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- 4 North Carolina's Greatest , Daily. Best AJvertiflnj Medium ia North Carolina ws- an T x r EALEIGH, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, If ARCH 10, 1914. . i VOLXCIX. NO. 49. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. TRIO OF STATESMEN FROMVWHICH , SUCCESSOR OF MOORE VTL1 BE CHOSEN 1 t OVER THIRTY DIE SERVICE THE KEY jBRYAIJ HAS flEW III FIRE 111 SI TO PARTY GROWTH PBOD FOR HUERTA r PROBE EXCHAIJEES .iHEstaat I"'". '-'' i) i I a VV In a . m m m.i i . i u i 1.1 it. r v . j .- -f t- - - t H H M .n F I I Ff t Democracrcannot-uve: ujt usnzemara I . . ,,,. 1 , . J Missouri Athletic Club Burned U.IVE ON ITS USEFULNESS Yesterday and Many Known To Have Perished .MANY OF OCCUPANTS " YET UNACCOUNTED OR "..Firemen Continue Search For Bodies- Under W Gtarn&T Searchlights So Many of The Guests Have Not Been it. uuv4ig """" Heard FrOm. COnClUSiOn' IS lnK Proposed call for a meeting of pamrients of the United fitates gov ' ' LI ! ' Jf IT l , North Carolina Democrats in the near ,riiinent are seeking inforraatioii a rorcea mai iney rensneu. Rn3Tman' Ranlr Alcft Rlirn. w ed and Walls collapse Hjr U temitlwt Vrwt.) St. Louis. Starch . that from thlr- .... ty-4a-thlrty-T- guests of t1iaMi aourl Athletic Club perished In, the name that destroyed he building this moral, to the belief of officer of thee lub tonight. ' 'Seven bMies have been recovered and from twenty-threw to twknty nlne occupants of the structure still are unaccounted for. At sundown tonight, -firemen continued, the search for bodies in the smouldering ruins under r the glare"" of stirchlighti; Though a committee early today open- ! ed headquarters at ine rrens viud and asked all who were guests of the Mlssour ...L-. . .i.,. ,-.i..v. .i.ht t- I 4SMS)iaiSi!SJSglWW bat'all these were lost. . Hope wasygiven by Fire Chief Swingley late today that the water fduld bepi limped 6tt of the fuThli to- tilsht and that search or bodies . might then be resumed. While the aearcW eonUnued today. r ' seventeen persons Injured In the fire were under treatment at publio and privste hovpltala -There wan much difficulty In Iden- -tifytaaTTecovared bodies of the dead and soma were Menuneo - unaer two v- . or three inerent names. Tha Wa was the most serious as , t to fatalities of any nre in ths cttya ril'hlmirv. It comnletely wrecked' tha aoven-stnry building, occupied Jointly , by ths tssowrt Athlfetw club and by : tha Bttmen'a-Bank, and caused a property loas estimated at $4,000. Tha cause of the tire was a mystery tonight Reaorts that the blaiie was accompanied by a terrific explosion indicating , that the nre way oue m ?lTorta..of '',nfJyn"J theb oatmen's bank, were unconfirm- ed. Reports of explosions were de- jtted by the night watchman of the bank. In aha -wilts of tha- boatmaiP bank. -h!'h occupied part of the firrt floor of the bulMing. were more than $1,300,000 in currency. The number of guests who had roomH in the club house,, either per manently, or for the nlght7 was abou; one hundred. Manv escaped, some checked out before the tire, others. It is thought Were not there when thaflames broke out, and the rest are listed among tnei ilead. Tlia-firawas dmcovereu ny woman who was watting in tne ciuu lobby, for her escort. Sba saw the reflection of the flames in the plate glaw windows across tha street Thirty-eight guests on the fifth floor were awakened by Mr. and Mra Rob- en WcGill. who refused to Mtave un - til -they had given the alarm to an within reach. Mr. iiw.itll was novsei manager of the club. Mr. McGiH was I manuger-'of the ciuo. Mrs.