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- B0M03 ME VALtO SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT JUDtCtARY HAS NO CONTROL <N THE MATTER. LATE STATE CAPtTOL MEWS Revrsw of the Leteet Newe Gathered Around the 8tate Capita) That W))l Be ef tntereet to Our Readora Over North CaroHna. Raleigh. One of the most notabie opinions of the Supreme court deiivered this week was that from Davidson county—Har grave vs. Davidson Road Commission ers—involving the $300,000 bond issue authorised by the recent iegisiature to be made without speciai vote of the peopie for road improvement and compioteiy changing the road iaws of the county. The appeal as from the refuse] of the triai judge to grant to opponents of the bond issue a re straining order against the new road commission and its exercise of the powers conferred upon it. In this case Justices Brown and Walker dissent. Justice Brown tiling the dissenting opinion. In this the position is taken that the supreme court should reverse itself in the mat ter of the extent to which the prin ciple of issuance of bonds for "neces sary expenses" of county or municipal purposes can be stretched. The dis senting opinion declares that It never ' entered the minds of the framers of the Constitution in 1868 that Articie T, Section 7. wouid ever be construed to empower road commissioners to is sue $300,060 bonds without vote of the citizens of the county. It is con tended. further, that there is no limit to the extent to which this construc tion can be stretched. The bond issue might as weii be $1,000,000 as $300, 000 so far as the construction of the court as to the "necessary expenses" is concerned. The contrbiiing opinion of the court in the Davidson road bond case mainly reaffirms the position of the court in Gammisstoner vs. Commis sioners from Yancey county, 165 N. C. Reports, holding that this is a mat ter in which the Judiciary Depart ment has no power over the co-ordi nate iegtslative branch of state gov ernment and that the remedy is with the peopie in procuring whatever legislation can be had from a sub sequent iegisiature to give relief, as was the case in the Yancey county case cited. The court hoids as to the issue of defects in the machinery for condemning iands for road pur poses that this is not an issue that can be raised at this state and that at no stage couid it invoive any in junction proceeding such as that at bar. Detegates to Commercta) Councit. Governor Craig has announced the appointment of 300 deelgates to the Southern Commercial Council at Chattanooga. Tenn., Aprii 27-30, there being 10 each to represent the agri cuiturai. the manufacturing and the professions) interests of the State. The foiiowing: Agricuiturai — Lieut. Gov. E. L. Daughtridge, Rocky Mount: John Sprunt Hiil, Durham; Frank H. Fieer, Thomasviiie; John Wood. Eden ton; John Wilkinson. Beiihaven; J. C. Cur rie. Fayetteviiie; Leonard Tufts. Fine hurst; Frank Page, Biscoe; H. W. Horton. North Wilkesboro;. C. Van Leouven. Wilmingtan. Manufacturing—J. S. Carr, Jr., Dur'am; T. N. Webb, Hillsboro; H. Weii, Goidsboro; Eiwood Cox, High Point; R. J. Reynolds, Winston-Sa lem; J. Frank Wilkes. Charlotte; S. B. Tanner. Caroieen; C. D. Bradhom, Newbern; C D. Canfield, Morehead City; Thomas Woodruff. Mount Airy. Professional—R. R. Clark, States ville; Dr. N. E. Fietcher, Asheville; J. Lee Croweii, Concord; J. Crawford Biggs. Raieigh; Rev. W. D. Moss, Chapel Hill; Dr. J.I. Foust, Greens boro: Prof. E. C. Branson. Chapel Hi!): Dr. Hubert Royster. Raieigh; T. Gilbert White, Durham Harry How el!, Asheviile. To Represent Genera) Education Board Mr. Jackson Davis, who is just now retiring frcm his position as state agent for rural schools with the Vir ginia Depariment of Education to be come Southern representative of the Genera! Education Board of the South in the utilization of the Slater and the Jeannes and other speciai educational funds is spending a few days in this state with members of the office.staff of the North Carolina Department of Education making special study of the work in this state as it applies to the new work. Big Decrease in Fire Losses. At the State Department Insur ance it is said was given out that there is a marked decrease in dre losses in the United States and Can ada for the month of March and the first quarter of 1915 as compared with . corresponding previous periods. The , totai Ore loss for Mar^h was (18,786, 000. compared with (25,512.000 for *'] March. 