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iff V . . . ... i. J. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. WILSON,. N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER "22, 1911. VOL. 18. NO. 33 TOrnr A A If v. V THE NONEi MESSAGE PRESIDENT TAFT RECOMMENDS TO CONGRESS FINANCIAL LEGISLATION U. $. EXPENDITURES Washington, D. C, Dec. 21 Presi dent Taft sent to Congress a "mon ey message." treating principally ot the finances of the various depart- vinents of the government, but em bodying recommendations for im portant legislation as well. This is the President's third message of thi3 session. The report, which was designed to treat -of thexfinancial conditions or ' the treasury, needed banking and currency reforms and departmental , Questions, is one of the most impor tant yet sent in the .present session of Congress. . A significant feature of it is Presi dent Taft's emphatic indorsement oi the National Reserve plan of finan cial reform as opposed to the Cen tral Bank as a means of preventing panics in the future. The President also demands legislation to prevent the merger of banks into a great na tional money -trust, after the estab lishment of the National Reserve association, if this reform should be inauguarted. Another striking recommendation is for the extension of civil service to take from political parties tne weapon of Federal patronage. Mr. Taft asks that all local government offices throughout the country includ ing collectors of. internal revenue, collectors of customs, pastmasters oi all four classes, immigration com missioners and marshals be filled un der civil service instead .of by ap - pointment upj&n recommendations to the President. It is impossible, says Mr. Taft to expect that, while in office, the ap pointees will not regard their tenure as more or less dependent upon son tinued political service to their pat rons. . The President also asks that' a council of national defense be au thorized by Congress in order , tc promote the security of the nation from foreign invasion. ' ' ,,.,The report calls -the" financial con dition of the government at the end of the fiscal year terminating" June' 30, 1911 (the period covered in the message) "very satisfactory." The -following important fiscal statistics are set forth: Government revenue (except from pos- tal service 701,372,374.99 Government expendi: tures (except for postal service and the construction of the Panama Canal.. $654,137,907.89 Surplus 47,234,377.10 Post Office receipts... 237,879,823.60 Post Office expenses.. 237,660,705.48 Post Office surplus (the first in 27 years).. 219,118.12 The decrease in running the gov ernment in the fiscal year of 1911 over 1910 was over five and one-half millions .of dollars. The aggregate national debt on June 30, 1911 was $1,303,984,937.69; the estimated gov ernment receipts for the fiscal year of 1912 (exclusive of postal receipts) $666,000,000; estimated revenues, $645,842,799.34; the estimated receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, exclusive of postal revenue - $667,000,000; appropriations estimat ed for same period, "exclusive of the Panama Canal, $637,920,803.30.. "Rconomv" is a watchword run ning through out the message. . ivir. Taft praises the various departments - for deductions of expenses especial ly the Post Office-Department, which probably will be self-sustaining next year and the Treasury Department, which will eliminate 137 offices next year. iThe report shows the postal sav ' ings banks to be growing rapidly. In eleven months these institutions have v accumulated 11,000,000 in - de posits, or averaging $1,000,000 per month In writing: of the Central Bank nlan. which was first advocated by the National Monetary Commission headed by ex-Senator N. W. Aldrich Mr. .Taft says it is exceedingly for tunntP' tbnt this titonnsed nlan was y changed, because t would surely have met with disapproval. He says that he hopes that currency and banking reform will not become a politica party issue.. - - On the subject of the Panama Can al, the executive urges that Con -ris5 authorize the President to name the schedule of tolls, but he hopes that tolls may be lessened oi entirelv eliminated