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VOL. XXIII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1913. NO. 32.
TURKISH-BALKAN
MJSJESUID
BUMBARDMENT OF ARIANOPLE
STPARTED SMALL. SKiRMISH
AT TCHATALJA LINE.
SCUTARI EXPECTED TO FALL
The Armistice Lasted Two Months.
If Driven to Despair the Turks
Would Fight Like Wild Animals to
Save Their. Country,
London. The Turkish-Balkan War
has been resumed. The bombard
ment of Adrianople began and a small
skirmish occurred at the Tchatalja
lines. The armistice had lasted ex
actly two months.
Bulgaria has turned a deaf ear tc
the remonstrances of the Powers and
unless Turkey yields to the Balkan
demands the Allied Amies will now
attempt to drive her completely out,
of Europe.
According to a dispatch from Bel
grade Scutari, already is on the point
of falling. It is reported that the
Turkish Commander has sent two rep
resentatives to "the Servian Comman
der to propose the capitulation of that
town.
Doctor Daneff, head of the . Bulgar
ian delegation, in an. interview in
Paris, said he had promised Sir Ed
ward Grey, the British Foreign Sec
retary, that if the Turks immediately
accepted the Allies' conditions, thej
would conclude peace but whateyei
happened there would be no further
armistice.
Sir Edward Grey had a long inter
view with the King", after which he
attended a brief meeting of the Am
bassadorial Conference, but nothing
of importance was transacted.
. "Osman Nazirii Pasha, the second
Turkish delegate, left London to re
sume 'his ambassadorial duties at
Berlin. He said that from informa
tion received from military sources
he believed the Allies underestimated
the condition of the Turkish Armj
and ; would find themselves confront
ed by a redoubtable enemy.
Birdman Will Get Raise. '
Washington. Dangers of aviation
were duly recognized by Congress
when the Senate passed the bill al
ready approved by the House grann
ing 20 per cent additional pay to offi
cers of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps who may be detailed to duty
with the aviation corps of either the
Army or Navy. Repeated efforts have
been made to get extra compensation
for officers engaged in the dangerous
work at the practice fields, and with
the regular service.
Suffered First Big Defeat.
Washington The government suf
feed its first big defeat in the recent
anti-trust campaign when the su
preme court held that the officials of
the United. Shoe. Machinery Company
had not violated the Sherman anti
trust law by organizing that com
pany. The court, however, did not
pass upon the legality of the system
by which the company leases ma
chines on terms that 'no independent"
machinery may be used. '. -
Man Who Shot Mayor Gaynor is Dead.
Trenton, N. J", James J, Gallagher,
the man who shot Mayor Gaynor, oi
New York, nearly two years ago at
Hoboken died here in the New Jersey
state hospital for the insane. Death
w.a's 'due to' paresis. He had been at
the state hospital since January 18..
1912, having been transferred there
from the New Jersey state prison
where he had been sentenced to serve
twelve years.
Tariff Framing Is Started.
Washington. Democratic members
of the house committee on ways and
means have started preparation for
the bill for the revision of the tariff
with the plan of holding daily execu
tive sessions until the work is com
pleted. It is expected this result will
be effected about March 15. -
Direct Taxes Upon Citizens' Income.
Washington. Direct taxes upon the
incomes of citizens of the United
States, whether derived from idle cap
ital or from the conduct of business,
were made possible by the ratification
of the Sixteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution. Delaware,
Wyoming and New Mexico, endorsing
the income tax amendment through
their respective Legislatures, com
pleted a list of 38 states that have
approved it, two more than the three
fourths necessary for its final adoption.
PLANNING THE SUFFRAGIST PAGEANT
, Our illustration shows Mrs. Patricia M. Street (left) and Miss Alice
Paul (right), two internationally known suffragists, at work. in the Wash
ington headquarters planning the great pageant of March 3. Mrs. Street is a
daughter of Sir Paul Eliot, former chief Justice of the Australian supreme
court, and she will lead a division of Australian suffragists in the parade.
Miss Paul is a Phlladelphian. . - '
WOMEN RIOT IN ENGLAND
RIOTING TAKES PLACE ALL OVER
LONDON BY MILITANT
SUFFRAGETTES.
