North Carolina Newspapers

PTTN 1 1 i ii JL JL 4. vol. xxx. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1912. No. 2 EDITORIAL BRIEFS Dr. Frederick Cook, the artic ex plorer, is to lecture in Raleigh but thn, Raleigh is Democratic, too. Every time one faction of the Dem ocrats bury the hatchet another fac tioa comes along and scratches it up. An exchange pays this U "Dickens year." Doubtless many of the candi dates will think ko before the year is over. Dr. Cook will not be the only Dem ocrat to imagine he has cliacoverc-d the North Pole after the next elec tion. The Democrats might endorse that $75,000,000 "steer in their platform if they are looking for a real para mount. Wonder if Dr. Cook's visit to North Carolina was responsible for the extremely cold spell the past week? Of course the Democratic farmer who thinks he was too prosperous can still vote the Democratic ticket and be consistent. While Mr. Bryan has said he will, not be a candidate again, he has also given his party to understand that he is not out of politics. ' The Reidsvllle Review wants to see j Bryan and Roosevelt fight It out. The Review should remember what Col. Roosevelt did for Judge Parker! The next Democratic nominee for , President will be selected just forty ! miles from Washington, but that is as! close as he will get to the White House. Mr. Bryan has decided to turn over his cross of gold and crown of thorns to some other candidate. He prob ably found there were more thorns than gold connected with work. If every Democratic politician was given an office for life you would hear no more from them about the "robber tariff" and they would shed no more crocodile tears for "the dear people." The Agricultural Department has issued a bulletin giving the yield of "sweet potatoes" and "yams." That information is of course instructive, still we would like to know if yams are not sweet potatoes? And now they say Congressman Gudger voted for the Sherwood pen sion bill because there are many ex Federal soldiers living in his district. Isn't that awful to be poked at a Southern Democrat? Speaking of the Presidential possi bilities, an exchange says if the Dem ocratic party is defeated this time it will probably be because it deserves defeat And may the Democratic party again get what it deserves. One exchange thought Professor Coon took an inopportune time to wash the State's "dirty linen" before Speaker Champ Clark. But what is the State doing with dirty linen un der "pure Democracy" and "white su premacy?" The Governor of South Carolina says that if matters keep up there will have to be some more monu ments erected to editors in that State. Evidently the South Carolina editors haven't been saying nice things about Governor Blease. Win. R. Hearst was lionized by the Democrats at their Jackson Day, din ner, it was only a few years ago that they were trying to read him out of the party, but they have probably found out they need every voter they can get, and then aome. Some weeks ago Judge B. F. Long wrote a letter stating in effect that he would be a candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court if the people thought he should run. Evi dently the people didn't think he should, as the Judge has recently de cided to hold on to what he has and not enter the race. to changk inauguration DATK. Cmffrvnman Henry Introduce Reo lutlon to Chan;; Date to Iat TburMlay In April. The Houte Judiciary Committee Tuesday ordered" favorably reported tho Henry resolution changing the date of the Presidential inauguration from March 4th to the last Thurs day In April, and the terms of Rep resentatives in Congress to begin the second Tuesday in January instead of on March 4th. These changes would be effective April, 1917, and January, 1918. The Henry resolution would pro vide for extension of the term of the the President and Vice-President elected in 1912 to the last Thursday in April, 1917. Congress would con vene annually on the second Tuesday in January. This would leave the biennial elections In November, ex cept in Oregon in June, and in Maine and Vermont in September. Several Democratic members re served the right to amend the reso lution on the floor. The bill would also give Congress constitutional power to legislate where there is a vacancy on account of the death or inability of the President-elect and Vice-President-elect between the counting of the electoral vote and the inauguration. CHINA IS IN A TURMOIL Ten Xhousaod MancllUS are Massacred by Rebels in Shen-Si District Many Towns Have Ileen Ijooted and Deserted Preparing for Big Battle The Abdication of the Emperor Continues to be Discussed, But No Decision Has Been Reached. Peking, Jan. 15. The Kan-Su Im perial army, after much fighting, has succeeded in