North Carolina Newspapers

.1.3 j : Sy Winifred Zlack. HE Dressmakers' Union has issued an' ultimatum against tho gossiping dressmaker. . '' t ' - -.4 ' 'Score one for the Dressmakers' Union! . 4 Now, if the Amalgamated Society of Huinan Beings would ''only, get together and? put a ban on the gossiping demon, lifQ would be quite worth living.; it .. .. . : wonder if the gossip fiends have the faintest Idea whal; nuisances they are! . I know, a dressmaker who is, clever, if awfully clever. She ;can. take a few yards of ordinary ma terial and make you look as if you had just come from Paris; but she' talks. Shuddering nerves, how she does talk! T v f" " ...v "'"V -She'll tell ou all about the Blanks'1; breakfasts and the Somebody's din-, fliers, and the Nobody's luncheons, before she's cut the lining out; and by the time she is .ready for the first fitting, she knows all about everything in your own housethwho gets up late, whorcbmes in late, and why, and has it all towed away in her memory, ready to tell to the next person she intends to afflict -v-' ' She was making me a simple little house dresa week or so ago,' and light in the very midst of it I grew so. desperate under the clap of her never ceasing tongue, and the spark of her gimlet eye, that I told her she needn't flnish the dress, and sent her home in a perfect flutter of glorious excitement I suppose she'll tell her "next customer; that I am a morphine subject, or somes thing, to payme up. .But I don't care; I'm so glad tp.be rid of her that nothing, matters- now.? - . . . '. ' ..' - ? I'm going to make my little girl learn "to keep still, absolutely and com pletely and entirely, still, for an hour a day; every single day; I want her , torlearn !.to be blessing.. . - i i '. . . ." '' -'-'Most women talk too much, too 'often, 'too.' loud,, and too fast. ! It is the hardest work.in the world to get anything .done in a house "where there are two women. They haVe tq stop and talk everything oyer and -over and over again; till the very ar reverberates with the never-ending din. . v. . . - . j . . v.iWhat arrest the silent, person is! ,', ")"V:r. , '. . ' , ., . And I'm,', going to make my little girl fold her hands, and keep her feet" - still fend: stop biting her lips, and I. shan't let her 'raise even an' eyebrow dur- Ing her.repose.hcrur. -;If she can learn the Chinese habit of calm, self-refresh-ing.rest-by.ithat hour's discipline in a day, some man and a score or so of women are 'going to rise up some day and call me blessed." 'V'Sh-sh; sisters, we talk' too much; . IH's. be quiet for a HtUe while. The Ox' Motor - 4Ey Charles tne choice of motive The horse leans forward to pull and even helps himself along by bobbing his head; he jerks a load out of a hard place by plunging bodily against the collar, stopping and Judging again; he strains through a hard place, and then starts suddenly, forward at his release; he works himself into a lather; and you, if you are the right kind of a person, cannot help feeling for him and assisting him with inward stress and strain. , t t -ii.The ox does not bob a horn. He simply journeys, and the load goes along. . When. he comes to a tough place his pasterns do not bend down; he does not squat. to pull; he does not pinch along on the toes of his shoes; he, seldom , blows, and he does not know how to sweat. He does not exert himself, at patch of woven soil and then hurry up when he is past it The chsJn becomes stiff er and the yoke sits solider 'to his neck, and that is all; there is no sign of effort. The earth may grit its teeth and crunch as it sallows" the plough, but the ox stalks (on his way." With the share deep or shallow, or lifted entirely and hanging, from the axle, whether he is plough ing earth or air it makes no difference to him. "' His most ponderous task Is. still himself, and he heeds no incidentals; ' Jttejs out for a stroll; he does not allow work to interfere with the even tenor .of his way, His tendons are rigged to his outstanding rump bones like so, much spar and tackle,, and he goes along by Interior leverage; inside his oldVwomanhulk is the necessary enginework, and he will neither go slower for this' thing' nor faster for that There is much about him besides his dispc aition.that.is self-contained; he is the antithesis of the automobile! To ride m his bpckfis'a cure for the indigestion; to ride behind him is a rest for the xnind; a course of ox is an antidote for the 'ills- of the times. The Atlantic. How Germany Builds a By Sidney Craves HILE preparations for the United States navy have "been more or less buffeted about in committee and on the floors of the Senate and House of Representatives, we have had I ' rrtv r I in recent years a very conspicuous example of the benefi cial results accruing from a continuous and regular naval ship-building policy, such as that at present under way in the. German empire. Beginning with 1898, the Germans have been acting on a definite program worked out for