THE ENTERPRISE
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Published Weekly.
WILLIAMBTON, NORTH CAROLINA
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The spring bat la In the abop win
dows and some call It the flrat robin.
Some one should invent an alarm
clock that will make a fellow glad to
bear It.
"Girls In Vermont organize to get
husbands," la the exciting report.
Whose?
A Pennsylvania man got smallpox
from a bunch of bank notes. The
filthy lucre!
In Bulgaria bachelors are taxed >IOO
each. There will be a big fall In taxes
after the war.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw remarks
sagely: "The perfect lady Is a pig."
Pigs or prig?
If the Kaiser is really busy promot
ing peace, he should change the angle
of his moustache.
A Boston man wants to make wom
en wear aluminum hats. To make
them light headed?
A college professor has solved the
myatery of the curved ball. Still, It's
a safe bet he can't throw one.
Chicago police captured a forger
because he had sore feet. He must
have been an armless wonder.
The mayor of Boston advises all
young men to "take a chance" on mat
rimony. They do. If the marry.
A Boston aviator proposes to carry
parcel post mall by aeroplane. Better
give him all those bricks to deliver.
A New York lawyer refused to de
fend "such a miserable man." Didn't
the client have enough to pay the fee?
A St. I>OUIB man tickled a horse un
der the chin, and It died laughing.
Handed them the horse laugh, it might
be said.
Eggs laid by a New Zealand lizard
require fourteen months to hatch. No
need for a cold storage plant in New
Zealand.
As a disease, appendltlcitis became
known thirty years ago. Belore that
time people recovered without half
the cost.
Men's hats are much smaller this -
year. Now, to make the reform of
some value, let women follow their
example.
Where would modern medicine and
surgery be without the guinea pig?
And yet nobody hns erected a mouu
ment to him.
New York courts havv, been asked
to place a value of SSOO on a single
bean. ,responsible for a woman's fall.
Many' ball players get beaned for leas
than that suveral times a season.
New York boasts a female dentist
who practices exclusively on Insane
people. Probably so that when she
starts out regularly It will make no
difference how mad her patients get
American war vessels are going tc
search for Icebergs In the line »f trav
el of American passenger vessels next
spring Supposing they find them
who Is going to search for the Amer
ican war vessel?
A New York man, arrested for
theft, made an excuse that he was a
human mouse, a prenatal mark, and
couldn't help It. The excuse might
have gotten by at that If he'd stolen
nothing but cheese.
Christy Mathewson was fined $lO
for driving his auto too fast. It Isn't
often a pitcher is fined for showing
too much speed.
It is announced that the late Prof
Agassiz left an estate of more than
$2,000,000, but he did not make it all
teaching school
French women are having their
faces dimpled. Can the creases be
taken out or will they be filled up
If the fad passes?
Comes a physician who says we
ought to eat the most indigestible
things we can find But all of us
art-n't newly wedded men.
An expert advises salesmen to study
up on elocution. To study on strategy
would be more to the point. Any man
can talk another to death, but all
don't convince
Two Hungarian editors fought wltb
sabers for two hours, and one was cut
on the band His rival evidently took
no chances of allowing him to com*
back wltb tbe pen.
What right has tbe Harlem cigar
maker who supported five wives on
a weekly salary of sl6 to keep his
financial system to himself?
The New York woman who wean
ber watch on her ankle la evidently
obsessed with the determination not
to let time get away from ber.
Seientlsts claim they have found the
skull of tbe missing link. Maybe so,
but mors likely It belongs to some
boneheaded baseball player slain las*
muumer.
CHANGES PLANNED
iii must law
AMENDMENT TO PRESENT LAW
URGED BY COMMITTEE ON IN
TERSTATE COMMERCE.
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TO RECOMMEND COMMISSION
Senste Committee Would Deprive Su
preme Court of Discretionary
Power.
Washington.—Anti-trust legislation
of a radical character Is to be rec
ommended by the senate committee
on interstate commerce In a report.
Amendments to present laws will
be urged to take away from the Su
preme court the "discretionary pow
er" It now exercises in administering
the Sherman law and to define clear
ly forms of Illegal combination, so
business Interests will know when
they violate the law.
