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' ' ! K , - -. ' .. j ; '. ' , . . ... 1 . . r . . - IT THE WEATHER - II :''rn . ' ' jJSX . . - . - - ' 1 ' . DO YOU ADVERTISE? If not, why, not? Perhaps there's a reason.. A . request to this office will . bring man to talk It over, with you. YOU LXXXVUI KO, 27. wilmlngton; k. c, MOKNTNG, APRIL 22, 1911, WHOLE NTJHBEB 13,589. . 1 '-k . . ... . ... T : : ' - . . . ' ... - : "V If; Y- S. RE GIPRDC1TY BILL PASSED III HOUSE Taft's Canadian Agreement is Finally Voted Upon, After Six Days Debate. NO AMEfiDMEdTS TO MEASURE practically Same ''a Passed by Pre ceding Conaress The Vote Was 265 to 89- Day In the . . Mouse. : I.- Washington, April 21. President Taft'B Canadian 7. .reciprocity -r agree ment supported by all bu. a handful of Democrats, 'and Opposed by a ma jority of the ; Republicans passed the House of Representatives early this evening by a vote of 265 to 89. Wltn nearly 200 Democrats In control and tbeir action endorsed by a large body of Republicans the bill to put- the agreement in force was adopted with no amendments, and in. almost ident ically the4form in which it passed, the House in the last 'session of the pre ceding Congress, . ; . .,. . The bill sees, to' put into 'effect the formal agreement reached between President Taft and members of the Canadian cabinet' for a reduction of tariff rates' on taariy 'articles rfnd free trade in many , others across the Can adian border. Added to It by the Dem ocratic leaders is a section whicn "au thorizes and : requests" President Taft to make lurtbeir efforts ito secure still freer trade relations with Canada, m the form of additional reciprocal re lations. . - .-r. " ' - The passage of the bill marked the close of a fight that had raged in the House for ; sit days. .Amendments v.ere admitted in ther House today for almost every. section of the bill, nd in each cas the .were rejected by an overwhelminis ..vote - given by the friends of the measure on bottt siues o the House' on the theoryrthat any amendment, would- nullify it. the casetwnen -the-mu passea at ine precedlnar session of Congress,- a ma jority of the iRepublicans were found aeainst it. the1 tlarfy vote-being 67 for and 78 oppQBed. Among, the Demo crats votirisr in the neeatlve were: Doughton, Gudger and Webb, North Carolina. ; . ' : . -. 'r;- The attempt - to . amend the agree ment began with tie final reading of the bill at 3 . o'clock. The threats of Republicans opposed .,to the measure to make the Democrats vote against amendments for free meat, free lum ber and free! agricultural machinery, were carried out,-, but as their party leaders declared that any amendment would defeat 'the whole trade agree raent they cheerfully voted these amendments down, d ? The Republicans who taunted them Avith ooDoslne free admission of these important products were met with the assertion: that -the -Democrats wouw lay the new "fanners free list bill before the House next week and that an opportunity, wbuld then be given to vote for free meat, machinery lum-. t-er and a score of other things. This defense was met by Republican stand patters with the charge that tne iem ocrats knew v the free list bill .could not pass the : Senate ' nor secure -the President's ' approval The section of the bill -relating to free admission of pulp and paper pro voked the sharpest ' discussion, draw ing from Representatives Mann, of Illinois, the ' Republican 'leader, the statement-that It was exastly In the terms agreed upofl by the two coun tries. i ("r".