sev- ' ' eral years in advance. ' It has been known far ahead of the .time of ' beginning construction just how many vessels of the various classes yrere to be laid down each year, although later acts have much increased the numbers and sizes. The. act of 1898 contemplated the acquisition of a navy Including twenty battleships, eight coast defenders, twelve large and twenty nine small cruisers, besides six destroyers to be laid down annually. This to tal Included a number of ships already in'existence, and work was prosecuted on the' others' at the rate of two or three large ships each year. . In 1900 a : supplementary act increased the battleships to thirty-eight the large cruisers to fourteen, and the small cruisers to thirty-eight. In 1906 the lage cruisers yrere' increased to twenty, and the destroyers to be laid down each year were raised from six to twelve. In 1907 the active life of all vessels was declared decreased to twenty years, after 'which new construction would fill the place of each vessel so retired, without such construction being Included in the regular HsMor additions to the navy. Leslie's Weekly. Sunlight Can y W aide mar ,ITH the aid of instruments that feel what our hands can ' rinwAi feci cat TirVk o nnr ovac an n &xrav oaa rltA mlAtm f . II ' physicist has critically analyzed the radiation that beats , V.V ' ' n nnnn this earth from the distant sun. He has cast th sniai- effulgence into, mighty mathematical scales, and has found that the earth sustains a light-load of 7.5,000 tons. Startling as this intellectual, achievement may be, it has been out--dbne by1' the ingenuity of the , experimental scientist. In- . '' struments have .been fect retinas, to note the pressure of llght-xinstruments which offer that con vincing objective evidence demanded by the scientifically uninformed man. him in the industrial rank and file, to subject him to the new feudality,, Old customs and old usages will perish; where the white oxen went afield the steam-harvester will rumble' and snprt; in the meanttime : Pierre and his farm are typicaf .of. France. From "The French Peasant in His Fields,"; In The' Outing Magazine. ( ' v . : ' . . '.'-' 1 , - The" Eternal Puzzle Baby. -Iot so very .i long ago it was cus tomary to treat children as if they were stupid and haughty grown-up people. Now there Iie-3 a'tendsncv to run to -the opposite' extreme, ad to treat-'them as ifthey were a' great deal cleverer than their parents. There are even people who set themselves deliheTately to "study" their children In much the same- spirit as a biologist would- study. new;kifid of germ. loadon Mirror., ''- f D. Stewart power, allow me to suggest the ox. Koon, M. M. & Be Weighed JCaempffert ... .devised-that, enable even our . imper Sometimes Ends In Smoke. Playwright "Erer notice hdw a play is like, a cigar?" : Friend.- "No. How?" . - ', Playwright. "If it's good, one's friends .want a box. But if it's bad, no amount of puffing will make: it draw." Boston Transcript. : ;C. ,f. San Francisco is contemplating a municipal water plant. It is proposed to drain; the. -Sierra mountains for the Durpose.'at a cost of about $42,000 onn wmm frsim $1 1 0,000,000 Worth; frauds ulently .Acquired an appropriation; is asked fecial Agents Report That $110, ; 000,000 Worth ,: of Lands Has Been 1 Fraudulently Acquired Within . the : Past Two Years by Corporatioiaa : and Individual Cases Will be In . vestigated. . . : .' j'' ' - ,'"..' , ' Washington, Special. 1Informationj4 of a startling character. of alleged wholesale and astonishing; frauds np on ine - puDUC lanas nas - come .traiu the possession of Secretary of ;Int terior Garfield through special agents in -the field. The serious allegation is made that approximately $110, 000.000 worth of lands in States prin cipally west of the Mississippi rver have been - fraudulently : acquired within the past two years by corpora tions and individuals. .. With a view of recovering these lands. Secretary Garfield .on 'Monday sent letters to Chairman ;3Iale ' .and Tawnev of the Senate and-House ap propriation- committees, - respectively, asking for additional appropriation of $500,000, which, if granted, with that already asked for will;give the Department $1,000,000 for that pur pose. ! '"' - ' '- It is stated that there is reasonable prospect of recovering much of thisi alleged fraudulently' acquired land il the appropriation is promptly made It is also pointed out that while a million dollars may seem large it is not one per cent of the commercial value of the land which the govern ment" may hop to recover. Spcretarv Garfield also submits-n statement of H. H. Schwartz, chief of the field service, showing over 32.000 distinct cases of alleged land frauds demanding further investiga tion. Among such cases awaiting in vestigations now pending are 1960 Jivided among Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. r .. NO LAW FOR IJBEL SUIT. Senator Rayner Wants the Attorney General to Explain