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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22

its face that prosecution was barred
Dy the Statute of Limitation, moIe
than two years having elapsed between
the date of the offense charged and
the date of the indictment. The states
prayer for a dismissal of the suit on
this account was, in effect, a vindica-
tion of Pierce's lawyers who resisted
his extradition in the first instance on
the ground that the Indictment was in
sufficient.
Mr.. Pierce returned to St. Louis last
night.
Receiver Eckhardt of the Waters
Pierce Oil company was in the city
today and stated that Federal Receiver
Dorchester's inventory of the proper
ty would hardly be completed before
June 1. 1t will take Mr.. Eckhardt
about thirty days to verify said inven-
tory so that the actual transfer of the
property will hardly be consummated
before July 1.
In the meantime there will hardly
be anything done looking to a dispo-
sition Of the property before the lat
ter date, or very soon afterwards for
that matter. as it is to be presumed
that the state will be cautious about
making sale to anything but the best
advantage, and that it will take its
time in the premises so that the full
value of the property may be obtained.
state Not to be Hasty.
The states purpose in insisting up
on being given charge of the property
was principally to establish it's claim
of jurisdiction in the premises. The
state has no other claim against the
Waters Pierce company, however, but
1t is under obligations to administer
that company's property with due re-
gard to the interest of its stockholders,
it's creditors and those with whom it
has contracts.
These obligations include the one
to finally dispose of the property with
out sacrifice. Under such circun1-
stances it is safe to presume that there
will be no hasty steps taken in this
case and that Judge Wilcox of the
Twenty-siXth district court. who has
charge of the matter, will approve no
sale that would disastrously affect the
integrity of the investment or the val
lie of the business involved in the Tex
as holdings of the Waters Pierce COM
pany.
Furthermore, there are large num-
ber of persons who have business re-
lations with the Waters-Pierce COM
pany whose interests must be consid-
cred. and who are to be guarded from
injury through any ill-advised dispo-
sition of that companys plants in the
state.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
RACE INEQUALITY
Does Not Injure Negroes Reputation
f0 he Arrested.

DOCS NOG 1uJuFe b NeSFOS htpuGdIlOu
to be Arrested.
New York, May pa negro and a
white man do not suffer equal humili-
alton in the eyes of law for false ar
rest, according to the appellate divis-
ion of the supreme court, which today
sustained an order of Justice Dugro
of the supreme court reducing the
amount of damages awarded George
Griffin, Pullman porter, from $4,000
to $500. The negro was arrested in
Montreal, charged with stealing a
pocketbook, but the charge was not
substantiated an dhe was released.
He brought suit against Daniel H.
Brady, New York manufacturer,
who caused his arrest.
In his order Justice Dugro said:
"While in some senses the negro un-
der the law Is just as good man as
the president of the United States. it
would be bad argument to say that
he is just as good in some respects.
The damages in case of this kind
depend on mans standing and cir
cumstances. If he is colored, that
fact should be considered"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
CASTRO MURDER
CHARGE QUASHED
Court Dismissed the Complaint
Charging Ex-President With
Gomez Plot

Caracas, May pa decision was
rendered today by judge of the
criminal court dismissing tho charge
against former President Castro of
completely in a plot to assassinate
Juan Vicente Gomez last December.
Senor Gomez at the time was acting
president of the republic, having been
left at the head of the government by
Castro when he sailed for Europe
November %.
The decision was rendered on a
petition of the attorney general, who
took as the grounds for the plea the
recent amnesty decree of President
Gomez. which gave freedom to all
persons taken prisoner at the time of
the overthrow of the Castro admins
tration last December. when every
body under arrest charged with COM
plicity in the attempted assassination
was liberated.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
CENTENAR|AN
IS A SUICIDE
Widow Says She Does Not
Know What She Will
Do