-;-"i v ' '" ' Former Speaker: Cannon bitterly attacked this section of the bill. "Let's bring Canada down here and nurrender the halls of Congress to them," exclaimed Mr. Cannon. "I challenge ,the statement that we are going to pass the free list bli later on with the expectation that it will not becdme-a law," said Demo cratic Leader Underwood in reply , to statements ...from- Republican oppon ents of the 'reciprocity bill" The free Jist bill will become a law, or the ie publkan Senate , that kills It or the Republican .President that votes it will never be' heard from again." Webb, Gudger and Doughton, of North Carolina, vYOtftd against the re ciprocity bill. "iw'i'V :; - V News ReclvBd . at Ottawa. Ottawa, Out; April 21. News of 4 1 1 . L k. I . -II 1 ne neavy majority i given reciprocity a t Washington r. Was u received -; yith much satisfaction '-by the government and liberal" members, who '.are sup porting the measure here. The Can-, adian opponents -of the pact are now. Placing their faith" In the hope that the United States Senate will -long delay the bill t ot kill it. . ; ' - ; "The vote at Washington today will e a great aid to. the Canadian friends f reciprocity,", said a member, of-the Dominion government.' "I expect, to see the opposition at' Ottawa collapse in the course of a few days and J be lieve the measure will be finally pass fd by the parliament as soon as it is finally dealt with at Washington." Reciprocity Called Swindle. : Boston. Mass., April 21. Reciproci ty with Canada was dubbed a swindle, Jiff wa-upheld. New England wag characterized as a traitor to the west, and Governor .Fobs, of Massa- DEATH TO THE WHOLE FAMILY Fear of Impending- Starvation Caused I . Father arid Mother' to Give" Pol ; son to Themelvesvand Two Children. Chicago, April , 21. Fear tf Impend ng starvation today caused a father and mother to administer strychnine to themselves and their, two .children, both under four years of age. The mothefl " Mra. Hnnnm ! the Olaer child. Joseph, are dead: The ilthArsnit hahif..ii I. 1 . T. I s sam tbat both will recover. , Dzlursrot tonteht tnlH nf tha nnvxrtvl which - followed lrtiip mi..,, thn related ihe desperate agreement with nis wife that the two . should poison themselves and their babies, v "With my last . 25 cents," he said, I bought the poison at a drue store. My wife and I mixed it in the little milk we had left.. Some was given to the children, my wife .drank some, tbew T. Scott; of Illinois, tonight was eronr Nlcholls of Ohio, who. Tead to mands made today by insurgent Re and I drank the remainder. There declared ' re-elected president general the delegation large-number of. let- publican 'senators that they be recog JJSJJ of 'the. Daughters of the American ters' he had T nized as an organization distinct from - - . 1 1 BALLOONS MET i WITH MISHAP. Made Rough Landing In ; Germany . Passenger Uninjured. . ' I Brunswick, Germany, ; April 91 1 The dirigible balloon Varseval VI met WtTn II mlchan ton mllac nnrth tt t-Vilal.. Place, today nd was forced to mak 1 a vromrh'landine. The' veneers es- canedTinJurV and the airshln was not seriously damaged, though it lies a new ballot will be taken tomorrow, partly in a. swamp and will of neces- "Wlhen Mrs. Scott entered Contlnen sity be dismantled and sent to Bitter- tal Hall, after the vot'e,had been an- fleld by train,- ' ' I The accident brought to an end I what promised to be a successful non-les Rtop flight from -Berlin to Amster- dam The airship, which: was oiccu- pied by 'ten persons, including two military officers, of the Netherlands, lose at Berlin - kt h o'clock this necognition. She declared that she big plate glass windows of a jewelry The contest today was in connecUon morning,, sailing, away toward Amster- had no bitterness in her heart because store at Maiden-Lane and Broadway with a resolution introducedl by Sen dam at a clip of 4 miles an hour of her defeat and urged all the Daugh- and sent the $20Q,Q00 worth of dla- ator LaFollette citing that Senators neKisfelde Rurnrt-ir wob nauoH snnn 1 afteT 1 O'clock - thediriglble going strong -despite rather strong ..wind currents. " v : ' I Between Isenbiittel nd I leford Vf "eJ?Diei . ieioJa ZZi,-V.t Mmneiie her to ,m At the compelled her to s uicoi w v . a ' u',w " aangied irom- tneear caugm- m tnir.t.nit.a;r.BViaf-1tm i..no.Bi jr,, n. ina branches . of a y great; hirch v tree and gave the airship' ayank that: broke aova th A Alithin a , von tr n T hiAlrd I JWi TfcMne4?wai the I . . . -a ' i - y high wind, made necessary an. immed- whko-uvbkvui. ." w" muWuoucu, . mwsu , ;; ,"" v :"". l tAMnHfh 4 k tMtvH - - . wrtfli a Am A I strain to the dirigible and he shak- ing up of her. passengers. 1" EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.' Officers Elected ' at Session at Jaok- sonville Yesterday. airoffic of 4rMmBtt for KdZ day by the delegates attending- the annual convention The officers- are: Robert C Ogden, New York, pres ldent. - WIckliffe Rose, Washington, vice- president William A. Blair, North Carolina, tfoooiiror , J. P. P. Claxton, Tennessee, executive! . ... secretary. , Members of the executive commit- tee cnosen roaay are: josepn cook, Mississippi; S. J. Brooks, Texas; j.i bjuwbu, uuisiaua, auu a. a. muiirnw, Florida. The meetings will end tomorrow. UPROAR AT CAMORRA TRIAL. UniiAual and Stormy Scenes Mark the i , Trial In Italy. . ' .TT.-.l Tf A r.r-11 41 Tkf all till methods - adopted by -the assedl in novelty and enectiveness mat oi Gaeteno Esposito, who, at the end of a mad harrangue today, tore a glass eye 'from his head, and, hurling it at v . . ' L j ' ""TTn o-tlt w the Honor System as at present In the fet of the' president, stamped Marked , End of Jubilee Exposition nfhhlsnPu;8U4rAfl :IfASrtelJt7fl i1 force at the University of South Car thecolirt Then hefellina faintand Jl from Villas. hU?t, R peHartier the Jfr ollna was accepted in all its most es- Pl-esident Blanch! suspended ; the sit- ting.:--, vfc;;.-; who is known as :usurrer, is a dan- rlcone" Alfano as the head of the Ca- morro when AlfanQ'fted to the United States there to fall into the hands of Lieut. Petroslno. He Is charged with having been one of those who met at Bagnoll and condemned uenerro uuoc- colo to death for treachery to his as- sociates in crime: , ' r V ,. ': 1. PREACHERSAND DEBTS. .., . ' .. '' ' -. -. Virginia Bishop -Lays Down the Law ...,,VV.vrt.'Mmlter.''.;' . , Norfolk, Va., April 21; Bishop Levi J. Coppinv Of . Philadelphia; presiding at the Virginia' Conference of tne A. M.:B Chnrch VPrtnth;ay d' xidge revealed what had, happened. House yesterday, i The measure was Prof.- W ri. rowner headof clared that complaints f.6 By. hard Work the flames were got not amended and was practically the the Department . of .mectrteaL,. Engl--against preachers' for: failure to pay. ,-nAf:, trni t, fv neering, was called to Baltimore Wed- S-T Y;-r:r;tn: Znn iff or bad debt collector, ther mw wno would not oay his honest debts in tne ministry could not have his cnaracter oassed. and Is. unfit to preach ana-un-. worthy of an appointment which he will be refused "..''. . . chusetts, was : called a demagogue ea who should be; treated with Reniihliran. . nartv " VIL1 thfl announc- r . . , . v; rj ed suDJect 01 ssenator ' xoun-g s ' re- marks but he took advantage of per: mission accorded him of "speaking on ftnvtninB- I nlease ' ' ' Believe me some orchestra at the 20 feet of - water with the tide run Grand ThereT:.. T-w" V Jnintat rapid rate.. v . IS. SCOTT A6MI 61 Re-Elected President General of D. A. R., Over Mrs. William C. Story. RI ASF FIGHT Tfl THF FIIIIRH " .will V v ,mnBl"8min urecica ttimi " Applause When Vote Was An nouncedRequired 24 Hours to Count Ballot. Washington, April 2L Mrs. Matr "v"","v'u" iUl lUD '' She received 614 of the 1,086 votes I Cast and 148 more than her ODDonent. r Mrs.; William C. Story, of New York, 7n- mahIvaH AKft vnlos Tha allAT who' received 466 votes. The tellers 1 I cn .lmnct 91 .,t.o in .rtimT,r ho I - ' -v.-e, v 1 votes,' which were cast yesterday. With Mrs. Scott was elected the en- . ... . l:,.!", I 21? r.LAr" J? ST.? nounced. preceded down the center aisle by a dozen charming young pag- and followed by a secure more bear ing great baskets and arms full of flowers she was received with 'wild applause. Scarcely had she mounted the Dlatform toefore Mrs. Story askedl terS to UDnold. as SUe Intended to OO. I hands of their newly elected presi-1 Keneral. - ine otners eiectea were: .vice pres-i Went general in charge of organizaUon nf hftnter xfrs Henrv . i. . Mann- chaplain general, Miss Elizabeth Pierce; recording secretary general, corres- bwdliif . Mcratirr general- Mrs". Wm. Brnmbauth . : treasurer v seneraL Mrs: SZ'CT-S: . w r " ' MrrCharlesssett; a seistant hts-4 wiK:viun;Bv inmiii,aBiauiii,. torlan general . Mrs. Eleanor S. Thomp- soh and librarian eeneral. 