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) THE NEWS OKSERVER SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1911 a a Ad ;, TIIEGLlOfS IRElIIfJlJEO Before Lawmakers at Boston. Scraritori "Institution Bushes ",' To The Defense Loaion. lltK, March IS. elharp eriffiftmf .nd vigorous defense of IK , 4iilfrntN.nal - Cerreependene check, of Srranton. Pa-, and thelr relation wttu . corpwai ioa which uxVssxeMiie btcid X&.ua . It-a tainted thai, it causa of edoeatton w being protdttuted for te-fntafkrMiHr I etoeg through agents, f the . M-.hiUrrKhtpa, On the f.iber haad friend ef the school afmed it opponents as Inu-reated for rntrll reasons in Injuring the storks ta Ooestioa. and flatly dented that tha schools had any phyie4 connec tion with the pther corporaUi'iM. ' Ta kill winter discussion waa drawn by former J(qsTentatiYa Clarence A. Barnes and would require all cor resjtonaeflc srhvulft t lUe a copy of thatr by-law and charter at the Ste h unii'f penalty, and make it possible f.r viilms to recover dam age 4f.Uiy 'ger-J through false repreaeruatiuBs Jay agents or advertis-uig-conSictjng with the pa (era It specified thai a bund of tlo.VOO be l4. While th 1411 waa general It waa the claim of the International Corres pondent' achool representative that It "saasimad at them, so they objected to ,Jl because 4 the spirit behind it. favoring ib bill a fa as its prnvis. iona wantv- 4. The first oflhese shoois said Mr. baroea, waa opeued in fsiranton in 1891, .with IIM.fs apltal. In lg4 the capital was made tliO.OOt la i5 t!5U.0Q0. 3 IsS: 1750.000, In im $,?. and a llt. th In ternational Ten PiH'k Company had $T,0flfl,(V9. capital. A number of rom pime were named aa having upward of .jnwj009.0i0 ttl .iul, and Mr. Harlea claimed that all of theao were fwn,ed of control Ud by the prime mov era nf ITie hi honls. The committee marketed their securities he wild by stock "Mleemen working through the peraOrl who sell . -hilare hips, and tips on frogpectlve buyers Mr. Barnri aald that It was about time for the legislature t. take notice rf.uch "Wild cat scheme " S rant'.n..r.i , March l J -Officials --"t-rtjn nwtlftrliiti.ir C.rreaponderir SchnT'ln heVe today said no a'JSjnpl. .sniejii jjiade Id cuncral ihe fai t lhat thej 'Tin tinanHalty intereiitctl and MCtivel prnrnoling luitral projects iffefr'ed to tr.day at the hearing be . fore a Mow. husetts legislative com inittee. Tlifv also are Interested In i fctie typrwritei company. ' Freight Rate Victory Saves State $2,000,000 i , ,Cyilinuil from f'aye One i Si. -Hi . ('arollna and th- j-lilipr. i-il f thiit fi'V,-pnpT. and publlt' Duly of th tonimiliu. t lioev?r drought about, the duty f tht comm isskin l tn examine th rifes ''h,m;.'''h-es their relailunship rlv Ti ; Vim ihtr. their eifet and to de-'i-rtnirje under all the rirrumstance ' iit.1 Ir ihe lust the reasonable and I . A fl.l' I i !.S to .(Jo ''hy (ie eetabliehment of these n,ieB ; h- (ts(-lrAitiHt!on In rate from bll tli l oliits .-f origin named to all i he ftff1t!nnji involved In North iTayiSHia will ti iji.mlniahed aa com PAMmI. -'till M ih- rete to thA Virginia ,CMie-viH tj,e foui thfouiih Ashe v'll atrti AtiMiita. No discnmination 111 .e -iT'usej a to p unts which are Inlsi in iale ' the North Caro lina, ports aiot an mall th. points . rnniiiation against audi ptnis as o-nn'ired lih rate to ports will I'e ittmlmihetl The rout through Xshtvliif wii.h u the route seeking ihe n am rel.ei is a Mihstamiai dtsad ! as nattu its ompetltors 'hMUfch the Yitgiimt i itie. "No irtirvi!ar poncnt hardship will res-ilt U. Knoiviile, Mr.rrieton and oilier inierrSMNiitte pint tif on Km.' A- Cinparei irglaia. VX hat th" jinm,ion thinks of rate '0"Cortli Ciiulina iu Keiiernl a Coin paied to thocr jj XjrKinta. express 1 In ttieJIVilUwjna; paraierapb. also a l-ari of UiH4ui40n. . "In fharlottr Shippers' Association ,a g.oithem Railwuy, li. t C C, JOS. th?T"?TW''? ogcajiou to rum "tB ttultt.wi aeatern points tn 'Nif-r.rr"S!ir .Vfief i.nts In North 'ar.illr.a ., "We thcii fu'uud the rates to Vttinta cities ail th reiativeU- high Jv'PlnUta North Cantlrna to be fi M'fcfi of irritation and cmplatnt. , an.1 thx vlfflr s eprd that such rates wouli ulwas be regard. I bv the shippers as an tn1iitic ana tht dmcoinerit would prove an ernbarrnssJ uroi ... me roaaa in commission iu" u mat in carriers con eider the establishment of rate which iltul4 "Qi f,,.,,, by thw ailditTofi to the -proportionai rate to the Virginia ctrtea cr scme'hir.g less than the full itswis rrom the Virginia citiM to pnlnts of destination In North Jro !!na. Thnt, as we see It, Is what wfili brvWooght about by this adjustment and we fail t see in the contention of trie Virginia cities hnw undue d!s ' crtmlaal'.on cr any, .Jis riminatlon whatever against ttv e cities ' will rewrit from the proposed ad justment, which. In principle accords with tte adjieimnt prCHHd by is fc.f Durham an4. Wirunun-.aiem t Ccrporatlnn i orhmlsstnn of North Caroline, vs. N . W.ftallw.y Coranar.v 1 I f v r.'S " . - 111 the fsregolr is a, ee.npee . pe ot trie. Injueilce o '.he Vlrgtnla cities gainst Xorth Carnitui, n n,s flgat and there Is too. so Indication that the commission has seen far n goud many mont'ia the sort of denl NcrUi-:rolina has had from the railroads. r (toienvif ralir IHeaxed. 