North Carolina Newspapers

s ) irinr Ill l!i 11 I ii eg". - 1 : " 1,1 Year, In Advance FOR GOD. FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." flitto Cpj Cestt, . ii i , i. . i, . i ,. i I, i i . I,, , - ii..-. - - i i n - i w iii-fcw wr VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, C.. l RID AYVMAHCH 11, '1910. NO3if. ft III Charity in Wrong Way. "Why bestow our charitable ener gies to the converting of the hea Ihen Chinese, or missionary work in far-oil", Africa, when within a few hours' travel from our National Cap ital arc to be found in the mountain region of Kentucky thousands who are living1 and dying in ignorance, privation and destitution?" This was one of the many queries iisked the audience who heard Mrs. Martha Gielow, of the Southern In Vluslrial Education Association, make nil address in George Washington "University Hall. ".There are to be found in this region many gold nuggets of hu manity of the Washington and Lin--coin material, who only await an op portunity to gather the fruit of the trees of knowledge and civilization which we are striving to plant in this region. " said Mrs. Gielow. "Owing to lack of funds of the association,' we cannot do the work that comes liefore our observation, the applicants 'for admission io the schools greatly exceeding their means of aeeoinmo tlalion. "Many of these people have never possessed $." at one time in their life, "lint they are ambitious and crave for enliuhtmcnt on their low existence." Are Insistent. President Taft and Attorney-General Wickersham insist that the Towiisend administration interstate commerce bill shall be enacted into Jaw substantially as framed and in troduced, including . the provision -creating an interstate . commerce court. Mr. Wickersham was before the -committee Monday. The indications are that the bill will be reported the latter part of nest week in virtually the same form as introduced. There is a conciliatory attitude in the committee, however, and there. is a disposition to yield to the P.resi dent "s views if he insists t hat the -commerce coin!, provision is vital to the measure. The President regards the railroad bill, it is said, as the most impor tant feat-tire of the entire so-called -administratioM. -'He feels, that it should be enacted into law and as speedily as possible. Pretest Against Larger Navy. A remonstrance against a further increase of American navy signed by nOO clergymen of Post on and vicin ity, representing all denominations, was forwarded to Washington to be presented to Congress. Th'e remon strance points to the high cost of liv ing and urges international arbitra tion. Done In Congress. : The Senate has passed several bills increasing private .pensions "and pro viding for new public buildings throughout the country. The post ollice. appropriation bill is under consideration in the ..ltou.se. By a majority of two, the house commit tee on interstate commerce voted to create the interstate commerce court, which is one of the principal features of the Townsend administration rail road bill. This is the provision for which t lie president and the attorney general have been fie.hting to have kept in the bill. The vote. in the committee was ten to eight. . No More Burials in Frisco. The validity of the ordinance of the board of supervisors of San Francisco prohibiting the future "burial of the dead within its limits, except that part under the jurisdic tion of the United States, has bern upheld by the supreme court of the United States. The Laurel Hill Ceui ctery Company was plaintiff to the sail. To Protect Trainmen. The . house bill so amending the safety appliance law as to make it cover all appliances included for the master car builders' standard for the protection of trainmen, has passed the senate. The measure is intend cq especially to lesson accidents caused by defective sill steps, lad ders, roof handholds, running boards and handbrakes, or by the absence a these appliances. Libel Case Goea to Supreme Court. Reaching the conclusion that it is desirable that the questions in volved be brought before the court of last resort, tic cabinet reached an agreement, that an appeal should be taken by the department- of justice from the decision of Judge Hough, in the circuit o;irt in New York, i;i (piushing, for v. ;;nt of jurisdiction, Ihe indicUncLrt against the Press Publishing company (New York World) on the. cabrge of libel in connection with the purchase of the Panama canal property. I Banks May Have to Pay. Discontinuance of the govern mental practice of paying for tha transportation of fractional silver and minor coins distributed through out the country lias been recommend ed to Congress by Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury Norton. He says the government will save $100, 000 a year by this means, in addition to reducing clerical work in the subtreasuries. At the beginning of t he current fiscal year the stock of fractional silver in the country was $liy,000,000, of which $132,000,000 was