LOME BANDIT ROBS
SEABOARD TRAIN
- V ! •
WHITE MAN HqtLDS UP EXPRESS
MESSENGER AND MAKES
ESCAPE.
PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTED
Florida-Cuba Special of the Seaboard
Hald Up far tha Third Time
in Two Ye«r».
Columbia, 8. C.—An unknown white
man, platol ill hand, entered the ex
press car of the northbound Florida-
Cuba Special of the Seaboard Air
L4n© from Tampa to New York, as the
train •«« leaving Columbia, compell
ed the express mesaenger to open the
nafe. and after taking from It a pack
age. tald to be of Might value, jumped
off as the train slowed up for a crosa-
Ing In the northern limits of the city.
After the crew had instructed (he
crossing watchman "to communicate
with the Columbia police, the train
proceeded on Ita way. Neither pas
sengers nor mail clerks were molested.
Officials of the express company
were unable to estimate the va'.ue of
the packages aecured by the robber.
They say they are unable to state
where the stolen package was put
on, and will not know until later how,
much money It contained.
The robbery is the third of Its na
ture In Columbia within the past two
years. In each case the hold-ups
have been made by one man. No ar
rests have been made in the other
cases
STUDENTS ENGAGE IN RIOT
Newspaper Corerepondent Aaaiulted
at Chapel Hill, N. C. -
Raleigh, N. C. —Threatened by a
crowd of students of the University
of North Carolina, In the lobby of the
postofflce at Chapel Hill, S. 11. Win
ters, corerspondent of the News and
Observer,'at that place, was struck by
one of them because of the publica
tion of an account of gambling by
atudents at the slate university in a
morning newspaper. ,
A party of
dents and citizens of Chapel Hill, were
bound over to the court on the charge
of p'i ng "craps," and the report
gave tnelr names. This caused tin
attack on him. the evidence being that
only the Intervention of students and
a hurried call for the police kept the
crowd from beating up Winters.
The faculty of the university and
the authorities of Chapel Hill are on
a campaign to break up gambling at
the university and in the town. The
chief of police of Chapel 11111, In a
statement, says that with what evi
dence is in hand lie will be able to
round up the ring leaders In gambling
In the university.
Champion Father of German.
Berlin.—Ferdinand Egllnski, aged
63. a tailor of Ahlbeck, is Germany's
champion father. The Tageblatt,
which publishes his story, says that
of his successive marriages with two
slster.s thirty-five children were born.
26 of whom are living—l 9 boys and 7
girl* The tailor married at the age
of 1!0. Ills first wife, who died in
1907. bore him twenty four children.
In 1908 he married his deceased wife's
Bister, who has born hlin eleven chil
dren In the last six years. Triplets
came on one occasion and twins were
born twice. When his sixth son en
tered the army In 1913 Kgllnskl re
ceived a private audience with the kai
ser, who ordered him entertained In
- Berlin at his majesty's expense for a
week. Egilnskl has become a celeb
rity and adds to his Income as u tail
or by post cards of Ulmself.
Proposed Marriage From Tree Top.
Savannah, Ga Before a sympathet
ic audience of several hundred peo
ple, Frank M. Register of 2425 llar
nurd street, climbed a tree In Colo
nial park, back of the jail, proposed
to Miss Zetr. Metlock, who Is being
detained by the police, was accepted
and the two fixed the date for the
wedding. Miss Metlock Is being held
at the police stutton no charg
es, but In order that she. may be
taken care of until she £an be restor
ed to her parents.
Railroad Men Threaten Strike.,
Rome, Italy.—ltaly faces another
general strike. Eighty thousand rail
way employees are claming ,for an
amelioration of their conditions of em
ployment, which would represent an
increase of 110,000,000 in the state
•budget. The employees held several
meetings.—The most Important one
was at Anconn, a great railway cen.
ter, where it was decided that If the
government refused to give a satis
factory answer to the demands of the
men a general railway strike would
be proclaimed April 15.
Prosperity Returns to Philippines.
