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V 365 ISSUES OF THE NEWS ? BSERVER FOR SO IF PAID THROUGH POPULARITY READ PARTICULARS FN TODAY'S PAPER. ; vow OPr TO THE DIRECT WITHIN THE IIEXT FEW WEEK REGULAR MONDAY ISSUE BEGINS MARCH 23RO. THE WEATHER. Full data concerting the weather will be found to day on Pge Ten. ma. Best Advertising . . Medium in , North Ctfolioa, RAtEIGII, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1914. VOL. XCIX N0.58.; PRICE: FIVE CENTS. - 10 -0 4- . CONTEST OFFICE aw A . . Tee News Observer 1 - a- - DOVE OOTCE President Wilson In High Hope That.Amicable End Is Near ROJAS'NOW HASTENS i TO MEET JOHN UNO Opinion That Mexican Minister of foreign Affairs Would .Make President Pleasing To All Grows Stronger If Both Sides Agree Wilson Will Send Peace Commission To Aid In Straightening Out . Mexican Tangle B tb AmocUu4 Tint ) ( Washington, D. C, March It. Ttu - i wne a reopening of negotiations with the Huerta governinejil or the Consti tutionalists and will be glad to con sider any proposal that will tend to draw the variousT.'cetlon together In to a plan for Hie restoration of peace lu Mexico. This 1 the attitude President Wil son revealed today after reports reached here saying nor Portillo y Hojas. Minuter lor Foreign A Hairs 111 the Huerta cabinet, had gone to meet John Llnd. Mr. Wilson's personal rep- enen tatite, to k- t resumption of the peaca parleys. Senor Hojas has been mentioned as the man who would succeed Huerta If he retired? and the object of the visit to Mr. Und, tt has been reported, was to acquaint the President's envoy with his per sonality, incidentally the President, , In talking with callers today, while remarking that he had had no official port t any jjtnju4ajleys. spoks la fiplinientary .term of the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs aa a man of high character. " Ko Personal Antagonism. WU.it. the Pnnldent ein,phasir.es ia lij informal discussion os the Mexi can situation Is that "he, aa President of the Vnlted States, has never sought to approve or disapprove of Individ uals who may aspire' to the presidency vt Mexico, and that he has no list of inr-i whom ho holds under a so-called in because of alleged complicity iu the ussasjinatlon of Madero. His re fusal to recognize Huerta.. It may be Fluted on the highest .authority, was not based on any personal ajitagonisru to Huerta, hut on the groulid that the Com'tltc'.iotiallsta would never be reconciled to the -mnnVho had over thrown Madero aud Suarex, and that Kovernmenta set up by arbitrary force and not reflecting the popular will hould not be dealt with by the United Lllvev.rse, In the consideration of Individuals who might seek" the recog nition by the I'nlte States, the prln cltile President 'VYIIsqu hug been work ina on Is that recognition- extended. to anyone set up in the presidency without some popular expression or without the endorsement of all fac; tions. could not leaa to peace. Must Please Doth Mile. in considering peace proposals from tho Huerta government the United state, it it known now, will do all that it can to forward a. peaceful set ticment, but the conviction is as ii i,iiir with the Usesldent today as it w.in when he sent his instructions, tw .'ohri Lind last summer, that peaca In .Mexico, in the last BjialyslsynR de j.endent upon terms that will" be ac cptuble alke to the Constitutional' :ts and ttic Huerta administration Ho recoantees that the value of ail jiimiQSftlS- iipeDduipon-how -a sueb " jns seek todraw the Mexican fac tions together in common agreement i, rim a provisional president who can i nvoke elections or rehabilitate the government machinery in a way that k.MIiI be endorsed by th Mexican oomilace generally. One of the suggestions recently .nude to President Wilson contem dates the sending of a commission of Americans of prominence to lnves conditions in Mexico. Un official renorts have had It that 'both Otirrania and Huerta would receive ,.111'h a commission. President Wilson Is carefully con si.iering the suggestion, said to havo i...