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'-.'. v.'" r, ' '.:,:'. . f : ' : ' : .v 'C. f -': ? v--' vV. ... V'iv'-'v -r-;; "V;VA :y '.-'.-.y.t -V-'-,1 ''--'' v':':v: '-.':"';''"..: 7;'- 'V-t ylxV' VV Vf":'vV VlTOn-Th lla'fi V:"-"-. V: I V ,. ' -I - A ETeriwUn5FaTlt is the poll, .- U;A.:,: YWi lhl)i 4i U I4f V? S?SXlf v F 7''A"'' TvYV- vt- cy which pays big dividends to sV.vh y I- JL ' V SnSPt M U j6. fTn -Nl MV'AW' ','A'-,',:-;,- the adverfisr. This paper is : 'v H . , A S A' ffecPV R SUiSr V-'-:'?: the medinm.. Time: ;The pres., 7 i THE WEATHER. Thunder showers" Tuesday and probably .Wednesday; light south winds. , ' ; ' 2 VOL. LXXXV NO. 136. WILMlNGrTOK, K. C, OXJESDi MOKNTlNGr, !MAHCH 1, 1910. WHOLE NXJMBEB 13,230. PREMIER'S PLAN BIG SNOl'J SLIDES, CITY 0 MONTGOMERY COURT DECLARES I YESTERDAY WAHY LIVES LOST II IS WITH ! N UW - j DISREGARD LEA LAUNCHED T1SH 10 END STRIKE IS REGAPTU RED -l' ' . . i . "'--) .f Ik ' ' Asquith's Government; Set- ties Political Struggle Until Easter. 1 IS ACCEPTED BY PARLIAMENT A Conservatives Yield to Prevent Second Successive General Election Fi nancial Billt Will be Consid ered First. ? London, Feb. 28. In the session of the House of Commons today the out- come of which was awaited as eagerly I as the denouement of a most exciting tragedy by all the members of boia lioiises able to pack themselves into phla Rapid Transit Company, officials the chamber, Premier Asquith's gov- of that company declared tonight that eminent obtained a lease of life until no proposition looking toward arbitra after Easter. This was the gift of the tion in any form is being considered Conservatives, who so anxious to avoid two general elections successive-1 ly within so brief a period that they ac cepted the Premier's programme with out calling for a vote. When the House of Commons meets after Easter it will take up the strug gle to revolutionize the British govern ment svstpm. Resolutions will he nr sented to deorive the House of Lords! of all authority over finances, and alsoPUDlIc sympathy will force arbitration of the power of vetoing the measures oerore tne general siriKe voiea ior of the lower house, leaving to the yesterday goes into effect on Satur- Lords only the functions of delay and day. . discussion. 1Q addition to the many out-of-town If this plan succeeds, the govern- labor leaders already on the scene, the racnt proposes next year to proceed National heads of labor organizations with the transformation of the House to the country are expected to reach of Iords from a hereditary to a demo- here ln tIme t0 participate in another cratic body. meeting of labor chiefs, which will be iilhel'd on Wednesday nleht. minintor T,firi n-nrf rnor,i. I i, t ii,H.nr,i Hioroit tho I Brmm.nt ntftirod ita PTistonrn it i the mntim th h.irfp-At RtnnHo M0trni-a - H' Before the Easter adjournment the House of Commons will deal with res- olutions enabling the .government to nti f Kn1- mnnoV or, i pwrfitlon bin for the army; navy Mr. Asquith's plan gained the sup- Men who report: for work tomorrow i,nr nt ha Hbn MHin.ia on lc.Lnmine. the mavor stated, will be i hnritoo wm vav0riir with rh on Ka vi rnmn.Mon lotor I in iho-ovMin h mowiHao f qi and 9r. reBnectivelv. aeainst two Dro- amonitmonta tn Mr Asnuith's rneniothm THch mnmhorg haH I withdrawn from th TTnuso fnr a is. I cussion of policy when the programme waa arwntwl - Thw had. however, de- ririnii tr. rofrotn from vntinp- The Premier's motion, giving govern- ment business precedence at every sit- " ting up to March 24th, was adopted without division. In laying down the government's programme, Mr. Asquith emphasized the necessary of proceed- inp .ith flnonrini business first, and he said that ftr that would romc. the auostion of reformine the House of Lords' The financial legislation, he de- clared, would be confined to the army and navy bills and other urgent de- lnanrts whirh rtnnid nrniinv th whole attention Hon of the House un to the East-1 or adionrnment. with regard to the House of Lords, he honed that - House of Commons would aeree with