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vol. XXIX. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY. MAY 11, I9II. -.--ft.-. -ti Ho. 10 EDITORIAL BRIEFS v,. - before and after" Democrats ... r o-A very plentiful in Congress. sheriff f Person County has rf. k-r-! the office no, he is cot a It is spring, but. In view of the r.nforlal contest, the mocking-bird afraM to sing. 17 Democratic politicians still ui. a Hitle sugar in theirs even If ,t ,io's benefit the trusts. And now many of the Democrats ;Q Congress are supporting the "In iquitous" tariff on wool! Wood row Wilson predicts a new political era. That is probably with the proviso that Wilson is made Pres ident. Kx-(iovernor Glenn is now back in the State lecturing, and is apt to ak out in politics at any rao- merit. The tax assessments this year will about satisfy those who have been voting for "Democratic good govern ment." If they try to keep up their present pace some of the Democratic candi dates will be wind-broken before No vember, 1912. The News and Observer says that Dr. Faison made his maiden speech in Congress Saturday. Wonder if he blushed much? A man was killed in a restaurant in Columbia, S. C, Saturday in a quarrel over a bowl of soup. Reminds ones of the Cleveland days. The Democratic leaders are brag ging about what they are doing in Congress. But just wait until they hear from the people again. Bobby Glenn has taken the step from the sublime to the ridiculous again from Home Missions to the election of a Democratic President. The machine manufactured by the last Legislature for the purpose of raising the tax valuation of property is not proving to be a very popular invention. If the tax assessors do not raise the valuation of your property suffi ciently the Corporation Commission has the power to take another whack at you. The Democrats believe in ma chines. They have run politics by a machine for many years, and are now increasing the peoples' taxes by a Machinery Act. Some of the Democratic members of the Tennessee Legislature are mix ed up in a bribery scandal. It seems that every Democratic Legislature, will have a scandal of its own. The Greensboro Record does not want the "Home' for the Feeble Minded" established in that city. Wonder why the Record thought that town was in danger of being selected. The Wilmington Star says: "Try to get it in Wilmington before you think of buying it somewhere else." Judging from reports, it is less trou ble to get it in Wilmington than it is to order it from Virginia. While Mr. Simmons health was too poor for him to serve on the 'committee on the high cost of .liv inS" it seems that it has improved sufficiently for him to make another Seated race for his job. . The prayers of the chaplain are now printed in the Congressional Record. Why don't the Congressmen ve copies of these prayers distrib uted among their constituents in stead of so many of their campaign speeches? . A special to the Charlotte Obser ver says that a dead mule at Hamp tonville had traveled nearly 57,000 miles. The old Democratic mule has traveled even farther, and most of the trip has been in Salt River, wad ing up to his neck. TRIAL TO MIGXS JUXE 1- j John 4. JfcNemara and n?e Others! Will be Trl5 at T, ri . ! Cliarg of Dynamiting the An- KH Time nuIMimr. Killing i i Mm Will Re Hotly Contested! Cae. i j Angeles. Cal.. May 5. John j J. McNamara. Secretary of the In ternational Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Association, to-day was formally arraigned before Judge Walter Bordwell, of the Superior Court on charges of murder and dyn amiting, and his brother. James B. McNamara, was arraigned on & charge of murder, all In connection with the explosion which wrecked the Los Angeles Times building on Octo ber 1, 1910. and killed twenty-one men. Ortle McManigal, alleged to have made a confession implicating the McNamaras, was not arraigned. It Is not expected that he will make any appearance in court until the trial begins. The day for the Mc Namara brothers to plead was fixed for June 1st. Fully an hour before the time for the arraignment the court room was crowded, despite efforts of the offi cers to keep the proceedings secret. The McNamara brothers, with hands manacled, were brought into court by Sheriff Hammel and three deputies. Assistant District Attorney Ford read all the nineteen indicements, charging the men with the murder of employees of the Times plant. Accused with the brothers in the indictment were William Caplan, al leged to have been an abettor of Jas. McNamara in the explosion, and four others, one a woman, who were masked by the name of "John Doe," "Richard Roe," "John Stiles," and "Jane Doe." The accusation was followed by a list of the scores of witnesses exam ined by the grand jury in the weeks following