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Motion of the Five Men C
Sherman Anti-Trust 1
Judgment Rsfus<
Myers Sentei
Savannah, Ga., Serial.-Thc hotly
contested suit against what is known
vjas'the Terpentine Trust ended last
^Saturday night by finding certain
heads cf the combm?l interests
u guilty of violating the Sherman anti
trust law.
. A Savannah dispatch of Friday
flays:.
Overruling the motion in arrest of
judgment, offered hy the defense,
Judge William Sheppard Friday
- afternoon, sentenced the five^aaBB*
found guilty of viohj^ing the Sher
' {nan anti-trust*iaw, and for-the first
time, so far as is known, jail sen
^?v. tanc^i?^-t^-^ws,1- were, imposed.
The sentences follow:
Spencer P. Shotter,. chairman of
the directors, of the. American .Naval;
- Stores Company, * three months in jail
and a fine of $5,000.
Edmund S. Nash, president of the
company, $3,000 fine.
J. F. Cooper Myers, vice president
Vt the Ameiican company and pres
ident of the National Transportation
ind Terminal Company, three months
in jail and a fine of $2,500.
George Mead Boardman, of New
\ York, treasurer of the American Na
rai Stores Compnay, $2,000 fine.
Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
?gent of the American and general
manager of the National Transporta
tion and Terminal Company in Jack
sonville, $5,000 fine.
Mr. Shotter and Mr. Myers were
sentenced to terms in the Chatham
county jail, Judge Sheppard' impos
ing the punishment upon them, be
cause they had been before the court
two years ago, entering pleas of
THE DAVIS BROTHERS CHA
Washington, SpeciaL-John C.
. . Davis and- his/, brother, Martin T.
Davis, whose alleged ' questionable
dealings in high finance came to an
abrupt elose last week with a deluge
of complaints from residents of this
city, Alexandria, Va., and other cities
were indicted by the grand jury here'
Thursday. Tho indictments charge em.
bezzlemenjt and misappropriation of
VBfit sums of money, forgery and the
attering of the forged papers and
false .pretenses^
Five true bills, charging embezzle
ment and' two charging \forgety and
utterance, were returned against John
^-C. Davis. Embezzlement from this
Potomac Building and Loan Associa
tion, of which he was secretary and
treasurer, and forgery iure alleged
against Martin T. Davis. In addition
to these, joint indictments charge the.
SERIES OF TORNADOS
Kansas City, Mo., Special-A ser
ies of tornadoes iu Kansas, Misson
and Oklahoma late Friday killed a
dozen persons, injured about 100, de
vastated Hollis, Kan., wrecked a train
and did great damage to property.
Twenty-five were injured in suburbs
of Kansas City.
At Hollis three men were killed
and ten seriously injured. The Eck
strom family of five persons is miss
ing and may be dead in the ruins of
the home.
. Near Great Bend, a tomado killed
two and injured 20. All wires are
down in that vicinity and it is feared
that the death list may be greater.
William Aekerly, a Sante Fe en-.
KILLED WHILE TRYING
Roanoke, Ya., Special.-William
, Bailey and H. M. Young, two young
men of prominent families of Lee
county, this State, shot and killed
each other while trying to kill an
other man Thursday night at a school
entertainment at Dryden. Young
rad Bailey had an altercation with
William Jesse over, the matter of
tickets of admission. Young and.
STRICT PARTY LINES ARE
Washington, SpeciaL-After a day
devoted to discussing the duty on
iron ore, the Senate, just before ad
journment Thursday adopted by , a
vote of 61 to 24, the recommendation
of the committeeman finance fora duty
of 25 cents per ton on iron ore. The
House had placed that article on the
free list while the presen t. law levies
a da ty on it of 40 cen* s per ton. In
tliis vote party lines were annhilat
ed, as seventeen Democrats voted
"aye" with the Republicans and
twelve Republicans voted '?no" T***3*
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Eichmond, Va., Special-The In
ternational League for Highway Im
provement began its convention here
Friday. Mayor Richardson made the
welcoming address and Governor
Swanson, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and a number of other prom
. inent men made addresses.