pushing its way to with in sixty miles of Siap-Pu. The entire province of Shen-Si dg in a turmoil. Many towns have been looted and de serted. The reported massacre of 10,000 Manchus by rebels in the Shen-Si dis trict is confirmed. Conditions in the interior of China are graphically described in an inter view with Adolph Herman, who went to Tayan-Fu to rescue women asd children of the China Inland Mis sion. The Provinces of Shen-Si and Shan Si from which the reported massacre of 10,000 Manchus by rebels is now confirmed, have been hot-beds of the revolution for some months. . On De cember 8th news was received by messenger of Sian-Fu, the capital of j Shan-Si, that 8,000 Manchus had been slain in the province up' to that date. A column of imperialist troops has been operating in the district to sup press the rebellion, but the slaying of Manchus has continued steadily. Preparing for Big Battle. Shanghai, Jan. 15. Three cruisers and three transports, conveying three bataalions of revolutionary infantry, eight machine guns and three moun tain guns, sailed from Shanghai to day for Chi-Fu. A large force of rev olutionaries is reported to have con centrated seventy miles South of the Su-Show-Pukow Railroad line. Xo Abdication Yet. Peking, China, Jan. 15. Discus sion regarding the question of the ab dication of the Emperor continues but up to this evening has not resulted in any decision being retached. The court is unable to reconcile the con fliscting advice of the different fac tions. Some Manchu leaders urge that the Emperor abdicate and remain in Pe king, while the, Chinese contend that abdication would be futile unless the court departs fro mthe capital. It is understood that the plans for the abdication have undergone delay pending the final arrangements in cluding the place of retirement, the guarantee of pensions and other terms offered by the republicans. There has been -great difficulty in de vising assurances for carrying out the republican pledges. No confidence exists in the ability or in the firm in tention of the Republicans to observe their promises. Women Voted "Wet." A press dispatch from Los Angeles, Calf., says that Vernon, near there, the only Incorrporated city in the United States having no church, vot ed for "wet" Sundays yesterday. Fif ty women voted. Most of them vot ed "wet." "In case of war, a German airship will carry 300 soldiers." But where it will carry them to remains uncer tain. Richmond News-Leader. HITCHCOCK'S INTIRVIcVij Astonishes President by Giv- inf Out Interview With out Consulting , CALLED TO WOIff llOUSE after the interstate commerce com It U Understood in Uhlp'Hi That mlsg!on ha3 onrri the ratr- 03 There !!a Been Friction between certain important railroads. Then the Ittniater-;eneral and the President Since Mr. Hitchcock i Tried to Name the Arrangement Committee for National Convention Rumored That the Potmter-! (ieneral May Resign Supreme ; (urt Suhtaiins Interstate Com merce Commission For Govern ment Aid for Good Roads. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington. D. C. Jan 16, 1912. Postmaster-General Hitchcock as tonished Washington as well as the whole country by giving out an In terview Sunday evening to the press stating that he would recommend in his annual report that the Govern ment should buy all of the telegraph lines in the United States and operate them as a part of the postal system. It is said that no one was more sur prised at the action of Mr. Hitchcock than was President Taft himself, It was considered a most astonish ing thing that a cabinet officer should give out an interview stating what he would recommend to Congress with out having consulted his chief and especially is this true when it is known that the Postmaster-General cannot make any recommendation to Congress except through the Presi dent, and that the President never sends a recommendation from any cabinet officer to Congress unless it meets his approval and becomes, therefore, an administration meas ure. t- On yesterday the President sent, , for the Postmaster-General - to c;rPi to the White House and explain his action. The explanation which the Postmaster-General made was to the effect that he had intended to confer with the President before the state ment was published hut that he was called out of town and had forgotten the matter. It was further stated that the Postmaster-General had for merly discussed the question of a postal telegraph with the President, and that the President at that time had asked his Postmaster-General to delay the consideration of the matter for he did not want such a recom mendation then to be sent to Con gres. A prominent politician, comment ting upon the explanation of Mr. Hitchcock, to the effect that he had intended