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KARDA
IAN AGAIN
yiil Have Another Chance at
U. S, Senate
PRIMARY
ELECTION TO BE HELD
i Via in at?o
an cnaorsemeuv or re-
tor Percy's Suggestion That His
Election Be Eepudiated or Endors-
ti Adopted y Legislature WiU
te Held ia November.
jackscn, Miss., Special. After en-
-e suggestion of United
i...Mr T.prov Perev that a
c..tes " " -
pnmar.v
prve
Ration to the people of his election
rCcncress. the Mississippi Legis
lature adjoin ned sine die Saturday
i . ,ro!ih!v the most sensational
niter j ii'u" -
legislative se.wu ia the history of
the State.
Xhe iTsolunoa as to the primary
Copied bv the Legislature ' instructs
fu Stite 'Democratic executive com
Sttee'to call the election to select
nartv senatorial nominee for the
Jeiilar term which will begin in
1913 to be hold during the month of
Vcvembfr of this year. In this pri-
v r. if rev auu uir. uuauiau
bhould the
Percy he
i i- x j
gsfci, n I'1 auuress, iu icuuci
jTiatioii as United States Senator
fcr'the present term to the next ses
ien of the State Legislature, an ap-
niatff.ent to be made by the Gov
erncr to boi l until the nominee se-
kcted at the proposed primary is
seatfd in 1913. Both Senator Percy
gnd'jlr. Vardaman have addressed
to Cbalrraan I.omax of -the Derao
crarie State executive committee
asreting to this plan.
Egrv Jii- 1 li - "
Till' both be candidates.
wsn't be iraiavoraoie to
Eoth Virginias File Objections.
Wastiastoru Special. The State
of West Virginia and Virginia Sat
urday Cled in the Supreme Court of
the United States exceptions to the
report of Charles E. Littlefield, spec
ial master, to ascertain facts as a
basis of arriving at the proportion
cf the debt cf Virginia before the
organization of West Virginia, that
the latter State should pay to the
former.
According: to the report West Vir-H
ginia n:av be called upon to pay be
tween $iC0n.0rtO and $9,000,000 to
the irether State. The principal ob
jection made is that West Virginia,
objecting to the master including in
the airesate amount cf ordinary ex
penses of Virginia from 1823 to 1860
the sum of .t1S.P00.000 as interest on
the public debt.
Football Victim Finally Passes.
Annapolis. Md., Speeial. Earl
Wilson, the Navy football . player,
died Saturday morning.
Wilson, who was from Covington,
Kr., was injured October 16 last, in
the game against Villa Nova College.
It was while making a flying tackle
that the back of hia neck struck
violently against the ground. An ex
sminatioii revealed a fracture be
iweea the fourth and fifth cervical
vertebrae, and the spinal cord was
Krerely depressed, causing complete
paralysis from the shoulder down.
An operation was performed by
Mich the pressure on the spinal cord
o relieved, and physicians felt
that this would bring about big re
torery, bat in vain. .
Other Lucky N. & W. Employes.
Hoanoke, Va., Special. The train
and yardmen employed by the
Awfolk & Western Railroad get an
urease of G per cent in pay. The
new wage schedule was arranged at
tonterences held between the man
cement of the road and representa
ves of the employes.
Egfct Farmers are Guilty.
"Minnaii, Special. Eight Grant
county, Ky.. fanners were found
cJ"ty of conspiracy in restraint of
trade by a jury in the United States
crt,at Covington, Ky., Sat.
JJy. Or the twelve men indicted
JJai diftmissed by order of Fed
.a Judge Cochran and three others
JJ1"6 quitted in the verdict given
Snn ? inT-- Fines ranging from
0 to ooo were imposed.
'S? Jndorse3 Southern Congress.
Tafta?la?tcn' Special. President
mm .taturflaJ received the executive
omnuttee of the Southern Commer-
LoR?resS. A full statement of
lue Purpose fif ihic :; j
made to him by John M. Parker
D ' ;.ew 0r'eans and G. Grosvenor
iogton ffiaRa:-iu director, of Wash-
Eenrefdent Taft expressed his unre
endpa wt:rest in this co-operative
the qV0 m&ke the advantages of
The fu-ly known'
ed Tk executive committee . appoint-.
bllt f S L- Fi'eld now ot London,
aent meriv of -North Carolina,
0 nt general for the British Isles.
