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Vol. LXIX., No. 100- , The Weather-SHOWERS. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Doible the Blumber of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper BERBER WANTS 10 ABOLISH THE SENATE Socialist Member of the House Ictrcdaces'Resoktiori Claim ing Senate Is Oct of Date WANTS REFERENDUM Would Abolish the Senate and Vest AH Power In the House of Repre. scntntlves, Subject to the Referen dum- Kays Senate Hn Become Jilke tlie House of Lord anil Has Outlived Its TNcfuIness Keferen- iluin the-; Most Conservative Pollt. leal Tower In Existence.' (ny Iascd Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 2 Declaring that the senate- has run Us course. Hcpre soiitatlve Berger, the Wisconsin soelnl 1st mombor of the house. Introduced a resolution today calling for the .'abol ition' of the upper branch of congress. In the preamble of the resolution, Rep resentative Berger states that the sen ate has become a. useless unci obstruc tive body, a menace to the liberties of the- 'people, and an obstacle to social growth. Many of Its members, he says are representatives not of a state or people, but of certain predatory com binations "and u body which by reason of the corruption often attending the election of Its members, had furnished the gravest public scandals In the hls toiy ot t!ui iiHtion." i " . '" ' The Berger resolution would abol 'lsh the senate and vest all legislative powers In the house of representa tives whose enactments, subject to (tie referendum, shall be tiie supreme law of the land. The referendum clause of the Berger resolution fol lows: "lTpon petition by 5 percent of the qualified voters for members of the lower houses of the state legislatures In each of three-fourths of the states, filed within ninety days after the pas sage of a law by the house of repre sentatives, such law shall be 'sub mitted to a general referendum, and if such low receives a majority of all votes cast at such referendum, it shall be in effect, but ir it falls of a majority It shall be null and void." Representative Berger declared to day that the senate has become in some respects similar to the house of lords. He denied that the senate should be regarded as "a check" against sudden upheavela in govern ment, and adds that there is nothing more conservative than the great mass of the people.. Speaking of the referendum, he said: "The referendum is, in reality, the most conseravtive political power in existence, as the example of Switzer land proves, where It has been In use for many years. v The referendum is infinitely' stronger than all the sen ates in the world, because no demo cratic power is great enough to re sist It, and yet no progressive meas ure, no reform, .is safe until it is ac cepted by the majority Jof the peo ple." .''.V' '-.''' PRESIDENT HAS BUSY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) j New York, 'April 27 This is presi dent Taf t busy day, but he. had a gnpd night's sleep In preparation for It..'., He did not arise until late at 'the home of his brother. Henry" W. Taft, where hs had retired after ppeech made at 1:30 o'clock this morn ing to the Hungarian republican club at theCafe Boulevard. The president hml sat down to dinner with Uhe club shortly after midnight breaking all presidential records as a late diner. After breakfast, he had a full pro gram awaiting him. .This Included a discussion of federal vacancies in NW ork with Lloyd Oriscom, chairman of the republican county committee and other republican leuders: luncheon at the home of Henry Clews: dinner with the Aeronautical Society and addresses this evening before the American news paper publishers association and the Methodists social union. He will lenvo at midnight for Wash ington. -. . THE COMMITTEE PLACES Republican Wrangle Brought to Floor of Senate Resolution Fixing Committee As slgnments W'cnt Over On Objection of Senator Cummins I'ntil Tomor rowDemocrats Well Pleased . With Their Assignments. (By Leased Wire to The Times) '.:': Washington, April 27 The repub lican wrangle-which has been going on between the stalwarts nnd the In surgents for the past three weeks over committee assignments was brought to the floor of the senate to day by the resolution presented by Senator Galllnger, chairman of the caucus, fixing the committee 'assign ments. '...Senator Galllnger asked Im mediate consideration for the resolu tion, but Senator Cummins objected and the resolution went over until the next session of the senate. ; The democrats of the senate held their conference at 10 o'clock this morning and formally ratified (he selections and assignments made by the democratic committee on com mittees without any controversy. As a matter of fact the democratic pro pressives, afler having bitterly fought the election of Senator Martin, of Virginia, as chairnian of the cancuH, found that (he committee assign ments made under his supervision were practically all they could have reasonably asked for. Three new senators, Kern, Indiana; Williams. Mississippi; and. Johnson, Maine,. 