to consult the President but had gone off and forgotten it, said that this was the thinnest explanation he had ever heard. He asked why should the Postmaster-General have given his statement to the press be fore he consulted the President, be cause he had clearly given it to the i press before lie could have gone off and "forgotten It." Will Hitchcock Go Out of the Cabi net? It is understood here that there has been friction between the Post- mjiRter-fJeneral and the President n y, mfinor th Motinn- al Committee in December, at which time Mr. Hitchcock attempted to se lect his own committee on arrange ments to prepare for and manage the next national convention without consulting the President. When the President's friends learned this they got busy and selected another and different committee and made a fight to have it elected by the National Committee instead of the sub-committee selected by Mr. Hitchcock. It is known that the fight was spirited and warm, but the President's friends won put. Then it was that Mr. Hitchcock ap pealed to Mr. Hilles, representing the President, to increase the committee from five to seven, and permit his (Hitchcock's) friends to name the other two members. This was at last agreed on as a harmony measure and the two names that Mr. Hitchcock recommended to be added to the com mittee representing the opposition to the President were Mr. Duncan, of North Carolina, and Mr. Rosewater, of Nebraska. There are some people in Washing ton who say that the only reasonable explanation for Mr. Hitchcock's ac tion in declaring for Government ownership of telegraph lines without consulting the President is that he wanted to force the President to put him out of the Cabinet so as to leave him free to support some other can didate for President. Indeed, there are almost as many views and rumors about this sensational affair as there are different people who discuss it. upreftte rt fali8 tnterite tlr sice the creation of th s n iaoa a th cohere. court J there hate be-en a number o? Cos- I cress men and public rara Visa hate prvJicted that the court u unswev &ry, and that it a sure to clash in Its authority with the interstate? ifSJerce cosstwioa. The preiie- Hons came true a few noatlbi ago i the railroads applied to the Com- j merce Court for an injunction pro- Mbiting the rates from going into effect and holding that the rates fixed f were too low. The Commerce Court granted the injunction. The act,oa of ta Commerce Court aroused gTeat antagonism among members of Coneres. of both nartie. and at once several bills were intro duced In Congress providing for th abolishment of the court. In the meantime, the interstate Sute apartment hat arved notice commerce commission appealed toloa Resident Gome that th United the Supreme Court of the United Sute wUI intervene in Cuba if fur States against the order of the Com-; tUT attempt are made by the tt- ; ran organization to nnllifv th w- The Supreme Court haa Just handed down an opinion upholding the in - temate commerce commission and stating that the Commerce Court nau no auinoruy 10 interiere wun j any rate fixed by the interstate com merce Commission The Supreme Court holds that the only way in which the Commerce Court can re view the interstate commerce com mission is to hold that that body has exceeded its authority under the law In a specific case. In short, the Com merce Court cannot review the rates fixed by the interstate commerce mission and can only review them on matters of law. For Government Aid for Good Roads. A large good roads and automobile ' convention is now In session In Wash ington representing every State In the Union. This convention is consider ing a number of bills and proposi tions for Government aid for good roads. The one that probably will meet yith the approval of the majority is one for the Government "to$ttlM tat least three trunk line public high ways from one ocean to the other, one running from New York to Seat tle, one from Washington to San Francisco, and one from New Or leans to Los Angeles, and for these transcontinental public roads to be later supplemented by three or four cross-roads from the North to the South, extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico and to the border of the Republic of Mex ico. It is pointed out that the Govern- ment started to build roads of this j attended a meeting Sunday night of ; "Should this recommendation be kind before the war, and the case of the National Council of Veterans, ant adopted," said Mr. Hitchcock to-night the famous Cumberland pike built by j organization of veterans of the Cu-i, jn a ttatement of his Intention, "I am the Government is pointed to as a j ban War for Independence. 