THE ENTERPRISE
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Published Weekly.
WILLI AM STON, NORTH CAROLINA
It keeps ttip average man hustling to
change clothes as often as the weather
First thing we know, some fashion
designer will be creating a slit bath
lag suit
At last the automobllo with the cow
> catcher has come. It was only a ques
tlon of time.
A damage suit may not be a cheap
suit, but It is nearly always due for
a little shrinkage.
Bome men can hardly wait for pay
day to come around. Other men an
Indifferent. Married.
Become not alarmed over your af
flictions, for most of them pass quick
ly, notably, the cubist art.
In Indianapolis a spilt skirt tied up
traffic. It might be well if some one
would tie up the split skirt.
Did you ever observe that the man
who does things hae no "Do It Now'
sign posted up near his desk?
A market report sayß that cheese is
at a standstill. But most connois
seurs of cheese don't like'lt that way.
What a nice feature act for vaude
ville would the perfect babies of the
aix leading cltlee of the country make!
A Berlin Judge haß ruled that a
betrothal Is not binding. Ix>oks like
a fine opening for a woman's rights
party.
What, by the way, has become of
the old-fashioned fellow who was once
upon a time referred to as a muck
raker?
An unsportsmanlike exchange sug
gests the addition of another column
to the tabulated baseball score to re
cord bonehead plays.
Another exemplification of "the
easiest way." Florida woman has
gone insane because she couldn't
solve the hired girl problem.
Washington beau bmmmel has
come out with a feather in his hat,
and It Is safe to assume that he Is
■pending his father's money.
Leased wire report from New York
aays the "stop, look, listen" gown Is
the latest creation there. Many of
ua are doing the same thing.
New York woman Is suing her hus
band's second wife for $25,000 dam
ages for loss of his affections. Rath
er high for second-hand article.
Bulgarian coats are said to be pop
ular with the men !n New York. Well,
If the bow behind hats become popu
lar there's a chance for tills now fad.
Now that the college student Is
about to obtain his degree will the A.
B. mean as much to him as a sheep
skin or as an indication of time "At
bat."
A Texas man who lost an umbrella
had enough faith In human nature to
advertise for it. Investigation has
proved that he only recently moved to !
Texas.
Wise ns Solomon or any other ex- I
perlenced married man Is the judge
who told a husband It was wrong to '
leave letters where his wife could
find them.
What hus become of the old-fashion
ed swain who carefully removed the
cigars from his vest pocket and placed
them on the mantel when calling on !
his best girl?
In a contest for women only in Paris
it was decided that the worst trait a
man could possess was selfishness.
Many a man will now pay his wife's
bills in silence.
Every man who buys a pair of white
trousers and a cap with an anchor on
it does not own an 18-foot motorboat,
even if be does tell every one he is
going on a cruise.
Germa/iy Is now offering tourists
air rides to assist in seeing the sights.
To riding, sailing and swimming, fly
ing is now added to swell the Joys of
the summer vacation.
"Constant Reader" assures an east
ern editor that It is worry that pro
duces the bald pate. In that case how
does he explain the apparent excep
tion of the bald-headed, row at musi
cal comedy?
Ther* is one thing about the plan
of that preacher who 1B sending out
talking machine records of his ser
mons for the stay-at-homes. The ma
chine can be shut off when the audi
ence la tired.
The same fellow who Is playtng ball
with the kids in the lot next door Is
the same "boy" who grunted about a
lame back every Urea his wife sug
gested that the sldewa}k needed shov
eling last winter.
Because he married an American
girl at Yale, a Chinese student has
been made the victim of the first Ce
lestial bigamy prosecution. Besides
establishing a valued legal precedent,
the case shows that little goes on la
this old world of ours In which the U,
A. A. Is «ot Involved.
PLOT 10 MURDER
HUERTI AND DIAZ
GENERAL BLANQUET, MEXICAN
, WAR MINISTER, ALBO»MARK
EO FOR DEATH.