the . nroDosed Dlan. but whether it did or not. the eovern- ment intended to nlace on the statute books a provision which would - set frpr tho iTmiao nt i .nmmona from the i veto of the Lords. . VMV ItVUUV W W w I Chancellor Llovd-Georee In a telling neech ueclared that tne government could not ask for the exercise, of the roval nrprnirfttivft itnon nronosaia which had not vet received the sanction Of -- i- o . i- m ; I thp Hnuap of f!nrnmnna or the oDnosi- tion of the House of Lords. - 1 Th covAmment will stakp its exla- ttnop. said the ohatirellor. . unon the advirp it will irlvo tho soveroiern if it Uwnmps npronenrv to dn so. This IS a I matter of crpatpat moment to tha de- mocracy of Great Britain and Ireland, We are fighting a powerful combina- tion whioh rnniint ho nvorthrnwn with-I out couraee and Mtnradea disloyalty 1 and saprifirp ' ' " " ' ' fl The chancellor annealed to the Lib- pra h to trimt th trnwornmont and work together. I Suffragists HOME.BREAKERS . a.h.a P.aitimri vcM e " a hnni-Tnoiiata" TV I IV ffTHIII kU V VIV was the name lven onVnon anfTrac-iata Dy the Itev.-Dr. Henry Grlesmer, pas-. ior or Franklin Square Baptist church and president' of the ministers' union "f this city In a debate before the Bal-'l timore BaDtist Ministers' Association tOdav nn tha niioHnn nt "ri,erh 'Wo. man to Have the Right of .Suffrage." ' wtien I sav the auffraelst is unnat- ural i mn n .,, v. ry-A H,0ir.lni hvno- started the crusade. Efforts Hate somethlne' that Hhe' oiicht. not to b. " To Dr. Grlesmer'Sr mind. there are three great and uncontrovertible rea - . T . - uns wny women Should never v nave the ballot us unanrfnturaf: unnatural aud impolitic. r . " Women who want the ballot are HOme-brenkera and tint hnmo.ma Vers" - ' ivieu wuu uac ouvu uossed up with such a woman would make life a burden and home a perdl- uon." ' -: v...;. ; . New I literest Quarter. . Begins today at Wilmington & Trust Co ' - Sav- Transit Officials WUl Not Consider Demands of Reliiirious Bodies. GENERAL STRIKE SOON '.V Cars Operated in Philadelphia . Until Late . Last Night Statement is Made by Labor Leader ' Pratt Disturbances. Philadelphia, Feb. 28. In spite of the constantly increasing numbev of demands by religious bodies and oth- ers that arbitration be resorted, to to settle the strike aealnst the Philadel- by the board of directors. There were very few disturbances' along any of the lines of the company today and increased number of cars left the various barns. Heavy rain which fell tonight kept the crowds from the streets, and the most com plete ' after dark schedule in effect since the strike began was run on all lines unill miamgni. Many labor leaders still hope that It is oossible that the ceneral strike order mav be chaneed at that meeting to . become effective immediately in many trades. Mavor Revburn said tonight that the situation had materially improved during the day and that he was confi- dent tb rapid transit company and th "men would eet : together . for an amicable settlement if outsiders. taken back and will , be 'subjected to I no nnnlshment." They must come as I individuals, however, and will. not be permitted to wear the union button, t Councils will meet Thursday. When Rom a fmirsR of action to end .the strike will be taken. - , " .C O. Pratt, leader of the car men, said this afternoon: .-"One reason why we deferred 4 the general strike until Saturday was to give the workmen an opportunity" to go to their employers and emphasize the necessity for arbitration. If the employers do not see fit to try to bring about a settlement of the matter then we must assume they are siding with the faction which is attempting to crush organized labor and that their agreements with their workmen are no longer binding.".. Although the Philadelphia Rapid Transit . Comnany refuses to accept nroff ered ; arbitration, it is reported here tonieht that the National Civic Federation will enaeavor to seaie me trolley strike Tne local Metnoaist episcopal ana Lutheran ministers - at their usual weekly meetings this afternoon adopt ed