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RALEIGH, K. C, WErDAY MOKNttfG, APRIL 1, 1909.
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Senator Overman
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APPALACHIAN
BILL
, , oflJJlo . .rimtthMcfjvomarat
lllgli Compliment , Pal4 ;Kppresenta-th-c
Pou bj the Trades iTnlonlst. ;
IU'prescntatlvc prom thfe Sixth
- District and junior Seu-
a tor Make Addresses.
1 . Addresses. "
- BT TIIOS.. J.'PEXCR
-i Washington. D; C March, 31.
Representative v Godwin " has made a
very comprehensi ve speech in the
f louse upon the reclamation of the
swamp lands In North Cafolhuu His
utterance was ah exhaustive discus-
' slon of this important suWect. Mr.
Godwin declared tLat the Reclamation
of the swamp lands is thb. antithesis
pf the Irrigation vol arid hands; and
. "the : government having t succeeded
"with the Irrigation: in the Western
States, , the farmers of the Eastern
States are demanding drainage legis
lation. . He called atten ion iq the
fact that the secretary of the 'Depart
ment of Agriculture In hlu last report
said that farm drainage ik a question
nf national Interest- and importance.
The area of swamp : lands n .North
Carolina ; Is given . at. 5J0OO r square
mlleVT. and the portions that have
been reclaimed have greater powers
of production nd - endurance - than
the rich lands of IllinoisJ " V
Here are a few paragraphs - from
Mr. Godwin's speech; -
The swamp lands of JNorth Caro
lina are nearly as great in area as
the little kingdom of Saxony, which
has nearly- 5,000.000 .people. The
swamps of this State, if drained, .could
easily sustain a larger pobulatlon than
the entire State has at present- .
"They would be capable of growing
a vast variety of products. Tne rce
produccd.In mY d.strict is superior to
any other grown in the. United States.
Its superiority Is. so well known and
so generally conceded that the plant-
ers n South Carolina ind Georgia
have, for generations, bteen buying It
Tor seed. , " X. v' - ;
."It is not generally Known, but It
l a fact. that, looked ai-in one way.
and In the best way. North Carolina
ha unnnn Kniinn nruauciui E3u&t.o
in the Union. Of cours the majority
of cotton-srrowine states produce
more cotton than North Carolina, but
i hi State nroduces mere, per acre.
than anv other except Oklahoma, and
the productiveness is ri.pldly Increas
ing. Year ago North Carolina was
far down the list, not only in number
of bales grown, but also , in product
per acre, but she haW been moving
forward so fast that, lit. the latter re
snect she is now ;t next, to the top
North s Carolina i one of the : three
utates that' produce mere than half a
. bale of cotton to . th acre. . ; These
lands, besides producing ah enormous
ileld of the common variety, would
be suitable for the seal Island cotton.
" -which is worth about itwice as much
: as uniand cotton per pound.
: "But the chief value of the drained
linill. Ill til J CWIC. 0w..
my district. would be
as the market
rarden for the large!
cities of the
North Atlantic seaboard. There pro
ducts. H moved by- express, could
leave the nearest market towns at
sunset and be ready! f r the breakfast
table In Washington or Baltimore the
next morning, and could reach Fhll
adclphia and New Tone, by noon.-The
fringe of country down the Atlantic
coast Is peculiarly adipted to market
gardening, not only-f because, or its
fertility of soil, but also because of
Its climate, and its proximity to the
rreat markets. In
this part of the
country Isothermal
lines do not 'run
east and west, but I northeast and
southwest. Eastern North Carolina
is warmer than "Northern. Georgia- or
AlabamaJ It has f about the same
1 1 temperature as Mldldle Georgia or
Alateimai- Its garden products are
ready! fpr the markbt nt about the
iiamf time as those bf Middle j3eor
; gia and f Alabama jand are not more
1 1 thanf half as far :;f rdm them In ,dis-
) tance or time, on this account mar
ket gardening has -: already become an
l Important Industry in this section, and
1 k ith he addition of 5.5ftfl 00ft ntrm
of the most fertile
and In America.'
or the part of it thad
could j be proper-
ly devoted to vegetables,' it could sup
ply thei large cities
with ! vegetables
earlier than the sect!
bns farther north
and at less cost of j transportation than
the sections farther
south, i
i "Mr. Chairman; I
waul tq call the
attrnlloft pf tha IfaMM tP the pjaw.pf
iym j feprespnif mstrif-'i in
MBUlliVM f p(Fr WPfft WftflW
tll4K8lttii ftiF llWrl Hllii f fmhhhi
nt4i44ii i tutu, if tA titiHhl4 iy
pien SH.J kbmeH fFdili tM t-UuHtHti til
Europe,-who. oppteHsed ih their own
anas, ion looked rprwara to Amor
lean develonment lhat they- mlgh
for themselves and! children enjoy
that freedom and
hat liberty o of
which they had heard and dreamed
hiatus of the AP
mladilan Bill.