'convinced it would result in import- conspicuous example. It is claimed , Xhe veterans have been active In j ant economies and very materially that the building of these roads will!tne past three months in attempting lower telegraph rate than now are not cost half as much as the Panama ;to have displaced from the civil scr-! exacted. In approximately fifty coun Canal, and that they will be worth j vlce persons who Syrapathized with ! tries of the world notably Great from ten to one hundred, times asjthe Spanish cause in the rebellion, j Britain. France, Germany. Austria, much to the people of the United j Pres9 dispatches to-day Indicated that Italy, Spain, Aussla, and Japan gov-stales- the veterans were threatening to co- ernment-controlled telegraph now It is further contended that if these j erce members of Congress, now in j are In successful and profitable oper trunk line roads are built by the Gov-. EeS8fon t0 nullify the law regarding ! atlon. In many of the countries they ernment, that it will induce every j tne participation of the military in are operated in connection with the State in the Union to build State j pontics. ; postal service. These telegraphs serve roads connecting with the same, and j Thf mQve convlnced lhe state aggregate population of 90.000.. that this will lead to every county j partmenf that the gIluatIon wag the 000. and In every in.tanc they have and every township in the United seriQup h faad presented it. been found to be of Immense practl- ant.r, HA t m rr .imtloi trrrn mono t r i ! . . ... . aica connect with the State roads It is also pointed out that such i highways will save to the people within ten years more money man what they will cost, and besides, will have a more or less beneficial effect in lowering railroad rates. One prominent Congressman, com menting upon this subject to-day, said that the seventy-five million dol lar pension steal which the Democrat ic House has recently passed would build several such trunk lines across the continent, and have money left over. Came Over for a Conference. H. Kern, chairman of the Liver pool Cotton Bills of Lading Confer ence Committee, and James H. Simp son, secretary, at the European Bankers' Conference Committee have arrived in New York for , the purpose of a conference. To get into closer touch with American bankers, railroad men, cot ton shippers, and arrange a more sat isfactory system of safe-guarding cot ton bills against fraud and forgeries. The New York bankers will hold a conference with them to-day. Ar rangements will also be made to meet Southern cotton shippers In Mem phis, Tenn., Saturday. A deputy collector of internal rev enue at Walhalla. S. C, a few. days ago sold a quantity of liquor seized by the government, and was arrested for selling liquor in violation of State laws and bound over to the State court, but the case has been trans ferred to the Federal court. CCfltflTC rfflTlPf fill f llfift OLUVta 1IUIIUU Utl UUUH Uncle Sim Notifies Gomez Thit Military Must Keep Hands off Politics TEXT QF .VH E PRESLH'ftB Tle Hituatitm In j!a Jrfrl rar Grate the ot ernment of (Vttrern to the Initrd State A Moictnent ( on tot In Cuha to I'retmt Any Spnih Sym pathiser from Holding tMHke in the UlarnS If rdrr W .Vol IUtomI American flag Will Again tie Ilanted on Cuban Soil. Washington. D. C. Jan. j Prohibiting the interference of the 'ml,ttary In political affairs in Cuba. The attitude of the United State. j U shown In the following note pre- seniea io-uay to the Cuban jsovern - en "The situation in Cuba at now re-1 ported causes grave concern to the Government of the United State. "That the laws intended to safe- guard free Republican Government .ha,, e forced .nd no. MM U obviously essential to the malnten - u.Tr v , oruer, ana aiaoimy in- dispense to the statu, of the He- puonc or t;uba. in the continued well being of which the United States has always evinced and cannot escape a vital interest. "The President of the United States therefore looks to the Preai - dent and Government of Cuba to pre-! vent the threatened situation which would compel the Government of the ; United States much against it de-l sires to consider what measure its! must take in pursuance of the cbli-i gations of Its relations to Cuba." j The notification of the American Governmenr'wai Ej5vvea,tlpt3irPreiI dent Gomez through American Min ister Beaupre, at Havana. Senor Martin-Rivero, Cuban Minister to the United States, was unapprised of the action, except through the press and declined to comment upon it. Minister Beaupre reported to-day j hM had this recommendation under from Havana that In defiance of a de- j consideration. After a thorough cree Issued by President Gomez, for- j study of the operation of governinenl bidding officers of the army and ru- j controlled telegraph