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THE DAILY PRESS Is the only newspaper in Newport News that receives the full Asso? ciated Press report. VOL. XII. NO. 19 NOW HAVE FIVE JURORS FOR THE THAW TRIAL Three Acceptable Men Were Found in the Last Three Quarters of an Hour. BOTH SIDES WANT TO HURRY WORK The Fact That Members of the Jury Will Have to Be Practically Con? fined During the Trial Causes Many Men to Shirk the Duty? Mrs. Thaw, Senior, III. (By Associated PresB). NEW YORK, Jan. 24.?After try? ing tor more than four hours of the morning and afternoon sessions to secure an additional juror to try Harry K. Thaw for killing Stanford White, and Just when counsel and spectators; and even the defendant himself, were drowsy from the mono? tony of the proceedings, there came a BUddon change in the tide and s/ithln the last three quarters of an hour three new Jurors were ac? cepted and sworn in. When court adjourned for the day, five jurors had been accepted. Twenty three talesmen had been examined without success when the unexpected happened and two tales? men in succession proved acceptable to lioth District Attorney Jerome and the defendant's attorneys. Then fol? lowed tit0 drawing of five ' njoro talesmen who were excused for one reason or another. Henry C."Har? tley, a piano dealer, about. 55 years of age was the thirty flnt talcs man to be called and as he had never formed an opinion in the case and bad read but little about it in the papers, lie was quickly accepted. The other Jurors chosen today were George Praff 34 years of age, a dealer In machinists supplies, and Arthur S. Campbell, 42 years of age, a superintendent of telegraph and Itelephonte (construction. The two jurors selected the first day of the trial were Denilng B. Smith, a retired manufacturer who will serve as foreman, and Charles H. Fecke a shipping agent. Bach of the jurors is married and has a family. Don't Want to Serve on Jury. The tedious manner in which the selection of jurors proceeded to? day makes it difficult to predict just when the trial panel of twelve will finally be filled. The order of the court that the jury must bo kept together under the care of the bailiffs had the apparent effect of making many of the tales? men reticent to serve. Various ex? cuses were offered today, one man declaring that to be locked up for two months would so wreck his nerves as to make a calm considera? tion of the case an impossibility. He was excused. The nineteen talesmen examined yesterday and the thlnty one today brings the total thus far called for examination up to fifty. If the ratio continues it will require two or three days yet to complete tho jury- There was a feeling after the adjournment of court tonight, however, that both sides would try to facilitate mat? ters as much as possible. . Of the thirty preomptory challenges each allowed the prosecution and the de fense, the former has used eight and "the latter six. The defense today seemed willing to accept any talesmen who made reasonable answers to the questions propound? ing by the district attorney. Slight Clue to the Defense. The fact that Thaw's1 attorneys asked several of the talesmen if they had any prejudice against any particular line or character of de fenso was taken by mnny to In? dicate that the defense may be cither the socallod "nnwritten law" | or emotional insanity, or a combi? nation of both. Thaw's attorneys again today ' fered no objections, however, to the district attorney's question as to whether or not. tho proposed jurors would he guided by the act? ual law as laid down by the court to the exclusion of any fanciful NEWI law they might themselves Import Into the case. Each of the accoptc ^ jurors promised to abide by tho interpretation of the court. Mother Not In Court Today. Mrs. William Thaw, mother of "the defendant, was not In court today. She was greatly fatigued by nhe long session of yesterday and was on the verge of collnpso at one time during the night. She remained in her apartments, where she was attended by her daughter, tho Countess of Yarmouth. The other mombers of the family were In their accumstomed scnta In court behind the defendant. Howard Nos bitt, a brother of Mrs. Harry K. Tfliaw,* also way In court, silting well In tho rear