for American ships as a subsidy to foster United States merchant marine. The mes sage says that the canal will be completed by July 1, 1913 and the President hopes Congress will mane laws for the government of the canal GOMPERS REPLIES TO BURNS DEFENDS ORGANIZED LABOR AND EXONERATES OFFICERS V OF FEDERATION OF GUILTY KNOWLEDGE OF DYNAMITE PLOTS OFFERS TO TURN BOOKS AND PAPERS OF FED ERATION OPEN TO INSPECTION Washington, Dec. 21. A complete defense of organized labor and the exoneration of the officers of the Fed eration from dynamite plots is made in a vigorous editorial by Samuel Gompers in the January number oi the Federationist. He ridicules the charges of Detective Burns againte the "men higher up" and says he i willing to throw open all their books and letters for inspection in order to prove they know nothing of the plots of the McNamaras." Farm Co-Operative Demonstration Work. Mr. T. E. Brown, of Hertford coun ty district agent reppresenting the United States government in the dev elopment of its Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration worK was here today in attendance upon a meeting of the Wilson County Farmers' union. Under the plan of the government for placing these farms, it requires on onnrnnn'o tirin rf 2 fi A -fm-m V o nntv a n 1 win HraQ ti, c,o,1T1t ployed, whose business it is to place ?n An oo tr, .nflt omi . j. . v t convenient points m the county where the object lesson may be val- " I uable to the farmers plots of from uue nj uvtj acres wiiiujj. aie uocu iui experimental and demonstrative pur- The value of this work is beyond computation and Wilson county should by all means make the ap- propriation and begin the work the. value of which, is shown in the re suits of young Charlie Parker oi Hertford county ' who has .been re ceiving instruction from Mr. Brown. Though a mere boy Parker took the sweepstakes at Savannah, won a U11J v aoiiiii&WH, is ma. t ing 235 bushels on one acre. Charlie broke his land eighteen inches deep - - f T JT X 1 Ti J r . I J J3 w - and followed the directions laid down by the department of agriculture. Not Fit For an Officer. During court this week while Plum mer Williams was being tried for shooting anether negro in the leg at a cara game in tne woocts ne was asked who was there and, pointed out -me or tne jury wno is aro a cuu.- -ststslem -tne -townsmp Wuere- wie shooting and the gambling game c- CUrred. - The omcer certainty Knew it was wrong to gamble, and because of the eame anu 111 reuina.Liui iui uting not by nis victim last summer .was the. cause of the incident. sureiy sucn a man snouia nut au- ii j- J minister the law. ! COURT HAS ADJOURNED !N THE MIDST OF THE TRIAL OF WALTER WIGGINS FOF EURGLARY SERIOUS ILL NESS OF JUDGE FERGUSON'S WIFE THE CAUSE. In the midst of the trial of Walter Wiggins, for burglary and attempt to assault, a capital punishment, af ter all the evidence was in: and the pleadings and charge and the verdict were necessary- to complete the case Judge Ferguson found it necessary to adjourn court last night and hur- riedly depart for Atlanta where ms wife, who is in a sanatorium in that city for. treatment is not expected to live. . Every one, will, if course, sympa thize with His Honor, who left on the midnight" train with a; heavj heart, fearing the ' worst, since the phone message was very urgent. it tne court nact contmuea its woik it would most likely have finished th( Wiggins case today and this weel. the other murder case on the docke which was at. the first of-the week also set for trial. ' While it is not the fault of anyone yet the courts of Wilson-county seem to "catch it in the neck," and thi dockets remain filled with both civi Foster was the result of friction be and criminal cases awaiting trial. I tweea the prosecutor and Foster's There-are 50 or 60 criminal cases oh the docket and this court .con victed two negroes who are in jail unsentenced and must there remair until the February term of court, lr the meantime, Jim Watson, also con victed but unsentenced remains out on bond, and will proTbly have good time during the holidays snp geles books and papers ot tne asso plying his friends with blind tiger ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron