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RECALL FOR RHIEE E Bristow's Proposal Meets Overwhelming Defeat; in the Senate. anl PRESIDENTIAL TENURE IS UP Terms Ranging fronvTwo to Six Years Are Proposed I fa Various Amend ments- Senate Will Con sider Them Today. Washington, Janl 30. Presidential terms ranging all the way from two to six years; prohibitions against second terms and third terms ; exemptions that would affect ; Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson and proposal Tor the recall and direct popular election of Presidents were thrust into the Senate, today n rapid succession, it. being 'the first day's consideration of the constitution al amendment limiting the President to a single term of six1 yeans."" In a session filled -with lively de bate, Senator Bristow's propqsal that a President could be recalled at any regular election , was . voted down '58 to 1 and Senator Hoke- Smith's amend ment to make the single term four years instead of six, -was defeated 42 to 25. Over-. a -. dozen ; amendments were pending "when the Senate reces sed tonight and they will be taken up tomorrow. ? Senators Dixon and Poindexter, Pro gressives; Bristow, - Progressive Re- publican, and Lodge, ' Republican led the fight against a restriction of the Presidential term. - 'Senator Williams, Democrat, proposed a four year term with the privilege of re-election once, but his amendment: was so drawn as to prevent . CoL Roo6evett from seek ing another eleci4on, j V? t - " 7 The defeat "of ; the Bristow. amend ment for recall . of the President: fol lowed a short debate: in which Sena tor Bristow urged : that to -make -the. Federal vaamSaswatfoSs'roperiy - res ponsive to public .demand; the people should have" the '; right , to change :. the President when they s. change Con gress. The vote, on-the recall amend ment mustered 10 votes only in its favor, the following Senators voting for it: Bristow, Clapp, Dix on, Gronna and Poihdexter, Progres sives and Republicans; Martine,Owen, Perky, Thomas . and -": Ashurst, 'Demo crats. ' ... . . The candidacies' of; Roosevelt, Wil son, Bryan and . Taft figured in the ; fight throughout the day. - Senator Bo rah said President Taft had not used the power of his office for his own re election in 1912 to any greater extent than President Roosevelt had used it in 1908 for the election of Mr. Taft. "President Roosevelt wanted Mr. Taft nominated because he believed Taft would carry out the principles to which the Roosevelt administration was devoted," said Senator; Bristow. a resident ,who would not use every effort to perpetuate his policies ould not be worth his salt." Senator Hitchcock r asked if it was not 'generally believed" that Roose velt favored President Taft's nomina tion in 1908 so that he himself might oe a candidate in 1912?" - i know the Senator himself does not entertain such a thoughts retort- u senator Borah, "so I feel free to say that such an idea is the product oi a diseased mind." Senator Dixon's charge that a single six year term was desired chiefly by am Ditious aspirants for the Presiden cy and the declaration of Senators Bristow and Poindexter that this pro posed limitation would be destructive of American principles of government, inade the burden., of the Progressive "S'n against the. resolution. Senator Bristow declared the peo ple should be free ter choose their own President and to re-elect a President hen they believed it wise. He de flared the constitution should include a recall provision, so that when -Congress is overthrown because an admin istration is' not satisfactory, the peo- i ie also could recall the President and establish a new v administration throughout. . - ; FIREMEN : FAVOR A STRIKE. Railroads Admit Vote Will . Show 90 Per Cent. Willing. -New York, Jan. .; 30. Before . the strike vote of. the firemen has been counted the conference commltteelof managers of the : 54 Eastern railroads aected admits it will show, that 90 cent, or their employes favor a tnke. The committee in a statement issued tonight repeats its offer to re - er the differences : to "an 1 unpreju diced board of citizens" for settle ment. This offer is made aealm: the -statement, says, before the firemen nave "enne ton far"v - The firemen, will WtnMiiVio tSielr hl. loting tomorrow and VaK snnn thereaf ter as the votes can be counted the re- uic win be announced; Both the roads and the firemen -have expressed wil- 'n0ness to arbitrate; the men's wages au otner demands but differ as to ProgresstveT Buildlig and Loan 'As- uciation opens hew series Saturday. February 1st. JY.M: Solky, president; Jos. j. Loushlin, secretary. Office, A. W, Pate Co. ..J Advertisement.); 6t VLIMIIIIIL m a mm bb - ALUUIIVL IV 8ILEIIT OH CABINET MAKE-UP Presidentelect Wilson Al lows Him- I fciir?e- Be utJonecI