? - . . ..+1! IW^JU :,?! " = VOLUME I. 5|Mt Willi PROHIBITION 4 ORJOTHIXe Convention to Vote The Opposition Strong to De lays Seen in Report of Com mittee-Things Becoming Live ly in Virginia. RESOLUTION APPLAUDED Richmond, V*., Jan. jfl? frh* calm mZ !!2 "'orm- Tfi* "?***? Antuft* i r" "*"?n of Virginia L*?a?- U ?u not an Impressive session and this. -desplta a'mbtn ?f m?re or leas prominence took opportunity toldlL L^,OHa" proweM ?" I.i. *bl* '? do "> '?? event that a light waa precipitated. It Vs. verily a war of worda. Na I?leon hemmed In by horde, of En*. euver?H troo?' "ewr man euvered mora desperately to no leaa effect that did the warring dam of the Antl-Saloonltes. and that there are clana la obvious to even the caa u*l visitor. ?The report of the legislative com nJttee of the League, which haa hrow? ,oc*1 option to the four cor "l"""'.. ' '* ?i*rrrn ^ SUte-wlde prohibition or nothing, will be placed before the convention. Rev. James Cannon la at the hesdof the leglelatlve committee. !!. Probably be unfair to uy that Rev. James Cannon drafted this report, but It la but telltng the truth o aay that Rev. Dr. Cannon would be " the convention .ssji r,port to ,u "ki^^ And right here Is a funny story, hen all of this debate waa atarted the argument at once put Dr. Can non on the side of the. conservatives, while State Senator A. p. Thomas, o? Lynchburg, waa the radical leader. WWor Ttomn sm, ? state-wide prohibition act passed by thfs ieglala ture wiille Dr. Cannon is In favor of ' win , atUr<! PM"n? ? bHHwWch will give to the people the rlghtto vofe for SUte-wlde when twenty-live rTl-lln'ri ?f th* *lecl<"'ate for the ' Her? ls~8enator ^Fhornim' resolu-" tlon : ??Raivod, that 1, th. sense of this convention In the event that the General Assembly enacts a law sub mlttlng the liquor question to the voters that the Anti-Saloon League should lake steps to call such elec tion at the earliest practicable time during the present year." All thlsljjajqpg da, (t has been *. C*^^rh"tln* and reehlftlng; Planning and then planning again; of stacking arms and viewing the en emy; of counting nos? and figuring Just how each of th. opposing war riors would measure up at the grand , flnlls whlch comes tomorrow when the report of the legislative commit tee will be voted upon. Among the more brave of tie con .ventlon there are those who are not afraid to speak right out in meeting ? the opinion la held that the league has made a serious mistake in com ing Into the political arena aa braseo ir ? 11 <?? during the recent cam P*lgnrfor governor. Judge Mann, some of the leaders said today, was an oncer of the or ganization ? a very prominent oflcer. ^olltiV for Tthe* "league"** so? openly espouse his cauae. Then there are other reasons, but they have little to <10 with today's session, though In fluencing the stand taken by some of the members no little. A whole book might be written about the Virginia Anti-Saloon League and then the story would not be told. ' THINKS MICH OF HOOKWORM TALK JS MERE POPPYCOCK. New Orleans, Jan. JO.? Dr. Joseph A. /Danna, bouse Rurgeaon of the Charity Hospital at New Orleans, thinks there la a good Octal of hum bag about the hookworm. ? , . "The very fact that Rockefeller gave a million dollars to help stamp out the hookworm, had added much to the talk of the disease. Candidly I tfiink much' of this talk Is poppy cock." Buch was tlie opinion rendered by Dr. Danna here today. ? "An Italian physician," continued Dr. Danna, "re cently told me that reports of the preralence of this disease had the effect of seating Europeans away from the South. MRS. W. H. CALL ILL. The many friends of Mrs. W. ft. Call regret to learn of her Indtsposl DELIVERS HIS ULTIM He Is Fighting Mad rfe"Will Keep Pledges Even at a Cost of Second Term-- Warm Party Rebels That 7 They Most Accept His Reforms. MR. TAFT BOILING OVER Washington, Jan. 19. ? President Taft today aet his back against the wall, bade defiance to foe and too sollclUous ftlpad and the country at large, and announced an ultimatum that began with the statement that a second term Is an Indifferent matter to him and that he la not looking for It, hut that while he la President he la going to "do something." That