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ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1813.
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TEXAS IS:
HELD l
III 111 COURT
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Sustained in Sweep
ing Decision on Texas
Shreveport Rates.
FEDERAL AUTHORITY
DECLARED SUPREME
Case Somewhat Similar to
Minnesota Test, Involving
Validity of State Com
mission Ruling.
OLNEY CHAMPIONS
FREE TOLLS CAUSE
Former Secretary of State" Declares that as Owner of The
Panama Canal United States Has The Right to
Fix Such Terms As It Pleases.
COL. W.H. OSBORN
Dr. Alexander Expected to
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1 f . i
Prove Formidable Candi
date for Collectorship.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 25. The .com
mere court today upheld the Inter
state commerce commission's orders
In the Shreveport-Texas rate cases
ind in many respects sustained prin
ciples which the railroads are asking
the Supreme court to adopt in the 45
state rate cases now awaiting decision.
The commerce court entirely upheld
the powers of congress and the Inter
state commerce commission to remove
discriminations caused by a state rail
road commission enforcing lntra-state
mtes lower than Interstate rates which
have been held to be reasonable.
Because of the similarity bf the
Shreveport case to the state rate
aties. Attorney General McReynolds
last Monday night -filed a brief In in
tervention in -the state rate cases with
thp Supreme court as a "friend of the
court." -Attorneys for the state of
Minnesota today filed their reply, but
expressed the opinion that the Shreve
port decision would not affect their
case because the state of Minnesota,
hs distinguished from Texas. Is seeking
lo sustain the right of a state to es
tablish a 'system of lntra-state rates,
presumably reasonable In themselves
onrt having no referenced Interstate
commerce. '"''' "-.'-?' r ; ,.&;;
IHlTcW from Minnesota Case, '
Thomas D. O'Brien of 'counsel for
' the state of Minnesota, in a brief filed
today, outlined reasons for distin
guishing the Shreveport case from the
state rate cases. ' Among them were
these: . - '"
i "One was Instituted to prevent In
tentional and actual Interference with
' the business of citizens of Louisiana
,by.the, hostile action of Texas; the
other to establish that a state system
of rates for lntra-state rates upon the
same road la an unlawful Interference
with such Intrastate rates. '
"The Shreveport case was brought
tn obtain reductions In Individual high
rates: the Minnesota cases to lnvall
date the state regulation of railroad
rates to the end that railway revenue
might be thereby Increased.
"The former case attempted to put
an end to the neutralisation of the
natural advantages of Shreveport by
excessive outgoing rates; the latter tn
destroy the state's rights to regulate
Its Internal commerce.
In view of low Texas state rates.
Shreveport, La.. Immediately over the
Texas line, found It Impossible to
compete with 'Dallas, Tex., for exam
ple because the. Interstate rates from
Shrewnort were - much higher than
those from Dallas to (he same desti
nations In Texas. h -
The commission found that the dlS'
crimination aaalnst Bhreveport by the
Texas state-made rates was obvious
and conceded that the Interstate rates
were . reasonable. Evidence was
brought to show that the lower Texas
rates were Imposed for the declared
purpose, and In pursuance of a settled
nollcv of the Texas railroad commis
sion to give Texas Jobbers preferential
advantages over their competitors In
Louisiana and other states.
The commission therefor ordered
the railroads to remove the discrimi
nation. ' To do so It would have been
necessary for the railroads to advance
their Texas state rates In opposition
to the state commission's orders. The
railroads aDDlled to the commerce
court to set aside the Interstate com
merce commission's order.
It was limed that the federal com
mission had no control of state-made
rates. This contention the commerce
court rejected by holding that the ao
Hon of the Texas stato commission re
suited., In a, violation ot the "undue
preference" section of the federal law,
The court distinctly upheld th para
mount authority of the Interstate
commission. It says In effect that the,
carriers were not under compulsion
to obey the order of th Texas com
mission because the Interstate ,com
merce commission order had been su
' perseded by virtue of a "superior au
thorlty" and that the therefore they
had "ceased to be bound by any In
consistent laws or administrative pol
icy."
