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THE WEATHER. 16 Pages To-Day Two Sections Increasing cloudiness today; rain tonight and Monday; warmer east por tion. vol. xcnsro. 1. WLLMTrSTGrTOK, N; C, SUNDAY MOKNTNGr, MARCH 23, 1913. WHOLE NTJMBEB 13,279. V - WILSON DISCUSSES CHINESEJMTTEBS Will Not Retire From Partici pation in Far Eastern Diplomacy. TO RECOGNIZE NEW REPUBLIC President Confers With Geo. Bronson Rhea, Secretary of Commission Building 10,000 Miles of Railroad in China. Washington, March 22. President "Wilson's recent statement withdraw ing the aid of this government from what was popularly known as "the six power loan", does not mean the retire ment of the United States from par ticipation in Far Eastern diplomacy. The President today talked about China informally with some of his call ers, among them George Bronson Rhea, technical secretary of the rail way commission empowered by the Chinese provisional government to construct 10,000 miles of trunk rail-' ways in China. Mr. Rhea explained to the President that without the" aid of the United States government, American capital had been enlisted in the railway enter prise, but that it was desirable to know how far the United States would go in protecting what Mr. Rea termed "hon orable contracts between American business men and the Chinese govern ment," independent of political con nection. The President asked Mr. Rea to prepare and submit to him a memo: randum, and promised to study the question very carefully. Mr. Rea point ed out that the objectional features of the six-power loan project, to which China herself Ijad objected, were those which concerned the internal adminis tration of China and that his relations with Sun Yat Sen and the Chinese re public were such that -fee knew the action of President Wilson had met with approval m China. . . Mr. Wilson indicated that the devel opment of the administration's pohey 10 ward China would be gradual and well measured. That there was no in tention of withdrawing the potential influence for protection which this gov ernment has exerted in respect to Chi na and the Wilson administration would make a vigorous effort to pro mote American trade interests in the Orient, was the impression gathered by some of the President's callers. The President's, viewpoint, it was said, was that the United States would be in a far better position to help pre serve the integrity of China by re maining outside of any particular agreements which might have for their object a voice in China's political fu ture, than by actual participation. The Wilson administration thinks it can curry more favor with China and be of more actual service as a disin terested friend than as an ambitious partner in any loan agreement, which by its terras might bind the United States to future programmes of the powers "with respect to China. - , " The policy of the United States has been but partially announced, this gov ernment thus'far having given expres sion merely to its aversion to the idea of interfering with China's Internal affairs. That a pronouncement soon might be made by President Wilson setting forth the hopes of this govern ment for a share In the commerce of the new republic, through what it be lieves more legitimate means, is hint ed at in official circles. ( Of especial significance at this time is the definite statement that? Presi dent Wilson is earnestly seeking John R. Mott, one of the prominent inter national secretaries of the Y. Itf. C. A. to take the post of minister to China. It is suggested in official circles that the administration recognizes the, in fluence which American missions and religious institutions have had in the regeneration of China and believes Mr. -Mott could be an Important factor in the harmonious discharge of the best views of the mission world with res pect to China and the Washington ad ministration as well. With the acceptance by Mr. Mott and perhaps a supplementary statement on the American attitude .toward secur ing trade development' in the Orient, it is believed the climax of the Chinese situation will be formal recognition by this government of the Chinese repub lic. , - ' AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS. Southern Railway Announces improv ed Service on Line. Washington, March 22. President Finley, of the Southern Railway Com pany, announced today that work will be commenced at an early date on the installation of automatic electric block signals on the line between the com pany's Alexandria terminals and Or ange. Va., a distance of 78 miles. This system will connect with the automat ic block system of the Washington Terminal Company, so that the entire line from Washington, D. C, te Or ange, Va., will be operated under auto matic electric block signals. Shur-on glasses fitted by Dr. Vine