with .the man who was Stanford White's seer tary. Neither he nor his sister glanced at each other. Po'ice Had Crowd Under Control. None of the confusion which was so apparent yesterday marked the opening of the second day of the trial. Today the police had bite situation well in hand and those who had no immediate business In the court room learned yesterday the futility of trying to break througih the cordon or bluecoats. Evelyn Hides Her Face. Nearly half an hour before the morning cession opened, Mrs. Evelyn NeEbit Thaw made her way Into the court room through the main door way. She wore the same blue dress as yesterday. Her Teaturet were again obscured by the heavy white tulle veil. May McKenzie followed close behind the prisoner's wife, and then came Harris George Lad tier Carnegie. Mrs. Carnegie was muffled in furs. The Thaw's lni'ioslng nrray of counsel, number? ing -six in all together, reached the oourt room shortly before 10:30 o'clock, at which Unto Thaw was In tho prisoner's pen, waiting to make bib- entrance. i ...... Public Was Barred, . * :'? *^ " The" "newspaper" writers and tales? men again filled every available space and the public wns barred. Joslah C. Thaw, brother of the accused, was In court for the first Dime. The district attorney followed In detail the lines of examination he pursued yesterday. His ques? tions seemed to be directed to ? purpose of securing a jury which would not be swayed by sentiment or emotion, but which would be guided 'by law of the State as In? terpreted by the presiding justice to the exclusion of any so called higher or unwritten law. Thaw was Indifferent. I Thaw seamed to take little in? terest in the examination of tho italostnen. When the district attor? ney asked a talesman if .he was acquainted in Pittshurg or with Truxton Beale of Thomas McCallcb, Thaw bent forward to catcii the answer, after which he settled back iu his scat. His eyes sought those of talesmen only now and then, but most of the time his gaze was directed at the table before him. Wien Mr. Hartridge. his own counsel, took up the examinatlc. Thaw appeared more animated and whispered several times to the at? torneys nearest, him. These were Delphin Delmas, on his right, and A. R. Peahody, on'the left. During, tho luncheon i-ece&s Ubere was ? conference between Thaw and hts counsel In the prisoner's room. By special perniil8BiOn of the court tho prisoner's w|lfc? Iiis sister. :Mirs. 'Carnegie, and his brother wore per? mitted to visit 'him at the same time. When Thaw came In after the recess his eyes were all for his wife. Ho stopped ns he passed her and bowed very low to her. The Wife Ever Alert. The young woman loaned forward ' In her seat, smiling radiantly. There was much restlessness In the court room and It seemed as though I the strain of the extended exaira J inatlons, which contained so many repetitions, was beginning to tire the spectators. This wasn't true, however, of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw wh< followed Mr. Jerome's questioning of the talesmen with as eager inter? est as ever. The prisoner's far was expressionless, but he whis? pered occnlonally with his lawyer. Great Interest in Cas.;. The Thaw1" case is being reported to the ends of tone civilized world The cmlnonce of the victim, the wealth of the prisoner, the drmatlc circumstances of the crime, and flhe light It sheds, not only on Broadway life. Inn on the doings of the fast sot In ovory capital, havo caused special arrangomont? (Continued on Page Two). 'ORT NEWS, VA., FI TO EXPEND $10,000,000 FOR RIG BATTLESHIP House Committee Reaches an Agreement on the Naval Appropriation Bill. 52.000.000 MOREFOR SUBMARINES _i The Total Appropriation for the Betterment of the American Navy Amounts to $?5,000,000?Provis? ions Made for 3,000 Additional Sailors. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 24.? Am appropriation carrying about $05.000,000 is provided for in the naval appropriation bill agreed on today by the House Committee on Naval Affairs. The 'hill provide? for an additional battleship of the' type agreed upon In the naval appropiia* tlori bill of la?t year. It also makes ?provision for two torpedo boat de? stroyers ami appropriates $2,000,000 for submarines. This $2,000,000 is additional to the $1,000,000 for sub? marines, provided In the bill lant year, which has not yet been ex? pended. Provision is made for abou1 3.000 additional sailois and 900 ad? ditional marines. The new battleship provided for /:i the bill its to be a sister ship I or the-. wns.te.rrfauthpr^ze^''b}?4<^>.J Bress? iast' year.'