The effect of the court's holding Is
that no state may, by Its stato rates.
Impede the flow of commerce from
other states or protect Its own ship
' Pers against outside competition.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 25. The United
States a? owner of the Panama canal.
has the right to fix such terms as It
pleases, and the neutrality of the
waterway applies to Its users only, and
not the United Stales. V ' . -
This was the view expressed today
by Richard Olney, former secretary
of state,' whose speech was read before
a meeting of the American society of
International law. . . . .
"It is clear," Mr. Olney's address
continued, 'that a nation, or a state,
does not convey away its property, or
sovereignty except by terms that ore
clear and susceptible of no other
moaning; and that where the mean
ing can be taken to favor the United
States It Is the clear right of the
United States to urge that it be held
that the words "all nations", do not
mean to Include the United States.
However it Is not necessary to rely
upon this presumption, as the United
States Is owner and can fix such term3
as It pleases. '
"If the question is submitted to ar
bitration, it should not be submitted
to the Hague, but to a special tribu
nal. Tho Hague would be partial, as.
admittedly all European powers are
Interested In the outcome."
Another speaker who compared the
relative interest of the United States
and Great Britain at . the various
stages of the canal negotiations was
Chandler P: Anderson, former coun
sellor of the state department, who in
effect declared ttyit "The United States
is cieany entitled to exempt Its own
vessels from the payment of tolls or
to refund euch tolls."
Washington, April. 25. Delegates to
the American Society of International
Law settled down to work today, pre
pared to listen to sharply contested
debate on the question of whether the
United States was within Its rights In
fixing arbitrarily tolls on . shipping
through the Panama canal..
The session was scheduled to start
with a discussion of the canal's his
tory delivered by E. D. Warfield, pres
ident of Lafayette college. Then the
real "tooting of horns" was antici
pated. Almost a dozen members of,
the association were prepared to de
fend their beliefs as to free passage or
as to the Imposition of a charge on
foreign shipping.- '
Rear Admiral Charles R. Stockton,
retired, Lewis Nixon, of New York
and Prof. Eugene Wambaugh, of Har
vard university were allied In address
ing themselves to the question, "Does
the expression 'all nations' In article
3 of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty In
clude the United States?" -
Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building.
; Washington, April 24. ,
The senate tote yesterday afternoon
confirmed the nomination of Col. Wll.
Ham Henry Osborn of Greensboro, to
be United States commissioner of In
ternal revenue. Col. Osborn, It Is ex
pected, will be sworn In either Satur-
ay or Monday,-and will enters upon
new duties Immediately arter
itis
PLACATED
BY BRYAN'S TRIP
Satisfaction Is Expressed over
State Legislation.
Japanese Legislation.
BUSINEC3 EECOr-IINO
NORMAL IN BELGIUM
BY Associated Pri.
IJerje, H. April 2, The declsln
tho national socialist congress si
llniKni In ordering a resumption
Work throughout lllum hns bee
fullv (, , r,i,, ,v the xirlkcrs toTell'lty
Slnl 111 i,.. mii romi'l mii; InililH.'finl lit I" ""
l' j in full
IN
E BERTH TOLL
IS PLACER AT 115
33 Additional Bodies Recover
ed All Buried under
Wreckage.
Bv Associated Press.
Toklo, April 25. Satisfaction Is
generally expressed here over the de
cision o President Wilson to send See
retary Bryan to Sacramento to con
suit with legislators over the proposed
alien land ownership legislation.
The majority of the Japanese
newspapers adopt a more iranqun
tone today but the widely circulated
Os&M Manichl an Independent
newspaper, In a warlike spirit, points
to the Jananese fleet as "no toy" and
says that If forced to action by dis
criminatory legislation, It is capable ot
vindicating the national honor.
Chinese) Make Protest.
Sacramento,. Cal.. Ap I 25. The
first protest against land legislation
from the Chinese In California reached
the legislature last night from the
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent asso
ciation, otherwise known as the Chi
nese Six companies.
