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ASIIEVILLK, N. 0., SUNDAY MORNINU, JANUARY 17. VMl
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
r
- THE WEATHERi
: FAIR.
PA THS TO SEA WELL'S FEDERAL
GOAL ARE NOT STREWN WITH
ROSES OF SENATORIAL FAVOR
Sonic Old Liii Republicans
Are Getting in Some
Energetic; Work.
SENATE IS "SORE" .
AT MR. ROOSEVELT
Senators from N, C. Will
Wait for the Appointment.
(Ry Hooper Caffco.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Will the
old line republicans tolerate the ap
pointment of H. F. Scawell, of Car
thHge, to the judgeship in the eastern
district of North Carolina to succeed
the late Judge Purnell, and will the
United States senate confirm a nomi
nation to the Judgeship made by the
present incumbent at the white
house?
These are the two questions upper
most in the winds of the supporters
of Mr. Scawell. and one doesn't have
to loaf around in political circles
very long before being convinced that
the friends of the former populist
have Just grounds for uneasiness.
Will Oppose, Him.
Republicans who are republicans
by faith declare they will exert every
energy to prevent the confirmation of
Air. Seawell's appointment; that aero
batlc politics shall not be the price
paid to obtain such a. high office In
North Carolina, anil in support of
this argument friends of Robinson
and the other applicants for the Judge
ship are telling u long string of In
terestlng stories about Mr. Scawell.
Semite Is "Stun:'
The members of the senate are not
boiling with desire to please the pre!
dent because of the chief executive's
recent criticisms relative to the sec
ret service laws,, and also because of
his attack on Senator Tillman. They
have hinted that Roosevelt's appoint
ments must be couched in mighty
clever causea to get the official appro
val of Mr. Fairbanks' body of law
makers. Therefore, the antl-Seawell
men say it doesn't make much differ
ence whether the president carries
out His pledge to announce Seawell's
appointment next Monday. The mem
bers of the senate are Inclined to be
lieve that Mr. "Seawell has not had
enough Judicial experience. They say
he filled the ofTiee of solicitor In his
district, but they do not believe that
his experience would Justify the ap
pointment to an office where questions
of such magnitude must handled.
Neither of the North Carolina 'mem
bers will commit themselves, both
saying they had rather wait until the
appointment comes from the white
house. However, their failure to as
sist him Is regarded by Notrh Caro
linians in Washington as a certain
tip that they are laying for him, and
that both will use their influence to
hold up the appointment until Judge
Taft gets In the executive chair.
SIX REPORTERS
SUBPOENAED BY
GOVERNMENT
To Give Testimony Persum-
ably in Connection With
Panama Arl ides.
SUBPOENA SERVED
' ON NEWSBOY ALSO.
Libel Suit to be Brought by
Government Against
The World.
The Parting of the Ways
TAFT ADDRESSES
GEORGIA SCHOOLS
Manifests Great Interest in
Technical Education and
Development of Negro.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA. Jan I Having pro
claimed last night what is to be bis
southern appointing policy, which is
regarded here as constituting th"
president-elect's most important mes
sage to the South Mr Taft today
manifested his great int. rest in tech
nical education, in the development of
the negro race. In the linn tits of uni
versity life on the forming of the
character of the yoiilh; on the future
of women teachers, and tonight enter
ed with zest Into the most brilliant
social function tin- city of Atlanta
lias witnessed In etirs-
Mr. Taft spoke lo the students of
the Georgia School of Technology
then to j mass-meeting of negroes in
Hig Bethel church. This afternoon
he Journey to Athens, a , where
he spoke t i the student body of the
State university and to the prospec
tive teachers of th" Normal school,
met the people of the city at a re
ception, and reached Atlanta again in
time to attend the nccption and din
ner in his honor, given by the Capital
City club, where he met the men of
prominence and the women of the
social circles of the city. At mid
night Mr. Taft Uft for Augusta, where
he will arrive earl..' Sunday morning.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Six Wash
ington correspondents of out of town
miners and local newsboys today re
ceived subpoenas to appear next week
before federal grand Juries and give
testimony Dreaumablv in connection
with statements appearing In the pub
licatlons bearing on the Panama canal
purchase. So far an It has been pos
sible to ascertain, th following were
the onfv ones cited:
Otto CarmJchael, Charles S. Albert
and R. Jesse Conwny, ull of The New
York World staff; James Hornady,
Indianapolis News; Jeremiah Mai
thews, New York Sun; Harris M.