the Times disaster, and with the late addition of Ortie E. Mc Manigal, who appeared before the in quisitorial body only yestesday. Considering the importance of the case and the distance which it may be necessary to bring witnesses, At torney RIppaport for the defense said: "I would like to have thirty days before the pleas are entered." "If you are allowed an unusual time to enter the pleas," said Prose cutor Fredericks, "will you waive the provision of the statute which de clares that the men must be tried within sixty days after they are ar raigned?" Rappaport signified his willingness and the District Attorney said he would consent that the pleas be made on June 1st. Ford then read the other eighteen indictments. James B. McNamara was permit ted to sit down and then an indict ment was read, charging John J. Mc Namara, Ortie E McManigal, "John Doe," John Stiles, "Richard Roe," and "Jane Doe" with dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron Worka last Christmas. The time for McNamara to plead to that charge, also was fixed for June 1st. BIGAMY IS ALLEGED. Wilmington Man, Mr. H. A. Fields, is Held in Norfolk by Authorities He is Charged With Bigamy. Wilmington, N. C, May 9. Chief-of-Police John J. Fowler has received a telegram from Major Kizer, of the Norfolk police department which stated that H. A. Fields, a white man who formerly resided here, had been arrested in that city on a charge of bigamy. It is stated that Fields was formerly employed in the post-office in this city. It has been learned that Fields was married in Norfolk in April. Inquiry on the part of the police department of that city, through telegrams here, resulted in the information that Fields' first wife and their children live at No. 307 Dawson Street, this city. An officer was sent to that house number by Chief Fowler, and the patrolman was informed by Mrs. Fields that she and her husband were married some years ago in Richland County, New York. It is probable that Mrs. Fields ,No. 1 will go to Norfolk to give in evidence In the case. Killed 3Ian Who Wronged His Daughter. Philadelphia, Pa., May 4. Re venging the honor of his eighteen-year-old. daughter, Frank McMahon, aged 48 years, shot and fatally wounded George Leary, aged 53 years to-night, when the latter laughed at his demands for repara tion. : The shooting occurred in the pres ence of a large crowd, that had been gathered at 55th and Spruce streets by the loud wrangling of the two men. Leaving his victim lying in the street, McMahon sought a police man to give himself up. McMahon is a saloon keeper at Second and Spruce streets. : Leary is a real estate operator. He died shortly after midnight. AGAINST FREE TRADE Farmers Protest Against FcCl- procity and Democratic Free Trade List SHALL THEY REAP WHAT THEY SOW ? Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood Overrun by the Democratic Hons on the Proposition to Protect Wool Some Republicans in Favor of Letting the Country Hare a Dose of Democratic Free TrmdeOtber Republicans Say it is the Patriotic Ihity of tlte Senate to Save the Country From the Disasters and Folly of the Democratic nonse The Serious Situation in Mexico. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington, D. C., May 9, 1911. On yesterday, the Democratic House passed what they have proclaimed to be the "Farmers' Free List Bill." Judging from the number of repre sentatives of the various farmer or ganizations who are here protesting against this bill, and also against the reciprocity bill which the Democratic House recently passed, it would seem that these bills are considered by the farmers as more hostile than friendly. The Tangle Over Free Wool. As stated in The Caucasian last week, there was such a protest among the farmers and cattle-men in the wool growing States against free wool that Speaker Clark and Leader Un derwood, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, had started a canvass among the Demo crats in the House not to put wool on the free list, but to give it sub stantial protection. They insisted that if the duty should be reduced at all, it should not be reduced more than 50 per cent, Speaker Clark, who was a candidate for the Presidency, taking the position that if wool was put on the free list that the Republi cans could probably control the wool States and make it impossible for the Democrats to carry the next Presi dential election. It was thought at that time that Speaker Clark and Leader Under wood would be able to control the situation, but the rank free traders in the House took the bit in their teeth and ran away with the situation, re fusing to give any heed to the warn ings and pleadings of Speaker Clark and Mr. Underwood. A Formidable Protest From Farmers A large delegation of representa tive farmers appeared yesterday be