Freely by ?S-tr,Yw ' BBHonaents, But Avoids wisiosures 1 t Trenton, N. J., January 30. President-elect .Wilson - permitted himself to "be questioned at great length by the correspondents todav ahftnt . tho make-up of his cabinet and seeming ly enjoyed the'efforts that were made to get information from him. The Gov ernor, however, carefully avoided any disclosures. Asked whether any names other than that of .William Jennings Bryan had been suggested f on the Secretary- uip o oxate, Mr. Wilson said: "About a half dozen." To the inquiry as. to who these men might be, Mr.. Wilson reflected for a moment, but replied that he could not recall, oft band because some of the individuals n were grouped Under ists of names suggested for other portfolios as well. . One - of the correspondents asked Mr. Wilson if he intended to appoint to his cabinet men of practical expe4 rience In publno affairs, or professional men wha had not-been in politics. . Douir sons are unuer - consiaera tion,'' he answered, Zand then added with a laugih: 'TBut I certainly am not going to make up- my cabihet of college presidents' i The Governor said he had decided to follow the usual course of getting acceptances1 first before announcing his cabinet. He was asked ' whether bfe would make public the acceptances as they came to him. : "No," he replied,-v'because I'm real y trying to make-up a team." He intimated .that a possible declina tion of a single portfolio might make it netaessary to re-distribute the entire cabinet. . . ., ' - :-' v-. Except for the visit of Rpresenta tive' ; Carter Glass, chairman of the House ub-Committee on Banking and Currency, the Governor devoted - the day to. New Jersey business. . Mr. Glass gave Mr. . Wilson an ac count of the progress . of the public hearings before the Banking and Cur rency Committee.. . - t Mr . -Glass rpleased. me." said the Goversuarr ?by telltog me that the & utfede ot thse bftaker-who, appea,r-i ed ibetere the committee -was One. Of friendly co-operation." : While talking about reforms, the President-elect remarked casually: When I said in my speech at Chi cago that the banking system of the country stood convicted, I tnougnt i was saying what everybody had said before. Some times one's common places startle the country-" Mr. Glass declared after his con ference with the Governor that the new -monetary bills would be ready for introduction during the extra ses sion of Congress. He added that he did not know yet when conditions would clear but he had today arrang ed for Sir Edmund Walker, head of the Banfe of Montreal, Canada, to ap pear before, the committee on March 13th. lBOES" THREATEN VIOLENCE Will Adopt Suffragette Tactics if Push- ed Too Kara "Mew Orleans. January 30- The adoption of certain tactics of the Eng lish suffragettes are threateend by the hoboes unless there is less drastic enforcement of vagrancy laws in some Statea At today's session of the Na tional Hobo convention, omerwiss known as the International Brother- hood -Welfare Association, resolutions were adopted in condemnation oi cue manner of enforcing the vagrancy lawa in California", Illinois, Georgia, Missis.ippi, Texas. Missouri ana Lou isiana. In these states n was uecmi ed the police authorities make unne cessary arrests of unemployed men and fail to recognize a distinction be tween "bums who don't .want work,' and "respectable hoboes who cannot secure work." , . ' . The resolutions were onerea uy James Eads Jnow, oi si. uio, called "millionaire hobo leader, L who declared that if the resolutions were not heeded the hoboes would adopt the tactics of the-English suffragettes. "The jails will be ruu oi us n we adopt these suffragette tactics," said fHow, "and I am sure h we atteiuyi. to convert the prison guarus auu iwbb . .. ... .' 11 Tr t-n tho fniia a dlSturoance ssci a.iij j we.wUl ibe released ana our aemauus acceded to." . ..r Copies -of the resolutions were ui- dered sent to legislatures ot States named. vv A. Attendance, at the convention is a disappointment to President Jeff. Da, vis and to the other leaders. Less than 200 "boes" are present ; The ; activity of the police has made-it impossible for" a number of "delegates" to pre sent their credentials. ,:. 