resolutions urging immediate arbl trfttion of the trolley . mens strike - - w ar A number of disturbances occurred tonight in the southern section of the city and many of the police who have been concentrated in the mill district of Kensineton. have been transferred . " . . . to Stations In that section. At Fifth and Moyamensing avenues. near the scene of yesterdays ratal ae- o.ident a car of . the Southwestern Traction ' ComDany and a car of the fPhiladelnhia RaDld Transit COlliaea. Horn cars were naaiy smasnea DUl the only na8seneer. "a woman, refused to go to a hospital, a moD startea to complete the destruction or the cars, hut. wcr disneraed by the nolice. At 20th and Ellsworth streets, Jo- enh Kinslev Was sbot in tne leg dur- . ' . . Ine a strike afgument. His assailant, a .nlorod man. eacaned. v f!. O. Kriieer. President of . the Rap - a Transit PomnanVi said: "The com- inanv will not.for a moment consider nmrvneal n. orhltrato nn .matter tnm what Rnnrre-, "No influet 'that AQn radh v htt.hrnii?hr to Y&fLT will I Vail LvMNiwij .. w0 ir I var,ra this ieHsion " - .. . CRUSADE ON IRISH CARDS Want Postoffice Department to, H( v Them Up A Unmallable. . Hold Washington. Feb. 28. Souvenir post Loa whiofl HHiPTllA the IHgh race are to be waged war upon'. .Some , of tho leadine Irishmen or xne ixauanai cay- will he made to have the Postoffice De; L-w-.a htd hem'nn as unmailable. v. Haltigan, editor of te National Hibernian,; declared tdaay that its is ... - . . .i . . aHm against the law to use ns uib.ii . iu 1 defamation of Drivate or public char- acters.' The Ancient Order of Hibern- ians Will Invoke the aid of the govern- Imont no said: tO aDOllSU IU1H UCldi iiuuo uiauvc. ; ; nw ; Interest Quarter. - ! T)orina today at Wilmington r Say- ings & Trust Co:; ? ,y Newr Interest Quarter, v Begins today at Wilmington Sav- ings & Trust Co.: - -r -u: .. Twenty - Four .; Known to X be Dead in Mining Region of Idaho. WHOLE TOWNS ARE COVERED Fight Against' Time and Cold Thril ling Work In Progress Intense ; Suffering in Stricken " Districts. -. Spokane, Wash!, Feb. . 28. Twenty- four persons are known tonight to be dead as the result of snow slides yes- terday and today in the mining region of Northern Idaho To the 19 who perished in tne ava lanches at . Mace , and Burke, Idaho, last night and early today are added three more, who died In a similar dis aster yesterday when the camp of the Carbonate Hill Mining Company, ,. at Mullen, Idaho, was destroyed and two were killed at Dorsey, Idaho, today. . The fight against time and cold at Mace and. at Burke, has been waged bravely and persistently by the little army of men who hope to find under the heaps of ruins some who have es- caped death. Four of those Iwho lost their lives at Burke were members of a partr who had been at work at Mace. 'They j were David Sheppard, Dick "Richol, William Painter and James Rogers. These men were among the first to respond to the call for succor, when the news of the Mace disaster reach- ed Burke. 'After working - several (hours at the mass of ice and earth that blocked the canon, they returned to Burke just In time to be caught in the slide there -Ajnong the -last -to be taken out- of the snow alive at Mace was Mrs Geo. Hooper, an old woman, who hVed on the outskirts of the town. She. was had Buffered from the cold, but was not severely! injured. ' Burke is buried 50 feet under snow and earth. The slide is. 3.000. 'feet long, and fills the canon James Jtodgers, who was supposed to have perished, was rescued at Burke tonight He .had been buried Jn the snow eight hours h' The rescuers -have dug frantically for many hours. Every available man and boy has been pressed into ser vlce. Mace is situated on a creek and the mountains- rise . high on either side of the town. The main body of the avalanche which started from the top of the Custer mountain; passed be- yond the town and striking the oppo- site slope with terrific force rushed up to the opposite mountain side.