Washington.—Apparently complete
recovery from drouth and storms that
- paralysed trade and farming activi
ties of the Philippines-, last year was
announced by the bureau of insular
affairs. Customs returns from the isl
ands show the total imports for the
calendar year just ended amounted to
only $53,312,780, or ¥8,355,165 less
than lor 1912, while the exports show
a reduction of $7.011,782 from the
1912 total of $47,772,956. The 1914 mi
gar cfrop, Is expected to surpass all re
cent records.
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WILLIAM Ei WILLIAMS
Mr. Williams I* a repre«entatlve-at
large In congress from llllnola. He
want to school at Illinois college with
W. J. Bryan and has besn a Bryan
man svsr sines.
ENGLISH THRONE SHAKEN
i -
PARLIAMENT SEETHING CALDRON
OVER ALLEGED ALLIANCE
OF KING.
Unless Premier Asqulth Satisfactorily
Explains He Will Face Danger of
Liberal Rebellion. ,
London.—Westminster continues to
lie u seething caldron over what the
Liberals now 'Renounce iih tligf "mu
tiny of tint tinny aristocrats" iigalnst
democratic government. The fact bus
been established from nil obtainable
evidence that Gen. Hubert Guugh and
the other officers of the Third cavalry
brigade demanded und obtained writ
ton assurances that they would not
be ordered to,tight Sir Edward Car
son's U'lHter volunteers, and that these
assurances ' were obtained lnrgely
through the personal Intervention of
the king.
The throne, which traditionally has
kept out of party controversies, Ir In
volved In the dlscnssion as It never
before has been during King George's
reign or that of Ills diplomatic father.
The section of the Liberals who op
posed what they denounce as a sur
render to the military oligarchy are
criticising the king with the greatest
freedom. They resent lils action in
summoning to the palace Field Mar
shal Lord Roberts, who, In his speech
es, advised the officers that they might
properly erf use service In suppress
ing the Ulster Irroconcilahles. They
criticise his majesty for dealing per
sonally with Field Marshal Sir John
French, chief of the general staff.
ALASKA COAL LANDS OPEN
.Under Leasing Plan Lands Agreed
Upon by Senate.
Washington.- Opening of Alaska
coal lands under a leasing plan was
proposed In a bill agreed upon by
the senate public lands committee,
and which will be favorably reported
by Chairman Myers.
The bill proposes that , the unre
served lands be surveyed Into 40-acre
tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi
mum being fixed at 500 acres for any
tract! They are to lie leased to com
petitive bidders, not more than one
tract being Included in any lease.
Railroads will be prohibited from ac
quiring a greater coal supply than
needed for their own uses.
Five Persons Drowned.
Fresno, Cel.—The breaking of a sus
pension bride across the San Jon
(|uln river plunged four men and one
woman, crossing tn an automobile, 50
feet into the swift stream. They were
drowned. Among the occupants of the
machine were L, N. Part, general
superintendent of the San Joaquin
Light and Power corporation and J.
E. llrugess, assistant superintendent
Takes Charge of Body.
Stamford, Conn.—The body of Prof.
Harry Thurston Peck, who committed
suicide here, was removed rto the
home of hits former wife, Mrs. Cornelia
Daw barn Peck, at Sound Beacli, with
the consent of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Peck,
his second wife. Among the effects
of Professor Peck, of which Mrs. Cor
nelia Peck has tnken charge, urfe>A
number of manuscripts. One of
was on "platonlc friendship," in which
the question Is raised as to "whether
a man can maintain a plafonic friend
ship.
Held on fraud Charge.
Portland, Ore.—Walter Greer Camp
bell, who three, years ago had a for
tune of more than four million dol
lars, was arrested here on a charge
oi obtain luk money under false pre
tenses in San Francisco. He (t!so is
accused of fteetng from his
owing upwards of $ 100,000. The po
lice say ?100,000 In gold certificate?
were found in Campebll's pockets. A
Sao Francisco telegram says Greer
Campbell left his wife and child
on March 9. Mrs. Campbell declares
he pawned her jewels.
THE ENTESPBISB, WILLIAMBTOK, NORTH CAROLINA
WILSON SCORES A
PERSONALTRIUMPH
CLOTURE RULE ADOPTED IN THE
HOUSE BY VOTE OF .
