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LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE -CENTAL Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in the City of Raleigh of Any ; Other Newspaper, Vol. LXIX. No. 37. J 1 The Weather RAIN. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911. FORSU Bill Introduced by Graham o Orange For a State Tax Commission BILLS BY BASSET! Hills Introduced by Senator Burnett to Authorize the Commitment of Certain Insane Persons to the State Hospital For the Dungerous Insane, to Provide For Better Ob servance of Sunday as a Day of Best by Railroad Kmployes, Also to Alii in Preventing Spread of Hog Cholera Bill to Regulate Licensing of Insurance Agents, : The' senate, after a prolonged . de bate, today passed Senator Hicks bill prohibiting throwing saw-dust in any rivers and streams in North Car olina. All amendments exempting certain counties were voted down and the bill was ordered engrossed and sent to tilt; house. . tonslderuole tinie 'wag-.'consumed in debating Senator Hobgood's bill to increase the salary of the adjutant general from. $1,600 to $2,000 and finally it was re-referred to the com mitiee on appropriations. :benator Cobb's bill to establish mi in- i iu srnoois in tup state was made a special order for Wednesday at 12 o'clock. Svnator Graham introduced a bill authorizing the governor to appoint a state lax commission to investigate and report to the next general as sembly a scheme for equalizing the valuation ot lands and other : prop erty, assessment and collection of taxes and such further measures in regard to taxation as they may deem proper for the best interest of the state. Senator Bassett introduced a'-bill to provide for better observance of Sunday as a day of rest by railroad employes; also a bill authorizing the commitment of certain Insane per sons to the state 'hospital' for the dangerous lusano, Senator Hobgood Introduced a bill regulating licensing Insurance agents in the state, and Senator Greene of fered a new bill to provide for the naval militia of the state. Senator Barnaul introduced two important bills, one relative to the state text-book commission and the other amending parts of the public school law. A number of local bills passed their readings and were ordered cither enrolled or sunt to the house. SKXATK PIlOCKKDIXtiS. The senate was called to order by President Newland at 12 ' o'clock, (Continued from Pago Two.) HOUSE WILL PASS THE M'CALL BILL (By Loused Wire to The Times.) Washington, Fob. 13 By a vote of 197) to 121, a majority of 74, the house this morning agreed to consider the McCull bill. This insures the speedy passage of the bill. , The house went Into committee of the whole; with Representative Mann of Illinois, in the chair, soon after it met today, and the bill was immediately called up. It Is reported that Speaker Cannon today agreed to withdraw his opposi tion to the bill. 'Representative Hill of Conncctluutt, made the opening speech In favor of the bill. He declared that the reci procity agreement with, Canada did not mean free trade, and that Its adoption would be of the greatest commercial benefit to both countries. This asser tion is backed up with a mass of statistics and Information showing how the agreement would benefit the United States. Markets Closed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Feb. 13 The belated celebration of Lincoln's birthday caused the stock exchange, curb, and cotton markets and some public buildings to be closed today. Opening Address Made bj President Taft Secretary Knox Also Speaks at Open. Ing Session Conference Being Held In the Xew Pan-American '" Building. ' . ": (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Feb. 13 President Taft and Secretary of State Knox de livered the opening addresses at the flrst session of the annual conference of the Pan-American Union here to day. .''. The conference is being held in the new building of the Pan-American Union, which today was crowded wltn practically the whole diplomatic corps and many distinguished visitors from South and Central American coun tries. i ne ueautitui audience hall was gay with flags of the United States and the republics, while sowers an the music of the marine band made the scene an animated one when John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American Union, called the con vention to order. The conference has the vigorou.