fore the Senate Committee on Fi nance, and also went in a body to the White House to protest against the reciprocity treaty and certain feat ures "of the so-called farmers' free list bill. The President is reported to have said to the delegation that he believed they were wrong in their fears; that while reciprocity might lower the prices on some of the prod ucts of farmers, that yet he consider ed on the whole it would be for the benefit of the country, taking into consideration farmers, laborers, mer chants, manufacturers, and all class es of people. When Mr. Gardner, the head of the Massachusetts State Grange, was making his protest before the Senate Committee on Finance on behalf of the farmers, he was asked by a num ber of the committee if they did not vote to elect Mr. Foss, the Democratic candidate for Governor in that State at the last election, and if Mr. Foss did not make his campaign on de nouncing the Republican tariff as be ing the cause of high prices, and if he, Mr. Foss, did not promise the people that they would be able to live cheaper if he was elected and a Congress in sympathy with him, and they were to lower duties on the nec essaries of life, etc. He replied that Mr. Foss did make his campaign, us ing these as some of his issues. Mr. Gardner was then asked why it was that the farmers now came down to Congress to protest against Congress doing what the farmers had voted in favor of, and that his reply seemed to create the impression that the farm ers had been mistaken. The Farmers Representatives Here. Among the grange officials who were in the party were N. J. Bache lor, former Governor of New Hamp shire' and master of the National Grange; W. P. Hull, master of the Michigan State Grange and President of National Dairymen's Association; W. N. Giles, Secretary of the New York State Grange; J. WVHutchins, r Secretary of the Michigan State Grange; F. N. Godfrey, Master of the New York State Grange and Chair man ; of the Executive Committee of the National Grange ; H. S. Messlck, Master of the Delaware State Grange; (Continued on page 4.) auvska.s iraita VOXh ovtat-j uoaitji. ! j ntd ArU In t1t tjbe Ctassl llrtd Gcfemnet m4l Mtttt Stop. J I 1 I Washington. May SwOa receipt? jof news of rioting at Cordova. Ala-! ka. Secretary of the Interior rubor j wired Governor Clark as follows: ! "Press reports indicate that there! hat been lawlessness and destruction of British Canadian cos! and de traction of British Canadian Coal at Cordova by citizens claiming to be acing la resentment of the delay here. You are fully advised of ray personal desire to promote Alaskan coal development as promptly as cir cumstances will permit, but lawless ness man absolutely be suppressed j orous action to this end." Cordova. Alaska. May 5. The feeling here toward Gilford Pincbot. because of his attitude In tying up the coal fields by bis action In the Federal courts Is so bitter that he was burned in effigy in Kantala, sc- S I . A Taft has been asked to send troops; to Cordova, Alaska, to suppress the coal rioteers there, who boarded an Alaskan steamship loaded with Can- cargo overboard. New York,' May 5. Isaac Guggen heim, head of the famous Guggen heim family, made this statement this afternoon regarding the Alaskan situation: "We do not own a foot of coal land in Alaska and have no desire to add anything to our investments there outside of our copper proper ties. The coal land situation up there is on outrage. The coal fields are from 20 to 30 miles beyond our copper claims. We have put thirty millions into our railroad up there and would put as much more if the Government would adopt a policy that would guarantee protection. Our interest in this matter is the same as that of other persons. We want to develop that part of our national domain and add to our property." ARMIES WLL FIGHT AGAIN. The Armistice Between the Mexican Government and Revolutionist Generals is Broken Off President Diaz Will Not Resign. El Paso, Texas, May 6. The arm istice covering the Chinuahua district and all unofficial communication be tween the Mexican Government and the two revolutionists were broken oft to-day and to-night the insurreeto army under General Francisco -I. Madero, Jr., is preparing to pursue the revolution as vigorously as ever. Juarez will 'be the first point of attack, but the rebels probably will not move for another twenty-four hours. , Judge Carabajal, having notified Dr. Vazquez Gomez, head of the re bel peace commission, to-day that it was impossible for him to continue the peace negotiation on the basis suggested by the rebels and the re bels having refused to extend the armistice, the following statement was issued by General Madero defin ing his position: Madero8 Statement. "While Diaz is in power all laws will be fictitious and all promises