News Notes Gathered From All
Farts of the Old Nortti 6tat.
Election Royal Arcanum Officers.
The annual convention of Royal
Arcanum at Rockingham elected the
following officers ' "
Grand Regent P. W. Hancock,
Oxford; Grand I Vive Regent C. 0.
Johnson, Raleigh j Grand 1 Orator
Dr. S. Mendelshon, Wilmington
Grand Treasurcjr E. L. Harris,
Raleigh; Grand Guides-Noah Bur
foot, Elizabeth City;' Grand Chaplain
-Thos. J. Johnson, Salisbury; Grand
Warden S. M. Hampton, Leaksville;
3rand Sentry John Machin, Ashe
eille; Grand Trustees A. J. Evans,
Statesville; J. M. Norwood, Raleigh;
T. W. Slocumb, Goldsboro; .Com
mittee on Laws H. E. Bonitz; C.
A. Johnson, Thos. P. Johnson; Com
mittee on Propaganda F. W. Haa
Jock, H. E. Bonitz, J. Howell Way;
Committee on Finance J. Fred Tesh,
E. J. Stewart, H. B. Craven.
The stupendous sum of $131,614,
550.37 has been paid out in benefits.
The Membership is now 245,784.
More than $1,900,000 has been paid
to families of deceased members in
this State.
Drainage Suit in Perpetual Motion.
A jury in superior court at Wil
mington returned a verdict awarding
B F. Penny, a well-known' "mer
chant, $5,000 damages and interest
for twelve years as the result of the
plaintiff's having been shot in 1898
while alighting from a train of the
iefendant company at Leland, Bruns
wick countj-. The shot was intend
ed for the conductor of the train
who had trouble with a negro man
who had been ejected from the train
and the allegation was that the com
pany's ! employes had not exercised
due diligenee toward the protection
af passengers. The case has been
twice to the Supreme Court, and has
been tried in the lower courts a num
ber of times. An appeal is taken
by the railroad, company to the Su
preme court.
NORTH STATE NEWS
Cotton Seed for Planting.
Up to Saturday 125,000 bushels of
cotton seed have been sent from
Raleigh southward, for planting, to
?et an early crop, the business being
nearly "closed for this season, onlv
7
a few thousand bushels remaining.
"Sanitary Sunday," April 24.
The Secretary of the State Board
of Health, Dr. Rankin, is now send
ing out 40,000 copies of what is
known as the "Preacher's Bulletin,"
for sanitary Sunday, which is April
24. This goes to every minister in
the State whose address had been obtained.
Mr. Pell Appointed Judge.
Mr. George P. Bell, who will be
come judge of the eleventh district
May 7, is a lawyer of recognized
ability. He has recently issued
"Pell's Annotated Code of North
Carolina" that is pronounced by
judges and practitioners at the bar
an exceptionally valuable work,
abundantly meriting highest recogni
tion. Lawyers are free to say tha
this appointment by Governor Kitch
in comes as a merited manifestation
of the obligation both the legal fra
ternity and the State are under to
Mr. Pell for his work.
Ex-Governor Linney Passes.
Ex-Congressman R. Z. Linney drop
ped dead at Taylorsville Friday. Mr.
Linney " had just driven into town
from his farm and was apparently
quite well and in good spirits. Just
as he reached the top of the stairway,
ascending to his office, he complained
of sudden illness and sank to the
floor unconscious, dying within ten
minutes without regaining consciousness.
TbeyJWill Come Back. .
The special rates for immigrants
to the West went off of sale at mid
night Saturday night and it is esti
mated that the Southern railway has
moved from its, lines from Salisbury
to Knoxville and Spartanburg to
Asheville and the Murphy division at
least 300 men, ;women and children
who have gone ' to chase the golden
illusions of the West.
Orleans Port Clear. -
t0V6W Pans, Special. That re-
tuH fraud 'm the weighing of
ar at the port of New Orleans
Without grounds and- that the
mment had not lost a penny in
epo,50nnee!ion was the Si"0 the
eralw1? Assistant Attoraey
tand Benison placed in the
jurvVf, .tLe United States grand
J w this city.
