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ft 'Mi! iC 1 M -Vol. LXIX. . No. 57. , Th67eatherFAIB..; BALEIGH, IT. C.yEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911. tAST EDITION PRICE IT CtT' Double the Number df Paid Subscribers in Rate -i-m'miTt .' '.') ;,, .' .' .j'iw ..'Hill'1.' ' . ' i, 1 j-.ii. .i.... 1 ..." ;i -i, .. ;,.,',,,, ,,m.i, ii ,,,;, i' '. .. .-;. , ' . , - , '. ...a . .';'."'' 4wt TOE SENATE Gill UP TO MERRIMENT Final. Scenes In the Senate Marked by Much Jolli fication BUT ilTTLE WORK DONE Senate Has a Litdo Business to Transact While Waiting on the Clerks Rut Most of the Morning Session is Taken J'P Willi Good Humored Speeches on Outlandish Subjects Members Kxpress Feel ingly the Close Friendships That Sixty Days of Association Have Made. - President Newland convened the senate at 9:3ft o'clock, Rev. Mr. En banks making the, invocation.; A message was received from the house transmitting a report that the house had failed to concur in the senate amendment striking Rowan, Wake and Guilford from the sub contractors lien law. Senator Hob good, Boyden and Sikes were ap pointed as members of the confer ence committee on the part of the senate. The committee afterwards reported that tho senate had receded and Rowan was put back in the bill. The report was adopted. The senate took a recess for ten minutes to ascertain how much work remained to be done in the enrolling clerk's office and found out that If flaal idjoqrBmeiit was taken at 11 o'clock no more bills could be pass ed., Only a few unimportant local bills were' left on the calendar. Although the senators were worn out and weary from the strenuous duties of latter days of the session, they all appeared in a happy frame of mind and spent the time very pleas antly recounting various incidents of the session of the general assembly. They simply waited for the remaining bills to be enrolled for ratification. 'The joint resolution authorizing the governor to appoint two commis sioners to adjust a settlement of ac counts between, the State of North Carolina and the United States gov ernment passed and was ordered en rolled. The sennte concurred in the house amendment to the hill limiting the time in which optometrists may reg ister to 24 1-4 weeks. Senator Bassett paid a high tri bute to Mrs. Mary Speed Mercer1, of Edgecombe county, author of a na tional anthem, which has been adopt ed by the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. The song was read by the reading clerk. The senators were entertained dur ing the recess by popular and pa triotic music by the Confederate Drum Corps. At 10:15 the senate took another recess for twenty minutes. Merri ment and jollification reigned every- ;;' (Conthiued on Page Two.) EARNINGS OF THE AHERIGAN T0B0CC0 CO New York, Mnrch 8 The American Tobacco Company, known as the "to bacco trust" in its annual report made public today, announced that Its net earnings' for the year ending Decem ber 81, lpst. were $35,045,352, an in crease! of $4,596,068 over the previous year.-; ' -'. ;-.-'. After making various deductions for . 'dividends,' etc.. a. balance is left of 125.035,811 being an increase of $4,708, 018 on the balance of the previous year. This increase is equal to 62.4 per cent earned on common stock against 50.5 percent the previous year. ' H Crew Facing Death. '.;- Norfolk, Va., lareh 8 With grant waves piled t up by a 48 mile gale sweeping over - the ship and breaking up her decks, snow falling and the tem perature freezing, the 85 men in the crew Of the 4 stranded British . steam ship Manchuria,- ashore on the coast three miles from Little Island ; life saving station, are facing death. The vessel struck thej beach during yes terday's thick weajther and lay too far out for the life savers from Little Island to get a ilne to her, while the feurt has been' too heavy to launch a roaV , ' -' f KG IN ATLANTA Convention of Southern Com mercial Congress' ' Senator Fletcher and Secretary W'il . son, (lie Principal Speakers Today General Carr Respond to Ad . dress of Welcome. (By Insert Wire to Tho Times.) Atlanta, Gn., March 8 Tho third an nual convention of the Southern Com mercial Congress which opens In: At lanta today will assume national Im portance because of tho participation of President Taft, former President Roosevelt. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Secretary of W nr Dickinson, Sonator Duncan XI. Fletcher, John Barrett,' director of the bureau of American Republics, arid many men of national prominence. ! Senator Fletcher and Secretary' Wil son were the principal figures on to day's program. Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Barrett will feature the sessions Thursday and President Taft and Sec retary Dickinson will he the centers of Interest Friday. ".'.-. i At the opening session today John M. Parker, for three years president of the Southern Commercial Congress, stated tli at the alms and purposes of the association. Governor Joseph . M. Brown, of Georgia, extended the formal welcome which was responded to by General Julian S. Carr,. of Durham, N. C. i Ed win L. Quarles, secretary of the con gress, read a general statement of the congress movement. Southern patriotism in business en deavor Was the subject of an address by Asa O. Chandler, formerly presi dent of the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce. The closing address of; the morning .session was by Senator Fletcher, of Flor.ldn, on "The .Southern Rennalssanee.' Secretary of Agriculture. 'Wilson will deliver the llrst address of the after noon session at 3 o'clock on 'Thc Agricultural Obligation ot the South." Edwin Hines, -president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association will discuss "Perpetuating the South's Lumber Wealth." , r- Georgo --W. Perkins, the banker, of New York, will speak on "Business Efficiency In Southern Progress,""; Arthur Kavanaugh, cashier of the National'".' City Bank,. 'of New Turk, speaks oh "Opportunities In Southern Finance," while Arthur M. Harris, bond broker of New York, concludes the af ternoon session with a discussion ; of The Field for Southern Bonds." At the session tonight representa tives of sixteen southern states will deliver brief addresses on the resources and opportunities of those states. Taft Starts Tomorrow Night. Washington, March 8 President Taft ivill leave-. 'on his southern trip' to morrow night but during his entire stay in the south he will keep in plose touch with affairs in Washington and Texas relative to the mobilization of the "army. of 20,000 regulars near the Mexican ! -order. While the president Is travelling, an especially arranged telegraphic system will keep him hourly informed of all developments. Mr. Taft will go first to Atlanta and ihcneo to Augusta to rest. He will de liver one speech, that before i the Southern Commercial Congress In At lanta. . MANEUVERS A PRETEXT." Conference Between Root and 8ecre tiu-y Dickinson. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 8 Senator Root, of New York, former secretary of war and former secretary of state, was in conference with Secretaty- of War Dickinson for an hour today. He would not discuss, nor would Secre tary Dickinson, the purpose of' the conference, but it is reported that he was called upon for expert opinion upon tho Mexican situation. ' Major General Wood, chief of staff, declined to give out any Information today. ' ' " ! Senor De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador, before leaving for, 'New York today, to meet Finance Minister of Mexico, stated that his government has been informed by the United States of the war manoeuvere, and that the action of the United States had the hearty approval of the Diaz government. .' t " .. It is understood that Minister Ji mantonf is coming to Washington to confer with President Taft. The ex pectation is that he will reach here tonight. , ' " ' - That the army manoeuvere - In Texas are only a pretext was tacitly admitted at the war department to day, when it was stated that no plnns had been made for a . 'war game." -,' ' Three billions of American, Eng lish and German capital Investigated :'n Mexico are said here today in dip lomatic circles to have been "the prime factor in forcing tie United States to mobilize troops on too bor der at this critical juncture. , ""Intervene and protect our proper- Ity; It you cannot do It, we will," la ' .-Ln'dy Austin Lee, formerly Made leine lie Wolff, of New York, and also Mrs. Taylor, of Washington, who of late l;ns leen the object of a bitter at tack by Paris newspapers, ns the i-e-sult of the revival of the famous con troversy. The ; newspaper IAction Franca ise has repeated its astounding charge that the distinguished Ameri can lady,' wife Of Sir Henry Austin Lee, Commercial Attache of the Brit ish Embassy in Paris, -was a paid spy of England. She is specifically ac cused of having invited olliccrs of the war department lo her home and given tlieni excessive hospitality and then wormed out of them secrets of mobilization and other army secrets. reported to have, been practically the nature of the ultimatum made to the United States by the two foreign pow ers,' The financial powers ot Europe and the United States demanded that the revolution, already proving a ser ious loss to their investments, pro ceeded, no further. The United States has been embar rassed by the fact that powerful American interests have been back ing the Madero : insurrection with money and moral support. It is be lieved protests have been lodged by foreign governments with the state department against this condition of affairs: . ; '.