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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, APRIL 23, 1913.
NO. 37.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THEBUSY 11
MOST , IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete . Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Part of World.
v Southern.
While tunning forty-five miles an
hour down grade just east of Love
joy, Ga., the Central of Georgia pas
senger train No. 15 from Macon to
Atlanta, struck some obstruction and
the four rear cars jumpedf the track
Several of the train, crew and many
passengers were injured.
When a package supposed to con
tain $5,000 sent to the Central Bank
and Trust corporation of Atlanta from
the Brunswick (Ga.) Bank and Trust
company of Brunswick, Ga., by the
Southern Express company, was re
ceived in the .offices of the Atlanta
concern, it was found to contain noth
ing but blank paper. While detectives
of Atlanta, Brunswick and the South
ern Express companies are scouring
the state for some clew which may
lead to the arrest of the robber, so
far as is known no clew has been
found and no arrest has been made.
Revenue officers dug up a barre
of whiskey from a grave and con
fiscated two of the largest stills evei
operated in northwest Georgia, neai
Rome. The operators, however, es
caped on a signal given by a friend
hunting in the woods.
A blazing electric car got beyond
control on South Twentieth street hill
at Birmingham, Ala., causing a panic
among the passengers. Struggling
frantically to get out many jumped
through broken windows and sustain
ed cuts and bruises.
Problems of vital interest to country
life in the southern states will be
discussed at the conference for educa
tion in the south which meets ir
Richmond, Va., for a three-days' sea
son. A large attendance qf schoa
workers, farmers and business men is
assured. Questions affecting rura'
schools, agricultural credits anc
marketing methods will feature the
discussions of the conference.
General
A 15-year-old girl, Teresa Sasso, of
Wilmington, Del., complained to the
police that her father had sold her
in marriage, taking a sum of money
from Antonio Cotillo in her presence
and that her father compelled her
to go through a marriage ceremony.
The chief of police said that after an
investigation he had ascertained that
Cotillo had paid the father YA30. At
torney General Wolcott directed that
the girl be committed to an institu
tion pending his application for an an
nullment of the marriage.
John J. Mitchell, a Democrat, was
elected to congress from the thir
teenth Massachusetts district after s
three-cornered contest in which tarifl
discussion figured prominently
Mitchell's plurality over Alfred H
Cutting, Republican, was 4.14S. The
vote for Norman H. White, Progres
sive, fell 3,200 short of that for Cut
ting. Special election was necessarj
on account of the election of forme i
Congressman John W. Weeks to be
United States senator. .
An anti-alien land ownership bill
designed primarily to prevent Japan
from acquiring title to real property
within the state, but so worded as tc
prohibit an alien from owning lane
more than one year except upon a
declaration of his intention to become
a citizen, was passed by the lowei
house of the California legislature bj
a vote of CO to 15. The measure was
drafted by a subcommittee of tbe
judiciary coommittee as a substitute
for bills previously introduced, all ol
which specifically provided thai
"aliens ineligible to citizenship should
not hold lands."
Five babies were born to Mrs
Charles Smith of Danby, a few miles
south of Ithaca, N. Y. The five are
well and healthy and - the physician
says that they will live.
"Uncle John Butler," known to al
most every resident of Ocean Grove
N. Y., is dead in his 104th year. Unti;
two years ago Mr. Butler was more
agile than most men 80 years old.
The body of J. P. Morgan is at res!
at Hartford, Conn. It was buried or
the crest of Cedar Hill cemetery, the
sixth of the house of Morgan to find
resting place there.
A monument to Major Archibald W
Butt, military aide to President Roose
velt and Taft, lost with the Titanic
will be dedicated May 30 in Arlington
national cemetery upon a spot Majoi
Butt, in 1903, selected for his buria
place.
After year of effort to remove Rob
ert Small, negro collector at Beaufort,
S. C, Senator Tillman succeeded
when President Wilson sent to the
senate the name of Franklin P. Col
cock for the post. Colcock is white.
The railway strike in Australia has
spread rapidly and is alarming in its
scope.
Vacio Herrera, with 400 followers
is terrorizing the country near Chi
huahua by demanding ransom from
foreign residents. He declares that
he is opposed especially to Ameri
cans. "
Mrs. William Cummings Story of
New York City, head of the conserv
ative faction, was elected president
general of the society of the .Daughters
of the American Revolution, in ses
sion at Washington, D. C.