-,, muds orialnaiiy oy uscar o. HtrmiK former Ambassador to Tur liej and prominent In the cause of rorld peace. The President it Is km wn wouldVbe glad to send such' a commission if- it could assist the MTic.n factions in arriving 'at . an agreement, but it ia believed he Jeels that actual peace proposals must nec- ifBarily originate with the Mexican ructions, and that uiilesa tne commig won were. Invited to go to Mexico, its eWml would be fruitless) mediation of the same sort having previously - been rejected by both Mexican fac tn. ns. ' PEACKCST BE HAD. IM4UH KeprescntiiUve from IVnntolvanta. wctI.lnirton. D. C. March !. uiii, Maxico means a war oxhaustion: the moment our troops .h. frontier the Mexicans win . drop- their cjtiarrel and make common .- efa li&ted grtngoea,' declared aepresstitatlveHultngs. et J 'ennsylvonia. Progressive, today In thf House. He declared It was the c.nirMimfti to st ana snoui .hi,i in the Mexican situa : tilif that he believed orar would never be restored In ,Mexlcd ave by Coutinued on Pe Two.) Joseph Caillaux i To Defend Wife Who Shot Editor Par.'.-'. Altai It l. 'iilaUX. Minister of ,KUince. whose -if shot and killed Gaston CJmt(t, editor of, Ftgaio. is preparinj to 'defend her. The shooti:iK oi eurred as HiV result of the political .buttle waged Mtgalnst C&illiiux by his enemy Cahuette. in whi-h Oulmette prilled' letters which C&Illaux sent ts hts wife before they wer married- SUFFRAGE CAUSE LOSES IfJSEilEII Ashurst Resolutioa Defeated By Vote of 35 To 34Race Question an fssue Washington, D. C. March 19 The Penate. late today, by a vote of 5 to 84. voted down the AshurM re- ohitlon to provide for a conmtutlonal niendment extending striTrage to wonien. Prior to this the Vardaman aniemlment. which in effect proposed repealing the fifteenth constitutional amendment extendins; suffrage to ne groes and then to grant women the ght to vote, was defeated 41 to I'j. nd another amendment by Sk-nalor Williams, torrent votes to white Wom en only. Was lost. 44 to 21. senators votlni? for the, Ashurst res olution, (which would have required two-thirds vote to pass, were: As hurst. Brady, Brislow, Burton, Oham- bt-rhttn. -eiapp, tlarfc-ttVjo.). aIin ger, tlronna, Hollls. Hnshrs. Jones, Ktnyon, lAFollette. 1-a.nc, Lea, My- k, kelson. Newlands. Norrl Owen Pet kins. Poindeier, Kanwlel!. Kh froth. Bheppard. Sherman, 8moot, Htphenson. Sterlin. Sutherland, Thitme. Thompson. Town-end and Works 1 5. Ht nntors voting ax.i:it the amend ment were: 1 tilth end, Borah. Brad- ey, Brandegec. Hrvmi, Catron. Ull UtiKham, Dupont, t!urv Jamw, John son, lee t Maryland). Iodge, Mt- Cumlirr. Wclyean, Martin. Martina, Oliver, overman. Page i'itunan, Pomerene. Keed, Shield.". 8mith tGa.) Smith t Maryland I. ttmith tt!. C), fwanwn. Thornton, Tillman, Varda man, Weeka, West and Williams J4. MOHS M WitneKi Admits FoTe. Monopoly In UTeal frmlmts. Chicago, III., March 19. Oatmeal manufacturers joined to pot an arbt tran- price on their product prior to the paSNige of the Sherman act, ac- rorclliiir to tho testimony of H. r. Dousman today, the brut witness in the government's .. dissolution eijit against th Uunker Oats Company and the Greut. Western Cereal Com pany. James H. Wllkeraon, District Attorney, announced that he would seek' to prove that the ytiaker Oats Company w.u but the continuation of the pool that formally fixed the fyicee. Goldsboro Bank Man Held In $25,000 Bond, Which He Finds Hard To Raise (Htwcial u Th Km n4 Obaanr.) - C,ddsborov March II. H. C. Smith, dcio Havings and TtuM Company, and bookkeeper of the National Hank of Goldsboro, in the sums or nrty thou sand and twenty-five thousand dol lars. respectively, was arrested this afternoon, charged with the rmbetxle ment of fifty thousand dollars from the Goldsboro Savings and . Trust Com oan v. . ".' . - He waa given a preliminary bear ln -before Justice J. E. Peterson. waived examination and waa bound over to Superior Court In the aum of twenty-tlve thousand ooiiara. At late hour tonight he had been unable toj!urnlah the required bono. CASHIER SMITH IS ARRESTED PRESIDENT RAPS I Wilson Tells. Author of