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THE WEATHER For Xorth Carotin: Fair Wednesday Uid Thursday, showing rising tempmtaro Highest, 68; lowweet i; prrdniiation inch. , the i 1 - vol. xcyii. no. 162. v J r ' , . : . POSTMASTERSHIPS: ' a t-: : . ' i-i lr v -r- server douslb tus cntco OTESX KORTII CAILO. USA DAILY .RALEIGH,' N. CAVpSESDAyiMORXING, APUIL, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS FOR RALHGH-HAM1 FT -jfflfljj OF MAIL i INTEGRITY OFTHE 1 DOUBLE TRACKING! BRIDGETS MAKES ftDMINISTRATIC Giving Attention to Scores of ! ' Minor Appointments . ! V Mrs. Scott Denounces Attack's Made on Conduct of Finan- CONSULTS SOME SENATORS cial Affairs of D. A. R. ELECTION ON HAND TODAY Much Political " Discussion" With Suggestion of Probable "Dark . Horses," for Pres.-Gcn.' . (By the Associated PrM.) ' TVaahlngton, D. C. April 15. At tacks by conservative leader Upon the dart ft the financial affaires? the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, now holding ita Continental Con gress here, were . denounced us un founded today "by - Mrsr-MsttheW-T, Scott, . retiring president-general, In her report on the Indebtedness of Con tinental Hall here. Mrs. Scott de clared these reports had been circu lated by the faction of the society that desired a change In the administration -or -t he society s affairs illas Not Made Any More Diplo matic Selections Page's Name ' ' ..-.--.----- gjjjj, ---- "r,uy ihe'"ASMit1ated" press . 1 Washington, X. C, April IS. President Wilson cut away his regu lar afternoon program of receptions today snd consulted a number of Senators about prospective appoint ments. Senators Vardaman, of Mis sissippi; LaFollette, of Wisconsin; Martin and Swanson of Virginia; Hair of New MejarorarirWaTre"ir and Clark, of Wyoming, were among those summoned to the White House. The President is understood to have discussed only minor appointments. Seaboard Air Line, In Its Annual Budget, Provides (orA Extensive Improvements at Raleigh and All 7 Along the Line, at Total Cost of $2,500,000. r A.i pwv ,;inw': ,.t .wt I They Declare That Their Com- FROM INSURANCE IT HALF MILLION MEN PROTESTING Estimate of The Wake Water Company's Property Heard Norfolk, Ya., April 15. In ad-j division fromJUleigh l JilamlcuLjanieS Are Not Profit-Mak- IS$300,000-DIFFERENCE HOUSE CLEArilFJG - -fJOHTHE CIVIL . SERVICE CAMP Has Been Used By Republican "Party as Dumping Ground- dition to $3,cDO,cedtrbe expend- Doable tracfc; wiU also be in-1 eu lor tne purcnase 01 additional isuiiea at jaconrtie on me Douin 1 ; equipment, the Seaboard Air Line ; Carolina eji vision -.,-- iaiwav, in us annual uuugci, nas Large iiiiyiuvciut-tus .win uc provided, for extensive improve-! made at the Raleigh, N. C, Ricli- ing Organizations "There may be reasons, said Mrs. Scott, "why you mag prefer a change - in- the administration of your affairs. , To. every women in the organization belongs the Inallenalfce rlht to have her own Vnlnlon on these' matters and . -wryTywornan belongs the Inaltem Mr. Wilson is giving his attention to scores of minor appointments and experts, to mske rapid Inroads this week Into the list of postmastfrship. ; many of which went to the Henate Today. So far as Is kBownTlheTreeF" dent has, not made sny more djlplo matic Elections, He sent the name, of Walter Hlhee Page to be ambassador" to Great Britain, to the Henate to il a v. j ' -.' , Kamuel Houston . ThauipiiUU., .ot 4Jcner. -fi THEREFORE NOT TAXABLE Mr. llarelliurt and-llim.elL Dis agree Hearing Goes Through Fourth Day . .. nients all along the line of The sys tem, to cost $2,500,000. One of the most important fea tures of the program is the double tures of the program is the double and Fernandina Fla. ALIEN LAND BILL .ITER A1ID LIGHT mond, Va., and Monroe, - N. C, !AVoul htdule Probably Will Be yards, while additional phosphate ' Reached Today Fruits, Cotton, elevators will h4 erected atTampa WliearYrsterdav '', . I i il the Associated .Press. ) .Washington. t A41HI 15. Uein ! m ratio representatives ironi all se Jtions are beging beslged In letters and STILL A PROBLEM MEN IN SESSION Messrs. Wilson and Bryan j Delegates From Three States ' Confer With Chinda i in Charlotte 1 by personal representatives of Insur- snce compunies, protesting against thelr .Inclusion as taxuble organiza tions under the corporation tax pro tisloii of the 'tarllT bill now under coiisliieiatiori betore the House Dem ocratic caucus. Kenresiiitative Hulfc of Tennessee, author of the Income tax feature, sunt today his desk was III KffortjS to Present Friction B weeiii the United States and tf Z iJZL-., " 1 4enveir-tm.