1 WAR DEPARTMENTS ; PLANS. ' Explained to Members of Senate and j .. House Committees, .. " Washington, Jan. 30. Secret plans v,a Wnr Denartment framed by the VTar College and approved by the ab lest strategists in tne army uu , were explained today to . some of the members of the Senate and House .mittoAi.' on Military Affairs. The demonstration took place at the War College, in the presence of a class of student officers. Secretary ftimson and Major General Wood, chief ofj staff, being in attendance. - Details, of the projected land aeienses yxx mus of Panama and the Hawaiian Is lands, were described by Ueut Col MoiTlsOh, just returned from the isth mus. ' . ' ,' , ' - SEG. fJAGEL ORDERS DEPORTED Former Venezuelan President Denied Admission to i This Country. - WOULDN'T TELL OF KILLING His Refusal to Tell Whether He Was ' . Connected With Assassination ! of Paredez Cause of De portation. Washington, Jan. 30. Cipriano Castro, former President of Venezue la, was today denied admission to the. United States by Secretary. of Com merce and Labor 'Nagel! The Venezu elan's unwavering . refusal to answer the question whether, while President of his country, he was a party to the killing of Gen. Paredez, was the cause of Secretary NageFs order for. his de portation ,' - " , The cabinet member, sustained the adverse report of the Immigration au thorities against Castro on" the ground that his declination to 'answer "may in itself constitute an admission by conduct" of the commission of a felo ny. The immigration law bars from entry any person convicted of or ad mitting -the commission of a ; crime involving moral turpitude, providing it is not 'purely a political offense. .The secretary held that the murder of Paredez. was not "a "purely political crime. . Further, the secretary declared that an alien ; was compelled . , to answer "Yes," v or 7"No", any pertinent ques tion regarding his admissibility. If permitted to refuse he maintained that "the immigration service plight just as well adjourn." ; -' . The ; alleged ; information against Castro was furnished the Department of Commerce and -Labor hfftbLe State 'Department r- and i. Secretary VNagel In" hts" decision frankly admits; that but for the State Department's action Castro-' probably would have been admit ted without question. "Cipriano Cas tro's . former position as President of Venezuela,", he added, "would under ordinary circumstances, have furnish ed further inducement for such ac tion." .The 'immigration bureau, he declared, had followed the same course In his case as that pursued in any oth er where official warning had been giv en regarding the character of an alien. - "It is officially charged," said Mr. Nagel, "that Castro, while President of Venezuela and in full possession of the authority of that State, directed the killing of Paredez without trial or hearing of any kind, Paredez at that time having been made a prison er while engaged in a revolt against Castro." The information that Castro order ed the killing of the general under these circumstances, Mr. Nagel de clares -to be specific and confirmed by authenticated copies of original tele grams. J . The secretary admitted the decisions in extradition cases seem to hold that such a crime would be political, "al though this view has been questioned by high authority." Consideration, he added, however, must be given to the fact that the al leged offense was not committed by a person engaged in a revolution against constituted authority, but "by the President of the Republic in -full control of the authority of the State who denied the benefit of the very law which he as charged to preserve." Also the secretary pointed out that the immigration law was amended in 1903 so as to exempt offenses "purely political and not involving moral -tur pitude." "The alien is not in a criminal court where he . might stand upon his rights, and refuse to make a confession," concluded the secretary. "He is before an administrative body asking for the privilege to enter and he is unaer the necessity of Qualifying for that pur pose. . -; - RECEIVED AT WHITE HOUSE Methodist 'Church Workers Call on President Taft Washington, January 30. Dele gates 'attending the conference of Chairmen of the Sunday School Board and Field Secretaries, Methodist Epis copal Church, South, to -' weld the church work into a more compact Na tional unit,1 were received by Presi dent Taft at: the White House today. . The ; Sunday schools, it was urged at today's - session of the conference, should be-given a better chance to ex tend their, work than had been accord ed them in the : past. Rev . J. M . WonSman -asked that women be al lowed to participate in the confer ences. Rev. J. C. .Mimms touched lightly upon woman suffrage and de clared that women should be given an . opportunity Ito cooperate with) men .in every big movement. CASTRO Montreal,, Jan. 30. It was officially announced today that the Duchess of Connaught, who has been ill, would go home to England, for further medical treatment In tie Spring and that the Duke -of Connaught would accompany her.