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CHAHLOTTE, N. C.. MONDAV EVENING. MARCH 13, 191 I
pi} 1/^1? j Id Charlotte. ! cents a Copy Daily--5 Cents Sunday
■t X\.lV_/ri/ -j Outside Charlott3, 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday
oiation Tax
Sustained As
lonsiitutional
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I I lio pfo\'isions of the jftateci
riio foi pn- tlin' !l!>' in\ \s;ts H 'si!o ifll fxcisp mx
tile I’ayiu'- ^V'th rosiK'ct lo iiie ( arr> on or ^o-
• -ii'-MaiiuHi to- ing l)usitu>ss." It was to be paid by
'V l u' f^tiprtMiio -evory corporation, joint 5,1 ock coni-
At jiaiiv or :i'so('iation. or.:;aiii/ed for proE-
: .i\i'r ilir do- it and i'avin^; a capMal stock rjepre-
iid •.lt:u ii v.f'.s sonied by .sliaro.'^, and overy instir-
t'.i' si iiri'O It) an* o coinpauv, orsanizod iimler the
'a\ i'ro\ i.^ioiis lawtj oi the I ntt('d States or ol' au.v
'! .•riuinaiod in ' state or terntory. It was provided
^ lid. as it ap- that the tax should be "eciuivaleut to
. a. d ti) lutn. vun- foututn iipou the ('tuire net
\ r-; ;'u ■‘fX- income over and above .Sri.inin reeeiv-
'■ i'li'iiiess, trom all Svturces. ' exculsive ol'
,1-iS on wlu'.i an’ouiits ri'ceived iioin all sonrees,”
‘i i. ifu.Hl tlie ,-xt insive of amonnis reccdved as divi-
; (lends upon sfock of other corporation.s
'i;'i‘d hold joii'i stock eompanit's or as«)ciations,
\\« r»' no' tl.t' (H' iiisuraiico c.'.initanies, sitbjecl to the
■j'tMS W-ls
i> vi asoii ,
I he law provided also that returns
should be 1 lade by tlioso laxed to tlio
treasury depart mom. to be used as
a ba&ris for assessin.i; the tax. 'I'hese
'vei\' cipeii to inspec'tion. but in lOK'
ciumK'.^s enacted les;islati;)U ])roviding
i!ia! tiie returns should lie open to iu-
ispection only upon rules and regula-
'iious approved by the i)r('S’ueut.
'I'iie first ai-ti^'i; in tiio courts to
i->-! the eon^rtitutifumlity of the law
A as bcKtin in the I'nited States circuit
court for the disu'ict of Vermont. A
Woman bc.uaii it. Su’lia 1’. Flint, siuar-
dian of the property (;f Samuel H.
Sintie. jr. a siockhoide;- in the Stonc-
Trac: Company, of Windsor, \'t., be
.uan an action to have the compa-
liv ri.NMaimHl from payin.i; the tax. Her
ai!;>:ney. ^iawvell Kvaris, brought the
ipi'^'Hi'.' court, after the
Miuncap:'-ic-mrt had declined lo hold tiie
(''ncern, i'HX uuvDtistitutional.
wr.s not •di)-| When tiie Stone'i’racy case came up
t r nioanii;;:; ii’’’ aigumeiit bef«>re the supreme court
in .Marcli, T.Mu, 14 other casrt'S likewise
'■ • opinion is | validity of the law and de-
.■x iiiiiKtsed likewise sustainin.g the con-
- t ; lu> eoi i>o-j siitutionality of the tax. had reached
Mu ir use in I the court. They were advanced and
( property (jf | heard witii the original case. Because
.■ in tl'.e doing pros'iimably of vacancies on the bench,
( l>usinei-s aiurilit* c'ases were ref-tored to the docket
'•N iriu on 'here- for ic-argumem. This rc-aigumeiii oc-
i' 1.1 one Iter- (’'I'J'd in .lanuary, UMjIl.
