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MADERO mESTED;
H UERTA PI& JIDENT
Mexican President Is Taken
the National Palace and
Provisional President
K -Mis Cabinet
Mexico City, Feb. 18. Francisco L
Madero has been forced out of the
Presidency.'1 He -was arrested at the
National Palace shortly before 3 oV
clock this afternoon by GenC Blanquet.
Gen. Huerta, commander of the Fed
eral troops,-was proclaimed provision-,
al President. ; .1 . i ... '
About the tjme Madero was seized
by Blanquet, lis brother. Gustavo Ma
dero, the former ministerof finance,
was arrested by Genv Huerta, who was
dining with him in a public restaurant
All members of the cabinet .were
proniptly placed under arrest, with the
exception of Ernesto Madero the ui
cle of the President, who held the port
folio of finance. vHe.was apprised of
the intentions against the government
and managed to make his escape. . :
Notwithstanding the fact that some
definite action'-, was expected today;
the coup d'etat at the palace caused
a sensation ' and the "exact ; status of
affairs could not be ascertained for
several hours. The direct movement
against Madero was the result of -a
plot which had been brewing since
yesterday" and which perhaps existed
with Blanquet" for; a much vgreater
length of time.
From the first it had been known
that Gen Blanquet was unwilling . to
tight, ftis men were of the same mind.
He held complete command over them
and it was not doubted - that they
would follow him in anj adventure as
They did at the National Palace this
afternoon. V : ' . '
The forces numbering ' 1,000 men,
which arrived late yesterday were
sent immediately to the palace, osten
sibly to relieve the reserves there. The
resrves were sent into the field. V
An agreement between Gens. Blan-:
ouet and Huerta . was reached last
night, but the first ' intimation """that
Blanquet's men had of thej new role
they were. to-'.Iay'washortlyfbefor-he
succesifijpf s'tie'was- mjide"" -'Blanquet
drew his men up in order and de
livered a stirring speech, j , . .
' This inhuman battle must end," he
said. ' The time has come when some
drastic means must be taken to stop
a conflict in which father is "killing
son and brother Is fighting against
brother; when ; non-combatant are
sharing the fate ! of war and all this
because of the caprice of one man."
Blanquet then issued orders for the
arrest of the President and assigned
a detachment to that duty.' Madero
was soon a prisoner in his own
rooms. " . : , '
One reason given for the attitude
of Gen. Blanquet from the beginning
was the presence of his son in the
ranks of Diaz. -
W&en the. arrest of President Ma
dero and his ministers became known
crowds gathered in the street, through
vhich they paraded, shouting "vivas"
lor Huerta and Diaz.
A conference was held between .the
representatives of these generals and
an agreement was reached whereby
he appointment of Gen. Huerta to
the provisional Presidency -.'was pro
claimed. .. -
Prior to this, however, Huerta's at-'
tempt to communicate with Diaz pre
cipitated one of the sharpest engage
ments of the day. , .' ; -
The fire from the rebel rifles and
machine guns was 'Jong sustained. It
uas by no means certain at that time
that the coup which had been carried
out meant the end of hostilities.!. At
3:30 in the afternoon the cannonad
ing was still heavier than hefore and
The rattle of machine guns was heard
various quarters.. At that time San
Francisco street was being cleared by
Huerta as if he were; expecting an at
tack. - ; '
A half hour later the' order to cease
firing was sounded and the battle was
over. .i
A few loyal , members of !Madero's
:staff rushed into tne room when Ma
dero was struggling"; with Uhe soldiers
and went to his rescue, 'but ineffec
xually. Capt Garniedialwho had just
been appointed, " chief of police, ad
vanced upon Col. Riberoll, - shooting
and wounding him seriously. 1 Imme
diately there was an exchange of shots
and three or four of the members of
ihe President's staff are said' to" have
fteen wounded. - Just ta, make the rec
ords clear, Madero . has been given
jeasonable time in 'which to write his
resignation. Failure0 -TO do this will
result in his being sent with his famf-
'y to Vera Cruz, where they, wirHbe,
mven the clioice of outgoing vessels. .