Banks Get Charters.
Charters were granted the Caro
line Savings bank, at the place of
that name, capital stock $10,000, to
do a commercial and savings busi
ness ; the Provident Land Company,
Moyock, $175,000, John Seip, of Ohio
being the principal stocknoiaer.
Cotton Mill Changes Hands.
A party of Roanokers, together
with W. C. Ruffin and .F. B. Kemp,
of Mayodan, have purchased the $50,
0C0 of bonds against the Roanoke
mill pnmnflnv and secured con-
-trol of the property. W. C. Ruffin
may oe vne new manager.
Lumber Bridge Wins Trophy.
. Adjutant. General Armfield has re
ceived the reports from all the com
panies covering the contest in the
armories for the Dupont silver loving-cup
offered for the highest score
made with the ? small rifles ' used in
the army. . The company at Lum
ber "Bridge, commanded by Capt. J.
B Malloy, is the winner, scoring dJ2
out of a possible 350 points.
Items of State Interest Gathered
and Told in Brie t
The Drainage Agitation. '
Mr. S. A. Hipp, representing the
Agricultural Department of Wash
ington, has made a trip over Cabar
rus county with a view to recom- j
mending such necessities deemed '
best to facilitate the proper drain
age of any and all swamp lands in
Cabarrus county. Mr. Hipp has
been in Rowan county and is con
versant with prevailing conditions.
He is thoroughly in sympathy with
the drainage movement and has
spoken of the great work being car
ried on in Catawba and Iredell counties.
COL. tOOPER PARDONED
Caimack's Slayer Freed By Gov
ernor Patterson of Tennessee.
"Crack Shots" atN Goldsboro.
The companies of the entire Na
tional Guard of this State were to
have individual target shoots on April
11 for the Dupont trophy,, the rec
ords to be official and sent to State
headquarters the prize to be award
ed to the company making the high
est score.
Goldsboro 's Co. D, Capt. E. A.
Simpkins commandant, held .this
shoot Monday, April 11, with the fol
lowing results: Sergt. S. E. Malone,
69 out of possible 70 ; Lieut. George
L. Pittman, 63; Corp Ralph, 64; Pri
vate C. C. Carr, 64; Private Sand
ford Rackley, 63; total, 323 out of
a possible 350.
Vaccination Case in Court.
An -interesting case and one out -of
the ordinary came up in the Rowan
county court before Judge B. B. Mil
ler, at Salisbury. Horace W. McAl
lister, a prominent citizen of Chest
nut Hill, Salisbury 's southern su
burb, who was indicted for refusing
submit to vaccination the offense
resisting an officer The defendant
stated that he was vaccinated on the
same day that the county physician
called at his place and that he was
not to secure a certificate showing
that he had been vaccinated. Judge
Miller held that when he refused to
submit tos vaccination the offense
was committed and fined him $10
and the costs. An appeal to the su
perior court was taken. The case of
resisting an officer was continued un
til a later day.
Efficiency of Military Companies.
Sergeant John D. Waddington, oi
the United States army, who is in
North Carolina to instruct the Na
tional Guard, has been in the west
ern part of the State. During his
tour, he visited, companies at Ashe
ville, High Point, Dallas, Shelby,
Statesville, Concord, Burlington,
Lexington and Thomasville. All these
companies he found to be in excell
ent condition.
What Drainage Will Do.
Experts who know, conservative
ly estimate that the drainage of Tois
not Swamp, in Wilson county, has
reclaimed at least two thousand acres
of alluvial lands. The canal is now
ten miles long (not yet completed)
and is draining, on an average, three
acres on each sidev Five hundred
acres will be reclaimed this year.
Awaiting Electrocution April 21. .
Cobb Withers colored, Mecklen
burg county, is now occupying the
death cell in the State's prison,
awaiting electrocution April 21 in the
event of a largely signed petition for
commutation . to life imprisonment
does not constrain Governor Kitchin
to extend executive clemency.
Loan Fund Growing.
A statement from the State De
partment of Education on the status
of the North Carolina educational
loan fund, set aside by the legisla
ture r for loans to . school districts
through the counties, especiallly
for improving school houses, shows
that the fund has grown since 1903
from $200,000 to about $425,000.
