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.1 - . ? ,-. THE WEATHER. ' 1 - i . Fair today and Monday. i . WIIiMINGrTOST, C, SUKDAYrMOROTG; JAOTABY 26, 1913. WHOLE . KUMBER 13 j2 31. Mi 1 . ' .JLvJOtlEl- L P) : ll A II 'i-wooeoo,M' II - - JTQ.1ISITlT?W.Bingt I TO W rD T f i ftT rift tT 1 , -"r-T TfT T1 . . . . ' . - i - - i mm 1(5 RULE WITH A HIGH ill ... ' 5t A-.'- . Fearing They May Lose Rein of Power, Arrest Their A tf'T ii r t CAPITAL IN STATE OF SIEGE Foreign Powers Fear, Excesses and Dispatch Gunboats to Constant tinople Allies Planning to Resume War London,-. January V25 , -Constantino1 pie practically is in a state of : siege, according to dispatches received today by peace delegates of , the Balkan al lies. 'V' The Young Turks, fearing that the reins of power again may escape from their hands, are said; to be arresting their political adversaries,? searching houses and clubs and. confiscating- doc uments. They hope ,in this way to break up the opposition. : The aHies express , the opinion that under these circumstances any excess may be expected. "With this, prospect in view the European, powers are' send ing war vessels tojreinforce the ordi nary guard ships stationed at Constan tinople. .': r- '. ' Italy is especially alarmed oyer the return to power of the Young Turks, who were inexorable during" the Lifoy-. lan war. The United States ambassador at Constantinople, William Ttockhill, dur ing the negotiations for the conclusion of peace between Italy and. Turkey, de-: scribed Djavid Bey, now head of the Committee of Union and -Progress, as an irreconcilable. Djavid Bey declar ed that Turkey would vfight in Tripoli as long as she possessed a single sol dier. 'T-:'': '' ' ' . .' The position of the 500 Italian resi dents of Turkey- is regarded as so pre carious that Italy-had . 4istatch'ed to Constantinople lwo t?her -best, cruis ers and is prepared to " land 500 hlue jackets. Besides,' the admiralty ?h8 ordered the entire Jtal?Quad;in the Grecian" arcfifpiiago, to told itself in readiness. . The Vremainder of Hhe Italian fleet is at Taranto, within easy call. " - f: -f ' ' - " The War Situation " Both the ambassadors and the Bal kan plenipotentiaries held meetings today and discussed academically the Balkan situation . and the occurrences in Constantinople. . - The plenipotentiaries are .awaiting instructions. As yet the Servians and M ontenegrins have ' not reeeived from their governments full powers," which Dr. Daneff and Premier Venizelos al ready possess, to break the- negotia tions. M. XovakovitclL.has proposed to make the Turks understand that the war indemnity asked by the allies will be increased proportionately to the de lay in concluding peace. ' r . It is expected that by Sunday all of the allies' representatives will- have received authorization from their re spective governments to end the nego tiations on their own initiative, -dux ip fulfill the promise made to the ambas sadors, they will not use this prerpga tive until the reDlv to the bowers' note has been received from the Turkish government The Greeks meanwhile are pushing their military operations in Epirus. The army there, numbering 50,000, is advancing against Janina in a semi circle. The Greeks hae been ngnun for five days consecutively. The siege is most difficult owing to the mountain ous nature of the district, and tne very n arrow passes which are strongly, for- yooscB Yvmwi dliuu.(,i, fied. The operations have been ti dered still more difficult by stormy1 weather. If the war i -resumed in the ; next week, the allies have agreed tttat the offensive shall Tae . tafeen by the com bined Bulgarian Greek and Servian forces against both, Adrianople and the Tchatalia lines.; The - Servians will detach some ' of -their troops -to help the Montenegrins. take Scutari. A Greek project, which aims to land troops in the Gulf of Saros ana occupy the Gallipoli peninsula, is being con sidered. This would ive to the .al- l;es control of V the Turkish fortifica tions in the Dardanelles enabling tne 'reek fleet to enter: the sea-or Mar mora and threaten Constantinople. This and similar project? are, subor- unate to tne decision oi ine-yuwwB and evpntsj in fVmfetantinoDleV; where Tnany consider, a military counter-revo 1'ition is - inevitable?, within a short time. : ' : ' What the allies desire