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vey of Sights That Will Impress
y Times' Tourists.
The visit of The Times' successful
contestant to London will be an event
never to be forgotten. Every moment
of the -time spent at the great Euro
pean metropolis will be full of Interest
and prove a delight to all. Chief among
the great city's attractions is the Brit,
ish museum, filled with its lmost price
loss collection. Mrs Ruakin says: "The
British museum Is now the best ordered
and pleasantest Institution in all Lon
don, and the grandest concentration of
the means of human knowledge In the
world.' The nucleus of the museum
was the library and the collections of
Sir Hans Sloane. who, by his will, of
fered them at less than half their value
NEW TANGLE FOR
LIBERALS TO SOLVE
(By Cable to The Times.)
London, Jan. 27 The election to
.tals at 2 o'clock this afternoon show
ed the following results: Unionists,
257; Liberals, 243; Laborites, 36;
Nationalists, 72.
The earliest returns recorded two
Unionist gains, for Devizes. Wiltshire
and Chertsey, Surrey.
Though heartened by the showing
of the past two days and the return
of Premier Asqulth with an increas
ed majority, the Liberal imrty is in
a new tangle which may prove fatal
to the coalition necessary to give it
dominance in the new parliament.
Tho rofnrn nf mnnv independent
Irish members who are opposed to
Mr. Redmond, the regular Irish
leader, cannot fail to make him less
inclined to weaken his position at
home by forced to rely to retain the
majority. ; ...
One cause for rejoicing in the Lib
eral ranks is the fact that all the
cabinet members have gone through
the ordeal; successfully, in several
oases being returned with increased
-majorities. Some of the minor gov
ernment oelals, however, have been
defeated.-''
The indications today were that
the government would have a major
ity mt thirty with the Laborites, and
most of the eighty-two Irish mem
bers will probably fall in line.
Should the Irish bolt, however, the
government woAild keep Its promise
of not assuming ministerial duties
. without a majority of forty, ,
to the state. The museum was first
opened to the public in 1759 in the old
Montague house. The main portion of
the present building was erected dur
Ing the years 1823-1845. The building
is of the Ionic order of architecture and
Is the most successful imitation of the
Greek style in that country. There are
sculptures above the portico and the
dome of the reading room is the larg
est in the world, not even excepting St.
Peter's at Rome.
The ancient sculpture forms the
chief glory of the museum, especially
the contents of the Elgin room and the
Mausoleum room, but we have space
for only a few words about them. Tho
Elgin room contains some of the orig
inal marbles from the Parthenon at
Athens, which, we are told, was conse
crated 438 B. C, and its ruins are still
standing. For more than 2,000 years it
remained intact, having been remod
eled successively a-s a Christian church
and Mohammedan mosque. During thp
siege of Athens In 1678 a bomp ignited
a powder magazine In the Parthenon,
and the center of the building was
thrown down. In .later years the
sculptures were exposed to injury, and
in LSOl-'lKi Lord Elgin, the British am
bassador at Cmistatlnnplc, obtained
leave from the sultan to remove many'
of the marbles. After many adventures
Including a shin-wreck, they wore land
ed In England, and In lSlfi were pur
chased from Ixn'd Elgin by the British
government for $17A,0M0, a sum consid
erably less than the cost of removal.
In the mausoleum room are some In
teresting remains of the famous mau
soleam at Halicarnassus which was
reckoned among the seven wonders of
(he world. Mausolus, prince of Caria,
figures in Luciaai's "Dialogues of the
Dead" as the type of magnificence, and
when he died in B. C. 50, his widow
erected this monument to him. Sev
eral of the best Anthenlun sculptors
were engaged in the work and from
it the word "Mausoleum' was derived
and applied to the Immense tombs in
general.' It was destroyed by" an.earth-1
quake In the twelfth century, and in
1856 Sir Charles Newton discovered
and excavated-the site of the mauso
leum Itself and took many of the frag
ments to England. The figure of . Mau
solus, which stood In" the chariot at
the top of the pyramid, was put to
gether out of sixty-live fragments. The
aspect of the figure accords with the
description which Mausolus is made to
give of himself by Luuian:
"It was a tall handsome man, and
formidable in war." '
(Continued on Page Two.)
