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T HEW OFTHE mnin I HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AT ! ' HOME AND ABROAD GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES Brief Chronicle of the Day's Evenjs In All the Nations of the Earth to Keep Readers Abreast of the Times.' Roanoke, Va., Jan. 22. Edward Keafauver, Bhot and killed his bro ther Otto, 28 "years old this after noon in a suburb of Roanoke, after Otto had abused his sister, Mary, thrown the girl through a glass door of their home,, severely cutting the young lady's face. ', New York? Jan. 22. Although the Danish Consul vouched for the fact that Miss, jPal,amora De Terschow was a connection of the royal fami ly of Denmark and worth more than $1,000,000, the immigration authori ties deported her today because she bad been found mentally deficient. Washington, Jan. 22. Borden town, N. J., with . it of a possi ble 1,000, carr' ' iiighest honors in the first v. ontest of the military school snoring competition ship and the war department trophy. Among the scores was Mt. Tainal pais, San Rafael, Cnl., 701 vs. Bing ham, Asheville, N. C, 679. Rirhmond, Jan. 22, By a vote of 75 to 19 the lower branch of the general assembly late today passed the soealled "enabling act" under which'18,000 qualified Voters In Vir ginia may demand a statewide elec tion for prohibition. The same meas I ure passed the house of delegates, two years ago and was defeated in the senate, to which body it will go immediately for approval or rejec tion. .' N Washington, Jan. 22. Accusa tions of "snobbishness" in the U. S. Navy are branded as "untrue" and r"unjust" in a letter from an officer of the naval reserves to Secretary Daniels today. The officer refers to published statements attributed to another officer, who was alleged to have stated that navy officers in general looked with disdain and con tempt upon all who were not gradu ates of the naval academy. Wahington, Jan. 21. Secretary Garrison today directed the return to the heir of Jefferson Davis of two duelling pistols," a double-barrelled pistol and appurtenances seized by Union troops near the close of the civil war, Mr. Garrison took this ac tion uporf receipt of an opinion from Attorney General MeReynolds that the ", president,- f the . Confederate States nad not been legally deprived of ownership of the v property. Juarez, Mex., Jan, 21. Two of the greatest living Spanish riters wishes that peace soon would be re stored in Mexico. ' The messages were addressed to General Carranza B. Perez Galdos, he Spanish poet, cabled: '! wish that my voice today were the voice of all, Spain. It would say one word 'peace.' " Jose Re hegaray, the dramatist said: '.'The " sons (f Spain beg their brothers in Mexico to end the 'struggle with a ' fraternal embrace." ' T - - Lady Fin afraid -one foot is big ger than tnd other." , ' . Shopman one the contrary, ma dame, one is , perhaps smaller .than the other. London Opinion.' . ' cueuers, uoi., A. J Walsh was IUIILU badly done np with rheumatism and ent for Foley Kidney , Pills whicL was the only thing that would eirre him. Ge. Potter, of Pontiac, Mo1 was down on his back, with kidney and bladder troubleand Foley Kid ney Pills made him well and 'able work. It isva' splcndi4 medicine ami always h-lpl Just try it. J. E. Hood & Co. ,:; . .' ', ; r (adv) J PRESIDENTS RIGHT IS DENIED 7 , .;'-S Date. Grower Claims Land Held by President- California,, Charges Conspiracy Mrs. Wilson Deeded Plat tor Husband. -i , IjQ3, Angeles, Cul., Jan. 22. Sixty acres, of date, land in the CoacheUa valley, in Southern California, deed ed to President Wilson by his wife, was brought into contest today in a complicated (proceeding before the registrar and receiver of the United States land office here. Two por tions claim the land the President of. the United Stute and Homer L. Gorrard, a date planter. Three en triesMere filvd on it. The contest was brought by John T. King, a rancher, who -sold the land to Mrs. Margaret AssoElliott, sister of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, and wife of a professor at the University of California. Mrs. Elliott sold the property to Mrs. Wilson. Kong brought the contest, which hinges on faulty publication of notice of filing, because as the seller f the land. he guaranteed title. King allege, that a conspiracy to commit fraud was carried out bv Mrs. Maud Compton HenMe. of Los Angeles, and her brother, John L. Cpmptou. editor of a uew.spaicr in the '.CoacheUa -"valley. One of his chief exhibits is a deed naming Preysideut Wilson as the present own er of the land. If King's contest is successful the President will remain owner, but an adverse decision will turn the land over to Gorrard, who paid Mrs. Ilensie $"00 cash and gave her a note for $350, for her relin quishment of claim. FIRST FRUITS OF MESSAGE Bill to Create an Inter-State Trade I Commissiflln Clayton , Presented the Measure After He Conferred With Wilson. Washington, Jan. 22. Four of the proposed bills to supplement the Sherman nntil-trust act, suggested by