tricks of war. With thaUidea and in order to obtain peace in Mexico, I asked him to make public the inten tion which he had manifested pri vately of resigning from the govern ment, i In order that he might , not feel humiliated or have any pretext to deny such a request, I proposed that I also resign as Provisional President even manifesting to him that I would accept as President for the interim a member of his Cabinet, who occupies a post of much confidence and who is correspondingly able to fill it. "It is not possible for me to do more for my country and if the war continues, it will be due solely to the inexplicable ambition of General Diax. He, therefore, will be alone responsible before the civilized world and in history for alt the misery! which the war may cause." NEW HOTEL BURNED. Roper's Hotel at Flat Rock Destroyed by Flames. Hendersonville, N. C, May 8. A $20,000 fire yesterday morning de stroyed C. E. Roper's summer hotel at Flat Rock, two miles north from here. The building Is situated on a high hill near the Flat Rock depot, was less than a year old and the spectacular blaze attracted hundreds of spectators. Building and contents were insured for $11,000. The orig in of the fire Is unknown. Mr. Roper spent the night In Hen dersonville and the only occupants of the building were, his two sons, who awoke to find the forty-room struc ture ablaze in many different parts. coram to aavices reeeivea nere to- . h p"; L Seattle. Wash.. May 5.-Pre,ldea,h' " Ai;cinnr iiistquy Napolcoa Gave Ejypt Seacf Real War, Bat It Wej Hit Ruin. KLEBER BECAHE GOV. The KnxiUh I Wt rf etS lb flam of Xspolena and Ite H XeHyjtiy a snUUoa 4e4Urs y I. Rottled t la ;rU aad lypc ! inS tfce rrltti f . PanAtst ricasi lTakst fciUiiaf. t 1 The Turks Fttgtt Assiut Xr-Ue4 ter Ih anlrlic map Mfca ef its lean ad In Fttr 4 Kastaed ! lJe in?2. . , - k, . i Ptrl4fci raft. $eriAfy itf SUle The Mrse of t ir TuraUh Kfcol bafe4p e tfx, Treaclrry liaised the MamHuVr. i&est ta dltomtSle &4 eUl life -When U K. OulU W. ItaUlh'.4 i""? "r " ."T and Facts A Unit It, Bilkiniville, n. c.. May S. 111. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise. Near the close of the seventeen it ' reason ut Riven, though some rea son must her existed. The ArIs . . 1 t . . . H. . k- j fleet wuz moored In front or Alexan-j jdria an garrisons were left in Alex andria an' General Kleber wm made governor. The French army wut landed, numberin something over 3 O.ftnA Kfihllnrt tin hit unrrhed In. ward Cairo, in five divisions. The! r-ccgie. its a tpeeca accepung Egyptian commander, Murad lley.f "f41- the gift fee- had about 20.000 infantry, awl Mara-!104, Po Jta was "an honor the alukes. an' several thousand cavalry I of !fh,ca neTrr Wfore a an' forty cannon, for weapons ov warowed upon ix human feein," had now become somewhat modern. j The well directed fire ov the French j TO PROTFCT RACRKD ItKLICH. proved very destructive to the Egyp-! . tlans an the battle wound up when L. . ..... the French made a terriffic assault ! OHRln1 1),.nitlm t,f Imlepend- with fixed bayonets. The French ? captured awl ov the cannons an cam els owned by the Egyptians, an about 3,000 Egyptian dead lay upon the battlefield. The next day Napoleon entered Cairo. He established a gov ernment, consisting ov seven mem bers. Then he summoned the Egyp tian officials who promised loyalty to France. Napoleon agreed to respect the Mohometan religion an to re spect property rights. Napoleon then started out to capture or kill the rov ing bands ov Mamelukes who had scattered when ,the French army ap proached Cairo. When the French general returned to Cairo he learned that the English fleet had attacked that ov tbe French at Aboukir. This wuz serious news for Napoleon. He saw at once that hiz communication with France wuz liable to be cut off an that England might prevent hiz return, starve hiz army. In fact.: About the same time Turkey, being sore because Napoleon had gotten Egypt, threatened to go to war with France. But Napoleon didn't lose hiz nerve. He established a government for Egypt along French lines. Things becoming' quiet. Napoleon marched out ov Cairo on February 27, 1799, for Tyria. He captured El-Alrish, a fort in the desert, then Jaffa, Naplons an' Zeta, awl Syrian towns. He se- cured a good supply ov provisions an ! wuz ready to capture St. Jean d'Acre. He had an army or about 18,000 men. Tbe English fleet had arrived at the town above named an' gave aid to the garrison in the shape ov ammunition, awlso hit later landed several hundred men an' many can non. This enabled the Turks to make a strong resistance. Napoleon wuz finally compelled to give up efforts to capture the city on account or a lack ov ammunition, probably. The French returned to Cairo, an eighteen days' march. A Turkish fleet soon landed about 