The report will be the termination
of the trust Investigation, begun by
the committee in 1911. The decision
of the Supreme court that "only un
reasonable" restraints upon trade are
In violation of the law form Hie basts
for radical suggestions by the commit
tee to protect the anti-trust law
against what, It Is claimed, amounts
to "legislative action*' by the Su
preme court.
To enable business agents to clear
ly understand what forms of combi
nations, agreements, contracts or
pools are lllegul, legislation will be
urged to define them In exact terms.
Members of the committee believe
this necessary to protect business In
terests that desire to act without vio
lating the law, but have no legal
standard to inform them whether con
templated actions are within the law.
It is understood the report recom
mends the creation of a commission
to exercise general control over cor
porations doing business across state
lines, and that It urges amendments
to the Sherman law which will com
pel corporations to remain more in
dependent In character than at pres
ent, and that will enforce competitive
conditions.
CHINA'S EX-EMPRESS DEAD
Ye Ho Na La, Attended by Native Doc
tor in Pekin, Dies,
Pekln, China—Yo 110 Na l*a. em
press dowager or China, died here.
She was the widow of Emperor
Kwungsu, who died November 13,
1908.
The former Imperial family was
about to remove to the Inner portion
of the Forbidden City to make room
for the government In, the oaßtern
portion.
Ye Ho Na I>a was a daughter of
Kwl Slang, a Munchurlan girl. She
was married to Emperor Kwangsu in
1889. She was 48 years old and the
niece of the late Empress Dowager
Tsu Hsl.
Tsu Hsl, who always had hampered
the Emperor Kwangsu with slavish at
tentions, made the most Important
event In his life the choosing of his
bride As a preliminary she picked
out about 200 candidates and set the
members of the board of rights to
work Inquiring into the horoscope of
each. When these "officers who In
quire Into heaven" had selected about
a dozen likely candidates from the
lot Tsu Hsl had them come and live
at the palace until her observation of
their characters at first hand she
could pick out the most fitting one.
The final choice fell upon Ye Ho Na
f-a. The marriage ceremony was per
formed with great pomp and ceretno
nlal.
35 indictment# Returned.
Augusta. Ga.—After twenty-one
days spent In Investigating the fail
ure of the Citizens' Trust company of
Augusta . involving approximately
$105,000 unprotected by assets, the
Richmond county grand jury return
ed thirty-five indictments, charging
violation of the state banking laws,
forgery and embezzlement, 1 he Indict
ments include several local men, B.
Sherwood Dunn of New York; D, H.
Wlllard of Philadelphia, and former
Cash'er Moy C. Dowltng, now in
Barnwell county.
Citizenship for Porto Ricana.
Washington—The Porto Riran cltl
| zenshlp bill that would give citizens
of Porto Rico and certain natives per
manently residing In the islajid citi
zenship in the United States received
the approval of a senate committee,
and will be reported to the senate for
passage. The bill already has pass
ed the house. ITnder the ,proposed
law any person on the Island might
retain his present political status by
making a declaration under oath that
he did not Intend to become a citl
Ken of the United States.
Deputy Marshal and 2 Negroes Killed
Memphis.—N'eal Borum. deputy
marshal of the town of Colllerville.
Tenn„ near Memphis, was shot and
probably fatally wounded, and two
unidentified negroes were killed
at Colliersvllle as the result of an
attempt of Borum and two other of
ficers to arrest Henry Wilklns, a ne
gro, charged with disturbing the
peace. Wllklna escaped, but ia pur
sued by a posse. If be is captured It
la anticipated that an attempt will
be made to lynch him. Borum was
•hot at he entered. Williams' house
1 a*k._
MAQERO AND SUAREZ ARE KILLED
WHILE BEING JAKEN 10 PMf
DOUBLE TRAGEDY SHOCKS THe CIVILIZED WORLD—BLAYERS OF
PRISONERS ALLEGE AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO
REBCUE THEM.
KILLING IS DENOUNCED IN WASHINGTON AND LONDON
Huerta Government Says Escort Was Attacked and Madero and Suarex
Were Killed in Battls That Followed—Pretty Sister of Dead
Madero Denounces Huerta's Officers as Cowards.
