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Weather. , Washington, IX C, Jan. 80 Fore cast ton North Carolina for tonight and Sunday: General! fair tonight; much colder tonight, with cold ware. SECOND. EDITION ESTABLISHED 1870. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS RAILROAD MEN Two Heroes oj the Sinking Steamship Republic. ELECTION BOARD NEW NSiANCE THE SCHOOL MEN AND GOVERNOR HAVE MEETING Discussion as to Advisability ot Reopening the Pas engcr Rale Case THE GOVERNOR OPPOSES Messrs. W. W. Finley, T. M. Emer son, A. P. Thorn, W. A. Garrett, and A. B. Andrews in Conference With the Governor, Speaker Gra ... ham, Attorney General Blckett and Corporation Commissioner Frank ' lin McNeill Railroads Want Mat, ter Arranged so Corporation Com mission Can Give Them Hearing After April 1st. A conference between the gover nor and railway officials was held to day beginning at 11:20. There were present the following: W. W. Fin ley, president of Southern Railway; T, M. Emerson, president of Atlantic Coast Line ;A. P. Thorn, general 'counsel Southern Railway; W. A. Garrett, chief executive officer of , Seaboard Air Line; A. B. Andrews, ' vice : president Southern Railway; Judge Graham, speaker of the house; J. S. Manning, T. W. Blckett, attor ney general; Governor Kitchln and Franklin McNeill, of the corporation commission. Governor Kitchln suggested that President Finley start the discussion as he was the spokesman at the first " meeting. - . . He began by saying that he and his associates thought that it was the un derstanding thac the railroads were to have a hearing if the rates estab lished by the last legislature were not satisfactory. He said' he wanted to make it Cleat1 that he was not argu ing that 2 cents was an unfair rate, but that it was not reasonable un der the circumstances, and all the railroads want Is to have a chance to reopen the case to show the un reasonableness of : the rate. Tho roads are merely asking that the matter be put In such a shape by the legislature that the roads may be heard alter April 1st, if they then want to change the rates. If it ran be demonstrated after the year's re- - turns are in that the 2 cent rate U fair, then the roads have no desire to Increase It. When asked by the governor if the railroads did not consent to the twelve months trial provision being Btricken out of the law, Mr. Finley said that he did not understand that the provision had been strucken out. They did acquiesce in the suggestion that the corporation commission be left out of the law, giving thorn no jurisdiction in the matter of fixing the rates, for the sake of harmony. "We believe, and we honestly be lieve," said Mr. Finley, "that the rates, so far as tried, are too low, and we want a chance to reopen the case at the end of the year If we find then that we are losing by the rate." Governor Kitchln suggested that the eight months v operation upon which Mr. Finley bases his assertion that the roads are losing money, do not afford a fair test, as it has been . a period of financial, depression. The governor declared that he did not be lieve that the people would stand for any meddling with the law at thlE . time. . Mr. Emerson said that he could not see how the people could object to allowing the railroads a fair trial before the corporation .. commission, or some other designated body. ; He , did not believe the people would ob ject to a peaceable and orderly t&b slderation of the matter on Its merit. "All we ask," he said, "Is that e way be left open that justice may be done us. North Carolina is the onlv state In the south where the matter if not left with the corporation com mission. ,Wf never, in any way, di rectly or indirectly, assented to thf twelve month trial provision being left oat of the argument Allowing the corporation commission to past on the matter does not mean that' the - rates will (be lowered. U means that we will have to show to the commis sion that the rate are destructive before we can make any reduction." Governor Kitchln then sald'that It his opinion the passenger rate ques tion was to clear-cut and plain thai a legislature ought to be able to deal with It. Mr. Finley took issue wltb ' the governor on; this fcoInVdecIarlai that tho matter was involved and In tricate and only a railroad eommia- v (Contrail on Page Two.).; BILLBYSENATOR MANNING TODAY Requires Fire ai d Casualty Companies to Deposit fund With Cmissioner BILL IS ON PASSAGE Senator Manning's New Bill Would Require Fire Insurance and Cas ualty Insurance Companies to De posit a Certain Amount With the Insurance Commissioner for the Protection of the