booze. zone to be administered through the Department of War before tthat time ur tne Army ano iavy, ivir. xan says both are in excellent condition although more army officers are need ed. He , also recommends that an of fice a grade hihger than -Rear Ad miral be created. ' The following other demands anc recommendatlons, some of whict merp nrwimislv mfldfi in na t mes ' ' i' - , . sages, are set forth: V BEAUFORT GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS RECOM MEND PURCHASE CHESAPEAKE AND ALBERMARLE CANAL MAY EXPEND MILLIONS Washington, Dec. 21. The United States board of engineers has made a report on the Inland waterways from Norfolk to Beaufort. The-board recommends the pur chase by the Government of the Che chase by the Government of the Chesapeake nd Albemarle canal, connecting the North Carolina sounds with the Chesapeake Bay. This rec ommendation is under the authority of the last river and harbor bill by a provision inserted by Senator Sim mons directing the Secretary of War to contract for the purchase of the canal selected by this board. . The board further recommends that this canal be at once recon structed to give a depth of 12 feet iand a bottom width o90 the total I rnof trr ho EO TOO (C( --Vi 4- r "vxT i.r. T- lcCULy ul"uul th North Carolina sounds to Beau- i De mcreasea irom ten to twelve ... . n n. . Mft An a Ui ''uu;,, . IT ICS n l(?r TnrtnivitnAr?AH Vvtt 1- o k " V0rt!rTr ui lico sounds be connected by a canal through Hyde county by the Alliga- - r j ; J " a This will give a depth of 12 feet at low water or 14 feet at high water from Norfolk to Beauort at a cost ot $5,401,580 which added to the $550, 000 cost of the canal already cut at Beaufort will - total $6,000,000. I ami confident, said Senator Simmons last . night, "that the pres ent session of Congress will appro- - h mrmpv Tint nn v tn TtaM fr tho lllpni;,rl(1 che-xweah Cmal b t fo aU the work recom. 1 mended by the board and when the work is finished it releases from it-. land-locked condition about 3,000 miles of navigable North Carolina inland water and makes it available for interstate and international trans- portation and commerce instead oi as T,nw ,iafifi for onlv local and neighborhood transnortation : and i onrr,m-rn -Thft 11T1hottHne of these 3.000 miles of navigable water is of tre I mpnjilia iirmnrtanfie not. onlv from - nnmmercial standnoint but from the standpoint of railway rate regulation i a iT w?ii hrins- thftsfi navisaDle wat- prwavs intQ active and effective com netition . with the railways. It will 1 -1- . also surelv lead to making every nv I ftr pmntvinsr into these sounds and hev embrace practically every navi gable river in the State except the Cape Fear, navigable tar into tne m terior of the State THE DYNAMITE CASES. DRAGS HIM INTO COURT WHERE JUDGE. IS HOLDING TRIAL JUDGE TELLS HIM THAT THE PROCEEDING ARE NOT REGULAR Indianapolis, Dec. 21. Assortm that Robert J. Foster, a detective en eased by the Natf al Erectors' As sociation in the dynamiting invest! I gation was interfering with him county prosecutor Frank P. Baker, I yesterday afternoon forcibly tooa. Foster before Judge Joseph Mame j of the criminal court and asKed tor protection. ju:g&.Markey, who was conducting I a murder, trial, reprimanded the pros ecutor for interrupting, but Mr. is&k- er persisted and snatching a club from a policeman, threatened Foster. Court officers drew Baker away ana Judge Markey ordered him to appear in court today to show cause why ne slioula not oe neiu in wuLcmpt I -pne judge took no cognizance of tne charge against Foster. Immediateiy after the incident Mr. Baker was sub oenaed to appear today before the Federal grand jury to testify m the Government's inquiry into the dy- namiting case. The encounter between Baker anc sunerior Walter Drew, counsel tor the Erectors' Association. Drew had said . Baker had been negligent in pressing the investigation locally ang Baker resisted successfully in the county court the effort of Drew anct I the county prosecutor ot L&s An geles, Cal., to remove the Los An- Workers, now m the hands oi we Federal authorities. Indianapolis, Dec. Ji. prosecutor Baker was today fined