THE ENTERPRISE
NMMmi) Weofclyl
WILLI AIiSTON, H. C.
{ Huktt your horse! TUi to the
Mm of much thoughtless cruelty to
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i Tto tot—t Chinese puuta to to pro-
Wmnoe tbe uom of Lb* members of
fihe Clilßm cabinet
Another our *W to break Into
prtat just now to to announce tbo dls
■OW7 of ths first robin.
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! It to nnNtod that Fob. 39 be mad*
• legal holiday. Tbo plan baa tbo
hearty rapport of ovary schoolboy la
Aaserica.
Forgers mulcted banka of America
mt fifteen nllUoa during the paat year,
■ad yet some people aay forgery la
Mt a Success.
A food expert advisee ua to substl
tate rice for potatoea. but there
would be DO fun In throwing rioe at
the Irish players.
Dp to date nobody has attempted to
aompile a list of tbe SO greatest weath
er men. Tbe reason Is simple—there
aint DO such thing
We sre told of an animal trainer
who has taugbt turtlea to do trtcka,
bat we never have beard of anybody
training a mock turtle.
Hetty Oreen's eon received more
than 2,000 marriage proposals last
year. We shudder to think of bis
trials during lesp year.
An Oregon man who killed 176 rat-
Oesnakes In one day claims to hold
tbe rattlesnske record. We are will
tag to let blm cling to If f
Treasury officials report that there
to a khortage of |1 bills. Just as If
;''t»e didn't know It without a report
from the treasury officials.
One of our contemporaries advises
•a to let the weather alone, but we
erofld be far more pleased If the
weather would let us alone.
Texas wssherwoman haa been be
toeathed 1100,000 by one of her cll
eata. It Is safe to bet that sbe never
pat too much starch' In bla shirts.
The asbestos shingle to said to be
growing rapidly in popularity—especi
ally with small boys who know tbo
warming qualities of the wooden kind.
Maine farmer claims that he has a
Aock which has laid three eggs a day
tar tbe last six months. If anybody
deserves a Carnegie medal, that duck
does
Michigan professor has Invented a
new alphabet with seventeen letters.
Much to the Jubilation of actors and
statesmen, he has retained the capi
tal I. ■
St Louis has a hale and hearty cltl
aen of 80 who claims be never has
consulted a physician. Nevertheless,
tbe undertaker will nail bim at tbe
finish.
Pennsylvania girl, we are told, has
Bade two leap year proposals and has
been refused both times, in her case
this Is not what might be called a
happy new year.
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A highbrow tells us thst most
great men have blue eyes. We are
willing to risk a few shekels on the
theory that this particular highbrow
has eyes of bonny blue.
Professor linker of Harvard advises
theater-goers to hiss what they do
not like If the professor's suggestion
waa carried o(it some of our plays
would be one long hiss.
Tyrus Cobb tells us that the stage
la a snare and a delusion. Ty's tem
per has been aoureJ by the fact that
ho has acquired a batting average of
JSOS in tbe theatrical league.
A Taooma woman haa the dlstino
ttao of being tbe first woman to serve
on a Jury with her husband. Possibly,
also, she has the distinction of being
the first Juror to cast two votes.
> Don't worry about the high price of
potatoes. A pound o rice, which coats
ten cents at retail, contains as much
nourishment as several pecks of pota
toea. and tbe supply of rice to ample.
The man who Insists that be still
taket a perfectly cold bath every
morning is clearly entitled to a Car
negie medal. He is taking the risk of
being considered either Inssne or a
prize liar.
Another year of tight aklrts Is not
calculated to make the textile manu
facturers any happier. Isn't It about
time for some of them to auggest gov
ernment regulation of tbe fashions so
the mills can be kept busy?
Fashionable Pittsburg women are
waflering from a new disease known
!aa "dog mouth" as a result of kissing
•poodles. It behooves tbe Humane so
ciety to do something for the protec
tion of defenseless poodles.
The Wright brothers claim to hsve
Invented a foolproof aeroplane. But
•the claim to so great and so fraught
with brilliant possibilities that the
jpnbllc will be half afraid* to believe
•that anything slnoo.the days of Solo
pnon has been able to circumvent the
Cool sp^V'
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REFERENDUM MID
INITIATIVE UPHELD
FAR-REACH INO DECISION IS REN
DERED BY HIQH TRIBUNAL
OF % HE UNITED STATES.
MANY STATES AFFECTED
luprsms Court Has No Authority to
Object to Initiative and Refer
endum Government.
