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- 4 ' -.- - " i. ' "1 THE WEATHER. 1 . i - Local rains Tuesday r with north w inds, probably brisk, on- the ' coast, Wednesday fair. - SANTA CXJUTS I in hidln Jnt uoud tbe corner. It's vp to. ro t tip the peopte off tbi b will mt yw headquarters. Tm OMi .talk tm 10,009 f tbm thro h TW Star. 'I -. J rrru fJ j wfeS " " 9 4 VOL. XCm KP. 6l i '- y -H. . .".., - I - ..-..-.-.- . . . FEDERAL TROOf Evacuate Chihiahua City In Order to Live. REBELS TO MEXICO CITY General Villa and Governor Carranza to Carry Fight to Southern Part ' of the , Nation Want " National Capital. ? Juarez, Mex., Dec ; 1. Rather than endure starvation, the Federal troops have evacuated? v Chihuahua City, ac cording to advices received tonight -by General Francisco yj Villa, .the; rebel deader. The evacuation leaves : the city open to possession by the rebels. The town was- invested by Federals weeks ago. . ' '" :. - ' The reports received- by Villa state that Salvador Mercado," military Gov ernor of the State, with 2 000 troops, h d left on foot for Ojinaga, on the United States border, near Marfa, Texas; that Generals Jose Ynez SalV zar and Pasquale Qrozco, with more than 1,000 Federals, had retreated to the mountains West: of the city, and tht hundreds of civilians, including women and children, who were on the verge of starvation; bad started out to walk to the United States border. Besides being th capital of the State, Chihuahua, with a population normally of 35,000, is the second city of Northern Mexico. Neither in the Madero revolution " nor : in the . present uprising has Chihuahua been taken irom the Federals;. - : Its. garrison and the commanding ; positions ; for sharp shooters and machine guns, heretofore had presented a iformtdable barrier to invaders. 1 L '. ' '-:-Life Unendurable. .. Conditions in the city were said to be such that life there was no longer endurable. The Spanish viaduct which conveyed water from the mountains, was reported to have ibeen destroyed, and the food supply ; exhausted. Gen eral Villa tonight telegraphed General Carranza, at Hermossilf6V; ,itlat !the-propos-edYajlceoTnthaTfebels Southr ward to "Mexico City, fipvr -would l be expedited. r ' " . The report of the capitulation-: of. Chihuahua - is authentic," said Villa "It came to me in an official despatch which said the. city was evacuated, on Sunday. -'. - - . .-, "It is my purpose now to send a force to intercept KMercado, -who is fleeing to Ojinga and also to capture Orozco and Salazar.r- - ; "Our main body probably will con centrate at Chihuahua, preparatory to the advance Southward. .:We will be nearing Mexico City within a month." Federals to-Tiixpam. Vera Cruz, Dec 1. Four hundred infantry embarked tonight on the Mex ican gunboat Zaragozav The destina tion of the soldiers was not revealed, but it is probable they are bound for Tuxpam, in the vicinity of which reb els h ive recently .appeared in increas ing numbers. - ,-, jv ." 1 . . - Tha romainHpi hf 'ihft Federal force recently concentrated here will; have to wait for transports, as the Zaragoza is the only vessel at' present available for this purpose, i "' John Lind, President- Wilson's rep resentative, who recently went to Tampico, on the battleship Rhode Isr land, will arrive 'in Ven Cruz tomor row morning. r.; ' Checked, in the Start. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex, Dec. 1. -A plot to cause an antt-Constitutidnal-ist uprising was' exposed when Antonio Caballero, a wealthy resident of Cull acan, was found to have papers relat ing to plans for uprisings in towns held bv the Mexican insurgents.- He was arrested in Culiacan and placed in the Sonora State penitentiary here (Continued on Page Eight.) MILLION FpR GOOD ROADS Would Come to North Carolina, If Overman' Bill, Re-Introduced,; Should' Pats. FAGE STARVA (Special Star Telegram.) ' Washington, D. C.. Dec 1. Both ?tnators Simmons and Overman and practically all of the delegation in the House were present when Congress met today for the regular session of the C3rd Congress, which according to Democratic leaders, is' expected to run well into Septemtoetv :- : y ' Senator Overman;: re-introduced ' his roads bill providing for a Federal ex penditure of $24,000,000 for post roads. If the Overman: measure passes, North Carolina would get $1,000,000 for road work. ---..