fifty dollars f0r contempt or court uy juugc Markey. Baker pleaded guilty oi attacking R. J. Foster at the- Na- tional Erectors' Association on Wcd- I nesday because he said that Foster wars "shadowing" him. He blames the I detectives in the dynamite investiga- I tion. One of the jurors was overcome I tomTinroi-ilw tnrlo t- TTo -imn p-inpd hf- . v.;nv i t... i l-1 . tvwwj ... -. - was John McNamara. f Mm DOING INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE STATE WITHOUT A 1 LICENSE THE PARDON OF BYNUM "(By W. J. Martin.) Rajeigh; N. C, Dec. . Sentences of thirtv and .t.wfintv Var ra, tivv fo, eonH -'I ' n r k v fa ? L' 13 recognjied that diplomacy of iSSVa.'lS.h. .' -ienoed iS yriS be lZn d iiotlip Se town cTisVcoT umbus county and rounded up his rampage with killing Bud Nobie. Marlow was "the woman in the ca33 The North Carolina Supreme co:irtont difRnitio n ' m 4.t A I amiiua m seuttjiiue ol $iuu against J j. Arlington ior represent- ing the Order of Owle. at Charlotte uuinjexiatju, ,m i.ms staie. lue cuun ueciares mat tne state aepartment ot insurance is doine a ereat work in the protection of the DeoDle from un- i ciicuic auu iiauuuicui msuiauwc concerns and wherever the insurance laws are to be construed that' inter- pretationpf the law should be adopt- ed whictr Is best promotive of that public polic yand beneficence of the aw. The Supreme court holds in State vs Doster from Union countv. that - section or tne act creating tne Mon- roe Recorder's court is invalid that would give the recorder exclusive Jurisdiction beyond the comorate lim-lthe its of the town. Doster was fined tori carrying a shotgun on Sunday against j a. sueciai siamie. i Under 'the ruline of the Sunreme court in C.has. Buckner vs South & Western P.ailroad Hnmtisnv and nth- ers there" is a new trial ordered as a sequel to erronious non suit allow- ed on motion of the defendants in the trial below in Buncombe county, Buckned claims to have been terri- blv mistreated and held in practical slaverv bv the defendant comoanv's " A- - sunerinteiident of railroad construe- tion work and been badly beaten, The court "holds that the trial iudse should have allowed the case to eo to the jusy.' A pard del ; was granted today by -GovernSr'8'1 K4tehin, --or- RgaHtftf''-Je'WiBh.' lo'&ttmi(m4:--?':---' ' Bynum, of Raleigh who has servea six years of a twelve year sentence for the murder of J. H. Alford, who was his business associate in the printing .business in Raleigh. Bynum has an exceptionally good record as a prisoner and the prison authorities believe him to be a thoroughly re- formed man. Thevjudge, the solicitor, the officials of Raleigh and Wake county join mahy citizens in uring the pardon. Bynum had been drink-J This is true in particular of the, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 21. Gover ing heavily when the killing occurred I Douma and the Council of the Em- nor Ben W. Hooper, goes to the pen- and Mr. Alford, who was an aged and most highly esteemed man was remonstrating with him about his conduct when the fatal quarrel oc- curred. There was also a pardon today by Governor Kitchin for John H. Rader who has served one year of a two years sentence for arson in Catawba county. This pardon is on recommen1 nation oi tne max juuau uiiu tuts iai.c commissioner of insurance. Sufficient punishment and weak mentality are the grounds on which the pardon was urged upon the governor. Judqe Refuses to Interfere. In the matter of the appointment of a permanent receiver for the textile mills, at Spray, Judge Boyd, at Greensboro: refused td appoint a per- manent receiver or examine into the books of the defunct concern 'until the matter is heard before him on the return day, Dec. 27th. Messrs. A. M. Scales and J. Shaw, representing the creditors bringing the bankruptcy proceedings set out the imperative necessity of hflviner the oneratives naid olf at once, so that they would not scatter to other mills and also wanted Mr. James McAllister flamed as receiver. Judge Boyd again declined to inter fere with the ( State court's action or with its receiver, but said Judge By: num's suggestion, if agreed to by Mr. Fuller, would get around the dif ficulty. There are a great many lawyers in the case and much waring among the stockholders. The principal cred itors are Marshal Field ' & Co., of Chicago. . ; It looks like a fight just now as to who will be the bankruptcy receiver. It" is said that the minority and ma jority stockholders have made peace long enough to combine on J. El wood Cox, of High Point, for receiver and if ' so, he . will no doubt be named by the court, as the best man for the place. Fair and Colder Tomorrow. 