MANY ARRESTS ARE MADE
President Wilson'* Protest Checks
Anti-American Demonstration in
( Mexico City. *
Mexico City.—A plot to assassinate
President Huerta. General Felix Diaz
and General Blanquet, the war minis
ter, has been frustrated by the arrest
of one deputy and ten others of prom
inence. It is said the intention was
to use bombs at some opportune mo
ment when these officials were driv
ing through the streets.
Documents were found on the pris
oners identifying them as supporters
of Zapata and setting forth an outline
of the plot. Several of the prisoners
have confessed. In a building some
what remotely located they had prac
ticed the throwing of bombs, studying
the effect.
The American ambassador's note of
protest to the foreign office against
permitting an anti-American demon
stration here had certain indirect re
sults, although the government did not
absolutely forbid the holding of what
officials style "a popular manifesta
tion of patriotism."
A demonstration took place in the
capital, but not more than 400 persons
participated. There were no speeches
and few cries against Americans. The
line of march was through the princi
pal streets, and thfe manlfestants halt
ed in front of a big Japanese store,
crying "Vivas" for Japan. Small silk
Japanese flags were carried with the
Mexican colors.
A detachment of police accompa
nie(Mhe procession and the minister
of war, General Blanquet, followed in
an automobile. Brigadier General
Snmuel Garcia Cuellar, governor of
the federal district, refused permission
far a demonstration, and ordered the
police to disperse it if it was formed.
The students later applied to the min
ister of the interior. Dr. Aurellano
Urrutia, who told them that he sym
pathized with them and would over
rule the governor's order on condition
that they created no disturbance.
LECTURES FOR EXPENSES
Says That His Salary as Secretary of
State Is Not Sufficient.
Asheville, N. C.—During the deliv
ery of a lecture at Hendersonvllle,
near here, Secretary of State William
Jennigs Bryan paused in the course
of his lecture to state that he is com
pelled to deliver chautauqua lectures
in order to supplement his govern
ment salary, which, he declares, is
not sufficient to meet his expenses.
"As this is my first Chautauqua lec
ture since becoming a member of the
cabinet," said Secretary Bryan, "it
may not. be out of place to say that
1 find it necessary to lecture in
to supplement the salary which I re
ceive from the government. As I
have lectured for eighteen years, this
method of adding to my Income is the
most natural one to which to turn,
and I rogard it ns extremely legiti
mate. 1 did not think it Improper to
go from the Chautauqua platform into
a presidential race, and If I had been
elected I would have thought it no
stepping down to return to the lecture
platform. These meetings enable me
to keep In touch with the people."
Plans to Beautify Canal
Washington.—The report of the
Fine Arts commission, which is charg
ed with the preparation of plans for
the beautiflcation of the Panama ca
nal, has been completed and probably
will be transmitted to congress
through President Wilson about Au
gust 1. The plans embody landscape
effects to make artistic the approach
es ot the canal, as well as the locks
and the country through which the
great waterway has been cut. As far
as possible the commission proposes
to preserve existing beautiful land
scapes and to supplement them by the
planting of additional trees.
12 Persons Killed; 50 injured.
Los Angeles, Cal. —Twelve persons
were killed and about fifty others
were Injured when a Pacific electric
lnterurban train ran Into another elec
tric train at Vineyard station, a Junc
tion on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
As nearly as could be learned, both
trains wore inbound from Venice, an
ocean beach town, 16 miles from Los
Angeles. They were crowded with
homeward bound residents' of Los An
gelas who had spent the day at the
beach es, and It is reported that many
of the Injured were severly hurt.
Four Negroes to Die for Murder.
Chester, S. C. —Four negroes, Meeks
Oriffln, John Crosby, Tom Qrlffln and
Nelson Bryce, were found guilty of
murder and sentenced to dftath for
the murder of John Q. Lewis, a high
ly respected Confederate veteran of
the Cornel section of this county, who
wu shot to death in his store April
26 last The negroes were sentenced
to die in the electric chair Friday,
September 26, next. The verdict of
guilty and the sentencing of the tour
prisoners cams as the culmination of
a MS t sensational murder trial.