On January 30. tile hearing on the
Appalachian bill wait had before the
Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Represenuhves. Then came
the reference of thd kui h.,.h h
,?AMrTl; iCr 17 r Committee on
- Judiciary -of the liaise, r a hj-inH on
tne consiitutionalftature. the bill
y,s naa oerortr inat cotnmltUe on
" iH SA u n 1rch 14 ' WM ah-
nouncecutnat the Judifsrv rnn.n,..A
. would hold, on the r'atu - . .
YtSXl'iwiEFifif ire le8tl," of the
however, and pasr
wn 2U. rinit
leaving the bill
; VMX slumbering
too committee
pigeonhole.- with no day announced
for Its consideration. -
December, January. February and
March have how almost worn away.
A snowstorm of letters,telegrams,reso
lutions and petitions, begging, pleading
and praying for, and demanding the
passage of the Appalachian Jjill. has
poured down uppn Congress. .A mem
ber writes the secretary of. the Asso
ciation that - these ' communications
have come In 'by the i millions." The
secretary of another . Congressman,
when asked whether, members had re
ceived any communication from their
constituents on this subject, replied:
"Have they? : Well, -I should sav so!
They've been flooded with them."
Overman On Monetary : Commission.
-In a speech in the Senate in support
of his measure providing for the ap
pointment of a monetary commission,
Senator Overman jyaid:
Vor. -years in every campaign It has
been : the slogan of f a great political
party that the Dingly tariff and
sound money has brought prosperity
and made this country blossom as the
rose.-,-- f. ;-- : . "
We sO'l have the Dingly tarfff; we
still have sound money and yet we
are now confronted with. perhaps the
greatest money panic this country has
ever seen. . The soup houses have
come again; millions of laborers are
out of employment; strongr men are
walking the streets begins for bread
and the "dinner pall" Is empty.
We may have ' sound money, Mr.
President, but we are cursed with an
unsound banking system, and,. in my
judgment.' there Is where the trouble
lies. -. '----".--- -.' ?,X;-.
It Is not more money we, meed, bui
a refortn in our .currency system. We
have too many kinds of money; - we
hav gold and silver, gold certificates
and silver certificates. .Treasury notes,
bank note's, and now it is proposed to
issue another kind of currency, credit
money, like bank notes, issued upon
stocks and bonds upon which the peo
ple! pay the taxes, and the interest on
money Issued. r - ; v
v Great inflations of the currency, as
well as great contractions of the cur
rency" are always dangtrous and now
this bill proposes to allow the banks
of New York and other money centers
to issue five hundred millions more of
this credit monev and to contract It at
will. " -
More money (needed!-Why, Sir, on
the 22nd of August last, with a per
capita of thirty-five dollars, we had on
deposit in the banks of the -country
more monev than . ever before in our
history. The national banks alone had
on deposit in lawful money, more than
seven hundred millions; more than
ever before In the history of national
banks and as late as the 3rd day of
December they had over six .hundred
millions on deposit, and the banks are
retiring money at the rate of nine mil
lion a-month. or ' one hundred - and
eight millions a year, and are clamoring-
for the opportunity to do so,...:
! At the time- we had this - plethora
of money. 'the countrirwas never so
-prosperous, Iabor"XvSLs in ; -" demand
everybody was r employed at reason
able wages, transportation companies
were taxed to their fullest capacities,
the, farmers were practically out -of
debt., their cribs were groaning with
corn their bln were full to overflow
ing with wheat, millions of bales of
cotton were under the sheds ready for
the market; , when, suddenly the dis
tressing news came from Wall street
that there was a money panic. There
was a loss of confidence; the country
banks stopped paylnar currency i the
money sharks drew; out their kmoney
to prey upon tne people and managers
of - many Industrial institutions had
to take the train for New York and
purchase on the curb, currency at a
premium of 3 and 4 per cent in or
der to meet their weekly nay rolls.
; - Such a panic, at such a time, under
such conditions. In the greatest, as
well as the wealthiest country on
eartn, makes tne &nae of the Ameri
can citizen tinged with sorrow. -
There seems to be - a demand in
this country for some legislation in
order to restore confidence, and it is
evident that we can get no' other leg
islation at this session. I shall, there
fore, yielding to this demand, support
the Bailey substitute rather than the
Aldiich ' bill, because It provides for
tne government, not the banks, to
issue the money; because it provides
for two-thirds of our s reserve to be
kept at home and not send three
fifths to the reserve banks to be used
fr the ' nefarious purposes Of- the
frenzied financiers and stock gam
blers, and because It provides for a
more equitable distribution of the
money throughout the different sec
tions. I have introduced an amend
ment to this bill providing for the
establishment of a money commission
who shall study the Question.