Effort Made to Duck Some and Many
Are Arrested Trying to Storm
House of Commons.
London, England. As a protest
against the withdrawal of the fran
chise bill by the government, the suf
fragists resumed their militant tac
tics here,
While a deputation which the chan
cellor of the exchequer, David Lloyd
George, had refused to see ,j was try
ing to force its way into parliament
against an overwhelming force- of po
lice, and women wrere being arrested
for resisting ihe officers, the other
bands of women went through White
hall Jariiaking, windows, of; -the govern
ment offices, and through Cockspur
street,'- where the great plate glass
windows in the establishments of the
shipping companies utere ruthlessly
smashed.
The women also visited Oxford, Re
gent and other streets in the shop
ping district, where similar damage
was done. Later, m-ail boxes were at
tacked, quantities of liquid being
poured into them.
The wildest excitement prevailed,
however, and besides protecting prop
erty and arresting women engaged in
window smashing, or, who refused to
move on when ordered, the police had
the greatest difficulty, in protecting
the women from an unruly crowd of
youths who gathered and-jostled ev
ery woman wearing suffragette col
ors.! ; ' '
v In several cases the women were
roughly handled. An attempt to duck
four of them in the fountain in Tra
.fargar square was frustrated by a
police posse which had to ride
through the crowd.
BLAMES IT ON THE FARMERS
Greater Yield of Crops Would Result
in Lowering of Prices.
Washington. It was inevitable
that one way or another the farmer
would at last be blamed for the high
cost of living.
A greater yield of crops at less
cost, by the application of scientific
methods of soil culture: and the use
of business principles, such as mills
and other industries have to employ,
will help break the backbone of high
prices of foodstuffs, according to Prof.
Milton Whitney of the United States
department- of agriculture.
" Mr. Whitney, who is an authority
on soils and their uses, is now prepar
ing a bulletin on the nation's food
supply. He says fewer acres of land
are being cultivated in proportion to
population than heretofore. One-fifth
less acres are being tilled than in
18S0.
Seven Years In Pen for Cashier.
Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi su
preme court affirmed the sentence of
Woodson Atkinson, former cashier of
the defunct People's bank of Summit.
Atkinson was convicted for embezzle
ment of $21,871.22 during a period
covering the years from 1907 to 1911,
and given a sentence of seven years
in the state penitentiary.
Bandit Took Part in 20 Hold-Ups.
Chicago. Peter Boore, a young
bandit who was shot by Clarence Mc
Sweeney, a police telephone operator,
admitted having participated with his
brother, Albert, in more' than twenty
hold-ups on the south ide during the
last six weeks. Shortly after making
the confession he dfed. The brothers
stopped McSweeneyAs he was return
ing to his home (ttite at night. Mc
Sweeney began snooting. Three bul
lets struck Peter Boore, who returned
the fire, one bul'.et striking McSwee
ney in the Wp, wounding him.
SHOT AND SHELL FOR TURKS
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FIN
ALLY BROKEN BY BALKAN ;
ALLIES.
Allies Will Combine Their Armies and
Assault the City Early Fighting
Is Expected. '
London, England. The peace nego
tiations, which reached a deadlock
over the cessation of Adrianople, on
January 6, were finally broken by a
note which the plenipotentiaries of
the Balkan allies presented to Rechad
Pasha, head of the Turkish delega
tion. , ,
Rechad Pasha, after receiving the
note, said:
"The consequent: es may be of the
gravest nature; "Tile responsi bility
lies not alone with the allies, but with
the powers, who encouraged the Bal
kan states and have shown no fair
ness toward Turkey, although before
the war they solemnly proclaimed the
principle of the unchangeability of
the status quo."
The plan of the allied governments,
so far-'as the plenipotentiaries are in
formed, is, to concentrate their forces
on Adrianople immediately after the
expiration of the prescribed four days,
if the surrender of that fortress does
not occur in the meantime. They
believe that a few days bombard
ment by the big' siege batteries which
now surround Adrianople, 1 will bring
about its capitulation.
