THE ENTERPRISE
Published Wsekly.
j»ILLIAM«TON, WORTH CAROLINA
Oar objection to the money trust U
that tt doesn't trust us.
The auto Is making this s happier
world—except for pedestrians.
Common sense among the common
people Is essential to a republic.
However, as (or hobble skirted worn
an. how can she expect to "win In s
walk?"
That Boston girl who has never
been kissed Is probably her own ex
planation.
Rlceless weddings are the propel
eaper. This makes It more enjoyable
to get married.
The world Is divided Into two class
es— those who have automobiles and
those who wish them.
Says an exchange: "Moon songs art
■till popular." Yes, they're a llghl
subject for the composera.
It Is a queer commentary on thesi
days of peace that famous battleship!
need protection from assaults.
New Haven is to have a $2,000,00(
postofflce, suggesting that Yale stu
dents must be great letter writers.
Whatever else may be said, It musl
be admitted that the 'new nickel liai
more than G cents' worth of art on It
When a man drinks too much he 1»
tn a state of "pßychle consciousness,"
says a scientist. Why not say plain
"soused."
In the new Japanese cabinet th«
minister of agriculture is Gombei Ya
mamoto. It sounds like a new kind
of tomato soup.
Our college athletes must forego
their summer visits to Europe Ship
ping live cattle from the port of Bos
ton Is prohibited.
An eastern actress who admitted
that she got married "Just to kill
time" now finds that getting a dlvorcf
also helps to kill time.
When he goes to tne auto show
the mere pedestrian must feel
ashamed of himself and seriously
question his right to live.
Mother Hubbard, who went to the
cupboard, found things In the same
condition as the treasury of a Cen
tral American republic after a new
revolution.
Cavallerl, denying a rumor that she
has wed, says that husbands are a
* Joke / Probably they are; and In
Cavallerl's case, an expensive Joke —
for the husbands
A German scientist says that tight
ening one's belt is the best way to al
leviate hunger. Evidently he has had
no experience with a slim walsted
chorus girl In a Brondway cafe.
A humane legislature In New York
has Introduced a bill providing for an
official handshaker for the governor.
Politicians see possibilities .In this
measure If it becomes a success.
Persons who live in a flat can sym
pathize with the Last St. Louis man
who is suing his wife for divorce be
cause she Insisted on playing the
piano until 2 o'clock in the morning.
An occupational census of Chlcagc
would show that there has been no
great falling off In the number o(
burglars, pickpockets, and holdup men
SB compared with previous estimates
The coal man likes winter for the
business lu* gets and is In love with
summer for the rest he enjoys.
It Is reported from Stockholm that
a Swedish soldier shot In the head
has recovered and Is working with
half a brain At that, he's probably
blessed with lots more than many
people
A returned traveler says he found a
model kind of home life in the heart
of the Desert of Sahara Perhaps that
was the reason !t was model, having
no chance for its members to make It
otherwise
-A gown that a woman cannot get
Into without assistance is a crime,"
aays a modiste. Why this rudimen
tary Idea has so long eluded the femi
nine mind few husbands will be able
to explain. I
Not all the wild marksmen are
found In the woods during the hunt
ing season. A shooting gallery at
tendant in Chicago was killed the oth
er day, a patron of the place making
the mistake
Now a Georgia woman sues for di
vorce because a kiss a year Is not
enough. And there was that other
one who said she bad never been
biased at all. What Is the right pro
portion, anyhow?
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A Boston woman has aroused her
■ex by proposing that bachelor maids
be taxed $6 a year. The justice of the
proposition, many of them seem to
think, hangs upon the point of wheth
er their single blessedness Is a luxury
•r a necessity. '
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GAUNTLET IHH
TO SIX BIG POWERS
MONTENEGRO DECLINES THE OR
DER THAT SHE AT
TEMPT TO TAKE SC^^RI.
LITTLE KINGDOM IS DEFIANT
Austrian Army Also Maneuvering
Near Montenegrin Frontier/
Crisis in Balkina.