Investigate conditions and the causes
of the . panic and report to Congre3
on the first of January, so that we
may legislate Intelligently upon the
question.
We want to provide aaralnst panics
and' not for panics which other' coun
trles rarely have. It is admitted that
this bill Is but a makeshift. The peo
ple of this country do not want make
shifts, but demand substantial relief.
I cannot' support, this measure, but
think we ought to have a commission
to get the facts , as . provided In the
following section-of my amendment:
i "Sec. . That it shall be the duty
of the said commission to Immediately
Investigate the . causes of the" recent
panic and the gelation or, the banking
and currency system theretoe and the
relation of loans made by national
banks to brokers and others operating
on the stock exchange, and give the
Character Pf jhe collateral accepted as
Security, and a) matter necessary tq
HiPHitnF any amw m may cim in
immnfmmmm bii invitKttlp
heedf bf itaetllftereHl baft bf tht
cbUhlry ahd crap season threaf ahd
fecotnmend itnd reprt to the IresU
defit on of before the first day of
January, t09. who shall transmit
same to Congress with such recom
mendation as he may deem proper "
Let . this commission make its' re
port by the first day of January. io
next. Then-wo can legislate intelli
gently upon this great question no
vital to the Interests of . the whole
country.- ---t -
High Compliment to MrnPou. '
ft The Trade Unionist, a paper repre
sentative of 'labor , organizations, has
this., to say pf Representative E. Yt
Pou In the -Issue, this week;
"It there is a more sensible man in
uA...A A r. ...
VI . .1 T -n i .
presents the Fourth North Carolina
tt'-,M(4.,w nrintr - neon . . irnimii
I m e a speech In the House and,.by
Y tCwntinucd on rase Six.) -
THEIft ATTACKS
- ARE C9UTIIIUED
y-lr. .-..jv
Yet th e B u re au of For
est 17 Parag raph Passes
SESSION OF HOUSE
After Ltny Changes Ue Parts of the
Agricultural Appropriation Bill Rc-
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latinic to the Bureau of r'orestry
.- Passes Propositloii As to
" V ' ' SOUS. ' ' ':
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; 5 (Bv the Associated Press. :
Washington, D. C, March 31. After
having undergone many changes, the
paragraph of the Agricultural Appro
priation bill relating to the bureau of
forestry was finally passed by the
House of Representatives today.
Messrs. Mondell, of Wyoming, and
Smith, of California, continued their
attacks on the bureau and in this they
were supported by Messrs. Bonynge,
of Colorado, and Cushman. of Wash
ington. These embrace dchargea that
the? bureau had created timber mon
opolies In favor of large corporations,
illegally assumed jurisdiction over
water, rights belonging to the' Western
States,, and juggled with figures in. or
der to obtain ' large .'appropriations
frorii Congress. The work of the bu
reau; was vigorously defended by
MessrsV Hepburn, of Iowa, and Scott,
of Kaaieas. : - . '. ' - - .
Considerable time was devoted to
discussing a proposition by Mr. Hum
chreys, of, Mississippi, to Increase the
appropriation for the investigation of
soils, which was carried.- - ..; .
J A little less than one-half of the
bill iad been completed .when the
House at 5: OS p. m. adjourned.
- Agricultural Appropriation BUI.
Mr. Mondell. Wyoming, offered an
amendment to the Agricultural bill
providing that no part of the appro
priation shall be used to negotiate -for
the sale of timber from any national
forest at a price above what would
constitute a fair and reasonable price
for such timber were It sold in com
petition wltU timber; of like character
in the locality of land of private-own
ershlp. ; : He charged that ; the : small
mill mem had been driven out of bus
iness by the forestry bureau, which 'he
said creates a monopoly in establish
ing vast reserves: "and then." he
said, "it uses the monopoly to jrt e
the price of lumber." ..j.;
Mr. Mondell declared that as a
natural result these email mills, went
Into : the hands of large corporations
which easily-could add a sufficient
price to their lumber to pay the high
estcost of stumpage aind still get a
profit. ; - - I - - - v ;
, The amendment then was with
drawn. ( :,--.'-- . '"v-
vMr. Bonynge, Colorado, offered an
amendment providing that no part of
the appropriation bill shall be used
by either the Secretary, of Agriculture
or the Bureau of Forestry In the en
forcement of any regulation ''which
prohibits or attempts, to prohibit the
citizens of the Stater wherein the
national forests are located from ap
propriating for beneficial uses the
waters of the national streams thereon
according to the law of said; States
and the statutes of the United States."
