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DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION IN HE "(ilTY OF RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. ng Climes FilERCDANTS9 ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1878. Li RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS rsA i II LAST EDITION Mil '.., -B : - i j. . -mm . a. .a ESTRADA HAS CALLED OFF REVOLUTION President Madriz Elated By News and Thinks There Will Be No More Bloodshed PEOPLE ARE GLAD Insurant Chief, According to PresI (lent Madriz, Has Agreed to the Formation of a Peace Commission. Says He is Sure That This Means the Knd of the, Struggle Pence CommJsaion Can be Established in a Short Time and May Prevent Further Bloodshed Burning the Dead on the Itattlcflelri of Kama Famine) Increases Horrors. (By Cable to The Times) Manncrim XJInntairiA Tknn 9 g General Estrada bus called off the revolutionary' war, according to an announcement made by President Madriz today. He said that the in surgent chief had agreed to the for motion of a peace commission. The declaration of willingness to stop fighting came from General Es trada in answer to a proposal sent to him at Blueflelds by Madriz on De cember 22, the president asserted. "I am sure that this means the end of the struggle," said Madriz to day. ''The organization of a peace commission will be rushed, and within a short time, I am confident, the entire matter will bS straight ened out without further bloodshed." "The meeting of the commissioners from both sides can take place within a short time, and the terms dis cussed. I have already made tenta tive arrangements to carry out this plan and tho way looks smooth." Madriz. was visibly elated at the latest turn. The announcement that the war had ended was received with demon strations of Joy by the people. When the news spread, crowds formed and there were cheers for Estrada, as well as Madriz, een v'thin a stone's throw of the presidential palace. Many of the staunch Estrada par tisans, however, were inclined to doubt the authenticity of the news and expressed regret that the insurg ent leader had dropped his plans to march on the capital, which, they declared, he could easily have cap tured. (By Staff Correspondent of the Aner- lean News Service. ) Blueflelds, Nicaragua, Dec. 28 Hundreds of dead are burning on the Rama battlefield today. With pathetic speed, piles of bodies have been incinerated daily for the last few days and reports received by the provisional government today state that the sgruesome work is nearly done. Stacked like railroad ties and saturated with oil, the bodies of the victims are set afire. Many children and Borne women were found among the dead of the government troops. Famine is increasing the horrors of war In the interior of Nicaragua. The situation In a score of towns is re ported to be serious. The operations 01 the Zelayan troops before their de feat near Rama by General Estrada prevented traffic in supplies during the weeks the government troops were stationed there. The drain on the country 8 resources meagre hi best in many districts--made by the government commissary In its futile attempts to keep the army in condi tion depleted ihe natural supplies greatly. This development is 'an important M I 1n fha InBlirsAntR' flffht. The ItmtVI l" .mom. o . people place the blame on the Zelayal and Madriz factions and advices from the hill towns say that insurrection ary spirit Is rife. The situation in Blueflelds is im proving1 under the constant labor of the American Burgeons. Sanitation is better, but Buffering In the hos- nltals Is still intense. Scout parties are still bringing wounded and prls oners from Rama. : Will Hold Election. (By Cable to The Times) Colon, Dec. 2 A dispatch, today from Nicaragua says that an armis tice has been declared, that Presdent Madrls will resign and that he ana General Estrada, the rebel leader, h enndldates for president at a general election before the whole ha- Admiral 1 Lr f m k j Admiral Kimball, whose hendqnarters at present are at Corinto in the Nicaragua zone of trouble. Scores of Americans at present in the peppery little republic have been compelled to turn to him for protec tion, as the native Nicaragnan whether regular or insurgent, does not seem to respect very much the authority of the United States civic representatives. ANDREW CARNEGIE iNJUREDiBYALL (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 28 Andrew Carnegie, It was anounced today, is resting easily at his Fifth avenue home, following the spraining his left knee while walk ing in Central Park. Dr. Jasper A. Garmeny, who Is at tending Mr. Carnegie, issued the fol lowing statement: "Mr. Carnegie spent a very quiet night and 1b resting quietly today. Al though it will be some time before Mr. Carnegie will be able to be about, I expect to have him out of bed within the next four days. Mr. Carngie suffers considerable pain as the result of his Injury but he takes It all in good spirit. His knee cap is severly sprained, and a sprain, especially to a person of Mr. Carnegie's age, is every bit as bad, If not worse than a break." Mr, Carnegie was 72 years old on November 25. John Foran, the watchman who was the first to assist Mr. Carnegie when he sllped on a bit of ice and doubled his leg under him, today laughed when asked if he expected a reward for helping the aged magnate and calling a cab. "Why should I?" he asked. EDUCATORS MEET IN CHARLOTTE (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 28 The twenti eth annual session of the Southern Educational Ascoclatlon was called to order by President Van Sickle, of Baltimore at eleven o'clock this morn ing with several hundred prominent educators present, Including many noted men from the north. A still greater number are expected tonight and tomorrow when the associations most Important work begins. The gen. eral report on the improvement of pub lic school houses of the Southern States written by. Mrs. W. B. Hill. Athens, Ga., was presented the association fol lowing the usual addresses of welcome and responces. -The principal feature of the morning was the , presentation of reports by the state superintendent of education of the sixteen southern states. Only Kentucky. North Una and Louisiana and Florida were represented, however. Kentucky was given the palm for the most remark able progress since that last meeting. Superintendent Joyner, of North Caro lina, delivercirVa verv able address and his report waX exceedingly encourag ing. There are sixteen departments in the association and these will hold separate meetings daily, there being one general meeting each day for all of . the members attending. Tonight's general speakers will include President mhpi nf the Tlnlvprxltv nf Texas. Dr. W. F. AndeAon, ot the University of Chattanooga and other. Kimball DR. WILEY NOT MUCH PLEASED ATREPORT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Dee. 28 Dr. Harvey did not appear overjoyed today after he read President Taft's answer to the inuch-mooted question, "What is Whiskey?" His official superior. Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson, smiled happily as he chewed the end of a short, strong cigar. There was a reason for this difference In their feel ings, and it is this: The president's decision was practically a complete reversal of Dr. Wiley's Interpretation of the pure food act and its relation to whiskey. On the other hand it was a vindication of the attitude that had been taken by Secretary Wilson. The Sescretary was always disposed to permit dh-.tlllers and rectifiers to brand goods whose chief ingredient was something else than denatured alcohol in such a way as to create the im pression that it was whiskey Instead of some mysterious compound or imi tation. Dr. Wiley, on the other hand, took a less tolerant view, and sympathized with the straight whiskey people, who bad been insisting that theirs was the only product which genuinely could be called "Whiskey." TOWN OF ROSE HILL DISTROYED BY FIRE Wilmington, Dec. 28 Rose Hill, a small town between Wilmington and Goldsboro, was visited by a dis astrous conflagration this morning. Private advices received at this city stated that the fire raged five hours before it was suppressed. The Bank of Rose Hill was destroyed, as were 13 business houses. Papers, cur rency, and documents in the bank were saved. The building was in sured. Aggregate loss of other structures, beyond the amount of in surance carried, is $40,000. It was stated in a letter received that outside communication was Inter rupted by Are. The people at Rose Hill have already started to clearing away debris preparatory to rebuild ing the structures destroyed. Dltt'G SORE CHARTERED, One Charter and One Amendment Filed Today. . The Davis Drug Company, of Concord, filed a certificate of , In corporation today, for the purpose of conducting a general drug store. The authorized capital stock is f 10,000 and will commence business with $4,- nnn naiH In I T Tluvla Tr la thn principal stockholder. ' -; " j The Roberson Supply Company of Tarboro, - changes Its name to jCtib Kooerson-Kuinn company. HAVOC DONE BYTHE STORM ONTHECOAST At Least Twelve Vessels are Known to Have Been Wrecked OTHERS ARE MISSING The Greater Part of Cape Cod is Still Cut Off and It 4s Feared .Many Disasters Arc Vet (o be Iteported. Greatest Number of Wrecks Re. Mrted From