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Vol. LXIX. No. 89 he WeatherSHOWERS. RALEIGH, N. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Dovible the Nutriber of Paid Svibscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper DEMOCRATS III THE HOUSE GETTING BUSY The Reciprocity and Free List BiUs Will Be Hurried Through THE FREE-LIST BILL Tbc Tree List Kill Was Prepared by Representative Kitchin Studied it Carefully With a View to Strik ing in the High Places Beef Trust Products Will Take a Tumble if , Bill Becomes a Law Senator Overman's Immigration Bill Wtill in . the Air Over Patronage Matter. .' Times Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, H. E. C. Bryant. Washington, April 14 The ways and means committee bills to ratify the reciprocity treaty agreed upon by President Taft and the Canadian authorities and to give the farmers duty-free Implements and other ne cessities will be hurried through the house. V--Y. The reciprocity hill is virtually the McCall bill with a section added au thorizing the president to treat fur ther with Canada. The bill to place on the free list agricultural imple ments, cotton bagging, leather, boots and shoes and other things carries more than a hundred articles, includ ing many products of the beet trust, the steel trust, the farm' implement trust, the biscuit trust, thp sewing machine trust, the leather trust and the salt trust. This list was prepared by Repre sentative Kitchin, a member of the committee, and he studied it careful ly with a view to striking in tiie high places. ... '-: V 'During the year 1909," said he today, "this country the beef trust exported $ 132,000,000 meat pro ducts. For the last five years we ex ported annually an average of J175, 000,000 worth. The exports of ba cons and hams for 1909 amounted to $50, 000, 000. The duly: on bacon and hum is four cents a pound. For eigners were able to buy American bacon and hams for about two cents less than we could. The trust fixed tiie price here..'.. Wo .Imported $1, :!"(), 000 worth of meat products in 1909, and $94,885 'of bacon and hams. The duties are prohibitive, These tilings we transfer to the free list. '-.'' ..-' - ;;":. "hard, another 'interesting moat product, is on the Underwood free list. In 1909 this country exported $53,000,000 and imported 554,000 worth. The duty was reduced by the Payne bill from two cents to one and one-half cents a pound." : An examination of the list of im porters of meat products reveals the fact that foreigners in this country send back to the old countries for certain favorite stuffs. The demo crats say that the importations would amount to nothing, if it were not the peculiar taste of foreign born resi dents. , . Importations of farm implements brought $20,000,000 to American manufacturers in 1909, and the av erage sum for importations has been about 40,000 for five years. In the farmer's implement list there are at least 100 different kinds, all carry ing duties. 'Common farm wagons pay 35 per cent. A wagon that sells for $100 in Canada will bring $135 here. Hay tedders, feed cutters, grain crushers, field rollers and ma nure spreaders pay 45 per cent. The democrats of the ways and means committee charge the republi cans w(tu hiding the tariff schedules on many important implements, so that they could argue that an aver age duty of about 15 per cent was charged. For instance, they say, grain cutters are listed among the steel schedules. The Underwood bill transfers these to the free list. Free cotton bagging ' and cotton ties, it Is argued, will save the far mers ten cents a bale, or $1,300,000 on a 13,000,000 crop, and sacks for wheat, corn and peanuts, 35,000,000 annually. The ad valorem duty on coarse sacks is 33 per cent. Wire fencing pays a duty of 45 per i (Continued on Pago Two, ) THE DURHA CONTEST Democratic Election For City Officials In Progress Much Interest in the Race Mayor (iris wold and Mr. W. .J. ISrOgdon Candidates for Mayor Release of Krnest Iluy Secured by Hnleas Corius Otlier News. (Special to The Times.) Durham, April 14 The city is today