-"- " "-".--;o.. Representative Claude Kitchin . in troduced a bill to.erect a monument at Warrenton to Nathaniel Macon. Representative Stedcian today rec ommended J5. M McCracken for post master at Graham. . Major Stedman is expected to announce his decision on the High Point postmastership. Kirk an. Bradshaw and Pickett are appa rently favorites. - ; : -Joyner Goes to San Domingo. Andrew Joyner, of-Greensboro, : will so to San Domingo as an assistant to Collector Walker Vick the latter? part of the month. " Mr. "Joyner was at first offered a place a-'publicity man of the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. The San Domingo appointment pays more money and is a permanent place during the existence, of a: Democratic administration. yyP.. R- A. "Safety Ink is . Everlasting- Made in Wilmington, C,-Advertisement. 10t mm mm: i mm m trial Another Contractor Tells of Being Held Up. COLLECTOR ADMITS GUILT Collections: Were Made From Air the State Contractors in New York and Giyen Into. the Demo cratic Treasury. New York, Dec. 1. Madison A Aldrich, ,a Poughkeepsie contractor. testified at District Attorney Whit man's. John Doe inquiry today that he had been forced to give up $1,500 as a condition to getting his pay from the State highway department for a road which he completed during the admin istration of Highway Commissioner C. Gordon ReeL -He bald the monev in cash in New York City on March 31st, 1912, he said, to Thomas Hassett, secretary to John a. tjensei, tnen State engineer. Has sett has disappeared.. ' Aldrich "said -that he" had given the money on Hassett s representation that Charles R. Foley, deputy highway commissioner, demanded it. A balance of $17jOQQ on his contract had at that time, he said, been held up for near ly four months. On March 17th, 1912, he received a telephone call from John E. Consaulas, an Albany contractor. , On Consaulus' invitation he went to Albany, and there saw Hassett. Consaulus admitted that he had made collections from contractors and forwarded them to the Democratic State committee. He furnished the district attorney further -evidence as to. the activities of Everett P. Fowler, the alleged Tammany "bag man." He said he had introduced Fowler to State contractors and that Fewler had shown him a. list of such contractors and told him that he intended to . get contributions from them. Pardon Granted in s LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ACTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF JOUN ; i CIL OF STATE CRAIG -' WAS COUNSEL. I (Special Star Telegram, i Raleigh, N: ; C., Dec: .1 Acting Gov ernor E. U Daughtridge granted a pardon for Robert Tweed, of Madison county, this evening on recommenda tion of the Council of'Sfate, Tweed having served four years of a nine years sentence on the Buncombe county roads ".for manslaughter in1 the killing of .Arthur Franklin, in Madison county. fVivomnr C,.mfr had not acted in this case. because he was counsel for the defense in the trial nearly five years ago. .... So the Council of State a rnllAl-itwnri tn consider the' case and -presented vto Acting Governor IJaugntriage a - recommenaauon, wai Robert" Tweed' be' pardoned on condi tnli'sf'crwl -hAhavior and that he ap pear Vevery year for six5. years in Bun- Cpmoe COniXvana; nuuw gwu ucuaiiyi. Major Tweed was pardoned on rec ommendation of the Council - of State some -time ago. Eleven of the - Jurors recommended the ' pardon'- Jof r both Tweeds ' : ; r '' '" 'j c ' '; . CONGRESSMAN SMALL FOR A ' TERMINAL AT WASHINGTON. Urges His Home City to Provide Land ing for All Craft; (Special Star Correspondence.) Washington, N. C, Dec. 1. Predict ing that" "the time is not far distant when appropriations for the improve ment, of navigable streams by Con- m.m.D '-nrill Ko maAa nnnn thA condition that municipalities shall provide ade quate water termmais, ' vJongreHBiuaui John H. Small, of the First North Carolina district, has- written Mayor Frank C. Kugler, of this, his home, city, advocating the establishment of such a terminal here. In view of im provements now undergoing in Pam- nn Tar tivpt-h from the mouth of the formel to Greenville on the lat ter, the .representative suggests that Wasnington . taite : aayiuasw --ju mo nMsant - nnTrTTinttV:. hV constructing suitable docks and.arehouses for the accommodation , of the already ; im mense water traffic between this city ahdToints on the; sounds-:, L -NEW 60AT 0 N CAPE FEAR. : j. Forty-Ton rStern '- Wheeler ; Between :: Fayette ville and Betsys Town. -y boat, a "40-ton ' stern wheel steamer. will maKe its inuiai regular iriy uuwu the Cape: Fear river from here to EH- ..