in circulation and the rest in the Treasury, while mirror coins out standing aggregated $49,000,000. The Treasury may have to submit a deficiency estimate for transporta ing these coins during the balance of the fiscal year.. Shad Under Suspicion. The "frozen fish with the filmy eye is to be the next subject of investiga tion bv Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the United States. The particular fish referred to is "shad," the shad which is shipped to Washington in cold storage. It lias been reported to Dr. Wiley that cold storage shad is shipped to this city under the guise of real fresh food which is a violation of the pure food law. It is recognized that bad fish is the worst possible enemy of a sound and healthy system. It is understood that Dr. Wiley had called to his at tention some cold storage shad whose eyes had practically disapieared on account of age, during a period of cold storage. Is at Last Captured. After eluding the police of many cities for more than six months, Harry L. Waring, who was indicted for using the name, of President Taft in connection with the Bank De positor's Insurance Company trans actions last July, has been arrested at Rochester, N. Y. He will be brought to Washington to stand trial late this week. Plums Handed Out. Recent nominations sent by the President to the Senate include the' following: United States attorney, Easter District of North Carolina, Herbert S. Seawell s- postmaster at Birmingham, Ala., Nenian L. Steele; postmaster at Ashevillet N. C. Wal lace W. Rollins. . Spencer B. Adams of North Carolina is appointed dis trict attorney for the western dis trict of that State, succeeding Alfred E. Holton. Drop Daily Reports. The Daily Consular and Trade Reports which has been issued by the government since the middle '70 ?s suspended publication as a daily on February. 28, and will hereafter be issued as a weekly. The suspension was caused by a lack of funds. The weekly issue will continue until July, when the daily may be resumed, if Congress votes ihe money. The "Re ports" have a circulation of 10,000 r.nd furnish information to manu facturers and exporters on new mar kets. Penny Campaign in Washington. More than 20,000 pennies for the $3,000 vacation home to be erected by the Y. W. C. A. were found in the envelopes opened at a reception given by the board of directors at the headquarters at Twelfth and F streets, in Washington. One hundred young women are out to raise the balance needed for the erection of the home. Pennies will be asked, but larger donations will, of course, be received by the canvassers. "WTants Young Blood in Navy. Young blood in the command of the navy is the keynote of a speeial message that President Taft has sent to congress urging legislation for improving the personnel of the fighting force, and to remedy what the president tei'incd ''an abnormal condition, the result of past legisla tion." Committee to Visit Charleston. April J- will be a red letter day in the history of Charleston and of South Carolina. On that day the entire membership of the House and Senate committees on naval affairs, the Secretary of the Navy and all of the bureau chid's who can leae Washington, will witness the pre sentation of South Carolina's yilver- service gift to the inagnifieicnt new battleship bearing that name. This announcement was made in Washington after Mayer Rbett, E. W. Durant, If S. Whaley, Norwood Hastie, Daniel Sulkier and A. W. Anderson had a eoafererK'e there l)emand the Proof. Washington, D. C, Special. 'roofs of Commander Peary's di-. overy of the North Pole caused a bw in the subcommittee of the House Jommittee on Naval Affairs Satur day. Two members of the National eographie Society , appeared before he committee with , copies of Mr. deary's proofs to urge the granting if a suitable reward by Congress to he noted explorer, but the commit-' ce declined to receive them in con tdence, with the ultimate result that he committee has made it known hat unless, the Peary proofs are forthcoming to the full satisfaction f the committee that every bill, in troduced for the purpose of reward ng the North Pole discoverer will be igeonholed. Identified After 14 Years. Pittsburg, Speeial. "This js the nan who bound me and my wife and jurned our feet until we told where tve had hidden our money," JSaid' John Wagner, 80 years old, as he picked Frank Donohue out of a line )f eight men at the Etna Police Station. "It is 14 years ago, but I 'hall never forget his face. I have prayed that the guilty one would be japtured, because those men were re sponsible for my wife's death."' Wants Roosevelt As Editor. New York, Special. W. J. Arkell, i well-known publisher of Canajo harie, N. Y., who formerly owned a weekly magazine in this city, admit ted that he had attempted to buy the New York Sun and had v hoped to have Theodore Roosevelt for editor. I got in touch with the Laffan people and offered $2,000,000 They replied that they had already refused $3,500, D00. Later I mav trv