4 Governor Craig was pefhaj's the most pleased of all th Kaletgh men wha hj-.tearred ye.lefthu ,ha, ,h agreement, reached las; year luetween thTraIlrads and the State , N,rth Carolina had heeo mane an Interstate Commerce Commission order. Cqvwnoc Cralg a Inaugural address was the first paper of State that went erMusfl Irifo this question. It ante dated the legtslarnre'a acilon and went be for, any. meaure that had been uroJiMea I by any jf the organisations in -HwSate. 'tt ts hardly- possible .that' be, hoped for uch a yitrtry an earliMo-Jhls:. admUttauailon sanl hi frfnd believe that such kn acom pllshment might well tlitye tiei mad th. work of a whole dmihi.st ration Jfu.h..hM fc Jh State Jn the ad vocacy, of good jad and been as neaf ni people's heart In education s any man has e-ve-r been. Th victory in the freight-rate mat. ',.wf.rfcriirtt about lr,4uch a, way as U rob him of a pobJlrltT trat otfitfr tee might hare aoit round th. Wc.rlfli-I: . Governor has . never been a good advertiser, fletf-adver-tising la th aiickMt of all th pha t.f publicity. Hud ha been talented In thin line, governor from all th States Would bav bn coming her tu And out how the trick was turned Hut It was accomplished with o little of th spectacular that Virginia, alone, Ktmi to have heard about It. Governor Craig's chaatplonship of this meuure before the special session of the General Assembly ami before the Just Freight Hate Association looked one time like self-effacement, but he converted both bodies to hie way of thinking, the (legislature sus taining him and scores of the business orgsnlr.atlnns since coming to hi new of it Jlia view Is that a great viafory h been won because im mediate' relief baa been. given, busl rrm will be stimulated and the whole tfouth will be eventual gainer. In an Interview last night ht said: ""'-' The Amount Great. "The reduction will nave to -North Carolina, according to the general ea that will great benefit will he that It will give 1t the people of North- Carolina ad vantages which have hertofor.rin denied them. Heretofore- Industrie that would naturally ftava been e tabllshed hers have gone t' VirKinla heaus of the aUvaniage that Vlr glnlg had over North Carollita on ac cout of tHe freight ralos. The wholesale merchants of Virginia have been able to drive out of husinfiw ;h a holesale merchants of Norm Caro lina for the reliwm that they had the advantage tfi a freiuht rate j hat was denied tu our men htuits. "These new rates relieve us in ft lare measure against sTh h discrimi nation and businew will now devel p her ahlch naturally belongs here. iur cltleM and towns will fVel the ef fects of it ami will be stimuated to greater prosperity tlum they have heretofore enjoyed. 'This is a blatter thiriK than the saving of nKtney." (iovernor Craig continued. " 'f course that is con siderable. A reduction t.f $2,000,000 Is a grest concession tji our buslne meri. IDstrlhuted over the North Carolina rltles It will be fe)t. Ash lile. for Instance, isn't so favored In this order as Oreensbnro, Salisbury or soirie other points Yet, a business man. wlii has Isken the trouble tn work It out calculate the advantage tn come to Ashevllle merchants at 50,0iiil. You can see what a great redyctlnn it iB "Hut the i!iiirtihilty to do 'husl ness Is a mqch bigger thing While we are saving about $2,000,000 an nually, (it may be less, it may be more. e are building up a busi ness And 'f we increase our busi ness we shall fecelve a corresponding reduction. The $$,000,000 saving means the amount saved on present shipments, but If the volume of llNl- the saving would be $S.ti'i0,000 Any way, th reduction win a 14 In develop .Inf JiVr bimtnest. Jt will help every, body, even the railroads. Make UmsI lutns Higliu "And our local or Interstate freight rates will be settled right. When they are, we shall still be leas favored than Virginia, we shall not have all that we deserve, but we have tnade a beginning and the best beginning that any State rias "ever made. " The best thing, of course, Is the oppor tunity for our North Carolina born and bred man to stay in the Htate and do business with their own people.. VVien we get n local rat that give our people an opportunity to com pel" 'with Virginia people In the cheajiKhs -vf purchases. ,we . ahull 4i still better off and we are going to iset a Just rale m North Carolina. ' Hut this Is not all. The mere taxi that we ar going to get better rates would not give entire pleasure here if our neighbors to the South did not get concessions also. And they will. The North Carolina fight has made It possible for every State o gef Justice. It means a readjust ment of the entire mte structure, means a complete revision of methoda It win prove a stimulus to business everywhere and move Ihe railroads to develop the best that Is In t,hem." CnriixvtTClly I'arly. North Carolina's winning the case before the Interstate Cms-hie rce Cora., mintiion was compassed earlier than had "been expected The order from that tribunal had not been hoped for so early V(f Th news came here Waterday morning i'nl A. 1'. T' om, (lensral Counsel for the Southern, sent Ihe telegram embodying the comnila sion's order It did not InAlcat , w hen the rates become effective." but the