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VOL. IV. NO. 69
STATE EDITION.
GTiEENSBOBO, N. CM UN DAY. DECEMBER 27. 1908
STATE EDITION.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HENRY W. PDOB,
BROKER, FAILS
VENEZUELA
NOT TIE FOR
THE PRESIDENT
TO INTERFERE
Cordially Welcomed at Washington f
I-"1
1
BREAKS
RECORD
ARRESTS
ACCLAIMS GOMEZ
AS HERJIILEB
Country at Large. Officially and
Unofficially. Recognizes
New, President
FOR MARATHON
ROAD RAGING
IN PITTSBURG
From Seventeen to Forty Persons
Are to be Apprehended For
Part in Affairs.
FOR
Publisher of Poor's Manual, and
Well Known In Financial
Circles.
LARGEST FAILURE IN
THE STREET FOR YEARS
Not Only Supposed to Be Vastly
Wealthy, But Family Was Prominent
in New York Social Life Had Anti
cipated Trouble for Some Time Past
New York, Dec. 26. Henry W. Poor,
a well-known 'banker and broker of Wall
Street, and for years the publisher of
Poor's Manual of Railroads, failed today.
His banking and brokerage firm, known
as H. W. Poor & Co., with offices at
No. S3 Wall Street, made an assignment
to Mark T. Cox, of the firm of Robert
T. Winthrop & Co., without preference.
'.' No statement regarding liabilities or
assets was forthcoming today, but as
Mr. Poor has been prominent in the
street and has influential connections, it
is believed that his liabilities will reach
at least $5,000,000.
The entire brunt of tfhe failure is borne
by Mr. Poor, his former partners having
withdrawn from the firm. The former
partners included Mr. Poor's son, Wil
liam N. Phoenix, Franklin W. Hunt,
Charles F. Hirschcr, and Frederick A.
Karrar.
The failure is probably one of the
largest that has occurred in the financial
district in some time. Mr. Poor was
looked upon not only as a very wealthy
man, but his family has long held n
high social position. He has two
magniflcient homes, one the old Cyrus
(Continued on Page Two.)
GLAUS SPBECKLES, THE
SU6DR KING -OF THE
PAGinCGOAST, DIES
Succumbs After Brief Attack of
Pneumonia at Home in
San Francisco.
HE LEAVES MANY MILLIONS
San. Francisco, Cal., Dec.. 26. Claus
Spreckles, widely known as "the sugar
king" of the Pacifio coast, died at 4.30
a. m. today at his home in this city in
his eightieth year. The immediate
cause of his death was en attack of
pneumonia, which.' had developed with
alarming symptoms during the past few
'-. days..
Despite his advanced age, Mr. Sprec
kles had devoted a .large share of his
attention to the various enterprises in
which he was interested, and it is not
more than a month since he appeared
before the ways and means committee
of the House of Representatives in
Washington as an authority on the sub
ject of sugar duties. i
Apart from the importance which at
tached to Claus Spreckles as the pio
"neer sugar refiner of the Pacific coast,
and as an investor of millions in Cali
fornia and the Hawaiian Islands, the j
Spreckles family has for many years
been one of the most prominent in the
state. "' ;
John D. Soreckles. his eldest son, has
been for years a decided influence in j
Oriental trade, apart from his other in-1
terests, and Rudolph, president of the j
First National Hank, has been a sup
porter of the graft prosecutions in this
city to the amount of thousands of dol
lars in addition to his active participa
tion. ' '
Claus Spreckles was born in Lam
stadt; Germany, in 1828, and came to
the United States in 1846. After being
employed for some time in Charleston,
S. C, and New York, he came to' San
Francisco, reaching this city in 1856) He
established a store here and later con
ducted a brewery. In 1808 he built the
i Bay Sugar Refinery and began the im
portation of raw material from Hawaii.
Prosncrinc in this business, he estab
lished other refineries and promoted thoi
beet sugar industry by establishing re
fineries and engaging in the farming of
beets on a large scale.
He also built a refinery at Philadel
. Dhia and invested lareely in the Oce
anic Steamship Company and many oth
er enterprises, including tne ouuaing ui
the San Joaquin Valley railroad.