something, the President made clear to regular and lnaurgenta Repub licans. Is to carry out the pledges of the Republican party, and his test it Republicanism' will be a vote for these measures that be regarda aa pledged by the party In the party platform and the last campaign: The limitation of the uae of the in "Junctlon power by the Federal courts. The enactment of amendments to the Railway Rate law and thoee to *rhlel' r<!gulate Interstate The establishment of h system of postal savings hanks. Separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. The President mentioned two Im portant bills of legislation as debat able and consequently no test of Re publicanism. He submitted that tbese two matters were questions on which there could be reasonable dif ferences of opinion. These he men tioned as : Conservation of the naturaKTro^ sources. A Federal lncorptiratlon act. .Rey-esenratlved Hayes of Califor nia, ifurdock of Kansas, and Gardner of Massachusetts. got lnfonna_ flon today, but what they did not get was the other part" of the PresN dent's ultimatum when, boiling under the split In the party, opposition to some of his measures and wagon - .loads of gratuitous advice from well li^&hlDg frltud* ail uver the cuuimy, the President shoved his hands deep In Ms trousers pockets, lost the fa mous sml!o and stated the ca*o con cisely. * One may not quote the President Itvtan be said however, the Presi dent's plan for the rest of this first term Is: 1. That the pledges of the Repub lican party, made In the platform on which Mr. Taft was elected and In the campaign for election that fol lowed, must be fulfilled. 2. That he doesn't care a (this Is not a quotation, remember.) about a second term, and Is not look ing for It. 3. But that he does want the ap proval of his countrymen, and this he feels Bure he will receive. If not now, then at some future time. 4. He Is not In sympathy with hitf Idq* that he Is to stop all activities and make enemies of Congress lead era and of all those who In the pres^ ent Congress have the power to do what^he wants done. The President believes that many men who are making trouble within his own party are1 honest Jn their be jHefs, hut that tfrey do not realise tho responalLIIKy orfhlrn an reader of the party and as President to "do things." They expect him to enact laws without party, whereas, under the American system, laws can be en acted only by party. CHOCOWINITY WAKING UP Betterment Association Organ ised Last Night. Chocowlnlty school district No. 7, better known as Moore's Schoolhouso, had an enthusiastic meeting- la.it night when a Betterment Association was organised. Miss RuhV Hlnee is the efficient teacher and doing goqd work. Messrs. W. L> Vaughan and Jos eph F. Tayloe addressedythem on the necessity of a general school im provement, In order that that section might keep pa^e with the other sec tions of the county. A snug sum was raised-. Old Chocowlnlty is waking up and It Is only a matter of a short time when her school system will be, as good as the beat I mm CAUSE OF THE SBfffflterfTES J HEARD Governor Intercedes / < ? ? Delegation of Women's Rights Advocates Ask ti Be Heard and the GoveroorlGrants the Request W"' MRS. BLATCH SPEAKS Washington, Jan. 21. ? The cause of the suffragists was presented to the governor's conference, which mot this morning at 10:30 o'clock, by a delegation of women representing the combined womens' rights organ isation of New York. Governor Spry, of Utah, presided. Governor Hughes, of New York, interceded for the suf fragists, asking that they be heard. "I am not expressing any opinion on the movement/ said the governor, "but the ladles deserve this cour tesy." Governor 8hafrotb, of Colorado, a State where women vote, moved thst the delegation "be heard immediate ly.