'till of them with progressive tendencies, were added to the important finance committee and generally speaking the democratic list, was deemed to be quite satisfactory by the minority. The republicans failed to settle their trouble at their caucus yester day afternoon. The places assigned to LaFollette, Cummins, ., and Bris tow were not all they asked for, and hence the matter will have to be de termined by a 'vole of the senate. (Continued on Page Two.) MEETING OF THE CHILD WELFARE CONGRESS "(By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 27 Today's ses sion of the Child Welfare Congress Included proposed Amendments to the constitution, songs by a group of sec ond grade children from the Washing ton public schools nnd the report of the education committee, by .Mrs. Orvllle T. Bright. The following addresses were deliv ered: - '.. ; The Homes' responsibility for cor ruption and dishonesty in business, and politics." by Dr. Tom A. . Williams. "Father's need for child study, Mrs. George K. Johnson, president Penn sylvania Congress of Mothers, Phila delphia. What . child study means to a mother," Mrs. J. R. Little, president of the Georgia Congress. Atlanta. The Homes' responsibility Jn pre venting Immortality, Mrs. B. F. Car roll, president Iowa congress of moth ers, Des Moines, la. Senator Frye Resigns As President Pro-teni. Washington, April 27 Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, today re signed as president i pro-tem of the senate. His communication to Vice President Sherman stated that ,111 health caused his action. V Senator Frye has been ill with blood-poisoning, caused by a tight shoe rubbing his heel, and has been confined to his bed for three weeks. - Senator Galllnger will succeed him as .president pro-tem of the senate. Report On Monetary Commission. Washington, April 27 Senator Aldrich will soon make a report on the expenditures of the national mon etary commission In response to the joint resolution introduced in the house several days ago by Represen tative Fitzgerald, chairman of the house appropriations committee, it was announced at the commission to day. The commission has spent to date 1200,000. Americans. Released. Washington, April '27 Ambassa dor O'Brien, at Toklo," advised the state department today that Fletcher and Richardson, the two Americans who were arrested for photographing the'Maizru naval station at Yoko hama from the -deck of a passing ship, have been released. An inves tigation showed the Japanese that these passengers, both of whom are from San Francisco, were Innocent of any lutentn to spy upon the fortress. " . John J. McVuimira, secretary-treasurer ol the lnteiii.ilioii.il Assoclulio:i e.t Bridge, structural anil Ornii mental Iron Workers, the central figure of the group. On In-, right, with a button in the lu'icl of his coat, is lames R. McNauiarn, also under arrest in connection with Hie h minuting of (he Los Angeles limes plant unci numerous buildings and bridges throughout the country. (Mi his letl is Higun McNunuu-n who is not involved In the (IviuiniK lug cases. T IN JAIL Mrs. Ingersoll Identifies Him As"Bryce" Men Put in Xew steel ('Hire and Sep arated T'roin Kach Other (luirds Slept in the Cell With .. Them. Prisoners 1'uriiiiillv Arraimicd To day Bin lis lias Suit Case l ull ol Kvidcnec. (By Leased Wire to Tiio Times) Los Angeles. April 27 I p in the top. story' --of. the county jail building in a new steel cage, tar removed Iroin the ordinary (i lls anil cages, ol that institution find separated In such manner that .comniunicni inn -with each other was practicallv .impossililo. J. J. Mi'NanKini, J.