Resolu : tions There. Is Nothing To Reports SKATING ON THIN ICE" So The President Tells Wash ington Senator, In a talk In Which He Speaks Hi Mind "Very FreelySenator Hast ens To Qualify Position' In Panama Tolls Matter Washington, D. C March l. Mr vtubborn than anything tlmt haa arisen to sir the tramjllity 6f the liemocrattc majority, since' the pary came into control of the national gov ernment. Is the opposition to Presi dent yiUonV plea for 'repeal of the toll exwir.i'tioii provision for can iships in the i'mmina Ameri ca nal act. Avmrthr tini ulinopl haml Mini the question is to lie derinVd, th un yielding opposition of the Dem wests who believe it vflH be n -ciioiiiic mistake to reverse the policy of the government on tlin tolls question, be comes more active and in innate and House the dtweusaion is certain to be nnre vigorous than has been precipe tated by any issue the Democratic Congress ha.-i had before it. Vote M ill lie (lose. While the I'resident and lienio clHtic members ln .both Mouses who will support his pottju are conti nent that the repealvvill pass by u comfortable majority, few have any idea that the majority will be larife. i Debate on the repeal will begin in i the House Satrirday when a ruliVwill offered limitiitg debate to fifteen hours. In the Henate. action by the mnlttee on Inter-Oceanic Canals in I a repeal bill submitted by Heimtor Owen, may be taken tomorrow or Hat- urday. Senator o uornian, cnAirKiatt of thav tOMtmittek,-w!U, -wwihMW matter of taking up the resolution to morrow. Speak 4 Out to Junes. PrtiMdent Wilson today conferred ith Senator Jones, of Washington, inl forming the Senator that thr was absolutely no basis for conclusions he had referred to in a Henate Kpeecli Wednesday to the fleet thai the tolls repeal was the price to be polo a a result of negotlatliHis with tireat Bri tain for non-interference by loreiKti powers In Mexico and for Kiiglaiid defense of the Monroe Dnctiine. "Skating on Thin Ice." The I'resident told the henutor tliut "was skating on thin ice" in jlt- rulutlng such conclusions t'tr read- ng them in some publicution. Iih- ussliig tbe matter wltn oilier caM- eis tb President said bin uiidress to Congress on repeal of-ihe tolls cTwuse w is written before the vblt to Wash ington lr the British Minister to Mex- Sir Lionel arden. t' whotii Sen ator i4'neii had referred in IiIh speech. and that the canal controversy a not mentioned during the minlster'f conferen,- ut the WWte Hon N'tiator JoneS Explains. Lter in the day Senator Jonen made a statement to the Senate as serting that he -bad not wished to misrepresent anybody, that be had re ferred to tho coiicUifbihs as hej, batl read tl'hn in a newspaper .and yliat It was due the president that lie1 ex press to the Henate Ws flat denial of tbe matter. (Senator .lonea rcrtolnt 'on cillmi; Upon the president for information an to the po.ntlou oforelgn government? on tn tolls ijuestton will come up agaip tomorrow, when Senator nris- tow will make an effort to haye It re- low am .na an r, on .o oaye ferrcd to the canals Ins end of the- hore.gn ltelahons committee. Sena- tor Polndester tiluns to talk n his resolution, Hgoich would ai'k the prest dent for an explanation of some o the features of his message to Con gresa on the tolls Issue. t oinnii t i ncors l anieu. Tlie president speakina of Sir Lionel Carden's visit told callers that he could not get a suggestion on the Mexican position out of fir Lionel "wltti a cork -screw" and that the conference was purely for Information on the gereral Mexican situation. Representatives sneriey anas; i.ov- Ingtou, who, with Representatives Adamson and Palmer, will leau tne adminstratloji tight in the House to re neat tolls exemption, told President Wilson today that the repeal bill would be taken up probably Monday or Tues day, with a special rule llmitittB de bate. , They declared that a large majority would vote for It. The congressmen conferred wttn tne president oil certain phases of the Hay-Pauncerole treaty, ana reiieraieu that American battleships would he exempt from tolls and that the