200 TO 172.
PREDICT PASSAGE OF BILL
Crucial Point Patted, Say Adminis
tration Leadera, Who Claim Moas
ure Will Have 100 Majority.
Washington.—President Wilson won
the opening skirmish of the great leg
islative battle of his administration
when the house, over bitter protests
from recognised Democratic leaders
and almost solid minority opposition,
adopted a special rule for the consider
ation of the bill repealing the free
tolls provision of the Panama canal
act. Speaker Clark, Democratic Lead
er Underwood, Republican Leader
Maun and Progressive Leader Mur
dock headed those lined up ugalnst
the administration, but the house re
sponded to the president's personal ap
peal for prompt consideration of the
repeal bill as a means of supporting
his administration's foreign policy, -
Two votes demonstrated the presi
dent's commanding Influence with his
party in congress. On the first test,
a motion to end debate and preclude
amendment on the rule carried by a
vote of 2>7 to 170; the rule itecAf was
adopted 200 to 172.
Nothing to compare with the scene
had occurred In the house since the
famous Cannon rules light four years
ago. In vain Representative Under
wood took the floor und urged his col
leagues to voln agulnst the rule. The
rank and file Democrats, after listen
lug to three bourn of passionate ar
gument, swung into the president's
column. l'Jl* of,them voting to prevent
the amendment of the special rule,
while but f>s followed the leaders in
joining with the minority In opposl
tlon.
ANDREWS MAKES REPORT
France, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
to Build Pavillona.
Washington.—-Col, Walter P. An
drews, who returned from a tour of
the Mediterranean countries as com
missioner general of the United States
to the Mediterranean and Balkan
states, Invited the members of the
Georgia delegation to congress to a'
dinner at the' New Wlllard hotel.
Colonel Andrews has made his re
port to Secretary Bryan and is enthu
siastic about the trip of the special
commission.
Franco, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
agreed to build pavilions at the Pan
ama Pacific exposition. ltoumanla,
Servla. Portugal and Spain had already
decided not to participate, but agreed
to reopen the subject.
Over 25,000 Indians 111 With Plague.
Washington. Health conditions
unions the Indians are described as
deplorable l>y Indian Commissioner
Onto Sells, In Ills annual report. Ap
proximately 25,000 Indians are suffer
ing from tuberculosis, he says, while
uvallablo hospital facilities for all will
not exceed 300 beds. I hiring the past
fiscal year 1,905 Indians died from tu
berculosis. The Indian death rate was
32.25 per thousand, against 16.00 per
thousand for the entire, registered
area of the United States. More than
60,000 cases of trachoma are shown
to exist among the government's
wards. The report says there are
8,000 Indian families without homes,
many of whom live under .revolting
Conditions. Need of Increased appro
prfattons to provide the lndlaris more
sanitary homes, better school facilities,
medical attention and measures to pre
vent disease is emphasized.*
Steamer Hits Rock; 18 Drowned.
London. —Eighteen of the crew of the
crew of the French steamer St. Paul
were drowned. The steamer struck
a rock and sank while entering the
port of Brisbane, Australia, according
to a Lloyd dispatch. The St. Paul
was on the way from Noumea to Syd- j
ney. She was a new 200-foot vessel,
built in 1912, commanded by Captain
Ooree and owned by the Oceanic Nav
igation company of Bordeaux.
Owen Urge* Repeal of Exemption.
Washington,—While the opposing
factions in the house were lining up
for the opening of the fight over the
administration bill to repeal the tolls
exemption clacse of the Panama canal
act. Senator Owen supported Presi
dent Wilson's attitude Jn urging the
repeal. He took the position that the
exemption was in violation of the Hay
i Pauncei'ote treaty. Senator Owen re
ferred lo the senate roll calls to em
j phaslze President Wilson's contention
that the exemption was passed by a
coalitloi of the two old parties.
Five Injured in Wreck.
Cuth*>ert, Ga. Two passengers
coaches of train No. 3. G., F. and A.
railway, turned completely over fwo
miles south of here, injuring Conductor
Honnoll, J. L, Boynton -of Dickey; Miss
Martha, of Vldalia, Ga.; James M.