is not to be accused of ha vine nrecipitated mat ters. Their terms were, presented at the sitting of the peace conference oij December 23rd and the Turkish dele gates asked for. their , consideration. Since then the allies have not chang ed their terms; ; -They have been slm Ply waiting. - - . But patience has a limit, they say, like the resources of their countries which are exhausted for a peacefu settlement, .the allies declare the war will be resumed and inexorably con' d ucted. Dr . " Dahenf, head of the Bul garian delegation, saidvtonight: The best; proof 'of. our magnani mity toward Turkey Is that we, are still here: whv events in Oonstantl- noule are on eloquent: arid "undeniable indication of what - the Turkish . reply to the note of .the. powers will be. After that, we might with considerable (Continued- d.-pn Page Tw0r W rr . ' - ' 1 i;; I .- (Prince Adalbert.) v - Berlin, Jan. 25. Although he is suf fering from a serious attack of pneu monia, complicated with measles, the court . physicians appear confident in their assurances that Prince Adalbert, the third son of the Kaiser, is not in any immediate danger. -': WILSON '"SEES" ELLIS ISLAND f,r?9eec m4 -t?ar;."Wlt Aamis8ionmOeportatfoT Immigrants After Infornia-' ftlonrHe Says p ' New York, January 25 Hundreds of aliens, many of them still clad in the garb of distant landSi stood before the immigration officers at Ellis island today" seeking admission to the coun try. -which Woodrow Wilson, President-elect of the United States, ob served ' with a scrutinizing . eye the manner of ther welcome. Scenes of pathos and of joy were mingled as those physically deficient v ere turned away or the" more fortu nate passed S'nugly through the lines of inspection into the embraces of waiting friends. It was while observing the last pro cess of the law, whereby the officials satisfy themselves that friends seek ing the immigrants have a bona fide errand, tfcat the party witnessed one of the dramatic incidents so familiar at Ellis Island. - , ' V A; young girl from Poland, with a white shawl wrapped about her head, was weeping when the President-eleet came in. ijommissioner. winiam u- tiams ' explained that the woman had spied her; relatives outside the latticed fence-of steel behind, which the immi- erants are kept until - duly passea, and was weeping for joy at the sight. The girl stood, in line waiting her turn,? -but atthe direction" oi tne. com j.niissiorir oer case was iHneu up auu ren-Tgr relatives answered' satisfactorily the necessary questions ana tne tres- ident-elect saw her aasn iorwara mio the ; arms' of a sister, , kisses mingled with tears. - t Mr. Wilson was an interested spec tator throughout. He asked questions continually and observed in detail the methods employed to discover the un- rtcimWA newcomers.; When ne lea Ellis Island, he was asked what he thought of the station: ; . I merely came ror iniormai.iour uui for thought," he answerea witn a smile. ,. The Governor and his family went shopping and : took a motor drive through Central Park. They will spend tonight and tomorrow with Mrs. Car oline Bv Alexander,, at Hoboken, New Jersey.- ' v . In the , Governor s party on tne in spection trip were Mrs. Wilson . and Misses Jessie and Eleanor wuson, ir. nrtrt Mr. Doufdas Robinson, Mrs . James Borden Harriman, Royal Meek er, professor of 'political economy ai Princeton;1 Willard Straight and Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander, at wnose sug gestion the tnp was maae. "1 wonder," he remarked, as he look ed down oh the crowd awaiting exami nation, "if these people knew before they .arrived what they were to go through." , , ' , : 4- rnttni&sioner VAlliams told him that in general the immigrants were. told on shipboard wnat was expectea of ; them. . ' . For Great Pictures. 'Extra big' bill for the opening of the new week at the Grand Theatre to morrow,. New song also byMr. Ka?p. - v . (Advertisement . ;; ' .' ' ',. ' . ' 1 " '--v ; 30 tfunks to go at Consolidation: pric es this' week.' . Piatt- & ttaar. i:, retmiy i.r'f:y ' san CLIMAX TO A BEMUSE BRILLIAKT CAREER ; 3LlllfJiilllG TO N. Y. Supreme Court Issues : ; Order for Arrest of General' Sickles. 