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VOL. XCII-KO; 10.
HOT GUILTY," MRS.
PAHKHURST'S PLEA
Suffrage . Leader, Charged
With Inciting Arson, is ;
'. Placed' on Trial. r
TO PREVENT HUNGER STRIKES
Bill to Circumvent Wiles of Suffra
gettes Passes, Second; Reading
in House of Commons'
Home -Secretary.
London April a.-Mrs. : Enimeline
ure in the" Old Bally ;court house "to
day, pleaded 'not guilty? to the charge
of having "counselled certain ' persons
whose names are "unknown, to place
feloniously -; and maliciously certain
gunpowder and other explosive sub
stances, with intent thereby to dam
age" David . Lloyd-George's country
house at Walton Heath- '
The suffragist leader frail looking
and pale, " found the court room this
morning crowded with women wearing
the suffragist colors-. 'She turned com
posedly to Sir Charles Montague Lus"h,
the judge, and announced "I wiir de
fend myself." . .v
A table - was assigned her for her
papers. - f :
Archibald H.. Bodkin, counsel for the
treasury, had not proceeded far with
his opening of the case when Mrs,
Pankhurst interposed with the objec
tion: . " . : v .:: -
"I do not mind counsel introducing
reports of my speeches, made by jour
nalists, but I object jtQ police; reports.
' They are grossly inaccurate, very ig
norant and ungrammatieal and. convey
an absolutely . wrong impression of
what I said." ,
The judge soothed her by promising
that she - would- have- an-, opportunity
later to correct them:
Mr. Bodkin's speech closely followexi-
tne arguments used iOTuring the pre
liminary hearing in t the- police .court,
He said it was npt-suggestedthat Mrs.
Pankhurst was ' present at the- . 'time
the bomb was placedJnv-LIoyd-Geprje,,s
house, . but jtha . .prosecution , . charged
" that she wjMsry tcffi
- ; Hunger .Strike Bill. '..
. Ixindon April 2. In . discussing a
bill to circumvent "Jlttnger. strikes, by
suffragettes i Reginald MclCenna, the
'Briti sh home ; secretary, ' today urged
the House of Commons not to attach
too much importance to the "terrible
tales of suffering -.caused by, forcible 4
ieeaing. - - . - - -y .
"Publicity"; he said"is the keynote
of the militant suffragettes' propagan
da. Alternately the' suffragists shock
the public by the violence of their out
rages and attempt-to enlist- sympathy
by publishing-tales, of their sufferings
in prison. - "- , . .- -
"But these 'prisoners have declared
war against society and the govern
ment is responsible for law and : or
der." ' ' , ---r - .
Mr. McKeana said the proposed law
which provides" for. temporary - c6ndi--
tional discharge of prisoners whose de
tention is -undesirable on account of
- ill health, would give him a power
which would make forcible feeding unnecessary-
1- :: . '
The home secretary explained, that
under the existingjlaw only three
courses are Vpen to those responsible
: 'for prisoners who : begin a- hunger
,. strike. Thsy must be either 'released,
forcibly f ed, iror food placed in their
cells and the prisoners allowed to die
if they do not take it.. -.
"At the present time," said the home
secretary, "we have no power to re
lease prisoners without remitting their
sentences altogether. ' If the new bill
is passed we' cart release on ticket of
leave prisoners whose halth is suffer
ing from want of food.'
Charles A. McCurdy, a Liberal mem-,
ber of the board, -skid legislation
won 1 A Ka itIa11. - i a-"u
government would extend fair treat
ment to the question of woman suf
frage. ' . . ' .
James Keir HardJe, labor leader
moved the rejection-of the bill, declar-.
mg that the government by breaking
its pledges, to the women was itself
responsible for the militant campaign:
Lord Robert Cecil, Unionist, opposed
the bill on, the ground that it would
not get rid of forcible feeding. Asked
what his remedy would be; Lord Rob
ert replied, ''deportation." but when
questioned as to how he would prevent
me women 'irom golttf on : Jiunger
strikes during the voyage he gave no
explanation. .