Dearborn, Mich, May 22.-"Uncle
Billy" Gray, 80 years old. and the
patriarch of this section, decided last
night there was nothing left to 1.-Two
for. Mixing paris green in tin dip
per at his we'll and drinking the po-
ton, the aged man calmly laid down
to die. His wife discovered him and
called a physician who vainly endeav-
ored to save Uncle Billy's" life. The
widow, past 80 years of age, and with
not a living relative, says she does
not know what will become of her
now, although she is in comfortable
financial circumstances.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
NEGRO CONVICT
STILL At LARGE
Guards Searching Penitentiary
Stand Pipe 100 Feet High
For Him

Columbus, O., May 22.-The hunt
for Harvey Johnston, the desperate
negro burglar who escaped from his
guard Wednesday night and is still at
large in the Ohio penitentiary. con-
tinues. Johnston was seen twice at
midnight running through the yards
and was shot at but escaped in the
dark. Warden Jones said today that
he will purchase bloodhounds to be
kept in the prison for just such emer-
gencies. The search for the man con-
tinues in every nook and corner, the
guards being sent even to the top of
the stand pipe. 100 feet high. in the
hope Of finding the desperate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
Charged With Being In1plicat-
ed in the Robbie y of Great
Z
NJ ..thern No. 3
THE STORY IS RlD|CULED AMONG
THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN HIM
Said to be Man Who Would Run
Away From Such e Job Rather Than
Towards lt-His People Live In
Winnipeg.

Spokane, Wash, May 22.-J. w. slat-
ten and j. S. McInnis, the latter a
telegraph operator, we'll known in
Winnipeg. were arrested today by Of
nicer Wallace on suspicion of being the
two train robbers who held up the
Great Northern passenger train No. 8
last Saturday night near Colbert, in
which the robbers are reported to have
secured $4,000. The men are being
held until the engineer and firemen
OF the robbed train may have a look
at them.
Description of Suspects.
I'VE are taking no chances what
ever in regard to suspicious charact-
ers." stated Acting Chief of Police Sui
livan this morning. Slatten. one of
the suspects, is in the city JAIL He
claims to be from Illinois. is drug
gist by occupation and gives his age
as 80 years. All that was found in his
possession were some letters. He an
swers the description of the taller
man, has dark hair and is about six
feet tall. McInnis is not so tall as
Slatten and weighs between 160 and
ITO pounds. He claims to be a tele-
graph operator from Winnipeg and
gave his age as 2S years. All he had
in his possession was watch. Both
say they have just come from Wallace,
Idaho.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
PIERCE TRIAL
IN SEPTEMBER
Another Chapter to be Started
in the Texas Oil
Fight

Austin, Texas, May 22.-H. Clay
Pierce. accompanied by his attorneys.
E. B. Perkins of Dallas and Sam Canty
of Fort Worth. appeared in the Fifty
third district court today to answer
to the charge of false swearing pend
ing against him.
The state was represented by Dis
trict Attorney Hamilton. Assistant At
torneys General McCord, Crawford and
Lightfoot and c. H. Jenkins of special
counsel employed by the governor to
assist in the prosecution.
The case having been called District
Attorney Hamilton filed a motion to
nolle PROSE- and dismiss the indict-
ment for the following reasons:
Motion to NOlle Prose-.
"The indictment in this cause con-
tains many inaccuracies and does not
charge that the defendant has been alb
sent from the state continuously since
the commission of the alleged offense.
The grand jury at this term of this
correcting the inaccuracies in said i'll
dictment.
Defendant has been arrested under
tlle ucW lHulCiHlelU TetuIuoU, charging
the same offense. upon which the state
expects to go to trial.
An order dismissing the case and re-
leasing the sureties on Pierce's bond
was entered by Judge Calhoun and
$4,000 bail in the new case was grant
ed. A new bond was made and ap-
proved by the court. 1t was signed
by the following as sureties: G. w.
Littletield. Joseph Nalle. Walter Tips.
w. r. Handy. Chester Thrasher, A.
}. Ellers and P. j. Lawless.
Postponed to September.
Neither side being ready for trial the
case was. by agreement. postponed un-
til the September term of the court and
set for October II. The old indictment
charges false swearing: the new one
charges false swearing and perjury.
The fact that the old Indictment did
not recall that defendant had been alb
sent from the state continuously
since the commission of the alleged
offense made said indictment show on
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
Notwithstanding the Agree
ment Of Yesterday the Ma
rine Laborers Quit
GRIEVANCES AMONG MEN
ARE OF LONG DURATION
They Include the Lack of the Weekly
Rest Day, the Equalization Of Pas.
senger and Freight Salaries and the
Privilege Of Being Discharged.

