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CHAHLOTFE, N. C., FRIDA\ EVENING. APRIL 7. 191 I
T>T> Y^'C'J In Charlotts. ! cent^ a Copy Dailv—."C^ms Sunday
Outside Charlotte, ■> Cents a
a copy Daily and Sunday
2 iMdes Answer
liie Allegations
d Against Hirp,
. .i ;,i To-day Bankers in Quest
ic Gcntkmar,
ly For and
i in JaiL
OJ 0 1 at 0 r s
,.o.bi iii/ of The
R.:>: The Re-
0\ utioncil
■ tlany Monihs
Xows Huroa\i.
Ccm^ross, Hall.
(By. H. E. C. B.)
Wn^'tirj^hni, 1). \iiiil 7 -\V. C.
\'.’.rh iiis SI, :'t (,'iiai'i; i)resi(lonl oi’
ii «‘ Carolina I’.ankers’ As.socia-
'A'. A. Hum, of ileuden^on.
>'( It 1 ;i! \ ()i (i;.j association. wont
V :':i .■'■fnaior Dvcin.an to set' Dirocior
K‘'li('i'ts of the M-nt. and others, to-
to invitt th'Mn lo speak at the
.'iiiinal c. nvtMuion of Xortii Tarolina
In'. ! st iitis yj'ar. but all tif the >;en-
, . 'it'iMt'ii (1( -.Mod wore out of the city.
, Mc.'-.'i s. Wilkinson and Hunt will le-
,i; in' si;'".V turn hciine and conie asain nexi week,
s! I'lii don '—
ticiiii'd Xorth ('arolina Hankers' Asso-
■ Pin; aim c'iition will nu'ot this summer at Ka-
, I'l ii-ica
;r-:, ui\ in
CON&RAT^
U1AT.0N^>
COCO-COIA WINS ITS case !
HON.W. J. 5RYAN HA5 BEEN OF
FERED j^a.,000,000 TO lwe in
MEMPHIS TtNN. THE ABOVE G-ENT
IS Na/ILUNS- to UVE in &KSEN5BOK.0
FOR HALF THAT AMOUNT
' ;uil. 1:0
:rti !i> ; iie
>' all the
liio his
' " da >
; i; 111
pe i-
ocatiT.
n:. id t'a-
I 1 ; 'li ail
. ^:n! - ; ' "a
l.akt . Mr. Wilkinson. eashi r of
iht> Mf-rclianis I'i P'armers Hank, as
IM'i'sident of the assoriation has the
u’.nrter of seeurinii speakers for the
occasion. Mr. Wilk'nson is expected
to reiurn to the cltv tonicht.
GilllRCED ilH
mu Mills
TOOEFRSyO
_ i’y ,\,-;.'0'"iaM'd Press.
‘ j;,', , - r.osicn .Vp.U 7.--On charges of us-
V • iut; ill.' i'nited Stages mails to defraud
I. ‘ ilit' public of lar:;e suii-s of mcuiey.
' V' H. Whe*''!er and Stillman
sha'A. inc.. fv,mcrly fi.~cal at;ents
f>'v 'hr .\o:ih .Vmerican Rubber Com-
, .1 a ( i.;iTiy. cf tl'is city nnd Hyde Park, were
' ‘ j i.iio.^‘i '1 today.
\ foiir.r.l piea of not ,i;uiliy wn?.
' cii'rrc (1 '.vln’P Wiioeler and Sha'v
II. I H-Oii , j ^ a ht^;’,rius: before Commis-
■ :i' or his ^ were oi'der^d
'.sv.cr atid , t'oi' :i lieariniT.
‘ j ir is charccrl ihat has
:.i j i,f,fn ,-;-'ci:!fd trom rite puiiiio, tlie
. !'!■ !i her,', h( ii'. hoid m alle^d reprc'senta-
;;a> today rvhirh indicated a clear ]irofit
,,f .-.icy rcp.is r pound, whereas it is
He '3'thar e'"'ry not^nd of the iiro-
/".I’.iiinn (iMct \'; s sold nr a heavy los.-.
n-iosE
OTH€K TWO
SCOUTS MU3T
H/^VE GOl
L.05T
M oC.