COUNTIES GIVEN AID
Second Hundred Thousand
Dollar Appropriation
Slxty-Four Counties Given Aid For
School Fund Second Appropria
tion Distributed Today Twenty
three Counties Raised More Thnn
'-They 'Were Legally Allowed From
the Fund. :
The application for aid from the
second hundred thousand dollars for
a four months school term, under the
new law, exceeded the available ap
propriation of $23,376.5S. v
Twenty-one counties requested
more than they raised after levying
the special tax on property Itnd polls,
twenty counties raised by special tax
ation as much as they were legally
entitled to ask from the Btate appro
priation for a four months school,
and twenty-three counties : raised
more by special taxation on property
and polls than they could be legally
allowed from the second hundred
thousand dollars.
As the appropriation was Insuffi
cient to meet the legal requests, the
State Board of Education deemed it
just to scale most of those that raised
least and asked most, to scale next
those that raised as much as they
were legally entitled to ask, and to
scale least those that raised more
than they were legally entitled to ask
from the state appropriation.
If the applications from the twenty-one
counties receiving more from
the state appropriation than they
raised by special tax had not greatly
exceeded the applications from the
same counties last year. If the num
ber of counties asking aid had not
been increased eleven this year, and
the salaries of teachers increased in
most instances to the average allow
ed by law, the special state appro
priation of 109,000 supplemented
by the special tax o these counties,
would have been ample to have sup
plied all demands for a four months
school and to have left a balance of
several thousand dollars to apportion
pef capita among all the counties of
the state. Wake county did not need
any of this appropriation.
The largest amount appropriated
to any county was $5,243.67, which
went to Wilkes, and the smallest
amount was $89.83, which was bo-
KEITH POXAlrnSOX.
Mrs. Keith Donaldson, whom the
Reno, Nevada court has granted a
divorce, despite her husband's strong
op)Niion, which, however, was suc
cessful in compelling the abandon
ment of till charges except desertion.
Mrs. Donaldson was Miss Evelyn Wil
lis Hunter, of Memphis, and was call
ed the "Million Dollar Bride." Her
fortune was inherited from Charles
R. Payne, of Angelo, Texas, and was
handed -over to tier- nf a dinner by
James Henry ("Silent") Smith, for
merly hep uncle's partner. The Don.
aldsons lived altogether only eight
months. From tales of destitution
recited at the divorce proceedings it
npiieared the million dollars had
quickly vanished.
cured by Washington county. There
were sixty-four counties in all receiv
ing appropriations.
Lecture At High School.
Tonight at the High School audi
torium, under the auspices of. the
Daughters of the Revolution and the
Art Department of the Woman's
Club, will be given an electric lan
tern entertainment on the revolu
tionary war. There are 109 slides,
illustrating the periods of the revolu
tionary war from beginning to end.
The lecture will last only one hour.
Children of the city schools are espe
cially urged to attend, and the cit
izens generally will be welcomed.
Price of admission: School chil
dren,' 5c, and adults, 10c.
. The lecture .commences at 8
o'clock.
COMPLAINT FROM WILMIXGTOX.
Alexander Sprtint & Sons Complain
Against Seaboard Air Line.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Jan. 27 Complain
ing that the Seaboard Air Line has
discriminated against Wilmington.
N. C, In cotton shipments from. Olar.
S. C. .thereby driving the traffic to
Norfolk, Va., Alexander Sprunt &
Son, of Wilmington, today petitioned
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for redress.
HOMICIDE TODAY
IN WAYNESVfllE
(Special to The Times.)
Asheville, N. C, Jan. 27 Slight dif
ference of a weeks standing between
"Bass" Browning, in charge of sheep
ranch ' belonging Alden Howell on
Richland creek, Haywood county, and
Allen Green, constable of the township,
resulted in the killing this morning, In
the first National Bank of Waynesville,
Of Browning by Green. It seems that
Browning has accused Green of telling
Howell something about the conduct
of the ranch.
Browning was in the bank at 11:30
o'clock this morning when Green walk
ed in. Browning asked Green about
the report and Green made denial.
Browning gave Green the lie and Green
struck at Browning but missed, him.