holding Its first election us a pure democratic proposition and there is much more Interest In it than had ai peared there would be. At this time It la Impossible to tell now it Is going. There are two can didates for muvor, W. J. (Jrisw-old. the Incumbent, and W . J. Hrogden. at torney who Is making n race for It. The election had been conceded by many of Mr. Grlsw old s friends a few days ago but It doesn t appear to bo go certain now. ! The next most Interesting race la I for police and fire commissioner. Those running for this position are Com- missloner W. M. Icarby and Citndl dates E. L. Smith and B. C. Wondall They arc giving the excitement. There are two wards which have only two candidates from them and two with three runners. There Is much hit', rest in that. Before Judge Daniels yesterday morning in Jtoxboro. th e release ol Ernest Ray, who killed Henry Jones last week, was secured bv habeas corpus proceedings and he is at liberty now.: :' Judge Daniels did not have tne de fendant in person before him but took the evidence at Is camel rom the cof the evidence as it came I mm the cor gression and even persecution on the dead man's part. There was no evi dence of. u deadly weapon being drawn on the deceased, but there was evidence' that he had one which was not shown in the fatal row. The evidence was to the effect that young Ray, who clerk s In his lather a store, -was In a dispute with Junes son the morning before the fuss and that In taking up the racket, the senior Jones accused Itay of tilings that he 'denied, having said to young Jonts. Front tTiai ttme Jones began to drink : and became very violent. Different witnesses testified that he had threatened violence of all kinds, ilrst death, then "beating his head off" and sundry things. They told .Itay. Jones issued one threat. 'according to the evidence, that if Itay came across the railroad, there would be trouble. Ray had to cross the track. From time to time during the day, the. coroner's testimony disclosed . the fact that Jones sought to "get at him ' as one of -the witnesses expressed It. Again and again friends of Kay warn ed hlnV From one '. place to another the two men drifted casually or de signedly, one 'doesn't, know, and the death shot was fired in Hcrndon s store, There the evidence was. that Jones came upon Ray and made for him when a by-slander caught Ins coat and tried to restrain him. Jones dealt one glancing blow that did little harm and Ray retreated. While In that attitude, the testimony says Ray drew his pistol and llred once. It struck a vlial spot and Jones fell to the Moor. Rav ran out, saw an of ficer and surrendered himself. He was taken to jail and has been there since until yesterday afternoon. One of the witnesses declared that in bis judgment Jones could have killed Ray with Ills fists. There was a-difference ot 35 or 40 pounds in their weight and Jones was u, powerlul man. It Is upon this circumstance in part that the plea ot self defense will bo made. : . But there is evidence from other. wit nesses that the dead man hud a weapon In his clothes and whether he did or not, it Is contended that his reputation for violence was such as to inako a man who knew him fearful of his safe ty at any time. The dead man has had trouble here, He was known to the officers as a violent character and they dreaded him because of his dis position to make trouble. Young Itay bears the reputation of being a very quiet man, though there is division of sentiment in Orange as to the justlfl obleness Of the shooting. Judge Daiiels heard bolocitor Oattis on the matter or Donu ana me pros ecuting officer, with full knowledge of the facts, asked for 110,000. The defense wanted his release on half that amount and JuiVe Daniels decided upon $7,500. He signed the judgment yesterday morning and forwarded it to Hillshoro where the young man had no trouble finding a bondsman. Attorneys Bryant and Brogden will defend the young man who is barely more than a boy. The shooting oc curred one week ago In Chapel Hill and created more excitement than any thing that has occurred there In a long time. Bobbed and Murdered. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ; Pai-ekrsburg, W. Va., April 14 Stripped of his watch, diamond ring, studs and a large buui of money, he is known to have carried, the body of Samuel Province, a prominent retir ed business man of this -city, was found at 6 o'clock this morning on Neal Run bridge In a lonely suburb with a bullet hole in his head. He is believed to be a victim of the black hand. A ) f 1 I1 Mk )c(!;:e Ito'.'er A. I'ryoi-, only sur vivcr ot the bruin on Fort Sumter, who -celebrated the fiftieth anniver sary ot the boiiiiiiii'dment by giving; a dinner at Ins home in .cw lork. (Jen. I'rycr as be was then, pulled the lanyard on the gun that sent the first shot flviiie, in the direction of the old fortress. He was one ol I lie lead ers for secession in Virginia and, for Ins fiery speeches, was styled bv Hor ace Greeley "the eloquent young tri bune of irgima." Judgi' Pryor de- clarcs be In ulad the war is over and that the country is all one iigiiin. ARE RESTING TODAY (l!y 'able to The Times. 1 Paris. April. 14 till an aggregate of damage estimated as high as $.;u. OOO.OOO charged against them-'-the. ehanir pitgne rioters 'in the '-'department of Marne and Aube halted today in tlieir depredations pending .actum bv tne French puiiiameiit '...upon- the question of dellmination in the champagne dis trict. Reinforeemenls continued to swell the .army of regular troops distributed throughout the. Valley of the Marne which lb s today a vast stretch of waste. More arrests ; .were' quietly made to day by dragoons, every effort; being made to keep them secret so that the ringleaders still at large would not be Inflamed' into fury -against, the "author ities by this action, Martial law practically prevails in Epernav, Av. Aetiteil. Damcry, iney, Plerry, Pisey-Magentu, l!.i!l,v-l.a-Mon-tiigne, Bar-Sur-Aulie, ( 'hauiuont, A vise and other towns where, properly was destroyed. M. Moreau. regarded as tho chief ot the rioters, has been sent to Rheiins for safekeeping. He was one of the twenty arrested .yesterday. 1 he towns present a picture of deso lation with the gtllteis in some places still awash wilh wine. i'iio government lias iroinlsed to deal with the question .Immediately and fromthe contrite attitude of the rioU ers It is tielieveu tlnit toe most seri ous rouble is at an end. STOBM IX MlSSOrill. Seven IVrsons Are Dead and More Than Fifty Are Injured. (Hy Leased Wire to Tne Times.) St. Louis, . April 14 Seven per sons known to bo dead; more thun fiftv are injured, and property loss ot $2,000,000 is tiie result of the cy clone which swept through Jefferson county and St. Louis, at. the rate ot a hundred miles an hour. The storm was not so severe in St. Louis, but it frightened two women who went through the big cyclone in 1903, to death. In tho city great properly damage was done. Windows were broken, trees uprooted, signs hurled down and even telegraph and telephone polos torn from their places. An unidentified teamster was elec trocuted when a light wire fell on him and a baby waB torn from the anus of Mrs. Wesley Smith, whose husband was killed. The child was uninjured. The dead are:. , Frank Baker. Wesley Smith. Mrs. Frank Baker and daughter, all of Valley Mine, MO. 1 Unidentified man, Cadet, Mo. Unidentified teamster. Unidentified woman, St. Louis. Great damage was ' done to live stock and farm property throughout Jefferson county. The heaviest hall storm ever known in east central Missouri and southern Illinois did great damage to crops. It takes a woman to reproach her self for catching one of the children In lie. MEXICO IMS AGAIN Insurgents Win Battle and Capture Town Several American Soldiers Killed in the Battle, Which Was Just Across tho Border America Will Ask Indemnity Mexico Will Set Ip u C ounter ( hum Retails ol Itattle. ... (Ily Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 11 Indemnity for the lives of Americans killed and wounded at Douglas. Arizona, bv the bullets of . tne Mexican forces fight ing across the river at Agua I'neta will be demanded