1914, and (17,500,000 for March 1913. The Ore iosses for the first quarter of the present year were (51,928.000 against (70,461,000 for the Ars* Quarter 1914 Refuse* Pardon to Jams* Wiicen. Deciaring that white there was oniy one vote taised against a pardon for James Wilcox, murderer of Nett Crop sey, at Elisabeth City. But that voice waa from a mother's heart, aiwaye constant and with justice on her side constituting a majority opposition. Governor Craig definitely declined to grant the petition for pardon, in con nection with this refusal the Governor issued a lengthy statement consist ing of seven and a haif typewritten pages. wiicox CM served 12 yen*!! of * 30 year sectence for second-degree mur der. In hi a statement and reasons for refusing the pardon the Gov ernor reviews in detail the circum stances of the association of Wilcox and Weil Cropeey M iovers, the ioveiy and attratcive personality of the ill fated girl, the events of the fatal even ing at the Cropeey home, the disap pearance of the girl and the conduct of Wilcox, together with the features of the trial and the Bnal disposition of the case by the Supreme Court on appeai, leaving WHcox to serve the 30-year sentence. He refuses to credit suicide and says: "I cannot say that in this case there has been any miscarriage of justice. ! beiieve that the demand for justice would not be satlsBed by punishment of 12-years imprisonment for this crime. To release the defendant would in my opinion tend to lessen the conBdence In our courts to do jus tice and would not be in accordance with the well-considered judgment of state as expressed by statute." Opinions of the Supremo Cour^, The 17 opinions delivered by the court follow: Morton vs. Light & Power Co.. Beaufort, partial new trial; Barnes vs. Southern Railway, Wilson, no error; Atlantic Coast Line vs. Bunting, Pitt, reversed; Groves vs. Scott, Wake, new trial; Plumbing Company vs. Hotel Company, Wake, no error; King vs. MoCrackin, Colum bus, no error; Chilton vs. Grom, For syth, no error; Frick Company vs. Bowies, Surry, reversed; Shoe Com pany vs. Travis & Lee, Forsyth, affirm ei; Bieakiey vs. Candler, Forsyth, re versed; State vs. Slier. Guilford, re versed; Shaw vs. Public Service Cor poration; Guilford, no error; Har grave vs. Board of Road Commis sioners, Davidson, affirmed; City of Charlotte vs. Brown, motion of plain tiff to rehear dismissed; Humphrey I vs. Caidweli, New Hanover, affirmed. Farmers' Market Bulletin of Interest. The present number of the Farm ers' Market Bulletin contains articles of Interest to farmers who have cot ton, corn, potatoes, butter, or eggs to market. The work of the North Carrollna Division of Markets Is outlined in a special report which was written for the Department of Agriculture of the State of Missouri. This re pet shows how farmers, merchants, bankers, and railroads may co-operate with a State Division of Markets. The co-opera tion of ail is especially needed at this time to develop a market for North Carolina prorducts when the state is in some measure shifting from the production of cotton to that of food and feed crops. Leaf Tobacco Sales For March. Leaf tobacco saies during March, as reported to the State Department of Agriculture by 23 markets, aggregated 1,720,440 pounds Brsrt-hiand for farm ers and 2,227,300, including resales dealers. Winston-Salem ied with 461,238 pounds for growers* and 726. 600 including resaies for dealers, Reidsv'" was second with 280,613 to tal saies. Delegate to Labor Conference. Governor Craig appointed as dele gates from titis state to the South ern Conference on Women and Child Labor to be held^t Memphis, Tenn., Aprii 26 and 27 the following: W. A. Erwin, Durham; C. E. Hutchison, Mt. Holiy; Bishop Joseph Biount Ches hire, Raieigh; Rev. R. F. Campbell, Asheville; Zeb Vance Weaver, Ashe ville. Big Orchard Company Gets Charter. A charter was issued for the Hay wood Orchard Company, Waynesville, capital 3100,000 authorized and 32.500 subscribed by N. F. Thompson of Bir mingham. Ala., S. J. Phillipson, A. P. McGraw, Henry B. Stevenson and J. B. Anderson of