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v f-'"'""" f - -ii'Vl - :; ."kft-:'- -''.' - 'r'".-;'--. -' ' ' "- A Vf. v 1 ". .V" -'' i: .-. " ' -J- ' r ,1 'J 1 . , 'I ' c-:i : '-1.4 - :: THE WEATHER. Fair Wednesday and Thursday; warmer Thursday; light, variable winds. OPPORTUNITY Don't let Opportunity catch you "napping" :read the "want" ada. reg ularly. " i VOL. IiXXXVi'TO. i;n 'V WELM1NGTON, K. C, "WEDNESDAY MORKING, FlflBHUARY 22, 1911. WHOLE NUMBER 13,538. -- r- BAILEY IS HISSED ,Vi;-;v,',,nil ITE FLOOR Sensational Incident Follow ed Statement Bearing on the Lorimer Case SUCH A NOISE VMS UHKflOWN Mr. Beveridge 'Klaete Speech Against Illinois Senator Vote Will Be Taken Soon -Feature's of The Session. Washington, Feb. 21. Shrilly ris ing above the expiring applause wiLn which the galleries had greeted a com ment reflecting upon the intelligence of those occupying-them, a long, sib ilant hi?s floated over the chamber of tbe United States Senate today. So l'nr us i.iany who liave long been con nected with it cculd recall, never be fore had a hiss been heard in that dignified body. The incident followed a remark by Senator Bailey, of Texas. Senator Crawford, of South Dakota, had made w statement bearing upon the Lorimer case that brought forth an expression of approval from on-looking opponents of the Illinois Senator, who sat in the paMery. "Xo applause .will be permitted from those in the galleries," said the Vice president, severely. "The applause," said the Texas Sen ator, who was in controversy with Mr. Crawford, "is a fair measure of the injustice of the audience." From that portion of the audience that had not joined in the previous ap plause came a slight outburst, .despite ihe presiding officer's caution,. but as it trailed out came the hiss. Xo notice was taken of the incident "ny senators or officers of the body. The day in the Senate largely was Riven over to Mr. -Beveridge, who. dis c ussed the Lorimer case. He did not conclude and suspended with,. th. un derstanding that he would continue Tomorrow after the conclusion of Mr. l.orimers-' speech-lH iris vwa 'behalf, senator Burrows, in charge of the ration in behalf of the Committee on Privileges and, Elections had prev iously giVjiri notice that after the con clusion of Mr. Lorimer's speech he would ask that a vote be taken. There was "a. general acquiesence in this plan until 4t was found that Mr. Beveridge could not well conclude to night. ' , . The most spirited part of today's discussion came toward the close of the Beveridge speech, and was begun by Mr. Gallinger. He interrogated Mr. Leveridge as to the source of the mon ey which the latter had freely iharg f'd had been received from Brown, Droderick and Wilson. "But where did BroWn, Qroderick and Wilson get it?" persisted Mr. Gal linger. Mr. Beveridge confessed that he did not know, and to assist him somewhat the New Hampshire Sena tor suggested that as the men who had confessed to receiving the money were "a band of liars," no one could tell whether there was any founda tion for their charges in this instance. In this connection Mr. Bailey un dertook to show that nothing had de veloped to connect Mr. Lorimer with the use of money in the elections. He mentioned it as a curious fact that this was thef first case in the Senate of the kind, in which there had been no effort to show the source from which the money alleged to have been used had been delivered. Mr. Crawford then entered the con tioversy. "It makes no difference where the money came from," he said. if it was used for corrupt purposes and an election, resulted from its use'' The burst of - applause resounded trom the galleries. The chair a.1 monished the visitors thst demonstra 'ions of the kind are not permitted by the Senate. 'Oh!" exclaimed Mr. Bailey, . who accepted the manifestation as against Ms position; "it is a fair measure of the injustice of the audience." Then the hiss was heard. Declaring that there was not' a scin tilla of evidence connecting Mr. Lor imer with the charge of bribery, Mr. Hailey asked Mr. Beveridge if he be lieved that Brown, Broderick and Wil son had supplied the money. and the Indiana Senator replied in the nega tive, expressing the opinion that it had been furnished to them. The Texas Senator then declared that If there had actually been money in the Possession of Holstlaw, Bekemeyer, 1-ink and White its source easily could have been traced. No effort had been made, be said, to show that five cents had been drawn from Lorimer'js bank and he argued that if money had Veen used for Lorimer the bankbooks would have shown this fact. "That position is against every rule of common sense, "declared Mr. Craw ford, Interpreting the . Texan. "The nurden of proof is not on those mak ing the charge;, the presumption Is nidi mose who profited by the trans 'iction furnished the monev " Mr. Bailey was just as complimen tary in his