President Wilson in his recent message to congress, were made oublio todav and tonight. One of them, the nieaure to create an in terstate trade commbsion, was in troduced in the house by Represen tative "Clayton, chairman of the Ju diciary committee. The other three, prepared by the house judiciary sub-committee for submission, and consideration by the full committee, were given out in ac cordance with the President's pro gramme of publicity. They will be introduced tomorrow. They em brace these subjects: Prohibition of interlocking direc torates of' industrial corporations. railroads, banking or trust companies to be effective two years after ap proval. Define the Sherman anti-trust act, meuning of "conspiracy in restraint of trade.'' A trade relations measure design ed to prohibit "out throat'' compe tition through price discriminations, discounts, rebates, fcrritorial res trictions, etc. Puns ... It is conceded in Washington that Dr. Frank G. Clark w the most atro cious punster in America j orfor the matter of thatin the "entire" solar system. The other night at the club, a comuanv talking .about puns. Somebody asked H. what - was the best pun, he had erer lieari' ll. ro plied; 'Thnt one about the'duck- goes nto.the water, you jenienibcr, for divers reasons and comes out from sundry motives." 'A.nd what do you think absolutely the" worst f" 'he next one that Clarke is go- in,lr'to mane, ""wmvo i.iu."p" 1 V"A pedestriiin always - base ! the right of way." 'V- , ' 'Yas,' replied the timid man. ?But hat's the good of a right f way that s aU fiUcd ap with motibgr vehi ties? Washington Star. " OFFICERS SHOWING INTEREST Washington Closely WatchingJa panese Matters president Is Con Aden! Foreign Minister Evidently JKeant Making of a Hew treaty., " 1 , Washington, Jan. 22 .Baron Makino'ai statement in the Japanese parliament yesterday of the statutes ui-regard to the California alien land legislation excited the greatest in terest in official circles here today. In administration circles there was a feeling of optimism regarding the relations between the United StatesJ and Japan, and the highest officials did not hesitate to express the opin ion that a satisfactory agreement be tween the two countries would be reached. The president is confident of ' an ' amicable adjustment. It hus been understood that, in the course of exchanges, an. adjust ment by the means of a new treaty was mentioned. Today it was stated that Japan had not made any formal request . for such a convention. Therefore, it is believed that the way is- still open for the resumption of the negotiations on that basis in the future, and it was suggested that this probably was what Baron Maki no hud in mind when he referred to "other ways'' of dealing with this issue, , . . . THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Transacted Minor Business and Al owed Claims at Regular Monthly Meeting. The board of county commission ers met in regular monthly session in the register of deeds', office at the courthouse on January 5. Present were Chairman Tull and Commit sioners II. Guningham, R. F. Church ill, D. Wc Wood and R. T. Langston. A petition asking that a hearing for a proposed new road in Con tenfnea "Neck township be held, was presented, and it was ordered that u former order to lay out tho road be rescinded. The board will hear the matter on February 2. Jno. II. Rouse was appointed keeper of vital statistics in Moseley Hall township to succeed D. S. Wottl, resigned. Richard King resigned as keeper of vital statistics in South west township and II. W. Russell was appointed !to succeed him A nrooosition from the United States government to establish a cat- j tie quarantine in the county and as sist in eradication of the cattle tick was read The proposition was ac-' wpted and the county declared under j quarantine m accoraance witn me ItSjvs. , , appointive officers were rein stalled and their bonds ordered re newed. The half-fee bill was referred to the chairman for approval. The following amounts were or dered jmid out of the various funds of the county: Roanke Bridge Co., Bear ' Creek bridge .$1,500.00 Jno. II. Dawson, outside poor .-f D. E. Wood, coroner Jno. II. Dawson, intereston bridge note Wade Taylor, gate N. B. WootenTroad account, salary ... .i.. '2!.r0 17.G0 100.00 1.50 307.52 Mrs. ' Agnea ,:, Lee,t county' home, salary'" -wii--.-. " 118.48 Gep:'ee;' county farm'sal- "' ary ' u -1 i. Emmett Toler, gate . 1-.-E. L. Rouse, gate W.' W Jones, fence account Lenoir. J)riig Co., account. R Marston, account T, B. ' Ash ?ord, account . Scott & W'allciv account City of vICinston,; water and lights ; -Carolina ' Telephone it Co., 1 . rents Lucas .Bros., account FREE PRSS" CO., aceount 20.16 4.50 2.50 4 3.25 9.90 1J)0 .).. 64.25 8.00 21.50 10.B2 3.00 1.50 14.05 C.,15. Taylor, gate Joscplu .Phillips, gate Coy . Taylor, road account '(Cdntinued on page i.) INCONVENIENCED ATTORNEYS Judge Speer Held Court Without His Jurisdiction, Say Witness Select ed Jury Himself Local Interest In Case Stimulated. ' ' . "tlaeon Jan, 22. "United States court' is in session on the island Ladies cordially invited to attend, This is the substance of a placard which W. II. Burwell, speaker of the Georgia house of ;.