-i Mct-titi w as "badly burned, t Wramatlo escapes were;' numerous. One of the most spectacular was that of twelve or thirteen men who de-m-eiided from a fifth floor window to the roof of an adjoining building by means of sheets. One guest escaped by leaping over a chasm ten feet wide to the roof of an adjoining build- ing- While ibe firemen were at work on the Fourth stnpet side, the wall fac- nirbe-reet ' rviiiapsej xrom me fourth floor np. Xbe firemen fled to huildine across the street and es caped. One fireman was hit acid his Ifc- hniken. Sections of the wall fell loom time to time through the day. tBl Um AaMctaud hml .i.ing. Ulch.. JSarch . Many t'omm-KtU. were mad -today at the 'IvnoW Your City" meeting here, con . cernmr h address of Prof. Charles. Zui-bMc- In which he declared that he . still Sieves, : 'charges, he rencetly marie r.gainst Speaker Champ Clark are true. Zueblln was attacked' by t Speaker Chirk In the House Saturday. - Hd not lie about Speaker Clark," ' Said Zeu'j.lii 't simply said I had en 'iftv letters from member of CoHtnes who said they had risen in ; su'por of the roll-call on ths ref " erei'e-e cl the lobby report to the com mitter on ludiclao and that they "dere not counted. ' MW the letters In the possession of Lynn Haynes. secretary of tha Nat. ioral Voters League and I think ha has them yet." ; :v,;'.- . ' - nnM Uaknt suuemeiit '-' n-..kinn. D. C March- -At headquarters of the National Voteps Lea sua today. Becreiary njiw '" . rf.i.mfnt saying the league had on file statement of forty-six members of the House, declaring they in hir nlaces on December , mi. and asked for a roll-call on the 1 .1 v. i,,nn. The statement de clared the Congressional Kseord of 1 icemler , shtjwr only twnty-thra ZUEBLIFJ MAKES BANK EXAMINER ATTACK ON CLARK FRED HULL O! I le rubers so reeponaiiig. I Party ,Has Done- Well In North Carolina, But It Must Keep On Serving The People With Diligence, Is View of Mr. Bailey Proposed Meeting JYilLHelp Itta, Doing Jbis4 " Vpuii his return from Washington Vum mnA ihMrvcer renortad irrter- vlew Mr-J w- Hi"y upoM the nt, wi nt the roiH.rta wnl out concern- u pIalu,. Mr. Bailey, "that all thU talk about can- dldates for Governor and a new party Is mere reporters' goesip. The boys are evidently not satisfied with the simple facts but feel some strange necessity for nuking their stories more extraordinary than the other fellow's I -srtlnetlmea think-that a reporter who would be rontent to re port the plain unvarnished facts would astonish the world." What Is ProfMMed. "Now, It is not' proposed to divide the Democratic party; nor hlt pro poned to 'groom' any candidate for Governor. It Is proposed to bring be fore,, the people in definite form cer tain mieasures which it Is thought the General Assembly" of 115 should adopt. That Is all." " "r " ,,, X w LVifflitnuuiLiiui -'?rtC0lamn TfiCT'Hlow process did not """" - :'-" - i am lor i reposing inj mr Decause 1 aeaoiy ueuvve maw inn - . Carotlnaan trust. "As a Democrat I advocate a for ward movement by the Democratic yarty- beeanee- I know- that -tin -matter-how good a party's record may be It must continue to actively nerve tne people. It cannot live on Its record; It 'must live on Its usefulness. "It is just the same with Individ uals. There are now three candidates Id sight for Governor. They have good -records: But they win.ijiicceea or fail according to theld success tha next year or two In showing trie peo ple what they can do ot what they pYa dona. , Supremacy in ftervir. "Tha Democratic party in the ha- tton- tw sweepmrrverybtKlr befurg ft because the ml ministration Is proving successful The work of President Wilson and 'the present Congress Is the secret of the universal confidence In. our party. Now the Democratic party in North Carolina has done well. It is doing well. Governor trralg is a magnlllcent Governor. But f WJ wouId 0011,iml to command the confidence of ,he p,opW, wfl mugt con. tlnue to surpass all others ,in serving than. ... , - To tivi Orutin Standarrtx. 