Washington.—Only congress, and
not the Supreme court, of the United
States, may object to the initiative
and referendum method of legisla
tion in the statjs, so tbe court Itself
decided.
That tribunal held that the ques
tion In the states, so the court itself
tained a republican form of govern
ment, guaranteed by the Federal con
stitution, after it adopteM the inltlt
tlve and referendum method, was a
political problem for congress and
not a Judicial one for tbe courts.
The decision was baaed on the
claim of tbe Patiflc States Telephone
and Telegraph company that a tax
upon it, Imposed by tbe initiative and
referendum method in Oregon, was
unconstitutional.
The initiative and referendum pro
visions of Missouri, California, Ar
kansas, Colorado, South Dakota,
Utah, Montana, Oklahoma, Maine and
Arizona hung in the balance. An ad
verse decision would have affected
proposed legislation of that charac
ter In many other states.
Chief Justice White announced the
decision of tbe court. None of the
Justices dissented. The chief Justice
said that "a singular misapprehen
sion" had existed on both aldea of
the case, but that the "mists and con
fusion" were dispelled by the decision
of Chief Justice Taney years ago, in
which he disposed of the Dorr's re
bellion question. That was the case
of Luther vs. Borden, he said, and
decided that tbe enforcement of the
guaranty of a republican form of gov
ernment to the states belonged to- the
political department of the govern
ment and came up for instance on
the admission of senators and mem
bers of the house to their respective
bodies. The chief Justice called at
tention to Chief Justice following Lu
ther VH. Borden in the controversy
over the Kentucky government In
the case of Taylor vs. Backham.
TAFT PITNEY
New Jersey Msn Succeeds Hsrlan on
Bupreme Court Bench.
Washington.—President Taft sent
to the senate the nomination of Chan
cellor Mah lon Pitney of New Jersey
to be an associate Justice of the Unit
ed States Supreme court. He also
nominated Julius M. Mayer of New
Kork City to be Judge of the United
States district court for southern
New York. Mr. Taft does not antic
ipate any opposition to the nomina
tion of Chancellor Pitney In the Ben
ate. Chancellor Pitney long httß been
a prominent figure in New Jersey.
In casting about for a successor to
Justice Harlan. Mr. Taft first looked
by the Mississippi river. At one time
it seemed certain that he would name
Judge William C. Hookb of the United
States circuit court; and again it
seemed that Secretary Charles Ngael
of the department of commerce and
labor would be the president's choice.
There waa a protest against Judge
Hook because of his decisions in two
Oklahoma cases, one Involving the 2-
cent car fare law and the bther the
"Jim crow" car law. The latter case.
In which Judge Hoon decided in favor
of the railroads and against the con
tention of the negroes affected, is
said to have been the final cause of
tbe president's turning from the Kan
sas jurist.
When Chancellor Pitney shall have
been confirmed by the senate, and
has taken his place on the Supreme
court, President Taft will have had
the extraordinary experience of hav
ing constituted a majority of tbe
highest tribunal in the land—a bench
on which it had been his most exalt
ed ambition to serve as Chief Jus
tice. /
Burned Bodies of His Victims.
Rutherfordton, N. C. —Authorities
here were notified of the arrest of
Will McEntlre at Tampa. Fla., want
ed here for the alleged murder of
three men in 1905. According to the
Indictment returned by the grand
Jury at the last term of court, Mc-
Tntlre, who was for years proprietor
of a distillery In the county, killed
and robbed the men, afterwards cre
mating the bodies in the furnace of
his plant. According to the evidence
submitted, the murders were for the
purpose of robbery.
Mob Shoots Three Negroes.
Nashville, Tenn. —Armed with clubs
and revolvers, a mob of eighteen or
twenty men, all of them said to be
citizens of Nashville and employees
of the Nashville, .Chattanooga and St
Louis railway, shot and killed Watt
Greer, dangerously wounded Dave
Neal and badly beat up Green Bo
mar at Shelbyvllle, Tenn. The vic
tims are the negroes charged with
the murder of S«W. Everson. special
officer of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St Louis railway, w&lch occurred
aear Bell buckle, February 10.
PHILANDER CHASE KNOX
Secretary of Stste.
NEW PRESIDENT OF CHINA
DR. SUN YAT SEN RESIGNS AND
CHINESE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
ELECTS THE EX-PREMIER.
Retiring President and Present Cabi
net Will Hold Office Until New Pres
ident and Cabinet Take Oath.