Cetttlnje.—The little kingdom of
Montenegro has thrown down the
gauntlet to the si* great powers. She
declines to yield to the demand of
the powers to abandon her attempts
to gain possession of Scutari and has
officially announced that "there will
be no departure from an attitude
which conforms to the necessities of
the state of war existing between the
allies and Turkey.
An international fleet, comprising
warships of Austria Hugary, France,
Germany and Great Britain, is now
blockading the Montenegrin port of
Antlvarl. These include four Austri
an warships, the British cruisers Yar
mouth, Inflexible and Gloucester; the
German cruiser Breslau, Italian cruis
er I'isa and the French crtilser Kdgar
Qulnet. Russia is not represented by
u warship, but has acquiesced in the
naval demonstration.
The British admiral sent the follow"
ing message to the Montenegrin pre
mier, Dr. \J. Tomanovlce.
"1 have the honor to inform you
that the International fleet Is assem
bled In Montenegrin watera as a pro
test against the non-fulfillment of the
wishes of the great powers. I desire
to call your excellency's attention to
the presence of the fleet as a proof
that the great powers are acting in
concert and request that their wishes
be fulfilled without further delay.
Please Inform me immediately that
your government is ready to carry out
the \ylsheß of the great powers "
To this the Montenegrin premier re
plied in a note expressing regret at
the presence of the fleet, which he
considered a violation of the neutral
ity proclaimed by the powers at the
beginning of tho war and to the det
riment of Montenegro. The premier
continued:
"Despite the pressure which, the
presence of the fleet Implies, there
will be no departure from an attitude
which conforms lo the necessities of
the state of war existing between the
allies and Turkey."
A brigade of Austrian troops from
Catttaro has been maneuvering near
he Montenegrin boundary, 'fhe cus
tomary notice has not been given the
Montenegrin government and Aus
tria's action Is considered unfriendly
and menacing.
CUBAN KILLS AN AMERICAN
Rudolph Warren, Son of Rich Plan
ter, Shot to Death, at Havana.
Havana, Cuba. —Rudolph Warren,
son of Jere Warren, prominent Amer
lean sugar planter, died In a hospital
hero from a pistol wound In the ab
domen, which lie received In a duel
with Hannibal Mean, a member of a
wealthy Cuban family.
The two young men recently had
several physical encounters and were
reputed to be rivals for a woman's
affections.
The duel was at thirty-live paces.
Warren fell at the first lire. Mesa
was not harmed.
Warren made a statement to the
police that he had accidentally shot
himself, Immediately after the duel
Mesa sailed for New York on the
steamer Havana. The utmost reti
cence is being maintained on all sides
regarding the affair.
Boys Shot to Death.
Jreenvlll«\ S. C. —Upon breaking
into the basement of a fashionable
dry goods store, Leonard Smith, 17.
years old, son of a prominent and
wealthy family, and his 20-year-old
companion, llowlty Martin, engaged
In It pistol battle with three police
man, who had concealed themselves
In the store in anticipation of a bur
glary. with the result that the young
men were shot to death, and one of
the policemen severely wounded. *
Two Men Are Killed by Auto.
Jacksonville, Fla. —In an automobile
accident on the Atlantic boulevard,
Harry Stahl, 21 years of age. was In
stantly killed and Joseph n. Sloan of
this city was so badly Injured that
he died a few hours later at a hospi
tal. Sloan, with Stahl as a compan
ion, went to the beach to witness a
life-saving, exhibition and on return
ing at a fast rate of speed, turned
out in order to pass a car. In turn
ing out the wheels struck soft earth,
the car swerved, the right front
wheel striking the bis car.
Mammoth Cave Found.
Ogden, I'tah. —With what appears
to be pre-hlstorlc hieroglyphics carv
ed on Its walls, a mammoth cave, ri
valing the famous caves of Kentucky,
was discovered In this vicinity. Thom
as Whltaker, a rancher, made the dis
covery. He will head a party of Uni
versity of Utah professors on a tour
of Investigation. The cave la located
In the mountains near Promontory
Point, 18 miles from Ogden, and has
probably never been visited by white
men. as the surrounding country to a
bleak desert. »
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SCENE IN FLOODED SHAWNEETOWN
hh li M ■.
