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THE WEATHER. ' ' " v. 2 6 Pages To-Day Cloudy and cooler Sunday; Monday. fair. Two Sections iHLO.O.NJD.EtJC -I VOL. XCIIKO. " SGUTARI . SFIGE . "-U ill r 111 III I II1 III 111 t. l. - - 1 Montenegrins Mijst Evacu ate City or Be Forced To Do So ; POWERS WARHED OF DUTY Official AustriaiNewspaper Says -Military Prestige of Europe Has Suf' fered -Threats of Force by Austria Intimated. - v. Vienna, April 28.s-The official" Frem den Blatt,' jdlscussing Scutari, says: "If Austria-Hungary is to be really t ranqlillled, the . great powers most not stop at a platonic declaration of their unanimous, intentions; they must convert theirs good t will into deedis, , -1-1 t - i . . r- . witnout ,aeiay, ad. tnrs connection, tne constant talk abroad bt compensating Montenegro for her military . successes makes an especially-bad impression. - 'The political and military prestige of Europe has suffered, by ths fall of iScutari. ;,If this injury to prestige, this check to their actions," is a matter of indifferenda . to :, the 4 powers, Austria cannot follow them along such a path. She must insist with, all the emphasis at her command on a remedy toeing found as speedily -and thoroughly -as possible. .-. - : - . T - , , r. ; "The minimum-she demands is the immediate presentation -by the powers' to Cettinje of the protestthey have al ready decided- npon in the form of a vigorous demand for the evacuation of Scutari at once, and, upon the event of refusal, the adoption of further mili tary measures -for the forcible carry ing out of the - will , of -f Europe. Any hanging ) back oh , the part -of Europe from thts'-minimum would, excite feel ings of dissatisfaction and - bitterness in Austria-Hungary: It will be to-Europe's ad vantage' to. prevent: this." CANT"" GET . ECTOR H. SM ITH. Will Tircf Uav n Incuwp Rhapn .in Alabama-- Goddard Released. v (Special Star Correspondence.) -Raleigh, Ji; C.y April 26. It develops uiat NortJr Caroliaa will Jiot . be per mitted to- eet hold of President -Ector H. Smith; U the JBiatftruslCowl wantea 'tOTTrauauient ... nan King .scbemefl, after all,, the Governor of Al- a. uaxua uai tug ifvvuoiuci xxao autiuu a week ago in honoring the requisition, which has since been tied up in habeas corpus proceedings at Birmingham. It now seems that 'Smith is wanted in Jefferson county, , Alabama, on the charge of embeazlement. At- . least there came today, to the Corporation Commission from the private secreta ry to the Governor of Alabama this note . c-ic- ' ' " - ; "AjfAWjaays ago the Governor hon ored a requisition for Ector H. Smith to North Carolina. ; Since' "-'then the Governor Jias learned that there is an indictment against him in this State. The Governor directs me to say that on account of this indictment and this man being wanted .ins this State to answer for the offense o'f embezzle ment, the requisition heretofore grant ed has been held up pending action of the courts, in Jefferson county. Police Officer J; A. Bailey, of Ra leigh, left last-night for Birmingham with an entirely new set of requisition papers for Smith, and Attorney Gener al T. BicEett and Solicitor H. E. Norris were to have started to Alaba ma tonight for the habeas corpus hear ing in Smlth's-case Monday. Howev er, with the . requisition held up now by the Governor of Alabama as indi cated above the" attorney general and solicitor will not so and Officer Bailey will be telegraphed to return . home. at once. - . , u Governor Craig has ordered the re lease of J. Li. Goddard, of Payetteville, who has been "Jield for more than a , week at Fayetteville awaiting 'extradi tion to Florida :to answer the charge of the larceny of a valise and its con tents, valued at about $50. The requi sition of theTGovemor of .Florida, was held up by .Governor Craig- on the ground that larceny , of less than . $100 in value could not constitute grand larceny as charged in the requisition. . This contention on the part of the Fay etteville counsel . for , Goddard proved correct, as tcthe Florida law and the efforts at requisition .were abandoned. CONGRESSIONAL SHORT CUT. i Suffragettes Get Hearing Bureau - of Highways One Cent Postage. . Washington, .April 26. The day in Congress. Senate: Not in'session. Meets Mon day. Prominent women suffragettes ad dressed woman -suffrage committee, arguing for constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, . . . - Fisheries committee decided to rec ommend confirmation of nomination of Hugh H. Smith as commissioner of lisheries. - : . - v- ' - Kern resolutfon'for investigation of Tne western Virginia strike was or dered favorably reported.; - -House: Met at -noon; r ,f Resumed, ,generat debate .on tariff liill. -- v ,v-..