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EE P PUBLISHED EiZBRV HF-TERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY VOL. XVI -NO 190 KINSTON. N. O. FRIDAY. MARCH 27, 1914 PRICE TWO CKHxV Daily if R HEWS Of II WORLD HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST AT HOME AND ABROAD GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES Brief Chronicle of the Day's Events in All the Nations of the Earth to Keep Readers Abreast Of the Times. Washington, March 26 Reprc sentative Oscar Underwood, candi date for the Alabama Democratic Jsenatorial nomination, 'today filed his campign contribution and ex pense statement, showing expendi tures of $3,477.38, with contnbu tiou from private sources amounting to $2,136.65. Philadelphia, March 26. Confirm ation was had at the Pennsylvania Railroad headquarters today that the company within the last three months has laid off about Ji,000 employes of the lines east of Pitts burg. It is said about 40,000 of the remaining 125,000 had been placed on shorter time. Orders for retrench ment and economy cover improve meats and extensions. Sona, Bulgaria March 26. Queen EleaSiore of Bulgaria leaves the third week in May nor the United States, sailing from Hamburg May 21st for New York. Queen Eleanor will be the first reigning queen to visit that country. She intends to study the American institutions and the peo ple. It was unofficially stated that King Ferdinand will visit the Unit ed gtateskjn 1915. Honolulu, March 26. Mystery to day surrounded the report that the inter-island steamer Maui had blown up off Pearl Harbor last night with the loss of between 30 and 40 lives. A search of several hours failed .sfctJltitevfial any wreckage of the vessel arid it is believed the report is un ' - true ,The report said soldiers at ...XuiliJCamehemha observed the steamer apparently on fire, and in a few minutes later the vessel blew up and immediately sank. New Orleans, La., March 26. The bodies of a woman and a man, iden tified as Mamie Dodd and R. D. San chez, today were found in a secluded portion of the city park here. The man had been shot in the mouth and the woman in the left temple. A pisr tol was found near-by and the police believe it a case of murder and sui . cide. They, however, are investigat ing a report that early today an automobile, the occupants of which acted suspiciously, was seen near wliere the bodies were found. , . Portland, Me., March 26.T-Charles F. Johnson, United States Senator from Maine, praised President Wil son and defended the administration's Mexican policy in addressing the Democratic State Convention here today. With reference to Mexico, Senator Johnson said: "We have waited patiently because we ore big enough to exercise toleration for Mexico to settle it's turbulent affars. Realizing the imposibility of recog nizing .any government, which owes its existence to r assassination and r eruely, we have also fully realized that armed intervention meant War, with all its attendant suffering and - misery." He said that the refusal to recognize the Huerta government was justified. ; -. . v "Just Right for Backache and Rhea v:. mat,sm' : ; "I. Foley Kidney Pills are so thor oughly effective for bachache, rheu matism, swollen, aching joints, kid ney and bladder ailments that they are recommended jsverwhere A- A. Jeffords, McGrew, Nebr.r says: "My druggist recommended Foley Kidney Pills, for pains in, my back, and be fore I finished , one bottle, my old trouble entirely disappeared. Jl jE. j Hood & Co. - (adv) OKI I IUEH. II! JUDGE The Press Upon His Record and Work Submitted to the Voters of the Sixth Judicial District by His Friends. On the Evils of Cocaine. In .sentencing' John McGinn, a High Point negro, convicted of ed- dling cocaire, to sis months on the county roads, Judge Oliver If. Allen 1 yesterday declared that cocaine and whiskev. w hile doinsr trreat harm to the white race, was particularly play- insr havoc with the nemo. He cited' many instances in which the very mors, along the most creditable he worst crimes were traced to negro ing the report that Col. Seefy, after cocaine, users, especially the crimes all is to quit the war odiee U- nn of killing ofBcers and assaulting wo-; exchange of portfolios with Lewis men. He referred to efforts being llarcourt. secretary lor the colonies, made by friends of the negro, cspe- The only new facts in the situu cinlly in the north to educate them.jtion today were found in the resig spending millions of dollars in erect- i nation of Field Marshal Sir John ing line college buildings, etc., for ' French, chief of the imperial general them, while the more practical and 'staff, and Sir John Spencer Kwart, necessary expenditure of funds to conduct classes of the race to show them the evils of selling, using and distilling whiskey, and cocaine among them was ignored. "Far better," he said, "It seems to me would it be if some of these many thousands were devoted towards teaching all the negroes the need of cleanliness of body, mind and heart, clean saui taryrsurroundings, the economy of the kitchen, and the evils of whiskey and cocaine." In Guilford county, Judge Allen's idea is already being carried