Sir Gilbert Parker supported the bill
uecause ne wisned the home secretary
to be given sufficient; power to enforce
sentences against, law breaking suffra
gettes. - ' .-, ii
Mr. Hardie's motion to reject the
bill was defeated by a vote of 335 to
y and the second reading of the meas-
uie was men carried 296 to 43. -
PREVATT SURRENDERS. :
man Who Killed 'Emory McNeil, Jr.,
uivts Himself Up.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Lumberton, N. C. LApril 2. Barfield
Prevatt. who rshat TCmnrvr MnTtfplll Jr.:
Saturday night, causingliis death Sun-
Relatives of Prevattvinformed Sheriff
Lewis that the niail was-at thehome
Of nis fathftr reairtv. n fv himaelf nn.
The sheriff and informant went -to the
nouse of the accused ; man about a
o ciock and brought - him in. When
they arrived there Prevatt came out
and EOt. in . thorrohen-lfF'a 'ontnmnhllo
having little to say. : He made no stated
lueai wnatever. Relatives nave em
Ployed Mclntyre,' Xaivrence Sc. Proctor
Aim AicLean, Varser & McLean, to de
fendjnm, and QiM "Johnson, of Lum-
oerton and H; PSftawn rr nnrtha
ill assist the solicitor in the vprose-
SEfifeiOBLEtl
C1SIDEIIT
Wilson Must Soon-Take Def-
inite Stand onRevision
: of the Tariff. V
LttHS TflWABO SINGLE BILL
President Bslieyes - Sugar Should Go
on free List, But Is Open to-"'VCtfRvicp-p
votes' -Day to.
" -: ' Discussion of Tariff
. ; fiRes vvool- ' 4.
J" . :- . . . i. . fX,
4 . Washington, April 2. Re- 4.
i movaf of aU tariff trom raw wool
has; feeeh -'agreed upon between 4
4 President 3viison and members
of tlie ' House ; Com .-nittee on 4
U Ways 5and -fileans, as.the result 4
t or conierences tnat enoed today.
The present olan. which will
have the " unanimous endorse-
menx ot. tne Democratic mem
bers of the committee. Drovidea
that wool' shall be placed on the 4
free list, an end for which free A
wool Democrats 1 of. .the - House 4
have fough,t for two years. 4
-: Washington, April ,-2.-r-President
Wilson was .tonight face to face with
the "most serious phases of tariff J re
vision .' 'p, , - ;.
: With the work on the House Ways
and Means Committee before him and
the -extra session pf- Congress only a
few days off; the President had Pro
ceeded - deep enough, in his study of
the 'tariff bill to realize that before
the' Democratic caucus met there were
many '.points -upon which he himself
must i take a ' definite stand. t It , was
admitted at ' the White House that he
would do so "in a day or two."
- It was declared also. that, the Presi
dent had not finally made up his mind
as-to v whether the. tariff -should be re
vised schedule by schedule . or- in, a
single tilL whether sugar should , be
put-on the free liat or given a reason
2e;aincuai,xjtroterti0j andiwliether
e income. J.ax. snouia oe oy nat raxe
or? graduated. ;' '.-- " v
These " and kindred questions the
Preefderit ; has not yet," decided . abso
lutely, but from wnat He told .his call
ers today there was a well-defined im
pression of his inclinations. The
President leans toward revision -by a
single --bill. '.He thinks the income tax
Question, can . only be - decided after . an
agreement .has been made upon the
tariff rates. " He believes that sugar
should go on the free list, but is open
to conviction on the point. - The Presi
dent has been hearing arguments that
people- in Louisiana , could re-adjust
their business -to meet the new condi
tions imposed by the -removal of the
tariff on sugar. ' ' -
Butv -Colonel. Roibert Ewmg, Isational
-committeeman -from. Louisiana, has
been ' presenting the other side of the
question and when he left the . vvnite
House yesterday he nad laid tne case
in full before Mr. Wilson. Following
up his conference last night with Mr.
Undeswood, the first thing the Presi
dent did today was to send for Col-
onel-.Ewing.' He canvassed the possi
bility of getting a common 'agreement
on the sugar tfuestion. The Iouisiana
KationaLcommitteeman told the Pres
ident -that . the business of the sugar
growers of his State., with millions of
dollars invested, would be destroyed if
su ear entered free, but that tney were
willfne to stand a 25 per cent cut. Mr.
Wilson agreed - to study the question L
further. - . ...
Tonight the President talked over
the tariff situation with Senator Wil
liam Hughes, f New Jersey, a mem
ber, of the new Finance Committee.