Undisguised pessimism is manifested
in the capital as to the future of the
Huerta government. In neither of
ficial nor unofficial cricles are the
statements of General Obregon, com
mander of the Sonora insurgents, and
Venutiano Carrana, ex-governor of
Coahuila, of the probable overthrow of
Huerta longer derided. Without ex
ception the newspaper aver that the
only hope of salvation lies in the flo
tation of a loan. Practically all of
them admit that non-recognition of the
present administration makes this in
deed doubtful.
Charges of offering to sell his vote
preferred against Representative Clif
ford Snow of Manchester, were upheld
by the house and he was ordered ex
pelled from the New Hampshire leg
islature. Jersey City, N. J., voted to adopt a
commission form of government,
favored by Woodrow Wilson as gover
nor. Hoboken, Bayonne and Union
Hill reported the proposition. Jersey
City is the first large municipality in
the east to adopt this form of govern
ment. Last January the proposition
was defeated in Jersey City by about
2,000 votes, but this time it was car
ried by nearly 4,000 the figures being
11,368 ayes and 7,455 nays. Scarcely
mors than half the voters appeared at
the polls.
Drew Smith of Griffin,-Ga.,-an-escap-ed
convict from the Georgia state
prison farm, was captured in Pike
county while engaged in the illicit
distillery business and will again don
prison stripes.
A fund of $1,600,000 will be availa
ble for flood relief in Ohio, accord
ing to Ernest P. Bicknell, national
director of the American Red Cross,
who said his organization had taken
entire charge of the work.
Not the exclusion of the Japanese
farmer, but the probable effect of the
proposed alien land law on Europe
an capital invested in the state is
now the principal issued involved in
discussion of the bills proposing tc
restrict the rights of foreigners in Cal
ifornia, one of which was passed by
the assembly.
Jose Fernandez, a prominent liber
al politcian and known throughout
Cuba as "Chichi'' Fernandez, was shot
and killed in the principal restaurant
of Cienfuegos.
The great strike of the working
men in Belgium to force the govern
ment to grant manhood suffrage be
gan at Brussels, Belgium and it is
estimated that 200,000 men had quit
work. This number is at least 10.00C
short of the Socialist predictions. Nev
ertheless the strike has shown much
greater strength than was expected
by impartial observers.
Washington
Speaker Champ Clark and Secretary
W. J. Bryan met at a private lunch
eon in Washington, shook hands and
issued public statements declaring
that they had buried the hatchet and
had put the personalities of the Bal
timore convention with the by-gones.
Professor Willis L. Moore, chief oi
of the weather bureau since 1895 and
an appointee of the Cleveland admin
istration, was summarily removed
from office by President Wilson. His
resignation recently had been accept
ed to take effect July 31, but aftei
an investigation of his alleged efforts
to become secretary of agriculture in
the present cabinet, grave charges ol
irregularity were preferred, and the
pres'Vent withdrew his acceptance ol
the resignation, dismissing Professor
Moore.
Amplifying his speech before the
National Democratic club in New
York city, in which he served warn
ing on the rich, Vice President Mar
shall authorized in a local paper pub
lication of a remarkable statement
regarding that address. Principally
he urged the injection of conscience
into "big business" as an antidote for
Socialism. He also reiterated his ar
gument against the perpetuation of
great fortunes.
President Wilson nominated former
Governor John E. Osborne of Wyom
ing, to be first assistant secretary of
state; Walter H. Page of New York,
to be ambassador to Great Britain;
William H. Osborn of Greensboro, N.
C, to be commissioner of internal
revenue, and H. Snowden Marshall to
be United States attorney for the
southern district of New York. For
postmaster, John E. Conner, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
President Wilson believes the tarifl
bill meets the general approval of the
country; that no .healthy business will
be interrupted and that while in most
cases the cost of living will not be
immediately reduced, the consumer
will feel at once the benefit of a re
duction in the sugar duty. These
views were expressed by the presi
dent in an open talk with newspaper
men at the white house. He explain
ed that his main reason for desiring
a reduction on sugar was that the
consumer deserved it and the pub
lic would be speedily benefited.
William F. McCombs, chairman- of
the national Democratic executive
committee has, in accordance with
the action of the national committee
appointed a finance committee of five
to raise the funds necessary to main
tain a national committee headquar
ters at Washington until the next
wampaign. Chairman McCombs has
held that an admirable purpose would
be served if the committee kept its
regular organization and headquarters
intact, meeting conditions as they
may develop and keeping thoroughly
in touch with Democratic organiza
tions throughout the country.