Francisco , Madero .has signed t, his
resignation. "-;;,7-1?i.i;Wf .' ' -
Gen. Delgajo, who acted as the emis
sary of Madero in the negotiations for
an armistice Sunday, has been arrest
ed. Huerta and "his supporters did
'iot trust Delgajo to come in their plan.
Twenty men of the 29th Infantry of
blanquet's forces were entrusted with
The duty of guardlngrthe private rooms
f the President , at' the ' beginning of
lie revolt in the palace.. '.
The arrest 6f CMadero took place in
'he hall of thei ambassadors. When
i he President entered .-i the , room he
f ound all the entrances - guarded. One
soldier, over-excited by the words of
Blanquet, pointed his gun at the breast
o! Madero, who leaped upon him. In
i he struggle the gun- discharged with
out injuring anyone.-; The soldier was
Prisoner By Federal Forces In
Gen. Hiierta Is Proclaimed :
Madero's Brother and
Also .Arrested. -
' f " - - , " "
disarmed and placed under arrest by
order of Huerta on the charge of fir
ing without Orders.
- ' ' ' - - - - , '
Agrees to Presiaent' Pro Tempore
Mexico-City, Feb., -18. President
Madero agreed today, in principle, to
the appointment of a President ad in
terim. - . -
The announcement that Madero had
agreed to the appointment of ' a pro
visional President was made in the
early forenoon on the authority of the
Mexican foreign minister, Senor Iis
curain. At that hour the position of
the government was weakening and
the Federal ' troops were apparently
becoming demoralized. The situation
of the government forces became so
critical that one strong detachment of
Federal troops retired - from the capi
tal, before noon and marched in the
direction of Cuernavaca, 40 miles to
the southward. Desultory cannon fi re
from both the rebel and Federal posi
tions, was still in progress at . noon.
Tne. belief, : however, was gaining
ground that a settlement of some kind
would be reached before night. Soon
after noon firing practically ceased for
some unknown reason. A group of
Senators who believed the'y could
faring about peace . asked General
Huerta for permission to hold a meet
ing of, thi Senate without interruption.
They yeTe told by the commander-in-chief
that" he would give them his an
swer later:. :
President; Madero has made an offer
to Felix Diaz to bring about the resig
nation of Vice President Piono Suarez
and the entire cabinet, but that he
himself .shall vremain in office.
The. President is in very low spirits,
owing'-to vthe reverses met " with by
the F;ederal troops. . The Senate does,
not propose to. insist orisPresident Ma
dero's, resignation rjior. ; to take any
8imilar.'aetion; - ajccordingo the best
information obtainable- A' number of
looters -"6r .""caught -today Vand' sum
trtcts bf the city, A few small provi
sion stores there have been sacked
by hungry mobs, but- there has been
nothing like systematic looting, both
Federal and rebel, soldiers doing their
utmost to hold the populace in check1.
Some Federals who tried to join
Diaz ' were caught, disarmed and
marched back to the National Palace,
where they were summarily shot. In
one instance more than 30 Federal
soldiers were lined up before the fir
King squad at the same time. .
Rebels Extending Zone.
Mexico City, (by Courier to Vera
Cruz), Feb. 18. The most of what has
been occurring throughout the Repub
lic during the past week still remains
unknown to inhabitants of the capital.
It is knowiulhat Nuevo Lareado and
Chihuahua are in the hands of the reb
els,-and it is strongly suspected that
Monterey has ben added to the list of
anti-Maderist points. -'" -
The States of Puebia ana naxacaia
are supposed to have gone over to the
rohol sidA and a number of small towns
here and there are reported to have
nmnoiinred for Felix Diaz.
U The fact that Emilio Vasquez Go
mez again has become a Dig ngure, Dy
virtue of his crossing the line and pro
claiming himself provisional President
i irnnwn to onlv a few because the
censorship on incoming news is no
less rigid than that on out-going dis
patches. - -
The censorship is absolute, xviotning
T-afdrrintr tn th fi onerations is allowed
to -pass unless cleverly disguised or
misrepresenting the facts.
