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EB®6BBPBSSSSB9BCSSSSSSG THE ENTERPRISE Published Weekly. WHIIAMSTON N. O After all. Icebergs are not half as tangeroos as automobiles. The flttle of the lawn mower aew cakes life merry in the suburbs. The male mosquito does not bite *nyone. He sires precedence to the lady. * "Women first" should be the rule In the street cars se well as on the ttners. Much poetry will have to be rewrit ten If the 14-hour clock Is to come Into general use. An Indiana farmer Is planning to low his osts by aeroplane. Wild oats, presumably. No, Belinda. It Is not from econom ies! motives that statesmen strive to *ve the party. A New York tailor says motoring enlarges the chest, but he does not mean the money chest It takes more than a mere court de rision to disturb the steady clicking «f the fsithful gas meter. An American woman piloted the Brst airship across the English chan ts!—the first one by a woman. A Connecticut youth has played the piano continuously for 06 hours, which gives the endurance record to his neighbors. A Chicago woman Is seeking dlvoroe because of her husband's fondness for onions. Sour pigs' feet are, however, Torse still. Charles Frohman, who Is in a po sition to know, would have us believe that tall chorus girls have run short of popularity. A doctor says that card playing Itupefles the mind. Evidently the doc tor neve- sat in a game with two good 9oker playera. A Chicago judge has ruled thst a nan is not competent to help select his wife's gowns. Hooking them Is van's specialty. A man who was once a railroad president Is now a beggar In New Tork. Couldn't hs get a job as a oalace car porter T While the unslnkable shlp_ gets them once in awhile, the revolver that was not loaded adds steadily to the mortuary statistics. An inventor has produced an ap paratus for broiling 700 steaks in six minutes. It is, however, useless un less one can dynamite a bank safe A bird in New York robbed a wom an her feather torn from her hat by the wind. If ever there was a case of retributive justice, this was one. Mil ■ A Chicago cltlsen has been arrested for dancing on the street in s costume consisting of nothing but a hat Chi cago policemen never did care for classic dancing. An Ohio farmer is said to have re covered from an attack of blindness when two of his teeth were extracted, but It probably was the dentist's bill that opened his eyes. An aviator claims that he was forced to descend by an attack of sea gulls, but If he had been a real dyed In the wool nature faker he would have made It flying flsh. The spring robin Is shot down south and frozen to death up north. His life is short and full of trouble. The cotton manufacturers still cling to the Idea exemplified in that sugges tion of boosting the market by getting Chinese to lengthen their shirts. Now they want women to widen their slrirts. The Englishman who had a walking •tick made of the love letters he had reoelvwl during his courtßhlp possibly would be peeved if the young woman borrowed It and wore it out over his shoulders. A New York court holds that a man with an Income of 1160,000 a year la not in affluent circumstancee. At the same time, he is able to buy a square meal occaalonally, and hand the waiter a modest tip. A New Jersey woman got a verdict /rom a sympathetic jury against an ungallant man who called her "an old maid." It is necessary to Impress the fact that old maids in these feminist times are as extinct as the dodo. The tailor who has discovered that automoblllng enlarges the chest evi dently forgot to measure the head. The reason why a ship la called "she" appears to be becauae the ship la always alleged to be "the last word la naval construction" and never turns out to be. A New York couple waited eight years before they were joined la the holy and everlasting bonds of wed lock Plenty of time to think abort the fatal step. - FEARS OF CUBA PEDBT TAFT PRESIDENT WIRES GOMEZ THAT U. 8. DOES NOT WANT TO INTERVENE. PEOPLE OF CUBA PLEASED Mobolizing of Warships is a Precau tionary Measure and Does Not Mean Intervention, Washington.—President Taft re plied to President Qomez' telegram regarding the attitude of the United States toward Cuba, He declared the American government's activities in mobilizing war vessels at Key West and dispatching the Prairie with ma rines to Quantanamo was not In any sense an intervention move. The following is the text of the message; "I am sincerely gratified to learn of your government's energetic meas ures to put down disturbance and to know that you are confident of being successful. As was fully explained to the Cuban charge d'affaires here, this government's motive in sending ships to Key West, just as sending the Prairie to the Quantanamo naval sta tion, was merely to be able to act promptly in case it should unfortun ately become necessary to protect American life and property by ren dering moral support or assistance to the Cuban government. As was made quite clear at the time these ordinary measures of precaution were entirely disassociated from any ques tion of intervention. "WILLIAM H. TAFT." The state department emphatically declared that the present Cuban sit uation In no sense made intervention necessary. No American troops, oth er than the marines already on their way to the island, were expected to be ordered out, it waß stated. It was shown that the fund available for the transportation of troops has run low, with the approach of the end of the fiscal year, and any attempt to move troops from posts In this country to Cuba would be costly. Havana.