Policy-holders Bill on Passage Relating to the Separation of the Races in Street Cars, Exempting From Provisions of Present Law, Nurses and Inva lids Many Other Bills. The senate was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Tyree at 10 o'clock. Senators Bassett and Wray were ranted leave of absence. Now Bills, Etc. The following bills were intro duced: S. B. 363. Senator Manning. An act to require fire insurance and cas ualty insurance companies to deposit a certain amount with the insurance commissioner for the protection of policy-holders, Committee on Insur ance. Senator Nlmocks offered, by re quest, a petition from colored citizens of Cumberland county relative to the suffrage. Referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendment. . Bills On Passage. Bills were taken up and disposed of as follows: . S. B. 808, to validate a bond issue in Beaufort. Passed third reading. S. B. 104, to create state associa tion of coupty commlsisoners. Sen ator Barrlnger, who Introduced the bill, was absent - and the bill went over. S. B.' 233, an act relating to state boundaries.: Passed Its third reading after p. short debate. S. B.; 117, to amend law relating to fences In Northampton county. Passed Its readings. S. B. 257, to amend section 3733 revlsal relating to drunkenness in Ca tawba county. Passed Us readings. S. B. 324, to appoint justice of the peace tor Randolph county. Passed. S. B. 329, to empower board of commissioners of town of Retdsvllle to remove obstructions in public stroets and grounds. Passed Its third reading. i S. B. 99. to Incornorate the Cltl-H zens Savings and Trust Company of.greBS- Tno senate leaders made it Asheville. Passed. ; " S. B. 24, to estabiisn county line . ..... between Swain and Macon. Passed its readings. S. B. 15, to give a laborer a Hen on any article handled or used by dl- rect'lon of the owner thereof. The committee amended the bill, making pass the Btatehood bills for Arizona It apply to Swain county. Passed its,"1" New Mexico and possibly th third reading. 8. B. 166, relating to the separa tion of races In street cars,' exempt ing from the provisions of the law, chapter 850 of public laws of 1907,. nurses ana sick ana lunrm persons. 8. B. 149, to permit guardians to cultivate lands of their wards. Pass - ed its second reading and took its i h. '..f.nitnv ' .. ' IV.BJHIOH warns iu gel ui worn ai me P U ? l- ? ni!, t01, vnrth revlslon ' " tartfl at th0 earliest ' 3 ,B' ' ' lnc?rl,0,rate i?8 North moment possible. Mr. Watson . to'.d Carolina Public , Service Company. , thege naton that the speaker thought Passed second and. third reading. ( Wednesday, March 10, was a good day l'his is the hew company organized to for the conven'ng of the extra session, take over the Greensboro ; Electric ' Although this la five or six days ear Company and establish a net-wdrk Of H?r than the date generally supposel interurban lines in the rieamont sec tion of the state. ' BiUa Olit of Order. ew iiUib-w1uUu, uv . order as follows: . -1 H. B. 364. Senator Ray. To al - low board of education ot Henderson county to change school district lines. Committee on Education. ' 1 8. B. 365. Benatof Klutts. To perpetuate memory of Daniel Boone. ... F . , .'Price of the speclflo commodity In this t 8. B. 86B. senator Jones. Amend .-.m , tn.a,tt iH h section t89d of revlsal Committee tariff bill, to check as much as possl- Baltic sailed for Liverpool today with )A RerisaL ' v ble the - constant under-valuatlons member of the Republlo's crew, who On" rhotldn " of Senator Brltf the which are being made under the pres- , wero brought here by the derelict de tonate adjoltrned to meet Monday at ent system. stroyer Seneca to seek now berths, The 11 o'clock. Suits Instituted, The -following claim and delivery jroceedtrfga have been instituted: Btell A Bro. vs. Starling tarborough, J.'. B. Debnam and PSoples' Btorage ind Mercantile Co. . M. c. Jdnei A Con vi. F. it plater. Suit has been begun by Mr. B. Beale against the receivers of the tea board Al Line. m - '4tl iji-P" mWSfit m Richard Williams on the left, the third officers of the Republic, and Jack Einns, on the right, the wire less oicrator. THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS MEET Have Conference Willi Rd- erenca to legislation for Balance of Scsslcn TIME OF FXTBA SESSION Not the Purpose Of the Scnaffrto Per mit Any, General legislation Other Than Appropriation Bills House Will Pass Statehood Bill and the Knox Liquor Bill Time For Convening Speclul Session of Congress Discussed Wi"l Prob ably Meet on March : 10th Mr.1 Taft Will Agree to This Plan. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Jan. 30. '-Senators Aid rich and Hale, and Representative Watson, of Indiana, repbulican "whip" jn the house, have had a conference, havlmr for lta 1)U1D05e an Understand- , th lMla.,TO ,., , ,., ,.,.,...i . - - P,aln ulac 11 was wo. purpose or 1 i nH w-nnrn in nprm r ina on -j r ninn r (v , , api1roprlat,on bllls and tUese Mes81.8. Aldrich and Hale thoueht. would con- sume tne remaining time of the ses- , sion. Mr. WatBon said tho house would mu, icgu.um.s Bi.ipmcuis ui liquor Into "dry" communities. The republican leaders in the senate are by no means united on the pro- was given little encouragement. r " -"-" ..uvw I The views or speaker Cannon, con- cernlng the time for convening the extra session of congress, also were conveyed to the senate leaders. Mr. to be jn the mind of Mr. Taft, it is not objectionable to senate leaders. . Upon Mr. .Taft's return, from Pana-) tno tArAffM. ,la 4d(a ti. a.m.. ' fcegted to him; and it Is understood that he will agree to It. How long the 1 extra session will contlnua Is a matter i of conjecture. Conservative opinion I . Axes the time of adjournment at not j earlier than late in June, with the P"muiiy oi it running into juiy. A nrnvlnlon mnklnc- the vnluntlnn of Imports dependont Upon the wholesale I Accbrdlng to statistics submitted to the ways and means committee, the government Jias been defrauded out of many thousands of dollars from under valuation. Sailed to Join Fleet. V. : "' (By Cable to The Times.) Marseilles, Jan.; 30 The C.ulgoa, thf American supply shll, sailed from here today to rejoin the rest ot the American fleet at Gibraltar. FOURTH VENIRE ORDERED DRAW. Not a Singh Vcfiireran Qui Hied Outcf Paaei ThJs Morn'n NINEIIEffSfftirjORY A Fouith Venire of 300 Names Was Ordered Drawn This .-Morning, in the Cooper-Sharp Case, to Report; Tuesday Morning The Case of j Juror Whitworth, Who is Seeking to le Discharged on Account of Ill health, Was '.Again Taken Vp. Eight Farmers on Jury. (By Leased Wire. to The Times.) Criminal Court Room, Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 30 Not a single venire man'' qualified this morning In the Cooper-Sharp case, out Tne ,v ne The panel panel In the third venire. was. drawn troin the residents of tho city and not over a third of them up- peared in court. Nine men are on the jury now, eight of them farnt-rs, and the other a carpenter. A f urth vo nlre of 500 names was ordered drawn. These veniremen are to report. Tues- day morning. The case of Juror Whitworth. who is seekine to be dis- charged on account of Ill-health, was i taken up today, . stl another ,nnt'tnn- '', whon Gcnpial Gardner, for the state, charged that the efforts of the defense to get Juror Whitworth oft the jury !weru uiterior motive and were not pl.om,)te(j by any solicitation for the juror.a health. It was charged that a ..artnin ninn wont tn Hnrrv TVfnhnl u I friend of Whitworth, and told him that , whitworth must come off tho i,rv counsel further chareed that Mr Whitworth was told her husband had been examined by a phys'clan, who said his health was in a very precari ous condition. Juror Whitworth him iielf was brought Into court and said he had not. been 111 for over a year and felt able to sit in the ease. There was a long und sensational wrangle between counsel over the affa'r. The Whitworth hearing will be resumed Monday. ! - . ' . THE HEROIC SHIP OFF FOR EUROPE New York. Jnn. HO Th atniimshtn Wrecking of the Republic threw sev- era! hundred able seamen, stokers and others who made up the ship's com' ploment out of work, and, added to this, they found themselves penniless and without clothes when they arrived In New York. . - -A farewell dinner and reception was f.M". TTZJS. A' UCLMUl t.VIIIQ WS, hliy Dcaiucu AllCIIUI where a purse of $1,000, raised by sub- 8criDtlon In the society, was distrib uted among the destitute sailors, y;' GREAT BLIZZARD T Wind Blowing From Thirty to Fitly Miles an Hour in Chicago MANY INJURED If COLD Blizzard Has Already Claimed At Least One Victim and Many Are In- jured Members of Twelve Faml- lies Were Driven Into the Streets y a Fire Early Today Trains Moving With Dilliculty and Soma of Them Not .Moving at All All Communication With Some of the Trains Have Ceased and They Are Pnictically Lost. Chicago, Jan. 30 With the wind blowing thirty to fifty miles an hour and the temperature getting lower, g,0 , 7 M 7 l ", T . fng and hardship as the result of the . great blizzard which struck the city Friday noon, which with full force raced in this section during the night. ' Already the blizzard has claimed as a sacrifice one, with over a score