The sentiment of the people in the
capital is strongly in favor of Felix
Diaz and It is well known that the gov
has', found difficulty in induc
ing several hundreds Of the Federal
soldiers to go to the firing - line ana
fight for President Madero.
The Capital a city ot Horrors
Mexico City, Feb; 18. All the hor
rors of a bombardment have been ex
perienced by the residents of this city
for many-day's.. Vicious machine gun
and rifle fire has raged in the streets
at a range sometimes of less than 100
Scarcely a district of the capital has
escaped injury. 'Hundreds of build
in es attest bv their hole marked sides
the power of modern " artillery;
Haw -many Have been s k uiea or
wounded is a question which none can
answer definitely. .From a source usu
ally ! considered conservative it . has
been stated that -the number of -dead
is not less than 2,000, while; the total
of the wounded amounts to from 8,000
to 10,000. The great majority of these
are not soldiers, but men, women and
children Unable to escape the lines of
fire. " iOs 7 a well-known fact that de
tachments of 50 and 100 men have
been mowed down by machine guns
here, and there at various tmes when
nan&ht in the narrow streets. Carts
rriled' high with- corpses have 'been
driven to tne ouiskiits oj-
burned, , .
Every .Mnornipg in the zone, of the
,,0i fio-hrtTur- -what atinears to be
piles ' of -iburndngrubbish .are - to ;be
seen. The heaps are for the most part
rubbish, but the odor of burning flesh
tells another h story. A practical
though grewsome' method has been
utilized in one place. The gas escap
t; frnm a hiVkn main has . been
lighted :ahd , the. steady flame has
;C ';''oiitSnued on Page 8.)
lYIIiMIXGTCKN", K. G,
SENATE OVERRIDES
PRESIDENT'S VETO
Passes Burnett-Dillingham
Immigration Bill by Vote
' V of 72 to 18
TAR'S ATTITUDE ATTACKED
Measure js. Now- Expected to Pass
House by Two-thirds Vote on
Account of Overwhelming
'.Majority in Senate '
Washington," Feb. IS. The Burnett-Dillingham
Immigration bill, ve
toed by Pre'si3ent; Taft because it im
posed a literacy test.upon immigrants,
was passed over the President's veto
in . the Senate today ; by .a vote of 72
to, 18. The overwhelming majority
given at the :end of a short debate, in
which President Taft's. . attitude was
vigorously attacked, -has strengthened
the probability that the bill will be
passed- over the veto in the House
when it is called up tomorrow.
Support of the President's position
was voiced by only a few Senators
during the debate. Senators Lodge
and -Dillingham, leading the fight to
override the President, declared the
measure contained so many important
provisions for the exclusion cf crimi
nal; diseased and insane aliens that
great" harm would result to theUrfited
States if it did not become law.
Senators, voting to pass the bill over
the veto were: ;
Ashurst, Bacon, Bankhead, ' Borah,
Bourne, Bradley, Brady, Brandegee,
Bristow, Brown, Bryan, Burnham, Bur
ton, : Chamberlain, Clark, Wyoming;
Crane, Crawford, Culberson, Cullom,
Cummins,- Dillingham, ; Dixon, Fall,
Fletcher, Foster, Gallinger, Gamble,
Gardner, Gore, 'Jackson, s Johnson,
Maine ; Johnston, , "Alabama; Jones,
Kav&naugih. . Kenyon, Ken, liaFollette,
,' Jjppitt, Lxage,' - McLean, .Martin,
y er& JXelsonfc .J? e wland sr Overman,
Owen,- Page;. PenrosePercy, Perkins,
Pittman, Poindexter, Pomerene, Rich
ardson, Root, , Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith, Arizona; Smith, Georgia;
Smith, -South Carolina; Smoot, Suther
land, Swanson, Thomas. - Thornton,
Tillman, Townsend, Webb, Wetmofe,
Wulliams and Works:
Senators voting to sustain the veto:
f!larn natron' Clarke. Arkansas :
Curtis, Dupont, Gronna,' Guggenheim,
McCumber, Martme, O CJorman, Oliver,
Paynter. Shively. Smith. Maryland;
Smith, Michigan; 'Stephenson, Stone,
Warren.