out to a certain extent, for here the county physician gives illustrated lectures to the blacks as well as whites in all parts of the county on sanitation and the evil effects of stimulants and narcotics. In every appointment, this official has had in the county he has been greeted by large and very interested audiences. Judge Allen Wants Reform. Judge O. H. Allen, a superior court judge of North Carolina, does some thinking, and he feels he hns a niis sionl to perform. In conversation with hinv a short time ago in Dur ham he told us what he thought about penitentiaries, lie said the penitentiary should be a reform school to a certain extent tht we should have in view the making of a better citizen out of the guilty man sentenced to do time. It is the notion of the Judge that a prisoner should wear no stripes; that he should not be worked longer than 8 hours a day, and that there should be at least two hours, for study and amusement. He would also introduce into prison life the latest sanitary arrangements, and he ; would attempt to make the con demned man feel that the state was not trying to punish him but to re form him for his own good. He would want the prisoner to understand that he had transgressed the law; that his conduct was againstlie rules of society, and his imprisonment was an attempt to protect society from his viciousness and at the same time make of him a better citizen; to inculcate correct principles of de portment. Someday, sometime, there must be a change. ' An ex-convict, if he conducts himself as becomes a good citizen, may be a better man than one 'who has not done time. If the prison rules were as Judge Allen want . them, if the , prisoner could have his study hours, be taught the simple rules of learning if he be ig norant, or if educated have inter course with other minds and see the bright side, the hopeful side, the state would be reforming, making of a bad man a good man. We hope Judge Allen will live long enough to bring about the reform he wantst in North Carolina. ; We hope other judges, lawyers, and good citi zens generally will join him in v his crusade against the present ideas and present conditions, and make of the penitentiary, not a place where men will try to go; but if they are forced there, a place where they can better their condition . intellectually, (Continued on page 2.) IISIE1 ItOIU IfflSETTLED Asquith's Promised Statement Post- . ported extravagant Rumors- Government Still Facing Situation of Extreme Difficulty. v ' London. March 'JO. That t lie gov ernment -till jt facing a situation of extreme difficulty is proved by the ' 1 act that Premier Asquith was not in a po.-ition tonight to make his prom- ed statement in Parliament, and it ' consequently was iwstponed until tomorrow. " he air is lull ot extravagant ru-J udjutant general from the army council. Rumor that other members of the army council have resigned could not be confirmed. Later it was announced, with a show of authority, that both French and Ewart at last had consented to withdraw their resignations. No Change in Ireland. In Ireland no change has occur red. Belfast remains quiet, and al though it is asserted that officers of the Curragb camp are determined to resign because of the repudiation of Col. Seely's guarantee by the gov ernment, no actual resignations, so far as it known, have occurred. It now is asserted that as soon a.s the government formally withdraws the guarantees given by Col. Seely secretary of war, and Field Mar shal Sir John French, many officers will -again resign their commissions and as some v of them said; "This time in earnest." There is also to be settled the ques tion of what the a rmyv council will do. Brig. Gen. Gough, (Commander of the Third cavalry brigade, said to day. "If Premier Asquilh withdraws the guarantees he will have to throw over the army council and the gov ernment will be faced particularly with disruption of the army." Many Liberals think Premier, A quith should have accepted the re ignation of Col. Seelv. WOMAN SHOT UNCLE Judge Ordered Her Released When She Told Her Story in Court. Calhoun, Ga.. March' 26. After Mrs. Charles" Chapman told the court that she had killed her uncle, Sidney Chapman, because he wa guilty of improper conduct toward her, Justice Fox, presiding at her preliminary trial here today, ordered the woman's immediate release and shc was restored to freedom. Simply and direct If- she told her storv of how she shot her uncle. "It was 1 who killed Sidney Chap man," she said.( "I did it to defend my honor and my good name. He ihad pursued me and continually thrust his unwelcome attentions on me. I said othing to my mother be cause I knew It would worry her. "On Friday Sidney came to me and threatened me. That night, I loaded the shot gun SJid set by my bed. .