again, but not at $3,500,000. There" is a small syn dicate of us who believe that if would be advantageous for the country to have Mr. Roosevelt at the head of a big daily paper." Low Rate Messages. Chicago, Special. The night ser vice of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, which is to be known as the night letter service, was put in actual operation on Monday, March 7. The letter will be handled under the usual regulations covering the transmission of messages and will be received at any time of day up to midnight but will not be put on the wires until night and until after th day business had been cleared. The charges for this night lettei service Avill be the standard da rate for ten words for the transmis sion of 50 words or less, and one-fiftl? of this rate will be charged for eael additional 10 words or less. Asks Fifteen Million. New Orleans, Special. Plans t IwUl an exposition in New Oreans t( commemorate the completion of t!i Panama Canal were acted on Friday by an executive commit tee. It wai decided that a committee headed bj Governor Sanders, of Louisiana anc Mayor Behrman, of New Orleans should be at once sent to Washing ton to seek Federal aid. Fifteen mil lion dollars will be required, the com mittee estimated. Divorce is Absolute. New York, Special. The final de cree "ran tins? an absolute divorce ti CT ... .wrs. Ave fining .stor, irom cot John Jacob Astor, has been signed bj Justice Isaac N. Mills, in the Su preme Court at "White Plains. Tin decree carries an agreement by whicl Col. Astor pays' his former wifi $300,000 a year income and $10t000, 000 in cash or securities in a lumj sum. Ninety-Two Crushed by Snow. Winnepeg. Mich.. Special. At f o'clock Saturday night , Canadiat Pacific 'officials announced that 91 had met death and 14 injured wen in the hospitals as a result of thi avalanche at Rogers Pass. To Welcome Roosevelt. New York, Special. Eminent met of various politics! faiths and relig . ions, leaders in the financial an business world, and professional met 150 in all have been named b Mayor flaynor as a committee to d honor to ex-President Roosevelt or his return in June from his hunting trip in Africa. The committee it beaded bv Cornelius Vanderbilt. Job Not So Easy. Washington, Special. President Taft . made his first anniversary speech at a dinner of the Twenty-Four-Hour-a-Day Club of Ihe You:i Men's Christian Association Sunday The 'resident frankly told his audi tors that being a President was nc easy job. Ask Morse's Pardon. Dallas. Texas, Special. Petitions are beior numerously signed here asking President Taft to pardon Charl W. Horse. FIRST DAY CLASHES Mild Troubles follow Walkout in Philadelphia. CITY IS STIRRED THROUGHOUT. kt Least 60,000 Men Have Now Quit Their Jobs, So Estimate the Labor Leaders, Though it is Thought to be Less. Philadelphia, Pa., Speeial. The general sympathetic strike, the su preme and final effort of organized labor to win the fight of the trolley tnen for recognition of their union, which began here two weeks ago, is aow in full swing. Acting on the orders of the com mittee of ten of the Central Labor Union, which is directing this de monstration of the power of union, labor workers in many trades ceas ed Avork Saturday as a protest agaiust the refusal of the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company to ad just the grievances of striking con ductors and motormen or treat with the olTieers of the Amalgamated As sociation of Street and Eleetrie Itailway Employes. In the Central part of the city the first persons to feel the effect of the mandate were the users of pub lic hacks and taxicabs. Riders in these vehicles, when the, clocks struck midnight were politely informed by the drivers that it would be neces sary to walk the remainder of the way. Then the non-union "cabbies," whether from sympathy with the car men or fear of injury, withdrew from the streets. Several union trades remained at wrok, among them the printers, whose committee voted not to join the strike, although most of the job men were anxious to join in the strike. Philadelphia will thus not be depriv ed of its newspapers. "More than the tie-up of business, the authorities fear the thronging of the thousands of idle people on the streets and the disorder that almost inevitably ensues. Since the trolley strike begun the greatest distur bances have occurred on the days when work was generally suspended Sundays and Saturday afternoon. The greatest trouble Saturday was experienced by the police at Indepen dence square, the very centre of the city, where despite the announce men by Mayor Reyburn that no dem onstration could be held on that historic ground, a crowd estimated at 23,000 persons gathered to par ticipate in or watch the demonstra tions of organized labor. Policemen, mounted and afoot, were there by the score with strict orders to keep the crowd moving. This was accomplished and it is due to the patience, carefulness and steadiness of the police that no se rious outbreak occurred. A