"T fafl to understand whv it is that
the United States alone among na
tions is not thought to have the right
of all nations to say who shall come
Within its borders." said Senator
Lodge. '-'It is the only country in the
world where it is argued 'that people
born in-ther countries who never
have seen the United States are en
titled to certain rights therein.
"Tl- Ib fnr the? citizens of thp .United
States to say who shall come into
their country. That is a primary
right. Still less do I understand this
extreme opposition to requiring that
a'man shall be able to read before
he enters the United States. We don't
allow a man to become a part of our
body politic unless he can read and
write his name.
"We don't hesitate to apply a lit
eracy test to our own people. Why is
it we should hesitate to apply it to a
foreigner?"
"The opposition to this test is at
bottom the same opposition that is
made to every effort to improve our
immigration laws or to restrict in any
degree the number of immigrants. It
comes from" the steamship companies.
For 25 years we have met that oppo
sition at every turn. It is here today."
"My reason for supporting the bill,"
said Senator Williams, "is that I am
afraid of ignorance. I am afraid . of
the man who strikes out' blindly to ov
ercome the wrongs he thiniks exist."
' Senator Stone made the first speech
against the repassage of the immigra
tion : .hill. ' He declared the bill pro
posed to establish a radical and un
wise change in the immigration policy
of the United States.
"Literacy is not a good test of cit
izenship," he declared. The black
hand afnd similar organizations, he
said, were composed largely of peo
ple who could stand the literacy test.
"Who murdered. Garfield? Who as
sassinated McKinley? . Who commit
ted these frightful crimes that startled
our" country ?" demanded Senator
Stone. ' : - -
"Every one of them could have tak
en this test and entered this ' coun
try." r .
GEN. LEE'S SON DEAD.
G. W C Lee Passes at Ravensworth,
Va. Distinguished Soldier.
Ravensworth, Va., Feb.- 18. G. W.
C. Lee, eldest son of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, formerly an -aide de, camp on
the staff' 6f . Jefferson Davis and presi
dent emeritus of Washington and Lee
University died here today. He was
80 years old" : . . " , - i
.Boston, Feb. 18. Governor Foss to
day signed an enabling act permitting
the. First. Church of Christ, Scientist,
of Boston, to accept the bequest , of
$2;00000
I Mary kj
$2,000,000 provided in the will' of Mrs.
J Mary Baker G. Eddy.
Lfea,
WEDNESDffl MORNING,
ISTWIEAT
WITH GEN. HUERTA
Ambassador Looks to New
President f or Protection
of Americans
FORERUNNER OF PEACE PLANS
Madero's DeciaratioB Agreeing to Pro
visional President "In Principle"
Thought to'. b Beginning
of the End. -.
(Washington, Feb. 8. With the gov
ernment of President Francisco I. Ma
dero fallen and Gen.j Victoriana Huer
ta proclaimed President of Mexico, it
devolves upon. American Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson j at once to treat
with the-stie facto Mexican government
for the protection 1 of Americans
throughout the Republic.
Political -recognition of the govern
ment which emerged tonight out of
the travail through which Mexico has
passed in the last two years, will be a
slower proceeding. ?j But with many
Americans dead from, the bullets of
the contending forest in Mexico City,
with hundreds wounded and thous
ands rendered homeless by the ear
nage which has resulted from the short
range fighting in the streets of the
city, Mr. Wilson's first duty will be to
treat with the new President for ame
lioration of the conditions imposed up
on Americans and other foreigners, es
pecially since the revolution entered
its last stages. . ; - - .
While this government will take no
concern over the choice of a succes
sor to President Madero, such a suc
cessor will have to .demonstrate his
ability to maintain stable government
before political recognition will be ac
corded by the United. States. Mexico
is today honeycombed and torn asun
der by many revolutionary movements.
The principal ' of these . are the Orozco
movement" inj. tS No?and 'the Zapa
ta. uprising in the South. Lawlessness
has become rife and robber bands,
masquerading as revolutionists, have
sent terror through the country from
the Rio Grande to Yucatan.