(.kttmi 'IiVlriair rif thin Wfifilf . ac- taucuiiuxu j - - - - ' - cordingto announcement made by Mr. j.' IS. AteglSier, luctn . ageui ui 1.110 tt5 etagmbrviit r.nmnanv. who returned a few days ago from Wil mington, Where ne purcnauea iur tuo company a light-draft vessel, for use in wvor traffic between Fayette ville and Bladen's capital. At the latter place it win mase connecnun whu -a larerer boat plying .between that town and the port city. ? . ' . . - The new boat will make two trips a week, leaving Fayetteyille at . 7- A. M." Tuesday ana n rraays. spenuing vue night at Elizabethtown and returning the next day.. Since the burning of Fayetteville has had no water connec- tlOn Wltn " poims uowu iue rivei. WTLMIKGrTON, K. CONGRESS BEGINS REGULAR SESSION Senate Spends Most of Time on Currency LOIIO NIGHT SESSION HELD Currency Bill as Prepared by Demo crats is Printed and Prepared for the Senate- Discussed . --. ' Last Night. : Washington, Dec. 1. Congress . to day"; closed the extraordinary session which began ' April 7th and settled down to the regular "long? session, expected . to continue into;next. Sum mer. " :Only the Jabsorutely- necessary formality .marked the ending of .the old session and the beginning of the new. y . '.: ; ' : ; ; - . The Senate was at work practically all day. - ' . ' An: attempt to Introduce the propos ed programme of day and night ses sions ror consideration of the admin istration currency bill failed, the Dem ocrats agreeing to allow final settle ment of the programme to go over to tomorrow., to give the Republicans time to consider it. Republican Leader Gallinger an nounced that, the Republicans would make no effort to filibuster or obstruct in any way the passage of the curren cy legislation. Democratic leaders to night predicted the enactment of the measure before the holiaays. -rne currency bill, as completed by the Democratic conference, was print ed and prepared for the Senate today, and Senator? Owen presented it as a substitute for the .bill originally re ported by himself and the administra tion Democrats of the Banking and currency committee. v Senator Burton, Republican, of Ohio, introduced a currency bill of his own which -would provide for the for mation of , a central bank to be own- (Continued on Page Eight.) g Preachers "MiisfCuf'Tobacco Otti WILL NOT BE ORDAINED BY WESTERN N. C. CONFER ; ; ENCE ADJOURNS TO - MEET IN SHELBY. Charlotte, N. C, Dec 1. Preachers ordained . hereafter, by the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, will not be allowed the solace of to bacco, the conference at today's ses sion taking this action after a hard fight. ; The members of the confer ence now addicted to the weed will be allowed to continue its use, without encouragement. Conference adjourned today after choosing Shelbyas the place of meet ing-next year. r A vote .was taken on the proposed change of the name of the church to the' "Methodist Episcopal Church in America." This resulted m a victory for the conservatives, but -the dele gates to the General Conference were instructed .to favor a change of name to the "Methodist Church.?' - This ac tion Is taken to mean that this con ference favors union with the North ern' Methodists. : A: "resolution to eliminate the words "Holy .Catholic church." from the Apostles Creed of the church service was lost by -a close vote. : : . . Appointments Read. t (Special Star Telegram.) Charlotte, "N. C," Dec. 1. The Western North Carolina Conference adjourned this afternoon immediately after the reading of the appointments for the coming year. Among the: important items of busi ness transacted the closing day of the session were the following: " A resolution was adopted by a large majority of the conference recom mending as a' memorial to the General Conference that all applicants for ad mission on trial in the annual confer ence be required to abstain from the use