response. "When the sen- tur suggests a resort to the rules ommon sense, he said, he must not violate the rule himself " h saw Th rouble he urged was that it assumed ihat money had been used as the wit nesses had charged, which he did not OF A. S Y. IHUi House Committee, After Extended Hearing Agrees to Report Bill Without Prejudice Promi nent Delegations. . (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 21. Delegations from i Wilmington, Greensboro and Fayetteville appeared before the House Committee on Public Service Corporation this afternoon relative to a joint resolution in regard to' the At lantic , & Yadkin Railroad Co., by Rep; resentative Kellum, of New Hanover, empowering and instructing the Cor poration . Commission to investigate without delay the sale of the old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad to the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway and to lay the facts before the Attorney General, who, if the facts warrant such procedure, shall insti tute suits to declare void the sale of the said road. A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, argued that the dismemberment was done without proper authority and he was inclined to think the act of roads was In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. ' J. Allen Taylor, president of the Chamber of Commerce, of Wilming ton, told the understanding when the old C. F. .& Y. V. road was- built that it should never be dismembered, as serting that the bonds were voted on this solemn promise and that the time consumed in handling freight from Western North Carolina to Wilming ton is four times as long as when the old through road was in existence. The sale of the railroad to the Atlan tic Coast Line was reviewed and he said that soon thereafter it disposed of its portion of the road between San ford and Mt. Airy to the . Southern Railway. "Henry W- Miller, assistant to the president of the Southern Railway, presented the Southern's claims ex plaining that the Atlantic & Yadkin Railroad Company, separate corpora tion is operating the road disposed of by the Atlantic Coast Line. - Jas. H. Pou appeared for the Atlan tic Coast Line and both he and Mr. Miller spoke at length; in defense of th? roads. After vthe hearing 4he. committee went into executive session and after wards announced that, fourinembers voted to reportthe resolution favora bly and' four unfavorably, whereupon It was agreed tojreport t without 'pre-, judice andlet it'oe fotighi out on the floor of he House. In he Wilmlngon delegaion before he House Were Messrs. W. B. Cooper, Jno. D. Bellamy, J. A. Taylor, W. P. M. Turner, J. H. Brown, J. G. McCor mick. L. E- Hall, D. D. Barber, H. L. Hunt and others. TRIBUTE OF MASONS. Will Erect Temple to Memory of Washington. Alexandria, Va., Feb. 21. The Sec ond annual gathering of the Masonic Memorial Association, organized for purpose of ere.cting in this city a tem ple dedicated to the memory of "Wash ington, the Mason," was held here to day with delegations from 35 States and from Porto Rico in attendance. The purpose of the association was outlined by Charles H. Callahan, of Alexandria Lodge, who explained that the permanent association was to con sist of two representatives from each grand jurisdiction or sovereign grand body and that annual meetings of this national association would be held in the memorial temple on February 22 of each year. One floor of the temple, he said, would be devoted to a hall of fame -to be under the 'control of the association, and space also will be re served for a library composed " of sketches of all who are given places in the hall of fame. FOR WORLD'S CONFERENCE. Systematic Campaign in United States to Promote Project. Pittsburg, Feb. 21. At a joint meet ing today of the National and State Executive Committee of the National Reform Association, arrangements were made for a systematic campaign throughout every State in the Union to promote a second World's Christian Citizenship Conference. The confer- once will be held somewhere on "the Pacific coast late in 1911, or early in 1912, the exact date and place to be determined later. Representative churchmen from the old world will be obtained as speakers. believe to have been the case, "Then," said Mr. everidge,- "it was all a dream." "No, not a dream; it was all a lie, responded Mr. Bailey. "Does not the Senator believe that Holstlaw deposited the $2,500 as ap pears in evidence?" Mr. Bailey was asked bv Mr. , Beveridge. and he promptly replied that he did not "What motive could have prompt ed the testimony?" the Indianan de mandedi "The same motive that caused oth ers to want to destroy Mr. Lorimer's character," was Mr. Bailey's explana tion. i -. , At this point Mr. Beveridge intro duced an affidavit from Jarvis Newton, chief clerk of the Chicago State bank, together with a photographic copy of the famous deposit slip. Mr. Bailey promptly