To lay claim to political recognition
from this government, the United
States will demand that the new Presi
dent, be he Gen. Huerta or some oth
er, must put an end to these disturb
ing elements, restore order and estab
lish the workings of justice in the
States, j
The formality of political recogni
tion, in all likelihood, will fall to the
administration of Presidentelect Wil
son. ' There would hardly be time for
the negotiations in the remaining few
days of President Taft's term of office.
In the event that Ambassador Wilson's
term as ambassador of the United
States in Mexico's capital should close
with the administration which sent
him, it would first be necessary for the
President of the United States to ap
point his successor. This v diplomat
would be in a position to further nego
tiations incidental to recognition of
the nev Mexican regime when that
government has-ilemonstrated its abili
ty to enforce the law.
Washington, Feb. 18. Intimations
from Ambassador Wilson at Mexico
City that important developments in
the revolutionary situation may be ex
pected soon have served to intensify
the general feeling among officials
(Continued on Page 8.)
O UT LINES
The Senate yesterday passed the
Burnett-Dillingham Immigration bill
over President Taft's veto by an over
whelming vote.
There wjll be no strike of firemen
on the Eastern, railroads, the railroads
yesterday yielding to pressure and
agreeing to arbitrate their differences
under the Erdman Act.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson
must now look to the new Mexican
government for protection of Ameri
cans. Its political recognition by the
United States will be .a slow process.
Raymond Poincare, recently elected
President of the French Republic,
took over the office' yesterday from
Armand Fallieres, who retired after
serving his full term of seven years.
President-elect Wilson last night at
tended the annual dinner given by the
New Jersey. Senate to its presiding
officer. Senator James- Felder, who
will succeed Mr. Wilson as Governor
of New Jersey March ,1st.
" IntimationsJtrom the American am
bassador in Mexico City that' impor
tant developments in the revolution
ary situation may be expected soon
has served to intensify the toelief of
officials in Washington that, a. crisis
is almost at hand. ... ' "
Gen. Huerta, the military command
er of the Federal forces, was yester
day proclaimed provisional President
of-Mexico, following 'a conference be
tween representatives of Huerta and
Gen. Diaz. President Madero was ar-J
rested, in the National palace "by Gen.
Blanquet, backed by his troops.
New AYork markets: Money on; call
easier, 3 1-2 to 4 per cent; ruling rate
3 3-4; closing bid 3 3-4 ; offered at 4
Spot cotton closed quiet and steady.
Flour qu3et. Wheat steady; No. 2 red
1.09 f 1-2 and 1.11. Corn steady, 5G:
Turpentine and rosin-firm. , ' -.
FEBRUARY 19, 1913.
ON TO WASHINGTON!
" V ......
B$CV h'lft i -4 3 J
("Gen." Jones and One of Her Lieutenants.)
Wilmington, Del., February 18 Footsore and almost ready to drop from
he effects of their week's tramp, the little band of suffragettes bound from
New York to Washington, managsd
with undiminished ranks, although
badly injured ankle and walked the last-few miles with great difficulty. "
"General" Rosalie Jones literally stumbled into this-State. She tripped
over a stone at the boundary line and picked herself up in Delaware.
NO FIREMEN'S STRIKE NOW
Eastern Railroads Yield and Agree to
Arbitrate Differences Under the
Erdman Act Official State
ment is Made. -
New York, Feb. 18. There : will be
no firemen's strike on the Eastern rail
roads. The railroads yielded today and
agreed .to arbitrate under , the Erdman
Act, the controversy with the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen. The firemen had stood to a
man for this method of arbitration
ever since the deadlock began; the
railroads had stood . firm for arbitra
tion before the commission of six or
seven men.
The men, acting under the law, will
decide the firemen's claims, men-
decision will be binding. The decision
of the roads was announced this morn
ing, in an official statement issued by
Elisha Lee, as chairman of tne conrer-
ence committee , of managers.
The managers feel," said the state
ment, . "that the public win. not tole
rate a strike."
