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BATTLESHIPS
COST MORE WHEN
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Restriction Made Last Year
For Building of Warships
Repealed
APPROPRIATION IS
CONSIDERABLY CUT
Appropriation Bin Carries Sev
eral Millions Less Than
Last Year
WASHINGTON, Jan, 28. Carry
ing a total of 1125.421.538 the an
nual appropriation bill was reported
to the house today by Chairman Foss
of the naval affairs commilttee.
The bill id 16, 939. 316 lese than the
current appropriation and $2,044,621
less than the estimates submitted by
the navy department.
The Increase" of the navy program
calls for an appro priat ion of $34.
270.816, of Which $15,832,928 for the
tirst year is Inserted In the bill. This
increase aa adopted in the bill com
prises two battleships of 27,000 tons
each at $11,836,408 each: two colliers
at $1,000,000 each; 8 toris-do boat
destroyers at $825,000, and four sub
marines at $600,000 each.
The cost as given Is estimated on
the basis of building by private con
tract without restriction. The de
partment had recommended a pro
gram that would have cost $27,835.
ill, including two battleships, and
the general board had recommended
a $87,000,000 program including four
battleships.
The bill Increases the limit of cost
for the battleship Florida, now be
ing built at the New York navy yard
for hull anJ machinery exclusive of
armor and armament from $6,000,
000 to $6,400,000.
Because of the extra expense the
bill repeals the provision in last
year's naval act which authorizes
one battleship to be built 1n a navy
yard. The contract for the Florida's
sister ship was let well within the
limit of cost while the cost for build
ing the Florida for all purposes the
same Wt W WS navy yards exceed
ed the limit of cost for hull and ma
chinery by $1,000,000 or a total of
$7,500,000.
Both these ships are directed to be
built under the elghthour law re
strictions. The committee recom
mends repeal of this requirement
and also of the provision that not
more than one of the battleships
provided for in last year's naval act
hall be built by the saipe contracting
Pi
LNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IN
GERMANY WOULD MEAN
Dl
So Declares Chancellor In
Speech Before
Reichstag
PRUSSIA MUST RULE
BERLIN. Jan. 28. Addnwinp: the
Reichstag on the subject of the con
stitution proposed for Alsace
Lorraine, Chancellor Von liethmann
HeJlweg toduy mad" a strong de
claration of the government's inter
national policy and firm Intention to
maintain Prussian supremacy in the
councils of the empire. The chancel
lor said that the government was
working always toward j'rantin
more independence to the conquered
provinces, but was l;rmly resolved to
suppress energetically all efforts tj
arouse a feeling antagonistic to Ger
many among the inhabitants, as swell
efforts only hindered Hi" fulllllment
of Germany's intension.
Replying to the criticism that the
suffrage offered Alsace-Lorr Hne wn
more Ifhcrnl than that of the king
dom of Prussia, the chancellor said
that suffrage must conform to Un
varying conditions of the difToren?
states and delared trnt Prusian suf
frage must be so arranged h to give
to Prussia, to which leadership in
the imperial -policy has been yn
trusted. the possibility of maintain
ing a constant policy of constitutional
conservation. Should universal suf
frage be Introduced- there it would
make the position of the chancellor
nnd tho ministers dependent upon
the vote of a majority of the m isses.
Each election might bring a change
of ministry and parliament would
dictate the Imperial policy, which
might be reversed with cverv elec
tion. It would mean the disorgani
zation of the empire.
flight posttoxfh .
KEY WEST. F1a., Jan. 28 Avia
tor J. A. P. McCurdy today was
rain forced to postpone his flight
from here to Havana, High winds
and rough sea In which ho feared
his pontoons would be Insufficient to
save him If he fell were piven as
the causes.
TIINAVYYARD
COMPROMISE HAS
BEEN
REACHED
F
Democrats Concede Presiden
cy of Body to Republican
Claimants
SENATORS WILL BE
ELECTED ALL OVER
Agreement Reached by Which
All Will be Harmony in
Future
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Jan. 28
The difference between the republican
and democratic members of the state
senate were settled today and the re
publicans appeared In the chamber
for the first time, since tliey went to
Cincinnati to avoid possible arrest
for refusing to attend sessions of the
body.