Crist. Brooklyn Eagle, and William
Smith, a newsboy of Washington en
gaged In selling New York papers.
With the exception of Mr. Crist,
who is commanded to go to New York
and present himself Monday morning
before the grand jury of the circuit
court of the southern district, the pa
ier are directed to appear before
the federal grand Jury, of the District
of -Columbia Tuesday morning next
The World staff also were directed to
bring with them lllea of the paper for
September, October, November and
December, 1908, "In the 'case of 'he
United States vs, the Press Publishing
company, publishers or I he -New
York World." All of the parties w hen
interviewed declared that they were
wholly Ignorant of the nuture of the
case regarding which they were called
upon to testify.
lilbel Suit.
There is no doubt here that the
subpoenas all hav.e to do with a suit
for libel which it is believed has been
brought by the government in New
York against The World. The pub
lisher of The World and of The In-
ltanapolis News, Joseph Pulitzer ami
Dclavan Smith, respectively, were se
verely denounced by the president in
a letter dated December 1 last To Wil
liam Dudley I'uulke. In his special
message to congress of December IB,
regarding the chai ses of corruption by
or on behalf of the government in
the matter of the canal purchase, the
president announced that the attor
ney-general had under consideration j
the form in which proceedings for
libel against Mr. Pulitzer should be
brought.
Never before has such action as the
United States government suing for
criminal libel' been taken The pres
ident In his message was most em
phatic In saying that TT should not be
left to a private citir.cn to enter the
suit, " and he was particular to state
that he did not believe "we should
concern ourselves with the particular
individuals who wrote the lying and
libelous editorials, articles from cor
respondents or arti' les in the news
columns The real offender is .M .'.
Joseph Pulitzer, editor and proprietor
of The World."
It therefore is inferred that the
correspondents were summoned as
witnesses, and not with TTie """ultimate
idea of making them co-defendants.
WOHLIVK NTATKM FAT.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. The World
made the following statement regard
ing the subpoenas fssued here:
"Subpoenas were served today on
William P. McLoughlin, editor of
Sports and Athletics of the press Pub
lishing company, and J. Angus Shaw,
secretary of the company, requiring
them to attend on the Kth day of
January. 1909, at 10:30 of the fore
noon, before the United States grand
jury to testify all and everything
which you may know generally on the
part of the Unite, States.'
"Subpoenas in this form seem un-
t aki tiab I T S.
von to I rf (? cocr ry,r
" " 1 e- KO VtlTHtMT w
TWENTY KILLED ITRUST LAW IS
IN A HORRIBLE AGAIN BEFORE
TRAINWRECKj LEGISLATURE
At Least Twelve of Thirty Mr. Weaver and Senator
Injured Will Dip It Is
Said.
Lockhart Introduce Bill
Without Loopholes. ;
BODIES OF DEAD
teumblymanoledJ
I lea rt-Breaking Scenes
Work of liescuc
floes On.
as
FIND BODIES
OF CHENEY AND
WIFE IN RUINS
Were Buried Under Debris
of Wrecked Consulate
Eighteen Days.
BODIES KECOVKRED
BY U. S. SAILORS.
Caskets Are Wrapped in
American Mag and Car
ried to Waterfront.
(By Associated Press.)
Mi:ssi.NA, Friday, Jan. in. Afler
lying burled In the ruins of the con
sulate at Messina for 18 days, the
bodies of Arthur 8. Cheney, the Amur,
lean consul, and his wife were re
covered at 2 o'clock this afternoon by
a detachment of sailors from the but
tleshlp Illinois. The bodies wlre re
covered In what evidently had been
the bedroom of the Cheneys. They
were found lying side by side. Mr.
Cheney was identified by a slight
physical deformity, while the body of
his wife was recognized by a locket
and a wedding ring. There is reason
to beliee that death overtook the
unfortunate couple while they were
asleep.
As soon as they were unearthed, the
bodies were placed in coffins and
onveyed aboard the supply ship Cul-
goa, which lelt here at once for
Naples. Major Lundis. the American
mllltury attache at Home, who has
been superintending the work of ex
cavation of the ruins, sent a" wireless
dispatch lo the American consul it
Naples, asking this official to obtain
permission of the local authorities to
send the remains to llnrtford. Conn.,
on the lirst available merchant
steamer.
The caskets containing the bodies
of the consul and his wife were sealed
and then were wrapped each In an
American flan after which American
sailors carried them down to the
water front. As they made their way
through the ruined streets sailors and
soldiers sa tut I'd and people took off
their hats.