officials In Washington expect within the next sixty days to have the new tariffs In operation, the news comes from that place. Among business men ere " 'KB re tiring While they had never thought North Caroling received all that the State deserved In the light of Ihe countless years of discrimination. when they saw Virginia"! ungenerous attitude toward North Carolina, a hedging for help In Ihe reserve bank and a growling at the State when It needed help, the business men got busy and asked thst the Htate stand for the new rate. The Corporation Commission was Jcgpytus. That body had heen kocked Uic.g and hard and the Just Freight rtate Association naa not thought the s,alNW lv"n It ought to have hsd. The association rejected the compromise, r4.it when It saw Vlr. glnla s attack upon the railroads' vol untary redHctltvn'i ottleers of that" big; business organlzntlon backed the Slate up and stood with (Iovernor Craig, who recommended the adoption of this agreement between the State .an the roads It ha had a most unusiml course. tnis rreignt rate ngnt ana. North t aro Una has won The Virginia rifles have lost. They still have in ndvan tage, but they haven't the earth and the f jMness thereof. They hiive btten contending that North Carolina has been given an advantage over them, of course the advantage is the fight ing chanc that the new rales give, Thom to Andrew. Colonel Thotn sent the telegram to Colonel A. II Andrews, of Itaielgh. giving the, -tejt of the order, which follows: Washington l C Miirch IS, 114 'o A. H. Andrews. KnletKh. N C. Vour telegram. Interstate Com. merce' Coinmlitaitm this morning Is sued the following order In the North iirolina rnle case "It Is ordered tltat MMiilliig the ge tlon of t ctiitinilselon iiimiii ajiv of tle nppllcatbitiN ft rcllet from Urn provlxtons of rtxirth itctln Nhd bv Ilie twrrieni or tlielr agents on or be fore $cbroary spventeentii, nineteen eleven. n-ie ting class and eoinnHall ty rate from the bki Hlvrr Htlrtt and Nt. lsnK Mlse.rl, tn North Canvlliia potttta, the iMtitloner herein be, and tliey are lenhy authtirlnxt. to rwtah. llHh rates nnnietl In the a mil lea lion aniewled frone the Ohio Klver Wtlee ana M. UUI, StlssourL via the vie. Clnla cities and via route through Atlanta, tteorgia, Ashevllle, Nnh iarskiins aixi dKMtnaon t ity, Tentieeaee, to North Carolina ixilnts and to ea- tabllli pnMnhituil rales as pro. iKxaeU In the applbation aa amended from MemphK IVnneswe, t Kortli t'snmsi potni appihante n hnsln. romtng rrum mat kins west of MbmtxolpiH 1 Klvrr, provided sot'h rates irom sicniinia ne m limited in ineir aiipucaiittn a to prevent In creaee in dWlmlntkm ecaliMt In termcrflBle points of origin, hut the essakle e bmM herehjr afrprove "A. any raC-a that may tie filed tinder this aathortty, all anch rates' hrtttg eul'icLt to cumpluliit. lorrwligaUoii and i-orrevtiou if In nwiflnV wttit any provision isf U, act It K further ordered that when the oominissdim passr upon any applli atlon for relief from tbe -provialtMia of llio t'tiunh Kcctlon, with rest-t to the raKu Itf-relu trfeTTed U, the-.ortler bteutxi wttli reta.Uon ttMvtto will iftituuiatical ly (wcH tie autlHirlty herein granUnl a to the rates rovered and affected by sui-li ore'er." , t liairman TravU Talk:' Chalrmaa E. JU Tfavis, of the North Carolina Commerce ComrelssloB, speaking for the commission yester day said: "The Corporation -Commission in greatly gratified at the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is sued this morning, authorizing- the mllroads to establish and put Intq effect the freight' rat adjustment neKft ated last summer .na "awreTO order and It is Just Ihe- kind Which we asked and expected thd Interstate .;ommerce . ominmsion to make In the matter. "While w have always predicted and confidently eipected thla order to be granted. It is or grwat relief to have It actually done It waa a mat ter of such great "Importance to th State that we could not help feeling som anxiety to have the ftnal step concluded. ." ' "It has lieen one of the most im portant controversie in the history of the country. The reduction In rates resulting from it will be greater In amount and more extensive aa to territory and traffic affected than any Htate has ever secured so far us 1 have been able to ascertain. "I believe it will mark the begin ning of a distinct advancement In the commercial and industrial develop ment of the State. Th reductions in rate secured will so mlnlmliie the' advantages heretofore held by the Vir ginia citrea in our territory that our own dealers can successfully meet hut eimoetltlon The stuliborn tlicht .which the Virginia cities have made o rirevnnt these rates from going into effect goes to prove their1 belief that they will have this effect. But for his opposition by them these ratea would have been put into. effect sev eral months ago. Should tVme In 60 Days. . ' The reduced rate should now be put Into effect within sixty days. I understand the railroads already have the data prepared for printing. This Is quite voluminous and It will take some days to get It In printed form. After beln'g printed the tariffs will have to be filed with the Inter state Commerce Commission and will go into effect thirty days after being so filed. The Corporation Com mission Intends to secure copies of ! mnrrr-mfrrirp uwishin g agnu for distribution among the business men In the State so that they maybB advised as tn what the new rates are. We would he glad to have shippers who deslr them to advise th Corporation Commission of this fact so that we can forward them a copy of the tariffs when received by us. 