VOLUME I. WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 14, 1909. " NO. 114 1ELMSEEKS ? I INTEffilENTIHOF ~~ UNITES STATES' % ? President Sees End Panamans Believe that the Pres ident Foresees the End of His Rule and Is Working for Inter vention of This Country. REFUSED TO DIVIDE LOAN a fanama.-- Dec. 14. ? It Is Iho opln- 1 . Ion of Panamans that President Ze ' laya of Nicaragua is riding for a fall, j that he is deliberately working to bring about Intervention by the Uni ted State;, having. chosen this form of humiliation In preference to thi greater one of suffering defeat at the hands'^ revolutionists. For the past sixteen years, during ?which time Zelaya has been In pow er. according to the statements of men now on thfe isthmus who are con versant with affairs in thartepublic, Nicaragua has been, ruled by a group of eight daring, clever, conscience less men, who have looked upon the country as their own personal prop erty. This group has grown enormouslv rich by a systematlsed pillage of the revenues of tbe States and of indi viduals. It Is estimated that Zelaya is worth about $20,000,000 gold, most of which he has invested In Brussels and London. Refused to l>ivlecT U. ? rWTth a re- 1 volver In each hand four moa raided a saloon at No. 81 West street, New ark. at 11 o'clock last night, began shooting, and tried 16 get away with 17,000 belonging to a building and loan association which was holding a meeting In a room back of the saloon. The 'courage ana coolness of Dan iel Mugler, treasurer of the associa tion, who tossed a satchel containing the money into a safe behind him, slammed the door and threw 'he com bination while a pistol was pointed at his head, saved the $7,000, but the robbers got away with $115 which was lying on a table. ? The Thirteenth Ward Building and I.oan Assoclatlrm-ineetB every second Friday back of Ernest Clauss" saloon, at the above address, to calleot money from members and transact other business. Last night was one of the ireetlng nights and about $5,000 was turned in to the treasurer, who al ready had about $2,000 in a satchel In the .safe. Start 'Shooting In Saloon. The rear room. Is shut off from the saloon by folding-doors, and a side door opens Into an entry which leads tc the rear room. The business of the association Was about over at 1 1 o'clock and Max Furst, one^ of the members^ paying $11.* to urer Mugler when three men rushed Into the saloon and began firing. Each had two revolvers r.nd they bullets humming all over the was a crash />f breaking glass and a scampering tcb'get out of the way. .A fourth man. also with a revolver in eacfi hand, ran through the entry into the back room and commanded all there to throw up hands. In the^ room at thd time. In addi tion to Mugler and Furst, were Henry Ebert, vice president; Fred Westphal. secretary, and Charles Hoffman and l/puls 8choenewolf, members: ? All h?ld up their hands but Mugler. Fortunately the robber's eyes were I ?an?hl bji >k> money table and Mugler had the coolness t' j rote that. With one movement he caught up the satchel and swung It back into the safe. Then. although^ the two revolvers wete pointed at _him. he -ala?rne])?r and i men In tho saloon followed him and | ? II got away. ARE CLEARING THEGROUND Ttw^Annex to Cemetery Will be - Ready by- January 1. Work has been commenced, under the supervision or Mr. Joaoph O. Chauncey, of cleaning off the four ?eras of land purchased by the cltv ifrom Mr. W. P > Baugham,' abutting rr.en hopo^to have this annex ready and In condition- for the sale of. lot* to partlM desiring them by January 1 The Aldermen are to be congrat ulated on securing this around. -as It will enhance greatly the appearand of tw eamatarr Twtj Burying pTot hi Oahjalo has been Bold, and It was absolutely Imperative that additional ground b? -secured. MISS ADA MAT AVERS WIN'S. Mlsa-Ada-JtajLAjert bald the wlr. in* coupon at the 0?m theater laatj night, drawing the lovaly storting i BBDIES FilUltD: : Crowds View Bodies The Fish Boat Commodore Perry Picks Up Yawl Containing Bod ies of Part of th?tfrew of Bes