Nanking, China. —The national as
sembly unanimously elected Yuan Bhi
Kal president of the republic and
then decided that the provisional cap
ital shall be Nanking.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's resignation of
the presidency of the Chinese repub-
CHINA'S BECOND PRESIDENT.
Em
YUAN SHI KAI.
lie was accepted by the national as
sembly on condition that both he and
the present cabinet hold office until
the new president and cabinet take
over their duties.
Arizona Now a State.
Phoenix, Ariz.—Promising the new
state a "golden rule" administration,
George W. P. Huni was Inaugurated
as governor of Arizona. Accompanied
by a number of newly elected state of
ficials and a few close frienda, Gov
ernor Hunt, who began life in Ari
zona twenty-five years ago aa waiter
in a small mining camp restaurant,
walked to the capltol, about a mile
from the center of that city, where
tlje ceremonies took place. Governor
Hunt Is a Mlsourian, and 60 years
old.
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Mississippi Mob Lynches Negro.
Starkville. Miss.—Mann Hamilton
a negro, identified by Mrs. John Bell
as the man who attacked her at her
home near Starkville, and after club
bing heir about the head with an Iron
bar. threw her into a well, waa hang
ed by a mob near Starkville. Mrs.
Bell la probably fatally wounded. She
was found in the well, which contain
ed only several feet of water, by her
son when he returned
from school. Posess were Immedi
ately organized and Hamilton waa
captured and lynched.
[ ADVERTISING 13 ADVOCATED
Southern Ad Men'a Clubs Held Their
l Annual Meeting In
Atlanta.
Atlanta.—Patriotism was the key.
note struck by the Southeaatern Di
vision of the Ad Men'a Club of Amer
ica at lta session in Atlanta. About
two hundred men, interested in pub
licity, from the Rio Grande to the
* Atlantic coast assembled for the
I meeting. They did not talk about
I themselves. They talked about what
they had done, might do and would
do for their partclular city and soc
( tlon and gave their fellowa the ben
efit of their advice.
Thomas E. Basbam of Louisville,
Ky., declared that every city In the
South should appropriate a fund for
advertising Itself and lta reaourcea.
He held that every city in the South
ia worthy ot advertising. Throughout
the entire program the note re
pounded.
The Alabama delegation was par
ticularly noticeable. They came with
I two-fold purpose. Birmingham and
Montgomery each sent big represen
tations. Each of them wore a but
ton, which announced that they were
for Oscar Underwood for president,
AINSWORTH IS RETIRED
Adjutant-General of the Army Dis
missed—Escapes Courtmartlal.
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♦ Washington.—Adj. Gen. Fred ♦
♦ C. Atnswortb, who was relieved ♦
♦ of his office on charges assumed ♦
♦ to be those of conduct prejudl- +
♦ cial to good order and dlsclp- *
♦ line, was placed on the retired •
♦ list on his own application. This *
+ avoids a courtmartlal. 4
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Washington.—MaJ. Gen. Fred C."
Alnaworth, adjutant general of the
army, was stripped of his office by
order of President Taft, and will ap
pear before a courtmartlal on charges
said to embrace conduct prejudicial
to good order and discipline and in
subordination. His relief from duty
waa brought about in a letter to him
from the secretary of war, which bris
tled with sharp criticism.
General Alnaworth's removal ia con
sidered to be the outcome of many
yeara of struggle for control between
the line and the staff of the army.
Suapenslon of General Alnaworth.
the first that ever has occurred In
l the office of the adjutant general,
> caused a profound sensation in army
and congreaaional circles.
Aged Millionaire Weds Georgia Mlsa.
New T(ork. —Edward B. Alsop, 75
, yeara old, a wealthy retired Plttaburg
I steel manufacturer, and Mlaa Effle
I Pope Hill, 19 yeara old, of Waahing
ton, Ga., were married here in Trin
ity church, with the brldqgroom'a two
grown sons, Harold and Edward Al
sop, students at Harvard, aa witness
es. The wedding waa originally to
have been on March IS, but the young
bride herself decided to hasten the
ceremony. Mr. Alaop met Mlaa Hill
In Waahlngton, D. C., about two yeara
•go
Dying Man Baya He Slew Goebel.
Helena, Ark.—That hs murdered
Got. William Goebel of Kentucky, In
cold blood at Frankfort, In January,
1900, waa the dying declaration ot
James Gilbert, ex-feudlat of Breathitt
county, Kentucky, who was fatally
wounded In a pistol fight with a bar
tender here.
