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Autonomous Regarding
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PRESIDENT CHEERED
AS HE ENTERS NANKING
Address Delegates Represent
ing the 18 Provinces-?-Change
of Calendar
First Official Act.
Nanking, Jan. 2. The first officio
act of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of
tho new Chinese republic, was to
change the Chinese calendar. He
made New Year's day the first day of
his presidency, thus commencing the
' nek era nnd making the Chinese new
year begin thenceforth on the Bame
day as the year begins in most other
countries of tho world.
Accompanied by a numerous suite
and a strong bodyguard- Dr. Sun left
Shanghai today in a special train for
Nanking. The trip was made without
incident except for the enthusiasm of
the greeting according to the new
president at all the principal stations.
' Dr. Run was greeted in the new
Chinese capital with loud cheering.
The route to the government house
was lined with 10,000 soldiers and
the whole town was befiagged. War
ships and merchant vessel along the
river were dressed. The presidential
salute was fired from the guns of all
the forts in the vicinity. Dr. Sun was
attired in a khaki suit.
Dr. Sun's proposed cabinet Includes
T,l Huen, Yeng Huang-Blng, and Dr.
Wu Ting-Fang, prominent In reform
movements. ' '
Outlines His Policies. .
. Upon his arrival at the government
house, in the audience chamber, dele
gates representing 18 provinces of
China proper took up their positions
around, ,tW.rleu platform from
which tr. Sun delivered an address.
.He promised to dethrone the Manchus,
to re-establish peace, promote trade
and devote, his . entire energy to the
Chinese people and nation. He said
that when the Manchus finally abdicat
ed and when peace was restored he
would resign office.
' The chairman of the delegates from
the provinces handed the new presi
dent the seal of office. President Sun
' delivered a lengthy address In the
form of a proclamation.. He an
nounced that a strong remodeled and
modernized and a parliament repre
sentative of the people elected. He
said the provinces would be autono
mous regarding local affairs, each se
lecting its own governor and that the
whole fiscal system would be readjust
ed. The constitution of the republican
cabinet will be announced tomorrow.
Y nan's Delegate Become Republican
- -: Commander.
, London, Jan. 2. A news agency dls-
.patcU from Tien Tsin says Wang
Wie-Te, who was sent to Lanchau as
delegate of Premier Yuan Shi-Kaf, has
Joined the republicans and has been
elected leader of the troops there. He
declares his Intention to begin to
march the army on Peking tomorrow.
Gives 12,000,000 to Fight Republicans.
Peking, Jan.' 2, The empress dow
ager wno desires to carry oui me-i
campaign against ''the revolutionaries
has advanced three million taels
(about two million djollars) to Pre
mier Yuan Shi-Kal for that purpose.
Indications are that the northern
troops are anxious to resume hostil
ities.
BRYAN TO RALEIGH
Nebrankan Will Deliver an Addreps
- There Saturday Night Two
Arretted for Theft.
Gazette-News Bureau, '
The Hotel Raleigh,
. - Raleigh, Jan. 2.
Emancipation day was observed
here by the negroes Monday. C. N.
Hunter delivered the oration and he
nld many things calculated to help
both the negro and white races. He
specially pleaded for more polieness
nnit less Idleness, urged obeyance to
the law and spoko In feeling term of
his former masters, who were good to
him as a boy.
John Penn and 6purgeon Yancy, ne
rroes, charged with entering and rob
blng the Hart-Ward Hardware store
Christmas day, nave been arrested
and one of them has confessed to the
crime. Ten plstjols, a number of pock
et-knlves and some cartridges .were
stolen. '
Monday was observed as a holiday
in Raleigh, only the offices of the
governor, the secretary of state, treas
urer and corporation commission be.
ing opened, although there was little
activity at any of these places. The
new year was given a loud and bois
terous welcome at midnight by Are
bells and whistle"). '
William J. Bryan Is ' scheduled to
speak In the auditorium Saturday
night. Mr. Bryan is known personally
here 'by a number of people, as he has
made several speeches in this city,
Cotton Mills on Full Time Schedule.
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William C. Muldoon, the famous! rainer and conditioner of men, says
the American race Is rapidly degenei atlng. The man who has made his
money by treating the wealthy men of America and by bringing their physi
cal condition up to a standard where they eould return to their duties de
clared spiritedly that "money hogs ana money madness are the twin causes
of the decay."