semer and Marquette Ferry. .. OUfYROM CONNEAlf , O. Erie, Pa., Dec. 14. ? With her fl^gi at half-mast the 8tate fisheries boat Commodore Perry, Capt. Jerry Drij? coll commanding, brought to this port late today the dead and frozen bodies of nine of the crew of the Bessemer and Marquette ferry No. 2. which left Coneaut, O., Tuesday morning, car rying 32 men. and which probably foundered In the middle of Lake Erie. Fo/ the past 48 hours the Commo dore Perry has been scouting the wa t?rs of eastern Lake Erie for traces of the car ferry, but untU a tiny ten men yawl was sighted 15 miles off this port at 11 o'clock yesterday had almost given up hope of being able to ever tell a portion of the -story of the fate of the big car ferry. As the Perry came abreast of the drifting ahd half water-logged yawl the men gathered at the side of. the flfh boat saw they had arrived too late. The nine occupants of the boat, which was marked "Bessemer and Marquette No. 2," weYe frozen stiff in death. Taking the yawl in tow, the Perry made all steam for this port. All police reserves were called out aiul ambulances lined the wharves- as the Perry docked. Thousand* View Bodies. News of the finding of the bodies had reached the city, and thousands -flirarmod-to the -wharvoa As soon as the fish boat made fast a force of men with tackle set to work raising the doad bodies to the dock whdc>ywagonB were In waiting. The proeessToTPpassed up the .tffinblpal streets of thV-rWy^ith thousands fol lowing. The rook of ? ... ..j. v?_y_ only man "to" wear an overcoat. The eight other men were dresse^ in ove? alir~ahd jumpersr Indicating* that the departure from the car ferry had been hurried. In the bow of the boat was found romplete clothing for one man. and It Is believed the yawl orig inally contained "ten men and that one becoming crazed had discarded his clothing and jumped luto the icy wa-| Albert .1. Wels; of this city, treas urer of the Keystone Fish Company and the Sairstate Iron. Works, was ai paMuvngef on the- lll-faled-baat. Uigj relatives aud friends bad not yet giv-J 1 | i -|-i. ... .ii .?w. ? -'-i-'n - 1 the nine men was towed Into this J port. As yet his body has rot been | found. M" ~ " CORBETT T(P TRAIN JEFFERIESl Leaves England to Get the Boil ermaker in Shape. Loudon, Dec. l2.-^>Among the pa? sc-ngers -aboard , the -Jiauretanra yhlch left Liverpool yesterday. \ras James J. Corbett," formerly the world's flstlc champion. At the earn America to box with Jeffries daily and take charge ofhit training to put .the latter into the beBt possible con dition to mdkt Johnsons To do this Corbett abandoned a highly successful music hall tour through the English provinces be-, fore it had half finished, "J'm nof. gtftng over for the mon ey/' said Corbett. "Jeff" offered mo a very Vafge salary, which I refused. I. will accept only, my expenses. I want Jeff to lick Johnson, and I'm going to punch him good and hard to' gfct him into shape to do rf.'" ^ ? BOX PARTY AT LONG ACRE. petterment^j^soclatlon of Piney OroveSdloolhouse, District No. 13, Long Acre/township, gaye a box par ty for the i>enefit of. the school building fund. Quite ? large num - ' ? *?"? ouiruunoing neighborhood were present and took part in the exercises. Agouti l?. 6 o was raised for the' fond. It Is the -iiuipoae at ike eitisens in llif Jn trict to erect a new school building, at an early day. Mesara. W. I,. Y???h?n and Norwood U.' SimmonB. I of this city, made addraaaas, both of, KING LEOPOLD ? .OF BELGIUM " MJEUPSE King Is Near Death Doctors C(^totfSur^W|?p eratioh ? Are Hoffeful Despite Seriousness of the Case? Aged Monarch Knows Condition. LAST RITES TO BE GIVEN_J ^'-Brussels, Dec. 14. ? King Leopold. Who has been seriously ill for the past fortnight, but who* was beliov&l tc be convalescent, suffered a sudden relapse today, and his* condition is considered very grave.. An official bulletin says: "The rheumatic palnfc have disap peared. but the king Is^bffering from o disquieting affection of the abdo men." . F Supplementary' Information indi cates that' the affection is obstruct!;.;' of the