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TODAY
THE WEATHER:
CLOUDY.
VOL. XXVH., NO. 79.
GO! GRESSS AFTER
ILROAuSDilG
SISEESSES
To Bar Front American Ports
Vessels of Lines In For
eign Pools
DRASTIC MEASURE
IS INTRODUCED
Several More Appropriation
Bills Will be Disposed of
In Next Two Days
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 The house
of representative devoted three
hour today to discussing the legis
lative executive and Judicial appro
priation bill. Two day more may
be needed to dispose of the measure.
Representative Dwight, ot New
York, republican whip of the house,
served notiee today that all members
not officially excused must attend the
session of :' the house, or have the
rules against absenteeism enforced
against them.
The senate was not In session.
After ConiMncs, .
Aiming a blow directly at rullroad
owned steamships engaged In Ameri
can coastwise trade, the senate com
mittee on Inter-oceanlc -canals today
adopted material amendments to the
Mann bill to provide for the govern
ment of the canal zone and the reg
ulation of Panama canal.
The chief amendment was one In
troduced by Senator Flint, chairman
of the committee authorizing the
president to fix the freight and pas
senger charges for using the canal,
but freight charges are limited to
not less than fifty cents nor more
than $1.50 per net ton. It Is pro
vided also that Jio charge shall be
paid for vessels, In ballast nor for
vessels owned or operated for or on
account of the United States govern
ment or for merchant vessels of the
United State engaged In the coast
wise trade of this country. A proviso
I added, however, that the txomp
tlons shall not apply to any vessel
in coastwise trade which Is owned in
whole orln part or which is en
trolled directly or Indirectly by any
railroad company.
The proviso refers especially to
such railroad companies as seek to
avoid or reduce the effect of the
competition of ocean traffic between
eastern and western seaboards of the
United States upon trans-oontlnr-ntnl
railway rates. The effect of the
amendment would be to deny free
(Continued on Pago Fonr.l
WQULDABQLISHSMQKING
DF CIGflBETTES IN STSTE
BY PROHIBITING SUES
Both Branches of Legisla
ture Held Brief Sessions
Yesterday
RECONVENE MONDAY
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan., 7. A half
hour In the house of representatives
and twenty minutes in the senate
were the duration of the legislature's
session today, the senate adjourned
to noon and thte house to eleven o'
clock Monday.
The house received from Stroupe,
of Gaston a bill to reguluite rates of
Interest so that by special contract
as high aa eight percent may be
charged Instead of six as maximum.
A bill by McPhail, of Robeson, would
prohibit sale of cigarettes, cigarette
paper or substitutes therefor.
Pace of Wake would require fac
tories to keep first aid medical sup
plies, and also make it a misdemean
or for employers to exact of employ
es that they do not Join labor organ
izations. Ewart, of Henderson, would pro
hibit paying poll tax to influence vot
ers and anothter bill by Ewart would
encourage the sheep Industry especi
ally In Henderson county.
In the senate McLaughlin, of
Cumberland, offered the expected bill t
tor Hoke county to be formed out of
portion of Cumberland and Robeson
with Reaford as . the county seat.
The senate received from tho corpor
ation commission its report of ts,ln-1
vestlgatton of freight rates from
Carolina, porta inland In compliance
Ith a reaoluti,0" f last session, the
commission expressing the opinion
thtat the Carolina rates are as low or
ldwer than apply In Virginia or
Pouth Carolina. A' resolution paused
the senate requiring the l'nited
States flag unfurled over the state
house during the legislature as well
as the state flag.
CLOAKING HOUSE
NEW TORK, Jan. 7 The state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week (five day) shows that the
banks hold $9,502,400 mere than the
requirement of the 25 per cent re
serve rule. This la sn increase of
$1,669,800 In the proportionate cash
reserve a compared with last week.