—The receipt of President Taft's message declaring that the na val concentration at Key West and the dispatch of gunboats to Cuban waters were merely precautionary and In no way Indicative of Intention to Intervene, was a source of much grat ification to the Cuban government The Impression is general that the removal of the fear of Intervention will greatly strengthen popular sup port of the government. President Gomez, repulylng to Pres ident Taft, Bays: "I am exceedingly grateful for your cablegram, which 1b appeasing to Cu ban patriotism, because of the assur > ance that the action of the govern ment, tinder your worthy presidency, Is limited to the observance of events, In order to be ready should It be nec essary to protect the lives and prop erty of American citizens, and moral ly to support the Cuban government without having to land American forc es on our territory, unless both gov-1 ernments agree upon such an ex-! treine necessity." DISTRESS~FOLLOWS~ FLOOD Louisiana Flood Refugees Clamor for Food and Need Medicines. New Orleans. —Stories of dire die • tress among 1,400 flood refugees In 1 the vicinity of Jena. la., In I>aSalle, , parish, were received here by Dr. Os-1 j car Dowllng, president of the Louis i iana stato board of health, In a let-' I ter from l)r. Newhauser Mayer, spe- i clal Inspector of the board, who is in charge of the medical and sanitary ' work among the refugees In the i I Black river section. Doctor Newhauser said he had just completed a trip of 25 miles up Black ; river and that some 1,400 refugees . ! were clamoring for food and are in ; need of medicines, ■ i Doctor Newhauser states that acat ■ j tered about in the swamps within a I radius of nine miles of Jena there j were 950 negroes and 450 white peo i ] pie, among whom 120 tents had been I | distributed. Most of the refugees, ' I however, had built themselves wood i ; en huts, but the sanitary conditions I | were reported bad. I Permanent Home for Maine Pennant. • | Chicago, 111. —The pennant of the 1 I battleship Maine has a permanent 1 | home in Memorial hall here. It was 1 presented with appropriate cereroo ' nies to the Grand Army Hall Memo rial association by the United Span ish War Veterans. The latter organ ' ization received It from George C. 1 j Mages, who came Into possession of ' | the pennant soon after the Maine ' was blown up. Mr. Mages was in ' ' Florida at the time and was given the pennant by a sailor after he had rescued it. t ( Brazil Resents Coffee Trust Suit. New York.—The recent visit of Sec retary of State Knox to ten of the Caribbean republics on a mission of ' fraternal greetings from this country wis pleasantly recognized by the 1 Pan-American, Society at Ita interna tional banquet here. The Brazilian ambassador was greeted with cheers, but startled the assemblage with a ' strong protest at the action of the j United States government In recently seising nearly a million bags of cof fee belonging to the so-called Brazil ian coffee truat REP. A. P. GARDNER. ■ i ■ VtM " C«ngrM*m«n Gardner of Masaaohu aets, Mho vainly challenged Colonel Roosevelt to a polltloal debate, la a •orvln-law of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Formarly ha waa a warm ad mirer of Roosevelt. NORSE NAY LIVE YEARS FORMER ICE KINQ BAYB HIS TRIP TO EUROPE BENEFITED HIM GREATLY. Bankar Moraa'a Health Improved Vary Rapidly Aftar Hia Release From Penitentiary. New York.—Charles W. Morae and Mrs. Morse, who sailed for Europe February 14, shortly after Morae'a sentence In the Atlanta penitentiary was commuted by President Taft, re turned. Mr. Morse talked freely with the newspaper men. As to whether he Intended to return to the busi ness world, he said that would de pend on how his health keeps up. The former banker declared he gained a great deal by his reat In Europe, and his looks confirmed bia statement, lie spent the latter (our weeks of his trip at Wiesbaden, tak ing the baths. A physician there told him that, with careful attention to hla diet, he would live "quite a while." "He did not say what 'quite a while' meant," said Mr. Morse. "It might mean years, or it might mean montha, I do not know. I have only tried to get well while I have been in Europe. I have paid no attention In the busi ness of course. Now I can walk about easily without a cane and I feel great ly benefited by the sojourn In Eu rope." When he was told that the citizens of his native town, Bath, Maine, had {planned a demonstration of-Welcome for him, he expressed pleasure, but | said that he had made no plans to go there soon. Morse walked down the steamer's {gangplank briskly, but with a limp, leaning on his wife's arm. The couple : took a taxlcab to their residence CARING FOR FLOOD VICTIMS United States Government la Feeding Homelesa People Dally. New Orleana.