North Carolina Newspapers

LIT NIN'G TIME I j. r "a 13 777 Y i XULtlOI!, N C, 7 HUE DAY, rrilUABY 1, UO&. L-ADLV HUG IN HOLD SUICIDE AT . IS MINISTER SAYS BODY FOUND IN TuUnu l ' OF TRANSPORT iilGADO; EL1ZADEIH CITY INAUGURATED . ! . J r:.":s r:.-.J. vA J irt AR'JY . AlwCUNCDIENIS H. J. Jan-jer S'.ti Vcs&tmn Ji;;.ut tl fetes IT'S NOT A FAKE HORRIBLY DOUBLED U: !' f ,, .I l -1 1 J " L.-..J Ekif EvCLs 175 TO Sill TODAY WITH 1.C0Q-TRQDPS TYd fiaW-re Oenrg M aJlara Awnn i!m fk.-a4- rally TwnMr- Oirrrjwsr. IVe llma-e Oat lata Xlftal Ml Ilar4 fnr Many Hawt. .Vdrt alro4 Tlih Moral. ) (Ity K Aeenclatad rreaa.) Kan S-raaciec. Cal.. Fv. 1 Fire brok oat last algal la th bold of lb Ira a port Moed lyiag at Fol aora straet wharf. Th Bra raged for hour lopIua th effort of lb arc departlMnL Fully twenty me overcome by lh deadly fumes, amd at leaf t Urea me were killed, Tfe daad art; , Third Officer Oorg Wallace or lb Hsade, , R. HmaMMf, Hnemaa of engine rttu'vfcnjr .4. ' ', ' . Car- 0arte Pakla of engine 4. 1 be following - ara reported . a nlilatnc.auppoaedly fa the hold ut to taolous, parhapa dead. ' 'charlaa CUt. operator for ChlaX r.rnajna.- . . , f., . Oeorg Brow of en fin a It. ' jW.i Reagan of engln ij. . , rha injured arar "'' Capt. Ceorg Wilson of the Mead, thooUlqr broken; First Officer I A, l:k of Meade, F. Da hi aecond officer cf the. Untied State transport eer kt; Lou la Cook, foreman truck No. I; Battalion Chief Fernanda of the f re department; Lieut John Gilbert cf slue 124 Capt I, R. SewelL en 8u 12: ,X.leut A'. Mattlock of en ; Gabriel Cuneo, fireman. - At o'clock thi morning the Bro was well under coutrol -and the hlp was flooded' with water, a do ten en gine pumping water down the hold. The Meade wa to have tailed to day, for Manila with 1,000 men oh board of the second Infantry and the ieb,hth and thirteenth - battertea of , light artillerj'. v -' ' The forepurt of the ship, where tho fire broke out contained the per gonal eft ecu of the ofllaera and men of t he regiment en route to Manila. Th Teasel alAo had on board a cargo of '.1,000 ton of "commissary' and qttai termastors supplies consigned to the, Philippines. It la Impossible to . eitlaiate At th1 bour the extent of damage td the ship and cargo.' ' Third Officer Walace was a native of 8ydney,; Ww and - was" 2r years of aice. ' ' . - ' - -is Washlngtbn, Feb. 1. The quar termaster general has received the following dlBpatch , from Superin tendent Devol, of the transport ser vice at San Francisco: . '. ''"Fir dlacovered at midnight' In hold No. 2, the. Meade. Unable to put Out fire without flooding hold, r Fir out at 3 a. m., and now pump ing but water. Third Officer Wal lace and two city firemen overcome by smoke and killed. Sailing de layed for some days. Full' report later." 7 ! The damage to fhe vessel was not vital. ' 1 Deeds of thrilling heroism marked the fire: - i v , ' The fear of ai explosion prevailed. but thia did not deter the firemen, - though they knew there was a. quanti ty 'of ammunition on board. Th am munition 7was stored in compartment No, 0. next to the Inst on th boat, While the fire began in No. 2'cornpaft- ment, wn 'forward. .The lames; how ': ever, at d'Clock, htid cut' thfoutrh NO. 3 'Compartment and No. 4 and v were eating their -wav towards-; trig hold, where the' xnloslvesl vera Tutored; f , The utmost -eneif Ies- yet those In V chargo' 'wer dlreetod towards flooding this to'mpartment.and cutting It off, by tt volunia Of wat from, the aneroach . ment of the flame . i ' 'f ... 