Senator Simmons, chairman' of the
nomniittee. sought an appointment
with the President and tomorrow will
brine' with" him Senators Stone and
Hoke .Smith, also of the Finance Com
mittee, for a discussion 01 tne tarin
bill. ' ' "! ' '"I '"' . . .. -
The President devoted . most 01 -ane
day to talking tariff. He discussed the
woolen scneduie witn ttepresentauve
T?a.inev of ' Illinois. The. latter is an
advocate of "free wool and on coming
away from the White House said ne
was "perfectly well satisfied with the
President's attitude. It is known that
the President believes in a. big reduc
tion on wool, but whether it extends
to removal of-all the duty is a point
that has not Deen aennueiy aiciuiseu.
Mfimbers of the ways and Means
Committee, after an all-day session
todav, spent in perrection 01 tarm
bill details, declared there was no sub
Rtnntisl difference of - opinion between
the committee and the President oyer
tne flUtv to OB nnyosBu uu laiiu, iiuu-i
-hia nnmntit.tee has cut the agri
cultural duties over 50 per cent in the
new bill- -WTiile President Wilson is
nnrfArRtnoii to favor & further . cut in
of h em . members ef the com
mittee declared' tonight that; a com
plete, agreement wouiu oe . rt-acut-u
With' the President : without difficulty.
Free Wool Aqreement
The concession to President Wilsqnr
and "the free wool advocates takes the
place of : th-f5 per cent duty which
the committee had agreed upon. '.This,
in turn.' was a reduction from the 20
per cent duty of the Democratic wool
en1 revision bill which' passed the
House last Summer, but failed to be-,
comes a law -The free wool v agree
ment, it was -claimed .by Democrats
tonight, is" expected : to r bring Secre
tarv of. State Bryan into full accord
with the tariff revision programme.
.'TJia frofl -ornol rwmocrats have press
ed their fight -before President Wilson
in-conference, in which .Representative
Harrison, of New -York and Rainey, of
Illinois, both mem ters 01- tue, w ay a
on4 -iwoana nnimittee.; have ' been the
leading figures. Representative Har-
risopl backed m Mr- Jryan,:inaae aa
araent ngm m iubjsoi ww" f "v
-A ann.tted -onPage Eight.) . .
r- n A
rAutb
WTXlvnKGTOK,
utile is left
of shawnMow
I-
B'Jt Few. Buildings Remain '
After Break Hin Levee
and They are Unsafe
FLOOD" SITUATION BERiOUS
Waters Continue to Rise at Down-river
Points on "the Ohio- Paducah in
. Sbrious Plight Thrilling' ,
a Rescue Near Cairo. -
Shawneetown, 111., , April 2. (By
b6at "to 'Dekoven Ky.) All that is
left tonight of - Shawneetown is : the
substantial, brick and stone buildings
behind the; main levee, - and hey are
considered unsafe. . -There . are less"
than ICO persons -left in the former
town of 3,000.' They are in the' second
and third stories oi me ;main. street
buildings, the structures, on the high
e$t; street in the town..-" A strong wiud,
rising at 10 c-'clobk this mornfeg; com
pleted the destruction- beguar-by the
opening of the south levee yesterday.
7 The water within the levees was
up to the 57foot level of the Ohio river.
A break in the northern levee also
added to the danger of the town -and
the main force of the Ohio striking
the north leve. The entire north and
east levees are submerged.
Soldiers Carried. Down River.
. Cairo, 111., April 2 With the high
est flood waters passing Cairo in the
Ohio' riyer tonight, the city is at a sta
tion of expectancy never before exper
ienced here. The river guage at 6:30
o'clock stood at . 54.4- "and rising, a
stage three-tenths of an inch higher
than any' previous record.
Nearly every hour brought reports
of trouble in other cities, though veri
fication of which were impossible from
this isolated town. One of the most
thrilling -,of the stories to reach here
was brought by Capt. S. A. Martin,
regimental quartermaster, and' Capt,
S. A. - Jamieson, of the Sixth Missouri
National hGuard. They were rescued
in a .- launch, from a section of levee
which broke away at- Bird Point, Mo.;
yustrlhihre.rirtrtslx ot their
menvmey-saia, are-, now on tne ievee
section which'ls 200 yards long and ler
feet wide and floating down the Mis
sissippi f-
- Commander McMunn, . of the naval
reserves, at once arranged for 'a steam
launch and started out to rescue the
Missouri soldiers. A pilot wno under
stands .the river course, was taken
along. to guide the reserves. There is
a swift current in the river and the
safety ot the men is causing their com
manding officer much worry. The regi
ment was on military duty in the town,
which has been threatened for several
days on? account of the high Ohio wa
ters. ' ' A' squad of reserves was sent
on the steamer City of Cairo to O'
Brien's "landing, where many persons
were said to be stranded.
