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VOL. XCI 3STO. 13 1.
CURREtJGY REFORM
MAY BEJOPOSED
Wilson WiU Have a Hard Task
Restricting Congress to
the TaHF.
ALASKAN LEGISLATION ALSQ
Representative GlassJSays t Currency
Measure May rBel Perfected' by i
House Champ Carkv Urges
' An . Appointment ' v A .
Washinon, MayclO, President
Wilson may findaharder- task before
him than Democratic leaders expected,
to carry out the; plaii.: of restricting
Congress to the cbiiiideration of -tlie
tariff alone at thejspecial session an
nounced for April st. Although the
special session stlli v is three weeks
off, the President 'heard urgent pleas
today in fcehalf of two, subjects which
Democrats of influence believe should
be taken' tfp and disposed of. as soon
as possible. .' Representative Glass,
prospective chairman of the House
Committee on Ranking" and Currenciy, 1
urged the necessity - for immediate
considerationof currency reform, and
former State' Chairman Heif ner, of
Washington, asitaed the President to
consider, a t recommehdation , . for the
immediate1 enactment' of legislation
looking to the "development of Alaska.
Mr. Glass lefttthejTWhite House con
vinced a curreneymeasure might be
partly perfected at" ithe special session,
though hardly likely o fee passed.
Mr. Hejfner was" assured of a furth
er hearings at.4hich; Senators and
members t of "the House" interested in
Alaska wtir have an yeitended hearing.
Their efforts; will be. directed toward
having the President-support a plan
proposed '; i&'Uaskan Railway
Commissiojj for: the .. construction of
several rjulwaysidesigned tp open the
coal fields of that' territory. " '
Assurance vcamef ronv Senate, lead
ers late todayrhpweVer, that the' tariff
only programme vsdld : be s - carrjed
' ttoghiesafiittarWcc
oi Congresisi i Auj." '..bitterness which
may have developed as. a Te6ult!of the
recent Senate ' caucuses - the President
was told, ; will not interef er ,with a
strict adherence. tbJjt policy pf tariff
revision and thalialone. Progressive
Republicans, not approached as yet by
Democratic ,; leaders; - are expected to
fall in line withth6dominant party:
The President will hot' face the condi
tion which confronted MV. Taft when
he called the . special Canadian reci
procity session and .fi&wit grind out
bills on ali: BO .otJBUbjects ; which
had nothing to dot with the tariff.,
"The President's ' proclamation call
ins: Congress In special session prob
ably wjll be written later in the week.
In it, or in his message to Congress
after it convenes, hft is, expected to
point out the need for tariff revision
referring, if afcll,?dhly in a brief way
to other matters. JdlyVWilson's inten
tion to see Senators and members of
the House whd Veall 1 to press the
claims of cobstituents for-office was
shown today when Senator Stone, ,of
Missouri, 'and SpeafeferJjDlark called to
urge the apintmenf--of "Alexander M.
Dockery, former Governor of Missouri,
as third assista-Posttaaster General.
Mr. Dockery's naraeas sent to the
Senate two hourtjatert .
The Presidentvrhad before him to
day the questioner Whether he should
consent tothe appointment, of a rela
tive to .piibliC4)filc'eit:'iC-l;On Saturday,
when Captain Alfred Wilson, of Port
land, Oregon, a second 'cousin of the
President, Was ' suggested to the Sec
retary of War f or a member of the
Philippiepomnissionp Mr. - Garrison
consulted the President; and found him
disinclined to appoint any relatives to
office. A deiegation i of Westerners,
however, talked again today to Sec
retary Garrison in theinterest of Cap
tain Wilson ahaVtttef secretary told
them he would .have" -no objection to
the appointment ;ofCaptain;iWilson
the President ?,were ' willmg. '
Later the delegation -called on the
President in beialf of Captain Wil3oh.
The President"prcihiised to consider
the recommendation - - - Jt
Secretary Gartjtebh after, a talk to
day with the President; declared" Mr.
Wilson agreed with?hloi that the perr
sonnel of the .department ought not
to be disturbed for several weeks at
least. . " .
After four strenuous days in "which
his conferences with Democratic lead
ers frequently w$re! interrupted by
handshakers, president Wilson- today
decided that hereter he - will -flhake
ai'pointments onlyafter 11 o'clock in
the morning brfor the East room 'in
the afternoon . He .plans to come .to
the executive "office arbout 9 AxM; and
first devote tybf;ifttiiuninterrupted
hours to correspondence and other im
portant businessof'the day.' V:
Members of Ms Cabinet and per
sons for whom f he -sends will not be
subject to the :netf rule, but all others
ill. On- caibihett days the President
vill see his vlsitprii.hefore 11 o'clock,
the hour of meeting. ' .