(By Anoclautf Press.)
nURNWOOi) MP1UNGM. Colo.. Jan
It Twenty perrons .were killed and
thirty Injured, many of them seriously
In a head-on colllsnion between weal-
bound passenger train No. 5, and an
ut hound freight train on the fn-
ver una Illo Grande railroad between
Dotsern and Spruce Creek, twenty two
nines rrom Olenwood (Spring, at .J"
n clock last night.
There at twelve Identified dead.
Ail unidentified are women or chil
dren, and bod let are badly mangled
vt ntie notning official has been
out aa to the cause of th wrack It
is aaid to have been due to a mlun
deratandlng of order on tha part of
engineer uustar o;in, or the passen
ger train. OIen, however, claims he
understood hi Instruction Derfoctlv.
but that It mlread hi watch, thus
encroacning on th time of the frlglit
train which wa being, drawn by two
locomotive, the ftriH of which was In
charge of hi brother Slg. Olson.
When news at thn aHH,v.
To Expend )!500,0(X) fori roho aionwoat Spring. vry
aiiuuiu piiysiciBu ana nurse in ln
Nearly .',000 Houses in
U.S. TO ERECT
COTTAGES FOR
THE DESTITUTE
Earthquake Zone.
BUILDING "MATERIAL
MR. A.E. HOLTON IS
PREPARINGFOR WAR
District Attorney Said to be
Smarting Under Hot
1 s
Drubbing he Received.
(Siwolal to The ritlxcn).
OltEENBBOKO, Jan. 1 That Dis
trict Attorney Helton Is preparing for
a vigorous war against the republican
organisation which Is after his acalp,
Is the tip given out by well-informed
authorities here today.
It i said that the district attor
ney la smarting under the rain of epi
thet which deluged him at the direc
tor' meeting yesterday, and he ha
declared hi int'ntloj of "righting
back". It la stated today that the
pet names which were applied to Mr.
Holton "out-Ilosevelt, Rnoaevelt": In
deed, most of them. It Is said, would
not look well In print.
On tlie other hand, those who op
pose Mr. Holton' methods condemn
him severely for the tactics employed
by him lo fori e The Industrial News
into permanent receivership. They de
nounce the b iter, which lie Is alleged
to have written to President-elect
Taft, via Mai Ion Hutler, us "small bus
iness ". and e,res much astonishment
that the district attorney could have
allowed himself to make statement
therein which He knew, it Ik said, were
not borne out by facts.
Meanwhib the "organization'' If 1 serious consideration lias been given clasp of h' mothers arms. Nearby
lity the hoily nf her father, decapl
tated.
A train load of thirty wounded and
bleeding men and women arrived In
lor ,lenl itons. i i ll to Hei i ctary New berry Olenwood Hprlnga ut 7 o'clock this
w hereby the machinery of the navy I veiling. J he vlctimr were taken to
OTIIEIl CHANG FS IN
THE PENSION LAWS.
Buncombe Co. Men Appoint
ed on 4 Committees 1
Yesterday. C
city win pressed Into worvlce and a rt.
lief train was soon on the scene. The
work of rescue wa Immediately ut
ftun. 1A1 th bodle were taken from
the ruin they were laid aide by tld
on a blr of snow, amid the aattnli-
ing crie of the husband, wife or
parent, a they earohod amonc the
wii r. liP Miirptfivn oeai1 fop tMr ,ovtd on ""my of
tt XlJlJ llj Will J lil. whom wore manirlerf twunnrf .11
ognmon
A pathetic feature of th accident
Civilian Carpenter Will be th", .k,,Un ot 'hr- "
I two email nhlMrM. ttntt, l,l hitin
lour year old, the younger two. Th
elder bay (old attune .at th anltar
turn that hi father called him lien-
nle, and thi 1 all he will ay, rrom
a fellow pamengfr It w learned that
the family wa enroute to Orand June
lion to visit reUlvi. It I supposed
Secured from NavxYflrd
Eligible List.