-''..-.': Some officials are saying today that It American troops cross the Rio Grande to end the civil strife, they will never return, and that interven tion will ultimately mean annexa tion. This talk, however, is discount ed since the United States has never cherished designs against Mexico. Great Britain is said to have init iated the diplomatic proceedings which culminated in the sensational developments of yesterday. The com ing of the finance minister, Liman tour, of Mexico, to Washington, is eagerly awaited. : Owing to the mobilization of troops on the Mexican border, the class at the army medical school here will be terminated within ten days, so tuat the physicians and surgeons instruct ing students there - may go to the front. TRIAL FOR DEFRAVDIXG.' Brokerage Firm Got $500,000 From . Dupes All Over Country. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 8 Alleged dupes from all parts of the country testified today before United States Judge Hough at the trial of George H. Mon roe, of the brokerage firm of Mun roe & Munroe, who is accused of using the mails to defraud Investors out of $500,000. Munroe and Munroe advertised ex tensively that they had stock of the Marcfoni Wireless Company for sale. They received many orders accompa nied by cash, but it is charged; that the investors : never . received ; the Stock. " . ' .x . . Among the witnesses who appeared today were John H. Burns, of Peoria, Ills.; Mrs. Mary Ellen Sike, of Phoe nix, Ariz.; the Rev. Robert L. Bachl man, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Addison Kingsburg, of South Coventry, Conn., and Carl E. Lundin, of Hartford, Conn. 1 ' ' Postal Rates. Washington. March 8 It was learned here today that the periodical publish ers, who would be adversely effected by Increased postage rates on maga zines ara . organising a commission among themselves w hich will cooperate with the commission appointed , by President Taft. ; - ! "t. t-., . U FOR TROOPS ii Great Preparations At San Antonio For Troops ':':'F-;:-- : : ,:""':f' ' Fifty Troop Trains In Motion and the Vnngiijurd K,T(ed to Arrive To morrow Morning Preparations Only Equalled in Actual .Warfare. (By 'Leased Wire to The Times.) San Antdhio, Texas, March 8 With fifty ttoop trains in motion to- ! ward, San Antonio by midnight to night and Willi the vanguard of the : drmy , of ; 20,000 United; States regu lars expected tomorrow morning, preparations on a scale only equalled in times of actual warfare went for ward here today. Brigadier General Joseph.' W. Duncan; commanding t:ie department of Texas; Colonel John G, Clement, chief quartermaster, and Major G? H... Morgan, acting under I he order -)f Major General Leonard Wood, chief ot Biaff, in Washington, directed the preparations. The clerks were on duty all night. At Fort Sam Houston, a tract of land sfx hnndred acres in extent Ir being made ready lor tho canton ments of the troops. On account of the inadequacy of the water supply workmen were busily engaged today laying a water main to the encamp ment grounds to connect with the city supply! ' '.- The Infantry, cavalry and artillery will each be allotted to a separate section of the ground. There is no danger of a scarcity of food for the cominisary department was busy'-all nlghr. ordering vast quantitips of rations' from the supply depots. . Ten- train loads of soldiers and their equipment will be received. by the Southern Pacific at New Orleans tonight. tfhe.M, K. & Texas and the International . & .Great. Northern will handle the troops from St. Louis, Kansas City and the northwest. " At lea 3,000 cavalry" witT" 1e brought here, and long platforms have been erected for-the unloading of the horses iind the removal of the ar tillery from railroad cars. Many of the . officers are bringing their wives with them, evidence that they expect ajong stay, near the Mex ican border. '- . -: More Troops, Washington, March . 