seized the opportunity to obtain unanimous consent to the pub Ifcation of the slip in the Congression- al record, for the nurnose of sustain- of,ing as he said, his charge or iorgery Music of '76. Orchoslra will - play special pro gramme of music of the period of ,J776 Grand Theatre today. nrnncDMciiT UIHUIIULIHIII.il I JAPANESE TREATY SURPRISE Congress Was Takch Un awares When Measure Was Laid Before Senate GRANTS JAPAN CONCESSIONS Document Eliminates Restrictions Up on Immigration Is Certain to Encounter Opposition The Features. Washington, Feb. 21. The text of a new treaty with Japan, designed to replace that of 1894 and drawn with the special desigu of eliminating the restrictions upon immigration contain ed in that treaty, was laid before the Senate today by President Taft. The essential difference between the proposed treaty and the existing con vention is said to be in the fact that' it omits all referent to such restric tions and leaves to the national honor of Japan the enforcement at her own ports the limitations upon emigration from Japan now expressly placed upon immigration into the United States. The document is said to provide that either country may denounce the treaty at the end of the six months if it fails to operate as expected. Because it embodies this radical de parture from the existing treaty and touches the question of the deepest importance and interest to the Pacific slope, the injection of this convention into the closing hours of the 61st Congress created a sensation today.. That the new treaty will encounter opposition seems1 certain, for even if it should be speedily reported to the Senate from the committee without serious controversy within the com mittee room, the Western senators ar expected to insist upon opportunity for debate, which will develop the full extent of their opposition to. the trea ty'? This new treaty is one of'rade and commerce, intended to replace the treaty of 1894, which is antiquated Jt .was drawn simultaneously with a number of other Japanese treaties 'of similar scope negotiated with all of the great powers. But unlike the oth ers this particular treaty was not promptly ratified and did not go into effect until about a year after others were in force. Japan has already ne gotiated treaties to replace those of the niceties with nearly all of the oth er powers except the United States. If our government were to insist upon its rights the existing treaty could be continued in force until July 17, 1912. This little incident the difference of a year in the expiratiqn of the old treaties is proving very embarrass ing to tne Japanese in developing a fiscal policy. As all of the new trea ties contained tb3 favored nation clause, the Japanese government would be obliged to concede to the na tions other than the United States all of the privileges which America now. enjoys under the treaty of 1894. The practical result would be to delay for a full year, if America refused to en ter upon a new treaty relation at once, the readjustment of tariff rates and other forms of taxation vital to the sound financing of the Japanese em pire. . The radical difference between this new treaty and the one now in force and the one which may prove obnox ious to the Western senators is under stood to be the omission of any refer ence to the immigration question. In article 2, of the treaty of 1894, following provisions declaring the right of the citizens of the two coun tries to full liberty of travel and res idence and trade in both countries is this qualification: "It is, however, understood that the stipulations contained in this and the preceding article do not in any way af&ect tjie laws, ordinances and regula tions with regard to trade, the immi gration of laborers, police and public security, which are in force or which may hereafter be enacted in either of the two countries." Under this clause the two govern ments . have enjoyed the undeniable right to legislate regarding immigra tion either by restriction or by total exclusion of coolie labor. What the Japanese obj3ct to is the inclusion in a formal treaty, to which they are a party, of a stipulation asserting that right, which is not embodied in any treaty America has made with Euro pean powers and which serves only a,s an irritant to Japanese pride. The President's action in submit ting this treaty, today created great surprise in Congress, the only . persons not taken unawares . being the mem bers of the Senate Committee on For eign Relations, who at a dinner , re cently given to them at the White House, were informed by President Taft of what the administration had in mind. Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 21. Both en gines of a double header coal train on the Virginia & Southwestern Railroad, jumped the track and turned over down a bank at Clinch Port, Va., to day. Engineer vHicks, 'of Bristol, was crushed to death, and Engineer Chaa Brown and Fireman Joyce were fatal ly injured.. .N ' . . To the Beach. Today.