of tobaccco. Adoption of the report of the board of missions in which the appointment of Rev. Frank Siler was recommend ed as missionary secretary of the con ference, $1,500 of his salary to be paid by the general iboard of mission aries at Nashville and $1,000 to . be paid by the conference. A resoiuiion was passea recommena ne that the faculties and trustees of all ' the- conference ' schools take such steps -aa to eliminate within two . or three years the userof ; tobacco from the student 'body and faculty. - The conference contributed the'past year $23,000 to foreign missions ; $9, 000 to home and conference missions, and a; total of $580,000 for all purposes, an" Increase of -sso.uoo over the total amount contributed the year before. The total church membership of the conference is 97,000. the net gain the past year being 2,308. - , k- a- uoie. ""or -tjnariotie, was ap pointed conference leader of the Lay men's Missionary" Movement for the coming year; : Rev , J . J . Barker was appointed conference evangelist. The following are tne-appointments of the presiding elders of the eleven districts: Asheville, C. A. Wood: Charlotte, Plato T. Durham J Greens- bo roboro,'- Gilbert , iv ttowe; Morgan- ton, J. E. Gay;' Mount Airy, R. M. Hoyle: North Wiikesooro, m. h. ves tal; Salisbury,. W. R. Ware; Shelby, H. it. -Boyerf jstatesvuie, Li. t. Mann: Waynesyille, L. T. Cordell; Winston, J. -R. Scroggs. There were no cnanges in tne ap pointments of pastors of the- leading churches in the large , towns of the conference.,- ' - Yoiin C, TUE9 DAYlHOItmNG, 'HARRISON AS MS PRESIDENT To Succeed Finley as Head of Southern CLOSE FRIEND. 'OF. FINLEY New Head of System Is New Yorker But Now Lives in? Virginia Once Assistant to )e Man He Succefds. . New;, Yorifc Dec. ly--Falrf ax ; Harri son, president of the Chicago, Indian apolis & Louisville Railroad Co., was today elected president of; the South ern Railway Coi,; to succeed the late W. W. Finley. . : '- Fairfax Harrison is 4S Tars old. Nine years aga? he was appointed as sistant to the- president' of the South ern. Three years ater: fce " became vice president of the road. ' He filled this office nearly three years, resign ing in 1910 to" assume the presidency of the Chicago Indianapolis & Louis ville Railway Co., whicli is controlled jointly by the Southern and the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad. Mr, - Harrison is a '"native . of New York City. ' He is a v son of Burton Harrison, of this city and a brother of Francis Burton Harrison, Governor General of , the Philippines. His home is at Belvoir, Faquier? county, Va. Mr. Harrison was graduated from Yale in 1890 and admitted to the bar of New York two years later. For four years he practiced - law in this city. He became solicitor of the Southern - Railway im 1896 -and assist ant to the president In 1993. He is a director in a number of ? corporations and a member-of clubs in New York, Washington, Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicago. ? : - -t Friend of Ftn ley. Mr. Harrisoar. was one of Mr. Fin- ley's' closest and most trusted ad vis ers," reads a statement "given out by the Southern Railwayrtoday, "and is thoroughly in sympathy-with the poli cies which made Mr. Frateys admin istration.: so successful both for the Southern Railway, Co.,and the terri tory served bysits lines. , Though Mr. -Harrison" rtered'tn service of the southern in the legal department, his experience has "not been jeonhned ' to that branch of the service. He has given much study to financial, traffic and operating problems and is inti mately acquainted with conditions on the Southern Railway and throughout the section whicn It traverses. "As president of the Chicago. In dianapolis & Louisville he was active ly m charge of the operation of the railway so that he comes to the South ern Railway-prepared by practical ex perience as well as the most detailed knowledge of the details of Its affairs to take up the duties of the chief ex ecutive. "Mr. Harrison today also was elect ed president of the Alabama. Great Southern Railroad, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and the Virginia & South western Railway." PREDICT BAD WEATHER. Lincoln City Has Electric Light Em mett wooten, Jr., .in. - (Special Star Correspondence.) - Kin s