Under What L&.W the Newspapers Can Be Sued For Libel. Washington. Special. A resolution was introduced in the Senate Mondav by Senator Rayner, of Maryland, calling on the Attorney General for information concerning the bringing of a suit for libel against certain newspapers. Mr. Rayner asked for immediate consideration, saying the only purpose was to get information whether this suit had been ordered, whether it was brought at the in stance of the President, under what statute" it has been ordered and by what power and authority the courts are being used to forward this suit. The suit which President Roose velt is , believed to have ordered brought against the Press Publishing Company of Nw York, on account of charges in The New York World that certain well-known persons includ ing Douglas Robinson, the brother-in-law of the President, andjC.P. Taft, the brother of the President elect, were interested in the purchase of the Panama canal property, in spired the Rayner resolution. Addressing the Senate in support of the resolution Mr. Rayner said there -was no law which warrants a suit for libel of the government. On last Saturday six Washington correspondents of out-of-town papers and a local newsboy received sub poenas to appear before federal grand juries and give testimony, pre sumably in connection with state ments appearing in their publications bearing on the Panama canal pur chase. - -Opposed to Increase in Navy. Boston, Special. A remonstrance against a further increase of the United States' navy, signed by 224 clergymen of various denominations ht Boston and vicinity was sent to Congress Monday. It is the belief of the.aainisters that naval preparations have grown so enormously as to be come a distressing burden on the richest nations and an actual menace to the peace of the world. Anti-Trust Law Constitutional. Washington, Special. The Texas State anti-trust law of 1899 and 1903 was held constitutional by the Su ' preme Court of the United States Lin a decision in the famous 'Waters- Peirce Oil Company cases. The opin ion also decides against the company and afiirms the fine. of $1,623,900 or: iginally imposed. September 22d. 1906. the State of Texas brought suit against the oil company in Frairs county to recover penalties and to cancel the company's permit to do business under anti-trust Ihav, June 1st. 1907,. the, company was fouud guilty and fined. . Engineer and Fireman Are Killed. Beagle, Kansas, Special. A " train fan into au open switch; here on Mon day and was . derailed,, the engineer being killed. The engine ran into a string' of bunk cars in which Italian laborers were .sleeping. Four were killed and several injured,. The, fire man was .dangerously hurt and five mail clerks were slightly hurt - . Bishop McQuaid Dead. Rochester, N. Y., Special'. The Rt. Rev. Bernard J. McQuaid, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ro chester,' died early Monday, aged 85 years. Death followed an illness of eight 'month. Sunday was the 61 sf anniversnry of-, the., bishop's priest hood, Bishop McQuaid was born in Newv,York City.. lie was elevated tc the priesthood, on. January ,16th, 1,S4S In 186S he was- made bishop" of Ro chester. , . A , , k ... DOINGS' OF CONGRESS v. Sttmaary j of Important Proceedings ' : Enacted Prom Day to Day. v , . , '. Senate. . .The Ananias. Club was discussed In the Senate Thursday by Senator Till man- who' detlated that r statements made by Attorney General Bonaparte u ir oswnasier uenerai jneyer in re ply to his .-reply. . to charges made against him- by. the President in rela tionv to his contemplated purchase of Oregon timber lands made them eli gible to membership in that organiza tion. He - again.- defended, his. action and said in fighting the " unscrupu lous men" who are determined to i destroy' him he was "prepared' fdr anything, even assassination.7 ' The- legislative, executive and ju dicial appropriation bill was report ed to the benate by Senator Cullom f 1L. ... j-rum -ine committee on appropria tions. The bill includes provisions for the increasing of the salaries of the President to $100,000 annually inclusive of : traveling ' expenses: 'of Lthe Vice President .to $20,000 and of the Speaker of 4he.Heuse to $20,000 Provision is made also for increases in the salaries of Federal judges as follows: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $18,000; o associate.' justices, $17,500; circuit .judges, $10,000; dis trict judges $9,000; chief justice of the Court of Appeals of the . District 6f; Columbia, $10,000; chief justice and associate, judge of the Supreme Court of the District of . Columbia, $9,000; chief justice of the Court of Claims, $7,500; associate gudges of the Court of Claims $7,000. The provision- of the bill increasing the sal ary of Federal judges also includes a readjustment of the salaries of oth er court officials. ;By a vote of 37 to 27 the Senate fixed the salary: of the Speaker of the House of Representatives at $15,000, instead