injured and overcome as a result of the cold.' Street cars are blocked, through trains entering the railway stations are reported hours late, and in some cases lost altogether f-nViiioB The members of twelve wero driven intr, the hli7.7ard. manv of them scantly clad, when fire broke n,,t in iwmr. fmmo dwelling at ian TnnMH att eariv tndf. nfflciaia of th Northwestern Rail- road today said that the greatest difficulty in moving trains was being evnerlenced In Iowa. Four thronith trains are stalled In snowdrifts on M. nieinn Snmo nf tho doinvod throuch trains are the Los AnReles Limited. Overland Limited. Colorado Special, Atlantic Express, Denver & Pacific Coast Limited and through train from Dakotas. The Santa Fe reports the follow- Ing trains from five to eight hours late: Train No. 2, from California, train No. 6 from Denver and tho Cal- ifornla Limited. Following closely on the heels of the blizzard Is a cold wave. At 10 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered five degrees above zero. In the west the mercury is rapidly falling. Fourteen men, hardy sailors, bat- tied for many long hours with the fury of the gale on Lake Michigan in the darkness. They were the officers and men of the little steamer City of Marqnette, which plies regularly dur- lng the winter months between Chi- cago, Waukegan and Kenosha. Plunging in the seas that rolled high, the course obliterated by the RAGING WES blinding Snow, fearing every moment one who can. Certain pupils are un to at the ship would go to the bottom, fit by nature for the study of Latin captain, officers and men fought tor their lives and arrived at Waukegan twelve hours late. The firemen stood In water up to their waists shovelling coal Into the feeble fire. Before the boat reached Its dock water rose over the fires and the aid ot a tug had to be secured.'-- , ADJOURN THEIR MEETING TODAY Association Was Organized in 1889 By Leading Ed ucational Men MEMBERSHIP INCREASED After a Most Successful Meeting the Association of City Principals and Superintendents Ad louriicd Today nt Noon The Organization Was Formed in IfcfcO Has Grown in Membership Addresses. Last M;;lit by Leading Kducational Men. Professor Hurper This Morning. I The North Carolina Association of Principles and Superintendents which has been In session at the high school adjourned todav at 12 o clock. This organization, when It was ; founded in 1S89, consisted of the fol lowing members: M. C. S. Noble, W. ,'S. Blair, J. J. Blair, Dr. Edwin Alder man, Dr. Charles D. Mclver, J. Y. Joyner, Superintendent Kennedy, of Durham. Today there are 62 mem bers. The association met in Wash ington last year. Professor Harper said that he would use every means to have it meet here annually In the future. . At the session last night interest ing and instructive talks were made ; by Dr. F. L. Stevens, of the A. & M. .College, and Dr. Henry Louis Smith, ! ptesldent of Davidson. These gen tlemen outlined the -work of the as sociation, and praised the program laid out for the remainder : of the meeting. Dr, W. C. A. Hammel, of the State Normal, spoke on the subject, "In dustrial Training in The Public Schools." He made a plea for the 94 per cent, of the children who never reaeh the high schoo and cIose(j wIth the followine sussestions: (1) That educators and Industrial men meet together to study the in- dustrial situation in this state, to find out just what help it Is that the In dustries need from the schools. (2) That to this end a state indus trial commission be appointed which shall work in conjunction with the state board of education. (3) That at teachers' meetings ,,,,.., ,, .. , ,. housekeepers have a place on the ,,., program The association convened! this morning aH 9:30, the subject under discussion being "Electlves in the High School." ; Short talks on this subject' were made by Prof. W. S. Snipes, of Wiaston-Salem; Prof Frank M. Harper, of Raleigh, and others. " Professor Harper said, In rart: "Seventy-five per cent, of our child- ren throughout the country In gram mar scnoois never reacn tne nign 8c1ioh1 at alld nly v ' per ?en ever go through the high school TIie high school should, therefore, ad- niinlster to the needs of pupils with ,lmitud opportunities as well as to inose wno are nuea lor conege. "Unskilled teachers and ill-adapt- ed courses of study are two of the chief obstacles to a greater enroll- lnent iu the high school. "At the ages of 12 nnd 14 a boy needa niore sympathy and gets less than at auv othfer llme of hls llfe- At this age he needs teachers who un- derstand him best, but Instead, he gets teachers who understand their