Delegates from all over the coun
' try were present. President John A.
Stewart, of New York, stated that the
object of the organization -as to
INHERITANCE OR. INCOME
Washington, Special.--Income or
./ inheritance tax legislation . may be
- passed at the special session... -Next to
tariff .income tax is the most discuss
ed thing in Washington today. ' '
This is because of a growing con
- viction upon members of Congress
that the present annual .deficit of
more than $120,000,000 is likely to
iprtrease^ in spite of high tariff duties.
Congress' extravigance has gone on
increasing year after yeai on til now
onvicted of Violating the
Law, for an Arrest of
3d-Shotter and
need to Jail.
guilty. At that time Judge, Emory
Speer, who was presiding, stated that
a term, in prison would he imposed,
of they should come before the eourt
again. Mr. Nash was excused on tht
former occasion, when the,' grand jury
retufne? a "no bill" against him, as
he was a witness before the grand
jury; .
Mr. Moller's sentence was made
heavy because of bis connection with
the: terminal yards in Jacksonville.
Svhere re-grading and re-gauging
weer alleged to have taken place. .
The case will be appealed to the
'"United* States Court of Appeals, just
as seen as the bill of exceptions can
be prepared, and certified to by the
coust. In the meantime, a motion for
a new trial will not be made before
JudgB'f Sheppard.'- A writ v-bf " error
citing fifty-three, grounds were filed
by the defense immediately after sen
tence was passed. Councel attack
nearly everything the court permitted
to come before the jury, to which'
the defense entered protest. It be
gins with the eoprt's failure to sus
tain the demurrer to the indictment
and ends with an exception to the
jury's verdict.
Bond in the sum of $20,000 waa
given for all the defendants joint
ly and they were discharged, pend
ing the determination of their appeal.
The costs they must pay, if the con
viction and sentences stand, will, it
is said, reach $17,000, whi?h will, in .
the event the sentences stand, be ap
portioned among the five convicted
men. The defendants were sentenced
separately. Judge Sheppard made
no long address, but merely gave them
an opportunity to say why sentence
should not be pronounced, a privilege
of which they took but smalradvan
tage,- and then passed the sentences.
Mr. Shotter was the last to he sen
tenced. Ju'ge Sheppard made his
longest speech then, probably a hun
dred words. .
AGED WITH MUCH WRONG
brothers with forgery and false pre
tenses.
The embezzlement .charges so far
acted on by the grand jury against
John C. Davi3 aggregate $52,000. As
sistant United States Attorney Proc
tor says the total claims brought to
his attention aggregate $150,000. In
addition-he knows of a case where
$25,000 was secured from a person,
who has not made complaint up to.
this time. Other claimants, it is ex
pected, desiring to avoid publicity,
have not made complaint.
Including +*?*<SA elaims, United
States Attorr
$150,000, the
John Davis fi
Mr. Baker
ment exonerf
who was arte
spiracy with
released on
S S WEE
gineer, was ku lea wiuie ?u*~...n ...
a bridge gang between Great Bend
and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a
conductor, was also killed.
The storm spread over a wide
farming "area and laid waste man}
farm houses and barns. An estimate
of the rural casulties'could not be ob
tained.
At Hoisington, Kas., a tornado in
jured a number of persons and greatly
damaged farm property.
At Pond Creek, Okla., a seve*
wind storm injured four persons and
unroofed several houses.
Many washouts interrupted traffic
Electrical disturbances cripp?ecT tele
graph and telephone wires.?
i TO SHOOT ANOTHER
Bailey abused Jesse and the lattei
struck one of them.' Jesse and Young
clinched and Bailey, in an effort to
shoot Jesse, shot Young. - As Young
w*s falling he fired aimlessly, the
bail killing his friend, Bailey. Jesse
was shot in the side and anothesjjnan
was slightly wounded. Pandemonium
reigned in the hall where the enter
tainment was held.