The will is in the possession of the!
widow, Mrs. Anna Spreckles, and will j
be opened Monday. It is said that all,
of the dead capitalist's children sre men
tioned in the will and each given a
share of the estate, the value of which
is variously estimated at from 40,000,
000 in !0,00l,000. It was stated in
court that the income from the estate
exceeded a quarter of million dollars
. a year. -. '....- , .
NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD
SHED IN THE REVOLT
Even Castro's Brother Concedes the Sue-
cess of the Bloodless Revolution, and j
Has Turned Over Arms and. Ammuni
tion in His Possession.
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. . 23. (Via
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec; 26.) The
presidency of Jaun Vicente Gomez has
been recognized by thy country at large,
officially and unofficially, and Venezuela
is through with one of the most popular
revolutions in the annals of the republic,
a revolution in which not one drop of
blood was shed.
The authority of President Gomez is
accepted as supreme. Even Gen. Celes
tino Castro, brother of the former presi
dent, who has chief of the department of
Taehira, has turned over to the new
military commander of that district, all
the arms and ammunition in his posses
sion, amounting to 6,000 rifles and 3,000,
000 rounds of ammunition. Celestino
Castro's acceptance of the new regime is
regarded as final and conclusive evidence
that his brother is no longer a factor in
the present situation.
President Gomez is showing in many
waya his desire to propitiate all inter
ests, promote business, both local and
foreign, and improve foreign relations.
Cipriano Castro is being sued in the
Caracas courts for moneys and property
; (Continued on Page Two.)
JUDGE TAFT SPENDS THE
AFTERNOON 8N FAMOUS
AIKEN EOLf LINKS
With Wife. Children and the
ily of John Hays Hammond He
Takes Trolley Trip.
CROWDS OUT TO SEE HIM
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20. As a holiday
diversion,, the President-elect made an
excursion to Aiken, S. C, and played
golf on the famous Palmetto links. Mr.
Taft was accompanied by Mrs. Taft and
the three children, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hays Hammond and their sons.
The party were guests of James U.
Jackson, vice-president of the Augusta
and Aiken Trolley load, and the trip
was made in a private car. Two hours
were occupied in the trip over. News
that the Piesident-clect would go over
the line preceded the special, and there
was lively interest manifested by tho
residents of the several villages passed.
Crowds were out, torpedoes were laid
along the track that the car might fire
its own salute and cheers were shouted.
At Bath, which boasts of one of the
oldest cotton mills of the south, the
car halted and .Mr. Taft complimented
the mill operatives on their industry and
progress. ,'.
At Aiken the people were a bit dis
appointed not to see more of their dis
tinguished visitor. They expected him
to stop in town, but his car went on
through to the terminus, where he at
once took an antomobile to cover the
mile and a half to the club. It was
past noon when he began his golf and
five o'clock when the home trip com
menced. Meantime the women of the
party were driven over the W. C. Whit-
. (Continued ta Page Two.)
FOUR INDIANS KILLED
ON UTAH RESERVATION
NATURE OF THE DISTURBANCE
NOT MADE KNOWN TN REPORT
TO WASHINGTON.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 28. Four In
dians were killed and one wounded at
the reservation, located at Aneth, Utah,
according to advices received . by the
bureau of Indian affairs today from
Superintendent Shelton, of the Shiprock
Indian Agency, located in the North
western portion of New Mexico.
Accompanied by a physician, Superin
tendent Shelton has left for the, scene
of the trouble, the nature of which is
ss yet unknown to officials of the In1
die a affairs bureau.
White House 5t..nent So De
clares regard to
Question
CTII v
EFORE COURTS
ON THEIR APPEAL
After Higher Court Has Finally Settled
the Matter it WiU Be Time for the
Chief Executive to Take Action, if
Any Be Taken.
Washington, D. C, Dee. 20. In n
official statement issued at the White
! House . today in regard to presidential
interference in the rases of President
Gompers, Vice-President Mitchell ' and
i Secretary Morrison, of the , American
' Federation of Labor, now under sentence
for contempt of court, attention is called
to the fact that the cases are still before
the courts, and that no matter what the
President's opinion may be as to the
justness of the sentence imposed he can
not take any action looking to pardon
or express any opinion as to the merits
of the cases.