1 ' Ram tonight and colder near tbi coast in the extreme, western por tion. Friday generally fair with brisk and shifting winds. RUSSIANS CONS' ,RING ATTITUDE OFERICA utuiu Art DIPLOMACY REQUIR ED ON AMERICAN SIDE RUS-I SIA'S HANDS TIED BY LEGIS LATIVE ENACTMENTS WHICH MUST BE CHANGED BY DOUMA RUSSIA'S ISSUE FOR 1913 IS NATIONALISM NOT DISPOS- tu TO GRANT CONCESSIONS TO JEWS. ol- Petersburg, Dec. 21. Having accepted in an equitable spirit the notincation or the American ambas sador ttiat the treaty of commfirre and navigalion entered into by the Lu'.-ed States, and Russia in 1832. would bo abrogated on January 1, 391?, "offlciH's of the Russian govern-1 ""5 atten- li,J elon ot a new treaty !f??ua.. '. n 0 American rar't'1 STh ?Lf2f.!' tion in th0 tth-i 1'-sian passport question and the brief term available for flininm ". ",v- L a-uu ires aiscussion of the subject Jt is nointpd ,t y, rcn ftataia th.t ty, ' JTVL are tied by statutes which cannot be changed outside of the legislative l Uarhinorv f Ummni rt vt - m lauh. Tno W h O I e niipestinn in tnoir I opinion, seems to be dominated by a misunderstanding of the treaty of 1832 which makes no reference to passports. Article I of this treaty provides for the free entry of all American citizens on thA nl mnrti. tion that thpv noo fW !nt0rr.,i laws nf thA Fimniro This fitnni0nn - "i v a wwy uiu ci.vu.lv is reproduced in all treaties with l other powers. Therefore, there has been no question of infringement oil treatv. hut notnaUv n-no nf mndi-1 fication of th intprnal statute which can be done only by legisla- uve means I Further, it is armiPd. if a mssnnrt statute had been originally enacted or if the mipstirm of rassnnrts wprs M merelv one of relations between the United States and Russia this ques- tion might be a matter for diplomat- ic negotiations. But the Russian statutes having reference to the Jews do not concern American Jewsalone. 0 II 'I but all foreign Jews. A concision to the United States would mean a con- cession to all, other countries hav- ing Jewish subjects. Russia, say the officials has no wish for a barsam land they ask "what can America I conceded to Russia for -th abolition In responsible quarters the opinion j is expressed that the political situa- I tion in Russia proper is not -favorable to the realization of Jewish nopes. It is likely that i-remier Kokovsol personally sees no harm in conces- sions to foreign Jews and a milder policy at home with respect to the race, but other elements in the Rus sian government are differently dis- posed. I pire, which have solid majorities against any weakening of Russia's attitude. Indeed, Russia, herself face legislative elections which will be held in 1913 and the dominant v bat- tie cry is one of nationalism. In parliamentary circles here the I prevailing comment is characterized I by astonishment that the American j government has responded so readily io tne Jtswisu uuicry. iub uijuuvju I is expressed by members of the I Douma that in all probability the I Jews will not attempt to force mat - ters further. '' I American business men in St. Petersburg and Moscow have been following the situation with great mlFireman Henry Angel, was Killed ana I terest and depression prevails among Lthem at the prospect of the loss ol j the market at a time when it was opening most favorably. Testifies to Corruption. Washington, Dec. 21 The Senate committee which is investigating the election of Senator Lorimer adjourn- n moat oaoin nrx ToTmorv s whpn I Mr. Lorimer wiH take' the witness rhair and testitv in his own defense fnr fVi o fi ret tim linrtpr nnth. Tt is nriKKii-ilo that nn nthpr witnesses will hp rniiPd - Leslie J. Taylor of Taylorsville, 111, told the committee today of an alleeed