of $12,000 as at present and instead of. $20,000 as proposed by the committee -on appropriations. . A vigorous speech against any in crease was made by Senator Bailey and numerous addresses were made in support of the proposition. Senator Rayner Monday endeavor ed to have thtf Senate adopt a resolu tion calling, on the Attorney General for information as to whether the President had ordered a suit brought against The New York World and Indianapolis News because of alleged libel in publications relating .to the purchase of the Panama canal proper ty and under what statute this action had been taken. Mr. Rayner declared that there was no statute authorizing such legal procedure and that the at tempt to sue the newspapers in the name of the United States, if entered upon, was an attempt to apply the se dition laws long since repealed. , He declared there was no law under which the libel laws -could be made to apply to statements respecting the government. Under , objection ; the further consideration was postponed until Tncsdav. ... i r t. House. - . . , , For a (ime. in the House of Repres entatives it - looked as though that body would further resent the Presi dent's statements affecting members of Congress and the. secret service, by ordering the printing of two million copies of the proceedings of last Fri day tabling 'his remarks.- A resolu tion to that end was presented by Mr. Landis, of Indiana, but so strong was the sentiment against it that it was tabled. ' The District of Columbia appro priation bill was passed, minus the major part of the appropriation of $15,000 for play grounds and the House at 3:25 p. m. adjourned." An amendment in the legislative, executive and judicial opprcpriation bill increasing the salary of the Pres ident to $100:000, of the Vice Presi dent and Speaker of the House to $20,000, with $5,000 additional allow ance for carriages and coachman for the Vice President and Speaker and increases for the judiciary aggregat ing $32S,000, precipitated a lively dis cussion in the Senate Friday. Senator Borah, of Idaho, made . a point of order against thes increases on the legislation, which according to the rules of the Senate cannot be placed on an appropriation bill in face of a single objection. The de bate centered upon the first of the amendments objected to which was to increase the salary of the Speaker of the House of Representatives - and various criticisms w'ere called fortfr against such extensive advances .of salaries, although many Senators without opposing some increase" in sisted that it should be considered in a separate bill and not on one of the great supply measures of the govern ment. ; Without concluding the' debate fur ther consideration of the amendments was postponed until next Monday and at 5:05 the Senate adjourned. Private bills had their innings in the House of Representatives Friday almost the whole session being given up to their consideration. Many were passed. , .:: r. i ' Under a resolution offered-by Mr. Gaines,; of Tennes'ee, the. Jjudicrary. committee . was directed to v- report within ten days upon the question of the right of George L. Lilly, Governor of Connecticut,-to- retnin'his seat as a member of, the House. The subject occasioned a good deal . of debate, winch attimes waxed warm. At 5:0S p. m. the House adjourned. In discussing the increase of (he salaries, Senator Clay said: , ; . "If the President were called upon to pay all- these expenses,' saidMr. Clay, ,f $200,000 a. year would not.be too much." . The President, he said, should have enough salary to live in dignity, but he was convinced that sumptuous living would not redound to the bene fit .of the country. . "The simple life," he said, "plain living and high thinking, " brings the best results.??--' -' ' ;:'-:'! Senator Culberson stated that he proposed at .the proper, time, to offer an amendment making the Speaker's salary $18,000, ' which would make it equal -to that'of -the Chief Justice1? the 'Supreme - Court of the United States; and he added if had ''never been greater. ' .. - Senator ' Hemenway declared ' 'that whether right or wrong-a custom had grown up for-the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Repres entatives to entertain, but " no pro vision1 is made for' paying any of their expenses, as is the case with the President, who is given a house, ser vants,' decorations,' etc. . - ! Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi, said these salaries are " paid for public service and, not for private entertain ment. - " " The following bill was introduced in the House' by Representative God win on Saturday : "Be-it enacted. That the Secre tary of War1 is hereby dircted to be constructed, according to such plans as may be recommended by the engineer in charge and approved by the said Secretary, in the Cape Fear river. Korth Carolina, between Wil mington and Fayetteville, three locks and dams of suitable and sufficient size and strength to permanently maintain at mean low water' a chan nel' in said -river eight feet" deep, to afford. . permanent - and continuous navigation from Wilmington to Fay etteville. , : That . sum of , $1,350,000,. , or so much thereof as may .be necessary, be. and the sum is hereby, appropriated to pay .the .cost of such construction and other necessary expenses." , A committee of six, three repres enting the blue an dthree . the gray, appeared before the House commttee on military affairs to urge the bill of Representative Godwin providing $40,000 to purchase Fort Fisher and make it a park. ,. , . A sensational -and bitter attack on President Roosevelt was made in the House Monday by Mr. Willett, of New York. His remarks, which were delivered under the license of general debate on the pension appropriation bill, were cut short by a vote of the House that it. would hear no more oi them. . So vehement was the denun ciation of the Chief Executive that it seemed as if the New York member raked the dictionary for words which would properly express his . feelings. The President was characterized as a "gargoyle, tyrant, pigmy discenHnt of Dutch trades-pecple, hay-tedder, fountain of billingsgate, a jocularitv imitation of a kin?, and bogus hero." As it was. Mr. Willett had complet ed the reading of about three-fourths of his speech when, after repeated ap peals to the chair by numerous Re publicans that he be called to order, he was compelled to take his seat. The House voted him off the floor. 78 to 126. Mr. Willett freelv remarked on the. floor that the execution of the body "put an end to free speech." , After the furore which the speech created had subsided, a number of members spoke on various subjects. Mr. Smith, of Missouri, pleaded for pensions .for certain militiamen of Missouri: Mr. Langly, of Kentucky, did likewise for some of his constitur tents; Mr.. Norris. of - Nebraska, at tacked the House rules; Mr. Larrina- ments to show that Porta Rico had not preressed politically: and Messrs. Goulden, of New York; Bow ers, of Mississippi, and Keifer, of Ohio, dismissed the" Trierits of the pension bill. '; To Shelter Homeless. '.Washington, Specia1. An innova tion in international relief measures so far as Europe, is concerned is to be undertaken by the American gov ernment in expending the $500,000 in money appropriated by Congress for the Italian earthquake sufferers President Roosevelt has decided to send to Italy material for the con struction of 2,500 or 3,000 substan tial but necessarily very modest frame houses, supplementing this by supplying civilian carpenters to supervise construction if this can be arranged. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Barnard undergraduates decided to give a Latin play. Mrs. Susan T. Mills, president of Mills. College and the pioneer woman educator of California, has passed her e4ghty-tuird birthday. A summons was issued for the pro moters of the Vimedia Company on the complaint of a woman in New York Clty who had Invested $2500. Hazel Hall-Drew, the Brooklyn schoolgirl who eloped with Walter McGreal, ia heir to S150.000. She is' a grandniece of the late Daniel Drew. Miss Ruby Abrams. who was re cently graduated at the head- of the art class in Cooper Institute, is deaf, and until a' few years ago was also dumb." Women figure largely In the per sonal tax assessment rolls of New' York. The city's totaKreal estate valuation for the year 1909 exceeds six and one-third billions of dollars. , Miss Esther V. Hassen, of Wash ington, is to . be the chief hospital nurse of the navy. She has served In her profession in Philadelphia, on the hosDital shin Relief and on the Isthmus of Panama. " ' X . woman , maniac was about io throw : - Dr. . Mary. Crawford .' from" a third-story' window ; in Brooklyn, J. -Y when the , doctor pressed her -thumbson the ynaniacV; optic nerve and oyerrowereq. Jier-" Queen Victoria's complaint against the terrible summer heat and equally trying winter : cold , at Madrid," the Spanish capital, precipitated the question of the advisability of moving the government to Barcelona. ;Thls year 12,554 women registered In Boston to vote for school commit tee, i Twenty-nine years aeo. when- the privilege of voting at these elec-: tions was first granted - to women, only 900 registered, and for the fol lowing nine years the average was only a little over 1000. '-'' GOING ONE BETTER. y Drummer Your rival that run3 the A-merican House seems - to - be up-to-date: He says'- he has turkey, auto killed, every few days. Landlord (Eagle Jlouse) Shucks, that ain't much. Woy, we har wild turkey, killed hy aeroplane.