Paris, May Notwithstanding the
decision the General Federation of
Labor reached yesterday to call off
the strike, the sailors, stokers and
stewards of the merchant marine have
gone out at Marseilles, Toulon and
Havre and the movement is likely to
extend to other French ports. The
grievances of those men are of long
standing and have in the past resulted
in a number of partial strikes. They
include the non-application to them
Of weekly day of rest law, the
equalization of salaries on passenger
and freight boats, and the objection
to being paid off when ship has been
out of commission less than month.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
GOOD ROADS PLAN
Bituminous Binder Will Prevent Auto
Wear of Surface.

Albany, n. Y, May pa radical
departure in the method of construct
ing improved highways to provide
against damage to the top course or
wearing surface of the maca6am by
automobiles, is under contemplation
by the state highway commission.
"It has been found" says tile COM
in a statement today, that
if the top course be constructed with
a bituminous binder, resiliency is
impaired which tends to the permancy
and durability Of the road. and the
fine material is held in place. which
not only does away with the dust
but also prevents the rapid
deterioration of the roadway. While
the original cost is somewhat larger,
yet the decrease in expense of main
tenance and repair in the future more
than offsets the increased cost Of
original construction.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
Judge, States Attorney and
Others Made Deals With
Joint Keepers
MONEY Was PAID TO THEM
BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER
States Attorney Was Removed From
Office and Then Peached on His Fei.
low Conspirators, Especially Impli.
eating the Judge Of the Court.

Shawnee. Okla, May 22-Confessing
his own guilt and duplicating others
in the charge of grating in the protec-
ton of bootleggers and joint keepers,
Virgil Biggers, who was recently sus-
pended as county attorney of this
county, testified here yesterday in the
bribery case in which William Maben,
district Judge, is defendant. Biggers
declared that Judge Maben, himself.
and others met the bootleggers in con-
ference, agreed upon terms and later
accepted money brought them by q
county commissioner, Robert Wagar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
Board of publication and
Sabbath school work $500. 10000
Board of church erection 80. 7O,6S0
Board of ministerial relief. 1918
Board Of freedmen ......... 147,416
College board ............. $4,000
Permanent committee on
temperance 80. .......... 10000

"That the general assembly rye up.
on all the churches that thu ,os-
nize their responsibility to s StAka
Of the forms of benevolent Il
sionary work represented by
boards and the permanent committee
on temperance. as different forms of
one great work to which the church
Is committed and that they endeavcr
to secure from their members not only
the above named amounts, that are
necessary to meet current obligations,
but as much as is necessary to carry
on this work more vigorously and ex-
tensively.
"That the general assembly urge
upon church sessions to consider ear
nestly whether they may not increase
the regular contributions of the men,
bers of the churches by selecting some
form of subscription to be offered an
nually to the people, whereby they may
dedicate proportion of their income
to the support of the missionary and
benevolent work now regularly car
ried on by the church.
"That the executive commission of
the general assembly be instructed to
apportion the sums now appropriated
among the Presbyteries within the
limits of the United States and, send
ing the same to the respective Presby-
teries, urging each Presbytery to take
such measures as 1t deems proper to
make sure that at least the full amount
apportioned to It be secured.
"That executive commissions of
Synods and Presbyteries be instruct
ed to cooperate with the executive
commission of the general assembly in
urging upon sessions of churches the
adoption of systematic and proportion
ate giving.
That the general assembly would
urge upon all representatives Of any
one cause to take occasion to empha-
size the principle before the people
of the churches that all causes are
parts of one great work, and that 1t
is not desirable that any one cause
should prosper at the expense Of other
causes, and that the fiscal year shall
close March 81, 1910 for all the boards
and agencies"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
Story Ridiculed,