uni ted Mates had eojnplete rights to for tify the canaL , WOCLl MEIiP KAILHOAUH. PrtHldent Wants Them to He Treated tairiy. tD Om AMocliud Vnm.) -, -Washington, D. C, March t. President Wilson today manifested his deep intereex in me n nam mi l onuiiiou i of the railroads of the country, ex pressing a desire to help In every le gitimate way to bring them relief. The President had been asked by call ers If he had heard any particular complaints from the railroads about their financial condition -and re-.l marked that he bad heard what every body wee discussing the uncertainty oft- their position. - He let tt be known that the govern ment was considering general facts o? the contlnued"tcreaae In operating expenses. Tha President revealed. (.Continued on Page Two.). OR JONES trail of Lobby Oil PRISOU BILL Senator Hughes Charges $50,- 000 Has Been Raised To Defeat His Bill SUSPOENAS, ARE ISSUED Senator Recalls Defeat of All Former Bills To Prohibit The Interstate Shipment of Pris on-Made Goods, and m Gets Busy To Find Out " The Cause WaAhington, D. C., March is. Al legiithms that a fund of ttiO.OUO had been raised In the interest of prison Contractors to (Jfifeat th Hughes bill to regulate and restrict the interstate trsnMportation of convict-niade goods' Will be iov -ltinti.l l.iiniflr.iw Ky Ih. Senate Lobby committee. While hearings nu the Hughes bill f were iu 4iujiu-ua.xudVy before he im trstate t'ohimerce cotnnvlttee. Senator Overman, chairman of the ltby coniitiiltee, wan Informed by Senator Hughes thai sluteineijis hud been eil cnlatej to the effect ,thnt a financial campaign against the measure was in: progress. It was said HA declaration lia4 been made that a $r0.0(M fund to fight the bill had been miacd following the introduction of thy measure lust summer. Two subpoena were issued tonight bySenator Overman's order. One was for Edward Boyle, a Chicago attorney, formerly treasurer of tho National Conference of Oharitieand Correc tions, who also has represented prison contrac'tipc IlKnis In the capacity of Counsel. At a ecent hearing before the Labor committee of the House, Boyle stated he waa engaged in prison reform work, but thet he also was lit the employ of Chicago-shirt man ufacturing firm, one - of the !argest prison rirtrleptinir rtrm In FW coun rj s'Soyle le tr, w fWasttiigttin and has Uttendedthe hearings on tHe Hughes bill. N lr. K. Ktagg Whiten, of New Vork, an Instructor at 'Columbian I'niversity, Secretary of the New Tock Prison He foi'BCoinmlKsion (ind chairman. of the national conference on prison labor, who is a staunch Mipporter of tho Hughes bill, also has been summoned to tell what he lmsi heard to support charges tliut an organized lobby is at work HRninnl the bill. ' Champions of the pending legisla tion assort that for IS years similar bills have been blocked in Cornrrcss. I'our times such a hill hits pitssrd the House, only to die awulting action In the Senate. They i ay the present sit uation is similar to that which existed In 19'tt, when an .organized lobby worked against a bill to prohibit the t'rsbsportatlon of prison-made goods. Tbe bill hud passed the House, ac lording to information, yiven to tbe committee, when wardens of several penitentiaries met In Washington ffrot ortfiini.ed a movement to tlLfeat il. ,1ohn V. Weyler. thti warden of the I.birvhind peniten'lary recently ib' Bcribed the wuriieu's work at that time before the Mankind Penitentiary Commission. A f ind of more than $i.iiiliv vvaf I'ontrihuterl by prison con tiwtnM, I, dun of whiclf wa paid, to emu Hfl for ill,- iMtrdeii's coniniitteo. Tlie lilil never s reported from the Senate coiiimiltii . Lmii.u u ki:; moti:i, buhns. .. Forlj . (.ue.ls Safelj l.cape Before I'laiiHU. l.t Ui Anorinii rise M.twuuftee. Wis., Vfsirch l.