I' iiuomc ('vorj 'I'iK' con~titutionality of the tax was
■i^ l■d frun alT attacked from all the points from
• ar. shat is. iwhich any tax ]>ossiblc of enactment
!uanner, i; is 1 h.\ congress ».‘t)uld be attacked. I’romi-
bt’^inc.-.- witUliK’ii’ among tiie objections to the law
iniiete In th.c i'vas t!i(> argument that the rax was a
ciwect tax. not apportioned, according
I,) lie .i-'-riMition. Some dubbed the
t;»\ a coritoration income tax’ and
linttlid for the same reasons that the
income tax was declared unconstitu-
KX bci:an almost 1 rional in lMtr>. Othor.s claimed that
• ('iiac'tueni of'it was a tax on state Iranchises a id
riff law of I'.iO'.i. j hcnce was an unconstitutional iiiter-
imring the h»ne; I ference with the sovereignty of the
• 1 . Migror-.- ovcr^- atps. Another line of objections was
ii: Taft original-! bas?d on the argument that as an ex-
! Ilf the reveni.ie I cise lax. u was not uniform but con-
:.hiug of the i*ov-1 tained tmconstitmional classifications.,
a corp,(ration ! I'be publicity features of th.e returns'
.( n;a(b- the hr^^t j were auai-ked as taking private i)roi>-
. ,..isid law and city without I'ompensation. To all of
di'parMiicut ofithese objections, the dei»artinent 01
justice, through the late solicitor gen-
li,f(,rc. the su-|*ra!, Lloyd W. Bowers, at the first
' it(d States had ; iifaring. made answer,
i I al the income ' Fr-derick W. Lehmann, at the second
I) longress. In hcannti. made ansv.er.
ax !he  rrors ! After the argument of the 1.'. cases,
ihe court took up three o:her cas-es
involving the tax. In thes.- the princi
pal colli rovcrsv was over tlie inteipre-
t;i;i.!ii of ’h-' la \. 'Phe leatung point
V. a-- v.he^iier ihe lax was to be imposed
Oil ■••'osion trtis’.s," organized to hold
r('al ('St'lie. but not incorporated. The
Boston concerns contended that the
lav siiould be ass>essed only (Ui con-
( cri s oi>,: ^iv.'d uiider the siattites of
ht l itc-.i Stau'.-;. states or terrisories.
Tlie .^ovei iinu-ni argued ti'ai business
1 r ii i'ticeriis {(I—ai'i^ed under the common
H'.'jlrtw v.cre included within those incaiit
•10 be taxed.
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WALU
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PROTECTION !
No Movement Of
T1 oops Into Mexico
Says Dickinson
Lottery Cha rge
Holding thai wlio'.e any pecuniary
consideration iiad ;-,one out and the
Keplingei And
Brown Suspend
By Associated Pres3.
I\ew Orleans, La., March 13.—At the
opening of the cotton exchange this
merning the suspension of the future
brokerage firm of Keplinger & Brown
was announced. This is not a very
large firm and the laliure is not re
garded as one of great importance. At
tlie 0))ening of the exchange no effect
upon the market was noted.
Captwe Stx Chinese
Slav eGiils
S'! ( ick
•-•cril'-
onstit’.ulonali-
Attoiney Def^aney who had .given the
matter much thought aiul study. The
scheme of Miller, brie(i.»' told, was
remuneiatovy return is determined by:|his: Seventy-five peo))le would join
lot or i)\' cliance constitutes, in itself,'a knid ot club, each agreeing to ])a>
a lottery. Recoider D. B. Smith this SI ;i week for_ twenty-five weeks ua-
morning found for the city in the pro-! less, b,\' a drawin.g held each Saturday
ceedings instigated and prosecuted by ' night, his name should be di'awn out
Assistant ("itv Attornev DeLnney ' of the box. Some one got a $25 suit
.Millei, .ir., alleging the conducting of of clothes for $1; f^nother person raid | '
a lottery at his tailoring esta'dishment. j but, $2 for his suit, another for his gy Associated Press.