** "That Is the intention," re plied Governor Hughes, whereupon Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, presi dent of the self-supporting suffragists league, was alloted five minutes In which to speak. She only took three mlaulus. Asking for uniform laws on suf frage she said In part, "between these extremes our States illustrate every stage in .political evolution, fi'om a complete eez aristocracy to a free self-governing pepple. Between thjese extremes there are States In which women hhve the school vote, the tax vote, and In Kansas the mu nicipal vote. This divergence causas constant unrest in our women." The governors applauded when sho concluded. Governor Shafroth made himself sponsor of the suffragists cause and will champion in executive session their request that the governors des ignate a committee to study the suf-^ trdge question and proVlde for ?ts consideration at the next annual meeting. Dough Wizard Attracts Scores to Demonstrations Great crowds are -watching the cake wizard over the store of the J. H. Harris Plumbing & Supply Com pany each afternoon. Professor Beck er Is one of the hlggest attractions ever put on in a store as a free at traction. He lfe one of the most fa mous chefs in the United States to day. There Is scarcely a country on the globe In which this noted ex ponent of the gentle art of cooking has not traveled In his capacity as the world's greatest chef. This after noon and tomorrow the professor will have his Majestic Range elevated In the middle of the room so as to afford everyone present a chance to see his demonstrations without the""~trouble ) Of standing ajl the while. This af ternoon the wlxard , will bake his famous "Walking Cake.'* This is oae of his greatest stunts. This wonder ful cakes Is 19 Inches square and 7 inches high and It Is baked In 20 min utes' time. After the cake Is baked a board( will be placed on top of it the board. Naturally the cake as sumes the shape of "Che proverbial pancake. The cake 1s then taken from between the boards and becomes )ts natural size and shape, and as the | professor expresses It, "You can't does everything in the cooking line, be cut and served to those present. Saturday afternoon (tomorrow), the dough wizard will roast $n 3 pound roast, two rows of Irish pota toes, one row of sweet potatoes, par snips, dressing and three dozen bak ing-powder biscuits all In one pan in .the space of an hour. The demon orations are made on the Great Ma Jest if Range, of which the J. H. Har ris Plumbing ft Supply Company are the agents. All the ladles are Invited to bring their note books and pencils with them r as he explains how he hold a good thing down." It will then Tomorrow afternoon closes the exhi bition. Miss E. Mosely, of Nashville. T?nn-. is fclae giving a demonstration at the same place of {he "Maxwell House* Blend" coffee, which is sold by Mr.* J. F. Tayloe. Her exhibit and demonstrations are given each after noon from 2:30 to 5:80. Miss Mose ly is making a tour of the Southern States In the Interest of thta famous | brand of coftfefe. All the ladles and ?wp?? z w UNCLE JOE Hot with - JE BOYS His Wings Clipped] In Caucus Junes, of Kentucky. WboW?s Opposed by Cannon is Allowed' to Remain on In vestigating Committee. HE IS NO LONGER BOSS v Washington,!/ Jan. 21. ? Speaker Cannon now realizes and quite thor- j oughly a predates that he Is no long er an absolute "boss"; that his ap peal which In other days rallied his supporters, now Palls upon unrespon sive cars. In other words his wlr*u have been cHf^ed. This was pr^ed at the- Republlcsn caucus last nlglit when "Uncle Joe" made a personal appeal to his col leagues to turt.down Representative Ollle James of Kentucky, one of the minority selected by the Democrats In. caucus for membership on the Bel linger -Plnchot Investigation commit tee. It was discovered that President Taffs objection to Representative Ralney, of IUllnois, serving on the Investigating committee, would have weight sufficient to c*use the rejec tion of the iHllnoIs congressman, al though Mi j ?,t iii hnrn ,0 lected by the Democratic caucus. But even the Prealdont's request wan Tret unanimously accepted by the Repub licans holding to the principles that the Democrats should hare the right to say who they wanted to\{epre4ent them on the special committee, 'i he President won his polnr, however, so far as it applied to Ralney, but he lost out in his opposition to James, who were accepted by the caucus. The substitution of Representative Lloyd, of Missouri, chairman of the Demo cratic- congressional committee, in lieu of Ralney, was approved by n pronounced vote in the