RICHARD LEE METCALFE
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Richard Lee Metcalfe, recently ap
pointed governor of the Canal Zona,
haa been aeeoclated with Secretary of
the State Bryan for yaara, and la edi
tor of the Commoner.
DEADLY HGHI ON MOUNTAIN
DEEP LOBBY PROBING TO BE
DONE BY HOUSE OF REP
RESENTATIVES.
Investigation Ordered of the Charges
Made by Mulhall Against
v Congressman.
Washington.—A lobby investiga
tion of extraordinary scope was au
thorised by the house to supple
ment the senate probe already un
der way. With the adoption of the
Henry investigation resolution a spe
cial committee of seven meiqbers
was appointed by Speaker Clark,
with Representative Garrett of Ten
nessee, as chairman.
While the house Investigation was
prompted largely by the allegations
of Col. M. M. Mulhall regarding the
legislative activities of the National
Association of Manufacturers, the res
olution as Anally adopted so enlarged
the scope of the inquiry that all ef
forts to control members of the house
or to influence legislation by any
person or organization will be sub
ject to the inquisitorial power of the
committee.
MOUNT TAMALPAIS ON FIRE
Playground of Cities About San Fran'
cisco Bay la Being Devastated.
San Francisco.—Forest fires are
blazing fiercely on three sides of
Mount Tatnalpals, a landmark of Cal
ifornia, and playground and park of
all the cities clustered about San
Francisco Three villages are
threatened. The mountain was cloak
ed by a mantle of white smoke, which
streamed across the bay like a wind
blown scarf, but as darkness fell the
mountain blazed above the bay and
ocean like an enormous beacon, Illum
inating the sky for miles.
The fires are believed to have re
sulted from carelessness of campers.
Three thousand soldiers, sailors, na
val apprentices, forest rangers, mili
tiamen and volunteer fire fighters are
fighting the flames, and the women
In the threatened terirtory are work
ing as hard as the men.
Italian Apents After Charlton.
New \ork -The Italian consulate is
advised that two agents of the Italian
government are leaving Italy for this
country to get Porter Charlton and
take him back to Italy to stand trial
there for the murder of his wife on
their honeymoon at Lake Como on
June 7, 1910. The authorities of the
Hudson county Jail in Jersey City have
been directed to turn the alleged mur
derer over to the Italian agents In ac
cordance with the recent mandate of
the United States Supreme court
Surgeon* Uu Knif# on McCombs.
Paris, France.—The condition of
William M. McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic national committee, is
declared most satisfactory by the sur
geon in attendance. His progress to
ward recoveVy from the operation for
appendicitis he underwent here was
said to be normal, but in view of his
delicate constitution, It was stated
he would require several days of com
plete rest. Mr. McCombs came to
Paris lately, knowing that he was suf
fering from appendicitis, but hopeful
that a rest abroad would cure him.
Vote Was Quoted at $6,000.
Webster Springs, W. Va. —Joseph A.
McClane, United States Senator Da
vis Elkin's manager during the tat
ter's campaign in West Virginia last
winter, was & witness in the trial
of Rath Duff for alleged bribery. "A
vote for senator la worth $6,000 and
SIOO a day expense money," McClane
said Duff told him when he asked
Duff to vote for Elklns. "Duff In
formed me he had four rotes to de
liver, and I offered him 116,000 In
an offer to aacertaia whether other
candidate* were *s pending money."
BUS IRE HOW
ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
BELIEVED HOSTILITIES ARE VIR
TUALLY AT AN END—ARMIS-
TICE NOT ARRANGED.
RUSSIA TO STOP THE WAR
Demands of ftorvla and Greece for
Possession of Occupied Territory
to Cauae Trouble.
London.—Having failed in her has
ardoua coup, Bulgaria is now showing
herself anxious for peace. No formal
armistice has yet been arranged, but
it Is believed hostilities are virtually
ended. It is feared, however, that
the settlement of peace conditions will
prove a long task, many new ele
ments having entered to complicate
matters.