ton, N. C, October 1. A sure sign of extreme weather conditions in the early future. Jthe fishermen say. is the catching of codfish in consider able quantities off.the North. Carolina banks now. Therfish have been mar keted at one or two points,- finding a ready sale, of jconrse. Although a specimen is occasionally - found in these seas in the Winter, it is infre quent that cod come, so farrSouth in a time when the -weather is as mild as now. and it is believed they are in stinctively seeking nore congenial wa ters for safety from an impending se vere season in the North. ,-The fish are of the '-'banks variety commonly had on the Grand Banks of New foundland and the North Europe coast. Lincoln City is today Kinston's proudest suburb. The city lighting department has had an electric wire strung from East Kinston to the vil lage and the streets there are now il luminated by juice from the munici pal plant. This is the latest step for ward of one of the most progressive negro communities in this part of the country. Lincoln City is strictly a residential section, inhabited exclu sively by negroes. The population is several hundred, and is of a class su perior to that of the average negro settlement, with a number of attrac tive homes and a civic spirit well de fined. OUT LINKS Congress opened the' regular "long" term yesterday in -a very brief way It is expected that the session will continue as long as next Summer. Fairfax" Harrison, once assistant to the late President Finley, of the South ern Railway and president of the Chicago, Indianapolis &. Louisville Railroad CO.,- was elected president of the Southern. - Indictments were returned . against several . of the officers of the- United Mine workers charging them with conspiracy to secure a monopoly of labor. Thev45th convention of the Woman s Suffrage Association of America con vened in Washington yesterdays-Many speeches were delivered -and many more are promised for today and the rest of the sessions " - - . The .estimates of the expense for the running of the government for the fiscal year of 1915, submitted to Con gress by the different departments, amounted to over a oiiuon dollars. " New - York markets: ""Spot ' cotton steady; middling uplands 13.50; mid dling gulf 13.75. Money on call strong 6 to 8 per cent: ruling rate a; closing 5 : to 6 ; time loans stronger. Wheat firm: No. 2 red .99 1-2 to? 1.01: No. 1 Northern Duluth 96 .3-4. Corn firm; 85.- Flour steady. , Rosin quiet. Tur pentine easy, ' ELECT DECEMBER 2, 1913. EST IMA TES FOR NORTH CAROLINA PROJECTS Include $91,000 for Continuing Construction of Locks and Dams on Cape Fear Above Wilmirig- . ton, and $115,000 Below. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington,. D. C, Dec.' 1. Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo sent- to Congress the following estimates -for North Carolina public building, river and harbor, and other projects today, the amounts asked for for the next fiscal year: y ' '"-V ; Gastonia, continuing building $5,000. f Greenville, completing building, $9, 000. - . , ; . : Hendersonville, completing building $29j)00. . - ; Hickory,-completing building, $10, 000, . ; Rocky Mount, continuing building, $27,000. . Tarboro, continuing building $23, 000. . - ; '- ' Harbor of refuge. Cape Lookout, continuing construction, $300,000 ($500,000 used last . year) . ImnrovinK harbor at.Beaufort $5,000. Improving tseaurort miet, maintenance $10,000. APPEAL OF Who Signed Union Contract in Indianapolis Want Teamsters Working for'Them to Be Allowed to Return to Worl . Several Fig hts Take Place In Strike. : - Indianapolis, Dec. 1. An appeal of team owners who had signed the union contract, asking . that their employes be permitted to return to work, was voted down late today at general meeting of the Teamsters and Chauf feurs Union, which,; went bn strike last organizer for the union,.- deciaTedthat none of the -men .would take- out thefr teams until the employers of 1,000 teamsters had signed the agreement, Team owners, employing about 250 men, had agreed to theSunion's :de- mands, he said. . :.' The first day of the strike was mark ed by many minor disorders which were quelled by the police. Several men aid four girls, members of the Garment Workers Union, were arrest ed during the day and tonight.'