Browning It is alleged drew his knife
and Green drew his 'pistol and fired.
The bullet struck Browning hi the face
and death was instanteous. Both men
were about 40 years of age and had
children. They were neighbors and. had
been friends all their lives, . .
if w x 4 t ,
DEADLY DULL
START IN THE
PINCHOkASE
Incident Has Simmered to
Spark Without Zeal of
Prosecution
CONGRESS IS TIRED
Prosecution Xot Zealous Xor I lie De
fense Spirited Congress Wants lo
(io Home and Will be Glad When
the Investigation is Over Pincliot
Has Received Enough Honors to
.'".be Satisfied Picture of Old Joe
Cannon, Fighting, Delimit. Hope
less He is Done for and Nothing
for Him to do Rut to Get Down and
Out. . - '
(By JOHX TEMPLE GRAVES.)
Washington, Jan. 27 Deadly dull
starts, the Ballinger investigation.
The incident that wrapped the capi
tal in a flame three weeks ago has
simmered to a spark.
Interpreted by the letter and
spirit of the first day, there is neither
any particular zeal in prosecution,
nor any special apprehension in de
fense. Pinchot has been lionized by
his friends, applauded, by two na
tional conventions, flattered 'by the
appointment of his dUciple to suc
ceed him and abundantly salved as to
his own wounds by tBe presidency
of tho Nat ional Consei vMWe Associa-
tion. Everybody is glad of these
things, but everybody thinks they are
enough to satisfy any man any any
man's friends.
And for the rest .congress will be
glad to be through with the Balliti -
ger investigation, because congress
is pervadingly anxious to go home.
The picture of personal interest and
of almost dramatic pathos in con
gress s tht of old Joe Cannon fight
ing, defiant, yet hopeless, against his
nevtable fate. Yesterday Fowler,
of New Jersey, a republican of the
speaker's own household of faith,
introduced a bill to reorganize the
committee on rules by leaving off the
speaker entirely, adding four repub
licans and one democrat instead of
two democrats and two republicans,
with the speaker, as it is now. This
would make the committee consist of
six members of the dominant party to
three of the 'minority party. Bad
enough for the minority, apparently,
but it would be at least the rule of
an elected majority against the pres
ent autocratic rule of a czar. '
Fowler is not popular and his bill
will hardly pass but some similar bill
of the same purpose will undoubtedly
go thorugh at an early date. One in
exorable requirement of the bill will
ELECTRIC PLANT
TO BE COMPLETED
(Special to The Times.)
Wadesboro, Jan. 27 The Information
comes her from reliable parties that
arrangements are about completed by
which work will be resumed at an early
date on the Blewitt's Falls hydro elec
tric plant, at Hiowitt's Falls' on the
Pee Deo River K miles from Wades
boro.
The work which was done before the
suspension has been kept intact dur
ing the season of litigation and is more
than one-half of the total. More than
$2,000,000 was expended and It is esti
mated that only about $1,500,00 will be
needed to complete the plant and put
on the market 2f,000 horse power.
This country is a producer of large
cotton crop exceptional quality and
with cheap power together with the
splendid railway facilities the future
is bright with visions or a great man
ufacturing center. The Seaboard Air
and the Atlantic Coast Line with the
Winston-Salem Southbound to the
northwest gives Industrial enterprises
shipping facilities equal to any loca
tion in the Piedmont section'' and su
perior to many. Giving In addition to
the the coming of this cheap power and
Wadesboro expects to see great
changes In the near future.
The litigation in reference to the
Blewitt's Falls plant is now settled
and deeds to the real estate held by
McBae & Company which caused the
beginning of the lecal trouble have
been made transforruuj title to the
stockholders' committee, who pur
chased the plant at the receiver's gale.
I WIXSTOX SPENCER CHURCHILL, J. KIEIi H.MlUVPVj "
Three winners of the recent bitter
light, for return to the English Par
liament. On the left in the tipper
picture is Winston Churchill, Liberal,
a member of the present cabinet. On
the right ,J. Kier Hardie, Lulioritc,
who has had an anxious time of it as
the result lias bieii considered verj
uncertain. The other picture is that
of the famous T. I. O'Connor, Irish
Nationalist, lie received the hand
some majority of SOU over his vote
of four years. These three men wore
the locus of many thousands of eye
during the sharp parliamentarian
campaign.
