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Y- 1 . FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR CHARLOTTE, N: Cv TH iSD AY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1909. FIVE CfeNTS A COPY. s 1 STATE LEND , legislature of North Caro Hna Asks Wishes of physicians. wilKVlLLK IS NEXT PliACE OF MEETING xvrth Carolina Association for tlie !tMriltlll or 'lUDercuiosis iobrifc After Profitable Session Mronir Addresses Yesterday After-J. iintni 1.t Mr. Archibald Johnson, of Thomas Hie, and Dr. Stanton, of llish Toint Legislature Will As- rii.V!icians In Fighting tlie ;r.;t White Tlagne Next Con u nikii With tlie State Medical So , ioty in Asheville. The clo?:::? of the first working 5r-?;o;i of t'.ie North Carolina Associ a:: n for the Prevention of Tubercu j.vis wa marked yesterday afternoon t- a ?:ror.s conviction on the part of jh-1 mt-nWrs that forces had been set f.-'.zs whijh will be followed by re jults i f r little importance. The . inference yesterday afternoon adopted a number of resolutions in- vluJin several which are directly concerned with proposed legislation, these being formulated by the special tommittee from the State Legislature, irhioh spent the day In the city. k This committee was sent to Charlotte to confer with the meeting and secure a general idea of what the association dvsires from the Legislature to aid I: in its great fight on tuberculosis. Kesolution9 Adopted. Among the resolutions bearing di rectly on proposed legislation desired ly the association were the following: ""F.e k resolved. That this oommit t r quet our representatives to lay l-fore the Legislature the desirabil ity of appointing a special secretary f - r the State board of health, with 5.;:f.iier.t salary to allow him to de- v. :e hLs whole 'time to the hs'gienidi a I sanitary interests of. the Statj frvl that the appropriation to the 5:n:e board of health be Increased su.kient!- to meet the .requirements tf the case. "Be it Resolved, That it is the s-r.se of the committee that the fate Sanatorium be called instead the Trrining School and Sanatorium for th Treatment of the Tuberculosis, an I that its teaching function shall se recognized as its chief function r.I the Legislature be asked to chjr.se Its name." Te 1 Resolved, That a committee three be appointed, who shall, T.I:h the advice of Drs. Bolton and C-rdon. appear before the Legisla ture, at such a time as Is wisest, to advocate the cause of tuberculosis .-uppression in this State; and that secretary of the board of health requested to arrange at some time i t an interesting lecture before a j":"nt session of the Legislature; and that such members of this commit tee shall attend as feel it in their poter to do so." it was moved and carried that President Dunn write to the Legisla ture on the economic value to the State of the tuberculosis crusade, and to treating such facts brought out at ir.:s meeting as he deems wise. Other Resolutions. Other resolutions adopted by the meeting provide for the appointment a secretary in each county of the tate. while another expresses the thanks of the association to the press tae city, tne Selwyn Hotel, etc iiese resolutions are found below: resolved. That the following be added to the constitution: There fnall annually be appointed by the president a corresponding secretary n each county of the State. who ray be either a physician or a lay ;rnan, and vrhiwp Hntv it naii n fnlarse the local membership in the fiety and interest in the said county. "Be it Resolved. That there be R - led to the constitution, the follow There shall be a committee on rabiiclty and publication to consist f f ftve members and also the presi nt and secretary of the . associa tion ex officio. It shall be the duty ft the committee to keep before the ru .lic through the lay and medical Ifess, leaflets and pamphlets, the e'.j-s and purposes of this society." Be it Resolved, That the clause of tie constitution be so amended as to rad: There shall be appointed by president, by and with the con n and approval of the board of .rectors, honorary members who "ad be citizens of North Carolina " uch numbers as may be wise. ch mn shall be cnosen from T i e who In finances or other ways n assist in the crusade of this as lation against tuberculosis. U Reod. That the North ' arclina Association for the . Pre ntion of Tuberculosis thanks the JfPw of Charlotte, the press, the i-nsicians and the proprietor