lines and postal ral guard to participate in politics j telegraph systems of foreign coun whlch also is prohibited by military j tries, he ha decided to urge the mat- iay., many array omcers ana ruraies fself since the veterans move began. It had been evident to the Depart- ment that President Gomez was prar- tically powerless to resist the move - ment unless he received substantial suDDort from the outside. . u tv, t . , 1 tore, would afford a favorable oppor- Would Disqualify Spanish Sympathy tunUy fof the widf exUniJoa of th0 m' : telegraphic facilities In many small The declared purpose of some of ? towns where the telegraph compa the veterans to make ineligible forfnies have offices, the telegraph and public service a large enough of the j mail business could be handled read population because they sided with ! ily by the same employes. It Is evl Spaln in the revolution had been dent that the separate maintenance pointed out as inconsistent with the : of the two service under present con individual freedom and rights guar-' ditions results in a needless expense, anteed by the constitution of Cuba, j "The flrtt telegraph In the United The United States regarded the a ctl v- j States was operated from 1844 to ity of the veterans therefore as like-f 1847 by the Government under au- ! ly to threaten the stability of the re - public and hence the sharpness of the warning issued to-day. the Unit - ed States being by treaty bound to see that the Cuban constitution Is oh - served. If these result are not obtained, then it may reasonably be expected that within a short time the Ameri - can Sag again will be hoisted over the Government House In Havana. Threatened Intervention Caaes Some Excitement in Cuba. - Havana. Jan. 16. The new of threatened Intervention ly the Unit ed States in Cuban affairs, which was published in the late editions of the Havana afternoon papers, coming without the least warning, caused in tense excitement in the clubs and cafes, while in all places of public gatherings it was the absorbing topic of discussion. Astonishment and re sentment against American Interfer- .5. re taUgWt wfU fy rift tSC?NjUty. r4. t& tsaj-fa$ji -ts gaj rl titat u sstrrtthwa ef iitf. Slos ?rt!sMy 4 a gaol ? W is ralssisg ti. tltlsf agttatk'a as 4 in k!tc tttts.t trts . Irr4iJ P?43t;t QevzK : at t& taJ t T-UM. a 14 "i h ca5y fvr-r5.Ujr fr! 1 Tl&Tj K&at tot tarovca hm At-f if a Misinser. Mr, lw-ti jr. ,a4 htv t-ot rt tiaJe a Tvflj, hi 5?oV ably iii So o toaiofTo . t am cn vicc4 that sso oailos jt afi for any letimttios of Ja'.fTeaUoa. 1 b!if tLat tb Vaaicf toa attl tud li Lae4 on an rroaeot ttw of coaditio&f ia Csba arUia frosa distorted aad $fcaliy tarat4 re-j-ort from Haras., IVnwhrr Am-Mrd at irvenUI A dupatch from tireaIU. Tnu, Tuesday night, ? that !tr. Me Karland ha beD pUc4 un4r arret I I 5 riHi Itubafg ! JuJ c. M. CookflTreTboto. on Txsy cranted the writ of habeas . , 'of tb Standard Mirror Company, of High Point, declaring the proceeding (recently brought agalntt bin for j beixlenient were void. i ,t-.ltfc . -pji v.. m SHOULD OWN TELEGRAPH ! j Postmaster Genereal IRec- OLimcndi Thit it be ll&de Part of Postal Service j j" I' Will Send Such lUvommco- elation to Omgre. at an llartjr Dato Claims it Would Aid Got ernment In 1H patching IU Itaai new and Would CJlve Cheaper Ser vice to the Itiblic, Washington, D. C , Jan. 14. Ac quiilton of the telegraph lines of the United States by the Government i&d their operation a a part of the pos tal service will be recommended to Congress in a b'rt time by Postmaa-ter-General Hitchcock. For a year or more Mr. Hitchcock ter upon Congres. benem to tne people, in both promptitude and cost or the service, "In thi country poat-ofSce are ; maintained in numerous piacea not 1 reached by the telegraph tyitema and ' tb proposed consolidation, there- thority from Congress nd from many viewpoint it Is desirable that Gove j ernment control should be resumed, ; A method for the acq alii ti on of line Us prescribed lr Section S267 of the 1 Revised Statute which provides that. i for postal, mail or other purposes the I Government may purchase telegraph j line operated in the United States at an appraised value. "My own view is that every reason for the transmission of mail under Government control can be urged with equal force for the transmifsio of communications by telegraph. Be cause of the more extensive organiza tion maintained by the postal service and the freedom from taxation and other charges to which private corpo rations are subject, the Government undoubtedly could afford greater fa cilities at lower rates than are afford ed by companies now conducting the telegraph business. , Next to the In troduction of & general parcels post, (Continued on page 5.)