This la a scene In Shawneetown. 111., taken when the water had apread
over the entire town.
TURKEY ACCEPTS TERMS
PORTE AGREES TO ABIDE UNRE
SERVEDLY BY DECISION OF
THE POWERB.
Terms of the Mediation Offered by
European Powera to the Bal-
Allies.—_
Constantinople.—The Turkish gov
ernment declared that it unreservedly
accepted the terms of peace proposed
by the Kuropean powers.
The foreign office handed the Otto
man's acceptance to the dean of the
diplomatic corps accompanied by an
expression of thanks to the powers
for their medlutlon.
The terms of mediation offered by
the European powers to Turkey and
the Balkan allies were:
"1. The frontier of the Ottoman em
pire in Europe shall start at Enos and
following the course of the Matrlza
river and then that of the Ergene
shall end at Mldle. All territories sit
uated west of this line shall bo ceded
by Turkey to the allied states with
the exception of Albania, the delimi
tation of which shall be fixed by the
powers.
"2. The question of the Aegean Isl
ands shall be settled by the powem.
"3. Turkey shall abandon all claim
to Crete.
"4. The powers cannot favorably
entertain the demand for indemnity,
but will admit the allies to partici
pate In the discussions of the inter
national commission in Paris for an
equitable settlement of their -partici
pation In the Ottoman debt and in
the financial charges of the district
to be handed over to them. Turkey
Is to be asked to take part in the
labors of the commission.
"The great powers declare at the
same time as soon an these ba
ses are completed hostilities shall
cease."
On March 28 Bulgaria notified her
acceptance of the offer of mediation,
but persisted In her demand for n
war Indemnity and proposed to sub
stitute a frontier line from Midle on
the Black Eea to the gulf of Saros
FEDERAL LOAN FOR DAYTON
Proposed to Ask for $20,000,000 to
$40,000,000 for Restoring City.
Dayton, Ohio.—"Dayton is facing
one of the gravest problems that any
city of tfle world ever faces and we
want the world to know we need
money and food for our stricken peo
ple," said John H. Patterson, president
of the relief committee, after he re
turned, in company with H. E, Tal
bott, chief engineer, from a tour of
the sections of Dayton swept by the
flood.
In speaking of a tenttatlve plan to
ask the federal government for a loan
of from $20,000,000 to J40.H00.000 to
be used In reconstruction work, Mr.
Patterson said:
"At u meeting of bankers and offi
cials of the building associations. It
was decided to make an appeal for
federal aid. The banks and building
associations have $60,000,000 worth
of assets which they will put up as
collateral. It may bo deemed advis
able to ask the government to give
us some llnanclal assistance. We feel
that the disaster Is an emergency
which would justify extraordinary ac
tion on the part of congress."
Express Companies Hit Hard
Washington.—Express companies of
the coutnry have been hit hard by
the operation of the new parcel post
system, according to a statement sub
mitted to the Interstate commerce
commission by counsel for the com
panies in their final arguments
against the reduction In express rates
proposed by the commission. It was
declared that the companies have suf
fered a loss approximating 25 per
cent, in small package business—a
loss which amounts to about 6 per
cent, of the gross revenues.
Committed Suicide 600 Fset in Air.
— Lieutenant Perlovsky of
the Russian army, committed suicide
at Warsaw on by deliberately shut
ting off the motor of an aeroplane
in which he was flying and dropping
from a height of 600 feet to the
ground. The tragedy was believed to
have been an accident until a letter,
written ust before the fatal flight was
found. In It Lieutenant Perlovsky
expressed his Intention of committing
suicide in midair and gave as a rea
son that he had been the victim of
many intrigues.
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22 MEN LOSE LIVES ON SHIP
GERMAN SHIP TURNS TURTLE
WHILE WRECKING CREW IS
ON BOARD.