The agreement lyovldoa that, the
republicans are to unite with the
democrats in another election. of
United States senators to All the va
cancies caused by the expiration of
thu term of Senator Nathan H. Scotl
and the late Senator Stephen H.
Klkins.
W. E. Chilton and Clarence Wat
son havo. been already chosen for
these places by the democrats. There
has been some question as to wheth
er Chilton and Watson were legally
elected, and th purpose of holding
another election is to make certain
that there will ln no legal objec
tion to the members from this state
beirlg seated by the United States
senate.
The agreement further provides
that the republicans are to be given
the presidency of tho senate, one
of the chief questions for which they
hail been holding out. Dr. Hatfield,
of McDowell, was chosen for this
place.
It also provides that Senator Hern,
whose seat is in dispute, should be
seated until a committee appointed to
investigate the merits of tho case
should make a report.
MORRIS IENIK8 FAKING
Ml'SKOflER, Okla., Jan. 28 Jack
Johnson's recent declaration that the
rapid advance of Carl Morris, "the
white man's hope." Is due to fake
tight, drew a reply from Morris to
day who agreed to give Johnson $10,
000 if he could prove he had ever
faked a fight. To any one else he
said he would give $1,000 for similar
proof.
VERY SUDDENLY OF VICE
PREiENTOFM.uO.RI
Colonel Edward Lafayette
Russell Dies In
Washington
ILL ONLY TWO DAYS
WASHINGTON. Jan, 28. Colonel
Kdward Iafayetle Russell. vice
president of the Mobile and Ohio
railway, died lure al 7.10 o'clock to
night at the Raleigh hotel, aged 65
years. Pneumonia, was the direct
cause of death.
Present at his bedside w hen the
end came were his ilHugliler, Miss
Feline Russell; R. V. Taylor, general
manager of the Mobile & Ohio; Dr.
Rhett Goode, of Mobile, his family
physician and Mrs. Robert Smith.
Mrs. Russell's sister. The had Just
arrived in Washington this evening,
having come from Mobile on a speci
al train whhh left there yesterday.
No arrangements as to when th
body will -leave here have been made.
Colonel Russell arrived in Wash
ington Thursday maiming suffering
from a severe cold which he con
tracted in New York the early part
of the week. As his condition grew
worse, physicians were called In and
Thursday evening pneumonia devel
oped. On account of bis advanced age It
was thought by the physicians that
bis chances for recovery were slim
This mooring he was reported to be
slightly better but la'e this afternoon
a change for the worse was noted.
Colonel Russell was born in Frank
lin county. Ala.. Aug., 19. 18 45. He
was educated by his father, George
laniel Russell, and worked ith him
on the farm until Felly., 1HK2. When
tho Civil war broke out he Joined the
lst Mississiptri regiment ,C. 8. A.,
and served as a private and acted as
color bearer of the regiment. When
the Confederate lines were broken at
Nashville he retreated to Franklin
nnd Swam Harper's Creek during the
nicht to save his colors. After the
war Colonel Russell engaged in cot
ton growing. Hf was admitted to
the bar In 1871 and practiced law at
Verona, Miss., for a year. In 1878
he became general counsel for the
Mobile & Ohio and acted as such
and also vice president until he died
SENATEO
H TV
ASIIEV1LLE, N,
OF
ENTER S LI B EL S U IT
On Account of Stories With
Reference to Morganatic
Marriage
KINO NOT ALLOWED
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
Object Is to End Rumors of
Marriage With Daughter
of Admiral
LONDON, Jan. 28. The News of
the? World says that King George's
advisers have Instituted criminal libel
proceedings with the object of ending
once for all rumors which have been
freely circulated for years that his
majesty, when prince of Wales, was
morgamttlcally married to a daughter
of an admiral at Malta.