Mr. Bonynge read from a number
ofauthoritles to show that the govern
ment did not own the waters of non
navigable streams. On the contrary,
he declared, these waters are the propw
erty of the States and the government
had no right to make a charge, for
them. This contention was combatted
by Mr. Scott.
,The amendment was defeated.
An Unsuccessful effort was made by
Mr. Stevens, Texas, .to secure an ap
propriation looking to the establish
ment of a national forest reserve and
park at the head of the Red River,
Texas 1 !
Mr. Mondell made another attack
on the forestry bureau, charging that
in its administration citizens were de
nied in many instances rights of way
across forest' reserves.
"The question is." said he. "wheth
er'! the States of Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina. South
Carolina and even the jfreati State of
rew YorK are to become ; Federal
provinces or remain a part pf the
sovereign States, and whether' this
forestry bureau shall persist in de
nylng to citizens the rights granted by
Congress."
e An amendment to meet this crltl
clsm was lost.
Mr. Mondell said the Committee on
Agriculture had been In a reckless
state of mind when It allowed to the
forestry bureau $100,000 more than
h&d been estimated for.
J Mr. Scott read a letter for Secreta
ry Wilson saying tho $100,000 was to
eYjver unforeseen Items. Mr. Scott
defended hi committee, declaring
m naq prepare? a very conser
vallvft hill r
Jyiwrfln that Ihe fnrestFy bureau
hM iHHtFary to claim 'penrt'ii
nHiiMally iMFr IH ItlllllMH HHIIHFH Rl
m It mt vtitli MF: lin ml til .
UiMt-HUFtiRli Ke;i H 'eaF ItHtF jrl'-WF
iUSgllH hiUFeS:,r rt WHVd la ptHka
litii the ti'lraMFabli HblifBprJatlHtf
$B9,00a .W, Ihl , prober- aHd
Vcoitomkitl admlhlstratioHi protection
and development or tne national ror
est." i - .-
Mr. HenbttTn. Iowa, criticised what
he said were "the chirpings against
.economy.". As regarded the forest
service, he charged that the principal
opposition had come from J the Com
mittee on Public Lands, of which Mr.
Mondell was the head. Twlve of its
members, he said, were from the pub
lic land States, but he questioned
their, right to control- the public do
main of this United States. S
Mr: Hepburn said the United States
should follow the - example of Euro
pean nations in conserving; Its forests.
But, he said, l the members were from
the public 'lands States are now put
ting up some most preposterous
claims.' He denied that the States
owned the waters of the non-navlga-ble
streams of the forests. ; The water.
he contended, was nothing more than
land .with water flowing through it. '
Mr. Cushman, Washington, held up
a map i showing- that the States' In
wlved all were located - In the far
West, He was not, he said, crying
out against reasonable extension of
the forest service, but charged - that
it had been . carried far beyond the
point Where it oughts to go and far
beyond,- any reasonable and 'sensible
limits. . (-. : . .r - : -.,' y j .-r..r..
Mr. Mondeirs motion . i Was lost
Taking one more shot : at the forest
service, Mr. Smith declared that "this
Is not a government by legislation, but
it is government by strangulation."
After the discussion relating to the
forestry service was " concluded, the
reading of the bill was resumed.- An
amendment by Mr. Humphreys,
Mississippi, to increase by $163,460
the appropriation for soil Investiga
tions, was carried 100 to 88.
Following the adoption : of an
amendment by Mr. Gaines. Tennessee,
providing lor ; an investigation, 'with
the view to improving conditions re
lating to the supply and sale of do
mestic tobacco to any foreign . coun
try or countries, where the business
of buying and selling tobacco conduct
ed by the government.,, the -bill was
laid aside and the House adjourned.
Farmvllle Postmaster Resigns.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Tarboro, N. C, March 31.-t-A. D.
Hill" has resigned as postmaster at
Farmvllle, after a number of years of
service. William Dixon . and -Walter
G. Guy are candidates or the office. :
College Baseball Games.
(Bv the Associated Press.) '
At Columbia. S. C. University of
South Carolina-8; Wofford College 5.
TORE THEIB " LIPS
Rabid Dog Bites Two Lien
in Ashcville.
Blotion for Permission to Sue Re-
ceiver of Whitney Company Con- .
Untied by Judge Pritcliard. ' -
Xo News From S. C, Dls-
peiisary Case,..-. .
(Special to News and Observer.)