Rawls and Alethia V. CJoff, colored, of
Guthber!, Ga. The last truck jumped
! the true.', on a curve and jerked the
two passenger coaches completely
over. None of the Injured are *rfow
thought to be fatally, but a num
ber will be confined touthe hospital for
some tl.'ne.
MISS LUCY BURNS , N
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Wy
Mite Burnt, Vattar graduate with •
long record of poet-graduate work In
political economy at the unlver*itlee
of Yale, Berlin and Bohn, ie now the
acting head of the Women'* Congree
alonal Union at Waahlngton.
NBURGENTS HAKE AIM
FEDERALS DRIVEN BACK WHEN
MAKING ATTEMPT TO ES
CAPE FROM CITY.
Huerta Troops Concentrated In West
ern Part of Torreon to Resist
Combined Attack.
Juarex, Mexico. —A message from
Oomex Palacio, signed by General Vil
la, said that he had concentrated his
forces to force his way Into Torreon,
there to join General Herrera and to
take supreme command. Officials
here declared that the federals al
ready had tried to escape from the city,
but were driven back and were In no
condition to withstand' such an at
tnck as that of which Villa gave no
tice In this telegram.
A telegram received from General
Villa says that practically all of Tor
reon, Including the entire business
section. Is In the hands of the rebels.
General Herrera, at the head of 4,000
men, Is said to have entered the city
from the east Instead of the north, as
at first reported, and Is said to have
fought his way through the streets to
the bull-ring on the northern ddge of
the city
A second telegram from Villa
amended the llrst to show that the
federals were concentrated In their last
defenses In the western portion of the
city. Rebel officials here say that If
the federals do not hold their position
there, they Inevitably mast be cap
tured.
The same telegram says thht fed
eral Generals Pena, Reyna and Anaya
have been killed and Oeneral Ocaranza
seriously wounded.
BANK HOLDUP IN ATLANTA
Bandit Steals Buggy and Eludes Big
Mob After a Wild Chase.
Atlanta.—Foiled In a wild attempt
to loot the safety vaults of the Atlanta
Stato Savings Bank, a negro institu
tion, in Auburn avenue, which con
tained upwards of 12,500 in gold and
silver, a white would-be bandit, blud
geoned a negro clerk, fled Into Hous
ton street, seized a horse and buggy,
raced through the downtown streets,
pursued by police officers ana a howl
ing mob, fired some five shots at his
pursuers and finally eluded searchers
In the block bounded by Harris and
Cain streets.
A,; short time later a man claiming
to be and giving his name as
Edward Rhynata of Denver, Colo., was
arrested by Call Officer James Palmer,
In a room at Cain and Williams streets.
The suspect was taken to the banking
rooms. He was identified by six ne
groes as the man seen earlier In the
day at the Odd Fellows' building, in
which the barik Is located.
Knell Sounded for Convict Goods.
Washington.—After a vigorous parti
san contest, the house passed a bill
to bar foreign convict-made or pauper
made goods from competition with the
products of American free labor. The
measure, Which now goes to the sen
ate, ' fsttown a bill recently passed by
the house forbidding the shipment ol
goods in interstate com
merce into states which prohibit the
sale of such products in the open mar
ket. The importation of foreign, con
vict-made goods has been prohibited
under the tariff laws since 1890.
Bell Gunness Again Found.
La Porte, Ind.—Foi the fifth time the
county commissioners have been per
suaded to appropriate r.xllroad fare for
investigation of a report that Mrs.
Belle Gunness has been "found." Clint
Cochrane, a marshal when the Gun
ness "murder farm" was ex.ioited in
1908, left LaPorte for Neville. Sask.,
where the northwest mounter police
have under surveillance a w.nnan
homesteader. According to th«* re
ports from Canada, the woman was rec
ognised as Mrs'. Gunness by a man
who went to school with her.
TEXTILE BUILDING
REBUILT BY AUG. 1
A. A M. TRUSTEES LET CONTRACT
FOR REPLACINO OF BURNED
BTRUCTURE.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Oolngs and Happeninge That Mark
the Prog reee of North Carolina Poo
ple Gathered Around the State
CapitoL
Raleigh.
The executive committee of the
Board of Truateos of A. ft M. College
havo already let a contract to S. S.
