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Vol. LXIX. No. 43. The Weather-CLOUDY. RALEIGH, N. C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1911. last: EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTAL Double the ANOTHER NEW COUNTY BILL INTRODUCED Gtizens of Gaston County Send Up Petition For Stonewall Connly SEVERAL LOCAL BILLS President Xcwlaud Appoints Messrs, Brown und Coxe as Member! of Joint Committee to Investigate State's Interest in Turnpikes and Itailroads Wnke County Salary Rill - Introduced in the Seuate by Dr. Sikes The Bill to Regulate the Kleetlon of Aldermen In the City of Knlcigh Also Introduced In Senate. The state administration building bill was taken up in the senate again today for the third time, and after voting down all amendments except the two by Senator Boydcn one cutting the amount of tbe'bond issue from $1,000,000 to $500,000 and the other authorizing the build ing commission to erect a fire-proof building or buildings on a suitable site and an amendment of Senator Barnes providing that the bonds shall not be sold for less ("han par tho senate by a vote of 26; to .12 passed the bill on second reading and it took. Its place on, the calendar The minority made an effort to have the umouut of the bond issue re duced to $300,000, but after an ex tended debate their efforts fulled bv a decisive vote. President Newland announced the appointment of Senators Brown and Coxe as members on the part of the senate of the joint committee to In vestigate the state's interest in turn pikes and railroads, as suggested by the governor in a message transmit ting the report of the state board of internal improvements. More than a score of new bills were Introduced, the most Important one by' Senator Boyden to amend the pension law of North Carolina, this being the bill agreed upon by the Joint committees on pensions.V An other Important' new. bill 'was by Senator Thorne to provide for paying for the electrocution of convicts. The other new bills were all of a local character. Many local measures passed their readings and were ord ered either sent to the bouse or en rolled for ralilicatioi:. Senator Hobgood's bill to extend the time for bringing action for death on account of the wrongful net of another was reported, unfavorably by the committee on judiciary. A motion of Senator Coxe to re consider the Vote by which the senate on Saturday killed the bill to abolish the office of treasurer of Watauga county was, on motion of Senator Bassett, laid on the table, KKNATK IMMK'KEIUXGH. President Newland convened the senate at 12 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Eu banks offering praper. Petitions Presented. Pinnix; From citizens of East Bend township, Yadkin county, ask ( Continued on Page Six.) (By Leased Wire to The Times) AVashington, Feb. 20 The inter state commerce commission seems to have met a snag in deciding the de mand for. an increase of railroad freight rates. The conference scheduled for to day was postponed after a brief con-, situation of the commission this morning. . Information from the commission today substantiates the theory ad vanced that the commission would vote unanimously for a general in crease on the western roads. Just what their opinion will be as affect ing the eastern roads is not known'. Chairman Clements today stated that no opinion had been 'reached. He said that the commission was waiting for data effecting many points in the controversy. ' FREIGHTRATE QUESTION Number of Paid Subscribers in the City of Rkleigh 7 kyr ws Senator Hoiah, of Idaho, who in . recent speech in opposition to the Sutherland amendment for the elec tion of senators by popular Vote, boldly and bluntly declared that prej udice ngnJnst the negro is just as in tense in the north as in the south and that the north plays the hypo crite by contention to t he contrary. The Idaho pronouncement on : the race question was made in response to the recent