statement issued by the labor leaders says: "Let the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company reinstate all employes now on strike to their old positions and let the company then appoint one arbitrator, and we one. these two to be disinterested parties. Let the two thus selected choose a third person and both parties to the dispute submit all questions to the board, the decision of the majority to be final and binding." This includes recognition of the union, one of the issues between th transit company and its striking em ployes. The general strike which went intc effect at midnight, has taken awaj from their jobs according to the esti mate of the labor leaders, between 55,000 and 70,000 men. The police men sav the number onlv reached about 30,000. No matter which is true, thert have been ominous looking bands of idle ones passing through tht street s in almost every section of the city ever since morning. It didn't take much to stir them intc action, and before long the Rapid Transit people deemed it wise not tc run very many ears. Shoots School Girl. New York, Special. Because he was being teased by a number of school children Janon Vamosky, a tailor, fired into a crowd in front of his shop and 15-year-old Nita Pincer fell to the pavement with a bullet in her left side. Are Warned to Leave Ky Town. Lexington, Ky., Special. A mes sage from Pikeville says whites and negroes were on the verge of a c'ash there Saturday as the result of .-in attempt by a negro to murder Mar ion Cecil, a prominent lawyer. Posters have been distributed all over the town warning the negroes to leave. The negroes are rejortfd to being arming to resist the whites if ay attempt is Lode to force them to leave the twns. Pikeville is the scene of the foraer fend battles be tween tin McCoy and Hatfield factions. NORTH STATE NEWS Items of State Interest Gathered and Told in Brief. PROMINENT MEN SHOT. Representative Kitchin, Senatoi Travis and Officer Dunn- Are Wounded. Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock Mr. E. E. Powell, Sr., a well-known citizen of Scotland Neck, near J. E. Woolard's stables on Main street, shot down in quick succession State Senator E- L. Travis of Halifax, State Representative A. P. Kitchin and Deputy Sheriff C. W. Dunn o Scotland Neck. According to the best information gathered Mr, Powell asked Senator Travis something about not replying to his letter. Mr. Kitchin, thinking Mr. Powell a little out of humor, placed his hand on his shoulder gent ly to remonstrat-e with him, when Powell instantly shot him down and in quick succession, shot down Sen ator Travis and Mr. Dunn. The ball took effect in Mr. Kitch in's face, below the eye, glanced down toward the ear and was later taken out by physicians. Mr. Travis was struck in the mouth, having two or three teeth knocked out, the ball splitting, one part being extracted later and the other part not yet lo cated. The ball also made a cnt in Mr. Travis' tongue. The ball which struck Deputy Sheriff Dunn entered a little below the shoulder-blade and ranged upward, but has not yet been located. Mr. Kitchin and Mr. Travis ar not hurt badly but great fears are entertained concerning Mr. Dunn. Negro Kills His Wife. Charged with killing his wife, Min nie Hargrave, colored, George Ilar grave his been arrested in Davidson county and lodged in Rowan jail in Salisbury. The killing, which is showered in mystery, occurred in Sal isbury Saturday night and the wo man being shot to death with a shot gun, while at work in Tier kitchen. The cause of the murder is unknown but the officers bold to the theory of jealousy oi the part of the hus band. To Build Custom House. Messrs. John Rut and W. II Chandler, of New York, have bought the Rudisill gold mine in the south western part of Charlotte. These gentlemen propose building a custom mill in connection with the .mine, which will open up a market for low srrade ores in Mecklenburg and ad joining counties. The Rudisill mine has quite a his torv and a mint record of over $1, D00".000. The high grade ores will be shipped to the smelters in New Jersey. These, ores assav as hiuh as $100 per ton. Southern Asks Relief. A delegation of Soui hern Railway officials, including Co!. W. 15. Rod man, counsel; H. W. Miller, assist ant to the first vice-president; and A. IT. West fall, superintendent; Greensboro, has called on the Cor poration Commission in Raleigh and filed a petition asking that the South ern be exempted in certain particu lars from the operations of the elec tric headlight statute passed by the past legislature requiring that all main line engines be so equipped 25 per cent each year until all are equip ped. Big Damage to Vessel. A board of survey has examined the Norwegian steamer Herman We del Jarlsberg. which was damaged in the Seaboard fire in Wilmington Sun day night, and decided to recommend that the vessel go to some Northern port and receive permanent repairs. The damage to the vessel is between fl"),000 and $20,000. Robbers