Asheville. Schedule of Freight Rates on Lime. Commissioner of Agriculture W- A. Graham issued tabulated schedule of freight rates on agricultural lime to be shipped in car load lots out of John son City, Tenn., by the Cranberry Fur nace Company at 50 cents per ton over the Carolina and ClinchBeid road and delivered all aiong this road, the Sea board Air Line, the Norfolk Southern and other connection points where the freight rates will justify ship ments from this point The commis sion ordered improvements in passen ger station equipment at Kinston. Severs! New Charters Granted. Carolina Jitney Company, Raeford, Hoke county, cap'ta! $25,000 author ized, and $500 subscribed by Pavi J. Barringer, D. C. Knibbs and others for Rve-cent automobile iines. the palace Clothing Company, Wil mington. capital $125,000 capital au thorized. and $5,000 subscribed by J. E. Schloss New York, E. 1. Bear and and A. W. Goldsmith of Wilmington. The Nash Horse Medicine Company, Nashvilie, Capital $50,000 authorized, and $2,200 subscribed by C. C. Ward, and others. MMILE Him MtMtS EMU GERMANS MAKE THREE ZEPPE LtN RA)D8 WtTHtN FORTY EtQHT HOURS. WO LOSE OF UFE OR DAMAGE At Least 50 Bomba are Sent Down— Raiders Keep Away From AH Large Citiea. London.—England experienced Its third hostile air raid within 48 hours, but the last, like the others resulted In no loss of life and no serious dam age to property. Taking advantage of fine weather which enabled Zeppelins to visit the vicinity of the Tyne and the coasts of Suffolk and Essex early, a German aeroplane Hew over the county of Kent, dropping bombs. In all, four missiles were dropped In the vicinity of the towns of Faversham and Sit tlngbourne, the latter just across the Bugle from the Isle of Sheppey, which Is the birthplace of the British Royal Naval Flying Corps. All the bombs fell in fields. From Slttingbourne the aeroplane Hew over the Isle of Sheppey and it Is thought probable the raider mis took the towns attacked for Sheer ness. the British naval base, which Is on the other side of the island. On his way the airman passed over Can terbury and other towns In Kent but did not drop any explosives upon or near them. Zeppelins, for It is believed two visited East Anglia during the early hours dropped some 25 incendiary and explosive bombs on Lowestoft. South wold, Maldon, Bumham-on-the-Crouch, Heybrldge and Tllllngham. but like the raid of the previous night on the Tynemouth district, there was only slight damage, although many persons had narrow escapes., In Lowestoft a bomb dropped In a garden, shattered a row of small houses and persons sleeping In them were cut by broken glass. During the three raids at least 50 bombs were sent down by the Ger mans. The raiders kept away from he larger towns. There they might have been discovered by searchlights and come under Hre from the land. - GOVERNMENT WtLL ANSWER. Date for Hearing in the Riggs Bank Case Set for May 12. Washington—With almost a month in which to prepare for the next ap pearance In court, counsel for the gov emment In the Injunction proceedings against treasury officials brought by the Riggs National Bank laid plans to make full answer to all charges set forth in the complaint. Justice McCoy In the District of Co lumbia Supreme Court set May 12 as the date when the government must answer charges that Secretary Mc Adoo and Comptroller of the Currency Williams have conspired to wreck the bank. Counsel for the government asked for a postponement and counsel for the bank said they were ready to proceed at any time. Gorgas Can't Go. Washington. — Secretary Garrison made It plain he would oppose Major Genera] Gorgas' going to Serbia for the Rockefeller Foundation to fight the typhus scourge unless the surgeon genera! resigns his commission in the army. Mr. Garrison takes the position that should General Gorgas go to Ser bia as a retired officer in which ca pacity he still would be under the jurisdiction of the war department a situation would be created which easl !y might lead to trouble. Viila Troops Leave Matamoros. Brownsville, Texas.—A report that the 5 000 Villa troops which have been besieging Matamoros for more than two weeks had started for Celaya to assist General Villa in his campaign against General Obregon was received by Major General Frederick Funston in command of the United States troops hero. Army Wants Prohibition. Washington.