- The Duke and. Duchess will re turn to Canada later, it is understood, .1'S". S - -1..""'' - ' ' RECORD CROWD IS EXPECTED Largest Number of. People That Eve? Saw an Inauguration Will See fWoodroW W.ilsoih Inducted Into OffTce Si Washington January 30. Prospects that the largest crow;d that ever gath ered here for an Inauguration will wit ness the ceremonies incident to the induction into office o President-elect Wilson were apparent; at the "Booster Day" meeting of . the: inaugural com mittee today- 1 ; According to figurls made public 20,000 National Guarm en and mem bers of other organizftions have defi nitely arranged to .attind the inaugu ration. M ' These" figures, vnowever, indicate only a portion f the l)ig host that is making arrangements o visit the capi tal.. The following: are lamong the or ganizations which, applied today for positions in the inaugiiral parade: StrJohn's Military Afcademy; of. New York; " Massachusetts 1 Guardsmen, 3, 000; New York .National Guard, 1,000; Maryland National . Gukrd. 3.000; Vir ginia National "Guard,! 2,000; Georgia National Guard, 2,008; Newt Jersey National Guard, 4.100; Emmett Guards, Worcester,'; Mass.; Purdue University Cadets 1,00; Boy Scouts, of the United States, l;000; 'Tammany Hall, of New York;: 1,500;--Franklin County Democratic Club, of Ohio, 200; Mose Green Club, pr Xioaisville, Ky., 150; Spalding Gray6rtof Griffin, Ga., 554 ' a In. addition, several;, hundred mem bers of the Cookpounty, Chicago, Democratic organization will r be here. Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, and Governor - Dunn will accompany them. v-4 Plans are now' complete foi the stand from which the .new President and his family wili.ifeview the parade. The stand, directly! in front of the White House, will be a replica' of the Monticello honie; of Thomas Jefferson. A small forest o( cedar trees , will surround the place ; . and in . the braiuch.es will be hundreds of electric lights. Calcium lights "from- across the -way will be thrown on the Presi dent to show him atoV, the crowds Jn lAFayette Square. Accordin-to suffragette leaders the woman suffragettea-xuaivouly will erejet a stand south'' Of the Treasury Depart-i ment . for their parade on March 3rd, but hope to be -granted use- of the inaugural reviewing stands on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue if a contract under consideration today finally goes through.- GOLD MEDAL FOR TAFT. President's Efforts in'Behalf of ? Peace Are Recognized. New York, Jan. 30. President Taft, "in recognition of his notable efforts in behalf of universal peace," will be presented with a gold medal at a peace testimonial reception and dinner to be held in his honor here February 22nd by ; the American Peace and Arbitra tion League. Thirty-three peace and civic organizations throughout the country will join in honoring the Pres ident. Joseph H. Choate, former am bassador to Great Britain, , will pre sent the medal on behalf of the Na tional Institute of Social Sciences. It was at a dinner given in his hon or by the American Peace and Arbi tration League, on March 22nd, 1910, that the . President: made his first speech advocating arbitration of all justificable questions of dispute among nations. At the dinner on Washing ton's birthday the President is expect ed to ' "review the international peace problems of the past and present and also to forecast a distinct policy for the future," according to announce ment made today by the committee in charge. OUT-LIN ES .The British House of Lords yester day rejected the home rule bill by a vote of 326 to 69. : The largest crowd that ever attend ed an Inauguration is expected to see President-elect Wilson inducted into office. - The rebel force disappeared from Juarez last night and with the arrival of reinforcements the city was said to be out of danger from an, attack. Gov. Wilson yesterday allowed the correspondents to ask questions about' the. make-up of Jiis cabinet, he, how ever, carefully-avoiding any disclos ures. - William J. Bryan yesterday refused to discuss the report that he had been offered and had accepted the portfolio of Secretary of State in the Wilson cabinet. Senator Bristow's proposal for a Presidential recall was overwhelming ly defeated in the Senate yesterday during consideration of Presidential tenure of office. f v Secretary Nagel. yesterday ordered Gen. Cipriano Castro .deported from the United States on the ground that he refused to answer questions wheth er .he was connected with the killing of Gen. Paredez. ' The Balkan allies yesterday gave notice of the, termination of the ar mistice with the Turks, the period of grace of four days starting last night at ; 7 - o'clock. . The Young Turks in their reply to the note, of the powers, offered, important compromises : ' New York markets: .Money on call steady, N2 1-2 to 3 per cent ; ruling rate and closing. bid 2 3-4; offered at 2 7-8. Spot cotton dosed steady. Flour steady. Wfheat steady;; No.. 2 red 1.08 1.2 and 1.10 Corn easy, 56. Turpentine steady. Rosin" quiet. ARMISTICE ENDED: WAR NOT ASSURED Allies Set Monday Night