The Balkan representatives declare
that all reports that Roumania would
aid Bulgaria against. Turkey are un
founded, and they added that if Rou-
mania should take advantage of the
opportunity to gain her territorial
claims by force while the Bulgarian
army is engaged in Turkey, Bulgaria
would let her occupy the territory
she, demands. But as soon as the
Bulgarian army disposed of the Turks
the Bulgarians would turn their at
tention to the Roumanians and at
tempt to make them pay dearly for
this racial disloyalty, which the Bul
garians consider would , be treason.
MAJORITY FOR DEMOCRATS
Election of Saulsbury in Delaware
; Assures Control of U. S. Senate.
Washington. With the election of
Willard Saulsbury as .United States
senator from Delaware the Demo
cratic strength in the. next senate
swung from the precarious figure of
48, or exactly one-half the senate,
to the safer total of 49, a majority
of 2.
Mr. Saulsbury's election, added to
the victory recently secured in Ten
nessee, assures the Democratic party
absolute control of the senate after
March 4. The vote of : Vice President
Marshall woulcThave been the decid
ing factor in any event, but the addi
tion of another Democratic vote to
the column gives the party leaders
what they believe to be a safe mar
gin for tariff and legislative action.
Contests still exist in the legisla
tures of New Hampshire, West Vir
ginia and Illinois with a total of four
senators to be elected.
Probe Ordered of Rogues' Gallery.
New York. The rogues' gallery, in
which, it was said, favoritism has
been shown, will be Investigated by
the aldermanic committee which 13
Ipoking into police conditions. In the
face of the rule that provides for the
rogues' gallery picture and Bertillon
measurement of every person con
victed of crime, if. has been reported
to the committee that neither the
photograph nor he description of
Charles Becker, the former police
lieutenant are In the files of the po
lice department
UNCLE SAM US
GENERAL CASTRO
SECRETARY NAGEL FORMALLY
BARS EXILE FROM THE
. UNITED STATES.
MURDER IS LAID TO HIM
Alleged Castro Refused to State
Whether He Was Party to. Kill- "
ing of General Paredes.
Washington. Cipriano Castro, for
mer president of Venezuela, was de
nied admission to the United States
as a visitor by Charles Xagel, secre
tary of commerce and labor. The
Venezuelan's unwavering refusal to
answer the question whether, while
president of his country, he was a
party,, to the killing of General Pa
redes was the cause of Secretary Na
gel's order for his deportation.
The cabinet minister sustained the
adverse report of the immigration au
thorities against Castro on the
ground that his declination to answer
"may in itself constitute an admission
by conduct'1 of the commission of a
felony. The immigration law bars
from entry any person convicted of or
admitting the commission of a crime
involving moral turpitude, providing
it is not purely a political offense.
The secretary held that the1 murder
of Paredes was not a purely political
crime.
Further, the secretary declared that
an alien was compelled to answer
"yes" or "no" any pertinent question
regarding his admissibility If per
mitted to refuse he maintained that
"the immigration service might just
as well adjourn.'
The alleged information against
Castro was furnished the department
cf commerce and labor by the state
department, and Secretary Nagel, in
his decision, frankly admits that but
for the state department's action, Cas
trol probably would have been admit
ted without question.
LONE BANDIT ROBS EXPRESS
Escapes With Several Thousand Dol
lars After Holding Up Mesenger.
Chicago. A bandit robbed the safe
of an express car and escaped with
a bag of currency said to contain sev
eral thousand dollars. The car was
attached to a local special express
train on a branch of the Pennsylva
nia railroad.
The . robber, .with a revolver, com
pelled the express messenger to open
the safe. The conductor of the train
seized the thief as he was about to
leap from the car, but the man felled
him with a blow of the fist. The thief
escaped unhurt, although the conduc
tor rose and fired two shots at him.
The train is known as the "Stock
yards Special." It is used to carry
money and valuable papers between
the Union Stockyards and downtown
banks. '
TENNESSEE FUSIONISTS WIN
Elect Their Candidates in Three Con
tests for State Officers.
Nashville, Tenn The - Fusionists
scored a sweeping victory in the Ten
nessee legislature, electing their can
didates in the three contests for state
officers, as follows: W. P. Ilickson,
Independent Democrat, state treasu
rer, over DeLong Rice, Democratic
primary nominee, by a vote of 77 to
52; R. R. Sneed, Independent Demo
crat, secretary of state, over Hallum
W. Goodloe, incumbent, Democratic
primary nominee, by a vote of 71 to
Gl; George P. Wollen, Independent
Democrat, comptroller, over II. T.