—A delegation from* the anti-saloon league calied on Secretary Garrison, causing comment which in creased when he declined to make public the reason for the caii. The Secretary afterwards expiained how ever, that the delegation had not even in its own judgment sifHciently estab lished the facts it wished to present. Rumor had it that there was an effort to introduce in the army reguiations similar to those which Secretary Dan iel has appiied to the Navy. New Officers Are Elected. 4 Atlanta, Ga.—J. G. Belding of Au gusta, Ga., was elected president of the Southern Supply & Machinery Dealers' Association at the closing session of its annual convention here. Other officers elected included: First vice president, Ernest Howell, Charleston, W. Va.; second vice' presi dent, George H. Manning, Knoxville, Tenn.; secretary and treasurer, Alvin M. Smith, Richmond, Va.; w. H. Banks, Huntington, W. Va., and W. A. Ray, Pensacola, Fla., were elected to the executive committee. RODNEY S. DURKEE Mr. Durkee Is controller of the Pan ama-Pacific exposition end In thet ca pacity haa supervision over the finan cial details of the big fair. UZSOK STOPS RUSSMNS AUSTR1AN8 GREATLY CHEERED BY NUMBER OF GERMAN RE INFORCEMENTS. French Are Satisfied With Successes in Weat Between Muse and I.o raine Frontier. London.—Two gateways into Hun gary stiii remain barred, despite the tremendous Russian hammering and as the Beskid Pass is the iess import ant of the two strategicaiiy, a further advance into Hungary hangs on the possession of Uzok Pass, where the invaders are meeting with stubborn opposition. Several days ago the Rus sians captured a position which gave them command of a road leading to the rear of Uzsok Pass, but since then the Teutonic Allies have checked the movement. The importance of the Carpathian operations is indicat ed by the half-hearted actions along the rest of the iong eastern front. The people of the Dual Monarchy are said to be greatly cheered by the number of German reinforcements passing through Budapest on the way to the Carpathian front to take part in the operations, which are now be lieved to be in charge of the German General Staff The whole situation in the East pivots on Uzok Pass where the Aus tro-German forces are in such great strength that the efforts of the Rus sians to reach the Hungarian Plains are likely to be prolonged. In the west the French apparently are satisfied with their recent suc cesses between the Meuse and the Lorraine frontier and claim only to have come in contact with the Ger man entanglements in this region. Official German reports assert that determined attacks by the French re ports assert that determined attacks by the French have been repulsed along this section. Probably no session of the British Parliament since the opening of the war has been awaited with keener interest than the sitting which will begin soon. GOVERNMENT BACKS OFFICIALS Department of Justice Witi Aid Wil iiams and McAdoo. Washington. — Developments indi cated that the Government intends to do its utmost to back up Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury, and Comp troller of the Currency Williams in the legal fight precipitated by the Riggs National Bank, complainant in equity proceedings to enjoin these of ficials from alleged attempts to drive that institution out of business through systematic and long-continu ed persecution. Attorney General Gregory announc ed that the Department of Justice had employed Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, to defend Messrs. Williams and McAdoo in the* injunction pro ceedings. He declared his depart ment and the treasury were co-oper ating in these proceedings. It be came known also that Jesse C. Ad kins, former Assistant Attorney Fen qral also had been retained in the case. Governor Fietder Vetoes B))!s. Trenton, N. J.—Governor Fielder vetoed biiis to amend seven-sister antitrust lavs. The Governor said the amendments wouid take the teeth out ot the incorporation iaws of the state that were put in by the seven sister measure. Carranza Garrison Licks Vi Ha. Bronwsviiie, Texas.