- - Representative v CUrley . introduced resolution 'tor constitutional amend ment to give Congress power to make Jmitorm hours, of labor throughout the -ountry. P Special committee Which investigat ed assault UDon Reoresentative Sims py C c. Glover, Washington - capital- 'i iouna uiover guilty or contempt t nouse and recommended nis arrest. . Representative Campbell introduced ui to create a Bkreau of Public High ways and pnnronriate $24,000,000 for use among Statei,- V- - "Hi to reduce first class postage to one '"i an ounce. -' - - " pitecessed at 5:-i5. M;. nnttl T.:30 Shlir-nn O-laba&avAtih tiifTW "Vino- op?, the Eye Specialist; Masonic Tem I'1. will enrf P-ln&a" trnnhlps .' - Eves FUEE TOLLS COIiTROVSY .American Society of Inter-National V - gain Discusses Attitude of United Stated-Repeal and Arbitration Suggested . . Washington, April 2G. -Both in set speeches and discussions, speakers at today's meeting, of the- American So ciety of international Jaw" maintained that the United States was under moral as well as international obliga Mon t .Bujhmit the Panama canal tolls controversy to arbitration, it .also was held toy . several of the speakers that Congress should at once repeal the tolls exemption act and submit the subject to a diplomatic negotia tion. - ,x , Hannis Taylor, former minister to 5pmn,k declared that upon the settle ment, of . .the controversy hinged tbe ntury old friendship between the -vnited States and . Qreat Britain and voiced an earnest plea to Congress to repeal the tolls act to permit diplo matic negotiations for-an amica;hlf ad. uustment of the question. :- -' amos s .. Hershey, professor of . in ternational law at the i University of Indiana, was7 another speaker who de sired to see the question submitted to arbitration. ' "In view of the long and honorable history of the United States," declar ed Thomas Rareburn White, of Phila delphia, "as a leader in the move ment for the substitution of a .system of international judicature for the present United States methods of set tling international disputes, it is par ticularly appropriate that the oppor tunity should have been presented it to establish a precedent. It would be unworthy of the United States to rely upon what must be deemed a techni cal reason - for declining to arbitrate and it is to be hoped that the State Department -will not persist in the at titude which has toeen assumed and will embrace the opportunity of creat ing a precedent sustaining the 'propo sition that it is not necessary in inter national law that injury should actual ly be suffered before a justiceable ac tion arises." . . . A letter of similar tenor, from the late Professor John Weslake.-of -London, was read, 'but . he maintained that it -was necessary "that an injury be actually sustained before a justiceable jLCCiou Arises ' i . The discussion that followed was participated in by Edmund F. Tra bue, of Louisville, Ky.; Professor N. D. Harris, of Chicago and General Pe ter C. Hayne8, U. S. A., retired. ThBS.e officers - for, next -year were ejected : .PresldeTrt-enoTUhjR-pf Ww Ynrk. - Vice - Presidents cmet Jnstioe White, Justice William R. Day, Phi lander C. Knox, Andrew uarnegiej Jo seph H. Choate. John . W. Foster, George Gray. William H. Taft, Wil liam W . Marrow. Kicnara uiney, n ur ate Porter, Oscar S. Strauss, Jacob Mi Dickinson and wuuam J. uryan. James Brown Scott was . re-eiectea secretary, and Chandler P. .Anderson treasurer. Tonignt a banquet ciosea the meeting. STATE'S TRUST CO. Judge Carter Appoints Receiver Gov ernor Maxes Appointments. . (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, April 26 Judge Frank Carter this afternoon named Chas. Ross as receiver for the State's Trust Co., the Wilmington concern, that the Corporation Commission charges. with conspiracy to defraud in the formation of country banks in many sections of the State. Ross is already receiver Tor the Bank of An gier, -one of the chain of banks the State's Trust Co., was organizing. The petitioners for the receivership are business-men -who-have subscribed to stock -in the company to secure . the opening of local banks for their towns. The - office in Wilmington has been found to have only an bid typewriter, quantities of, very pretentious station ery and the poorest sort of office fur niture in' an obscure back room, une receivership is, named in the hope of finding some assets somewhere rather than to take charge of anything worth while known now to exist. " Governor Craig announces the ap pointment of directors for the propos ed 'home for- Confederate women for which an aDDropriation of $10,000 was made : by the last Legislature. . The directors are CoL Ashley Horne, Clay ton: J. A. Turner. Franklin: WL H. Watkins, Randolph; W. H. White Granville; Dr. -H. T. Bahnson, Winston-Salem; Haywood Parker, Ashe ville, and