Mr. J. E. Cline, of China Grove,
has paid to Concord $1,000 for license
to sell near-beer to go into effect the
first day of May.
Lutheran Sunday School Normal,
The Sunday School Normal of the
North Carolina and Tennessee Lu
theran Synods will hold its annual
"meeting this year at Misenheimer
Springs in Stanly county, July 6, 7
and 8.
North Carolina Inventions.
-Neal L. Anderson, Winston-Salem
typewriter carriage return mechan
ism; Hamner J. Cordle, Littleton,
muffler; William M. Jackson, Gas
tonia, telegraph instrument ; Herbert
W. Kcuffner, Burlington pen; Em
mett L. Moffitt, Elon College, mosquito-net
frame.
Apple Orchard for Orphanage.
Mr. W. R. Bailey, superintendent
of-the Barium Orphans' Home farm,
five miles south of Statesville, has
purchased 134 acres of land in Wilkes
county, on which lie will set out a
largo apple orchaiM.
Agricultural Fair for Granville.
The charter for the Granville Coun
ty. Agricultural Association has been
delivered at Oxford. The principal
purposeof this organization' is - to
conduct a county fair. . ..
; "Three Charters Granted.
The Robeson Development Co.,
Lumberton, is chartered with $125,
000 -capital; the Virginia-Carolina
Lumber Co., Fayetteville, capital
$50,000 ; the Neuse Realty Co., New
Bern, capital $100,000.
SON GRANTED NEW TRIAL
Tennessee Supreme Court JUfirmed the Sen
tence of D. B. Cooper and Ordered New
Trial For Robin Cooper, r
Nashvilta, Tenn In the case of
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and Robin
J. Cooper, ther and son, convicted
of killing former United States Sen
ator E. W. Carmack on the streets
here November 9, 1908, and sentenced
to twenty years each in the state
penitentiary, the Tennessee supreme
court by a divcted vote "affirmed the
sentence as to Colonl D. B. Cooper.
As to Robin : Cooper, the case, also
by a divided vote, is reversed and re
manded to the lower court for a new
trial. .
While Chief Justice Beard was read
ing a dissenting opinion in the case
of Duncan B-. Cooper, Governor Pat
terson ' wrote a full pardon for the
defendant in which he declares: -
"In -my opinion neither of the de
fendants is guilty, and they have not
had a fair and impartial trial, but
were convicted contrary to the law
and evidence," '
The reversal in the case of Robin
Cooper is based on assignments of
error in the triaK judges failing to
charge separately as to Robin Coop
ers' theory of self-defense, linking
the defense of the two defendants to
gether; excluding testimony of Gov
ernor Patterson as to talks with de
fendant, Robin Cooper, and advice giv
en him as to Colonel Cooper before
the tragedy: and the admission on
cross examination of Robin Cooper
as to intent of certain state's wit
nesses in testifying as to certain in
cidents.
Colonel Cooper was still at the
capitol when the pardon was enter
ed in the secretary of state's office.
Jtie was at once surrounded by a
crowd of friends seeking to congrat
ulate him. He was as calm, and
even cheerful, through it all, as - if
he had received an acquittal. The
reversal of his son's case seemed to
interest and please him to the ex
clusion of his own fate.
"I wanted Robin's vindication more
than I wanted a pardon," was -his
smiling remark when told of the gov
ernor's action in beiialf of himself.
Robin Cooper is under a $25,000 bond.
His friends freely predict that he
will not again be arraigned for trial.
Should he be, H would be a most
difficult undertaking to secure a jury
in Davidson county
The supreme court opinion marked
an epoch in not only the legal an
nals of the state, but the political
as well. The democratic party oi
Tennessee has been rent into bitter
factions over the prohibition ques
tion, and, as a wheel within a wheel,
"the Cooper case" has played a con
spicuous part.
Cooper is the close friend and al
leged political adviser of Patterson,
who is the leader of the anti-prohibi
tion forces in Tennessee. Carmack
was the chief of the prohibition move
ment. Patterson was a most import
ant witness for the defense at the
trial of the Coopers for the killing oi
Carmack, whose death his friends al
lege, was the outcome of political
machination.