of the fiwjn Hotel for the courtesies it ' reefivpd while in the city." ine next meeting of the organiza-y--n be in Asheville in June rTv n.tly with tha ot the State - Jioal Society. This being not a t-UM Pesslon no officers were Tfir The eoming meeting will be r-ur!y one of business. resiHpnt -r., - n i, . , """"i ui Asiicviiie,' leii, thair to speak In words of 'glow BOO Unemployed Seize Wales Hunting Preserve Cardiff. Wales, Jan. 14. Tiring ofV their unanswering cry to the gov "nment to give them a chance to make a living by opening, to farming vas huting estates of the aristocracy 500 unemployed to-day seized thc cultivated preserves of Marquis Bute, near here and" began dig Preparatory to planting. The authorities are powerless to resibt Without court orders. The. unemployed are backed .'by- Socialists invaders 0 axa bftrrlnp mmA fnm n.ivhhnrinff farmers. " WILL - . ITS AID TO-DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE Britt Introduces Bill pro viding for EJeciorif Boards of Education. SENATE ORDERS 200 COPIES OF MANNING'S BILL PRINTED Upper House in Session Only 35 Iln utes Starbuck Fathers a Bill to Give State and Defendant an Equal Number of Challenges In Capital Cases General Assembly Will Go to Chapel Hill on -Leo's Birthday. Special to The Chronicle. Raleigh, Jan. 14. In a 35-mInute session to-day tne senate . receiveu several new bills. Including the fol lowing: By Britt: To provide for the elec tion. of county boards of education by qualified voters of the several coun ties. Dockery: To incorporate the Pee Dee Valley Railroad Company. A bill to limit the barring of chil dren from white schools on account of a strain of negro blood to three generations instead of for any taint however remote came up pn an un favorable report from the committee on education and was tabled. Starbuck introduced a bill to so equalize peremptory challenges to al low the State and defendant the same right in capital cases. . The Senate accepted an Invitation to the Legislature to go to the" Uni versity of North Carolina January, 19th- for the " celebration of Lea's birthday. The Senate ordered "200 copies of Ma nn frig's' bill "f "or" the enlargement of the powers' of thte 'Attorney General printed; Senator Elliott presented by request a petition from the citizens of his district asking that an amendment of the personal property exemption clause in the constitution be taken up and the people allowed to vote on such an amendment. It will be con sidered in due time and a warm fight is expected. In the House Barnes, of Hertford, introduced a bill to provide a place in the penitentiary for the electrocu tion of condemned criminals; Morton introduced a bill to amend the pension law increasing the pen sion of certain soldiers to J 8 a month. 5,000 SURVIVORS tO FLORIDA ESTATE Duke de Litta Says He Will Make Colonization Offer to Italians. Paris, Jan. 14. The Duke de Litta, the owner of vast Florida estates, de clared to-day that he would make a colonization ofTer to 5,000 survivors of the Sicily earthquake. He says he will give each man two farms, one for himself and one to work for the Duke. AUSTRIA MAKES A CONCESSION And the Hostile Feeling- In ServtaT and Montenegro is Allayed. I Belgrade, Jan. 14. Austria will permit the construction of the Ser vian-Montenegrin Railway acros3 Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Adri atic, according to a rumor in the for eign office to-day. The report has the effect of allay ing the anti-American feeling to a great extent. ing eulogy of the work of Secretary Julian, of Thomasvllle. T suppose no one appreciates the fact quite so much as the vice president and my self, but I feel that whatever success the convention has had is almost wholly due to his efTorts." There was liberal applause. Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, spoke in similar vein and he was followed by a num ber of others, who gave the bulk of the credit for the meeting's success thanks was accorded the secretary. Dr. D. A. Stanton. Dr. D. A. Staton, of High Point, read the following paper on "Tne Physician's Duty to His Tubercular The space of one short lire-time reaches, so far as tuberculosis Is con cerned, from the dark days of igno rance and . hopelessness when tuber culosis levied its pittiless toll on hu man life unheded and unhindered, to the dawn of the new knowledge and (Continued on Page 8). MISS MILLS -A COUNTESS v - - - - " ' Daughter of Ogden Mills Marries the English Earl, of Granard. COUNTESS TO HAVE A HIGH ; POSITION IN LONDON SOCIETY Miss Beatrice Mills the Latest Ameri can .Girl to Secure aTitle Cere mony at tlie Residence Late This Afternoon The v Attendants Earl of Granard Held in High Esteem by the British Monarch and Has Several Decorations. New York, Jan. 14. Miss Beatrice Mills, daughter of Ogden Mills, presi dent of the New York Tribune, and granddaughter of Darius O. Mills, the famous capitalist and . philanthro pist, to-day becomes the bride of the Earl of Granard. The ceremony will be performed late this afternoon In the large ballroom of the Mills city residence, at Sixty-ninth street and Fifth avenue. Miss Mills will be attended by four little bridesmaids, who are to be Miss Katherine Mackay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay; Miss Alice Astor, daughter of Col. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Astor;- Miss- Grace Vanderbilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and little Miss Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Moses Taylor. The Earl of Granard will have his brother, the Hon. Donald Forbes, as best man, The wedding will be a comparative ly small one, followed by a reception ine Ji,arl and nis .bride will spend a week at Staatsburg before sailing on FtbraI 2d ff,a wefkn Paris after which they will go to London to be present at the opening of Parliament on February 14th. The Granards will take a house in London. The new brMe will be presented to King Edward "and Queen Alexandra at the February court and will oc- cupy a high place in the social circles ofJe ?rItIsh capital. The trousseau was made in Paris. but only the bridal gown and three other frocks for immediate use were sent here. An outfit for bridal linen was made and embroidered in Ire- land. The gifts of the earl to his bride flndall other gifts frony therelatrrs ana irienas aoroad remain In Lon The Earl of Granard is master of horse for Kin Edward and is held in hieh esteem hv.th Tiritv, arch. He served during the Boer war and has also- performed manv important missions for the kintr. He has numerous decorations and titles of honor conferred by the rulers of various European nations. Darius O. Mills, the famous errand- faihf ti?bri?eVn Yhlte7 the" court of St. James and an aunt or the Dride, have gone to California for the winter and will not be present " - "tij. o ncuuiug. j.i is anegeo mat ine eiaer aiuis is opposed to titled marriages. KERN LOSES IN THE riuni run ocmil Benjamin P. Shively Wins Over the Former Democratic Vice Presiden- tial Candidate on 18th Ballot. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14. Ben- jamin F. Shively, of South Bend, was nominated in the Democratic caucus Aarlv this mnrnlnp for the senator- I sniP- The caucus began last night and the , fight was bitter. John W. Kern, the foremost opponent of Shively, lost votes on the 16th ballot. Shively won on the 20 th. OLD VETS MEET AFTER 43 YEARS Montana Man Comes to Salisbury to See Friend Young Man Hurt by Blowing Out of Plug. Special to The 'Chronicle. Salisbury, Jan. 14. rBy the blowing out of a plug in a steam pipe on a locomotive at the Southern Railway ehnns at Rnencer vesterdav afternoon. I Mr cz w Ahl of Salishurv. was severely uuriieu in ine late, atmo, i 1 W n 1 I V. n . ma . a chest and body. In trying to drive the plug into the opening It blew into his face and he sustained pain- ful injuries. He is reported resting well to-day and it is thought will soon recover, though it will be many felt since the Sicily and aiaDria ais weeks before he will be able to re- aster." On account of the ignorant turn to his work. After a separation of 43 years Messrs. C. T. Bernhardt, of Salisbury, and J. C. Bundy,1 of Monarch, Mont., met here yesterday, the latter com ing to Salisbury to see Mr. Bern hardt. The two men were soldiers together in the civil war and -had not seen each' other since they parted on the battlefield. TO MANUFACTURE A NEW DEVICE v ' Company Being Organized to Slake and Sell J. H. Scott's Newly In vented Collapsible Book Case. Special to The Chronicle. Winston-Salem, Jan. 14. A stock I company is now beln organized in ,. . , . . this city to manufacture and sell the "Collapsible Book Case," a device in- vented by Mr. . J. H. Scott, of this city, for the convenient handling of V duplicate sales books. The patent on the device has already been is- sued. In