Col. J. A. -Bryan,- Newbern. ' Governor Craig announces the ap pointment of directors for the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital: Hugh G. Chatham Elkin; J. Lindsay Patterson, Winston-Salem, and J. Jbuiwood cox, High Point. - SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI Annual Meeting Held in Greensboro Old Officers Re-elected tSpecial Star Correspondence.) - Greensboro. N. C April 26. Promi nent North Carolinians and natives of the i State who- are in distant States, are "here today for the. annual meeting of the North Carolina Society , of - the Cincinnati: tne usiness .session oi TOhiMi . wan-beld this afternoon. Fol iftwtifi- this the visitors were carried id the Guilford Battle Ground and to night they are gatnerea at tne annual society dinner. - The Society of the Cincinnati Is the oldest hereditary' or der in America, having been founded by Washington and his officers at the close of the war of the revolution. The North -Carolina branch was organized at Hillsboro in the Fall of 1783. with many of the . most distinguished vet erans - of the continental line . as its ,Hera Succession in ; the order is governed by the laws of pri mogeniture, or descent m iue .umwj. maia Una nf a continental officer, and each original officer has only one rep resentative at. a time. :.- . - -. . rnw- . orvrvlAtir ivilpRt.ed -i tile Ola staff of officers and also elected. Presi dent Woodrow Wilson to an honorary membership. The President had -previously ., signified his willingness : to Itzl X .11oo maw members elected n,swr wdrp T). C. Waddell, Jr Aahevme; Dr. A. A. Cotten, TrentL. N'T W."H. Calender, Franklin, Tenn.; Dr. R., L. Wilhams, WrLlVimftTO. TST. - - , . TARIFF REVISION IS New Illinois Democrat Faces ' Progressives With Their Platform. PLEDGED RELIEF OF MASSES -" ' :. ' -''- ' " " i Progressives Were Reminded to Carry Out Their pledge to the People. '"r Hull Explains Income Tax Provision. Washington, April 26. Confronting Progressive members of the House with a plank in the National platform of their party pledging, them to imme diate revision - of "excessive . tariff schedules" without waiting for their proposed non-partisan tariff commis sion. Representative Lawrence B.- Stringer, a 'new Democrat from, Illi nois, called upon the third party rep resentatives in. the House tonight to support the Underwood - bill if. they wished to carry out their party decla rations. First defending the Progressives against onslaughts of both Democrats, and Republicans and declaring that' they represented more than four mil lion voters and had the right .to claim that their party was '"the second par ty in this nation." the Illinois Demo crat emphatically denied that they rep resented a "protection party. "You tell me that the Progressive party favors a non-partisan tariff com mission? declared Mr. Stringer. "That is true, but that plank in the Progressive platform concludes by saying; 'The work ot the commission should not prevent the immediate adoption of acts reducing those sched ules generally recognized as exces 6iveM . -." .Waving aloft the quotation and ad dressing himself to Victor Murdock, Progressive party leader in tne House, Mr. Stringer continued: -: "I call the attention of the gentle man from Kansas to , the statement, that, if he and the Progressive mem- the declarations of their own platform, and I beiSeve they do, they will be compelled ythe logic of those declarations to join with us in : the passage of this pending meas ure." The day's debate further was enliv ened by the first exhibition of feeling between majority and minority lead ers in the tariff discussion when Rep resentative Dixon, of Indiana, Demo cratic member of the Ways and Means Committee, attacked the Republican tariff law, declared it was in effect an increase over the former Dingley tar iff in .that the average Jate of the Payne law was 1J71 per cent, higher than thf Dingley law with the statis tics of 1907 as a basis. "The statistics thaf the Ways and Means Committee presents today show the gentleman's statement is utterly unfounded and false," shouted Repre sentative Payne. Both participants in the colloquy an nounced they would bring reports of the Ways and Means Committee to prove their contentions. Representative Collier, of Mississip pi, a majority member of the Ways and Means Committee, arraigned the Republican party. . The Income tax was the subject of prolonged discussion early in the day, Representative -Cordell Hull, of Ten nessee, author of that section, explain ing It Mn detail.. He was kept on his feet more than two hours, scores of members questioning him on, the pro posed tax. . To the suggestion that the income tax is class legislation, and a distinc tion between citizens of large means and those without particular means, Mr. Hull answered that its purpose was to reach for taxation those who have escaped taxes and who are. most able to bear them. 