18,000 men at Aboukir on' they took the fort there. The news soon reached Napoleon an' he got busy. He met the Turks between Alexandria an Aboukir an gave them bat tie. The Turkish General, Mus tapha Pacha, an awl his soldiers an cannon were captured, an two thou sand Turks were killed In battle. This compelled another division or the Turkish army which had taken refuge in the fort at Aboukir to get in a bad way, an' Napoleon demanded its un conditional surrender. This hit did on August the 2nd. Thus Napoleon turned defeat into victory, for be tween England an Turkey hiz chances had appeared slim for some weeks. By this victory hiz hold upon Egypt seemed secure for a time at least' But Napoleon Bonaparte wuz just like other people; he could Ag ger powerfully, but sometimes Ag gers would git tangled. About this time he happened to remember that he had gained considerable territory in Italy a short time before. Learin General Kleber in command in Egypt he started for Italy. Napoleon had probably made a serious mistake; he wuz "land poor" -had too much ter ritory at any rate. In November, 1799, the Turks attempted to land a force in Egypt, hut Kleber managed to repel them. But hiz situation wuz (Continued on page 3.) ! f Mtu cutixtxat: turret vea m;rx. f i44 ll4 9N9 Tevetf Ot j Wasatxttt. Slay II Aftsr rseetr jlag s44 Heate4 t y 1 3 a As&mf- VifUut Wisrut u je?d Tfc ASNwkaa ftrMii t jAfciSrw- CrtUr a4 -Hts1irf !4 it !!&.$$ Is :!& te I In the hall f Ui rnAsrksi Ca j iaa feaUsile. Jo&u lUrreft. 4!frer jof tfc uftiofi, declared last never t l fore in history ha4 so i&JifiJss! (been so honored by a tro? of as- tloni, rVnor De Zat&acosa. ta UvtS- ambassador: Preset Tsft. Sv ?!JZX "We meet here to4ny," sal4 the j President, "to take pan in the cre- tnony of the eresentatlda br the union of these republic of th. Pan. American cold medal to the&4ttt4 ual, forecaott In tbe worll la his ! erjetic action for the promotion ef peace. We are all clad to take part in it. The Immediate cause was the presentation to that union of this beautiful tempi of peace. ence ami t onwutntlon 9Ioved to ' Safer Quarters. Washington. D. C May 6. Tna sacred relics of enduring popular government the original declaration of independence and ConttltuUon of the United States, which -for nearly a decade have been locked up In the arcbieves of the State Depart ment, were personally Inspected to day by Secretary Knox, who. during his tenure of office. Is charged with their preservation for posterity. Their exposure forcibly revealed to the secretary that the safe la which they are kept Is neither water nor fire-proof. Altogether without available funds, he Immediately Is sued Instructions that an estimate be made of the cost of a receptacle which would make the historic In struments absolutely secure against destruction. Both documents hare been ob scured from public gaze since 1902 in order to save them from the spoli ation of sunlight, from accident or vandalism. When uncovered to-day the im mortal declaration displayed tbe rav ages of time and the disastrous ef fects of press copying to which It was submitted in 1850 iid from which all fac-slmlles have 'teen made. Nearly all the ftlgnatureti have faded away, even the famous scroll of John Hancock being only vaguely and incompletely visible. The dim med tut, however. Is readable la its entirety. The condition of the decla ration Is ascribed by officials more to press copying than to wear of years. The constitution which has sever been press copied, is in almost per fect shape. A re-arrangement of the depart ment's library afforded the secretary an opportunity to view tbe relics. They were returned to the safe, and , Mrs. Knox announced that, for the sake of their preservation, there would be no change in tbe policy of locking them up from public exhibi tion. Canada Will Xot Pass oa Reciprocity 3feasure lie fore August, Ottawa. Oct., May 4. It was prac tically dec! Jed to-night that tbe House will adjourn during the ab sence of Sir Wilfrid Laurler at the Imperial Conference at tbe Coro nation, thus delaying ratification of the Flelding-Knox reciprocity agree ment at least until August. The re cess will begin on June 1, and will continue for six weeks. t Information from Washington that the Senate may not reach a rote oa the question for two months, influ enced the government to a great ev tent in agreeing to the recess. Democrats Pulling Wool This WeeJc Statesville Landmark. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Congress will begin next week to grind out the tariff bill providing for revision of tbe wool schedule. There Is division among Democrats on this question. Some want raw wool on the free list while others contend that so radical a change should not be made now. V I f t i s - I 8S I 4 f I . i 4 i 1 1 i it-