'Miss Ama- w . ryills Gillette, all residents of .the Dis-I trict . of Columbia, except Mrs. Bas sett, Maryland, and Mrs- Thompson, Massachusetts. Ten vice nresident eenerals were to be elected, but only nine received enough votes. All elected were Scott candidates, as also was Miss Harriet ia Polt of numbers, had ten votes too ICIV LLJ clQUl. A lit? Ililie UcvIaiCu CieCl" Hw?. - w,' Miss - SoDhie WaDles. Delaware: Mrs. Clayton R. Truesdall, Ohio; Mrs, Allen P. Perley. Pennsylvania: Mrs. James P. Bravton. Mlchiean: Mrs. Ben Gray, Jr., Missouri; Mrs, James M - flVwfoi inHiona- Mi-o i7Hiirin c iGreeorv.; North Cnmiina? Mrs rhaa ln m . '. - - - 1 r. nrvHri 'I'ATiTKiaflDO Ann rvi va 1-1 Edmondson. West Vli-einla. Mrs. J. Morean Smith, of Alabama. was elected an honorary vice presi- dent; general. .Mrs. Elroy M. Avery was re-elected editor of the American mquiuij aiagazme, tne omciai organ r9 I . . A ' T3 ' T iV.l.t A. 1 1 1 i w m uiuui ui.uw icxictuuu ivira. Scott ' declared that while the mem. I or Dolnts of order, when it comes tn i. - . .. . iquestlons of vital patriotic principles, the D. A. R. heart beats true." - lon tomorrow will bring the w"f"V w wus& . ''iA . rwnoi ; nnto nuivic. L,.: APni-zi.-Tne ceiebra - 1 opening of Ethnographic U in connection with the Kr.J.- jubilee, exposiUon, came to a spectac- rocket, sent up during the fireworks display from the top of Monte Mario, set fire tt the mountain forest Be- fore the eyes of thousands of specta- tors, the flames spread rapidly along the mountain . ridge. Inhabitants of nearby - Villas '. fled from their, homes in great, alarm while troops and -fire- men were rnshed.to fight the flames. ;An illnatlon and pyrotechnic dsplay hod been arranged as the cli- max of he aay.R ceiebratIon and thou- fcands of vnersons witnessed the stim.. J facie ": it was at. first, thnne-ht. that th f re wa . ..-rt t isDlav but the 1 crirortinp- flamoa iWUnin oinno- damage.done was small and no fatal- XSn ' r ' -i .1 . -. FERRY BOAT CAPSIZED. ' ' . s Many: WomenPreclpitated ln ;River at Tampa . Last Night. :., -xampa, . a ia., Apri zi.--rne my, a launch oing ferry duty, across the I .411K. ltr o ' T Tn I ' " - .. lint, the water. It is thouisht that two - 7 .. . - . . , - - persons . .were . drowned, :but this had no 06611 established at a- late hour. - I i ;'uu,i'"' w ciuwu- 1115 . wn iu UUIICH BQU FIR .K.X09 Ohio Man's Friends In Congress Or- ganize for Comlng Preildehtlal '"' i Campaigns-Some of the' if or ; . Formidable .Rivals.- . Washington D.r C, April 21. -Governor . Harmon, of phio, will have the united . and enthusiastic . support of the Democratic delegation in Con gress from that State In bis candidacy for the Presidency in; IfflSf. This was made evident today when a formal statement 'was Issued to" that effect at the conclusion f secret con- - - . . - - ! ference.or tne ump-jyemocraiw gresslonal delegation in the office of Senator Pomerene,-or unto, tne od Meet of which was to . formally launch the Presidential , poom ? 01 . ' uovernor Harmon. The campaign in the inter est of Governor Harmon's candidacy will be conducted. by:. Lieutenant Gov from all sectioas of --the--country." It decided- to appoint later a I tmhlicitv and wavs and I mean8. . After dlsccesing the Presl - ..i t.mtua nvr tho friani of . .. i. J I ...fiLi: a- 1 governor narmuu. uiouc uu wrei ui 1 It, that he wiirHare.formidabte rivals J In Bryan, uovernor wiison. or isewi Jersey and speaker .vnamp caara. xne majority, it is tinderstood.