'f Eighty -thousand dol'.ar in gold, 'be- Ing r airled as military treasure to Man ila, was rescued from- the ; ehl and ' guarded tv soldiers. Captain Dnkln lost his life because of his dauntless courage In fighting: the , Ire. " D Hennessev, lineman of engine No. 4, st work; in the hold, fell Into tli3 wa ' un and was taken, to tho receiving hoi- pltaf. where he died. . i '. , v . Tilrd Ofllorr Waltatfe was overcome by anolteand lived but a short time, Catt:IIce ta ltoMe fiat- ftl IVaaalta HHI hUt $ CWf af autt la On. Haw rxirraarat. today aMataal4 Mtr C ml Juha C bat, at tirwi nl rktrf f ;, ta M HralraMiM ftml. t aaitd LirUteaaM-Oerral A4aa R !t rrttrvd tata Amt, II alM aantlnaled HHcadlcr (Vnrral A. W. flriwh y, hW atainal olrr, li b BMjar fIMrl of th Ma ta HO fw Uvnrral Bata aa kna)r srmral: alaa CoL Jamta Allra ta h Wiaadtrr taMl aad chief of th aiftuil rwpa la ocrtwd QBral Qrtv. It further anaiMinoM thai Hrla adlor recoil J. franklin Brll. now la eonimiiad nf ia Infaiwrr aad rivalry imibI al hn I MA n mrt k Waaaaa. I ould k annninird chirrs r ' lolpls''- aarwod Gnral tlalre ur' hi ttilrr mrnt rxt AprIL NATIONAL INSURANCE , CONVENTION OPENS By the Aaaorlstad Preaa.) . . Chicago, Feb. 1. Mora ihia one hundred atate pfflclaU, Including aey aral goreraora, commissioners of In surance, attorneys general, and rep reaentalvea Of insnranca cotnpaale, ware preaaat at th opening session today of - th '; actional conrentlon ealled to discuss .uaaaures for con trol of. Insurance companies in th various state. ' , . ' ' , ' ' . ' Thomas A. Drake, ' insurance com missioner of the District of Colum bia, presided at. th ' opening and called the convention to order. The report of. the ' committee on periaanent organisation was present ed bf A. I. Voir of Ohip. naming Governor John A. Johnson of Minne sota aa chairman and Frederick II . Nash of Massachusetts as secretary. The report war adopted unanimously. . The report of the committee on permanent .organisation recommend ed that a commttee of fiftiten be ap pointed by the chairman of tile con vention to. formulate a bill, or bills, with a View to the establishment of a uniform system of statutory regula tion of legal reserve llfo insurance In-the several states. This commit tee of fifteen is to report nt an ad journed meeting 'Of the prewni con vention. - , A QUARANTINE BILL r HAS BEEN FORMED .' T(B? the Associated Press.) . Washington, Feb, 1. The members of th special committee named bv the Caucus ,o southern, senators r.hd rep resentatives to frame a nations! quar antine bill which will rxtend federal control -of quarantine. n a manper sat isfactory to the south met today in the , wmmlttee room of Representative Wil liams (Mise.) and agreed upon a meas ure which will be vppriited to another meetinjt' of southern deleratlons cillej by Senator Mallory for Fl'lday night. Although the mensure agreed upon la sahl to cover in a general way the strict federal Controv. of both maritime and Interstate quarantine sought, by the recent Chattanoosa -convention, the committee haiV-modltled the provisions relating to national control lot inter-' state quarantine In auch a manner that It is believed" the bl!t wi!l bi acceptable to the radical opponents for any meas ure which will limit - the state control fof curantine, - . , GOVERNOR TOOLE'S " PRIVATE SECRETARY Ashevllle, N. C. Feb.. . l.-New ; has been received here of the appointment of .Wilt Aiken as private -secretary to Qovernor Toola of Montana. ;.' ' , r . Mr. Aiken was for a number of years clty edito? of an Ashevllle newspapar and for a time on the staff of the Ital olgli Mornlmr Post. He is r. native of Hickory, where his mother and brother .reside, . Mr;' Aiken wcitt I to ' Helena, Mont,, in 1000,- to do newspaper work. .; ...'' ;-&??l' ?S'? U'' 'rl:i-Hrf? TLs Mrii!u DIED ALMOST LNSTANTLY V aa tVaiaaadiri a ad IWlrnJ Ta IV M-a tally I aaaUarwd. Claw a rVa. frtrWir Arllaaaaj l-4irra Alfa aad :iarM (tilhtrr. a-a IMag titrla. P4Hal ta TV Rlat Tttnr ) Cltralieik Clly. V. C, FrU. i - I spoadeat aad a4irve4 ta hava bwi eauUjr aalaamd. M. N Kaajrr. at ae tliao araiiortrtor of tar Ar llagiaa ftirL ronmliuvi auirUc tki mar lag at 7. IS o'tlotk hy akoodni hlmaelt tDroagh ti bead with a re Volrrr. lie died almoat iDktanil) Sawyer waa at home when be vi4 blmarlf and Ihe aew wm a ahnk to bla family and bl fii-nl In ttilr I'll gcnerslly believed thai Haw jar's. set can be attributed to do tptmieary and partly to mental aber ration, although there had