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VOL. X.. NO. 245
rCDRDY DEFIES
TBE COMMISSION
Newspaper Men as Well as Legis?
lators on Company's
Pay Roll.
r- ? ? - .
$5,000 PAID TO COMMISSIONER
President of Mutual Just Misses Being
Indicted for Refusing to Answer
Questions About How the Policy.
j Holders Are Deprived of Their Divi.
I dends?Spectators Get Excited.
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f (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 17.?Testimony In
the Insurance Investigation, which
was resumed today after a week's
adjournment taken because of the
death of S. Prod Nixon, was most c.\
rlllng, and only the repeated threats
of Senator Armstrong to clear the
room, prevented violent demonstn
lions of disapprobation of the witness,
who was Richard A. McCurdy. presi?
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance
('ompany.
Crowd Causes a Scene.
As It was, however, there were
Jeers at several periods that tempo?
rarily Interrupted the testimony.
These came when Mr. Hughes, 4ho
counsel for the commission, asked tin?
questions that Mr. McCurdy was re?
luctant to answer, or evaded, and
were made by the crowd that stood
back of the room.
In Mr. McCurdy's testimony today
a feature entirely new was disclosed,
and this was that (he Mutual Life in?
surance Company employed a literary
bureau to send out to the press of
the country news matter that wns of
henellt to the company.
Newspaper Man on Its Staff.
This information came old when a
voucher for the payment of $2,600 to
Joseph Howard, Jr., In 1004, was pro?
duced. Another voucher for the sann;
amount paid In M?r, 101)5, was mark?
ed "repayable on demand" and "for
professional services.-'
An attempt was made to obtain from
Mr. McCurdy the reason for reducing
the dividends on |K)1lclos as the busi?
ness increased, and the assets piled
up. This question was prompted by
letters which came from alt over the
country, Mr. Hughes explained.
Policyholders Wronged.
The examples cited were principally
on the policies of the 10-payment life
plan. One In particular, for $3,000,
that In 1870 drew a dividend of $55.7';,
had been gradually cut, until In 1904
It received only $:t. The writer In?
closed tables and statements from the
company's reports, and said this was
in the face of the reserve Increasing
year after year.
To all the questions on this matter
the witness said he was not fortified
with the information required. tic
refused to discuss the question or to
enter any discussion.
Is It Only a Farce?
Mr. McCurdy's demeanor was ho
insistent, and at times defiant, that
the spectators bent forward to catch
every word and stood on tip too, ex?
pecting every moment to hear him
directed by counsel to answer the
question. His proffer of another wit?
ness was all that prevented steps be?
ing taken toward his Indictment.
Mrj McCurdy thought that putting
a witness Under oath made him feel
he was on the rack. lie said his an?
swers were published In a distorted
form, Hint, appeared like an attempt
lo ruin him.
Goaded by Attorney He is Insulting.
Afler taking up the questions of the
reduction of dividends, Mr. Hughes
rend a long list of policy numbers
with the amounts of the face of the
policy what had been paid In and tho
dividends received by tho policy
holders. Asked what he had to say
to these, Mr. McCurdy said, "figures
don't lie. but Hers can figure.' He
then hastily explained that he meant
that facetiously and that ho would bo
glad to verify the figures.
Insurance Commissioners Paid.
At the afternoon session Mr. Mc?
Curdy was on the stand concerning a
payment of $5,000 to Win. A. Frlcke. a
former insurance commissioner of
Wisconsin. Mr. McCurdy testified that,
this payment wns made, after the re?
ceipt of a letter from Ohas. T. Lewis,
paying thai Mr. Frlcke would accept
a retainer "to see Hist the Interests
of the Mutual Life should come to
NEWPOR
no harm" In that State. McCurdy
authorized the payment of the money.
JURISDICTION IN QUESTION.
Does Alexandria Belong to State or
Nation is a Problem Being Solved.
(Special to th? Daily Press.)
RICHMOND. VA.. Oct. 17.?The
i'rkc brought before Judge Edmund
Waddlll In the United States District
Court by John A. Lamb to determine
whether Alexandria county Is a part
of the District of Colunibin was argued
todny.
Judge Waddlll postponed. Iii? deci?
sion until tomorrow. The prisoner;--,
.lohn C. Nelson and James LaFoutalno,
were In court. Mr. Lamb, who is their
council, bad applied for a writ of
habeas corpus lor their release.