'Tli mwtlnr 1 hnve In mltid nro iimu to hln tha narrv' In doinir tuat this. We will simulate Interest in oer- tain great causes. t We will inform the people and the candidates. I hope we win succeed in tixing In the minds at tlie mea who make up the Democratic party certain standards, ..U...1.4. ,l,.m In Miitinlri th.R. ,ii ,1,.. ! , ,f w do thu thn r,efn0. faTErrc"flaTty will coTIItiuVT6be "te velle t tn people s will in North Carollna . -gpi,,,; tor rriysrlf, T have here- tofore published What I conceive to be rMuwmabty practicable program, Tml ortnt.d 1. in Januan'. Of counse 1 j cannot st4y xsliat the meeting will 1 do t fiuatius Men t'oniing. -, yall have one or more famous 1 ,,, Th)s wetihK will be In April. All Democrats favorable to wellr defined forward measures will be wal - corned and V think this includes about all of them. The call will b&l more detinue on tms suDject. ve expect a great meeting. To lroniotXo t'nndldaoy. "We ai ont In thia movement t advance any one man's cause, or to anv division in the Democratic party. I uH4F-berrtitttA-r--wiwemnfc-All we liave In mind is to boing for ward In emphatic manner mqfblg things for our party to do some achievements that will keep North Carolina lemocrats abreast of tha great record President Wilson and Congress are making." Friends of J. K. Doughton .lx- .... . . . . ... 1 A. tf "W. f II..IM- peci rum 10 oe nuns OuCCeSSOr lMrt.l te Tta Km an Otatntr I Asheville. March . t'red A. HulL of this city, who for tha past eight years has served as national bank examiner for the Btata of North Carolina, last night authorized the announcement that he has tendered his resignation, effective Immediately, to John Pkelton Williams, comptroierl of the currency. Tnis announcement will not come as a surprise to M Hull's friends here . for - it has bee' known for sonfe time past that has been considering taking such ac tion. As rtktioual bank examiner, he Tias served with great satisfaction and the news of his retirement will be re ceived with regret by his friends in banking circles throughout the Htate. He has not yet announced his plai.a for the future. . While several names art being men tioned in connection with ths appoint ment of a successor to Hr. Hull It Is stated that at the present time the indications are that the position will go to J.-K. Doughton, who for several years served as State bank! examiner. 3- dim tHvuyut doviv i w Texas Under Cover ' MYSTERY DEEP AT CAPITAL State and War Departments Ask For Fullest Particulars By Wire Remains of Slain American Indicate He Was - Murdered Mexican Pfesr dent To Punish Slayers Br Uit AuaeUt4 I'm.) Washington, March . Two to the circumstances under which the body of Clemonte Vergara an Amer lean ranchman, supposed to have been killed by Mexican Federal aoldlere near Hidalgo, Mexico, wan found on the American side of the Klo Grande eatly Sunday morning. stripped of doubtful detail the military fact known officially to the Ktat aud War departments in that the body of the man for whom search has lieen made for the paot three weeks, Is on Texas soil. Telegrams To Washington. A brief telegram to the