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tie faara mm Vol. LXIX. No. 98 The Weather FAIR. ' RALEIGH,' N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS, Doxjble the Number of Paid Subscribers in RaleigK of any Other Newspaper THE DEBATE GU 0 1 TARIFF Bill Farmers'. Free List Bill the Order of the Day la the House WILL BE A FIGHT Hill Will Pn the House by Big Ma. Jorlty, Hut All the Old Line He. publicans Want to Make KihmtIics Against It No Limit Vet Set to Debate -Insurgents Will Largely Vote For the Hill House Hopuhli caus Io Not Hope to Kill the Hill, Hut Are Looking Hopefully To ward the House. Hv Leased Wire to Tho Times) : Washington, April 2:1 The dem ocratii' house began todav its work at real tariff revision. General de bate on the ' farmers' free list" hill, removing the duty from more than a hundred articles used bv the Ameri can farmer, including:, manv of the things he eats, was the order of husi - ness In the house, and tho Indica tion were that the debate will pro ceed for a week or more. As yet no limit to the debate has boon fixed, and It Is the intention of Representative Underwood in charge of the bill, to give everybody an op portunity to be heard on thin legis lative subjoct the tariff. It is "conceded that the free list bill will pass the house, perhaps bv a majority almost as large as , that given Canadian reciprocity. Ale-re than a score of the insurgents will voto with tho democrats for the free listing of things used by the farm ers. The attitude of the Republican Insurgents Is that the agriculturists of the middle west are going to suf fer under the Canadian reciprocity agreement and that the only way in which the farmer can get even is to take advantage of the free list bill. Republican protectionists began todav to line up against the measure; This Is the first Inroad that the dem ocratic house will make upon the long-established policy of protection and the republican regulars will re tire under lire. Theydo not hope to kill tho hill In the house, but are looking hopefully toward the sen ate. Hefore the debate closes all of the old-line republicans probably will bo heard In opposition to the free list. Former. Speaker Cannon,' Representative John Dalzcll, called the high priest of protection, Repre sentative Joseph Fordney, and Rep resentatives Mann, Longworlh. Ham ilton, and others, will jump into the fray and pummel the democrats for their free trade plans. Tho determination to Investigate the alleged "political machine" built up through appointments ol postmasters is be.ilnd the action or tho house committee on expenditures in tho postofflce department which today decided to order a favorable report upon the Saunders resolution demanding an investigation of the (Continued on Page Two.) TILDEN STILL. DEFIES COMMITTEE Sprinfffletd. Ills..-April' 25-The state senate eommittco Investigating alleged .bribery in connection with the election . uri'iii.. T ,...tvn e this TTntlCfl OL Milium, xjuinti,, - States senate today went before the bar of the state senate and filed a written report, citing Edward Tilden, heud of the beef trust for contempt in refusing to produce his personal checking nccounts as demanded by the Investigators. Tllden's private check ing account Is expected to show some of the transactions made with the 100.000 coiTuptlon fund, alleged to have been colccted to buy Lorimer's seat In the senate. Another sensation was caused in the Lorlmer Investigation when it was an nounced today that two witnesses are In the city ready to testify that the money combine which put up the $100, 000 corruption fund 'to buy. Lorimer's ' seat In the United States senate had also financed similar elections for other senators in other states. The witnesses, It Is said, will namo sums ot monev used in the election of other senators anej will tell who , were the contributors. Tho Identity of j the witnesses were also kept a secret. A SENSATION STARTED Godwin Would Investigate Post Office Department Charges As Chairman of Committee o Re form In Civil Service Will Sub. H)iiue and Swear Witnesse Times Bureau, Congress Jfall Hotel, II. K. C. Bryant. Washington, April 25--Chairmnn Godwin of the committee on relorm in the civil service is about to start something: He will Introduce a res olution in tho .louse requesting au thority to subpoena and swear wit nesses to testitv concerning charges against the postoftlce. department. Postmaster General Hitchcock, it is alleged, iias -been dismissing railway mall clerks because they joined labor unions. President (iompers, of tho American Federation of Labor, is 1111 in arms against the department for these dismissals. 