' In part it is as follows:
"The Chinese now in California are
here hv virtue of treaties that guar
antee them the common rights of man
as denned in tho bill of rights oi your
tntn constitution. '
We -have promoted ana uesire 10
nromote wider and more abundant
rade between this state ana xmiin
ivo hnve Dnrticlnated in the move
ment that has caused China to Imi
tate the examples of your country by
he adoption of a republican rorm oi
government. We . bellev- tnat me
great reform In our government will
InerftAHP rn ronvuniiMK iiu vw.,.....
Ma! capacity of the Chinese people
and vastly Increase their trade with
the western natlona
"As domiciled Callfornlans we pro
test that this state's due share of such
trade cannot be secured by legislation
.hot humiliates us. brands us with an
nferlnrltv and shames us before ine
ntitlnniL
Your nrooosed legislation impairs
the capacity of our countrymen 10
earn a living here and to contribute to
the commonwealth by tneir tauor ana
enterprise and we Insist that It U un
rrlendly and Inhospitable to the people
of the youngest republic at the hands
of the greatest republic In the world."
COBB SIGNS WITH
THE DETROIT TEAM
By Associated Press,
PlttMburgh, April 25. Rescue par
ties working In the Cincinnati mine ol
the Pittsburgh -Coal ompa.rty,., 'nnrc
an explosion occurred Wednesday aft'
crnoon, this morning brought 33 addi
tional bodies to the mouth of the
slope. These were placed on a special
train and taken to Monongahela uity,
where like the 18 recovered yesterday,
they were prepared for burial. , Teh
additional names- were added to the
mlxsing during the night. The loss of
life Is placed by persons at the mine
at one hundred and fifteen
As the force from the bureau Qf
mines penetrated, farther Into, the
workings during the night, they wer,e
:ible to ascertain the extent of the
damage. Whole entries were choked
with fallen rock and havoc was appar
ent in every part of the workings.
The bodies recovered were tounu
burled under fallen roofs and the
opinion was expressed by some of the
men that all bodies tnat win oe re
covered later will be found under
masses of rocka
Preparation for the care of widows
and orphans of the mine victim are
under way and for the present they
are being cared for by agents of thf
coal company. . . , 1
IS
EOF
Declares - She Remembers
Nothing of Events of
Night of Tragedy.
By Associated Press. ,
Detroit, April 25. After a confer
ence with President Navln this after
noon, Tyrus Cobb, rcnterfteldcr of the
Detroit American league Baseball
club, attached his name to a IMS
contract. The terms were not given
out Application to the national com
mission for Cobb's reinstatement was
Immediately made.
. , i ,
lllg Arkansas Bank Fall"
By Associated Press)
Helena. Ark.. April 5.-The Bank
of Helena, with a capitalisation of
HAA AAA ml ADA O f the oldest flnan-
closed
the Jury that
an angel
In
(By Associated PreBs)
Atlanta. Anrll 26 Mrs. - Callle
Scott Applebaum took the stand to
day In her trial for the murder of
her husband and torn
she was "Innocent as
heaven."
"At 12:20 midnight -; on February
25," said she, "my husband lay down
beside me with a revolver In his hand
and said "you've got Just rive mlnuteB
to live." '
"I uut my head under the cover
and told him to shoot. . I give you
my word of honor I do not-remem
ler anvthinr ele till I was In the
housekeeper's room the next morn
lug and some kind lady was bathing
my head." I
WIN AND LOSE
.,ii institutions In the state,
i.. An..rm this morning. rge out
. II.. Innna which COUld not
liuiiuma j.
..u.l on are said to have led to
.... .I-,. i .Aon m close UP buslnefs,
Ixtan. e offered by other banks of tho
. .. . ..... urMManr
jl retimen l iio? .
IX
Plaintiffs In Tucker Case May Coi.
slue Will, but Lost Interest In
Motlierw' Krtate.
ed that depositors will be
It
paid
gneclsJ to The Gasette-Newa
Raleigh, April 25. The plain
Hffs todiLV won a suit to construe
the will of the late Major Tucker, val
ued at a million dollars, but lost their
Interest In the 1100,000 estate of thel
mother according to an order this
afternoon by Judge Carter. This re
leases 1500.000 If tbis case Is not ap
Dealcd. Judge Carter . holding Mrs,
Tucker had only a life estate In her
husband's property.