WASHINdTON. Jan, 18. Atl Inno
vation In International relief meau- Oiat Mr. and Mrs, Kettle, whose
ures so far as Kurope Is concenred, Is names appfur among th dead, wer
to be undertaken by the American parent of tnese two little one,
government In exnendlnir l&uu.uOO In who are badly Injured
money appropriated bv congress for Family Wiped Out
the Italian carth(Uiike sufferer. Another sad case was the deslruc
President Roosevelt ha decided to "on of an entire family with the ca
sern! to Italy material for the con- ''''I'"0" of an Infant of three month.
striicHon or twenty-five hundred or Th, h"lpleM child was taken care of
three thousand substantial but net- "V family at Hhoshone, who Intend
essary very modest frame houses, sup- " adopt tho ole survivor of a once
plementlng this by supplying civilian happy family
carpenters lo supervise construction If
this can be arranged. Kver lnee th
appropriation wa made by congress.
Another heart-breaking scene, wa
enacted In the wreck when kind hand
lifted a 4-year-uld fclrl from the death
whetting if- solve for Mr. Holton s ,v the president ahd the state depart
acalp. and a determined eflort will be rncnt us to the best uses thai could
made to rem ne, him from ofllce In- . made nl II In tfje way of relief. In-
fore the a.lvnt of Mr. Infl to the (.unctions have been given hv I'resl
il
i ft.
The
president
hasty action obvious, as It Is point
ed out that He- relations between Hi
preslilenl'i I' 1 ' and the district attoi
ney are ci il 1 1.
TO ABOLISH ROPE
OF THE HANGMAN
House ( ninniittee on .ludi
ciiiiy ("'insiders Dill for
Elect Mention at Raleigh.
department was enlisted In the prose
ciitlon of the plan.
Official Htaleitient.
The following statement was made
public nl tic scc,elury' office this af
I ernoon
the country hospllul and other eanl
tarlums and when all the ell were
filled, loom was made In the hospi
tals for the wounded. One wo, mi
died from her Injuries on the relit"
train while mi tho way to Olenwood
"The navy department bus arrang- Hillings. It I said Hint HI least a
ed for tho expenditure of approxi
mately .vui nail in th" purchase of
building materials, including ail art
dozen others who weic brought hern
will. die.
Train No. .", wut made up of an
i les necessan for the construction of mg"'e and tender; a baggage ca-, a
substantial name I ousi for the Ital- smoking rur follow, d b; a chair cur
lao sufferers, ami the shipment will tourlsl sleeper and ii full cotiiph
begin bv the sailing of two st i a mer men t of standard sleeper and it din
probably on Monday. Tills lumber Is nln The locomotive are up on
being delivered today In New York, r""'1 J"1""'' logetl.er one piece
ami the siiiIIiik of Ho- vessels will pro- o' mechanism. Tl Ir wheels we
. ee,l as fast as they can be loaded rolled down Into lb Orand river und
Ka.h ship will carry ull the materials I pieces of machinery me scattered all
(Continued on paae three.)
FINE AND W YEARS IN JAIL
PROPOSED FOR MISCEGENATION
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. If Senator
Milton of Florida can have hi way.
miBcegnatlon in the District of t'o
lumbla hereafter will be treated n
the courts aa a crime punishable by
Imprisonment for ten years and a fine
of 1.0.
The Florida senator has introduced
a bill to this effect, restricting its
provision to marriage between white
pen on and negroes, and the bill pro
I
vide that any person who ha one
eighth or more negro bloodln hi
veins shall be considered" as of Afri
can race. Such marriages are de
clared to be null and void, and any is
sue resulting from them illegimafe
and Incapable of inheritance.
The bill proposes a punishment of
imprisonment for a year or a 'fine of
tl.000 upon any one performing the
marriage ceremony, between repre
sentative at tbe two races. i
(So'' "
ItALKIOIl
houHe cor " '
NAPLES. Jan. Hi The American u,Ib aflerre
supply ship Cilgoa. with the bodies""1" '""
of Arthur Cheney and his wife '''nth dnm.
r.board, arrived here this morning '"' ,ni' '''
from Messina. Major Landls. who sentenced -was
In cltarge or the bodies, at once " w-as ngn
came ashore, and. through the Ajner- ''"amine n,.
lean consul, completed arrangements'"1' fu" "''
to have the two bodies embarklil on ",n- H"'"""
the steamer Venezia or the Fabre line, '""d TurUm-'
In Ifaw here this evening for New discussion '
York. debate on t
of putting c
Hon that tl.
the bush'-H
bv was He
NO INFORMATION
OF "BOMBARDMENT"
to The C'tiien )
. f. Jan. --The t'Vo
nees on jinliiiar. met
'i Jointly and consldcr-d
ling for a permanent
r at t he state pi Ison
"KMitlon of all persons
nay the death pcniiin.