:e to .eliminate Joe Cannon, and-Joe.
Cannonism from . the. future of the
house. The demand is universal.
Even from the far New England
states comes the word to. New Eng
land representatives' thai.'-if Cannon
1 'should lie perpetuated they will suit
ly be eliminated.
One of the very strongest ' and
most popular of New England con
gressmen told me today that his re
election .absolutely: depended upon
the eradication -of Cannon and what
he stood for. This same 'congress
man declared that every . element of
the republican party had agreed .upon
the necessity of sitting down hard
and finally upon its Uncle Joe.
'.'.Even the president recognizes it
a sau absolute party necessity and is
giving the power of his influence to
make it sure. Within a month, said
our New England friend, '-Mr. Cannon
will he compelled by irristihle forces
to ho whis Vad in acceptance and
walk oil i of l lie sit nat ion of his own
accord.
There has never been such. a. wide
spread revolution against an indi
vidual in our public life since Aaron
Burr presided over the American sen
ate afetr lie had shot Alexander
Hamilton to death.
But at this writing the game old
sinner of Illinois, is undaunted and
defiant. The cigar points' still to t he
ceiling his jaw is Arm' and he is pre
paring, it is said, when the bill for
the changed rules, conies -up, to step
down from the chair to the floor and
make the rafters ring wil'a an im
passioned defiance and defense. Night
after night the speaker jollies at ban
quets and jests at assemblies- and,
like Charles the First, fronts his fate
with a dauntless courage that half
redeems his fame.
But it is all in vain. His end is
at hand. : His career is ended.
BOUTELL DEFENDS
REPUBLICAN TARIFF
(By Loafed Wile to The Times.)
Washington, Jan." 27 Taking ndviint.
age of the general debate aroused on
the agricultural appropriation bill, con
sideration of which was resumed in
the house today,:-. Representative
Boutell, of Illinois, ent.ertuim.vl the
members with a tariff sH'eoh eulogistic-
of the Payne net. It was the belief
that the speech .was delivered for cam
paign purposes.
Mr. Boutell declared that in a. few
months the Parne tariff act will lie
the subject of discussion by the people-
throughout the country, and that
discussion will have a probableefti t
on the presidential election.
"The act must justiily Itself, he
said "or the republiean' party will be
held rospohsible. There has been
some criticism of the president's state
ment that the Payne act is the best
tariff bill ever enacted." lie added, "but
the criticism of this assertion has been
duo to Ignorance or sell interest." .
si i K' -Ok
WOK.
SMALLPOX AT CARY
Negro Breaks Out After
Leaving Drug Store
Doctors Have lleen Instructed to
Vaccinal)-." All Persons in Imme
diate Vicinity a ml Ih-twi-en t'iiry
anil llhnme.l.l Much t'lD-asiness
l')dtMi)liu'ulii I'mulci- Steals -o-(HDD's
lint Loses Miuicy ami Owner
of Polatoes is Sat islieil.
(Special (o The Times.)
Ca'ry. X. C., .Ian. L'?-- A negro man'
has been. .- mini nl ined wi Hi small pox
live miles from Cary in tin- UhanieaU
section. The negro was in Cary the
fii-si of this week suffering with the
disease before lie or any . one else
knew his ailment..- .While ihe physi
cians have pronounced the case
smallpox, lie no .doubt spread the dis
ease in his neighborhood before he
came to Cary-. The .doctors have been
instructed lo. vaccinate all persons in
iiis immediate' neighborhood anil be
tween lien- and Kliaincatl. tliat tae
disease may be checked-'and ' kept
away from Cary. A sensation of uneasiness-.prevailed
in Ihe drug store
when Or. ,1. 1. Teniph-loii and Dr. It;
I). .McDonald pronounced tin' dis
ease, the negro having for a time oc-,
eupieu a "seat, .in the drug store and
had preHTijit ions lillod - previous lo
i his.