Vice President Marshall paid his
first visit to the President ' at the
White House - offices today. The im
laession at the'Wttite House is that
the Vice PresidehtWill not attend
cabinet meetings until ' Congress ,goes
into session- t-'V " : ' :: 1 .
Dr. Beverly i T.' Galto way, -chief of
the Bureau of Plant Industry, was per-
Mbcentiy mentioned-;- today ; as canai-
.'''!st--,'-'t- ll
POLICE II.B Sii : ETTES
Militant Ones .Try to Break Tilrough
4 Cordon of Troops and Present : .
, Petition to" King George
' Procession Nervous -
!x London" March 10. Fears that thev
militant suffragists Wight annoy Kipg
George and. Queen Mary and create a
disturbance made the royal opening
of Parliament and the brocessinn from
the palace today an occasion charge
witn nervousness. -Nor were such, an
ticipations groundless. -: , - ;y
Five ;wbmen attempted to breaik
through theQcordohv of troops while
the royal procession was traversing
St:; James Park,, with the intention of
throwing petitions into the state
coach.;.'. . y:...
-; ;They carried thl petitions in rolls
tied "with the ' suffragette colors and
brandished them enthusiastically
;'.-It is doubtful, however, if the King
and Queen saw. the performance. Th6
police . pounced upon', the women her
fore- they : could get - through the line
Of. soldiers and led them to jail, an
enormous Jeering crowd: following in
their."wake. . . . . , :'
' v In their petition to His" Majesty the
suffragists .declared - that - law nd . or-'
der could not be re-established in the
realm until women' had beeh giventhe
VOte. ' ;!: ; - iiUV
-The five women, arrested gave their
names as Lillian Wilcox, Dorothy
Smith, Kathleen - Paget, Gertrude
Vaughan and Grace Stuart.- They
were . charged ' with Interfering with
the police. : Miss Vaughan described
herself, as 'an,, authoress , - and Miss
Stuart; said she was an actress.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, address
ihg a Jarge meeting, of militant suf-
m . . ? i 3 J x 4-
iragisis uis eveuuig, saiu ii w a. uui
the"! intention of the women to insult
the KingJbut that : theyT intended- to
use their, constitutional right -of peti
tioninHis Majesty. v ; k '
Twa other suffragettes .were arrest
ed in the vicinity "of MarlboroHouse,
Land escaped rough . handling- only
through- the energetic - efforts: of the
police. Shouts of ""duck them;"' "into
the lake -with them," brought together
a mob of 3,000 all bent" on taking the
women from ' the hands of the ' police;
An extract from' the petition which
the suffragettes tried ;- to -v present ' to
His Majesty, says: . - ; r
i "if law and order are to be re-estab-
Ushed ift Jhia alm.VDmen vust
the only cure for -militancy.
-i.: Kifisr George- opened- the third : ses
sion of the present Parliament in the
House of Peers, after the procession
from Buckingham Palace to Westmin
ster Halt Drizzling rain'fell through
out ; the day, but this had no effect
upon thetens of thousands of sight
seers. S'-'l"- .-'- 7 ' -
Tbe King's speech was devoted
chiefly to the Balkan War, expressing
the earnesrdesire of the European
powers tb hasten the" conclusion of
peace. He said: ;.
"I am hopeful that the consultations
between the powers will enable them
not -only to secure a complete under
standing among themselves, but to exercise-
a beneficient , influence in
hastening the conclusion of the war."
- The forecast of legislation to be in
troduced was restricted to narrow lim
its. Apart from the introduction again
of the Home Rule and the. Welch dis
establishment bills, the . only impor
tantvmeasures will.be bills to facili
tate land purchase in Ireland, the
guarantee of a Sudan loan for the
development of cotton growing, to pre
vent plural yoting at . elections and a
measure for the development of a Na
tional system of education.
t Campaign of Arson
4- London, -March.. 10. Militant .suf
fragettes ; today - started another . cam
paign " of arson. , Early this morning
they?. set fire to-the Saunderton station
of-the Great Western Railway and
burned :it to the ground. Saunderton
is about 31 miles from London. - ;
Two placards were found in the vi
cinity, on which were painted the
words "burning' to get the vote," and
"votes for women." ":
Another station,, Crowdly Green,
about three miles from bonaon ana
nrt fh Tendon and Northwestern, also
iwas-urned down this morning, but
the cause .of , the fire has not been as
certained. ' - - y .