--Nar- ly forty guem ml (We "Wlnd'or Hotel -safely today when they tied th.lt dPFtroyed lhp hotel lmlMivf( nBn,Bepd nwhy nruc. tures. to be The' property loss was sold 2ou.o!0. THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington, V. C. March 1J. HOl'SP: met ut noon. Henutor 'Jones pressed for action on his resolution culling on the presi dent for Information on the Panama Twlls controversy. Ijinds committee favorably acted on a res ilution for government arquisl-T lion of Montlcello. . Lobby commfttee' agreed to meet to morrow and agree on taking further testimony on the alleged Panama Tolls lobby. Senator Smith, ftf South Carolina, gave notice he would ask passage of his cotton grading bill tomorrow. ' Ilbfeated. Si)" to 31. resolution i to submit to !rtateaeoiiHtitutlonal amend ment for woman suffrage (two-thirds vote reuuired for adoption). Adjourned -at a:af p. m. to noon Friday. ', HOC8K: , Met at noon. Debate was resuiiKd, on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. Mines committee arranged plant for further testimony on the Colorado and Michigan strike trouble. i Representative Vollmer, Democrat, of Iowa, delivered, a maiden prosperity soeech. Captain W. H. Wescott. . of San Kranclsco, testitled before the Marine committee- In favor of the Hardy bllC; Currency committee engaged H. P. -Willis, of Nw York, to draft a rural credits bill. -i . . Appointed 'committee to confer with president Wilson on rewards for Colonel" Uoethals and other Panama canal workers. Mines committee arranged to take the testimony of John Mitchell on the Calumet strike. t : Adjourned at :z y. m. to Boon Friday. ,v J, FRANK MITCHELL TO NORFOLK. SOUTHERN Poimlar Kalelgh KailnMNl Mart WImi n Urst of April Besnmee Traveling Paweuger Agent liar Norfolk Mouth' IaseiutT ItUHinese. FOR COTTQM BILL North Carolina Senator Be lieves Exchange Quotations Should Reflect Real Values (By W. I'- YKl,VKim.) . Washington, March ifr. Seiiiuof Overman. In discussing the Smith bill for tho regulation of cotton exchangee, made a strong speech in ths Senate today, asking trilLthe standardisation .Tr cotton on the exchange in accord ance with the eroding ,ty ttw govern ment,' Tbi'taiited Wates-repartmnt of Agriculture recognises eleven gradini of cotton, and Henator Over man declared hltnsolf for a law re (miring those who sell cotton on the exchanges to deliver the same grade contracted for. 'Senator Overman declared that th fact that cotton Is quoted on the New York exchange at K'-eeYiis and sells In North Carolina ut the siinie time at 14 is tin linpositlou on cotton manu facturers. He siild (bat the exchange has only ItU i.uo-h el1 uiiddiiilg cotton on hand, und tlint when tt sells mid riling cotton it has no Intention of de livering Utld never does. lie urged Immediate couider.aloii of the bill now before the Semite, and It Is be- I'-v.-il v nil' " x-ill be 'al.en Sen ator Hoke .Smith, of Georgia ...t Nit, ..oilier nisi, spoke on me onl Bldt im Motor 'frneks. .1. !,. Cornell, of llenliS4in. bead of mi automobile mmmfitet urlng com piim. is here bidding on government ruietrrarnrfot"iiiotor triM-ks. He le Iteves his company will be able to land 3 share i f tire business.' It is one of the lew companies south of Washing ton which manufactures motor trucks. Marsha II Invited to tlmrbinsV. Leake- t jirru'wa), .wreUrv of the Oreati r Charlotte Club, iinrt 11. II. Deliiitls, passenuc-r anent of the Southern Katlwnv, were here today in tbe interest of Mecklenburg's ZMth ot Muy celeliriiti'Mi. They asked the vcg,-president to make the principal speech -.on May L.'itn They aere as Horeil that Secfei r Hanlels will ad dress the public school commenca nicnt on Muy -lit. Vice-President Marshall has given tui definite mi- SWer. I Jutlcc lark a Belegate. Senator Overman remieated Secre tnrv Bryan today to designate Chief Justice Walter Clark a delegate to'the Kllth Pan-American Congress, to' be held soon. In South America. The! (overnietit pfiys th" expenses of Its delegntts. , Representative Page today Intro duced bills nskiltK for an aiiprotirla tion of $rf,0U0 fijr a public building site BTKanftird and $10 ift) Instead of t'l.uoo "for a. site si Wa-lesboro as previously requested. Kd. Beam, of Kiitherfordtou, a tap- itol policeman, is seriously .111 In local hosnital from erysipelas. Washington visitors today Includ ed W. A. Hunt, of Henderson, and Ueorgc Holdemess. of