Mexico^Clty. —Francisco I. Madero
and Jop» Pino Suarez are dead. In
a midnight ride under guard from
the rational palace to the penittn
tiarjf they were killed. ■
Tile circumstances surrounding the
death of the deposed president and ,
vice president of the repuDilc are un
known, except as given in oiflcial ac
counts, whicu do not in all cases con
form. The only witnesses were those
actually concerned In the killing.
The provisional president. Gen. Vic- 1
torlano Huerta, says the killing of the 1
two men was Incidental to a tight be- i
tween their guard and a party at- 1
tempting to liberate them.
The minister of foreign relations.
Fianelsco de la Marra, adds that the
prisoners attempted to escape. Net- 1
ther makes a /definite statement as
to which side tired the fatal shots.
Not unnaturally a great part of the
public regard the official versions
with doubt, having In mind the use
fdr centuries of the notorious "Ley
Fugft," the unwritten law which is in
voked when the death of a prisoner 1
is deßlred. After Its application there
is written on the records "prisoner
shot trying to escape."
Senora Madero, widow of the ex
presiding received the first definite i
information of his death from the (
Spanish minister, Senor Cologan y i
Cologan. She already had heard re
ports that something unusual and se
rious had happened, but friends had
endeavored up to that time to pre
vent her from learning the whole
truth. Soon afterward, accompanied ,
by her brother, Jose Perez, and Mer
cedes Madero, a sisterof Francisco, ,
Senora Madero drovo to the peniten ,
tiary, but was refused permission to ,
see the body of her husband. Senora
Suarez also was denied admittance to
the mortuary, where physicians, in ac
cordance with the law, were perform
lng an autopsy, /
lu contrast to the widow, whose _
grief was of a pitiably silent charac
ter. expressed In sobs, Mercedes Ma
dero. a beautiful young woman edu
cated In Paris, who has been a bril
liant lender of society since the revo
lution of 1910, was dry eyed and ti
gerish in her emotions. By the side
of the two women whose husbands
had been killed, the g|rl hurled accu
sations at the officers who barred the
entrance.
"Cowards!' 1 "Assassins!" she call
ed them, her voice pitched high. The
officers stared Impassively.
"You! the men who flr?d on a de
fenseless man! You and your superi
or officers arc traitors!"
The body of Madero shows only
one wound. A bullet entered the back
of the bead and emerged at the fore
head. The body of Pino Suarez shows
many wounds, entering from In front.
Statement by President Huerta.
The following official statement of
President Huerta was given out at
the palace:
"1 called together the cabinet to re
port that Madero and Pino Suarex.
who had been detained at the palace
at the disposition of the war depart
ment. were taken to the penitentiary
in accordance with a previous decl
glon. as the result of which that es
tablishment was placed under the
charge of an army officer for Its bet
t ter security,
"When the automobiles had tra
versed about two-thirds of the way
to the penitentiary, however,, they
• were attacked by an armed group,
and the escort descended from the
! machines to offer resistance. Sudden
. ly the group grcW larger and the prls
- oners tried to escape.
"An exchange, of shots then took
• place In which two of the attacking
killed and >two were
i wounded. Both prisoners were killed.
The automobiles were badly damaged.
Taft is Shocked by Murder of Madero
New York. —News of the killing of
- Madero and Suarex was given Pres
» Ident Taft as he boarded a train for
- Washington after attending service at
- Stjßartholomew church. After read-
I log the dispatch the president ex
. pressed Ms deep regret at the occur
r rence. but made It dear that he re
garded It as the killing of one citizen
I of n country by fellow-citizens. He
t said that while this government had
r doue all in It* power and all that It
t consistently could to save Madero s
life, he saw In the deplorable occur
rence Itself no cauae for Intervention.
i In Daylight Gotham Bandits Work.
f New York. —In broad daylight three
i, men entered the branch store of a
1 big retail cigar corporation on a bußy
a corner In the theatrical district, took
1 the lone clerk by surprise at the point
i of a revolver, bound and gagged-him
'- and rifled the safe of lta contents,
e about S3OO. Emptying the cash reg
p lst«r also they fled undisturbed. Albert
•- Jacobson, the clerk, though tied hand
t and foot with wire, managed to roll
1 along the to the door and at
s tracted the attention of pedestrians
by laborlowly tapping on the glass.