'I wo men in the St. 'Paul country are cited as illus trations of what is going on. '1 uo Oodwin cominitt.ee will look into the matter wil l a view to ascertaining the- facts. The entire. 'civil service system may be Investigated. It is the purpose of Mr. Godwin to have Postmaster -General Hitchcock up before ills committee. 'Die mutter of distributing, or bartering, snuih ern patronage for votes at the na tional republican conventions may be gone over. Two or three resolu tions, providing for such investiga tions have already been introduced this session. There is more rejoicing in the democratic camp. Two more North Carolinians were to work tins morn ing. D. McMatheson, of Taylors. ville, to be a messenger at one ot the doors of the house and W. K. Hooks, of Fremont., iias a position in the house filing room. Representa tive Doughton placed one and Rep resentative Falson, the other. Mr. Matheson was aerc during the Cleve land rule. .-He will hold the place while the extra session lasts. Mr. Hooks is a nephew of Governor Ay- cock. For a time he was engrossing clerk of the state legislature. Both Mr. Matheson and Mr. Hooks went to work yesteredav. Mr. Iredell Meares and daughter, Miss Meares. are here, stopping at Congress Hall. They will return to Wilmington within tae next lew davs. Chairman A. H. Eller, of the democratic state committee, is ex pected here tomorrow. He has some business before the Interstate Com merce Commission. x Quiet At Juarez. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 25 Consul Ed wards, 'at ''Juarez, telegraphed tho stale department today that all is or derly in taat city and that the peace negotiations are proceeding smooth ly. Americans, he said, who have been in Lie revolutionary ranks, are (locking across the border in Texas. Three Bodies In River. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Compton, Ky., April 25 The bod ies of three men were found tied to a log craft floating nt the month or the Kentucky river today. Their heads had been crushed and pinned to the lapers of their coat worn by each was a note reading: "Dead men tell no tales." SENATE COMMITTEE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 25 The senate committee on committees met today to consider the make-up of all the senate committees. The progressives submitted their list, which included Senators Lafollette and Cummins for the finance committee. Senator Gal linger, the chairman, had already Pre pared the list ot the regular republi cans. The committee considered the two lists and probably late this after noon or tomorrow will give out the complete senate committees: It was learned that the stand-patters objected strenuously to the anpoinment of more han one progressive on the finance committee, and that committee will only have one progressive, Senator Lafollette, For Popular Election. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Albany, N. Y., April 25 The res olution providing for the election of United States, senators by popular vote passed the assembly today by a vote of 105 to 30. r Pliotournplis of tile New ork sorlctv women who raised S:)O,l)0() to lmv nnlk lor Ihe poor bailies of the lurtropolis during the hot summer months, and sceue yr.be mlik depot, lii'ie (he milk is disirilniteil (o ilie llM.hr-neni--Above, nt the left i. Mrs. Andrew hincit-. It-.lcr of ihe 'itwrwirwf ,nd,- ltnme.intely IH-Imv her picture, is that of Airs. Oren Root, (.11 the liaht, above, Mis. Belmont Tillany, below her, Miss, llorotliy Wbitnev. Bottom row, Irom left to Tljil't, Mrs. ,i. Borden Hai'i'iuiau, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Rich ard Aldiich. Allred f;. Aandcrbilt and Mrs. Joscih II. t hoale. BURNS TO BE ARRESTED Detective Charged With Kid napping McNamara Burns and Others W ho Rushed Mc .Xamaia mid Olliers Out ol (In State Arc Charged With Kidnap ping Indianapolis, 1ml.. April 2"i With the expected arrest todav of Detect ive William