caucus. As forecasted, the insurgents at tended the took a lively part In the proceedings, but before the adjournment Insurgents Cooper, Lenrot, Lindbergh. Cary and Nelson, of Wisconsin, and Davis, of Minne sota, left because of the .interference with the Democratic caucus selec tions. It was made clear at the caucus that the Republicans are far from be ing united, notwithstanding the Pres ident's appeal for party harmony. The committee to conduct the Bal Unger-Plnchot Investigation as was agreed on in the caucus last night consists of Representaive Olmstead. o'f Pennsylvania; Denby. of Michi gan; Madison, of Wisconsin, and Mc Call, of Massachusetts, Republicans; and James, of Kentucky, and Lloyd, of Missouri, Democrats. Madison represents the insurgents. The six members are well known and j stand high in the house. They are recognised as men of ability. TIFT AGREES TO M1CY OF BIG STICK _______ Roosevelt a Candidate Report,. Current That Former President Will Be for Congress From the First New York District. DON'T WANT SENATORSHIP Washington, Jam 21. ? That Theo dore Roosevolt hai&greed to run for congress in tf?e. first district of New York State, with the understanding that he will be supported for the speakership, is the report among ihe members of the house and senate. Representative Cook, of the first district, is willing to step aside In o?*dor to make room for tke forme* F resident. Several members of the New vork delegation are avowedly in favor of his candidacy, while others think it would be an excellent way to kpep him from causing trouble In New York State. According to the report President Taft Is aware of the plan and his agreed to be present at a great recep tion to be accorded Mr. Rooeevelt whon he arrives in New York next June. It will be at this public reception, it jnftaUl, that thft honm-ftf-Mr Rnaaa> velt for congress and the speaker ahjp will be launched. tt is known that the former Pres ident refuses absolutely to accept the senatorship, and that before leaving New York for his trip to Africa he declined to permit his name to t,e mentioned for mayor of New York. It Is certain that Mr. Roosevelt has no ambition to succeed Governor Hughes. The speakership of the house of representatives Is the one office In public life that Is known to appeal to the formej* President. According fo the Information cer tain members of the New York dele gations have gathered, many l ?.islnees men of New York, and e^iiteelaMy Wall street, will not approve of Mr. Roosevelt. Timothy L. Woodruff and othei^ leaders In New York State, however, are said to favor him. M ATINFF. IQMOn ROW. At Gem Theater, IJeneQt of llnptl*! Church. There will bo a matinee given at the Gem theater tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4 o'clook, for the bene fit of the First Baptist Church build ing fund and the Delta Sigma soci ety. The price of admission will be five cents. The managcmc-nt will show four reels of attractive and interesting nic tures. The occasion promises toSe one of Interest und pleasure to all who attend. Being for a . worthy cause it should be liberally patron ized, and no doubt will. Mrs. L. T. NIcGowan Has Narrow Escape From Being Burned to Dealh There came near being another tragedy in the county yesterday when -Mr?. flqllia MrOftWftn. wife of Mr. L.. T. McGowan, who resides on the faria of Mrs. Tjucy Myers, about two miles from this city, was severely burned on the back and arm. She only es caped with her life by a hair's breadth. Mrs. McGowan was engaged In boiling clothes out In the yard at her home in the morning part of the da7. During the process smoke bo filled her eyes she was blinded for the mo ment, causing her to get too near tho PRES'T M'NEIL TO SPEAK HERE Firemen and Others Invited to Hear Aim. of PayetteTllle. Tayloe Are. Hor clothing cauglit on Are and In a light blase before discovered. Mrs. McGowan began to Bcream. ^Her husband, being In the field at work about 200 yards away, heard her and ?