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Vol. LfclX.;, No. .104 , Thft Weather PAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in FLaleigh of any Other Newspaper Sll FREE UST TARIFF BILL Much Speculation About the Bill Now Under Discussion In the House WILL NOT PASS SENATE It. V. I). No. 4 Hi Bostlc Fa Is Be muse a Xew'Star Route Will Cover ' the Territory Paul Fuison Going the Philippines Examinations for District Locomotive lioiler In siieetowi Speculation About the Farmers' Free List ' Rill Saving Would be Tremendous If Hill Is Passed. Times Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, H. E. C. Bryant. Washington, D. C, May 2 There In considerable speculation concern Ing the farmers' free list bill. Chair man Underwood, of the ways and means committee, thinks It is a good thing. He believes that it will help tiia lrmer. Mr. Prince, of Illinois declared on the floor of the house lant week that it was a fake, made to catch rural votes. Others say that ii.' la u political measure- which will pass the house and die. Mr. Under wood announced that it would pass both houses of congress and be sign ed by the president Very few peo ple believe that the bill will ever pass the senate. but, it is said, wnat 11 it aid pass the senate and receive the president's signature? What then? How much would the consumer of the articles on tho free list gain? What revenue be remitted? The exemption from" duty of all ar ticles affected by the bill would re duce t.te tariff revenue by $10,028, 9X9. baiwd on Importations for hut year. Included in this are the duties to be remitted under the reciprocity treaty with Canada, amounting to $l.(i53. 1!."!, which, deducted would leave $S,:i"r..ti70. There Is no way to reach an ab solutely reliable conclusion about what will be saved by consumers. The Imports, in some instances, are very small, for the duties are pro hibitive, and' we have , monopolies. If other countries build factories 'and compete with us on farm iinpleini'iii.i and other things prices may he a f . lected. . . But, reduced to the final analysis, to which there Is very little prospect of It ever being," the saving would be tremendoiiB. Here are the figures: The consumption, measured by the net supply, In values or Me articles on the free list' follow: Bull, consumption, $9, 540, X2 1; saved, $LN62,OO5,0i4. Farm Implements, $90,6:17,110 agalnBt $13, 878, 541.54. Bagging for cotton, sacks, burlaps, etc., $26,031,644 against $6,992, 099.57. . ' Cotton ties, hoop or band iron, $12,G39,953 against $2,017, 33G. 49. heather, boots "and shoes, harness (Continued on Page Three.) AMERICANS ESCAPE (By Associated Press.) Hong Kong, May 2. Advices from Canton, " where the revolutionary movement - originated, 'ndlcate that foreigners. Including many American missionaries escaped harm. Sunday evening the revolutionists attempted to cros tp Shamien to capture the police station there. Loyal troops repulsed them. Bandits led by bri gand chief Luk burned four govern ment residences at Fatshan when they attacked and looted the town. Reports from west river district are meager. Rebels ; destroyed tele graphic conimunlcat'on at many points. The government seems to be In control at Canton. v Mr. A. J. Barwlek returned today from Fuquay Springs where he spoke Inst night In the Interest of a speclitl tax election. The question will be voted on Saturday. MR. NEWtAND IN RACE Caldwell County Man Making Fight For Governor Hon. Locke Craig Not to Have Field All to Himself A Former Lieu tenant Governor in City Also, Hon W. 1.. Turner of Stntesvllle. Lieutenant Governor W. C. New- land, of Lenoir, was in the city today enroute to '-.Franklin county, ''.where tomorrow he will imike an educa tional uddress. A former lieutenant governor, Hon. W. 1). Turner, of Htatesyllle, was also In the city ut the same time. Mr. Turner came to appear before the supreme court. He reports progress on the Statesvilln Air Lino, the proposed road from .'.iltl. Jlitullln . III'l.. niHiedviiit; iu i auixiiivinr. ruij iu vlcts ore at wtirk near Statesvllle. Mr.: Newland Bays he is still In i Me raco for governor. He, too. Is a mountain man and will likely be the only opponent of Hon. Locke Craig. As president of the senate, the lieu tenant governor added other friends to his long list and his admirers say Hint he will bo under the ropes at the finish. Another possible candidate for governor next year is Mr. C. V. 