. Ashevllle, N-'C March 3 i. Judge
Pritchard heard : motion today by at
torrtey r t fom'Sa)lsury6termlioii
to sue the receiver ' of the - Whitney
Company, Col , Henderson, of Salis
bury, oh certain mechanics', liena The
receiver opposed the ; motion, and
Judge Pritchard continued the hearing-
1 until - Saturday, when both ... sides
will be represented.
A dog supposed to have the rabies
created considerable , excitement on
North Main street this morning by
attacking two men. one negro and a
white man, biting both through the
lower lip. It seems that the dog
sprang at the negro first, tearing his
lower lip in a gngnuui manner ana
running ofc, shortly attacked the
white man, biting' him on the leg
and then sinking Its teeth f In the
man's chin and Up. 1 The man - fell
to the ground with the dog under
hi mand with the animars teeth sua
fastened In his face attempted to
strangle it. Some on near by ran up
with a hatchet and killed the. dog
by beating It In the head. It has not
been determined wnetner or not tne
do was mad. '
There was nothing doing in juage
Pritchard's court today In -the South
Carolina dispensary matter. The re
ceivers who. it. awa thoUBh would
be here today to comer , wiurtne
court, did not come.
There Is a persistent rumor mat
'oeace neirotlatlons" are again in
progress, ana mat in au prooaomiy
no further steps will be taken by
w m. - m ' m ' a . t. Ill A..
either side for two or three-days, w
Thus President Rico De
nounces Lilloy Charges
The Chief Executive of The Mectrlc
Boat Co. Makes a Sweeping De-
nlal of the Charge of At- ;
tempting to Ipfluence
. Ieglslatkn.
. (By the Associated Press.)!'
Washington, pC.;, March 31.--Isaac
I Rice president of the Elec
tric Boat Company, today made a
sweeping denial of the charges pre
ferred by Representative George I
uiiv. of Oonnectlput, before lh
Invrsilsfatlni these fnari n $p
iiniini ed several iir iiiu si.piiikiis ns
Wrfe- iHI ftBiUFtl ll Answer? HP wm
mmU 8f tlj iMteP filial, OoiHimny
With brebositiHHi hit th mm WHat
eumpahy td bU Ul thj UU dbHi
bahy, the hegdliatiohs ta be eohU i
teht iipoii the stnppltti of the IttVeslU
gatlon. Those who approached Mr.
Rice, according to his testimony were
U Grant Brown and Charles R. Flint,
both of New York, but Mr. Rice said
he did not know beyond Mr. ; Brown's
statement that tne latter was an agent
of the Lake Company. When asked
how the present Investigations was
to be stopped. Mr; Rice said, that Mr.
Brown said "it could be stopped by
United States Senator Buikeiy, of Con
nleut- -. :)':; -'C,-: - ;: -
The other two witnesses of the day
were John P. Kellogg, assistant State
Attorney for Coiytecticut. and Wil
liam D. Gordon, of Midland, Michi
gan, both attorney, for the Electric
Boat Company.. They denied, knowl
edge of any ; wrongful Influence be
ing used by the Electric Boat, Com
pany tq sscure legislation in Congress.
250,000 PICKS
ARE LAID DOWN
As Many Coal Miners Quit
Work Indefinitely.
FORWAGESETTLEfelENT
Quarter Million Men I Became Idle
.. j . j .... ' .- - ,
This Alomlng to llcmaln so Until
. ' -- i , i . i.. ' ' r i
a Scale L Adopted: Between
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the Mine Workers and
Opcraiors.i
(By the Associated Press.)
Indlnapoiis, Indiana.' March 31.
Two hundred and r fifty thousand
picks dropped from! the . hands of as
many ..bituminous . cbal iml ners o f the
United States this f venjng, not to oe
used again, until aj wage settlement
has 'been reached and; a scale adopted
between ths membe of the United
Mine Workers of tAmer1a and the
coal operators of the ivarious tields.
Tomorrow momlng 50,000 menwill
be Idle.- ' M' I , . .
The situation, however, does not in
dicate prolonged strike. An open
winter and Industrial- depression have
left a large stock I of jcoalron hand,
and the -differences I between miners
and operators are Very; slight. It is
practically agreed 1 thai the; present
wage scale will be continued, but
some politics in connection with the
change tonight ' in j the; national offl-rf-rs
of the miners organization and
local differences - between operators
and miners have resulted in tempor
ary suspension from 1 worK unxu a
new waare scale lsHtgreed to either by
. hp iTKtitfimisi mines. v.
UHUIkW , - . . - t-- ,
BetOre to Revive ;tne ;i; mica nuie.