-most tear Speaer Clark in that respect. KICKED JEWELS IN STREET. Horse Sent $200,000. in Diamonds Fly Ina In AH Directions. New York, April 21. The tradition- al bull in a chtnashop was run a close second this morning by a horse an aged . and totally, blind horse which kicked his- way through two monus in iu wuiuuwi .ilius m u directions. Precious stones by the JU ci c owcyi. unu m,, wtuiu masses and finely;broken glass PoUcemen hadaU they could do to control the crowds which .-pushed into the thick or "tne: iray ana watcn- ed the proprietors and clerks of the I Jewelry establishment in a : mad I scramble to nick the -eems out of the debris, and x save " erery thhur.possible. I . . . v 4 . The .Jewelers iak itSroi cutAKe n. n-1 ventory to: tell if' anybody, ;bad Mwui- ww - -- -- ried away with any of the gems, : I ' a am . mm a,u a MM abuut i nifNo& un maho. Sy Canals Are Nothing More Than . Earthquake Fissures. - Berkeley Cal., April 21. Prof. Rob-1 ert D- Aiken, one of the astronomers of Lick Observatory,' does not believe that there is human life, in the panet University of California last night he I vr-- -v w - .uu. . ings seen on the surface of the planet and supposed by some scientists to be canals constructed by intelligent be- mgs ior lrrigauon purposes, are notn ing more than earthquake fissures They are too rough and too wide for I canal service, he said. He exhibited photographs in support of this belief. I v . . . GIRL' STUDENTS TAKEN ILL. Twenty Were Victims of Pranks of College Boys. Coshocton, Or, April 2L-Twenty l 1 ot,iUC"-iJ " I WOrO Tfl 1TOT1 VIAlPnT T Til DQTIV Tn. Idnv anH PrDslriimt Riulr foiroH that i - - Pan epidemic had -broken out when It I o-i .!. Dhtriii.ii. . mA.bsii girls' dormitory, MJ L- SS..."!- , Wlin lQe giris-au nay them have recovered. "e s 11 tt L, Expulsna wHl f o - I""' . r ncUl t r;""1" ,T-tf 01-?, ?nnbo ft ; .? PfP" Sheriff Matthews is today of Canadian ?rs mt" ,nl!ir Jllm A.UO UUlklttlS U"! '.LS;081?" ! ZrT :a.r Xr&Z v" ' C,; V;" T the old man fom Ws retreat. Washtntnn AnHi 21 Prudent L,TSf KltiSZXto Tworld Chris- tlan Endeavor convention at Atlantic cit? in Sf,w or convenuon al ,AUanuc fiv:.. ......i., v w ' - Tha mnMt hiii tvq th o was -re-elected- president general ; of the Daughters of the American Rey- olution. She was chosen after a.hard fiKhL defeat.lT.ft- MrsWffliam Ca Storv. of New YorVb7 14 v demands made by the insurgent Re:l puDiicans in the Senate yesterday .ror recognition distinct, from . the Re I ,...1.11 ixi- 1.: 1 uuug 1 k wuwus I hid J u flffot it at 9.3.fi - was steady with a moderate demand; wheat irregular, No. 2 red. 95 elevator uiu ;o d-5100 anoai; corn sieauy,. ex - - r oats; steady. vfutuTes closed nominal; 1 turpentine quiets . , - yui t axu. r-CUm' Do veuut'-Wil aULHlt , IIISURGEIITS GIVEN Demands q Certain Republi pans for Separate Recogni , . tion Are Rejected. - WIDENS BREACH OF FACTIONS uon-iRefluiar Organization Determined to Check Activities of Insurgents. Contest In Connection With. Resolution. Washington, April 21. Formal de- iae epuoucan majomy w me oen- ate and that they be given one-fourth L'utw - anA trrt nt ' - o ments. were rejected by a vote of seven to four at a meeting of the - - . senate uommmee on uommittees. Representatives of the regular Re publican organization determined . to check ; the ; insurgents' demand after it, was -learned that President Taft resented the insurgent attitude in op posing his policies and the activities of this minority faction in putting barriers in the way of his renomina- tion for the presidency, in 1912. .This was the reaJ. reason for the widening of the breach between regulars and insurgents was freely stated by some of the majority members viupp, aroiieiue, . Bourne, rwran, Brown, Dixon, Cummins, Bristow, niw cuumuuib a. wiiwmq iiiugics- sive Republican J(vistton oh y public Questions and nledslne the Committee on Committees to accord the progrs- slves . tbeir proportional representa tion of one out of every four, Repub lican members '-on- all v committees, I ihe&e nrosressive members to be das- J Ignatetf the four progressive' Republi- 1 . . ... can. mempers r 01. "tne.; uQmnuuee;in f Cemmkfceess An the -RepubHean. ?re4 ulars' insisted that there was ? no 'pre cedent for the recognition of a minori ty within the party Some of . them predicted that - the I adoption of such a resolution would I disrupt the party as similar demands would have to be dealt with later in party conventions. . The vote-of the resolution follows: -,-1 -rFoi" LaFollette, Bourne, Cummins, Ainst--Gallinger, Lodge, Penrose, ley. i m.m.ksj tu xt vvnaau, irauwb auu jut HONOR SYSTEM ADOPTED. To Prevail Hereafter at A. & M. Col lege Other Notes. , , (Special Star Correspondence.) - West Raleigh, N. C., April 21 What is rightfully regarded as one,. of the most important happenings at the A. 1 .7 L.x v. wn . . . .t.tSf. w.TTr"T, "1 a I lUi UJ UL UM1U5 Ok Uiy J11U&TJ vears slso was the adontion of an I w-f - i HOnr HySiem XO govern 811 preumi i n a tv ana flnnl nTiimlnnt nno at ft i"L.l?lL 4?.uJu?S7i I wees. , For thv past month a committee quitly k e inlng the Tar. lllifcju ill uie vttriuus classes, IUU) uou ious forms of Honor Systems in vogue at some of. the leading colleges in the sentlal details as embodying the best ZrltoTtl. taw of such a system. ; . . . ; y Capt Simmons, 01 the general staff and pleasure at the stalwart size of the students in theA. & M I n.ii-11 O! ailiUlUU. ' layi. oiiuuiuuB na wu n round of visits to the various colleges a Position to form a good comparative He also; cotomended .the Smts accautrements. . .. v Mrs. F. D. Stevens, wife , of. Prof. Stevens of the Agricultural Depart- ment, has gone to Jacksonville,. Fla., to attend, the Southern Conferenceon I Education. , mother.. Mrs.1 Browne ls the wife of inVeVs7 ' i HoJ?,fin8, ""ItSfi17!,: ,r.7tr AuZZttZZ V". w-7.'jr"fi a . - :-yj Tl ..k.ree Ala.., ADril 21: The .re-: - jnort which' originated yesterdayin IPOfb WU11.U. wvi May UI ICOmroi OI ine inieiiiauuuoi k urtwi imoiuiciu iMuuua n. . today by Emmet J. Scott, . private secretary of the negro educator- r Ac- icoraing to me report .tucjr. were - tu road at the receivership sale in Pal; estine, Texas,- on May 15th.,' I try 10 ilUjf . COUtroiimg iiirawi iuuic NO WAY TO AVOID CONFLICT Official Mexico Seems Unable to Stop Attac k on J u arez -Go ve rnment Ignores Madero Ultimatum. "Situation. Mexico City, April. 21. While' all devout Catholics at the request of the archbishop : today . began to join in a prayer for the re-establlshment . of peace, official Mexico eees no way to avoid the conflict at Juarez. Still refusing to treat with the reb els,' the government' has ignored; the "ultlmatumr issued by .Francisco I. Madero, Jr. that Diaz resign the pres- dency. -. Optimists continue to : believe that the promised battle may yet be avoid ed, but the number of optimists In Mexico continues to i wow smaller each day and tonight residents of the capital have a new cause for 'appre hension. ' Two days ago a controversy arose at the agricultural school between the students and - the director. A. small detachment of soldiers was sent- to the institution to preserve order. The incident appeared cloded 'when the students of the school of medicine came forward with . grievances iast night. Alter having received promis es of .support from Puebla schools to day the ' student question' assumed ff political cnaracter. , At a mass meeting tonight the stu dents decided to join . the "peaceful wing" of the revolution and ask Pres ident1 Diaz to resign. . That President Diaz thinks of yield ing to the terms is not regarded as tne remotest possibility. , . The subject most discussed tonieht Is the probable outcome of the battle at Juarez. Few. here beJiev that Ma dero has any chance to; win. , WAKE FOREST VS. A. & M. Capt. Phil. Utley Will Pitch ame To morrow Against ' Farmers. (Special to Raleigh Times.) Wake Forest, April 20. Great was the rejoicing . when it was' announced this morning' that Phil Uttey will twirl the game against A. & M at Ral igh tomorrow. - This will be the first game that, he has pitched since he held the University of North; Carolina to. one hit in thirteen innings