*2n to her aid. When he reached her she was nearly exhausted and woold have doubtless succumbed in a fe?r minutes nnd been burned to death. He succeeded In extinguishing, tho (lanes by the use of the wet cloth ing. While the burns are not serious they are very painful. She was bad ly burned on the arm and back. It was a narrow escape. j" PEACE NK<?VTIATIOX8 AT END. | Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 20.? President Madrlz announced today that General Estrada's reply had Berved to end abruptly thfc peace ne gotiations and that reinforcements had been ordered to the front with the purpose of striking' a decisive blow at the Insurgent army. ber of the local firemen have taken stock and It Is to be hoped mbre will. Not only are all the firemen in Wash ingtbn urged, to be present, but the ladles and all other citizens. Mr. McNeil Is a speaker of 8tate reputation. He la not only the pres ident of the 8t*te Firemen's Associa tion, but alao of the National Asso ciation. Remember the date, .?? TuMdi; ?TMtac, it the city tell. Bwrjrbady cordially. ln?lU4. y NULHU TIKES _ nmw $ in hiTbiplune New Records Made In Addition to the Long Trip With His Wife the Daring Av iator Takes Another Passenger on 12-Mile Flight. WIFE ALSO MAKES FLIGHT Aviation Field, Lob Angeles, Cal , Jan. 20. ? By carrying bis wife in hia biplane on a 22-mile cross-country trip from Aviation Field to a point half a mile over tbe ocean and back, by taking another passenger pn a 12 mile flight over the fields and by tak ing three other passengers, one at a time, on short flights, Louis Paulhan today established new world's records for heavler-than-alr flying machines. No other aviator has taken up so many passengers in one day and i.o other aviator has taken a woman for a high flight over fields and woods and villages and surf for more than 20 miles. Paulhan flew at an altitude 6f from 500 to 1,000 feet over Redondo Beach, Venice-hy-the-Sea, and other resorts toward Point Flrmln. There were no life buoys tied to the mi chine to save them from death In the wavgs should they fall. He made this trip and other perilous flights with cane. Paulhan flew 33 minutes on his 22-mile trip with his wife. His 12 mile trip was made with Clifford Harmon of New York. Besides theie, be took up Mrs. Cortlandt F. Bishop, wife of President Bishop of the Aero Club of America; Lieutenant Paul B"?"k of the United States army signal ror^s; William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper publisher, and a newspa per reporter. * The flights were made under perfect atmospheric condi tions. The other aviators did not accom plish much. Charles K. Hamilton made three starts In attempt to lower ..Paulhan'8 altitude record -of 4,165 feet: On his first flight Ham ilton rose 455 feet, on his second 300 feet, and cyi his third 700 feet. The Gtfl-Dosch mfechlne, owned Oy H. W. Gill, of Baltimore, met with an accident that eliminated it from any work tomorrow. At a height verying from 30 to 100 feet It cir cled the field once agd then came down with a crash that wrecked .the left plane. Hillary Beachey, the driver, was not lujured. - 1 DURHAM CITIZEN SLASHES THROAT W. H. Rowland Attempts to 1 ake His Life. Durham, Jan. 20 ? Mr. \\\ H. Row land. many years a leaf tobacco buy er and one of the city's most likable men, attempted to commit suicide early thlB morning by slashing his throat half a dozen times with a razor. Immediately after the murderous attack upon hlmself,Khe was taken to the hospital and an operation per formed upon him. The loss of blood was so great, poupled with the old gentleman's desire to die and his aga, that his death is expected any mo ment. This afternoon when lW emerged from the anaesthetic, he be^" gan tearing the stitches taken in his neck and expressed a desire, It Is said, to die. Mr, Rowland has been In declining health many months. This began with the loss of his wife more than two years ago. But he was wlth.il the cheeriest sort of man and every body liked "Bill Rowland." The non-rcslstance of death will prob ably play the greatest part in his re covery or death. Mr. Rowland Is a Confederate sol dier and has many relatives and thtf warmest sort of friends here. Ho is the father of three sons and one daughter of Durham, all popular young people. His attempt to take his own life,, on^ that never fallod to radiate ltq good in the community, shocked the community greatly tot day. J Mr. Rowland was discovered aft