-yfOTlHirrrU)i i.iv . . . ' fc-4apan ... . -r-H- . that.auch a change Is necessary in or- ,,, ,,.. iTZTZTZZZZV TKv ilir iiutSA'r,tr'iimi der that money contributed to the .V. . '. .u . , a.,. ,r I Veiterday a Day of Dim nvioti of the Problem the Men Face . .,; 1 ' .T pnnies. protesting hat they ate nut profit makitiR ontdKitioim. The, mat ter may he brought nn In iurna, but ills I leinoctatic Ituulsrs doclure that liisuranrs organiaatiuns were ' given caret ill consideration when the la Jor Favorites, It irSald" GODWIN : WITH OVERMAN Hriiutor Jalires Harvey, tlridgaisr ut Henderson, yestfrday took the stand In the arbitration court in session, its tlfthlay begtnlng this: morning and appraised the unapprslsed Wake Wa ter Company's property at 15 JH. 1.22.1 1. Nobody laughed, nobody cried or fell dead when he learned that an In solvency of a few months sgo Had been metamorphosed Into a congestion of capital. The fact that there Is a small dispute of $.100,000 and then some, be tween Engineer J. N. Har.elhurst and Menelor Hridgers. Is nothing to the prejudice of the hope, that sn agree ment win be reached. Under" Present Management Civil Service Is Said to Be a Farce-4 t Abused by Presidents AMtiMtnr Hrlrlirpra fiUHlttted as Mil ex- pert-4nthe several -questions gsk'ed him by Cot Armlstead Jones. He gave his occupation as an attorney and incidentally mentioned his experience as president of the waj,er company nf L piled with 'mall Hioin Insurance cum- his honiewJbp.reldfnL J.fJ! .". tno llgnt. plant twenty yrsrs, niio iiii examiner and appraiser of two hiiuiII wsler plants. He was entirely sc nualnted with pipes and pumps. He did not -Bsst-J-knnwldge. nf civil engtteetingw hydrography a,nu payment of the debt on Memorial Continental Hall 'may be specifically applied tb the payment of that debt. Is a libel upon the Integrity Aof 'the administration." ' Intimations were recently made In M published letter addressed to Mrs. "' sieott : by- the-neervmttye -eerattve ommltlee that- alleged laxity In the financial arTairs -would be brought to the attention of the Congress. - - The morning session today-was taken, up by reports of various com mittees. The afternoon session was devoted to further reports and receiv ing of contributions from chapters, amounting to many thousands of dol lars, i mrtrunw rwartnesnnrgday" Jlan which yielded a large return. Preparations for the nomination of tickets to be Toted upon tomorrow , . IKWU 19 .Vim VH wirilfl i w I - . - - - n in, ii In' and there waa much political discus sion with suggestion of probable "dark horses" Active campaigning waa done only for three avowed candidates "tor, -president-general: Mrs, William rumnssnga Htnry, of New York; Mrs. John Miller Horton. of Buffalo, and Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, of Memphis. The morning session adopted the re- -urt of the presl den t-generaU iJl rs. . UftAtt In fuvnr of thii Tnwnnr bill. t pending In Congress, for an appropri- atlon of 1300,000 for a site for sn office building west of Continental gross today, discussing tne recent floods In Ohio and Indiana and how they might have been prevailed. ." REJOICING AMONG . NORTH CAROLINIANS dent's -students at Princeton .and a member of the famous Princeton eleven if '. Tomorrow- night Mr. Wilson will give-his first dinner to the Cabinet. Cleveland H. Iodge, of ,ew York, a 1'rlnceton classmate, and Col: V. M. House, ' another Intlmaie friend, " wUl be among the guests. Postmaster General Uurleson an nounced today that It was the admin istration's policy to continue all Re publican postmasters now In office to the end of their terms, nrovlded tin Charges were sustained against their einclency. The policy applies to all classes of postmasters. VMy.,.deparoent-,wUi-,beruti . pn business lines and not- by pontic's," said Mr. Burleson, In explaining- the sew policy, tie declared -tnat tnee epectrjo charges of InefflotertFy;'"" added. "before anyone will be removed." Mr. Burleson said the decision hBd been reached after conferene with t'resident Wilson, who favored the merit system. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE -T0 ATTEND CONFERENCE IurMiM. of OrgatiiaatJoiiK to He Prea Piit Wben Hearing Takci na April IS. ' Olfford"TlneHr grtrtri'sselhrront- onn Carolina i :namoeroi commerce, was here yesterday from Kayetteville where he has been such a procuring spirit In that organisation, having come here to stir up Interest in the coming rate conference In Governor Craig s office. Mr. " Kamsaur came speciflcally--tft get the word well nut among the commercial organisations of North North Carolina. The first thing that he would do is to assure the various cities thitt find themselves hampered by ill balanced freight rates, that both the governor and the freight rate com mission of the Oeneral Assembly wish the business people of North Carolina to attend. L The conference will le held in the office of tlovernor Craig, but If It Is crowded, the hearing will adjourn to the Henate Chamber. The railroads will be Interested. The governor and th niinimlinlnn .ltr thai th. Qlyt . 4 , T W '.!a "(asieil by Appointment of nnH Osborne to Kuctwd Hnal K. ( hell and Walter II. Page" to Court of St. James, By M. K. C. HRYANT.) Washington, l. :., April 15.- The appointment of Col. William H. Os borne, of Oreensboro, to succeed Koyal K. Cabell, as ctimmlssloner of Internal revene, and Walter H. Tags, as ambassador to England, today by 'resident Wilson, caused much re joicing among North Carolinians here today. Both positions are Important enee. rr-ColowH. Osborne, In addition to bavlng charge of ail of. the moonshine destroyers-wttthevo to collectthe corporation tax. He wilt be a busy .man. 1 Mr. rage goes to fill the 'largest task ever undertaken by a. jecent day Tar Heel ' FINAL ACTION ON CURRENCY REFORM Sit Considered Pmhable' at tlw Pres ent Hewdon of Congress, According 1 to Mcmliers f nimlltee; iUv the Associated Press.) . Washington, I), c.. April is. Flnai t action upon a currency reform bill at A 'he present session of Congress la not tnsidered probable by members of :, j Senate committee nn banking and urrency. Plans for the preparation of legislation were outlined briefly today at a meeting of the Democratic ' members of the committee; but the actual preparation of a bill to ' be presented to Congress will not Ixv ompleted for some time. ARMISTICE BETWEEN TURKEY AND BALKANS? ' iBy the Associated Prens. Paris, April 11.- A three days ar mistice has been arranged between Turkey and the Halkan allies, accord Wig to a semi-official- dispatch from. Constantinople. hare representatives In plenty, It Is the desire of Mr. Ramsaur th.it svery Chamber f Commerce In North Carolina be represented here. The correspondence that haa gone on be tween Kalelgt) and other sections may have nol'fftafle ''plain thelsh of the officials nereto hav a good number of business men nresent. They are supplementing their letters with this public Invitation to all cities to have a man present.- I . -7 PIti:slIKT 8KM8 IX .NOMINATION'S. - "Washington. T. CrrApril 15. 4- President Wilson today nonil. natcd former Gov. John B. "s- borne, of Wyoming, to the first assistant Hecretaocof Htate: Wal- ter H. Page, of New York, to be ambassador to - Great Britain; -e William H. Osborne, of Greens- boro, N. C., to be commissioner of internal revenue; H. Knowde Marshall to be Cnlted Htatea at- 4 torney for the southern- district of New: York. ( OI.IMBIA HAH I200.0M HRE , London, April J$-Jewa of the ac tual conclusion of an armistice be tween Turkey and Bulgaria appears - to be premature, but there Is little loubt that It is on the eve of an ai rsngement noooooooioooooooooo O ' o O WITiHOX BOl IKSt'K O O CAKRIKD OVKBW1UXMIXGLV. O O O O (Special to News and Observer.) O O Wilson, April 15. The election O O hid here today for