Mr. Lee's communication was ad
dressed to Judge 'Martin A. Knapp, of
the United States Commerce , Court
and G. WW, Hanger, acting; United
States Commissioner of Labor, who
have been acting as mediators in the
dispute. It is in part as follows: .
At the urgent request of you as
representatives of the government and
under the strongest protest we are
able to voice the managers committee
agrees to arbitrate the firemen s con
troversy under the Erdman Act. The
managers . also desire to give notice
at this time that they shall earnestly
request that the hearings in this arbi-;
tration be open to tne . puoiic. ?
As the managers have stood out to
the limit against arbitration under
the Erdman Act and as the. govern
ment or the public is responsible
for whatever ! the consequences; may
be, the managers reiterate their prin
cipal objections to the ErdmanAcL ;.
These were pointed but by the board
of arbitration; in the' engineers' case.
'The responsibility which ultimate-.
ly would rest, upon a third member, of
an Erdman arbitration board" was too
great to impose on any one. ' .
The operation - of the. act is to set
tle a dispute rather" than to adjudicate
a controversy., 'y' p-..y-:.-'--
The arbitrators are three in num
ber, t Each side is represented hy : one
I arbitrator. It rests therefore upon the
(Continued on Page Three,)
.
to drag themselves into this city today
"Colonel" Craft, the last to arrive, has a
WILSON SEEKS RELAXATION
After Exhaustive Day's Work at State
House Governor Goes to New
York in Search of Rest
His Bills Passed
New York, Feb. 18. President-elect
Wilson came to New York today after
an exhaustive day's work at the State
House ur Trenton for a period of re
laxation. It had been understood that
he was to attend the dinner given
here by the New Jersey State Senate
to its presiding officer, Senator James
Felder, who will succeed Mr. Wilson
as Governor of New jersey on March
1st, but he did not go. Instead he
went-to the home of a close friend
where he spent tne evening and re
tired early. "
The day. saw the accom
plishment of the principal- re
form which Governor Wilson had urg
ed upon -the State regulation of trusts
and corporations. The "seven sis
ters," as Governor Wilson named his
anti-monopoly bills, passed the House
without amendment, just as they did
the Senate last week, and tomorrow
Mr. Wilson will sign them.
v The Governor was delighted that
the chief propo.sal of the party pro
gramme was carried out so effectively.
Earlier in the day he listened to the
objections of State labor leaders who
thought the bills might.restrict the
activities of fabof unions, but the dele
gation went away quite convinced by
Mr. Wilson that they need have no
fear of such an application by the New
Jersey courts.' . :'
The President elect worked on cor
respondence for a' part of the day in
seclusion in an office in an upper floor
of the State House, escaping the tur
moil which neaxly 1,500 suffragettes
ibrought when they, invaded' the State
House. ' They crowded the. assembly
chamber ; where ; they- were given a
hearing on the woman suffrage amend
ment. 'Few of them got to the Gover
nor's" office, however, where nearly
two score callers "were gathered on a
variety , qf errands. Mr. Wilson had
-& whirlwind time with his visitors,
but got away ' finally at 4 : 32 o'clock
for New -York: He was caught again
at the station in the jam of suffra
gettes who were trying to get aboara
a special train. 'Several of the women
shook hands with the President-elect
and pointed proudly to their flags and
insignia "Votes - for: Women." The
, - - (Continued oc Page 8.) ; -
. ti j ,: : r7S '7. a-. YY:t7;;-J7 fY-:-Yr.Y rYY
WHOLE NUMBER 13,251.
THE MILEAGE BOOK
BILL IS KILLED
Senate of North Carolina
General Assembly De-
feats Two-Cent Rate ' 1
FREIGHT RATES PARAMOUNT
Such Was ' Decision of Legislative
Leaders Builders' Lien Law
Passes With Amendments .
Proceedings Yesterday
(By Wm. J. Martin.) ''.''