for the .Bombardment of Adrianople. TURKS OFFER A COMPROMISE New Government Accedes to Most of . the Balkans' Demands and Only Asks Retention of Their Holy Shrines. London, Jan. 30. The curtain may rise on the second act of the Balkan war next Monday. The allies announc ed the termination of-the armistice at 7 o'clock tonight, and if events take the prescribed course, the bombard ment of Adrianople will be started af-' ter an-interval of four days. Indeed, the bombardment has been scheduled, for 7 o'clock Monday evening Yet, even at this 11th hourwar is in. no. wise assured. Only a few;, hours be fore the allies proclaimed their , mo mentous decision, the Ottoman gov ernment, presented its reply to the joint note of the powers ;,of January 17th. . ": . Never has a diplomatic problem tak en, such swift and surprising changes as these negotiations for peace. The Young Turks who seized the govern ment with shouts of defiance have un dergone a marvelous transformation. Instead of drawing the battle line at the question of surrendering Adrian ople, they offer a, compromise which comes so near meeting the Bulgarian demands that a settlement should not be impossible, and they leave the Ae gean islands to the disposition of the powers. ? The difference between what Con stantinople is ready to give and what Bulgaria is willing to accept has been reduced to such small proportions that even some of the Balkan delegates be lieve: via- compromise may yet be agreed upon: Constantinople now asks sim ply the retention of that " section of Adrianople where the holy ; -shrines are situated. Bulgaria always meant to leave the mosques and shrines to. Turkey and even to confer the right of extra territory, thus giving them something of the status of the i Vati can in Rome. . The vital differences between the two nations amount merely to Turkey's demanding the shrines and the sections surrounding ( them. "'! The Thracean frontier line, there fore, with the exception of the town of Adrianople, practically has been agreed to, as Turkey is ready to-leave to the powers the disposition of the land on the right bank of the Maritza river, which conditions, as is known, the allies are satisfied to accept The question of the Aegean islands also practically has been solved, as the Porte is disposed to leave their settle ment to the powers. Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian delegation, said with reference to Tur-. key's reply . "It is not of a character to from the basis for fresh negotiations." ' . This, however, Js simply a public statement, possibly made to exercise more pressure upon Constantinople. A majority of the allies apparently trust that a compromise will be reach ed. All the powers have urged the allies to do their utmost to prevent the re sumption of hostilities because of grave complications that otherwise might arise." Whatever happens, .the Greek Premier, M. Venizelos, will leave London tomorrow. He will visit friends ?in the country and ""expects ; to depart from England Saturday or Sunday. M. Novakovitch, Jhead of the Serv ian delegation, has arranged to go home in a day or two, but will return if the 'negotiations are resumed. Dr. Daneff will leave early next week. The ambassadorial conference will meet tomorrow morning to, consider the Porte's reply. Turkey Replies to Powers, Constantinople, Jan. 30. Ih. its -.reply to the joint note of the powers the Young Turk government asserts itself boldly. Apart from proposals to di vide Adrianople and a plea, for . the retention of the Aegean islands, V the new government takes advantage ; of the occasion to press for - relief from the fetters of tariff and foreigners' ex tra territorial rights, under which the Turks long have chafed. - . - . "The Ottoman government does not hesitate to recognize that the conclu sion of peace corresponds with the hopes and interest of all," says the note, "and that it is desirable to put an end as soon as possible to a strug gle which -it in no, way provoked. - "The Imperiol : Government ; has al ready given undeniable proof of a con ciliatory spirit by consenting to imme diate sacrifices. " Adrianople being" an essentially Mussulman town ' and the second capital in . Turkey and, there fore, indlssolubly. bound up with the Empire, the mere rumor of its cession provoked a sentiment of reprobation throughout - the country and aroused such excitement as to bring about the resignation of the' last cabinet. .: "The Turkish government is willing, as a final proof of its pacific disposi tion, to nlace itself in the hands of the powers regarding that part of Adrian- . (Continued on Page Eight.) BRYAN ACCEPTS PORTFOLIO? ;; " , - - " " - - ' Nebraskan Said to Have Been Offered : and Accepted Secretaryship of State -Refuses to Discuss the Report. , Miami, Fla., Jan. 