The text of the statement follows:
"Various appeals hav been made to
the President to interfere by pardons in
the case of Mr. Gompers, and his asso
ciates. Those making the appeals are
unaware of the fact that the matter is
still before the courts. It is a civil suit
between private parties and there has
been no way by which the government
could have intervened even if it had
desired to do so. Whether the President
docs or does not think the1 sentence of
Mr. Gompers and his associates excessive
(Continued on Page Two.)
HOPE TO SHOW
PACKERS FIX PRICE
OF MEATS FOR COUNTRY
Fam-.Scores of Subponas For Railroad
and Packing House Employ
ers Are Sent Out,
i GRAND JUKY GETS CLEW
Chicago, 111., Dec. 26. Scores of sub
ponas prepared at the office of District
Attorney Sims today were sent to St.
ouis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Oma
ha, where they will, it is said, be served
on employes of railroads and packing ;
homes. '' . j
The federal grand jury investigating!
rebate charges against a certain stock!
yard firm is said to have unearthed ai
clew, the development of which is ex-;
pected to jjlunnna'.e the manner in which
meat prices are said to be determined
by certain influential packers.
AUTHORIZES CONVENING
OF THE CUBAN CONGRESS.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 26. The war
department tiday cabled Gov. Magoon !
authority to call the new Cuban con-i
gress together for organization at any
time prior to January 28. It is stated i
that the congress probably will be as
sembled soon after New Years day. I
The conerrss, after receiving the elec
toral college, the credentials of senators
and representatives, considering possible
contests, and other details for organiza
tion, provided for by the Cuban consti
tution, will take a recess until January
28.
Bishop McQuiad May Recover.
Rochester, N. Y.. Dec. 26. Physicians
attending Bishop McQuaid hold out some
hope today that the aged prelate may
recover. '
S X MEN SAVcD FROM
A WRECKED SGrlOC
PICKED UP AT SEA AFTER FLOAT
ING ALL NIGHT IN OPEN
;v. SKIFF.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 26. The schooner
James Paul, Captain J. A. Meech, ar
rived in Hampton Roads today bringing
Capt. Frank Crockett and six men com
prising the entire crew of the schooner
Warner Moore, from Charleston, S. C,
to Providence, R. I., lumber laden, which
was caught in the recent coast storm
and lost.
Captain Crockett and men were picked
up by the James Paul off Winterquar
ter Lightship after having been all night
in an open skiff. The last seen of the
Wsmer Moore, was when, broken to
pieces, she was drifting to sea.
Matthew Maloney. of Brooklyn.
Makes Remarkable Time
on Frozen Snow.
SURPASSES ALL THE
FORMER PERFORMANCES
Young Runner Came to This Country
About Three Years Ago From Ireland.
Hayes, Dorando and Longboat's Time
. Surpassed.
New York, Dee. 26. Matthew Malo
ney, of the Trinity Athletic Club, of
Brooklyn, a newcomer in athletics, es
tablished a new world's amateur run
ning record for the full Marathon dis
tance of 26 miles 385 yards, in a race
from Rye-on-the-Sound to Columbus
Circle, this city, today.
Maloney run away from a field of 115
contestants, finishing in fairly good con
dition. His time, 2 hours 36 . minutes
and 26 1-5 seconds, is far ahead of all
previous amateur record.
J. F. Crowley, of the Irish-American
Athl'tie Club, of this city, who won the
Yonkers Mo rathon race last Thanksgiv
ing day. finished second in 2.15.12 1-5,
and J. Clarke, Xavier Athletic Associa
tion. New York city, was third in
2.47.22 2-5.
Crowley won the Yonkers race in
,4t.35 over a road which was." almost ,
ankle deep in mud, but. the course to-
inv ws for the i?reater nart covered
fmTOTi ftnnix'. uriH it ulinncrv con-
dition marks Maloney's work as a won- The count is unknown to' Washington
derful performance. Maloney ran in, or to America, but it is expected that
the Yonkers race, but he fainted after j with the prominent place the Bern
going twenty-five miles. jstorfs have occupied in social circles in
i Maloney came from County Clare, Ire- London, Cairo, and other cities, will es
land, about three years ago, and has ; tablish them as leaders here, Countess
been . iii training about three months. .