BROKEN ON THE TARIFF
the Democrats. During the day Sen
ator . Bailey, in announcing that he
prpposed to vote for thc duty on iron
ore as z revenue measure, declared
that such -action did not affect the
prosperity of the United States Steel
Corporation, and added that even ii
it did there,was a better way to deal
with that organization, which was
an enforcement of the anti-trust law
against it. He declared that he ex
pected to see this law enforced and
he expressed ?confidence that eventu
ally the officers of the steel corpora
tion would either be in the peniten
tiary or fugitives from justice.
FOR BETTER ROADS
arouse the country to p:ress upon
Congress the necessity for establish
ing a national.plan of good roads.and
carrying it out with liberal appropria
tions. A letter from President Taft
was read expressing hearty approval
of the object of-the convention.
.Final draft of a bill to be pre
sented to Congress for approval, pro
viding for an appropriation of $1,
000,000 for a surrey of a system oi
national roadawaye.
TAXES A REAL NECESSITY
the deficit is considered by Republi
cans as well as Democrats tp .be one
of the . biggest problems in finance
that "has confronted the government
in a quarter of a century. Therefore,
incoKB or inheritance tax measurer
will soon be- a necessity, and will re
ceive consideration along with tarif!
revision. President Taft favors eith
er of the taxes, but of the two, pre
fers the inheritance tax because ht
believes it wculd be ' eas^ of colle?
?on.
GCItTY OF Fi??NSLAUGHTER
7erdict Rendered in the Case of Capt.
Haines, Who Killed Wm. ^E.
Annis.
Flashing, ;?N. ., Y., Special.-After
four hours' delibration, the jury in
:he case of Cap? Peter C.-Haines, U.
3. A., charged with the murder, of
tVilliam E. Annis on August lo "last,
brought in a verdict of guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree Tuesday
ifternoon. The maximum sentence
is twenty years' imprisonment.
Quickly following the young army
officer's conviction, his counsel an
nounced that they would produce af
fid?vits to show that the jury had not
been properly guarded daring the
trial and upon this allegation* will
arge that a new trial be granted.
These affidavits will be submitted
Monday, the time set for passing sen
tence and for any motions that the
defendant's counsel" desires .to make,
lhere will, of course, bc the usual mo
tions to set aside .the verdict as
against the weight. of evidence, and
contradictory to law,, but the unguard
ed jury feature is the only departure
from tho stereotyped procedure look
ing to a new trial.
Night Riders Convicted.
Waverly, Tenn.,'Special.-A ver
dict of guilty was returned late Tues
day afternoon in the case of the four
teen alleged members of the night-f
riders' organization charged with
whipping Esquire J. M. Reece on
October 15, last. Thc punishment
was fixed at 1? days in jail and a fine
of $500 for each. They were remand
ed to jail under strong military
guard, to reappear in court Wednes
day, when a motion for a new trial
was made. ^
After the verdict was announced,
the defendants shook hands with each
other and secured a band and musii
and dancing were heard in their, cells.
The names of the men convicted are
Wyart Cbwart, Charles Pitea, Leo
Warren, Walter Wa n en. Jim Divin
ey, Charles Hopper, Walter Gordon,
George Hodge, Harry Marshall, Jim
Murrell, John Meran, WyCe Sanders,
Sam Dickerson and Frank Estes. The
indictment on which they were tried
contained four counts-going mask
ed through towns and villages with
unlawful purpose in view; going in
disguise upon the premises of another
with intent to do him bodily hann;
assault with a deadly weapon while
wearing a disgui?e, aiid assault and
battery while masked.
' New Orleans'?elebrateii.
New Orleans, La., Special-For the
double purpose of celebrating the
first passage of a big modern warship
ap the Mississippi river to a point as
high as Natches:, thus giving great
impetus to the deep waterways move
ment and also a public reception to
the officers of the battleship .Missis
sippi, the citizens of New Orleans en
tertained at an elaborate banquet
Tuesday night in the palm garden of
*ws-j^_Charles_ Hotel.
UeputiCS, a; ici ? ?,?.^ .
four hours Tuesday, adjourned the
debate on the interpellations on the
postal situation until May 13. The
response of the postal employes was
quick and decisive. Within half an
hour the Federal committee had is
sued an order for a general strike,
and the railway mail clerks walked
out in'a body. An hour later a meet
ing of 6,000 postal employes at the
Hippodrome took up the gage of
battle and unanimously voted to
strike. There was no great enthusi
asm shown, but determination and
resolution to force the hand of the
government were apparent.