523,476 SHORTAGE ALLEGEO Civil War Hero Must Put Up Bail for , Amount Which He . Is Charged I V With ' Appropriating From '. . Monument Fund New York, Jan.. 25.r Gen. Daniel E. Sickles sat amid tho, war relics in his Fifth avenuev home -tonight, expecting momentary! arrest In a suit brought bfc, the Stable "to; recover $23,746, for which he has failed to acount, it is cliarged, as chairman of the : New York Monu ments - - Commission. Within his call were his - son,. Stanton, and an aged , negro retainer. Save for them he was alone. ! . . The order ' for" the veteran's arrest, issued "this afternoon by Secretary Justice; Rudd, -at Albany, and a copy of the complaint were placed in Sher iff Har burger's, hands this evening by Deputy Attorney General Francis Ken nedy, .who brought them here. Mr. Kennedy announced his intention of asking for ! immediate service. .. After a talk wth Mr. Kennedy, Sheriff Har burger !said he would give the docu ments "to his lawyer to . determine whether they are to be drawn. This, he thought, -would-give the general res pite from arrest until 'Monday. The order cannot be legally served on Sunday. . . ' Unless General Sickles Is prepared to furnish at once a $30,000 bond, Sher iff Har burger said , he will have tor go to Ludlow street jail until the bohdr is forthcoming.. There was no inkling tonignt as to who. If any one, would come. to. the veteran's aid. General Sickles aeed neero mt all comers at i the . door, and turned them away,; For thJBltimJa..weJeksJjB&1 of the house were-raised. afid,in each' window there was placed an American flag. - Some one who thought the general w,ould refuse admittance to the process servers asked Sheriff Harburger what he would do in case he found the door locked against him. , "I shall! not break it down of that yon may be sure," the sheriff replied. "I shall have to station my deputies arouhd . the house and besiege it. We have no right under the law to enter the premises by force. We will have to-wait till the general comes out or surrenders." , Mrs, Sickles, wno recently pawned her jewelry to save her husband's war relics from sale, will not come to his aid in' this recent crisis, it is believed. She said this afternoon that she would welcome him, with open arms if he should come, to live with her, but did not feel that she could put out all her money in his behalf. ' : Order. for Arrest Issued ! Albany, N. Y.. January 25. Upon application of -the State authorities the State Supreme Court today issued an orders for the arrest of General Daniel E. ! Sickles, of New York, who. as chairman of the New York Monu ments Commission, is alleged to have failed to account for $23,476 of the commission's funds. Under the order General SicMes will be-required to give bail equal to the amount of the alleged shortage, with the understanding the bond will oe torreitea to tne state if judgment is rendered in the State's favor. i The total amount of the alleged shortage was $28,476, but on y Decem ber 20th .last, Stanton Sickles, a son of thegeneral, paid the State $5,000 and promised to make good the bal ance ' as soon as certain property ,' in Spain, . owned by Mrs . Sickles, could be sold. ; ; . ! The State's complaint points out that from 1890 to 1912, inclusive, the Legislature appropriated $500,141 for use of thl" commission. It is charged that of this-amount $445,641 was turn ed over" to. General Sickles and jthat his vouchers showed a balance unac counted for of $28,746. The oomplalnt alleged that this was converted" hy' General Sickles "to his own. personal use ' on or about July, 1912;";.that the . SUte officials have made repeated demands for , the re turn of this money and that on De cember 21st 19i2, $5,000 of the alleged shortage, Jj in the x form of. a certified check signed . 'by Caroline G. Sickles, wife of "General Sickles, was received by the attorney general. Since there has been no further payment. De mand is made that General Sickles be compelled to restpre the amount due with interest from July 31st, 1912,; to gether!, with costs and -disbursements of the action. v u s The Battlefield .Monuments Commis sion was4- created 'by the Legislature of 18S57i General Sickles was "made chairman ' and held the position until December 9th; 1912, when he ( was re placed ' Iby1. Colonel Lewis 'R'.VjSteg-f man,: of Brooklyn. " After the alleged shortage was dis iqovered' Attorney; General v Carmbdy served -notice on" all members of the commission that they