Now, on the verge of an election of
the judiciary, tae supreme court was
called on to pass nnaliy upon the case
over which it seems the party factious
have actually aligned themselves on
one side or the other. For sixty-nine
days the court had the case and the
state has been on the tiptoe of ex
pectancy as opinion days came and
went witnout its oemg rererrea to
The announcement at last shows
an interesting status to those famil
iar with the Intricacies of the politi
cal "situation.
The pardon was not unexpected.
From Governor Patterson's testimony
In the doubt below there could remain
no doubt as to his personal convic
tion of the innocence of the defend
ants. Such being the case, there was
never any doubt in the public mind
that he would grant a pardon to both
defendants should the supreme court
affirm the sentence. . But while this
action did not come as a surprise, it
created all of the interest and all of
tie wild excitement that a totally un
expected denouments to th whole
series of events could have done.
As to the result politically, in Ten
nessee of the state supreme court s
decision, opinion seems general that
the old factional linesPatterson and
anti-Patterson, the latter representing
thai; prohibition or state-wide element
of the state democracy are un
changed.
SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED.
Magnificent Silver Service Given the
. Battleship South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C. In the presence
of a brilliant gathering of over two
thousand people, including prominent
officials of the national and of the
state governments, officers from the
battleship South Carolina, from the
Charleston navy-yard and the United
States army post. Governor Martin F.
Ansel of South Carolina, presented to
the battleship South Carolina the mag
nificent silver service which the gen
eral assembly of the state had voted
to the ship bearing the name of the
commonwealth, lhe presentation ex
ercises were held in the Academy of
Music in Charleston.
10 YEAR OLD MOTHER.
daughter is Born to a 10-Yeaf-OId
. Qiri.
Chicago, Illr-rOfflcials of the juve
nile court began an investigation of
the case of Annie Edds. ten years eld,
who gave birth to a girl baby at the
county hospital several days ago. It
was reported that the young mother
and child were doing well. . "
The young- mother's age has been
invtstigated, and it has , been found
absolutely true that she is just ten
years .old.
PRESIDENT TAFT HISSED.
President Rudely Treated While Addressing
Convention of Women Suffragists.
Washington, D. C The president
of the United States, the first chief
executive of the nation everHo-greet
a convention of women suffragists,
braved the danger of facing an army
of women who want the ballot; had
the courage to express his opinion,
asd.was hissed.
So great was the throng that sought
admission to the hall that hundreds
were turned away, J-
President Taft was welcoming to
Washington the delegates to the con
vention of the National Woman Suf
frage convention. He frankly told
them that he was not altogether in
sympathy with the suffrage move
ment, and was explaining, why he
could not subscribe to its principles. -
He said he thought one of the dan
gers in granting suffrage to women
was that the women as a whole were
not interested in" and that the power
of the ballot as far as woman is con
cerned would be controlled by the
less desirable class."
When these ; words fell from- the
president's lips the walls of the conr.
vention hall echoed a chorus of f em-
nine hisses. It was no feeble demon
stration of protest. The combined
hisses sounded as if aalye on a
steam engine had broken.
President-Taft stood unmoved on
the platform during the demonstra
tion of hostility for the hissing, con
tinued but a moment, and then, smil-
ng as he spoke, he answered the un
favorable greeting with this retort:
Now, my dear ladies, you , must
show yourselves capable of suffragee
by exercising that degree of restraint
which is necessary in the conduct of
govrnment affairs by not hissing."'
Th women who had hissed were re
buked. The president's reply had ap
parently taken hold. There were no
more hisses while the president con
tinued his address, which he charac
terized as "my confession" on the
woman suffrage question. At the con
clusion of his talk he was enthus
iastically .applauded, and some of the
leaders of the convention expressed
to him their sincere regret over the
unpleasant incident. President Taft
assured them he had not had his feel
ings injured in the least.
10 CHILDREN A DISGRACE.
Suffragette Advocates Quality ana
Not Quantity in Children.
Washington, D. C. "Ten years
hence, to be the father of ten chil
dren will be as much of a disgrace
as being a confirmed drunkard is at
present," declared Mrs. Lareine Hel
en Baker of Spokane, Wash., a suf
fragette who will be heard along orig
inal lines of thought at the conven
tion of the National Women's Suf
frage associaion, which opened in this
city. Her studies of children all over
the world, she said, had convinced
her that "not more than 10 per cent
of them are children of love, and the
other 90 per cent are not wanted."