- No garbage was collected in the city today. Officials of the company, which has the contract, said that, although only a few of its men had joined the union, the attitude of the strikers in the neighborhood of the barns was so threatening that they did not wish to imperii tne lives or. tne men. .... A. rew department stores- and wholesale houses sent out wagons. Some of these were interfered with but not serious ly. . .-: UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CHARGED AGAINST LAWYER .S. Accusation Results From Speech tn Trial : ot or. uraig for murder, Shelby ville. Ind.. Dec. 1 .The accu sation that Dr. William B. Craig had ' engaged in a system of . wronging wo men." . brought forth a charge of tin professional conduct against Kpnraiui Inman, of counsel for the State, late today at the trial of Craig for the mur der of Dr. Helene Knabe! '- -' : Henry N. Soaan. leading 'Counsel for Craig, protested, to the court that Mr. Inmann had exceeded the bounds of propriety in making the opening statement for . tne prosecution. Tne jury was ' excluded while Mr. Inman explained to judge Biair mat u was necessary to show Craig's alleged re lations with women in order to estab lish 'a motive for the murder of lr. Knabe.. The court ruled that counsel should confine himself to the - facts the State expected to prove and should not indulge in a general denunciation of the defendant. v . c ' Thus restrained when tne jury , was recalled Mr. Inman declared that the prosecution would show that two wit nesses of vital importance - to the state's case had been placed beyond the court's jurisdiction through the in fluence of the defendant. , Mr. Inman sooke for three hours and When he had concluded, court ad journed until' tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock when Mr." Spann expects: to ad dress the jury with an opening state ment for the defense. ; , ? y y "The State will be able to ormg.no eye witness to this :crime," , said Mr. Inman. "But we expected to bring a train - of circumstances, all pointing not only in the direction of murder. but in the direction ot ir. waiiam is. Craig as the guilty man. - ; i SERMON TO JUNldRS. Wilson Society for Prevention of Cru elty to Animals Active. - f : Wilson. N. C, Dec. 1. Yesterday morning the Wilson council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, marched to. the First Baptist church in a. body to attend worship,?; Tne nastor of the church. Rev. T. W. Chambliss, preached the annual ser mon before the body by request. At the same service the Baptist church closed, thqir annual offering for State missions amounting to $200 and also reported a Thanksgiving offering to the Thomasville Orphanage ot $100. The church has largely increased its offerings to benevolence during, the year. . -' - ' - - - Wilson branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is working In conjunction wltn the local officers for the enforcement of the law. and two offenders were sent to the county roads Saturday. . - Improving harbor at Morehead City, $2,000; at Bay River $1,000. J Continuing work of constructing locks . and dams on the Cape Fear riv er above Wilmington, $91,000; below, Wilmington $115,000. -' ' Maintenance of improvements oh Contentnea creek, $2,000;: Fishing Creek, $1,000; Meherjln river $1,000; Neuse and Trent, rivers $37,000; New River and waterways to Beaufort $28, 500.' o-:-- i . . i Improvements in Northeast; Black and Cape Fear rivers $13,000; in Pam lico and Tar $18;500; Roanoke river $2,000; Scuppetnong $2,000; Shallotte $1,000; Smith's creek $2,000; Swift creek $5,000. , . Waterway from . Pamlico sound ' to Beaufort inlet $4,000. : Fish cultural station, Edenton, re pairs, etc.. 53.500. ' : Marine biological station, Beaufort, $5,000. i ' - - i Road to National cemetery at New pern, $15,000. 5 r y P. R. A Indictments Returned Agains I Mine Workers. Officials of United Mine Workers o America Are . Charged With . a Conspiracy in Restraint of Labor. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 1. An attempt to secure a monopoly of labor is charged in indictments returned by the Federal grand jury, here today against, National officers of the United Mine" Wprkers of . America. ,The men nmedaiO"?? yify";1;.: fj.wifte, .-presidehtjTrank: Hyes; TTieeypresIdent M4-WlKm Green, secretary-treasurer.