Ship Had Been on Rocks for Two
Month and Was Not Seri
ously Injured.
Bay City, Ore. Twenty-two men,
including the ship's captain, the pres
ident of a wrecking company of Port
land and the representative of the
Marine Underwriters, were trapped in
the hold of the German ship Mimi,
which capsized ofT the beach here
after having been hauled off a reef
on which she had been fast two
months.
A heavy sea was pounding the
wreck and life-savers refused to at
tempt a rescue. They said no boat
could be lauenhed and refused to let
volunteers take their boat.
The Mlml, in ballast for Valparaiso
from Astoria, piled up on the reef
February 13 last. She was not seri
ously Injured and the underwriters
contracted with Charles S. Fisher of
a Portland construction company to
float her. Fisher, his secretary and
seven riggers, Capt. W. K. Crowe,
representative of the underwriters;
Captain Westfall of the Mlml And
eleven of his men were aboard the
ship when she capsized. All were be
low deck when she turned over.
The Mimi was hauled off the rocks
at high tide. It was determined to
take her to deep water at once, and
she was at anchor ofT the beach when
the risings and sea whirled her
over.
Life-savers fought all day to reach
her without SUCCCSBS. After they had
given it up and tos dark was falling
the men on the wreck's bottom ap
peared.
Beas are sweeping the wreck. The
wreckage was seen and it was feared
she was breaking up. Whether the
men aboard can hold on until the sea
abates and the savers reach them is
a problem. The hull is low In the
water and may Bink from sight when
the tide rises.
FAREWELL IS GIVEN MORGAN
Eternal City Starts Body of Great
Financier on Journey Home.
Rome, Italy.—The Eternal City
gave Its la»t farewell to J. Plerpont
Morgan, whos© body was conveyed
from the Grand hotel to the railway
station and there placed aboard a
train for Havre. It will be transport
ed to the United States by a steamer,
The France, sailing for New York.
The German emperor sent a mes
sage of condolence to Mrs. Morgan as
follows;
"Accept the expression of my sin
cereßt sympathy In your great be
reavement. Your husband's deaih is a
loss not only for you, your family
and your country, but hlB many
friends In all parts of the world shall
never forget him."
The funeral procession to the de
pot was Impressive In Its simplicity.
The hearse was followed by carriages
In which rode Mr! and Mrs. Herbert
J. -Satterlee, the Amertcan ambassa
dor, Thomas J. O'Brien; tht staff of
the embassy, the attending physicians.
Doctor Nelson of the American church
and a few friends. Platoons of mu
nlcpal guards acted as an escort. The
people In the streets raised their hats
as the cortege passed.
Governor Witness in Murder Trial.
Montgomery. Ala.—Governor O'Neal
appeared as a witness for the state
in the trial of Henry F. Vandiver, a
former member of the executive's
stafT, who Is accused of complicity In
the murder of Sloan Rowan. His evi
dence was damaging to the accused
man. It was brought out by the state
in rebuttal after the defense had rest
ed. The governor testified that Van
diver was formerly on his staff, rank
ing as colonel, and tint he accompa
nied him to the Auburn commence
ment last June.
Just One More State Needed.
- Harrisburg. Pa.—Pennsylvania has
Joined the ranks of the states that
have ratified the proposed amendment
to the Federal Constitution providing
for the direct election of United
States senators, making the thirty
fifth -to fall In line. The joint reso
lution ratifying the proposed amend
ment which previously passed the
house, was passed by the senate unan
imously. The vote of only one more
state IB needed to make the amend
ment effective.
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RASING WATERS
CAUSE DAMAGE
LEVEE GIVES WAY AT HICKMAN,
KENTUCKY AND FLOODS
THE TOWN.
ALL PERSONS WERE WARNED
Western Section of the City Is Cov
ered With From Fifteen to Eigh
teen Feet of Water.