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WOODMEN IN SESSION ' ..
Jurisdiction of North Carolina Assem-
;. ...i'r.- j-bies in Ashe vi lie
't ' -(Special Star : Telegram.)
Asheville, N. C, March 10. With
more than 200 delegates in attendance
and ' many more expected on, tomor
row's trains,' the biennial convention.
Jurisdiction of : North Carolina; Wood
men of the World, convened at the
kangren Hotel, here tonight. The first
session, which was a public meeting
and -reception,; was held tonight when
the addressesor welcome, were deliv
ered . jand the responses were heard
welcoming the visitors to Asheville on
behalf of the Balsam ' Camp, of Ashe-
ville. -Rev. . W. -A. Newell was neara
arid SoUcitor "Robert R Reynolds
bade them'feel at homey speaking for
the city of AshevillerThe responses
were delivered ' by HonJ H Whitehead
Kluttz, of Salisbury; Sovereign Man
ager E;'"BLewis, of Kinston, and
Head Consul H. C. V. Peebles, of
Kinston. - v , , $ v--:' :
date f or assistant1 secretary .of the De
paertmenC of Agriculture. Dr. .Galloway
has been in the department more than
25 .' years. His friends declared : his
nomination probably would go to the
Senate tomorrow: '-'
V Exclusive ntilUnery ; display, Tues
davl; - March! lithrench' Millinery
Parlors.4-' 2t,:J (advertisement.)
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PRESIDENT MEETS
DIPLOWIG CORPS
Wilson : is Formally Presented
" to the Foreign Repre
- v ' v sentatives.
CEREMONY QOIET AND SIMPLE
Secretary " Bryan Also Introduced
Diplomats ' Recommendations
xZ fqr Various -Forelgn Posts
r U!'- Made to President
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td
Washington, March 10. While
President Wilson already" has dispens
ed with sbihe of the formalities which
hitherto" have been observed " by "oc
cupants of the White House, he dem
onstrated today that he would observe
to i they letter, the " international ameni
ties of his office. , ,
Probably the ;. most formal ceremony
in which Mr.; Wilson ever has. partici
pated was his presentation today to
the diplomatic corps accredited to
Washington by the civilized nations
of the' globe." In a semi-circle of bril
liant icdor, i their uniforms gilded pro
fusely with the insignia of their rank,
146 , foreign representatives . stood in
impressive silence while the new
President and Secretary of State Bry
an entered : through the big doors of
thejrEast iroom- The "President " and
Secretary f Bryan wore ; fhe conven
tional frock, suits of formal occasion
In. America. The President was ac
companied by . his chief aide, Colonel
Spencer Corby, and his personal aide,
Major Thomas L. Rhoades, ; both of
them in the full dress uniform of the
American; army. On each side 'of the
entrance six White House aides, three
fom the Army and three from the
Navy, stood at-ettention. -
-In groups "of six and eight the diplo
mats and their staffs were arranged.
Chanler .Hale, s third assistant Secre
tary , of State, presented the Presi
dent, first to Ambassador Jusserand of
France, dean of the diplomatic corps.
Seef 4t&iiMyus was ' presented with
'stwnar'ceTemoTiy'. To each diplomat
the President: spoke a word of greet
ing, but the ceremony throughout was
quiet and formal.
After the President had met indi
vidually the circle of diplomats he ad
dressed them briefly, expressing the
hope, for the (Continuance of amicable
relations between this , nation and
their respective countries, and indulg
ing thezwish that their service in
Washington might be personally enjoyable:-
' ' . -
On Wednesday afternoon the diplo
matic corps will be entertained at tea
at the White House, with members of
meir lamuies, wueu avj.i. wiiouu nuu
the three Wilson daughters will be
presented-
Recommendations for various diplo
matic ' appointments came today to
President Wilson and Secretary Bry
an. Thomas Nelson Page was urged
as ambassador to Germany, while Jo
seph E. Willard was presented for
minister to Belgium;. William Gon
zales, of Columbia, S. C, for minister
to Cuba; P.. A. Stovall, of Savannah,
Ga,, for-, minister to- Switzerland, and
Governor McMillin,-of Tennessee, for
ambassador to Mexico. .