GrAMt
OUT OP
Big Ship Beached on
The *‘Giavet,ard Of
The Atlantic”
MllllOnaUe Brewei ' seventeen Hundred Passengers
Sunendered toSheiiff German uoya
steamer, Prinzess Irene,
Spend Sleepless Night- Ship
Fast in Sand.
HE IL BE THEBE WITH BEU3 ON !
CHARLOTTE WINS TVIE RACE ]
CARTOONLETS ON LIVE TOPICSI
l[PlilE PRIEST
SyCGESSFUlLY
FlIS IIT TRUL
By Associated Press.
Viterbo. Italy, .\pril 7.--The trial
of the Caminorrists was interru]>ied
again today when Ciro Vitozzi, the ac
cused pries', weakened by a self-im
posed fast, fainted, fie was iit'.der in-, ...
teirosiation pnd bad worked hims-U’] si ates are here today preparing lor
iuio a stale of mental and i)iiysical i >'•
exiu-usrion rntil he tumbled over. . , ■ t -
asr.i" ! il,e sleel bill's ut llie pi.isoii-i'I'e .\ational tlecnic I.iglil Asioci.i^
cme o„„ori,Miely j.I.e .pobtems of con..rva,io,i
ViK'zzi foliowin'j; hi.=5 declaration that if
Xew York, .-\pri! 7.— D.-^legates from
every state east of the Mississippi riv
er and from several far-western
os i
opening of the special conferen(;e
)f the Power Transmission Section of
he Xational Electric T-ight Associa
tion, which tornorrov.- will grapple with
the poblems of con?ervation as re
gards the electrical phases of the sub-
RROUGRTTO
JUREZ TO-RftI
By Associated Press.
St. Louis. April 7.—Ellis Wainright,
a millionaire i)tewer. who was in Eu-
ro])e Avhen he was indicted in IHol
on a charge of bribery in connection !
with a street railway franchise, sur- |
rendered today to the sheriff. He SCd Made TranSjCT Of
was leleased on $20,000 bond. , ^ j j
Wainw l ight was abroad when Cir- j
cult Attorney J. W. Folk who later be- i
came governor, began probing the brib-
ery scandals in St. Louis. He, was j
one of the directors of the St. Louis ’
& Suburban Railroad Company, whose
name, it is alleged, was signed (o notes
for $1 :’).■>,OOO to secure the passage of a '
franchise bill.
Wainwright continued to reside in
Paris. ‘
fc]fforts were made by Folk to extra-
Passengers Difficult But Sis
ter Ship Planned to Take on
Entire Number Du? ing The
AJterrioon.
By Associated Press.
Lone Hill Life Saving Station. 1>.
L, April 7.—Trans-shipment of pas-
I ~ f'l sengers from the Prinzess Irene was
due him Iiut they were unsuccessful , , e.
s have tried * o clock this afternoon
and Wainwright ri friend
to get the indictment nolle prossed.
Former Governor Folk was retained
a year ago as special prosecutor in
case * Wainwright returned.
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ii*'d ou Ills
Senaioi Mai tin to
Lead Minority
B'- Asr^ociated Press.
Vi'asliiiiyton, April 7.—Senator
Tliiuna' f. *..."irtiu, of Virginia, will
lead the democratic minority in the
. ui and he I'uiied S'fites F.enate, it was conced-
;-.r!* d hi:- ,1^13 afrevnoon, despite the opiio-
1.
and ■
ms ?'>u-
sitioa t'f V,'iliir>m J. T’.rvan, Sei.aic-r
Slone and a number of party progres-
.'t> iha: clrcu-1
i a’'dn:i L’ud . sives.