- Wv Alc Nn mavti. and Ortls K; McManlgal. alleged dynamiters, spent their first night in Los Angeles.' Locked in the cells with them during the night were three of Sheriff Hnmniil s most ex perienced nnd trusted deputies. The three prisoners will lie form ally arraigned today in the event that they insist upon being taken be fore n magistrate. After consulting Judge Holton, who has litien appoint ed their counsel, should the men ask for arraignment they will be 'taken beforo Presiding .lutlgo Walter Bordwell, of the superior court. ; At that time a date will ho set for ex amination and thev prohnblv will be assigned to Judge Paul MeCormicl;. Assistant: District Attorney V. . I. Fordis, now en route to this city from Indianapolis, bearing valuable evi dence which will be used in the pros ecution of the two MeNamaras and McManlgal. The circumstances under which Fird left Indianapolis, .where he waa arrested on the chnrgo of kid napping, was not stated in (he Infor mation relative to his movements re ceived by District Attorney Freder icks. It is; believed, however,, that. Ford has arranged to bring his evi dence to Los Angeles nnd then re turn to Indianapolis. The presence of the men in jail here has been marked by an absence of any demonstration. The men are apparently glad to be behind the, bars and slept well lust night after their trip across-the coun try." Mrs. D:" H. Ingersoll positively identified James W. McNamara as the man who stayed at her house be iContlriued on Page Five.)' TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN NOT VISIBLE The sun will be in total eclipse to' morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, but the passing. of the shadow of the earth over the body will not be discernible or visible, in the least in this part of the country. The phenomenon will be witnessed largely by the. Pacific coast observers und a number of British scientists have set Up their instru ments for the- unique event. The last total eclipse of the sun was May 28, 1900, when Wadesboro was a center of observable territory, and to this point great throngs of people Jour neyed in order to witness:; the spec tacle. - .... i Robbed of Jewelry. . e (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ' Newark, N. J., April 277 Because his burglar alarm -was ; too ' noisy, James Ogden, of Lincoln Park, .turn ed, It off last night and this morning when he awoke he found he had been robbed of ?300 worth of Jewelry.' i .' 1 1 HT' 5 fvm'i$ s V.- illlinii J. Burns, the detective win. lias caused the an-csi ol John ,1. McVunui'H sccrelaT V-tri-astirer ot tlie iiiternaticinal .Association cil Bridge, Structural mid Oriianii'iital Iron WorKers; -Ills, limt&tt. Jiiiik-s It. Me N.iiiii.ia, and OrUs McMsiingai. II ALI.K.W IS ItK.ll(; ( I.KKK. (Leased Wire to The Times) asiiumioii, April .'7 Patrick .1. Ilalligan. editor ol tin; National Hibernian. IM'Oiiuni'iil in Irisli-Anioni'an iiffaii's in iho nistrn-l ot (;o luiuliia. w;is today selected to . fill (lie . olfiee of rendiiii? clerk ol I lie house. The po sition puvs $1,000 a rear and there were manv applicants tor the plum. Members ot the. Tiiinniiin v delegation in ' the 'house .pooled their pat ronage in order to land tlie place for Mr llalligan. Mr. V. W. Willson, of this citv, was :i candidate tor the posit ion and it -was hoped lu lus manv Iriends In Haleigh tnat lie would he elected. It, was said in news dispatches from'. Washington that Mr. Willson stood a chance of se curing the position of assist ant reading clerk, which pars a salnrv slightly less than reading clerk., Postnuisii i nt Murphy. (Special to The Times! Washington. April 2,7 Frank D. Dickey was cnnlirmed as postnuiHter at Murphy thday. . . RESOLUTION AS TO COTTON SPECULATION "(By Leased Wile to The Times.) Washington, April 27 -A resolu tion calling upon the attorney gen eral for all i .10 information In his possession as to existence of a com bination to control the price of cot ton was introduced in the house to day by Itepresentative Blackman, of Alabama. : Tlie resolution mentioned by pame as alleged manipulators ol the cotton market, Frank p. Hayne, W. P. Brown, Kugene Settles arid James A. Patten. The attorney gen eral is also asked why he did not pro ceed against the Patten corner of the wheat market from May to July, 110, and also why Prosecutions have not begun against Wall street specu lators who manipulate prices of cot ton. There's a kind of man who thinks people will lake pompousness to be power, . . i' OFFICERS ARE ELECTED Royal Arcanum Meets Next Year In Qharlotte I . . Hancock, of Oxloi-d is l.lecleii (ii'Hiid Itepresentative Most Kn thusiastic Meet nigs Lver Held K. I,. Harris, ol Kalcigli, l.lecled (laiid 1 leasui'cr. ..'..' .(Special' to The Tillies.) '';. Hickory, April 27 -The state grand council Rovul Area mini closed its twenty-second annual session this morning in this citv. The session was' called at. M): UH -o'clock and -'the body, proceeded at once with - the elect-Ion of olficers for tlie next venr. which 'resulted as follows-: !. II. K. V. Hancock, cil' Oxford: C. V.-It."- C. A. Johnson.' of Ital eigll. (. II - II 1! Ci mil ot New H in P fi II - II C Point ol A il nnimton. O. Soc'v - Dr. .1. II. W'av, of W avnesvillo. C. Trens.