keeping these duplicate . , . . . . . sales books they have to be put in the safe every night an! a great deal of trouble Is experienced n getting all of the books In every night and - 1 taking them out every morning. This inconvenience is done j away. , with byJ this city, at jt which :delegate.s -vwere the uaeof rr Scott's device.' jpresent fromall oyertheState; ' S , rr-r lxs- si Judge Jones, who presided over the trials at Union City, Tenn;, which re sulted in the conviction of eight night riders. SHAH PROCEEDS AGAINST REBELS General -Firman With a Strong Army Sent to Ispahan to Break Up Pro visional . Government of Samsan Khan. Teheran, Jan. 14. The Shah to day began the threatened movement against the revolutionists who have set provisional government at T , . , , . Ispahan under the leadership of Samsan Khan by sending General Firman with a laree armv against L, I "lc t," "!15""lu .. ! . Tne foreign legations are uyaer- stood to have asked their capitals for protection, believing that which ever .... . . . side " wins In the : impending struggle the legations are sure to be filled with refugees from the defeated side. TILLMAN ANSWERS i i MR. .BONAPARTE me Attorney uenera s .nemur, . . "as a ai"?' wasmngton, Jan. n.-naiur i... man, in regard to the Oregon land fraud, savs that Bonaparte, in his L i why prosecution of the suit m ques- tion was not had, still remains vague Tillman" cava he can not understand why Bonaparte's memory served him so wel1 in recalling what Tillman said to him personally and so poorly when it came to the, real meaning of Sen- ate resolution when that was placed before Bonaparte in the shape of an official document requiring official ac tion. SULTAN'S SON WILL noMTi'TO AMERICA Kxeitement in Turkey Over Coming of Battleships 30 Turkish omcers AVill AcconiDany Fleet Home, Constantinople, Jan. 14. Great ex citement prevails among the Turks on account of the visit of the American fleet TTmir shins have arrived at Smvrna and four more are "coming, 0ne"of theSultan's sons will probably go wjtn the sqUadron to America. It i3 regarded as certain that 30 Turkish officers will go 47 DEAD TAKEN FROM THE MINE Xo More Dead Are Now in Sight at the Lick Branch Mine. Bluefield," W. Va., Jan. 14. A tele phone" message from Switchback, .the scene of' the last West Virginia mine disastei says that 47 dead had! been taken from the Lick Branch 'piti No more dead are now in., sight. . ' : PRAYERS ARE OFFERED FOR q Survivors Are on the,. Verge of a Col- lapse' Because of Continued fcnocKS. Rome, Jan. 14. Prayers were made In tne cnurcnes xo-uay iux cessation of the quakes intermittently fears of the people the priests or- dered a day of devotion The survivors are on the .verge of 'collapse and the continuing quakes are causing hysteria. , Battleship Arriving at Marseilles, urarwiiies. Jan. 14. Messages re- ceived by the port authorities to-day say that the- battleship, ueorgia win arrive here to-night. The Nebraskas, Rhode Island and New Jersey to morrow. Jno omciai iuncnons uvo been planned. To Promote a Cuban Lottery. Havana, Jan. 14. American gamb lers are said to be back of a move ment to establish a rfatiomtl Cuban lottery -under -authority of law ex- -a a 1 - J " 1 1U . nnT rf n f pecteo Lo.upasseu uy tn xicw gress when it convenes January 28th. 6 ', . ; License' Operators. - . Chicago, Jan. ,14. Alter to-oay an ""JL1" m:t wnir,At,a with licenses, issued by ; city officials,, after a rigid examination. Theatres em- piuymg-uiwi.Bu.Ku meu .m uc to-morrow. . , " ' 4. ' - - Good Roads For Utah. " Salt Lake City, , Jan. 1 4. A . move- man f -fVi trlA arAnoTal ImnrAVOmATlt AT J6:; LUC? iiigiiTTajo vi uiau nao muuvuvv to - day at a good roads convention : in THEY PLAN BIG CAPITAL Washington . State Would 'Rival the Federal Dis trict. BANKER SUGGESTS PROJECT ' FOR FINEST STATE CAPITAL - ; - c - J. J. Browne -Would Devote Tract Six Miles Square, Fronting on Puget , Sound, to Builflings of the' Common 'wealth Would Lay it Out Like the : National Capital. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 14.- J. J. Browne, of - Spokane, head of a chain of banks in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho; is advocating a plan to have the State of Washington ac quire a tract of land of six square miles on Puget Sound for the purpose of establishing a capital city, rank ing with the foremost in the world. Broad boulevards, parks, and gar dens and:' sites for the ; Statehouse, hospitals, soldiers home, and the other institutions are provided for' in the plans. . Gov. Albert" E3. Mead and others prominent in the affairs of the Com monwealth look with favor upon the project, and will . urge the incoming Legislature toadopt it.