Bulgaria's decision not to oppose
Roumania's occupation of Sillstrie and
the strip of territory she desires, re
moves one difficulty. But other de
velopments, such as the Greek occu
pation of Kavala, to which Bulgaria is
expected to offer bitter resistance, are
calculated -to lead to troublesome ne
gotiations, especially as both Servla
and Greece, on the outcome of their
campaign, will be certain to demand
possession of the territory they occu
pied previous to the war.
Russia is already taking steps in
the Balkan capitals to arrange for
a cessation of hostilities.
The British chancellor of the ex
chequer, flavid Lloyd-George, address
ing the bankers at a dinner at the
mansion house, refererd to Balkan af
fairs. He said the first trouble was
over, and he was hopeful all the pow
ers, which had started, so well togeth
er, would be able to effect a lasting
settlement among these hapless prov
inces.
As long as the Balkan states did
nothing to upset the decisions already
agreed to among the powers, contin
ued the chancellor, it was to be hoped
that no power would find it necessary
to take any action likely to give rise
to difficulty among the great powers
themselves.
U. S. DEMANDS RELEASE
Five Arc Held and Their Property
Seized at Hidalgo, Mexico.
Washington —Secretary Garirson or
dered Col. Edwin P. Brewer of the
Fourteenth cavalry, at Fort Mcintosh,
Texas, to demand the release of Ave
Americans, together with 350 cattle
and thirty horses, held by Mexican
revolutionists at Hidalgo, Mexico. Sec
retary Bryan requested the action.
The attention of the state depart
ment was called to the imprisonment
of the Americans and the seizure of
their property by Consul Garrett at
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. When Consul
Garrett demanded the release of his
countrymen the revolutionists told
him they mußt await orders from
Piedras Negras.
So great is the lawlessness around
Tamplco that the better class of Mex
icans have Joined Americans in or
ganizing vigilantes under commission
of the federal military governor of
San Luis Potosi. Already fourteen
bandits have been hanged. It is ex
pected a military governor will take
charge of the state of Tamaullpas,
as has been done In Vera Crus and
San Luis Potosi.
Wilson Names Gerard and Wlllard.
Washington.—President Wilson has
aent the following nominations to the
senate: Ambassador to Germany, J. W.
Gerard of New York; - minister to
Spain, Joseph E. Willard of Virginia;
deputy commissioner of pensions, Ed
ward E. Tieman of Missouri. Presi
dent Wilson's Intention to nominate
Justice Gerard and Mr. Wlllard to their
respective posts was unofficially an
nounced some time ago. Justice Ger
ard originally was alated for Spain.
Six People Killed in Auto.
Los Angeles, Cal. —Carl Huffman, his
wife and three children and hts aunt.
Miss Missouri Huffman, were klljed
almost In front of the old San Gabriel
mission when their automobile was
struck by a locomotive. A fourth
child, a little girl, leaped from the
motor car just before the crash and
escaped with minor injuries.
Immigrant Governor Helping Lad.
St. Paul, Minn.—Thirty-three years
ago Adolph Olson, nine years old, was
detained at Ellis Island, N. Y., while
the immigration authorities made sure
that his parents were in Nebraska, and
that he had a home to which hcynlght
go. Now this same Aloph Olson, now
GOT. Adolph Gverhart, is striving in
New York to aid Alois Lormer, 15
years old, a German lad, who is de
tained at Ellis Island. The lad was
on his way to the home here of his
uncle. Thomas Neuman, when detain
ed for lack of funds/
Edwards Loses His Job.
Macon. Ga.—Harry Stlllwell Ed
wards' resignation as postmaster at
Macon has been called for by the post
office department, and Curtla Notting
ham will be nominated as hla success
or. Senator Bacon was notified of the
action of the department, aad prompt
ly communicated to President Wilson
hla desire that Mr. Nottingham should
be named. This Is, the home town
of Senator Baoon, and. according to
established senate precedent, he la en
titled to 111 this ottoe. Senator Smith
vfß select the Atlanta postmaster.