Ambushed by Africans.
British West Africa, By Cable.
Lieut. D. A. Vanrenen. associate resi
dent general administrator of a dis
trict in northern Nigeria, three other
Englishmen, and thirty-fivo native
police were ambushed recently hy na
tives at a point 50 miles northeast of
Zungeru. The lieutenant and twelve
of the policemen were killed. A
British force has been despatched to
the locality to punish the natives.
French Tariff Bill Made Public.
Paris, By Cable-The Senate's new
draft of the tariff bill has been made ,
public. In addition to concessions af- ,
fecting the United States already
published, the maximum duty on can
ned meats has been reduced from. 30
francs to 23 francs per hundred kilos! '
Increases in the maximum ,witfr re- 1
spect to apples, hops, meat extracts. '
preserved vegetables, cotton seed oil, 1
vaseline, iron, steel, machinery, tools,
wire, cutlery, nails, bicycles leather ]
and shoes in which the United States i
is interested are generally maintain- t
ed; in some cases they ?re notably j
higher. 1
Eilis a Rhonocerons. .
Nairobi, British East Africa, By 1
Cable.-A bulky bull rhinoceros is tho ]
latest prize wrested from the jungle ]
by-Colonel Roosevelt.: From the ex
President's camp near Machakos <
word was brought down Monday that f
the luck bf the Roosevelt party con- (
tinues, and that fifteen variations of ,
game, including he big rhineo, have j
been bagged on the last expedition.
The rhinoceros was chairing Mr.
Roosevelt when the hunter fired. 1
Will Go To Supreme Court.
Savannah, Ga., Special-The so
called turpentine "trust" case, in 1
which a verdict of guilty was ren- 1
derod Tuesday night against five of- <
fleers cf the American Naval Stores }
Company, in the United States Court '
will, without doubt, find its way to 1
the Supreme Court of the United. <
States. It was stated that in this ]
case, for the first time, were the penal )
provisions of the Sherman anti-trust 1
law attacked, and this question will J
probably be passed upon by thc Su- 'j
prent?? Court in 'the naval stores case. 1
THE NRt?f Wff
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY T9 ,0AY
Live Items Covering Events of Kore
or Less Interest at Homo and
Abroad.
; ,g ; ? ?
President Taft kill receive a salute
of 21 guns "when he arrives at Peters
burg on the 39thJ
Marie Fron, 20 years old, danced
herself to death Tuesday night at
Chicago.
Fourteen Night Eiders were con
victed Tuesday at Waverly, .Tenn., of
whipping J. M. Reece last October
and were fined $500 each and jailed
for ten days.
John P. Brady .has, erected .on his.
premises near Qardensville, Md., a
monument in honor of Adam, the first
man, saying it is better late than
never. He j's a learned man too.,
Thirty men overloaded a naphtha
boat and in attempting to er?os* the
river at Pittsburg, Pa., Tuesday night
sank the boat and 23. were drowned.
B. E. Raybold, 19 years old, died
last Sunday at Hyattsville, Md., of
tetanus (lockjaw V from running a
nail in his foot two weeks before.
Mrs. Boyle gave it out before she
was convicted in ibe Willie Wbitla
case, that in the event she were sen
tenced, she and her husband would
both commit suicide.
The great battleship Mississippi ac
commodated as many- as 5,000 vis-,
itors at once while at New Orleans.
R. H. Sweet, his wife and four
children, .and Geor^?^' Hall, were
drowned by the capsizing of their
gasoline boat in the Chippewa" river.
Wis., last Saturday night.
Three brothers and one sister who
were making a bare living in Ireland,
have heired $100,000 from a batch
elor brother, who died, 'recently in
Philadelphia..
James Patton, the wheat king, bas
promised to quit gambling.
Mrs. Helen Boyle was convicted
last Saturday of complicity in the
kidnaping of Willie -:Whitla. J3he
gets 25 years in the penitentiary. Her
husband i got a life sentence.
Six fishing steamers ?t Norfolk.