Benton McMillan, former Governor
of Tennessee and former Representa
tive in 'Congress," was brought out to
day as ra likely selection for ambassa-J
dor to : Mexico -in succession to nenry
Lane -.Wilson. v
Mr.'. McMillan is in the city. It is
said he declined a, European post..
ARBITRATORS MEET
Hearftiof Dispute Between Railroads
. r and Firemen Begun
New, York,;- March 10 . Arbitration
of the-differences between 54 Eastern
railroads jand'their 35,000 .firemen was
beguh ihere. today before the board of
arbitration chosen under the Erdman
Act. The- board, which consists or
William Lr. -Chambers, of Washington,
chairman and neutral member; W. W.
Atterbuo vice president of the Penn
sylvaniaines East, representing the
railroads, and Albert Phillips, third
vice-president of the , Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and ; Enginemen,
has untii' April 2nd to take testimony
and reach, a, decision.
jW. S Carter, president of the fire
men's Organization,- opened the case
with thestatement, "We have whittled
Qur demands' to a minimum. We are
presenting our claims not - to ootain
aicompromise but in order to establish
their justice? ;
, (Blisha . Lee, chairman or . the com
mittee of : Eastern i railway managers,
objectedto "a-list of figures submitted
tending to show the vages paid fire-
menon th6 "Western railways were
higher :. thah - those demanded v by the
Eastern, employes. - ; s;
. Mrvefe" Offered to furnish the .board
withsaccurate figures showing" the ex
act vages paid all firemen, together
with -other data relative to . engines
and theduties of the firemen employ
ed' on- tbem. -" . , ; . ---
. ,The: hearing wilt be resumed tomor-
row. . i. - . " , -- -.- ,
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CleVland, O.March 10. Stephen
E.' O'Neal, ' the Cleveland American
League' team's first catcher in 1912
and the last of this season's hold-outs,
todayf gned , his . contract. . He will
leave": tomorrow, for. the Cleveland
training- camp' at Pensacola, Fla. ; -
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C, TUESDAY MOBNIKGr,
TRIAL: OF - HAZEilS- THURSDAY
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Judge Peebles Refuses. to Grant Con
tinuance' in Casejof Sophomores
I
Charged With Causing5 Death
of U. N. C, Freshman
...
v (Special Star Telegram.) --'-i1
Hillsboro; N. C, March 10. Ac
cording to the ruling of Judge R. B.
Peebles, of Jackson) presiding , judge
of the Orange county Superior Court,
convening at -Hillsboro : this morning,
thefour Soph6moresjbf: the University
of. North Carolina tinder : indictment
for manslaughter fotfie1 cause of the
death of Isaac William Randrpf Smith
field, in" the early mbrnlng.-'iiours of
September 13th, 1912, in a hazing epi
sode, will be called for trial at 9 : 30
Thursday morning.
This order .was passed by .Judge
Peebles today at noon to the clerk of
the court, for entryiupon the docket
after mentioning a message which he
had received from .Attorney Victor S .
Bryant asking for continuance of the
case for reason of his 1 detention in
Raleigh upon the closing days of theH
Legislature. -; Instantly, ex-Judge J. S
Manning, of DurhamL counsel, for one
of' the- defendants,- pas joii his feet
asking Nfor a continuance o the case.
He wished to defer the' calling of the
trial beyond? Thursday!: morning since,
he said, granting that the -Legislature
adjourns on Wednesday the custom
of -previous sessions of the Legislature
calls for a ' sitting of the ; members of
the body through the night of the day
before, reaching adjournment. The
judge made answer to : this excuse ad
vanced by Mr. Manning that it was a
new wrinkle to him and he made it
unmistakably clear- that" no' trifle of
an excuse would lead, him to order a
continuance of the case." rJ Judge Peen
bles' - decisive opposition to '.- contin
uance cut short further parleying by
attorneys for the defense, although
several were present; ..
This being the regular March term
of Orange court the session began --at
10. o'clockx this' morning. 5 Judge Pee
bles' charge to the jury was one of
forceful simplicity, concrete "examples
of violations of the law in each of the
large classes ofcrime! being advanced.
