Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-05-26
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Washington. May 2l "A baby
girl, the second grandchild of
President Wilson was born to.
night to Secretary and Mrs.
William g. McAdoo. She will
be christined Ellen Wilson for the
late Mrs. Wilson. The Secretary
and Mrs. McAdoo, who, is the
presldent's youngest daughter,
we're married just year ago.
Mr.. McAdoo went to his Office at
the Treasury Department. for the
first time since he was operated
on for appendicitis nearly two
months ago. The president was
at the McAdoo home when his
grandchild was born.
Syracuse, N. Y, May o.
Twelve men chosen as jury to
determins whether Theodore Roos.
velt libelled William Barnes when
he charged that he worked through
corrupt alliance between crook.
ed politics." and that he was
"oorruptly allied with Charles F.
Murphy, of Tammy Hail." today
returned verdict in favor of the
former president. In the belief
of the jury everything Colonel
Roosevelt said about the former
chairman of the Republican State
committee was true and therefore
Mr.. Barnes was not libelled. The
verdict was returned after forty
ballots had been taken and the
jury had consldered for "a hours
the evidence which was presented
during five weeks of the trial.
Nineteen hours were consumed
before eleven of the jurymen, who,
since the second ballot had stood
together, persuaded Juror Num-
ber II, Edward Burns, q Syracuse
me torman and a Republican, to
join with them in returning q yer.
dict which Colonel Roosevelt later
declared to be "typically Ameri.
can" William NJ. Ivins. of
counsel for William Barnes, an
n unced today that an appeal
would he taken from the verdict
of the jury at Syracuse which
found IN favor of Theodore Roose-
vs}t in the trial of t,e libel suit
brought by Mr.. Barnes against
the former president.
Fire of unknown origin in the
trousef factory of the e. V. Fin.
layson Manufacturing Company,
Charlotte. Sunday morning com.
pletely wiped out that business,
the loss being as nearly total as q
fire loss could be. All the ma
chimes were burned to a oinder,
the bulk of the goods in process
of manufacture and also finished
we're almost totally destroyed and
the other equipment of. the busi-
ness. Office and Office supplies,
etc 80 badly damaged that a
complete outlay will have to be
purchased if the owners desire to
start the business anew. The
loss to the plant could not be de.
finitely stated yesterday but it
will be from $l5, 900 to $40, 900.
It was we'll covered by insurance.
Louis Stewart, Negro porter
for the Hotel Rosemont, acci-
dentaly shot and killed Maggie
Mcmillan Negro cham bsr-msld
for the Hotel Lafayette at the
latter's home In Fayetteville Sat.
urday night. Stewart went to the
house and according to the testi-
mony given by him at the ooron-
er's inquest today, picked up q
pistol lying on dresser and began
extracting the cartridges when the
weapon was discharged, a ball en-
tering the side of the girls neck.
She died almost instantly and
Stewart was released by a cor
oner's jury.
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