-The canon Is filled to a depth of 45 feet. The damage at Mace was done by a fragment of the main slide which car- ried a construction train-from the track as it plunged into the ravine. as u roiiea up tne otner sme lt ae- Imolished the houses in its path and sioppea a snort aistance Deyona tne Pascoe home. The boarding house of the , Standard mine where 390 miners Were sleeping, was missed by 120 feet; The .first slide which-almost wiped out . Mace, occurred Sunday while alw except the night men in the mines - . . were -sieepmg. ine curKe avaiancne occurrea , eariy toaay. inat more lives were not lost at Burke is due to Seamans Row, foreman of Hecla mine, Realizing the danger that threatened I it 1 I .in ; . . . t . me weeymg citizens, ae sem can Clement to arouse the inhabitants and uige mem, io sees saieiy I TAFT NAMES CAROLINIANS "ry. nu uou-n marsnais ana r ' Spencer Adams District Attorney . wmwubwu, re. o. t-resiaenr. uaujjaay sent to tne aenate tne roi lowing nominations : . Claudius Dockery, to b marshal for liV X-.- T-VI - M XT yi t iu Jnaieiu uiainci oi ionu Carolina w, ai. t-ogan, to De marsnai ior.tne yveswru uieinci ui nwm mrojma. 1 Recorder of deeds, for the District of oiumoia, enry u. jounson, Atlanta a. postmaster at ataunton, a. crown Alien. . - Y "Has - announced at tne wixite xxuus iuu mat outucu p.,Auam I- m. a . m ... Kepuuucan mate cnairman oi xvortn Carolina, wouiq . De appomiea aistrici attorney for-' the Western - District' of that State, succeeding Alfred, E.". Hoi ton Tragedy at laurinburg. Son of Exudge Walter H,.Neal Ac . ... ISipecial Star Telegram.) .Laurinburg N.. C, Feb.,28.r-Walter H. Neal. Jr.? went hunting this, after noon with two friends... Returning he stopped to speak to a Wenl and wjs aoati i- ty rv until fAntl rt a hrtnr V 4 Vfl seen .no .more until found about 7:30 this evening shot through the heart the result of an accident self inflict ed. 1 ? He "was about : 24 years of age a ' son 'of ex-Ju'dge . W. JH Neal. .Four Per Cent. From March 1st On all deposits made with The .Peo ple's- Savings Bank ; on ' or " before March 2nd. . y" .x 3t. f A NW Interest Quarter Begins today at Wilmington Say ings &,Trust Co. ; .?''; Newport News,fVa Feb. 28. This city was enlivene today by the pres ence . of ' numerous "guests from the South and North gathered to witness the ceremonies J attendant upon the launching: of .the - handsome new pas senger steamer "City of Montgomery" for the- Ocean Steamship Company, of Savannah. " As the .vessel rode grace fully down the ways and into the his toric waters of Hampton Roads from the yards of the Newport News Ship building & Drydock Co.,' tlje time-honored ceremony of breaking a bottle of champagne over her, prow was per formed by Miss Helen Camp Steiner, of Montgomery, Ala., daughter of Ma- or; R. U. Steiner, and the ship chris tened in .honor ofc' the capital city of Alabama: V Nearby In the stocks of the shin- builders rested the Vessel's sister shin. which? on March 15th will be given her mtial dip and christened :'City of St. Louis. These two vessels will be notable additions to the Atlantic coast wise fleet when they are commission ed early this Summer in- the service of the Savannah Line between Bos ton, New York and Savannah. . It was realization of the gradually increas ing industrial development" of. the South and the need of better transpor tation facilities for its growing coast wise, trade that brought about the building of these two fine steamers.. In point, of comfort for passengers and in cargo carrying capacity the City of' Montgomery and her sister ship will equal any steamer In the coastwise service. Both will be equip ped with every us ?tu appliance known to present day marjne architecture in cluding the wireless telegraph. . - One pleasing- feature ,in .the new 1AY RGHT PACIFIC f.:c:iDP0LY Dickinson Prfaposes Anti-Trust Laws be Invoked Against Steamship Company. and Harriman Lines ; Bristow Charges. ' Washington, . Feb. 28. Secretary of War Dickinson proposes' that the anti trust laws -be invoked to break uir the monopoly which the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the, Harri man