30. "I do. not care to discuss unauthorized reports," was the only statement William J. Bryan would . make tonight when asked to confirm or deny a story published to day In the Miami Herald, stating that Mr. I Bryan had ,been offered and had accepted the portfolio of Secretary of State in the Wilson cabinet.. After conferences here between Bry an and other prominent Democratic leaders, including Henry E. Alexander, of Trenton, N. J., last night, the Her' aid today published a story to the ef fect that Mr. Bryan had given a posi tive assurance that h'e would accept the portfolio of Secretary of State in the Wilson cabinet. Mr. Alexander left early today to return to Trenton and the belief was expressed that he was .Jaking VMr. Bryan's answer to Mr. Wilson. Others, who called on Mr. Bryan included Col. E. M. House, of Texas, and Hugh C: Wallace, of Washington, one of the leading Democrats of the Northwest. , Today Mr. Bryan asserted that Mr. Alexander did not call upon him on political business. He also dictated the following statement regarding the reports circulated: "No,, attention whatever should be paid to such reports as sent out from Miami. No friend would presume to speak for me in such a matter and no man who would assume to speak for me can be considered a friend. I take it for granted that President-elect Wjl- Ison will give out anything he wants puoiisnea ana i win give out anything I Want published., Neither of us should be held responsible for what anybody says. Speaking for myself, I do not care to discuss unauthorized reports. Mr. Alexander did not call upon po litical business and our conversation was about an entirely different mat ter.". Report Credited at Capital. . Washington, Jan. -30. The report from Miami', Fla., concerning William Jennings, Bryan's place in the Wilson cabinet,, spread, i throughout the capi tal today and aroused widespread in terest -.and !cmmehtCamong.Senators and JiepresentatlvesJ -There was some misgiving at the outset as to, ..accept ing the report in the absence of an authoritative statement direct from the principals and because of the fre quency of cabinet slates appearing of late. However, the prevailing view was that, the report was in line with what has been expected for some time by tnose leaders having: close relations with the President-elect and Mr. Bry an. Some of the leaders in the confi dence of both the President-elect and Mr. Bryan asserted their belief In the accuracy of the statement that Mr. Bryan had accepted the portfolio. it was said that Mr. Bryan had con fided to prominent Democratic Sena tors some time ago,, the fact that he had been offered the position and had determined to accept it, but none of the leaders today was willing to per mit the use of his name in connection with it Members' .of the Senate and House who recently talked with President-elect WSlson declined todav to make any statement as to the informa tion they had received from him. TEACHERS AT RALEIGH Executive Committee Decides On 'Place for Annual Mtinn (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh. N. -C Januarv 20. The executive committee of the State Teachers' Assembly, in session .here toaay, seiectea Kaieigh as the next place of meetine. The oDDoaitinn tn Raleigh was mild. The meeting will be held Thanksgiving week. Prof. A. C. Reynolds, nresident of the assem bly, presided as chairman ex-officio over tne committee ana k. d. w . Con nor, of Raleigh, acted as secretary. ' - ' 1 : . Los Angeles, Cat, January 30. The jury which is to hear the evidence in the second trial of Clarence S. Dar- row, the Chicago labor lawyer, for alleged jury bribery in the McNamara case, was' completed . late today. As in the first trial itrconsists of 13 men, the odd member sitting in readiness to take the. seat . of any juror who may become incapacitated. s i -H-H-H- .M..i..frMM. i 4- BELONGS ' TO FAYETTE VlLLE 4 4 4- $ 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 4 4- Chicago, January 30. Man agers of baseball .teams who have been telegraphing ' and writing James Thorpe, the In dian athlete, for his terms, may begin again, as Thorpe, it was announced tonight by President - Johnson, ,-of the American League, is not a free agent. . Thorpe is under contract', with . the Fayetteville, N. C, chub and it will be necessary to negotiate for his release through the owner of that 4 4 i $ t club, v ' ' ' President Johnson received 4 this information in a telegram 4 from Secretary Fajreili of -the National Association, s "' 4 In 1910 Thorpe signed? a' con- ;- tract with the Rocky Mount, -1 4" N. 'C, club at $125 a month. 4 Later he was transferred to 4 Fayetteville and reserved by 4 that club.