He is twenty-three years old and was
one of the Trinity Club's team which
won the junior cross-country champion
ship'in Celtic.Park, Long ; Island, six
weeks ago.
Today's race was run under the sanc
tion of the Amateur Athletic Union, and
President James E. Sullivan accompa
nied the leaders from start to finish.
The first three men to finish beat
Hayes' time for the recent Olympic Mar
athon at Shepherd's Bush, London. His
figures then were 2.56.02 4-5. A com
parison of Maloney's time today and
that made by Dorando and Longboat in
their professional races over the same
distance . in Madison Square Garden
within the last five weeks, stamps the
new comer as a worij-beater at the
long distance running game.
T iwAi,,r Hnvpa. T)ornndn covered
u.- in 9 is ns 8-S." ami
UIC iim.Mii nv. ... - - - -
Txinrrhoat. when he defeated Dorando
over the same ixacK, was uum
2.45,25 2-5.
The cours today was carefully meas
ured by a corps of civil engineers, ac
companied by representatives of the
Amateur Athlctie Union, so that there
can be no doubt ns to the Moloney rec
i m.iIa nmr flin full Marathon
... -H -; - - . '
distance.
MAN ACCUSED OF $173,000
THEFT SUES ACCUSERS
Chicago, Ills., Dec. 26. George W.
Fitzgerald, former assorting, teller of the
United States subtreasury at Chicago,
today filed suit for $50,000 damages
airninst William Boldenweck, who is in
charge of the sulitreasnry, and Herbert
F, Young, a private detective.
The suit, is an outgrowth of the sen
sational arrest ot ntrgeram lasx sprin:;, nj(,d )at nv ,,utPlnont nf what Annis
charged with stealmg 1 (3.000 from the, m KMhfT ;trw or Mw W!,s not ad
subtreasury. " Iii:i!!er,d V.-aeqtiittal'i mfan . ..T,wtice' Crane said counsel
promptly followed Mr. Boldenweck s re-., , ht rp,Rte wh,tever was to)d to Cap
fusr.1 nndr orders from Washington, to Hainl, or the defendant,
testify m the case. witl this rulinR Mr sh,y TfriM all
Cash Refused, He Kills Four. jf the alleged acts of Mrs Hains of
r l. - n . on tj v... which, Mr. Shay declared, she had told
j Mama, Getmany, Dee. 26.-Becuse hi, I h h b d h K rom tDe
demands for money were not gratified, a j .
young student of astronomy today com-I " . ' , . . .
mltterl a ouadninle murder, killine Club Members Spoke of Annis.
his father, Dr. Racke, a former member
of the Riechstag, and his three sisters,
one of whom was betrothed on Christ'
mas eve.
KILLS SISTER AND SELF
AT FAM LY REUNION
KENTUCKY MAN REPROVED FOR
DRINKING COMMITS DOUBLE
CRIME.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 26. James Leary,
a brakemsn on the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad, shot and killed his sister, Mrs.
Lidia Ditton, yesterday, at a family re
union at his father's home in Mount
Zion Village in Grant county, Kentucky.
After firing all the bullets in his pistol
into the tody of the woman, Leary
walked to a store several blocks away,
bought a box of cartridges and return
ed. He went into the parlor, where lay
the body of his dead sister, placed the
weapon to his head and blew out his
brains. .
Leary's sister had reproved him, for
drinking and this is believed to have led
0 the double tragedy.
TCI
COUNT VON
Much interest is being manifested in
Washinzton over the arrival of Count
Johann Hcinrich von Bernstorf, the new
Oerman
ambassador, and his family.
WILL ENDEAVOR TO SHOW
THAT HAINS DIDN'T GO TO
BAYSID E TO K I L L A IMIS
Trip of the Brothers Was Made
Over Some Property There,
Accused Men Judge
Flushing, L. I., Dec. 26. That the trip
of Thornton J. Hains and his brother,
f'apt. Peter C. Hams, Jr., last August
't the Rnvside Yacht Club, where Wil
: . .