The case grew out of Hie Alexandria
Island gambling incident and involves
I he constitutionality of a recession of
a portion of tin District to Virginia.
GEN. GLENN DIES.
Brother of the Governor of Nort'i
Carolina Passes Away Suddenly.
(By Associated Proas.)
RALEIGH, N. C. Oct. 18.?Just be?
fore midnight tonight General James
D. Glenn, brother and private secre?
tary of Governor Glenn, died as the
result of an attack of acute indiges?
tion suffered Sunday morning.
SOLD INTO SLAVERY
White Woman Held in Bondage
by Chinese Mandarins.
_
SALES ARE MADE IN CHICAGO
Girls Induced to Cross the Sea to
Cathay to Enter Households of Rich
Celestials, But They Are Held in
Bondage Worse Than Death.
(Hy Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.?Trafllc in young
women purchased in Chicago to be
sold In all parts of ihe empire of
China, has been discovered by local
federal and police authorities, hut
thus far no law has been found pro?
hibiting the exporting of American
women to foreign countries. The po?
lice are lu possession of the names
of two women, one in Chicago and
one in Shanghai, China, who are
thought to be leaders in the practice.
The plan used in the operation of
the alleged ring was. It Is believed, to
first hire unsuspecting girls templing
them with lurid stories of wealth n
the Orient. A position of maid or
high servant in wealthy Chinese fam?
ilies Is said to have been the halt
offered. To bind the contract the ap?
plicant for the position wns told that
her traveling and living expenses
i would be pnid and all the clothing
necessary furnished.
When the women reached China
they were Immediately placed under
guard and sent to the purchasers, who
had previously paid from $600 to f 1,000
for each. Many are supposed to be
held In palaces of wealthy Chlnesa
under heavy guards.
LIFE PRISONER IS
HANGED BY MOB
Negro Murderer Under Sentence Is
Taken Out and Lynched in
Kentucky.
(Hy Associated Press.)
LONDON. KY., Oct. 17.?Virgil
Bowers, a negro, was taken out of the
county jail here by a mob last night.!
and hanged to a tree on the road'lead'
Ingto Barbourvllfe. Bowers shot and
killed George Ferris, a prominent and
Wealthy Knox county lumber dealer on
tho night of August 20.
The murderer was tried by the Lau-j
rel county jury last week. The jury
disagreed, ten being for the. death pen
| ally and two for a Iffe sentence. A
second trial, by a jury brought, from
brought, from Itoek Castle county ren?
dered a verdict of life sentence, after
ten Jurors had voted for hanging.
The mob is thought to have come
from Knox? county. They forced the
jailer to deliver Ihe prisoner.
Railroad Sold.
(By AsBoclatPil Presn.)
WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 17.?
James H, Chadbourn, of Wilmington.
I haR sold the Conway Coast and West
J ern Railroad to the Atlantic Coast
Llue railroad company
T NEWS, VA., WEDN
ABSOLUTELY FALSE
SAYS JUDGE LEWIS
Republican Nominee for Governor
Denies That he Tver Favored
Miscegenation.
REPUDIATES JONES' STATEMENT
He Recalls Joint Debate That Occur?
red Nearly a Quarter Century Ago
But Doe-r Not Remember Making
Any Such Remark?Jones Reiterates
His Charges Against the Jurist.
I
(Special to the Dally Press.)
RICHMOND, VA., Oct. 17.?Judge
L. L. Lewis, Republican candidate fot^
governor of Virginia, today made an
indignant denial of the ideas expressed
an indignant denial of the ideas ex?
pressed In the speech by William A.
Jones at. Fredcrlcksburg last night.
Judge Lewis today dictated the fol?
lowing statement regarding the speech
of Mr. Jones:
"The charge that I ever advocated
miscegenation in Virginia is absolutely
false. The Joint discussion referred
to by Mr. Jones in Iiis speecli at Fred?
crlcksburg last night took place so
ninny years ago that I had almost for?
gotten it.
"If in that discussion anything was
said about legislation, enacted or con?
templated, forbidding Intermarriage
between races, 1 may have expressed
I he opinion that, as marriage Is found?
ed upon contract, a law forbidding
intermarriage between any classes of
citizens in the United States might,
he unconstitutional, as some lawyers^
at one time, before the. question tvsf
decided by the courts, thought.
Denies 'he Charge Flatly.
