WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY Last Edition if 1 MARCH 9, 1910. lll?% LtniWR The American BY A DISORDERLY CROWD The Building Is Voder a Heavy tJuard? The Rlotiat Wu Caused by Quarrel Between Policeman and Manager of Street Car Line Owned Bogota, Colombia, March S. ? The American legation is under hear; guard today as the result of an at tack made on It by a mob last night. The. building was stoned and superfi cial damage done, but all the mem bers of the legation are safe. < The rioting was caused by a quar rel- between Organise Thoroughly the City Worker* ? End Mot Yet in Sight. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 8.? Tie employers of labor a a Soring from the general strike are to take the offen sive, carrying the war directly into the camp of the union* and making a struggle to give unloa power Its death blow in Philsdelphia. While the number- of workers on Btrlke to day ? the fourth of the general strike ? varies from the estimate of 12.000 men by Mayor John ?E. Reyburn and the 20,000 of Director of Public Safe ty Clay to the 126.000 or more claimed by the strike leaders, the one fact stands out that many big em ployers have picked up the gauntlet and unless the men return to work speedily, non-uniehr men will be brought In to take tb*r places. In dustries are badly crffe|ed despite it^qlW officials' blalm. w ThViyes of the city and the State as well were turned today to Jjfcw Castle in the western* part of thi? State, where, the Pennsylvania Feder ation of Labor opened Its biennial meeting. The possibility of a general strike extending throughout the en tire State of Pennsylvania which leaders of the State Federation hsd threatened at the sessions today, transferred the large part of public interest from Philadelphia. It is understood l^^that a state wide strike will be avejfc*^ bat the present situation may shtft "afN* moment and enlarge* the struggle."* The first Ixjdy to take such actios wsa the Mason Builder* Association, which announced that, as their men In that trade had brokea their agreement, after today they would be ?upplaafe*. " ... Sl^Uar -actio* has been discussed by other bodies and Informally decid ed on. The Importation of men to jfche clash that will ultimately result ltt the sight of Federal troops in the CUy of Brotherly Love. After a night of qaiet. today open ed with the situation practically un changed. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. declar1p*_ that .1,056 cars were run yesterdtf&- w.ere more In dumber than, at any time since the c?r mens' strike began, an nounced Its Intention of Increasing the service today. S Countering this claim, the leaders Of the^labor unions today persisted In asserting that the strike wa* suc cessful and that the Rapid Transit Company wou^l be forced to settle with the striking employes in whose behslf the genersl strike was de clared. The efforts of the United Business Mens' Association, aiming to unite the commercial, religious and frater nal elements of the city and bring about a settlement of the car strike and the sympathetic etrlk* were con tinued. today. The loaders of the movement expressed confidence thai sufficient pressure could be brought to bear to end the trouble. A staff of the foremost organizorb In the country, today Is bound for Philadelphia to carry out the plans of the leaders for the complete or ganisation ot. the working class of the city. This is the result of an ap peal to Frank Morrlaon. secretary of the American Federation of Labor, at Wsshlngton, sent by the Central La bor Union, the Building Trade* Coun cil, John J. Murphy, president of the union: Charles A. Leps. and W. D. Mahon. international president of the car men. ?< MEETING YESTERDAY. The executive committee of tbe Young Men's Christian League met la the Chamber of Commerce rooms ?esterday and appointed a commit tee to ascertain where suitable rooms could be secured to hold their Sun day meetings. Inaamuch as the Chamber of -Commerce Is to vacate tbolr present quarters on April l, the league will have no meeting place after that data. The meeting yester day was to look Into the matter. The committee will make its report tbe latter part of the present' week. A LARGE FUNERAL. Tbe fun*al of c. W. Dunn, oc curred *t Scotland Neck y* terday INTEREST PAID Those CtUM located in the *ouU> Washington. D. C-. March The rate of Interest paid by elite* on their Interest-bearing debt at the close of the fiscal rear 1*07. depended large ly Upon pto#aphlc location, the oltles in the West and South Jmylnir uQ the averagf a higher rate of la,-. I tsrest thM those io the northeasters