The defendant In the case Is Ed
ward F. MylliiH. who Is said to be
connected with the paper. The Ubcra
tor, published ill Paris which printed
the statements on whtch0the libel
charge is based. Myllus vas arrested
some weeks ago, charged at Bow
street, committed for trial, and sent
to Jail. Subsequently, on his own ap
plication to the vacation Judge, bail
was fixed In the amount of f t00,000.
In the ordinary course tho- case
would he tried in the Central Criminal
court, but on application of the crown
It will be brought up In the high
courts on Wednesday next before lord
Chief Justice Alverstone and a special
Jury. According to a statement In
The Liberator, the defendant Intends
to tile 1 a plea of justification and also
to subpoenae the king as a witnesB.
The constitutional law, however,
makes it Impossible for his majesty
to give evidence in his own courts,
notwithstanding he may be anxious
to do so. Practically all of the Lon
don morning papers published a
story on the intention of the king's
advisers to carry the case to the
courts on the charge of, criminal Hbel
It IS noteworthy that The Morning.
Post, referring to tho answer of My
llus, December 26, In a recent article
said tnat he was charged with Reins
concerned In the publication of se
ditious statements but ttie paper mude
no reference to the alleged morgantic
marriage, merely saying that the al
leged seditious statements referred to
among other things the policy follow-
(Continued on page B)
LONG PENDING SDIT FOR
RECOVERY OF LARGE SUM
.Fl
Same Case Which Brought
Morse Fifteen Years
Sentence
MORSE IN PRISON
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 Judge li
cninbc in the I nlteil States I Ircult
c t this afternoon signed -an or
dcr dismissing tho suit of John W.
MeKinnnn, assistant agent of tin
shareholders of. the National Rank ol
North America, against Charles W.
Morse and the directors of the Insti
tution for the -fcoverv of liMl.WMi
ror losses through Morse's alleged
peculations.
Codcfindarits with Morse were, Jotin
H. Flagler. Win. I-. Ilavcmyer. Airreil
II. Curtis, Charles M. Schwab. lenrJ
chupln, Jr.. Robert M. Thompson
Morgan O'Brien. J. v . Gates and tin
executors ol wie esiaie oi naiies i
Harney.
The complaint contained charges ol
fraudulent enlrlcs on tho books ol
the bank to conceal tho true nature
of transactions Involving the pur
chase from Charles W. Mors', ol
thousands of shares of the American
lee Securities company. Alleged
loans to dummies having no legal
responsibility were specified.
The directors denied that they au
thorized or approved of Morse's specu
lation In certain slocks including that
of the Anierlacn Ice Securities com
pany. Upon allegations made In the suit
now dismissed, Morse was tried and
ponvlcted In the United States Circuit
court Hnd sentenced to 15 years In
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
r aii.ro i i,im:Tons meet
NORFOLK. Va., Jan. 28 At the
annual mectiriir here today of the
Virginian Railway company,', the fol
lowing dlre tors were re-elected::
Urban II. Rroiightun, Frank Q.
Brown, Godfrey H. ltvsms, Henry
If. Rogers. Waller P. Windsor, Kd
win 8. Marstou and Raymond Vu
Pay. The annual meeting of the Vlr
glnia Terminal Railway company was
also held and the present directors
re-elected. '
i1.1
KING
ENGLAND
AGAINST
SUBJECT
C, SUNDAY MORNING,
STATE LEGISLATURE IS GETTING
" LOCAL ME AS URES OUT
Bill to Abolish Asheville Police Commission Passes Final
Dollar Administration Building Refered to Committee, and Loco) '
Measures Passed.
RALEIGH, Jan. 28.- -ix... recom
mendation of the committee on
rules the house today added two ad
ditional standing committees, one on
congressional apportionments and one
Of legislative apportionments.
A hill Introduced by Representa
tive Roberta of Buncombe amends
the divorce law so Cat where hus
band and wife live separate, from
each other ten years, and there are
no children, there can be divorce
whether both have resided for the
ten years In the name state or not.