- , "Between 3 and 4 'o'clock in the morning, Sidney woke me, threaten ing to kill me if I uttered a word. He told me to follow him, and in the darkness I secured the gun. Sidney went out the door and in to the yard. I didn't follow and when he turned to come back for me, I shot him and he fell dead there outside .the door." t- 1 As Mrs. - Chapman finished - the spectator in the crowded court room cheered. Life means not submission to but mastery of environments Abdon-el-Tabakh. ' THE COTTON EXCHANGE BILL Will be Radically Changed Before i Passes the Senate Patten Pool Hoke Smith Says Patten and 0th ers Deserve Praise. . Washington, March 2ti. Debate on the Smith cotton exchange regu lation bill in the senate today indicat ed that the measure would be radi collv amended before it passed Senate leaders tonight said that while prohibition of use of the mui to members of exchanges dealing in futures for other than actual de- livcrv would be retained in th. bill the section probably would be ehnng ed to make it applv onlv to matters directly relating to future contracts Urging his amendments broaden ing the bill's term-. Senator Hokt Miulli. ol orgia. declared ttie so- called Patten cotton pool was a pa triotic enterprise entered into for the purpose of freeing those engaged in the legitimate business of trailing in cotton from "the evil influences of the New York cotton exchange." The men who formed that pool, he saitl deserved commendation and not in dictment as had been their fate. Senator Ransdell defended legiti mate future trading as the oniy means by which sjweifie contracts for sot cotton between manufiictur ers ad merchants could be made. The biH and all substitutes and (amendments ,under consideration would provide for the adoption by all cotton exchanges of the government standard of grading. In regulating future contracts it is proposed that the actual commercial difference in value between the grade delivered and that called for on the "middling basis" provision of such contracts shall be the basis of settlement. VALIDITY OF TARIFF LAW Administration Officials Determined Supreme Court Shall Make Final Decision. Washington, March 26. Admin istration officials are determined that the validity of the five per cent. clause of the present Jariff law, granting a five per cent, discount on goods imported in American bottoms, shall be passed upon by the supreme court and not finally settled judi eially by the court of customs ap peals, now the final arbiter in customs cases. Within the next few wee'; , a lie termined effort will '; nmde in con gress to enact legislation which will nenrit appeals to the supreme court from the customs court in important cases. Attornev General McRev- nolds has recommended such legis lation and members of the judiciary committees of both houses, it is understood, favor it. The board of general appraisers in New York recently decided that the discount must be granted, after the attorney general had rendered an opinion that it shall not be allowed, because under "the most favored na tion" treaties with other nations, goods imported in ships of those na tions must be given a like discount, which would have the effect of granting a five per cent, reduction on practically everything imported into the country. The board held .that the discount wa applicable onfy to godds brought by American ships and the importers have appealed to the court of customs appeals on that part of the decision. No appeal hns been filed by the government and it is expected that William L. Wemple, of New ( York, the assistant attorney in charge of customs cases, will take such action within a few weeks. The customs court will meet again in May" and in the ordinary course of business the discount case will come up at that time, so unless con gress act8 quickly it may be decided and out. of the way, before legisla tion providing for an appeal to the hizbest court can be anacted. Men, like bullets, got farthest when they are smoothest. Riebter; , WILSON EXPLAINS EXEMPTION Those Opposed to Repeal Are Losing Sight of Issue Nations Object. South America Joins in Voicing Objections. Washington, March 26. President Wilson in talks with callers today argued that members of congress were not beiilgvaked to change their personal t.pinions on the tolls ex eniDtion, but to vote patriotically for its repeal in order to correct a seri ous international action which threatened to embarrass the United Stale's at ever- turn in future ne gotiation of treaties und trade agree ncnts. I he 1'resident told congressmen who isited the White House that thosy who based their opposition to the icpeal on economic grounds or even on their individual interpret)! tion of the IIay-Pauneefotereaty were losing sight of tho main point--the united and unanimous opposition of the civilized world against the tolls exemption. The President has been informed that the pr.'s of South America f. peaking, he thinks, also for their governments., has joined the pre and governments of the rest of the world in the view that the I'nited States L interpreting treaties to suit itself, regardless of obligations. Asked just what the international situation was, the President explain ed that so long' as the judgment of the whole world was unanimously against the United States on a situa tion of National honor und a treaty obligation, foreign governments gen erally would not be enthusiastic about entering into further treaties ar trude agreements. For this rea son he held it as vital to'repeul the tolls exemption, clause. FIGHT RULE TO LIMIT" DEBATE House Argued Two .Hours Clark Against Rule Speaker Not Will ing to Choke Any Thing Down Members. Washington, March 26 The great est legislative battle yet undertaken by President Wilson's administration was begun today with the presenta tion of a special rule in the house to limit debute and prohibit amend ments on the administration's propo sal to rcjH'al J,he provision of the P.'