Loot Store. At Mooresville the drug store of 3eo. C. Goodman & Co. was entered md from ii many articles uf value .aken. After a careful examination jf the stock it was discovered that aiany pieces of jewelry were missed. Fountain pens of Waterman and Par ser makes had been taken and watch hains, a ring and other valuables acre stolen. Unloaded Gun Put". Eye Out. When the mother, Mrs. II. T. Poll, picked up a twenty-two flobert rifle i Thursday and pointing it at In r l(i- months-old son. said: "I believe 111 jlif-mf-. Vfm " it v:is TVi'th iic i's,i;il J" i belief that the gun was nut loaded, I 'that caused her to pull the trigger. However, the gun was loaded ind it '.red. the ball striking the lit tie tel low in the left eye, inflicting a wound .bat meessilated the removal of the ;ye. Medical attention was called shortly after the accident, which oe iurr" at the Trwidtnee of Mrs. Bolt. Mil FOR RDINED lOffi MILLIONAIRE CARVES ANOTHER- Kansas City, Mo.r Special Mm P. Oudahy, the millionaire society leader and clubman, early Sunday morning assaulted Jere S. Lillijr bank president and former intimate friend ' of C'udahy. He will be ar raigned in. police court in one week. At the Coates Hotel, where Mr. C'ud ahy speW'tbe greater part f Sunday no information as to his whereabouts could be had. Accurate information was. therefore, hard to get... The doc tor said: "T do not believe Mr. Lillis would 'care to make- at state ment, at least not now. In fact, I do not believe he is in shape to talk much. He has a severe cut or bruise across his lips that makes it difficult for him to speak." It was rumored that Mr. Lillis had died of his injuries, but thh prwveil untrue. Before cutting Lillis, Cudahy m said to have bound him with a strong rope. The jM)lice were called and a patrol-. man humde to the I uuahy home, which is in a fashionable residence section. The front door was open, so he did not ring the bell. Screams came from a parlor and then groans and cries for mercy. He rushed to the parlor, where Cudahy and his chaffeur ad Lillis bound with a rope, and asked Cudahy, 'What does all this mean T " 'lie's ruined my home he re plied, making no resistance to arrest. This is all the information thus far gained and seems to be the entire cause of the assault. C. W. Dunn Dies. Scotland Neck. N. C, Special C. W. Dunn, the ollicer mortally wounded bv E. E. Powell at the time he shot Kitchin down Representative Paul and Senator E. L. Travis, died Sunday afternoon. The funer al was held Monday afternoon. Paul Kitchin and Senator Travis are both recovering steadily from their injuries. Powell was brought Sun day afternoon from Halifax and placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping. Sheriff J. II. House.' and Clerk of the Court S. M. Gray, brought him. They said there was no actual demonstration that threatened lynching, but public indignation was running high and they thought it safest to get the prisoner in the State prison. Use Magnet to Bring Up Nails. New Orleans, Special. An inge ious method has been adopted for the recovery of a cargo of nails which went down on a sinking steamboat here a few weeks ago. A huge elec tric magnet, attached to hoisting gear, is lowered in the water, the elec tric current is turned on and the kegs re hoisted out; one by one. clinging to the magnet. Fifteen thousand kegs of nails went down in the river. Sixteen hundred kegs have been recovered b the magnet process. Two months more, it is stated, will lie required to complete tin work. Double Tragedy in Kentucky. Berea, Ky.,- Special. Samuel Ba kerwas shot and killed and Marcus B. Bowlin, proprietor of the Com mercial Hotel here, was fatally in jured in a lhree-eomered affray in the hotel Monday. Baker and a brother, Burnam Baker, raised a dis turbance and when Bowlin tried to qniet them, the latter, it is alleged, shot the hotel keeper. Bowlin in turn shot Baker dead. T. C. Piatt is Dead. New York, Social. Senator Thos. C. Piatt died here Sunday. The body was taken Tuesday to Oswego. N. Y.. when- the funeral services 'ere held Wednesday morning in the Presbyterian church. He was buried in the churrlivard beside the, first Mrs. Piatt. Trains Arrive YTeek Late. Omaha. Special. The first train from the Pacific Coast to rea?h Om aha since Feb. 2Sth. arrived in this city late Saturday, the 5th, and was followed by a long procession of pas senger, mail and express trains. These trains wire delayed by the floods of Nevada and the West, and many of them had traveled "2,000. iniles more "than their schedule. Bank Ca.-.Lisr Pardcned. Washington. iipeeiaU President Taft l;as granted a pardon t Arthur B. Spears, ft.Tmer cashier of the Ober lin 'National Bank, who is serving a term of seven years in the-Ohio peni tentiary for wrecking that institu tion. Spears was convicted in con nection with the operations of the late Cassie Chadwiek. ,Seaato Pases Bill. Washington. Special. Thtt postal savings bank bill was passed by th Senate Saturday aftersccn by a vot of 00 to 22.