'. a i'ondliiou-| -'■t- ^ lii'climinary parley this after-
'! Ir- pardon I iinon it was agrr-od that opposition be
..•vi.,;, but *he • rcu'steved against Mr. Martin on tne
• Lhit.1 ex^cu-; H;-oi;nd that a younger man, wh'-se
pi( gi'f'ssive policies had been clearly
■'.M iioiul'.bc'ir- (S'airii=^]:'_'d. should be named for
I, K k !c) iiid ;’,K' place of caucus chairman and mi-
• •.> & I 'r, nority leader. However, at a second
;i; i.( Ivhbors cohference of prc'gressives later in
• ii!,i Hot :he afternoon tlis election of Mr.
: ' .ckr a^M. Mi.rtin wa'^ ctmccdpd.
. , I-, f)ii It had l!r>en a.irroed at the first
: prv-iilf- n’.'f'ting thar the names of either
- Mie')! the Collators Ci’dberson or Stone should
iiMiU'. it wa?: ' presentpd in iho democratic cau-
r • the ill ojiposirion to Mr. Martin. The
. :"." -i)n cir
he had absiained froni f(>od for
I'lOt.irs. He iiad brei! telling a sio'y
of liis aji^'.L'od persecra ion in p.risou
aiui the reciial was not without dra
in;-ti(' etfoct. , _
(lio'ianiii Raid was not iiresent
when the trial was rest'med this
moniing. His i)liysician certified
thai he was sutl'ering from a sore
throat as a result of having ‘'cried
too much during his inieiTogation.’
The proceedings opened the
recall of Vitozzi. The inisoner de
scribed attempts which he said had
been made to make him appear guil
ty of complicity in the ntiurdpr of
l^cnnaro Cuoccoio and his wife. While
he was in prison, he said, he was
confronted with a man who offered
him $20 to denounce certain prison
ers as guilty of the Cuoccoio assassi
nations, adding that if it was neces-
sarv he would se)id the priest to
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Tex., Ajiril 7.—Eighty-three
wounded and a number of prisoners
taken by the Federals at Casas Gran-
des w^ere brought into Juare/C today.
The wounded lay iirone in box cars,
but were well cared for by the escort
which numl)ered about 2o0. With the
latter \vere tv,o field jdeces and two
rajiid fire guns.
General Eugia Ids, recently ordered
,, to proceed wiih his force from Cases
^ ' The findin.ss cf the conference avIU i (^randes to ('hihuahua, is reported to
FIFTlf MEN EN-
TOMRED
NR KRP
By Associated Press.
E
he tran.-niiited to the association atj‘^a\e lelt tor the lattei place,
its annual convention in May, to be Twenty-five -soldasas” or women
formulated into hints for congressional I camp followers, \\iio had become separ-
action in the li.ie of legislation affect- ated from their husliaiuis in the Foder-
ing the water-jiower sites. As the as-
Scranton, Pa.. Ajiril 7.—Fifty to sev
enty-five men employed in Bancroft si ill aboard awaiting transfer
when a surf boat bearing 1 .i women
left the Irene's lee side and headed
away for tlie relief siiip, Prinze
F'riederich Wilhelm.
Xo passengers can b^ risked in
small boats ai night, the adinirality
law forbidding. The niagnittide of the
task of completing the rescue by da.\
light appears when ii is reineml)ered it
took is hours to transfer the passen
gers of the sinkin.g steamer Republic.
The sea is rough but no apjirehen-
sion is felt for the safety of the pas
sengers while the are being trans
ferred.
Lone Hill i.ife Saving Station, L. I.,
April 7 The giant Xorth German L>)yd
liner Piinzess Irene was s'ill lying
hoi>elcss in tiie*gri|)ping sand keys off
here today wiih her 17l!(i passenger.s
o the
mine of the Scranton Coal Company at
Throop, are entombed in the inner
workings with all chance of escape cut
off. Fire is raging along an entire
vein.
Two 'men who escai>ed said there .sand ihai wlieii
were fifty men shut in by the fire and
would likely be suffcated.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon it was
fully realized by miners and admitted
bv officials at the colliery that the sit
Prinz Friedrich Wiiheini. which has
been sent to her assistance from
New York. The stratide'd Irene rolls
slightly in the swelling sea and is
she
struck the shoal in the fog yesterdav
morning.