Connor offered a Mil to provide the
Torrens'tlnd flttr system for North
Carolina.
A MM by Livingston would place
the town of Saluda wholly ' In Polk
county.
The bill for a million dollar bond
Issue for a tire-proof administration
building whs put on Its readings, but
finally referred to the committee on
appropriations, having only been
passed upon thus far by the com
mittee on public, buildings and
grounds.
Abolish I'iiIIi-o Commission
Tho bill lo abolish Asheville police
commislon passed (Inal reading.
A bill carrying $20,000 annually for
permanent Improvements for. the
Stonewall Jackson Manual Training
and Industrial school at Concord war
Introduced by Senator llnrtsell, and
It weut lo the committee on ap
propriations. A bill by Hcnntdr Gardner would
change the name of the North Caro
lina A. and M. college for negroes
AFTER TWO WEEKSTHERE
IS NO GRANGE VISIBLE
Prolonged Deadlock in New
York Continues Unbrok
en with Sheehan Leading
ALBANY, N. V , Jan. 28. The
second week of the most cpectnrii
Inr strugKh nwi the election of a
United States sen. nor that has oc
cupbd (he New York legislator, sln
1881 i Iosco unlay with the vole,
aligned proH-niiy ah they were al
Ihe start. Considering the absent
members, the tenth Joint ballot show
ed nn essenH:l lifTerenc from the
first, taken on January 18. The line
up was still for and-against Wm I-'.
Sheehan. liie ileiuoi ratic caucim inun
inee. who has all the time been with
in from ten lo thirteen votes of
election
On Mondav liallolltlg Will he re
sumed villi reiicwid hom of break
Ing the deadlock There have been
numerous pp-do I io-is that m xt week
would see l nd of the fiht, but
no one ha v inured lo fore'ase la
whoso favor the expected -break"
will be.
There Is still much talk of a com
promise candidate, and among some
of the legislators here over the Sun
day recess the selection" of an out
sider is regarded as th most likely
solution of the senatorial problem.
WAf-'IIINGToN. Jan. 28. Forecast
for North Carolina: Generally fair
Sunday and Monday; moderate tem
perature; lltjht variable, winds.
JANUARY 29, 1911.
The TuglofiWar.
at Greensboro to North Carolina In
dustrial Institute so as to prevent
confusion of names with the A. an
M. college at Raleigh.
A great number of local bills pas
sed readings.
lo; Hills Passed.
Up to today 107 bills have been
ratified by the present general as
sembly as agaJnst 68, for the same
number of days of the session two
years-ago. While a numtor of bills
of state wide application are Includ
ed among those ratified during this
session, the great mass of them are
local acts. This showing demon
strates that the jmlloy with' which
this general assembly started out to
get rid or local legislation Is being
carried out so as to give the remain
ing days of tho session to' I he mors
Important nets of state wide legis
lation. The house committee on corpora
tions has Just given a hearing on
the bill of Representative J. Frank
Ray, of Macon county, amending the
charter of tho Carolina and Tennes
see Southern railway by revoking nil
tho rights anT powers conferred up
on the company, If II falls lo begin
this construction of thi line of rail
way from Franklin, Macon county,
within six months from the dale
of the ratification of the act and
have the road completed and In op
eration by the 2th of August, 1912,
prosecuting In good faith the said
work continuously until completed.
The committee voted to report thf
bill favorably. Mr. II, W. Miller.
-Br
REPUBLIC PF LIBERIA IS
Has Settled Boundary Dis
pute and is Getting on
Financial Feet
WASHINGTON, Jan 28. The con
gress of Llherlu has passed legisla
tion necessary to enable that country
to tiegitlHte the touteniBlHted loan of
one million for Ihe funding of Its
debt. The slate department was so
advised in a cablegram received to
duy from W illiam H. Crum. American
minister at Mo rovla. The loan will
be made by American. Hrlllsh. French
and possibly German bankers. The
government of Liberia, the minister
sddi. baa ritlllcd the agreement with
Great liritiim establishing the bound
ary line between Liberia and Sierra
Leone, u British possession.