- This afternoon cars to the Beach every half hour from 2 to 5:30 P. M LANGFORD WON ENGLISH BOUT HI Former Heavyweih ; Champion of Australia No Match fori Negro Pugil:at-Fight. Disappoint ed Spectators. London, Feb. 21 Bob Lang, who once held the heavyweight champion ship of Australia, Was no match for Sam Langford, the American colored pugilist, in a scheduled 20-round bout at the Olympia today. Langford won in the sixth roundf when Lang was disqualified, but the coutest could not have gong much longer, as Lang was almost out wb:i he committed the foul. Six thousand spectators gathered at Olympia to witness what they expect ed would be a long and fast fight, and they showed ..great disappointment when the- contest ended so abruptly. After six fierce-rounds when Langford waa'down, the Australian in a dated sort oi way ru:hed at the American and struck biro, and immediately the referee proclaimed Langford the win ner. The-Australian with all his natu ral advantage; including an extra 52 pounds in weight, was hopelessly out classed by the colored fighter, who walked into him and hit himfrom all angles where and when he willed. Lang was all nerves. He seemed scar ed to death," and his disqualification was the best thing that could have happened, for he was so groggy that he was bound to have been put out if he had not transgressed. The only redeeming feature of Lang's showing was his ganeness in taking punishment. , As early as the first round Sam punched him all over the ring. In the second the negro forced tha Australian into a neutral corner and dropped him for a count of nine with terrific left and right swings to the jaw. Lang went down again for nine in the third round by a right to the point of the jaw, but came in the fourth and stood up and exchanged left and ri.Sht swings with Langford at " a terrific rate. . At that period of the bout both of Lang's eyes were almost closed, and Langford wa? laughing. The Australian took a long count twico more in the fifth, but in spie of the heavy punishmeit.Jiecarried' thlhut was ; not able to -discuss it. - He. fight to Langford " ti t next' trme p, and in ? fast in-fighting rally put the latter down-btit this was more by ac cident than anvthine elsp. Lang wa? greatly excited- an pretty hazy by this time, and he rushed his opponent, striking him heavily before Langford could regain his feet. ANOTHER TRAIN HEARING. Better Service Wanted From Raleigh to. Hamlet and Weldon. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 21. The corpo ration Commission announces next Monday as the time for the hearing on petition of citizens of Weldon and points between there and Norlina to have the shoo-fly train, which leaves Raleigh for Norlina, at 5 P. M., com tinued to Weldon. Petitioners want the train to leave Weldon in the morn ing, come to Raleigh and return to Weldon in the evening. At the same time there will be a hearing on peti tion to require the Seaboard to run a local passenger train from Raleigh to Hamlet, leaving Raleigh in the morning and returning in the after noon. Efforts will be made by these petitioners to have the train which ar rives from Norlina continue its run to Hamlet and back in the afternoon. SPEAKS TAKEN AFTER FIGHT. High Point Murderer Stabbed Two, Wh?n Arrested. Winston-Salem, N. C, Feb: 21. Af ter a desperate .fight in which .two men were seriously stabbed, the sheriff of Yadkin county and a posse about mid night last night arrested Moses Speaks who last Saturday killed his wife and son-in-law, William Miller, at High Point, using a butcher knife as his weapon. . The arrest was made at a house near the Wilkes county line Speaks is believed to be insane. With the same knife which he used in committing the two murders, Speaks cut and probably fatally injured W. H Gregory, and seriously injured J. W. Gregory, before he was overpowered. He was finally taken to Yadkinville and placed in jail. Speaka will be ta ken to Guilford this afternoon and placed in jail to await trial. 4 CAROLINA VS. TENNESSEE. One-Sided Game in WhiA Tar Heels Were Victors. - (Special Star Telegram.) Chapel Hill, N. C., Feb. 21. In one-sided gama of basketball Carolina won from Tennessee tonight 40 to 21 The floor was slick from the .dances last week and this prevented fast play Tennessee seemed weak in every de partment of the game. Carolina show ed improvement in team Wfcrk from the last appearance on the home floor, TROUBLE AT SPARTANBURG. Firemen Artgry-With Chief: for Bath ing Pups in Bath Tub. Spartanburg. S. C, Feb. 21. Be cause the chief of the fire department bathes his. bull pups in the tub set apartby the city for firemen, a spirit of discontent , exists in tne local fire department. - ? -' Members of the . department alleg' ing that the dogs are dirty, noisy and a general nuisance, have filed a for