cction of the country, according .tc the U. S. Census Bureau's forthcom ing report on" the statistics of ^the ' 158 cities In the United States which I had a population' of over 80,000 ettch at the time mentioned. The highest) average interest rates, were: In cities of. over 100,000 popula tion, 4-1 per cent in Chicago, Cleve-> land, Milwaukee and New Orleans; In cities of frqm 100.000 to 800.000 population, 6.4 per cent In Denver; In cities of tram 50.000 to 100,000 population,. C.C per cent In Tacoma, Wash.; in cities of from SO. 000 to 50,000 population, 5.6 per cent in' Birmingham, Ala* I The corresponding lowest rates were 8.2 per ctnt in Washington, 3.6 per cent in Provldenco^S.fi per cent In Hartford, and 3.6 per cent In BInghamton and Elmlra. New York. Iljhe unusually low ra.W In Washing ton was due to a large amount of temporary loans bearing only 2 per cent Interest. The. Interest rate on the funded debt of that city was 3.6 pgr cent Of the cities of over 800, OahtjDopulatlon. Philadelphia paid the lowest ^average rate on Its funded debt. rfV'por ;<^ht.v M *?*.? ? npr- ? VICTORY Owr Townnjnan Again Shows How He| H n John H. Small a big -victory la the Kou terday #fced thfc* poftoflft* appropria tion hill fot the rural free delivery service was IncroiMftd from to $1,500,00#. Mr.. Small's amend ment was paaeed. making the In creased appropriation with the aid of pracHApy tb* full Democratic vote and tfcft of the Independent Repub amendment s offered to the bill butl the. one Introduced by Congressman) Small was the only one successful. Ha achieved quite a victory. DOCKERT OPXFIRMEI). ?r- Claudius Dockery has been confirmed by the United States Sen ate as marshal for the Eastern Dis trict of North Carolina. He was named by the President tE8ERVEI> TRIBUTE. Charity and Children, 'edited by Mr. Archibald Johnson, the organ of Thomasvllle Baptist. Orphans**, our LOSES LEG ' Colored J&nptofe Meeta With Acd dent at the Moore Linker Com paoy Mill Monday. Henry Carrow, colored, who Is employed at the Moore Lumber Com pany's saw mill plant. In some way bad his leg caught In a belt or wheel Monday afternoon. He was carried to 'the Fowle Memorial Hospital, where Dr. John O. Blount, assisted by Drs. William A. Blount and John C. Rodman amputated the limb. He is getting on nti-cly and no doubt will recover fo ATTEXI) FCNKIlAL'f Mr. C- H. Henbury received a tele gram yesterday announcing the death in South Norfolk of his brother, Mr. Miles H. Henbury. Mr. Henbury left this .morning on the Norfolk and Southern ngfft to attend the funeral which take* place sometime tomor row. PEflfiY DECLINED I Will Not Submit Proof of His Claimed Discovery. WILL BRING A HEKVY SUIT To Make th*. Ifcif uments Public, |)f. clarea lite * Ommander, Woulil be f to Ilneak Faith Willi His Publlsli. era Must 8w Proofs CooffrcM* man Macon Declares. r Washington, March 9. ? Comman der Peary .declined today to submit to Congress the proofs of his discov ery of the North Pole. He sent In care of Representative Alexander, of New York, a statement written In the third person and addressed to the subcommittee of the House commit tee on naval affairs, in whtch he set forth his reasons for refusing to send his data to the committee. The statement follows: "Commander Peary and his friends Kay that contracts signed months ago with his publishers render It impos sible to make his records and scien tific data pqbllc now. It would not /fmly ftibje*?t "Pedir ,t? heavy damages ? a loss which he cannot meet, hav ing Just extricated himself from debt incurred In connection with his va rious .expeditions ? but It would be breaking faith with his publishers, which he Is unwilling to do under any circumstances." ? After hearing statements by ?p resuntatlve Hobson. of Alabama, and Moore, of Pennsylvania, urging the granting of a congressional reward to Peary irrespective of the question of his proofs, the committee adjourn ed until \vednesday without taking scMon. Of the "ommittoe of seven mem bers. It Is known that, three are op posed to granting recognition to Commander Peary uuless the proofs of his discovery of the Pole are sub- I milted to Congress and made public. | Both Mr. Hobson and Mr. Moore | vigorously i rged the committee to honor Commander Peary without further quibbling over the proofs. The former declared that the grant ing of the tank or a retired rear ad miral was none too much honor to I bestow. He argued that the endorse ment of Peary's proofs by the Na tional Geographic Society was suffl clen.t Representative Macon told the committee since he publicly declared a few^dayg ago that he would insist upon seeing