—With the Mississippi I river and tributaries steadily falling and no further disastrous crevasses |ln the levees anticipated. Interest In the devastating flood that swept mil (lions of acres of Louisiana's lowlands jand stretches of fertile field* In Mis sissippi and otuheastern Arkansas, mow centers in the gigantic task of ; caring for the tens of thousands of 1 people who have been made homeless. I More than $1,000,000 in cash and a j still larger amount In clothing and ■ supplies have been devoted to the 1 refugees and there is almost 1500,000 i In sight for their urgent needs. From some sections of the flooded ■ districts have come stories of dls i tressing conditions, but the United > States army relief corps and local re • lief committees have been prompt In i every Intsance In dispatching food . and medical supplies, and the various • refugee camps are declared to be In i fair to good condition. Only a few deaths have occurred. She Says: "No Vote, No Tax/" Chicago.—Miss Relle Squire, presi dent of the "No Vote, No Tax League," refused to fill out a personal property tax schedule. Instead, Bhe wrote this letter In a blank space and mailed It to the assessors: "Gentle men: Just so long as the county of Cook hands me a tax schedule on the ground that I am a citizen of Illinois and must pay my share of the com mon expenses, and then refuses me a ballot on the ground that I am a worn -1 an, just so long will I refuse to be volluntarlly on your lists." Dies Afraid of Roosevelt. Washington.—ln one of the most ® remarkable speeches of the present f session of congress. Representative r Dies of Texas. Democrat, assailed for > mer President Roosevelt In bitter ' terms and referred in almost as bit -1 ter fashion to the leaders of hit own '• party, including Speaker Clark and • Governor Wilson. Mr. Dies foresaw 8 the crumbling of the republic, the f eventual rule of the mob and assign ed as the causes the growth of dema l- roguery and Influx of ignorant lmmi M grants from southern Europe, BATTLESHIPS SENT | TO CUBAN WATERS ARMORED CRUISER WASHINGTON AND 4 BATTLESHIPS LEAVE N. Y. FOR KEY WEST. MANY MARINES . ON BOARD United States Takes Steps to Stop Rebellion In the Island Republic. New York.—The armored cruiser Washington, flagship of Rear Admi ral Hugo Osterhaus, commander-in chief of the Atlantic fleet, and four battleships of the fourth division sailed south, supposedly tor Key West, on hurry orders, a few hours after arrival In port from Province town, Mass. The battleships follow- i ing the flagships were the Ohio, Mis souri, Mississippi and Minnesota. The gunboat Yankton accompanied the squadron to serve as a dispatch boat. The battleship Delaware of the first division remained in port all day taking aboard her complement of marines and Held equipment, and to gether with the battleship Solace, was expected to sail during the night. Havana.—President Oomez sent a cablegram to President Taft, in which he protests In friendly but firm terms against Intervention by tho United States. "It Is my duty to say that so seri ous a resolution alarms and hurts the feelings of a people who love and are Jealous of their Independ ence," he says. "I appeal to you," be continues, "as a loyal friend of Cuba, respect ing her rights, that you will be con vinced that this government Is cap able of and sufficiently supported by the valor and patriotism of the Cu ban people to deal promptly with a few unfortunate and misguided per sons without reason or flag. "If you understand these condi tions you will perceive that it is not the part of a friendly government to contribute, under such circumstances, to the embarrassment of a govern ment and people such as those of Cuba, placed, it is true, in unfortun ate conditions, but not lacking in pa triotism and courage." Key West, Fla. —The battleship Ne braska arrived off Sand Key, where It was reached by wireless and order ed to Key West, where It was anchor ed In the harbor at sundown. Because of the Nebraska's experience in run ning aground in Southwest Pass, be low New Orleans, recently, Captain Wood hesitated about entering the harbor. There has been great activity around the naval station. The coal hoists have been busy filling barges, and 1.100 tons will be delivered Imme diately to the Nebraska, in addition to other supplies. Captain Wood has been advised that 150 marines, com ing here by special train, will ze em barked on the Nebraska. A large number of volunteers were enlisted by the Cuban consul here for service In Cuba. Republicans Locking for Dark Horse Washington.