Nonef the rescue party had been
heard from up to a late hour tonight.
At 10 o'clock tonight the official
guage reading was o4.5, rising.
Situation Grows Worse.
Paducah, Ky., April 2. The flood
situation here is growing worse hour
ly. At 70'clock tonight first floors of
every 'wholesale house and many re
tail stores were flooded. The - river
rose a foot and a half today, going to a
stage of .52.2 feet and the forecast is
for four-feet more of water. Should
this occur only live blocks in the city
will be 'out of the water.
Lieut."S." B. Bnckner, U. S. A.', and
two non-commissioned officers of the
regular - army, commandeered the
steamer Rapids and every powerboat
they could get and with three barges
started for Cairo. This was done m
accordance with orders from the War
Department. -
Lieut. Buckner said today tnat relief-work
was very .well organized and
there? would be little suffering. Small
wooden", buildings have been hastily
erected on the western edge of the
city and as rapidly as water pours into
new districts inhabitants are taken to
these ' shelters. Later today there
were rations for 10,000 persons for 10
days. '
Despite conditions nere. relief work
Tor a large . district will. be directed
from Paducah." Relief work will be
started at Brookport and Smithland,
both reported seriously affected by the
flood. The former is cut off from com
munication except by boats and wateiu
is four feet deep in parts of Smith
iiti - ... "
tauu. -. - . - -
River Falling at Louisville
Louisville, Ky., April 2. The Ohio
river, was falling here, tonight , at the
rate of a little more than one-tenth of
a foot in 12 hburs and at. 7 o'clock the
stage "was 44.9, a fall of one-tenth of a
toot since 7 o ciock tms morning.
- Salyiage corps tonight-were keeping
a watch at several big distillery ware
houses in the. western . section of the
city, which have been weakened by
flood waters and are m danger of col
lapse. v The receding waters nave, dis
closed : also weakened iounuations un
der houses in the eastern end of the
city and the police tonight are patrol
ling that section in -boats. -.. - -
-At Western - Kentucky points" to
night .the -waters . continued to rise
with serious damage threatened at Pa
ducah and Hickman. Owensboro and
Henderson were centers of refuge for
Innabitants rof the Rowlands, who are
fleeing before the crest of the flood.
Wflckliffe also, with the aid pf Federal
shipments of tents and supplies, was
earing tor .several thousand refugees
- - IMuch Money Needed.
. Indianapolis. April 2. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars are needed to re
lieve suffering- among flood '-ref ueees
in Indianapolis, according to the report
of the general relief committee. Three
thousand: families have lost all or part
of. their house furnishings and it will
require an average of at least flOO for
i : x continued on ; Page Eight)
C, THVESDAY MOEOTKG, APBIL 3, 1913.
WILL;5IW FAITH
W REPOBLIG
Administration Comdete3 Its
Plans r;fiRecogiution . of
-Chinese Government.
U. S. WILLB vTHt FIRST
Department Admits
"hat Statement
Will be Forthcor
mg, Shortly
P.epresentativeE
Of ; Powers
Notified of the Step
Washington,- April2. The . United
States goverataSnt lifts decided to rec
pgnize. the; ?.nef-.7.LChinese'e.ubhci
Secretary Briit .conferred, with ; Presi
dent IscSvTorearly an hour "today
at the WhitO-IETpse "completing the de
tails,, and a note is hieing prepared at
the .State- Department ,to be. addressed
to China through thef Chinese. ."'minister
herei ' " .-. vi ' - ': " ' . ; "
' Whether itwill be presented before
the meeting ot the constituent assem
bly next -: Tuesd ay or ; ;is I Intended to
reach the Chinese government on that
date, has not been disclosed, but the
mere presentation of the note- to the
Chinese minister ; arid resumption of
formal international Relations with the
Chinese minister are regarded in -diplomatic
circles as tantamount to rec
ognition. ., -.' - ,
The- United States, government is
anxious to show its( friendliness to- I
.ii' nu.-. a t . v 1 . t. 1 1
wttju .xiiua. ciuu wuue Luere una Deen.
rumors that other nations might an
ticipate the action or funs country and
recognize China before the United
States does,' ur official circles liere it
was believed that the United States
would be found first to show its faith
in the new republic, -
No formal announcement- is expect
ed from, the administration here until
the Chinese" government is in receipt
of tne American government s note.