'I feci that it lei due to the tily of Knoxvtile1 that the public should be advised of the jrcueron attitude taken by that city a a rcTireeientatJve Ten- neswee point In this proceedlruj.J Knoxville had Intervened on the ground that the proponed rate to North Carolina were in violation oi the long and short haul clause, as aaalnxt Knoxville, which was' a fact, and for tills reason Knoxville had much stronger ground to oppose our application than t)ie Virginia cities had. At the . arctimcnt ox tne case In vYaxittnglnii, asked the represen tative of Knoxville not to oppose onr reduction In, rntea, and promlted him that If he would not presw his objec tions, I would join him In asking the rajlroeds to make some reductions In the Knoxville rates, and I felt sure that tl e North Carolina public would appreciate Ills compllaiuw wlt'i my request. lie then , very willingly agreed tn thin oonrse. took no part in the argument, and let it he known that Knoxville would make no resist ance to the order we were asking." Explanatory of some portions of tttrtT'order, The News and Observer" wasntngtnn correspondent yesterday sent the following: Interstate Commerce Commission granting North Carolina's petition on rates says: Authority should be granted to establish the rates pro posed from ihlo River crossings and St. Louis, but rates proposed from Memphis should be established as pro portional rntes only. Applicable on business originating In territory west of the Mississippi river and so limited In their application as to prevent In creases of discrimination against In termediate points or origin." Travis Tells Meaning. To this, Mr. Travis replied on be ing Interviewed bv The New and observer: 'The provision In the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing the establishment of pro portional rates from Memphis to North Carolina points applicable on business coining from points west of the Mississippi river tn be so limited In their application as to prevent In creases In discriminations as against ittermedlate points of origin, has this effect: "The rate agreed uponfrom Mem phis to ortn t aroiina. points . aro lower than the rates from some Inter mediate point to North Carolina des tinations. Thl order, while not authorizing such rates on shipments originating at Memphis ( proper 1 does allow tneso rates to lie used as pro portlurittl rate on tramo originating beyond Memphis, west of the Ml slsstppl river. This grunts to the Htate th Important part of the ad justment lii respect to Memphis. Memphis as h point of origin is not Important to North Carolina territory, but It Is an Important Mississippi river basing point for a la'.'ge terri tory west of the Mississippi river. This lfctter Is the Important traffic to which we wanted the reduced, rates to apply and the effect of that pnrt of the order l to allow thla In all other resiiect the order grant the relief asked hy the Htate ami permits tne agreement witn tne railroad to be carried out according to It terms, DURNING PITCHING FOR ATHLETIC REGULARS , "Kloh' liurnlngjih, well, 'tta no ttse to tell or his exploits as a mem ber for a bnef time of Mack's Pitch Jlng staff,. Is coming hack, Durnlng Is With Connie Mack' regulars at J-:k- aonvllie and has been showing the wis twirl a foul' during ihia recent per formances on tne mound. ' Rich pitched four innings against the Jack sonvllle team and allowed two measly hits, II la. said he will pitch for the Athletics ngalnst the Capitals in the game to be played In Raleigh. Fans Will he Interested to learn If he ha improved in rug locomotion, Cobb Joins Tiger. Atlanta. fla. .March 1 1 Tn,.. Cobb,- the Jpetrolt Americans em. fielder, left Ktvston, C-, hla home tooay to join nis team mat at Man roe. La,, for spring training. To telcplHine the Cttntnvt Depart ent, Call I S3 1 Thai' got Uilrwen ment double-crossed. T17D KILLED III HOLDUP ATTEMPT Officersand Robbers Battle "'With Deadly Results In ; Illinois . - I Br Ihs istmnnd Prw l v Peoria, III- March IS. Two. men were killed and two deputy sheriffs and a woman wounded as the result of art attempted hold-up of a Chicago and Northwestern freight- train at m:sMss wt rjB,w .tfggggy - Arthur Flaher. flPkin, ITV. ngi-. neer of the train, .was shot dead by on ofjth. bandit' and an unidentified ron ner waa slain in a battle with a Sheriffs posse.' The wounded depu ties are Leslie Byers, llert Ekriglund. both of r I nee ton. Mra Wright, wife of ifiet station agent at Ixingley, Til., was struck by a stray bullet but l not believed tn be serloualy wounded. BandlU Oprn I-lre. The trainmen declare they found four men unloading merchandise from one of the cars when the train stop ped at Manllu. One opened fire on the conductor while the others ran to th. engine and ordered Kngineer Fisher to proceed with tthe train. While he waa trying to explain there would be clanger of a collision, one of the bandits killed him. The three men then Jumped