would be held liable, for the i missing funds. ; . ,: The attorney general t said today that General Sickles will be held re- yt' Auuunuu : (Continued on PageTwo.) ; i Angry Torrent is Inundating Lowlanck and Destroy ing the Crops. HUNDREDS FLEE TO HILLS it is Estimated That - 1,000 Square Miles Will ;W Under -Water. No Lives Yet Lost Much Livestock Drowned. Vicksburg, .Miss.; Jan. 25. A torrent 200 feet' wideband m'any feet deep is tonight rushing through the. crevasse in Beulah ;. leveed which broke, today, about iOO mile? north of here, on the east bank of -the Mississippi riyer, arid the wftter ils'i rapidlyt' inundating the lowlands, destroying jthe crops on f re tile plantations and forcing hundreds of fattiifies ffith their livestock to the huis.V s A crevasse at this place last Spring, when the river stage was considerably higher, flooded approximately- l,22s square miles. The engineers engaged: in the work, estimate that before the floods recede at least; 1,000 square miles of plantations and swamps, will be inundated. .. -''f " ' . ; Fifteen., hundred men, about 400 of whom are State convicts, are working day and night to "tie" the ends of. the (break, but despite their efforts ' it is slowly widening, the rushing water causing the ends of the levees to cave and. crumble. ' Maj. J;- A. Woodruff, of the United States engineers in: charge of this district, 'is superintending ope rations. He will meet. Col. Townsend, president of the "Mississippi -'River Commission, Monday:for a conference. There were many. 'alarming, rumors j today concerning the rcondition of "the jlevee at . Filters , landings where, new work was more, or less , damaged fay jTecent heavy rains!! Maj. Woodruff has dispatched a steamer to that point wijthiirsistaat& Enhejejr .Tplliager ruff today, said that resources at Fil ler's depended entirely upon how high the river goes. .. V Up to a late hour tdnight no loss of human lives or livestock had been re ported. The Yazoo & Mississippi Val ley Railroad - schedules were not af fected today, ;but officials believe that the.: "riverside" division traffic will have to be suspended after Sunday. News of the crevasse was telephone ed to all of the towns, villages and county seats in the threatened section and runners on horseback were dis patched to the plantations lying just south and east of the break. It is not believed any human' lives will be lost, but it is feared thousands of head of livestock will be drowned. Hundreds of families, mostly ne groes, are marooned, some living In lofts and others on temporary scaf folds erected from floorings they have torn up in their cabin homes. Many negroes who went through the experience . of 1912 became panic stricken when the levee broke. Men in the fields quit work to move their families and .their belongings. Higher Water Indicated. Washington, Jan. 25. Higher water along the Mississippi river within the next fortnight is indicated by the con dition of the Mississippi's tributaries, the Weather Bureau reported toriight. - "With the water how in sight in the Mississippi river," says the report, "a (Continued on Page Seven.) O U T L I N ES . President- Taft spoke last night at the Baltimore Merchants and Manu facturers' Association banquet. The New York Hotel 'Men's Associa tion yesterday, refused tov grant any of the demands qf the striking w alters. Constantinople is virtually in a state of . siege, the young Turks arresting their political adversaries for fear they may lose the reins of power. .- Gov. Wilson yesterday took a look over Ellis Island and saw the immi gration authorities enter some immi grants and deport others who were seeking to enter vthe country. ; . The New York Supreme Court yes terday ordered the arrest of Gen.-Daniel E. Sicklesr who is alleged to have a shortage of over $20,000 in his ac counts as chairman of the State mon ument commission. . - Prof . Emory . R. Johnson, special Panama canal commissioner, in an ad dress last night at Philadelphia, de clared !, the owners and not the ship pers would benefit from a free toll provision in the canal act - x , iSenator Tillman, in a formal state ment, t yesterday : replied to the resolu tion adopted 'by the -South Carolina House of Representatives calling on him to produce evidence to support his charges of corruption in that body. " : The1 Beulah crevasse in the" Missis sippi levee , was slowly widening last night, and a torrent 200 feet wide was inundating thousands of acres of fer tile lands. ; No loss of life was report ed, but the loss of livestock is expect ed to be heavy. t . New York markets: Money-on call nominal. . Spot cotton closed steady. Wheat steady; i No. 2 red 1.10 1-2 and 1.12. Corn firm export 56 1-2.. Tur pentine firm, Rosin dull.; RECEIVED $1 ,000,000 ALIMONY. (Mrs. Blanche New York, Jan. 25. Mrs.