the issuance O O of tUO.tOO for street and elec- O O trie light Improvements was car- O O. Hed bv a B-nnA fnalifllv hll! for O O bond tosue, lit; against. It! not O Harrisonburg. Va, April 15. Wes ley Manning and Samuel Rothgeb, Kj.th mwA is-htn Viwra. wsre drown. i O voting, ;t. Total. auinLMts regis Oled today, la 4ie swollen Shenandoah w "p0- . In live precincts. O IOOOOOOOOCOOOOOO Hotel Whlrii Was Closed for Repairs Prat-Ucally lenlryeL (By the Associated Presa) Columbia, R C.. April 15. Firs which, raged for nearly four hours in the early morning today caused dam age estimated at 1200.009 and threat ened an entire city block In the heart of the business diatru-t. Tne i.oium- bla, hotel, which had been closed for repairs, was practically . destroyed with all furnishings. The large hard ware and grocery store of lvrlok tt Lowence, also were.' burned. The store's stock contained a quantity of dynamite, powder and thousands of rounds of cartridges but all explosives were removed safely before the flames reached them. TWO PROWVED IN RIVER. river at Bhenandoah City when the boat In which they were out fishing . forts tocprevent friction between the cnlted States and Japaa over the pro p"mf California alien land holding bill were continued today by Presi dent Wilson and Beeratary Bryan' la conferences with Viscount Chinda, the Japanese ambassador. There waa no announcement as to the nsture of the conference, but It was admitted that the California prob lem was under discussion. Without offending the people of California by any offloial Interference with their legislative proceedings the President and his Secretary of mate have unofficially conveyed to certain Influential persons In California the hops that lh projected legislation will not be permitted to take form that would laeUfk - the. Jannee govara. tin enattlt TWftemtrt!- a breach of tM treaty Sbligsaons or tne lrarted 8tatae , , ; '. TOlilO P.VPr.'Rli RKD HOT. Tokio, April IS. The lesdlng news papers of Toklo. the Aaahl. the Wokumln Shtmbun. and the J1JI Bhlmpo, which are usually con servative, have. assumed an extremist altitude on the projected alien land osnershiD legislation in t;aiuornia The Kokumln Hhlmbun is alpiost vio lent, while the Asahl 1st pessimis tic. DURHAM HAS AN UNUSUAL SORT OF STIR Recorder (;raham Cities U Ragaa and Mln Attorney. W. B. Wsjtlirie, to hhnw (Sam W hy They should Not be llrkl In lontMnpt, t , Special to News and-Observer. ) Durham. April 15. An Intereetifig and unusual development of the search and seizure aevwas the citing of Rd Ragmn and his attorney. W. B. Guthrie, to appear before Recorder Paul C. Graham and ahnw cause why they should not be adjudged guilty of contempt, of court. The ease comee out of the request for a claim and de livery paper for a part of the beer In the possession of the police. The whiskey waa seised by two of the ser geants of the police force Saturday, and was supposed to belong to Charles Kvsns Tnd-Pte-tenlden Sprele. s.iMrifcVi..ucrlh. jiaaler rsnfflrVt4vid. H. CI. op behalf of the asportation. He svokjof how the city had beutlfled ltewlf with pretty streets, fine buildings .wholesale (houses and'nnally its big water works system which was Hearing i ompletion. A paper -The I.ff"t -liirlflitln of AHHFA1IXK PIUMARY. Mayor Rankin and Board of Aldermen Nominated, iHnecial-to News and Observer.) Ash'evllle. April It. In one of the most tnterestlne- campaigns in the his tory of the city today, the Democratic municipal ticket, which wui unaouot edly be chosen In the general election, was selected. ' Following is the .ticket: : Mayor J. H. Jtankln. Aldermen at large A. O. Rarnett; alderman, second ward,Wr R." Ist terson; fourth wsrd. Fergus Strike leather; sixth ward, W. II. Johnson. Judge Police Court Junius O. Adams. .... , , ..U1.B I fill . WWgWHW.t."WT" .wmm-wry . TOT 6rA7fletf rtrtarr J2ila "LCt .twuttetwvi: .,- U,,,, . . . v- (Hy H. E. C. BRTANT.) Washington. April It, For many years it has been said that the civil, service, under the, present manage ment, has been used by the Republi can party-as a dumping ground for favorites. It Is said to be a farce. Senator Lee B. Overman, Iemoc.rat, ot