANTED BY SECRETARY OF STATE THE ORINOCO TELEPHONE CO. TO BUILD A LINE BETWEEN HIGH POINT AND DAVIDSON. Raleigh, N. C, April 18. The Orinoco Telephone , Compuany, High Point, was granted a charter this after noon, $5,000 capital, with C. E. Spur geon, W, A. Motsinger, W. E. - Swain and other incorporators, to establish and operate a telephone line btween High Point and Davidson. The Tar River Light and Power Com pany, Of Wilson, is chartered to take the place of the Carolina Light and Power Company, capital (1,000 subscribed and $150,000 authorized, the shareholders be ing M.- T. Williams,- F. A. Woodard, P. L. Woodard and others.' Another ohartsr is to the Crenwillo Drug Company, Oxford, capital $10,000, by E. H. Crenshaw, A. II. A. Williams, W. L. Long and others.' -- rir" ' There is also a chater for the Bailoy Lumber Company, ' Bakerville, capital $25,000 authorised And $5,000 subscribed by Iaaae Bailey, J. M. Bailey and other. Vice-President Dula Issues State ment In Refutation of Printed Reports. FEDERAL PROBE SHOWS IT WITHIN THE LAW Investigation by Government Attorneys Have Made Clear That Corporation la Not in Restraint of Trade, as Is '. Charged. New York, April 18. There is abso lutely no foundation whatever for a report that the American Tobacco Com pany is .about to be voluntarily dis solved, according to a statement made today by Caleb C. Dula. vice-president of the company. Mr. Dula's statement was made after the return to this city of James B. Duke, president of the com pany, after a visit to California. Mr. Dula declared that the investigation of the company s ail airs ; by the govern ment has resulted in showing unmis takably that the company had not in any respect violated the Sherman anti trust law or any other law. "This story of voluntary dissolution of the American Tobacco Company is absolutely false and without a shadow of foundation," said Mr. Dula. "The company's counsel and attorneys in the pending suit of the government of the United States are not only not frightened by the .evidence gathered in that case, but they advise that the full disclosure of the affairs of the American Tobacco ui me piinira 01 uie American looacco Company, made by its officers and em- - ployes in that case, shows most clearly (Continued on Page Two.) PARTIAL SUMMARY June 19, 1907. Twenty-five reve nue officers make first nig raid in Smithtown section. About two hun dred shots fired at them by officers. July 24, 1907. Officers make sec ond raid. Again fired upon by block aders. . December 20, 1907. Officers make third raid. J. W. Hendrix killed. Kewards offered for arrest of Jim Smith, Oscar Sisk and John Hill, sus pected of the killing. All of them have been arrested and sentenced to the penitentiary for blockading. April 18, 1908. Jim Smith acquit ted of charge of conspiracy leading to killing of Hendrix. victed during the term which began last Monday a week ago. James I'. Smith, on the conviction for removing, was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary and to' pay a fine of $200. In the case in which he was convicted of distilling, mith was given a sen tence of one year in the penitentiary, to begin at the expiration of the three years' sentence, and fined $100. In the case charging hi m with concealing, of which Smith was also found guilty, prayer for judgment was continued. , John Hill was sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary, and fined $100. Oscar Sisk was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years . and fined $200. Fletcher Smith was given six months in jail and fined $100. Frank Smith was sentenced to a three-months' term in jail and to pay a fine of $100. (Continued on Page Two.) i HOPE F0I1 EARLY PEACE AT CHESTER COMPANY AND MEN FURTHER APART : THAN EVER, DESPITE CONCILIATORY EFFORTS. Chester, Pa., April 18. All hope of an early settlement of the street car strike disappeared late tonight, when the mo tormen and conductors of the Chester Traction Company refused to return to work' on terms offered by the comnany as the result of the intervention of the Chester board of trade. Dr, D. P. Mad dux, chairman of the arbitration com mittee Bf the board, Interviewed Presi dent Rigg, of the company, in the hope of effecting a settlement. Mr. Rigg gave a , written reply, In which he said that the strikers would be reemployed as individuals and not) as members .of a union, at reduced , wages decided upon by" the company. Mr. Rigg also reserved the right to refuse to-employ , any striker who had been guilty of a misdemeanor during the suspension. SAYSLOlGliTH Private Fortune Would Not Ena ble Kim Properly to Repre sent This Country. THIS THE FOUNDATION FOR REJECTION