The-concluding remarks of his charge
to the jury were thrusts at the institu
tion of hazing and hei clearly showed
that he placed all forms of . hazing in
a class of crimes which the law of
the land must deal with. - He empha
sized the point - that -any; set of . stu
dents take a-- Freshman and- force
him to do things against vhis will, such
action is classed as an assault by the
court. They have no right to .make
a Freshman sing or dance, or do -anything
else that he does - not want to
do, . said Judge Peebles. A violation
of-this right belonging to the indivi
dual makes each memiber of the party
of hazers guilty of assault. -
The unusual interest attached to the
trial and the amount of other business
to he-disposed of at this term of court
brought many visiting members of the
legal fraternity here today. Mayor W-
J. Brogden, ex-Judge J. S. Manningn
R. . H. Sykes and W: H. Brahman,
of the Durham bar, are here. A. E.
Woltz, of Gastonia; E. S. Parker, of
Graham; W. P. Stacy, Louis Goodman
and Louis Poisson, of Wilmington; L.
P. McLendon and Attorney Koontz,
of Chapel 'Hill, are all interested, in
the present term of Orange court.
PINEHURST TENNIS.
Opening Rounds of Women's Singles
Played Yesteroa; a: ,
. Pinehurst, N. C, March 10. Misses
Helen Barnett, -of New Haven; Doro
thy Ballentine, of Detroit; Harriet Nor
man, of Lancaster, Pa., and Jeanne
Pushee. of Boston, advanced today in
opening play of :the women's singles
event- in the annual Pinehurst tennis.
tournament. v ; "
: Secretary- of the Navy Daniels is
making plans to-isit 1 all the navy
yards and station in thecountry.
Arbitrators - under the Erdman Act
met yesterday and began hearings on
the differences between the Eastern
railways and their firemen. -
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were formally presented, to -the
diplomatic---corps in the East room of
the White House yesterday.
A vice president of one -of , the large
Chicago mail order houses testifying
before the vice commission yesterday,
declared $8 a week was a living wage
for a girl "adrift." -
President Wilson may find it a hard
task, to confine vthe extra session of
Congress to tariff revision as certain
memDers , aesire to taae up currency
reform and Alasllaan legislation.
After a brief executive session, in
which the nomination of-John;:H-.Mar-
ble to be a member of the Jjiter-State
Commerce Commission was confirmed,-
the Senate . yesterday ; adjourned
until Tuesday. .-- : - -
Militant suffragettes yesterday tried
tp break through the cordon, of troops
guarding the royalcarriage while King
George was on the way to Parliament
with the intention of throwing peti
tions into the state coach," 1 - ; " :-i
The trial of four : University - of
North Carolina Sophomores charged
with causing the death of a Freshman
during a .hazing prank, will begin at
Hillsboro Thursday, Judge Peebles re
fusing yesterday to grant an'Order for
continuance of the ca'se' ;'
.. New York markets: ' Money on call
strong, 3 to 4 1-2 per cent ; ruling rate
4 1-2; closing bid 3 1-2; offered at -4.
Spot cotton closed ifu.iet middling up
lands 12.40. Flour quiet. Wheat ir
regular; No. 2 red 1.08 1-2 and 1.10.
Corn easy, 57. Turpentine dull. Rosin
steady. . . : -f .
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1MARCH 11, 1913.
F
State Forces and Recruits
Wrest Town From Fed
eral Garrison,
REBELS THREATEN LAMPASOS
Carranza Takes Railway at tMonclava
Cannea, With Many American
Residents, Isolated Madero
Family for Peace. .
Douglas, Ariz.," March 10. State
troops ; and recruits of ) Sonora, rally
ing to the call of the State government
oust a11 of Huerta's Federal sol
diers from the border country, yester
day scored their first -victory in wrest
ing Nacozari, an - important mining
town below this pointfrom the Fea
eral garrison. ;The defeated Federals
not killed or capttired -! arrived early
today on a special train at 'Agua Prieta,
opposite Douglas, their commander
mortally - wounded and 20 others hurt.
From various points , along the Ari
zona border come reports or . otner
movements of State troops against bor
der and . inland towns held by small
Federal garrisons. The mining camp
at El Tigre, 40 miles southeast ' of
Douglas, last night fell into the hands
of 150 State troops. The 100 Federals
of the garrison fleeing toward , the bor
der were, overtaken by the Constitu
tionalists who captured N their arms,
ammunition and artillery after a sharp
skirmish. - '':
Reliable "reports give the Constitu
tionalist, wounded at Nacozari as only
nine. ' '' ' x'.. - -
Most of the fighting was done : at
long range. The rebelshaving no ar
tillery, -kept under cover to . avoid the
fire of two machine guns used by the
Federal garrison. -v
Lampasos. Threatened.? ?r
.Mexico City, March 10. Vicente. Se-
gura, ; a retired .imilionaire mataasuv
who several days ago purchased, a erp
ply of arms and . ammunition at New:
Orleans , to aid the revolt started by
Felix Diaz at Vera Cruz, has turned
over the bill of lading for these sup
plies to the Mexican government.
which will have them delivered to. the
TT Jl A J A A i. 1
Federal army fighting against the reb
els in the Northern States. - , -;.-
Five hundred followers of. Venusti
ano Carranza today ' threatened -'the
town of Lampasos In Nuevo Leon.