The plaintiffs are Mrft W. H. Wll
llumson, Ed. II. Kellowes, Mra Ashby
I. linker, and defendants are Mr
James Boylan, Mra John Winder nn
heirs, and W. It. Tucker.
EfJATE 'GOHHRHS
KIDNAPED HEIRESS
REPORTE D FOUND
ard. , -
I shall never be able to repay my
many friends for -their kindness in' In
dorsing me for , this high place of
honor and trust,S said Col. Osborn at
the Raleigh hotel when told that the
senate had confirmed his nomination,
ana tnat tie waij now a full-fledged
commissioner.' "am especially thank
ful to Senators Simmons and Over
man, Pete Murphy, Major Stedman
and Judge Graham and the newspaper
boys. I shall do. my best to perform
the duties of the office to the best of
my ability, and will try to do so to the
entire satisfaction of all the people."
Dr. Alexander s Candidacy.
It Is understood here that Dr. H. Q.
Alexander bf Charlotte will prove a
formidable candidate for the collectorship-of
western North Carolina. It
Is1 known thta- friends of Secretary
Daniels, and at least one man who has
indorsed Col. Watts have talked with
Mr. Daniels with a view of compro
mising the now bitter fight by recom
mending Dr. Alexander, should Presi
dent Wilson j-ef use to name Watts.
It Is understood that the Progressive
Farmer Is behind the Mecklenburg
man, as well, as other strong Influ
ences. : -
W. C. Dowd of Charlotte Is not con
sidered to have much of a chance Just
now. When Senators Simmons and
Overman, probably between now and
the end of the Week, formally Indorse
the Iredell man, some Interesting de
elopments are expected. '
Director of Ptiblic Roads Page told
Senator Overman that within a week
or ten days he would send an expert
road man to, Franklin township to In.
struct the, county officials there in
bullditur rortda with the aonrooriatton
, . ' i . -1 . . '
.y Pension foe Marshall Lady. ;
Senator Overman has secured a
pension of $12 per month for Mrs.
.lulina Sams of Marshall, and back,
pay for her husband, who was wound
ed In the war.
The following ' North Carolinians,
fourth class postmasters, wore named
yesterday: , Ira W, Stanberry, Todd,
Ashe county; Curthi C. Bailey, Violet,
Cherokee county1; Emma O. Green
Woodruff, Ashe county.
In the list of 100 or more nomina
tions sent to the senate for postmas
ters none were sent In for North Caro
lina, to the disappointment of many
who are now on the anxious seat.
By Associated Press.
New York, April 25. A report was
urrent this afternoon that Miss Rom
na Borden, 17 years old daughter' of
all Borden, the millionaire milk
dealer, who disappeared Wednesday
afternoon from a sanitarium at Pomp-
ton Plains, N. J., had been found by a
etectlve agency employed by Mr.
Borden. This report was not verified.
however.
It was said that the private detec
tives are awaiting the filing of formal
charges against the girl's alleged kld-
apers before disclosing her where
abouts. : ' .;
The police today officially began a
systematic search for Romona Borden,
the seventeen years old daughter of
Gall Borden, millionaire milk dealer.
Mr. Borden himself asked the po
lice to take up the case. Various but
vogue are the clews to the young
woman's whereabouts. Reported yes
terday to have returned to the New
Jersey sanitarium where she disap
peared Wednesday afternoon, It now
appears that the statement of her re
turn was one of expediency on the
part of the sanitarium authorities and
is understood that neither Mr. Bor-
en nor the family physician nor vMr.
Excellent Attendance Records,
and PatroAs Are All Great
V : ly Pleased.
GRANITE STATE, HISTORIC
FRIGATE. PARTLY BURNED
Big Vessel which Saw Service
in Civil War Seriously
Damaged.