tUate De partment today from American Con sul Uarrelt, at Neuvo Laredo, Mex ico, aii ttie body had been found and that detalln would be reported by mall. No mention was matin of press reports that Tx:ui rangero rrrwned the border aird -brouifht -rmrtwtty bHPlt reportinir their action to ,.oyernr try wlrecrrnscoiisul to make his re- port by telegraph and this is being at Paao tor in formal' . This brought the following telegram from that of- flcerj "Invefitlgation Vernal a affair being made. "Will report as soon as tumt are learned. Thus far nothing known here except tut published in press. Af fair occurred about i miles tabove Laredo at a place not on railroad or telegraph line." - -violations taf - Sf ntralltr-" Reasonably assured (hat neillieH miiicu oiaies nor i exuv pntcigiarlMriv luMln4k.lul 1.. ...... 1 ,1. . I be regarded aa eMaUng MxiuaouHMJ'a relgnty. the Btat Department Is euil- 2 fronted with the necessity of making fresh- repi'Ksentatroim to General itu erta in the effort to have pualalunL the persons guilty : of Vergara's. bill ing. When the cane first was brought to His attention by Charge O'KhauKh nesay. General Huertit promised prompt puiiiHhnient of the guilty par ties, if warranted by th facta . Afterward the Kederal (Jeneral at Neuvo Laredo intimated 'that Ver gara had joined the CoiiHtitutlonallstn and had been killed by them. The discovery of tha body on the banka of the Hio Grande, bearing half a dozen fatal wounds no' furnishe tangible I evidence for the further prosecution I ' the case. Secretary pryan today I asked John tiassett Moore, formerly counselor or me iai Department to offloes for consultation and It Is inferred that subsequent steps will be in accordance with Mr. Moore's sug- geBtiOnS. I Shlvriv Kpm PrPHldemt. Actliigcairmatll ihiyeJx-uf-tia. T Senate Foreign Relation Committee today conferred with president Wil son and Jhen With Secretary Bryan about the vergura case and eald after wards that little ofllctai information had Iteen received. Incidentally, the Trealdent denied that the Americun I government knew anything of A pnh. I llshed retort that Germany had I warned Mexico that any injury to German subjects would meet with re- I tallation. The President told callers I that Germany s attitude toward the ! position of the Vnlted States' in the I Mexican situation had been aatisfac- tory and friendly and that Gerfnany nau occupieo a moft aigruuHa position hroughout. He did not believe re ports, he added, tnat Germany was disposed to complicate; the situate Consul Letcher ao fur has made on case or Snyinan. the former lioi WWWSaTKrtt W ItlMI T&3!TowlteTrwh Is asking protection for his property through the ynlted Htates govern ment. Aleo It wax said that tihttiing had been beard of Gustav -Baueh the American who disappeareff from rjuares several weeks ago. As-forthe commission charged tor hivestigate the killing of the Uritish subject, Benton, Secretary Bryan today said Its statue Secretary Bryan today said Its status was unchanged. WIMi ASK INJVNCTltlS State of Louisiana Will Try to Block t-Tee Kugar. Washington, March . The Su preme Court tuduy grantod the titat of. lxiuiBiank. permission to nie an STmcMS I Amed urur rates application ' for an Injunction agalnttl enforcing tno re duced sugar rates of the t'nderwood itarirtact. I ine ton uxna .prii rar im cec- I retary of the Treasury to show cause why tha injunction should not bo 1 aniwl Amplication for nermimtlon tn I th. ...1. wa. iie.d bv Attorney I General Pleasant. March S. lie de- I clared the State was engaged at its I eonvlct labor farms in