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CHARLOTTE. N. C.. FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 14. 191 1
■p'D Tr^P' I Charlotte ’
Ihirlc
, =. c**nt5 a Co.pv r.i^v—-rr>np'^ur.day
I Outside Jharlotle, ■> Ce.its a copy Daily and Sunday
EIS
rday's Battle
Mexico And
Us Stgmjkav--•4111 IT PiSEIIT
' H I/ Pro
. - til'll Iw' r'cci\
I'-L ^'’PC'tloiOtC !,,i\wv'T. Ill
H.KiLQUS -■ I'lltai i’> 1" of t'l
■
’.hfti; ii'.nl ilii'iii he will com-
.■tTiCQilS on
VyUccicd
xty Irr
. \'ag^ment
’ ihe Fignt
j l^rom Im-
.V
■ m his chif'f. he is.
tn n-t'at with thorn
iiiMiK'd olTicial roi)ro-
' .\!'\it an ,sro\-ernm»Mit.
nors nvi'tiitf mifl (^hvi'uoti dpcidcd
to (U'voto i1i.-Miiseivfs to tho
;>• of no.Mcc. It is said iliat thpv
■)W'!rod with iio\'(M'nini>n' officials in
By Associated Press.
Muscatine. Iowa. April 14.—Martial
law was threatened by Sheriff Va-
natt today as* a means of preserving
peaco following demonstrations by
striking bn;ton workers, who objected
to the presence of imported special
Overman Ot/ers
Immigration Bill
News Bureau.
Congress Hall.
(By H. E. C. BRYANT.)
Washington. D. ' April 14.—Senator
Overman has again introduced his im
migration bill providing a head tax
of $10 instead of $4. and an education
al test. A person over IH years old
shall read the English or some Euro
pean language or dialect before he or
she can enter. Any one already here
can bring in a brother or sister or wite
without meeting tne foregoing condt-
ofTicors.
Stale troops were placed today a( ,tious. Southerners generally agree \NUh
ii'\i( (> ‘■■'ity, and wlii!.' the Mcxic-m { points nlxnu tiie facioiie.s and are
: 't nnt nt w:;--- wiHiiyj; (iiat ihey i patfolliv.c disiricis here trouble seem
■I!'! ' ;m 1" l.'d'-o haviniv had s'icl;' cd )•.» break out.
' it . !' ;):>intod out lliat ! 'I'l'o local company c>r the Iowa Xa-
*• t uv''; .'- cm nrivatoly and unofti-j i Iona 1 (Viiai d. joii'ed by three out-of-
‘ l'' |ioNvn ciMr.panlcs. were ordered into
;-ii ! wa- ,linirty 'oli-: :.ervi( r lo i)v(>veni rioling, though quiet
• iM rononi;ii- liis iiM^sioii wh(Mi ' pcn i prevailed this morning.
t xprct lo 1'.' hero sever-j rin> strikers and their sympathizers.
■ i'l's. lu‘ s.i.il said are inclined to welcome
Mo'-» Dangc'* to A!neric'.ns. jih(> pres>nce of the troops, in ))refer-
^ ’ ' tirlhf'r (),r. imixini'd special officer.^,
\-;Ma PiiefH, Mexico. | ,||p ^.j|y joday.
u-
\'
1
\\'a
r!:’;r L’*‘rMU: ; ;W' ii\ of Am'•'I’ic;;us
’■!' 'ii'Tii!: :anii's in Mint vicinity
I to au 1IU-
t. Uv’ra'U roi't ivi'ii liy the 'v,»r
■ :.ta'M',T Tliis dis]iatcii.
■ ♦'ro'.n a citi’.-Mi of Doug-
nn;ne is withheld by
■ d' : ai'i t.iv-r.i has hoon laid iK'fove
I p r.'sid n'.
\i -oi'iiini; !'i ■I';.' 'liion;! ial telegrav.i,
’•'V- ’iui:>nis;?- were pitted aiiainst
I d 'n^s in !h'. b.;t.l.' . esterd'vv.
■■'.v;'.i were i'-iMed ai'd si\-
wo ii'ni.'d. "lu federal loss was
• 1 liiilc'd :nii! -e\.\ n wo;;nded.