"The corroding influence of thliigreed for wealth has been felt In
every walk of life," continued Mr. Muldoon. "Tuke the "' men who have
achieved vast wealth I get them, lots of them, worn out, dissipated, crazy
by their perpetual struggle for more niney. They are burnt out, body and
Soul, and their Children are worse." ;
House Ways and Means Body
Convenes Tomorrow to .
Consider Tariff.
Washington, Jan. 2. Representa
tive Underwood, democratic house
leader, retrned to his office today .al
most recovered from the illness
which recently aroused bo much, ap
prehension. ' Underwood said he suf
fered from an attack of ptomaine
poisoning.
Underwood has called a meeting or
the democratic members of the ways
and means committee for tomorrow.
The first tariff bill reported probably
will be the Iron and steel schedule.
Concerning reports that iron ore
would be placed on tho free list, un
derwood said the schedule had not
yet been determined upon . by the
committee.
40Q0 HEIRS OF GEN. SEVIER
Claim Government Took Valua
ble Lands from First Ten
nessee Executive.
Washington. Jan, 2. More than
4000 heirs of General John Sevier,
Tennessee's first governor and revolu
tionary patriot, are determined to
collect $6, 000, 000 from the federal
treasury for lands In Tennessee which
it Is claimed the colonial government
took from the general.- ;
WOULD HAVE MRTAFT
; AND LAFOLLETTE QUIT
Osborne Siucgf Nts That They With'
oh aw from tlio Presidential Rate
In RooHcvelt's I'avor.
' Lansing. Mich.,
Chase Osborn .In
Jan. 2. Governor
a statement today
proposes that Taft
and LaFollette
withdraw
as presidential candidates
in favor of Theodor Roosevelt or ex
Senator Albert J. Heverldge. The
governor had prepared p. speech . to
this effect to Introduce LaFollette
here. In view of the senator's miss
ing his train, the governor authorized
the uso of the speech as u Btatem6nt
of his views. He added: "As between
Taft nnd LaFollette, I ftm for Taft."
C, Lorlllard Company W-wolved. 1
Trenton, Jan. 2. As a part of th
reorganisation . plan of the American
Tobacco company, a certificate wur
filed with the secretary of Htnlo today
, dh'soivirif On
one of I'... ro
('. Lollard
;i it unit com, i.
E RATES DH STEEL
ABE TD BE GUT IH HALF
Iron Ore Will Go on Free List,
According to Commit
tee Plans.
Washington, Jan. 2. Substantial
reductions in duties are expected In
the democratic' steel tariff schedules,
which the house ways and means
committee probably will have ready
about the middle of this month. It
is stated that in many Instances the
Payne law rates will be cut In half
and that the highest rate allowed on
any product of iron or steel will be
35 per cent ad valorem.
Iron ore .is expected to go on the
free list along with all manufactures
of steel and lr6n included In the
farmers' free list of the extra session.
The democratic caucus v ill consider
the schedule and united party action
is looked for on the floor.
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS
DF OHIO I1REJN SESSION
Conference Likely to Condemn
' the Doctrines Advocated
by Harmon. :
Columbus, O., Jan. 2. The confer
ence of progressive democrats be
gan this afternoon. Former congress
man Lentz and others active in the
movement believe the conference del
egates will condemn the doctrines ad
vocated by Governor Harmon. It is
improbable any candidate will be en
dorsed for the presidency.
MANY CATTLE DYING
Southern and Eastern Colorado Snow
Covered Temperature 15 to ,
SO Below Zero.
Sugar City. Col., Jan. 2. With the
mercury ranging from 15 to 22 de
grees below sero, southern and, east
ern Colorado are now experiencing the
most protmcted spell of cold for many
years. Cattle are dying from hanger
by the hundred because of deep snows.
Four Battleships to Hampton Roads.
Philadelphia, Jan. 2. The battle
ships Missouri, Minnesota, Idaho and
Ohio sailed from the (Philadelphia
navy yard today. Their orders called
foe a trip to Hampton Roads. Later
they will leave for 'Guantapamb for
winter maneuvers. ,
Earth Tremor hi Illinois.