While. I lie .Mulone, , X.. V., case ot
November '20th surpasses thy ease,
yet the burglar in both cases, find it
uiiproii! able, to steal.. A few nights
ago some unknown person visited
the potato hill of M i - J. 1 H. Adams,
taking a iiuuit.it.v .of sweet potatoes,
leaving the sum of $l.j) nearby, it
is hard for . Jlr. Adams to decide
whet liei t lie $1 ."o was left as pay or
by mistake. His .little son Henry
was the-lucky finder and by good
judgment made his tirsi. deposit in
Hie 'Bank of Cai'.v a day or so later.
-Postmaster At Moorcsville. ,
.'(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Jan. ..2 "---The nomi
nation of .Uonzo C. Kerley to be
postmaster at Mooresvilie, N. C, was
sent to the senate i today by Presi
dent To IT.
liven the tnah who admits that he
eaimlil only one fish may lie about its
weight.
PARIS ASKS
HELP FROM
THEWORLD
In Throes of Reign of Terror
and Horror of Calamity
Grows Hourly
50,000 HOMELESS
Buildings Are Collapsing, the Seine
is Mixing; the' Scenes of the Seige
Are Being Duplicated and Despair
Has Swept the Terror-stricken Mil
lions Food Scarce and City Has
Appealed to the World For Aid
Ruining and Snowing and Intensely
told Scarlet Fever and Typhoid
Add to Seriousness of the SItua.
Kill. ,
(By Cable to The Times)
I'ans, .Ian. 27 Paris is In the
throes of a reign of terror. The
flood calamity gains in horror hourly.
Buildings are collapsing: tho Seine
is rising: the scenes of the siege are
being duplicated, and despair has
rswept the terror-stricken millions.
Thirty thousand troops were rushed
Irom the provinces today to aid the
wornout heroes who have been
battling against the implacable river.
From the starving provinces half a
giilhon peasants have flocked to the
metropolis, adding to the seriousness
of the situation. There is not food
enough to supply one third of those
i within the city limits, and stricken
Paris has been compelled to ask aid
I from the world.
I Americans can form an idea . oC
The damage done by tho fact: tfcat
the total is greater today than the
loss in the San Francisco fire.
At dawn the river, higher than ever
before in history, was rising; snow
I and rain 'were falling and the cold
was intense, The tributaries of the
'river, wore higher: there was no sign
that, the hoped for crisis would come
I todav. :
! ... in the provinces hundreds of lives
nave boon lost; in the city, scores.
More than ''250,000 persons are
homeless in France: 50,000 in Paris-
: have been unable to find temporary
refuge. . "
A s a result of the walls of the
Qua Pe Orsay collapsing this morn
ing a w.'ili of water was turned loose
in one of the most populous quorters
of the city, sweeping all before it
with the force of a broken dam. In
darkness, the panic-stricken inhabi
tants fled as best they could. A boat
patrol, uicly .-- established, saved
many, but several are believed to
nae been drowned.
All night, long a thotrsand men
battled to save the Louvre and its
priceless' 'art .treasures "'while-., the
water rose relentlessly.
Before dawn if had become ap
... (.Continued on Page. Seven. V .
NO AGREEMENT
YET WITH GERMANY
.' '( By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington." Jan. 27 -James B.
Reynolds, 'member of the tarfff board,
said today that it is untrue than an
agreement, had been reached between
the Tinted States and Germany, re
garding tariff matters. The United
Slates has not yielded to Germany
on i lie .question' of importation of
American cattle which is at issue, and
unless the negotiations assume a dif
ferent turn there is no possibility
that the United States will waive this
point.
The present trade agreement with
Germany expires February 7, and
Ambassador Count Bernstorft is
making efforts to reach a compro
mise before the agreement expires.
A tariff war would be costly to both
countries. It is not likely that this
government will enter into a tariff
war with Germany merely for the
sake of the beef trust, which it is
now prosecuting.
Oltl Citizen of Anson Dead.
(Special to The Times.) , '
Wadesboro, N. C. Jan. 27 John
Dry, one of the oldest citizens in the
county, died yesterday morning after
an illness of several days. Mr. Dry
was eighty-two years old and for a.
number of years has resided in South
Wadesboro, coming here from Stan
ley county.