North Carolina, baa asked for an In vestlgatlon of the entire classified serv Ice. kIn a speech In the Senate, he charged that persons under the civil service, claiming North Carolina -aa their homel had never seen the State.. Senator flinnot aald that the same is true of I'tah, The Mates of Montana, WashliiKluii. Oregon. Georgia and Tennessee have been Imposed upon In a similar way. Tlie Ovennaa JtesolnUon. Senator Overman thinks that for mer Prealdnta have 'abused their Charlutte. AnrH : lii-nfff iiTl probul'li' will be reocneti tomor-4 totind In the books and itiinils of - nanottAin(l11iTtr-Siay iW ' w oppo.itu.n will inile 1 perts, but n his own experimentation. newr aiiawgnv Meoaii..H .t tne : i,e,,. ,)nnKt mrenuous .light ;- The ant(. Camlinss'and Oedrgia raef this niorn-I ffve wool rcprHB.-iUativ s "or- IIIS at n:ll O euu.H In ftnmuL ntn. I"u ivr oi. vention. at the Y. ei. O. A. Home forty 'contest, and. al- T aditiittBtllv (ivt'rwhfltnioir Ihov oro. or Hfty delegates aro In aitenliin.V4 pose to make- a determined atrugale and the suasions of th TOflvntion:are-f-t- bll -Gte -im!hs -to---14- per.-cuU interesting. . ouiy on raw wool as a Miiiistituut (or Mayor Charles "A. Bland gav a ' llf free liHtlng by the coinnilttee at welcome to the delegate and threw open to them the doors of the city. Mr. Bland spoke of the Work being done by the leading water systems, how they made for better health -end con ditions. He spoke of Charlotte's great water famine of 11 and thanked greenvllle tor the aid given in this me-ot -mrmrt1rrr-rr- r xne response w''- .ige by A. J. the reiiuesl of lresldeiit W ilson. . Hejirestmtatue AshUi'ook. of Ohio, Is chairman of the free wool oppon ents'' conferiice. Kailuie In tint mil (us may result In ie.iieM. for ex. emption from tlie pledge so tbu fight mav be cominuvd on the floor of the llou'e, " ' . eterday' right. ,- . itftia fruits and cotton and imutt wees - Lba chief, laraets of ithe ouwn- faaion' la Ihe. caucus today, the cotton schedule still being under considera tion upon adjournment. o changes were made in the committee bill, as Aa auch. Mri ItrldKers never failed. to expresM his opinion, though nearly all his statements sese made In. the soli, lllll ed better service than Senator Hridg ers made It xeslenlar. ... Mot lu.oody. as ridiculing- -tile-sen Btor. He was treated Willi grest re-sptH-t and nobody tried to laugh his statement out-of court, mere wasrt anything to grow gay about. IK the city pays the price. It won'tJia've i hiince to -smile In a cenlur How Tbrjr I H Iter . ,'ths asilmate of Mr Hazlehtirst. giving what he termed a generous valuation, mag list, 009. In that he til iHnrt hiciudr- an ltm-r $SM m the event the ilty does not move. the iase of gunirty. That weuld inake-i the company lust thirty thousand bet ter off -than it now la The estlmstes of Mr. Brldgers are likewise contln nt noon nioxlns or remaining at a result the diiv a discussion, ad-t-rh t.eant it vocatps of ini -reused diitli on wheut, Tlie lnl muntlon of Mr. Hrfclgers's f that there sre persona under the clvti to furnish ;the Senate the iollowlng. . Information: ... . -,- The Ins . orders, and resirftAons -hr which ths.'t-lvil Mrvte vim n, t ht-stabllshedyand haa been extended In the United Stares. ' The ..dumber of employees and off!- " cere flow In the different departments ofptbe government appointed through. " Land subject to, the civil service lew anil regulations. . .- The number and names of the em- " ploves snd officers of the I'nltell Slates who hsv been covered Into the clunlfled sen-Ice hy the virtue of exec- ' ' " utlve orders since the passage nf the civil service law, together with the date and copy of each order. - The number and names of persona irc-t he class! fled -gervl em f re ni es c l - This resolution, as K Is or la modi- - j fled or extended form, wlU pass the In support of what Senator Over, man suld, Senator Smoot added: "f Know, so far as I tah la t-oncrrneri a well as tlww- fivoring Hi tree hat-1 ntstement will prove of Interest; but It theyWater Supply Has Cpon thf Gtti- j ueingvonsa u u n.i ineiniw-i . makes too imposing a 1131 01 r.mire never