STORIES President's Son-in-Law Makes Urgent Plea For Suitable Salaries and Homes For Our Diplomatic Representatives In Foreign Countries. . Washington, D. C. April 18. "The objection to Dr. Hill as ambassador to Berlin was simply and solely that his private fortune would not enable him to represent properly the dignity of the i American people. This statement was made today in the House of Representatives by Mr. Long worth, of Ohio, son-in-law of President Roosevelt, during the consideration of the diplomatic appropriation bill. Mr. Longworth was making a pica for the maintenance by the government of suit able legation buildings at the various foreign capitals. lie referred to the press dispatches stating that the German' Kinpcror had refused to accept Dr. Hill and to the official denial given to the published stories. "Nevertheless," said Mr. Lonsr worth, "there is no doubt that there was a foundation for these stories be yond any rumor, and it is undoubtedly true that persons high in authority t; i,,. l... . ?T 'm ing that Dr. Hill was not persona gra tissama to the Emperor." These objections were, he aserted, due entirely to the fact "that because he was not sullicientiy wen on to pay me au ference between the 'amount paid him as salary antf tne amount necessary to maintain hia position as ambassador, he would not only not be able, to keep up such an establishment, as that of the present American ambassador, but would not be able to keep up any establish ment at all." Mr. Jxingworth said that everybody would concede that the American am bassador to Germany should at least have a house to live in and not be com pelled to live in a hotel or a flat. Mr. Cousins, of Iowa, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, in explain ing the bill, referred to the consular service and the inadequate provision for the care of our consuls. Speaking to a pro forma amendment, Mr. Harrison, of New York, condemned the practice of appointing men of great wealth to represent the United States abroad. It did not necessarily follow, he said, that because a man was rich he would not make a good ambassador, and he cited Rufus Choate and Whitelaw Rcid. Referring to the - Hill incident, Mr. Harrison said that if lavish ex penditure of American money created such an inordinate appetite lor Ameri can luxury among minor Officials of the Berlin court as to bring humiliation upon the head of one of the most dis tinguished and capable of American pub lic servants, then it was time to call a halt and apply the remedy which had been suggested of the government's pro viding homes for its diplomats. For eign governments, he said, had criti cized the American representatives as "shirt-sleeve diplomats." Shirt sleeves, he declared, while not very attractive, were a good costume to work in, "and a good costume to fight in if n-.-cd he,' and the almost unbroken line. of Ainer ican diplomatic success was sufiicieiit to justify tho selection of the majority of the men sent abroad. Mr. Harrison, however, denounced the growing tendency to .selec1, "dinner table or dietetic diplomat.." One of these, he said, was Ambassador White, at Paris, and he criticized him for appear ing, as had been reportsd, at functions (Continued on Page Two.) PETTUS ARE EULOGIZED REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS DEMO CRATS JOIN IN PRAISE OF ALA , BAMA'S GREAT MEN. Washington, April 19. Eulogies were pronounced upon Senators Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama, in the Senate 'to day, and many of the leaders in that body, Republicans as' well as Democrats, joined in voicing a sentiment of love and esteem for the two senators whose notable characteristics marked them as men of unusual abilities. , . -,i ' Senators speaking ' upon the life of Senator Morgan were Bankhead, of. Ala bama! Cullom, of Illinois Teller,' of Colorado; Lodge, of Massachusetts; Mo Crearv. of Kentucky; Nelson of Minne sota; Daniel ef Virginia, and Burkett, of Nebraska,-.,'- Those who spoke especially ot Senator Pettus were Johnston, of Alabama, Gal ringer; of New Hampshire; Perkins, of California ;. Clay, of Georgia; Scott, of West Virginia; Overman, of -Nort'h Caro lina, and uepew, oi Jew xoric, Ji? ' ffl MRS. FRANK J. GOULD, . iTZttyZ Who Is Said to Be Preparing to Go JfewS ' W -' ''-s"a'-- I J tTPEWHlTEH THAT WHOtE- WmW AHOSYMOUS LETTERS pal Handwriting Experts Having Their Innings in the Submarine Scandal Probe. ELECTRIC CO. UNDER FIRE . Washington, D. C, April 18. The au thorship of the anonymous letters that have been introduced in the investiga tion of the Electric Boat Company was dilisrentlv innuircd into today by the House committee conducting the inves tigation. David N . Carvalho and Wil liam J. Kinsley, of New York, and Al bert S. Osborn, of Rochester, handwrit ing experts and experts as to typewriting.