bv the l ulled States government according to the , view of state department today. Olh cial reports are being prepared and I upon these this government will base ' its demands on die Diaz administra tion. Mexico, in tne opinion of dip lomats, will have a counter claim ot contributory negligence on the part lot the killed and injured Americans. j The Battle. ' Douglas. Ariz., April 14 The Mexican insurrecto standard todav Moats over Agua Prieta and the reb els are ruling the town and them selves with the iron hand ot discip line. United Slates regular officers here are loud 1n their praises ot Red ' Lopez and Antonio Rojas. the insurrecto commanders, who have closed every saloon in the town and have decreed a lienallv ol deaili for drunkenness. The fighting and sionninic of the town was as desperate as miv that lias taken place dining the revolu tion. : Among the dead codav on the in surrecto side are Albert Edwards, of Virginia, and Kdward Mason, ol Chicago. Mason had been tighflng in the m surrectc ranks ttwtr niojtmi. In all 15 comlutunts . were killed, 10 federals and five insurrectos. Thirty wounded have been brought across the river and todav arc under the care of the surgeon ot Troop K, First 1 ni ted States cavalrv. The insurrecto victory was -really won bv IS Americans who made the first charge into the town and upon whom i.ell the brunt of the lighting. The insurrectos were generous to their deleated foes, giving them the choice ol euher joining the rebel ranks or crossing to the American side. Besides possession of the town their victory has given them several hundred modern rides and more than 5.00(1 rounds of .arum mill ion, as well as a vast store of provisions. The insurrectos todav are prepar ing to hold the1 town at all costs and couriers have been sent to all the commands m northern Sonora asking for immediate relntorcenients. A report has been received today that Captain Barron, with 500 fed erals, is making forced marches from l ho west of Naco to endeavor to re-take Agua Prieta Forty American 'cavalrymen of K troop under Captain ,T. K. Oauiol had their baptism of lire during last night's engagement. When the bul lets from the battling Mexicans be gan to rain into the crowds cif Ameri cans that lined the river bank und after several had been hit the Ameri can troop dashed into the thick of the Tight, with a civilian, Charles Mc Kean, riding at their bead alongside of Ca.itiiin Gaujot. The latter served notice on both federals and msurree los that their Tiro was imperilling American lives and must stop. One ot the American troopers was shot through the leg. Two captains of the federal forces with several lesser officers and 29 men broke and ran for the American line, but were headed off bv- the United States troopers. After a par ley they surrendered to Captain Gaujot and were taken by the squad to tho American headquarters. Squadron K made a second dash to the Mexican side where the battle was still raging, bearing a message from the federal officers who had taken rrtfuge in American headquar ters calling upon the rest of the fed eral forces to surrender. Tho lat ter refused, saving that if they did so they would be summarily shot. Captain Gaujot gained a cessation of hostility until he could secure the guarantee of ''Bed" Lopez that the federals would be permitted to cross to the American side if thev would lay down their arms. These terms thev Immediately complied with and they were escorted across the Rio Grande bv Lieutenant Law son Moore ot the American squadron. One woman was shot, in the street fighting and the man who did it was immediately arrested by Lopez, who declared that he would be tried and 1 (Continued on Tage Eight.) 4 I I :;.. v -J i :'.. :'....-.- : ' , ' ' i 1 Ihe Marchioness Thcodoli, former ly Miss Itcatricc 'I haw, of New ork and I'lttsbiirg, ivlm is siifleriiig troni nervous shocks, following her evper lence (luring the recent eat'lbiiake in Italy. Miss IIiiiw was innnied to Marquis trtincesco llicodoli in 11)00, and though there was the usual re ligious ceremony tit (lie tunc, it was not until quite recently Hint the bride lonnally embraced the Catholic Church. (Special to The 'Times.') . Washington. D. '.. Apul U - At the reijUi'st .