berg, the Eye Specialist, Masonic Tem ple, will end eyeglass troubles. Eyes tested free. (advertisement.) OH JOY! u. JR SKIES TODAY Weather Man Says Sun Will Shine on the Blush and Bloom of the Easter Parade in Most Sec tions, of the Country Washington, March 22. The weath er forecaster relented tonight and sent to American womanhood suffragist and anti-suffragist, united in the com mon cause oi 'ueautiful clothes the joyful tidings of a fair Easter day in most sections of the United States. The sun wUl shine, he promises, upon the blush and bloom of the East er, parade in the greater part of the country. There are some dismal spots in the prediction, however. While the ravag ing storm of the past . few days has gone out of the country, it is announc ed that another seems to be forming on the 'Pacific coast and may mar Easter Sunday there. Easter bonnets, buds and blooms probably will be given a touch of frost on the Atlantic seaboard over which the recent storm has left its after math of coldness. Sadly and timidly does the forecaster intimate the prob ability of rain in the Gulf States. While the day will be fair in most sections, the weatherman warns that the! Easter display should end with the setting of the sun for unsettled condi tions and probably rain will spread over most of the country, especially in the Middle "West and East at night fall. Result of Storm. Mobile, Ala., March 22. According to the latest information received from Lower Peachtree, Ala., swept Friday by a cyclone, 28 persons are dead and more than 50 are injured. - The death hot reported last night was that of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker. Many of the injured will be brought to Mobile on a steamer for medical attention. In answer to an appeal for financial aid received here .this morning a committee of mer chants is canvassing Mobile for funds and supplies for the storm sufferers. Reports of great property damage at Greenville, Forest Homer Burn Corn, Coy, Vreeden'burg and Beatrice have been received. Physicians Hurry to Scene. Washington, March 22. Under rush orders from Secretary Garrison, a med ical officer and three members of the Army Hospital Corps are proceeding from Foft Oglethorp'e, Ga., to Lower Peachtree, Ala., the tow ?virtUially wiped oft the map by Thursday and Friday's tornado. The action was tak en after an appeal for help was receiv ed by President Wilson. The American Red Cross today noti fied the Governor of Alabama that it would give all possible aid to the suf ferers in the stricken district. The Red Cross agent at Birmingham was asked to make a report on the dam age done by the recent storm. ALLEN MUST DIE. Appeals to Supreme Court Justices Are Unsuccessful. Washington, March 22. Appeal af ter appeal was made unsuccessfully to day to various members of the Su preme Court of the United States by attorneys for Claude Swanson Allen for a "writ of error" to review his con viction for participation in the Hills ville, Va., court house shooting. The attorneys claim their client has been twice placed in jeopardy for the same offense in violation of the Federal con stitution. .Chief Justice White, presiding jus tice for the Fourth Circuit, to which "Virginia is assigned, first declined to issue the writ. This was a determina tion on his part that no reasonable claim to a Federal right was involved in the case. The Chief Justice ex pressed himself as perfectly willing that the attorneys apply to other jus tices. That course was pursued. Justice Hughes was next asked to grant the writ. The attorneys declin ed to state what action Justice Hughes had taken, but after he had considered the case they started out to visit other justices. , , , Announcement was made that two of the attorneys would remain in Washington to resume their appeals in behalf of Allen on Monday. This would give them opportunity to apply, if necessary, to each justice in every possible hope of saving the life of the convicted man, who is condemned to die March 28 th, at Richmond. DURHAM TRACTION CO. Local interests Sold to New York Con cern Big Tiger Captured (Special Star Telegram.) Durham, N. C, March 22 Messrs. R. H. Wright and J; S. Carr today sold their interest, which was the ma jor portion, of. the capital stock in the Durham Traction Co., to the Henry L, Doherty Co.; 60 Wall street, New York. The purchasing company is per haps the greatest of the public utility corporations of -the world, having a 'Capital stock of approximately $600, 000,000. , . . . . On information furnished by a num ber of people to whom he had sold whiskey, a search warrant was today taken out against Walter Kimball, an aged negro living" three miles east of the city. Upon search. Officers Belvin, Couch and Morgan discovered enough whiskey to supply the city. Two un opened barrels of