Va., last Saturday made ? haul of
400,000 pounds of deep sea trout,
equal to 2,000 barrels.
Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the
Southern author, died. at ' her home
at. Mobile, Ala., last Sunday. The
day before was her 70th birthday.
Schuyler Holley, at Logansport,
Ind., fixed a pistol to fire- on an ex
pected chicken thief last Saturday
night. The ; thief didn 'ii . come and
*" " ' "' T-*?n*lr tim pnn
breakdown that -he committed sui
cide last Tuesday night.
The Porto Ricans take President
Taft's message very unfavorably;
They think they could govern them
selves. ' , ; .
, President Taft sent a message to
Congress Monday, asking for new
legislation for Porto Rico, practical
ly declaring too much power had
been given thu islanders before they
were prepared.
Representative Hollingsworth stood
practically alone in opposing the
Davis engraving on the Mississippi
silver service.
Judge Wm. L. Penfield, former
solicitor for Department of State,
and authority on, international law,
died last Sunday.
The evidence in the Brownsville
colored soldiers affair makes 6,000
pages. ' x
Judge Henry G. Connor, of Wilson,
N". C., a Democrat, was appointed
Monday to the Federal bench by
President Taft, succeeding Judge
Purnell.
Foreign News Notes.
The new government at Constanti
nople has hanged another batch of
24 mutineers. This make? 38 such
executions since the change.
. " .'. * ? -t > ?.
Edgar Thompson^ left Albion, 111.,
25 years ago, motive "adventure. He
landed on one of the Kgi' Islands,
narried a princess and was crowned
ling. Late news chronicles his death.
Two missionaries to the Congo
Free ; States. Africa, protested
?gainst a rubber company's oppres
sive methods against tho natives and
ire now being sued by the trust for
ibel. ,
Friends of Castro tried recently to
raise a revolution in Venezuela, in
lis favor, but failed.. It is believed
?owever, that the army is, partial to
iim rather than to Gomez.
At Orleans, France, last Friday and
Saturday, a most enthusiastic celebra
ion was held in honor of Joan of Arc.
3ne hundred thousand people wit
iessed the ceremonies and bells rang
;heir merry peals.
8 new commanders of U. S. battle
ships were appointed lust Saturday.
Twenty Men Killed.
Albany, N. Y., . Special.-At least
twenty men were killed Wednesday
by a premature blast of 1,000 pounds
?f dynatmite in a stone quarry. Elev
en miles south of Albany. The
lead: John Hoyt Callahan, vice
aresident and general manager of the
;ompany; Charles D. Callanan, JL
arother of The manager; Leroy "Mc
Millan, ^assistant superintendent;
John Hendrickson, steam driller;
Fred Snyder, master mechanic; Jas.
Maloney, William Baumes, Fred Zap
pert, and tw Ive Italian workmen.
MAINE REMEMBERED
WH! Erect Monument to Sailors
Who Went Down With Her
SIGSBEE DESCRIBES DISASTER
Admiral Who Was in Command of
the Ul-Fatcd Battleship at the Time
of Its Destruction Delivers Dlus
trated Lecture For the Benefit of
the Maine Memorial Association.
Washington, Special.-For the ben
efit of the recently organized Maine
Memorial Association, whose purpose
is to erect in the national capital a
suitable monument to the American
sailors who met theif death in the
sinking of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor on February 15, 1898,
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee,
who was in command of the fated
vessel at the time pf her destruction,
Saturday gave-by request an illus
trated, lecture here before a large
audience, describing the disaster.
"In many ways it is made obvious
that public sentiment regarding the
Maine has continued beyond ordinary
bounds, ' ' said Admiral Sigsbee.
"Many disasters have occurred be
fore and since, yet none in recent
times ?has held public- interest like
that of the Maine. Her destruction
was a turning point in our own his
tory and in the history of
Spain-a " turning point for the
better in both cases, let us hope.
"The mission of the Maine was en
tirely friendly," he explained. "It
bad no further import than to re
assure our citizens in Cuba "and to
protect them and give them assistance
in case of necessity." ..