—in a sortie the Carranza garrison defending Matamo ros indicted a heavy biow upon the Viiia army besieging the town. Genera! Sauio Navarre, second in command of the Viiia troops, was brought to Brownsviiie dangerousiy wounded and the Carranza consuiate here ciaimed tite Viiia dead numbered 300. The sortie drew from the Viiia forces their tong-promised sheiiing of Mata moros hut the sheiiing stopped when the Carranza division returned to the trench X. SAYS MEXKO CAM MOT BE COMjUEREO —.—^ ; SATEEN MtLLtON W)]LL HAVE TO EE KtLLED BEfOBE MEX) CO COULD BE tNVADED. V)EW OF GENERAL HUERTA H6 Dectares the Hkadk of Washington Administration Wave Hdt Been Fair to Mexico. New York.—Asserting that he had nothing to do with the death of Fran cisco Madero, General Victoriano Huerta, former Provisional President issued a lengthy signed statement re lating to the question. General Huerta declared he knew who was responsible for Madero's death, but that he was keeping it as "a professional secret." General Huerta's statement review ed the history of the Madero revolu tion, his own accession to the Provi sional Presidency and concluded with the assertoin that "my country can not be conquered." Sixteen millions of men, women and children would have to be killed be fore Mexico would submit to an in vader, Huerta asserted. The heads of the Washington Ad ministration, Huerta declared, had not been fair to Mexico, had been misled by faise statements and if they had been in Mexico for thirty days "they would have changed their the oretical erroneous ideas. " Had it not been for the embargo on the exporta tion of arms from this country Gen eral Huerta indicated that his army would have prevailed over those op posed to it. The former Provisional President reiterated the assertion made when he left Mexico last year that he had re signed from his position only because he hoped to bring peace to his coun try. He pointed out that in the eight months elapsed since that date the sit uation in Mexico had become "too sad for me to analyze deeply. " "Anarchy is too soft a word to call tt." he said. Mexico eventually would be saved, but by a Mexican, he said. Who that would be he did not know. Huerta declined to give an inkling as to his futursf movements. He de nied that he would go to San Antonio, Texas, or any other point near the Mexican border. Discussing the death of Madero, he said: "That is a professional secret. Law years have secrets, doctors have secrets—I am a soldier—why should not a soldier have secrets? It is not thorough friendship for any one that I am withholding the information. The time will soon come when my name will be vindicated and. as Gen erai Lee said of General Jackson, the world will say of me, 1 stood like a stonewall submitting to the ignomity and the insults heaped upon me." NETHERLANDS STEAMER SUNK. Anchored Off Her Home Coasts IShe is Torpedoed. London.—The Netherlands steamer Katwyk, Baltimore for Rotterdam, was torpedoed while anchored seven miles west of the Hinder Lightship in the North Sea. The crew of 23 was saved and taken to Flushing, according to a Reuter dispatch. The dispatch quotes the men as saying that as they rowed away they saw the periscope of a submarine, which quickly disappeared. The Katwyk sank 15 minutes after the explosion. Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says the Katwyk had been lying at anchor for 15 minutes when torped oed. The correspondent says a mes sage from the Hook of Holland de clares that all the ship's lights we j burning at the time of the attack. Zeppeiins Visit Engiand. London—Two Zeopelin airships visited the east cc- t of T * *^n', dropping bombs on several towao and doing considerable damage to prop erty. As far as has been ascertained, only one person, a woman, was injur ed. It is said she was only slightly hurt. Trft Speaks to Legisiature. Harrisburg.—William H. Taft toid Pennsylvania iegisiators to conserve the people's money and not to spend it before they know how much the htpte has to spend. "The growing danger in this country." Mr. Taft said, "is the waste of the peopie's money." The former president declared the gov ernment should not go into business in competition with private enterprise. "The peopie's money should not be put into private business where pri vate enterprise can do the work bet ter." Mr. Taft said. Britain Apoiogizea to Chite. London.