Tarboro. GBIMINftLAnftCK Seven-Year-Old Asheville Girl . Tells Harrowing Story , of Assault (Speeid ts Ttw Nm tud Otnrar.) ' Asheville. March 1$. Evidence of a revolting ritfture was heard at this morning's session of the city police, court, when Arthur White, a negro about tbirtyi years of age., waa bound oyer to th" Superior Court under t.onil of 13.000. en a charge of at tempting a criminal assault on a white girl of this city. wh la less than Seven years of age. Child Telia HoeriMe Story. The crime is alleged to have been committed several days ago, although It was not discovered until yesterday When the child .w reported to ihave told her mother of the attack. White was arrested Immediately. At today' hearing" the, police court chamber waa j ' ' ' . '..V"'. :(' ' '-.., t , ! . , j' t ; . " - OBI SPEAKS NEGRO NOHATIONS INVITED , I $20,000 CMAlCtl Send In Your Name Today As a Nominee in the Contest For the Eight Big Automobiles Or Other of the Ninety-Four High Class -Awards Offered Cleared. and the' little girt, sitting In the lap of hor mother, told a horrible story t the judge of the court. 1 m- medjat. l) following the trial, the ne gro, so removed from the city jail to the Buncombe county prison. He has, made no effort to give bond.' But .four witnesses were heard at today's court session, the alleged vio tlm, the prisoner, and two physicians, who attended the child. The negro denied the charge preferred against htm. FliOM "INFAMOUS LIE" TO "WILFUL FALSEHOOD" Hprnij Scwieti Matte Home Rule' De bate in KngMsh PartlttineiiU (Hi u AaMMiad I'm.) London, Marchrt 9, A vote of cen sure on the British govern ment. rruiv ed today in the House of Common by Andrew Law, leader of the oppo sition was rejected ttS to 252. It was based on Premier Asquith's re fusal on Monday to.rivw details of the scheme of local wttou by which the nine countries of Ulster would be permitted to vote separately on the (juration of the new Irish government. When Sir Ldwaru Carson and Joe. Delvin, Nationalist member for Bel fast, entered the House the atmos phere becaiue heated. The Ulster leader railed Mr. Delvin a liar, when the Nationalist member declared that Btr Edward Qareon at one time had neen a nome nuer. "It In an infamous lie," roared Sir Edward Carson, and when the speak er suggested a mod ideation of hie language Kir Edward substituted It ''The statement la a wilful bOae hood." ... -:' . ' TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.-: 'GU.LTY IN IWSSISSIFP They grt to Pay a&Q,eo0 .f1n And W 111 tnacraoiMe. It; Ifea Amrttud Pll - Jackson. Missi, March 1. It waa announced nere today by the Attor ney General of the State, Mf. Roes A. Collins, that the Western Union Tele- gTaph and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, had conl sentea to tn i-ntry or juagmen against them and . ithera In the suit Instituted sometime ago by the At torney-tieneral of Mississippi, charg ing them with an Illegal cqmbina tlon In violation of the anti-trust lawn of the State. .By this decree, hieh is to be en tered, the western I nlon and Amen can Telephone and Telegraph Com pan and other defendants are to pay to the state tne sum of nrty thousand dollars penalties and the decree set out that the American elephone and Telegraph Company and its allied cumpuniea have dispos- d of all the Western Inlon stock which they have held. TnitEK DIE IN RUE. Flie-,Stry Dibtmlt Building Swept By tlamra. nr tkr AMentWtt rrM I ' fietroit, Mich., March 19. -Ttro HMlles have been recovered and a third is believed to be In the ruins of live-story ' brick building, swept late day by tire. Two men were injured and two score oi employes. Including number of young women, escaped from the biasing building. The prop erty toss was estimated at $10,000. OFFICI.U.8 TO JAII hemencett Given at (Tisen for fraudlng tiovernnient. iii m AwKi&tKi rM-i San Francisco. Cal.. March IS. The three ofTlelaJs of the Western Fuel Company, who were recently convict ed of conspiracy to defraud the Fed eral Government, were given Jail sen tences tonight by Iudge Maurice T. Dooling of the Cnited State