assertion of Senator Hoot, of New York," that without the Sutherland provision the resolution would deprive the- southern negroes of federal protection in the exercise of the franchise, Senator llorah us sorted that the race question hud been brought into the controversy as a means of imperiling the resolution. AGAINST RUSSIA . (By Cable to The Times.) JPckln,Fcb. L'O China has turned ac cuser in the Husso-Chlnese Internation al controversy over alleged treaty violations. The contents of the reply, formulated in answer to Itussia's ulti matum have .become public In part, despite the. efforts of the government to keep it secret. The Chinese reply points out that the granting of , llUssia's demands would give the Muscovite empire a trading monopoly in Mongolia and adjacent rritory which would not only hurt the interests, of-China-.'but those of other at ions as well. China also Charges that indemnity guaranteed by Itussla tor the destruc tion of Chinese property during the Russo-Japanese war has never been paid.. In 'addition China makes' the addi tional points as follows: That liussia ' bus violated the com mercial treaty by driving Chinese real ms . from . towns east of the Amur, despite guarantees of protection and thai Russia's demand for a 'consulate U Knbdu is hot warranted by the imounl of trading done there. It Is reported here that the Russian my which will .make a military dem onstration in Chinese Turkestan will consist of between ; 35,000 and 40,000 uen. China has begun to nioboli.e troops a. desultory fashion although the cpurations throughout the empire are not such as to indicate that China will resent Hussia's accusations by force of arms. Twenty Hurt lu Wreck. (I.!y Leased Wire to The -Times.) Adairvilie, Ky., Feb. 20 As a re sult of a wreck on the Tennessee Central Railroad late last night, twenty-one persons are suffering from injuries more or les3 serious. The train, which was bound for Nash ville, was derailed near here and sev eral coaches caught fire after, the ac cident. Several of them were en tirely consumed but all the passen gers were rescued without any fatali ties. They were taken to Nashville today on a special train. ' CnrtiueU Issues Challenge. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20 N. J. Cartmell, coach of the University of North Carolina truck team and former Champion inter-collegiate sprinter, has issued a chalehge to Lawson Robert son, of the Irish-American A. C, to race 100 yards for the professional world's championship and $1,000 side bet on any track in America. . . -,.,;.' Prince Leopold III. (By Cable to The Times.) Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 20 Prince Leopold, of Battenberg,, who Is mak ing a tour of the world, was sudden ly taken ill heer today. He was conveyed to a hospital in a serious condition. OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL House Listens to the Reading of the Biil Many ol tlie Members .Sleeping Alter Long I-minister and There Was lint a Bare .Majority Present at the Opening. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Feb. 2U When the house met at ,10 o clock this morning it faced the dreary prospect of listen ing, probably tor the whole (hiv, to tiio reading of omnibus claims hill whic.i caused . the Mann filibuster and which has..' already consumed practically three-days of the brief time remaining before March 4, when this congress expires bv law. boon after the house assembled the point of no (pioruni was made bv Representative Bennett, of New York, but tho roll call showed a quoi urn wltu 202 members present. ine omniuiis claims mil was taken up and Its reading begun;.