"Rut 1 utterly deny that I was ever
personally In favor of miscegenation
of anything of the kind. It is very
remarkable, if I ever publicly expres?
sed any such sentiment as that now
attributed to tue in the beat of a po
lliicai campaign, that the people
among whom I have all these years
lived were not sooner told of it.
t
"The discussion in question oeeured
In September, 1881, between General
Hundley and myself, til Chesterfield
Courthouse. A few months after?
wards, when the event was very re?
cent, I was elected by the legislature
a judge of the Supreme Court of Ap?
peals of Virginia, and no allusion was
made by any Democratic member of
the legislature at the time to any.such
thing as that now charged against
me.
"I remember that in the McKinley
campaign of 18!tt;. when I was tho
In this district, Judge Hundley and 1
met In Joint debate at King .William
Courthouse and on that, occasion not
the remottest allusion was made to
any such thing as the belated charge
now against mo."
Jones Sticks to His Assertions.
KR15DI3RICKSDURO. VA.,.Ovt. 17 ?
An unusual amount, of interest is
manifested hero today by both Demo?
crats and Republicans as a result of
Congressman William A. Jones'
charge made here, last night, to the ef?
fect that. Judge Lewis opi>osed the bill
to prohibit Intermarriage of the blacks
and whiles In this State.
Mr. Jones remained In the city last,
night and Hits morning expressed his
Intention of producing the proof in
?case Judge l<cwla makes denial.
Anent the recent primary, the dis?
approval here of Mr. Jones' letter at
lacikng Senator Martin was evidenced
last night by the small crowd which
greeted the congressman. This city
was a stronghold of Senator Martin's;
SOUTH ANXIOUS TO
WELCOME ALIENS
Virginia Wants Good Foreigners to
Work on Her Idle Farms, Where
Labor Is Scarce.
(HpeciHl to the Dnlly I'rrna.)
RICHMOND, Oct. 17.?The r.tate
board of agriculture today adopted a
recommendation that in order to sup?
ply farm labor in Virginia an effort
lie made to have the United States
government, provide immlgi.:"'>n agen?
cies for the states at Ellis Island and
that ngeneles be bJko established in
foreign countries from which the most
desirable class of immigrants are to bo
obtained.
ES DAY, OCTOBER If
MOORS ATTACK A
BRITISH WAR CRAFT
Bandits Puncture the funnel of
Torpedo Boat Dccstoycr
Off CeiHa.
TWO ENGLISHMEN ART; SEIZED
Valicatc's Brother, a Leader of the
Brigands, Captures a Captain and a
Lieutenant and Holds Them for
Ransom?Another Phase Added to
the Morocco Question.
I
Fearing an attack by a British tor
pedo boat, the bandits of the Anjera
tribe released the two British officers.
Captain Crowther and Lieutenant Hat
ton, who have arrived at Ceuta.
(By Associated Press.)
GIBRALTAR, Oct. 17.?The British
torpedo boat destroyer Cherwcjl re?
ports thnt yesterday evening while
anchored between Ceuta and Ceres
she was fired ul by Moo.-s, whose bul?
lets pierced her funnel. The Cher
well threw her searchlight on the as?
sailants. There were no casualties.
British Naval Men Captured.
TANGIER. MOROCCO. Oct. 17.?
Two British marine officers have been
captured and carried off by the Anjera
tribe, while returning to Ceuta from
the British repair ship Assistance re
cently wrecked in Tctuan Bay.
The officers captured are Captain
?lohn E. Crowther and Lieutenant
Edward A. Shatton, of the royal ma?
rine. They had an escort of twenty
one.RIITs and were attacked by a half
do7.cn Anjoras under a brother of
Yallente, the brigand chief who was
recently arrested at Tangier. The
Riffs fled and tho two officers were
overpowered.
Bandits Have a Record.
The same band lately assassinated
the governor of Ceuta and his son.
The minister of foreign affairs, Mo?
hammed El Torres, has despatched
couriers to ascertain the whereabouts
of the captured pfflcors and open nego?
tiations with their captors.
Communication was effected with
the captives. The brigand chief de?
mands as the terms for their release
the freedom of Vallente, who Is 'im?
prisoned at Fox, The consent of the
Spanish government is necessary be?
fore any further steps can be taken.
England Acts Quickly.