A breeches buoy connects the steam-
shi)) with the shore while tliree life-
social ion embrace' ninety per cent of
the capital invested in electrical com
panies in the Tnited States, its point
of view’ cannot w^ell be disregarded.
Tiie purpose of tomorrow's confer
ence is outlined in the statement of
the association's president, W. W.
Freeman; “The political conservation
piopaganda tends to tie up all natur
al resources, including water supply.
We assert that such a policy is one
of waste. There will be no attempt,
however, to make this view prevail at
this conference.”
Papers coverin.g every angle of the
water-power problem will be read and
discussed. The effect of anticipated
America, as Erricone had been sent. I jpcvislation as concerns conservation on
He told of the alleged abuse of so-called “central station" indus-
him by the exaniin'.ng .judges during I t,-y ^vill be gone into detail. Qtiestions
his preliminary examinations and
while iic v.as in prison, .fudge De
al ranks, airived at Juarez today. They
walked from Chihiialiua, L'lO miles,
pushin.g a handcar thiit bore their mea
gre belongings. Where bridses were
out they forded the streams, carrying
the hand car.
Fnited States customs guaids rei)ort
a force of 400 insurrecios at San Igna
cio. oppisite Fort Hancock, east of El
Paso. The ajipearance of the force lias
revived fears of an attack on .Tuarez.
Despatches from Culiacan, the cap
ital of Sinaloa, declare two en,gage-
ments have taken place near Mojolo
and that a number of wounded Feder
als have been 'brought to Culiacan in
ox carts.
Couriers from A.giia Jit a. near Mo-
.iolo, broughi in reports of an engage
ment in which it was said forty instii'-
recios were killed by the Federal ar-
tilla. he said, had insulted him, call
ing him “a Camorrist pig."
WOULD CHANGE CAPITOL
OF FLORIDA.
By Associated Press.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 7.—A biM
providing for a .constitutional amend
ment election to change the capita!
of Florida from Tallahassee to St.
Augustine, wjii* introduced into the
legislature today. It is thought that
any attempt to remove the seat of
state government will start a spirit
ed fight.
The legislature got dow'n to real
of the right control and transfer of j ^
water power by state and nation, terms j Quiy troops are left to garrison
of transfer, calculation of power j Governor Redo has been
erated, tenure of grants, the ri.sht | maintain a defensive atti-
of the individual property owner and
basis of assessed valuation will be
considered.
R D. f^iOORc.
rr'::as and Missouri senators refused 1 work today after the various corn-
t:i allow the presentation of their 1 i^iHtees had been filled and coninr.t-
riiis might have had the ef-|iees clerks had been appointed. A
large number of bills w'ere introduced
into both houses. Amon.g them were
measures looking to further anti-bot-
tinc legislation: to chan.ge dates of
elections: fixing rates for t(>le.graph
nifssag.^s. for preventing shipments
of liquor into dry counties and to
change court procedure.
Both houses after the morning ses
sion ad.iourned until tomorrow.
p.:'i nios.
•-cr'i ;f bursting tiie bubble of the
I-nij'.or-itioTi ro the Virginian. Senator
\'h'alands will stand for nomination
'asTDinst Mr Martin in the caucus, but
'I* is 1 r* yum.^d thi' fcrni t)f protest
I will ie i.'urrly jierfunctory.
I V- il'iam .1. Bryaii explained at the
R. 1'.' ’,vi)i;f liouse toda.v that he was not
ti‘ fjpfiosf'd to tlie election of benatoi
n’.'i /Tirtin as minority leader of the
II senair, V)ut said tliat he ]iersonal1y
ii- 'd to. ii!,i ■■•ot-'^ for Senator Martin
w.
i'e a niv'tnber of the senate.
Lippincot‘.
Two Killings
Near Lumheiton
■'m'' fillM-r
■I -111 Ilf 'ill'
,. illlisllC! ",
~ iiMUlC
'. || in his
;;t 1 i a.
. also '''ill
i.vMiii- still
S|,“f ial tf» Til' XV w's.