Loytisvllle, Ky.—The name of Jamea
Gilbert did not appear In the proceed
ings of the Qoebsl trial, and persona
who were in close touch with the
Frankfort tragedy were not Increas
ed with the Gilbert confession.
COLOMBIA INSULTS
THE UNITED STATES
•OUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC RE
FUSEE TO RECEIVE SECRE
TARY OF STATE KNOX.
ADMINISTRATION IS STIRRED
Racall of tha Colombian Mlnlatar and
Termination of Diplomatic Re
latlona Expected.
Washington.—A grave dtplotmatlc
altuatlon between the United States
and Colombia has been precipitated
by the publication of a letted which
Senor Pedro Nel Osplna, the Colom
bian minlater, baa written to Acting
Secretary Huntington Wllaon of * the
state department, suggeetlng that It
might be "inopportune" for Secretary
Knox to visit Colombia during hla
projected tour of Central America.
The Colombian minlater, first draw
ing attention to the fact that the
views are hla own, and not officially
those of his government, aeriouaiy
crlticlaea the United Statea for not
aubmlttlng to arbitration the differ
encea with Colombia growing out of
thia government's acquisition of the
Panama canal zone.
Inasmuch as the letter, admittedly,
la the personal expression of the min
ister, written without having com
municated with hla government, It
was received at the atate department
In the nature of a personal insult to
this government.
No action has been taken and no
I official would comment on It, but the
Incident la known to have atlrred of
ficial of the United Btatea to auch
an extent that the recall of the Co
lombian minister la expected as a
matter of course. At present, how
ever, the United Btstes la disposed
• to wait until Senor Oaplna receiver
- the Instructions he haa aaked for.
In diplomatic circles It was believ
■ ed thkt Colombia, smarting under
eight years of ineffectual attempta to
1 secure arbitration of the canal rone
1 differences, would confirm the unof
ficial views of her accredited repre
sentative.
A more profound sensation is look
ed for, and it Is believed that a ter
mination of diplomatic relations be
tween thla country and Colombia is
la prospect.
PINCHOT FOR ROOSEVELT
Former Forester Will No Longer Sup
port Senator LaFollette.
Washington.—Gilford Plnchot, In a
signed statement, announces that he
has withdrawn hlB support from Sen
ator LaFollette's presidential candi
dacy, and that he will hereafter ad
vocate the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Mr. Pinchot declares that the
events of the last month have made
It apparent that Senator LaFollette's
candidacy will neither hold the Pro
gressive Republicans together as a
fighting force, nor prevent the nomi
nation of "a reactionary Rspftbllcan."
"The course which the senator has
selected to pursue," says Mr. Tinchot,
"will not keep the Progressives to
gether, and in that course I cannot
follow him."
Chicago. Prominent Democrats
from all parts of Chicago thronged
at the Hotel Sherman, where the
headquarters of Speaker Champ
Clark's presidential campaign have
been opened. It has been the liveli
est presidential headquarters that
have been opened in Chicago.
Washington.—Lieutenant Governor
Nichols of Ohio, who haa been having
conferences in the intereat of Gover
nor Harmon's presidential candidacy
with Democratic political leaders In
the East and South, left for Colum
bus. A atatembent at national head
quarters aays he will report the de
tails of bis Eastern trip to Qovernor
Harmon.
Eufaula, Ala.—The Barbour County
Underwood club now baa over one
thoußand members. This was the
atatemeot made by C. 8. McDowell,
president of the club. The different
vice presidents throughout the ooun
ty have been circulating membership
Ustfl in every beat and these have
been readily signed by the voters.
' Madero Would Mux*ls Press.
Mexico City —Believing that all the
• lnßurrectlona against the government
I are largely » result of the publlca
. tlon of sensational news, Preaident
Madero and his cabinet have appeal
i ed to the permanent commission In
. congress to suspend that article of
. the constitution providing for a free
> press and have been given a negative
; reply. The commission was aaked
i also to authorise the extension of the
I tone in which the suspension of per
i sonal guarantees are operative. This,
too, was refused.
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Plot to Btea I *500,000.