Hickman, Ky.— Ab a result oI the
terrific beating of the waves against
the dikes projecting the lower por
tion of this city, the levee gave way,
the Mississippi poured through the
gap at a mad of speed. All per
sons employed in the district had
been warned out earlier In the day,
and no loss of life is reported.
The break will not relieve the riv
er situation at other points, the wa
ter coming through being turned back
to the main stream by the govern
ment, or Reelfoot levee, two miles
below the town. The section flooded
is occupied by several factories, and
the homes of several hundred work
man. ———, *
According to the report, the Reel
foot levee Is withstanding the flood
In good shape, no bad spots being re
ported.
The break came at a point near
the Mongel Box company's saw mill,
where a 'blow-out" occurred under a
concrete wall. Within a short time,
the force* watching the levee had cut
tl»e dike at six other places to equal
ize the spread of the water over West
Hickman.
A large barge carrying machinery
was in the river v just outside the point
where the blow-out came, and when
the levee broke, carrying away about
fifty feet of the bank, the boat went
through the crevasse, tearing down a
building on the inside.
The western section of the city Is
covered with about fifteen feet of wa
ter. Because of the advance notice
given the residents, the property loss
will be less than last year.
Reports from Columbus, Ky., state
that a government qußrter boat had
arrived there and that the flood ref
ugees have plenty of food and shelter.
SUFFRAGETTES USE TORCH
Large Country House Burned In Eng
land by Women,
I«ondonv—The suffragettes, continu
ing their campaign of retaliation
against the sentence of Mrs. Emme
line Pankhurst. their leader, to a
term of imprisonment, succeeded in
destroying .another large country
house by fire.
As in several previous cases of the
kind, the residence, which was situat
ed at Cherleywood. Buckinghamshire,
was unoccupied, but was being pre
pared for the reception of a tenant.
The owners of the building, a firm of
contractors, estimate their loss at
$12,500.
Cards bearing Hie inscription, "votes
for women," and other suffragette
mottoes, were found on the grounds.
The police claim that some of the
recent criminal acts attributed to the
suffrngettes, principally the attempts
to destroy railway property, was the
work of men engaged by the women.
All the railway stations and tunnels
are being patrolled to prevent mis
creants from damaging them.
General Huerta to Resign
El Paso. Texas. —To satisfy all fac
tions in the Mexican melee, General
Huerta has agreed to the naming of
Pedro I-ascuraln as provisional pres
ident, said advices received here di
rectly from the national capital. LAB
curain would serve out the unexpired
term of the late President Madero.
As minister ol exterior relations in
Madero's cabinet Iascuraln Is enti
tled to serve as next In line, In view
of the deaths of Madero and Vice
President Suarez. The Huerta cabi
net would be retained by the com
promise.
Battleship Crashes Into Steamer.
Philadelphia—The United States
battleship Ohio was in collision with
the steamship Frcderlch of the Mer
chants and Miners' line, while pro
ceeding np the Delaware river.
Ghouls Open Graves of Fever Victims.
Griffin, Ga. —Disastrous consequenc
es to the health of the city are feared
by the medical profession here from
the desecration of ghouls of graves
of two white children who died of
scarlet fever In 1855. Protest has
been made to the police against the
graves continuing open a minute
longer than is necessary and demand
has been made that the bodies be
reinterred at once, as the disease of
which they died is contagious. "There
were enough germs in those coffins
to kill a city." said a doctor.
Mexico Must Wait.
Washington.—President Wilson In
dicated informally what the attitude
of this government would be toward
Mexico, China and the Philippines.
Pending a settlement or affairs in
Mexico, holding of elections and es
tablishment of a stable government,
recognition probably will be with
held. The Chinese republic is U* be
recognised. Notice of this intention
has been given to the diplomats of all
foreign governments represented at
Washington. v
CONGRESS OPENS
EXTRA SESSION
DEMOCRATS IN COMPLETE CON
TROL OF THE GOVERNMENT
MACHINERY.
MUCH WORK WILL BE DONE
Senate Debated For Neariy an Hour
on Propriety of President Wilaon'a
Vialt to Capital to Deliver Meeaage
By Ward of Mouth.