Winnipeg, May 22-At the local C..
P. r. telegraph Office the idea that
Mc1nnis was implicated in the holdup
of train is regarded as ridiculous.
An official of the department informed
reporter last night that AIcInnis
had never worked as an operator in
the city office, but was employed at
several points on the line. mostly in
the Calgary section. His mother and
sisters live in the city, however, and
he was brought up here. and is said
to have been a very mild, inoffensive
young man. He is said by those who
knew him in the city to be the very
opposite of man who would hold up
a train. 1t was suggested that he was
probably beating his way on the train
and that was the reason he was sus-
pected. AS far as is known at the To-
cal telegraph Office he has not been in
the city for some months, and after
his last visit went to Moose Jaw,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
GOT FIVE YEARS
Embezzling Banker Sentenced to Five
Years in Pen.

Minneapolis, May 22.-El.is w.
Niles. former receiving teller of the
First National bank and confessed
embezzler of $4,000. was today SEN
fenced to serve five years in tie state
penitentiary at Saltwater Good be-
havior will reduce the time to three
years, seven months and eighteen
days.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
BAD EGGS
Vendors Get Proper Punishment fol
Selling Stale SAMPLES

New York. May 22-Two men have
been sentenced to sixty days i:npris-
onment, one for selling bad eggs, the
other for using them in making pas
try. This announcement was made by
the board of health last night. They
are the first cases on record in INV
York where prison sentence has been
imposed for the offense. This drastic
action was taken to break up the
practice which repeated imposition of
fines failed to check.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
WI[HEMINA IS
CONvALEsCEN1
Was Walking in the Palace
Grounds Today-Nurse
Carried Princess

The Hague, May 22.-Queen VII.
helmina. who gave birth to daugh-
ter April 80. is now fully GONZALES
cent. She was out walking this morn
ing in the palace grounds, accompan-
led by a nurse carrying the princess.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22
BIG HATS AND SHEETS
One is Passed But the Other Goes to
Graye Yard.

Springfield. May 22.-The "hig hat"
bill. which limited the size of women's
hats. was defeated in the house yes
terday afternoon by thirty votes. H.
A. Shepherds ninety-nine-inch sheet
ibll, which as originally introduced
provided for nine-foot sheets i'll hotels
and lodging houses. but was cut in
committed to ninety-nnine inches, was
passed by the house.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-22

*& X X e s*s y y y i i = .
THE WEATHER.
North DakOta-Showers tonight
s. and Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
COURT HOLDS UP
 LOCKER TRIALS
ATTORNEYS RAISE POINT THAT DETECTIVES MUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT IN EACH CASE.

Mayor O'Brien's efforts to break up violations of the prohibition law are re- ceiving setbacks at the hands of quick witted attorneys who are demanding straightout Identification of the defend ants arrested upon evidence furnished by the Mayors special men, J. R. Wag- goner and c. H. Carroll or Calhum.
 Two cases were nolle pressed Friday by Judge Feagin because Waggoner and Car roll or Calhum could not pick the de- fendants out of the crowd as the men from whom they had purchased whisky. Yesterday morning the attorneys for oth- CT defendants sprang the same thing and an arguing match between lawyers on both sides commenced.
 right to point out the defendants and ask the witness if he was the man from whom he had made the purchase. The defense objected on the grounds that such Identification was evidence and that the defendant should not be called upon to testify against himself. The prosecution in reply claimed that the Identification was not evidence.
 Both sides argued at length and Judge Feagin demanded the law on the subject. morning to present it. All of the prohfbi- tion cases are held up pending his de- cision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
AUTOMOBILISTS
 FIGHT LINEMAN
JOE BROWN HAS THREE RIBS BROKEN AND IS OTHERWISE BADLY BRUISED AND ASSAlL- ANTS GET AWAY.