liquor, one half bar rel, two two-gallon jugs, three gallon jugs and six empty barrels smelling strongly of corn, were brought to light. The Kimball negro was brought to town and lodged in jail but was later released on $700 bond. Cars to the Beach. Today cars to the Beach every half hour in afternoon. (advertisement.) WHIPPING POST A REMEDY ADVOCATED Numerous Other Measures Re commended to Solve Social Problem. VICE PROBERS AT CAPITAL Illinois Vice Commission Secures Promise of Wilson to Consider Calling of Conference to Study White Slavery. - Washington, March 22. The whip ping post for white slave traffickers and seducers of women, a tax upon bachelorhood, more careful training of children, and abolition of joy rides and ragtime dancing, were advocated as remedies for the social evil at a Fe?rinS here tdday conducted by the Illinois Senatorial Vice Commission, which came to Washington primarily to Interest President Wilson in a Nation-wide vice crusade. The commission secured the prom ise of President Wilson to consider their request for him to call a confer ence of Governors and representative of vice commissions from various States to study the social problem, the conference to be held in Washington as soon as practicable. Congressman Robert Hill, of Illinois, agreed, upon request of the committee, to introduce in Congress a bill creating a commission to look into vice condi tions in the District of Columbia. At the hearing, attended by many prominent women and men interested in social welfare work, the low wage question as a cause of girls going wrong was discussed. Several of the j witnesses decrying the idea, declared thaL lack of education and resisting force had much more to do with the downfall of women. Men, too, were blamed as primarily responsible for the degradation of girls. Witnesses who declared that low wages, were n6t. responsible .for social vice admitted, however, on being ques tioned by Lieut. Gov O'Hara, head of the commission, that higher wages for working girls would be.tter equip them to resist evil; and all recommended that a minimum wage lav for girls would be of great benefit. Eight dol lars a week as a minimum wage for women was the generally accepted sum estimated by the witnesses. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, wife of the former chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, was one who proposed that sum as a mini mum living wage for girls. Mrs. Wiley advocated sex hygiene instruction of the young as one of the basic remedies for the social evil; urged women police for cities and en franchisement of women. "Give us the franchise," she said, "and we will raise the age of consent so that 12-year-old girls cannot have their bodies given away." Mrs. Wiley and other witnesses also declared that employers of underpaid girls and women had not the moral right to give money to charities out of the earnings of their enterprises until they first, had increased the wages of their employes. Dr. W. C. Woodward, health officer of the District of Columbia, urged the encouragement of early marriage among young men as one of the reme dies for the social evil and he. placed!11001161 untU rescued- the responsibility fcr the downfall of 90 per cent, of women directly at the door of the men, rather than in the counting room, the department store Or factory. He approved a suggestion by Senator Beall, of Illinois, of laws placing a tax upon bachelorhood, a graduated tax between the ages of 24 and 32, providing that all men over 32 years of age should pay an annual tax of $100 as long as they remained un married. , Mr. Woodward presented some as tonishing statistics, among them that 50 per cent, of the men, as shown in hospital records of patients received for all causes, were diseased and that 10 per cent, were afflicted with loath some diseases. "Unlawful places," said Dr. Wood- jward, "are the places from which these diseases come. State education is the best means for eradicating these places. Dr. Woodward gave statistics show ing that 10 per cent, of all the record ed births in the District of Columbia last year were illegitimate, the moth ers being between 13 and 20 years of age in the majority of cases. Robert Barrett, speaking for his mother, Kate Waller Barrett, head of the Florence Crittenton homes for girls throughout the country, took vig orous issue with the commission on the matter of low wages as a cause of vice, as did also Mrs. Adolph Kahn, of Washington. Mr. Barrett said that the Florence Crittenton homes had cared for more than 20,000 wayward girls throughout the country, and information from these girls showed that low wages was the least of the causes of immorality. "W!e believe it is not right nor fair to say," Mr. Barrett declared, "that a low wage Is the real reason for vice. There