- sttpport of the Taft administration. The president believes that it will be better for the whole continent when more cordial trade relations are es tablished, and he has in mind the es tablishment of a reciprocal trade agreement between the United States and her sister American republics, similar to the Canadian agreement now before congress. He is anxious to have all, these, agreements com pleted by the time the Pan-American canal is opened and in his address briefly touched on these matters. Following the opening of the con ference today, there will begin to morrow moniug the practical worii of the convention and the sessions will continue morn ing, afternoon and lihht . until .Saturday. -Toiere will Im discussions of a large variety of sub jects affecting trade conditions, con ducted by the best official and private experts in the country. Among the other speakers were Minister Calvo, of Costa Rica; Minis ter Calderoh, of Bolivia; former Am bassador Casusus, of Mexico; Senator' Root, Representative Champ Clark, and President J. A. Farrell, of the United States Steel Corporation, The state department is co-operat ing in the conference by detailing several of it's diplomatic and consu lar officers who have posts In Latin America to attend and participate, while on the other hand, many of t:ic diplomatic and consular officers of Latin-America in the United States have been invited to take part in the discussions. The bureau of manufacturers of the department of commerce and la bor is likewise co-operating and has instructed several of its experts to de liver talks on those points which both xnorters and importers desire to have elaborated. V number of delegates of the Jnited States to the international onferencc of American republics, which was held last summer in Bue nos' Ayres,, Argentina, will make ad dresses. Wliipplng Post Bill Vetoed, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Salem, Ore., Feb. 13 Governor West has vetoed a bill adopted by the legislature abolishing the whip ping post. ' 'While the whipping post is a relic at barbarism," said the governor, it Is no more barbaric than wife-beating and I deem it wise to have on Oregon statute books a barbaric pun ishment for brutes who fall so low as to strike and abuse a woman." An effort will be made to pass the bill over the governor's veto. , ; Broke Ileeord. ; (By Leased Wire to The Times) Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13 Shortly after midnlght today Frank Coffyii, a Wright aviator, broke the world,' night' altitude aeroplane record by ascending 800 feet. The former re cord of 250 feet was held by Arch Hoxsey, who was recently killed In a fall In his machine in Los Angeles. In a second flight Coffyn carried as a passenger George H. Manor, of Bal timore. The flrst flight lasted thir teen minutes and the second 18 sec onds. - , Miss Bertha Huuu. Miss .Bertha Sann, the 14-year-old daughter of Edwin Sann, Jr., died at the home of her parents this after noon at 3:00 o'clock.'' Tho funeral announcements Mil be made later. DAILY Daily Times Will Give Trophy Cup Cup to be Presented to Hoys' Corn Club .Making the licst Showing I n. (h'r Rules Prescribed by the he. puiltiicnt nf Agrii-ultiire on K.liiti- - - 1 -V tion ut lolly-Wyiiiie's, Fur the purpose of stimulating and keeping up to the greatest enthusiasm the awak'-ned Interest In corn growing Mr. J. V, Sinims, editor of the Raleigh Dally Times, has donated a silver troplicy or loving cup to be awarded annually under the conditions mimed below, t'here is already much friendly lvalry between the boys' corn-clubs. rtils rivalry and the Interest Of the boys in the subject of coin growing has already achieved some-wonderful esults and is pointing the way to a new agriculture and displacing the one crop idea. North Carolina does not raise enough corn for home consumption. Thousands of bushels are shipped Into the 'stale every year. The department of agri culture, A. & if. College, farm journals and the dally press are all engaged In a campaign to change this way of doing tilings and bring our corn crihs and our smoke houses closer home. The department of agriculture, especi ally.. Is fostering the boy's corn clubs uea means to this end. It Is to aid the department in this work that this cup Is given. It Is now on exhibition at Jolly-Wynne's and will be in the- keep tug of the department until the first award is made. The rules, as agreed upon between the donor and the department as to the awarding of the cup are as fol lows: North Carolina Corii Growem Contest ' , Annual Trophy to be AWARDED to the member of a Boy's Corn Club in the state of North Caro lina, subjects to the following rules and regulations. .Rule 1. This Loving Cup shall be known as "The Raleigh Dally Times Corn Club Trophy" and may only be won and held by a member of a Boy'.s Corn Club in the statu of North Caro lina. Rule 2. This trophy shall first be awarded on December 1, lull and each year thereafter on the' first day of December to the member of a Boy's Corn Club who shall have raised the greatest , number.