intestines. There is present aHb dropsy of the legs. "*? Doctors See Home Hope. The s peclal lata who were railed in If consult with the palate physicians did not disguise from their aged pa tient the gravity of tbe~iftuation. si- 1 though they do not regard >t udes< ? perate. * ' The king, who 1 s in possession of Ms faculties, conferred with Baron Goffln>t. his private aecr*tary. to whom he gave a few flnal instrnc tions. The baron, Prince Albert Reo l-old, the heir presumptive, and his ? princess and M. Schollaert. the pre- 1 mier. flirt not Imvp fh? >w.HCMn hKg majesty tonight, and Princess Cle- ' nientine, his third daughter, is ex- 1 pccted to arrive at the palace momen tarily. r + The cabinet met thia .afternoon to 1 prepare for any ejp?BtU%8tles. R^pHnsvaMer aj Kight. At aTlate hour the Psfcflclans held another consultation, Rafter which , Gofflnet announibd that the was somowhat belter than in the morning. He aufTered lets pain. wjis no fc\*er. The physicians and Cardinal Mercier, m archbishop ..'of Mechlin, will remain in the bed rhamber all night. The king had a light sleep during the early part of the night, His phy sicians will hold a consultation at 7 o'clock In the mornings decide upo.i the advisability of a surgical opera tion. The klug's ocnditlon remained rnrhrmged-nt mm night: Mr. Gaskins Exhibits Skill A News representative happened o visit, the grocery of Mr. J. f. Tayloe Inst night, and on entertmf was ihu unirum by a uuj.m u: tractlve piece of decoration and ad vertising. the work of Mr. 'Gaskln*. one of Mr. Tayloe's efficient em ployes. A large pyramid standing over 9 feet In height and about ft feet in diameter has been erected around the front, post In the store. The py ramid if composed of canned good*, of cvorjrvarroty. The top 13 draped with holly and evergreens. It la cer-l in Inly a- most creditable piece of work and exhibits Mr. Gaskins* skill | nsa^aitlaUi, designer Qetaite of Death ? of Mr. Pickles I Tho detalle ?>f -Uk> 4??th o( Mr. Kills Pickles which was announced '?'I yesterday's Daily News, was re ceived today from Bayboro. Mr Pickles and his son, Benjamin. we>o endeavoritfK to start the ertgine ai toqhed to lila saw mill after the dinner JUDur Irj^ trying to accomplish this -Mr. Pickles placed Me foor in- the drive-w^ecl.* Tho wheel began ttf revolve faster than1 .was anticipated. Mf. pickles triM lo catch, the belt but in doing Vo missed Tils balance and Ke wan thrown in the .wheel which crushed Mb gtull. captain Pickles was woli knofh In thla city, havfcg. been a res ident here several yean Sfff. his utnlmely end grieves the entire com munity. ; - - ftr HHJHWAYMHN. Wln^on-SaJero. N. C., Dee. H Prank H. WaUington, a merchant, while going from his stofe to k!? heme. Irr Kast Winston w NM , assaulted, and robbed by three nc-| groes last midnight Ar?et dragging Mr. Wellington for ."<> yards his aasallanta secured bla satchel containing about ?loo 'h and. valuable paper.. Mr Wat ilngton was badly beaten In tto fscc SUGGEST PUN ~ CHECK WHITE SLAVE TRftFFIC Congress Asked to Act Commission Recommends That Efforts Be Made Through Got- | ernment Agents to Prevent Irn portation of Women. \ MORE STRINGENT LAWS Washington, Dec. 13- ? All -but In credibly revolting are the disclosures; of an international system of trafflc in both the enforced and the volun tary degradation of men and women, contained in the report on the so-call ed "white slave trade," submitted to I Congress today by the United States; immigration commission. Shocking as is the tale of volun tary shame told in the report, im mensely more so is the setting forth of well attested facts as to the com-_ pulsory consignment of Innocent im migrant girls to the life of the baw^ The commission recommends chief ly that efforts be made through gov ernment agents abroad and on board steamship to prevent the importation Dl women to this couirtff, that more assiduous efforts be made in the Unt ied States to"%rrest women known to l>e engaged in immoral practices and tc dep.ort all possible; \thal the limit of three years after la\djjr& within ttbich such p?rsf many. She was an affectionate wife and loving and devoted mother. Tb* remains will be _ taken to; Bearer Dam tomorrow where the fu neral and interment will take placo At 2 oolock. . . - I DISCUSSES THE i Law Is for Revenue Rules and Regulations for Col- 1 lection of the_l Per Cent, on < Incomes Defended by Head of ' the Treasury Department. CIRCULAR ON SUBJECT Washington, D- C-. Doc. H.? -After corporation officials? have r?