Plymouth Many Schooners Flying Distress Signals Sighted and Many Others Are Missing and ft Is Feared Are Ijost. Norfolk Schooner Towed Into the Harbor, Showing Many Sliiiis : TerrlHe liombnnlnient. ( By Leasee! Wire to Tile Times) Boston, Dec. "8 At leasl VI ves sels are known to have been wrecked in the storm along the New Kngland coast. The greater part ot Cape Cod is still cut off and it is feared that with the restoration of communica tion will come a greater story of ma rine disaster. The greatest, number of wrecks are reported from Plymouth. A three- masted schooner is flying signals of distress in the channel back of the beach, but the seas have run so high that efforts to get out to her have so far proved futile, i. The three-masted sonoorier Hftlpb Hayward, Captain French, had her mainboom carted away in a collision and is on the flats in the lower har bor. The full extent of her injuries is unknown. The schooner Madeline was badly damaged, the schooner Massaoit and the sloop Lois Totman were wrecked and the barge City of Montreal driven on Plymouth flats and badly broken. i The three-masted schooner Louis Charles, Captain F. I. Robinson, is safe at the wharves at Plymouth after a narrow escape. Two schooners were hurled ashore on Martha's Vineyard and are full of water. They are the British schoon- er i K MP .pnn f'flntnin Kamnv. bound from Perth Amboy for Halifax and the Stonington, Me., schooner Maud Seward, Captain J. S. Norton, Port Readinng for Provlncetown. Both are laden with coal. The crew of the Seaward were rescued by the surf boat from shore. A steamer in distress was seen by the residents of Chatham. Life-Bav- ing crews report that the steamer j . ., . , was the unondaga ana inai taie m i the afternoon she got under way and proceeded south to New York. A big five-masted schooner was seen groping her way out by the Great Round Shoals by Captalnn Hawes, a pilot who came over from Woods Hole in the tramp steamer The schooner Pontlac ! Whitfield was sighted in town at the same time. The three-masted schooner Nan tasket, which went ashore off Scitute is breaking up and there is no hope of saving her. With her stern davits gone and the cabin windows smashed u uter fiva maola1 onhnnnar T-Jon rv B ; xt YLa 1 0. Barrett, from Norfolk, was towed . ,, .. ,' i' no the harbor, showing many signs 1 . A. " ' KK..Hmof t of the terrific bombardment se got by the gale. During the storm her cabins were flooded knee-deep by tho breaking waves, though her crew did heroic work In boarding up the openings. Captain Dunton and his men declare they were thankful to be alive. Grave fears are felt for the safety of the Thompson liner Cairnstrath, which is now 21 days out from the Azores. The steamer Barotse came in yesterday. She traveled practi cally the same course as the Calrn trath, but nothing waB seen of the missing ship. GOES SUDDENLY INSANE. nnllmuijl Man flivfim Wjlv From Over- " ' f , work Taken to Asylum Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28 nard H. Ball, secon.d vice president of the, Philadelphia & Reading Rail- way, suddenly went Insane In his of- flee In the Reading terminal building today. Mr. Ball wasyregarded as one of the greatest experts on freight traffic In the country and it is be- lleved that "overwork g general freight traffic manager caused his mental breakdown. . ' 1 GARFIELD IN THEPINCHOT CONTROVERSY Former Secretary of the In tenor Takes a Hand In Bal- linger-Pinchot Row PASSES THE LIE Is Arrayed With the Pinchot Forces and Says the Other Side is Guilty of Muking Mutual Statements About Him Statements Are Based l'Mii Partial and Wholly Mislead iiiK Quotations From Addresses and Ofliciul Reports Two Dis tinct Propositions Before Con irfv'ss. ( B.V Leased Wil e to Tho Tillies I New York. Iec. L'K .liimes A. Onrlleld, former sec rotary of Cue in- I lerior, loony iook : 1 1 .1 11 I ill me 11m ( linger-Pinehot row and gave the lie I to his own assailants, who are aligned with the Balllnger forces. "It has been stated that I have, in speeches, gone counter to what I did as secretary of the interior," he said today in a formal statement. "That statement is pot true; it is based upon partial and hence wholly misleading quotations from my ad dress and from my official reports. "There were two distinct proposi tions before congress in the spring of 1909. One had to db Jith the coal situation in Alaska, alone; the other with the general coal conditions on all public lands. When using the language commented upon I dis tinctly made reference to the Alaska coal bills, and not to the general coal bills." Of the now famous Cunningham cases he says: "In these cases, over 5,000 acres is claimed. Hence those