are more society girls, girls from good homes with fathers and mothers able to provide for them am ply, who have fallen into vice and come to be inmates of the Florence Crittenton homes than wage earning girls. Very few who come to our homes blame low waes -for their downfall." PATIENTS SHOW IMPROVEMENT Tuberculosis Sufferers Treated by Dr. Friedmann Declare They Are Better Since Being' inoculat ed With Turtle Germ New YorkT March 22. Ten suffer ers from tuberculosis, who were in oculated Monday by Dr. Friedmann, declared at a cliniceld by the Berlin physician today that their health has improved since receiving treatment. Before entering the clinic Dr. Fried mann authorized an announcement that two weeks hence he will return to Germany for a brief period to com plete unfinished, laboratory tests. - He will return to the United States hope ful that by that time the government health authorities will have recogniz ed his vaccine as a cure. The visiting specialist consented to an interruption of his demonstration today long enough to- have Dr. John W. Brannon, head of Bellevue Hospi tal, the city institution where the clinic was held, question patients treated . five days ago. . Nine of the 10 patieritsreported they had gained from three quarters of a pound to four and .one-half pounds since Monday. None had been troubled with night sweats since Wed nesday. None suffered with hemor rhages since Tuesday. None had had pains since Thursday and from Mon day to Thursday felt their pains de creasing. Nine of them felt "better and stronger" generally. Twenty-three sufferers were treated today. Eighteen -have pulmonary tuber culosis and the others affection of the bones. One was a two-year-old child. Dr. J. S. Atkinson, a physician of Marionette, Wisconsin, who walked 10 miles through the snow to reach a railroad station on his way East, was refused admittance as a patient at the clinic today. Dr. Friedmann was anx ious to treat his fellow physician, but the tuberculosis committee of the hos pital ruled against it on j the ground that Dr. Atkinson is not a resident of this State. He is preparing to return home unless the Bellevue authorities overrule the tuberculosis committee. F. B. TINSLEY INDICTED Savannah Cotton Broker Is Charged With Gand Larceny Savannah, GaSy arfth 22. Flem ming B. Tinsley, t -member of the firm of Tinsley & Hall, cotton brokers, who recently failed, was indicted by the grand jury this afternoon for grand larceny. The amount involved in this one indictment is $22,000. It is charg ed that Mr. Tinsley, who has been placed under arrest, withdrew from banks cotton receipts which had been hypohtecated, and aid not return them. Mr. Tinsley's fina had not been in business for a great length of time. He was the active partner 4a it. After his arrest, Mr. Tinsley gave bond. CREW RE AC EY WEST Taken from Schr. Venture by British Steamer Reliance Key West, Fla., March 22. Captain D. H. Nesbit and crew of seven men who were taken from the Dutch schooner Venture Thursday by the British steamer Reliance, arrived here today on the pilot boat Nonpareil. The Venture sailed from Mobile last Sun day for Santo Domingo with a cargo of lumber, and encountered a severe storm Tuesday. Most of the provi sions were damaged in the storm and the crew was forced to take refuge on top of the cabin of the waterlogged Annapolis, Md., March 22. By hit ting at times when hits meant runs, Navy's baseball team defeated Uni versity of Pennsylvania in the first game of the season at -the Naval Acad emy today, 6 to 0. OUTLINES Fair weather in most sections of the country is promised by the weather forecaster for the Easter display today. Willis L. Moore, chief of the Wiea ther Bureau, a defeated candidate for Secretary of Agriculture, resigned yes terday. President Wilson hopes to do most of the fighting for tariff revision and smooth the way for a bill before Con gress begins its work early in April. Ten sufferers from tuberculosis, whowere inoculated Monday, declared at a clinic held by Dr. F. F. Friedmann yesterday that their health has improv ed since receiving treatment. John P. White, international presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America, announced last night that a settlement basis had been reached with the Paint Creek Collieries Co. President Wilson, in discussing the Chinese loan yesterday, made it plain his request for the withdrawal of the American banking interests did not mean a discontinuance of participation in Far Eastern diplomacy. The whipping post for, white slave traffickers and seducers of women was among measures advocated for the solution of the social problem at a conference held in Washington yes terday through efforts of the Illinois vice commission. Developments of the past week ap pear to make the conclusion of the