>ad tli" circular issued by Secretary Mac Veagh relative to" the preparation of blanks for making reports on the cor poration tax and the regulations gov erning the assessment and collection of that tax there need be no mlsun tatlon of this new law by the Treas ury Department. The circular letter was made public by the department yesterday. At the very outset Secretary Mac Veagh says a study of the act dls-l closes clearly that the intent of the I law is that It la s. revenue measure I and should be construed liberally for the purpose of producing revenue for the government. He also points out that the real intent of the law is to collect a tasr or T~por cent on the ''net Income," less ?5.000, of the In dividual corporation, joint stock company, or association liable_lo_llie_ tax. and then prooeeds-to doflna spe cifically what the department will construe, as "net" and "gross" in comes. Will He I'aticnt. The circular sets forlh thai ihe do- i partment will bc^as patient as mav be with innocent error in. the prepa- i latlon of these blank* ' and 'returns. > but will be rigorous in dealing with willful intent to defraud ttvs 'govern ? ment. He recognizes that in admln leterlng a new law applicable as this one is to more than 400,000 corpora tions, bob; of thb returns ?viU be ir- ? accurate. ; The official statement Ju.it issued jg? yerv comnrehenalve. aiid _ls de slgpeth+o- cover any questions of cal > culatioruQnd distinction which might arise in making the reports, and it 1 sets forth ir*. terse language^ what th? i government expects. In this -onne?- i tlon Secretary MacVeagh's d "nltion < o* "net" and "gross income.'. \ dls- 1 t'nguished from "net profU and "gross profits." Is of interest Oh this subjec' the circular says: ? Term* !>ef1ncrt. : "The torm 'net Income' as used ir. this law moans not only net profl*3 arising "from the . operation of the principal business of the corooration. but all Items of income received from other sources, such as investments, t-fitriinffg ir. other. Lomnnnins. ? a?4- - businesses. The- expression 'net in come' is used because there can bo no question" as To tta embracing amounts ot Income received from these out side sources, whereas there might bo some question as to whether such ttcms would be included in the ox-' I resslons "net profits' or 'net earn ings.' - ^ . "Hi the same manner the term ?gross income' Includes gross profit-J. the expression being used beowrsTT there can be no question hut what It embraces all items of income re reived by any corporation fhyn^any source, while there might be some Hufrfcfion a1; TO wTiPttTrr 'gross profits or_ 'gross earnings' would embrace tf.ftrtWWff ? ~~"? .Six Classes... "It is clear that the purpose of the law was not to put a Tax on recelp'ta. hut a tax on profits; and that the terms *gro?TTneomc' and "net income' are used because, while they are practically identical with 'gross pro fits' and 'net profits' they are y?t more embraelve and consequently perm" n more -m1 -rp'v1'1* mimM istratlon of the law." For convenience and facility tn I < lagslflcation, corporations have hee.