o have a siili-cotntnll lee
I. ill and report l,n. k lo
'idttee. .Messrs, Imugh
' Hertford, Orunt. Ore. n
'. will do that work The
ed all the wv ff urn a
e most humane ni'ihod
ii to death to n 'le. iara
man who hid behiini
I assassinate, I a passer
i. an that ouuht to havi
little sentm. nt In him Kepresentn
tive Harsh . spoke feelingly on Hie
terrible" thi'u: It was for a man to be
"hanged .. ay from home and
friends" Mr Underwood made the
point thai i lose convicted of lesser
crimes had '" leave home an.) stay In
the penitentiary. He Insisted that th
onsl met Ion of about
rvio
for lb.
bouse-, ale I il w.ll require not less smoking
than six steamers for the entire
amount purchased. if possible the
department int. nils to send vith eseli
cfisel several eilian house carpen
ters Willi plans lo tisnlst III the erec
tion id lh' S houses "
The Chilian carpentirs will be se
cured from the navy yard eligible
list.
Total eonti ibutlons received by the
Anieri'.iii II-d Cross for the Italian
victim up tonight amounted lo $10
447.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. IS. The foreign of
flee has received no Information eon
cerning a reported "bombardment" of question wa- whether hanging or el
a uerman vessel or vessels by tho Lib- trocutlon was tho more humane,
erlan customs gunboat Lark, off thevThere was no sentiment about taking
Liberian coast, reported yesterday asa man's lit' anyhow, aaid he. Mr.
a dispatch from Konakria. French pprry of Vance told of ome reported
Guinea. An investigation has been or-ihrro nf electrocuttsn, and Mr.
d""d Barnes of Hertford replied with a
HAMBURG. Jan. "id Tbe Woer-! g'uonie description of hanging by
man line whose steamer. Mr, ria v.r. the neck. Mr. Orant would dispense
with entlment entirely in the matt.-r.
man uut Henrietta Wwrnun
ported to hava keetl firwl on off the 'The fellow who did the killing ought
Liberian coast issued" a statement to-:to nav ,h' ntlment In him. He
day -In which It declared that there 'had never heard of a man' wife or
is no question of a "bonmbardment" I children going to see him hung, any
It says the vessel were only detained 'how. He moved for the sub-commit-several
hoars. On of them already ie, with urns "humane" and om
ha returned to Hamburg. J "bloodthirsty" saembsra on it.
Tl III i HKKH OK MOHSi:.
HtSTOX, Jj ri. 18. An unliifhy
)ip on th nrl a lirok'-n lf(c ri -
ftiilflriK loly. viuiftl th- turf cftr r (f
My Htiir. .034. ohjMnut horn nwn
cil .- J-hn rnJ Urrtta linitttr'-, valul
ai $20,000. Tli" horn.- w.in thr wnmn
lion 'f th lurf n Iff wan i
ilnn--r at C'-tirlville and lat'T 'I1
f-;ii-() Argot Hoy n( Vonhkrrilf.
WAflHI.VOTON. Jan Forecast
for North Carolina: Kaln In east,
probably fair In west portion Monday.
Monday partly cloudy; moderate varia
ble winds.
over the er.'iif of the w rei k. Th
was only partly ib rail-
while Hi. chair car linnudltilily
following was eoiiiplet. y ti'lescopud
by the tourisi sleeper. Noli'' of the
standard sleepers left the tra k and
no one was killed or Injured in th. se
cars, niost of the d-ail and Injured be
ing removed from the ruin" from the
hair car which w. spill completelt
In twain.
Kurly this morning It was reported
that the total number of dead Is twen
ty one and the injiued more than forty
rOTTO HTATIHTH"H.
(By Associated Prass.l
WAHHINfiToN, J..H- 11. The co.
b i tlon arid piiblh-atlon by the direc
tor of the census of statistics of stocks
of cotton in the I'nlted Htates. to be
summarized its of November I, Dec
ember I. January 1, and March 1, In
addition lo Ho- cotton reports. Is pro
posed In a Joint resolution presented
In th' iionse today by representative
Iver ,f Houth Carolina.
(Special ta The Cltlten.)