Until two vears asro the bituminous
coal mining? wage pf. the country was
based upon the agreement reacnea m
the Central Competitive Field, con-
slstlng of Illinois, lOhto, Indiana and
Western Pennsylvania,! and considered
as- a unit. - This $ unu sysuro
broken two years ago jwhen President
Mitchell signed a scale with Pittsburg
nnmtnri wbo.aereed to pay the scale
demanded after the operators of the
Othrrthree ' Stated itad refused, and
the miners won their J. fight. ; Opera
tors signad' the i- scale individually
throughout the caiiiltry. - 'v-'vv"'-"
Since that time . tne miners , jnavw
tried .to get back the lunlt rule or In
terstate agreements- nut ine opera.
tors of Iwestern Pennsylvania,' Ohio
and Illinois, after negotiations lasting
all the past winter;, have rerusea to.
meet In Interstate conventiofi with the
miners. ; - As a last resort presment
Mitchell called the miners In national
convention and district settlements
were authorized with the present wage
ecale as a mlnlsraum Ftuiingr to
agree by districts the imlners were au
tlrired to . sljfh:' tbie; present scale
with the operators Individually. .'
Vice-President Lewis,, who will suc
ceed President Mitchell tomorrow. Is
endeavoring to rpvlve the interstate
unit rule, n the; meantime . district
joint meetings are being held in the
various States. Hi
. Only Two Districts ; Signed Up.
V Central Pennsylvania and the block
coal district of Indiana (Clay county)
are the only two districts that "TTave
signed up. . Indiana operators ana
miners In session! at iTerre . Haute are
differences and
have . decided J to
work pending; I .
There" will,. bi
this State. The
continue ' at
a ..... . settlement.
no strike in
Illinois district
meeting at Springfield has not reached
an agreement but the returns between
the oppositions Interests are friendly.
Western Pennsylvania, has not reached
an agreement an thje mines will close
down, throwing out of work 30,000
men. Ohio mines : Will close also as no
agreement has Ibeeh reached. The
southwest district j consisting of Mis
souri,. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
Arkansas are holding its meeting at
Kansas City and. it )s said the miners
will be; Idle forf ft .time. Thirty-five
thousand men areiaftectedl The min
ers of the Kanavvhaifield In West Vir
ginia are holding j their Joint meeting
at Huntington, and while no. agree
ment has ? been . reached, one is ex
pected. The New River, Pocahontas
and . Fairmont -neldis. non-union, are
not affected.' ( : -. ..y "-
West Vlrglnla'and Kentucky miners
and operators .will continue . opera
tions, it is believed.' pending a settle
ment " : vr .,:. -.-;v
Presldent-electf lie wis said tonight
he .would make, no' move for., several
days. He wishes .negotiations now in
progress . in the various districts to
reach some kind io4 .conclusion "before
he begins to work :out . his plans. He
is still In the hope! of reinstating the
joint relations between - the operators
of Indiana. Ohio, Jwestern Pennsyl
vania and Illinois and the Indications
are that he Will icall an Interstate
joint conference wttWn the pexftwo
weeks, Jle will ;not convene the hew
naiinnareifepHtlva hoard fnp ateat
a mm lie wna nn reaflvtWHin
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flfnep -flf-HfttlMffflJ MatisilPlan, WM
ftbHl ihtMl,-- ntf tllTi. Hdisf!it084 thai
,?,. V.n iii. lulu iiii lliua Wackecri.U
lor or ine jnnru i"j,,v7ii."'iV,ir';s
retlrlftf secreiafr'treasUrferi ; were
teniered a batto.uet tonight by the
members of the f hilners International
executive' board. 1 " "-"i'V:.-?-Agroement
In Michigan.
Bay City, Mich., March ? 31. The
joint convention of Michigan eoal op
erators and miners-today agreed that
the general scale oif wages of last year
shall - continue iiln 3 effect until March
31. 1909. Thr scale was- taken up
clause by' clause ahd all the principal
points agreed upon. The others will
be referred to thje; joint scale commit
tee for settlement; - Pending the pro
mulgation of the full scale the miners
will continue jat vork, according to
the agreement: preached yesterday. -;i
All;Mines( lit Iowa- doseoV
Des v Moines, Ia. March 31. Every
coal . mlne4n JLhes State ..of Iowa will
close' toniut. s.Not onc of thirty, 0r
thirty-five mines in the State will be
worked Wednesday. .
. The shut-down pending the settle
ment between the operators and-miners
will last at least thirty days. For
the past month the mining companies
and large consumers of the State, have
been storing up coal in preparation
for the shut-down. - '
tALElGII BALL TE.13I. ,
K. V. Freeman, of Wake Forest, the
Second Player Signed.