>. divided Into six classes. They ar banks and other financial institutions, insurance cojpoanles, transportation companies, "manufacturing compan ies. mercantile companies, and mlscl ^tneous corporations. NOW RKCOVRKIXG. The many friends of Mr. H. D. Vanho6k, who has boon confined "to his home. West Second street, for the past month or more, wKh ty phoid "Inter, wITI he gTad fo *T$lf7T that he la now able to sit ??p and Is en the road toward recoyery. Mr. John D.Vowla. who has been 1111 for some week* with typhoid fever, is now able to ett up and la or. the highroad to complete recovery. Little Uiss Annie Black wp 11 Fowle. to the regret of her many friends, Ill with what In pronounced to b? fever. SUPPOSED LEPER SENT US FREIGHT -? IN A BOX CAR I Consigned Dr. Bulkley J. R. Early, Former U. S. Sol dier, Spends S89 of His Pension Monej lotPassage frtim Wash ington City. EXPERTS TO EXAMINE HIM New York. Dor. 11. The bill of lading Jiav have read something like this: "John R. Early, former soldier in the United Slates army, alleged leper, place of shipment ! Washington. D C Deliver to Dr. L. Duncan Bulkley. No. 531 Madison avenue. New York." In whatever way the bill of lading was worded. Early, a piece or freight, arrived here from Washington yes terday morning In a freight car. H? was transported by the Baltimore & Ohio Re41ro~ad'an3~he paid $S9 for ht."* special delivery. He had the car all to himself, save that a solldler of the Salvation Army in Washington SC-* com panled-hitn Paid Freight With Pension Money. Early weighs about -^60 pounds, snd the Jialtimore and Ohio freight " rar will carry, fifteen or twenty torist But" this creature, shunned^, had to ? pay the freight" and travel isolated Ui the cell-like car. To pav Hia freight he drew in Washington SlS.'i back pension due him for fighting' in the Philippines. ? '????? > . . "All the money I have in th-? sv-orld," said this animated bit of- fens ?ffge-wtTtrour"CTTonbn. ?-=: Dr. Bulkley, who knows much about diseases of the skin, has de clared that Early Is not a leper. Equally learned physicians of the medical department of the United States army, think Early has leprosy, hut they are not sure of It,. Lately he has been living with his wife and child Id Virginia, hut he was iwdui: fruard. _! :v Dr. Bulkley was credited -with say lrg_last night that the Pension Oflk-i ?heck given to TCarly was Htthlgated before it was handed to him. Of course if*'he has leprosy tKe"~check should have been fumlga^?'l before ? he paid it over for his private freight ?ar. Dr. Bulkley would not tell last night where Early was In hiding. Won't Tell Hiding PI nee. But the doctor did say, with em phasis, that Early wltl appear at- n mooting of the New York Sorretyo? ? Medical Jurisprudence, No. 17 West Forty-third street, tomorrow nigh;. Then, specialists' In diseases of the skin will examine him. Dr. Bulkley said. too. that the at: titude of the Washington health au rfcurllUja loward Early had changed, and Dr. Wood worth, a Washington Poard of Health physician, who ad vised strongly*' against permitting ? Early to bo-at? bw^e-dttrfng hls-lart experience with the ..Washington au thorities. took Early to the railroad station In his own auto end -offered him the shelter of his lap robes. At the station iDr. "Wood worth shook hands wlthJthc. alleged leper. Dr. Bu1klfey?*9ay8 Early aftked Dr. \\ oodworih ffhe was not afraid io shake hands with him. The Wash ington pUi>ic ian paid he was nofper sonally afraid but was forced by dut>* J to regard Early as a leper until Is Extension of f the Harbor Lines There will take place tomorrow morning at it-o'olock in -the eh aw ~] her of CnmmrjT". a important meeting. It Is tn he honprl that aVl nt the citizens of Washington, particu larly those who own lands fronting Ion Pamlico river, will attend this | [meeting. | Capt. fcarl I. Brown, Corps of En- | g'neers, U. S. A.. Rationed at WlP" | Imington. N. C-, will he pr?eent for the purpose of considering the" ex tension of the harbor lines on the city's waterfront. The coming of Captain Brown la at the instance of Congressman Small.' Captain Brown has given due notice of the meeting, ? and he will be glad to hear from any parties Interested. This meeting Is .1 .most important one,, and as Mt; Small Rays, "thja^Jiarhor lines', wi\en onces established, will absolutely control "i the extension of any wharves or open piers put Into the river." ' The hearing lomotrW tt Mhlhf"1 will be public, and there 1s no reason why every cltisen of Washington should not be present Remembc-, the hearing begins at 11 a. m. j Dr. John C. Rodman has returned 'to the city. ?