trans-continentai lines have on business between Pacific coast ports and the Isthmus of Panama. When it was suggested today that suit under the Sherman law might fail because of lack of proof that the steamship company, operated as an in dependent r flnejv would be considered competitor of the (Southern Pacific railroad, members of the Senate Com mittee" on Inter-Oceanic Canals di&: cussed the advisability of recommend ing legislation that would reach the merger. The hearing today was held in or der to gjve the (Secretary of War op portunity to answer the criticism of Senator Bristow that the government was giving aid to the trans-continental railroads by 'not encouraging the establishment of an independent -line on the Pacific coast as was proposed by B. N. Baker, of Baltimore. Secretary , Dickinson produced the proposed contract submitted to '.him to show his understanding of the offer made by the syndicate backed by Mr. Baker. - It indicated that the comoany was to have an exclusive contract and (Continued no Eighth Page.) OUTLINES. The Senate yesterday . passed the Aldrich bill, providing for a comittee to investigate the business methods of the Government and the House Com mittee on " Inter-State Commerce voted to create the Interstate Commerce Court-; Premier Asquith's govern ment was accepted hy Parliament yes terday, when-the conservatives yielded to prevent a second successful general election. There will be no further ef fort to revolutionize the British govern ment until ' after Easter Demands of .religious bodies that arbitration be resorted" to. m the Philadelphia strike is; disregarded' by the officials of the street car company. Conditions were b'etter yesterday and cars were oper ated last night Twenty-four people were killed as a result of v a fearful snow shde in j the mining section of northern 'Idaho. The sade - almost wiped out the town of Mace, Idaho Judge. Landis yesterday ordered a Fed eral inquiry ; into the methods of dis posing of oleomargarine New . York markets: Money on call easy 2 3-4 to 3 per cent, ruling rate 2 7-8," closing bid 2 7-8, offered at 3 per. cent; spot cot ton closed- quiet 30 points - advance, middling uplands 14.95, middling gulf 15.20; flour firm and nominally higher; wheat spot Strong, No. 2 red 1.31-nom inal levator, domestic and nominal o. b. afloat: corn spot steady, steamer 69 and No. ;4, 66, both nominal in ele vator, . export basis No. 2 69. nominal f..o.; b. afloat;, rosin and 'turpentine quiet: v: -r?W-s---:0 V- ships is the arrangement of the .din ing saloon. This is located at the forward end of the hurricane deck house and will afford every passenger wniie. at meals an unobstructed view of the ocean and large air ports will insure every diner a good view and: plenty; of fresh air. Witn their twin screws these two new snrps are expected to be able to panions will find U difficult to attain Th ocv a jac nuitu Luen coastwise com-1 They are spacious vessels of 6,200 tons, eacn, length 404 feet, beam of nearly auu uran une oi is i-z ieet men?wfthe stant's notice make the vessels nractl-1 cally unsinkable. "decision in the case today declared Accommodations are provided 'in that to have refused to issue the man spacious cabins for 136 first-class, 36 damus because of the neraona so oe intermediate and 57 steerage passen- ttatnu because of the persons so oc gers. Hot and cold fresh and sea wa- cuPIed. tne exalted position of Sen ter baths are provided in ten suites ators "would have bfeen to betray the while throughout the ship are conven law." Tnheah dMfnh l 0thT ha' During the course of his decision In the cabins will be found ceilings T . . . . . . so high as to surmise the seasoned Justice Wright declared that "no man traveler. ; Problems of their own had the de- gners oi the City of Montgomery nu w Vv , Vorxr .uBoTan: ernment of the United States Is less tI1Ia- of Burlington, and J. R. iShep nah Line being in the North-South ernmeni OI tae unuea otates is less herJ chasine him for several trade must face unusual conditions, than the law." He asked the question' hour