production of I sugar and. therefore, had a direct in I terest ' in rates on sugar. Keduced I rates became eneoilve ott Marcn 1 ana I took to ths entir removal of duty on sugar. Federals Train at Lynchburg. ' Lynchburg. Va., March Mw- ager H. H. Geealer of the Plttsbur Federal League, after aa Inspection of facilities here today decided to bring the Pittsburg team hf e for three weeks 'training. The 'squad, which will compose of about thirty players, will b ordered to report nere Hun day to beln work aext week. The diamond formerly used by the Vir tnie League will be -utilised. Man ager Oessler "declared tonight that it la his. belief that tha Federals are stronger financially today than the American League was three years af A . ........ V T I , l. ' 1 1 ' "" -i '" f f-e ii r- 1 I, ..aa i sspi ... JHssaa "isT av a. 1 m II -w I i i .,-..',;,....., .: I 1 Rt, JOHN, UtlD 2 W.W.XKH.U3 HEftgy-WWTE V tiahflijtirn. 'Glared .-VuiiiJei-- - j I ' I able t-pecuiatiuo 1 as to who will liv the new cour-n-lor in (he State Department, eut'ceoditig J'hn KaHett Jloore, w ho rengiieB f days ago. Three . nie.n. uri an lih.I r conaideratifm by I'rvniuviitW ilm an. I Secretary Brian. Th M- .luM' l.'nd, HEAVY FIRE LOSSES IN THREE STATES Waco, Tex., Terre Haute Jnd.,! and Buffalo; N. Y.; Suffer ' ; Disastrous Blazes i 5,00OAtESUDTT0N BURN Sparks From Passing Engine j Guilford Civil Court Began Yes Given as Cause of Lone Star yterdav Helping The Needy Conflagrations In All Cases! Perritt Signs With Patridts Flames Spread Rapidly and; Soon Gain Control Over the Fighting Brigades 'rrreTTT valued at 11 half million dollar .t destroyed today tn a lire wha h swept t!t plaivt ,f the Kxporters" a Trail- era Wnrelioune aiiil toinprew t om- patiy iit . Waco. -h The loxa im ulder the lUO.U0t) plant. i.Qutk baJe of .-olton in st-lruge a:d on wharf, eight box cars of the Ml-HourlKKtii- and Texas HaAoud and adjoining outhouses of the eompuny. leasee were i;uid to be nearly cov ered by inaiiram-e. A hhf Jirick ware house Containing more than i.aua bale of cotton wan closed and with stood intense heat. . fto rapidly did the flames hpread that employe tn the business olliot were forceit to t1i their desk, losing personal "I el'iiiyiiua. Sparks from a locomotive van niteu as the caiixe of the fire. Big- BIhm" t Terre Haute. , e ' illy tl A.-wortuviil tfvu I Terra Haute, Ind., March . Kite that started In a hssetnent of a whole sale drug hoiue in the' ibuslneas dis trict here tonittht has spread to ad joining structures and Is said to be beyond control. Thirty mtndtes af ter the fire wa-t discovered it wae ex timated that It had caused $100,009 damage to r.tovk alone. . . ... - - Big Iajwi At lluBalo. Buffalo. N. y March.. TJie iorti j necilng lerinuiai i'j?--vtiiir on t-w well canal l burning end probably will b a total, los. The elevator contains about 1.000. "00 burhels of grain. Slisfer Quits Game. Hi AiHvrlaud fiail ' Ban Joee. Cal March . Arthur Shafer, third baseman of ths New York Nationals, j . announced today that he had quit professional base ball. He said he was tired of the constant strain of a long pennant rce. and was gnlng into business with Ma afther at Los -Ancle. 