- 4" wHI"I"r"H'4 JIRE cSsiDEBEO Constitutional ' AmendrnenH Commission Authorized by General Assembly. , DUNCAN'S RAILROAD OFFER Governor Submits" Proposition With out Recommendation To Sound Railroads on Question of Freight Rates -'. (By Wm. J. Martin.) v Raleigh, N . C . , January 30 . The Senate voted 37 to 10 today for the appointment of the Legislative Com mittee of .five from the Senate ana eight from the. House' and the com mission of five by the Governor to constitute a constitutional '. amend ment commission as recommended by the joint committee 4on constitutional amendments. .. . f ' , This commission Sis-to consider all amendments proposed at this session, formulate three 'Otner s 'amendments and submit them to ?an adjourned or called session of the Legislature. The debate was long and spirited. Governor Craig sent messages to -each branch of the Assembly convey ing the proposition of EJ.C. Duncan to purchase the State's stock in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, Co. However, he refrained from rec ommendation of any sort. The propo-, sitions wer referred to the respec-. tive Finance Committees. - , Justice, of ' Guilford, Introduced in , the House and procured immediate, passage a joint resolution Setting out , that whereas the Legislature has de-v dared . its attitude as to -inter-State freight rate disclamation in a former resolution and that this declared pol- i scy is being violated by the railroads, , notably in long and.. short .haul- rates; , thereby - interfering with the commer- vfi&i .ueveiopment joj; , jtnis tatenere-,( n . . n M ,. .... . w... . wtf' -' to take up"' with the railroads the ques tion of confonmng; to the declared pol-. icy of the State and report in full dur-x ing the present session of the General:. Assembly the result of such confer ence.; Power is also conferred for the ' commission to take up the matter with . other railroad connections not doing ' business in this State ' to induce them to build- into North Carolina to the end that lower rates than how., at tained imay be secured and rates that will not discriminate against North Carolina. ; " . . Especially notaible new bills in the House were by Gibbs to impose $1,000 license tax on every automobile man-- ufacturer. the revenue to go . to. engi-' neerink assistance in road . construe . tion and by Cox, a bill" to stop pro- icreation of criminals, imbeciles and idiots by 'surgical operation, in State' institutions after hereditary incura-. bility is established. - . - . ' . . The bill by Stewart, of Mecklenburg, to make it a misdemeanor punishable : by fine or imprisonment for, a tenant to leave his crops, thereby breaking , his contract with his landlord, came up designed to apply to 50 or more counties, including Mecklenburg, and - was passed 67 to 44 after two hours debate. Bills were offered in the Senate by Gilliam' and in the House by Rodman establishing a fisheries commission and regulating the fishing industry in accordance with recommendations of the State Geological Board. A sub-committee of the Senate Com , mttee of Corporations consisting of Senators Bryant, Lovingbod, Gilliam, TOarrt onrt' Thnao Tirraat lan . barn -with the proposition to forfeit the charter of the Carolina-Tennesee, Southern Railroad if work- is not begun in 18 months , and completed In four yearsr The road is owned by the. Southern . Railway, an4 the charter. is for. a line from Frankilin to the Tennessee line and thence to Knoxville, forming aj link between the main Jihe of the Southern Railway and Knoxville. Finally the chairman had - to , . vote ; and the bill will -be reported favorably' to the full committee. .' - v The House Committee on Libraries ably . bills to appropriate $7,500 for "traveling libraries" by the State Library - Commission and a bill pro vidinar two assistants at SfiOO each for " the State librarian. v v ; - j Torrens' Land Titles The four Judiciary committees, of Senate and House held a. hearing, on tne Din or senator jjamei providing for an optional registration of, land titles.j a modified form" of tne Torrens land system, indorsed by the North tors Pittman, of Vance,, and Lockhart, of -Anson, and Dr. J.-M. Templeton, a tTT.t.v i a 1 e j.1 ui v v ith-tr, were ueniu in isvur oj. iuh bill, and the committee continued the hearing until nextThursday after noon. ',, ' - . - , Knnnr .liimn Rflnrlwaninn Representative Koonce, back in the Houseafter a protracted absence, suf fering" from" his carbuncle affliction arose to a nersonal Drivilece today 1iist 'hefrtra nH Inurnment- nnd asked to be recorded as-voting fdr. Hon. F, M. Simmons, for United States Senator. He was not here at the time the Sen- 1 ator. was balloted for and stated that it had been charged - that he would not vote for the party primary nomi-,, - t
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 31, 1913, edition 1
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