been no previous Intimation, so far aa his friends could see, that he had plan Bed elt destruction. He waa fifty years old and leaves a widow and Ight children, aevea of whom are girls. The family la well connected n this part of th stat and Sawyer has always been popular Id Elisabeth City. H got rid or his holdings In th Arlington nearly a year ago and afterwards conducted a' caf and hotel on Potndexter street but re tired from that business , after con ducting It for as sort tiro. , , ,ltis not likely that aa Inquest will be held, tb statements of those who Brat found the victim showing con clusively that th man killed himself deliberately. ' BOOK AND JOB STRIKE Declared Today in Boston for Eight Hours. Two ..'Hundred Journeymen, tjnlt :' Vok Strikers Have- Vnusually tUrQtf Financial Backing Many Iiarger .'HoHses Yielded Before Strike Actually Declared. ;' 1r ' ::- ' :ijLPt the Associated Preas.), ' Iloston, Mass, Feb. l.--A strike was declared today by the book and Job printers against all firms that have not acceded to the demands, of the Typographical Union for an eight hour day. ... .-' It i estimated that 200 Journeymen quit' work. The employes of the Nor wood press, book printers at Norwood, were locked out yesterday afteritoon. Both the employers), most of yhom are members ot the Typothetae, and the strikers express confidence in the -out come. The strikers have- an unusual' ly strong financial backing, and ar rangements have been made for strike benefits of JH a week for married men and $10 -a week for single men until the trouble shall have been ad justed. " Many of the larger printing houses. including the municipal printing plant. have alrendy granted the eight hour day. i ' It Is understood that about seven! y five printing firms entered Into an agreemont to oppose the demands nt the printers. : , r TYPOS VOTED TO GO TO JAIL TO SAVE FINE (By the Associated Pres.) ( Chicago, ' Feb. 1 Five hundred members of Typographical Union No, 1 6 voted . unanimously yesterday ' to go to jail. As, they are on strike, they estimated they . might save the $1,000 fine assessed against ' the union by Judge Holdom of they were permitted to work out' the- amount in prison. - Their attorney, however, told them that if the fine was upheld by the higher courts, It .would have to be paid, and that there 'was no prospect of the debt being liquidated by the strikers going to JaliT ',' "U-ri"-''-. t'V.'- 'v ...'v: -,-;;:';-i' v'vV '-'--'-v'r'y-'-: ' bV:r;!:!i deplores"- otpous It ar ml Iara4 a aaa ml Rw. 1JI; ia4 mm arm la aa lw aaaa rraor tcfral la Im$ tr ! i k-MMl PolMka. 7 (he Aait lrM 'r- I la. hiM-nd. Vt I - lua A Saanwta af OiaiBatu l braa muk .i. Utr a a HfwW uf Ihr Bflr ltiM miilim riht ktaa a iv-4n4rt i if t.wtarraa Mia-. - ir.iuaural' .ori-aur rf Vligtaita. an t i TU.r VI- iKnn af Itte-tumart. If mr mat nr. a twifMWraie. and It O w lwn irara hatrmaw mt lb itu tih- r-tate V'nK'liH. aa iMMilmini ik ai -naat K'lti iiuM ui manm lanay i iip t-maiM nt hrM la th hH th txHiM 4 ,iti brfra a Mm wa nf ilia i a ., hiMa.t Th n.,1 and liVu lenani anvwnor Immtiaolv imk ihr ftath of office aad th dinner dcUtere-a" hla litaugural aiMrea fullnard ty a liulilM m-rntlna I" nt i uiive mua inn. Tontafit Mr. t;uvi"vn iu civ a rn-eptlon In honor a H" rovemor. (Jjirimr HAsnaoo l.ci thnt the line 'nr rwtttos fa.il.. n il i n tttc la tho harkaround bad nnlvnl. that It was tha duty af the rn-!- ' the atate to stand toevther and in tv-nd ihelr an- ergtea to keep slap iin ihr spirit of piTigTna and devetopmriK .vrvwharr apparent. The glorinua hletoiv f the pat wnn but tha prelude to still cn-jier ai hlevf- ment In every eDhei-e o; 'Ife." He deplored tha grtiwth nt monopo lies, holding that mmbintttoh were In reatrelnt of thi:ilt of American Idea a Ha fnnrd a i-ensonab'a aouod and aqultabie hdiuatmrnt of the rate to ohUIn on tha raMda T the at si, q that the pmmwi rs of enterprise mlaht have a trU- rnurn fol" thedr In vestment and tho itrrle have easy. quirk and convenient uansnnrtatin i for their produce. As to lmmlitr:i .