Dixon, III., Jan. 2. A slight earth
nnnr fo?nosedly an earthquake was
it !.,r" i ot in Is city 10:15 o'clock this
The Detective Expects Many
Indictments at Indianapolis
by the End of This
Teek. "'
GOVERNMENT FORCES
GATHER IN INDIANA
Activities of Big Labor Lead-
ers During the Past Two
Years Being Rigorous
ly Scrutinized.
Indianapolis, Jan. 2. William J.
Burns arrived here today' to testify
before the federal grand Jury in the
government's Investigation of the al
leged dynamiting conspiracy from
which Bcoreg of explosions, it Is sup
posed, resulted throughout the coun
try- In recent years; Tonight Bu.-ns
expects to Confer with the district at
torney, Charles W. Miller, Oscar Law
ler, special government prosecutor, in
southern California, and District At
torney Fredericks of Uis Angeles. The
latter two are due to arrive during
the day.
The announcement of Artie B. Mc-
Manigal's departure from Los Angeles
for Indianapolis completes the gath
erlng of the government's forces in
building up the case against the al
leged conspirators. Burns today de
clared that he would not be surprised
if by the end of the week a mass of
indictments . would be returned. A
number of detectives are at work trac
ing the activities of big labor leaders
during the past-two years.
Col. Roosevelt Is Asked Many
Questions and Answers
None of Them.
New York, Jait 2; rWlth the gen
eral request to "conform or -deny any
rumor," Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
today declined to discuss the report
that a movement was afoot In New
Jersey to place his name on the presi
dentlal primary ballot. , The former
president was asked if he had been
approached by anyone of consequence
or authority In New Jersey politics
with a view to having his name placed
on the ballots. Roosevelt replied:
must decline to confirm or deny any
report or rumors of this sort"
"Have you taken any steps, colonel,
to have your name removed from the
primary ballots in Nebraska?" was
asked.
"I have taken no steps one way or
the other."
"A Washington dispatch says 'you
made known to President Taft,
through a frjend, your unwillingness
to say that you will under no clrcum
stances accept the nomination next
June. Is this true?"
"I. have not seen the story," Col.
Roosevelt answered. ,;
"It is reported you will have an Inv
portant announcement to make at c
dinner Friday night." .
'To electrify the situation?" Inter.
runted the colonel; "no, I have no
dinner engagement Friday. I'm still
not hungry.". '
"Gilford Pinchot is quoted as say,
ing you told him you would not ac
cept a nomination although you
thought you would be elected. Do
you wish to deny this?"
"I haven t seen the statement," saia
Col. Roosevelt, "but I'll wager he
didn't make it Three times within
the. past week he' was misquoted.
wrote him twice and found he had not
said what he was quoted as saying.
So you see I can't discuss It"
PEKRLTY HSSESSI.1EIIT
OF THE PACKERS PODL
Henry Veeder, on Stand, Says
Members Who Overshipped
Were Taxed. '
Chicago, Jan.- 2. Forty cents
hundred pound was the penalty
sessed against members of the eld
packers pool who over-shipped their
allotment Into any particular terrl
tory and the amount was distributed
among the , members . discriminated
against The amounts were paid by
check 'every 'week 'immediately after
the meeting at which the packers re
viewed shipments of the ' preceding
week.
This Information regarding the In
side workings of the pool In the
period between lt and 1898 was
given by Henry Veeder, who today
resumed testimony in the' trial of th
10 meat packers before Judge Car
WILL HOT CONFIRM
rJIIOl'IlLKIOTBEIiy
. 2$a 1
Ellen M. Stone, who while a musfnnary In Bulgaria several vears aeo
was a prisoner of brigands, who held her ulid her companion, Mrs. Kather
ina Stephanova Tsilka, for ransom for six months, is arranirini? to return tn
Turkey as a missionary.
Mljis Stone and her companion were
payment of $65,000, raised by private
asked first was $110,000.
150 Carolinians Seeking
Girl Strangely Vanished
Reward of $1000 Offered for the
Smith of Orange County,
1 ' ' Home Last
Special to The Gazette-News,
Chapel Hill, Jan. 2. One of the
strangest and most baffling disappear
ances in the history of Orange county
is that of little Bessie Smith, the two
and one-half years old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, who live
about 15 miles west of tills place. The
child disappeared from her home last
Wednesday afternoon and although
party of men from the surround
ing country numbering . about 150
have scoured the entire end of the
county near her home daily since
then, no trace of her has been found.