4p . , - , !L.s9 js-v-wiJf JZLam'- & . lit the president's advlter on '"'"''" Jazhn Ib - Hrnrv fh!te, former I the president's advlter on the Mexican 1 veia t rw: nitd ute- atnbaosador to Knun. Hiiil W. W. Koikhili, Mho lnr ivpr"sMiiei! this country hi Turkey and China. I'lie new cHin'li,'r Jo iUeaUiliV-Det"Lrtinel11 will have much to io with tin Mexi can situation Theatre -Goers of Patriot Town To Get On The Keith Circuit - ! TO SEAT NEARLY THOUSAND Many Building Permits; U. C. T. To Greenville, S. C, Meeting til een- Voro .lut-h . H i"l ( OlOtlieneed In a f f w Work w dl days 00 the hlft tdyhiniKe that is t be erected t vter- W. (' a?! C. H. Boren, on (Ik Iii: -adjoining the H'arlss-K lilt drug- More, and oposiie the C.uUford Hotel. This lot was recently 'pur chased by the Piedmont Amueement t'ohutns . bitt thev have sold to Messrs. Itoren and have taken a contract wlih the latter gvmlemen to erect a building- that "ill sent from 0 tn 101)0 people. In this Keith vaudeville and motion pl- tnres will tie presented. It ix hoped to have the show hoijse open for business before the fall season. KiHt-ial Term "xt Week. ti'.iilfurd Niinerior t'iurt for the trial of civil case convened This' afternoon Instead of i his tnorninii. Judne Inne. w ho lives In Heldsvill". did not come until noon, Heine ine delay, There is a rather heavy calendar for ihe week. The afternoon aeaaion to. d:iy taken up in the trial of divorce cast, of which there were several and all uncontested. Next Monday a speclnl term for the trail of criminal cases will convene , - Many Cat- for Aid, ijr 1 a' tor .iiu. K. -HaroMfe of tlie ln 'AsmViatinn says that Secretary h. ter-Churr l many eulls have been made upon ih orgauixatton by needy of the city dur ing the last three wreka of severe weather and thai' in ever time the actual needs of the applicants have been supplied. He says the calls tame largely from homes of widows, where there were sick and in a few cse where heads of the household were Improvident. . tVrrtit In Kiglit field. Local fans are pleased at the ' an nouncement that Perritt. who played with tlreensboro ball club late last year, w 111 lie in a Patriot uniform again tbbt season.. He will be seen In right Held. In.th North Carolina League hatting averages last season Perritt was at the top with a per centage of 863 for 17 games, February's Building Record, t The building permits for the year ending renniary is, mil, were 124 for dwellings and 274 for buildings '"! I . i .r t m g 4 FOR GREENSBORO jVhw4 - ' 1 and repairs of all . Minis. .JJstriin tha month pf reliruary laxi year only 1 periiiitH in all were tabued, whll the ntitnlxt fur IheNtume month llilH yntr ps 3$. The total estimated ex IH-ndlturf for rinlldlngK.for which per mitt errc Frntd In February was !, . Mtn. Ii. I i. Dfl'.utt was puJnfully JLAlliuXxiL-$iiitintH- when her ttress .uwigrtr tire trjiii u sloe. Her right nine, reoelved .seven- injiiden hut eh is re-tis vi nd will hoou Uu well. She i.- the niotT'Wr of t. H. lit-Hutts. ol t'rtsi'liitte. ftncl Sydnor IieButts, of thla city. to ,ran loilllHI. r Tiie ciegree teiini of .the Orcenaboro council of the I nited t'ommerotal Trxvelera Iwa accepted an invitation rrnni the council' of Greenville. M. t to confer the Initiation at the meet luerv f 1 lie gtanil council fur the CariTioB in .lime. 'Die Invitation has been accepted. The local council la wild to have the her orgartaped team for -degree v.ork in ihc Carollnaa. A i-onitoittee-froin the roundl ia at wurk- op a orosram c'jf eiaurlitl Pay expn tPeTT" Ff'Tie lieTd 1 he first Hunday in April. The folluwiiiK U;ne lieen elected iitiiceift for the enxiiinA year: .1. II. Boone, senior councillor; ft. C. Cald well Junior councillor; K. J. Davis, liast crtuncllUir; K. .1. r'parger, aecre-iary-treniurer; II. X. Cobb, conduc tor: C .1. Ttnal.v. - psge, and A. V. Sntterwhit . Mciilinel. (enrg W. Ibihson Meet- Ik-alli In 1 si-tin at New Hern. Charlotte.. March H.