Tine Mi^d'^rcs to Ea'tjie Pass.
S.!i; Viitoiii', 'T'ex. Aniil 1 t.—Fran-
- ‘.’.aiU ri-, a f Mhev of tlio ‘nsurrec-
- . 'I. r, ..v'.'onr anl 'd tiy his son,
. 'U- '■ ro and I’;'f:i; 1 Hernaiuioz,
■ e’' !hi.' ir.c.MMt’c over ilie ;-ou'hern
I’.ieitu' for K;>.:le Pass, where they will
r 'he l.ord. r and hoar l a si ecial
•; j ■ a"'ai’in:: tliriu on the .\h“xican In-
! • i '-iial to t.-ike them to Chihuahtia
\‘ ntn^ p]n.''e il'.e> will meet
; v’Ti'cto lea.’er and discuss
,l,'e t>-’'n:S.
!',!e> i:t) to (."I'lihtuTliua City in an otti-
' ' i .] f^n'/acit'' to :'soortain whether
•I- I; eis.-() (. Madrro will nor treat with
ill tl'.> lexi-'nii uiiv'riinirut f)ti more reas-
oMaM-' ^erins than he lias heretofore
i,;i i- itei.
1'-''I'endo'/. "ho acc'''nr;':'.nied the
' - , \\ i’l, in senti-oll’c;-'! \\a\’. ve i-
ji. ■ the Aiexicaii u-ovmunent. There
w:. ; a I:.m. cro'.'d at the railroad sta-
T; "i lo .. i iio:;s t!io dei'iu’ture of the
G^OrOE s. TERRY
N N N N DIED AT AIKEN.
Hy A> ''''iat'd Pirss.
Wasa t'utoi;. Ai'vil 14.- George S.
T'lr;. ji'sisfMit ■’•easiirer of the
' ’-i'-'d Si..'P.- ai \pw York, died this
1 a’i.Mi;, a lv>tt'! at Aiken, S. .
^ I'.e - lie ha'l I'.'eu ill for some time.
T
Canadian Reciprocity
Discussea in Congress
Kitchin Opens Debate
News Bureau,
Congress Hall.
(BY H. E. C. BRYANT.)
FuJICTQI SCTVICC I Carolina Representative
Mr. A. C. Hutchison^
a I'
• n
ni-
AUTO WENT OVER EM-
BAIMKMENA AT 14TH STREET.
•\n automobile, occupied by Mr.
Palmer Blanton and Miss .\ora Smith,
somersaulted down an embankment
]fl feet high near the intersectioti of
Hievard and Fourteenth streets last
ni:.;ht and pirined iioth passengers be-
neaih it. Several men \\ho happened
lo Ire neai the scene ran to their as
sistance, lifted the cfr off and neither
one of them, ext s'pi for a tew slight
bruises were injured.
Miss Smith is stenographer for the
Mecklenburg Auto Co.
Owing to the hard rain, she Avas
being sent tt) her home in Xoith Char
lotte in Mr. .). M. .lones' five i>assenger
!•:. M. F. car. .Mr. P.lanton one of the
conipaiiv's mechanicians o]>erating.
Seeing a mud hole just ahead. Mr.
Plantcm apidied the brakes, but too
quickly, as it i)roved. The car began
to skid and seeins ho wnear hp was to.
the ten foot etnbankment. the shauff-
etir swung tlie » ar itround sharply with
ihe result that it turned over once-
as it went over tiio embankment, and
lay in an inverteii ])osition. The car
was l)adly wrecked and the fact that
both the occupauis were in the front
seat probably saved them from fatal
injuries.
TEXTILE MEN MEET SATUR
DAY IN SPARTANBURG.
'I'he board of gi;vernors of the
Southern Textile .‘vssociatii.n will
ukpl in Svartanlntrg. S. Saturday
iii’ternoon to determine the time and
jdace of th:> next annual mcv^ting and
:o (lisi)ose of other matters of im])oit-
ance.
,\ii. \V. H;\nirick. of Columbia, is
president of the association; .Mr. G. S.