8-W:iiIe Major General Wood and officers of the general staff of the army pre served absolute silence this morning regarding the unprecedented move ment of troops yesterday towards the Mexican border, it leaked put. today that orders are being prepared for the despatch of more troops. These orders probably will be issued to night. Complete secrecy shrouds tho war department this morning, which pre sents scenes of activity never wit nessed since the war with Spain. The marine corps headquarters is equally busy. '. No Statement From White House. Washington, March : S At the white house this morning it was given out that President Taft would not is sue any statement regarding the movement of troops toward Mexico. It was intimated that the president's statement yesterday fully explains the situation. The Xews In London. London, March 8 The United SETTLEMENT REACHED AS TO WAGE SCALE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) : Chicago, March 8 After weeks of wage negotiations a settlerm'nt has been .reached between the AVabash railroad officials and the employes in the train service. . An Increase of wages was granted. The railroad officials also agreed to give th e brotherhoods a schedule between Detroit and Buf falo over the Grand Trunk Line. An increase of 10 percent Is grant ed passenger, conductors west of De troit and Toledo. Ten percent advance in rates for conductors and trainmen In the freight service west of Chicago and Tllton also is granted. Locomo tive engineers will be advanced to the sanv. rates agreed to recently by tho western railroads. All these agree ments are effective March 1. . Firemen Caught Under Wall. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New 'York, March 8 A wall of the building at 995 Third Avenue which was gutted by fire lost night, sud denly collapsed today t Several firemen were caught beneath It. They were taken out badly . Injured. Search of the debris was at once begun in the belief that several Others were bvrncd. h i ja.i v Am J :! 7 '" .Mrs. H. ('. Coibln, the beautiful widow of the late Major (icncral Cor. bin, who is ropoited lo be engaged to marry .1. G. Sctimhllnpp, '.millionaire iliiancier and oiu of (ho cpiibllcan leaders of Ciucinmiti. The cngnge- inent, which it is believed will Inv-.m-nounced formally in a few days, is unother of the many romances which began with the famous Taft Philip pine junket. Mrs, Corbin was Miss Kdythe Patten, one of the famous Patten sisters, noicd Washington beauties, anil her marriage to .General Corbin was one of the most brilliant ever held in. Washington. Mr. Schmldliipp has been a widower since 18f9. .':. States will co-operate with the Mexi can goyernmermt in suppressing the insurrection lit Ji?It- kfciording 'to a statement given to the National News Association by the Mexican Minister here today. He characteriz ed the Mexican rebels as . bandits whose aim is to prey upon property ind not to upset the republicans gov ernment through political aims. His statement, follows: "The -United States government's actions tends to show that it will co operate with the Diaz government in suppressing the insurgents. The trouble in Mexico is not of a political nature at all. There is the possibil ity, of course, tliat the United States troops are being massed along the' border to preserve neutrality al though the; Mexican government is fully capable of protecting foreign interests on Mexican soil. ' The 'rev olution is the work of marauders in the north, who immediately dis perse upon, the approach of Mexican troops, reassembjing in other dis tricts. Mexico can protect the lives and property oE foreigners with, her own soldiers." Statements published in London newspapers that the United States Is mobilizing as a result of demands made by Great Britain receive no confirmation in official circles today. The British government so far has announced no course of action. Excitement In Mexico. , Mexico City, March 8 If American soldiers had actually invaded Mexico and were now marching on the cap ital no greater excitement could be apparent than that shown today over the massing of a United States array upon the Mexican, frontier.' Coupled with the highly censored reports of insurrecto successes in the north and the unofficial reports that President Dia? is critically ill all the elements prevail to make up a situa tion of turmoil greater than that pt any other time since the rebel revolu tion started last year. The residents of the capital receiv ed government assurance today from General Cosio, nominally minis ter of war, that the