-- Ceoige Waah- lofcton HaliMOti a ..N.orfo.llL.Huu them. T i-ulr loritmuii, wmt crusheit to death llur allernouii while working on the I.IIUI -' of a car on Ijif- yarda at New Bern, says a special frum thut place Ion cht. It feeiriK that th- "engine, in n oving other ch.i-h, ahunted the one j.ndorw hlch llabw.n wa workins. ralcHing the fore'niiui without, warning -oiu roniiciiii. nin non,' So ly;-, ne (lieil 11 Mhort time later OIL tOMI'ANV MKK il Cf. 11 j .rfi 'tj In Oklahoma lcru ami IIMI.OOO Birt-ivls Oil. Kiefer. tikla.. March 9. TIilH.y- KutiroTrni'TTeTv" lU'l.tmo barrels of oil tiroi.ern- ..f frVe-TSTHFW'u.l .m.pany wre destroyed by fire her late to day Th- loss l es'tiniHte al Jl'OO,- Tin- tire ifl-iginHted 111 u row of small buildings, spread mpMLv, and ltfiiltet the contents of ibree of the tinkh. TE Five -Year-Old Bettie Edna Cole Carried Off By Her. Aunt, Is Charge sMviki tfl Tli Nm ami Olarrtei. i Asueville, March t. Iocal sheilrt's tleliuUes aud K. C. Cole, father of Mettle Kdnii t'ole. aged Ave, are trying to .o.Me.tn child who le alleged to have been kidnapped by her aunt, Mis Carrie Tlnsiey, and . Miss Battle tiiiuninson last I riday, Tom Tlnaley, Walter Tlnalev'and nessio Keynolds were arrested today on warrant! changing them with aid ing and' abetting In kidnapping the child and warrants have been issued for the arrest of Silas Tinsley and miss nutcnison on charges of,kldnap ping. .. . . - It is said that Miss Tinsley has had charge of the child for some time and that when the father married a sec ond II mo she left with the little girl. The two women for whom warrants are out are thought to have gona to some point in the State of Washing' ton. . . Hnmn girls srn shy about marrying msn Trni) are sny 01 reaay money. TRYING TD LOCA KIDNAPPED CHILD Win-sTTTnat Experts Ascer- train Whether They Help or 1 - Rob Farmers WANTS BACK SALARIES PAID Senate Resolution Asks That Heirs olJJfficers of Union Army Who Joined Confeder ates ikPaid-Suro llapaidat Time of Change Postoffice Trouble at Wake Forest By W. F. YFXVHtTONY Washinton, D. C. March .. Chair man Henry, of the. House Itulea Com-, mlttee, will propose at a meeting of the Rules ' Committee Thursdav morning that a Joint committee of tha two tlouses uf Conress make ..-a Ihtirouh inventigutloti, during ih present reeeion. of the N'.v York ami e- Orleans cotton exchanges nntt of the Chicago Board of Trade. JI wild today that h deems the subject 01 the most Importance that can coin before ('ongsrm. Mr. Henrv'R idea la that the iolnn committee snarl employ experts and take testimony on the question weather" the grain and cotton ex change, as organized and conduct-, ed, are or are not a ncherne for rob f l-liiB the farmer- He believe a cot- " ton i ti ltange Is a device for robbinK" the- -rrTTrd-rrcfr. v ' , The KejialL -at.. the inctiaUoii -it Heniilur tiverhmn, todny paaied a reeoltitioiL authurhring tliu X ttrTrs mui v to pay to the heirs of Confed erate soldiers who nerved in the Un- weiu over to tlie 'Confederate caua, the unpaid amounts due them up tu the time they Went to the otfth. - The resolution has notjjeen presented to Tti rntiie. " r " ie. Jaokion. Longrtreet. Vlckett. and nnwi of the other famous Con federals generals were in tha army iservlce when the Houth seceeded, and " wnen iney enumeci unuer re Dei oan ners the treasury refueed to pay them .. whatever amouuts were due them for service - rendered, - W ore tha -S years ago the Uupreme Court held, that one Wailier had a Just claim, b'tt thla test doe not seem to have Tleeti the VsaU of all the suite which wouW have recovered for the heirs. Si wth Carolinian' Aff