Bv Associated Press.
New York, April 25. The 95 years
old frigate Granite State, the largest
wooden vessel ever built for the Unit
sd States navy, which, seemed to be
doomed by Are which broke out aboard
her at midnight, was saved from ue
struction early today but not before
xerloua damage had been done
hroughout her fora part. ' .
The frigate formerly was known a?
he Alabama and the New Hampsnire.
Roofed over like a mammoth house
boat, the old warship has rested for
the past 40 years at a permanent an
chorage off Sixty-ninth street, where
It was used as an armory by the nrst
battalion of the New York nava
militia. Seventy militiamen asleep In
their hammocks were aboard when
the njre, under great headway, was di
covered In the palnthop.
Twenty-tlve men plungd to the hold
hold of the vessel and wrrlcd out two
inns of ammunition., and then a
hands fought the flames.
Ten men were partly overcome by
smoke and one was forced to leap Into
the river, when surrounded by nre,
hut he swam to safety ashore, me
ettv firemen, with streams trom ine
land and from a nrehoat, nnaiiy cneca
ed the flames.
The Granite State was built at Kit
terv. Me.. In 1818. and rebuilt In 1
after she had been partly destroyed In
an engagement In the war of the sec
Hons, and she was soon sent out ot
commission.
Bob McAllister to Meet Irvine.
' , By Associated Presa.
Ran Francisco, April 25, Bob Mc
Alllster, the most talked of boxer
turned out by the Olympic club here
since the days of James J. Corbett,
former heavyweight champion, will
go into the ring tonight for his second
professional fight He Is to meet
Paddy Irvine of Buffalo. The men
sre mlddlewelghts, McAllister will
receive 1200 for a four-round bout,
This is moi money than any other
boxer except Corbet t was ever offered(
Tor a snon ii"i in una uy.
Detectices Said to Have Lo cated Gail Borden's Dausrhter
Criminal Charges Coming Against Her Alleged Ab-'
ductors, It Is Reported Suitcase Furnished Clue.
AT ALEXANDER
ENDS SUCCESSFUL TERM
Borden's lawyers have the slightest
idea where she i.
A girl answering in many ways the
lescription of Miss Borden willed from
New York on the liner Cincinnati
To clear up this clew a wireless mes
sage has been sent to the captain of
the vessel. : ;
Horden Is Aroused.
Mr. Borden said he believed his
daughter was either In New York or
nearby and declared that If neces
sary he would hunt for her all over
the worli. "Some one will pay dear
ly for this," said the father. "I know
that my daughter 1b not back at the
sanitarium and I am pretty positive
she has not gone abroad."
Mr. Borden added that the Initials
"M. A. B." on a suit case in the au
tomobile that took Romonla from the
Pompton, (N, J.) sanitarium revealed
the identity of one of the women
who aided his daughter's flight. In
quiry at the woman's home In Brook
lyn today showed she went to Atlan
tic City Wednesday.
Word from Atlantic City said that
a girl answering Miss Borden's des
cription left a hotel there yesterday
afternoon with three women and
took train for New York.
iBni nu ti nss
idk euimi mi
FLOOD BUTTLE
G0 BADLY
Situation at Main Levee Near
New Orleans Made More
Desperate by Heavy
' Rain. : .
THREATENED SLIDES
STAMPEDE WORKERS
Efforts Now Making to Con
struct New Dike - Behind
Fast-Caving Embank. .
ment.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Alexander, April 25. The public
school here has closed a very success
ful term. Miss Luke Dixon of Ashe-
vllle was the teacher, and she gave
fine satisfaction to both parents and
pupils. The attendance was excellent,
bejflg 60 per eenjt during nearly, the
entire term, so well pieasea were ine
patrons of the school with Miss Dix
on's teaching that they voluntarily
made up a sufficient sum of money to
continue the school two months longer
than the regular term.