UALKIOH, !, a,, Jan. Tha
ocallod "taeth" of th trust bill (hat
were extracted by tne general assent
My of MOT wet introduced fop in
senhm today In both branches, in tha
hmiau of representative by Weavtir,
of Buneomiie, and in tha senat hv
Senator LK-khnrt. pf Wadecboro. The
bill I tha act of it over again with
the famous ub-ectkin "A" bach in It,
making It unlawful for any person
or corporation to have any agreement,
express or Implied, to lower or pre
vent the Increase in the price of any
article they may deiire to purchase,
in North Carolina, Confederal vet
ran worth not more than 1500 are,
allowed to peddla medicine without
llcenw. Hrhaw, republican ha a
hill that would glvo thin privilege to
all those owning not mora than 11,00.
It-prewntatlve IVrry or Bladen, In
traduced a bill to tax manufacturer
and bottlers of all drink containing
the drug caffeine fifty dollar a year
and all retailer ti a year for tha
benefit xt public school.
Perry offer, too, a widow' on
Ion hill t-etiuirinf only that pension
er shall have been married to the
Confederate, veteran one year prior
to his death and that he lived peace.
We and quietly with him. Tb pen
lon to continue Obly during widow
. t.:ollkin ApnroiiriitUon, ;
tlreen, in the house, and Klutta. In
the senate, Introduced th point reso
lution railing for an appropriation nf i
H 6,000. for the Alaska, Yukon ah J
t'aclflB exposition. , , v , k (.
! . Oommlltee ApiKnld.
V There- wr mors eommltiA
noiincemenl today,; Mr. Doushton
getting the chnli'mnhshln .t court
and Judicial districts, Dr. Oordnn ap-V
proprlMtlon, Mr. Kltchln ptibllo aer
vice corporations, Mr. Tullngtnn leo.
tlon law. Mr, I.emmond,. Internal
Improvements, Mr. 'Poole mines and
mining, Mr. Hascon bank and our
roncy, Mr, Dowd fltiance, Mr. Perr. of
Vance, revision nf law.
The Manning bill to eatubllsh a ;
North Ciirolltm commission for aid-;
Ing and miiintnlti vnl'ormlty In log)
Isltttlon In the t'nltfil Htate passed all,
reading In the senate. It provld
for the governor to appoint three corn?
mlssioner to confer with almllar!
board representing other tatn. and
make report to the governor to be
transmitted to Ihu lrgl;ii'iure, Th '
tviiRe-M .pi eirillilimiMtlrs WUUld IM
ommend legislation on marriage and
divorce, liunlvt'lioy, th descent, and
distribution of property and other aub
Ject were uniformity among' th
tales In desirable. The bill was aont
to the It nice
Assignments of Buncombe county
representative on committee an
bounced today ares Weaver, court
and Judicial districts, public service
corporation and finance; flaston, Irt
ernal Improvement. 1- '
WINTER MEET OPENS
IN NEW ORLEANS
(y AsMMlated Pre.)
NKW OKLKANM. Jnn. H. The
winter meet at the Suburban rac
track was successfully opened this
evening wlu-n the Algiers Inaugural
handicap the first of six races was
run shortly after t o'clock. Copper
Held, II to 4, won the race, which
was a live rurlong event. About ten
men mingling In the crowd had
odds written on their programs. Tho
sh nf! and district attcrncy of Jef
ferson purlsh were present with depu
ties. Tiny say ihey did not note any
violation of Hie so-called Locke ntl
gambllng act passed by the Louisiana
assembly.
TO TRY TO STOP
PRIZE FIGHTING.
(By Associates Prsss.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Scnutor
'lulllnger ha a plan to terminate, the
holding of iirlre fights on vessel an
chored in the Potomac river between
the Ctv of Washington and Alexan
dria. Vn. H'-nator Oalllnger has Id
trodticed a bill prlvlding that no boats
on which prize righting take place
shall be permitted to use wharf prop
ertv In the District of Columbia. A
practically all vessel plying on tha
Potomac uc Wuhlngton wharf prop
ertv. it Is believed prlxe fighting east
be Stopped.
FIGHT FOR STATE-PROHIBITION
BEGINS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
(By Associated Fesss.)
fOUMBIA. S. C. Jn If. The
(Ight of the prohibitionist has started
In the general assembly. Today they
Introduced three bill In both houses
aa follow:
To provide for stats-wlde prohibi
tion; to provide for tha dosing up
and disposition of the stock" of the
Jcounty dispensaries In fore now un
der the local option law; to license
liquor drummers at 11,000. . ..-
Another bill ta provide for tha en
forcement of the law will bi Intro
duced. , ... ...
That the question is about evenly
divided is the general opinion. On
thut Issue murh Interest centers in
South Carotin.