A reward of $1000 is offered the per
son who finds her alive.
On the day of her disappearance,
it seems the child was alone In the
house with her mother, making can
dy, nnd persisted in begging for the
sweets until her mother told her to
go outside and play. She went out
and when she was later missed by her
mother the latter thought that pos
sibly the child had gone to where
her father and two other children
were, a short distance from the house,
and she felt no uneasiness. Late in
Foreign Mission Gifts
Show a Decrease in 1911
New York, Jan. 2. Flfts to foreign
missions In 1911 by Protestant Chris
tians throughout the world, as tabu
lated by the Missionary Review, show
a decrease over the preceding year of
$175,000. North America's 'total ap
propriation of $12,300,000 was nearly
half of the grand total, $25,300,000.
16 PERSIANS HANGED
Russian Court Martial Judges the Par
ticipants in the Recent Disturb
ances at Tabriz.
Tabriz, Persia, Jan. 2. Eight Per
sians were hanged by a Russian court
martlai's order yesterday and eight
more executed this afternoon in con
nection with the recent attack on the
Russian troops.
Endorse Foes for President
Boston, Jan. 2. A resolution en
dorsing Governor Eugene N. Foss fori
the democratic nomination for the
presidency of the United States and
endorsing his administration was
adopted by the "democratic state com
mitter at Its annual meeting yester-
da. ' ' -
Commission Government for Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Jan. 2. Salt Lake
City passed under the commission
form of government yesterday. Mayor
Samuel C. Park at 1 four commission
ers were Inducted into office.
Kentucky Legislature Convenes.
Frankfort, Jan. 2. With democrats
In control of both houses, the Ken
tucky legislature convened today.
Gov. McCreary will send his first mes-
v
rescued from the brieands bv the
subscription In this countrv. The sum
Return Alive of Little Bessie
Who Disappeared from
Wednesday.
the afternoon they returned, and said
they had seen nothing of Bessie.
An alarm was Immediately raised
and a searching party organized to
look for the child. A dog had been
with her at the house and was sup
posed to have accompanied her when
she left. The dog returned to the
house shortly after dark, but when
an effort was made to get it to return
to where the girl was it would make
no attempt to lead the searchers and
they were thrown on their own re
sources. The search was kept up all
flight, as the weather was bitterly
cold and it was feared that if she
were not found soon she might die.
Tracks were found leading to a shal
low creek nearby and were traced a
little way down it and then In an
other direction. Finally these could
be traced no further and no other
trace has since been found, although
the searching party has dally in
creased and the creek has been drag
ged for a distance of Ave miles.
The only seemingly possible theory
about the disappearance is that the
child has been kidnapped, but this is
given little credence.
Great Britain gave $9,000000.
The five societies of the world hav
ing the largest Incomes follow: Meth
odist Episcopal, headquarters In New
York, $2,200,000; Church of England,
London, $1,900,000; Presbyterian, New
York, $1,700,000; Baptist, Boston, $1,
100,000; Congregationallst, Boston $1,
000,000. 16 HURT IN WRECK
Train of tlie Minnesota and Interna
tional Railway Wrecked Near Min
neapolis One Person Dying.
Bemtdji, Minn., Jan. 2. Passenger
train No. 64, southbound on the Min
nesota & International railway, en-
route from International Falls to
Minneapolis, was wrecked at Farley,
17 miles north of here, today. Six
teen persons are reported injured.
One is dying.
The temperature Is SO degrees be
low sero.
LAUNDRY WORKERS QUIT
Two Thousand Employes of 60 New
York Concerns Are Affected
by Strike Order.
New York Jan. 2. Two thousand
laundry workers went on strike today
for increased wsges and a nine hours'
working day. Employes In 60 steam
and hand laundries are affected.
Labor Leader Arrested as Riot Result
Muscatine, la., Jan. 2. O. C. Wll
son, the labor leader concerned In the
strike of button makers, was arrested
here todny as a result of an indict
ment by the grand jury investigating
conditions lending up to the strike
NOT nRSED
Pinchot and Garfield Prevent
the Ohio Progressives from
Declaring for Wiscon
sin Man.