'I'll lolt, of Charlotte, who is a close personal and political friend to Gov ernor Kltchlri. Mr. Tlllett, however has not sought the office, and it U probable that the contest will be be tween the two gentlemen from the tall peaks. DR. ALKXAXRFIL APPROVES. Writes Representative- Webb a (Letter Approving His Course on Reciproc ity. (Special to The Times.) Washington. D. C May 2 Repre sentative Webb received today a let ter from Ur. H. Q.. Alexander, pres ident of the North Carolina Farmers' Union, approving his vote against the Canadian reciprocity hill. "I approve your course In opopsing the reciproc ity treaty with Canada bs It was pre sented to the house by the president. i'he treatyls not fair or just." Five Drowned In River., : (By Associated Press.) Edniutidston, N. B., May 2-Three men and two boys were drowned In St. Johns river, crossing from the American to the Canadian bank in a ferry scow. The scow upset in jt:i freshet swollen waters. Grand Jury Met Today to Consider Charges About Forty Members of the Legis lature Are Involved in the Charges Scores of Witnesses Have Been Siinimoned (fly Associated Press.) Columbus! Ohio, May 2. Tho Franklin county grand jury met to day to consider the bribery charges Involving about forty members of the Ohio Legislature. On Governor Harmon's advice, the matter was taken before the grand jury Instead of the legislative committee, to pre vent the accused members from es caping punishment through immun ity plea. : ., Scores of witnesses are summoned. The grand jury may make a partial eport by tomorrow. Officers of the State organizations Interested In the legislation before the assembly were summoned to tell what they know of the efforts to hold them by mem bers. They Include many large cor porations. Mileage Business in Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., May 2. The confer ence between the Georgia Railroad officials and the traveling men mak ing the territory in this State has been postponed until the latter part of May lowing to the fact that W. Craig, chairman of the special arbitration committee, has been call ed out of the city. The traveling men are very much dissatisfied over the necessity of exchanging mileage for tickets when traveling in the State and are endeavoring to secure the enactment of a decision by the railroads providing for the "pulllhfc" of the mileage on the trains. ' This system fs practiced practically throughout the eastern States and has been found to be a great time saving device both for the railway employees and the traveling men. .. Three notable Ihiglislinien who were active iu tile great, arbitration meeting hi tlie (.uildlinll, Loudon, which (.iDiiiiinoiisly ratified President Tail's proposed Aimlo-American nroitnif Inn (reatv. I 'roin let f to riglit : l-'i.i-'.ncr Premier Artluir Ballour; Sir esey Strong; Lord Mayor o London, iwul Pemler II. II. s(iiiih. All tl'.rre speakers Merc greeted ivith treuieiiilous enthusiasm, winch hou'il that public sent mieiit in Filmland Is favorable to the projiosed Ireaty as it is m the I lilted States, OFFICERS ARE ELECTED Country Club Reported In Prosperous Condition Street Car Service to He Ivvtemleil to Club Grounds Members Favor National Highway Fnniily ol Meniiieis I'liglble (o Privileges. At a .nveenug -of -the- nieiiilinis ot the Country Club lust night Mr. ViI 11am H. Williamson was elected pres ident, Mr. B. F. Montague, vice president; Mr, A. P. Uauniann, secre tary, anH Mr. K. B. Crow, treasurer. As members ol lite board of gov ernors for a term of two years Messrs. Graham H. Andrews, P. D. Gold, Jr., C A. Shore.- and (1. V. Gannon and lor one year W. 11. Pace, were elected to succeed Messrs. H. H. Carr, L. A. Mahier. .1. H. Pou, H. G. Snerrill and W. H. Williamson. Tho .other, members ol the board ot governors are V. C. Riddick mid A. L. Cox. It is practically assured that the street cars will be extended to t he club grounds, the coute being bv way of Glenwood. A five-cent I are will be charged. Nearly all the necessary stock hu sheen subscribed, and It is hoped to have ears in oper ation in two -months. One of the important mutfers giv en attention bv the club was Hie adoption of a resolution assuring Mr. W. A, Cooper ol tho club s cn-oper- n t Ion in the effort to secure the Fed eral Highway I mm the A. ii M. Col lege to the Federal Cemetery, a com mittee composed ot live members, Messrs. R. D. W. Connor, .1. H. Pou, D. Gold, Jr.. John H Andrews and .1.. VV. .'Bailey being npolnted to represent the flub in the mailer of urging congressional action. The club adopted a new bv-luw af fecting resident members, as lolows: 'Family -Members.