Lampasos, located 75 miles southwest
of Laredo, Texas, is one of, the most
important towns in the State.
As soon as the news reached here,
Gen. Jose Maria Mier was ordered to
ta"ke 600 Federal troops from Monte
rey, 100 miles away, and try to pre
vent the rebels entering- the town. -
iNo reports have reached the Federal
capital during the past 12 hours as
to Carranza's whereabouts, but he is
believed to be still near Bajan, where
he retired after his defeat. ; ;
According to officials here, the new
administration found the Federal army
numbering less than 35,000 men, al
though President Madero -repeatedly
declared it contained over ..50,000-. v The
ranks are being filled from rebels who
have, surrendered and from recruits.
Railway Taifen. ,
-Eagle Pass, Texas, March lO.VGov
ernor Vpnustino Carranza,:of the State
of Coahuila, "Mexico, who has organiz
ed a revolution against the ,' Huerta
government, has taken . possession pf
the Mexican National Railway at Mon-
clova, 150 .miles south of the border.
according to refugees who arrived, at
Eagle Pass today. The refugees de
clare that 3,000 rebel troops are en
camped at Monclova. :.' '
It is. reported that 500 railroad' em
ployes have volunteered to enlist - un
der the .Carranza standard. ; " y..y .
' Cannea Isolated. " :
Cannea, Sonora, March i04-This
mining townwith its many American
residents, again is isolated fjohx. rail
road communication- with -the Ariiona
border. Manuel Diguez, a former may
or of Cannea, with 400 Constitutional
ists, has cut telegraph lines and taken
up rails on the branch of the .South
ern Pacific connecting Cannea with
Naso on the border.- The State troops
also hold the town water station, but
have promised not to cut the supply
nor, to burn -any bridges on -"the-railway.
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- - Disposition of U. S. Forceft V -
Washington, March 10.---GIving'close
attention to the fresh disturbances in
the Western States of Mexico hear the
international lines, Secretary f of War
Garrison is awaiting advices,' frohTt
Brig. Gen. Bliss before making .any
changes in the: disposition S, of j the
American military forces in that quar-.
ter. Realizing that close proximity , of
American and Mexican - troops;, conduc
es? to bickerings and quarrels -.that
might have serious results, , the -secretary
has instructed Gen. Bliss to inves
tigate conditions along the border, with
special reference to the feasibility; of
withdrawing the American troops? for
a short distance from the lme" if that
can be done . without diminishing the
efficacy of the border patrol, and . with
due regard to the. execution of 'the neu
trality laws. : . ,
Baltimore, March 10. The ' Balti
more, international league, Daseoau
club left today for Fayetteville N.C
where it-will . practice until April 1st. J
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TROOPS 0
CAPTURE
NAGOZAR
THINKS $8 A WEEK A PLENTY
Vice President of Big Mail ' Order
House Tells Illinois Vice Com
. mission a Girl ."Adriff Can
Live on This Sum.
Chicago, March 101 William C.
Thome, vice president of 'Montgome
ry Ward & Company a mail , order
house.' told the vice1 commission today
thatva girl f'adrift" . can live on ?8 a
week,' thus: "
Room rent, $3.00 ; breakfast, (coffee
and rolls) - 40 cents; luncheons 90
cents; dinners $1.40; car fare 60 cents;
clothing and incidentals, $1.70,
The witness . gave the foregoing
statement to show that the commis
sion's idea that there should be a min
imum, wage scale for women of $12 a
week is too high, y The figures "given,
he said, . were the actual expenditures
of , one of his 1,973 female employes.
Another girl . employe disbursed her
wages as follows: '
Room and board $3.50; laundry 20
cents; car fare 20 cents; clothing and
incidentals $3.80; savings 25 cents.
The ' statement fails to account for
a surplus of five. cents, but this was
not explained and Senator Beall re
marked that the girl probably spent It
frivolously.
The witnesses today, in addition to
Thome, were James Simpson, George
Tytton,' John. Basch, John T. Pirie, E.