or the first attempt, standing before the mirror to make another gash. Ue was stopped, but was so badly wounded that he couldn't talk. Mon day of thla week he fa said tonare sharpened his razors for this purpose. MRS. W. C. RODMAN SICK. The Newa-ro*r?tt to announce thd illness of Mrs. W. C. Rodman at her But Madn street. A speedy reeovery Is hoped tor by her numer oua friends. ? * m. STEVENS, 8F EXPERIMENT 1 STATION, TOM On Agricultural Fair Will Speak Tonight at the Cham ber of Commerce Rooms? Ev erybody is Urged to Be Present and Hear Question Discussed. CHAMBER MEETS AT 7 30 Agricultural fair mooting at the " Chamber of Commerce tonight. Let all be pfeaent. This being the regu lar meeting night of the Chamber, and as Prof. Stevens of the Experi ment Station will be here to make a talk on the advantages to this see- '{ tion of an agricultural fair, this meet ing will be a very Important one. If Washington la to go ahead. Its people must stop only thinking that everybody knows that they are fav orable to the thingB that are promot ed by a few at the Chamber of Com merce, and put their shoulder to the wheel, shoving the town upward and onward. Some folk grumble about business, and say what should be done jLo de velop the town, making business bet ter; b\jt when you ask them to at tend a meeting to hear other people's views, and express their own, they caanal gparo the time from the stores - they must go back and work ori their books to see if they cannot find some way to collect those accounts, or plan a cut-price Bale to raise funds. If Bome of these people would at tend the meetings of the Chamber of Commerce and tako a part In the . town's development, they would find their business to be much Improved as well a's collections easier. Thf^^j banks will show a greater balance; and thlB in Itself will be an adver tisement of the highest type. Some people are sincere In want ing an agricultural fair, but they ex- " pect others to shoulder the work and go ahead with It, without' them using a particle of exertion. If these peo ple would go to the meetings and let the few who have all the work to' do "J Bee that they hav^ moral BUpport, they would feel like doing something and they would feel more in sympa thy with the nfove. Do not fail to attend the meeting tonight at 7:30, as business of Impor tance is to be transacted. At 8:80 Mr. Stevens of the Raleigh Expert^ ment Station will taltf. Annual Inspection of State Troops The annual inspection of head quarters of the Second North Caro lina Infantry and Co. O. of that regi ment, will take place here under of ficers of the Army and National Guard on the night of March 1. While "headquarters" is designated, only three officers and two non-commli* ?toned officers of the 20 or 25 com posing Colonel Bragaw'B staff reside here and will be present. Company G, with three officers and 50 men, will probably be paraded In the new olive drab winter serving uniforms, wltl^taaps, white collars, cuffs and gloves.. The National Guard having become a part of the regular establishment In the fuHeBt sense of the word on . January 1, when extensive orders went Into effect, the inspection will -be-ligtd hnynnrt prMwlmt 7 j In the State thl%e regiments of infantry, with 12 companies and band each, and four companies of coast ar tillery and one field battery, besides hospital detachments, will be 16 spec ted. TRAIN DASHED DOWN MOUNTAIX 1 AT FUMi SPEED. Denver, Col., Jan* 20. ? Tearing i down the moutaln side at the rate of i nearly 70 miles an hour, a freight ij train on the Moffatt road jumped the -J track at a point between Jenny Lake j and Antelope, near the summit of the range, early today and the ??- J I tire train plunged down the hill. i| Three men were killed and another )\ l fatally injured. ^ New Advertisements ? in Today's News ? 4| ? J. K. Hoyt ? Shoes aud stocking* ? ? J. H. Harris Plumbing ft supply ? 1 ? Co. ? Free Lecture. ? , ? Wm. Bragaw ft Co. ? Insurance. ? ? W. J. Rhodes ? News Agency. ? ? Washington Drug Co. ? Vlnol. ? ? ? ? Gem Theater. ? j ? Gaiety Theater. ? Capudlne. ?, ? Vlck's Remedies. ? ? Paso Ointsaent. ? j ? J. L. O'Qulnn, Florist? BulW. ? J! * .^ii

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