- Mr. Browne said in discussing the plan: "My idea is first to lay out a beau tiful city. There never was in this country but one city which was laid out in advance of its building, and that is Washington, D. C. The other cities of the country are only the growth of the- original settlements. Would Build on Puget 'Sound. - "My. own preference for the capi tal is on Puget Sound, where we could have at least three miles of water front. I would have the parks laid out by eminent landscape " art ists, and the boulevards lined with trees like those of Washington. "The work of laying out and beau tifying the city should be practically completed before it would be neces sary to establish any of the State In stitutions therein. In building new institutions to , take the place of those now established at other points,. I would build for all time, not for one generation, nor for-half a'century, but ror thousands of. years- - . Would Pay Cost. of Construction. - "Iam-firmly convinced that by-the time a new capital building is needed sufficient -lands- could be sold within the then beautiful city to pay the cost of construction, even though we built, as we should build, a capital which will cost- several million dol lars.. I believe also that as pother State buildings are needed lands within the city can be sold to pay the cost of their construction. "I have only given an- outline of my plans. I intend to present them at length to members' of the State Legislature and to prominent citizens of Washington on my return from a trip jast. Washington is a great &taie. it should have a fine catrttal and fine public institutions of every nature, l -believe that the plan to have them all in one city will meet witn general approval." A DISAPPOINTMENT AWAITS COURT Regnlar Habitues of Recorder's Court nave Unusual Experience This Morning. . Some of the officers down at the police station this morning enjoyed a rather unusual joke arising out of the curiosity of a number of regular habitues of the court room who make It a point never to miss a session of the recorder's court when they can get there, business and other duties to the contrary. The doors between the court room and the haunts of the policemen and tne chiefs office, were .closed, so- that the waiting crowd' knew nothing of what -was transpiring outside, and when the recorder came down and finding no causes for trial .returned to his office in the law building, the ex pectant crowd was not aware of this. About ten o'clock one of the offi cers had occasion to pass through the court room, and as he opened the door he was greeted by the sight of a pacKea house 01 all grades and col ors of humanity, patiently, waiting tor court to open. The crowd seemed contented and was quiet and orderly, no aouht thinking .that there was some serious problem awaiting the court's attention, causing the delay. They had sat thus for nearly one sol id hour and nobody had asked,-for a door-check so that they might retire and come backwater. The officer was quite startled and stricken almost ..speechless when he discovered that the court room, which he thought empty, was filled with people, but he found his breath in time to tell the crowd that there was no court to-day. It was a disappoint' ed audience that filed out. They had spent the best part of the morning waiting for something that never took' place, and their mistaken hopes of witnessing the usual morning mat inee were patent and theh chagrin was keen. PENSIONS ARE URGED FOR HELPLESS MOTHERS Woman Says That Destitute Women Should be Helped the Same as Old Soldiers.. ' Chicago, Jan. 14. The pensioning of destitute mothers by the govern ment is- advocated by JJ Mrs. C. H. Zimmerman,-: of the . Evanston Wo man's club, y In a plea last-night. Mrs. Zimmer man said: - - 1 ' "A mother's time is worth as much to State as a- man's time and - it is a work that God has put into her hands. Men are so busy making money that they have no time to think of, the feelings of others and annot see the need of such a law. "Manv men who are willing to let women sret down on their knees and scrub . office floors ought to, be asham ed that there is no