I New York. —Former State Senator
i Frank J. Gardner of race track leg
, lslatlon fame, WBB aressetde and
r locked np, charged with conspiracy to
t gain control of the half-mllllon dol
r lar estate of Samuel E. Haalett, an
- aged recluse, through a power of at
torney which Haslett is alleged to
i have repudiated. Gardner, who, a
• year ago, was acquitted of a charge
i of attempting to bribe State Senator
i Otto G. Foelker, In connection with
• the anti-race track legislation, plead
ed not entity.
ju JIS .._i£t:.,r
ME MAKING FIGHT
FOR THE CONTIH
INTERSTATE CONGREBS DMCUS
CED THE METH9O OF END
ING THE TREE BLIC T.. j
TO EXTERMINATE DISEASE
Coma Devotees to Conservation ana
Many Commercial Intsrests War*
In Attandanoa—Or. Pearson Stlaet
ad Chairman.
Harrlsburg, Pa. —The. Interstate
Congress called by Pennsylvania tot
a free discussion of the best meaas
of checking the chestnut tree blight
which is destroying millions of dot
lars' worth of valuable trees annually
opened at the State Capitol with as
address by Governor Tener and twe
sessions waa held at which pspen
dealing with all sides of the questtoa
of the control were presented.
The Governor, who called the co»
ference, urged his auditors to adopt
a plan that would suit all the states
and not only prevent further spread
of the disease, but exterminate ft
After more papers of the aspects ol
the situation brought about by the
ravages of the bllghi, propositions fos
joint action will be discussed.
Representatives of the score at
states and a number of association!
devoted to conservation and of com
mercial interests In attendance
Dr. R. A. Pearson, former Secretary
of Agriculture of New York, was so
lected as chairman, and F. W. Bean
ley, Maryland; and 8. B. Detwiier,
Pennsylvania, as secretaries.
Representatives of Connecticut,
Delaware, Maryland, Tennesee, Ohio,
Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virgin
ia, Alabama and other states told o
prospects in their states.
A paper written by Dr. Haven Met
calfe of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, was read, la
which a plea waa made for energetic
action on the ground that the dlsoaae
Is spreading too fast to awajit lon#
drawn out investigation.
Wreck of Pennsylvanis Fast Flyer.
Harris burg, Pa, —The Pennsylvania
special eastbound, the 18 hour flyer
between Chicago and New York on
the Pennsylvania railroad, ran into a
string* of frelghtcara that had been
shifted to the passenger tracks
through an error nine miles from
here. The engine of the special and
the shifting engine handling the
freight cars were demolished and two
firemen were seriously injured. None
of the passengera were hurt although
many received a severe shaking upt
due to the sudden application of th«
brakes.
Plan Bg Reunion At Macon.
Maconj Ga.—Gen. Bennett Young,
commanding the army of Tennessee,
United Confederate Veterans, named
the sponsor, the maid of honor and
the matron of honor for the army
during the coming reunion which ia
to be held at Macon in May. Miss Ro
gina Rambo, of Marietta, Ga., is nam
ed sponsor for the army. Miss Annlo
Brown, of Lakeland, Fla., is named
as maid of honor. Mrs. George Har
rison, of Opelika, Ala., is named aa
matron of honor.
Work To Prevent Coal Strike.
London.—The meeting of the Uni
ted Kingdom coal owners who haeo
been summoned to London for a con
ference arouses hope that the threat
ened strike, which would Involve near
ly a million men may be averted.
The gathering of the coal ownera In
dicates that they see a possibility at
initiating a peace compromise.
Four Indictments For Rebating.
Chicago—Four indict menu for al
iased rebating were returned by the
federal grand Jury, the defendants be
ing three railroad companies, two
theatrical companies and four Indi
viduals. Excessive payments for
"advertising" in return for the pur
chase of railroad tickets la declared
to be the medium by which tbe al
leged rebating waa accomplished.
May Be After Cash Register Company
Cnclnnati, O.—Rumors that the
special federal grand Jury Is investi
gating the National Cash Register
Company to ascertain If it has violat
ed the Sherman anti-trust law gain
ed ground around the United States
court. Visits of attorneys who rep
resented the company, *" the instroc
tions to the Jury by Judge Holllstor
and the preaence of O. E. Hardlson,
special assistant to Attorney General
Wickersham, have given weight to
the reports. The grand Jury Is ex
pected to finish Its Investigation soon.
B(xteen Btat >s Represented.
Baltimore, Md—Delegates from It
Southern states met here to consid
er problems relating to agricultural
development and immigration for the
South. Delegates were here from
Alabama, Florida, Oeorgia, Kentucky.
Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, Mis
souri, North Carolina, Oklahoma.
South Carolina, Tentetsee, Texaa,
Virginia and West Virginia. More
than' fO railroad and steamship com
panies sent representatives. In some
caeca the presidents of the act
lac to person.
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