subjects better than they understand tho- boy. At this age he Is awkward, cynical, and disposed to question ef- forts made by others In his behalf He is shy about giving his confidence and at times sensitive, lacking in re sport for himself, as well as for oth- crs. His body grows, but his mind seems to lag. Never again In his whole life will he need teachers who understand him so much as now And yet at this period he passes from the grammar school Into the high school, where, under the de- partmental system, there Is necessar lly a divided responsibility. I "The high school course of study must be adapted to the boy who can not go to college, as well as to the and Gruck aud they should have free dora of choice under the guidance ot parents and teachers as to the course other than those that fit them tor college." The association, after the most sue cesful meeting of Its history, ad jjourned at 12 o'clock, BILL SPECIAL iafsiiaw Called up Bill and it Was Made Special for Thursday . & THE BILLS REPORTED Minority Report Will be Heard OB the Bill For the Election of the Board of Education and the Bill WW Be Discussed .Next Thursday -Message From Senate Reporting Vari ous Bills Passed by That Body. Bills Passed 1'esterday Were Ee- -ported by the Committee oa En rolled Bills. The twenty-second day's session of tlie house of representatives of th': N'orth Carolina legislature was called to order this morning at 11 o'clock by Speaker A. W. Graham, and the1 morning prayer was lead by Dr. White, of the First Presbyterian church. Clerk Lasslter read the report of the journal committee to the effect that the proceedings of the previous day were correctly recorded, and the same stood appioved. The usual call for petitions, me morials and resolutions brought for ward the following: Mr. Butler sent forward petition not 'to abolish tax collector; asking & new township by the same. Committee Reports. 1'liij following reports were sent-' incharter Ooldstone, favorably; o abolish county treasury in Swain, a vorably ; to enlarge , WlatervOle, favorable; to Incorporate Bowte, fav orably; to prevent public drunken ness in Mitchell, favorably; to sell lot n Highlands, favorably; to amend harter of Highlands, favorably; to hange line in Alleghany, favorably; 1 for graded school in Laurlnburg, fa- orably; to make Franklin special chool district, favorably; to amend uiltord graded school, favorably; to authorize Freemont schools to sell property, favorably; to establish Tols aot graded school, favorably; to cre ate a school district in Richmond and Montgomery, favorably; as to schools in Troy, favorably; to Wake- on, to vote bonds for schools, favor ably; to promote education In Samp son, unfavorably; same as to Ala mance. ": ; A number of bills as to election of boards of education In Durham, Catawba, Graham, Yadkin, Mitchell, and for various other counties, and for the state at large, all unfavorably. Mr. Glbbs sent forward a minority report on his bill for several coun ties. ,' Mr. Harshaw asked that a special hour to hear the minority report be set.' The bill to allow Brunswick county ommissloners to offer reward for J. !. Walker, who killed the sheriff this last week. Mr, Harshaw called up bill tor the election of boards ot education and It was agreed to hear the minority re port and discuss same next Thursday. Mr. Butler withdrew bill 266 from the calendar. Mr. McDevltt asked that bill 358 be taken from the calendar and sent to Committee on Agriculture. Bills passed upon yesterday were reported by the Committee on En rolled Bills as having been engrossed and sent to the senate as per list of bllls printed yesterday as having passed second and third reading. Continuing the call for committee reports the following came forward: To amend law as to prisoners In jail in Anson, favorably; and the same applied to others. The following also came forward: As to protection of forest ranges in mountains, unfavorably; to appoint a cotton-weigher for Warsaw, and to sell home in Ashe county, favorably; to correct cause of land grants, favor ahly; to incorporate lodge ot Odd Fel lows, favorably. The morning hour having expiree! leave ot absence was granted Gavin, Murphy, Kelly, Green Taylor, Soar boro, Perry of Vance, Albrltton, Pool, Cox of Pitt, Doughton, and Koonce. Mr. McDonald of Cherokee, asked that bills 300 and 834 be taken un and put upon their readings, fhls was deferred to a later hour. ' , Mr. Pool asked for Immediate pas sage of his bill appointing justices. It wont over to a later hour. ."' . ; (CoBtlned on Pag Bevea.) EDUCATION ORDER
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