SHALL AMERICAN
FARMERS PAf TAX
T
This is Question Involved In
The New German Pot
ash Law
LENGTHY PROTEST
SENT TO CONGRESS
German Potash Trust Would
Reap Rich Harvest From
Our Farmers
RICHMOND, Va., Jan., 7 A leng
thy protest against tne United Htatea
government permitting the Herman
potash syndicate to impose "'Under
Imperial Protection" the new potash
law, has been sent to congress toy a
committee of live representing ithe
Associated American Potash buyers.
The committee describes the act
as the retroactive German potash
law which imposes upon American
manufacturer and farmers penalty
taxes aggregating about U0. 000, 000.
They term this sum aa "millions In
tribute" to the German "Kali barona"
They demand that this country shall
enter Into a tarifT war with Germany
if the law is not mi changed as to
permit old contracts to bo made
good.
James A. Moncure, of Richmond,
who represents thfree Independent
fertilizer manufacturers In Virginia
Is one of the signers of the protest.
JUST WHAT IT MEANS.
ATLANTA, Oa.. Jan., 7. Lee Ash
craft, salesmanager of International
Agricultural corporation which is a
large purchaser of the product of
the independent potash mines today
issued a statement concerning the
100 percent penalty imposed on ex
porters by the German government.
He says:
"Some idea of the desperate at
tempt being made by the German
Potash trust to Justify thio laws
which the? induced the German gov
ernment ta pass on May 10, 191.,
for the purpose of destroying certain
low? priced contracts for potash salts
that had been made by American
buyers with the Independent German
nuines who broke the potash monopo
ly throughl such sales, may be gather
ed from the circular letters which
the officers of the potash trust are
now spreading broadcast among the
farmers of the United States and are
endeavoring to have signed by the
(Continued on page four.)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS IRE
BEGINNING 10 AGREE ON
T
The Next House Will Have
a Committee to Govern
Committees
KITCHIN ELEVATED
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 7. Confer
ences among individual di moc fatie
members are smoothing out some of
the difference preliminary to the
democratic caucus of the hoiipe on
January 19. It was nnnntin'-i-d to
day that the selection of thf com
mittee on committee by the next
ways and means committee Is now
Assured, there being little reposi
tion left to that procedure. Repre
sentative Fitzgerald, of New York, is
among the demoornts holding out
for the vesting of such selection in
the speaker as at present, but the
endowment of that power with the
incoming ways and means commit
tec, who fire to be chosr n at the
cominB caucus will bo entirely In
accord with the views of Represen
tative, Champ Clark, of Missouri,
probably tho next chairman of the
ways and means committee, and Rep
resentative Henry of Texas, conspic
uously mentioned. In connection with
the chairmanship of the committee
on rules and other democratic lea
ders. The contest between Repre
sentatives Kltchln and Pou, of North
Carolina, for a position on the ways
and means committee, has bern ap
parently settled In favor of Mr.
Kitchln. Mr. Pou is und rstood to
have agreed not to stand for election
on the committee, leaving Mr. Kltch
ing ah undisputed Held from his sec
tion.
NMiRO KI.WTItK'lTKI
RICHMOND, Va.. Jan. 7. Richard
Harding Biggs, a negro, was electro
rated here this morning for the mur
der of his sweetheart, Annie Davis,
In Newport New.
WANTS TO ItK SENATOR
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 7. Ou
T. Fitthugh, of Memphis, today for
mally announced his candidacy for
the United Ptate senate to succeed
James B. Frailer. Mr. Fir.zier was
associate connsel for the prosecution
In the Carmack murder case.
0 GERMAN BARONS
ASIIEVILLE, N.