A fight between Joe Brown. the 17-year- old son of Policeman A. D. Brown. who is a lineman for the Peoples Telephone company, and two men in an automobile bearing tag No. 104, resulted in Brown re- ceiying three broken ribs and otherwise being badly bruised yesterday afternoon.
 The affair occurred on Broad street, Elyton, several hundred yards from the Elyton city hall and school. Brown was working at the top of a pole near bridge and had left his horse and buggy as far to one side of the road as possible. &C., cording to accounts of the affair.
 When the automobile came up the men called to Brown to come down and move his buggy. He replied that there was sufficient room for them to pass Hot words were passed and one of the men in the machine, who was a youngster, jumped out and picked up some rocks while Brown started down the pole, hay- ing on climbing spurs.
 Rocks were thrown at him and when he reached the ground he jerl1ed off one of his spurs and threw it at his opponent. At this juncture the other man jumped out of the machine, picked up the spurs and, rushing on Brown, began beating him over the head and body with them, breaking three of Browns ribs and mak- ing several bad bruises.
 Brown rushed to the Elyton city hall and secured Marshall Davidson but by the time he arrived on the scene the men In the automobile had disappeared. The number of the machine was learned, how ever, and matter reported to the Bir- mingham police department and sheriff s office, and the men In the machine ordered arrested on assault and battery charge. Tag No. 104 was issued to J. s. Gillespie, Jr. So far the men have not been apprehended, while Brown Is in a bad shape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,
Taking In EnsIey.

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 In regard to Greater Birmingham and population of 100, ,Ooo next year the last census figures are as follows: Birmingham proper 3s,415; East Lake Woodlawn. Avondale. North Birming- ham, Pratt City West End and Ely ton. 14,1s4. Total 52.6os.
 There are still a great many vacant houses in the suburbs, and we have gained very little, if at all, since tie panic of 1907.
 R. G. Dun & Co., estimate the preS ent population of Birmingham proper at 4S,00o, or a net gain of about 1000 per year, and admitting that the sub urbs have nearly doubled in population. which is not likely as a whole, we find as follows;
 Birmingham proper. 4s,oo0 above named incorporated suburbs, 2S.3Sg; Graymont, North Haven and unincor- porated suburbs, 10000. Total, se,sSs.
 Ensley with its 10000 population, will be sorely needed next year, and even with Ensley included there is grave doubt if the official census will land us in the 100000 class
 Notwithstanding that the Birming- ham community needs the good will of the people of Alaba ma, circulars have been sent over the state by the anti-Blrmingham faction in Ensley charging the Greater Birmingham movement to the "avarice and ambi- tIons' of Birmingham, and some of OUT leading citizens have fired the legisla- ture against Birmingham by such charges as legal rape" etc. These charges were promptly printed by the Montgomery Advertiser which circu- lates over south Alabama and the in- evftable result has been to do incal- culable harm to the people of the Bir- mingham community.
 By referring to the files of the Br- mingham papers of August and 6, 1907, for the proceedings of the pig mass meeting at the Hippodrome 1t be- comes at once apparent that the gov ernor cannot conscientiously sign the mutilated Greater Birmingham bill un- less he has experienced a very great change of heart. In his former language, "ff we are going to do things, We ought to do them right and take in Ensley." Yours very truly,
 F. D. SMITH, SIR.
 Ensley, August 7 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
NEW OFFICERS IN
 SALVATION ARMY

This afternoon at o'clock the local corps of the Salvation Army will hold a session on the Florence hotel corner at which four new officers will be for mally commissioned with the ceremony which the army uses. Those to be com missioned are MT. McAnus, who will become treasurer; George Hodges, who becomes sergeant major; Lawrence Hodges, who becomes secretary, and Mrs. McAnus. who will be made junior sergeant major.
 Officers of the army are somewhat discouraged by the slow responses that have been made for aid in the annual outing which Is to be given to the poor families of the city August 19 The outing will be held at Avondale park and the officers believe 1t will be a source of great pleasure to many who would otherwise be unable to get to the park for a days fresh air and sun shine. It is stated that the Boys In dustrial school band has agreed to do- nate Its services at the park that day.