--( 1 ) The wife and children oKanv resident member, except boys over IS years of age ex cept as hereinafter provided, and any unmarried sisters or mother of such member residing in his home, shall, by virtue of that relationship, be considered family members and are entitled tb.the privileges ot the club upon -''presentation nf. the name or (Continued From Page Two.) if ARE HERE TOMORROW Governor Kltchln, Insurance Com missioner Young und Attorney Gen eral.. Bickett. will deliver addresses to morrow before the State Camp Mod ern Woodmen of America, which meets In this city for three sessions. The first meeting will be held -at 10:30 a. m. - .. .'.:-'. The forenoon will be given over to speechmaklng, the afternoon to the election of delegates to the heart camp meeting in Buffalo and the night meet ing to entertainment. A smoker is programmed for the evening, Mr. W. R. Grant of KuIcIkIi Is state deputy. The public Is Invited to the morning and night meetings. Bank Sufe Robbed. By. Associated Press.) Hastings, W. Va., May 2 The Bank of Rosemont was entered by robbers early this morning. The safe was blown open. The robbers escap ed with 1,000 cash. SMALL VOLE POLLED Primary Nominees Elected In Easy Fashion .New Administration Will be Sworn in 'tomorrow ut o:n How the ote by Wards Stood Kvcrrthmg Oilict at Polls. As indicated in 'I lie limes yester day, the election in Raleigh, passed (Huetlv. A small von- was polled. The result follows: .Mayor James I. Johnson. .. Clerii-rllarlie IC. Glenn. City Tax Collector John S. Jones. Police Justice 1 nomas Badger. Police Commissioner- O. K. King. 'Aldermen:: JEiriLVard. First: Di vision. V. A. .loiinsnn: 1'irst Ward, Second Division, Alex. Webb: Second Ward. First Division, J. C. Kllington; Second Ward. Second Division, 10. I). Peebles; Third Ward, First Division, William A. Cooper; Third W aril, sec ond Division. George- M. Harden; Fourth 'Ward. First Division: Josep.i (. Brown; Fourth Ward, Second Di vision, J. S.ierwood lipcMUrch. These eitv olhcers and aldermen will be sworn in tomorrow at 1 1 o'clock, when I heir terms will .'begin. MOVING TOPARK HOTEL Old Yarborongh Will Be Vacated This Week Xcw -Quarters ol Mr. Cobb Finely Fiiijpped lor Purpose New Lessee ol A arboroiigh Raleigh a Hotel Center. Preparations are going on at the Yarborongh Hotel lor removal ol all property ol .Mr. Howell Cobb, the lessee, to the l'ark Hotel building, corner Martin and - McDowell- streets, and bv the end ol the week the ar boroiigh is expected to be closed. It will be occupied again, however, as soon as it. can ' be- thoroughly '-overhauled '-for 'the new lessee. Mr. II. H. (Irlflin, ol the Keiinon Hotel, Golds boro. Mr. Cobb will enter a modern biilldiug In even way. : The Park Ho tel, before being refitted and tar nished, was modern in many ways. It was one ol the best buildings In the slate. Miieh work has been done In the interior and traveling men will find it the equal, if not Lie su perior, of anv hostelry in the state. Mr. Cobb Is a notel man of reputa tion. . ' As has been stated before, the Yarborongh will be thoroughly over hauled and equipped for its new les see. In time the hotel to be erected by Messrs. Jones & Bailey will be in use, and with the otaer places in the city Raleigh will be an ideal place for traveling men and visitors. Slight Puinage to Fruit. (Rv Associated Presa) Kansas Citv, Mo., May 2 Frost In some sections of .Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, last night, it is believed, caused slight damage to trult crops. Many u man Is afraid of doing wrong so he (low nothing. SEABOARD TRUST BONDS Matured and Were Paid Off Yesterday The 1 0,000 Trust 5 Per Cent- Itonds mid SI, (;.-:. 1100 Collateral Trust ISotids Redeemed lit Baltimore Itoad Now in Good Shape. lialtiniore. Jlnv .2. --The' $ 1 U.fiOO. 0(10 collateral trust .". per cent, bonds issued in . I HOI by. the Seaboard Air Line Itailwav. and the 1,fi.pl.(l(itl collateral- trusi ii .per cent, bonds is sued bv the same Company In 1904 matured yesterday and are being re deemed in .New lorli. The bulk of these bonds were float ed In Baltimore, but. In recent, years ihev have been absorbed bv out-of-town investors, and local holdings now are comparatively small. The retirement of these obligations was provided for by the sale of $19,000. ooti of 'refunding'' 4 per cent, bonds, and the -Company provided for us needs for at least a year bv the sale of an additional $ I.oiiu.iitiil of the same issue ol bonds .