The a t f dense .ox uu time m me year ao tnese ves- S .enJf or Ieave port of Savan- nan in The samo tsmnerahini that 4-Va do In that of New York. Therefore. in the building of these ovean-going hotels it was necessary to provide for the Winter frigidity of New York &a well as for the warm breezes of the Southern port Electricity will cool and ventilate the state rooms in Sum mer and the heating and ventilating systems ror tne winter will be; as com- pletev POLICE OFFICER SHOT TO. KILL Sampson County Farmer Lost His Life in Incipient Riot at Clinton, N. ' . - C, ' Saturday Af ternoonf- - Trouble With "Tigers." V (Special Star Correspondence.) Clinton, . N. C, Feb. 28. Geprge Jones, a farmer of the Hamburg' sec tion of Sampson county, was shot and . killed here Saturday afternoon by Po- - - i liceman John K. Tew. A number of people had tanked up on mean whls-1 key and a fight started in consequence of some trivial disagreement in which friends of the combatants joined. A near riot was in progressi on a vacant lot in the rear of Vance street test will be rejected on its hierlts and take up his new work Immediately. -when Policemen Rowland and Tew that the question of jurisdiction will Seven blockade distilleries have endeavored to quell it They were re- hot be prosecuted to adjudication by been broken up in Johnston and Har-: niorcea oy Mayor uranam wno vamiy . . ' , , " commanded tne peace, some one struck Policeman Tew and knocked him down twice. He had Just, arisen from the second blow wnen Jones, who had-become Involved in an effort to assist a brother wno was engaged in the mix-up, was said to have ad vanced ;upon the officer with a drawn club. Tew, who is not lacking in per- WV&ams w v f v . w - which struck Jones full in tne race, entering at the right margin of the nose and crashing into the base of the brain. - Jones fell forward upon, his face and was" dead in an instant He lay for some time in a pool of blood until Coroner Parker gave orders for re- moval of the body to the undertaking jsutDusuuiciii' ui,. x. m. reii en. i t The . spectacle, of death instantly Duelled the riot : The slain man is said not to nave Deen anniung, put became involved 'in the row in an ef - fort to extricate a brother as above stated, tie was a wormy, auu iuuu. trious farmer and leaves a wife ' and six denendent children. - 11S . Violent deathjs deplored. ' , , v Coroner Parker promptly empanel- ed a jury and began an investigation which was adjourned over until today after the examination of several -wit- nesses. Tne mvesugation is yet un- der way and. will hardly be concluded tonight on account of the great Hum- ber of witnesses to be examined. ''ine body of the dead man was ' taken to the family .burial ground In .the coun- try Sunday morning ana interrea . Policeman Tew surrendered to pep- uty Sheriff 'Tart and has been in custo- dy ever since. He will plead self de- fense. The unusual, amount of drun - kenness here on the evening - or the tragedy indicates great activity upon the part of the "blind tigers'! and pub- lie sentiment is hardening" , against" these promoters oi violence ana oiooa - shed.' The quality or tne nquor ais- pensed is safcl Jto be abominable ? and to . mean ueaiu uy ucgiccs . iu uiuoo who drink it v 7 . ;, ' 7 .T' ' - ! ' t our ucdui u, . .. , w :x wm . J UI. Thit Du-l.'a OotrlfiM : II UlUo wuu xuo icujiKi uaiui.o nuiK! uicvuuii gai uid 'Uciuic uioyuauig Bank . on or before March 2nd,VwIllrof it, thus avoiding the tax of ten draw 4 per cent from March Ist 3t ' : New Interest Quarter; 'i "Begins today at; Wilmington: ings &- Trust Co. , 'j rSav- Justice Wright Hands Down Opinion on Question of Jurisdiction. CONGRESSMEN AND THE LAW His Decision Received Yesterday Washington Senator Smoot Leaves Matter With Sen atesOther Facts. in Washington, Feb. 28. Declaring that the court was entirely within its authoritJr. when " issued lt of Imandamus orderine the loint r.ommit- I mandamus ordering the joint commit- tee on printing of Congress to show cause why , it should not consider the of the