J. Lehmann, Henry C. Schwab Albert
Ellinger, all representing department
stores1, i employing thousands of girls
and women. There were.no witnesses
from the underworld. The commission,
which expects to 'pursue its work for
the next two ! years, adjourned until
further notice, which probably will be
given the latter part of next week, x
Senator Juul told Thome that girl
after girl had been on the stand and
testified to having "gone wrong" be
cause they could not make a , living
otherwise. ' . - - . f : '
"Oh, yes, but for the most part. I
don't believe those yarns,". Interrupted
the witness. - -
The Earnings of Montgomery, Ward
& Company for the last fiscal year
were $2,370,000, Thome said, and Juul,
having calculated that the expenditure
of $75,000 a year would raise the sala
ries of the five,: six and seven '-dollar
girls tb; $ia."asked thewitness- if he
did not thinS the money , might., be; well.
'7But,"!came "the ply'i,we ? are lU
ready spending that much in, benefits,
old age pensions and the like. We look
atfter the welfare of our employes very
closely and if - this commission" Acan
show us where we fail we'll ' remedy
the defect. ! If it can be shown, that
our girls need ' more money then they,
shall have it, although I think $8 is a
good minimum."7
Thome , said in his opinion a mini
mum wage scale of $12 a week for wo
men would drive half the factories out
of Illinois and cost half the women
their jobs. -
t"I believe immorality is a state of
mind," declared Jaseph Basch. of Sie-
gel, Cooper & Company, another wit
ness. Of the 1,250 girls employed in
his store, Mr. Basch thought only a
small percentage could be persuaded
to go the "easiest way."
OtAer merchants on the stand said
they thought they could raise the min
imum wage without materially affect
ing" their various firms' profits.
Lieut. Gov. Barratt O'Hara, chair
man . of the investigating committee,
has' received communications from the
Governors of Wisconsin, Iowa. Indi
ana, Michigan and Ohio, informing him
that they will Include in next messag
es to their Legislatures a recommenda
tion for the-appointment of commis
sions endowed with the same plenary
powers as the Illinois body.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
Several Appointments Yesterday
tb
important State Boards
Raleigh, -N. C, March 10 Henry B.
Varner,. of Lexington, was appointed
chairman of the State's . Prison by
Gov. Craig this afternoon; N O'Berry;
of Wayne, and H. A. London -on the
Board ofInternal Improvements; W.
L. .Hill, of Duplin, and J. C. -Cromar-tie,
of Bladen, were appointed on , the
Colored Hospital board, at Goldsboro;
Dr. Edward Jenner Wood, of New
Hanover, and OR. H. Lewis, of Wake,
to - the State Board of Health, and
W., B." Cooper, of Wilmington, as a
director - in the Agricutural and "Me
chanical College. . " :.
A. B. Croom, Jr., of Pender, is ap
pointed a director of the State Hospi
tal at Raleigh. A
4-
F. C- WAT KIN'S. PARDONED
4
4 Raleigh, . N. C, March
io. 4.
J Governor Craig today pardoned
i if . vvatuans, the Black Moun-
tain constable,, whom he de- f
4. fended; for killing John Hill 4
4 Bunting, i prominent , traveling 4
4 man, three years ago, in a Black 4
4 'Mountain hotel. . ' . Z;5;
4 . Craig relates the testimony. A
4 declaring Bunting and 'Paul Col- 4
$lins, who was 5 seriously . shot, 4"
had terrorized the hotel guests 4
4 and Watkins was called after 4
4 midnight to restore order. The 4
4 Governor says " they attacked 4
vvatkms and ne snot tnem In
self-defense. "I defended Wat-
kins, do not believe he is guilty, 4
4 he ought not to have been con- U
! victed V and has suffered ; too ?
4 much". Governor 1 Craig says.
4 Watkins served eight of his 18
--
4- months on the roads. ' 4
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WHOLE NUMBER 13,268.'