"Roosevelt, poor ignorant man.
she continued, "urges large families,
but I tell you it is quality in children,
not quantity. Woman suffrage will
better , children, for it -Will produce
better thinking. It is the mental, not
the physical, that rules progressive
action today and teaches us that the
greatest crime of the ages is too many
children.
"When they (parents) have learned
that fully nine-tenths of all the ba
bies born every year are nothing more
or less than human culls, I believe
the birth rate will decrease and "we
shall have a better and stronger race.
"Before I leave Washington," said
Mrs. Baker, "I intend to find out how
many millions of dollars are being
appropriated to stamp out diseases in
animals and to improve tne oreea or
horses, pigs and live stock of all sorts;
in fact, evereything but the human
species. What humanity neeas is a
Luther Burbank. I would have been
imprisoned a few years ago for advo
cating these views, which, happily, all
progressive thinkers are now coming
to adopt"
LANDSLIDE BURIES WORKMEN
Construction Camp in Quebec Buried
Under Tons or tartn.
St. Alnhone. Quebec. An Immense
landslide, started by a blast of dyna
mite, carried a score of men down the
side of the steep hill and buried tne
construction camp of the Ha Ha Rail
wav under tons of earth and rock.
Not one of the twenty workmen in
the camp escaped, ana pracucauy ev
eryone in the working gang on the
hill was more or legs seriously in
jured . - "
Neway Paragraphs.
flood roads are regarded In Ger
many Qf the utmost Importance. The
one aubiect now receiving greater at
tention than all others over there is
the treatment of streets and roads
for themrpose or avoiding ausi ana
mud. The question of the building
of good roads has already been set
tled. There are no other kind of
roads in the empire.
"Kin Albert of Belgium has approv
ed th nians of the ministry of the
colonies for reforms in the Belgion
congo. : The changes .will become ei-
fective on July 1, when a large area
will hp. ouen to free commerce. The
reforms " include reduction in the tax
es, which will be collected in money
and not paid by labor; substitution of
native for white officials; the restric
tions of obligatory labor.
A rush has begun for the new gold
field discovered in Calcassieu and Ver
non' parishes in Louisiana. A great
vein of 62 per cent pay am runs
through southwest Louisiana and eas
tern Texas. Prosoector Tate declares
the field the richest south of Alaska
and the government assay verifies his
claims. "
Th fnHnwltiff advertisement aD-
peared recently in a Berlin Journal:
"Young man wishes to marry tall,
handsome, proud, fearless, indepen
dent, unprejudiced,' self-supporting,
intellectual, artistic,, economical,
cheerful young girl, who believes that
the greatest happiness in life is a
love match without, mercenary mo
tives." " " y
The citizens of Mobile, Ala., have
put up 25,0DO for entertainment of
the confederate veterans, who are to
assemble in the Gulf City inannual
reunion April 26, 27 and 28,
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General. '
- The millions" popularly credited to
Harry k. Thaw at the time he killed
Stanford White did not exist. In re
ality he had only ? 400,00, so his moth
er, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw testified
in the suit brought against her by
Clifford W. Hartridge to collect $92,
000 for services in Thaw's first trial.
Ambitious to gain fame as a sculp
tor, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw sailed for
Paris to continue her art work abroad.
She will rent a modest apartment In
Paris and do her own cooking. She
still receives a monthly allowance
from the Thaw family, but her friends
say she is permanently estranged
from Harry K. Thaw, her husband.
Dr. Mason W. Pressley of Philadel
phia arrived in New York city from
Dutch Guiana and announced that he
t.ad found a cure for the hook worm.
He refused to say what the cure is,
however. He came on the. liner Sara
macca, and brought with him many
lantern slides showing the complete
development of the work in all its
stages. The slides are the fruit of
six weeks study in the hospital at
Paramaribo. :
It became known in Chicago that
detectives who have been working
under thepersonal direction of J. T.
Harahan, president of the Illinois
Central railroad, have concluded their
report into the charge that the road
has been swindled out of large sums,
perhaps 11,000,000. . It is expected
that arrests will be ordered. Beyond
the fact that the money was obtained
from the '- railroad company through
an alleged conspiracy, nothing is
known concerning tfca details of the
manner in which it -as conducted.