-. paragraph by paragraph. General debate was limited to fifteen minutes, ruder the five minute rule amendments were of fered to the bill. Representative Payne, of New i oik, repiiuiieaii uoor loader- was back on the job today lroma brief Illness and took active charge of leg islative matters. Nearly half of the members re mained away from the house tills morning, most of them sleeping at home, and trying to obtain same rest from the exciting scenes of the king filibuster Friday, Saturday and Sun day. . Consideration ot the omnibus bill was temporarily laid aside alter-a few paragraphs, had been read, to al low Representative Dalzell to report a special order amending tne rules. making the remaining davs ot the session suspension days. . This will al)w the. majority ot tae house to liass any bill, under the sus pension of the rules, bv a two-thirds majority. Forty 'minutes was al lowed for debate. Representative 'Dalzell made a statement, pointing out the congested condition of the house calendar. He said none of the supply hills had been sent to the president and that tour of them were now in conference. To avoid an extra session, he said, it would be necessary to pass these bills. - Representative t nderwood inter rupted to say that tae democrats wanted to clean'' up legislation. He said that a plan had been made to delay action by putting new legisla tion on the regular legislative bills. He urged that unanimous consent should be the program every day un til the close of the session. Representative Jones, of Virginia, spoke in opposition to the proposed uie. He said the republicans ill the house were in a hole and wanted the democrats to help them out. The re publican party, he said, was respon sible for the passage ol the appro priations bill and it any of these bills did not reach the president beloie March 4 tho blame would bo on the republicans. As President Ta It is going to cul; an extra session, there is no occasion to Jam the supply bills through the house without consideration," he de clared. The motion to suspend the rules was carried by a vote ot 176 to 4,1., lili.uii'd In Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 20 Blizzard eon. ditlotis prevailed in Kentucky today. Ilnllroad tral'tic is crippled und tide- graph wires are down in many sections. COURT JILL REVIEW NAVAL STORES CASE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. Feb. 20 The United States supreme court today granted u writ of certlorai'l, usked for by offi cers of the. naval stores trust who were convicted for violation of the penal provisions of the Sherman autl-trust law. Kx-Senutnr Mpouncr an attorney applied for a writ of certiorari to have the supreme court review the judg ment of the federal court below- for the district of Florida which convicted the petitioner and sentenced them by a dividend court.. The case is expect ed to furnish some light on the penal provisions of the .Sherman law. Snow In Indiana. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Indianapolis, Ind Feb. 20 Three inches of snow, fell during; the night throughout central Indiana. The ab sence of Wind prevented drifting, Mil I hib A KeprcKcntiitive illiauT S. Bennett, ol .New lork, the pcrpetiaKir of (he latest trick to defeat latl's reciproc ity iiiciiHurc. Congressman Bennett leccnlly introduced a resolution int-i the house to the effect (hat '(bc Pres. ulent be reciuested to commence und ontiitiic negotiations with the Bru sh government to secure the annexa tion ot be lomfcitMst .'mimmIm 4t!ie I nited Stales" Tlie measure is so olivmusly trick to' hinder Tail's re- iprocily bill and cause agitation along this, line that .Washington rc- luses lo consiilcr it seriously. Sl OIt.M IX SDI 'I HWKST. Ithzaid ( oiniiig Vp I'roin the (Jnll 'Ihroiigh Mississippi alley. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago. FVH. ai Straight from the gulf coast and tlie southwest, a lili.-.- zard is lushing the western halt' of IMxie and-, heading northward and Wwuvai'd for the lake i'c;;ions. 1 1 is sl'inii'ig the whole of l!i .. -low Mississippi valley eni-outc. Snow Hurries and blustering wind al ready have inter fered eonsideralily Willi telegraph .'service, between Cliien go a nd the sUn'ouiidiiii4' cities. While I Hi I n 1 1 j. Moorhead. anil the Medicine ilat .country have -clear-. cold skies. Foil Wm-tli and Amarillo and towns of the liii': southwest have .'