; liam E. Annis was killed, came atfMit
through the invitation o; an old friend,
and the journey was, therefore, not
taken with the design of taking the life
of 'Annis, is the declaration made today
by Lawver Joseph V. Shay in outlin
ing the 'defense of Thornton J. Hains,
charged, with his brother, with the mur-
i Apt . of Annis,
- , i . . j .i ;n t.
1 ne name oi ine irn-nu nun n.
called to testify that on the alternonn
of August 15 he' invited the Hains broth
ers to Hayside, where tney were to iook
j over some property fiear the yatcht
i c.lub, was not given.
I'.-' The .defendant's counsel, in his open
ling, stnrted to relate all the unfortu
; nate details of Captain Hans' marital
: troubles, which Mr... Shay declared canned
! the mind of the army captain to bc
jcome unbalanced. On objection of Dis
'triet Attorney Darrin. Justice Crane
Declaration was made by Mr. Shay
that it was the club members who call
ed Thornton Hains' attention to Mr.
Annis in his boat. Councel said that be-
SAViNNAH WON'T PAY
I'D ON NEAR BEER
NO SUCH TARIFF DUE, DECLARES
COUNTY IN WHICH THAT CITY
IS LOCATED.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26. The etite controller-general's
office here announced to-
day that officials of Chatham county, in ' ,r-
, . . . . x , , , . imar, a well-known farmer, last night
which Savannah is ntuatcd, hve dechn- shot and .5ristantly killed Thomas , An
ed to nav near beer taxes into the state 'drew near LaFavette. Tenn.
treasury The announcement said that
Chatham county officials declared nojrolcd by the sheriff that he might go
such taxes were , due from Savannah or home for .Christmas... Instead, of going
other portions of the county. A sti.tc I home, he got drunk and sat down to
tax of 9200 per annum is levied on the
sale of near beer and Governor Smith
recently announced that collection of
this tax will be vigorously prosecuted.
The total taxes for the year on near
beer selling received by the state up
to todsy, amounted to $17,300.
mhusduEV I
BERNST0RF.
Bernstorf is an American woman, and
is noted for her vivacioty and her ac
complishments. She is tall and dark,
with German features. i
Alexandra and Christian, twenty-two
and seventeen years old. respectively,
the two daughters of the Count and
Countess Bernstorf. accompany their
parents. Alexandra made her debut to
Cairo society two years ago, but her
younger sister, is still attending school.
With the Pgrpose of Looking
Declares Council For the
Rules as to Evidence.
fore the defendant could induce his
brother to leave the dock, Captain Hains
rushed to the float and shot Annis to
death. The defendant, believing his
brother in danger of his life from John
Tonning, the boatman, and the club
members, warned them off with his re
volver, counsel said. ,
Justice Crane, in denying the motion
of counsel to dismiss the indictment af
ter District Attorney Darrin announced
todny that the state rfted, ruled that
a defendant might be held guilty as a
principal even though the man who did
the shooting was insan.?. Ine court fur
ther ruled that a defendant would be
guilty as a principal who aided or in
duced an insane man to commit a mur
der.;. Has Battle With Storm.
Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 26. The Austrian
steamship Margherita, Captain Cosulich.
from New Orleans to Barcelona, arrived
here today, for bunker coal after havinsr
encountered the recent coast storm off
Cape Hatteras. The seas washed the
Margherita's decks, damazing her deck
houses and sweeping overboard 730 bar
rels of rosin.
One man suffered a compound frac
ture of the leg: He was left in the hos
ital here when the Margherita sailed
for Barcelona following her stop at Lam
bert's Point for coal.
Will Lecture on Forestry.
Enos A. Miles, forester of the United
Slates Department of agriculture, will
deliver a lecture at tho public library
January 5. Mr. .' 5es delivered a lec-
turo hero about a year ago, and people
j were interested in his talk on forestry.