conversation he had in 1909 with D. D. Brownback, a Republi- Valley is off 1-2. Steel common gain-mam-hor nf tho TiUnnia TpjHsia- ed 1-8. The curb is irregular and ture, who voted for Lorimer. Brown- back has told the committee that he did not know Taylor and had never SDoken to him. Taylor the committee that Brownback told him he was ashamed to sav how much money he had spent to be elected to the Leg- islature "and that he intended to ffPt it hack." "He told me that I would oee that when a Senator was elected he (Brownback) had voted for Toe right man and that he would get his." Brownback is now in . business . in East St. Louis, 111., and swore before the committee last week that he j would not know Taylor if he saw! him. , . The committee will recall Brown- back to confront Taylor, whose - testi Imony caused something of a sensa tion. . . MUSTER WILL GO RUSSIA NOTIFIES PERSIA THAT HER TROOPS WILL ENTER JEHEREN UNLESS AMERICAN IS EXPELLED Teheran. Dec. 21. Th first fio-hfv lnS over Shuster is reDorted fmm - - - - oxcix uuusutuuonailSl e engagea in a battle with the Kussian Cossacks. St. Petersbulu-. Dec. 21.-Notice has been served on the Persian eovem. t that tho aa.ance of the Rus- army on Teheran will begin to- rrY unlf s. Persia accepts Kussiaa P.ltlmatum - is understood that the National Council will agree to 1st Sinister go. W. Morgan Shuster, the American wn 18 a cause for war between Rus T -i " ia LU lcuere" -T icwuuueuuauon oi tr.e ident Taft as a regenerator of Per sian finances. Mr. Shuster is 34 years J " MtDireuvg Ji similar work under the United p?.,.8 government in Cuba and the 7ippJ?ef, chief trouble in Persia appears to nave arisen from nis conviction x cloia AO muepeuuem iiauou. irrespective of the convention of 1907 between England and Russia, where- t , , , , . J cw6mifu iuai mo otuui uau a bimt;re OI mnuence in Persia. , . uUlOfs. WOKK. FOR TREATY. Con9ress Adjourns for the Holidays vvubiwg ratified the President's notification of thG termination of the Russian - ieaiy ui xoos ana cent me measuio to tne President for his signature. The House disposed of it according program witnin to minutes, Speaker Clark signed it ct 2:5G p. m- Vlce .f resident bnerman signed " at ":o1 yesterday alter the ben- , , - . , atc caa remained in session purpose- lY to permit him under the rules, to affix, his signature .while it. was In session.- Congress adjourned today for the holidays. TENNESSEE'S GOVERNOR WILL SPEND A DAY AND NIGHT IN PRISON AND IN THE GARB OF A CONVICT IN ORDER TO GET INFORMATION UPON WHiCH TO BASE CHRISTMAS PARDONS. I itentiary today to get local color on which to base the usual parjlona for Christmas. He will observe all the prison regulations as though a convict and be "rel-eased" tomorrow night, staying as a convict within the walls a day and night. BIG RAILROAD WRECK. 50 Mile an Hour Train Jumps Track on a ourvc rntiiiaii rvmcu emu Engineer Hurt. Somerset, Dec. 21. Running fifty 1 miles an hour a passenger train No. 1, for Cincinnati on the New Or- leans and Texas Pacihc railroad jumped the track at a curve here. i Engineer McEwin was seriously hurt. No passengers were injured. Planning a New Treaty. ' Washington. Dec. 21. President Taft returned early today. At 10.1Y a. m. today signed a joint resolution to congress abrogating the treaty with Russia. Sec. Knox was present, This -final executive act swept away a crisis. An eltort to iorm a new treaty is now in order. STOCKS. New York, Dec. 21. The demand ior Anaconua cupper sent mat tiu. . , x i, up 1-2 point at, the opening of the market. The others are quiet. Lehigh Americans in London are firm. PROVISIONS. Chicago, Dec. 21. Wheat opened Dec. .94 1-2, Corn, Dec. .64. At 2 o'clock Dec. wheat closed at .94 3-8, Dec. corn was 63 1-4. COTTON TODAY. New York, Dec. 21. Jan. opened 8.95, March 9.11, May 9.22, July 9.27, Oct. 9.38, Dec. 9.42. I At 11 : 45,Tan. was 8.93, March 9.07, July 9.24, Oct. 9.34, Dec. 9.39. Liverpool closed a half point up from the opening with Jan.-Feb. 4.94 March-April 4.96 1-2, July-Aug. 5.06 M-2, Dec-Jar 4.94. - Jan. 85.87, Mar. 9.02, May 9.12, July - 19.20, Oct. 9.29,. Dec. 9.31. Spots Wilson market 9c. I 3 ISA IS 1 ii 1 il k r ) " r v ''V.