—Great Britain has offered a "fuii and ample apology" to the Chilean government for the sinking March 14 in Chilean territorial waters of the German cruiser Dresden, the internment of which already has been ordered by the maritime governor of Cumberland Bay when the British squadron attacked and sank the Ger man. This fact was made public in a White Paper giving the texts of the Chilean note protesting against the sinking of the Dresden and the British reply. JOSEPH LEtTER The men who lost millions tn an attempt to corner wheat several yeare ago waa a etar witneaa at the recent Inquiry tn New York tnto the tn ereaeed coat of bread. Mr. Letter totd why, tn hte optnton, the coat of wheat had rteen etnee the war began. CHARGE !S CONSF!RACY SECRETARY OF TREASURY Mc ADOO AND COMPTROLLER MADE DEFENDANTS. Rigge Nattonat Bank Seeke tn Court to Stop Combtned Demanda of Treaaury Offtciate. Washington. — Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller of the Currency Williams were made de fendants In proceedings begun in the District of Columbia Supreme Court by the Riggs National Bank of Wash ington. D. C.. which alieges that these ofacials have combined and conspired to wreck the bank. Temporary and permanent injunc tions to halt the alleged conspiracy, and to prevent the Comptroller from making what the bank charges are unlawful demands for special reports of various kinds, are sought from the court. One portion of the prayer seeks to restrain John Burke, treasurer of the United States from payment into the treasury of $5,000 declared to be due the bank as interest on $1,000,000 of United States bonds deposited with the Comptroller against its note cir culation. This interest was withheld to cover penalties of $100 a day for the bank's failure to make certain reports./ Once paid into the treasury, only an act of Congress could get the $5, 000, out and Justice McCoy granted a temporary injunction on this phase of the case. The bank's bill of complaint con tains 37 specific allegations designed to show that the Comptroller has adopted unusual and legally question able tactics in dealing with the in stitution. It recites that evidence of an unusual desire for information concerning the bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after he assumed the office of Comptroller more than a year ago, and has continued ever since. Prior to that time, in Decem ber, 1913, ft says Mr. McAdoo charged officers of the bank of responsibility for publications regarding the official conduct of the defendant Williams as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. When this charge was denied, the bill asserts. Secretary McAdoo cursed Milton E. Ailes, a vice president of the bank, and said to C. C. Mover, its president: "Mr. Glover, you know what this means to the Riggs National Bank." SHiP BADLY NEEDS REPAiRS. Kronprinz Witheim Must Make For ma) Requests. Newport News, Va.—The German merchant raider Kronprinz Wiiheim, under orders from the Washington government, wiii not be permitted to go into dry dock at the shipyard here untii Captain Thierfeider, commander of the ship, has made formal request m writing of the repairs he wishes to make to render his vessel seaworthy and for supplies necessary to take him to the nearest port. Vice President Siightiy iii. Globe, Ariz.—A slight illness, it is announced prevented Vice President Marshall participating in the celebra tion to mark the Brat Blling of the great Roosevelt irrigation reservoir in the Superstition mountains. Warship Das Moines is Sent. Washington. — The cruiser Des Moines will be the only additional war snip sent to Dominican waters until further details of differences between President Jiminez and his congress are received here. The Des Moines was ordered from Progreso to Santo Dom ingo City. It was assumed that Min ister Suilivan in asking for an addition al-warship feared the dispute might easily be fanned into another revolu tion. The Nashville already is at San to Domingo City and the gunboat Wheeling could be sent over. SCtin MAXWELL IS ELECTED MESICEDL NEW LEADER NAMED BY COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCtA TtON AT MEMPWtS. PALMER CHiLO LABOR LAW f Protest Against Operation of Btti.— Favors Merchant Marina.—Want "Open Door. " Memphis. Tenn.