-on a basis of 1 per cent. The Seaboard is now in a position to continue the .development ot the property,'- which the-rapid growth of business in the Sou-h calls for, and fan hide its time to do its latino Iniiincing on a . more lavoruble basis. The recent- finnueiiig initiates the tin ill step in. the adjustment of the Seaboards tunded debt. II. is the last operation on which Hie receiver ship is likely to have much oflect. From now on the roads: fhiaucliii; will he onlv to lake care ol its de velopment needs. Wjth the excep tion ol equipment trusts, maturing .serially,. "'there are no . ot her ohliga I ions .Of any -amount coining due Iter lore i:is, and then to the amount of onlv $:!. 000,00(1. I liner (lie provisions of the $12.ri, 1)00.000 refunding . mortgage,, of which those $2:5,000.000 bonds are the first issued, enough bonds are re served for the retirement ot all other obligations ol the .-company except the $21,0011,000 adjustment bonds. Of tlie remainder $1,121,000 are re served for general corporate purposes.-' $4,000,000 tor double-trucking and revising lines, und $iio,IIO'0,- '.--(Continued on Page Five.) FORTf PHERSON (Bv- Annotated Press.) Washington,. Mav 2. Misconcep tion of the War Departments pur pose In investigating (lie military availability of certain lands near Chattanooga, Tenn., was the explan ation today of the assumption in At lanta, Giu, that Fort McPherson was to be. abandoned as a military post. The War Department does not con template closing that important post nor any post ocated in the vicinity of large and important cities and railwuv centers. The department has been trying to secure an rea suitable fou maneuvers on a large scale in Tennessee. Chattanoogo citizens offered some land and one five thousand acre tract was offered as a gift to the United States.' oh. no. i onlt'lla, n wood stove Isn't made of wood, mim iiWMRjjI$IER Clarence H. Poe, Delivers Notable Address ai '"ty America lias Not Aetna lv Her Ivvalled Position t Inherit ed K Ml. Poe Told IaiiIimu Les sons (iiitliereil iu Ills Keren! .1 rip to the Orient Aerial 1-hghl in- iiiiirloiv ( enter ol Inleresi. (Sjiei-ial In The Time::. ) . . Diirliinn, N. ('., .May Z So hiiuh interesi ailai-lies to trie aerial !lit;hi .i.ere 'tomorrow, t hat t lio banks and factories have .'agreed to -close iinil al low the empliixeea a half holiilay to see t .:em This is an uniisiial concession, lint not. lininy Durham people haw seen aviation stunts ii'kI ii is the desire ol all the business 'houses to .ni-ve them an opportunity. : This is the first stunt, iif the kind ever pitlleij olT here. It. is. given h.V (he Merchants: Asso ciation, wlnc.i liodv is standing re sponsible for everything, it bus -not had -much of a chance ;. to aiivcrtise tlie event, owing-'to the linilieil time iu sii-i: ,i Ii up. :: The tllglif:'i:s 'dellglitrully arraui.',e.,l lor .Raleigh people who niislil want to come up ai . 2 o'clock in Lie al'tei -noon and return on the ."i:.':i Irani. All ol the .promisux lor weather ol I lie: agreeable type are good. It is to he a big day. .; lielore a large I runty ( : ollege audience last night Air. clarence II. Poe. ol Raleigh,, spoiie on " I he Smith's greatest lesson from the Or ient. Mr. Poe was heard bv the col lege community and manv ol the down-town people who went out in unusually large number to ..hear a practical presentation of .economic problems. W ,nle he has not gotten lie lecture in the shfliie thai he de sires if,' It -Is full of meat: and tells an interesting storv. Mr. Poe said in part: ' Why do poverty and hunger con HintitiTyTffAlSl''1ia'Tftlie' Tiuintirr'l'ace in tlie Oriental world. .wtnle. we in the Occident live in comparative comtort and plenty? Why is America pros perous. and Asra ' poverl v-stricken ! Viui t great, economic principle is at the bottom of those facts, if. Indeed it be a great principle and not mere chance? .. ,. - "Tliese -big questions have been .re cently forced sharply upon ' our at tention bv the Chinese laiuine. For (Continued on Page Four.) CONSERVEJE FORESTS Note of Warning Sounded at Educational Conference Hon. Don Car. os Kills ol (he I luted Stales Idlest Service -ill (lie Jack sonville Couleieiice on I'.ducalion Pleads lor I se I'.ut .Not .luise id I 'uresis. Jacksonville Fla., Mav 2 Sound ing a note of warning at the policy ol forest destruction, ."which' we have been folio wing for so many'-, years', lest we lind ourselves in Lie same condition as '-"those -.Nations ol Asia who, like ourselves., though V for a longer time, because a longer time has been given tiieni, have .constantly neglected the great resources ot lor e's! with which nature- has endowed them," Don Carlos ICUis, chief of f.ie division nl education. 