—Having found the O. O. P. elephant bearing the "T. R." brand, Theodore Roosevelt Is now en deavoring to claim ownership and ride that noted beast into the white house lot. If the Republican national conhnlttee decides against Mr. Roose velt there will be a bolt. If Mr. Taft seems In danger of defeat, there will be another conservative candidate. Of the dark horses Mr. Justice Hughes of New York continues to be the most persistently groomed. Senator Cummins of lowa is another. Negro Lynched In Tennessee. Naehville, Tenn. —Jake Samuels, a negro, charged with criminally as saulting the wife of Walter Ramsey, [ a Robertson country farmer, was tak en from officers by an angry mob of 1 citizens and riddled with bullets. ' Farmer Ramsey left his wife and two 1 small children at home alone at night 1 to go to Orllnda. En route he met 1 the negro Samuels. Knowing that she ' was alone, it Is alleged, the negro ' went direct to her home and assault ed her. Democrats Plan Fight for House. Washington.—No matter what the c result of the presidential election Is 1 next November, the Democratic lead -5 ers of the house believe, the party 1 will be able to retain control of that body if a little hard work Is done. f There are now 230 Democrats, 160 Re- J publicans, one self-styled "Progressive 5 Republican" and one Socialist In the ' house. The leaders believe it will 1 be easy to keep the Republicans from • regaining their lost ground, even If 5 the drift should be the other way next fall. Senate Plana Adjournment 1 Washington.—Longer dally sessions 1 of the senate this week with a view 9 to expediting legislation and speed s Ing adjournment of congress as much r as possible. Republican leaders like Lodge of Masachusetts and Smoot of 1 Utah are trylnr to bring the sessions 1 to* close by the latter part of June. Others cling to the possibility of an adjournment by June 15 which the house Democratic leaders are press ing. wblle many senators say that early adjournment Is not only Imprao h«.m* Knt Bhaiird I MRS. MATTHEW T. SCOTT. ' * BEL* 1 I ; Mrs. Scott Is president general of the Daughters of the American Revo lution. DIXIE SCHOOLS GET $700,000 THE ROCKEFELLER EDUCATION. AL BOARD APPROPRIATES MONEY TO COLLEGEB. $25,000 Goes to Peabody College for Establishment of School of Country Life. New York.—Nearly |1,000,000 was contributed to the cause of educa tion by the general education board founded by John D. Rockefeller, at Its meeting here. Of this sum $700,- 000 was appropriated for distribution among five colleges, the largest con tribution, of $250,000, going to the George Peabody college for teachers of Nashville, Tenn., for the estab- j lishment of the Seaman A. Knapp school of country life. The sum of $210,000 was set aside for demonstration work In agriculture 1 In the Southern states, for professors of secondary education in state uni versities of the South, and to aid the work of Negro education in the South. The demonstration work appropriation Is $133,000. * The miscellaneous appropriations were: For professors of secondary educa tion In the several state universities of the Southern states, $33,100; for supervision of Negro rural schools in Kentucky, North Carolina and Vir ginia, $9,000. To three negro schools—Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Tuskegee In stitute, Tuskegee, Ala., and the Bpel man seminary of Atlanta, Ga.—the sum of $35,000. BLACK REBELUIN SPREADS Nsgro Revolutionist Destroying Valu able Property In Cuba. Havana, Cuba. —Reports received from Orlente province and emanating from other than governmental sources leav« no room for doubt that the In surrectionary movement in the east ern end of the island, the main thea ter of the insurgents, is growing at alarming rapidity. The government professes Ignor rance of the destruction by Insurgents 1 of the railways between San Luis and j Guantanamo and the latter place and | Boqueron, on Guantanamo bay. It also says nothing Is known of the wires on these roads having been cut, but admits there is some Interruption In telegraphic communication. It is Impossible to communicate with the I American naval station at Guantana mo from Havana. > I To Prevent Waste In Shipping Cotton. Washington.—An effort to organize ' cotton growers in the South to rem edy the present wasteful conditions and marketing of cotton has been be gun by the bureau of manufacturers, according to a report issued. Com ; mercial Agent John M. Carson has been assigned to visit the principal points for the concentration of cotton In the South and confer with the men engaged in authority with a view to ascertaining whether a plan for the j more economical preparation of cot ton for the market could be devised. Batting on Presidentlsl Race. II New York. —Prospects of a thrilling 11 race, a wide latitude In betting, and • ! promise of the best "field" that has ' been entered in a "presidential han : ' dicap" for many years, have finally . awakened New York's betting spirit, - and It Is reported that money la be > Ing freely offered In wagers as to » whether Taft or Roosevelt or n dark I horse will gain the Republican noml i nation. Another betting chance la the t contest on the Democratic side, with r the finals between the two parties as a climax. Commission