in Ral elgh last year. He has Ditched in one practice ' game - this year anid . yester day? in the gyninasiuife :Wbere -t the team practiced On account ; of rain Mo-eemed to have all of Msold-time m : . wm ... A . i ... . f .. v u forro?rit i Ja; true that 1 A. "fcT Miai won two gaduss this season hut' with Utley in the hox Wae 'Forest 'hopes tnat it will - be e different tune vto- morrow. His' greatest asset has at all times been his headwork 4and with bis twisters ... ibreaking as before he ehruld he able to hold the;A. & M t.nm to a standstill. For the first time In 4 four years an athletic contset was called at. this place on account of rain, 'when yes terday afternoon the game1 with Del aware was called off. The' second of the games scheduled with them wil be played his afternoon. . ENGLAND'S COPYRIGHT ' BILL. Passes Second' Reading In the House of Commons. London, April 21. The govern ment's long promised copyright bill passed it second reading in tbe House of Commons. The 'measure; not only sets forth the amendments based on the copyright, convention of 1908, but codifies the common law on copyright and the existing statutes, numbering about twenty. Copyright under the amended law would run as a general rule during the life of the author and fifty years sterY Foreign authors may acquire a copyright by making first publication, within'- British dominions. but may be deprived of it by the gov ernment if the country to which, they belong refuse adequate protection to British authors. Imprisonment is submitted for a fine as a punishment for piracy and there is a clause giving authors pro tection against stage, performances of any copyrighted work from pirated copies. . . x Photographs, gramophone records nd paerf orated music roles are to have copyright, tehe term being for fifty years from the time the engatlve or plate Is made. T , '- ., REQUEST OF LEGISLATURE. Arkansas Governor Asked ,f Intrfere With 1 Proposed Execution. -little Rock, AUkv, Apr 21. -The Arkansas State . Lelslature.. today adopted; a concurrent -resolution di recting Governor, Donahey. to interfere with the proposed eecutlon of Henry Peace at Ashdown, , today, convicted and sentenced to' death for 'wife mur der. " 1 . . ; - ,,. . . '' : Peace' admits,' the-.killing -ot his wife and declares that he Is a poor, uneducated man -and that life .-holds out very little for .him. ' : The Governor last night refused to Interfere with ,: the,' sentence of the court. Wiashingtonr i April .' 2LJ-"Progr;e8-sive" Republicanism In the Senate re ceived a serious set-back todays when by a vote of seven to Jour the Repub lican committee on. committees decid-i ed not to recognize the v progressive Republicans formally: as an organiza tion. ' -. , ' " . . ; ' ; ' . V ' ".Tampa,. Fla.,. April .-2L A.'lanch with 25 passeners,most of . them wo men capsized In the HllHsborouh riv er shortly, after. 8 o'clock tonight. J.t is . expected au were rescued.- The nv- eri is being' dragged - for bodies. The launch wa sdolng . ferry . service : while "nh wa sd, iabridgeisou out of commission. ScSii Negotiations Between Rebels and Mexican Government i Now Called Off. . . . j (.UDEHO. DEI.UIIDS REJECTED Insurrctoa , Troops Begin to March Out of Hills No Attempt to t " Hurry Attack Mexican . J Situation ' '.,: El Paso, .Texas, April 21. All ne- v otlatlons between the lnturrectos and ' the - Mexican government were efficlally called off late today. Oscar.' Branlff and Esqulvel Qbregon, of Mjex-, Ico'City, who have been trying .to' get ; Madero to accept peace proposals, re ceived a telegram this afternoon, call-' ing off all negotiations. This mes-v: sage came Just after-they had sent ' a messenger under a flag" of . truce with a final appeal to, the rebel leader The message was from Mexico City;. although they refused to say who sent ' iu 11 lniormea . mem iat iub (re mands of Madero were such that they ; could not be entertained. Already, the two volunteer peace commissioners had given up hope and had Issued a statement throwing the blame' for failure on Madero. ." - 0 : ; Simultaneously with the receipt of , the telegram from . Mexico City, the v insurrecto troops began to march out of the hills and canons by the hun-' dreds and move closer to Juarez, as if.'; preparing for an attack. It. soon ap- peared, however, that they J were not . hurrying to an. attack. ' . . "t 'The troop movement proved to , be Villa's command coming. from. its camp in the mountains to take up Its , position with . the rest ; of . the ' rebel army. '..