Admiral Sigsbee narrated in detail
the events succeeding the Maine's
departure from Key West for Havana
on January 23, 1908. Arriving at
Havana, the Maine was taken by ih?
pilot to one of the bouys commonly
reserved for war vessels. "It wa*
widely supposed in tba United States
that the Maine was afterward shifted
by the Spanish authorities to another
buoy, but this was an error," he said.
He also denied that the Maine enter
ed l?avana harbor militantly.
Continuing, Admiral Sigsbee said it
was important that he should know
that state of popular feeling in
Havana regarding the Maine and ap
parently the Best way to learn this
was to attend a bull fight. "I have
been made anathema for this by cer
tain pious people. Bull fights were
given only on Sunday but my object
was not pleasure. It ha's been decid
ed that my ship's company was
doomed because of attendance at the
the bull fight on Sunday, yet none
who went to the bull fight were in
jured in the loss of the Maine."
Admiral Sigsbee graphically de
scribed the scene on the Maine on
the night of the explosion. To bear
out the contention of the court of
inquiry that the Maine was sunk bv
a submarine mine, hri nallpd attention
-. _j. ?.* uvvbUii A3 vUC
only practical solution of the prob
lem.
Seaboard Losas by Fire.
Portsmouth, Va., Special.-Fire of
unknown origin, accompanied by an
explosion, destroyed the general
warehouse of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway at the railroad terminals
here early Sunday entailing a loss of
from $100,000 to $150,000, and re
sulting in the injury of four men, one
being seriously hurt. The injured
a:e: Fireman Walter Bissett, Night
Yardmaster Matheson, Tom Sellers,
colored, unknown white man.
Sultan's Women Driven From Palace.
Constantinople, By Cable.-Eighty
women from Abdul Hamid's harem,
richly dressed and veiled* were driven
in carriages Sunday unoer the escort
of four eunuchs and a troop of
cavalry from the Yildiz to the ancient
Seraglio palace, which has been un
occupied since about 1824. Curious
bystanders were driven away from
the exit of the Yildiz palace by a
guard of soldiers.
The Confederate Reunion.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.-An
nouncement is made by the general
executive committee that all will be.
in readiness foi the Confederate re
union, which will meet in Memphis
on June 8, 9 and 10 and all indica
tions point to one of the most suc
cessful gatherings in the history of
the organization. All Confederate
veterans, who desire free accommo
dations, will be cared for in a general
manner. The general committee
makes announcement that food, lodg
ing and medical attendance will be
provided for, each and every old sol
dier, who shall make his wants known.
Ask Governmental BUL
Richmond, Va., Special.-The In
ternational League for Highway Im
provement Saturday adopted a bill,
asking Congress for an apropriation
of $1,000,000 to support the' work of
the body through eight commissioners'
to be appointed by President Taft.
The league purposes to open perman
ent headquarters in Washington, and
its first effort will be lo build a nat
ional model highway from Maine to
Florida.
Will Restore Order.
Constantinople, By Cable.-The
American ambassador, John G. A.
Laishman, has made representations
to Ferid Pasha, the minister of the
interior, on thc importance of restor
ing order in Adana province so that
the refugees crowded in the towns
may return to their farms. Ferid
Pasha replied, saying he would take
additional steps to restore the confi
dence of thc Armcniaus and give
them protection in the country where
needed.
MR,TAITS MESSAGE
President Not Satisfied With
Affairs in Porto. Rico.
IKCAPABLEOFSELFGOVERNMENT
Biuaiion of Unusual Gravity in Porto
Rico-The Island Without Support
ATter June 30 Next-Time Has
Provan That the United States Has
Gone Too Fast in Extension of Po-,
litical Power in Islands.'
President Taft Monday sent to
Congress a special message recom
mending legislation at the presen ex
tra session, amending the Foraker act
under which Porto Rico is governed.
The President directs the attention
of Congress to affairs on the island
laying particular stress on what- he.
ierms "a situation of unusual grav
ity" developed through the failure
of the Legislative Assembly of Porto
Rico to pass the usual appropriation
bills, leaving the island without sup
port after June 30 next.