mal petition with the city council ask ing that they be removed. "My Dream of the U. S. A." Patriotic song ' with illustrations FIGHT HAS BEGUN 'M RECIPROCITY Asserted That Taft Failed to Consult Interests Affect- ed by Agreement BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Senator Hale is Against McCall Meas ureMr. Gsrner, of Massachu setts, Good Witness The Hearing. Washington, Feb. 21. By adrojt questioning, Senator Hale, of Maine, who took a prominent role today in opposing the Canadian reciprocity agreement iu th hearings'' given "by the Senate Committee on Finance, put into the record statements by witness es that the President, Secretary of State Knox, and the American commis sioners, had failed to consult any cf the interests affected by the agree ment negotiated. The strongest state ment in tbis regard was made by Rep resentative Gardner, of Massachusetts, who appeared in the interest of the Gloucester fisher'es. After predicting that the effect of thp Canadian agreement would be to ruin the fishing interests of this coun try, which are centered at Glouces ter. Mass.. which prediction was bas ed upon the effect of Canadian boun ties paid to her fishermen and the sub sidized warehouses of Canada, Mr. Gardner was catechised by Senator Hale. "Were you ever consulted by anyone about the effect the proposed agree ment would have -upon this great in- uFtry in advance of the agreement being sent in here?" asked Mr. Hale. I called at th office of the Secre tary of State, but I was unable to see im. I was told that I could have one minute, I saw the President. He told he was interested in my statement. save me to. understand that the" Quer tion was a closed issue.""' JV "Do you know of either of Massa chusetts' senators who are familiar with this subject and IBe consequen ts of the agreement-were" consulted by the President or the' Secretary of State or any one?" asked Mr. Hale. "Not that I have ever heard of. I can't answer for others." "Was any member of Congress ask ed for advice on this subject?" "Not so far as I know." "Do you know whether either of the. Senators from Maine, either vmy col league or myself both of us have had 30 years experience here and know, this subject was consulted?" Mr. Gardner replied in the negative. "Do yon know whether any other member of Congress had the same ex perience as you had at the State De-i Department, or at the White House, whether any member when he sought information as to the intention of the administration, was told that the sub ject was foreclosed?" asked Mr. Hale. "I am not at liberty to answer that question, senator, replied Mr. Gard ner. "Well, you need not," said .Mr. Hale. T know. There were a number of them." Replying to questions, Mr. Gardner said that he did not think that the Americans, who were a party to tne negotiations, either the President, Secretary Knox or Commercial Agent Pepper knew of the consideration bounty and the subsidized warehouses wien they made the agreement. "Do you think the President should have proceeded1 without -consulting hmembers- of the Congress, where in dustries so likely to be injured were concerned," asked Mr. Hale. "If I had been negotiating such an agreement as this, responded Mr. Mr. Gardner, "I think I should have done just as the President did," said Mr. Gardner. "That i, keep the facts secret," said Mr. Hale. ; Mr. Gardner replied with a shrug of his shoulders. A number of representatives of granges made arguments against the passage of the McCall bill. Aaron Jones, master of the Indiana Grange, told the committee that the farmers depended upon the Senate to defeat the agreement. You know how," he said- I don't know about that," respond ed Mr. Hale. "You must not rely upon us too much. You know this has been thrown in here upon a dying session, Upon Mr. Jones repeating that the senator on the Finance Committee knew how to kill the agreement, Mr. Hale asked him what he had in mind. Mr. Jones aid that the senators could prevent the agreement frbm coming to a vote if they wanted to. "Well, the President is pretty deter mined," said Mr. Hale. "What if we fall down before he does?" Mr. Jones replied that he had been voting-the Republican ticket for years and served notice that if there was to be free, trade vfor farmers there jvould have to be free trade for everybody else, and that within two years. Raising his voice to a high pitch, he said: "I voted for Abraham Lincoln and, have voted for every Republican President since, but if the Republican party is to follow this cburse, by the eternal heavens, it will have to go along without Jones." - To the Ecach-Today.