BARAGA PHILATHEA
CONVENTION ENDS
MISS HETTIE LYON SUCCEEDS
HERSELF AS PHILATHEA
PRESIDENT.
BARACAS ELECT OFFICERS
. W. Tatum Is President. -Last Day
of Assembly Was One of Inspira
tional Addresses and Round Table
Talks.
Charlotte. The election of state of
ficers of the Philathea Association fea
tured the last session of the State Ba-raca-Philathea
convention.
Miss Hettie Lyon, of Oxford, is
again president of the State Phila
theas. First vice president, Miss Amanda
Yandle, Charlotte.
Second, vice president, Miss Anna
Hood, Selma.
Recording secretary. Miss Nina
Hodges, "Asheville.
Treasurer, Miss Minnie Avant,
Charlotte.
Executive committee, Misses Mary
Rowe, Tarboro; Kathleen Ware, Ashe
ville; Virginia Clinard, High Point;
Akea Dees, Greensboro; Mrs. E. M.
Downing, Fayetteville; Miss Bertha
Cates, Burlington.
Before the Philatheas, Rev. Samara
Smith, of Washington, delivered an
address on "What to do with an indif
ferent president and how a president
may wake up a sleeping class."
President Marshall A. Hudson, of
the World-wide Baraca-Philathea
movement, followed with a short ad
dress, emphasizing the purposes of
the order.
Miss Gertrude Powell, of Oxford,
spoke on "Making the class the chief
attraction."
Miss Henrietta Herron, of Elgin,
I1L, then made one of her brief char
acteristic talks on 'Clinch It."
The Baracas were addressed by H.
A. Bland, president of the Raleigh City
Union, on "How to Succeed with a
City Union," Mr. Bland giving some
practical suggestions from out of his
own large experience.
J. Edward Allen, of Warrenton,
then gave a talg on class work, and
A B. Saleeby, of Salisbury, spoke on
"Laymen and Preachers."
Both branches of the union adjourn
ed and went into a sight-seeing ses
sion. The afternoon was spent in
looking over the city, which they have
astonished by the business-like work
of their four-days' session, as well as
by the proportions to which the union
has grown.
The parade was a revelation to the
people of the city, as was the num
ber of "delegates" which reached over
fifteen hundred. The program, which
was carried out and with remarkably
few deviations, was the work of the
general secretary, Miss Flossie Byrd
of Greensboro, and is a tribute to this
young lady's efficiency.
To Compete For Farm Life School.
The board of county education has
decided to offer the three high schools
of Durham county the privilege of com
peting for the farm life school that is
to be established in the county. A sum
of money amounting to $2,500 has
been secured from a state fund on
the conditon that the county schools
raise a similar amount for this work.
The school board has offered to furn
ish half of this money, if the school
at which the farm life department
Is to be established will raise a like
amount Lowes Grove and Bahama
high school will be the main competi
tors and the first one that raises the
required amount of money will be the
one that gets the offer of the school.
Postmasters For Fifth District.
Representative Steadman has just
recommended for appointment as post
masters in the fifth- district the fol
lowing: Winston-Salem, R. S. Gallo
way; Burlington, F. L. Williamson;
Fteidsville, John T. Oliver; Oxford, C.
D. Osborne; West Durham, J. H.
Boweh.
Shell Fish Commission. - .
A meeting of much interest to North
Carolinians, particularly those from
the eastern section of the state, is the
annual convention of the National As
sociation of Shell Fish Commissioners,
which is to be held in Norfolk, Va.,
an April 23-24. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
state geologist, is president of this as
sociation. Discussions relating to the
cultivation of the oyster and other
shell fish will be of Interest to our
fishermen, and it is hoped that there
will be a large attendance from this
state,
Rowan Farmers Have Warehouse.
The Rowan County Farmers' Educa
tional and Co-operative Union has
opened a warehouse in Salisbury in
charge of County Treasurer J. C. Keal
er. He has opened offices in the old
warehouse of H. Clark & Sons, near
the Salisbury passenger station. A
splendid line of farming implements,
produce, feedstuffs, etc., has been pro
vided and the farmers are delighted
with the first attempt at a union
warehouse. The warehouse will also
serve as a medium of exchange be
tween the farmer of the county.