SIMPLE FUNERAL
MARKS PASSING OF
SENATOR ELKINS
Laid to Rest on Crest of Hill
Overlooking Home
City
CHURCH CROWDED BY
HOST OF MOURNERS
Senators and Members of
Congress Follow Bier to
Grave Afoot
ELKINS, W. Va., Jan. 7,-Under a
brilliant winter's sky the f body tf
Senator Stephen B. Ifllklns was laid to
rest today on the crei ot a wind
swept hill overlooking the town that
hears his name. As th.e bronze cof
fin was lowered into the grave the
great concourse of mourners uncov
ered, standing silent 4n the pres
ence of death. The simple service at
tho cemetery was proceeded by ser
vices at the Davis Memorial Presby
terian church. The Rev. Dr. Barron,
pastor of the church, officiated, and
Dr. Wallace Radcllffe of the Pres
byterian church In ' Washington, at
which Senator Elklns was wont to
worship, 'pronounced the eulogy. The
church was crowded and hundreds
who could not gain admission, re
mained outside to accompany the
cortege to the cemetery. When the
coffin was removed from thai special
funeral train which had brought It
fiom Washington It was placed on a
flat bedded wagon heavily draped In
black and draWn by two powerful
horses likewise aecouteredi The
march to the church then beean. Im
mediately behind the catafalqfe were
the members of the senate committee
led by Senators tfcott and foalley.
Behind them followed the houip dele
gates. All were afoot. After the
church , services the Journey o the
grave was made in carriages, '.
Mrs. Klkins wa not of the Jarty.
Overcome by the , shock, she mi In
Juch a condition that her physician
forbade her leaving waaihingttm; -t -ui
tho immediate family there were Miss
Katharine Klkins, Miss Hallle Elklns
Ollphant of Trenton, N. J., Davis El
kins, the oldest son of- the senator,
Stephen Elklns of New York; Mr.
and Mrs. Hull no Elkinsl former sena
tor Henry Gassaway Davis1, father of
Mrs.' Elklns and Richard Elklns of
Philadelphia, a number' of distant re
latives and close friends, who accom-
(Continued on I'aire Four.)
GOVERNOR OE ARKANSAS
ROUNDLY SCORES ACTION
Says He Is Guilty of Gross
Discourtesy to
State
WRITES HOT LETTER
LITTLE HOCK, Jan. 7. Secre
tary of the Navy Geo. L. Von Meyer
is roundly senred, charged with
wounding stiite pride, and accused of
"gross discourtesy" in general In a
letter addressed to the secretary to
day by Governor Geo. W. Doneghay
f Arkansas. The action of the navy
department in arranging .for the
launching of the battleship Arkansas
and. providing a sponsor brought forth
tho letter.
After reviewing correspondence and
his Toques' that the ceremonies be
postponed, the governor continues:
"I am now advised by you that you
treat this latter part of my sugges
tion with Indiference and this office
with disdain, arrogating to yourself
authority that neither law nor custom
invested you with, by proceeding to
order such ceremonies as might fill
your conception of Arkansas pride
and doty on this occasion," writes
the governor "In doing this you were
not only guilty of grons discourtesy to
the representative of a sovereign state
but subjected yourself to a criticism
that cannot be adequately expressed
In an official communication from the
representative of a stater to an officer
of the federal government.
"Our people had put themselves to
some pains to consider a program
that would properly present to tlu
country not only their appreciation
of the aet naming this vessel for thlf
state, but wlibti would manifest In
some fair measure the patriotic and
progressive spirit of our people and
In this connection our general assem
bly which is about to convene was ex
pected to make, a genemu( pecuniary
provision. Put It pleased you.-to de
prive her of the best opportunity she
ha had presented to her In fifty
year to exhibit her pride and patri
otism on a scale that would gratify
her well wisher."
C, SUNDAY MORNING,
SHADOW OF ROBIN FALLS ATHWART
ANOTHER BANK,CAUSING
Spectacular Financier's Connection With Carnegie Trust
dence of Depositors
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. A third bank
across which the shadow of Jo, a.
Robin, the indicted promoter, had
fallen, closed its doors today and to
night the state superintendent of
banking Is In possession of the Car
negie Trust company, an Institution
capitalised at $1,500,000, hav Ing wide
.Southern and Western affiliations. An
application from the appointment of
a committee to take charge of the
parsons! estate of Robin was -denied
hi lster, Dr. Louise Ruhlnovttch, to
day' by Justice (Joff. In the state Bu.
preme court. - v
United State bankruptcy moneys,
state and city funds are still tied up,
bonded In varying degrees of suffi
ciency. The company was named the
official depository of federal receiv
ers and trustees of bankruptcy ap
pointed by the United States District
court, on application of loslle M.