-wfrlch 'lite''Mil* re-_j quired should 'be Ma 'first class %W\ tleshlp carrying as heavy armor and | as powerful armament as any known j vessel of Us class to have the high- j est practicable speed and greatest | practicable radius of action. The cost of the new battleship Is. estimated at $10,000,000. HOUSE VOTES TO ABOLISH SUB PENSION AGENCIES Work of Centralizing All Payments \o Old Soldiers Has Been Finally Accomplished. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 24.? The House today voted to abolish all tlie pension agencies throughout the country, eighteen in number, and centralize the payment of pen? sions In the city of Washlngtjft.l This action was taken on the pen? sion appropriation bill after spirited opposition on the part of those hav? ing pension agencies In their Slates. By a vote of 58 to 114, nn amend? ment offered by Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, restoring the number of agencies to eighteen as at res? ent., was defeated and then an nmendment offered by Mr. Gar'lner of Michigan, consolidating all the agencies into ono was adopted with? out division. The ?pension appro? priation hill carrying $13, 000,000 in round numbers was pass? ed. A message from the President wn8 read, relative to insurance ana at 2:30, put of, respect to the mem? ory of the late Senator Alger of Michigan, the House ajourned. ALGER'S DEATH MAKES SENATE'S SESSION SHORT Committee Will Attend the Body to Detroit and Suitable Resolu? tions are Adopted. (By Associated Press). WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24.? The session of the Senate today was devoted entirely to the death or Senator Alger. Rev. Dr. FJdward Everett Hale delivered a special prayer, after which the reading of tho journal of yesterday was In? terrupted by Senator Burrows who presented resolutions expressing the regret and sorrow of the body of the sudden death and providing for a special commlttco of twelve Sen? ators to represent the Senate at tho funeral and attend tho body to Detroit. The resolution was agreed to and oh motion of Senator Bur? rows, the Senate immediately, at 12:17 p. in., adjourned as a rurthor mark of respect. UDAY. JANUARY 25. WE WILL ESTIMATE I WEALTH 8Y BILLIONS So Says Chancellor Day of Syra? cuse University in Speech De fore Brooklyn Manufacturers. GREAT CORPORATIONS A NECESSITY The Man Who Is Now Against Them Will Take Mis Place in History Alongside the Man Who Smashed Whitney's Cotton Gin and Ridiculed Stephenson's First Locomotive. (By Associated PresB). NEW YORK, Jan. 24.?Tho annual dinner of the Manufacturers' Club of Brooklyn was he'd nt tho Union League club tonight. There were alout 400 present. President McFarland. president of the association presided. The princi? pal speaker of the evening was Chan? cellor Day of Syracuse University. Among other things Chancellor Day said: "No Individual can use such eapltal or furnish the executive abil? ity for such achievements as the MmoH now demand. Mon must bo incorporated and money mnHsed Into thousands of millions for such pur? poses. "The man who Is shouting hlmsolf hoarse over trusts nnd corporations and swollen fortunes will tuko his plnce, in history wljh 'thc men who ?"niash?d Arkwright's loom und Whit? ney's cotton "gin. 'nuti "the pamphlet era who ridiculed George Stevenson's locomotive. ?It makes little difference whether yon discipline the great forms of business by direct enactment or reg? ulate them to death. The mechanics and worklngmen In this country nro being Incorporated by a spirit of i rampant Investigation nnd business | persecution today far more than are I those of the grent corporations. "II Is stupendous folly to tnlk about giving Individuals a chance to net by forbidding Individuals to work together. It Ik a piece of Insolence for the Individual to Insist that the corporations shall be disbanded be? cause It yells mo goods cheaper than he can. This new doctrine that you can legislate