.been urpi'ised, '.'wit l.i a belated ::brcath of real Wllitei-. . In parts ol lire I'anliindle ol Icxas now drills -uii' railroad tracks, are 're ported to be .( inlit feet deep. A pa-s- sengcr train near. Amarillo given up try ing to plow Hi rough' the snow, wailing in a keen wind -''and-cutting particles from tlie sky for a big force of men to clear tlie e :iv. Most of f.lkla'hoinu'; Kansas: Missouri, Nurthcrn Te:is and Mississippi, down o the gulf coast, is under a blanket f snow of fre.ni one to five inclios deep. In exposed places the wind has whipped tlie -'snow hito drifts two -feet epi ' The in.ijov part of Kentucky felt the force of a lilizzard and Cincinnati is snow . shoe-top deep. Kansas City nd St. Louts are. experiencing a gen uine blizzard. Snow On kastcrn eSalioanl. Washingtnii. Feb. 20 The 'aslern seaboard was swept today with a heavy fall ol snow last nigat with out any pronounced drop ol temper ature.' The capital is in the midst of a partial traffic blockade, with the street, car service running on irregu lar schedules. Tho weatner bureau forecasts more snow tonight, with older but lair weather in the-, mid dle west 'and Atlantic states. Snow ill New ork. New York, Feb. 20 The snow storm from the southwest struck Now York today and ut S o'clock between two and three Inches of snow had fallen. The weather bu reau stated that a henvv fall of snow would continue through the day. Traffic was greatly hampered. - Snow hi Baltimore. Baltimore, Feb. 20 Snow to the depth of three inches covers the streets ol Baltimore today. The downfall began about 9 o'clock last night and all through the night snow, hail and rain fell.' The street ear service is. being badly delayed and tho traffic held up. TRi-sTATE mm 4 . : Association to be Held Hert February 22-23 1 he Most Impurtniit Meeting of Hoc tors ot I be .tear l.:i"j,i' Attend (Mice Impeded Meetings Will Ik llidil in l-;lks Club Auditorium 'I no l ri-sl,ate Medical Association will held lis annual session in this city. February 22-23. This will be the - most Iniportnii meeting of tilt physicians held this yenr and a large .crowd is expected to be present;. Tin scifions will be hold In tlie atidito 1-1.1 in ol the hilts Cluo. heginniiK- Wednesday ill 1.1 : 00 o'clock. the officers of this association an Dr. JcfWh- A. White, of Richmond president: Dr. Joseph Graham, o! Durham: Dr. I I'rioleini Whnley, of Cl'arlosloiK;' Dr. Sannie! I. !''', ol Lynchburg, ' vi'-e-prosideiils; . I r, .!. Howell Wav. ol Wavnchvillc. secre tary-treasurer. ' WerineEdiiy morning's program will be as follows; : ('a'l to order. 11 a. in., hi, lisaeniblj room of Elks' Club bv Dr. H. A. Kovsier, chairman committee ol arrangements. Opening Invocation - Key. W. .McC White. D.D.. Raleigh. Address of Welcome Gov. . . lCitcliin of .North Carolina. Response -to Welcome, Dr. Arcluhald E. Baker, Charleston. . I hirteciith annual session of the 'Ir!- utate Medical Association declared formally opened bv Dr. Rovster and", the president. Dr. Joseph A. : , While, Iticlitnolui, presented. . Pnpcrs. "1 he. Conservation ol Sight.' Dr. .). V; Jervey, .Groenyille. ; ' LaiMigo-Fissue lor Non-malignant intra-larvniical jjrowth.' Dr. C lif ton M. Miller, Richmond. 'Pain in the Area of the Filth Nerve .Caused bv IrritiUiuil.. Pressme. or Pus. Dr. W. i erry Reaves, Greensboro. '.Peripheral Operations m Tri-Farial Neuralgia. ' Dr; LeGrand Gnerry, Columbia. lOxclsion ol the Internal" Jugular Vein lor Streptococcic 'I hroinbi. Dr .1. . Long. Greensboro. The Kurgerv of the Thyroid Olnnd.' Dr. John E. C annadav. C harleston Kanawhu. W. Va. 'The Functions ol the Ductless Glands." Dr. II. Hasccmi Weaver. Asheville. "Iinniuiiity. Dr. lieu K. I lavs, Ox ford. Rlieumatisni. "' IJr. John -. I p- shur. Richmond. 