Fscoti of iliis eit\, is .secretar\ and
Mr. David Clark, of this city treasurer.
Mr. Overman on this propo&i'ion. He
would keep out of this country a sor
ry class of immigrants.
•lohn A. .Mills, a Raleigh railroad
man. who was here tiiis \\ eek, says
that he is going to cons-truct a road
from l.illingion, Harnet county, to
F^roadway, in l-ee, a distance of IT
miles. Sixty-pound rails will be used
in its construct ion.
\V. K. i.lottser. an enierprising young
man from Rochesier. N. Y., s))ent Mon
day in the city. He is one of the chief
])romoters- of a farming scheme for
Harnet county. From lu,(hjn to 20,000
acres of land, some of which has been
purciiased will be developed into a
farm of considerable proportions,
where pecans, dewberries, grapes,
peaches, scuppernongs, cotton, corn
and other interesting crops will be
grown. A company is being organized
and cai)iial raised. The details of the
program will be completed between
now and Sunday. W. X. Hunt, the hor
ticulturist, has ))assed \ipon the land
under consideration and expressed his
belief in the succcsrs oi the i)roject.
.Most improved methods will be used
on this farm. Modern machinery and
impliments will be a part of the out
lay. Mr. Houser, who is very affable
and enthusiasiic. will spend Saturday
and Sunday in Raleigh. His head-
(piarters-will bo at Fayetteville.
A^'ashington. April 14.—The demo-1
crats are still up in the air over the j ^he funeral of Mr. A. C. Hutchison, j
distribution of patronage and it willig,.^ conducted yesterday after-!
be some days itei'ore they know what; „oon at the re.sidence, A larse its-:
is what. The caucus Tuesday night f,.jends filled the Hutchi-
Gun in Noted Battle—Recites
Phrases From Sim mons
Speech,
elected Represeniative IJoyd, of Mis-,son home and norch and every 'Jhinks FoctS WCTC Misiepte-
sented to Fool the Farmer-’
Debate on Reciprocity May
Last Several Days.
souri; Foster, of Illinois, and Humph-i sympathy that could minis-
re.v, of Mississippi, a committee—! ,er to the sorrowing family, was
called the commiite on i)airon;»ge Heautiful flowers from Char-
apporiion the position and funds. A elsewhere covered and suv-
mernber of this committee told me rounded the casket,
that it would be at least a week be-; McGeachy. of the Second
! Presbvterian clutrch. conducied tlie
fove anything definite would be done.
service which was exceedingly sim-
By -Associated Press.
Washington, Ai)ril 14.—Canadian re-
1 lie uiReitaint\ of things in the pat- Comforting passages of Scri])ture ciprocit\, for the second time within
ronage line has cattsed a i)anic weie read, a tender i)rayer offered | a few moniiis has beoome the subject
the
hymns
‘Lead Kindl.v
ofRce-seekers especially , and the'
the colored contingent which sudden-"Xearer My God to Thee''
iv » iuartette consisting of
ly became democratic to the core.
It is said now, however, that each
representative, barring chairman of
committees, will iiave about fifteen
hundred dollars at his disposal but
1 M rs.
and
E. l„. Martin. Mrs. H. S. Bryan
Messrs. William Anderson and
O. M. Xorwood.
MISS THAYER
jTAKES HOUSE.
Miss Grace 'I'hayer.
the trouble would not end with the
lU'omise of that amount for there are. . t,
few salaries of that size, most of! (Irace lhayer. who has been
them being one thousand or two:^ resident ot Charlotte lor seyera
thonsand dollars. Ir has been sug-! l^^s taken a house on West
gested that the Xoith Carolinians -^lorehead siieet, in anticiijation of
agree to divide iheir .jobs into one , coiiiing. next week, ot her mot
thousand dollar and two tiiousand dol-I havei, and sister, 111 s.
lar places and draw ](;ts for the ad-, daughter, iluul,
vantage. This may be done. j who make their home heie.
The friends of Senatoi' Simmons ■ ^ ♦
are congratulating iiini over his ap-^^*--^'^^-' , ,,
pointmeni to tlie senate steering com-! A.ts. R. A. McGiat i, o
niittee. The senior senator fi-om' among the guesih at
Xorth Carolina may go wrong on Selwjn.