- Blanche 000,000 given to her by heir, former husband, Josiah V. Thompson, coke pro-' ducer and banker, of .Union town, Pa., whose wealth is estimated at $50,000, 000. Immediately upon his receiving a divorce from his wife, who before her marriage to Thompson in 1903 was the widow of Henry Hawes, a well known turfman of Johnstown, r Pa., Thompson paid the mopey to her lawyers.- Mrs. Thompson is now living at the Hotel Plaza in New York. ' OPPOSES FREE CANAL TOLLS Prof. Johnson, Special Canal Commis sioner, Says Owners and . Not Shippers Would Be Benefitt ed by Exemption ; : " Philadelphia, January 25; Profes sor Emory R. Johnson," special com missioner of the -United States f on Panama traffic and tolls, in an address here tonight declared that the. owner's of vessels ;in the coastwise ' trade 'will ama canal than the' owners of coast wise vessels; ,'that1dpubleeiratejflx. ed by President Taft would not pre- vent coastwise carriers from using that waterway, and that "in view of these facts, it seems jdst that those who derive immediate benefit from the use of the canal should pay reasonable tOllS. ' ' : (Professor Johnson, who spoke be fore the American Academy of Politi cal and Social Science, studied the question of canal tolls for the govern ment before President Taft, fixed the rate. . ! ' Leading up to his conclusion that coastwise vessels should . not be ex empted from tolls, Professor Johnson said11 the canal should be made com mercially self-supporting, and contin ued: . -.v "Ninety-nine shippers out of a hun dred will Pay the same freight rates between the two seaboards whether there be tolls or no toils charged-the individuals or corporations who ' own any and operate coastwise vessels. .. It will be only the exceptionally . large producers and the traders' who ship in full vessel loads that will - secure lower transportation rates because of toll exemption. , The owners ofx coastwise .. . ships have been relieved from the payment of tolls for' the purpose of aiding the mercnans marine under tne American flag," he said. - "The public funds, however,' Will go to shipowners that need no aid and not to the owners of the American vessels that serve our foreign trade Vessels that need assistance. .; .. "There are reasons Why the "United States might well seek to ' have ...a strong line of vessels under the Amer ican flag from the west coast of the United States by way of Hawaii, Ja pan and China to the Philippines. It would be desirable to have an equally strong-line out to Australia! from bur west coast; to have a line fronj, the At lantic and Gulf ports down the1 east coast of South America to - - Buehos Ayres, and another through the Pana ma canal down the west coast to Soutn America, to Valparaiso. ' "If we are to give the owners .of American ships $40,000,000 during 10 years, ;the funds had better go to build up such lines as have been, men tioned, instead "of being given to the owners of the coastwise shipping" t -?? h CAROLINIANS -IN WASHINGTON Maj. . Stedman Appears Prominent Tar Heels Back From Trenton ; - i (Special Star Telegram.) i Washington, v January 25. Major Charles M. Stedman went to the: War Department today and asked, that CoL E. F. Glenn, now stationed at-Fprt Benjamin Harrison, Ind., be promoted to a brigadier generalship. ' Col-;-Glenn is , a: Greensboro boy and is ?,widly known throughout the t State,' j Dr. D. H. Hill, president-of the;A & "M . College, Raleigh, and Josephus Daniels are here. : Dr."- Hill attended the executive committee of - Agricul tural Colleges, and Mr. Daniels stop ned over on his way back from Tren ton, wherel he Taccompanied jlfce , Asher, ville i committee, Vwhich asdiitije President-elect to make'thefASttmmer, caoitol at.Asheville. - . ..w--' PR Albright, of Wilmington, ri8 here. --rA- - hi - V 'S&'iRt .1 A. .Thompson.) . . A. Thompson is the possessor of $1.