I Washington.—The killing of Fran
cisco I. Madero and Pino Suarez, de
posed president and vice president
of Mexico, after Provisional President
General Huerta had assured Ameri
can Ambassador Wilson of the safety
of hla prisoners from Just such at
tacks, created a painful impression
in administration circles here.
When the first feeling of surprise
had passed, It was realized by offi
cials that this last tragic event had
added greatly to the gravity' of the
situation and undoubtedly had placed
an additional strain upon the already
tense relations between this govern
ment and that in the Mexican capital.
Still, as President Taft h mself de
clared, the event in itself was not
sufficient to demand any departure
from the policy of strict non-inter
vention. which so far has governed
his administration.
Probably the immediate result will
be to hasten the military and naval
preparations in order to have the sol
diers and sailors and marines ready
to answer a call for Instant embarka
tion If further developments In Mex
ico should demand their employnunt.
London, England.—The newspapers
denounce the killing of Francisco Ma
dero and Pino Suarez as senselesH
and barbarous. The Standard, in an
editorial, stigmatizes it as an "Inde
fensible crime, Imposing a load of
infamy on President Huerta's admin
istration."
The Standard declares that Amerl
can intervention in Mexico can hard
ly longer be delayed and that British
opinion will be wholly sympathetic to
any action on which the Washington
cabinet will likely decide.
The Bally Graphic says the shoot
ing of Madero and Suarez shows that
nothing has changed In Mex co, and
that nothing will be changed until
either another Diaz arises or the "big
stick'* from The norTh rt'atlzes its duty
"in these anarchic wilds."
The Bally Express In an editorial
referring to what it terms President
Taft's hesitation to act In Mexico
says revolution and anarchy do not
stand on presidential etiquette, and
that the security of life and property
In Mexico will not wait while Presl
dent elect Wilson Installs himself.
El Paso, Texas. —The killing
Francisco Madero and Pino Suarez,
respectively, the deposed president
and vice president of Mexico, has caus
ed as much excitement along the bor
der as did the Mexico City revolt.
The Federal volunteer troops, al
ready stirred by the downfall of their
former leader, threaten Immediately to
quit service, but to retal nthelr arms.
Their Junction with the rebels has
been feared since the revolution at
the national capital. Even the rebels
appear aroused by the death of the
man they sought so long todestroy.—
Blnce the kill ng of Gustavo Madero
the rebels have been Inclined toward
leniency to the ex-president. They
asserted that Madero's worst self died
with Gustavo. Pino Suarez', however,
was never popular in the north.
"It's Too Bad," Say* Wilson.
Princeton, N. J. —President-elect
Wilson was shocked to hear the news
that Madero and Suarez had been kill
ed In Mexico City.
"it's too bad." he sighed when he
first learned of the shooting. He re
frained from comment, saying he
would maintain h's policy of silence
until he had taken office.
While nothing has come from Mr.
Wilson to indicate what his attitude
Will be, he has kept himself consist
ently informed of developments by a
careful scrutiny of the news dispatch
es, displayln gat all times a keen In
terest in the progress of events In the
trouble ridden country.
Knox Aids Southern Congreas.
Washington.—Secretary of State
Knox Bent a letter to Cnlted States
diplomatic officers in Europe Instruct
ing them to give all possible assist
mice to the American commission of
the Southern Commercial Congress,
which will sail from New York April
26 for a three months' tour of Eu
rope to study agricultural co-operation
on that continent. The scope of the
commission's tour of study will be an
examination of methods employed by
progressive agricultural communities
in production and marketing.
Guayaquil Shaken by Earthquake.
Guyaqull. Ecuador. —This city was
violently shaken by a long earthquake.
The tremor last about 70 seconds.
The Inhabitants rushed from their
houses and the streets soon were
thronged with panic-stricken men and
women, many of them kneeling In
prayer. The earthquake occurred at
9:4« p. m.. when the theaters were
foil. For a time the whole city was
In confusion, but so far as can be
ascertained there was no damage and
nobodr hurt. Four more alight shocks
were felt later In the nlaht.
MILITANT UN
USING DYNAMITE
COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF THE
CHANCELLOR OF THE EX.