'He declared -the masses of the peo ple were paying most of the $312,000, 000r tariff taxes and most of the State and local taxes, save in a few States. I'Where then," he asked, "is the in justice Of requiring the receivers of incomes, more than $4,000 to equalize in some measure these tax burdens by contributing less than $100,000,000 ta the Federal treasury?" He, denied that, there was any sectionalism in the effects of the tax.j Against the assertion ' that the tax was upon thrift, industry and profits, Mr.f-Hull replied that the tariff was a tax - upon - consumption, want, poverty and even misery, and added that thn proposed income tax was measured by net pronts or gains, and not imposed upon gross income nor capital nor oth er property. He characterized the in come t&X as the outgrowth of. centu ries ol tax legislation throughout the world.-. . " . - ' TO .HEAD OFF HOB SON Secretary Daniels Declines to Aid Sen ator Johnson Washington, April 26 . Retired na val officers are not debarred from tak ing part in politics, Secretary Daniels believes. The samerule will apply to army officers. -Some time ago Senator Johnson, of 'Alabama, . complained that Read Admiral Wardham, retired, had been lecturing in Alabama, on . a need for a brger navy. 7 Indirectly' the Senator-thought this, was calculated to help along Representative Hobson in his campaign for the Senator's seat. He protested. It is expected ' now that Secretary Daniels has declined to in terfere. . 'An effort win 'De made to se cure legislation prohibiting retired of ficers from engaging in political work. . Washington, April 26. A second de tachment of marines will - be with drawn from Guantanamo, Cuba, Mon day, when about a regiment will board the transport Prairie for Philadelphia. They .will arrive there rieSt' Saturday; The withdrawal of this regiment will leave about 300 at Guantanamo. ; C.l SUNDAY MOKNTPsTR-J . . J.- ..- " GAR STRIKE. Ill USHEVILLE Nearly Hundred Employes Quit Work, and Took Cars to Barn Trolley v Cut Want Increased Pay. tThe S.tuation. - V :, Asheville, N. C, rApril .25-Nearly 100 Employes . of the"' Asheville- Power & Light Company, comprising the en tire force of motormen and conductors operating the street: railway v system of this city, went out on a strike at noon today after taking their cars" to the barns. v-- N , - The strikers, who are being advised and counseled by George Keenan of Rochester," N. Y., fourth vice president of: the Amalgamated Association of . Street Car Men of the United States and Canada, demand ' an increase n in -pay at a rate of from. 21 to 25 cents an hour, instead of theiold rate: 18 to 21 cents-an hour. k7-"- " - NThe demands of themen were first presented to the company April 19th, 1 and various meetings nave. since been held. Negotiations terminated at noon;i today when tne company-was inform--ed by telephone thatjlhe cars were "on the way to barn." ' . -' ' -r The company, the .strikers say; , re fuses to submit the claims of the' men to arbitration. - y Office employes atid street workers of the company operated -about half the usual number of cars today; but all were withdrawn about 8:30 this even ing. This action followed "successful attempts : on the part - of bos's and young men to cut the frolley ropes; of. the cars.- The company, announced to night that no cars would be operated tomorrow, but it is expected that suf ficient men to operate, the entire sys tem will arrive here for work on Mon day." , . " ' ' ' WHITEVILLE AFFAIRS Spring Term of Columbus Court Personal and General News (Special Star Correspondence.) 7 Whiteville, T. C, April 2 G .-On ac counts of the illness ot Judge Fergu son the Spring term of Superior Court for Columbus was . adjourned 'yester day afternoon;. Practically - the im portant cases were disposed-of.- .. Dr, It. CI : Saddler.c who has ieon practicing medicine inTDladenboro tho past year,' has located in ' White ville for the practice of bis. profession. - He is a native of .Mecklenburg county and was educated at Davidson College' ' He is a gradnate of the--Medical1 College at Charlotte; where he stood - at the head of his class. : - -; No -definite time has TDeen:. set for beginnings wprfc.ja I bciieW--C6urt House but it is hopedVthat the County Commissioners' will takev tne initiative step at their next' meeting the first Monday in May, At that time plans will be submitted by Mr. J-. F. Leit ner, a - leading architect of Wilming ton, and if they meet with approval no doubt bids will be advertised for at once. Messrs. Jackson Greer and E. Gar land Brown, who have been practicing law here at partners 'during the past year, ; have dissolved 'partnership. Mr; Greer will continue his practice here, and will keep the office now occupied by Greer & Brown. Mr. Brown has not announced his future plans. An informal dance was given Tues day night at the tobacco warehouse by the young men-of-the town, and was very much enjoyed by those who p 3. r t i i p 2i t & d Mr. J. R. Williamson has returned home from a visit of several days to his brother at Florence. 