.uama canal act allowing free ws-.-age to American ships. For two hours, the rule alternately was de fended and attacked in heated debate in the house. When adjournment came with an hour of debate on the rule left for tomorrow,, 'Speaker Champ Clark, who before had not announced his position on the repeal policy, issued a statement vigorously oposing the rule. "Surely there is nothing sacred about this repeal bill, and there is no reason for this mad rush," said the speaker's statement. "I will not be -a party to ramming such a rule down the throats of members." Impressed with the importance of a measure which. 1 resident VWlson has characterized as necessary to the conduct of his administration's foreign policy, an extraordinary at tendance of members was on the floor when the rule was presented. Galleries and floor were crowded, throngs of spectators lined the seats in the gallieries, occupied the stair ways and overflowed into the cor ridors. The spectators came; when the house met at 11 o'clock today and waited hour after hour,' as rou tine busiess delayed the tolls bill and the nervous tension on the floor becamifinore and more tense. - March is a trying month for the young and for elderly people. Crop, bronchial colds, lagruippe and pneu monia are to be feared und avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar is a great family medicine that will quickly stop a eough, check the progress of a cold and relieve inflamed and con gested air passnges. It is safe, pure, and always 'reliable. J. E. Ilood . & Co. ' . (adv) Ill OLD NORTH STATE NEWS FROM MURPHY TO MAN TE0 AND BETWEEN TAR HEEL HAPPENINGS OFA OAT Many North Carolina Items Con densed in Brief Paragraphs for Benefit of Busy People Good and Bad News from all Over State. Greensboro, March 2d. President J. K. Latham, of the chamber of commerce, has named a committee to work for a $4.0,000 appropriation for a federal building here. Charlotte, March 2.G. Fulton Whisnant, H. E. Davidson, James Whisuant and J. Z. Bell, young white men of Blacksburg, S. C, who are charged with the murder of Star Williams, negro, nt Kings Mountain, March 17, have been admitted to bail .under a joint bond of $3,000. The case has been continued to the next term of Cleveland county court. Iialeigh, March 26. In the opin ions just delivered by the supreme court for this delivery week there is one in the noted case of state vs. Nipper and Johnson, from Waker involving the right of convict guards to flog unruly convicts or administer other corporal punishment, the su preme court 'holding (wjith Judge Cooke, of the superior court, that there no such right either through the state constitution or through legislative statute. Raleigh March 26. A mysterious fire developed in the old supreme court building that narrowly missel terminating in the burning of the structure, which is in process of remodelling for the use of various departments of state. The fire de veloped in a basement room in which a quantity of waste and old furni ture and other material has been stored for some time. The room was locked and no one had been in it during the day. , Rocky Mount, March 26. The prided possession of the central fire department, the new 00-horsepower $6,000 automobile fire truck, is ou of commission and it happened yes terday afternoon. When Driver Smiley attempted to turn around at a narrow point the machine became imbedded in the soft road soil on the edge of a road in Nash county, and in attempting to pull out by the power of the motor the rear gears of the new machine were stripped. The machine is out of service and in a local garage awaiting the ar rival of a machinist from the fac tory with the necessary parts. Asheville, March 26. Following the report of the grand jury yester day to Judge W. F. Harding, of Charlotte, who is presiding at the present term of the Buncombe county superior court for the trial of crimi nal cases, Judge Harding ordered that the guards of two convict camps in Buncombe county imme diately stop locking their prisoners with chains at night. The members of the jury reported that follow ing thej.work of the day, the con victs at two camps are chained to the floors of their camps Judge Harding condemned the practice and ordered that it be stopped imme diately. J J ' The society of women is the foun dation of good manners. Goethe. Avoid Stuffy Wheezy Breathing. Take Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound for an inflamed and congested condition of the air passages and bronchia! tubes. A cold develops quickly if not checked and bron chitis, la grppe and pneumonia are dangerous possibilities. Harsh rack ing coughs weaken the system,' but Foley's Honey and Tar is safe, jure and certain in results. Contains no opiates.' J. E. Hood & Co. (adv)
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