from the engine and, rejoining the fourth, who had been holding off the crew, fled. Sheriff Byers and his two deputies started In pursuit, locating the ban dits in a bunk car near Langley. The men opened fire - en the officers. wounding both deputies. They then ned to a cornfield, where they were surrounded by the sheriff and posse of farmers. Sakl to Be Mexican. In an excange of shots one ef the robbers fell, shot through the abdo men. .Hwo-4hen surrendered, but the third escaped to Chllllcnthe. III., where he later was arrested. Th wounded bandit was hurried to a hos pital, where he died a few hours later. The robbers are declared to b Mexican, and are believed to have worltedrcntly on railroad construc tion work netar Langley. Fifteen members of th construction gang were arrested tonight and are being held In Jail at Princeton. ' i Hherlff Byers said he would make no,.attempt to obtain the names of the. lMOiiere-4eeigtvtr -He-eat rey- would be arraigned before Judge ITarron at Frtneton tomorrow. CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS - ' Ttlg Chicago Paper In Rankrnptcy, Hut Will Ktill He fat lulled. - ' r (Br tht AisMtste tnm.l Chicago, III., March J I. Herman U. Koblsaat president i of the Inter Ocean Newspaper Company, today was appointed receiver for the Inter Ocean by George A. Carpenter. Fed eral Judge. Chancery' proceedings were started by th Ike Hupertoi Paper Company, grhich alleged that because of conflicting claims a re ceiver was necesaary to conserve the property and preserve its good will-as going: concern. Bhortly after the appointment of Mr. Kohlsaat a bill filed in the Htate courts by the Central Trust Company asking that a receiver be appointed. Today s activities followed the fil ing of a suit yesterday by Oeorge Wheeler Hlnnman. of Marietta I'hlo, rormer owner of the paper, against Mr. Kohlsnnt for recovery of ui al leged unpaid balance of $96,262, on a not for $177,600 given by Mr, Kohlsaat In Jgart payment for the paper. ' Mr. Kohlsaat said the paper would continue to be published. Mr. Kohlsaat said the annltraflnn for a receiver was a rehult of com plications growing our of litigation tegardlng the revaluation of the lease of the ground occupied by the publi cation. Th Central Trust Company U trus tee for the bonds of the newspaper company and it uked a receiver to protect the Interests of the bondhold er. No action was taken on thla an- plication. A. AND M. TRACK MEW PRACTICING FOR MEETS The members of A. A M. Collesre track squad were trying their bes to get Into condition for the various spring meets, hut much of the work bus been Indoors with an occasions' outdoor sprint. The track to have been held yesterday with Wake For est will be held on Easter. The oth er meets will be with Trlnltv, Oull- ford, State and the South Atlantic meets, the latter to be held In Balti more on May 1 and t. Among the member of the sonsd who are showing up good In the prac tice are Mcrtol. for fluarter run: Captain Potter, low hurdles and ix-tnta; Ruy. .leunette and Abernathy, in in nair mile run; Mllwe. Roberts, Harrta, Nash, and Oood in the long dlstanoe runs; HiirttJn weights; Kl drlilge. pole vault -all old men. Those or the new men showing class are Hnnner, Oantt and Arts, quarter run ners: Watklns, 220 , prtuts; Proffltt, Scarry and Mllsaps. In -the welahta and discus: Scott and MeLendon, long n ism nee runner; McDougal. In Ion distance, sprlnttfand Jumping. CRUTHERS MAKING' BIG IMPRESSIONS IN SOUTH i , The Philadelphia paper have been very liberal with their complimentary write-ups of Cruthera, the Raleigh and Carolina league star of last sea son, who U burning the wind with his trusty willow ' As n aftermath of every Bame-joiinieJ beaeiged with questions of, "Where did you find him?" -"My, -he t a wonder for a youngster," and the auch. Cruthers" career will be watched with much in terest hy local fan. KKItF.lUlJI AT LYNCfTBVIMl, Pittsburg IWhall Team Will Begin npring t raining: Heason. ill! tin AkMltl rssal -Lynchburg, Va . March ll Twen ty-two player of the Pittsburg Fed eral team reached here today, and expect, to go into training tomorrow morning, The team is in charge of Manager H, H. (jennies and business manager William McOullough, In th aquad are Cy liarger, Davy Jones, V.'m, Adams, Kddle Roberta. John Kerr, and Howard Camlti, Manager Gassier expects the squad to number twentyeve,j players by , - tomorrew nignt. .1- Cliapman tioce Home, ' - ffc tin Aaadll fna.) Athens, Marh II Ray Chap wan, shortstop pf the Cleveland Americans who frialnxJ V, el.ht leg at the rlub'g training' eama ner Wednesday, left today tr Cleveland, t hapman i net expected ta be able " v"r several eka DAILY BALLOT Ten Votes For - , .Mi. . ... , . ,'v, . . . . .. . ..........If.,... Address. Triti. .... . ... j, i District :' e ' ',.-.. '.,'. . ' .... Subject to Rules of The News and Observer , Must be re- VuBttB' v V u, ,tt W i.i rT..