Big Cargo of Naval Stores.
B.' \.-.-!Ociatcd I’ress.
p. nsitcoia, Fla.. April 14.—What i^*
( hilM.ed to b- the largest cargoe of I p,._.
i :, v,il over shippod from the !
: ni^t-d Stages to a foreign port left
h> .T today-on the liritish steamer Ber-
wind .Moor for Brtunen and London.
The shipment eomiirises O.OoO casks.
,)f gallons- of s])irits of tur-
pi'Titine, and ■Jl.;uii barrels of naval
of ;-tor's. tiK' total liaving a valuation
I Ilf nearly .$sH0.ii(t0, 'I'he siiipmeni was
-tirr. in made by the American Xaval Stores
The Coiupanv which has about 10 times
fnnd M'is amount in its >ards in this city.
ti-iMtin.:
i-|\. 0.1 Deadlock Continues.
1
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■ e". ,eS
I ini of
POLICE AND WORKMEN FIGHT
SEVERAL HURT AND KILLED.
Marseilles. April 34.—Workmen en
gaged in digging the Rhone canal
v,ho went on a strike a few days ago
(•'ashed \Nith the police this morn
ing. During the melee one police-
nun and seven workmen were
woiuided.
Ne w Hampshire Hits Lorimer.
Concord. X. H.. April 14.—Declaring
that i tappears morally certain that
Fnited States Senator Wililam Lori
mer of Illinois, obtained his seat by
Assails The
‘%me Of Gold
Bv Associated Press.
'Washington. D.,C.. April 14.--Charg
ing that corporate bodies today con
trol not only the legislaiure but the
courts of the Fnited States aiid that
law in these instances no longer means
iustices. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma,
las-t night, speaking at the Thursday
dinner of the Scottish Rite Masons of
the District of Columbia, assailed the
‘•lure of gold.
Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, also
was a speaker. Senatoi' Ta.vlor assert
ed that money madness- had brought
Americans to a stale where "if they
were to go to Heaven they would dig
up the golden streets of the new Jeru
salem and do dut.v on the harps C)f the
angels to protect Americ'an industries. ’
Senator Owen said it was impossible
for the government to control trusrts
when the trusts already controlled the
government. A return of power to the
hands of the people, he asserted, was
the only remedy for conditions that
jirevail today when “not only legisla
tors are controlled by corjiorations.
but judges are appointed that are
favorable to the interests. ’
some things but no one who !nows
him doubts his ability and courage
to heiji organize and steer a body of
men. The ])olitical end of the game
fils him as the hobble skirt tits the , ’
EASTER
GUESTS.
Miss Theresa McCubbins, of Sal-
a Presbyieriau College stu-
goes
wonian-J-rom bottom to top. Xo sen-' -H.es home this tM-ening for
ate committee ever had two cleverer accompanied * isses .o le
steerers than Thomas S. Martin andb^n/abeth Withers.
Fitrnifold M. Simmons, who w
born, bred and trained to steer, as
MR. AND MRS. WADSWORTH
DIVES TRAIN THREE MILES
ihf ir political careers in Xorth Car- TAKE TRIP,
olina plainly show. i Mis. (leo. Wadsutjith lea\o
Ite-morrow night for a delightful trip.
'I'hey first go to Si. Louis, nliere ‘hey
V, ill visit Hrs. Wadsworth s sis'ter,
IN LESS THAN TWO MINU TES.' Mtlis. From Si. Lotiis they
go to ('incinnati to visit, Mr. and Mrs.
Pufl’alo, X, Y.. April 14.--Engineer ^,p,, Baker, parets of Mrs. Wads\\orlh.