J. Burns 011 a. warrant charging kidnapping, which was is- sned last night, representatives of the International Association of Bridge and Structural iron Workers declared today that the lines would be drawn for the greatest legal bat tle in tho history ol capital .and labor and one which would show that the alleged dynamiting evidence gathered by the Htirns detective agencv at tho behest of the National Krcetors' As sociation was part of a gigantic con spiracy on the part ot Ihe : manu facturers to crush out the working men's organization. Clarence S. Harrow, -tho noted Chi cago lawyer, who has boon employed in the defense or nisinv labor leaders and was counsel for Mover, llevwod. and Pettlhone in the Coenr d'Aleno mine trouble in Idaho, was expected here tonay to take charge ot ihe union's case. Detective Burns and J. A. (!. Bad orf, a .representative of the National Erectors' Association, arrived 'In -Indianapolis .- from their Ohio trip at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Burns and Mr. Badorf went at once to the Claypool Hotel. When Informed by n newspaper re porter that a warrant was out for his arrest, Mr. Burns asked: "What for?" Wrhen Informed that it was on a charge of kidnapping, he said: "Tut, tut, I will go around the first thing In the morning and see the constable about It." Both Burns and Badorf retired im mediately. detective'. Burns and Mr. Badorf we,re included in a bunch of ten war rants Issued last night on affidavits charging kidnapping and sworn' out by John J. Keegan, organizer for the International Association of Machin ists and member of the Indiana leg islature. ! The warrants were served on Wal' 'ter Drew, of New York, counsel for 1 (Continued on Page Five.) MISS S1MPKINS WINS "Prioce Albert" As First Prize In the Great Contest l'.vcilinr Contest Closed Last Nnjlit When An Avalanche ol Nearly Six Million A oies Wits Piled 011 Judges Hundreds ol Subscriptions l!e- ' reived ( tuilrst Was Great Suc cess and All ere Satisfied W Hli Results The Judges Awards llirdsong. Jr., W ins Second and Johnson I bird Place. Miss Ilallie - simpkins now owns "Prince Albert. For weeks that has !"on the question in the minds of all lite children ami most of the grown ups: .Who would be the winner.' Who would gei tho ' Prince.' -wiis. talk ot the (own: Now it is all over and the "I tohl you so's ' are telling how it all happened about the ' Trince. Last iilghl. at (I o'cloci; every , (Continued From Page Two.) PRESIDENT TAFT TO VISIT NEW YORK (By 'Leased Wire to The' Times.);' Washington';. April 25 President T:i ft will-leave in i-.' .11 11 o'clock tomornnw for a - two il.iys visit. In.. New : York ("by. Toinoiinw night he will attend, in the older tinned, a reception of the military order 'd foreign wars, at the Waldorf-Astoria., then visiting the home of.'. his 'brother.' Henry ".W, Taft, going from '.'there' to open the exposition fur the. blind, then to u -review at the seventh veKiment armory, followeel by a bunuuet-at the CUth regiment armory, ending the night at a reception at the Hungarian Republican Club. Thurs day he will lunch 'with Henry Clews, will dine with ex-Representative Ol eott, later attending ihe. banquet of the American Newspaper Publishers Association: He will leave New York for Washington- Thursday night, ar riving in-Washington Friday morning. Relief Expedition. (By Cable to The Times) Paris, April 25 A' relief expedi tion reached Fez, Morocco, today con sisting of SO;) friendly natives, carry ing lnrge qnantites of food. m :m & m BIDS ARE RECEIVED Contractors Here to Submit Estimates on New Hotel Dozen or More ( oiitrarlors Given Op portunity Messrs. Jones & Bailey to Frect hivc-slni-v Structure. Mod. erit m All llelails. A down or mure .( fitil raetors were iii the city yeslerday and -today: look ing over t lie plans of. Ihe proposed new hotel building to be erected by Messrs.-Jones & Hailev at. the corner ol Martin and Isalishtirv streets tor Messrs. Ricks and Bland, ol Rocky .:n:ni . The plans, as has been stat ed, call for a live-story building, mod ern, in every detail. Tiro bids are' re ceiving the consideration ol .Messrs. Jones 4t Hailev and the lessees and the contract will not be awarded un til all parties agree oil the various details. I'RAXKIilN sri'FRIOIl COI RT. Judge Ward Recovers Irom Illness and Holds I iicpircd 'lerui. -.