—Endorsement urns given proposals to estabiish an Amer ican merchant marine by Government subsidy and protest made against the operation of the Paimer chHd labor iaw and legislation pending in Con gress to require the branding of goods, in a resoiution adopted by the Ameri can Cotton Manufacturers' Associa tion, which conciuded its annuai,con vention here. Other resolutions ad opted asked that the United States Government require a new statement of the "right of equal opportunity" to trade in the markets of the worid, par ticularly in China and that the prin cipies of the "open door" be reassert ed. Scott Maxweii of Cordova. Ala., was elected president of the association. John A. Law, Spartanburg. S. C., vice president and Caeser Cone, Greens boro, N. C., chairman of the board of governors. Other members of the board of governors elected were J. J. Bradley. Huntsville, Ala.: Eugene Hoit, Burlington, N. C.; George E. Spofford, Augusta. Ga.; Paul J. Marrs, Henderson, Ky., and Craig S. Mitcheli, Philadeiphia. C. B. Bryant, Charlotte, N. C-, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Several speakers urged that the Government immediateiy adopt meas ures to prevent the introduction of the Egyptian boll weevii in this coun try. Fumigation of ali Egyptian cot ton at ports of rceipt in the United States and requirements that mfiis re ceiving such cotton bum ali waste were suggested. "If the Egyptian boll weevil ever gets a foothoid in the cotton fields of the South, the ravages of the Mexican boll weevil will be insignificant in comparison." declared J. H. Seapark. chairman of the committee which pre sented a report on the importation of foreign cotton. No action was taken on the so-calt ed Duke warehouse pian. FiFTEEN KiLLED tN COLLiStON. Street Car and Freight Train Coiiide in Detroit. Detroit, Mich.—Fifteen persons were killed and about 20 injured in a collis ion between a Detroit city street car and a string of fright cars pushed by a switch engine on the Detroit, To ledo & Ironton Railroad. Most of the dead lived in Detroit's foreign quarter. Four are women. The street car, crowded with pas sengers, stopped as it approached the railroad crossing and the conductor ran ahead to see if the track was ciear. He signalled the motorman to wait, but apparentiy the latter mis understood his meaning. He applied the power and the car ran rapidly down an incline and onto the railroad tracks. The freight cars pushed by the engine struck the street car fairly in the middle. The wreckage was push ed along 100 feet, severai of the dead and injured dropping aiong the street before the train was stopped. Others were crushed in the splintered mass of steel and wood and it was several hours before they could be extricated. Kaiser Visits in itaiy. Geneva, via Paris. — Information reaching Geneva tends to confirm the , reports that Emperor William visited Emperor Francis Joseph last month. According to this information Em peror Wiiiiam determined to see Em peror Francis Joseph after receiving from Prince von Buelow. German am bassador to Italy, a message that ne gotiations concerning territorial con cessions by Austria as the price of Italy's neutrality had failed. May Soon Get Dyestuff. Washington —State department offi ciais were prepared to take up with the German government the iast step necessary to suppiy American te'xtite mtiis with two cargoes of German dyestuffs bought before March 1. The way was cleared by the announce ment that Great Britain had agreed to permit these cargoes under certain conditions to come through from Rot terdam The position previously taken by the German government has been that it wouid permit dye shipment* in exchange for cotton or copper. Gen. Funaton at Brownavitle. Brownsvttte. Texas.—Major Genera! Frederick Funston. who has just ar rived here from San Antonio to take charge of the border situation created by the siege of Matamoros, said his coming was due to reports that the Viila artillery was advancing and that the fighting might be expected to reach a climax soon. The day passed, how ever. with no bombardment of Mata moros. the only Hghting reported be ing heard from the Brulay plantation, about eight miles down the Rio Grande from Matomoroe.
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