-,. -t-TA,!SiJij 4.1. iJlllLL, I i. x..,19a a.1 . l - 111 i I a I GIVEN .71V0YEI Cleveland Rogers Sentenced To State's Prison For . Burning Gin .,' i . " Cleveland Rogers, egro. waa yeiH terday found guilty of the charge of setting fire to and burning the cotton gin of W B. Hopkins in Little River township. Wake county, and given a sentence of -two years In the State's Prison. The trial of the case had consumed about two days of court and the Jury returned a verdict after being out only about five minutes. The de fendant, it Is understood, will appeal to the Supreme court. The trial of Rogers has been of an Important order, tint of a public na ture but of .vital interest to the peo ple living in the Little Rlvee "section of th county. It was the second trial, the first tnal occurring at the last term of the Superior court and result ing In a verdict of guilty by the Jury, but Judge Cooke set amid the verdict because one Word was omitted from the bllljof indletrrren. The two trails consumed about one whole week of the two sessions of courts and It Is said cost th county more money than any 6llir case tried at the present term of court. There is bad feeling by the white people of Little River against the negro arid several ex- p.reRed.iJie,X)luiiJ:aU-i:esUrilii4:-XbaX.lh negro should have received a bigger Sentence. ttha - end ef the- Rogers- rlaf the case against c. T. Pilketon for forcible trespass was started. It will continue today and will probably be the only other case tried at this term of crimi nal court. TAKE TIME AND THINK, THERE WILL BE NO WAR This I Idea of .Seerctary Bryan. Ia- oorjoratel lu All IVaee Treaties. (Br ih Averutel nal Washington. tOc. March IE, Secretary liryan today announced that In the near future he would sign at one sirf?ng new peace treaties with Argentine. 'Brazil, and Chile, embody ing the sides of investigation of dtffi u It lee lhat might lead to war. - Earlier tn the day Ambassador Jus serand. of France, began negotia tions with Mr. Bryan for .such a treaty and administration offiials con fidently expect that, either simultan eously with the signing of the pacts with the great South American coun tries, or shortly thereafter, treaties of this kind will be signed with both France and (ireat Britain. The British foreign office has accept ed tr. prtnrlple of the Bryan peace treat J s aa" have thirty other nat I , and nnar negotiations with Oreat Bri tain for the drafting of a treaty are expected -ehiirtly ' It rmwtrot .heen determined whether the prxniosei convention with France will provide thst !n the event of a controversy hostilities would not be entered Into during that period of in vestigation, or whether military and naval status quo would be maintained pending the report of the Investigat ing commission. The administration hopes that, with the consummation of these treaties, us first step m the cause of universal peace will have been attained. Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan share the belief that If nations will avree to take lime and think, while an Investigation of their differences is being made, war possibilities will be reduced to a minimum. KF-MtLMllKIt THE TlllRTm:'.N. How 113 00. Was Ismt by Street Car (mituctor Mimhcr Thirteen and Found on Thirteenth. Thirteen, unlucky? Not for every one Who Kts tangled up with It. Wood row Wilson. President of the Intted State, will tell you It Is a lucky number. And there Ure others. Today, March It, has Just passed. It Is to be npted that March Is the third month, that It was Friday, and the thirteenth, j In the Raleigh iosl office a street car., conductor reported he had lost I1V00 He was unhappy.. Along came a man who" reported he had found US tit). He was lucky. But he left the I II. 00 for the conductor, whose number la said to be thir teen. - So here Is a Friday, date thirteen. In the third month. Lucky for some v. ho find: unlucky for some who ioae. So It is visible as a lucky or un lucky number as you. view it. HANkKHS MAY RKFTSE. Have Not Yet AcunieMTd to HuertaV Keqiiest tor Money, lb im 'Ajseciatul Pnal Mexico pty. March 1 So-Bankers who yeeterdsy were told by President Huerta that they would be expected to advance approximately 15.ow9.000 peso a month to support the govern ment, have not given their assent to the project, although they have profit' teed 4 give the executive an early an awer, A committee of barjker has been appolnied if study th problem. Some appear willing to force a crisis by. flatly refusing to acquiesce. Joe Ivipes Portlllo y Kojaa. minis ter pf foreign affairs, today admitted he had received Secretary Bryan's ak now lodgement of the note of the Mexican government. He said th government old not expect any fur ther ommunlcatlon on the subject. 11 rates In Training Camp. Hot Springe. Ark,- Marh II. Manager Fred Clark and the entire Pittsburg National League team ar rived ,ber today, several day earlier than tupeted. from Dawnon Springs, Ky, for spring practice. ' Chines Oneratu. The Astroktekon Literary Society will glvei a Chine operetta at th auditorium of Meredith Cull eg to night, The feast ft tb little lantern Will b given in th auditorium. . In warliiaa your way up to boss, of th plant, punctuality and politeness will go a iuug was. ilHtlC E HAMO Of CQV. JOHNSON 1 (-and Owners Threaten To Call On Helpless Sheriff To Move f Big Tramp Army 110 llii AwnrUMd Pre. I Sueramento, Cal.. March 1J. While the Sacramento and Yolo countv au thorities argued today over their dis position, members of the army of the unemployed that gtarted from Ban Francisco for Washington basked In the sunshine, fished from the Tolo levee and