A tine of $o> was imposed. From tlie: $25 suit, and so on until 24 weeks had, Francisco, March 1H.—A spec-
decision of the lieconler. which is' elapsed. Twenty-four 'people had, by . ju Chinatown last night
liackcd i)V decisions of several courts' tiiis time, gotten .suits for less than resulted in the capture of six Chinese
that have ias.-ed upon every phase of S25, btit -jl peo])le were entitled yo slave girls sai:i to have been illegally
$25 stilts because ti;ey had ’paid in i,ni)orted and ijurchased for the sum
each week 5!1.
Vv'hen it was foum! '’lat M’.e statutes
yf the stale fail* d re define lottery.
B.v .\.ssociiited Press.
San Antonio, Texas, .Marali 1.’.—Col.
Hooseveli began his se\enth day of
thop resent tour witli a flying revievv'
(jf tlie trooos gathered near this city
lUi'Jer the recent order of the war
dci;arti'ieni. The camp is located a
ev. minutes ride by motor (jut ot
the city al I’ori Sam Hons I (Mi and at
the solicitation of Gen. Carter, com-
uuinding. and tiie other .general olli-
cers w’h.o paid their respects to the
former [’resident last niglit, tlie colon
el agreed to sacrifice sonic hours
ten in order Lo swee]) through the
long lines of tents in an automobile,
leceiving'^he artillery salute due him
r'lid hastened bac kto the city to
I’liike an address under thew alls of
the iiisloric Alatno.
From the spealnng sttiud the colon
el was hurried back to the depot and
in his special train left for Austin,
Fort \Vorth and Dallas early in the
day. The colonel is scheduled to
speak at each place if his voif'e does
not fail him. The luird trip has affect
ed it to some extent yesterday. That
is the only evidence of I'aiigue.
There was no formality about the
insjiection of the camps. The men
Wf're not in ranks but the groups of
soldiers whorecognized the leader of
the rough ridns greeted hins wifii
cheers and waving bats. Most of
them, however, did not know' him as
there was nothing about the trtj) to
distinguish it from an ordinary sight
seeing party.
On the way back to town the
colonel Avaved his hat to several
thousand school children lined up to
greet liim.
the lottery problem, an ap]ieal was
noted by Col. Wal’er il. Henry, coun
sel for iMr. .M'ller.
Xorth Ciivoiina has no suevific law
a. 1‘Uled. Finally
■ :^ : I he house
/.I' ;iro]>os-
i , >;:^tit:i!l'it’ril
; |)i ‘ i-rratd •
hirh. .t was
be d> 1 larel
.luder I ’10 cir-
> )' Kill than aa
taiiff b;i!
I .i ii’ai !ou ; ax
I an ai.icr.i'i
.IS ■ (’ by
' 11 ; lid
governing lottery, a statute merely simi)ly saying lotieiy was luohibitory,
l.ioviding that loiterv shall be unlaw- the attorneys sought law uiclionaries
ful and nxiug the punishment for vio- and opinions rendered by courts from
latitm at a misdemeanor. ,\ fine not other states, the basic |)rinciple of
exceeding §2.i1bO, or iniprisfminent not ^ law. in two instances it was found
exceedin ’- six months is the maxiintim where identical cases with the one oc-
penaltv. "while the line imiiosed by ’ curring in Charlott.e had been passed
the Recorder todav is not a heaw one upon. In each instance the court held
by any means, his decision that the the persons arrested were guilty of
'scheme of selling suits in.^tituted )>y conducting a lottery.
Mr Miilc'- is a lottery is the prime t’ollowing the decision of Recorder
motive for the api:eal.' Smith other allegations will, so it was
The warriuii against Mr. Miller was unofliciiilly said, be made. Lottery in
sworn out last week by Assistant City any form is ])ro!iibited in the state.
People See Day
.Turned
To Daikest Night
: Ta/i
Liyoys Golf
Would Forestall
Mob Violence
’ B.\ .Associated Piess.