: This afternoon, at the.-request )jS
the Secretary, of State, members of
most or-tne toreign embassies and le
gations in v Washington appeared at
the State Department and were re
ceived individually by Mr. Bryan.
Among tnem- were representatives of
BraziLvlapan.Grekt 'Britain. Russia.'!
Portugal,: France, Germanyi Nether
lands, Belgium, Sweden. Peru, Den
mark ,Mexico, Austria-Hungary arid
Spam.-. The calls lasted nut a few
minutes in each case and both Secre
tary Bryan and his visitors by agree
ment declined to make any statement
as to the object of the visits.
A noticeable fact( Jiowever. was the
absence of the Chinese minister and
it was concluded that in order to pre
vent a repetition oft -the criticism m
foreign capitals occasioned by the re
cent Chinese loan statement, the State
Department in this instance, has giv
en due notice of its intentions regard
ing China to all interested powers be
fore publication thereof.
It. was admitted at the department
that a formal statement of the atti
tude of the administration towards the
new Chinese government would be giv
en to the press In the course of a few
days and there is-ground for belief
that without .. immediately recognizing
China, assurance has been -conveyed
to Yuan Shi Kai's government and
the world powers have been notified
that such recognition wilPbe extend
ed, after the first Chinese congress
has assembled and organized next
Monday.
Calgary, Alberta, April 2. The bout
between Tommy "Burns, former heavy
weight champion of the world,7 and
Arthur Pelky, of Chicope, Mass., here
tonight resulted in a draw. - :
O V TX,I N E S
The body-of the late King. George
of Greece -was yesterday laid to rest
with impressive ceremonies.
President Wilson and members of
the Ways and Means Committee have
agreed upon removing all the - duty
from wool..
- Robert M. Phillips, associate editor
of the Greensboro Daily News, died
suddenly yesterday at his country
home in Carthage.
Bryan- and Wilson conferred yester
day on plans for the formal recog
nition . of the ' Chinese. Republic, an
nouncement of which will be made
shortly. ;
The flood situation in parts of Ken
tucky was considered more, serious
yesterday, conditions at Paducah be
ing especially grave. At Hickman all
the levees were holding. -,
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. placed on
trial yesterday v at Old Bailey , Court
House oh the charge of inciting the
burning of - Lloyd-George's - country
nome,: pieaaea not guilty anaconauci
ed her own case.. ".-.''-
After, a brief funeral service -in. the
hotel in Rome where J . R. - Morgan
dted, his body yesterday started on its
last journey. It will be sent from
Rome to Havre,-: France, and thence
to the United States. . -
-The most disauieting feature of the
news from, the s Near East, is the atti
tude of Montenegro., The Montene
grins' have captured Tarabosch. " the
key to Scutari after five months' fight
ing, but -warships of the powers, are
gathering along the : coast to - compel
her to give up the fruits of her labor-
WW ;r--:: ETAOIN N NN
; Amiens, France. April 2. A mili
tary aviator, Sergeant Phansoux, was
killed here today.. He had just arrived
from : Rheims and made an error 'of
judgment in landings. -The .machine
tilted an d the aviator wag thrown oat.
.New .York markets: Money on f all
firm, 3 -3-4t to 4 12 per .cent. : J ruling
rate 4 1-2 closing bid 4 1-4; offered at
4' 1-2. Spot cotton closed steady;- mid
dling uplands 12.60. Flour steady.
Wiheat firm; : No. 2 red 1.11 1-2- and
1.13. A Corn quiet. 57 5-4 to 58. -Tur-
pentiie steady, ;.Rosin quieU r ,; . ; ; .
Ml
N&w Head of the
- v
' X- & ' : v" -K . 5- r ,
J. PIERPONT MORGAN, JR.
Who succeeds his deceased father a shead of J." P. Morgan & Company.