It. I' Faulkner, -vho was a member
f Die American commission which
visited Liberia In Mini and who is now
cut of the Llberian government In
its tliiaiu ml negotiations, has left
Monrovia for the Cnited States. Tills
ii view of ihe department officials,
ndiciitcx thai the situation In Liberia.
including Ihe boundary dispute, has
leared to the point where the bank
ers will soon he able to enter Into an
agreement Willi I no Airican repuonc
for placing II on Its feet, in line with
its efforts to, neip i,inena, ine i nneu
States goiernriu-nt will permit the
American diplomatic and consular
agents to represent Liberia abroad.
Tins has already been done in a few
instances
i M.irriNf; ninijiBmoji
MONTGO.VI Hit Y, Ala., Jan. 28.
Local optional scored In the house
of represeniatlveii today their first
victory when they emasculated the
Fuo.uliay resolution Introduced, a few
days ago which demanded that Gover
nor O'Neal tnforeu the prohibition
laws and take steps to Impeach the
officers who are derelict In tho en
I forcemeat of the laws.
I A 4v0P V ft,
OF THE WA Y
Reading, Bill For Million
assistant to tha president of the Sou
thorn railway, appeared In opposi
tion to the bill, Insisting; that th
work had not been suspended for
tha purpose of choking up the only
natural pass through th mountains
to the Tennessee Una, but on account
of the deplorable condition of the
money market, the railroad people
having been unable to float the bonds
necessary for gyylng an tre
mendous extension work In which
they era encased. He urged that u
would be a hardship on the railroad
company to be forced to resume this
work within th nest sis month ant)
continue It to completion within the
time prescribed by the bill owing
to existing; conditions. Representa
tive Hay says the bill Is Intended to
complete the line a contemplated,
thus opening up the treat country
between Charleston, 8. C, and the
middle West, ami' thf t when the com
pany obtained Its charter In HOI it
soon became apparent that the com
pany had no Intention of completing
the line, thereby having the exclu
sive right of way down the Tennes
see river, life says If the bill passes
the general assembly It will require
the Carolina and Tennessee Southern
Railway company either to finish the
road or forfeit all Its right and let
some one else build It.
KmHoynt Oppost) Action,
The Joint Judiciary committee of
the general assembly devoted three
hours this evening to the corurldera-
Continue) on Page Pons.)
CAPTAIN AND FIRSTM1TE
Mutiny on Dredge Working
on Potomac and Officers
Lose Their Lives
COUiNIAL REACH, Vs., Jan. 28.
Mutlnoiis sailors of the dredgo Irene
Ruth of Fairmont, Md.. today ran
amuck aboard the vessel, murdered
Captain Alien I)orsey and crushed
the skull of the first mate, John Ad
ams, one sailor escapea me muti
neers by Jumping overboard and
swimming ashore.
Tho dredge wus operating in the
Potomac river near this place. Feel
ing had existed between severaf mem
bers of the crew and the officers Hnd
It took a serious turn today when
sailors It. Brady, ucorge Wallace ano
If. Non-holy attacked Captain' norsey.
A fierce fight ensued. The captain
was killed snd his mate probably
fatally Injured by his skull being
crushed.
After the fight the mutineers moved
the dredge into shallow water and
made their escape. The sailor who
escaped the mutineers carried the
news to this place and a posse started
In pursuit. I'p to dark tonight no
traco of tho murderers had been
found.
Ki;.ItCHKI) I'XHt CIIINKM9
MOHILB, Aln., Jan. 28, The
American schooner Henry Crosby.