unsuccessful men Into success la a ])lern of imbecility. The modern monarch loves to Invest and to give away his money. "Prosecuting attorneys nre preying like- wolves on every corporation where judges and prosecuting attor? neys know that thev are unable to convict. As to swollen fortunes we better look alout for now and greater uses to which to applv them in open? ing unused resources of our country nnd in philanthropy and promoting common thrift, than In the socialist insanity of confiscating nbove a cer? tain sum to be set by our congress? men. "Millions have taken the place of hundreds of thousands as the stand ard of wealth. Billions will roplnco millions before tho century closes. Washington Theatre Burned. ^ (By Associated PremO WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 24.? Tho Academy of Mu.slc, at Ninth and B streets, NorthwcBt, was al? most completely gutted by Are ? unknown origin which btoke out about five o'clock this afternoon. The loss is estimated nt $80,000. Two horses, drawing engine No. 20, were killed In a collision with a Btroet car while on the way to the Are. LUMBERMEN AGAINST FOREIGN COMPETITION National Export Association in Sess? ion at Norfolk Take a Stand Against It. (By Associated-Pre**.) NORFOLK, VA.. Jail 21.?Strong protests against the sollctlng for commerce from Europe were entered at todnv's session of the National Export I.umber Association. It Is claimed th;it United States Lum? bermen are hurt by underbidding from foreign places and that this 1 '.'' '' ? ? ' ? ? ? ? '? i' 1907. underbidding materially affects' tho trade of thlj country. Tho nsRocla lion will use every effort to enforce a change. Offlcera were elected as follows: John U. Alott. Ualtlmoro, president: George- V. Splcgnl, first vlco-iireshlent: Harvey M. Dlckson, Norfolk, second vlec-prcsldent; R. W. Price, Daltlmore, treasurer; U. M. Terry, secretary. No Bucket Shops In 8. C. <Rv Associated Pros?.) COLUMBIA, 3. C Jan. 24.?The Senate today passed a hill providing for tho abolishment of bucket Shops In South Carolina. Tho same bill passed the House biBt year, hut wiih killed In the Sonate. The vote? was more than two to one In favor of the bill. DECISION IN CORE WILL CONTEST FAVORS HUSBAND Court of Appeals Affirms the Rul? ings of the Court of Law and Chancery. (By Associated ProBM NORFOI,K, VA., Jan. 24.?The Court of Appeals of Virginia today affirmed tho declHlon of the Court of I.nw and Chancery In the famous Core will case. Involving property nt Lambert's 'Point, near Norfolk, valued at $200,000, which heirs at law of the late Mrs. John II. Core sought to sccuro from her lumhnnd, alleging the Invalidity of deeds and n will made by Mrs -Core conveying tho property to her husband, It being charged that the will waH executed at a time before , the Vir? ginia legislature gave to married women the right of executing wllla. Under the decision the husband re? tain*, In Its entirety the property attached. BUTTON IN WASHINGTON; GUN IN CHARLESTON Our Strengus President is Going to ; Give- ?n- EMbibjtion ? of Uoon.. 'Range Markem'anshlp. . I (Rv Associated Pres?.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 24.? The President will write a >, letter on the subject of target practice to be read at tho national shooting festival to he held at Charleston! S. C, In May, a; the lime of tho triennial meeting of the National iichut/.enbund. He will also prosa a button at tin? White House, which will fire the first three rllle shots at the festival. President Roose? velt made those promises to a colnmitCQ of tin German rllle club of Charleston. S. C. who called on him at. the White House today and asked him to attend the festival. BOY AND GIRL CARRY OUT DEATH CjMPACT They Were Cousins and Their Par? ents Objected to Their Being Too Intimate. (Uy Associated Press). NBVV YORK, Jan. 24.?Sarah Kling, nged 18, of Orchnnl street wa3 dhot and instantly killed today by her cousin, Mayer Schwartz, aged 17. at his homo at 105 Broome street. Schwartz then shot and In Kantly killed hlmaolf. It Is believed that the boy and girl entered Into a pact to d'> together because their parents objected to their fondness for each oUier. Three notes were found all sign? ed by the hoy one of them read as follows: "My father did not al? low mo to go to her. Her mother did not allow her to go to me and therefore we both go together."