. Dr. Eugene ' Doyen explained at the
International Congress of Physiother
apy in Paris his treatment of cancer
by means . of electrically ; produced
heat. The Secret of the discoverw is
that the cancerous cells are destroy
ey by a temperature of from fifty to
ififty-iive degrees centigrade, which is
entirely harmless to healthy cells.
The method shows wonderful results"
he says, in eliminating the need' of
the knife in all lesions which are ac
cessible to an electrical current, arti
ficially applied. The healing of the
tissues follows immediately upon the
coagulation of the cancerous cells.
Dr. John J. Hurley of Boston, "Mass.,
announces the discovery of an anes
thetic which, like the Janesco discov
ery, does not make the patient uncon
scious, but allows him to take an ac
tive Interest in what is going on while
feeling no pain whatever. The new
est method consists of an injection of
a solution of cocain adrenalin and
salt solution, beneath the periosteum,
which is a delicate membrane cover
ing the bone3 of the body. The ad
renalin is a substance made from the
so-called supra-venal bodies which are
small glandular structures resting
upon the kidneys. Dr. Hurley asserts
that he has used this method with
great success.
Announcement is made by the offi
cers of the Atlanta Music Festival
association that beautiful Miss Gerai
dine Farrar, America's own famous
soprano, has voluntarily consented to
sing at the federal prison during her
visit to Atlanta the first week in May.
Several others of the world's famous
artists, of the Metropolitan Opera
company, including Scotti, the great
baritone, and Oliva Fremstad, the
Swedish soprano, have also expressed
a willingness to sing for the unfortu
nate prisoners,
. Washington.
"I regret to say that th report that
my parents are reconciled to my
marriage is not true. Would to grao
ous it was," said Philander S. Knox,
Jr., "I love my father and mother,
but I love my wife and Iam happy
with her. Mj going to New York
to meet my brother, Reed, started the
false report," the secretary of state's
son said. "I am selling automobiles
and earning big wages. Ask my boss
If I'm not a star employes.'1"-
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
several industrial educators appeared
before .the senate committee on agri
culture and urged the passage of the
bill introduced by Senator Dolliver of
Iowa which seeks to appropriate $4,
000,000 for instruction in secondary
agricultural Institutions. The bill was
framed by the American Federation
of Labor.
Senator Lodge submitted to the
senate the report of Dr. Harvey Wil
ey . on the subject "of storage of food
products. The report says , that the
value of some foods, such as cheese,
ham, baeon, wine, beers and other
products, is increased by cold stor
age; other products like eggs, milk,
vegetables and butter are better
when used fresh. Dr. Wiley 53ds thct
surplus products should be kept In
eold storage for such time as they
are not In season, and approves of
canned goods, but says they ought not
to be carried in storage beyond one
season and that no f bod products
should be stored beyond nine months.
The will of Thomas F. Walsh, the
mining magnate, filed in Washington,
D. C, leaves $100,000 to charity and
the rest of the estate practically in
its entirety , to Mrs. Carrie B. Walsh,
the widow, and Mrs. E. B. McLean, a
daughter. The estate is valued at
from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. .
Colonel Roosevelt . has communi
cated to some of his admirers in
Washington the news that on his re
turn he expects to stand by -Gifford
Pinchot, the deposed chief forester of
the United States. - This information
is furnished by letters from the form
er president, as they are interpreted
by their recipients. It has filled the
friends and adherents of Mr Pinch
ot with great delight and they are
not concealing their exultation.
The spirit of bygone days was re
vived at a reception given, by the
Confederate Veterans association to
the Daughters "ofNthe Confederacy in
Confederate Memorial hall. Holmes
Conrad made the- principal address,
saying In conclusion . "I deprecate
this tendency on the part of many to
polish over the cause that made, us
fight. We don't propose to answer
I Impertinent quetsions. We fought
because we knew we were right, and
we will fight again if we feel like it,
andthat is all there Is to It."
REUNION PROGRAMME
Mobile Ready to Welcome the
Confederate Veterans.
"TENTED CjTTJS C0M?LETE
Preparation For ths Entertainmnt o Eeros
nnlslie4---Evw Bate Tub! Hits
Been Provided.