'I he Doctor s Burden: A Plea tor the (Medical Chronics." Dr. John C. Walton. Richmond "The Necessity for;, the.. V'stablish - ilien t o f Additional Strictly .Medi cal Hospitals. Dr. .1. Allison Hodges, itichniond. Coiuniercialism Pervading the Med . : ical Profession : The Style of the Alan, and the Remedy. --Dr. A. Basconi ( rotnii. iMaxtou. Ethics in .Medicine and Surgery. - - Dr. Fred L. Potts, Haitanbiiig. W ednesdiiv at -t:00 p. m. will be I he presidents address by Dr. Jos eph A. White, Itichniond. to which Hie public is especially invited. At 9:01) p.' in Wednesday I hero will ho a smoker and vaudeville at the Capitol Club. Thursday, at 1:K p. in., there will bo a buffet luncheon at Rex Hospital. No Decision in Trust asi. Washington. Fell. 20-fNo der ision was banded down today '..by (ho I'niteil States supreme court hi. the Standard Oil or Tobacco.' trust cases. AT BOTTOM OF RIVER (Special to The Times -New Bern. ' N. .(.'., Feb. I'U - The sliamer 'Howard. owned bv Capl. Nicholas Jones, (if this City, sank in thin port this -morning with SCO bags of fertilizer on board. The boat has been used in the freight service during the past few years and was in good condition, making trips up and down the river each week. The cargo was valued at about iwiO. The boat was anchored at the time and no one was drowned. A force of workmen Is busily engaged In removing the cargo preparatory to raising the sunken vessel. This Is the second time that this steamer has sunk. The former time it having rammed a hole in Its bow, just bfdow the water line, while cnroiue from tills city to ElliWboth City. of Any tKr 1 mm HKff.iTv .if ASr.y''' Jiiiin Miller. "I'-iei of ilH Sier iis," who Is lielieveil to be dying Iroin l!iielil's disease in the l-'nbriola Hospital, ot Oaldand, Cal. The fa- nous (aiiloinia poet is seventv-one icars ulil. He lias been living' like a beiuilt in l is c:i!:in on (be height. diove OnkbiiMl, for several ycr.rs with i ( hincsc servant as Ins sole compan ion. Some yean nj; Miller causer! ;l stir , l.oinli.ii society by apoearni'; in ilrawiug rooms in it red llannel dint ami wlh Ins (i misers tucked nto high .bonis. In spite of Ins dress, he was lionized by (he inner literary und art circle-. ?E AGIST AN EXTRA SESSION (fly Lerr.sut U" ire to The. Times.) .WashiiigtoiY Feb. . 20 'Tremendous pressure is bi'ing l.ronght today on President Til ft.'-. -In .prevent . him from ailing an extra session. .. If the chief xecutivr- calls an extra session it will re "in .the. face of: the str-ongest . kind of pririests 1 rrrni . reoublicah leadi'rs. Hundii'ds (if telftgrai.iis from republi- lu leaders hi alii sect ions of the coun- try; are arriving .daily at .the white house, .protesting iigutnst" a if extra SeS- ioll.- ' ' ' ;' :' Mi'iiibers -of ihe 'old Kuard in congr ess ire especially .'-active .in liris respect. The hugalroo llrat is tlaun.ti'il in the face I" President Taft Is . Unit it will be alanrit'ius business to have eonaress ailed back here this season and keep rrifl' question stirred tip. And as .in an extra session tire frri rwiug is the. irnrc (if the (lid Guard lenders mi ' ihe i it l i i .m side of Uie seliatr' t'iiUl : . : Prcsiib.'nl fl .,-proba lily Hi inks now Ihat.-he' Will eair'aii' t'Xtrii ses,-inn , but w ill. lrot'. . Such, reiireseiifations will ie illicit' M hiui lh.it. he will, conclude I is wiser, not to have an i-.ii;t ses-ie.-i." : ( 'LARK'S ANNEXATION SPEECH. ( ailed lo Attention ol British Govern- niciit in (be House ol (ominous. I H) i 'hi. : T!i. Times.) . ' London. Feb. I'llThe Caiiadi'aii a'n- ni'Xation . speech recently made hy 'ha nip ( "la ill in the 1'niti il St a tes Irorise f ii'iirvseritirtives vas oiieiu My. ' i-alleii o tlie aitentioh rif the l!riiisli govern? rin nt in lire liouse '.Vf enrnmons toiiay. J. F. Keiniiaiit, tinioiiist. -Interpcllntetl I'ri'inicr .Asiinith. demanding a state mi ni as to w hat. m i inn the t,rn'ei nim -lit had t.ikeii i -egu'i -ding- the speech, - " Tin p: emit reji:;. r! : "I do nt tiiink it necessary to pie ihtitious inipoi-t.ance ihe alleged staleiiient by sending ottlcinl instruc lliins trliout it to His ' Jlnjesty's ambas sador;" . '.'