- K. L. Harris, of Hal eisrh. (i. (!.: N'eale lliii l'iiot . of Klizaliotli City ' '.,"'. .- ,-;'" ... ', Cr. .Chaplain---Dr. S Mendelsohn i of W "ilmington. 0. Warden ts. M. Hainpion, of Lcaksvillc. G. Seiimiel -John Machin, of Asheville. . . Tlie folIowMig were elected as a conimiltee on laws H. E. Bonitz. C. A. .Tohns'on. . . Representatives to supreme coun cilFirst Hep.. II. C. Dockerv. of Rockingham: 1st alternate, K. L. Harris, of Kaleigh; 2nd rep., II. K. Boiutz. ol Wilmington: 2nd altern ate, Dr. J. H. Wav, of Wavnesville. Charlotte was unaniiiiouslv chosen as the next place of .meeting 1 esterclay's Session. Hickory, X. C, April 27 Tiie Grand Council Roval Arcanum met In t.ns citv vesterdav at 10 o clor.K in yearly session. Mr. F. XV. Hancock, ot Oxlord, Grand -..Regent, presiding. The meetings are being held in the hall ot the local council. The coun cil numbers about sixty members, representing about thirty different councils of the state. Last night at 8 o clock a banquet "(i.uutisMed on Page Two.) FOR STATE STRUCTURE 'Col-. Alex. J. Field, private secretary to Governor Kitehin, this afternoon announced the members of the com mission, for the buildintr of the new $2."i(l,0OO Administration building, uutlior lzer hv the last .legislature. '-. They are: Col.' ' Ashley Home, Clayton: Mr;';'. A. S. Roseoe, -Windsor;- Gen. -Julian S. Can-, Durham; Hon. J. A. Long, -Itox-boro: Mr. J. Elwood lox. Hiuh Point: Mr. V. J Parsons, Itockiiigham; Col. W. E. Springer, Wilmington. Nominations Conlli incsl. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April 27 The senate in executive session today confirmed the following nominations: Laurits S. Swensen, Minnesota, now minister, to Switzerland, to be; minister to Norway, vice Herbert 'IT. ' V. Peine. - Frederick C. Harper, Washington, In lin en1fo..tA. ftf flitaliitnu fAi fliA district of Pugt-t.Soiiud. , E TAKES A REST From Discission of the Free c -n. tn. I lie Day (iiven Over to 'l the ICeappcu-t loiiuielit Bill p-i-cscntativc Small 'lake's a Hand ( I'liiupai'kcr's Aiiienclnieiil . (By Leased Wire to 'I'he Times.). . . VViishitiglon, Aiiril L'Tr-Tlie limine iiit.errup.ted. I In- delude on the free list lull today in order to take up t.ie reapportionment measure, winch in creases i lie nieniliersaip of the house io )...: members. No state in t.ie union .loes. ii meinlier under: .this re apportionment'., plan; while several of them. make large gains. Debate on the Iree list bill mis dragged along in weary lashion lor two days. A number' ol speakers wanted a little additional tune in or der t.i prepare' speeches lor and against t;ie bill, and, in order to re lieve I lie monotony, it was decided th ill; tlie house inig.it mark time on the Iree list.- and puss the reappor tionment lull in the meanwhile. Iho reapportionment lull, reported liv ( haiinan Houston, ol the com mittee on the census, is practically the same lis.-tiie. Cnim packer .".bill wilier passed l.lie 'house last session: One section ol I he t;runipnc;er measure, nowever, was stricken out hv the democrats, this being the one (hat gave the -secretary of commerce and labor authority to make reap portion nielits ten years hence, and thereafter. Many members of the. house think ciat an increase in its niemhership null make tlie lower body entirely too large and cumbersome. At one tune tin: plan was considered of re taining a membership ot .591. al though a number of states would have - .lost .representation under this plan while others would nave made gums .under .tlie new ratio. (Continued on Pace Five.) Tim I. PERRIN BUSBEE SUFFERS AN ATTACK Mr. Povrirt JUishco, .district ' snpe'r sor iiiiil past grand imislor of- 'the North ...Carolina grand .lodge - of, Kid Fellows, ."'Was tin's afternoon ot :;HT. stricken with an attack of paralysis in the hallway of The . Italcjgh Daily I'imes building. Dr. Watson, was.-'a I once Summoned and prescribed lor nun. Mr. liusbc-e rapidly recovered froin .the. shuck. He was sent (0 his .-.office' ill i ciii i-jagH, and it is -hoped that- lie will improve steac!H:v .kk Ti:.cni:its. WHO ATTIONDKD NORMALS Quite, tt- number 'of priniary and up per grade: : teachers have- taken. Hd- Vantace of the ..offer of . the county hoaiil "'of education made last year in heal- a .part of the expenses of such lefichcrs who Woulii attend, an ap proved spring or normal scliocd. T.i ;ich primary teacher . attending such 1 .('oiirsfr S5 a month was added to her restilarly salary anil $10 to u teacher an upper grade, , ". The offer, is peated this year. Those Wlio 'took 'ad vantage of the offer of the hoiiid are: Primary ..