- - "i Conspiracy in restraint of inter state commerce in violation of the Federal anti-trust law, is charged in indictments - against-; officials of the United Mine-, Workers of -America, as follows: Frank J. Hayes, ' John R. Lawson, Adolph Germer, Robert Uhlrich, A. B. McGary, James Morgan, Charles Batey and Edgar Wallace. : ;. ?-'Several other indictments, were re turned against miners for alleged dep redations against property. ; The indictments resulted from de velopments in the Colorado coal min ers' strike, i The jury recommended that the min ing laws be more diligently enforced, that the tiovernor be empowered to regulate or suspend the sale of am munition and explosives during strike troubles, that, in cases of dispute ootn parties be required to operate the mines pending settlement. Financial interest of coal companies in saloons was denounced. : Methods of the United Mine Work era were severely condemned as "an insult to Conservative and law-abiding labor." . : . :. "They have brought here," says the lurv's report, "experienced, strike agi tators and have- -armed ; hundreds of irresponsible aliens - who have become a menace to the -peace and -.prosperity and even the lives of' citizens; They created open insurrection an? Southern Colorado and have resorted to meas ures .which all fair-minded labor or ganizations repudiate. - - The - officers in charge of many, of the tent colonies confess their inability to control' the men-whom they have', armed and aroused.v , . . . . . "Eyidently ho qualification is neces sarv for membership in the United Mine Workers of America other than a. nromise to nay. dues which are ap parently used to support insurrection and lawlessness, wnen , necessary io force their demands by intimidation and fear whenever strikes are called, with the result of injuring other trades And the entailment of hardships and privations on the people of the entire common weaitn. "The lawlessness of many of the striking miners is caused by radical agitators imported from other States who inflame them with incendiary speeches and exhortations to vio- ence. MR. L. T. BOYETTE;DEAp, , Was One of Wilson "County's Leading citizens. . (Special Star Correspondence.) "Wilson. N; C.; - Dec. L--Yesterday at the bid home place in Old Fields township, the funeral service over the remains of Mr. u. x.. Boyette was con ducted in the presence of a large gath ering, of friends from every section of the dounty. Mr. Boyette was one of the pioneer citizens, active in the better interests or tne county ana hob-, bred as one of the leading citizens. He was 77 years old and enjoyed good health until within the past week when he was stricken with paralysis, irom which death resulted, ms wire, to whom he; was married 50 years ago, survives him with 12 children. The familv is a peculiarly happy one in view of the fact that only once has death come to them. Favetteville. N. C. Dec. 1. In com pliance with a request made today by a committee of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, the Cumber land county commissioners r named December 15th as a date for a. joint meeting of the board; the Chamber of Commerce, the county board of educa tion, and representatives of the va rious townships :: to - discuss " the- good roads question and endeavor to formu late . some plan for the construction and - maintenance of better roads in this county. - MONOPOL 0 LABOR formal mrn Suffragettes Gather in 45th Annual Meeting. . r.lUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWfl Alabama Lady Declares That the Southern Women Want the Vote Just as Bad as Northern and Western Girls. Washington, Dec. , 1. Enthusiasm byer reports oh what already has been accomplished by the Woman Suf-. frage movement and even greater en thusiasm over prophecies of what the future will bring forth marked the for mal opening 4 sessions : here today - of the. 45th annual convention of the Na tional American Woman Suffrage As sociation. " : '.:. r-' ' In calling to order the delegates from all.' over the country, Dr. Anna Howard, president of the organization, declared : - "The tltllft In nnst. -nrhen uro attv t 1 rt n. . A. , : m.J ' 1 liicaoc ici nuiuea vum. X U1B ana been changed to 'we 'demand an amendment to the Federal constitu tion enfranchising