Shaw, who was for a period president
of the company, after his resignation
from tho treasury department.
The future of the depositors and
stockholders will not be known until
the state superintendent makes public
the report of his finding.- President
Joseph T. Howell, who was Induced
to resign the presidency of the Fourth
National bank of Nashville, Tenn.,
to take charge of the Carnegie Trust
company about three months ago. was
optimistic.
There Is no reasonable doubt, he
said, "that depositors will be paid In
full. The amount due from banks
will aggregate approximately 40 per
nt of thru deposit. In twenty four
hours a sufficient amount of money
would have been provided to meet the
requirements. Negotiation were vlr-
4
Train Carrying the Body of
President Johnson's Moth
er Derailed in Virginia
ROANOKE, Vs.. Jan. 7. The spe
cial train of President L. K. Johnson
of the Norfolk and Western railroad,
which left Roanoke thl morning at
9 o'clock for Aurora, III., carrylnn
tho body of President Johnson's mo
ther, who died here yesterday, mem
bers of the furnlly and friends, war
wrecked innr Kermit, W. Va., a
small station on the Norfolk and
Western, thin afternoon at 3.30
o'clock. The . nglno crashed Into a
rock that had rolled from n hill
side onto the track. The entire train,
consisting of locomotive, three pri
vate cars and a baggage r-ar, was
derailed, but none of the coaches
turned over and nobody on the train
wa Injured. The engine Is badly
damafferl The itrain wa runnlns
on a slow schedule when the acci
dent occurred. A wrecking train has
been ent to the acene and It Is ex
Peeled the track will be ' open be
fore midnight.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. North
Carolina: Increasing cloudiness, pro
bably rain Sunday; Monday unsettled:
moderate south wind.
JANUAKY 8, 1911.
Wants a New Suit.
and The Doors Are Closed, Tying up Government
State and City Moneys,
tually concluded which would have
met all the exigencies of the situation.
Temporary relief only wa required.
The brief respite, needed, however,
wa not afforded."
In 1908, when the Carnegie Trust
company wa under the presidency Of
the late C. C. Dickinson, who died
mysteriously last May, an effort wa
made ta consolidate the Carnegie
Trust company, the Nineteenth Wartl
bank, the Twelfth Ward bank and, the
Van. ' .NordtMi Trust cogipnuy under
the management and nam of Car
negie. "
The cloftlnr of the CarneTTIe Trust
company today was no surprise In fi
nancial circles and caused little dis
turbance on the stock exchange. A
brief dip In the market wa quickly
met by supporting orders arid at the
close the tone wa firm. . On the
rarnel the uncertain status of the
company bad been a matter of com
mon knowledge. In Its brief career
It was organized In 1907 it had al
ready passed through one serious pe
riod of depression and had known
four president. The first wa Chas
(', Dickinson, whose family I still at
litigation with Insurance companies
over his death, lie wa Interested
in experiments looking to the trans
mutation of tnctuls,
Mr. Dickinson rcslgne,d and got
Lei-,l M. Shaw, then Just retired from
the treasury department, to succeed
him. Mr. Khaw did not agree with
Mr. Dickinson, who still retained a
large share In directing the policy of
the bank, and resigned.
T OMIIIUKE
ONOERCiTO STAUNTON
Workmen Repairing Foun
dation of House Find
Mysterious Note
BTAIWTON, Va., Jan. 7. A note
found today beneath tho Todd house,
where workmen wero reparlng the
foundation, weakoned by the recent
cave-In, IcV to tho belief tfrat a
man ha cornmlttecd suicide In the
underground lake found In tho heart
of Hlaiinton.
It born the signature "0. S. Ltwls,"
and said that of his own free will
he was about to "commit the rash
set of burying himself In the under
ground lake," a the surest way of
disposing of his "worthless life." He
re'iuesled that no one try to recover
his body hut that he be left to sleep
In pence. On another note found and
In the same handwriting was written
the following: "If anything happens
notify H. If. Lewis, Newton, W. Va."