LONDON. Oct. 17.--The British for?
eign office has sent Instructions to Its
minister to Morocco to take energetic
measures In regard to the capture of
the two officers. Several British war?
ships are already off .tho Moorish
coast, in connection with the wreck of
the repair ship Assistance In Tuutan
bay, so there is enough men available
to Impress the Moorish authorities.
MORE WARSHIPS
ARE COMING SOUTH
Massachusetts to Leave the Squadro.-i
and Will Be Replaced by the
Indiana.
(Special to ihe. Dally rress.l
NORFOLK, Oct. 17.?The cruiser
Mayflower is expected to arrive here
October 21 to take President Roose?
velt to Washington on his return from
New Orleans. ,
The gunboat. Bancroft, which has
been In ordinary at the navy yard
here, Is only to have enough repairs
made to keep her from deterioration.
Many states want the boat for naval
reserve service.
Repairs are to be made on the bat?
tleship Massachusetts after the festiv.
Itles In connection with the visit of
Prnce I^oiiis. of Battenburg are ended.
The Indiana will be, substituted for
the Massachusetts In the battleship
squadron later in the year.
Extensive repairs ? are to be made
to the United States navy collier
Caesar, which has been ordered, to
this navy yard to go out of commis?
sion. The vessel Is now al Alexan?
dria. Vu
A quantify of old material atccuiuu
Isted In the navy yard here will be
sold at auction'Thursday, October 20.
The material condemned as unfit for
S, 1905.
lisp Included clothing, blankets, shoes,
provisions, blocks, Imuts, furniture,
machine tools, hose. Maps, dtches, mu?
sical Instruments, hawsers, ordnance
and ordnance stores, boilers, steam
capstans, iron tanks, scrap Iron, shak?
ings, etc.
ARRESTED FOR THEFT.
Slate Bookkeeper Accused of Stealing
Bonds.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBIA. S. C, Oct. 17. ?A war
runt was issued this afternoon for the
arrest of Daniel Zimmerman, hook
keeper and confidential clerk In (In?
state treasurer's office. He is charg?
ed with the theft of state bonds worth
$12,500.
Zimmerman, who is a member of
one of the oldest families in South
Carolina, served under three different
state treasurers, who arc liable for any
shortages during their terms of of?
fice, die liabilities being about as rol
lows: \V. C. T. Hates, $1,200; W. H.
Tlmmermnh, 10,500, nnd H. H. Jen?
nings, $1,101).
Minneapolis in Drydock.
(By Associated Press.)
GENOA, ITALY, Oct. 17.?The.
United States protected cruiser Mlnne
apolis. Hying the (lag of Rear Admiral
Colby M. Chester, has arrived here
from Vlllefranche and has gone Into
dry dock.
|CARTi??S"B?CK
His Lawyer Charges That Client's
Mall Was Open od.
i *-?
ACCUSATIONS ARE UNFOUNDED
Former Army Officer's Attorney As?
serts That Letters Have Been Tam?
pered With While In Transit, But
He Falls to Prove Ba6e Assertions.
fBy Assocltitcil Press.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.?Unwarranted
methods In seeking evidence against.
Oberlln M. Carler, formet- army of?
ficer, charged with misappropriating
almost $3,000,000 from the government
are charged by Carter's counsel. Mr.
Stone bus niado upon charges that
hundreds of letters have been opened
while in tnuislt.
in some Instances, he says, decoy
letters containing fictitious, but ap?
parently highly Important ovldency
were delivered to blin. Attorney
Stone, it. making these charges, says
they do not involve Special Assistant
Attorney General Murion Erwin, and
Special Examiner Johnson, who for
several yours have been pushing the
prosecution of the etiso.
Alsuit one hundred letters which
Attorney Stone declared hud been
tampered with, were placed In Hie
hands of Postofllee Inspector James
E. Stuart ami he submitted them to
an expert, on mall. The report return,
cd to Mr. Stone wus thai the letters
had iittt been opened.
5 to 1 Shot Wins.
(Bt Associated Pr*s*A
NEW YORK, Oct. 17?Hello Strom.',
at 5 to I, won the Huntington selling
stakes at Jamaica today, defeating the
'? to 5 favorlato, Keator. Csaraphlne
went to the front and made the pace
to the stretch, where Belle Strome
moved out and won by two lengths.
FILIBUSTERS G?T
A SOLAR PLEXUS
President Puts Quietus on Revo?
lutionists by Closing
Ports.
(fly Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 17.