Toiler of Rocky Mount for rebuilding
the Textile building bunted only a few
mornings ago and haring it ready for
equipment by Auguat 1. The work la
to ba done on a percentage basia un
der the direction of Preaident D. H.
Hill and Prof. H. E. Hatterfleld.
The romalnt of the f)rmer building
are to be uaed as far at possible in
the reconstruction, although there
may be changes In the plans and also
enlargement. A call is made on man
ufacturers of textile machinery in all
parts of the country to contribute ma
chinery for the equipment, at was
dona in the original o|«nlng of the
building.
The executive committee also ap
proved a plan for a Summer school of
Instruction for the rural tcboola of
the state to be in progress June 3
to July 1. thlt to Include all teachera
In the rural high schools who are
engaged in teaching agriculture and
nature study. A four-y*ar course in
this Bummer will ent'tle the
holders of certificates to teach in the
achools without re-examination. There
are 813 teachers of this class in the
state and a large per cent of them are
expected to attend this Summer
•chool.
Here for the meeting of the execu
tive eommlttee were W. H. Ragan.
chairman; O. L. Clark, Dladen; R. H.
Ricks, Edgecombe, and N. E. Brough
ton, Raleigh, with President D. 11.
Hill of the college.
The executive committee of the
Stato Board of Agriculture arranged
for the farm demonstration workers
from the United Statea Department of
Agriculture, co-operating with the
department under C. R. Hudson, to
haro their offices In the present build
ing of the State DepaHment of Agri
culture/ also for offices tor the work
ers from the government co-operatlhg
la the Animal Husbnndry Division uh>
der Mr. Oray to have offices In the
agricultural building at A. ft M.
College.
This adjusts a serious condition
that was about to cause the state to
loee the government forces In these
divisions of work, on account of In
ability to provide office quarters.
State Seal la Bgdly Worn.
Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes
and Governor Craig are co-operating
In the purchase of a new great seal
of state for the governor's office. The
seal now In use Is badly worn and the
mechanism by which It Is operated In
attaching the seal to documents of
state Is badly out of "whack." The
Instrument was broken during the
administration of Governor Russell
and was somewhat crudely repaired.
Alao some of the letters have become
so badly worn as to show up poorly
In the Imprints.
The present seal has been in use
since 1883. The seal that was In use
prior to that time was made in 1836
and the one prior to that in 1794.
Then there were a number of colonial
seals. Drawings of new seals have
been received from a number of
manufacturers. The general design
of the seal Is being considerably
changed in those designs being of
fered.
Bolejack'a Sentence Commuted.
James Bolejack gets a commuta
tion from death sentence to life im
prisonment. He Is the aged Mecklen
burg county man sentenced to* die
April 4th for wife murder.
N. C. Pin* Men Meet In Norfolk.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of
the North Carolina Pine Association,
composed of lumber manufacturers in
Virginia and North and South Caro
lina, met In Norfolk a few days ago.
President Horton Corwin, Jr., of
Edenton, N.C.. touching in his annual
address upon the Federal and state
anti-trust laws, declared that these
were not intended to "repress enter
prise or to close the avenue of useful
information" but "to suppress monop
oly and unlaw-ful combinations in re
straint of trade."
North Carolina Cotton Crop.
The United States report of cotton
ginned and marketed to date was re
ceived at the state department of agri
culture recently and shows that the
North Carolina crop to date Is 835,435*
bale*, compared with 906,751 for the
previous year. Robeson led, as usual,
with 53,000 bales, compared with 62,-
000 last year. Mecklenburg has 31,-
053 bales, compared with 28,178 the
year previous. Pitt county has only
21,000 compared with 31,000 and
Johnston county has only 38,000, com
pared with 44,00$ for laat year, r
J tin* 4 Data of «tato Convention.
Raleigh. The A lata Democratic
executive committee recently voted
to change the date (or the state con'
ventlon from June 17 to June 4 In
Raleigh in order to avoid conflict
with the North Carolina Medical Soci
ety that will be In Raleigh June 16-18.
The committee was presided over by
Chairman Thomas D. Warren, with
Secretary W. E. Brock present. There
were 48 members present in person
and by proxy.