NORTH STATE FARES WELL
In Appointments Under the New Ad
ministration. There is no Fight
on Osborne's Appointment.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that there will be no fight
on Col. William H. Osborne; every
body likes him. He will succeed Roy
all E. Cabell as commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
North Carolina men have fared well
so far under the Democratic adminis
tration. Here is the iist.
Secretary Josephus Daniels . at the
head of the navy department.
David Franklin Houston, . secretary
of agriculture, who was born in Union
county, was appointed from Missouri.
' Walter Hines Page, to be ambassa
dor to England, was born in Wake
county, and appointed from New. York.
Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of
navigation. '
Col. "Bill" Osboftie was born, bred
and named from North Carolina.
The commissioner of internal reve
nue has various important duties to
perform. He has general superinten
dence of the collection of all inter
nal revenue taxes, the enforcement of
internal revenue laws; employment of
internal revenue agents; compensa
tion and duties of gaugers, storekeep
ers and other subordinate officers; the
preparation and distribution of
stamps, instructions,, form blanks,
hydrometers and stationery.
The office of the commissioner of
internal revenue is considered a first
class assignment. It pays $6,000 a
year and controls much patronage.
Royal E. Cabell came in under Taft.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
The Albemarle & Whitney Street
Railroad . Company is chartered with
$100,000 capital authorized and $4,000
subscribed for constructing and oper
ating electric or other railway and
transportation lines within 50 miles of
Albemarle, the home office of the cor
poration. The company can also do a
lighting and telephone business and
maintain gas plants. T. H. Vandeford,
of Salisbury, J. R. Moss and W. L. Cot
ton are the incorporators. The Dixie
Motor Company, Asheville, is charter
ed with $10,000 capital for the manu
facture and sale of automobiles and
the operation of transfer and other
business with; motor vehicles. J. C. Ar
bograst, J. E. Craddock and J. B. An
derson are the principal incorporators.
Bond Issue For Interurfoan.
Catawba Springs Township, Lincoln
county, carried unanimously the bond
issue of $45,000, which is an induce
ment to the Piedmont and Northern
Lines to enter its lines from Mt. Holly,
via Lucia, Lowesville and Triangle to
Denver. Practically every registered
voter is said to have made a visit to
the polls for the purpose of casting
his ballot and it is said that not a sin
gle vote was cast against the bond is
sue. This indicates how anxious this
thriving section is to have the lines
pass through their midst and which
would without doubt be a great asset
to those rural sections and to Char
lotte as well.
To Purchase Pisgah Mountain.
There is no doubt in the minds of
the forestry people who have been to
North Carolina to look over the land
offered for sale under the Weeks law,
that sooner or later Pisgah mountain
(86,000 acres of it) will be purchased
by the government for the AppalacV
an Park if the price is not too high.
At the last meeting of the park com
mission tracts in North Carolina, Ten
nessee, and the White Mountains were
purchased. In the White Mountains
the commission approved a tract of
7,500 acres on the western slope of
Mount Moosilauke, one of the most
prominent and best known peaks of
the White Mountains and one much
used by the public for recreational
purposes.
Another Hitch in Smith Case.
One "hifch" after another seems it.
beset the efforts on the part of tha
corporation commission and the attor
ney general of North Carolina to ex
tradite Ector H. Smith, the fugitive
president of the States Trust Com
pany of Wilmington.
Wilson. Wilson voted overwhelm
ingly for a $160,000 bond issue, $80,000
to be issued for street improvement
and $80,000 for a larger electric plant.
Public Servant Is Honored.
A splendid portrait or the late Dr.
Patrick Livingston Murphy, the first
supeAntendent of the state hospital
at Morganton, was presented to North
Carolina by the State Medical Society,
the exercises being held in the hall
of the state senate. Dr. J. Howell Way
presided over the exercises and ex
pressed the hope that this signal hon
or paid Doctor Murphy was but the
forerunner of a greater honor to be
paid by the people to the character,
ability, genius and devotion of this
man.
Automobile Turns Over, One KilTed.
This community was shocked when
the news spread that, just beyond
the outskirts of Winston, an automo
bile had turned turtle, resulting in
the death of Alphonso Best. The ma
chine was being driven by W. J. Wil
son, and the only other occupants
were the deceased and his ten-year-old
son. They had come from Mil
waukee, a village in the adjoining
county of Northampton for a day
outing at Mount Gallon fishery. Tbe
machine was going at the high rate of
speed when the accident occurred.