FRANK B. WILLIS
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Representative Frank B. Wlllflk ot
Ohio qualified aa the champion speller
of Waahlngton at tha National Press
club'a "apellln' bee," hald In Waah/ng
ton, between a selected team of nrfem
bers of the houee and aenate, and ■
team made up of newspaper corre
spondents.
ANOTHER LOBBY PROBE
HAIR-RAIBING STORY OF BATTLE
OF U. 8. TROOPS WITH SPEAR
HURLING MOROB.
No Quarter Given «pr Expected—The
Stronghold of McWps Waa Cap
tured and Many Killed.
Washington.—A hair-raising story
of hand-to-hand conflict with spear
hurling Moro savages in a battle to
the death on an isolated mountain top,
with no quarter given or expected,
was fouled -tfl' the war department
from the Philippines by Major Gene
ral Bell. It was the commanding gen
eral's report on the campaign of Gen.
John J. Pershing, which resulted In
the extermination of the last consid
erable band of rebellious Moros
Long ago most the Moros gave
up their arms peacewlly, but the tierce
tribesmen of Lati Ward, embracing
about twenty square miles on the
northern coast of the island of Jolo,
made ready for war whenever there
was a suggestion of depriving them of
their weapons. Recently nearly ten
thousand of them stampeded to Mount
Bagsak, a wild peak which they be
lieved Impregnable. Many confer
ences and patient diplomacy drew
most of them away and sent them to
their homes, but three or four hun
dred of the most desperate fortified
their stronghold at.d prepared to fight
it out with the American nation.
ARMY AIRMAN MEETS DEATH
Lieut. Call of U. S. Army Aviation
Corpa Crushed to Death.
Houston, Texas.—Lieut. Loren H.
Call of the United Stat# army avia
tion corp was killed lnnantly by the
fall of his aeroplane just north of
Texas City. He had started his flight
from the aviation field in the Second
army division mobilisation camp.
His machine was at an altitude of
about five hundred feet, plainly vis
ible to several soldiers, who say that
It seemed to be running smoothly,
and that without warning, it suddenly
turned Its nose downward and plung
ed almost straight to the earth.
Bhootlng at Neighbor, Kills Wife.
Anadarko, Okia —During the prog
ress of a dispute near Carnegie, Okla.,
in relation to his title to a six-foot
row of beans, D. A. Dodginton shot at
A. S. Jones, his neighbor. The bul
let went wide and struck and killed
Mrs. Dodglngton, thirty feet away.
Unaware of the result of his first
shot, Dodglngton emptied his pistol at
Jones, this time seriously wounding
Benjamin Robinson, a bystander.
Dodglngton fled when a posse of farm
ers gathered and surrendered to the
sheriff at Anadarko.
8,640,000,000 Fish Eggs.
Washington.—The year just closed
established a record for the United
States bureau of fisheries In the num
ber of eggs taken and later planted.
It, ran to the enormous total of 3,-
40.000,000,/which borke the record
made In the previous year by 178,-
000,000. The largest number of any
one kind was In flat flah, of which
800,000,000 eggs were pitted. To
Increase the supply of lobnkrs along
the New England coast, the bureau
Is considering the establishment in
Rhode Island of a lobstef plant
Kills Fsther to Protect Mother.
Central, S. C. —John Dobson, a farm
er, aged 60, residing near here, died
from wbunds received In a pistol duel
with his 17-year-old son. It la said
that. the boy attempted to aid his
mother, whom Dobson Is alleged to
have been mistreating. Dobson, re
turning the lire, mortally wounded an
other son who had taken BO part In
the difficulty. After the shooting the
elder boy escaped and surrendered
to the sheriff. Dofeoon was shot tow
BULGARIAN ARMY
ACT LIKE SAVAGES
SACKED AND BURNED TOWN OP
SERES AND COMMITTED IN-
CREDITABLE OUTRAGES.
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ARE IN DESPERATE STRAITS
Ruin and Destruction Follow In th«
Wake of Retreating Boldlers.—N9
Medicine For Sick or Food For t/ie
Hungry.