Balkan war a matter of only a few days. Turkey has entrusted her inter ests to the good will of the powers and the allies have decided to accept the powers' offer of mediation. New York markets: Flour quiet. Wheat firm; No. 2 red 1.09 1-2 and 1.11. . Corn firm, 57 1-2. Turpentine steady. Rosin nominal. END OF WAR ONLY MATTER OF DAYS Balkan Allies Have Accepted Offer of the Powers for Mediation HOSTILITIES AT DEADLOCK Austria Sends Thinly Veiled Ultima tum to Montenegro, Reiterating X the Demands Made by Her Minister at Cettinje. London, March 22 Developments of the last week appear to make the con clusion of the Balkan war a matter of only a few days. Turkey, having hopes of obtaining more money, has entrust ed her interests to the good offices of the powers, and the allies have accept ed the powers' offer of mediation. ( Representatives of the powers at Sofia today handed the Bulgarian Pre mier their scheme embodying tBe ba sis for mediation. Their plan includes two provisions to which theallies like ly will object. The demand for indem nity is vetoed and the powers stipu late that hostilities must cease when their proposals are accepted. It appears improDable, however, that the alies will refuse to settle on the terms now offered. The war has come practically to a deadlock. Fighting at the Tchatalja lines has been indecisive. Adrianople, which the Bulgarians proposed to reduce to submission in a few days, seems tO;be holding out as strongly as ever after a five months' siege and a wireless message from there today declares that the Turkish commander has no thought of surrendering. Austria has sent a second note to the Montenegrins, requiring that the bombardment of Scutari be confined to the forts and giving one week for King Nicholas to comply with her oth er demands. Russia is not blocking the Austrian policy and the powers have agreed that MOfttenegro; shall apt keep Seutari, eveh If she conqiiers the garrison, but that that city shall be In corporated in the new Albanian State. King Nicholas seems to have no al ternative but to make a virtue of a necessity. If the allies attempt to withstand the mandate of Europe they might prove to be in a hornets' nest, but the weak point in their armor is that their finances are almost as near to an end as Turkey's. "The ambassadors in London who had scattered for the Easter holiday have been recalled and are in constant consultation over the details of the situation. Their views of the outcome is optimistic. Austria's Demands. Vienna, March 22. The Austro Hungarian government today address ed a strongly worded note to Montene gro, which was in the nature of an ul timatum. The note reiterated sharply the demands made by the Austrian minister at Cettinje on March 20, as (follows: First: Free exit from Scutari of non combatants. Second: Explanation of the alleged murder of a Catholic priest named Palie. Third: Violent conversions to cease instantly. Fourth: Full satisfaction for the vio lence of Montenegrins against the crew of the Austrian merchant vessel Skodra. Wdth the view of hastening the solu tion of the Albanian question, Austria agrees that the town "of Jakova shall be ceded to Servia on condition that thenorthern frontier of Albania be de limited in conformity with Austria's wishes. Basis for Mediation. Sofia, March 22. Representatives of the powers called on Premier Gue choff separately this afternoon and handed him the following communica tion: "The governments of the great pow ers take note with satisfaction of the acceptance or their mediation by the allied States and point out to them that before the discussion " of the terms of peace is begun it is necessary for the powers to formulate their views as to the basis of negotiation to be adopted. "The great powers are of the opin ion that they should be as follows: "1. The frontier of the Ottoman Em pire in Europe shall start at Enos, and, following the course of the Marit za river and then that of Engine, shall end at Midia. All territories situated to the west of this line shall be ceded by Turkey to the allied States with the exception of Albania, the delimination of which shall be "fixed by the powers. "2. The question of the Aegan is lands shall be settled by the powers. ''3. Turkey shall abandon all claim to Crete. "4. The powers cannot favorably entertain the demand for indemnity, but they will admit the allies to par ticipate in the discussions of the In ternational Commission in Paris for an equitable settlement of their par ticipation in the Ottoman debt, and in the financial charges of the districts to be handed over to them. Turkey is to be asked to take part in the la bors of this commission. "The great powers declare at the same time that as soon as these bas es are accepted hostilities shall cease." Premier Guechoff thanked the