-President 1 (Miy, I tab. March 1H.—
’’’''j i-') f( r-st. ili aiiv attemnr at lynching
pia;.od delivery from jail. Sheriff Kelter of
Secretary j foutu \, iias broti.ght Frank
gf»lf clubs ’I'i ’{ i_,.,ui('er, Tobert Vaffey and .lohn Cor-
I iei-, tliree Italians charged with the
iciird-'r of Albert V. .lenkins, to Siih
Lake City, aiid placel them in the
state penitentiary where they will be
h(d(i until thf'ir trial is called on June
in the federal j L'H!i. . , ,
rc entire- Information fiirni'^hed the shenff
has ii(>t led him 10 believe that the feeling
'1
Sfcre
this
•\or the course
. Chi(.liTO.
j-ta today from
. i.i 'I'aft would
Ml- ('!iarb*s \\’.
.itiKer, serving
High pivs'.-ure r.,o\ing rajdtliy in a
westerl> dirrciinn, met extremel>
low- jji'fssuie i hat luid !'’?cii ho\ei-
ing oV''’r Cii.irioltf .since S a. m.. and
beginning alxjiU i;-10 o (dock this af
ternoon all sv^s blackness for almost
an hour, tiie high pressure area
its \va.v abo'\'e the lo'vV pres-
th’s time anti making roorr*
ft'-r lighl upon the riuestion. One-
lourth of an incl; of rain tell, but aL
of this, descended uiion tue zephyrs
that whiz/ed along eastward in an
awful hurry, within less than ten
niiiiiite"^.
It’'-' '.■^oiuiz to be vfv_\ cold alter t-lO
"'he
itn'cmg
j sure in
thee lotiiing of poor unfortutiate be
ings who didn’t know enough to seen
shelter, and otherwise wet each ob-
.^ect it came in contact v.-ith.
Signs'rattled, trees sv. aycd, blooms'
from beautiful flowers were caught
in a whirl of zephyrs and wafted to
spots wdiere fragrance was needed
and—iieople looked on in afn’ght. Chil
(ireii huddled close to the knees of old-
-r ones, young girls who were hear
their protectors rushed through the
gloom to safety, and old people &aid,
“It’s never been so dark before."’
When it was al lover the electric
lights came back on for c;..e second
and thei. departed. Machinery stouped,
the click of this typewriter
of .^2r»,000. The girls were removed
to tite immigr;ition station and Vvill be
held there to await the action of Yhe
government. It is believed they were
sniu,ggled into this port wdtliin the last
six nionfhs and probably they will be
dei;orted.
The raid was made by immigration
officials and policemen. Before the
hiding i)Iace of the girls was discover
ed t.he officers chojiped throu,gh seven
doors. The door of a secret chamber
where in the girls were 'huddled was
an ingeniously contrived iiiiiiel con
taining a portrait of the Chinese em-
'peror.
Search For Victims
Of Cave - In
By Associated Press.
Virginia, Minn., March 13.—Search
for victims of Saturday’s cavein at
the Xoriiian mine continued today.
President W. .). Olcotto. of the Oli
ver Mining Company, says that pos
sibly two weeks w^ork is ahead of
those now digging the 20,000 tons of
the slide before the last of the bodies
will have been recovered.
Officially the estimated death list
will not exceed 14 or I.5.
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I (I I he i)apers in
.ji' iiapers are ex-
. His and the presl-
:icii- e to go over
a .!i!al)b* evidence
I I'l' i dons ov com-
Thcr.‘ is little
■ ' ioh will be taken
■■ • ! Walsh cases
 iu;ns to Wash-
■ h- jiai)ers were
■!ie over if the
.1 dispose (1. but
i»t;ip(ise of taK-
■ II i>
.if I! ( ommeiidation
' h;tv«> expected,
til hitve receiv-
>ii;c's, is a coinntu-
to five \ears' im-
commuted the
•;dd not expire for
Fellov/s.
■i I'l !low« will attend
'■'•I Mi'f to be held in
(in. sday and Thursday
"I'ck. .
;!-ains; the men b;id increased since
Ihe Killing and there was danger of a
lynching. VU‘ also learned that
friends of the accused men were said
to be plannin.g to rescue them from
Jail. .
Albett V. .Jenkins was manager of
the .Mfignolia Mercantile Co.’s store,
at Sunny side- He was shot as lie was
going to his home on the night of Feb.
~j. (Jeorge Geiitley, a companion, \Nas
seriously wounded at the same time.