.-': Chder Forrdgn .Secretary Wood, re plying 'lo an inlei jiellaiion as ,o Uie coirdit ions of the f ijited. States Can adian reciprocity agreement,' ...said:- "Tbe. l eci,ror ii y :i grei nii'ii t w ill ex tetrit to tl-,r most fayoi-r-d nalions and i.'orinti i, !-." Heavy Snow ill Pittsburg. (I!v Leased W ire to The Tinies) Pittsburg. Pa.. Fob. -The heav iest snow-tall ot the winipr is now being experienced bv Ilils eilv. This city is .mst a Inllo north ot the cen tre ot a storm which is moving northeastward along the slope ot the Appalachian mountains. This morn ing lrom six to eight Inches of snow covered the whole Pittsburg district. Capital (Tub .Smoker, The Capital Club will entertain the members of the Tri-State Medi cal Association at a smoker to be given in the club room Wednesday night. f hwihjji jr. .j. it M ' III iP'7MiL Newspaper. flfflUE ACT CONSIDERED BY IHE HOUSE House In Executive Session at Noon, Takes Up the Revenue Bill NEW PRIMARY BILL lie House Has a Long List of New Kills and a Long List la Reported From the Conmiittees Mr. Battle Introduces Bill to Fix the Salaries of V ake County Officers and to In. crease the Road Fund .Bi by Devin to Irnvidle for Holding Pri mar)' Elections by Political Par ties Many New Bills. Speaker Pro Tern Connor called the house to order at 11 o'clock, Uev. Dr. Vann, president ot Meredith Col lege, offered prayer. Petitions. Grier: From Mecklenburg against near-beer and club liquor. (Three large petitions.) ' Scarborough: :.. From Dare county relative to game. Scarborough: From Dare county relative to gill net fishermen. Committee Keportg. ' To amend article X of the consti tution so as to allow waiver of ex emptions. To amend the charter of the ftoJdsnorb Trntftlbn Camiany. - ." - - : To amend the law Incorporating the Graham County Railroad Company.- ' : To incorporate the Albemarle Nor mal and Industrial Institute. To incorporate tae Carolina Col legiate and Agricultural Institute. To amend the charter of the Ran dolph Railroad Company. To allow Andrews, in Cherokee county, to issue bonds. To repeal the law of 1909 creating an auditor tor Robeson county. To allow Anson comity to levy a special tax. To amend tho law relative to bond of treasurer tor Mecklenburg county. To allow Sampson county to sell part of county home tract. To allow Bethel High School to ap propriate certain surplus funds to use ol schools. . To increase pay ot Halifax county commissioners. To allow Greensboro to turn over surplus of special fund to the gen" eral fund ol tne city. To improve the roads of Perquim ans county. Bills Introduced. Situs: 'lo allow foreclosures of certain conditional liens. Sikes: To fix pav ol surveyors of I nion county. Sikes: To amend the law of 1901 relative to chain gangs jn Union i.ouniy. ' : .. (ireen: To repeal the law of 1908 relative to the graded schools of Scot hind Neck. Battle: To amend the revisa! in regard to actions against lorclgn cor porations. ..'."' Devin: To provide for holding pri- (Continued on Page Two.) NO TRACE FOUND OF (Special to Tho Times) Klizubeth City, Feb. 20 After a continuous search of 72 hours, by hundreds: ot people, Ut 11 o'clock to day not one single clue has been se cured towards finding Captain E. G. Giiibs. the missing farmer, and tbe mystery ot his disappearance has be come even more mysterious.. The ol hcers freely state that they have not obtained from the search one thing that will help them flpd him or that will account tot his dis appearance. Men have been employed ti drag the river again today, and ine.s.rch will continue with unabated Vigor. -Mr. Shelburn Thomas reft VtsUrday for Boston, to enter b fortwfvitory of musla where he will study loir tilkha I tubing. -t
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