ICx|.oi tat Ions of arms. . ammunition
ami munitions ol war of every kind
from any port in Hie United States
or Porto Rico to any, port of the Do?
minican republic is prohibited by a
Presidential proclamation Issued from
the state department today.
This action ban been taken after
consultation with the Dominican gov?
ernment and Is intended to assist
lliom In the enforcement of their reg
illations designed to prevent the per?
ennial revolutionists of the Island
from getting warlike supplies.
Appointed Postmaster,
(By Assoelal'-d Press.?
WASHINGTON, 0 C. OH. ?7 ? Wil?
liam K. Snow, has been appointed
postmaster at Hlghuoiut, N. C.
THE WEATHER.
Partly cloudy and
warmer Wedncsda/:
Thursday, fair, cooler;
east to south winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
BULLIONS PRIZE
FOR BANK LOOTERS
Ten Men Indicted on Charge of
Conspiring to Rob a Den?
ver Depository.
THREE OF THEM ARE ARRESTED
According to the Bills They Only
Wanted to Get $1,712,587 From the
Savings Institution?Plain Every
Day Theft Also Charged Against
One of the Accused Financiers.
(By Associated Pres?.)
DENVER, COL., Oct. 17.?Leonard
Imboden, .lames A. Hill, C. B. WHIey.
E. E. Hull, H. L. Hull. C. C. Roberts.
W. T. Camp, D. D., M. Carey, A. B.
Davis and J. H. Edmondson, were In?
dicted by the grand Jury on the charge
of conspiring to steal $1,712,587 from
the Denver Savings Bank.
Wlldey and Edmundson were former
presidents of the Denver Savings bank
and Hill was president of the samo
bank when a receiver was appointed
on August 1!>. H. L. Hull is president
of ihe Mount. Vornon National bank of
Boston. Roberts and Carey are offi?
cers of the Cherokee State bank of
Enhl. Okla. Camp and Davis are offi?
cers of the Texas State Trust com?
pany of Port Worth, Texas, while Ini
boden and E. F. Hull are promoters.
In addition to the general conspiracy
indictment seven Indictments were
found against. Edmundson on charge:;
of larceny, embezzlement and con?
verting the funds of the depositors to
his own use. He Is charged specifi?
cally" wllh the robbery of $10T>,iluii. '
Four Indictments were returned
against Wllfley, charging hlni with
lending certain funds belonging to the
bank and securing commissions for
his own use.
One Indictment was returned against.
Hill, charging him with the embezzle?
ment of $10,000.
Warrants were Immediately Issued
for tho arrest of the Indicted men.
Imboden, Widey and Hill were arrest?
ed this afternoon.
SIX PERSONS ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Mother and Her Five Little Children
Are Destroyed by the
FlamcR.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, MO.. Oct. 17.?Mrs.
Alice Hartman and her five children
were burned to death and their homo
was destroyed by lire jit Port Royal, e
village in Franklin county. The lire
occurred yesterduy and the news of
It was first received at. Clayton this
afternoon, through a incssonger.
The husband, William Hartman, es?
caped from the burning buildinfl, but.
was unable to save any members of
his family. The dwelling was a two
story frame building and burned like
tinder. It Is snld a defective lino
caused the lire. The family ,waa
aroused from sleep by dense smoke.
Hartman and his wife and bady
were sleeping on the first door while
the other four children sleep up stairs.
Mrs. Hartman, ? carrying her baby,
rushed up stairs to arouse the children
and before Hartman could follow, the
building suddenly burst Into Haides
throughout and he was forced to leave
his entire family to perish. Tho
charred bodies of the six victims wer?
found In the ruins today. The oldest
child was 12 years old.
PRINTERS SHOT DOWN.
Russian Troops Fire on Strikers In
St. Petersburg?40 Injured.
(Ily Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 17.?In an
encounter between the police and
striking printers 4u persons were in?
jured. The printers' strike Is thor?
ough, resulting in suspending every
newspaper except Hie Svel and Of?
ficial Messenger.
SAFE BLOWERS SENTENCED.
Convicted of Robbing a Bank and Get
15 Years Each.
(By Associate PretS.)
LANCASTER. S. C. Oct. 17.?
Fisher and O'Day, found guilty Sat?
urday of blowing open a safe of the
Springs Banking Company, at Heath
Springs, in April, were today sen?
tenced to 15 years in the penitentiary.