uw t tie state, Just as in the enil Health of a Community." bv O. It. I h" "'ed Increased duties on citrus this morning. For tlie water : tower, lot, 1 rase reported bv Senator Overman, .itrice and ataoie, ne 11 nows u. . i uoiiiinuen .n psg( Klxe. The pump bouse and engineer's cot- ass e I age, he hats at S.70f. He ola.es the J pCDCflM hi rflMFflRT pumping Plant at l.llt.OO... the cierrtnW- UUIWrUttl tT.ooo, tiie nu.r White, of Columbia, wan-eehup the ! f' "H. pineapples. cotton yarns and most Interesting Teature of the morn- "" aouies meeiing u iim- .iot, Ing aeisjtnllrVhite was too ULJulX r L'l rnHl on, llanil. attend the contention and the paper : l:preaentiive I tnlerwood. cnair wag read Mr. Im. also of Coluui- ' "f the-wsvs and--means coimnlt bla. Mr. White 1. paper dsall for the'tee, who was 111 yesterday, was able most part with tiller systems and the i l" resume control of .the bill in the habit of some cities In polluting the j ' today. Representative Ituiney, supply of other" Wtiew further down "' Illinois.' had charge of the sgrl.-ui; ilie water, courses I tural schedule for the ways end means The afternoon m iloh" warTe'aTTirsd j commuter..; k.. rfrfru. i.v u v iii,. l ight oil 4 o toil Ttale. d.lohli, n "l....nl.hl. l--.n..,r, ... " Tile lllOSt Stllllllofll (IlipoSltioll of losses piam tiai,,.!. ti,-a.i.i. ! bei-s on some of the eouou . rates. sen-ice and accredited to I'tah who hJa, on "Piexentable li-onotnic t The most stubborn imposition es In the operation of a Boiler ! ",M u" dime from southern mcm I. and ' Reiiirdiee." The a.ldreaa hers 011 sonie of the ,-oiioti rates. 1 ..... ... .-It rill. .m X. mn- was technical and gave "si-slea," tni '' i'r'"""-'"" ""'i " !"'' ' the boiler as b'ln r .the greatest li.xs ''. P'lfd an im-reaae In the pro. with regards to fuel He showed li..w ! P'"'1' t 'les on Iwmled, mercerlr.efl In r.rn.Av Ihli Hr trnttn th. Inlnrim- ' u'l .otherwise Unified yarns. The of the boile SOUTHERN MEN IN RICHMOND TODAY Conference of the South-Land for Three Days r Of . rommlttee'a rules of outy ranged from live pe- cent to Jo p r cent. The iV-.iiiu ani ndnieut woulu have ad-rvain-jd- thes rat's, beginning at 19 per i "lit on the fifwer grades and run ; mnir up to So per cent on the higher 'grmlc. The amendment was Ueo down i'V i vite of '19 to St. the first 'foll-rail-of 'he day.' IKfll CfiM CIICTAIMC L DANIELS' ACTION In Itei-lliilng Mi (.rant pM-al nl t ap 7" lain lUHi- From thaler of tlie Her.' t-etary of tlie Navy Awlgning Him to ' illy the Associated Press) ,Vashingioii, 1. C.. April If.. water reservoir at nl.int at 130.000. the Intake snd stand pita at il.fiOO, the piping al j.ii:a.ia, the ciist Iron at IH7.181!, terra cotta conduit 111,181.50, special :l.;ii. valves I6S0, hydrants 17.700, engineer. Ing. contingencies, Interest, construe i iioiT tooola snd"ronra't4U-s 155,01, Soldiers' Home and St. Augustine :.- 3l 7T. paid Jones and Powell III. tioo; meters 17,310, eitilty in othr lines l.0A. value of fraiichiss Hi; 000, the going concern vslu I So. 000. and the Walnut ('.reek supply ease, ment from the State iloopttal I10M.000. Grand total tas.5::.l 1 tn his cross-examination Mr. Hridgers asked If a reporter were pres ent, Mr. Jones replying that he would see It all In the paper this morning. Ktplslned In detail. Mr. Hridgers thinks there js nothing eitravggant In his estimate " Continued on Page F.ighi ANOTHER CHAuV FACTORY BURNED OF U. S. SENATORS Hnh-a t ommltlee) Determines I'poii Three Prwlerta In Investigation or Mr-nato Itiwtaurant With Hope- of Reducing Ct, One of Them. 'fly the Associated- Press.) aslimgton. IvV APril is.1lmi. Ing. smoking and personal transpor tation promptly guve the Senate com mittee oft rules a bttsy-itlme today at ita lira session Under the Pew Demo cratic admlnlsl ration of the Senate. The committee finally de'ernilned up on three projects to the personal, com fort of Senators: A committee turjnvestlgate the Hen ate. restaurant in the hope that.'rost living can be reduced. . The ilefest of Senator Tillman's resolution to prohibit smoking in ex ecutive iHton of the Somite. The removal of .the new mono-rail svstem In the Seagate sub-way because of Its noise, 1 lire st Walkertown Iteetroys-l'UMiU Entailing a Isms of tl.VO0. With So Insurance. Special to News anil Obtervei I VMnston-Siilem. Aprl) 15.