IIll!)ei tun, April 7.—Willie bmi*h
wa., shot and almost instantly killed
todav iiv .lini Byrd, at the Lumberton
('otton ‘Mill villa.ee near town. A
grtulge f)f long standing is attributed
as the cause of killing. B.vrd. along
• I- i.ijipiu-j \vitl, Warren West, was arrested and
despi'ej in j;iii lo await trial. West is
Ilf his as an acct'ssor.v to the crime,
during ajji i,eing laimed he started the row
rai Kill, shntj,||;,r p„(Ud with Byrd doing the kill-
1 in.u. ,
Sheriff McXeill received a phone
/ for Capital. ,,,, ssagf toiiav informing him of a
killing at the' Beaufort Clounty Lum-
be»' Company plant near Fairmont,
one negro killed another over a wo-
n.an. Xames not obtainable.
>.'i^ tlia: Ma-
Kiii’y !or !h(* new
:"i' liif ri inoval
;'|i!ii .\'!ania to
I '■ r» iK'W  (t. I
■i.e ,i 1 1,.* IcL'isl i
I ' . has ai''( ad\
' ^ I'l- will iiilro
:i" i-’ciK ial as
Aeroplanes at Savannah.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., April 7.-Savannah is
lo iiave .1 series of aeroplane enter-
1' Mie i;i \v ' taitiments. A plot of ground has been
aii;iim(d lor j i(-ased I'r the ('veuts and the* fiist
• aimiim n;j exhibiti(Mi will take place probably to
iiiovai. I iiiorrow.
Want Pardon for Stripling.
Bv Associated Press.
‘Atlanta, Ga., April 7.—The Georgia
prison commission this morning recom-
merded to governor Brown that he
grant an unconditional pardon to
Thomas Edgar Stripling, the former
liolice chief of Danville, Va., who kill
ed a man in this state 14 years ago
and escaped while being taken to the
penitentiary. His fate now rests with
the governor. The commission heard
Stripling’s plea yesterday. Stripling
is in .iail in Harris county. Georgia,
where he killed W^. T. Cornett for an
alleged insult to Stripling’s sister.
While living in Virginia he was known
as Morris.
Mrs. Brooks Not Guilty.
Fort Worth, Texas, April 7.—Mrs.
T M. Brooks, wlio has been on trial
here for thep ast w^eek charged with
the murder of Mrs. Mary Binford on
.lanuary 16, was today declared not
guilty by the jury that has been
hearing the case. , ^ n
Mrs. Brooks is the wife of a well
known local attorney and during the
rush hours of shopping went to a
large department store, where Mrs.
Binford was employed and shot her
to death.
Mrs Brooks claimed that Mrs. Bin-
ford had tried to alienate her hus
band’s affection?
The verdict was rendered in her
1 favor on theg round of insanity.
Greets King
From Ail ship
By Associated Press.
Friederichshafen, Germany, April 7.
—In his dirigible balloon, the Xew
Deutchland, Count Zeppelin, wdth a
number of passengers, set out at 8:25
o’clock this morning for Stuttgart to
greet King William H, of Wuertem-
burg, and Queen Charlotte, on the oc
casion tomorrow' of their silver wed
ding anniversary. From Stuttgart the
airship will proceed to Badden-Baden
and Duosseldorf.
Arives Safely.
Stuttgart, \Vuertemburg, April 7.—
The airship Deutschland arrived here
at 3 o’clock this afternoon and circled
over the royal palace while Count
Zeppelin dropped a parchiite bouquet
with his greetings to the King and
Queen. A landing was made in the su
burbs, where additional passengers
were taken on.
LORIMER WON T TALK ABOUT
PROPOSED INVESTIGATION.
nation is grave and that an almost saving crews stand by ilie iite saving
hopeless task confronts, the rescviers boats t>n shore. Xear the Irene. B\Nasti-
in attempting to reach the entouiljed ii'g about in the seaway, are the reye.-
Djpii. nue ciit'ers Seneca and .Mohawk with
\1 2;:'>o p. ni. the fire in the mine a litile fleet of tugs awaiting to aid
was still burning. Ui the transhipping ol tixe passengers.