-n he laid stress on the deslrahllltr "f Kond, honest, hard working people. Inn he preferred seeing the waste ptatf l.tlc than to hhve tlns come ln who h:ive no retard for th? laws and cusioms .if th atte. Ho fa vored more schools -nd better sohooln with Increased ni'i'i'oprlatlons fo; them. and more and 1mm. t teachers. Referring to tin- high ways of th.' state, he said tti.it "mud -taxes" pnid by tho neo'ilc wove the most burden some. He wanted to see the' convicts employed on the toads, the state to fur nish at cost all Hie crushed Btone, by the worklnjf of convicts in these quar ries.. He tjld not j-piirove htiHtv rind Impracticable rutnl legislation. Thor ough work bIohr this line was demand ed and ho urged :it:ile nfd t county ef forts: . Tho governor recommended that the duties of the lubor commissioner be increnscd so c: to neirmlt him to li spect the factories and mines of the State end see tlvt the child labor laws were not violated. He commended thl department heaitily and exlolleit the f.-ork ir the present commissioner, lie asked thnt til -eni'ial ifusemblv tnnke liberal npproi iations for Hie disulkled cohfeileratc veteiituv. who are'grnwlnK fewer each year and whose' necessities are continually increasing. He a!no re commended Hun the stnte shouM make the 4nost of the Jamestown' exposition, "the cradle of the state find of the na tion." The oath of ofTtca was administered by , Judge Stafford Whittle, of the supreme court of appeals. Governor Swanson's first official act was to re prieve a man named Goodwin Owens, sentenced to hang for-, murder at Liawreneevllle tomorrow. . A TERRIFIC FIRE. ; IN PANAMA TODAY ; Panama, Feb. 1. 5.30 m. 8hort:y fter 2 o'clock this morning fire started In a four-storv wooden JiousS, known as -the Concordia. In hr Cnrfera dis trict. At 2.30 a. m. an ndjolnlntr three story building was ablase and. a. -whole block composed of wooden houses wsb threatened with deitructlort. , - , , '-"The firemen for some time were un able to successfully - light r the flamss because nf the lack of, water and a large block o houses between- Constltucion, Daloego anyl Cadda. streets " wan r de stroyed. At, B.so c. m.rthe flro was' un 'der control. ' ' ,ii , The - losses are estimated nt $500,000 with very little insurance. Mahy wot men and children living in. the tene- men ts . were i rescued b th o ? volunteer flremen. No lives ere known to have been ' lost, but some Americans who roomed in the, Concordia building are reported to be missing.,, i 1 . , '. CttleiHrt Tottf tote- HENER ADMITS IT TOO ttataMB af MiUaaateMv Tri, grajnV laiMV'a Saaa TWa4 tti aiat V aa I a- j trmr, mat r lark rrt4aw saa la Onaiflraa rim iNaataaHae. . Myatrry aa4 lUaaaaaa f M n I tHalav-a. i In ih- Aaniatf4 fieaa I t kiMii, IVh I --Ckartea K Yeik r i hi rltr. ana af the lata! iti.il.-. T Yetkra. aWkared today' that Mr. f T Vrraea I Mrs MUaarl la Ihr h a m of a a lot aad that th pvtiU.it. mhirh ha beea glvea bar affalrx alibln the Uat two days is Ike ihu ll.v . in r-vrrtd lrtrferriT llk rraali of trbkrr). Pari) today lalth esamlnaiinna whi.h braii -lei- rrlniw mi a (eivgram Mnt to Mr Yerkns iMntn-rl last aighi, Mr. Verkra rrr-elvrd the following. "X-w York. Ki U. I -Teh-gram re ceived. Kitiry la simply rldk-uloaa tSigncdl "MRS C. T. YKRKK." After reading the meaaage Mr . Yerke said: "That la la response to a meaaage scat by me. Wr are ear now that this great publicity la being played ' as a game In New York by some peo ple who sre conspiring to a certain L0d. "What Is their motlv. It their story is not true!" he waa asked. "I cannot discuss motive," snld Mr. Yerkes. Mrs. Yerke Silrat New York. Feb. 1. No statement from Mrs. Yerkes was Obtainable 1 her today aa to whether she hadlWar Veterans, and .'ohn H. Dunn, for been married to Wilson Mlsner. Thejmeriy caitaln of the 2th United Ptatea Rev. Andrew Gillies, of 8t Andrew I volunteers, of Boston, reaardln the MeftOdUt-Episcopal -Church.