Chihls. of Syracuse, a Xew > ork Cen- 'i'h,fcv will be altseii’, about ten da.\S'.
tral railroad emplo.\ee, holds the s})eed " ^
recor(i for American railwa\s ioday as ivjakES MOVING
the result of his feat .\estcrda.\' iu driv- PICTURES.
ing f.ist mail train Xo. P!. carrying p Stewart of Orange, X. .T„
.seven steel mail cars and two Pull- a(]visorv engineer of Thos. A. Edison.
bribery, fraud and corruption, the New'
.inded By Associated Press. 'Hampshire senate, by a vote of 16 to
iinr-- Xashvilh'. 'I enn.. .\pril 14.—rtespiie ig
ef.-^ or rutnors of conferences looking to the
: return of the instirgent members of
.\uua j)-,. i(>>.:islature from cD aiur, Aala., the
d t' ar v.iniatiou remains unchanged and the
th
ed in their determination to continue
ti:e deadlock as wiien they left the
ei*y.
The house met this morning and
j-oon adjourned unti. tomorrow niorn-
'I'he inieresting (luestton no\^ is.
uill Ihe novernor receive the election
Dill, the passage of which led 34 mem
ber;* to leave the state, there being no
(pifirum pre.sent when the bill was
sigi;f'fl.
It WHS rursiored here this morning
; hat *l)e ruiui''
\ uieri-
y Oil
1.0 iiO
eo^nix-
■•! f’-iun
i ,i. to
t' *' f i ’ d
■ iiruia-
: . e hp-
i'.'litv
> ;■ r in
, . • or
tors Gallinger and Burnham that the
sentiment of the people of New Hami)-
shire appears to be that Senator Lori
mer should not be allowed to retain his
ab.-eiiiees s(' far as known are "^'jseant in the Uni ed Stales senate.
'The resolutions were then sent to
the hou&s for concurrence, but as
there was so much opposition the
matter was indefinitely postponed,
j Copies of the resolution were order
ed sent to each United States sena
tor.
To Meet in Atlanta.
By .\ssociated Press.
\Iemi)his. Tenn.. April 14.—In a call
made public here today, former Gover-
jior M. R. Patterson, of Tennessee,
a- members would ^^oon j of the Southern Conference
. I 11 iiiit this report can not be con-1,1,^ woman and child labor, convokes
is lirm( 'i.
I'll
,;i. Game Postponed.
ut B. As-ociated Press.
■ r' ‘Piniadelpiiia, Pa.. April ll.-(Ameri-
:n: am -Xew York-i’hiladeli)hia game
: i"‘ pcr,^ jtohc-d; rain.
the fourth annual convention of that
organization at Atlanta. Ga., April 2.'.
and 26. State labor bodies, women's
clubs and civic and business organ
izations. as well as employers of wo
men and children, are urged to send
reviresentatives.
RESICNSmS
POST TO-
mans, from Bellevue to Lancaster, a
distance of three miles, iu one minuie
and .j1 seconds. The lirst mile was
made in -IS seconds, the s(‘Cond in o7
and the third in :>(> seconds.
is in the cit.v. .Mr. Stewart’s woi’k is
in the bi'j lal)orator.\' at Orange, wher'
7,000 are emploxed in making tho
uuiving i»icn!re i)ictures.
Chicago Provisions.
Chicago. Ai>ril IL—Butter steady
(’reampries Italil. Dairies Flais.
Egus ste:!(l.'’. recei))is cases;
Admiral Bstbsder Arrives.
By Associated Press.
Xew York. .Xoiil 14.- Rear .\dmiral
Onfree BeTneder. formerly minister of ^t mark, (-ases in(duded K} l-2a1 1, firsts
marine foi’ the Argentine republic, ar- |.r,. pvime firsts K> 1-2.
rived here today fiom ]'^uro()e to super-j ("iiepse steady. Daisies 14a1-2, Twins
intend t iie construction of two war-12 3-1aP^, Young .\niericas 3-4a1 1,
shi))s now building for his government Long Horns 1.3 3-4al4.
in Xew .lerse.v shipyards. Potatoes weak, choice to fancy 52a
5."), fair to good r)0a.')2.
Poultry steady, tuikeys dressed 10.
fowls live 15, s])rlngs live I-";.
Two* Veal steady, 50 to 60 Iti. weights 6;i
of the 7, 60 to S5 lb. weights Ta9. 80 to 110
schooner Ottawa, which was wrecked lb. weights 9 l-2alO.
at Cla.vbank .vesterday, were recover
ed today. Three bodies, one of them
that of Claus Weborg, were recovered
yesterday. One more man is believed
to have been aboard the schooner.