-- A - large chair factory, owned bv a stock com-! N.C.NEWS AT - "THE CAPITAL tBy H. R. C. BRYA.VT.) italirjifJU-J-la. Country Lite ITe-lden, Wi son today formal Iv sus- - lk;nn ' Washington. I. C April li.-a-. . V ' ; tallied the action of Secretary .anlels,h . ,., of ..0(hi, :f-tary Paul. Is has accepted an Invlla- III SUth-MallV TVominent ' declining to promols apt Tnplln-,,,, Thw comnanvs storage' '" ' "I""" at the 1 Associated Press M. I'ntt". I . S N., to grade of r hliuxe. Id' h contained a tars e Hum-j ,'',""'r l'r" nr't- on th Men I'reneiil , , ' L . , . . 1 nutin-. R Hi' ll roiii.uirg fiiaiae Hum-1 , . - , . admiral.' mi the ground thai he had )(fr tj ( (,),. wa- aavml. The cnni- i "Mutual delations of the Press to the ,0, x-i-ii .uiii.-i--.il sea "- j 1Mny .had a large stm-k of lumber on int. ruptain's comnilnaloti Its yarila and all but about 'Ju.uloi test 1 By the A-o, iit ed Press. 1 Hu binond, V.i S M-retary 1 mnletsriw.weveriihsd laid , ,,f i nis-wirg-tiirrned. - The tmrnlng-of uon a general order ou tne- sun-lei t. ,. . , .ii.. .1.. pr(J Jl-Ptubfnrehese vasea.arose 1111.I the pro, , h t f H f h k . If ma of tfal int'-iM to country life ilcst was. .tinavalllng. In the Southern Mates will be dls-. cussed at the 'onfeprm-e for Kdtna tlon In the South, which will meej here tomorrow for a three days' ses sion. A large attendance of school 1 workers, farmers, and business men Is assured; eriuwu. the stuck for which had ,ittfv niied. In-eii Tax Collector C. H. Bartlett. Treasurer A. H. KelmeL Mayor Rankin, Tax rollector Mart- Mutt, and Alderman Johnson were un opposed.: - . Th. i-1'nM.t rse was that of A. G Harnett and Kingland Van winkle, the1 'Juestolns site, ting rural w-hoola ..rtn.r-a. m.torttv htdn fortv-otsht ! agricultural credits, and marketing All of the auccessful candidates, methods will feature the discussion of wlth the excent on of Mr. Harnett and' conierencs. r. n group win noiu THE DAY IN CONGRESS I), c April- 1- - Wiishlngton, S.EXATE: Jle,-t-fl iriomrna'ioiis from the President inciuuing inai 01 waiter it. I'SKe as ambao-moor to Gretti lirltaln positions for which they ran, thp two new officers succeeding men who did not stand for re-election. Mr. Bar lett led the ticket. , WHALEY TO SttX'EFD LfAaARIU As Congressman Front final 8001b Carotins? District, (By the Associated Frees.) Ik-ular work general points I will be NASHVILLE MAN LOSES IN FEDERAL COURT T liillwrl UimmI, In VcUoei to Ret-over 2.IMNI trom loourance ifompauy tor Ijom ur Hotel ly tire ta t nauc- ITwsful. , 1 Special to News anil obsener. seLon at whi(V rundan.snlal ' '' thr h"ul(, h" Wrtaal HI. hmond. Vs., April 1 5.-- Verdict nnel.mmenl o rural felH"' lt ,n Wlison r noh.t- for the d. -f-ndaht Ws. rendered in Ihe di. oJd !1 nations Federal district court today In en ac "Ti,'es'- ' '-"' , Senator HIU h.-ok Introduced reso- lion in which T. Gilbert Wood., .of WASHINGTON HOLDS 'iiition calling for all correspondence .Nashville, N. .. .smiKht to re oer ttntween Cnlted Status end Colombia 12. !u from Ilia Honor Garden. n- rsil ITen DDtll g nu 1 relating to- nsims ior pa-mion 01 snrsn' - uompuny, or I'liiiunripiiis, as LtuALIsCtU rrUMAKT ! 1'Hr.sn.a. a mill of the destruction by fire of a I , Suffrage sub-committee decided to houl at liurkevllle, Vs.. which he . X'l 11 u.,.1... Vniiau i.-.u.i.. reaniim suffraire narade hearlnc on 1 , nl t narieatone Bt-., Apni m-tw-w 0w cv n, sirrling Murh In- I Wednesday, - --t- '4 hVmisny -resisted -pajmunt on tlcally completereturns.from todays; tt.uirn.imt and Ijirss Vmmi" Senator KenWr'Irrtroduced bill tof.h .rounds that Wood, who.-wan Its oemncrmuu snnivr uru ue urn miuin , . Carolina district Indicate' Ihe nomlna-1 " , ' ' "' . . . tlon of It. H. Whaley. of harleton;! .IfT'"' Ns and terver.' to succeed the late fnlted States Con- , Wnshlngton. A. .. April 15,The gressman, George 8. Igare. The : " ". ..-.