- testified that the two letters and certain documents presented to the com mittee by Representative Lilley and which, it has been testified, were writ ten by Abner E. eff, ot tne L,aKe lor pedoboat Company, on a typewriter in the Lake company's office, were all writ ten on the same typewriter. Neither Mr. Lilley nor Mr. Neff was questioned by the committee on this point, but both denied during the day that they had written the anonymous letters or that they knew anything about them. Mr. Lilley, at the beginning of the dav's session, presented a letter from the commissioner of patents stating that no patent has been granted to Charles E. Nelson during the past ten years. This document was introduced for the purpose of contradicting the testimony of Electric Boat Company officials that they had paid Mr. Nelson, who is a lieu tenant in the navy, $1,500 for a patent he had secured. Air, Lilley also asked that President Bowles, of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, and John P. Hol land be summoned as witnesses. The committee will be in session Mon day. ' '"'. ' ;'' '" Burns Too Much for Jewey Smith. Paris, April 18. Tommy' Burns, the American, heavyweight pugilist,, knocked out "Jewey" Smith, the South African boxer, here tonight in the fifth round of what was scheduled to be a ten-round bout. ' The meeting of Burns and Smith was the biggest affair of the kind ever held in Paris. It was witnessed by a big crowd, who paid high prices for their seats. -.' DAMAGE IN TEXAS TOWNS INUNDATED, BRIDGES ARE WASHED AWAY, CROPS DE STROYED, ETC ' Fort Worth, Tex, April 18.-Through out-North Texas the heaviest rains in many years are reported, causing tre mendous loss to farmers and stock- srrowers. flooding lowlands and render ing country roads impassable, hundreds of bridges ha vine been, washed away, North Fort Worth is isolated and 600 hefuscs are submerged. Mineral City, near Weatherlord, is under water, and Cleburne, souths of here on the Santa Jfe, is surrounded by . the flood. Engi neer Long and Fireman Allsup were found dead under their engine today. Their train left the track in a washout. . The flood - sufferers : have been , pro vided with shelter. Crops over a large area have, been destroyed, and the estt mated loss will reach oyer half a. mil lion dollars.' All night -the police fired a continual voney.oi snots to warn rest dents in the flood district. I H.ti.,i m,-&jrj j FRANK J. GOULD, Who Has Left His Fifth Avenue Home. GOULDS IN THE NEWS Howard Gold is suing . hia wife, formerly Katherine Clemmons, for divorce. Anna Gould, who recently divorced Count Boni de Castcllane, has defied her relatives, and will marry Prince Hclie de Sagan, cousin' of the count. Frank Gould and his wife have sep arated." 'He blames his mother-in-law, Mrs. Edward Kelly. ' Millionaire Said to Be Jealous of Comment Over Wife's Beauty. New York, April 18. Jealous because of the homage paid to his beautiful wife, Frank Jay Gould, master of $10,000,000, has left his Fifth avenue home and it is said that papers have been sorved looking to a legal separation of the young couple. lhe actual parting tooK place Wednes day, when, leaving his wife and her two children at their mansion, 8d8 lifth ave nue, Mr. Gould went to the Plaza hotel, where he gave orders that his presence was to be denied to all inquirers. Questioned, as to t'ne separation, Dc- lancev Nicoll, who is counsel for Mr. Gould, would not say positively that an action for separation was in progress, Nor would he deny it. "I cannot talk of the affairs of my clients unless they wish me to," said Mr. Nicoll, "so I will not discuss this matter in any way.' Gould to Leave City. Tending the settlement of their mari tal diriiculties, Mrs. Gould, it is de clared. as already begun to pack bag gage for a trip to the south. Mr. Gould it is said, will also leave New York till (Continued on Page Two.) OFFERS EVIDENCE IN ANCLE FRAUD CASE COLONEL CHAPMAN OFFERS RE PORTS ON DISTILLING OUTPUT AND TAXES PAID. Danville, Va, April 18. The second day of the trial of T. M. Angle, the president and general manager of the Dry Fork Distilling Company, charged with defrauding the government out of thousands of dollars of taxes on spirits, was marked by the introduction of va rious documentary evidence. ' . Col. W. H. Chapman, chief of the revenue department of Virginia, was on the stand the entire day.. - He presented various . reports' showing the .daily amount for the past several years of whisky manufactured at the distillery