The second playerhas been signed
for the Raleigh team of the Eastern
North Carolina League, and he br E.
V. Freeman, now playing In yie out
field for Wake Forest. He played
with-Washington last- season and la
reported as a good player. ' Will
Wynne, of Raleigh, who Is to play at
Second, was the first man signed.
Manager Kelly, Of the team, has
resigned his position as detective
with the Seaboard Air Line and from
today will give his entire time to get
ting the team together. The directors
of the league will meet In Raleigh on
Monday to get in shape the schedule
and perfect plans for the season.
The Raleigh team's f uniform was
selected . yesterday. ' They -will ;be
gray suits, trimmed In red,' with red
stoljtings and red caps, "Chicago
shape." The coats will be 1 double
breasted, and there-. will be enough red
In the suits to again call Ralelgh'ai
team the "Red Irds.'! t VI
TIE AT THE TENTH
Trinity and Cornell Quit
Even at nightfall.
The Two Strong Teams Vied; With
Kach Other for Victory Through
Ten Fiercely and Closely Con- -tested
Innings Score
. Three to Three; " - :
snerifli to News and ODserver.i
Durham. N. C, March 31. For ten
fiercely and closely contested Innings
Trinity and Cornell vied with each
other here today for. victory, but on
account of darknesathe game was
called when the score stood 3 to 3.
Th - enme was mighty exciting and
Intere.uing from start to finish, both
tennis nlavinar ' fast and snappy ball.
even thou eh a few errors were made
bv both. Goodwillle. for the '.Yan
kees.. Ditched a cood -ame. even .bet
ter - than - he-- did yesUrday and rc-
ceff eA treat suDTKrt from the neia
Ganth for the . Methodists pitched ex
cellent i ball, striking . out nine - men.
well malntaming. the - reputation he
won last week. : j - . -,c "-
The game today, though not. mark
ed by other special features than, the
pitching of Goodwillle and Ganttwas
a splendid exhibition of ball. Cor
nell has a . bunch ; of fellows, who un
derstand well the oomilar game, and
always play It Trinity seemed de
termined throughout the contest to
day to take vengeance on Cornell and
get back the game lost yesterday, but
the fatal eighth, at - whicn time tne
locals were;- ahead.-, cave to the
lthlcians two run, tieing the score.:
- Score by Innings: ' I - R. H. E.
Cornell .. ...... .010 000 020 3 8 3
Trinity 101 001 0003 t t
Batteries: Goodwillle aid Williams;
Gantt and C- Flowers. ' -. : i'
Summarj' Earned runs, Trinity 0,
Cornell 0. Bases on balls: o:. Gantt 1,
off Goodwillle 2. Two .base hits.
Cornell 2. - Struck out," by Gantt f.
bv Goodwillle 4. Passed balls. Flow
ers, C, 1 21 . . Hit by pitched ball, by
Gantt - 2, - by Goodwillle . 1. " Umpire,
Frank Wrenn. Time 8:35.
Senate , Devotes a Day to
' i ... - ..... ...
its Consideration.
Tliat is, to The Consideration of a Bill
j to Permit Its Building Hey-
burn Would Not Permit "
- ..: . . r
a Vote. -. .
, , (By the Associated Press.) '
Washington,- D. "C, March 31.
Nearly the entire session of the Sen
ate today was consumed In 'consider
ation of ablll to permit the building
of a dam on the Snake river.. Wash
Ington, and an adjournment was only
reached after Mr. Heyburn. of Idaho.
announced that? he . would .not permit
a vote to - be. taken todayA puring
the -discussion of the. bill Senator Tel
ler took occasion to make a speech in
disapprobation of executive encroach
ment.
1 Several bills of minor Importance
were passed. At 4:30 p. m. the Senate
adjourned, 5 f
neslilpnrp witii All roniemi TBially
fUne:lal ta Mews and nhaerver.)
h$hm mum tetfay a. sispfhuri eottaiw
tatell 1H SHUthWesl . tittteaVMl'i IriB
brHberiy .tir J: M; AdarHi aHd dceU
bied.by Si Lee Steel ahd fahilly, as
totally destroyed by fire with brae
ttcalty All Its contents. The fire
originated from A defective flue. The
roof was In flames before discovered.
The fire department responded to the
alarm at once but the lames had done
their work before the firemen reach
ed the scene. The house .was valued
at a thousand dollars, with six hun
dred insurance.' Mr; Steele. HW dno
Insurance and his loss of one to two
hundred dollars falls heavily 4 on him.
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RiVER
DA.