-of ".( 'Viairiiiiiii rntlerwood. of tho ways a in! means .cpiidi' it tetv I'.cp reseiitatly'e K it ell i u opi'iu-d the debate on reciprocity. He argued that the tariff" -'Oil'.' farm products - was a sliiiiu. a fraud and a snare to catch the farm vote. . He quoted anee.- esl. Ili-ek und Simmons, to support, his position. Froni a speech niade by Mr. .Simmons at. Snow Hill., in IMi. he'-qui'tted: "The truth is the whole republican argil men I that -tarifi' regulates' the: price of farm products Is false." Again: "( ur cheap ra'iv materials are cotton, corn, . v. he.it ,-ind other; produets of tlie. farm w hteh ialmot be beiietitted by the protection bi cuue we export them in large quantities." .Mr... Sim mons was not (inoied to show. tii:it Mr. Kitchin differs wilh him now, but, to bolster .Mr.. Kitehin's 'argument,. The debate, bill w ill continue three or four days.' PAVNK AND AliDBlCH. May be Siimmoiicd to (liiingo tor lairiiiiei- Hearing. (Ily Leusi'd Wire to The 'I nn. s.) Springlield,. Ills,, April H It devel oped tiiis afternoon that former l'nited Stales Senntor AMrich, '.. -of . Ithode Island, and ('oliogressnian Si itihi I'l. Payne, ol' New York niay be asked to appear before the. Helm . investigating committee as a result of tlie astounding disclosures made before thai body yes. terday w hen '.the '-.white light was turn ed on the election of llliain Lorimer to the United States seriate. The situation bus in a ' Si-nse been placed up to the two" prominent legisr In tors from the east by reason of the contradictions in I'.dward Hmes leti inony anil -the : account ''. .given by Herman 11. Hettler. of the conversa tion with Mr. nines in the I nion League club. The question involves national issues . and .. problems and brings In the name ot president 1 alt. Senator Lorimer's arrival in Chicago today according Jo dispatches from there, was unexpected ut the . LuSalle street National Hank where hi' went iiiunedlulelv. "This is purely a business tr ip,' be decliircil. 'T come home every week when It Is possible. Senator Lorimer made it plain that he did not Intend to resign and did not intend to do any talking about the charges against Kdward Hines. the lumber millionaire, and Kdward I lhlen. the head of the beef trust, who are accused of controlling the $10(1.000 by which he was elected to the senate. W ill Play At American League Park. (Bv Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. April 14 Secretary dray of the New York National league club announced this alternoon that, begin ning tomorrow, when the (limits are to cross bats with the Brooklyn team, till ot the home games, until further no tice, will be played ut American league park. 'I his was decided upun at a meeting at the St. James building, the headquarters of the New York club. Trial of City Kngineer. (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) Cincinnati. (., April 14 Judge Charles J. Hunt, In common pleas court today set the trial of City En gineer H. F. Shelley indicted on the charge of fraud in. public paving con tracts for May 1, . mm m on Yast Electric Powers to Make Raleigh Center of Activities North Stale llvdro-l.lectric ( iiiiiiiny With ( npitiiliiil ion of $:illO,oon Chartered W ith I'i iik (pal Otbce at Raleigh Supposed to Work in Connection With Southern Power Company Large Intcriirlian Sys tem. A few days, ago the C; 'oiimr Light sed. its c:ip inl rests i.'f lews is fiii- and l'ower Company im-n i tii I 'stock t further ".'the 1 1 1 : : company-, litre. The lowed now., by "the .'-information that anoilier large elect i ie ''concern; is .char tered, with the view, possibly of working- - w i 1 1 1 ilie, otiier big clcctrie con cerns .already eli;ir.tered. I.luletgb is to be. in the near -'future'.', the center' of the stale's largest electric, plants. The North State Hyili'o-Elee'.vic Com pany is now-:-chartered wilh Its pi iu cip.al office In Italeigh: H will have a- cnpitali::ation of $:!'