GEORGE LAID TO REST
imposing Ceremonial Marks Burial of
Late King of the Hellenes Rep
resentatives from All N.a:
tions Participate. -
Athens, Greece, April 2. Such an
imposing ceremonial as today marked
the burial of King George has never
before been witnessed in modern Ath-
ens. . -'--'.;' " -,- : --.
The procession was of great length,
consisting of majiy Eeasterntnd West
ern-nationalities,f.::
lue.rojfai urmces 01 ureece auu iub
I dignitaries representing the courts of
Europe and the states 01 the Ameri
can hemisphere joined -with deputa
tions -from European Turkey, from the
islands of the Aegean sea and from
Asia Minor, each in distinctive nation
al dress.
The soldiery and clergy rivalled each
other in numbers, all branches of the
army and of the church being repre
sented. At the head of the procession
was the coffin, borne on a gun car
riage and followed by King Constan
tine, the Crown Prince and other
royal princes. Missions from foreign
States then came in carriages preced
ing the dowager queen and the reign
ing queen and princess. The Greek
cabinet ministers, members of , the dip
lomatic, corps and a host of -.deputations
of 'patriotic societies took their
places in order, interspersed by large
bodies of troops. ;
A feature of the procession was the
"Holy Standard" of the Greeks, which
never before had left its resting place
in the church specially built for it at
the inception of the Greek Kingdom.
Obsequies in the cathedral, were at
tended by a great gathering of Greek
and foreign notables. Sixty archbish
ops and bishops participated.. -
; Minute guns were fired from the
time the coffin, borne on a gun car
riage, left the cathedral, until tae. ac
tual moment of interment, which was
signalled' to the populace by a ;salute
of 101 guns. A.
On" arrival at the Larissa railroad
station the coffin was transferred to
a mourning car for conveyance to De
keleiat, where the body was interred
in the presence of members ofythe
family alone. . - ; . nS- v
LIQUOR INTO FLOODS
5V '
Five Thousand Barrels , Floated Into
River Near Louisville, Ky-. .
Louisville, Ky., April 2. A large
warehouse cf the Rugby Distilleryt-Co.,
in the western end of the city, .weak
ened" by flood waters, collapsed late
last night, releasing to the river about
5,000 barrels of whiskey valued at
a Quarter of a million dollars.
The threatened collapse of weakened!
buildings was the only source of anx
iety today as the crest of the -flood
passed Louisville with a stage ' of
slightly:, more than 45 feet. Life ."sav
ing crews and firemen were prepared
to continue their work 'of anchoring
houses that appeared threatened, k.;
: Lower river ' points today continued
to experience rising waters'. . Paducah,
with water ' standing more than two
feet deep in the lower sections of the
city, faced, the menace of a useless
lisrhtinsr nlant. s
Henderson and Owensboro, " ''safe
from flood .damage themselves,- were
taxed with-the care of hourly increase
ing refugees. - . '-' '.
, At Wickliffe. .where are gathered
more than 3,000 refugees from ,Hick
man; Cairo and Columbus, the shelter
situation was' becoming acute, and it
was expected that another appeal to
Governor McCreary for tents would
be Tnade today.
ATHLETICS WIN . AGAIN
Defeat Phillies in Second Game of
v Spring Series 2 to 1 -j. -
Philadelphia. April 2. In a close
and well-played game-the Philadelphia
Americans defeated .the local Nation
als today by a score of 2 to 1. .. Tie
pitchingowas the feature of the game,
and - Bush, recently acquired . by the
"Athletics," had a shade the : best : of
it.K Score: -j
Americans 2 t 6 0
Nationals . . '..,..... 1.-5 ,1
Bush and Thomas; Chalmers, Mar
shall; Mayer and ? Dooin and Kiflifer;
House of Morgan.
'BOB' PHILLIPS DIES SUDDENLY
Associate Editor of 'Greensboro ..Daily
News Succumbs to Heart Fail- 4
ure at His Country Home
Near Carthage, N. C.
.-
Greensboro,, N- C, April 2. Robert
Masten Phillips, . associate editor .of
the Greensboro Daily. News, died sud
denly of heart failure at his country
home near .Carthage, ; N. C., tonight.
He went thera last weekfor 10;:days
'rest after 1 sirenupus wpuing his
Attendance11 at the late session: of .the,
State Senate,, in which body he served
as-reading clerks.