JEFFREYS DAVIS
Arkansas Senator Get
s
Caned by a Lawyer
FIGHT ON THE STREET
Davis and .Deputy Attorney Thomas
Helh slcoune Involved in so At- 1
tercatlon In little' Rock DavU S
Arrested for Carrylns -
a Pistol. ' .
Little Rock, Ark., March -11.
United States Senator Jeflrev ravl
and tcp'ity - I--roscutina- Attorney
Thomas Helrrk became involved In att
altercation on1 the streets here today.
eim. it is said, struck Davis an d
the latter then-went into his offlce.
Davs soon reappeared 1 and bystand
ers claim that he . was looking for
Helm-i Helm says that Davis made
an insulting-remark to him which he
resented with several blows. ' -
Senator Davis was arrested this
afternoon on a warrant charging him.
with carrying: a revolver in the streets
with murderous Intent The case was
docketed In police court.' - In a state,
ment; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Helm says that he met Davis in the
street: and- accosted him,' the latter
having slandered him during the re
cent: State campaign, repeating false
charges concerning the celebrated
Hartley case. Helms says he struck
Davis twice in the face .-and subse
quently chased Kim Into his office. He
then picked up Davis' 'cane and went
to his own office. , - - i
: Davis made the following statement:
' "Helm jtfttacked ' me from the reai
as I wasgoing to my office, using n
loaded bat, which was attached to hk
wrist by thongs of leather. This Is' art
attack such as I have warned the peo-
file of Arkansas would be made by po
ttical rings of Little Rock to further
their desires. Helm simply acted un
der Instruction of his superior."
Senator Davis, it is alleged, chargp.I
in the recent campaign that Helm re
ceived 31.000 when Charles Hartley,
of New Albany, Ind., was robbed here
last year of-38.010. v -
The canewaspres-ited to.Da--'? by.
the Arkansas legislature and the -na-tor
has carried Jt through four State
campaign. i - '
just L':::..
Tab Dccli Pio for Die
V Icyalty of VouId-
bo Eater.-
WI et Ttepul. limns ns Ularfcltur
Annotmces Tils Intention to He-
tallat
-Ex-Representative J.
W
, Spease Dead Tobac- v
.'nso ShinmcntsI
(Special to News and Observer.)
Laf- tobaceo sales on the local mar
ket, 'during the, present? month hav
aggregated ' 2,189.394 - pounds, this.
bringing 32Sl.8OS.Sl, an average ofi
311.S0 per ' hundred pounds. ,
The Wilkes Republicans had a tur
bulent, county convention yesterday,
afternoon. .After the convention had
elected delegates to the y - State and
congressional conventions . and-1 en
dorsed Taft for President and G.ov
ernor Hughes for .Vice-President,, ex- -Congressman
Blackburn arose and
expressed' his views and sentiments in -language
that could not be misunde,,
stood. He. denounced his. old tlf s",
friends ' for , turning their , backs on
him, and ; he went so far as to say
that Je proposed to see to it that J. ,
Walter Jones, who was reappointed
postmaster at.' North Wllkesboro a j
few ! monhs ago," was 'not confirmed. ?;
Jones was given the office through tho,
Influence ct Senaor Blackburn, hat it;
appears tat he has-forsaken the ex
congressman and r lined up with tho )
Adams wing. Charles II. Cowles was
endorsed as. ' candidate- for - Congress,;
The vote for President stood; Taft,
fel: Cannon, 27. ! : ;i
,; Mr.- Junius W. ; Spease, -one of For- '
sythSs best , business men : and most :
successful farmers, died today,- uged
65. Deceased represented Forsyth Re-publican-JopuHst
f'fuslonr legislature!
in 1895 and was the father of the
present I per cent. Interest law, enact,
ed during that session of general a.
sembly, Mri Spease waa leader of
the pppMiist pariK n ln pnunty until
ne wa PHneri-'eiled by pnpfaiisir 1 if
was an aptlva riieimtrp of Iha latter
itiFlv Rl lh time" flf-hl aU:
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f8 tlilS mHtiUi: SSfttPKSltPtl
liHIIHtl, IhIM niiH ail-Trtr-rrfiSrt hf hull
a WlllldH botinds OvtF Match bf list
yeah
SO UtSTOlUTlO.V
Of Negro Sohllers, Accordlns to Vole
-v. : - of Commute. .;. -;'. . ."
' (By the Associated Press.) i
Washington, D. C. March 31. The .
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
today voted down both the Warner
and Foraker bills providing for the ,
restoration to the service of the negro
soldiers who were discharged on ac
count of the Brownsville riot.
People who are old enough to know
better would be a lot prouder of belli?
young enough not to.
It tak'iV a dyspeptic to1 arprec'.atl
the xaotlves cf rtlomers.
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