- - "J This afterroon cars to the Beach every half . hour from 2 to 5:30 T- M. NAVAL BILL WILL PASS TODAY House Completed Ccnc deraiicn of the Measure Yesterday Agreed to Only Two Battleships Was Amended. Washington, Feb. 21. The House late today completed the paval appro priation bill and will pass it tomorrow morning. As agreed to when read for amendment today it provides for the construction of two new battleships, two fleet colliers, eight torpedo boat destroyers and four submarine torpe do boats., The two battleships are to be the largest ever constructed in this country and while the authorization fixes the displacement of these super dreadnoughts at 27,000 tons, there is a likelihood that they may go up to 30, 000 tons. The new battleships will have 12 14-inch rifles, the heaviest battery ever placed on a s'mp in this country or in the world. These guns will be arranged in four turrets, three guns in each turret. This arrangement is entirely new. Russia is building such a ship, however, and Japan has order ed a battleship-cruiser carrying a sim ilar battery. The decision in favor of two battle ships came' on a test vote on a motion to cut the number down tP one. This motion was defeated 139 to 114. A motion by Mr. Hobson, of Alabama, who was referred to by Chairman Taw ney, of the Appropriations Committee as "the high priest of war" to increase the number of battleships fft three, was defeated 161 to 9. Mr. Hobson sought to add a battleship cruiser of 28 knots speed to the building pro gramme, but was again defeated. The vote in ivor of the two battle ship programme was non-partisan. A large number of Republicans voted against it, and a considerable number of Democrats voted in favor of it. Numerous amendments were tacked on t-o the measure, most of them against the points of order made by the members of the Naval Affairs Com mittee in the interest of economy. When the reading of the bill was com pleted both Mr. Foss, of Illinois, chair man, and Mr. Padgett, of Tennessee, ranking Democrat, of the committee in "Statements to" the " House, announci ed that by the -chansres made tn- the bill today between $Co0MffO"and ' 000,000 had been added to the cost of construction of the .vessels authorized in this bill or heretofore authorized. Mr. Padgett added that he hoped this additional cost would riot be charged up to tre credit of the next Congress. An amendment was adopted provid- ing that no part of the money set apart for the four submarines should be expended with any firm or corpora tion which had not at the time of be ginning work on the' boats, established an eight hour day for all laborers and all employes who were to be employed on the boats. The House adopted an amendment forbidding the naval authorities from transportaing coal from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast for naval purposes. It was asserted by Western members1 that good steaming coal was available on the Pacific coast. An amendment by Mr. Rainey, of Illinois, was adopted striking out the limiting words "of domestic manufac ture" from the appropriation of $890, 034 for armor and armament, so as to leave the1 government free to buy ar mor anywhere in the world, was adopt ed. Mr. Stanley, of Kentucky, secured the adoption of a number of amend ments. One of these provided that no part of the appropriation is to be spent with any firm or corparotion which, it should reasonably appear, had enter ed into a combination to restrict com petition and in no case should the gov eminent ray in excess1 of 100 per cent above the cost of production. Anoth er was that the government should buy no structural steel, ship plates, etc., from any plant in combination to violate the laws regarding restraint of trade, etc., and limiting the amount to be paid so that - the contractors should iot make more than a reason able profit Numerous other amend ments were offered, and rejected and the bill amended in many respects. The House adjourned without passing the bill on motion of Mr. Foss, the idea being to have the measure pass tomorrow wken a larger attendance of members is expected. TO REGULATE SALOONS. Bills Introduced in Alabama Legisla ture -Yesterday. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 21. A joint committee of the legislative houses to night completed the two bills to regu late saloons and dispensaries in Ala bama. The saloon bill provides for a retail license of $1,500 except in Bir mingham, where it is to be $2,500, and one saloon to every 1,000 inhabitants except in Birmingham, where it is one to every 2,000; and in Montgomery where it is one to every 750- Whole salers and brewers and distillers pay $1,800 license. The dispensary bill provides for $2,- 500 license, to go to the State, one dis pensary to every county.. Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 21. Rewards aggregating $1,400 for the capture of the bandits who held up. and robbed the Southern fast mail train at White Sulphur JSprings last Saturday were posted about the city, but all efforts to get any trace of the "bandits have been fruitless. "Washington Under the American - Flag." Great picture depicting life of Gen Washington. Every, child in the city should see it." Grand Theatre today, Doom open at 11 A. M. - COMMISSION BILL THROUGH SENATE , s ' Wilmington Measure Passed With Amendments by Bel lamy on Final Reading IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Purchase of Ferry Opposed Admlrv istration Building Passes Maim tenance of Schools and Col- (J$ leges Proceedings, (Special Star Telegram. ).. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 21. The Wit, mington Commission bill, as it passed, the House a week or ten days ago, finally threaded its way through the : Senate this afternoon with several amendments tacked on by Mr. Bel lamy, which may or may not meet tha approval of Mr. Kellum when the measure is sent bak to the House foa concurrence- before it becomes law. ' The most important amendment and the only one necessary to the life of the bill is that changing the date of the election from tomorrow, which. would be impossible, to March 15th, and the others are with reference to requiring the city officials to give their bonds In surety companies at the ex pense of the city and requiring an equitable" distribution of the depos its of the city among the several banks to be passed upon by the Coun cilmen as to solvency, etc. It la known that Mr. Kellum will concur, in the change of the date of election, but . it is understood that he is opposed to that amendment" which requires the bonding of officials at the expense ot the city, claiming that it is a useless expenditure of $1,200 or $1,500 of the. people's money. The amendment tacked on to the end of the bill, sub mitting: to" a" vote )f .the - pepple . the question of whether , or not. the flit councilmen hall he appointed. b-the - uenerai Assembly, Mr. Bellamy says, was without , hia knowledge and was stricken from the bill as finally, pass- ea. , . The bill should go to the House for - concurrence tomorrow: if Mr. Kellumi lolds it up and the House does not concur, a conference committee will be. appointed, this committee will com promise the differences and the meas ure will then go back both to the House and Senate for passage on 'the amendments. This should not require ong provided no other complications arise. Brunswick Ferry Bill. Xew Hanover was also to the fore today in-a hearing before the House Committee on Public Service Corpor ations, which considered at length the bill by Mr. Kellum, providing for the purchase of the Brunswick Bridge and; Ferry Co., the city of Wilmington, the counties of New Hanover and Brunswick each -to share the cost equally. It was decided to report the bill favorably, but later Representa tive Taylor, of Brunswick, came be- ore the committee and declared the opposition' of his county to the meas ure, procured the re-opening of the matter and setting Thursday after noon for the citizens of Brunswick for, a hearing as to their opposition. . Both Houses Very Busy. " ' The Senate had a very busy session! today. The Boyden bill to appoint ai State Building Commission and au thorizing half a million dollar bond issue for a fire-proof State administra tion building in Raleigh passed third reading and was ordered sent to the, House. . The till to establish State Farm' Life Schools, and the bill to increase the salary of the Adjutant General from $1,600 to $2,000 a year took the same ccurse. Many new bills were introduced, the i most important probably being one by, Senator iBaggett for half a million: bond Issue to give $190,000 to the State University, $155,000 each for the State Normal College and the A. & M. College. A duplicate bill waa introduced in the House by Ross. Baggett also introduced a bill to en large the territory of Harnett county out of a portion of Cumberland county- I The bill to consolidate the charter of Elizabeth City passed after a long debate. . , .' Kellum Introduced In the House to day a bill to abate a nuisance In Wil mington, being a bill to drain Macom- ber's ditch. The Turlington anti-trust bill, with a favorable report and the Ewart bill without prejudice, came back to the House from committee today and were tedered printed preliminary to taking their place on the calendar. A num ber of features of both bills have strong opposition among members of the committee and. they were hurried from jcommittee on appeal of Mr. Tur lington to gain time, for consideration on the floor in the closingdays of the session. The House received another big In- ' stallment of new local hills, and pass ed a number ..on final reading, after which it went into committee of the whole to consider revenue bill. Sec tions to 23 ' were adopted without change. The income, tax Section 2S was an amendment : striking out .the clause that would - make- tax listers guilty of a misdemeanor if thejjr dl v-lf I J m i ' ):' Si t l s I r : Si ll it", 1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 22, 1911, edition 1
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