FROM THE TAR HEf L STATE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For People
of the State.
Lenoir. Concord Presbytery will
meet in regular session at Lenoir on
Tuesday, April 22. The opening ser
mon will be preached by Rev. J. E.
Summers, of Mecklenburg county, who
is moderator of the synod, which will
remain in session until Saturday.
Concord.- At a meeting held in the
eourt house recently at "the call of
Mayor Wagoner, to nominate a citi
zens' ticket for the coming municipal
election, fully 200 citizens of the town
responded. Mr. James Fink was made
chairman and Mr. Frank Good son, sec
retary of the meeting.
Raleigh. Within two weeks now
the government building here will be
completely vacated for the nost rapid
possible prosecution of the work of
enlargement and remodeling that has
been under way for a couple of
months. The cost will be $260,000.
Salisbury. The master plumbers
of North Carolina have been invited
to hold their next state convention in
Salisbury. The invitation has been
signed here and was presented at the
convention in session in Greensboro
by Mr. M. L. Gantt.
-Kinston. Alexander Johnson, form
er secretary of the National Board of
Charities, has been seenred by Super
intendent Hardy, of th. state school
for the feeble-minded here, to give a
series of lectures in this state, prob
ably in May, although no dates j have
yet been arranged. Mr. Johnson's
reputation is international.
Belhaven. This little town of 2,800
inhabitants, closed at the polls recent
ly one of the hottest municipal cam
paigns in its history. The citizens'
ticket won out over the regular Demo
crats, with the election of the mayor
and four aldermen. The Democrats
elected the treasurer . and four alder
men. Monroe An election for change of
charter and for the adoption of the
initiative, referendum and recall was
held recently. Very little interest
was manifested in the election. Both
issues were defeated. The votes cast
were as follows: For. the amendment,
38; against the amendment, 136; for
referendum and recall, 45; against
126.
Salisbury. Salisbury lodges of the
Independent' Order of Odd Fellows
have decided to invite the next state
convention to meet in this city. . The
invitation will be presented at the
coming convention, to be held in the
city of Greensboro in May. It Is be
lieved Salisbury will be selected, as
there are few, if any other places, in
the race.
vrnrtevSiel Primary election was
held for the purpose of nominating of
ficers for the town of Whiteville. No
opposition to the present officers de
veloped and they were unanimously
renominated. They are as follows:
Mayor, J. R. Sch'ulken; commission
ers, W. H. Phillips, W. H. Spivey, I.
Hinson, A. E. Powell and J. L. Pow
ell; town marshall, D. M. Thompson.
Winston-Salem. Eight presiding el
ders of the Western North Carolina
M. E. Conference and the members
of the executive committee of the
Children's Home here met with Dr. H.
K. Boyer, superintendent of the
Home, to discuss plans for raising
f 50,00 to meet the indebtedness of the
institution, and to increase the useful
ness of the home in caring for chil
dren. Rocky Mount. Parcels post since
the inauguration of the system, a pe
riod of three months, 7,127 packages
have been delivered from the local of
fice. In January 1,200 packages were
delivered in this city, while in Febru
ary this number was more than dou
bled, 2,700 parcels being received at
the local office. In . March, the in
crease continued, 4,272 parcels being
delivered in that month.
Washington. The legalized primary
for election of municipal officers was
held in this city several days ago.
Much interest was manifested and a
large vote cast. Mr. Frank C. Kugler
was nominated for mayor over C. H.
Sterling, by 139 majority. The follow
ing men were nominated for alder
men: M. T. ArchelL John G. Bragaw,
Jr., J. F. Buckman, C. G. Morris, R.
L. Jones, E. B. Cozzens, F. J. Berry,
F. P. Whitley. .
Rocky Mount. Frank A. Hampton,
of this city, is in receipt of a telegram
from Senator F. M. Simmons, an
nouncing the fact that T. B. Ward, a
Nash county boy, had been given a
clerkship on the senate finance com
mittee, of which Senator Simmons is
chairman.
Bessemer City. The town recently
voted onhe matter of issuing bonds
for the purpose of school improve
ments. Polls -opened in the morning
at 8 o'clock and closed in the after
noon. When the votes were counted
there were found to be 152 favoring
and 23 against the issue.