- representatives. thin afternoon testified was posted m a' hotel at Toxaway, N. C, where Judge" JSpeer, of the United States court, southern division of Georgia was holding a special ' session of court. Mr. Burwell was" introduced as u witness before the sub-commit tee of the judiciary committee of the house, in 'the 'investigation of the churge that Judge Speer" at times held court without Jus jurisdiction and by so doing inconvenienced at tomeys and other? required' to at tend. ' .-.Vj, k . At the morning session of the com mittee J. M. Barnes, former United States marshal, testified that Judge ,Speer had picked the grand jury which ' investigated charges of de frauding the government in the Greene-Gaynor case at Savannah Mr. Barnes charjaed that Judge Spea selected the jurors, at will from list of names which had been taken from the jury box, and that two of the jurors selected were fugitives from justice. He claimed that this action was without precedent in the court, and was irregular. Local interest in the congression al investigation was largely stimulat ed today, and at the' afternoon ses sion the courtroom was packed. Scores of feminine members of Ma con society were in attendance. ibis atternoon when a witness paid him ft tribute, the jurist dis played considerable emotion, tears welling mto his eyes JURY WILL niOBE CHARGES Made Against Murphy By Former Governor Sufeer Tammany Boss to Testify Murphy Offers to Go on Stand. New York, Jan. 22. A grand jury investigation was begun today into the of WUliam Sulzer that .igef Charles F. Murphy sent a m to him during the -trial ut the im peachment charges against him as Governor and offered to call off the t it bulzer would qttit his graft "wf nwxw ui-nuwui.f Sulzer today repeated before th( th grand jury the whole story of his alleged dealings with the Tammany chief. District Attorney Whitman said Murphy would be caUed as a wit ness in the John Doe inquiry, by means of which the district attorney has frequently, adduced evdence for presentation to the grand, jury. Mur phy today denounced Sulzer's story us false and it is said that he was willing to testify and would waive immunity A yiolinist's Souvenir. . (From January Lippincott'a), There is a certain famous vilionist who frequently visits this country and who, among his acquaintances, is almost as noted foe hi parsimony as for. hi genius. Among this musician's admirers was a young woman . who was'determined, if possible, Jo( pro cure some souvenir of the grant man. Iler oppprtuuity came on rainy day when she chanced to encpuntcr the musician on Broadway lie was pro vided with an old cotton umbrella, green with age, while the young wo man, carried a nicO new silk one.- 'Qh, if you would only give tae some slight remembrance; of y oaf pelf no matter how small f", ' ' The great' man surveyed her keen ly and then gave a glance at the old cotton ur'bT:!lf that , eorered him. Thia he thrust into her hands, say ing: -' ! " '-" ,. ,' .. "Certainly my dear young lady. 1 ASKS THE COASTER TO RETRACT Legal Process to Be Served Upon v Editor and Owners of forehead City Paper That Attacked Dr. Ira M Hardy, , Papery hava been sent to . More head City by oounsei for Dr. Ira M. Hardy to be served upon R. T. Wade, 'editor of the'" Coaster, a weekly newspaper, and the publishers of the Coaster, demanding retraction of statements declared to be defamn tory to Dr. Hardy's character recent ly made in an article on the paper's editorial pngw The arraignment of Dr. Hardy by tho Coaster waa that paper,' defense" of the govejnor's attitude m the controversy which en sued' when trustees of the,. North Carolina School for the "Feeble-mind ed sought to remove .Dr, Hardy from the superb tendency of the institution here but were prevented by legal technicalities, friends of the superin tendent claiming that the chief exe cutive had appointed partisan trus tees and gave the anti-Hardy faction of the board a. majority. A strong array of legal talent has been em ployed by Dr. Hardy, including G. V, Cowpcr, Bouse . & Land and E. B. Wooten, local Attorneys. Superin tendent Hardy says Wade met bim at Morehead City and admitted that the Coaster had done him an injustice and promised 'retraction. The re cantation, however, was not forth,- c.oming and Dr. Hardy will insist upon this, rne demauti was expected to be served today. ? . "Full retraction and apology" is: required, And it is further demanded in the process hat copies of the edi tion containmg the abjuration be sent to;Meach and every subscriber," aU exchanges, rand more particularly Vthe Oreensbortr News, Raleigh News and Observer, New Bern Sun and New Bern Journal'1 and 'every person to whom a copy of the Coaster of Jan- uary 2, 1914, wasmailed by your direction.'' It as stated that "if you fjail Wakeaid retraetion " and apology within the time allowed by law, I will hold you responsible there for," and that if