At the closing exercises the Junior
Order of American Mechanics of Alex
ander presented the school a Bible and
United States flag. Dr. J. C. Clontz
made the presentation speech In be
half of the Junior Order. He was aB'
sisted In the ceremonies by A. L. Hon
eycutt, Arthur Chambers, A. M. West,
D. J. Jonea. D. P. Jones and E. F.
Aiken.
There were two students who did
not miss a single day during the whole
of the school year, Misses Esther and
Elvira Hunter.
Miss Dixon gave an entertainment
during the school term , and raised
money enough to purchase a nice or
gan, which she donated to the school.
The patrons of the school here are
desirous that Miss Dixon come back
to teach again next year.
General Debate Will Close
When the House Adjourns !
' Monday Night.
REBUILDING PLANS
1FRALEICH PIPER
Daniels Arrives Tonight to
Take Steps toward Re
placing Burned Plant.
(By Associated Press)
Washington April 25. With only
three more days left for general de
bate on 'the Underwood tariff bill n
the house, the prospect today, was
that the measure - would pass the
house and go to the senate during
the first week of May. '
. Majority leader Underwood has
given hotfee" that general debate on
the bill will close when the house
adjourns Monday night. Tuesday the
bill will be called up under the
five-minute rule for reading and
amendment. At that time It Is the
purpose of the majority to fix some
limitation on amendments to hasten
the bill along an dto guard aganist a
filibuster.
Prtest From France.
' The French government has called
the attention of the state department
to the probable effect upon existing
treaties of the new tariff bill. Anxiety
has been caused in France by several
of the administrative clauses of the
new bill, especially those obliging
merchants to show their books and
paper. In France a decision of a
tribunal is Indispensable to compel
any man to do so. The clause In favor
of American shipping also is a source
of apprehension. It is pointed out to
the state department that such rules
have been abolished in France, as
elsewhere, as entailing retaliation.
TRAINS NO. 11 AND 12
BE
Second Sections Would Pro
bably in This Event Be
Run as Locals.
By Associated Press.
Remy, La., April 25. The Missis
sippi main levee at this place, 43 miles
north of New Orleans, was still stand
Ing the heavy strain of the flood wa
ters this morning for the greater part
of the time in driving rain storm.
The situation this morning was still
considered critical. . ' Warnings were
telephoned early last night to all the
towns and villages In the threatened
territory advising the people to pre
pare for a hasty departure and shortly
after midnight, when it appeared that
the fight to hold the levee would have
to be abandoned, horsemen were sent
ut to warn the people to flee.
After working until midnight on the
old levee, which early In the evening
began caving rapidly opposite ' the
Frey plantation, the engineers aban-
doned all hope of holding it and the
laborers were put to work raising the
unfinished new levee Just In the rear
of the old levee. .;. .:.:;
. The fight last night, was conducted
by the light of bonfires, which a driv
ing rain made it necessary to feed
with kerosene. Th heavy rain and.
seepage through the old levee made
It difficult for the workmen to keep
their footing In the soft mud.-.
- . . Old, Ix-vee Begins to Given ,, , T
Shortly before hiidnlghf" the, negro
laborers stampeded when a big section ;
the old levee caved in with an
ominous crash and many of. them
could not be Induced to return to the
job. . When the big slide started the
arnlng cry "look out" spread terror
to the hearts of the men who dropped
their tools and made a wild rush for
places of possible safety. l" -
Nearly a thousand men were work
ing on the new levee this morningl and
8 o'clock several hundred more
were brought in on a special train.
Another hundred arrived on the Unit
ed States steamer Gen. John Newton,
which arrived from New Orleans with
barge load of steel sheet piling,, a
pile driver and other equipment.
Hunter C. JUeake, president of the
Pontchartrain levee board, stated that
stretch of the batture, or river bank
In front of the levee, more than 100
feet wide, had caved In during the
Ight undermining the old levee,
which might be expected to drop Into
the river at any minute.
If the fight to hold the new levee Is
unsuccessful several million dollars
damage will be done In the parishes
of St. James and St. John the Baptist.