- TILLMAN ANSWERS S. 0. HOUSE Senator Replies to Resofution Calling On Him to Produce Evidence In . ' Support of Corruption Charges -Washington, January 25 In a '"pre pared statement today Senator Till man replied to the resolution recently adopted 'iby the House of Represent tlves of South Carolina, calling upon him to produce evidence in support! of He also made reference to the, asser tioh he- had "insulted" the Legislature: The Senator declared - he ' had- done nothing except written a letter last! August just before the State primaries in answer to Governor . Blease,. ;in which he charged that the General Assembly had been influenced by the railroad attorneys. This he asserts was a mere warning and could hot ibe construed as a reflection on any but th,e hold-over State Senators.. J '"This is not tne hrst time I have criticised the Legislature about rail road matters, nor is it the first . time that the State Senators have criticised me for my ; utterances,'' he . said. ' ''It is not-the first time that Senator TU mah has 'insulted the Legislature 4dr will it' be the last If he lives ' long enough and it keeps on doing as it has done. The people of South -.: Carolina will retire .any man they have selected for office when they, come to believe he is corrupt or corruptible. - At least that is myv belief. ;i ' "I have boasted in my lectures j in the North that there-is not enough money in Wall Street to buy Sonth Carolina and I believed it to be true. I still -believe it to be true, but-puiblic morals in the i State have rapidly grown bad in, the last 10 years and I am coming to doubt whether my boast could now be made and sustained. We will -see the" temper, of the General Assembly toy its action in purifying and protecting the primary. It has the opportunity to lift the State out j of the slough of despond and disgracevin which it now wallows." . .A - 1 , : Senator Tillman said that he would not make official reply to the resolu tion unless it was adopted by the Sen ate. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. Proceedings in Senate and House ' Told in Paragraphs. ; Washington, 'Jan. 25. The day in Congress.. , - - Senate.- ' ' ' i - Not in session. Will meet at noon Monday. t Shipping interests before Commerce Committee opposed proposed change in Harter law. - w ;0 House. "'" , " Shipping Trust Committee in ses sion.'"--- - , ' ' , . Ways and Means Committee" con tinued its hearing on revision of flax, hemp and jute scheduleof tariff, jj Adopted conference report on immi gration bill,1 166 to 71. Ij - (Resumed .consideration of Rivers and Harbors . appropriation bill. . . 'j .Adjourned at 5:50 P. M. until noon Sunday for eulogies on the late Repre- sentatiye ' George R. Maltby, of New York. ; . New: York," Jan. 25. The statement of : the '. actual condition of clearing house banks and trust, companies for the week shows- that they hold $31, 465,400 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is' an increase of $361,100 from last weeK. , Upholstering! Upholstering!! We have ' added , an up-to-date- 'up hoYstering department to our business. None but finished workmen employed, tiet us - have ; your order. 'Phone 964. Hopkins Furniture Co. s f v ? : sj v :'" ''- ;';:'''.?. ' ? (A'dvertisement.); :z BILL e 7 - LEGISLATURE Passes Second Reading in the Lower House of; the Gen , era! Assembly.: ' EMPLOYERS LIABILITY UW; Will Apiply . to All V Corporations , t State Mr. Justice's1? 'Absence I Causes Troubler-Other Im- . , portant Measures. ., in (By W. J. Martin.) v . Raleigh, N. C, . Jan. 25. Mr. Stew art's bill against tipping passed second . reading today in the House providing that it shall" be a - misdemeanor.-punV'-V ' ishable by $50 flne and 30 days;im- . prisonment at the discretion or tne . court' for any person to' be guilty , of! either gtving or receiving a tip or for an employer to be "a party to any tip-.! ping, through agreement that employ-. , es shall be permitted " to receive, tipsi Much adverse sentiment was ' mani1 1 tested along' with levity over the meas- x ure and its scope but Mr.- Stewart In- sisted that the situation in-this State. 