min- ITS Willis L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau and a Disappointed Can didate for Secretary of Agri culture Resigns Washington, March 22. Willis L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, resigned today. Secretary Houston ac cepted the resignation after a talk with President Wilson, to become ef fective July 31st. Professor Moore, a Democrat, was a candidate for appoint ment as Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Houston explained that the office of chief of the Weather Bu reau was a Presidential appointment. "We have no one in mind now." said the secretary, "but will try to get the best man we can of scientific ability and administrative talent." When President" Wilson same into office and officials of the Department of Agriculture holding Presidential ap pointments handed in their resgina tions. Professor Moore was not among them. Previously, however, petitions had been circulated urging upon Presi dent Wilson the selection' of Profes sor Moore to be Secretary of Agricul ture. Since Secretary Houston was appointed, the White House has re ceived large quantities of letters and telegrams urging that Professor Moore be retained in office as chief of the Weather Bureau. First intimation that Professor Moore was to qiudt came early today when it was said at the White House that he "would resign." Moore declin ed to discuss it and later hurried to the Department of Agriculture for a conference with Secretary Houston. Mr. Moore emerged from the secre tary's office somewhat disturbed, call ers in the outside office thought, and later his resignation wa3 announced. Professor Moore himself later declined to make a statement. "Everything is all friendly." was his comment. After July 31st I shall re-J tire to my farm. , PLAN OPEN CAUCUS. Progressives Will Perfect Their Or ganization April 2nd.' Washington, March 22. The Pro gressives, projected s the new mi nority party of the House, planned to night to perfect their organization here on April 2nd, at a conference-! which is to be "spetf td the public: This is a radical departure from the tradi tional custom of party conferences at Washington and is part of the reform propaganda. They already have test ed the majority sentiment regarding committee representation. Democratic Leader Underwood as head of the Ways and Means Commit tee, which frames the personnel of the House committees, is disposed to give the Progressives, if they form a par ty organization, what he and his col leagues may regard as a fair treatment in places on important committees. If this plan is carried out it is possible that Representative Victor Murdock, of Kansas, who is to be the Progres sive nominee for speaker and leader of his party or some other member of the new political factor in the House, may be allotted a place on the .Ways and Means Committee and others on the Appropriations, Judiciary or other committees. Democrats and Republicans of the House are going ahead with their plans for the secret caucuses for or ganization of the House. FRENCH BARK WRECKED. The Marie Goes Ashore and Crew Has Narrow Escape. Grimsby M 'Eng., March 22. The French bark Mariev from San Fran cisco for Hull, at the end of her long voyage today met with disaster and destruction here. Her captain and crew of 25 men were saved by the trawler Amer. The Marie went ashore before daybreak on Haisborough sands fn the North Sea, during a blizzard. She was quickly pounded to pieces by terrific seas. The crew was in a des perate plight and had lost hope when the Amer came up, launched a life boat arfd made several perilous but success ful trips. The captain and mate of the Marie refused to leave their ship until every man had been saved. . The Amer's life boat was too much batter ed by the waves to return for them and the steward of the French boat dived from the Amer with a life line and swam to the wreck. He and the cap tain and mate were ultimately dragged through the sea to the rescuing vessel. GOVERNOR TAKES JAUNT Will Be Out of Raleigh Until April 2nd Appointments (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, March 22. Governor Craig leaves tomorrow for Burnsville, Yancey county, to deliver an address for the Presbyterian College there; then he goes to Asheville for a few days and. thence to Bat Cave for an address in connection with the good roads meeting there for that section for the Charlotte-Asheville highway. Then he will spend a couple of days helping in the Davidson county cam paign for $300,000 bond issue for roads. He will be out of Raleigh until April 2nd. New York, March 22. The state ment of the actual condition of clear ing house banks and trust companies for the wek shows that they hold $13, 556,200 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is an increase of $4,318,750. isters and informed them that Bul garia would have to consult with the allied governments before replying. WEATHER WORKS' HEM WILL SMOOTH THE WAY FOR REVISION Wilson Hopes to do Most of Tariff Fighting Before Extra Session TO STAND BEHIND THE BILL Th President Thinks a Preliminary Threshing Out of the Measure Will Make Us Sailing Easy When It Comes Up Washington, March 22. President Wilson hopes to do most of the fight ing for tariff revision before Congress begins its work early in April. The President is of the opinion that it ia better to do the: talking and the fighting- if any is necessary before tho special session is far along, rather than allow differences of opinion to crop out as the tariff bill progresses through Congress. He expects to give the ' administra tion backing to a tariff bill that will represent the views of himself and hia cabinet, leaders of both .the Senate and House and of the country at large as well. Within the next few weeks he will consult withparty leaders fre quently and as soon as the schedules of the Payne-Aldrifch bill have been changed to conform to Democratic standards he will " get together" with these leaders to 'determine upon the plan that is to receive his support. , The President is of the opinion that such a preliminary threshing out of the tariff bill -will tend to qmooth its path at the capizol and if any compro mises are necesjsary they ican' be made 'before hand. t jHe ; wishes to see the forces of the White House and those of Congress united in an effort to pass legislation on j which they all are agreed. Not only wiHUhe President consult Democratic leaders' hef ore the special session begins and after it has 'started on" its laboitetal over with disinterested (TBttsinete men repre. senting all sectionsofthecountrythe proposed changes and their probable effect on various industries. The President does not; $ah to hold any hearings on the tartff but from time to time he will confer; with friends famil iar with particular' schedules. He al ready has held senreral such confer ences and more "will follow, before April 7th- He is anxious to get the idea of the country' uon tariff revi sion, as upon other Subjects and will not hesitate to caJi in men not in pub lic life to obtain this information. The tariff is foremost in the Presi dent's mind. He has no present in tention of attempting ,to confine the ac tivities of the special Session to tariff only, but is inclined to the belief that it is better not to make out in ad vance any "administration pro gramme" of legislation, which might be disarranged by unexpected compli cations. He Wishes to taike up the tariff; take up thoroughly and dispose of it well and he does not desire the puiblic's understanding of what is be ing' done to it to be troubled by thoughts of other Important legisla tion. If the tariff sailing is smooth, currency reform add. other subjects regarded by the President as less im portant may be taken up and put at least through their first Stages before adjournment is takea. FIGHTING AT SALTILLO. Government Troop and Rebel Force Battle irt Sonora. Mexico City, Mijteh . 22. Govern ment, troona and a force Of rebels be gan fighting today at Saltillo, the capi tal of the State of Coahuiia, according to private advices received this after noon in Mexico City. Saltillo is 46 miles southwest Of Monterey on the Mexicon National Railroad. Monterey, March Si. Late advices from Saltillo say the rebels Ih force have attacked that city; One thous and men under command of General Caso Lopez have been dispatched from San Luis and 500 then under Col. Aguirre Guardiola ffdth Monterey to reinforce the government troops. Nogales,- Ariz., March 22. In a two days' battle State troops under Col. B. 0. Hill routed a Federal column commanded by Major Munoz. Each group consisted of about 300 men. The fight occurred Wednesday and Thurs day at Concentration, near Ladora, So nora. The official statement given out by Governor Pesqueira gives the Federal loss four killed and many wounded. The State troops are said to have lost' only three killed and three wounded. MUST STOP At BEARD. Corporation Commission Requires De pot Facilities at That Station. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, March 22 The Cor poration Commission issued an order today for the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road to provide "deppt facilities at Beard, six miles north Of Fayetteville, at once, changing the service there from a flag station and requiring trains Nos. 80 and 89 to stop there. The or der is on petition of citizens of Beard. Consult Dr. VineberS, ihe Eye Spe cialist, about your eVes. You will save time and money. 25 years experience. Eyes tested free. Masonic Temple. ( Ad vef twmeiw.)
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