-,niO.. - but . will 'commence': business, with ?.1'Wi.." tht piineipal. stocUlvodeis being A. (.'. Wvekorf. II. L. Parker and F. H. P.rlggs, .' ' The 'concern is chartered to buy, soil, lease;, anil use machinery, generators, motors.' lamps, apparatus, devices sup pli.s and. articles ot every kind pci': lainhig to or. in any wise i'onnected with the.'-production- use. distribution, regulation, com rni' or application of electricity or electrical apparatus for light, heal, power iailv:iy, manufac turing and any and all olia r purposes, to acipiire. build, construct, own, iaii!V tiiln.. and. opf rate street railways oper ated', by steam electricity or any other inotive power '.whatever.'-; This concern, in connection with the Southern-Power 'Company; will mean a great deal to -llaleigli anil other cities of the state. Inforniation, of relialjie source, on tlie streets today state that shortly the Durham Southern Itailro.lti trains, from I'lurhum to Dunn, will be operated en.-, tirely by elictrieity and that a deal is about . made With the Seaboard Air I.i ne whereby tiie Southern I'ower fv'om j'ilhy 'wITi 'WMg . ' fliclr clectiMc trains from Burha in to Aivex afnl Ihenee to Baleigh over the this: maimer ; the direct coiinectiim Seaboard tracks. In company will have with the Atlantic Coast Line raili-i id at Dunn, th Sea- board at Apex and at Kaliigh with the various roads going out of here. . Whether true, or not, it is rumored thait: the elect rlc trains . will also be operated between ltalelgh and Fayeite ville over the. lialeigli and : Soutlipoi t trucks.'- . ; Th is . new concern ..Just chartered seems to be a branch of the powerful Southern Power Company which ex pects to liinil all the country, . from (Irechville, S. ,('., to Raleigh, together by the intururban system of electric lines. It .means the, development of a. vast, amount of country now prac tically undeveloped. Jt means that Kali igh is to be tin. '.center of activities of this comiinny. Tin' large trans former stations having, already been decided on here, il comes to. the point that the system of . Imerurban lines will use this city as the center and branch out 'through . the . adjoining cities. A MI KDI i; MVSTKISY. Hoily ol Man I ound I loatin ill Lone; Island Sound. ( llv Leaseil W ire to I he 'I inics. ) . Now Virk. April 11 -Deputy Po lice Commissioner I' l.vnn s central office detectives are at worii today trving to solve the mystery sur rounding tiie murder ol a man wnose ii l n 1 1 1 :il ctl bodv was lound lloaling in Long Island hound today and who is believed to have been the victim ot the black band. There- were two bullet holes in the lore.iead and a long kiwle gash on the lelt check. Loiters addressed to "Joseph Nicola. No. .. 1. f 7 5 Lexington Avenue. New 'k ork. ' were lound in the man s pockets. 1 no police be lieve the bodv was in tne witter sev eral weeks and base their black hand clue upon the peculiar character of the cut upon the lace. WBKCK ON SOCTHKKX. Traill No. ;!l Derailed cslerda) Several Persons Injured. (By Leased W ire to The. Times.) . Washington,.-' I ...' ( '.,'.' Ain-il 14-Sonth-en'i It.iilway irain No. 31 was .derailed at 10:11 a. in. '."yesterday near Ashley, S. C about, titty -six miles south of Columbia. S. V KquipiTX'ni not seri ously damaged. Nine persons slightly Injured ns folows; Whlli Mrs. Alice Hard, Allendale, S. ( '., nip sprained. Mrs, Etta (5. Home, Chattanooga. Tenn.,.: nervous shock. M. W. Izlan, Cleveland. Ohio, bump on forelieud and bruise on leg. . i V ariss. Winston Srtlen ... N. C.,' knee sprained. N. M. Bullock, special agent, hip sprained. I-;. A. ovcrstrcet. mail clerk, right hand cut. J. T. Thompson, right turn sprained. Colored-Sam Milling, portor. knee sprained and bruised. There are two sides to every ques tion, ns you will find if you take the trouble tu- Investigate, jujyn HILL uUITS BERLIN POST The Ambassador to Germany Has Handed In His Resignation MADE PUBLIC TODAY Ambassador Hill Handed in His Rc situation Two Days Ago, to Take KlVect July 1 flit Accepted and Made IMiblie by the ITesident