District Court In this city. To telexihotss tlie Contest Itenext- uent, rail 1S3! That's cot double doubiewTuw-ed. Eras Nomination Ballot To enter the Contest, fill out the Department Each contestant 1000 VOTES I hereby nominate MR.. MRS. OR MISS. Street No.. tPostofflce. . Signed.. Address. . , Only one nomination will be creditsd to each contestant Under no circumstances will the nomination name be divulged. j If- eerr-.,, ,c EVERY CANDIDATE WINS' A PRIZE OR COMMISSION Every Ambitious White Rerso In North Carolina Invited To Participate In The Dlstribu tion of $Z0,000 In Prizes Ta Be Made By The News and Observer. rri Often in the course of a HfMm a 'decision concerning a certain oollcyl or course of action kcomee ImpM. tlve. In the correct solution of thM pr jblem lies, to some extent, the meas urn or tuceeiMi . to Le aualned. A. moment's indecision.' when ttv time for quick -action is at hand, heaio tancy or procrastination, an advan tage overlooked, too often meaJt-fht , difference between success and failure. uegrei must always follow in tha ' wake of lost opportunity. Those who live In their yesterdays sadly contemn plate what might have been; those who see in tomorrow another ohance are happy tn their optimism, but many times the anticipation la Its on reward; those who have the advan tage of these classes of people are those who - have their eyes and ears . open today. Today is the day of all days. Yesterday Is gons forever and - ' tomorrew never comes. Bo It 1s that only in today's opportunities have wn tangible reality, night how oppor tunity e-peaks to all who will listen aitct otters action to the direct bene lit. of ail who ars willing to accept it. The News and Observer Is present-''' Ing- to the people of th, Old North. . Stats' a generous plan whereby thu dlstribstlon is effected of nearly twenty thousand dollars In awards ! high merit Much Inquiry during ths past few days warrants the belief thai considerable Interest has been aroused both locally and throughout the sur rounding territory concerning the vot fng contest, or campaign outlined In the plan presented. A few localities have brought forward candidates, but as yet little action has been taken. Nominate Yourself Today. . . Nominations for this voting contest are now In order, and anyone deslrlnrf to register for a share" of the costly awards may do so by simply sending1 In his or her name to the contest lie' partment of The News and Ooservec. Immediate response will some to tb prospective candidate by mall, or. where possible, a representative of tbei contest department will call and per eonally give first-hand Information upon all matters pertaining to the con test. To send la your nomination la the first step In the fight' direction. then, with the Information which tsl gladly fumlahed, you have 'nmttem r directly within your own hands, Ther - opportunities within easy reach of in dustry during this contest are mom ' than good, they are excellent Think, of receiving a big Chalmers ttx aa si ' reward for your diligence and atten tion to the simple mailer of gathering votes for yourself, - among you friends, during a very short' cam ,. palgn. l" One Cbalmern -Six and one tl.BM ... corner lot go to the two oandldatesr who receive the highest vote In eaoh of tho two divisions regardless of dis tricts. After these general prtsesiI have been given out the awards will ' be allotted by districts. In fact, noth T Ing has been left undone to make th course, smooth and easy for the oosm testanta. A division Into districts of the tsr- rltory simplifies the winning of art award very greatly. Fifteen prises) must go to each separate district; this; makes a contest In Itself tn each dis trict A splendid Studebaker auto mobile beads the list of fifteen awards, which are to be gtveTTtn each district (Continued on Pare Eight.) 3GJE . v - Coupon and send to the Contast ; Is entitled to one nomination good lor ...District No,,. State. , Date. I
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March 20, 1914, edition 1
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