enjoyed an ab'und ance nf food, supplied by the labor untrfna of Sacramento, The Kacraniento ctUxens committee withdrew its verbal, offer to furnish transportation for a distance of fifty miles to member of the armv and she Sacramento district attorney vetoed any more toward assisting in the affairs of another county. Mirrtrr Is Helpless. These actions left Yolo county without the money or men to enforce its ultimatum, delivered last night. that the unemployed must be moved before nightfall. Sheriff Monroe, of Yolo. Induced -leMieT--itroTrny-'T move eastward J ntw. nt fifti- nr rtw, between now and. Monday lit Sacra mento would give safe conduct through its territory. Sacramento consented, provided Placer and N vada counties to the east would agree. Word waa received, however, that the sheriffs of these two counties were arming deputies, and that Governor Udttie. or Nevada, was preparing to prevent th army leering for any point within that State. May Force Governor. Another suggestion considered to night was that owners of tb land on which the army 1 encamped de mand its eviction by the Tolo sheriff who would be unable to comply and then would call en Uovernor Johnson for troops. The army apDarentrv en joyed the situation tonight, Sacra mento officials rook the attitude that if Tolo wished to get rid of the armv. that en Yolo affair, while Tolo lead ers declared that if Sacramento was satisfied they were, a It was costing Sacramento county iz.OttO a day to guard the brtdg leading to th East. Labor Commissioner Not Inquire . Into Accident Cranberry To at No iiivertisattcn of th accident at the Cranberry Mills, at Cranberry, In Avery county, will be made by the Commissioner of I.abor and lYnting. The accidenrthat came ao near being fatal to two men happened on Satur day of last week, and scalded tlrant Ktansberry so badly that It waa for a while thought that he would not live. but a sudden turn in his condition. In dicates that he Is out of danger, and that he will be Incapacitated for only about three weeks. The two men went Into the boiler room to knock off a cap on one of the boilers, something which thev had been forbidden to do. The factory had closed down for the day, and the fire were burning low In the fur naces, ahd It was thought that there would b no danger. When the cap was struck, the steam In the boiler blew it off, and scalded th skin off both of Btanberry arms, and on his right leg. , . KTNERAL OF MRS ST1TU. Will Be ijeld From Chnreh of ood Shepherd at Noon Today. The. funeral of Mm. Victoria Sttth. who died Wednesday night at the home of tr. A. B. Hawkins, will be held today at noon from the Church or tne tuooa Hnepnera. Rev. Milton A Barber, rector of Christ Church, will a-ssist Rev. Dr. 1. M. Plttenger. of the Church of the Good Shepherd tn conducting the ser vice. The pallbearers will be Messrs. J. W. Timberlake. Bartel Wise, Charles McKlmmon, Kdgar Haywuod, 8. Browne Shepherd, A. B. Andrews, Jr., R. Y. McPheraon. and M. Rosen thal. Mrs. milh spent a large part of ner lire ner, navtng come here from Franklin county about thirty-five year ago, lonowing tne death or ner husband. "he waa a high type tne vnnsiian woman ana leaves a great number of friend who feel a personal Ins In her death. Her daughters are all here for the fun eral. ' MORE MOXKV COMIXO. The Jenkins Memorial Fund I Near S4,IMW MOW, The Jenkins Memorial Churh fund ta climbing toward 11,500. and by night it i believed that the amount will be reached. If not more. The responses have been uncoml monly generous, and th rebuilding of me cnurcn is assurea, Tne congrega tlon has 14. tOO aa a started mil it need in. 000 more. 'Withm two week arter the nre it has raised more than half that amount, and a good deal of the fVioney ha not been recorded. small amounts having been sent to collectors that have not announced the donors Th rapidity with which the money naa oeen raitea naa neen commented upon Very favorably by the 8tat.a persv" It has been a splendid cam paign conducted by the congrega tlon representative and friend of the uewrayea cnurcn.,. t . To mak a frind of a mail, ask tils ad vie find follow it To make a fr;,ad ef t woman, say nothing and ID INVESTIGATION wilier ao ji lue uuaing, - - ES - f tUWlllTE Secretary of State Still Insists That Rebels Must Protect ' .. - ... . .. . N-vt u. s. UKizens in Mexico iBy am AaHdtud Pms.1 Washington. T. C, Marcn It. Tho United States aovermnentwitl con- tlnue to insist on obtaining from Gett eral Carranza and the Mexican. Con- ef !trrrtrtniilits Inf attr.xnnns.Gnxx the. welfnre IaJJ..ftreigner Jn. Mi using its good omcea ror tm;ir pi lection. This is the effect of a csm- Tunlcatlon from- cretry Bryan to merican Consul mimjpich at Nogsjea. who presented the' formation to General Carrania. A reply was" in the hands of Secretary Bryan tonight but he did not make It public. Bryan Says Utile. MrT Bryan, It is said, did not reply. today to Carranza's recent notes on the Benton case, but set lortn tne Jb of the American . Government , with respect ttr a Spinieti cltleen. horn th Ppnnlsh Ambassador hsd asked the t'nited 4States to protect. Th communlcatiowi-pointed out that nations which had recognized Huerta.r cotild not deal with the Oonstltutton allsts except twroligh- the Cnited