.At this hour the statement is made 'I’here was a smart northwester blow-
(lial forty men are imprisoned in the ing this morning which stirred ur» a
burning mine. iuin]iy sea and life sa\ing crews
— i thought that unless tiie wind and water
At M. E. Conference. f moderated ii would be dangerous lo
„ . . , i transfer the passengers.
By Associated I ress. j yj,^re is absolutely no fear for the
Mont.gomei’y, Ala.. A]>ril 7.—.\t this safety of the passengers who. in tact,
morning's session of the edu(;ational show no apprehension over their en-
conference of the Methodist Episcopal forced stav on the shoals. Some ocean
church. Soulh, addresses were made by voya.gers playt^d bridge in the (;abin
ii. X. Snyder, president of V.'offord while others attended the band con-
Col'e.ge; Rev. .\ndrew Sledd, [U'esid^'Ut (.(jii. Xtiilier do the steerage i>asseu-
of Southern University; Tiev. E. H. gers show any fear.
Rawlings, and others on siitjjects per- Xew York, Ajiril 7.—In practically
ta.inin.g to the church college and its same position in which she sud-
work. Rev. .1. Blackard, of Brown- denl.v found herscdf while groping
tliroiigh the fog yesterday morning,
(lu'light today disclosed the bi.g
Xorth German !.loyd steatiier Prinzess
Irene stuck fast in the sand of Fi’-e
Island, beached on the edge of the
“grave.\'ard of the Atlantic, the
trf.acherous sand pit ^\hich skirts
southern Long Islanfl. 'I liise of her
CONFEDERATE VETERAN STAFF
APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., April 7.—Senator Wil
liam Lorimer arrived here early today
from .Johnstown, Pa.,,where he had in
vestigated a mining device in compa
ny with a Chicago engineer yesterday.
The senator went directly to the La
Salle Street National Bank, where he
spent the early part of the day in
looking after the bank's business.
He declined to be interview'ed in
connection with the proceedings of the
Helm committee by Clarence S. P"un’K,
of the Interantional Harvester Compa
ny. that his company had turned down
an opportunit.v to contribute to an al
leged $100,000 fund to elect the sena
tor.
ville, 'I’enn.. ])resident.
Big Counterfeiting Scheme.
Bv Associated Press.
^Vashington. April 7. - What secret
service men charge was an extended
plan to flood the middle \NVst with
coimterfeit gf>ld coin has been disct-v-
ered in Kansas City. M. R. Litile and
,7(10 jias.scngers v,lio arose early af-
and surveyed
Charles Devault have been arrested ter a sleepless night
there charged with passing counter- their predicament fioni ihe de l-.
lei"Ulrand l'..an'e eaKk-.s. | I he liis Inu-r ilie
I lifp Hrivf^rs \\lio nnd i>rcn jiaTioiiins
Won Championship Cup. j >be beach all night. When
Rv Associated Press. ' f > seaward they were spat n
St Entrustine Fla.. Ainil 7.—.1. Stu- by the :-pray ()f the great
art Blockton, rear commodore of the swells which ir”threaf-
Motor Boat Club of America Ibis morn- pilmg highei • -j,
ing won the Southern chami)ionship ''•ii.ng ()nslanght a^Jin. t e .
cup with the speed boat Vita of Xew broadside.
' A twcniy mile wiiKi iiom me
isonihwest whicii heat a.gainst tlie ves-
Farmer Fo’und D«ad. s-l a. nmliiiglii
T-!v Associated Press I'> " had increased a little at da^^n
'St Au-ustine. Fla.. April 7.-Xeison ' and the government ].rediction was
.Jordan, an aged farmer living "‘‘if* j
miles from here, was found today dead during the da.\. The tu^s
w h his head beaten In with a club i Polled at her at high tide this morn-
and his houi mbbed. It is thought j ing had hauled the .stern of the ves-
r;^lu;:r Xmnted the deed. |’"'eir^ns "hi^i
By Associated Press.