'Mrs. D. J. Lewis spent yesterday in Wilmington.- Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson, of Wilmington, visited friends here this week. -Mrs. H. F. Schulken has returned from Deland, Fla., where she spent two weeks with her son who is a student at the Stetson Uni- versitv. 'Miss Grace Geddie is spending" the week at Rose Hill visit- inp her mother. Mr. F. E. Little, editor of the News-Reporter, went to Charlotte yesterday on business. MR. ISAAC BROWN DEAD. Venerable ex-Confederate Soldier Pas ses In Duplin County. (Special Star Correspondence.) Warsaw, N. C, April 26. Mr. Isaac Brown, a venerable ex-Confederate soldier and a consistent member of the Warsaw Baptist church and a dea con for 40 years, in his 73rd year, died Friday night at 1:30 o'clock. He leaves five married daughters, Mrs. Pepper, Mrs. Parrish and Mrs. Miller, of Winston-Salem; Mrs. Jack Bissett. of Raleigh. - and a single daughter, Miss Ella Brown of Warsaw; one son, Paul H. Brown, mailing clerk of the Charlotte - Observer, Charlotte, and a devoted wife. He had been . a sub scriber to the Star for years and one of Warsaw's most beloved and promi nent citizens. The community deeply mourns his demise. - .. OUTLINES Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, introduced in ; Congress yesterday a bill to reduce - letter postage to one cent.- . - " - President Wilson is spending Sun day on his yacht and tomorrow will hear argument against free sugar and Miss Romona Borden, the" "missing New York girl, was found yesterday in a - Boston hotel whither she had gone on a school girl's escapade. Nearly-, a hundred employes of the Asheville -Power & Light Co., went on strike yesterday and cars had 'to stop running at an early hour last night. A bill was introduced in Congress yesterday to create a Bureau of Pubr lie Highways, carrying an appropria tion of $24,000,000 'for use in the States. - . - ' ' . - ' Woman; suffragists again stormed the capital at Washington yesterday to demand votes for women, they were given a hearing before a committee of tne senate. ' In a tariff debate yesterday the Pro gressives had their' platform pledge flaunted, in their faces, with a demand that they make good ; the income tax was explained and strongly, defended. . New York markets: Money "on. call nominal' no loans. pot cotton quiet, 11.85. Wheat easy,- No.-2 red nominal. Corn easy. --Turpentine and rosin quiet, - ' - ' - - . ATT?tt. on iqio 7 - - ,,4 9 J.tJLO Miss Borden. Millionaire'. , r v w Daughter, Was Not Kidnapped V. AT BOSTON HOTEL distressed Dad Took His Girl in His Arms -Friend Declares Ra- ' mona is a Good and Sweet Girl. Boston, Mass., April 26. Ram on a Borden tumbled into the arms of her father, Gail Borden, - the millionaire m ilk dealer of .New York, at the Hotel Tourairie today and so brought: to an. I end what the family has .decided to re gard as a schoolgirl's escapade. ' ' , Half an hour later", father and daugh ter drove away in an automobile for a destination -not made public. ' Mr. Bor den is hopeful that the affair will soon be forgottenand is determined to pro tect the girl from more notoriety. ' ; Miss. Borden will not return to New York, in the immediate future. -Her tamer plans to nlace her under the medical care in a quiet retreat to re cuperate from the physical and nervous strain that attended her flieht from the sanitarium at Pompton, N. J., last Wed nesday, l here will ae no legal pro ceedings against any one. - . , miss Koraen was located at noon to day at a hotel where she was staying with two girl friends, and she as asked-to return to her father. She prompt ly consented. Mr. Borden was waiting for the girl when she arrived. T Later it was said that the reconciliation was complete. v A ierson authorized to speak for Mr, Borden. said tonight:. "Mr. Borden's daughter has been re stored to him today by the ill-advised and foolish persons who assisted her to evade hip authority. ; The case is! who found the study and- discipline her father had laid out for her distasteful. ana wnat nas oeen, made -so notorious is actually- normng more tnan a reck less escapade of -some school girls, s :: !'Mr. Borden's only thought has Ibeen the"otd tjf hW-dauehter? tt Tieart a good .girl, and a sweet girl, who' now tuny recognises the deplorable conse quences of her foolish conduct, and is happy to be back with her parent Mr. Korden