7 is really1 very serious. That it has come .to pass that ' five and ten cent tips are jegarded as insulting by " the ? average waiter' and - 25 arid 50 ,cents; ". are minimum, tips that win favor. -"A"' waiter had recently thrown him back; a five cent tip with distiricjt manlfesta- i tion of Indignation. Since he intro- ' duced this bill in the House, waiters hereabouts had gotten ; on- to him as ' the author' of this '4iU''.a&d''''ni has 'alf:"7 ready lost ten pounds. throujn the. de- cided slump in the fare waiters permit him to have. His steak, is. tough,' his' 1 eggs are bad and the; fare Is bad gen- 5 erally, he i declared; j He' spoke ;muchi. f in a hVorons yein' and -fjien. declared In al!, seriousness thathe wanted his . bill given a standing In the House. He has written,' he saidr for the :Mississip- : pi law against tipping and" jfexpects -to . '! : .have it JMphday najWsjtp. mend !; jV'-W his bill oit tCfinal jefltdin .twonf oi;ni; to, -the ;Mis$issippi.;;b" (The : Senatft . suspended j t rules , , for. -) ; Senator. Stubbs.aiia.itjisspdM er's1 liability bill he ohiy introduced i today, which embraces all corpora- ; " tions. It extends to them , the prori- : sions of the act-.of Cbhgress relatiye to common carriers' -liability to em- , ! playes, the bill applying, this act to . , North Caroling. . ' :. . ; . - The Senatia" passed, tne . Council act , to prevent a multiplicity ; of indict- , i ments below;, the r. grade of felony. A bill to allow, clerical assistance to the ' Supreme Court repdrter came up and ! Senator Jones, of Forsyth, declared ; , the State should not go into increas- ing expenditures until it ascertains Its assets. He severely criticised the cus-, torn of auditors' warrants being issued , to State institutions when the money was not in-the treasury, , these war rants being discounted at the bank, saying; that any State ; ihat lived be-, yond its means was facing bankruptcy. '; Thef Senate referred ;the Joint reso- v lution ,from the House?as.king for the passage of the Webb-Itenyon liquor v' bill by Cohgrss to thd dommittee on Bfawley, of Durham .introduced ' a bill' to prohibit the origination of cheap . Sunday excursions by . railroads in . ; Nrth Carolina; Shell f a bill to pre vent fraud on merchants'. '- Among bills reported from the Sen- ate was that just passed in the upper branch of the Assembly limiting bor- - -rowing by' buirding and loan "associa tions to 50 instead, of 25 ber cent, of . assets. It went' to the Committee on Corporations, and a powerful opposi tion is rising up for its defeat In the House..;' vfi':.- Among bills passed: final reading ; , ' were: To consolidate Winston and Sa lem; authorize the construction of Wa tauga Railroad through Watauga and Ashe counties as part, of the Carolina Virginia Road. , ' ' ' - ; , Just before adjournment the , House - ? found itself confronted: with the con dition that there beihg hd private' or local public bills on the calendar, there was nothing that could be; done fur ther today or Monday,, owing to a mo-' ' tion by Justice, of Guilfordr adopted that no public, bills ber'consldered diir-.; : Ing his absence today and : Monday. . Members o'f the -House insisted that theyi had not intended to vote any such motion yesterdayi ; they , under- : standing being that merely none of : the bills introduced by: Justice or in ' which he ; was ' specially interested should be considered. ,-v V - 1 ; Mr. Doughton declared that it would be unprecedented for 'public business of the Legislature to stop for two days . l' because Of the absence -of a particular member. Mr. Justice V;iiad ; left the city, but bis friends said he had not Intended any such thing, ' ; , There was -. unanimous vreconsidera- tion of the. vote and he Justice mo- i tion was voted down d that bills on the r public j calendar -'were .taken up this af tem'oon , and th4 -mill will grind ' : Uninterruptedly. , Monday ;, despite the i -absence of Mr. Justice. '" - J ' ' Senate-r 16th Day . " ."''."';!.. Lieutenant .Governor, Daughtridge called the Senate to order at 10 - j o'clock; opening prayer". "by Rev. R. P,. Taylor. ' - .r-; V ;, ; -';-; ' " More petitions for six months school . terms were presented,;. from . Forsyth, . r. (Continued on Page Eight) 7 i.- it mm -it. j- 4 1 V mi i'j'. -,'5 V' I V I: 1:1 fir- if" mm ? 1 i : m i. mi. i - . '; i 'f: "V;'"-.'" '.v . : v f.'-.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 26, 1913, edition 1
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