-r-Boston Post.. . - . - . ,. . . MliJflfTIMTlANTA this Southern Ctf 'Entertains in Great Style All FORMER EFFORTS OUTDONE After "Talking Through Gorgia," Making a Half Dozen Speeches, the President-Elect is Greeted at the Georgia Capital in True Atlanta Style. Atianta, Ga., SpeciaL President elect William H. Taff was Friday in the cordial and hospitable embrace of Georgia. Recognising the climax of the varied-and continuous demonstra tions in the brilliant and imposing scene-presented .at the banquet here he exclaimed with evidences of great feeling: "I had not hoped to win. the South, but the South has won me." -, " The banquet was the - most am--. bitious event of its kind the city has ever undertaken. . Though partici pated in by more than 500 of the city's representative men, it was gloried in by the entire population. It, and the preceding eloquence of welcome extended to Mr. Taft in his reception at the Capitol and . at the Piedmont Hotel, where he was sought by thousands, constitute a brilliant chapter in his record of achievements south of Mason and -Dixon's line. Talks Along, the Way. "Talking through Georgia" is a literal description of his trip from Augusta to Atlanta. . And whereover the special train, which Atlanta pro vided, came to a halt there were cheering crowds evidencing their cor diality by floral tributes, by cheers, bands and speeches . in . which . the. President-elect was told that he was respected, admired, loved. A little bunch of violets plucked from the grave of Alexander Steph ens and presented by a grandniece of the distinguished Georgian, touched a tender cord and brought forth a warm tribute to the memory of Stephens at Crawfordsville. The young men of Emory College were cheered on their way at Coving ton and the girl students of Agnes Scott Institute at Decatur were ad dressed as "My Girl Friends" and talked to pleasantly. When . Mayor Butler, of Madison, predicted "a term of eight years for Taft" the big Ohioan responded by saying he hoped the mayor was a true prophet. , Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft be gan in the railroad yads where all locomotives tied open their whistles and ceased only when he had retired for the. night at his ; hotel. Thousands were at the station, thousands fol lowed him through the streets as he was drawn by" four cream-colored horsey to the Capitol. Governor Smith and a committee . of seventy gave him a formal reception, after which the Governor' presented him to the tremendous crowd and Mr. Taft onee more voiced his reciprocity of cordality and good feeling at his re ception. He was at once escorted bv a squad of mounted police to the rieamont liotel, where he was ten dered a reception by the chamber of commerce, the Ohio Society and Yale alumni. Governor-elect Brown came with Mr. Taft, Governor Smith received him and the officials of the city and State -generally participated in- his welcome. The features of the banquet includ ed not only the striking appearance of the high, pillared room, with its white walls, and flag scheme of dec orations, but a quaint programme of old-time negro songs illustrating the days, sung as solos by preachers, doc tors and judges. The tables were the streamers of two huge flags, the field of each being formed by the speakers' table set be fore a forest of palms and ferns. Di rectlv behind the guest of honor was an electric flag which not only waved but flashed forth a likeness of Mr. Taft when the Presjdent-eleet arose to speak. ' A "Billy 'Possnra." After the 'possum, Waters and 'simmon bear had been served, and the many other courses of the feast, the guests, led by the orchestra, broke into song. Judge Taft joined heartily in the' merriment. He was presented with a "billy 'possum" constructed after the manner of the "teddy bear" to be the emblem of his admin istration.' He was also made the recipient of a silver pocket Twater flask, bearing the coat of arms.of Georgia, tthe gift of -Mrs. James'Longstreet. : i .What was taken as-jfhe most lasting and ' satisfactory feature of Mr. Taft 's speech was his . expressed de sire to appoint to Federal positions in the South only such men as stand high as citizens , in the localities in which, they live. , Mr. Taft said with feeling that he was proud to have been the first Re publican candidate for the presidency who had carried his canvass south of Mason and Dixon's line. In concluding Mr. Taft -said: ' "I beg those of my hearers who differ with me poiitically not to sup pose that their cordiality and courteous reception are misunder stood by me. I know that they spring from an earnest and patriotic desire to pay prpeA respect to the great office to which I have been elected, 'and that they grow out of ,a sincere wish and proper assumption that having been elected to tfie chief magistracy, I shall become the' Presi dent, not of a party but of a whole united people." t -: 'i- Erpr m STUDENTS . , ; - .: ... . '- Atlanta's : Distinguished Guest ?. .Kept on the Go .Visiting the Col - leges in and Around the City. " Atlanta, . Special.