hopes and believes that - the matter may now be treated as a pure ly private affair, which, it is. so that he and his family may be relieved from further notoriety." Unce before Miss . Borden broke away from parental moorings and for that reason her father decided to place her in the New Jersey rest cure,-after she had been found in Washington ten days ago. At that time she visit ed friends in the South, being absent from home without permissioi.' When she was placed in the sanitar ium she regarded it asr a punishment. and last Wednesday, while out walking with a nurse, jumped into an automo bile and was. whirled away. '-The ident ity of her companions in the car was not known. The party went from Pompton to Newark, Atlantic City, New York and New Haven. Thursday afternoon they arrived here. The next day one of the party left, Miss Borden remaining at a hotel with two girls. Yesterday one of tne! girls was re cognized 'by ,a Boston acquaintance, who communicated with Mr. Borden. He arrived here early today and local detectives who had been searching promised to restore the girl to her father. The subsequent proceedings were scarcely less a mystery than the cir cumstances surrounding the girl s , dis appearance. ' O. C; Kyle, who came with Mr. Bor den from New York, and said he was his representative, this atternoon no tified the newspapers that the girl had hien found. Accordine to : him. Miss Borden had been located at a private residence. The detectives said -they had found her at-a hotel. Mr. Borden refused to discuss the matter. He ap peared to have suffered severely while waiting for word from the detectives, and according to Kyle he was almost ready to collapse when he met . his daughter. Miss Borden's Southern visit Savannah, Ga., April 26. Miss Ro mona Borden, of New York, .whose recent disappearance led to a sensa tional search -through many 'eastern cities, has twice visited Savannah in the past six weeks, according to in formation from reliable sources here tonight. Accompanied by -Mrs. W. J. White, wife of the millionaire chew ing gum manufacturer, a Miss Shel don and her governess, Miss Borden, is said to have spent several days here about March 15th, going later to Palm Beach, Ormond, and other Flor ida cities. The party is reported to have returned here about three weeks ago and remained until April 13th, when it was understood they left for Washington, D. C. - v CHILD CRUSHED TO .DEATH Mother Found Lifeless Corpse of Lit . tie Fellow -Danville, Va., April 26. Marvin Stephens, the two-year-old son of . a rural mail delivery man, was killed this afternoon at his parents' -hpme near this city in a peculiar manner. The little boy wandered into the basement of the house and endeavored to climb upon his father's motorcycle. He pulled the machine over and the weight of it crushed him. His moth er, who had instituted a search for him, found her son dead. Washington, April 26. The ? Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson intend to con tinue the usual custom of holding gar den parties weekly on the south lawn of the White House during the Spring and- early Summer. .Announcement was made yesterday that the first gar den; party would be given May. 9th. Others will follow on May I6th and 23rd. . ' ' ' GIRL'S ESCAPADE WITS SEQUEL mm FOR' PRESIDENT Spending Sunday on YachtWill Hear Arguments This Week Against y - Free Sugar and Wool , ' - " Other Plans Washington, Aiiril 26. President Wilson is resting tonight on the Presi dential yacht -Sylph, somewhere on the Potomac river near Chesapeake Bay. -He went into retreat early to day for the week-end, and so complete were .the arrangements to give him' seclusion that the commander of the vessel rhad not reported her position up to late today though in wireless reachofthe navy yard. - . . The President went away to get 'di- veiaiuu iroin.tue strain or his duties. Dr. Cary Grayson, one of "th4 snaval aides at the White House, who is look ing after the President's health advis ed a boat trip and Mr. Wilson agreed cheerfully, leaving behind letters and documents or all kinds. He took along some magazines to read if tfm him? heavily, and planned to stop along the snojre ior a snore waiK some time to- - morrow. . Miss Eleanor Wilson, the youngest daughter,- accompanied the President. The only other member of the party, was James Sloan, chief of the White'-House secret service. ' Sec retary Tumulty . and. even the Presi dent's; stenographer stayed in WasEH ington. - The President is getting ready for a strenuous week. The first uart of next:; week he expects to spend In hearing arguments from some of the Senators opposing; the free wool andl free sugars On Thursday and Friday he wilKgo' to make his appeal to the people, of New Jersey to support the jury reform