-Miss Kmm.i Kills. Miss Daisy Itcid. Jliss Kslelle Ytirboniiigli. Aliss Mary Kilnatrlck. Miss Mai v Jackson Woodward mid Miss (ivpsv liarker. t'pper grade teachers: Miss Stella Pasmore, ..Mrs. Irene .1. '.Cook-. -. Miss Lydiu Yates, illss Kstelle Kdwanls, Miss Mattie Kirkpatiick. Miss Clio cm liorougli and MNs I.ula W'renn. .Sunt. Judd today , drew' up vouchers for these teachers. l-orcst. I- ires Tin enten Town. t Hv Leased Wire to The Times) Adai.118, Mass., April 27 ---The fown of North Adams, just north of here, on t lie Hoosac river, is threatened with destruction from forest (ires loday, The fire, which started at Wi-I-iiainstown two days ago. could be plainly seen today sprc;ading over Pine Cobble mountain and 230 tire fighters are battling desperately to cheek the conflagration, which is sweeping toward tlie boundaries of North Adams. A '-heavy' pall of smoke, is hanging over the count ry tor miles around. Johnson doing to Kuropo. (Ilv Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago. April JT Champion Jack Johnson, first llRliting will probably be clone in Kurope, acording to his pres ent plans. Following his twenty-live days ol servitude tor automobile speed ing. Johnson is at homo here recuper ating. He declared that he will go to Kiigliind to see the coronation of King fleorge; thence to Dublin to see the Trish "horse show and then to Paris, where he will Uu some fighting. PUUW BURNED AT ROCKY MIIII One Passenger, a Clothing Salesman of New York Suffocated to Death GAS EXPLOSION CAUSE I layman Heard Kscapinje; (.an, and lliinkiiig it Was Air, Carried Lantern to It The Kxplosion Fol lowed nnd the Car Was Burned. Mail Clerk and Fireman Badly In lured Ton Passc'iigerK, Asleep in the Cm-, Get Out Safely The Dead .Man Was .1. Probsteln, Traveling For a New Vork Cloth lug House. (.special Ui'.Tlie Times) Rocky Mount,- April 27 A Flor ence to Richmond Pullman,-part of train No. X6, Palmetto Limited, Over the Atlantic: Coast Line, nprthbound, was destroyed bv fire here this morn ing, and one passenger, J. Probstein, New ork City, was suffocated to death, while Flagman J. C. Ruse and Mail Clerk W. F, Ireland are in the hospital, suffering injuries the extent of which tire not known. The fire started from a leaking gas tank, which was ignited bv the flag man, who believed it was air escan ing and rushed near with a lantern. The explosion gave him a severe In jury and ignited the inflamable irtK ii ia 1- in tlie e ar Ten passengers were asleep in the car at the time, but the crew, assisted by one other pas senger, and Mail Clerk Ireland, went at. the task of getting the sleepers awake and to a point of safotv: There were three women and a girl that were carried from the car unhurt and six male passengers left the car in surety. Only a part of the belong: nigs of the passengers were recov ered. The one passenger who lost, his life, J. Probstein, was a traveling sales man for the clothing firm of M. Finknlstem & Son. 7S9-741 Broad way. New York, and was himself a resident of New York, living at 201 West Illinois, lie 1s 30 years old. He was a passenger from Charleston to Richmond-. 'entering the sleeper at Florence. His remains are in the care ol a local .undertaken, upon the fiuthoriiv of railroad officials. Several firemen were overcome be foro thev were succesf ul in getting Probstein s bodv from the car, and when removed he was breathing, but died in a few minutes, though medi cal 'attention was tit hand. Both the Pulinan Company and the railroad ofiicials sav a rigid investigation will bo made . . Ireland was burned in helping the passengers irom the car. Pawned Wife's Teeth, (Bv Leased Wire to The Times) Newark, X. J.. April 27 William Mate, ol Vesev street, has been sum moned to court bv his wife on the charge that lie pawned her false i colli HEARS ADDRESSES '..Washington,. '-'April 27 Today's ses sion of tlie church congress was de voted to hearing addresses on various theologii-al .': subjects. Among tho speakers were the He v.- George C. Stewart, rector., of St. Luke's church, Kvansioo. Ills. The Rev. Elwood Wor cester, D. D., rector of Emmanuel cluirch, Boston; the Rev. William M. ; C.roton, dean of the Divinity school of ! Hie 'Protestant Episcopal church, Phil adelphia: the Itev. Harold S. Brewster, rector of s,t. Agnes Church, East irange, X. .1. The Wuslungton Cathedral council entertained the delegates today on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Washington at Mt. Vernon. Married In Taxlcab. Cincinnati, O., April 27 Because they were In a hurry to -catch a train, Roy Maddigan, of Now York, X welf I known athlete, and Miss Marlon i Krlebel. of this city, were married I In a taxicab on their way to the eta I Hon. ;
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