Mr. Peary's proofs and was opposed to any "legislation In the dark" on the subject, he had re ceived letters containing 3,000 signa tures indorsing his stand. NEW ATTORNEY Mr. John H. Bonner Wilt Open His Office in This City for the i Prac tice of His Profession. It will be pleasing new* to hi* many friends to know that Mr. John H. Bonner, *rho has been attending the State University I*aw Department for the past Ave months and who successfully passed his examination before the North- Carojlna Supreme Court, has decided to cast his lot in the toVn of his birth: . His office will be located on Market street, formerly occupied by the Washing ton Investment Company. Mr. Bonner was highly compli mented b> one of the members of the Supreme court on tbe excellent examination he stood. He Is a son of Captain and Mrs. Herbert Bonner. He comes to the bar well trained (or the parcttce of his profession. Be fore entering the University he w?a in -the law- office ef Messrs. Rodman * Rodman. He enters the practice oft law with every assurance of success. He will prove a valuable addition to the already strong bar of Waafclag ton. If* has the bast wishes of tba PDRSEJIMIKG Two Negroe* Tried to Charlotte for Offence. - THE CITIZENS ARE AROUSED Purse Mna telling Hu llecome an Epi demic ? Two are Arrested and Given Hearing ? Will Go Hard Wit* (be Offender* If ('onrlcted as It I* a Serious Charge. Charlotte. March 8. ? As a result of the epidemic of puree snatching which has been widespread In this city for the last few days, Charlie Johnson, colored, was tried in the recorder's court yesterday afternoon at G o'clock on the charge of burg lary In the first degree and bound over to superior court uuder $500 bond. Johnson is nuspected of being the one who, last Tuesday nlgB?>t4M|?w^a rock through the window In the homeX of Mr. W. C. Hinson and, reaching his arm through the opeuing, stole tfie purse belonging to Mrs. Hinson from the rail rack. The evidence against the defendant was mainly cir cumstantial, but there were some very utrong links. Tracks made by a man wearing rubbers were found in the yard of the Hinson home, and when a pair of rubbers belonging to Johnson were carried out and placed In them a perfect fit was secured, a peculiarity In one of the tracks cor- , responding to a worn place In the rubber. i. ? ? ? + Several witnesses were examined who testified to having seen a negro In the neighborhood shortly before the robbery occurred. Among them was Miss Ono Splllman, who said a negro man followed her from the car tracks u^tll she met her mother, who she had 'phoned to meet her. Both Mrs. Splllman and her daugh ter said tl^at 111 size and general ap pearance the prisoner resembled the negro who passed them. They stated, however, that he wore a small cap. Johnson. In court, had a brown der by, but the chief of police and sev eral officers who had known the de fendant folk some time testified that he generallywrore a cap correapond | lng to" the one described by Mrs. Splllman and fcarjU ughter . Allen Patten, the negro who wVi arrested Saturday afternoon suspect ed of being the one who knocked down and robbed Mrs. J. C. Allen that morning In Di I worth, was dis charged yesterday. He was carried before MrB. Allen for Identification and she stated that he was not the one who made the attack on her. The citizens were considerably aroused by the attack which occurred In broad daylight and only a short distance from the car line In one of the most thickly settled suburbs of the city. Mrs. Allen is about 50 years old and was on her way to the home of one of her neighbors when she met a negro man. After muttering some indistinct sentence he suddenly grabbed her by the arm and jerked her to the ground. Then he grabbed her purse, which contained about $3 and made off. The empty purse, was later found onlV a short distance from the scene. ? ITRl HASHS HOl'SK. Mr. Gilbert Rumley has purchased from Mr. B. L. Susman the house now being: moved from next to the Washington Horse Exchange.* The building will be" placed at the corner of Third and aVnNorden streets. When placed In condition It will be for rent. RAXn RETl'RXS. The Washington Concert Band re turned from Wllllamston this after noon where they went yesterday to play during a land sale at that place. KI.IMlNATi^ ONE MILLION. The American Tobacco Company haa succeeded In having eliminated $1,000,000 from the $2.500,0#?* damage suit brought against that company by the Ware-Kramer To bacco Company, now pending in the tJnlted States District court In Ral eigh. 2 New Advertisements # ? in Today's News ? ? Gem Tbaatar. # ? Gaiety Theater. ?