-, . '-,' --.:;, '" .:;it' ( All dajr Madero's unvaried ; state ment to reporters .was that ' nothing had devolped -to make htm'; change -his; decision of yesterday to open the battle ,, today,; .. Aressages receivea py .jaaaeroaa Globe,-"Arlx.i, offering him a hundred Americans for his -army. ; ; Brnlff and Obregan.peace.commls- r sloners, - today gave .out. a statement of the proposals for settling the trou- ble and declared thattJMadero- would r be . toblame. f or the -consequences . of the war, inasmuch as ' he could at; present aooept ai compromise with good grace. .They declared, that they . represent a "perfectly,-defined public sentiment" In. Mexico. Their state- ' ment says: , . . - . The public demand? are:. "First,, that concrete guarantees be forthcoming from the v Mexican gov-- ernment, that tie promises and re- ' forms, already partly executed will be implanted and developed as rapid ly as practically possible. . 1 'Second, that with V this uaranty perfected, the armed rebellion has , carried its avowed principles into tri umph and as a consequence , ceases , thereafter to be justified, and Its per' sistence renders It dangerous to our future peace and welfare, and there- i fore unpatriotic and. Undeserving of further 'public support . "Third, that the . hstlrement , of ; President Diaz is not necessary to In sure compliance by the government with Us promises: but. on; the con- . trary, would reinstate the demoraliz ing precedent of constituted author ity, yielding to f force of arms. . "Fourth, - that a compromise would not only demonstrate to the world the Eood sense, coolness . And - patriotism of the, Mexican public, end thus obtain a complete retrieval, Of ltt momentar ly lost prestige and credit abroad, but would result in the creation of politi cal parties similar to those that have brought about In the United States the effective-government by the peo- , pie and. for the people. "We have presented the above res-. ; olution to the directors Of the rev- . olutIon and pointed hilt" the terrible responsibility to fall oh them 'if they cast aside these public demands for conciliation and plunge-our' country Into calamitous adventures. "We know, that the gentlemen are ' patriotic, and that, If left to think and feel for, themselves,. will listen to the call of their brethren and avoid dang. erous rocks ahead; and our only fear Is, therefore, In the pobllblllty of their, yielding- to influence other, than their own.". . .-. .'i. v;. - . ' Americans continued" to. visit Insur recto cdmp throughout the ' day, and -met with -fa; hearty reception.- ' k . (.Government .After. Report ' . . Washington, April 21-Tbe Amerl- can government Is seeking to collect expeditiously, a complete report of all the facts" bearing ott tlMj question of American ! neutrality in- the - recent border warfare of the Mexican revolu- tion in order to- be , able'; to issue a prompt response to Mexico's repre-sensatlons.- vThe War Department to Aay sent a second telegram to Colonel Shank,, icommanding ' the troops .' at Douglas, - Ariz., . asking - him to hurry Ms report-on-all the incidents affect- Ing the United States in - the battles of Agua Prieta.-. v r Y ' ' -That Mexico may have , . no . com plaint of -lack of precautions by the United States . to prevent violations of ; neutrality, - the JWar Department today repeated by telegraphy Its pre v , '" .(Continued on Page Eight), w p. :kn! j ! I f r- . f. V 0 '1 v ' f ! 1 AKi;!.;'- 1 , ; J :i.L m. V .J I'- 1 1 r ' jf 1