claimants would have released or conveyed to the United States over 2, ,100 acres of immensely valuable coal and over 4,300 acres of surface, and would have nnirt thp p-nvprnmpiit n nrico i many times ?10 an acre for what ever coal and surface they obtained." In his statement Mr. Garfield out- lines the steps by which this higher price iuuiu inie ueeii uuuuueu ,11111 says: "in short, we were willing to re vise the coal land laws and give tho relief needed to clear away existing difficulties of administration and liti gation, hut only on condition that, the government receive the real value th? foal and sface' that m0"0"- olv was nrevented. waste checked r and the needs of the future, as well as the present cared for." The chief purpose of the Alaska bills was to increase the area which could be taken up and consolidated in Alaska in a single claim, he says. "As to those bills," he goes on, "1 opposed the vision that would nave vtuiuaieu illegal ui uauuuiviiL claims aud so reported to the com mittee of congress. As finally en acted the law was limited to persons who had 'In good faith' made loca tions. "Illegal and fraudulent claims could not be perfected and I declined to permit such claims as the Cun- , ,,,, ., ningham and like claims, which I ....... , , . , . . . believed illegal or fraudulent, to he patented under it. "The clause of the bill which has been quoted by those who have cril iclsed my statement was part, of a. general coal bill which had for its purpose the absolute reversal of the existing method of dealing with all coal lands left on the public domain and the adoption of provisions which would make possible the complete protection of public Interests In the disposition and development of coal." After outlining the essential points of the bill, Mr. Garfield says that the act would have cleared away most of the difficulties in the general coal sit uation. Under the special Alaska bill, he declares, the Cunningham and l'l I liKe;.ft . ' - " .. interests accused or fraud could nave 0f secured not mpre than 2,560 acres of Ber-lcai ad surface, but at a price of $10 an acre, "a wholly Inadequate price." Under the general law they could have got not more than 2,560 acres of coal, and not more than 640 acres of surface, paying a price on the coal determined by the secretary of the interior. - i This would have given the govern ment a fair return. GIFI'Olil) IMXCHOT. rmm, , 1 Ii ..v- ? ; feLJ- f III Gilford Pinchot. uho is al Hie head of the l ederitl Purest Service, mill whose zeal has been commended by resident Tall. The comnieiKhitioii, however, does not smooth matters over in the dispute now going on be tween Air. Pinchot and Secretary of the Interior liullingor over alleged corrupt practices in the hitter's de partment. A congressional investi gation is now under way and will likely result in the elimination of one or the other from the government service. WANT PINCHOT TO GIVE THE NAMES (Uy I. -a oil Wiio to The Timos.) hi, ltv. 2S --"Namos. Mr. Phirhnt. MMinis and unttttitia I spt'tvh minlf by pit-awe; also ilatos; ho, 'cs tin1 views of official Washington on tin; 'hief Pm'-slPT Pinchot at tin1 VniV' yslciilay. "While tht-r. who bflit'v i Ihoy an- nut sily riuh in New York ai'1 in;:ny persons here Mr. l'inehofs caiiHe yet iiulineil to accept his .neneial statements ron- 11 u,Hi t an. ti 1 1 1 k t "f .1 : t - ' i . I'uif, ""ills-1 "i in1 into! ior il i'.n iniMiit and ils position mi thi' nni.-i-i v.ilinn iLii-iion. They hold Unit ii Mr. l'iihho! is in posses sion of ':his uliu-h In- (laims will Iiriive that a pint, i-xists to not only lvstniv !anls (o tin1 n lil ii domain so t hut trusts ami oihor combinations of capita! may prolit Ihcivliy hut to (Us er, -ilit him ami tin- work nf his bureau. In- shou'i! proiiiii ' tl,.. i-;i. They also point to the somewhat meaning elicnmst: that Mr. Pin- eitot's liittt i- s, eeii was tli-ltvered al most immediately alter Secretary Ilal lingcr's lentiest that his department and tin-'entire conservation tow w ith the furesty bureau be investigated by congress. If Mr. l'inehot's secret in tention through his- speech, was to create a "back lire." so as to offset the action of Mr. i;alliui;er. it is said that no better m a.ns could, perhaps, lie taken than that which he has adopted, and which is emiroly in line with the methods of his former chief, Koosevelt, ho always, w in n his rivals created a public stir offset it by louder and inure strenuous methods of at tractinc; public attention in the hope that, his rival's claim would thereby bo overshadowed in Ihe public vioww. TAFT OPPOSED TO STOCK GAMBLING (I Leased Vi to The Times.) Washington, pee. 2S --ihiiiihliiig in "futures" is to form the subject of p conference sunn to be held nt the white, house. . President Tal'l proposes to ar rive at a means, if possible, of pre venting an unnecessary amount of stock-murket trading in future deliver- ' les of vheat, corn, cotton, and other Im-nliifX it., lo ,,r iv,., ii...u,,r ih-.ii legitimate industry suffers from this sort of speculation, and may poRibly urge upon congress the adoption of n ). tl.t i.'ill hj, fl-.,..! 