Valley Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., Justice Wright in a in this country is so high that he Is higher than, the law. All officers are creatures of the law. and even the gov- ias to wnat mere was in tne exalted psition of a Senator which prevents I lieves to be an Injury before the bar of justice." ' The court declared that "whether the Senators appeared in court at this stage of the proceedings was imma- terial, and in this respect differential led between a case and a cause of ac tion. A case; certainly had been es- tablished, he declared, and if there eisieu caasujuacuou tuat. wyuiu i be: determined ,aa r ; the. proceedings' I went on.,. The queStroaot.the ,Sena- tors" being In court "or represented by counsel would, then be patent. ' The justice announced that his deci-J uv Mviiuib . w uiuuvoc- vL I the merits of the case, but was mere- ly to hold that the court was acting within the-authority which had been conferred upon it by Congress itself, and was . Interpreting the very law which Congress had created. . ne memoers oi tne senate juoi- iciaijr uuiuiiLiee wiiicu auviseu uio Senate's action in ordering its mem bers of the joint printing committee to ignore the .court's order, say the . . . 1 oenacora are nl m contempt, uut oniy m ueiaun. Senator Smoot, chairman of the Senate Committee on Printing, said that he would make no move whatev er, as tne wnoie question was ior tne Senate. The Senate members feel certain that the naper company's nro- IUC VvlU L VTA Lll UUUCU states . - xne general impression or some Senators was that the court would continue with the case instituted by the paper company and accept the answer of the House of the joint com- mlttee. LANDIS ORDERS AN INQUIRY. I WW 1 WW I IVIII I W W ill Wk VI W wot er to Six Years in Prison. Chicaeo. Feb. 28. Federal Inauiry into methods of disposing of oleomar - garine ; was ordered today by Judge Landis. of the United States District Court after he had sentenced William Broadwell. one of four dealers, who had been Indicted for violating the oleomargarine regulations to six years is r eaerai prison at r un iieuveuwuriu and a fine of ?15,000. "It has been disclosed that probably i not less tpan si5,uou and possiDiy more than S20.000 has been lost .by the United States government as a i result or Kroaoweus activities, saia I Judge Landis in sentencing him. "Whenever arrested he has elven bonds and then gone out and violated the law again the same day. His bond has been supplied by a manufacturer of the commodity which he. sold ille- gaily, which I regard as my duty to say is highly signmcant' Thomas Dudman, a ptirchaslng agent for; an .oleomargarine concern, told of his connection with the case as bondsman for the Indicted men. "When you .'went on the bonds of. i tnese men did you expect to De inoem- Inifled in case there was any losses? " asked Judge Landis. - l "Yes sir,", replied Dudman. l "Who was going to indemnify your "My employer, William' J- Moxley.' Mr; Moxley is representative In Con'Jaeo. gress' from the sixth district 'of 111! - nois. . ' ' .'". i reuerai inspectors told tne court that the defendant - sold daily large quantities 'of illegally manufactured luiwuiaigarme xo uowu-iowo reaiau - I rants. The government's contention was the defendant sold white and col- 1 j i j iv. i (j fcu uiGuiudr-&nne. ana caiureu uw L.kU -lA.A----i- J--l- cents a pound on the colored product New -Interest -Quarter. ' ' : Begins today at" Wflmington; . Say I in era & Trust Co. ", ' v ; - Solomon Shepard ' Who Es- caped From Convict Camp . Near Laurinbur sr. ' WAS OVERTAKEN III AUMAHCE i Returned to State Prison in Raleigh- Captors Receive Reward Assist ant State Bank Examiner ' . n Named Capitol News,- ; ' , ws (Special Star Correspondence.) ; l, Raleigh, N. C, Feb.' 28. The penl- tentiary authorities' were immensely i Dleased : this afternoon to" cet -hart "', '. pleased this afternoon to: get back within the confines of the State's prls on Solomon Shepard, the, Durham county murderer of Engineer Holt. who made the disagreeable record , of two daring