Columbia, S. C., April 7.—An order
promulgated today by General J. Ful
ler I^yon, chief of staff, under instruc
tions from General C. Irvine Walker
commanding, designates the sponsor
for the army of Northern Virginia
department and makes several staff
appointments, preparatory to the an
nual reunion, at Little Rock, May
16-18, of the United Confederate Vet
erans. Miss Frances Rawds Wadleigh
of .Petersburg, sponsor, will have as
attendants Miss Bessie I.amb of Rich
mond, Miss Juliette Opie Tabb of
Parkersburg, W. Va., and Mrs. Mary
Stark Fowler of Little Rock. The fol
lowing ^afT officers are appointed;
Inspector General, Col. William Gil
more: Mms., Barnwell, S. C., aides,
Lieut. Col. D. W. McLaurin and Ed
mund Bacon, of Colunibla, S. C.; C. M.
Calhoun, of Greenwood, S. C.; W. B.
Horner, of Chesterfield county, Vir
ginia and Major Eugene Polk of Little
Rock. Mapor Polk will carry the de
partment colors in the reunion ua- volves,
rade. money.”
Fiee From Arizpe.
By Associated Press.
Agua T’rieta. Mexico. \ia r)ouglas,
Ariz.. April 7.-All the officials of
Arizpe have lett that cit>' and fled
to Cananea, according to a report
received here last night. Arizpe is
probably now in the hands of the
rebels under Juan Cabral. The 300
federal volunteers at Arizpe are not
accounted for in the report. It- has
been reported, however, ^hat theie
has been fighting in the vicinity of
Arizpe during the last two days.
Insurrectos have also entered the
gold camp of Las Chispas, m the
Arizpe district which is owned by
Swiss. It is one of the richest carnps
in Sonora and sends its gold bullion
on burros overland to Nogales.
Favor Arbitration Treaties.
By Associated Press.
New York, April 7.—The New 'V o”k
chamber of commerce will send to
congress and to the president copies
of resolutions recently passed by that
body urging the negotiation
Great Britain, France and other lead
ing nations, of arbitration treaties
The resolutions use the words of
President Taft referring to the trea-
tics ‘*such as shall establish positive
agreements to abide the adjudica
tion of international arbitration in
every issue which cannot be settled
by negotiation, no matter what it in-
whether honor, territory or
Mr. Johnson's Condition.
f3y Associated Press.
Cleveland, O., April 7.—Notwith
standing he spent a rather restful ^
nisht former Mayor Tom L. John- : t
son was reported to be weaker
(lay. He is not allowed to see any
visitors
i inal position, but tiieir
j)ushed the stern deef)er into the
sand bar.
The i>robiem of transferring the
passengers in such weather as oh-
ained tliis morning or that predicted
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Financiers to Finish The
Elkin - Alleghany Road
And Make Some Extensions
Newc Bureau,
Con.gress Hall.
(By H. E. C. BRYANT.) ^
Washington. April 7.—It have it on
the best of authority that men plenty
able to finance the proposition will
take hold of the Elkins-Alleghaney
railroad, surveyed from Elkin to Spar
ta, and complete what has been plan
ned and extend the original jiroject
into Virginia on the north and to Lex
ington on the south, making one of the
most imteresting pieces of railroad in
North Carolina. Twelve miles of the
road has alread.v been graded and
money secured to finish it. Such a
line as the one proposed would open
up the Surry. Wautauga. Ashe and
Allefihaney country. W'ithin a short
time definite plans to complete the
work started by w'ell-meaning Tar-
Heels several years ago will be made.
At this time names cannot be di
vulged but the iieople iiehind the
movement are all wool and a yard
wide. The road contemplated would
pass through Sparta. Elkin, Yadkin-
ville, Advance and other smaller tow’ns
and connect with the Southern and the
Southbound at i^exington.
The counrty to be ot)ened by this
road is said to be the largest and fin
est undeveloped section east of the
Mississippi river.
Wants Government to Build Road.
Senator Overman is trying to get
the government to build a tarvia road
connecting Raleigh with the state
Continued on Pa,ge Two.
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