WORKS SAYS ROOSEVELT
SHOULD COME IN OPEN
Californian Strives to Put
Through Resolution for La-
Follette Permanent Or
ganization Formed.
Columbus, Jan. 2. Progressive re
publicans of Ohio met yesterday,
formed a permanent organization,
adopted a declaration of progressive
principles, but voted 62 to 32 not to
give their endorsement to United
States Senator Robert M. 'LaFollette
as a candidate for the nresldentlal
nomination.
After refusing the endorsement of
the league, the delegates voted 81 to
11 in favor of a resolution as a per
sonal expression of the delegates nam
ing Senator LaFollette the "living
embodiment of the principles of the
progressive movement and the logical '
candidate to carry them to successful
fruition."
Gilford Pinchot, who declared that
he spoke only for himself and in no
way for Colonel Roosevelt, and for
mer Secretary of the Interior Gar
field were the leaders In the debate
against giving any candidate an en
dorsement. Senator Works of Cali
fornia and later Senator Clapp of
Minnesota were equally vigorous in
urging that the Ohio progressives con
centrate their efforts in working for
the election of Senator LaFollette.
Nearly every delegate expressed him
self repeatedly in the debate. -
John (Df Fackler, temporary chair
man of the Ohio organization and
who presided at the conference, was
elected president of the permanent .
organliatlon. C." K, Brotherton of "
Ashtabula was elected vice president '
and H. W. Brown of Columbus, sec- '
retary, i
For Tariff Revlxlon. ,
'A declaration of principles adopted
unanimously was substantially the
one prepared by a committee appoint
ed at a meeting of progressives of the
western reserve. On the question of
national policies it followed the line
of the platform adopted by the pro
gressive conference in Chicago.
It declared for a substantial and
equitable revision of the tariff sched- .
ule "preserving the protective tariff ,
principle, the measure of which shall
be the difference in wages and raw
material at home and abroad."
To this end a non-partisan tariff
board with full power to compel tea- t
timony and to report to congress was
advocated.
A revision of the Sherman law was
suggested In the following words:
"For the cure of corporate and trust
evils we favor legislation that shall
effectively regulate and control in the
public interests the great instrumen
talities of modern business, such leg
islation clearly to define and provide
against recognized wrongs such as the
exploitation of humanity for profit
stock watering, organizing companies
without substantial assets, agreements
to control production, market prices,
and the like;' our desire is to protect'
the honest and punish the dishonest s
business man." '
Other planks of the platform de
clared for popular election of United
States senators, a national income tax
graduated upward and the abolition
of needless public position. -- , .
Debate Over Endorsement
The first difference of opinion arose .
when an added resolution to promise
support to no candidate was recom
mended by the committee on resolu
tions. The committee of 18 members
had entered their deliberations, most
of them declared, heartily in favor of
expressing themselves for Robert M.
LaFollette. Their opinions had been
changed after they . had heard ad
dresses by Pinchot and Fackler. The
resolution was reported just after
Senator Works had made an address
urging the delegates to follow the ex
ample of California and to centralize
their compalgning for one man.
Colonel Roosevelt should declare
himself,? ho said. "If he should de
clare himself I would not hesitate to
support him and neither would La- :
Follette. Senator LaFollette has made
the principles for which he stands an
issue. California has endorsed him
and felt that an attempt to evade It
would have been cowardly."
The committee report came at the
end of Senator Works' speech and was
followed Immediately by Pinchot, who
defended the resolution.
"If we declare for a single, candi
date," he warned, "we run the risk
of going to Chicago to find progressive ,
delegates from different communities
morally bound to support half a dozen
different candidates."
Senator Clapp In urging that the
Wisconsin senator be endorsed, argued
In favor of concentrating fire as much
as possible, 1
The plan of organization of the
new permanent league is much the
lame as that of other political organ
izations now established. Deleerates
will be chosen from each comity.
Rach congressional district will hnvo
the same representation In the state
"ommittee PS It now bus in the r-
(puniicnn suite
Momitcra of tin
(Coiilinu'
central emm
cl on i
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t within a tt days.
and feutiscu.ulut l.vU.ig.