(Special to The Times. I l.ouisbiirg. N. C, April L'.'i Indue Ward ha log rornered Ihmii his ill ness in Norfolk, 'a , . arrived here Sunday evening with Solicitor 'Als brook and opened; court yesterday morning for the unexpired -week" of the April term"of Franklin superior court. In his charge to the. grand jury. Judge Ward said he would not consume much time, because of Indis position, and having only one of t lie two weeks term for the business on the docket, on which there are t.iir-ty-two criminal cases. 'Fou'r. capital cases and others of minor Importance he specialized a large number of cases 'which would be violations of the law, including the illegal sale of liquor. It is thought, the criminal docket will be disposed of by Thurs day. Village in Hunger From Fire. (By 'Leased Wire to The Times) Schenectady, N. Y., pril 25 A telephone message received from Mariaville this afternoon stated that village was in danger of being de stroyed by lire. Help was asked from this city ami Chief Yates loft Immediately with apparatus. ALL THE MINERS DEAD Fourteen ? 's Recovered This totX: All Hope 'I lint Any ol the n.veiity three l.iMombed Men l-.si aped Alaiii.'loned - Ri'covercd Itodies Were Hadlv Mallgleii - I lly l.'-ased Wire l.i The Times.) i:il Garden, U .. Va.. April IT, -Willi lil'teeii dead bodies taken out of t.ie Oil initio :- of the- Davis (.'oal & C6k'e-Co.n'ipny today, ihe re, cue par l.ies of ininei-s save up' all hope, t lint iiny'-of Ihe rweuty-three ininers who wi re eiiKuiibed veslerday by an ex plosion had escaped wiL.r Their lives. Toe relief workers redoubled Hiejr efforts this, niornini; to gi't into 1,111: inner voTkn."s where liie. reinainiug eight. . bodies are -supposed to he .hill their progress was checked by piles of lalleii slato wlileii iiad .hoe 11 jarred from tlie l'oid' 'of t he iliainliers by the I'-Vplosloii, , The lir-i body was recovered hist night . and ''shortly a iler dawn today liiiiri ei 11 1 11 i b. id ies were removed' i'rum Ihe piii.e - alt. -loilgh they: .-iiad In r ii Uisi'uvered several iinui;'. eurl ier! "l'i avoid. eeiteiiieni. the: holies wore not .removed until the crowd of h .-teiieal men anil women who had .-amid about the )iit nioiiih the grem er part of the ifighl .i.ad dispersed to their Uoines.. 'Tiiese- bodies -wore : terribly., nian !Vled, soine ol tlioui having been dug out from, under ions of fallen debris. By the time the 'crowds- of rela tives of niissing miners' bad again -'assembled 'today' the bodies har been translerred to t.ie improvised morgue and made reply for identification and iiiirial. Some of the bodies . were so hadly c'hr.rred and crushed that iden tification 'could only heipade through the I'lofiiitig and. "ar I fries I'ounil in t lie pocket s. John LiiiKg. clnol ol the sliite rte partmeni ot mines, and larec depu ties air,-, eu trom Chaileston tit s o dock to begin an official investiga tion.' j'J'he'y.. were told that rescuers n (i tn that time had been able to pen etrate only .half a mile from '-;t.he pit, muuili' and t hat t he others en t am bed were beyond a pile of debris . w;iic':i block the tunnel at t.ial point. A special train from Pittsburg. Pa... -also . brought assistant mining engineer L. W. Jones and two hist aid inon from the federal .bureau there,. v Officials of the Davis Coal & .-Cone Company also are oil the scene:. loitv Lives Lost At Sea. ( liv Cable to The Times. I Shanghai.... April .2.1- Anotaer steamship'' disaster costing at least forty lives, and resulting . from the heavy Jons which- are. prevailing over ; the. eastern sea was reported-'to ma- rine agencies todav. 