ibill which failed in the last session of the Legislature and to influence the calling of a constitutional convention. The President, will speak on Thursday at Newark and on Fri day in Jersey City, returning to Wash ington on Saturday.; CHARGES AGAINST H. C. PIERCE. He Denies That He Depreciated Stock - v .in Tennessee RaMroad. . ' St. LouisT April 26. Charges that Henry Clay Pierce ; depreciated the value of the; stock of the Nashville Terminal Railway were made at the taking of depositions today in the suit of - the. .National Bank of Commerce against Pierce for the . recovery , of 15,000 shares of the Nashville termi nal, or their equivalent, $1,500,000. The charge -was made - by George Lockett Edwards," counsel for the bank. - ' , Attorney .Edwards asked Pierce i' wnen tne terminal stock.. was piedgea wlthQte banfcaa euri,tyl.loanr'tfj, ggelen WartQckJswell uTguedU there was a bond issue -of but $1,000, ooo' against the property. "I don't know,", said Pierce. - v. "Isn't it true that afteryou got con trol of the property you increased the bonded indebtedness to $3,000,000?" asked the attorney. "My memory is vague on that," was the reply. ' Mr. Pierce said that after Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, took charge of the Tennessee Construction Company and all its subsidiaries, of which the Nashville Terminal Compa ny was one, he gave options . on the Tennessee Central Railroad to the Illi nois Central and to the Southern Rail way. These roads operated the Ten nessee Central jointly untilJuly, 1908, and then decided not to exercise the option. r The Tennessee Central then went back to. the control of the stock holders. Pierce testified that it was at his suggestion that Senator Bailey look charge of the - properties as his representative. After the hearing adjourned today until - next Tuesday - morning, Henry Clay Pierce issued . a . written state ment in which he declared that his tes timony, yesterday relative to his. name being signed to a guarantee for a $2, 100,000 loan by his son-in-law -Eben Richards, had been misquoted in the newspapers. F. N. Judson, attorney for Mr. Pierce said that elsewhere in his testimony, Mr. Pierce had stated that Richards, had received power of attorney from Pierce and therefore did not sign Pierce's name without his knowledge or consent, as was published.' The ste nographer's notes of the testimony on this point follow: : ' ' "When Mr. Thompson was loaning his securities ,to Mr. Van Blarcom and I was loaning my securities to Mr. Van Blarcom, and in my absence and at the . request of Mr. Van Blarcom, with the full knowledge of all the offi cers of the National Bank of Com merce, my son-in-law, Mr. Richards joined in my namevwith Mr. Van Blar com in guaranteeing the National Bank or commerce for the re-purchase of 1, 545,000 Tennessee " Central Railroad general mortgage bonds at the end of a year. "Under just what - circumstances, I do not 'recollect now, my 'guaranty with Van Blarcom was also given to the Mississippi Valley Trust Company for $600,000." DR. BIGELOW RESIGNS Was One of Dr. Wiley's Loyal Lieu- . , tenants ' Washington, April 26. Dr. W. D. Bigelow. assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, whose name . figured prominently in the controversy which followed the resignation of Dr. Har vey W. Wiley, , left the government service today. Before he came to the bureau, he was connected with : var ious educational institutions through out the West. : - - Correspondence between Dr. Bige low and Dr. Carl Alsberg. chief of the bureau, divulges that Dr. .Bigelow is to become chief chemist of a research laboratory1 to be established here -by a canners' association. Dr. Alsberg's letter declared Dr. Bigelow's resigna tion was accepted with regret. The resignation leaves - a vacancy on the pure food board. Dr. Bigelow was one of Dr, Wiley's chief .. lieutenants and always sided with him in the .various questions which the Bureau of Chem istry was called upon to decide. " "Washington, April 26. The Pure Food Board at Washington, has denied an application of importers and dis tributors for a postponement beyond May 1st, of the" order forbidding the inter-State shipment of .vegetables greened with copper salts.: Enforce ment of the order previously had. been deferred from January !. " - - WHOLE KTJMBER 13.309. AGAIII DEMANDED Suffragettes . . Storm Capital to Appeal to Senate .Committee WOMEN AliD MEII ADVOCATES Ask for Cpnstitutional vAmendment i Wanted Attack on Women Who Fight theCauae-r-Proml- ' ' .. nent- Speakers. , ; Washington, April "26. uffragists, for the . second time in a: week, again - stormed the capitol today ' to argue why women should -have the ballot and be admitted to - suffrage . on the same . plans as men through the adop tion of a constitutional amendment. Chief among those present ' to plead for ; universal suffrage , was 'Mrs. Anna Howard Shaw, president of Hhe Na- tionai American. Woman's Suffrage As- , sociation. She was . ably . seconded by Miss Helen Wafrock Boswell, presl- dent of the Woman'sNational Repub- -lican Association; Mrs. Harvey W. Wi ley, wife of former pure - food ' advo cate; Mrs. Wilhanj ii.ent, r wife of the - representative 'irom 3: California,' and several others. V ' Two Senators Shafroth of Colorado, and Brady, : of Idaho,;and the wives of two members 'of' the upper house of Congress, were also ready to advance arguments for-the "cause' -, The women were .'Mrs. 