Salpnikl.—The lacking and burning
of the town of Seres by the defeated
Bulgarian Army and the accompany
ing outrages on -women and atrocities
on men were fully confirmed in a dla
patch from a Greek correspondent.
The retreating Bulgarian soldiers,
he telegraphed, opened a cannonade
with four field guns from a hill above
the town. At the aame time bands of
Bulgarian soldiers, led by their offi
cers, scoured the streets, first pillag
ing the stores and houses and then
drenching them with petroleum and
setting them afire until the greater
part of the town was biasing.
The soldiers were accompanied by
revolutionary Colonel
Yankofl, who with other former of
ficers of the Bulgarian Army were
very active in Macedonia in 1903.
The Austro-Hungarlan consular of
fices were plundered and burned.
Vice Consul George C. Zlatko being
carried off by the marauders, but sub
sequently released. The Italian con
sul bought off the Incendiaries.
\ The Bank of Athens, the Oriental
the Palace of the Metropoli
tan, the great tobacco warehouses of
the American, Austrian and German
companies And the hospitals were
burned after they had oeen pillaged.
The Ameican Tobacco Company
alone suffered to the extent of sl,-
000,000.
Many people were! crucified, hacked
to pieces or burned alive by the mad
den Bulgarians, who committed in
creditable outrages on women of all
ages, many of whom died from the
effects. , i'
The condition of those who escaped
is lamentable. Rich merchants are
dying of hunger, while wretched
mothers are trying to find covering
and food for their naked and s'tarv
ing children.
Truce Agreed Upon by. Railroad Man.
Washington. Representatives of
the 80,000 conductors and trainmen of
Eastern railways who have voted to
strike for higher wages, and manag
ing officers of the railroads agreed at
the White House to aubmlt their dif-
to arbitration under the pro
visions of the Newlands-Clayton act,
which President Wilson and congrea
slonal leaders promised to make law.
In the meantime no strike will be de
clared, officials of ?ne employes'
brotherhoods agreeing to an armistice.
Armor Plata Plant For Government.
Washington.—Naval experta' figures
showing ihat a Government armor
plate factor}-, costing (8,466,000, would
save $l4O a ton on armor, or more
than $1,000,000 net a year, were sub
mitted to Congreas by Secretary Dan
iels. The Secretary'" report w«.s sent
In response to a Senate resolution
ind supplemented previous statements
Issued by him advocating a ■Govern
ment-owned armorfplate factory.
Tariff on Booka and Works of Art.
Washington.—President Wllaon ex
preaaed surprise that the senate fin
ance committee hiH Increased duties
In the tariff bill on works of art and
books. He believes these articles are
more of educationa' aat than luxurlea.
It 'Was indicated that the pteaifcnt
would consult senators on the change.
Eight'- Uvea Loat in Flood*.
London. —Flooda In the Maroa-Torda
district of Transylvania, Hungary,
have caused the loaa of 80 live*, ac
cording tc a Central News dispatch
from Budapest Fifteen villages nwo
been destroyed, 'n many place* the
water U five !•** deep.
Backer Denied New Trial.
New York.—Chas. Becker's appli
cation for a new trial on the charge of
murdering the gambler, Herman Ros
enthal, was denied by supreme court
Justice Ooff. Counsel had aought to
re-open the case on the ground of new
ly discovered evidence. Justice Ooff,
who was the trial Judge In the Becker
case and In the case of the four gun
men, held that the police lieutenant
had fair trial before him and denied
the plea. If relief coitae* to Becker
now it must be through the higher
courts.
Bastlls Victory Celebrated.
Paris. —The presence of detach
ments of native regiments from tbe
French colonies in Africa, Long, King,
An nam and Madagascar lent interest
to the annual review at/ Longchamps
of .the garrison of Paris by the presi
dent of the republic on the occasion
of the anniversary of tbe taking of
the bestllle in 17>f. President Ray
mond Poincare was greeted 6D his
arrival of the tmmsaee crowds that,
ever attended titm Military
After the preeeHeOee- /!L wagfe
dent all the