Vacatss Freight Order, i Washington —Orders Issued by the r Interstate commerce commission sus ■ pending advances 1n claas freight i rate* from New Orleans to Mobile, , Selma and Prattvllle, Ala., and Pen f sacola. Fla.. were vacateu by the com i mission. This action is taken not be i. L cause the commission doubts that It i had authority to enter the ordern, but » because it wishes to avoid compll b eating the questions involved In the t case of the Louisville and Nashville ► Railroad company against the ooramie i£ slon. -mSi's J' ■ 5m9 UTAH'S DEAD , CAPTAIN BLAMED SENATOR SMITH HOLDB HIM RE SPONSIBLE FOR THE APPALL ING DISASTER. A GOLD MEDAL FOR ROSTRON A Bill Was Introduced In the Senate Requiring Every Sea-Going Vessel to Be Properly Equipped —Must Have Sufficient Life Boate. Washington—The formal thanka of Congress to the steamer Carpathia'a officers and crew for the reacue of the Titanic survivors were expressed In a joint reaolutlon paaaed by the Senate. The Houae will take prompt action. Tbe reaolutlon Is the first of three measures Introduced by Senator Smith of Michigan, following his speech in the Senate and the presentation of bis report on the investigation of the Titanic diaaster. The resolution dl recta the President "to cause to be made and expressed to Captain Roe tron of the Carpathia, s suitable gold medal appropriately Inscribed, which shall express the high estimation in which Congress holds the service of this officer, to whose promptness and vlgilence waa due the rescue of 374 woman and children and 330 men." Two other measures were introduc ed and referred to the commerce com mittee. One was a bill requiring that every steel ocean or coastwise sea going steam vessel and every steel steam vessel navigating the great northern and northwestern lakes, carrying 100 or more passengers, must have "a water-tight skin on board from the forward collision bulkhead over not less than two-thirds of the length of the vessels and the bulk heads so spaced that any two adjacent compartments may be flooded without destroying the floatabllity or stability of the vessel." Blame for the disaster is charger able directly to the failure of the dead Captain Smith to heed repeated warn ings of Icebergs ahead, but responsib ility for unnecessary loss of life must be shared by Captain Lord of the steamship Callfornlan, through his disregard of distress signals. This is the finding of the Benate committee which Investigated the sinking of the Titanic, as prepared In a comprehen sive speech delivered by William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the committee. Tornado Bw*eps Through Oklahoma. Tulsa, Okla. —Seven persons were killed, three were probably fatally In jured and a score or more were leas seriously hurt when a tornado swept through the village of Sklatook, 18 miles northwest of Tulsa, and the neighboring farming lands and oil fields. The property loss Is estimated at 176,000. Wire communication waa Beveled and the extent of the storm was not known until messengers ar rived here. Lives Lost In Moving Picture Show Castellon de La Palma, Spain.— The cinematographic explosion which caused the death of 80 persons in a moving picture theatre In the little city of Villa Real, was even more ter rible than at first reported. The tbea» tre was completely burned out and very few of the audlance escaped with out injury from fire or from crushing in the panic, A large number of the injured are dying. Virtually every family In the vicinity is affected by the 80 deatha. Developments In Labor Situation. Los Angeles, Cal. —Deportation of two alleged members of the Industrial Workers of the World; the departure for San Diego of about 200 men, all said to be Industrial workers and the arrival here of Joseph Meyers, of the San Diege police force, bringing sev eral bombs said to have been prepar ed as part of a plan to destroy tbe lives of officals of San Diego, are the latest developments In the Indus trial Workers of the World situation In Los Angeles. ' Advertisers Wind Up Convention. Dallas, Texas. —Returning here from their 1,000 mile swing through the center of Texas, members of the As sociated Advertising Clubs of Amer ica wound up their annual convention. From here they departed for their homes throughout the United States and Canada. In the state tour the Atlanta delegation had a huge banner bearing the words "Atlanta always ahead" fastened to the front of the locomotive drawing the first of the four special trains In which the Dour was taken. Blus and Gray Plan Joint Reunion. Washington.—Civil war veterans representing nearly every state In the union are gathered In Washington to discuss plans for the blue and gray celebration of . the fiftieth anniver sary of the battle of Gettysburg and to mge upon congress the passage of the proposed peace jubilee bill. The ' veterans are here as guests of the ; Pennsylvania Gettysburg commission. ' If the plans materialize 40,000 old sol diers will meet on Gettysburg field 1 next year to "rsfight" the bloody epoch ' making battle of 111).