State. Notic of the Institution of habeas corpus proceedings to obtain the re lease of Mexican Federal prisoners at Fort Bliss reached the War De partment, today through a telegram from General Bliss at San Antonio. Attorney-General McReynolds is x- Dected to d rect the district attorney at Houston to represent General Blisw In the proceedings. . . The War Department will resist to. the utmost the release of th prison ers at this time on the ground of pub lic policy. The refugees are military prlsoners, held or "interned" under International law. There are said to be no court decisions In this country to serve as a precedent lp th case. lrobc Mexican Problem. Further Inquiry as to conditions In Mexico to contemplated by the Ben- ate Committee on Foreign, Relation soon, and In anticipation of examining witnesses, the .committee today ob tained authorization to issue sub poenas. Benator Fhivley. acting chairman ef the committee, tonight said there waa je!rBJ03MM regare to Mexico, out mat u. pie posed to get all. liifm inatfowtnaT'' ; could be had. A Mil to direct the . President to acquire "by, purchase. treaty or conquest," the Northern states of Mexico, and to Qolonir them with negroes, of the United States waa Introduced today by Representative Far, of (Venrgia, a new Democratic n -ember. The measure which eaclt ed humorously mild comment was referred to the foreign affairs com mitter It Is not expected to get out of the committee's tile. Commander, Taylor, of tiie cruiser Buffalo, at Guaymas, reported to the, c'avy Department today the arrival of the French cruiser Montcalm, eem n anded by Rear Admiral Huget- Th Montcalm will go to Santa Rosalia, on the coast of .. Lower . California, where there ts a considerable French colony - Bebela To Notify Scotl. El Paso. Texas. March 11 An tn-, fotmal agreement was reached today by .which the Rebels will give Oen eral Bcott prompt Information of. th movements ut bandit bands along the border. In this way the American , of -liter. It is caiid, can keep his patrols, on th alert to prevent raids inru American territory. The committee of Spaniards Jiav iug charge of- the distribution ot re lief funds to destitute (Spanish refu gee from Mexico today reported that J30.000. had been distributed. No further information of the Cir rnnxa -commission' Investigation which ts said to Invoke two of Gen eral Villa's officers In the killing of William R Benton and Gustav Kauch. available. Say tarraiixa Is Safe Auga Prieta. Sonora, Mexico March IS. Constitutionalists here today de nied that Carranza will be cat off fiom communication from the. border on the greater portion of his trip to Juarex. They said linemen had re paired telegraph wire from Colon! Morelos, Honors, to Juarex vlo OJi t tas and Casus Ur&ndes. and that Ca,r- V ranza should reach Morelos tonight,. i ItehelH To Attack Monerry. Laredo, Texas, March 1 . -Monerey. an Important railroad center and tiie , largest '.city tn northeast Mexico, is virtually Isolated, with Constitution alist troop advancing from all sides, nocordirtg to a dispatch received at Federal military headquarters at Nue vo Laredo tonight. Only one telegraph wire out of Mo nerey Is Intact and. -with th excep tion of the line to Haltillo, railroad communication has been destroyed. An attack on Monterey, it is under stood. Is planned as one ot the lirsi. moves in connection with the march southward of the Rebel army.,, t)o far there - has been 'ho Indication of vhen the attack on the city Is to be nade, The despatch reported the malir, body ot the Rebels approaching from the direction of Mat a moras, ap parently well supplied with arms and ammunition, tncludtng several pieces of artillery. The strength of the two armies Is not known. , General Castro with ZiO cavalry, left Nuevo Laredo today, to relieve General Guardiola at San .Ygnacjo. The latter who started out to attack atatamorae. expects to occupy Guer rero, i CHINAMEN COMING HERK. Fducstlon Commission Tu ia V'lsi To A. and M. College. Three members of an education commission appointed by the Chinese . government and now Inspecting the schools of this country, will be tn kal eigh within th.next few davs gnd ' will pay a visit to the A. and M". Col lege, An intensive study will be made"! of the method of teaching agriculture, and engineering at the local Institu tion, and a thorough Inspection of th college will be made, The commission Is composed of men ' who Tank Among the most prominent men in the new Far Kastern Republic V and men who are likely to make anV indexible Impression on tb future of s their country, The Information that ': they secure While here will be gatlW ered for the purpose of putting It intd effect in China, and the report that they will marejsrlll be one of coiisld-. ' era bie Interest, I SLAVS WOMAX AVI) fcEL Iiallrtd Flagman Commits Boublv ' M order at Macon.' (B Om swM4tsd rr.l , , Macon, Oa., March It. r, (i f gun had a room. There was ho' wit r ?on hotand killed Mrs. Wm. 0?r,m Proprietreaa here, and then billed .Wmselt No cViiie for the shooting Is ktidvmV- SV,rrt d t Mrs. Bailey's noaHe! where v -ganhadarooai, ft'bue eers BhH Mill RECEIV 1 I II it ftw '!txWsw?iaxi II i f.i' ? rM , . '' 4 . ' A 1: ' .. fi'l i
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