- Bow-1,.. john'J.'BoWas, ths former UaU- "ct- '" l lewtunucu -ujert Mate soldier, whom It Is ceremony and Wilson M liner was quoted today as confirming the news of the marriage. HE GOT HIS DAMAGES . . M .1 Mental Anguish w. I. Young, Who Paid $700 for Special, Train and. Then Got In After the Regular, Awarded Price of Special and $500 Damages. Appeal. (Special to The Evening Times.) Greensboro, N. C, Feb. 1. A ver dict in favor of W. I. Young in a suit, sgainst the Southern Railway was rendered yesterday afternoon in the Superior Court for $700, amount' paid for a special train, and $500 j damages for nienlnl anguish in being j delayed in getting here when his wife and child were al tho point of death. The company will appeal to tha Supreme Court. DANGEROUS TIRE BROUGHT UNDER. Cleveland, O., Feb. 1. A fire in the building formerly occupied by the Cleveland Leader on Superior avenue eurly I ml ay was brought un der control with a loss of but a few thousand dollars. The guests of tho American house, I wo doors , west, were aroused and made ready to leave their rooms, but the blaze at no time assumed serious proportions. . WOULD PARDON . CADET MILLER (By thfe Associated Press.) . Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary Bon aparte has recommended to the pres ident, through Ihe department of Jus tice, that1 ' Midshipman Miller, of Kentucky, sentenced to dismissal from the, naval-academy, for hating, be pardoned, 1 ,. ' Midshipman Miller stood pear 1 the head of his class and the evidence at his trial showed that ha; had 4)ne -great deal during his -career1 ' at . the academy to put down hating. '. T.ha of fense of which he was convicted, was shown to" be of a mild form without brutality or Intention of crueity . , waici Against boumern ioriberdiores",;1; COURT HARTUl piS ma Eftuuzi srtfl turn; frju - a aa aw a V-aaaaiaatl kk Hr-aaa 1 (taaa lta ta t.r4aMr Kcardkraa ml rVw lla tliartrm. Ana.ii M.I I VI "nantal hull ha lp"f The n.al aM I Inl Ir laa niKtchipmra ..a . huf-a f aaa taa pe .ivt-i f,ur m in Mal a.WfT-y Aym'f-l t.la rh iH eat ,4 lh ra-vfcaiag uttv.iH. 4 antral Jaimai II Han.U i-. i- n Feb raary I arst. The imrttnmr nl Hie a.tj.itirnmeni at day. The dale ariWt,! fi,i in- raa aewihilng of the r.xin I th- ilv nftri grai1uattMt. The a1iitiT!iffrit nwiiii1! the f thai rll lh muni., ., ihr pf-eaenl flrnl rlasa ah have n n alreaity baen tlad all! aradu-la thuaan rhaiae-. I Continued on Second Page ) ROOSEVELT ACTS IN OLD SOLDIER'S CASE (Hv the Assoclsted Press ) Washington. Feb. 1 President Roose velt took prompt action on the te.e fiain of Thomas L. Hayes, department commander of the Lerton of Spanish alleged has been denied a Inndlna: at Boston, where he arrived from Ireland on th 19th Instant. The op:-rs were sect to I the department nf commerce and labir late yesterday afternoon, and Secretaiy Metcalf at once replied thnt the man has not been denied a landing but thnt j action in his r-se slmplv hnd been de- national sc!dlers' home. General Mar tin MeMahon, presldnet of the board of managers of nation0) himes for dis abled volunteer snldl-?rs, now has Ihe case in hand and Howes In the mean time has been urads comfortable at the Immigrant station at Roston. Presi dent Roosevelt wired In replv to t lie telegram the substance of Secretary Metcalf's report. No d vr.bt is feH here that Ftowes wll! be cured for i t somj national homo. LUMBER GOES UP S2 A THOUSAND (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1. The most sen sational advances ever recorded in ihe price of lumber in the South Atlantic States was ordered at a meeting of the North Carolina Pine Association, held here todav. The price on all grades of lumber lwns advanced XI a thousand feet for ksomc of the better grades and 3." on twme other grades, pinicipallv the lower. This means a net advance in prices of from about, live to almost fifteen per cent., "according to grade. Following closely as il does on the several advances in price ordered by the North Carolina Pine Association.; last