Porto Ricans have forgotten the
generoisity of the United States, the
President says, in the desire of cer
tain of the island's political leaders
for power, and he adds that the pres
ent situation indicates that the United
States has gone too fast in the ex*
tension of political power to the Porto
Ricans. He concludes that the abso
lute power of appropriation should
be taken away ?xom "those-who have
shown themselves too irresponsible to
enjoy it."
The President suggests to Congress
the wisdom of submitting to the ap
propriation committees the question
of qualifying some of the provisions
of the fundamental act as to the re
spective jurisdictions of the executive
council and the Legislative Assembly.
But no action of this kind, the Presi
dent says, should be begun until the
Foraker act be amended so that when
the Legislative Assembly shall ad
journ without making, the appropria
tion necessary to carry on th? gov
e rn meut, sums equal to the appropria
tions made in he previous year for
the respective purposes shall be
available for the current revenues,
and shall be drawn by the warrant of
the auditor on the Treasurer' and
countersigned by the Governor. Such
a provision applies to the Legislatures
of the Philippines and Hawaii and
"it has prevented in those to conn
tries fcny misnse of the power of ap
propriation."
The President reviews the estab
lishment of the present government
for Porto Rico by the Foraker act.
He says the statue directing how ex?
the institution of the present Assem
bly the House of Delegates has uni
fcrmely held up " the appropriation
bills until.the last minute of the
regular session and has sought to use
the power to do so as a means of
compelling thc concerrence of the
Executive Council in legislation Which
the House desired. In the last regu
lar Legislative Assembly the attitude
of the "Execuive Council in refusing
to pass bills led the House of Dele
gates to refuse to pass the nc?ssary
appropriation bilis. x
Mr. Taft discusses the acts of the
Legislature and of the council in de
tail and says the facts recited demon
strate the willingness of the Repre
sentatives of the people in the House
of Delegates to subvert. the govern>
ment in order to secure, the passage
of certain legislation.
The question whether the proposed
legislation should be enacted into law
Was left by the fundamental act to
the joint action of the Execulve
Council and he Htnse of Delegates
as the Legislative Assembly. The
House of Delegates, says the Presi
dent, proposes itself to secure thia
legislation without respect to he op
position of the Executive Council,
"or else pull down the government."
This growing spirit shows that too
great poorer has been vested in the
delegates. Th.!, message presents an
exhaustive economic review of con
ditions on the island, its trade and
its wealthy its improved educational
facilities.
It peints out that "there never was
a'time in the history of the island
when the average prosperity of the
Porto Ricans has been higher, his
opportunity greater, his liberty in
thought and action moro secure." For
the first time in its history, ?
The President points out that If th*
Porto Ricans desire a change in the
form of the Foraker act this is a mat
ter of congressional consideration,
dependent on the effect of. such a
change on the real political progress
on the island.
Such a change, he says, should be
sought, in an orderly way and not
brought to the at^ntion of Congress
by "paralyzing the ann of th', exist
ing government." The fact of tht
Porto Ricans forgetting the gener
osity of this government) "should not
be an occasion for surprise, nor in
dealing with a whole people can it be
made the basis of a charge of in
gratitude."
"When we assumed guardianship
orer them and the guidance of their
destinies we must have been conscious
that a people that had enjoyed so
little opportunity for education could
not bo expected safely for themselves .
to exericise thc full power of self
government and the present develop
ment is only an indication that wc
hs vc gone somewhat too fast in t he
extension of political power to them
for their ov,-u good.
CR??T MAN PASSES
Bishop Galloway Dies After a
Brief Illness of Pneumonia,
QUITE NOTED METHODIST DIVINE
Vost Prominent of the Bishops of
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
-Hanked Among Greatest Pulpit
Orators of America-His Writings
Covered a Wider Range, Perhaps.
Than Those of Any Other Person
Connected With the Church,
Jackson, Miss., Speoial.r-Bishop
Charles B. Galloway, of the Metho
dist Episcopal church South, died of
pneumonia at his home here at 5
o'clock Wodnesday morning. Bishop
?Galloway, Mississippi's most distin
guished divine and best-known pub
licist,.for the last twenty years held
rank among the "greatest pulpit ora*
tors of America.