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 18. The Stew
art mileage book fbill, introduced in
the House to require railroads to pull
mileage on trains . and finally gotten,
through that 'body with this feature
stricken out and the requirement sub
stituted that family mileage books be
provided at two cents, per mile under ,
penalty of a flat two cent mileage for
the State, was killed in the Senate to-,
day. after a spirited debate in which
Senators Bryant, Daniel, Ward and
others opposed the bill on the ground
tnat tne wnole' question of passenger
rates in North Carolina was settled
during the Glenn administration
through the compromise agreement.
now in force, and this matter should
not be disturbed now just as the State
and the railroads are facing5 a contest
over 'freight rate discriminations that
are of paramount importance.' ?.
There were only four votes for the
bill. , . . .- '
The Senate passed the bill to re
Quire certification to clerks of courts
of names of all partners ; in partner
ships for information . of the public
Also the bill to empower the State
Commissioner of . Insurance to refuse
or revoke licenses to insurance
agents.- ( ;
V The House voted down the bill to
increase the number, of directors of
the State . School ' for. ' the Deaf and
Dumb and..require the .appointment of
Otte graduate of&iZ&fo.J&ei-Z
toard, thi? being charged to be involv-
ed in a fight over change of teaching
methods in the schodl. The builders
lien bill y the North Carolina Build
ers' League passed with amendments
eliminating the requirement for build--ers
to give bond, and the feature that
architects have a lien on building for
services. ' .
The Fertilizer Bill.
Senator Brldger's bill amending the
fertilizer law so as to' require manu
facturers to state on the brand labels
the sources of nitrogen and potash and
where more than' one source Of nitro
gen, the approximate percentages off
the different sources will be reported
favorably. A number of fertilizer,
manufacturers appeared against the
bill, contending that it was impossible
to determine the percentages of the
sources after the fertilizer was mixed
and tnat, therefore, the conscientious
firm would be at a disadvantage. Am
ong those speaking against ' the bill
were J. G. McCormick, of Wilmington;
C. A. Johnson, of Tarboro; E. H. Mea
dows, of Newbern; C. L. Ives, of New- ,
bern; N. E. Edgerton, of Selma: H. A.
White, of Greenville, and A. J. Mc
Kinnon, of Maxton. Supporting the
bill ' with speeches were its author.
Senator Bridgers, of Vance: Senator
McLean, of Scotland, chairman of the
committee, and Representative Grier,
of Mecklenburg. '
' Lumbermen's Insurance.
The Cooke bill , was the bone of a
mighty contention before the House
Insurance Committee, and the fight :
will be resumed on Wednesday after
noon of next week, with some possi- .
bility ot an agreement being reached
between Insurance ' Commissioner
Young,- who wants the measure and the
lumbermen, who are fighting it. The ':
bill requires persons placing Insurance
with companies not authorized to do
business in North Carolina to report
such insurance to the Commissioner
and pay over to his department 5 per
cent, of the gross premiums, with a ,
penalty of $50 to f 200 fine. C Commis
sioner Young says thatvbill, would
bring $40,000 a year more to the State. .
It appears that 370 lumber manufac
turers all over the country have or-'
ganized for mutual protection against
fire, employing a manager -who makes
the rate and collects" the premiums
which are used to defray the expens
es,, no profit being made., One-tenth off..'
these manufacturers are in this State.
Among the prominent lumbermen ap
pearing in opposition were E. B.
Wjright, of Boardman ; ; Behj. Richard--
son, of, Dover; W. D. Roper, of Nor
folk; Hoton Corwin, of Edenton; Geo.,
T. Leach, of Washington t C. E, Em
mert, of Newbern; A. H. Causey, Wal-
lace; H. P. Woodson, Burgaw; A. R.;
Turnbull, Bowden;" Chas.r Whedbee,
Hertford; ' J; D. Biggs, rWllliamston,
and Attorneys P. S. Sruill, of Rocky
Mount, and C. S." Vann; of Edenton. A
proviso exempting mutual organiza
tions for protection without profit was
suggested by the opponents, and there
may be an agreement along that line.
Railroad Regulation.
The Railroad Committee this after
noon decided on a favorable report for .
the Carlton bill, to require railroad
companies to. provide schedules,- for
workmen at division points, with an
amendment that the Corporation Com- ,
mission shall have the power to ex- .
empt any , points where not more than -ten
men are employed.;1 Also the com-
mittee voted just one majority for fa
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