attempts and an ultimate escape from the guards within little more than a week after he was com-- mitted to serve his 30 years sentence. All this, too, after he had boasted, of his intention to get away and the- prison guards had been warned of "his intention and desperate character. Shepard was recaptured about eight miles west of Burlington early this morning by Chief of Police J. L. Pa woods and J. R. Shepherd held him. up at the muzzle of a double barreled shot gun. . He was unarmed else there, Would doubtless iave been some dan-, ' gerous shooting before the capture, was made.. He was Wearing a pair, of trousers that he stole Sunday night - ro1? Will Cole, at Haw River, where, ( wtni1ftw ha aign ,n h,tt S13 that -belonged to- Will Cole. He- had also stolen two horses Saturday, night and Sunday iust to heln .him along in his flight. . The horses were stolen irom ueorgp urumpton at nil-, land and from, a man named McAd-. Jams ' at. Grahanu r Shepard. admitted, fthe horse stealing ' and 'the 'burglary- both. ' , . ' ' . . " : ' V' 3 i, The penitentiary authorities, expect' ;"Y;. l'j ,tt 'f.t' 1117 111 ILL CIOC UUb lUtt tU V gUGLiUD TV i 1 if have to kill the negro before a great while if 'he is prevented fromescap Mng again.- ' " - His captors, Chief of Police patn- la and J. R .Shepherd, called on Gov-' ernor Kitchin this afternoon and re- neii-el the 9ftn rewitrd .that, the fi-or. ' .' ft ernor offered last week for the re-' capture. They also received the us-; !; ual $25 reward and exnenses from the prison authorities. ' - j. v. Brown is tne new assistant. ii&xate oanK examiner, vue apyuiuiuicui. having been made today by the Cor poration Commission. He comes from Rocky Mount where he resigned the assistant cashlersmp of tne Planter s Bank. He received the-appointment over eisrhteen comnetitors. He will I DcIL CUUilLlCO WllUiU - LUC UODL UUCO, weeiks by Deputy Collector of Internal ; i Revenue J. P. H: Adams. Two banks were chartered today; The Bank of Hodkerton, Green couti-' ty. capital $15,000 by W. O. Dixon and others, and The Clay County Bank, , Mayesville. capital 13,000 by J. W. Alexander and others. "' "' .,' J CANNON A TAFT GUEST. 1 . , , MMMiWB , , President Put New . Dinner on Caienv dar of " Social Functions. l Washington, Feb. 28. Speaker Can-. non is to be the guest .of honor at a dinner of 40 covers or moi'e at the White House on Thursday night At I that time President Taft wlllinaugn rate a new White House custom, that of an annual function in honor of the' i presiaine omcer oi me nuuie ml acir resentatives. .The dinner is to be on-. la par with those tendered to the cabl- net, to tne diplomatic corps,', ana to the iudiciary. " " ' - -" - '. , The Speaker of the House has held ; ratner an unoenneu. position, as iv gards the more " formal social 'affairs' I at the White House and if IS unoer- w stood to be in recognition of the dlgni ty of the office that the President has I decided to' add the. "Speaker's dinner" , to the official calendar during his term1 of office. The" precedent 'thus' being set, probably will live.v TAYLOR GRANTED PARDON. Served 15 Years Itt Atlanta Prison ' ... -Slew His Wife. ' ... " ; Washington, Feb. 28.Freedom has been granted to Thomas , J. Taylor, vv who has been serving "a life imprison-.." ment term in the' Atlanta penitentiary , y for killing his wife,- Whom 'he auspect- -, ed of Infidelity in this city.' 15 years , 1 Since his incarceration at Atlanta," Taylor has become ah expert pharma-' , . cist and his record in prison nas Deen ;U i an excellent one. During a serious smallpox . epidemic, the prisoner -iso- 1 latea uiuibii ,wua me eic. yaueuio and nursed them. ' He did. the same thing during other epidemics. I i m i . . 1, uM n ' t : xVi . --...14 . A - - Ao A . a rj 1 xavuir wan oui'e weit miuwu ju lxio uiascvaii nuuu nuu auivug mum o- I ing for his pardon were many of tho best known players In the country. $, v "' New Interest ' Quarter. Begins - today at Wilmington s'av- Ings & Trust Co. ; -' ..'.i'A"T.l iti 1 1 .... ft; ;."'Vf ; mi ' V:. V .: V-' i' i