Raleigh. Indications are that At
torney General Bickett will go to Bir
mingham for the hearing in the mat
ter of the habeas corpus proceedings,
in which Ector IL Smith, president
of the States Trust Company., is re
sisting extradition to North - Carolina.
Scotland Neck. A postoffice Inspec
tor has been here for the past several
days, looking over buildings and lis
tening to propositions for the propos
ed new posiomce quarters, 'mere
were several places submitted to him
and it is learned that some of the
property owners offered to build a
suitable building.
BRYAN'S POSITION
ON JAPAN PROTEST
THINKS THE ASSEMBLY BILL
MIGHT BE VIOLATION OF
TREATY RIGHTS.
HAS C0UNCELED CAUTION
Viscount Chinda, Japanese Arnbassa-
dor Holds Long Conference With
Secretary Bryan Over The Situation
At-The War Department. ...
Washington. President . Wilson and
Secretary Bryan, following the prece
dent of previous administrations
made known their views on the inter
national character of the legislation
now pending in California by which
Japanese would be prevented from
owning land in that state.
In a telegram to Governor Johnson,
Secretary Bryan expressed the -view
of President Wilson that the Cali
fornia assembly bill might be con
strued as a violation of treaty obliga
tions with Japan while the senate's
measure as drawn would not be ob
jectionable, if alien and legislation is
to be enacted at all. In this the
federal government recognizes ! the
sovereign right of California to leg
islate according to her own judg
ment but , the message counselled
caution! i ' .
The telegram and other information
from official circles indicated clearly
that the provisions in the assembly
bill, to which aliens "ineligible to citi
zenship" would be prohobited from
owning land were regarded here as a
distinct discrimination against Japan
ese who at present are denied the
right of naturalization. "The language
of the senate bill restricting owner
ship of land to citizens of the United
States "or aliens who have declared
their intention of becoming citizens"
Is approved by the president and he
has discovered that this is the phrase
ology of the statutes already in force
In New York, Delaware, Minnesota,
Kentucky, -Washington, Missouri and
the District of Columbia. Incidentally
all these laws make it impossible for
Japanese to own land until they are
able to declare their intention of be
coming citizens, a privilege which the
lower courts thus far, have not given
them on the ground that they were
not of "white or African descent."
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese am
bassador, had a long conference about
the situation with Secretary Bryan.
Asked To Offer Prayer For China.
New York. The Chinese govern
ment's requests for prayers of the
Christian churches within its borders
Sunday, April 27, was made the sub
ject of an open appeal to Clergymen
of all denominations throughout Amer
ica to join in intercession for the new
republic.
Terms of Morgan Will Made Public.
New York. Leaving his residuary
estate, estimated in round numbers at
$200,000,000 to his son and namesake,
the will of John Pierpont Morgan,
master of Wall Street, was made pub
lic, revealing in its last testament of
the late financier a striking expres
sion of his belief in individual respon
sibility and character. All through the
document appeared the spirit of the
Morgan career the spirit, of personal
responsibility. It provided that all obli
gations, whether given verbally or put
down in some random pencil notation
must be carried out to the letter.
Killed in Auto Accident.
Paris. A triple automobile fatality
in which two children of Isadora Dun
can, the American dancer, and their
governess were killed, occurred at Le
vallois Perret, just outside the walls
of Paris, under circumstances which
are being investigated by the author
ities. The goyerness and the two
children were out enjoying a drive.
When crossing a bridge over the
Seine the motor car suddenly swerv
ea ana aasned from the roadway
across the footpath. It went through
the railings at the side of the bridge
and plunged into the river.
Fatal Explosion, at Panama Canal
Colon; Panama. A premature ex
plosion of dynamite occurred between
the Panama canal locks and the Mina-
fore locks of the Panama canal. Three
men were killed and twenty-three in
jured. Twenty-one thousand pounds
of dynamite filling ninety-six drill
holes "let go" from, some unknown
cause. The electric wires were not
attached and the only explanation
seems to be that a sulphur formation
had generated heat. The explosion
occurred just when everything . was
ready for the blast.
Caucus Approves Tariff Measure.
Washington. The Democratic tar
iff revision bill with its sweeping re
ductions, a lengthy free list augu-
mented by the ways and means com
mittee, and its income tax, now is
ready for debate in the house. Ap
proval by the Democratic caucus, as
amended in two weeks' discussion
and by :he committee in minor fea
tures, the bill will be reintroduced by
Leader Underwood. It will be report
ed favorably by the majority of the
ways and means committee and then
called up for debate.