-r-Having , Pr(W claimed Friday night "what is ' to be his Southern appointing policy, which is regarded here as -constituting the President-elect's important message to the South, Mr. Taft on Saturday manifested his great interest in" tech nical education, in the development of the negro race, in the benefits 0f university life on the forming char acter of the youth of.the future of women teachers and entered with zet into the most brilliant . social function the , city -of Atlanta has wit. nessed in years. . Mr. Taft spoke to the students 0 the Georgia School of Technbloj I hen to a mass meeting of negroes in Big Bethel church. Saturday after noon he journeyed . to Athens, Ga. where he spoke to the student body of the State Univesity and to the prospective teachers of the normal school, met the people of the city at a reception, and reached Atlanta again 'in time to attend the recep. ticn and dinner 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 - .' ,-. - ..Talks to Students. Interesting among the things Mr. Taft said in the day's speeches was his exhortation to the young men of the technological, school not to let their desires for big jobs overbalance their absolute honesty.- "The great est liars that I have ' ever met are unprincipled experts," was his com ment. . In his four years, as Secretary of War Mr. Taft said he'had come in direct contact with the best engineers of the world.. . He gave high praise to the UnitedStates' army corps of engineers. Having unaouDteaiy in mind the Panama canal he added: "It is of the greatest aid to men re sponsible for work, although -it in volves the expenditure of millions and millions of dollars, to be able to turn it over with entire confidence to a corps like that with absolute con fidence that everything will be man aged with absolute honesty and on the highest scale of engineering skill." Score Die in Collision. Glenwood Springs, Col., Special- Twenty persons were killed and thirty, injured, many of them seri ously in a head-on collision between westbound passenger tram No. 5 and an eastbound freight tram on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad be tween Dotsero and Sprune creek, 22 mil.es from . Glenwood Springs Friday night. While nothing official has beeri1- given out as to the cause of the wreck it is said to have been due to a misunderstanding of orders on the part of Engineer Gustaf Oleson, of the passenger train. Oleson, however claims his instructions were read per fectly, but that he misread his watch, thus encroaching on the time of the freight train which was being drawn by two locomotives, the first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Ole son. Train No. 1 was made up of an engine and tender, a ' baggage car, a smoking car, followed by a chair car a tourist sleeper and a full comple ment of standard sleepers and a din ing car. The locomotives are up on end -and ' joined together as one piece of mechanism.1 Their wheels were rolled down into the Grand river and pieces of machinery are scattered all over the scene of the wreck. The smoking car was only partly derailed,, while the chair-car immediately fol lowing was completely telescoped by the touring' sleejper. None of the standard sleeper's left the track and no one was killed or injured in these cars, most of the dead and injured being removed from the ruins of the chair car which was split completely in twain. Taft Will Use Automobiles. Washington, Special. The next President of the United States is to pin his faith on the automobile. That became known when the House com mittee on, appropriations included in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill an item of $12,000 for the pur chase and maintenance of automo biles for the White House. The entire amount carried in the bill is $1,023, 602. . - Marriages Between Whites and Blacks to be Made a Crime. Washington, Special. If.. Senator Milton, of Florida, can have his way, miscegenation in the District, of Col umbia hereafter will be treated in the courts as a crime punishable by fine of $1,000. The Florida Senator has introduced a bill providing that any. person who has one-eighth or more of negro blood in his veins shall be considered as of the African race. Such marriages are declared to he null and void, and any issue result ing from them illegitimate and in capable of inheritance. Tried5 to Bribe the Judge and is Sent r . v-N . Up. Leavenworth, Kan., Special. Act ing Judge JtfeidHnger, of the District Court hereyfihod Attorney Schwartz $15 and committed - him to the coun ty jail for 90 days for offering the judge a 'bribe. Attorney Schwartz the judge charged, appeared at the Neidlinger home last week and offer ed the judge $50 -to giver a decision favorable to Sehwart2 in a case set for today. 'J )" " ' $50,000. Suit Against Night R'ders. Paducah, Ky., Special. Damai in the sum of $50,000 are asked m a suit filed in the United States Court here by C. W. Rucker, of Metro nolis. TIL. no-flinst 193 alleged ni C 7 7 O t. riders of this section Many of . defendants are prominent in Westei"1 Kentucky. .- The plaintiff was polf judge of Eddyville, Ky., when claims the defendants called at yf home - on the night . of 1 March 15 : 1908, compelled him to -walk hare footed to the Cumberland River.