provision In our laws: for the pensioning of the destl tute mother as well as the old . eol- ARE AGAINST 9 'DEPOSITORS SPEND $45,000 FOR REVENGE -V To Publish 2,000,000 Copies of Rebuke to President. THE . GOVERNMENT WILL PAY THE BILL FOR MAILING Reply to Roosevelt Not Given Same Publicity as His Report on Secret Service Congressmen Will Frank Out Thousands of Copies Paper and Printing Will Cost $5,000. Washington, Jan. 14. Unless pres ent plans miscarry, it. will cost the government 'ust about $45,000 to lay before the country, as fully as Con gress desires, its rebuke to President Roosevelt on the secret service con troversy. The House of Representatives, ap preciating the fact that the Presi dent's secret service message was car ried in full by the press, and that its rebuke necessarily was curtailed in the press accounts, is considering the plan of printing and distributing 2, 000,000 additional copies of the Con gressional! Record of Friday last. If Friday's Record is mailed in full it would require 4 cents per copy . to carry it, according to the postal rates applicable to mail , matter,, of private individuals: Taking it for granted that the House will order printed only that portion of .thei Record containing Its rebuke to President Roosevelt, the regular rate per., copy .would be . 2 cents each copy weighing nearly four ounces. ., . Therefore, if an individual-should mail out 2,000,000 copies, it wouid re quire $40,000 at least to turn the trick. Five thousand , dollars will hardly cover the cost of printing and paper. . It is expected that the House com mittee on printing will, probably req- ommend theprinting- and distribution of ;: 2,000,004) , -copies of the Record this week, and it is believed-that .Con gress will' vote practically without dis sent to frank out the $40,000 worth of , mall matter. . , KANSAS S0L0NS .... i i v ARE BURNED OUT Copeland Hotel at Topeka Burned to the Ground Several Legislative Guests Are Still Missing. Topeka, Jan. 14. Fire broke but In the Copeland Hotel early this morning. Every room was occupied! by members of the Legislature. The hotel was burned to the ground. Many guests escaped but a number are still missing. k A number are known to be injured. STOPPED HIS CIGARETTES. AND NOW HE'S DEAD. Young Man Who "Swore Off" on New Year's Has Nervous Collapse. , Hazleton, Ind., Jan. 14. Edward Lane, aged twenty years, who gave up smoking cigaretees New Year's Iay, is dead here to-day as the result of the serious effect on his nervous systefa due to the sudden stoppage of the habit. - The young man had bee an exces sive smoker of cigarettes, and, urged by friends, determined to begin the new year abandoning their use. The effprt seriously affected his health, but Lane, believing he would gradual ly overcome the desire for the weed, persisted In his effort and dlea in con sequence. , 1 Asks For Supplementary. Libraries. County Superintendent of Educa tion R. J. Cochran has made a re quest of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for supplementary libraries at the high schools of Hunt- ersville, Cornelius, Matthews and .De rlta. Each of the schools has already been allowed $30 for a library, but has the privilege of asking for $15 extra. It is expected that the county superintendent's request will be granted. Col. T. M. Argo is 'Dead. Special to The Chronicle. Raleigh, Jan. 14. Col. T. M. Argo, one of the best-known lawyers of the State .died at 8 o'clock this morning. He had been sick several weeks of Bright's disease. ; . Negro Pugilist Used Gun. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. . J4. Jack Blackburn, the colored pugilist, is held without bail to-day, charged with having shot and seriously Wounded Alonzo Polk and his : wife, Mattiei with colored. Wholesale Shooting in Saloon Brawl. Omaha, Jan.. 14. in a saloon brawl early to-day, Albert Clarke, of Den ver, shot and killed one policeman, wounded another, shot a girl, then shot himself trying to escape. Two Killed in Collision. - Chicago,' Jan." 14. Two workmen are reported killed and two fatally wounded in a head-on collision be tween work trains on the. Northwest ern Railroad to-day. t - -- - Another Brownsville n Affair Watertown, N. Y.; Jan. 14. This town is much stirred up over the conduct of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry, colored, during the -past few weeks and almost another Brownsville affair Js threatened. in the lastday or so