'I’he thiee Italians were arrested a few
days later ;ind since tli,eir arrest have
l-.een held in the (’arbon county .tail,
•lenkins carried ;i large afnount of tlio
firm’s money and this was taken from
him.
Well-Known Artist Dead.
Bv Associated Press.
‘f'ortland, Ore., March I.!.—Henry
Ki)ling, a well-known artist oT San
Francisco was found dead on Council
(’rest in (his city yesterday with a bul
let w( nnd ill his temple. His death,
jtccf’.'ding to a note in his pocket, was
df'iiberat.e suicide. Melancholia is be
lieved to have been the cause.
eclipse-li ;e dai'!.i ess ci '.vtt.ay. _ _
weather man kne'y at S o’clock ruts land onlv
mornini' all about tiie L)W pres.-utve was heard in this office for some time
and he’saw tho high ^iresstire cmiing afterwards. Femininity breathed deep
ai.out nt'on. ol his instrumems ! ly. as though just having pased
w^re a;tii.*eu so tlsey coiiUl chronicle through a tervi'Dle ordeal, printers
what would happen wiien the pres-: io„nged around linotypes in careless
sures pressed together, and just when j freedom, editors thought of thin.gs ser
if w-as light enou.crh to see a tele-; jons and the reporter kept on w'riiing
phone a reporter ^ot in communica- ! about what had taken place,
tion with Mr. Weather Man Atto. He | ■yhe rain, according to Mr. Otto, he
believes it has been darker in thei of thew cather bureau, was general
daytime here than it was todav, btit: xorih Carolina, but no other city
the peo])le who were on the inside -was favored with a thunder storm.
looking out wot not. _ | —
With tlie suddenness of a Kansas j
cyclone the clouds banked themselves j
upon the Queen Cit.v shortly after 1 j
o’clock. Darker and darker i^ becamc,
until every electric ligh^ availaole
wMs turned on. And then came thei
forked streaks of lighlning, cleaving!
th- clouds only 10 have the blaik By Associated Pi ess.
masses rush again together in thun- | El Paso, Tex.. March 13.^Twenty-
derous report. One of those forks j flve thousand inhabitants in the be-
comniuni''ated with the lightning ISIr. leagured city of Chihuahua, Mexico,
Kdison ])laced in captivity and while i face famine, according to a courier
a* conversation was being held be-1 w;ho reached here today. Hundreds of
t'yeeii these forces, th'-^re were no | women, driven from the city by fears
lights burning. | of starvation, have taken their child-
"in the News ofnce where every one: reii with them and they are roaming
is sad and sorrov.'ful if prevented ■ the country. Chihuahua is bottled up
from worl:, there was a feling of. by insut rectos.
Fedeidls And
Insurrectos Fight
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Tex., March IT,.—A special
dispatch to The Herald this morning
tiom Navoja. Sonora, states that there
was a spirited engagement at that
place Saturday betw^een 150 insurrec
tos and 50 federals. The insurrectos
succeeded in capturing the town with
a loss, of only one killed and two
wonded.
The federals rallied near the town
and are waiting reinforcements. It is
said, liowever. that the insurrectos
have burned the railroad brid.ge to
prevent the arrival of moie federals.
7 rial Of Mrs.
Edith Melber
By Associated Press.
New- York, March 1^1'.—“T do not be
lieve there will be any movement of
our troops into Mexico.”
This was the statement here today
of ,1. M Uickinson. secretary of war,
who plans to sail for Panama this af-
tern(.'on.
“Thete can be no excuse for inter
vention," he continued the secretai'y,
"unless the ^lexican government
inoves ne,~;ligeiit in lu'oiecting the
[tersons t:r the projicrfx of loieign res
idents, and stich ne.gllgence wouhi have
to be firmly established, in my opin
ion. before an,\- such str>|) could be tak
en. .There are no condiiions now ex-
istenl 1.0 .give us such warrant.
"la Older to maint:iin the neutrality
laws it has been deemed advisable to
send troops to the border and on ac
count of the immense length of tile
froiitier and the fa'->. ih.at the Rio.