* KNOCKED OVERBOARD; SWAM OVER AN HOUR Sailor Had Been Exposed to the Bit? ter Cold, But Was All Right When Rescued. (My Associated Press). CHARLfC?TON. S. C. Jan. 21 ? Willie Povenren. a sailor knocked overboard from the harkentlnc Fran ecs, Jan. 18, when the vessel collided with the Clyde Steamship Coinnnche In a dense fog while off Diamond Shoals Light ship, was brought Into port today by the schooner Grade D. Buchanan, Captain Harrington. Povenren was found struggling in tho water, perfectly nude, and ubout to give up when taken on board the schooner. It was bitterly cold, but tho sailor who Is a powerful man. had with? stood the cold, and the strain of swimming In the ocean for over an hour. He was about 15 miles south? west by west of tho lightship when picked up. THE WEATHER. Partly cloudy In the south, rain In the north portion. Friday warmer; Saturday, fair, colder, fresh south winds. PRICE TWO CENTS THE HAS BEEN CLASS Believed In London That the Ca? reer ot the Governor of Ja? maica Is at an End. CORRESPONDENCE NOT GIVEN OUT Washington Sends Out the State? ment That Admiral Davis' Action In Landing Troops Was Not With? out Precedent?Brltloh Govern? ment Will Act Later. (By A?sociated Press.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 21.? President. Roosevelt tonight received a cablegram from the Most Rov. Dr. Koos Nuttel, Lord Archbishop of the West Indies and chairman of the Kingston relief committee, tendering his thanks for the prompt visit of the American wnrr.hlps under Read Ad? miral Davis. 'I no message In ub fol? lows: "We all npprccluto deeply American sympathy In our dlatres.t and the prompt visit of your men of war for our succor. The nupply of footl available for tho rellof .commit? tee In Rufflclnnt. After mooting tho cost of this our next great want will he thp means for making small houses habitable. , All our people aro behaving splendidly." Tho official full text of the cor res tnondonco between Road Admiral Da* '/.Is and Um governor which did not. iyUrfor'-''i,tV.'n!'*lhi! communication trans--' mltted^'b*' the A'tisoolato'd -Press lauf. Sunday has boon received ben'. From this correspondence it appears that Roar Admiral Davis landed a party of rIx for th? purpose of guarding nnd searching tho archives of the Ameri? can consulate and another party of ten men for the purpose of clearing away the wreckage. Admiral Davis took a carriage to visit the gover? nor's bonne nnd round him living with his family Intents and wiih ac? companied hack to the oily by the governor. That sumo afternoon, up? on request of the governor the men were withdrawn from shore and re? turned to their ships. The action of Admiral Davis In landing under the conditions is not without precedent, there being numerous enses to Justify' It. Swettenham's Days Over. LONDON, .Tan. 21.?-The Colonial office bus recolved several telegrams front Sir Alexander Swoftonhntn, tho Governor of Jamaica, acknowledging tho Incident with Rear Admiral Da? vis, but not one Is of such n charac to give It to the public. The foreign office savB It has had no further communication from Washington and that with the report of President Roosevelt'B telegram, through Assist? ant Secretary of State Bacon, tho question is regarded as settled. A l the same time it Is possible that when Governor Swellenham's ack? nowledgement is recolved in full ; there will bo further communication with the government of tho United States. The Associated Press gained tho general Impression at the government offices today that Governor Swettcn hnm's career Is at an end. GRAND WRY INDICTS STROTHER BROTHER! Two Men Who Killed William F. Bywaters In Cold Blood Will Have to Face Murder Charge. fBv Associated PrtBS.1 CUIPICPER, VA., Jan. 21.?Phill? ip J. nnd Jam^s A. Strothers. broth? ers, were Indicted by the grand Jury today for tho killing of Wil? liam F. Bywaters, recently, within an hour after he had married their sitter. The giand jury heard a largo num? ber of witnesses, the testimony1 of each comparatively brief. The indictment was returned within a few hours after the cas:: was taken up. Mrs. Bywaters was too ill to rtfj pear before tue grand Jury.