the article emanated fropv another than the editor or pub lisher the name of the author shall be disclosed. The article in question, headed "Weighed and found 'Wanting," at tfeked Dr. Hardy, THE FREE PRKS.8, the Snow HiU Square Deal and the local correspondent of state' papers, calling criticisms of the gov ernor by the three latter "puerile, sillyand vicious." The Coaster de clared the superintendent "unfitted," that he "hus done nothing and has a very lame way of talking about it," charged that he had expended money with poor judgment, and made the statement that he has "foisted him self upon the state and finds it im possible to sustain his ambition by merit." Mr, Hardy, interviewed today, said that he would not be called a "quit ter" and would strive as zealously as ever for "a fair deal" and reap pointment by the board of trustees in February, to which time the mat ter of electing a superintendent was deferred when the efforts to oust him failed. ' Clinton, N. C., Jaau 23. Otorge W. Herring, a loxsal liiegro who is famed for his interest in and ef forts, along lines m keeping with the ideas of white 5 philanthropists, for the improvement of his . race, has gone to Booker Washington') Tnske- gee, Ala'., institute at the expense of Sampson county white people to at tend a colored farmers' conference Mr. Beck Hall Good afternoon Miss Eadcliffe. Oping for a walakt hope I may accompany yout -Miss Radcliffe-Yps, Dr. Sargent sayp we munt a!wy wjillr with some object, and I suppbge yon win an swer the purpose. Harvard T Tip ton. -':; .'- ' j. . ' -., shall b delighted., V i- wiC xejag; mbrellaa.'' "- . '.. , " ;: IN OLD NORTH STATE NEWS FROM MURPHY TO MAS4 TEO AND BETWEEN TAR HEEL HAPPENINGS OF A DAT Many North Carolina Items Ct densed In Brief Paragraphs fir Benefit of Busy People Good an Bad News from all Over State, Charlotte, Jan.! 22. Foi'vthe pur pose of perpetuating the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration ot Independence, local citizens tonight formed the Mecklenburg Declaration Society.,';-'' 1 ; . ' ; Wilson, Jan. 22. -Plans have been perfected and preparations' are being made' for , the enlargement of the 'Smith tobacco warehouse in ' this iity, and , by the time the market ipens for the 1914 crop the floor pace in this mammoth building will be 44,000 square feet. ' Norfolk, Jan. " 22, The ) North Carolina Pine Association today ap proved "the application of the rail roads for a five per cent increase ia freight rates providing such increase is demonstrated o ; tho Interstate Commerce Commission by the rail road companies tq. be necessary. Winston-Salem, lan. 22. Mrs. C. N. Martin, wife of the manager ot the Western Union Telegraph office here, was perhaps fatally burned at her home on Ninths street. She waa sitting by the fire in a grate, near a crib in which her young baby wa sleeping when her -dress caught fire. r .Wilmington, Janl iKJjr-ThomavBt Cooper, one of the youngest bahk presidents in the state, was signally honored by the young men of the cityv tonight when a banquet was given him at the Orton Hotel. Mr. Cooper was recently elevated to the position of president oi the American Na tional Bank. '" ' Beaufort, N. C, Jan. 22. Red rockets, fi?ed from an j unidentified vessel off Beaufort bar tonight, oall ed the life savers from tho Macon station into action. A boat was dis patched to the assistance of the ship, but at a late hour no word had been received from it. The wind was moderate and the sea smooth. Wilmington, Jan. 22. The City Council has. practically decide not to enter into a 10-yoar contract with the Tidewatef Power Company for street lighting, the city attorney having given an opinion that the con tract would not be binding beyond the tenure in offide of the present council. The Tidewater Power Com pany offered to put the city on an all night schedule and install a modern and up-to-date system of lighting in the down town district, including or namental poles, for $16,000 a year. Hendersonyillc, n. '22. News hs been received here of the death on last Saturday of Dr. Whitfield Brooks at Lake Toxaway at the age of 74 years. Dr. Brooks was noted for his liberality and wide gratuit ous practice. He was a native of Newberryf S. C, spent two years in Indian Territory as government phy sioian nnders Cleveland's administra tion; represented, Transylvania county in Hlie legislature two,, j-ears j wag chairman of the board oi educa tion of thaf county for two years, ftnd Ivas Knmrint4ndAhirnf TtnliltA in... st ruction for the county for one term no was the father of seventeen chil dren, sixteen of whom arp jiving, t i i ..in i r i) .ii i i ijiu . riii ;i "". Women and Wet Feet Cold and wet feet are dangerous Combination especially to women, tnd congested kidneys often result. backache, urinary irregularities and rheumatic fevers are unusual results. 7olcy Kidney Pill restore regular vi normal action of kidneys and fodder remove the cause of tho trouble. Contain no habit forming V-vjs, J. E. Hood & Co. (ad?)
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