Giande can lie cros-(m1 ai almost any
riOiiH, a larger number of troops luis
been despiatched tlian would oliierwiso
]ii'()ve necessary."
Secretary Dic'kinson said there was
a ])ossibility that he miy.iit jxistiione
his tri]) lo Pcinauta. hut. if so it
would be beca'tse of complications in
settling peirHng a.Lvreenients lieiweeii
the Paniima J{;iilroad I'ompany and
the steamshiij lines operating for the
government. Mexican affairs -would
not int.erfere with his plans.
Making Infanirymen,
Cialveston, T('x., Alai-rh i:;.— Makin,g
infanti-ymen out of 1,000 soldiers of
the coast artillery is the task now
confrontin.g Gen. .\. L. Mills, com
mander of the brigade liein.g concen
trated :a Fori ('rf)ckett. Tlie w'ork of
diilling the nir-n i)e.gan today among
the twelve companies aliCiuly here.
The others now- en rome from Hamp
ton Roads un traiis|)orts will be put
through the paces immediately upon,
their arrival.
(Jen. Mills considers the soldiers
now here as fine a body of fighting
men as :ire to be found an.\ where. It
is evident, however, that he re.grets
that there i'.’e not sufficleiit, infantry
men available in the re.gular arm.y for
the present maneuvers to make it un
necessary to draw' on the coas.t artil
lery for men.
In order to prevent any recurrence
of the riolou:-; scenes enacted in the
tenderloin districts of (ialveston efiiy
Sunday, a provost guard will be p ac-
ed in the city while the soldiers are
here. Winfield Joel, tiie soldier who
was stabbed, is injiiroviiig. but is not
yet out of dan.ger. The two men
charged with attacking him aie still
in jail and Alfred Bockhaulder, are tho
negro soldier, is being held by the
police on charge of assaulting a patrol
man.
The itolice have no clue to the iden
tity of the iier.sons who set fire to and
burned the house occu))ied by the wo
men subsequent to the attack on Joel.
New*York, Marcii 13.—Jacob M.
Uickinson, secretary of war, will not
sail for Panama thit* afternoon, unex
pected complications bavin garisen in
the pending negotiations between the
Panama Railroad Company and the
Steamship lines operating for the gov
ernment. He w'ill remain here till to
morrow, at least.
Secretary Dickinson w'as emphatic in
declaring the Mexican situation was
not influencing his plans.
Mr. Dimantour, Mexican minister of
Thousands Are
" Facing Famine
Woman Causes
Triple Tragedy
By Associated Press.
Branford, Conn., March 13.—A bul
let she fired into her ow*n breast aft?r
she had murdered her husband and
their 11-year-old son, caused the death
today of Cora Wood. Last week Mrs
Wood fatally shot her husband, Chris
topher C. W'ood, and their &on, Yarde-
niond, then sliot herself. The triple
tragedy has not been explained.
ENGLAND’S INTERESTS
ARE NOT IN DANGER.
Bv Associated Press.
• I.ondon, March i:^.—Speaking on be
half of the foreign office in the house
of commons today, Under Secretary
Thomas McKinnon Wood stated that
there was no reason to sujipose that
Briti&h subjecis and interests in
Mexico were in danger; nor was there
according to the information of the
foreign office, any reason to think that
the Mexican government would be un
able fo protect British subjects and
British interests should they be affect
ed. ^
Asked if the newspaper reports of
the situation w'ere exaggerated, Mr.
Wood said:
“Some of them are, I think.”
By Associated Press.
Alban.v, N. Y., March 13.—The
state continued its efforts today to
prove that Mrs. Edith Melber killed
her infant son George, by giving him
carobolic acid in a swamp near Al- ]
bany. Buoyed up by the rest ovpr , finance, was apprised today of reports
Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Melber j that the I'nited States is jirejiaring
appeared to be in good spirits when 1 to seiid an additional 2U,Ono troops to
she entered the court room today. jihe Southwest. 'Ihe minisier said: “I
Profiting by the exiterience of last have not received any official informa-
week when men and women fought (ion of such a decision. There have
lor admission to the court room the j heen no development s in my country
authorities have arranged to ex- ^tiring the last few days to Avarrant
elude all but those i>roperly aiithorlz-| do„hling the United States forces iu
ed to be p.dmitted.
glcom. EverV body felt for Uie gloo'-n,
and each iierson got a handful.