Tho lake is 130 feet deep but an
effort Is being made to ascertain If
lywls' body Is hidden within Its
murky depths.
NORFOLK FRANCHISE
GOES TO NEW OWNERS
NORFOLK, Va. Jan., 7. The Nor
folk baseball franchise wa today
sold by the old owner to F. B. How
ard and Woodward Allen who will
support President C. R, Williams of
tho Virginia Wtate league. Thl seems
to prohibit the proposed 8 club
league with the elimination of Ports
mouth and Newport Now, which
wero to have entered. .
The pries) paid wa around. $. 000.
The Virginia State league will now
likely continue a six club league com
posed of Richmond. Norfolk, Peters
burg, Roanoke, Lynchburg and Danville.
SUSPENSION
Company Destroys Confi
Mr. Dickinson became president
again and succeeded In establishing
connection with Southern business
men. Through hi Influence Wm. J.
LCummlng. formerly of Nashville,
icon., Became a shareholder and the
way wm thus graved to the presidency
of Mr, Howell. Hut before this Mr,
Drklnon had Already came Into con
Hot With the state banking depart
ment, HI plan for merger with
two state bank.. and another trust
M4tMiy w disallowed, to the re
lief of conservative banker, The In
timation wa conveyed that hi resig
nation would be acceptable and It was
soon tendered. John B. Rolctiman,
whose affiliation with the Corn. Pro
ducts Refining company, a subsidiary
company of the (Standard Oil, ut
ceeded Mr. Dickinson for ten months,
He did a much house cleaning
bo could, and resigned In favor of
Mr. Howell. :,
fio many change In the manage
ment had not strengthened the bank
In public favor. Then the shadow Of
Kobln attain fell aero it door. -
Dickinson and Rabin had been
friends and allies. Robin wa on the
first directorate but resigned. When
the Northern National bank wa
closed and Muperlntendent Hotehkls
of the slate department of insurance
made pub lie his Investigation Into
its affairs, a draft by Robin on the
Carnegie, with which he had no ac
count, cropped up. From that time
there began a steady but continuous
withdrawal of 'funds by depositor
who had lost confidence,
BANANA REPUBLIC IS NOT
AFTER EERMANrS MONEY
Envoy From Guatamala to
Germany Seeks to Ce
ment Friendly Relations
NEW ORLEANB, La., Jaa. 7.
Senor Juan Barrios, special envoy
from Guatemala to Germany, who
recently passed through New Or
leans en route to tlerlln, ta not going
abroad to negotiate a loan of $41
000,000 for hi government, a was
reported when be arrived in thl
city.
Adolfo Hoor, acting; consul of
Guatemala at New Orleans, today
gavo a denial of the story printed
concerning flenor Harrlo' visit to
Germany. He said the purpose of
the special envoy' visit abroad wa
to further cement the friendly re
lations existing between the two
government. Mr. Hoser say the
government of Guatemala I negotiat
ing with American financier for a
loan.
CO-KECEfVKH NOT APPOINTED
ALEXANDER, Va., Jan. T. Action
on the application for a co-rscelver
for the Virginia Safe Deposit and
Trust corporation wa deferred by
Judge I C. Barley In the Corpo
ration court today, after heong ifr.
(foments of the attorneys on both
side. .... . ...
BANK DYfTAMITED
LITTLK ROCK, Jan. 7. The Bank
of Grsnnis, Ark., wa robbed early
today, the . vault and , ,nfe belg
wrecked by dynamite. The damage
to the safe, vault and building 1
about 18,000 and It I ald that about
$1,600 in cah It mlMlng.
PRICK FIVE CENTS
PEARY DESCRIBES
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Produces All or His Original
Memoranda for Inquisitive
Congressmen .
WANTS RECOGNITION
FROM THIS CONGRESS
Representative Macon Wants
Light on "Thirty Hours
Spent at The Pole" : '
WASHINGTON, Jan. t.Capt.