-of bushels of corn from a single acre of land during the year ending on December 1 subject to the regulations governing the Hoy's Corn Club contests Issued by the state department of agriculture. . Rule 3. When the Trophey has beou awarded to any member of a Corn Club It may be . taken to the home of the club and by its members and held In trust for that year and' it shall be returned to the Commissioner of Agri culture on the first day of November of each year after which the commit tee In charge will award it on the flrst day of tho following December accord ing to the above regulations. v Rule 4. Tho committee to award the Trophey shall consist of Ave members as follows: The editor of the Raleigh Daily Times, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and threes othera to be named each year by the first two who shall bo permanent members of tho committee in charge of the- Trophy. . Rule 5 All Com Clubs having mem bers competing for th Trophy shall notlfly the committee by August 1st to, be entitled. to- compete In -ibo con X TIMES QORN GROWERS' ',. .-,. . emu 1 alVMSIte' V .' a : i:i.:i test i.ii tlmt.'i-eur jU- c.ll ilie crop iuum !' i-oiiiniiltee hy i .- y 'i. The 'Hi. :i li?-' engraving: . e.videiic e rc ii lie- h-.uiils v.av.-v. r.;ii. :li -.bear, the Kui. A . tl'tt-CATKK STATK THItuCCll (iCKATIvl! I ) V TlJ'lJ liALiauit DAII.V TIMKS,: .: ... : ,11111. '.."' '.".''.'' PliKSKXTKD to tie- '.grr-attt ,n.ni growers, hi the world urnl to he held by llie Hi 's Corn, t.'luto of Noi tli I 'uro linu . 'us ::.in iiitiiiKil Trnjiliy. . And (Oniiiiiltcd Suiside '1 1 1 if 1 1 iI i Acciileiit. Ii(l (l!y l.ea.-i'd Wire to Tne Tim .) New'- York,.' Feb; . 13 'I'lic body .ol Mis., , Susan liiill, a, wealtliy widow' well laiown 'The' woman of. -mystery" at the V-.'mt nrop Hotel, where she lived, was I on nd on the raol of the. building' a. Ijoining the hotel to day, Tlie" woman's., room overlook ed .the roof and she is supposed to have committed suicide or.. walked through the window in her sleep, . She spoke Id the nisht elirk be fore retiring bsi night, saying: "I dread Ut see. tomorrow come be cause it is the i:;t:i of the .month and I know sonunhing will happen to me. Oh, how I wish there weren't any tlnrteens in the world!" li and (..lyiKii' ('"nil'er. (I!y Leased Wire to The' Times) New York, IVh. 13 Governor Dix and Mayor -(la.wior-were in confer ence for tin hour this afternoon in tho governor's upnrtmenls jit the Waldorl'-Aiitoria. 'Whoa the c.onfer eueo had ended i lie mayor refused to say anything nlmut it, but. the gov ernor denied i hiii. the senatorial con test had been ilisi ussud. "We only talked over city affairs," bo said. ETHEL LE.NEVE 10SES THE CRIPPEN ESTATE (By Cable' to The Times.) London. Feb. i: Ethel LeNeve. fur the love of whom 'rippen killed his wife. Belle Elmore ( 'rippen, today lost her fight for tlie" .('rippen estate when tlie courts awarded it to Mrs. Theresa Hunn, of Brooklyn, a halt-sister o the slain wife. Dr. - Crippeii liad: willed his estate, which was uihI'-t .ft.iOO to Miss LeXevo, naming her a.i Uu- sole executrix. Mrs. Hunn ilu-oiight suit about six weeks ago uinl unlay Judge Evans sal the will .aside on. the- ground of, public policy. if M' C; "'..TO TKV I.KW1S WKST. o Olllcinl Kcipiesl hh Yet for Special Term. . It has been talked on the streets that a special term had been ordered to try Lc.wl West, the desperado, who was placed in the state prison last Saturday, but the'. information, as given out at the governor's office this morn ing is to the contrary. No .official re quest hus yet been mudc upon Gov ernor Kltchln tor . a special term to try West. As the regular criminal term of Wilson court does not convene un til May, it Is very likely that a special term will bo ordered, but It has not yet been -dona, , , , v. , ' ' f- '" "'- ' TROPHY LAST OF GANG CAUGHT Dave Young Hauled In at Rocky Mount Was Xoliiied That Lewis West Hud Told the Ollieers ICvery tiling Was Helling: Pistols Stolen Krom Dunn ouiun Seems t lie Confi-lerate ill I'lohublj' be l!i-oii;;!it Here. The report has reached the city lhat Dave. Young, the hist of the gang of the -three:: outlaw negroes wanted - in connection with the murder of Deputy Slivriff ... 'Mumfurd and the shooting of Chii.-f.- of Police Cilover at Wilson, as well as the; several wholesale robbcr ft:S; has been captured by the police at iiocky. Mount, and that he; has con lewd that he is the right negro. The report states that he bus an -intimate knowledge of. the crime that he has recited to the police, but .denies that he was In the house at the time of tlie shooting.' That it occurred at the home oi his mother he learned late In the afternoon,, when he was informed that W est hud; stated: that . he was with him at the time of the shooting. Young .filed that this was untrue und that he will be able to establish an alibi. He states he lias been in lloeky Mount and Wilson .since the shooting and that he has in no wise tiled to evade ar rest. ." He was arrested yesterday morning In the colored section of ltocky Mount known us little llaleigh. , There was no resistance. The fact that he was there bicaine lirst known to police when there were discovered a number of pistols similar make to those stolen from the Dunn Hardware Company that' were being sold among colored people. They wi re being sold through a colored w o man who evidently Is a confederate of the gang. The pistols were finally traced back and tho police, expected to make the arrest Saturday 'night, but were prevented from doing so until yesterday. Thie police authorities Immediately notified the Wilson officers and he was carried over to Wilson today. It is probable that Young will be ibrought here to the stale prison for safe keep ing. . -. .' MHS HILL IUXKASKD. The First Woman Smuggler Kvcr Kent to Jail. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Feb. 13 While a crowd of 500 men and women struggled outside the Tombs to get a glimpse of her, Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwin Hill, tlie first woman-ever sentence:! to jail in America for smuggling, was today released from the prison, She was in a state of collapse and had to be carried from tho place to her fa ther's automobile The young woman wore four veils and the curious ones were unable to get a look at her features. Mrs. Corwin-HIll was once known aa "the belle of Sheepshead Bay." Her first husband was Halsey Corwln. Next she married Major 11111 of the English army. : ; During the time that she has been in tho Tombs it Is said that all of her meals have been sent to bor from one of the most fashionable restaurants in New York. She has also had champagne proscribed by u physi cian. , : bailey for L0KI""ire3ISLATIVE The Texas Senator Speaks For Illinois Man 1 lie Slroiiiicst Argument Heard in lleiialf of Lordlier The Legal As peels til llie Case. (I'.y Leased Wiie to The Times.) 'Washington, Feb. 13 Senator . Bail ey; of Texas, in -the senate tl:::! a't' r-,-n, on ..made,, a .stirring; appeal in be liall' of Senator Lorimer. of, Illinois K I alor Bailey's . ueech he1;:- the close at ifuiliiii-iif Senators and. l'e crowded KaH.'ies for more than an hojr. Was li e. struiigcSt argumciit that has jet bicn made in defense (if Lorimer. " . The Texas senator, who is recognized as ..one. of the. foreihost constitutional lawyem- in tlie senate, devoted himself principally lo tlie evidence and the law in the case, and tore to tatters the HiRUinents of Senators Koot. Bever idge, .(Iwcii and: other scnalors who have assaili d .-Lorimer and : liis elec tion. - After going over the evidence in de tail, Senator I'.alley pi'oeePded to ana lyze the testimony and proved from Miat..;eidc.ncp. to the. minds of many of liis hearers, that Lorimer was en titled to liis seat. : -.- He said, in part: "The whole law as it relates to the effect of bribery on an election' i.s com prehended in these two short and simple propositions: First,. ''If -the of ficer whose 'election is challenged personally . participated in, or Iti i.'oii raged,, or sanctioned the bribery, then his election is void without-reference to the .extent of bribery. "Second, if the officer whose election is challenged did nut personally parti cipate ill. or encourage, or sanction the bribery, then, his election can not be avoided unless it is shown by sul lieient evidence that unough votes were bribed to effect the result. . ' .'-. "It is not necessary for mo to. even state my first proposition of law; be cause not li tlie testimony anil tne uti- inls.'-'iims In this record render it wholly irrelevrnt to this '.discussion. At the vny threshhold of the investigation those who are seeking to iinieneh the llcction of Mr.; LOr'nur distinctly nd- mlrti'.iT ifl:ir trriv dTtl fliff mtpt'ct to 't-nn nect him personally with unv bribery which lie hoped to prove to tho satis faction of the committee, and not one of tiiat great arrav of witnesses test ified fo anything implicating the seu- Uor from Illinois personally in any of the alleged transactions, .,, 'The Chicago Tribune, -which has pursued Mr. Lorimer with unrelenting bitterness for years and instigated this proceeding against hint, after search ing the state of Illinois with, its corps of trained attorneys and detectives lor months, was utterly unable to pro duce any testimony connecting htm personally with the corruption which they charged, and through Its: attorney was compelled to disclaim. any purpose of attempting to do so. 'The law and the only law. which the facts make applicable to this ciis is that which I have stated as my:socond proposition. The whole case hinges on the vote in the Illinois joint assembly. 