The committee adopted the follow
ing resolutions: , *
"Whereas, the recent session of the
legislature created four new Judicial
districts in the atate and it has dis
arranged the judicial committees la
at least four districts, there being no
resident chairman:
"Therefore, be It resolved by the
Democratic state executive commit
tee that any chairman now living in
one of the new Judicial districts shall
act as chairman for such district.
"And be it further resolved that the
chairman of thla committee designate
some member in those districts which
now have no chairman to call the
committee together for the purpose of
calling the Judicial convention In said
district.
"Resolved, further, that if two for
mer chairmen now live In the same
district that th«y jointly call a meet
ing of the committee for the purposa
of calling a convention of the Judicial
committee.
"Be it resolved by the Democratic
state committee that the plan of or
ganisation be amended as follows:
"It shall be the duty of the chair
men of the various congressional,
Judicial and senatorial committees of
the state immediately after they are
elected, to furnish to the chairman of
the state committee all lists of the
names and the postoffice addresses of
the members of their committees, in
dicating the chairman and secretary.
Cannot Flog State Convicts.
In the opinions Just delivered bjr
the Supreme Court there Is one in
the case of Btate vs. Nipper and John
son, from Wake, involving the right
pf convict guards to flog unruly con
victs ob administer other corporal
punishment, the Supreme Court hold
ing with Judge Cooke of the Superior
Court that there is no such right
etiher through the state constitution
or through legislative statute. The
Supreme Court declares —Chief Jus
tice Clark writing the opinion—that:
"In view of the enllghtment of
this age and the progress which has
been made in prison discipline, we
have no difficulty in coming to the
conclusion that corporal punishment
by flogging Is not reasonable and can
not be sustained. That which d»
grades a man cannot be either necee
sary or reasonble.*
Supreme Court Appeal*.
The appeals decided In the recent
delivery of opinions are:
Autnan vs. Lumber Company, Samp
son -County, modifled and affirmed
with costs against the appellant; Ward
vs. Alberson, Duplin county, no er
ror: State vs. Horton, Franklin, no
error; In re will of Cooper, Wake,
no error; Rees vs. Williams, Wake,
petition to rehear dismissed; Clare
ment College vs. Riddle. Catawba, af
firmed; Rackley vs. Rackley, Robe
son. dismissed for failure to file print
ed briefs; McArthur vs. Land A Tim
ber Co., Cumberland, dismissed for
failure to file brle's; Porter vs. Sea
board Air Line, Bladen, dismissed for
failure to file printed briefs.
Agents Must Havs New Licsntss.
State Commissioner of Insurance-
Young calls attention to the fact that
the licenses of all insurance agents in
this sUte expire April 1 and that the
applications for Renewal are coming
In remarkably slow. Under the law
they'wlll, have no authority to do bns
lnens after April 1 until these renew
als are procured. There are about
13,000 agents in the state and the com
panies and the agents must sign all
application for renewal blanks for
which have been distributed.*
Harrison Visits Raleigh.
President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern Railway Company spent sev
eral hours in the qity recently with
Vice President A. B. Andrews and
was a caller at the office of Governor
Craig and the Corporation Commis
sion with whom he discussed a num--
ber of matters Informally. With Pres
ident Harrison were Vice President
and Traffic Manager J. M. Culp and
Vice President and General Manager
E. H. Coapman.
Major Kuekendalt Succeeds Barker.
Raleigh.—Major E. D. Kuekendalt.
of Greensboro, succeeds Col. Max L.
Barker as commander of the North
Carolina Coast Artillery Corps, Col
onel Barker retiring with the rank of
major from the service. This an
nouncement was made by Adjutant
General Young. Dates for the school
of instruction for the officers of the
military guard are changed from May
12-17 to May 4-9, BO the officers may
be at home and at their precincts for
the primaries. *
A. & M, Textile Building Burns.
The textile building at A. & M. Col-
destroyed by fire early a few
mornings ago, the total loss being es
timated at SiiO.aoO. A little leas than
haif of this being covered by insur-
The flames were discovered in the
southwest corner of the third floor at
S o'clock and the alarm given with
the college whistle. As quickly as pos
sible the students had three streams.
on the flames from the college hose,
but theconflagration had gained such,
headwif that they were powerless..