Captain Hogen. from Kingston for
Mobile, wus boarded In the lower bay
by the revenue cutter Albert and
seaehed for Chinese who. It was
supposed-, were trying to enter the
United States in violation of the exclu
sion law. The local Immigration of
ficials were notified and this has led
to the belief that the department of
Justice and the department of immi
gration are out of harmony. Thla la
the second vessel from Jamaica that'
ha been searched In thla manner,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
T
President Tart May Take Such
Action Unless Present
Congress Acts
DEMOCRATS WILL
.. SUPPORT MEASURE
Whole Agreement Must Stand
or Pall as Prepared by
Commission
WASHINGTON, Jn. II. Repre
sentative McCall, of Massachusetts, s
member of the ways nnd means com
mittee of the house, came to the eld
of President Tnft today and present
ed the administration bill to farry
Into effect the terms at the Cana
dian reciprocal tntde ngrecmont. The
bill wan referred to the committee
on ways and means, H
While members ht the committee
which ha the first consideration of
the trade agreement decline to dla
cuss their prospective attitude upon
the measure, it has booome fairly
well established that the bill will
come out upon the floor of the house
within a comparatively short time. '
There will bo no extended heart nf
and no opening of the bar to all
the tariff arguments that might be
Introduced for and against the terms
of the new commercial arrangement.
The negotiations ' with Canada rv'
suited In, a definite and concrete ar-'
rangement which cannot' be changed
without upsetting tho effectiveness of .
the whole agreement. For this rea
son tt Is the opinion of those who
favor the approval of tho Canadian
pact that the ways and means com
mittee and tha rules committee wilt
have to prepare a rule to precede tho .
bill Into the house providing for Ita
consideration as a whole and with
out amendment ..; . -
The Impression has been strength
ened that President Taft'a ; determi
nation to secure action upon the reci
procity measure at this sesalon la
such that the will resort to an
tra session' of It beaomee aeeessarjr
to bring the matter to final consid
eration In both houaee of Congrees,
If defeat cornea for tho mesauro.
It Is expected In the senate. Tha
democrats of the house, after a fair
ly careful poll by the leading mem
bers of the minority, fire apparently
disposed to accept th treaty, amt
to support - It in. delists and witti
tholr votes, - , ,
Story of Bandit's Brutal
Savagery .Comes From
Interior j j
MURDER AMERICANS
' MEXICO CITT, Jan. !. Sah Juan
Avellsta, the terminal of a branca of
the Tehuantepeo railway, and Ban
Juan Jnlampan,near Coeattcilloa. are
reported In despatches from s Vera
Crus, to have been occupied by revo
lutionists under tho command of Dr.
Bnrlquo HUmenarea Klvaa, president
of a political club at Atoyac, state jot
Vera Crux, 1 'J
Itlvas la said to have been at ha
heads of former rebellion In Quente-
nnd ' have c passed Aaeverei .
years in Cuba. -
The town of Bayula on the west
border of Chiapas which was In the
hands of rebels, la reported to have
been evacuated upon the approach of
a federal force.
In Chihuahua, General Navarro I
aid to nave marched Into Kantoma
which was thought to be a stronghold
of tho rebel, without meeting any
resistance.
An account of murder and savage
ery of which an American Mormon
family and a young Canadian were
victims, reached here today In a pri
vate Icttor from Dublane, near Cms
Orandes. Four bandit attacked and
robbed the homo of James Mortensen
and brutally mistreated Mrs. Morten
sen and a II year old daughter. '
Hubseouently the latter was shot
and killed while preparing a meal at
the command of the robber.- An
American by the name of Madison
escaped and In reply to his appeal.
Marl us Cox, a native of Canada, at
tempted to assist the Mortensens, but
fell dead under the fire of the baft
dlts. .
FEDERAL) IlOtTE BASO
PARKAL, Men.. Jan. 17., via El
Paso, Jan. Jl. Official advice given
out here by the Jefe" Politico declare
that federals under Major Domlnue
met a rebel band at Nonoava near
Cerro Prieta, Cblbuahua, and that- (
rebels and two federal were killed.
Official claim that the rebels, twe "
hundred in number, fled, while the
'defala, .numbering ,1U, held, tha
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