'in the joint assembly of the Illinois legislature- . William Lorimer received 1(18 votes, Albert J. Hopkins received 70 votes and Lawrence 1!. .stringer re ceived ii votes, making a total of 202 votes cast on tint ballot; and as Wil liam Lorimer- had received IbS of that number he was: declared by the: proper presiding officer to have been duly chosen a senator from the stale of Il linois, There is no controversy to the total number of votes cast or as to the number of votes received by William Lorimer, but the validity of his election is denied upon the -ground lhat it was procured through the bribery of leg islators. The number of legislators so bribed has not been agreed on by aiiy two of the senators who have advised the senate to declare that election void. .' '.' "The "question is whether, if the seven votes of While, - Brown,-' Baekenieycr, Link, Wilson, Holstlaw and Itrodorick be rejected, there was still a legal and valid election. While I do not concede that these votes were in fact corrupt I am perfectly: willing, for the purpose of (liis branch of the argument, to admit that they were, and that they must therefore be rejected. '.'Deducting these seven votes from Loi imer's 10S, would leave him lul, and deducting these .'even votes received from the total vote of 202 would leave las, of which the 101 votes received by Lorimer . would . constitute a ..clear majority, and he was therefore duly and legallv elected. "No matter how honest the geptlo mu'n on the other side may be and I know them to be as honest and as pan ic tic as t am it is still true that in stvhlng to reverse the precedents of the senate and overrule the courts of thi country they are seeking to estab lish a doctrine that will permit a dis honest faction of a legislature to dls ablu ,ii honest majority from choosing a siualor to .represent their state," President llack In Washington. Washington, Feb. 13 President Taft and party arrived here from his western trip at 8:45 o'clock this morning. The president, who ap peared slightly fatigued, was driven immediately to the ' white house, where he began preparation of bis speech of welcome to delegates , to the Pan-American ; Congress, r which convenes nore this atternoon, - - REFERENCE LIBRARY BILL Bill to Create a Legislative Reference Library Gets: Favorable Report ME SCHOOL MONEY Petitions Against Fish Bill Petition for llond Issue fop Itoads Tra-Yfl-ing Library Bill and Befereuee Bill ltcported Favorably Bill APIMV printing $100,000 Per Annum for Public Schools Also ReporUnl Fa vorably New Bill to Increase Pensions to $1,000,000. The house came to order at IV o'clock, Speaker Pro Tern Doughton in the chair. Prayer was offered. -by Rev. Mr. O'Kelly, of the First Bap tist church, Italeigb. Petitions. , ' :: McWilliamf.: . From citizens "of Hyde in opposition to the fish com mission hill. -. Wallace: From citizens of Hyde. Carteret and Dare against pending fish bill. Koonco: From Onslow citizen against flab, bill, . .-; Koonce: In favor of a state bond issue of $100,000 for roads. , Corn well: From Beaver Dam lo cal union In favor of the Torrcna land title system. The privileges of .the.,. Boor were extended ex-Representatives Win boru of Hertford, and Thompson, of Onslow. ', . Favorable Committee lu-ports. Among favorable committee re ports were bills to amend tae char ter of Watts Hospital, to amend the charter of the Mt. Airy Railroad Company, to incorporate the Star or Bethlehem, to provide for the estab lishment of traveling libraries, to provide a legislative library, to amend the law relative to leaf tobac co statistics, to place Gaston county officers on salary and create office of auditor, to make an additional ap propriation of $400,000 per annum to public schools. Bills Introduced. Brown of Stanly: To protect game in Stanly county. Koonce: To amend the fish law of Carteret county. Koonce: To Increase the pensions of old soldiers to $1,000,000. Shipnian: To appoint trustees for Lake Waecamaw. Shipnian: To increase salary or commissioners of Columbus county. Shipman: To build a lawful fenco between Columbus and Bladen county. . : --: :' '.-' Floyd: For good roads In Frank lin county. -, (Continued From Page Five.) RUSSIAN STUDENTS SIM A RIOT U!y Cable to The Times.) ' St. Petersburg, Feb. 13 Fifteen hun dred students of tlie University of St. Petersburg were arrested today fol lowing a riot during which they broke many windows, hurled noxious client- icals in the clhss rooms and lntlmld- ated the faculty. A procession com prising practically the entire student hotly paraded through ' the university buildings und grounds rtnglnf revolu- tionary songs aiid leaving considerable damage In its wake. ;' The police were unable to cope with the students and a cordon of troops were thrown around the building. Intense excitement prevailed as tho'" rioters started in batches of 100 or more, were rush-d through thrt streoU under military guard. 'The disorders arose from dissatisfaction with some recent rulings of the governors of the university. , Los Angeles Wants Kubler. Cleveland, O.. Feb. IS Lo Anfre-' lea has made an offer to Fred Kohler, Cleveland's "goldeta role feWet of po nce" to take charge jot tne depart-, ment lnnhat cltv. Th'nSfM- tAtka from the Kev. Dan BrtttLWi4 ta neaa er tne aepenment' tJiere.! ' Chief kouIm sold taday, he nbld . not accept, the offr - - ' -' 4. ,T'..-'.' f'H ".1 .-- ' " '
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