Mobile, Ala. All arrangement '
have been accomplished for the. re
union of the United Confederate Vet
erans to be held in this city April
26 to 28. - ' '
The "tented" city for the old sol
diers is now complete in every detail,
even , to bath tubs, a luxury they did
not have during the hardy days of ,
the sixties. .
The following Is the official pr
gram; - "
First Day.
Morning session, 9 o'clock, at Audi- ;
torium, Monroe Park.-
Music by band while the convention
is assembling. .
Relinquishment of authority of com- e
mittee on program and order of ex- .
ercises, by W. K. P. Wilson, chair
man. -
Calling convention to order, byt
Major General George P. Harrison,
commanding Alabama division.
Invocation by Rev. R. Lin Cave, .
chaplain general, U. C. V. .
Music, hymn, "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee" United Confederate choirs of
America.
Recitation, Poem of Welcome, writ
ten for the occasion by Hugh G. Bar
clay, Miss Vera Williams.
Music by band.
Address of welcome in tehalf of ,
the state of Alabama by his excellen
cy, Governor Bragg Comer.
Music by band, "Dixie."
Address of welcome in behalf of
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
by Clarence J. Owens, commander-in-chief.
Song, "Soldier's Dream," by Thos.
H. Halliwell of Mobile.
Recitation by Miss Minnie Reese
Richardson of Alabama. .
Address and turning the Auditorium
over to the veterans by Jacob D.
Bloch, chairman of executive commit-
Music by band.
" Response and acceptance of Audi' '
torium by General Clement 'E. Evans,
commander-in-chief, U. C. V.
Music by band."
Announcement of committee on cre
dentials and committee on resolutions.
Adjournment.
Afternoon Session.
2:30o'clock, assembly at Auditori
um, Monroe Park.
Music by band while convention is
assembling.
Calling convention-to order.
Music Confederate choirs of Amer
ica.
Address by Hon. L. B. McFarland,
of Memphis, Tenn., orator of the day.
Music by the band.
Adjournment
' Second Day.
Morning session 9 o'clocX
Music by band while contention lg
assembling,
Invocation by Rev. Alfrei G.' Mo
ses, Rabbi Congregation Shaarai Sho-
mayin, Mobile. .
Music Confederate choirs of Amer
lea, - -
Report of too committee on creaen
tlals.
Report of the committee cn history.
gong, "Last Rose of Bummer," by
Mrs, Emma La vretta, Mobil i,
Report of the committee on Battle
Abbey,
Selection of place for sext meet
ing. Muslo by band.
Miscellaneous . business.
Song, "The Homespun Dress," by
Mrs. Mattie Gusman of Mcblle.
Noon-In accordance with the, cus
tom whichhas prevailed for a num
ber of years, at 12:00 o'cloik exactly
on each day the convention will sus
pend business, and take pirt in the
exercises of the memorial tour.-
Afternoon Session 2:30 O'clock.
Music by band while convention is
assembling.
Report of committee on resolution.
Music, "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground," by Confederate choirs of Al
abama. .
Report of monument committee,
Election of officers.
. Music by band. -
Miscellaneous business. ; , ,,
Adjournment.. '1
Third Day 10 O'Chck.
Grand parade.
PROPAGATION OF CLAM.
Government Hopes to Revive the
Pearl Button Industry.
LaCroE8er Wis. The Un ted States
government Is to go into the business
of propagation of clam to supply the
pearl button industry, which is lan
guishing because of a scarcity of
shells. The first station in to be es
tablished at LaCrosse, M. F. Stable
ton, a representative of the fisheries'
bureau, being here to confer with
Congressman Esch regarding the de
tails. . The spawn of the clam Is attached
to carp, which are then t imed loose
and the spawn is redeposited In the
bed of the river, new clam beds form
ing. - -
NO SOUTHERN STRIKE.
Railroad and Telegraphers Will Reich
an Agreement.
Washington, D. C It is believed
that a strike of the telegraphers on
the Southern Railway will be avoided.
The controversy Is now in the iiands
of the mediators under the Erdman
act, and while" the mediat.on proceed
ings may not result in an agreement
on all matters in dispute, it Is under
stood that the , unsettled points, of
which In the end there may be several,
will be submitted to arbitration.