Americans con template nothing further than mimic warfare on their own soil for the purposes of maneuvers, but this did not quell the excitement; nor did his declaration that President Diaz is not sick quiet the disturbing rumors. Some reports were so extreme as to state that Diaz ia dying. These were without foundation. Anti-American feeling ran strong and Mexican flags were everywhere displayed. Knots of excited men gathered in the streets denouncing the "gringos," as the Americans are termed. In some Instances orators were stopped In the midst of impas sioned tirades against the Americans by the police. The government took stern measures to preserve quiet and (Continued on Pa.ge Thitee.) v 'CAflPfflBT Pi . . v., - 2. '? : J - - -- -. " - Henry G. Holding orake Forest, Made Supervisor Mr, W. IV. Klinson. One of the Rest linad Meii Wake County Has Ever Had. is Sent to the Block Com missioner W. C, Brewer Sounds Vole of Warning, But it is Xot . Heeded. Tiie expected has happened. The pre-tlii-Litin of a week or more aso' has i iinie true.' ; The head of Mr. V. E. Sllnsonv has gone to the block, and Henry (!.. . Holding, of Wake. Forest, by. virtue of three, ynie.s becomes the next-' supervisor :ot i'oads '-. for' Wake county. .-'' ':. -Div Joseph Hyde Pratt was invited to -appear, before the board anil give them :i talk-on road matters and this morning he accepted the invitation. Dr. Joseph Hyde Trait appeared this morning, hi the interest of good roads, lie declared lo' get '.the very best' re sults,, the - roads .--must; be under the supervision of a competent road "man, oin who is. familiar with road location mad work and road rnalnlainnnec. Jt 1m necessary that he have the knowledge and bh familiar with actual, road work. Von have here In Wake county about S'lS.cno to spend annually in road work, also a proposed bond issue, for -the construction of permanent roads. The local Ion of roads. The greatest enemy lo a road is writer, and could we get rid of that. .we would have no trouble with our loads, so we must take care of that. : The suggestion I want to makit is to hire the very best engineer you ciiii get in charge of your road work. At' present We cannot pay the high, prjep. given to best men,, but we can hire, a . good engineer, and put un der him .a man w ho will carry out the liisl I'MClidus. of . the; engineer. Ho re lated the experience of Ffimklinton township, Franklin county, and said they, had an excellent system of roads. So I suggest .that the thing for you to do, is. simply employ a competent road 'engineer and let him dictate as to toad building, and employ a man under him who will carry out the ln- trncTliiB.M "and ''tliei'eT!"SiVe- you Up- to-date roads in Wake county; He sug gested some special machinery -to carry over, the dirt road to keep them in good, condition and hard.; . He discussed, the different: kinds of roiids, dirt, tar and asphalt, and others, ind suggested that- the county build permanent roads. In closing he helterated the sugges tions that a competent road engineer and let him have the general road supervision; and let the road superin tendent act under him. Mr, Beckwith read the new law pass ed by the present general assembly regarding the election of a "general supervisor" of the public roads." ot Wake conn I y, and stated; that this morning; tho office of "general super visor" is vacant - and the board may take any action: they please. , . , Chairman Johnson said he W'as anx ious to see the road matter settled at once and declared nominations in order; County Attorney B. C. Beckwith drew up a resolution declaring tho of fice .of general superintendent of roads vacant, and ordering that V. E. Stin son turn over everything in his pos session to the general supervisor. Mr. Franklin moved that the resolution be adopted and it was seconded by Mr. Lynn. -Mr... Brewer objected very feel ingly to the resolutions, and declared it was simply a political move to get rid of a good man and make room for another man. He spoke of Mr. Stin- son's good work and his saving of money. He declared he could not sit still with his month shut, and see a thing' like this go through. The reso lutions were adopted. Johnson, Lynn and Franklin voting aye: Brewer and Chamblee voting, no. ' The adopted resolution is as follows: Kesolved. That the office of superin tendent of roads for the county of Wake is vacant, and that the same ho and Is hereby declared vacant; and that V E. StlnsOn here-to-fore super intendent of roads for said county be and Ik v hereby . directed . 