Two More Bodies Recovered.
By Associated Press.
Green Bav, \Vis.. April
more bodies of the crew
of legislative discussion in the con-
gi'ess of the Fiiiled State's.
When tiie house of representatives
met toda.'- it was to have placed befor(‘
it the Canadian agieement as reported
yesterday from the ways and means
committee by Chairman I’liderwood.
Willi the bill taken up, the question
of length of del.'iiles was to be deter
mined. Though there is oi.))osition to
the measure in the house, it has hceu
the prevailing oi'inion that cliscussion
could be disposed of within two days,
today and tomorrov.-, but ihe democrat
ic leaders have not licen iiudiued to
limit debate unreasonably if longer
time should be required, and they set
four days as the maximum limit,
'riiat would [irolong the deltate until
next week with a vote on the bill 'I'nes-
day night or Wednesday.
Reiiresentative Dalzell, of Penr.syi-
vania. who oi»posed the Mct'all V)ili
in the Sixty-iirst congress and \\ho
yesterda.\ served noiice that he would
make a minoiity report from tlio
ways and means committee on the
Fnderwofxl bill, wars not expected to
lii'eseiit his report toila>' i)Ut at soiiKi
time during the debate.
'I'he senate adjourned yesterday un*
til Monda.^■.
Representative Kitchin Opens De*
bate.
Special to The News.
Wasliington, I). (^. A])ril IL—At the
repiest of ('iiairnian I'ndtu'wood of the
ways and means c imniitiee. Rei>resen-
lative Kitchin oiuuH'd the debate to-
da>' on reciiU'oeity, He argued that,
the tariff ui I'arm jiroihicts was a
sliani, a fiaud and a snare to catch
tlie farm vote. l!e (luoted Vanc.e, Vest,
Beck and Simmons to »ui)port his po-
silion. I‘'rom a spoech made by .Mr.
Simmons, ai Snow Iliil In J!)02, he
(ptoied; “The truth is the whole re-
l)ublican argumMit that tariff regulates
I lie price of farm i»roducts is false.
‘Our elieap raw mr.'eriais are cotKm,
coi'it, wheat and oilier iiroducts of the
farm of which cannot be benefitted
by iirotection because we ex]tort them
ii! large (pianiities."
-Mr. Simmons wasr not (pioted to show
thai Mr. Kitclii'i differs with him. but
to bolster .Mr. Kiiehin’s argument. The,
debate on this bill will continue until
late Monday.
H, E. C. Bryant.
Parish to Vote on Saloons.
Bill Intioduced to
Disfranchise Negro
Hi
Calm Settles Over the Wine
Growing Dishict of Fiance
After Three Days Rioting
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By A.'sociated Press.
Kpernay. Department of Marne.
I'rance. Ai)ril 14.—Calm prevailed dur-
Mig the night throtigbout the Depart-
meni of .Marne, the scene of three days-
riotous outbreak (m the part of the
(li,-oniented winegrowers, and the an-j
liiorities this moining are hopeful that
tlM.‘ rioting is over.
The vote of the chamber of deputies
,r. thai ’’1 iMillifying the action of the senate
'inu' iti *'‘'i'l> r'ference to the delimitation 01
*' in ace 'he eliampagne districts which would
el lead- l"“!uiii wine made iu any district to
a reply !>*' labelled champagne and the express
ed intention of I’remier Monisr to re-
fc'r the whole |uestion to the council
ot state for settlement, served to
large extent, it is believed, in appeas-
ii-g the excited populace.
Tlie army corps sent to quell the
outbreak and prevent further destruc
tion of property remains, however, in
the disturbed area.
force of gendarmes just before
daylight this morning proceeded 10
\ enteuil, one of the wine depots upon
which the manifestants especially di
rected their operations of destruction
of the wine presses and bottles ot
champagne and arrested two of the
ringleaders. WTiile the gendarmes are
escorting the acused men to the police
Set at ion women rushed into the street
and tried to tear incriminating docu
ments from the arms of the public
prosecutors.