Robert K. I'eary told the itory of the
trip to the froien north at a hear
ing today before the house commit
tee on naval affairs, the purpose be
ing to furnish proof ot hi statement
of the North plo on April , loo,
In connection with pending legisla
tion for national , recognition of lit
achievement, lie .produced ail of
hi original memoranda and eifwer-' ;
ed numerous questions, Cros-x-
minntlon by Representative Macon,
of Arkansas, who ha annrfuncod hi
unalterable opposition. to recognition
of the explorer, wa doferred on ao-
count of the time taken in reading ....
data. The commute adjourned un
til next Tuesday, Mr. Maeon asked
especial light on "the thirty hour
Peary was at the pole," and Mr. .
Peary read from hi book detailing
hi four hour deep, hi journeying
beyond and baok to the camp.
Peary saldt be mad no entries In
hi book on hi return march April
8, and not until the afternoon of the
th. - - . w - '
Kxpnrt Testified.
Representative Robert, of Mass- :
ohuett, auigestsd to the explorer
that linry Gannett, vie president
of 'the National Oeographla society,
and ha thought Superlntiindent O. H.
TIttman, of the coast and geodetto
survey, both of whom were mem
bers of the Geographic oclety com
mltte which passed on the Fearv
rase, had testllled before the naval
affajr commute that it U pr. '!
for person with m! He lent knowl
edge ud with del at hand to make
any observations to place himself "at
any place on earth and the figure
themselves would not carry any proof
on their face." ,
, "That," replied Peary, "I the
opinion of an expert."
; Just at the cloae of tho , hear -Ing,
Mr. Robert handed th explor
er a ropy of a pamphlet on how
Peary discovered the pole, ' printed
In Washington ; and headed, "by,
Robert B. Peary," an asked Peary
If he had ever een IfTbefbrov Pearyi
replied that he had written It.
i Th lgnlncanc of thl, thst when
the naval committee wanted Peary"
to appear last prlng he declined be
cause of publisher' rights and that
this pamphlet,, the date if whose
publication he could not recall, is
claimed to hav appeared at that
time, , ,
"WIGELOF IE POOR" DIES
AFTER YEftHS OF SERVICE
t
Nursed Poor of New Orleans
Through Many Epidemics
of Fever and Plague "
NEW Oil LEANS, Jan. ' T.BIler
Isidore, known here a the "Angel of'
the Poor," died last ntgtit at fit.
Joseph's convent, ftr ft years In
the order of St, Joseph, :, 8h wa.
HQWHEFOUNDPO
d yrar or age, oeiog one ok ine -oldest
lister tn New Orleans, both, 4
In year and length of rvlee. ,
Through several epidemics, Bister'
Isidore nursed the sick, and In some v
Instance helped to bury the dead.
Once she herself was near - death
from yellow fever, s but recovered.
During the Civil war she nursed the
soldleT' of both armies. She was,
born In Havre, France. '
MEXICO HAS CAUGHT
REAL REVOLUTIONIST
MEXICO CmrV Jan. ' t. Roblr-s 1
Plmlngues, after fifty day' ImprUrow ?
ment In the penitentiary here, today r
con fussed to having been treasurer
for Francisco I. Madera , lnurrec- !:
tlonary leader, lie had resisted all '
effort to fore him to reveal his c
'artlve relation with the revolution t
until convinced that the cause was .
lost. He then gave authorities a .
list of those aubcrbing funds and 1
an account of their determination. ;
PROMINENT OIL MAN . .
KILLED IN DISPUTE
OANKT, Kan., Jan., 7 J. D. 8. J
Neely, president of the Wichita, Pipe A
Line company, president of the
Lima (Ohio) Trust company, amd A
head of several large oil companies,
was shot and killed In tho Palace
hotel hero this morning by AU , O.
Truskett, a prominent buslnes man
of Caney. The hooting wa the re
sult of litigation over an oil leasr.
Truskett surrendered Immediately
and later was released on $2600 buiL
Ho claim bo shot in self defense.