Orders were issued for all depart*
ments of the Federal, State, cennty
and municipal government to remain
closed Thursday, and Mayor Crowder
has issued o proclamation urging all
the business houses to closo for tb?
day.
Bishop Galloway was possibly th?
most prominent of the bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South.
He was born at Kosciusko, Miss*
September 1, 1S49, and graduated in
1868 from the University of Missis
sippi. The decree of doctor of laws
was later conferred upon bim by th?
Northwestern University and by Tu
lane University. He entered the min
istry in 1869.
Bishop Galloway's writing covered
a wider range, perhaps, than those of
any other person connected with the
Methodist Episcopal chureh, South,
and he'traveled extensively. For a .
number of years he took an active
interest in the prohibition campaign
in Mississippi and other Southern
States. He was president of the.
beard of education of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South; president of
the hoard of trustees of Milisaps Col
lege ahd.Vand- ~** University and
was a mr'' ?L of tne board of trus
tees of lie John F: Slater Fund.
MONUMENT TO HENRY WIRZ.
Veil From the Tali Straight, White
Monolith Was Loosed by Mn. Per
rin, Only Living Daughter of th*
Bead Commander.
Andersonville, Ga., Special.-Under
the Stars and Stripes and the Con
federate Stors and Bars, there was
dedicated "here Wednesday the monu
ment to Capt. Henry Wira, comman
der of Andersonville prison, and exe
cuted at Washington at the ead of
the war on order of a military com
mission, which tried him for murder
and flagrant cruelty-martyred, not
executed-the Georgia Daughters of
the Confederacy unveiled the monu
t--I Wn^nMulnv in .rho Knna fhflf i?
Spring nine jju?vt.i._ ...?.??.- ~~.t^.-v?
upon the monument, apd speakers,
who loved the respected "Lost
Cause,*' stood near its base under the
once rival flags and told many incir
dents in thc career of Wira, stories
of kindness to Northern prisoners
and of attempts to secure for them
food and shelter which he could not
get. . '
Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of The
Savannah Press, said that the dedi?
cation was not intended to reopen
questions long since settled, but to do
an act of justice too long delayed. Of
the difficulties under which Wira
worked, he said: "Wira was ham
pered at every step hy the exigencies
of his own government. While Gen.
Dick Taylor was traveling through
south Georgia during the latter part
of the war, he related that the train
stopped at Andersonville. There en
tered his ?ar a Confederate officer
named Wira, who said he was in
charge of the prison and that the men
were greatly in need of provisions
and protection. They were without
blankets and shelter and were, inade
Q ii at civ snnlied with food."
Memorial Tablet Unveiled.
Petersburg, Special.-A memorial
tablet on the baattleneld of "Bloody '
Angle" and a monument at Salem*
church, in memory of the New Jersey
volunteers, who fell on the battle
fields of Spottsy1?an;a county iu the
civil war were unveilod Wednesday.
Col. B. Massey, representing Governor
Swanson, delivered the address of
welcome at tho tablet unveiling.
General Joseph Plnmo then transfer
red the memorial to the State oj! New
Jersey, and Governor Fort, ol' that
?tate, made a speech accepting and
transferring it again to the Fifteenth
Ndw Jersey olunteer veterans asso
ciation.
Roosevelt's Luck Continues.
Nairobi, British East Africa, By
Cable-Theodore Roosevelt's hunting
luck continues. The former Presi
dent, on his last expedition, .shot a
leopard and capured the animal's
two cubs. A buffalo and two giraffes
also have been captured by the expe
dition. The party is still in camp at
Machakos. No further cases of small
pox have developed among the port
ers of the expedition.,_
Wrights Home A?ain. .
New York, Special.-Wilbur and
Orville Wright, tho American aero
plainists, returned from the scenes of
their European triumphs Thursday.
They were accompanied by their sis
ter. Miss Katherine Wright, who
made three nights at Pau recently,
and said that she was not ^seared a
bit by her experience. The brotV
said that they had signed contrats
to kc,:p them busy until they could get
back to "Europe and sign more, that
about sixty of thei. aeropknes wers
now in process of construction.