.'Mr. Phillips was a practical printer
and rose.to the editorial desk from the
ranks.. After a short career in Moore
county he aided, in the establishment
of the Greensboro Telegram in 1896
was later city editor and associate edi
tor of the Raleigh Morning Post and
editor of the Newbern Daily Sun. He
came to the" Daily News as associate
editor in 1909. t Robert M. Phillips was
one of the best known and most popu
lar newspaper men of the State.. He
was once president of the State Press
Association and at present a member
of the executive committee. He. has
been a leader and prominent figure in
the good roads movement in this State
and was prominent in church and f ra
ternal circles. , .
The funeral will be at Carthage Fri
day.
MU!
GIVE UP FRUITS.
Powers
Will Not AHow Montenegro
to Take Scutari.
London, - April 2. Just as Montene
gro has scored her first real success
by getting a- foothold at Tarabosch,
the key to Scutari, the warships of
the powers . are. gathering along the
coast to . compel her to give up the
most precious fruits of five months'
fighting.
After a series of desperate engage
ments,, the Montenegrins, assisted by
the Servians, are practically in com
mand of Tarabosch. Simultaneously
with , the arrivar of this news, came
the further information tht Austrian
warships'- are: anchored off Antivari,
and that British and Italian" warships
tare on their way to join them f or the
purpose ot making a demonstration
which is approved by all the powers,
not excepting Russia. r -'
Should . the demonstration prove in
effective, it : is understood hat the
Montenegrin . ports of Antivari and
Dulcigno will be occupisd. When the
Montenegrin trouble is out of the
way it is likely that the powers will
have to deal with Servia. She has in
formed -the British minister that it
was impossible to withdraw her troops
from Scutari, as Servia was bound to
Montenegro until peace has been sign
ed and that any drawing back at the
present time would be the death knel
of the Balkan alliance. Servia, too,
is reported to be preparing for the per
manent occupation of Durazzo. This
action would be directly against the
decision Of "the powers,
i Elsewhere matters ; ' - are moving
smoothly: - An agreement has practi
cally been reached with " regard to the
boundary between Turkey and Bulga
ria. - although Bulgaria is guarding
.fagainst any slip in the - peace negotiat
tions, and is moving virtually tne
whole of her Adrianople army to
Tchatalja. The cantured town will
be left in possession of gendarmes.
'f A, pa.rtiah agreement also . is report
ed as -having - been reached between
Bulgaria -and Rumania, the latter get
ting Silistria.' . , . '
BUT ONE MORE NEEDED.
Pennsylvania Ratifies Direct Election
of Senators Amendment. x -
1 ' Harisburg, Pa, April 2 Pennsyl
vania today . joined .the ranks of the
States that have ratified the proposed
amendment" to. the Federal constitur
tion providing - for the direct election
of United States Senators, making" the
35tht to all in line. The joint resolu
tion ratifying ; the proposed . amend
ment, - which previously - - passed the
House,- was passed by the. Senate to
day unanimously. '
C J The' vote of only one . more State is
needed to make, the amendment 'eftec-"
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WHOLE NUMBER 13288.
BODY IS STARTED
Oil EAST JOURNEY
Funeral -Service Held in Hotel
Where J. Pierpont
Morgan Died.
MANY FRIENDS SEND TRIBUTE
German Ambassador Lays Wreath, on
Coffin in the Name of Emperor
William Arrangements for
Great Banker's .Funeral
, Rome, April -2.-The Eternal City
gave .its last farewell, to "J. Pierpont
Morgan, whose body was conveyed this-
evening from the Grand Hotel to the
railway , station and- there placeU
aboard a train -for Havre. It will bo
transported to the United States by a
steamer, probably the France, sailing
for New York on Saturday.
The German Emperor sent a mes
sage of condolence to Mrs. Morgan '
as follows: '"'' ' ''-,
"Accept the expression of my sin
cerest sympathy in your great bereave .
ment. Your husband's death is a loss
not only -for you, your family-and your
country, but" his many friends in all
parts of the world will never forget
him." .
The funeral, procession to the depot
was impressive in its simplicity. The
hearse was followed 'by carriages ia
which rode Mr. and ' Mrs Herbert L.
Satterlee, the American Ambassador.
Thomas J. O'Brien, the staff of the
embassy; the attending physicians Dr.