year lumber is now far higher than it ever before has been in tho southern market. CAUCUS ON THE DOMINICAN TREATY Washington, Feb. 1. A call for a caucus of jflflnaiarntlr senators to be held at 10.30 a. m. on Saturday was Is sued today. The chief Bubject of pro posed party consideration is the San to Domingo treaty.. ' ' Call on National Banks. Washington, Feb. 1. The comp troller-' of the currency today issued a call for the condition of national banks 'at the close , of business on Monday, January 20. - lr.tjE:! JrJ t:::i::;.i tt! rrfJ tl Ms . HIS BOOM LUTE $ii$fecteo-!:';.:e3 l aa af faiara Mr Oywai taa TraaA- A Btaadf Asa , Ara iW si (Hv Ihe Aaanrlelaa Praaa) Narfotk. Va. Feb, I. TV Saar darad bodjr of Wallar P. Dotaam, agad la yaara. dlarharge4 froaa tk I'altad atatea marine corn bar aa &a I ar ea y after a a hoaorabl arrvka af tve -ara, raa today foaad harked dowa Into a troak, which bad beast purrhaard by the alleged ssraerar following ihe raramlaalo of Ik crime, aad into which It waa lalead ed to park the murdered nui cloth ing aad ahlp th wbot away froaa Norfolk before th murder eoald b discovered. Charles F. Taylor, a gad IS yaara, with whom Dolaea bad bea rooming st M. F. Garrett's lodging houa where th marder occurred, has lad. The crime Is laid to him. aad th pa lice ar now bending every energy to capture him. Robbery la supposed, to hsv been th motlv ' for .' the crime, as Dolaea bad upward of S0t oa him when he left tha-atarla bar rack, and all of bis money was goa todsy. .,' - .KM ' TV Th last seen of Taylor was whea , he left th Garrett houa after having brought rop with wbtcb. t tie ap the trunk containing th body. ' A bloody ax and bttcht Which have been , found ar ., anppoaed to have been the weapon used. ' 4. A hens maid, discovered th bed on which Dolsen slept full of blood, and a police sergeant was called. Po lice Chief Boush broke Into the truak and found the' body doubled up in horrible fashion.. - - Dolsen was from ' Bremerton. Wash., where he enlisted In the navy and to which place be intended re turning to visit his people, . SHAW'S PLAN -NOT APPROVED. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Feb. I. Secretary Bhaw's plan for t'ie relief of tha occasional stringency of money was disapproved by n committee of the chamber of com merce, which made Us- report today. The subject was offered to this com mittee several weeks ago as the result of a sensational speech made by Jacob H. Bchlff before the chamber. The committee In its report expressed the opinion that Mr. Shaw's plan would prove a hazardous experiment, and re commended the repeal of the aw re stricting the redemption of national bank notes to S3.000.000 a. month. It Is further recommended that the secretary of the treasury be empowered to depos it customs dues as well . as Intern! revenue receipts against such security as the law mav authorise in the na tional banks. To this might be added a nrnvlslnn for n low rate of interest not less than 2 per cent, upon such de posits. WHIPPING POST BILL IN HOUSE. Washington, Feb. 1. The house committee on the District of Colum bia today decided to report without re commendation of any sort the Adams bill providing for the whipping post as 1 a punishment for wife bfeaters In the District of Columbia.' This "action' af the committee places the bill on the house calendar, and it will come up on district day. Ten votes were cast In favor of reporting the bill and three against. , , ( THE BANQUET AT, WILMINGTON. -i rr . ,, (Special to The Evening Times.). ;: Wilmington,; N. C.. Feb.L Mora ' than one hundred guests attended the fifty-third annual . banquet'- of - the chamber of commerce, given last night at the Orton Hotel, r Among the out of town speakers were 8ena- rtor Simmons, Representative Patter son, of the. sixth North Carolina con gressional district, James R. Young, i Insurance commissioner, J. A. Brown of Chadbourn, and C. C. Moore; presi dent of the North Carolina cotton growers, association.', f '