CHEQUER DESTROYED.
NO PERSON WAS INJURED
Mrs. Parkhurst Boasts of Destruction
of Lloyd-George's Home —She Ac
cents Responsibility.
Cardtff, Wales.—"We have blown
up the chancellor of the exchequer'a
house," aald Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst,
addressing an enthusiastic meeting of
suffiagettes here. The authorities
neod nol look for the women who ac
tually did it. 1 personally accept full
responsibility for It."
Mrs. Pankhurst declared that if she
were sent to penal servitude shJ
would go on a hunger, strike.
"The government will then either
have to set mo free," she added, "or
let me die. if I drop out a hundred
women are ready to take my place."
London.—The country residence of
Chancellor of the Exchequer David
Lloyd-Garrison at Walton Heath was
pratclcally destroyed by a bomb which
the police say was placed there either
by militant suffragists or their male
sympathizers. , *
Nobody was Injured, as the resi
dence had not yet been occupied.
An official of the Woman s Social
and Political Union told the ppllce
that the society bad no knowledge of
the perpetrators.
"General" Mrs. Flora Drummond r
however, declared the explosion was
"undoubtedly the work of women."
She exclaimed:
"It was a fine act and shows the
determination of the women. 1 say, all
power to all kinds of militancy In the
direction of harassing cabinet mln
isters short of taking human life."
A bomb had been placed intone of
the rooms of the residence, which is
a modest one adjoining the golf links
on which Lloyd-George plays. The In
fernal machine was so powerful that
the thick walls of the house split In
all directions and most of the rooms
were wrecked.
Two seven-pound cans of black pow
der also had been placed In to sepa
rate rooms among heaps of wood
shavings, which had been saturated
with oil, end In the center of which
burning candles had been fixed.
PURCHASER IS GUILTY TOO
So South Carolina Judge Holds In
Passing on "Blind Tiger'' Cases.
Anderson. 8. C.—ln South Carolina
the buyer of whisky from a blind ti
ger Is guilty of a violation of the
I law aud is punishable Just as is the
seUer, according to a decree handed
down by Circuit Judge Shlpp In dis
missing several appeals.
The defendants convicted In rccor
der's court of the charge of transport
, lng contraband liquors appealed on
the ground that they were acting a£
agents for purchasers and that the
whisky was not contraband because
it was to be used for a lawful pur
pose. The defendants stated that
they secured the whisky from a bi nd
tiger, naming the man, and they
merely carried the whisky from the
tiger to the purchaser.
Judge Shlpp stated that the defend
ants knew the whisky was contra
band when it was In the hand of the
blind tiger and that Its character did
not change when It passed Into the
hands of the defendants, although it
may have been obtained by them for
1 a lawful purpose.
Omnibus BUI Passes House.
Washington.—Amid great rejoicing
and in defiance of the conservative
' members who urged retrenchment and
> the cutting down of expenditures, the
house passed an omnibus public build
lng bill, commonly called a "pork bar
' rel bill," carrying J25.800000. The
vote on the bill was 184 to 46. and the
opponents of the measure were unable
to muster enough votes to secure a
roll call to Insure a record vote. Rep
resentatlve Hardwlck of Georgia wat
bitter In his denunciation of the bill
More Land for Forest Reserve.
i Washington.—The national forest
» reservation commission, at a meeting
- authorized the purchase of 9,000 acre*
of land on the Savannahwat ershed
r i n the states of Georgia and Soutb
. Carolina', which will bring the tota'
I forest reserve holdings In this local
• Ity up to 80,000 acres. Representative
i 1 Gordon Lee, a member of the commis
} Flon, states ths average price paid It
i $3.25 an acre. An additional 120 C
t acres In Fannin county, lying adja
* c«nt to lands already acquired, were
approved for purchase.
Falls Through Bridge' With Engine,
s Columbus. Ga. —Ed McWllllams ol
. Griffin had a thrilling experience
i. while carrying ft heavy engine acrosc
r the bridge of Mulberry creek at Kings
» boro In Harris county. The engine
I which was very heavy, was intended
i for use at a sawmill in that vicinity
t As it entered the covered wooden
p bridge, with Mr. McWllllams at the
s wbeel, the floor of the bridge gave
i way and the engine fell Into the ra
1 Vine below. McWilllams Is fallini
s swung to a sleeper, but being foreH
to release bis bold, caught on » bush
WILL BE PREPARED
FOR ANEMERGENGY.