Nelson,-of the American, church, and a,
few friends. Platoons of municipal:
guards' acted as an escort. The people
in the streets raised their' hats as the
cortege passed. . - ' ; ' i
Thecoffin ,was 'placed' oh . a special
car, - covered with black'.velvet-1 drape-'
ries with silver fringe. .
The floral tributes from members
of the. family, the German 'Emperor,
the municipality of Rome and tb
American ambassador ; were placed
around the coffin. " . Shortly before-
the: departure of the train thef
French, consul : arrived- bringing a:
beautiful silver wreath from the city'
of ;Aix Les Baihs. 'lt bore the French, ,
tri-coJor and v an appropriate inscrin-
01 tne Amerin-miTO-fyjiwas tne
only one of the -party tQ remain .until
the train drew out.: . ' . ". ; :. ..
f The' physicians who i-.-cwere In attend-'
ance on Mr. Morgan-issued the follow
ing official statement. today: .
. "When Mr. Morgan left New York .
he was a- very tired man, physically, '
and mentally. Digestion and nutrition
were impaired. It was noped that his
usual trip to Egypt. would be of great
benefit, giving him test and building.'
up the nervous forces, especially as he
had no organic disease.; His appe
tite, however, failed and consequently
his strength and .weight did not im
prove. - ' - ., t ' v
"Mr. "Morgan contracted a severe
cold while in Egypt, ; which further
weakened himl A state of mental de
pression developed.- -He arrived at
Cairo in a very run-down . condition,
but during the three weeks in Cairo
he improved mentally and physically, '
his powers of concentration; and memo
ry showing no Impairment.- The trip,;
to Rome did not fatigue him and he
continued to gain slowly for 10. days;
"A week before 'his -death, his
strength began to fail; He: was put to
bed Wednesday afternoon ' - ( March '
26th).. He became delirious and ex
treme exhaustion followed, This con
tinued until Sunday evening when he
passed into a state of coma ! He died
at 12:05 P. M. Monday," (Signed)
"GIEUSEPPE BAStlANELLI
"M. ALLEN STARR,
. "GEORGE A; DIXON'
Rome, April 2. The i body of the
late J. Plerppnt Morgan1 was started
on its last journey at 5:30 o'clock this
afternoon when it was takeh from the
hotel to the railway-station to be 'dis
patched toy train through' Italy, Switz
erland and France, leaving from Havre
for New York on Saturday. This
morning a funeral service -was held in
the chamber of. the hotel where the
great banker died. Only-a few rela
tives, intimate friends of the, family
and official representatives were pres
ent. The massive coffin ; reposed Jn a
bower of flowers sent.: by.- friends in
various countries, many - of., whose rul
ers sent . .personal tributes. . Rev, Dr.
Nelson.' rector of the -American Epis
copal Church in Rome, officiated at the
service. . ',i:;;;..-,?,v;.-C
By a coincidence, the, bell. Of the ad
joiningc church, Santa . Maria Deglt
joining in the service for the man 'who'
had often admired its majestic arches,
once a part of the Diocelian baths. . .
When Dr. Nelson offered prayer,
some of those present could not re
strain their motion.'
The German ambassador laid a
wreath on the coffin in tbeVname of
Emperor William. - .'a--
Among the almost innumerable mes
sages of condolence recetvedJ4y Her
bert' L. Satterlee, son-in-law . of ; the
late J. P. Morgan, -one xbf the most
touching was that from the German
Emperor, the text of Which has been
cabled to the son '.of the dead . finan
cier. ";;..- - - - -- '.'r'- - .' - "
Mr. Morgan's -pet dog . of" the impe
rial Chinese breed without i which he
never traveled and which . he 'kept as
his constant companion in : his apart
ments, has remained in its kennel
since - his death,' refusing to eat and
displaying "evident sighs of distress.
All Formalities Waived
Paris, April 2. All the Usual formal
ities, respecting the transportation of
bodies through Frafcce have been
waived by the French Foreign Office
in connection with the late J. P. Mor
gan, at the request of "the French am
bassador to Italy. A special train is
to be made up at Dijon and will ar
rive at Paris on-Friday C It, will pass
around the -city on the .circular rail
way in order to join- the line running
to Havre without the necessity of
transferring the fcoffin - from One train
to another. - -: - --s
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