Fine rice and perlque tobacco planta
tions would be flooded, the town of
Lutcher and a score ot villages will be
inundated and the Yasoo and Missis
sippi Valley railroad between New Or
leans and Baton Rouge will be put
out of commission, It Is not belleve'd
the backwater will spread south along
he river beyond Kenner, which is 12,
miles north of New Orleans.
Special to The Gaxette-News.
Raleigh, N. C, April za. -'iro,
hlHckened walls today mai.ket the
site where yesterday stood the hand
some building of the News and Ob
server, the plant of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. From the windows oi
the building costly machinery is pro
truding. . Plans for renaniiuun
will be made tonight when Mr. Dan
iels arrives from New York, and In
the meantime the plant of the Times
will be used. Temporary quarters will
be secured at once and a plant In
stalled pending reconsirucnnn
building. The loss is at leasi o,u.
Funeral Sen Ice
Awakens Corpse
It Is very probable that when the
summer schedule ot the Southern rail
way goes Into effect passenger trains
Nos. 11 and 12, running between Sails.
bury and.Knoxvllle, will be made
through trains, Btopplng only at the
larger places on the route. It is
known that this was suggested by one
of the officials of the road, when the
Southern passenger men were here re
cently for consideration of the sum
mer schedule, and It Is understood
that It was looked on with general
favor, as the conference seemed anx
lous to give western North Caro'
Una as good ' a schedule as was
possible. The suggestion, It is un
derstood, also provided that second
Nos. 11 and 12 be run as local trains.
The change would do a great deal for
Ashevllle and the western part of the
state and would greatly facilitate the
heavy tourist traffic that la expected
It Is not known just when the sum
mer schedule will be announced.
Opposition to
Child Slta np In Casket and Shook In
stantly Kills IW Aged
, Grandmother.
By Associated Press.
Butte, Cal., April 25. While mem
bers ot the family and relatives were
grouped about the open coffin of Mr
J. R. Bumey'a three years old son yes
terday, listening to the funeral service,
the body moved and presently the
child, clad In Its shroud, sat up and
gsied about the room. His eyes caught
those of bis grandmother, Mra L. H.
Smith, 10 yeara old. The aged woman
stared st the child as If hypnotised.
then sank Into a chair dead, 1 ne noy
died a few hours later.
Watts In
Town.
His Home
Special to The Gasette-Newa .
Statesvllle. April 25. Your corre
spondent learned today that a docu
ment addressed to President Wilson
protesting against the appointment of
A. D. Watts as collector of Interna)
revenue for the western district was
quietly circulated in Statesvllle and has
been sent to Washington to be used in
the fight', against Watta Just how
many signatures were placed on the
paper could not be learned. .There
were enough to show, however, thai
Watta Is not so popular among th
democrats of his home community as
his supporters would like to make II
appear, .
BRITISHERS SCOFFING
TEETOTAL SECRETARY
Press In the Tight Little Isle Mirthful
over Mr. Bryan's Wlnelesa
Dinner.
By Associated Press.
London, April 25. "Teetotal diplo- 1
macy" as suggested by the Innovation
at Washington In Secretary of State
Bryan's wineless dinner to the foreign
diplomats, is receiving considerable
notice In the English press.
The Dally News raises the question
whether the American secretary "has
real moral right to send round tho
teetotal punch and condemn his en-
forced guests to fee water, and asks
If "this new form of tyranny may not .
lead to some horrid consequence by
upsetting the digestion and temper ot
some old fashioned diplomat."
It adds, "There Is more In this than
eets the eye, even though the punch
howl be without guile.'
The Pall Mall Gaxette makes a sim
ilar gibe and conclude that "the cap
ital of the great republic Is destined
to become known as 'wlghy-Washington."
BRYCE QUITS OFFICE,
Ambassador Kays Farewell to the
I'ntted States at' rilgrlms
Society Dinner.
"ILKia
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 25. British
Ambassador Bryre today laid down
the office he has held more than
lx years and left for New York to
begin his trip home, -
Tonight In New York he will say
farewell to the United Statet at a din
ner of the Pilgrims society. M"n
lay he will meet bis siieccsHor, Hir
reell 8irlng Hlce.