LEGISLATURE BUSY
HEARKIG THE EflO
Preparing for Adjournment
With Revenue Bill After
This Midnight
THE SOLICITORS' SALARY BILL
killed by Reference; to Committee
' Pilotage Measure Tabled A. &
Y. Dismemberment Will be -Investigated.
; '
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N.-C, March 10.The low
er House of the North Carolina Gen-
eral Assembly served notice: on the ;
Senate through- resolution offered
by Cr. Grler, of Iredell, today, that the
members pledged to remain until busi ,
ness is cleared intend to rush the reve . -nue
bill through final . reading Tues ;
day night after , midnight - so that it, ,
will show on the journal : Wednesday ::
morning and then adjourn forthwith. - --
The House calendar' was practically ,
clear this morning and bills coming
over from the Senate's congested cal -.
endar provide all the grist; except the) ...
revenue and the machinery puis. "
The House killed the. solicitor's sal
ary bill from the Senate by a reference
to the propositions and grievances :
committee, which will have no further
meetings or reports. The House also .
defeated .the Senate resolution fbr. a
special committee to investigateand
report tb the special session as to the .
advisability of a State representatioa
at the. Panama Pacific Exposition. .I,
"The joint conference committee on ,
the" Senate amendments to the revenue -blll
spent the t afternoon v considering j
this matter in preparation for a report ;
to the night sessions-Of; each House.
Then the House will dispose of the
matter and be ready io pass.; the bill .
on ; second reading Tuesday, and oa
substitute bitt to alow women to serve j
on - school committees -and as trustees
of educational institutidns . .with an ;
amendment that no elective office be
included. The bill was' sent to the.
House where two similar Dills have-al:.
ready been killed. . ' -? - "
The Senate at the afternbdn session
passed the resolution for, the investi
gation by. the Corporation Commission
with the Attorney Genbral of -the dis
memberment of the:.' (jape Fear and
Yadkin Valley. ; (Atlantic & Yadkin)
railrdad, after - defeating, an amend
ment" that the State be indemnified
by bond against the6ipetifle. incurred. ;
A committee substitute for the antl
hazing bill of Senator I vie was passed
after an explanation "'.from Senator
Council to the effect that the bill was
a very mild one: It .makes it indicta
ble for the faculty of. any college to
fail to expel a student, who has been
convicted of hazing hi; the court. '
Senator Nimocks legislative refer
ence library bill wght down in defeat
under the , onslaught," of : Senators ;
Pharr and Jones. t -
The Senate passed the1 House bill al
lowing the inmates of the soldiers,.'
home $1 a month pqekef money instead '
of 50 cents. . V.ivfTC.v. '
A joint resolution' offered by Sena- '
tor McLean was adopted,' calling upon
the North Carolina representatives in..
Congress to assist In securing an inter
national agreement; finthe cotton, tare,
question. ' - l'V'';'-;V'' - T'&
Amons other Senate bills passed -
were the following Alio Wlp.g sheriffs '
ana otneromcerstq sueTor rewaras
for. capture of criminals vi Amended so
as not to apply to crimes $omibitted In
the county of such sheriff ;or officer. .
Increase the amount for' 'the support
of the North Carolina 'historical com
mission from $5,0l0fa j S6 000. Pro- ;
vide a contingent iund of $500: for the
State insurance, commission. .Amend
Revisal as to the distribution of the es- ,
tates of married , worbeh. House sub
stitute for Senate bill t$ prevent degra- - . ' -.'--'
dation of , public nibrals lhy Guilford
county. " 'Vi?,:-; ' ' : ."' --.Cli'
Among the House bills passed were ' ; I
the following: Incorporating Monroe , : ' 41
Warehouse & Storage Conlpahy. Pro- 1
vide a city lockub for"? Monroe. "; Pro
vide a court stenographed for: Lte and
Moore counties. Prohibltinfi;;killlng or
selling quail in' Vance; -county.. Pro
tect fish in rivers .of y.C6iumhus coun- -
ty. Establish a recorder's court for ,
Brunswick county.,; RbstOrjO to the In-,
dians of Robeson couhtlr their rightful!
and ancient name Of "Cherbkees" of
RobesOn county. v v V-V ' '- '.'-. '' '
The Senate took recessYta 8. o'clock!
tonight. v .. ';' ;.''.'.; '.
Pilotage Bill Killed
'Representati ve v Bellamy, ' in the
House procured the-vdefeat of the
Mihtz bill today for amending the low
er Cape Pear'pilotage act! his motion
to table the bill being carried by a
large majority. ; V&l? ;-" ,''
Mr. Mintz explained; t in) supporting
the bill that while bdihgarepresenta
tive from .Wayne cdunty he was for
merlyof Brunswick and feels a deep .
personal interest. He i reviewed the
history of the bill in this session and
its favorable, report', from, this commit
tee on Propositions and, Grievance..
He said the Board; of Navigation and
Pilotage of Wilmington has - control ,
of, the pilotage business on the Cape ,
Fear river; and is composed or nen ai- ;
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