'I ae China mer chant s liner Mee Foo was sunk hv the kwang Lee, owned bv the same company; ninety miles south of iiere Saturday ntghi and tortv Chinese were drowned, according to the lat est advices received today.. olcnoo Active. Manila. April 11.1--Mnuiil Tattl. I ho vah ano which caused enormous loss ol hie several .months. ago, has again become active and tears are tell lor the safety of the natives tihnut Lake (ieorge. Tiie military authorities ire preparing for ilii emergent y, -, KENTUCKY WINS A . DIG DAMAGE SUIT . c. I Vv l.i a-sr.l' Wire to Tie- I'imesj Fr;uikfo,"., Ky.. April I'.i- The eeni nioiiwealth of .Kentucky i"d;iy weir a SKiHi.i'ljti -verdict- against 1 :)' Kentucky tiisliijei'ies 'Warehouse t iiuiaiiy in US suit iii the court .f appeals ti d--!e: mine its right'- t -levy.' ilistiib-ry iax Indiii'e.tly Imnilie.ls ef ..thous ands, more . doll-il-s ,ai:e -.involved; Billion IXdlur Suit. I Hy Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. April 21- A suit in volving a billion dollars has been filed, in ihe court of claims here by Elbert R. Robinson, a negro, of Chi cago, in which the government is made defendant. The action involves the patent rights of an electric signal system which Robinson claims were granted him by the government, and which he claims have been infringed by ! other patents. j Robinson, who is an attorney, will argue his own case when it comes up 1 bclore the court next Monday. PEACE PACT DISREGARDED BY HERS While Preliminaries Are Going On Some of Rebels Are 11 A TEMPORARY HITCH Kinissai ics Arc I nable (o Agree Cpon Term ot Operation Demands of Mndero (oinez (iiven Authority to Acl l i- Rebels Believed That Din W ill soo Take His Contem plated Furope.'in Trl Xew Orle ans .Ig'cnl Does Vot Believe Peace Will ISesult. ''.' ::'':" ; ':''..- ' ' ' ' . ... ' 1 lie Li-as--.e... AVIre to The Times.) FI I'iiko. Tex., April 25 While preliminaries to the peace negotia tions were 1 out itiued todav between Francisco I. Aladero and envoys of ihe Diaz government in the little tdohe hut. in the mountains which the ltisurrecto leader is UHiiiR fl headfiiarters. reports reached here -1 hat. the peace pact is being disre- . wiled 111 the surrounding territory. Vrnold Torreon. in the state of Du- ningo. brigands are committing dep redations, according to the reports, while desultory fighting Is taking place around Opnaga. in Chihuahua. Federal reinforcements are said to be on route lor Ojmaga, making forced mart-lies to. arrive in time to . head off the t lireatened insurrecto at tack on the tow 11. A temporary hitch in the peace ar rangements has resulted Irom the in aollitv of tnc e-r.iivaanes to agree upon a modus operandi. General Madero has asked that the Mexican government formally name commis sioners - empowered., by state author it v to represent President Diaz. Th rebel duel tain declares that, if more tune is taken than the pres ent artuisl ice allows, he would read ilv consent to an extension. Cieneral Madero s full program of demands will consist ot the follow ing terms: '. That immediate elections lie called '-. to ( boose new governors of Chlhua hiiii. . Sonoru, iind Capulpo. That the msurroctos shall be al lowed to retain their arms after peace is declared. That a dehuite date shall he named for the ending of hostilities. : That a general amnesty act shall be passed bv the Mexican congress. A heavy rainstorm drenched the rebel camp last night, causing much discomfort among the men. (oiiiez (iiven Authority. Mexico City. April 25 That Dr. Vasnuez Comez. ihe confidential agent ol the Mexican revolutionists, will come to Mexico Citv from Ma dero s hoadnuai-iers, clothed with full authority Irom the revolutionary piirlv In negotiate peace with the Diaz government was the general beliel in 0lhc1.1l circles hero today. Dr. Gomez stands highest in the councils of the r-volutionary lead ers and the program which includes : (Continued on Page Two.) TREASURER PREPARES FOR BIG BOND ISSUE . Treasurer Lm y and his .force are preparing for a boiul issue of W10.00O authoriz.-d by tin- last legislature for the .purpose -of erecting an administra t ten luiildin and erecting buildings tor the: pi upes. it school for the feeble minded. It is proposed to spent $250, 01W fer the administration building; tire city, or town that gets the school will '-ofTcr Hi.- state Ihe best proposi tion. ..' ' ' ... t .Y The bonds will run forty years,, will be nontaxable and will bear four per cent interest.. They are to be Issued July . The contract lor the engrav ing has not been awarded. Moroccon llevolutlon. Madrid, April 2oJoini interven tion in Morocco by Spain and France is imminent to put down the revolu tion of rebellous tribesmen. Kpain today commenced mobilizing a war fleet for manoeuvres in Moroccon waters. The French preparations ar said to be causing fear in official cir cles here that France contemplates permanent occupation of Morocco,