To day Failure to Successfully Cope With the (.ernuin Diplomats in the Potash Dispute is Said to be tho 'Motive for Resignation Rumored that Vim llernstorff, the German Ambassador, Will Also Rcsltfn. (Ilv Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. April 14 A diplomatic sensation was caused today when It was announced that David Jayne Hill, nbassador to Germany, had resigned hp post. Tins unexpected development came Willi doulile niree iouow'ing as t .did upon news flashed from Berlin csterdn and denied at Ocrman am- bassy here today that ambassador Von llernstorff .had resigned as Gcrm- inv's representative to the United States. . Ilie state department gave no ex planation otlier than that Mr. Hill, wished to retire and that the presi- leul had accepted his resignation with legrei. I lie (.iorinan embassy denied that Von HernstorfT had resigned ana refused to discuss leer r. port further. The explanation generally accepted iiv diplomats' is that both ambassa dors failed to measure up the expec lations ot their governments In tlie potash dMspute negotiations botween . the 'l'nited States and Germany. Ambassador Hill entered the diplo matic service-, in 1iS as assistant sec retary to state. In 1S03 he was ap pointed minister of Switzerland, and two-years later. 'minister to the Neth erlands, and was then appointed am bassador to. Berlin. President Taft today made public Mr. Hill's letter of resignation and his reply, In which he saws he accepts the resignation With reluctance. The. resignation -of Ambassador Hill is believed to have a connection with the 'reported resignation of Ambassador 'on Uernstorff, cabled from Berlin. yesterday but denied at the German embassy todav. '.';- It is believed here that Von Uern storff has, failed to -.please his govern-: mint in the potash negotiations and that his resignation will be officially announced by the state department or at I icrlin shortly. .-'Oh th'' other hand friends of the am- liayvailor. in the state department' eaid todav that ihe resignation bad noth ing to do wilh the potash .question and ilia! Mr. Hill, in accordance with the custom banded in his resignation to a . ni;w adniinistrai ion. He was ap- .' pointed ambassador to, Berlin by Pres ident Roosevelt.' (ifliclals atMhe (lei-man embassy to day refused to discuss the ' reported resignation ot Ambassador Von Bern- storrr. Ainbassador Hill was appointed to represent- America in Germany on April l'.ins. I'nor to that time he bad wide experience in diplomatic af fairs having been minister plenipoten tiary to Switzerland and subsequently to the Netherlands, leaving the. latter post to go to lierhn. Mr. Hill was born in Plainneld, N. .1.. in mm. He was graduated from fiuekucll l.nlvcrsity In 11(74 and at the age f 2: became president of that instltiiiion -setting the. 'mark of being lie youngest enlleKu president In A mcriea. , , In ls.ss he was called to the presidency ot the I nversitv of Rochester, N. Y., a , position which lie held eight yearn during which be wrote a number of books. I he tlrst public recognition of ins iiualitieutions as a diplomat was made in Isle, wln n be was made first assistant secretary of state at Wash ington to succeed tho late John Hay. During the comparatively, short period ot ten years Dr. Hill achieved suoccsb in two varied lines of endeavor diplomacy and !itcraluii 1 When Dr. Hill was called to Berlin it was reported that he was not en tirely acceptable to Emperor William owing to the iact that he was not a iniuonalrc and therefore una,bt$ to maintain an establishment in keeping with the kaiser's conception pf the dignity of the position. ... Dr. Hill returned to this country re cently mid bis coming was followed by rumors of an Impending change. These w en- denied by the state H3e partnicnt. however, where it was ald that bis trip had to do entirely with the potash dispute with Germany.' Among Dr. Hill s books la a4 lift of William Cullen Bryant, a life of Wash ington Irving, a. history of diplomacy and many educational treatises,
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