iwo young " white women have been attacked by f colored soldiers and there has been much lawlessness of various kinds by members of the Infantry. J .n ' t v' The: situation is getting serious and the people are demandinjr that , something toe 'done for their relief. . . . ' . , j-,V.. " Reported That Number of Citizens Are Against Movement. . ' i WOULD HAVE LIQUOR AS IT NOW EXISTS r ' ' Rumored That Number of , Citizens Will Present Counter-Claim on Medical Depository Question They Fear the Corruption of Dispensary, ! System and Are Satisfied With Law as it is Petition May be Oirculat-j ed To-Day or To-Morrow. . It was learned this afternoon on good authority that a petition (to the , Legislature) is being prepared for circulation as a cpunter movement to the depository movement. This pe- tition, It is stated, will be presented to voters for their signature, and Its. purport will be that the singer of . such petition favors the non-interf er-r ence of the law in the existing method of dispensing whiskies in Charlotte, and that the signer is opposed to the medical depository . plan as it has been announced through the papers by its' advocates. ', The indications are that this peti tion will receive ' a . large number of signatures, as the depository plan - is not ' favorably considered by many, athough on the "other hand this in stitution has a large number of advo cates In Charotte. ' ; -The circulation of such a petition ' will certainly enliven the situation and add zest to the fight. The de pository advocates have already made a determined start in their fight "to place : the llquor-for-medlcine busl- ness in the hands of a special man agement, and. from all 4 that can be" observed, there , is going to be a! pretty strong fight made on the other side, for thepresent system of hand-' ling , liquor in Charlotte on prescript -tion " and- through 'the ; drug, stores."' ! The development of this counter, movement against the depository idea indicates that there a wide diver gence of sentiment on the Issue and . that there will be a heated fight overf the proposition . seems pretty well assured. . - It is natural to expect that If both sides work Tip largely signed petitions the contest will be carried to the Leg islature .at Raleigh within a few days, r with -good-sized delegatlona, on each side to support their-conten-. , tions in the matter. The Lntl-d. pository petition will probably be ready for circulation within the week and possibly by to-morrow. CHANCES GOOD FOR FOREST RESERVES. Washington, Jan. 14. Advocates of ' the Appalachian forest reserve pro ject are in high feather at the pros pect of legislation at this session which will result in the establishment -of the reserve along lines fairly satis-" factory to them. The House committee on agricul ture has drafted a bill, whicjnt is believed, will pass, creating a com mission headed by. the Secretary of War. This commission shall have authority to purchase land on the.; watersheds of navigable streams, no land to be purchased except where necessary to Insure the continued navigability of streams. The commission is to be composed of the Secretary of War, Secretary of Interior, Secretary if Agriculture, one Senator and one member of the , House. The bill will be reported to the House in a; short time. While the proposed measure is different from that orieinallv advocated It approxi- - mates the alms of the projectors of the reserve and 4t is universally -realized that it will be- a matter c fiomnarative ease to make the law more satisfactory in a few years and. by degrees. . - , TO SILENCE CHURCH . CLOCKSAT NIGHT German Court Ruling: That They Must Not Strike Victory For Anti ' Noise Society. -v Berlin, Jan. 14. A decision of in terest to restless sleepers the world over has been delivered by the Su preme Court of Lipzig, the highest tribunal in Germany. " '-. " The court holds that public clocks must not!strike after 10 p. m. A hotel keeper at Eisenach declared that the cathedral chimes disturbed his guests and damaged his business. The ec clesiastical authorities declined to si lence the bells and the hotel keeper sued. Court after court rejected the suit, but a final appeal to the Su preme Court resulted in a decision in the host's favor. The German Anti-Noise Society may now proceed to prevent all church clocks from striking at night. Is Threatened 7 li .- ! ;
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