1 al.M.nlnn "I'll- "' "i: K'i'-i i'i '"I'l'ii'B n.ia the law nimed at the sale lottery tickets. H) may make known his views in a special message to congress or In a report on a bill soon to be introduced by ltepresenta tlve Scott ef Kansas, chairman of the house committee on agriculture. It was learned., today that the president lias Invited a number of officials to confetwlth him on the subject, among them Secretary Knox, Attorney Gen eral ii(AVickersham, Representative Sovitt, C Represebtntlve I.overing 'of Massachusetts and Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith. MEETING OF THEATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Football Must Be Preserved as a Sport But Rules altered A FORLORN HOPE Advocates of the Abolition of the Present Style Game of Football Are Lemling a Forlorn Hope Only 17 Institutions Among the Colleges Have Gone On Record as Favoring Itughy or Soccer Game The Oth ers I'rge Change in the Present Rules Army At Head of Fight for lieforui. nv Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 28 The fourth annual meeting of the' intercollegiate athletic association opened here to day with opinion fixed that football must be preserved as a Bport, but its rules must be altered. Nearly all the 0C institutions composing the Inter collegiate athletic asosciation de mand modifications on the game as a 'result of the unusually heavy list of fatal accidents last seaBon and in Ihe session here these general de mands are amalgamated, with West Point leading the struggle for re form. The few advocates of the abolition of the present style game, favoring the substitution of Soccer,- are going to lead a forlorn hope. Only seven-, . teen institutions have gone on record as favoring Rugby or Soccer. Th others urged changes in the present rules. The program arranged for to day at the session at the Murray. Hill Hotel opened with an address by Cap tain Palmer E. Pierce, U. S. A., presi dent of the association; an address on "The Functions of Athletics in Col lege Life," by Chancellor Day, ot Syracuse; 'The Interrlatlon of All Forms of Amateur Athletics," by Dr. .1. H. McCu'rdy, ot the Springfield Y. M. C. A., and "Courtesy and Sportsmanship" by Prof. T, E. Mo ran, of Purdue, followed by general discussion on the football situation. Captain Pierce and Prof. H. W. Nicholson, of Wesleyan, secretary and treasurer of the association, have been working for some time putting the various problems in shape for consideration. The letter sent out by the athletic counsel of the West Point Military. cadcmy put the army today at the head ot the fight for -reform. The death of Cadet Byrne last season was the hardest blow that football suf fered. The army letter places the blame for fatal accidents on lack of responsible control; an excessive de sire to win at any cost, with a ten dency to semi-professional manage ment :and defectsin the rules, which weaken the defense and permit con centration of the attack. The letter recommends various changes in the rules. These will be considered today. Hotline; )n .leffries-Johnson Fight. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 28 Betting on the .leffries-.lohnson fight is under way today, and J9.000 toward a pool of $10,000 has been raised by New York negroes to bet on Johnson. "Baron" Wilkins, at whose place Johnson stopped when in town, got up the pool and he takes no contribution less than $100, THE WEATHER. Forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair to night and Wednesday. For North Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; light to mod erate west winds. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Clear weatber prevails over the south Atlantic and Gulf States. It is cloudy elsewhere and light snow is falling in, Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee In, connection with a disturbance that ex tends from the Saint Lawrence to th lower Missouri Valley. High pressure covers the Northwest and the weather continues cold In that section. Tern pcrature has risen about ten degrees over Florida, southern Georgia, and South Carolina. The weather will contlne fair In this vicinity tonight and Wednesday wltfc L. A. DENBON. ' J Section DlrecUWb j " A
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