exited. Fleirs of i North Carolinians will profit byjhe fejlglulloji the House. Then aines and atnouuts are as follows: Ceneral Ceo. B. Anderson. $607. (leneral Dewls A. Armlatead, M 1 1 (ieneral lawrence S5. Huker,n3t. .... tlenerul Hraxton Bragg, $20. i (leneral John 11. Forney, $57. tlenerul lilchiird C. (Jallin. $1,4S0. tienentl Jeremy K. Oilmef, $l.!72.4i) Ceneral Theonlillu's H. Holmes, t. l9t . Ceneral fames CTSIiirtin. $1,11 4. (jenerul v llliivm D. 1't-nger, $511. iieneraT (iral.ril J. Itulns, $1,490 leneral Ktiphou D. -Ramsuur, $10,50. fieneral lloliert UaiiKotu, $"30. leneral t'admus M. Wllyox. $1,013. Colonel Kranlt S. Arnilteld. 18S9.50. Colonel Hames A. .1. Bradford, $1,490, Colonel Frederick U Child. $48 Colonel iiobertC Hill. $48S. Colonel William O. ttobltison. $JJ9. Colonel Siuoiuou Williams, 8l.rfii. aptalti Harold llur'.uud, $219. Aremlell at Morchcad City. Repreaenatlve Kaisob today re:oiiii mended W. L. Areiuletl lur postnitwler st More-head City. Arendell having been aucce-wful ill tlie primury timro lat Haturttay. He, won by 21 viU over J. W. Willis, but Willla In a tcl -gram to Dr. I'slson asked him to du luy the recommendation until noi.e paiiern -crtild .be-iilad. TUIk Dr. IV hou has declined lo'do. He says tlio prininry' returns were signed by ihj eo o' th tlvi iiiembeis of the preclnot Democratic jt.xei h sees no tif ti'.m should lied lfiiio-rHtic F.xi'cutive committee and son why th" noiiilus-' deljjed. 1r. I'otcal Prtitoat. attempting to get rln of soinu posi- 'MTriTi'ipT'inTttirne building leased to. the government u; Henderson. He protianty son them to the Wake Kortwl ortlce when the government allows that nftlce to be moved from tno ouuuing u now occupies. Dr. W. U i'oteat has pro tested vigorously againsl moving tlm office and suys he ha a t-tte unfit he wants to submit. Tlie postolili-a department ha3 lven lilin until llarcli 15th to submit tne sue. ine omco will certainly be moved from its pres ent (itiurters. '. Ashcboro, I'iuenton. Nortn wiism- born, and Uiulsbiirg will probably ho advanced from third to second class offices by July lsU Their receipts .. have shown a steady gain. P.eprcnetiattv Kltchln will an nounce tomorrow his recommenda tlonn fif postmasters In the seoond ... dlstrtit: ' Pursued By Coincidence -S Whlta head Klutts, of Salisbury, the new secretary to the International' R oundii ry Coiiimlssioii, is pursued by coincidental connections with former Speaker .loaeph U. Cannon. L. Whlto Husby, when Mr. Kluttx succeeded on the Boundury Commlasion, was fo merlv secretary to Speaker Cannoti. The 'house lu which Dr. Kluttx htts rooms was formerly occupied by Speaker Cannon and Is historic for ItH many poker games and for the moml entous conferences it has sheltered, x Postofllces Dbtcontlnued. Th following poetot8ia.in. Sutili Carollna have been.. ordered discon tinued March Sat: Ida. Alleghany county, jnalllo Ana; I'atrick, Chero kee county, mail to Hlawaasee: Stepp, , Henderson county, mail to Baconon, Taft, Buncomba - county, mtal to . Brsnkton; Aulula. Graham county, mail to Topton: Wolk Creek. Chero kee county, mall to Orey; Byrdvllle. oClumbus county, mail to Belton, Tm lor, Wilson county mail to Wilson. Two Pottffltce Appolntmemta . - Annie tasalter has been a ppolntea postmaster at Bentonvills, formerly Beasley. K C. Ernest L. peram has been madu postmaster at ths new postofflce ea ubllshod at McLeed, Kiuuuoad coua- ' M' ter invading tht East ' V V- 1.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 10, 1914, edition 1
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