'or demanded to turn over to the general supervisor of roads for the county of Wake all property of every description in his charge or possession belonging to said county of Wake, or which has come into his hands as such superintendent of roads, and surrender to said general supervisor the -control and direction of the forces, ca in ps and the affairs of pertaining to Wie road Work of said county. - The board named the -salary, $1,500 for the new supervisor. Applications lor the office of super visor were read 'from: W, E. Stlnson, W. L. Wiggs, O. L. Woodall. J. F. Jones. W. F, Stewart, K, B. Seawell, W. F. Smith, A.' M. Thompson and the name of Henry;Holding was placed before the board by Chairman D. T. Juhnson.. The name of J. W. Bailey ap peared on every single application, ex cept Mr. Stlnson.' The vote showed; Holding, 3 votes; istlnson, 1; W. L. Wlggs, 1, and Mr. Holding, was declared elected, Thus paying of campaign debts continue, and one of the best road men Wake county 'has ever had has been ejected from office, and the voters' of Wake county know why. , A Commission Government for onr city means progress. VPte fo it On March 20th. - r - t . LOWER HOUSE ;t(-vr' And at Concfesion cf flii Messcn Home and t!cQ Give Rebel Yefl the finF sessio:) House Listens to Drum Corps fting the "Old North State" and Listens to 'Many Speeches of Felicitation Wave of Good Feeling Takes po- . session of the Members and Tfit Enjoy Themselves to the UfjOst While Waiting on thti Clerks fot the Finishing Touches. - m The house met at 9:30 o'clock, Speaker Dowd presiding, and - tLdt, Dr. O 'Kelly, of Raleigh, offered prayer, . , :..'- - Senate bill to allow 125.00 - a month for an assistant librarian 88 objected to. Several members favor ed it, but others called attention," to the resolution of Tuesday night, that no new legislation should be at tempted at this session, and the bill went to the table, , Senate amendments to the trucking hill were read and a conference com mittee asked. Mr. Ray, of Macon, Ob jected to any further "measia', with this bill." He said the whole scheme was jiaternalistic, People in hia county and all, through the moun tains raised colts and babies. They could he.l . iClwt they didn't, and it was nobody' business to fault thein for it. , But they were not asking an appropriation of this legislature for nursing bottles for either the colts or the babies. (Laughter - and ap plause.) As good as a strawberry is1, it isn't any gooder than a baby. (Laughter and; applause.) If we nrotect one, lets protect the other. The democratic party pretends to be against the protection theory, t think I am a democrat, none Of us know in these days what we are, It seems, or where we are at. But I know I shall not consent, with these empty seats here, to have to have any conference committee with the senate on this bill. Mr. Kellum here announced that the bill had gone back to the senate to have the amendments struck out. Senate bill to amend the revisal relative to costs of referees courts and requiring bond, etc., was laid on the table. The house concurred In senate amendment to the sub-contractor lien bill.- It was ordered enrolled or ratification. Several other bills came over from the senate. All being unimportant liiey were concurred in. The only new bill or resolution was one by Turlington, of Iredell, thanking Andrew Joyner, special ice porter for the press, for accurate' and (Continued on Page Two.) 'A AMERICAN MONEY I (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, March 8 The Pan- American Union's estimate of American investment in Mexico, three years ao was nearly a billion dollars. It -estimates today that the Investment, ban increased a half billion dollars in the three years. ; A recent consular renort from Guad alajara gives this table of the distribu tion of American capital In that' one district; V i Mines ROCO.OOO; merchandise 1600,000: banks $250,000; manufacturers $WO,0Q0: miscellaneous 1200,000; total SMSO.OOO. About 8,000 American cltlsens reside in the City of Mexico alone, .'-.i, . ' Between 1888 and 1908 the total-In vestment in Mexico was 1,90S,000000, valued In Mexican currency; v'Th equivalent In American money la $964, 000,000. , There are few lines of industry-Into which this enormous Investment has not worked its way in the southern republic.-; . , ' :--y Friends of Mr. Clarence,;"tunian will be flad to know that he ta doing nicely after undevgoiog an- operation for appendicitis a( flax Hospito -.yes-teiday. ' . , . REPUGLIC t;