Fill CLAD DRUNKEN MAN
IS KILLEDFOR BEAR
GOES TO SLEEP IN DOORWAY AND
FARMER FIRES FATAL SHOT
INTO HIM.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 26. .Mistak
ing a drunken man clad in a long buf-
l r . i i. i - 1 r-i r 1
I Andrews had been in jail but was pa-
sleep in the doorway of a house occupied
by a widow,
Deckmar was called, the family think
ing Andrews was a bear. Deckmar prod
ded the form with his gun and getting no
response fired. A coroner's jury rendered
verdite of justifiable homicide.
NATIONAL BANKS ARE
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Efforts Being Made to Find Out Truth
in Connection With Reports of Cash
Payments for the Handling of the
City's Funds. - v.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 26. Contrary to
expectations, there were no additional
arrests today in the councilmaniu brib
ery cases, which have furnished Pitts
burg with a number of sensational de- :
velopments since the arrest Monday
night of seven couneilmen and two
former bankers 011 charges of corrupt,
practices.
However, an authoritative statement
that other persons will bo arrested was
made by Attorney A. Leo Weil, presi
dent of the Voters League.
These ! additional - arrests the number
is estimated at from seventeen to forty)
are not expect ed to be made now until
Monday and probably not. until the. first,
of the year.
According to the ofTi. era of the Voters
League, they have plenty of evidence
against many other persons, who, it U
stated.: will surely be. taken into custody,
but when this will be the investigators
are re net nut to say.
Many rumors were in circulation, and
a few interesting developments occurred
today. Among the rumors was one to
the effect that a number of national
banks were undergoing a thorough ex
amination in connection with the report
that certain financial institutions had
paid $176,000 for the privilege of hand
ling the city's funds, but the govern
ment omciais retused either to. confirm
or deny the story. '::-;
It was also claimed that the accused
couneilmen knew they were being in
vestigated and were simply playing a.
game 01 pontics tor the purpose of see
ing how far the detectives would deal
with ihem. This, it is said, will be their
defense. . - ;
A. B. Stuart Adjudged Bankrupt.
Before Judge James E. Bovd in the
Federal Court yesterday, A. Bruner
Stuart, of Salisbury, was adjudged bank
rupt upon his own petition. T. G. Fenn,
of Salisbury, is attorney for the bank
rupt. Judge Boyd referred the matter
to James H. Jlorah, 01 Salisbury, referee
in bankruptcy.
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
IN BEACH HARBIS CASE
v AND jSJiSCHIREED
Nine Favored Acquittal of Alleged
Murder, and Three Were , f
'"'Lr For Conviction. &
.
MOTHER'S STORY AIDED HIM
Irvine, N. Y., Dec. 26. The jury in
the case of F.eauohamp (Beach) Har
gis, charged with the murder of hi
father, Judge James Hargis, this after-,
noon reported their inability to agree
and were discharged. The jury stood
nine for acquittal and three for convic
tion. . . .
fleach Hargis had been drinking heav
ily for a few days before the killing of
Judge' Hargis,. and had finally been
brought back to Jackson. For some
days the neighbors declared that Jxidge
Hargis had been dragging : tho boy
through the streets of the wild little
mountain town.
As told in the trial. Beach entered his
fat lier's store and after a few word
with the judge, engaged in a grapple
with him. They fell to the floor, Beach
on top, and with the judge's own pis
tol, the boy fired several shots into the
body of tho prostrate man. The state,
in the trial of young Harcis, contented
itself with the facts of the case.
Tho defense, one of the lawyers for
whom was United States Senator-elect
William O. Bradley, former governor of
Kentucky, based its strength 011 the tes
timony 01 the boy and that of his moth
er, Mrs. Louellen Hargis. Mrs. Hargis
testified that her husband had early
taught : the boy bad habits and when
Beach was a child had given him whisky
and buckled a pistol on the child.
Beach (or Beauohamp, his rightful
name) is twenty-three years old and has
always been what in the Kentucky
mountains is termed "feverish." He had
given his parents much trouble.
Dr. Long Gives Dinner to Nurses.
All the nurses and attendants of St,
Leo's hospital were guests of Dr. J. W.
! Long and family at a dinner Christmas
it, ong is surgeon at m. Lito i nospi
tal, and tendered the nurses and as
sistants of the 1 hospital the dinner in
appreciation of their faithful serviea
rendered during the closing year.