Military aeroplanes played a prom
inent role in the maneuvres of the
By Associated Press.
W’ashington, April I L—David .layne
Hill, of Rochester, X. Y.. ambassador
of the United States to Germany,
has resigned his post. The resigna
tion has been accepted by President
Talt.
Xeither in Mr. Hill's letter of res
ignation nor in the president's letter
of acceptance is any reason given tor
the ambassador's action. The presi
dent thanks Mr. Hill for his ser
vices at Berlin and says that he is
glad to know that he will remain
there until .Tiily 1. when the resigna
tion goes into effect.
Mr. Hill's letter to the ))resident
was dated April 12.
.\nibassador Hill was ordered from
Berlin several weeks ago to discuss,^
according to announcement by the
state department at that time, the'
potash controversy between the Unit
ed States and Germany, which for a
long time has been the subject of
diplomatic interchange in which Mr.
Hill has been intimately engaged.
State department officials declined to
day to disiMiss the resignation.
The retiring ambassador has been
connected with the state dejiartment,
for more than twelve years, .entering
the service as assistant secretary of
state October 2.S, 1898. He was ap
pointed minister to Switzerland in
1903 and two years later transferred
to the Netherlands. Since April 2.
1908, he has been ambassador to
Germany.
Wliile Ambassador Hill’s resigna
tion was a great surprise to official
Washington an5 to the diplomatic
corps here, it was argued toda.y that
the fact tliat he is to remain at his
post until .Inly 1 indicates that there
was nothing urgent in the aral)assa-
dor's action.
Shrieveport, La., Aiiril 14.—The PO-, Associated Press.
lice jury today passed an ordinance
W'ashington, Ai>ril 1 4.—Repre.senta-
ordering an election on .June 1 on the. . .
question of voting back saloons in Cod-, tive Hardwick, of Georgia, toda\
do parish, including Shreveport, which troduced a bill providing for the dis
has been drj' for the past three .\ears.
franchisement of the negro. He pro
posed that the following amendment
Peach Crop in Habersham. to the constitution be submitted to
Baldwin, Ga., April 14.—Peach grow-, the state legislatures for ratification,
ers of Habersham county say that the] namely:
crop this vear will be within fifteen! •'1’hat the fourteenth amendmeiii
per cent of a normal. It will not. of to ihe constitution of the United
course, be as large a crop as was gath- I Stales, be, and the same Is nereiiy le-
Nine Injured in Wreck.
By .\ssocialed Press.
Wasliington, April IL-Xlne per-
.sons weie slightly injured yesterday
when Southern Railway train Xo. 31,
the Southeastern limitpd from W’ash
ington to ,la(dson\ille, was d»>ralled at
.\shley, S. .\l’ the coaches but the
rectr Pullman left the rails. The acci
dent is laid to a broken flange. Ac
cording to advices received at the
head(!uartei-s of the Southern Railv.-ay,
the folh)wing were among those in
jured ;
.Mrs. ,\lic(^ Hand. .Mlendale. S. C,
C, C. Faris, Winsloii-Salem, .V, V.
.Mrs. Ella G, lioni, Ciiattanooga,
Tenn.
ered last year.
pealed.’’
New York Remembers Today.
New York. April 14.—Flags are fly
ing from all buildings and from many
office buildings and residences here
in token of the 46th anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln's assassination,
w'hich occurred on a Good Friday. The
wir: 111 liic - anniversary of the shooting has not
droops‘when\lirrioting^va7 at' its ’ fallen upon a HYiday^ since 1S76
I and It will not again until
Storm in Eastern Missouri
Results In Nine Deaths-
Hundred Persons Injwed
several points in W'ashington. ]\Iont-
By Associated Press. gomery. St. Francois, and .Jefferson —
St. Louis. April 14.—Nine persons,the lead belt counties, and aimmg the
are dead and nearly one hundred in
jured as a result of the destructive
wind and hail storm which iiassed over
easterti Missouri yesterday afternoon.
In this city three are dead and proper
ty valued at betAveen $1,.500,000 and $2.-
OUO.OUO was destro.\ed.