AIDS LIVE STOCK GROWERS
Southern Provides Improved Facili
ties for Feeding and Resting
Stock at Spencer, N. C.
Spencer, N. C." To provide Improved
facilities for properly handling the
growing movement of live stock to
Eastern arid Virginia markets .from
the Southeastern states, the Southern
Railway is now completing a modern
plant for resting and feeding stock on
property 'adjoining tne spencer yards.
The plant consists of 33 pens, 20 of
which are covered. All pens and
alleys are, paved with one foot of cin
ders and are located on a gentle slope,
providing natural drainage. Each pen
is provided with water trough and feed
rack, and the entire plant is electri
cally lighted. Nne pens are set apart
for cattle from, the quarantined area
and are separated. from the others by
a solid board wall ten feet high. As
all cattle are unloaded at Spencer for
feed and rest,' the convenient plant
will prove an important faccllity for
stock growers. ,
- The construction of this plant is in
line with the Southern Railway Com
pany's policy of making every pos
sible ' effor to aid the live stock in
dustry in the territory along its lines,
in accordance with which it has pro
vided special train service for live
stock from points where sufficient
business is offered and through its live
Stock Department is endeavoring to
interest farmers, to disseminate help- ,
ful information, and to contribute in
every proper manner to the upbuild
ing of the industry.
TO HANDLE LARGE CROWDS
Railroads Entering Chattanooga
Complete Arrangements for Hand
ling The Reunion'Visitors.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Officials . of the
Southern Railway Company and the
Queen and Crescent Route expect to
handle the great crowds that will visit
Chattanooga for the reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans, May 27
29, with the same dispatch that the
rarmal travel through the Chatta
nooga Terminal station is handled as
the result of arrangements made at
a conference of transportation, me- .
chanioal and passenger representa
tives of these lines at which It was
decided to form for this occasion a
special organization similar to that
which accomplished such splendid re
sults for the Southern Railway at
Macon during the reunion of 1912.
Experienced ticket sellers and bag
gage checkers will be brought from
other points, special temporary facil
ities, and ample police protection will
be provided, and a large number of
expert passenger men will be on hand '
to assist the veterans and their
friends in making arrangements for
side and return trips, while special
operating and mechanical forces will
be detailed to assure the prompt
movement of trains.
Especial attention has been given
to the arrangements for furnishing
information as to the movement of
trains. For this occasion the South
ern and the Queen and Crescent will
draw on their large organization, cov
ering a great part of the United
States, and will bring to the services
of reunion, visitors the full benefit
of the experience gained in handling
thhe crowds on other similar , occa
sions. German Judges Poorly Paid.
Berlin. That German judges earn
much less money in the first years of
their career than bricklayers, is the
curious fact brought out by a recent
writer. The average age at which
young jurists receive their appoint
ment as full-fledged judges is 35 years
and at that age they have earned in
subordinate courts positions only
about enough to pay for the expense
of their education. At 35, however,
the average bricklayers has already .
earned above $6,200. The judge re
ceives $857, a year upon his appoint
ment, and his salary rises slowly to
$1,380 at 50 years of age. By this
time the judge has earned about
$18,6(50, less the expense of his edu
cation, while the bricklayer has earn
ed a total of. $11,800. In other words,
the judge is in his forty-fourth year
whes his earnings overtake those of
the bricklayer.
Can't Prove Existence of Trust.
Augusta, Ga.--After an investiga
tion of two weeks into an alleged cot
ton seed oil trust, the United States
gratid jury adjourned. District Ator
ney Akerman reported that he had not
been as successful as he had hoped
in securing evidence showing that
there was a cotton seed oil trust. The
grand jury investigated the American
Cotton Oil Company, Proctor and
Gamble and other large concerns and
it was stated at the outset by the dis-
trict attorney that he expected to
show that there was a trust.
Desot of Lost Articles to be Moved.
Paris. The depot of lost articles
which for thirty years had its tempo
rary headquarters at the perSecture of
police is about to be removed to the
Oaasrhe de la Cite. According to the
figures one out of thirty adult Paris
ians loses something every day, and
the police depot was really growing
too small. There is a story of one
particularly obvious lady who lost
the same umbrella twenty-three times.
She went "to fetch it twenty-two
times, but the twenty-third time, sh
was too much ashamed to redeem it,