and on which tax was paid. , It will take several days before the documentary evidence is concluded. . The aim of the government is to show by various records that 'Angle ' manufac tured over a hundred thousand gallons pf whisky on which be did not. pay a cent oi tax. Cannon Failed to Heed Minority Leader's Demand for Division -of the House. AN ARBITRARY ACT : AS ANY EVER TAKEN Speaker, in Recounting Fact is the Case, Declares That Mississippi Man Did Not Know How to Avail Himself of His Constitutional Rights. Washington, , April 18. A situation which has developed extreme tension, both personal and political, Jiag grown -out of the last minute of the session . of the House today. Speaker Cannon's action in declaring the House adjourned on the motion of Mr. Payne, of New York, the majority lender, without heed ing the demand of Representative Wil liams, the minority leader, fcr a divi sion, is being denounced tonight by Mr. Williams and by other member of the minority as "tyrannical." , Representative Williams, while he did not care to make a statement tonight concerning the situation, decl'red that the Speaker's action was "the most high handed proce"ding that a Speal:er of the House of Representatives ever had car ried through." Mr. Williams recounted briefly ( incidents leading up to the adjournment, stating that when the motio.t of Mr. Payne Was put to the Hous he had asked for a division, a right giaranteed to him by the rules of the House and by the constituion. The Speaker, he said, declared t'ho motion carried and left hie desk and walked toward him. Mr. Wil liams said he understood the Speaker to say something to him, but tht t he had responded, "this is beyond a joke." Mr. Williams said tnat nu turned away and proceeded .tOjtus (Ommittce room and the Speaker left t ie House and went to liis room. Mr. Williams said Speaker Cannon and he always had been good friends, but that he felt the Speak er's action in declaring the House ad journed in the way he had declared it was 'as arbitrary an action as any Sneaker of the House of Representative ever had taken." Late tonight. Speaker Cannon, in dis- 1 cussing the comments of Representative Williams and the situation as it de veloped at the close of the House pro ceedings today, said: "For more than two weexs, unaer me lead of Representative Williams, the minority have engaged in a filibuster. The majority has the right, and it is ita duty to legislate. It has been proceed ing to pertorm tnat outy ana win no doubt continue to do so. The rules of the House prohibit dilatory motions that would be in order were they not made ;: (Continued on Page Two.) 100,000 PEOPLE LEAVE LOS ANGELES TO SBEE1 THE AMERICAN FLEET California City Sends Enormous Crowd to San Pedro Harbor to Welcome Ships. , Los Angeles, Cal., April 18. Los An golcs sent more than 100,000 of its resi dents to the ocenn-side today to wel come the American battleship fleet, which steamed into San Pedro, twenty two miles away, in the full radianco of a midsummer sun and droppf d anchor at 3.30 p. m. The sixteen fighting ves sels and three auxiliaries, lea"ing Ran Diego shortly after five o'clock this morning, had steamed up the '.00 miles of surf-beaten coast in a singli, column formation, 400 yards apart anil in full view of thousands of persons who gath ered at every vantage point. The Connecticut, Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana took up berths within tho sheltered portion of the harbor, where they arc to remain the full seven days of the fleet's visit, while the othor twelve ships of the second, third and fourth divisions reached out into the open water in a line nearly two miles long. The thousands of people w'io made' the occasion of the arrival a holiday and who lined seawalls, breakwater , and beaches surrounding the bays, fairly, went wild in their enthusiasm as the fleet steamed Into its assigned position, t Tonight the fleet, was illuminated, -hulls, superstructures, turrets and yard-, 1 arms being outlined in electric bulb. , 1 Mayor A. C. Harper, accompanied by, Gem A. R. Chaffee and other, members of the Los Angeles reception committee, went nv special steamer several miles down, the coast to greet the incoming fleet, but did not board the flagship, Connecticut until. the- anchoring signal- of multi-colored nags naa aronpsa I row the signal yards. Admiral Thomas re- celved the visitors in his -cabin thanked them in his characteristic 1 1 graeious manner for the cordial greeti: cxtended. . The stay of the fleet at t port of Los Angeles during the next v is to be marked by the most lab' program; of entertainment. 1 v.;
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