There wasn't anything else to grab
bufg loom. It was dark day-night and
no moon was shining. Outside the
thunder was makia.g p. louder noise,
the lightning was carving hierogliph-
ics in the air, and the wind wa how-1-
ing as it has never howled before in
Strike Breakers on Trip.
By Associated Press.
Lexington, Ky.. March 13.—Fifty
men destined for service as firemen on
the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas
Railroad passed through here today
en route to southern points. The car
and engine cab were guarded by arm-
the day time when ’twas dark. Rain ed suecial agents.
Troops Can't Invade Mexico.
By Associated Press.
Macon, Ga., March 13.—United
States Senator A. O. Bacon, who has
just returred from Yashington, stated
today that the troops now on the Mexi
can border could not invade Mexico
without express permission o fcon-
gress unless something extraordinary
happened.
The senator who came down from
Washington with President Taft 'stat
ed today that it was thought best to
have the troops along he frontier on
account of the chaotic conditions pre-
vailiofi in Mexico.
Cotton Men Meet
And Protest
By .Associated Press.
Hot Springs, x\rk., March f:l.—A cf>n-
ference of. cotton men of Louisiana,
Txas, Arkansas and Oklahoma will lie
will be held here today and tomorrow^
to pft)l est against the projtosed rule
requiring the concentration of cotton
at the compress points which the
southern tariff committee of the rail
roads will consider here Tuesday.
Important Rate Cases.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., March i3.—Before a
jury on which neither Savannah nor
Chatham county is represented, the
government rate discrimination cases
against the Merchants and Miners
Trans-portation Company are being
heard in the I’nited States circuit
court ehre, with .ludge Emory Speer
presiding. The defendant corporation
is being tried under three indictments
consolidated, which allege a departure
in 24 instances in conjunction with
railroads from the published freight
rate on grain from Philadelphia to
points South through Savannah. Sever
al attaches of the interstate commerce
commission are here to tes-tify for the
government.
the Southwes-t.
‘‘Of cotirse, youv government has tho
right to send as many troops as it,
pleases to that section of the United
States.
"My atetntion has been called to
vague- rumors that since arriving in
'New York I have had cnnferf:nces
with ihe Maderos and iheir as-sociates
with a view' to bringing about a cessa
tion of hostilities iu Mexico. There
can be n(t negotiations with insurrec
tionists or consideration of their al-
legtid .grievances except that the.y
first lav down tli>eir arms.
“If tiie insni-rectionis-ts v.ere to sur
render absolutely, my government
would undertake to study the broad
questions involved in their alleged
grievances.”
Schooner Abandoned.
Ba' Associated Press.
Philadelphia, March 13.—A tele
gram received here today from Capt.
Wilson, of the schooner D. Howard
Spear, states that the vessel was
abandoned in a water-logged condi
tion last Thursday. The telegram
contained on details. The schooner
Failed from Brunsw'ick , Ga., on
March 2.
Woodmen of The 'World
Off For GfeensboTO
Many W’oodmen from the city and
county camps left today f(U‘ Greens-
boio to attend the second inennlal
convention, head camp jurisdiction,
W'oodmen of tlie World, which meets
in Greensboro tomorrow.
Hornets Nest Camp No. 96 of this
city, the large&t iu the state, will send
four delegates to the convention. They
are Messrs. j. w. Weddington, .J. R.
Anderson, J. Hinshav.- and J. L
Witzell. 'I'hese will be accompanied by
Mr W. S. Charles, district reputy and
head consul.
Camps in the county will also be
well represented. The followin.g are
a few of the county camps and their
representatives-;
Messrs. W. .A. Squires and W. W^
Short, of Providence; Messrs. George
Chambers and Jim Tomblin, of Mac»
thaws; r^lr. S. C. Newell, of Morning
Star, and Mr. W. A. Rogers, of Pine-
ville, and Mr. W. R. Alexander, ol
Sardis
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