--... , ,u . tlie-M r' IIUI lirs.llMe. ""WKI VTI UiSI total yota. today wag about ii. ' atripai omcers was nei.i m idis cityu,,,!, on any Item of conference re 1 high- I . , . ports on tariff bills. punish lobyliiir and one to provide Hgant at the time the policy was taken noun or rest tor raw-nan employe. Senator Cuininlns gave .notice he would on Fridayawk amendment of rtuei ko aepai--ii. oi. wouio oe pos- Th. Ivn rSltld.tM nnll.il I h. .rf .,.t. in nHm.ru held av.r.l i Much Interest was man.fested and a Weeks ago. . large poll cast. Frank O. Kugler t m ' - was nominated for mayor over C. It. TIME LIMIT EXTENDED. Sterling by 1 majority. , v ' , The following men were nominated (By the Associated Press.) for aldermen: M. T. Arch bell, John G.'i New York. Anril 15.- The tims Burgaw. jr.. J. F. Hue k man. C. tt. limit For tiling damage claims against Morris. R. L. Jones. K. R. Coxxens. F.I Adouted resolution culling en sec. retary of Treasury for report whether rnllncids and express cflmoanles. oper ating tinder land grants had been paid for carrying government goods. Adjourned at 1:40 p. m. until noon Thursday. the Or an pany, Limited, for losses Incurred by the sinking of the Titanic!, was ex tended by United, States Judge Holt today In the. case pf twf attorneys representing marly' sixty claimanta. One - acting for seven residents of X Z ilrerUnd was given HTrty tlajra. ' . Steam Navigation Com- i. Herry, F, Pi Whltler. rtereral of lbe candidates for alder- N men were defeated. 1 O. Morris ds feated ffsotge Hsckey, Jr.; -John. C. Rurgaw defeated G.- A. Sneneer: r f. Whiteiy and r. J. Ftrry dcf. aled H. Morgan anH II. Tl Stewart, and B. B. CozwuAsf rJtd M.'U. Ai trs, i lHoisf.i jjemocrats In i-suous resumed con- ainra'ion -of tiirliT hillj! discussing agricultural schedule. Itulca committee roriklderlng sne- iH. rulefor linmeillhte' consideration of lundrv civil bill and Indian dd- roDrlation bills out., was tiegllgetit in failing to give notice thai he was the owner of the property, the paers having given merely the nume .of the hotel aa that of lip. Insurad. At a prrvldua trial of the case Wood was awarded Judgment for the full amount asked. 1 VARNER MAKEs'eLEVEN SPEECHES IN ONE DAY Special to News and Observer.) Thomasvllle, April It. Col. Henry B. .Vsrner, of Ixlngton, North Caro lina, pioneer advocate of good roads, spent the day here the guest of the city. While here he made eleven tronTTeerrte mr The" flltr erenr man ufarturlng plants before the worj niea. even man ft Public omi-lal Kepresentntlve Stednian nnim'naled for-tMdtei today H, t. Imbeth. Finn College and It. J. Lewellyn, .Mount Avry ' Mr Georae W. Montcastlo, nf iiigtoii. and Mis II. K, C. Bryant, of 'bsriotte-are with the North I am- lina l. A. K. delegates today. a - Mm. K1--C. Gregory, of Salisbury. Ii.is charge of the pugra at Continental risii - Paan Dinner. Those at tb dinner given al the Cosmos Cluo tonight by Rpresents- live Knbsrt N. Page to. Walter It. Page were: Walter ,H. Page. Secretary of Stat Bryun, Secretary of the Treasury Mew Adoo. Postmaster General Burleson, Secretary ot Agriculture llouaton. Sec-, retary of Ijibor Wilson, Senator Over- . man, Representatives Small. Faison. Pou, Godwin, Page, Houghton. Webb and Uudger; Ir. J. A. Holmes, Peter W ilson.V Representatives J. J." Fits-' geruld, "wager Shirley and A. J. Mon- -tagne; Frank and Henry Page, of Bis- coe; Thad S. Piige. H.; K. C, Bryartt and Parker R. Anderson.' , Senator Simmons. Is attending the marriage of his daughter and Major Btrdman 'has gone to Beaufort ta) the bedside of his wife, who Is lit. Representative Kitchln and Secra- tary Daniels had previous engage. -tnents. Postmaster Oetieral Burleson today rescinded tha order abolishing the postofflce at F.lhanan, McDowell county. This office la located at a point where It la of real eervk-e to -the mountalners" orphan school, at the head of which la Mlsa Mattla ferry. The latter was In Washington a few, days ago and asker Secretary of the Navy tionlela to arge t he Post- . master General to" rescind the order 1 sbollihlnif it. Tfie result of the ef forts' of M tsar- Pees - and - Seeretsry Iianlels Is seen In Mr. Burleson's er- er today.
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