'Robert M.s LaFollette' and ? Mrs.1 Sutherlaftd, of Utah. Representative i Bryan, rof Washington- State, was also among', the leaders. ' -, - "t- , ' Mrs. LaFollette . argued ; that, women ; were as vltaHyJnterested .in tariff leg islation as the men -and; declared' that every important piece of ; legislation before: Congress in' the ilast Syears had affected women4 equally; y. .. " . "If the tariff, in -any- way affects the prices. we pay for what we-eat and ' wear; if the trusts-havte anything to ; do with the higlrxost of Ulvingi women sutxuia uuuerstanot apouni saJo: Mrs. ' v LaFollette.. -r !- S, ' - est ana -surest way to jprocure eqtrai r suffrage. Dr. SnaW'maae. tha conclud- " ing argument. T - - i - $ - V ' ' - '-'We are not afraid of the ladles who are going up and down th6 land oppose ing . suffrage,", saidfehe.t "They are Just enough in number so that by hold- "' ing out their skirts,- theys catti makea screen for the men Operating den& of vice and 'iniquity and'. prpstitutidril'tp ' hide behind.'-' - ; "J " ' Gifford Pinchot aaidrOf course. wef all know -that equal, suffrage' is com ing; the only question, is. in'4 what form." - y, - PRETTY BURGAW; RECEPTION Mrs. Croom . Entertains In Honor of Miss Durham-Qther Notes : (Special Star Correspondence.) Burgaw, N. C.,' April 26. e so ciety, event of the season was the re ception given Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6: 30 at the homeVof Mrs. Wi. D. Croora, in Jionor' of ' Miss Annie Dell Durham, the charming land ac-x complished daughter Of Register of Deeds R . I. - Durham, , the reception being an announcemeht of the date of the approaching marriage Of Miss Dur- ; ham to"Mr. Cyrus Perkins, of Lenoir, ' N. C The front parlor was decorated in red 'and upon-entering the first otM ject to attract- tne eye ; was two im- : mense hearts suspended, from the ceiling, each piercedt by Cupid's dart. and locked togetner with a - chain. Upon enterinK the" rear iparlor an im mense ring surmounted by a ' . large diamond .presented itself to view; in this .room tea ana flandwicnes were ... served. This room; was decorated in ' pink. Upon entering the tuning room. . , a vision' of birds greeted the eye. there . being three' of. these lt requiring that number, according tonne scheme or . the romance to make the disclosure of .the date when the Important event , is to take place, which was given as June 12th. . The color Scheme of the dining room was .yellow' andv white and all the rooms - were - neautifully illuminated with candelabra, carrying out the color scheme of- each room. In the dining room delightful ice cream and cake were served. Assisting Mrs. Croom in the reception - were Mes dames Singletary.- W.5B. "McNeal and Bradford, while beautiful , selections were rendered on the. .piano by Mrs. C.' R. Yopp and Miss ;Blanche Paddi- son. Each guest received; a beautiful souvenir. It was: a1 most' delightful occasion.' , -.':'"" i- UNCLAIMED POSTAL CARDS. , Misdirected Matter to: be Returned to Senders.- ' ' - Washington.; April 26;--Postmaster . General Burleson 'today- ordered that unpaid, - misdirected r-unmaiiaDie and unclaimed postal cards; - and. as well, . postcards deposited for iocal delivery, be returned to the sender- when they bear jcard ' addrfss r Twelve million, postcards annually ft is estimated, will' be returned , under the order. I 1 ' 8EABOARO AIR LINE. Million Dollars' Worth' of Equipment . Ordered in Lump. Norfolk, Va.. April 26. The Seaboard Air Line . Railway , has awarded a con- tract for fifty locomotives of the Pa- cinc" type at a total coat or about si,-. 000.000. Contracts for-a.000 box cars. 250 coal hoppers and 250 flat cars have been made.- ; Washington, , April 26. Nebraska today notified the State Department Of its ratification of the- 17th amend- -ment to the constitution, providing for the direct election of- Senators. Only South Dakota remains to be re corded before the - proclamation can' be issued officially , announcing the new amendment as'Offective. ., )Q'' f ,rh,ea "ree. r j (advertisement.) Norfolk, va. s . - if
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