Tlieie was a remarkable participa
tion of hailstones. Some of these are
reported as being three inches in diam
eter. Hail cause the greatest damage.
Thousands of windows in West End
residences were broken. Greenhouses
towns suffering heaviiy vere .‘^lat Riv
er. Esther and Elvins. In the three
towns named oO jiersons were more or
le.ss seriously injured.
Another Report.
DeSota, Mo.. April 14.—With all tel
ephones south of here crippled, re
ports from the districts sweiit by a
tornado late yesterday afternoon are
coming in slowl>'. It will be late to
day before a comiilete list of the de
struction can be compiled.
Eight jiersons are known to have
New Electric Concern.
Greeijsboro. X. .\pril 14. -Further
iiHeresI was given to the electrical
developments of ihis state by tho filing
in Raleigh of pr.pers of iiK-f)ri>orat ion
for (he .\orl!i Statf* Ilydro-p]lectrie
Com))any, with au authorized cajiitnl
stoc'k of $30(1 ouo. The incorporaiors
are A. C. Wckoff. II. L. Parker and
F\ H. P.i iggs. all f)f Raleigh.
'I'he comiiany, it is staled. Is n suh-
sidiary comiiany of thf> f;aroliiia Power
Lislit Co.. and the Yadkin River
Power Comiiany.
Two White Boys Shot a Negro.
W'ilniiiigton, .'\)»iil 11. Itoberl
' TlKimpsoii, a negro, was takC'ii to the,
hospital late last night with a dan
gerous wound in the abdomen, in
flicted bv a 22-'alibre rifle ball, and
W'estlev Hamilton and Richard Phil
lips. white, ag“d !'■ and la respec
tively, are in the city prison v.ithout
bond cliMigcd wiiii the shooting. Both
.voting men ai.iieared to be tlrinking.
Phillips i-aid the negi'f) tried to hold
him up and he then went and got
the rifle and Hamilion followed up
tiiG negj'o and when the laner closed
in on them he fired, the bullet taking
effect ill tue iibdouien. Tlie alfair oc
curred in the not 1 hern section of
the cit.'’.
demolished. Churches in the path‘been killed in Valles Mines, Cadet and
1 __ ..: .-V: m nya naan ut
of the storm did not escape, and many
stained glass windows were broken.
At Valles Mines. Mo., the tornado
killed four jiersons and seriously in-
pired a score more.
At Cadet. Mo., two women are
known to have been killed and tit-
teen persons are reported injured.
.\t She1b\ viHe. III., hail stones eight
inches in circumference were reported.
At Annaila growing crops were badly
damaged by the i^ail and wind.
The tornado which wrouirht destruc
tion in Cadet and Vallps Mines swojir
No election in Colorado.
Denver, Col.. .\i;ril 14. -Represen-
Foin'TegnjVs“'are''deaV'‘atilaiive .Marlin receivefl the .'14 votes
of the anti-Siteer democrats In ye--
terda.\'s ballot for I'niied States sen-
aior. Mayor Si;eer i;olled 28; Rejire-
sentative .Maupin, 1, and Dr. B. 1.,
.lefferson, 2. Thirr>-fine repablican.s
vriTed for C. W'. Watermati.
vicinu .
Valles Mines and two while women
dead at Cadet.
'I'wo men, .lohn Power;; of Cape Gi-
rade’i and .Josepli Boyers, of DeSota,
were killed while riding in an automo
bile in the southern )»arr of .lefferson
county. The third occujjant of thel ;—— —•
machine, which was catight in thei Commissioner Resigns.
wind, is missing. The chauffeur, whoj Washitif^ton. Aiiril 14. .\nnounce-
escajied. telephoned the report here. . 1 me iit was made here that 11. IL
Meagre reuorts tell of havoc 1 Xorth, commissioner of innm.^Ma.ion
wiour'hl ihrouV-hout .Jefferson county. | at San Francisco, Cal., had resi'rnpd.
Farm' bnildiiiirs were demolished and I Xo rerisons were given and uo succco-
over and
did considerable damage to j great damage waf '(lone to crops. i sor has been decided upon
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