womenV The i victories already gained, she asserted, meant, that women now had a right to make such demand. - The ' Illinois suffrage victory this year was celebrated tonight, six speak ers from that State telling how the result had. been- accomplished. All the speeches were greeted with pro- longed applause. The annual address ; Of President Shaw, and one - by Miss fcucy Burns, of this city, on "The Na- ' tional Amendment", also were on the " night programme. Three street meet ings in various parts of the city were . held. . v - ' - "Every delegate here' will have an equal right to vote and to speak", an V nounced Dr. Shaw, in opening the convention. "We have absolute Dem- ' ocratic freedom here." The purple and yellow flags vof yar ioUs-State suffrage societies 'decorat- ' ed the.;wa!ls of; thel JxaUs,-while in the -center hung a . ereat' banner rflpmnand -. ing in : its flaming letters of gold the "amendment. tOithe, Federals Constitw- tion - enfranchising women." Southern Women Want Vote. No greater, ovation - was given to : any speaker than to -Mrs.--'Patty R- Jacob,, of Birmingham, Ala., when she declared "that it was '"indictment of the Southern woman's intellect," to say mai sne am not want the ballot; She responded to . the addresses of : welcome. - - .- - -: . The convention admitted deie?ntet from North Carolina and South Oaro- lina, although the Organizations from those States had not formally ; been : accepted into the National Associa- ' tion. ' North Carolina sent word that. it. " has just organized the first five wo man suffrage clubs In " the State . at Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Morganton ana Jtsaicersviile. Although I it was too late to have official del e- s gates at the convention, several North ; Carolina women of this city were eriv- en the privilege of the floor. Dr. Shaw said the convention would reverse the theory of present mar riage laws of the country bv maklne, . it easy to come into the" convention. buf.hard to get out. : ? " -; --Government ownership of railroads was suggested as a result of woman " sunrage wnen Miss -Marie "V." Smith, : of New York, reported i that difficulty , -had been found in? getting reduced railroad t-fares fdr- delegates. Dr.. Shaw exclaimed: "When we vote, ' we'll own the railroads."- Suffrage legislation has heen intfn. ' duced or passed in various States this . year on an unprecedented scale ac cording to the report of MrR. Marv w Dennettrof New York, corresponding ' secretary. ' : --. v. . 5 -.r. popular PHYsiciAri a suicide; Dr. N. H. Street, of NeUrbern, Despond ent Over III Health, Fires Bullet Into His .Brain. (Special Star Telegram.) Newbern, N. C, Dec. 1. Becoming tespondent on account of ill health, Dr. N. H. Street, a well known phy sician of this city, fired-a revolver bul-' ot into , his brain . at his home on Johnson street, shortly after 3 o'clock, hts morning and death ensued a few seconds later. - ' "--. ; :.:,,i;--;- News of the traeedv -spread rnniM-v and there is general regret. Dr. Street was wen Known over Craven and ad joining counties'.' and had a host nt friends. In recent years bJs health has not been of the best,; and this has caused him much worry.,;. Recently he became very despondent and had told friends that he believed that his con dition would never . improve. " aunaay night ne retired as usual. He complained of feeling unwell, and his .wife went into his-room a few minutes before 3 o'clock this morning for the purpose of seeing . if he was resting easily. At that time he was lying on the bed and was apparently asleep. A few minutes later she'heard the report of a revolver, and rushing back into her. husband's ,: apartment found him leaning against the side of the bed .with a bullet . wound in his temple, and his life blood slowly, flow- ng out. ' " : - - . , Medical aid was summoned, but the victim of this sad tragedy was beyond the power, of mortal , man. . Dr. Street was 56 years of age. and was a native of this city.: Early in life he-studied medicine and aftervobtaining a "phy sician's license, he practiced at Tren ton for several years. Later he came to Newbern and has remained - here. since that time. .. ." 9 u I : ill ' i 4' P1 5' 31 I 1 ... (J:, .... -S.V lr 3;t J - -5 vy y wvH n 11'. 4 4 f$ rl i - ,-1 a - i . 4 :