1. s. 1'oresi Service, speaking before the recent Conlerence ol Kducation here, called attention to the press ilisiatches wnicii come, year utter year from Asia, telling ol horror and distress in the stricken districts which were plaintively .appealing to the world for help. -'.These conditions, lie declared, were caused bv the delorestatlon ol the slopes with the logical conse quence ol floods in the lowlands re sulting in tne fertile soil in the val ues being washed' awav.. Mr. Fllis pleaded lor the use, but not the abuse ot tlie lorestu, ami strongly urged the-teaching of con servation in Lie schools. Aon may Vnnt conservation in tlie press, preach i it Ironi the pulpit, disclaim it from the rostrum, but unless you teach it in the schools, it. will die with the generation that gave it birth.' The problem ol teaching practical conservation in tne schools has al ready been worked out, and. he said, more than ball the normal schools ol (Continued ou Page Six.) DROPS DEAD HI uiuiimuiiu. in. Was Local Manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company END CAME IN DEPOT I rail Body '.or Sorely Afflicted Hus band succumbs This Afternoon Dentil Recalls Tragedy in Which Mis Wile and Baby Lost Their Lives In Raleigh Was Kfficient, Popular and AeeommodittlnK Man ager anil Was Mason. .Mr. II. (). li.uiuiKier, who for four years was manager of (he Raleigh of lice ol t lit" Western In ion Telegraph ( oinpiiuv. and whose, wile and child were .-asphyxiated id their homo here on Hie night ol January fl, dropped dead at I : J 5 this atiernoon in the railway siat.ion at Richmond. Mr. URiiiuster, in poor health before the terrible, tragedy in his fumllv, never recovered the shock, mid was reliev ed from active - work by his company while he sought rest and health in the mountains ol W est Virginia. Mr. Bannister was one: of the most efficient telegraphers and managers in the service of the Western Cnion. He was 'always -accommodating and made many friends lor himself and the .company while in Raleigh. Mrs. Bannister was with .her husband much of the time In bis office, and it was remarked bv all who knew them, bow devoted and loval thev were to each other. He was about 32 years old sod was - M.jKon . in geod standing. ' Mr. Bannister's: home was in Richmond and it was there that the remains ol his wife and little child were taken after lheir deaths in Raleigh. , The First Tragedy. The sudden death of Mr. Ban nister in Richmond this afternoon recalls tho tragedy nere on the night ot January (i. Mrs. Bannister had gone to the bat li room late in the evening with her habv to take a bath. .Mrs. Miles Goodwin, with whom Mr. and Mrs. 1. minister were stopping, heard water running, into the tub long alter the vessel should have been lilled. A maul wits sent to Investi gate. Mrs. Hannisier and child were I on ii (1 to lie overcome by gas. Doc tors were summoned, but. they could not prevent death. The gas had leaked, asphyxiating mot her. and child. This tragedy shocked the entire cily. Mr. Ha muster was from that, day a wreck. Always trail, bis mind and body daggered under ihe ler nlile blow that had belallon him. Was im Search ol Health. Mr. Ibiiinister was given a vaca tion by Ins company and Mr. C. B. Wade.', ol Beaufort, was placed In churuo of the otflce here . 1 he news of Ins death was first brought to-Raleigh in a wire to Mr. Wade. The body has linen taken to the home ol Mr. Bannister's brother-in-law, Mr. Hovnton, 1315 ( ary -street.. Richmond. .No arrange ments for the funeral bad been made this afternoon. . '.,' : SENATE COMMITTEE AND RECIPROCITY BILL Washington. May 2 Although when the senate adjourned yester day it was not to meet, again until Thursday, the Senate end of the Capitol was a place of activity to da. HalJ a dozen committees threshed out accumulated business, the principal among them being the finance committee which has begun consideration of the Canadian recip rocity measure, already passed by the House. '1 lie House In an effort to expediate (he passage of the free list bill, met yesterday and again today at 11 o clock. Chairman Underwood, of tue Ways and Means Committee, asserted he hoped to get a vote on. the measure Thursday. Senate finance committee decided to devote time between now and Sat urday, May l.;-ith. to hearings on the Canadian reciprocity bill, imitic diately afterward It Is expected the bill will be reported to the senate.
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