ENTIRE SECOND DIVMION OF U.
8. ARMY TO BE ASSEMBLED
AT GALVESTON.
MEXICO HAS BEEN WARNED
The Soldier® Are Held in Rsadinses
to Await Any Order That President
Elect Wilson May Wish Executed
When He Comee Into Office.
Washington—Military orders flew
thick and fast in redemption of Prea
ident Taft'i promise to have an army
of 10.000 men assembled at Galevston,
the most convenient patrol to Mexico,
all equipped for foreign service and
ready to execute any order that his
successor might choose to issue upon
the basis of conditions that will exist
after March 4. These orders were
supplementary to those which left the
War Department last week and were
calculated to insure assemblhge of
the second division of the reorgan
ized army at or in the neighborhood
of Galveston. The completion of the
orders to move the entire second di
vision is intended as further warning
»to Mexico that there will be no de
parture from the established policy
of preparedness during the remaining
week of President Taft'a Administra
tion. All plans for the possible send->
ing of troops into Mexico will con
tinue with the same minuteness of
detail which would characterize of
ficial orders had the present acute
conditions arisen in Mexico at any
time earlier in the strife which has
rent that Republic since the first up
rising against Porflrio Diaz more
than two years ago. This course is
based on the ground that any cessa
tion in the closing days or even hours
of the Taft Administration might be
seized hold of by Mexican malcon
tents as an opportunity for a strike
at Americans, which could not be
adequately overcome should officials
here relax their vigilance,
Americans Held For Ransom.
Austin, Tex.—Governor Colquitt or
dered tour companies of Texas State
militia to proceed to Brownsville witb
all haste when it was reported to him
that Americans bad been arrested and
held for ransom at the Mexican town
of Matamoras, across the boundary
from Brownsville, when they refused
to contribute money to the officials in
charge of Matamoras. The Governoi
also sent this message to Captain
Head, in command of the Brownsville
company of the Texas National Guard:
"Notify Mexican commandfer at
Matamoras who is demanding money
that if he harms a single Texan, his
life will be demanded at a forfeit."
Money Trust Committee Busy.
Washington. The house money
committee took up with Counsel Sam
uel Untermyer details of its report.
Mr. Untermyer presented a long
analysis of testimony with a number
of recommendations for remedial leg
islation. With these as a basis, the
committee expects to complete a re
port to the house in the near future.
Several pointß in Mr. Untermyer's re©
ommendations caused spirited discus
sion. Among them were the regula
tion of interlocking directorates in in
terstate corporations, the regulation
of stock exchanges and proposed Fed
eral control of clearing houses.
Are Pleased With Date Named.
Washington.—Democratic senator*
and representatives expressed satis
faction with the date fixed by Presi
dent-elect Wilson for assembling ot
the extra session. The Interval be
tween March and April 1 will allow
for the remodeling of the house cham
ber to take care of the fifty members
added through the reappointment.
"That date is satisfactory to me,"
i said Democratic Leader Underwood.
"The plans for the extra work in the
house are well under way."/
Personnel of Cabinet in Doubt.
Trenton, N. J.—With his inaugura
tion not a week off. President-elect
Wilson has not yet been able to make
a final choice as to the personnel of
his cabinet. The lines are admittedly
drawn closer and the field is narrow
ing, but the status of the slate show
ed incompletion in some of the most
important posts. By the governor's
most inUmate friends Jt is believed
that William J. Bryan certainly will
be secretary of state. It is knowa
that Mr. Bryan and the president-elect
are in frequent communication.
Uncle Bam and Huerta Government*
Washington.—The extent to which
recogniatlon may be extended by the
| United States to the Huerta govern
-1 ment has not been determined. This
probably will depend upon recommen
. dations of Ambassador Wilson, who
has been given discretionary auth
) ority. The question la to be brought
( to an issue very soon, through some
' applications from the Huerta govern
ment, which It is understood is not
' disposed to remain satisfied with the
I action of Ambassador Wilson in recog
nising It as a da facto govarnmment.
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