Waahingtou.—Congress, opening in
extraordinary session under. Demo
cratic domination, was enlivened by
the activities of a heal Lb y youth, the
Progressive organization in the
House, and the invasion of petition
bearing suffragettes. Bui even theae
novelties were overshadowed by prep
arations for the event -when President
Wilson will deliver hla tariff message
by word of mouth to the Nation's law
makers.
Victor Murdock, leader of the new
Progressive party In tue lower branch,
aided by Ills small band or followers,
attracted unusual Interest and at thp
very outset stirred up a fight over the
seating of Representative H. Ollu
Young of Michigan.
The heralding of the coming of the
President of the United States, how
ever, was the principal subject of of
ficial and unofficial discussion. The
Senate hesitated when a resolution,
adopted previously by the House pro
viding for a joint session to listen to
President Wilson, was presented for
Its consideration. It was a stunning
proposal. Not in the life time of any
veteran statesman present had such a
thing even been considered. History,
they supposed, had closed on that
custom a century or r.:ore ago. First
an effort was made to have the resolu
tion lie over under the rule but Vic?
President Marshall ruled It was a res
olution of the highest privilege.
Before it was adopted Senator Wil
liams of Mississippi, depreciated the
President's decision to enter the halls
of Congress and speak his mind to
"the people's He
expressed the hope that such an event
never would occur again in the Ad
ministration. He doubted the wisdom
of the move, averring that it could
not aid In bringing about the legisla
tion for which the people were clam
oring.
In the House the resolution was
adopted without debate as soon air
Majority Leader Underwood Introduc
ed it. There, plans for the President's
welcome took on a gala aspect.
Merchants and Vice Commission.
Chicago, 111.—Thirty-eight of Chf
ago's biggest retail merchants met in
executive session here with members
of the Illinois senate vice commission.
Lletu.-Gov. O'Hara said that 11 a re
sult of the conference he hoped the
merchants would be able to voluntar
ily announce a standard minimum
wage for female employes.
Many Corporations Need Not Pay
Washington, D. C. —Hundreds of cor
porations will be relieved from paylikg
the federal corporation tax by a de
cision of the supreme court to the ef
fect that corporations leasing all their
property and having no income except
tht yielded by the lease are not "do
ing business" and therefore are not
subject to the tax.
Son of Speaker Clark Appointed.
Washington, D. ('. —Bennett Clark,
son of Speaker Clark, has been ap
pointed parliamentary clerk of the
house, to succeed Charles R. Crisp,.
of Georgia, who is now a represents.
tive. Clark is 23 years old, a gradu
ate of the University of Missouri, and
the youngest man ever to serve at
clerk at the speaker's table.
Eighteen Men Drowned.
Bay City, Ore.—Eighteen men were
drowned by the capsizing of the Ger
man bark Mlmi, which had just been
hauled off the beach at North Bpit,
Nehalem bay, where shi had been
■lnce February 14th, when she went
ashore.
Member* of Parliament Sentenced.
Budapest.—Several members of the
lower house of the Hungarian parlia
ment were sentenced to terms of im
prisonment and lines for causing dis
turbances during the session. Deputy
Zacbarlas was condemned to 30 days
in jail and (100 fine for bombarding
the' premier and the minister of agri
culture with Ink stands during a riot
in the house some months ago. Depu
ties Hoffman and Beck were sen
tenced to 14 days In Jail and a line of
S6O each for a similar offense. Pour
other deputies were acquitted.
Income Tax Amendment BIN.
Washington.—(lncome tax) Includ
ed in the Democratic tariff revision bill
Introduced In congress, is an income
tax section which would require every
resident of the United States who
earns more than $4,000 a year to pay
a tax of one per cent on his earnings
in excess of the exemption. This
would not require the man who earns
(4,000 to pay a tax but It would de
mand that the individual who earned
14,100 for example, pay into the gov
eminent treaaury an annual tax of 1
per cent on SIOO or $L ~ ■"]