Stratton. Democratic caucus nominee,
by a vote of 84 to 4.
Wilson Accepts College Escort.
New York. Woodrow 'Wilson ac
cepted the offer of the students of
Princeton uvu -Ity to escort him
from his home in Princeton to the
white house on the day he is inaug
urated. Just a century ago Princeton
gave its last president to the nation
James Madison. The centenary will
be celebrated in a unique program to
which Mr. Wilson gave his consent,
when Paul F. Myers, a Princeton se
nior, rode on the train with him.
Mother of Henry Grady Dead.
Atlanta Mrs. Anne Gartrell Gra
dy, widow of the late Maj. William
S. Grady, of Ather.3. Ca., and mother
of the late Henry W. Grady, died at
the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Eugene R. Black here. Her hus
band died at the battle of Petersburg,
Va., rendering gallant service in the
Confederate army, and her sen, Hen
ry W. Grady, died while rendering
gallant service as the great states
man of the new South. Ten years
ago her other son, William S. Grady,
disd in North Dakota.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Collected For Busy Peo
ple of State.
Lenoir. The people of Lenoir are
much elated over the introduction of
a bill by Congressman Doughton ap
propriating $70,000 for a public build
ing for the town.
Pittsboro. Cleveland Campbell
was shot dead within about 400 yards
of his home,, two miles west of Pitts
boro by Will C. Griffin who was hunt
ing on Campbell's land.
Asheville. The first delegate to
arrive at Ashveille for the Southern
Highway convention which is to be
held here February 12-15, was Dr. S.
M. Johnson, of Roswell, New Mexico.
Salisbury The Salisbury Industrial
Club has been elected a member of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, and three members of the
club will represent it in the national
body when . occasion presents itself.
Greensboro. An unusual trial was
held before Magistrate Collins when
three police officers of the town were
tried charged with breaking into the
home of a negress named Ella Stock
ton recently.
Greensboro. The second case of
smallpox of the fall and winter sea
son in Guilford county was reported
by County Health Superintendent
Jones. This case developed in the
city and is said to be a very mild at
tack. Greensboro. Claiming alleged loss
of property and damage to his mill
ing business by reason of the city ef
Greensboro taking so much water
from Reedy Fork creek, W. L. Huf
fine has instituted suit against Greens
boro for $10,000.
Durham. R. O. Everett is now mak
ing preparations for the ejection of
a number of storage houses on the
eastern extremity of Ramseur street,
and these will be used by a number
of concerns as distributing centers
for this section of the state.
Raleigh. With all officers re-elected
and headquarters in" Raleigh, the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League
convention adjourned after hearing
Judge A. Z. Blair, of Portmouth, O.,
in his great caricature of the personal
liberty monomania.
Newbern. Capt. Wilson I. Daveny
field secretary of the National Riv
ers and Harbors Congress, is spend
ing a few clays in the city in the in
terest of deeper waterways. Capt.
Daveny addressed a large number of
business men at the court house on
this subject.
Durham. 'That the Durham and
Southern railroad is making prepa
rations to extend its line down into
Sampson county is a well grounded ru
mor that is being talked in Durham,
but the officials of the railroad in
Durham would not verify this rumor
when seen.
Goldsboro. The grand jury of the
present court recommended in the
strongest terms that Wayne county
build a new courthouse. The pres
ent courthouse was built over sixty
years ago, when the inhabitants in
the county numbered less than one
third what they do now.
Asheville. The work of making tu
berculin testi of all Buncombe county
dairy cattle, which has been carried
Qn for the past two months under the
direction of City Bacteriologist L. M.
McCormicc, has beei finished and
the reports of the health department
show that the cows which furnish the
milk consumed in the city are in fine
condition.
Raleigh. It is not believed that
more than 45 applicants will appear
before the supreme cpurt to take the
examination for license to practice
law in this state, a smaller number
than usual sending in their names to
the clerk. The first day's session will
be devoted to examining applicants
and on the second day, the appeals
from the First district will be argued.
Raleigh. The house committee on
public service corporations, with only
about half the members present, after
hearing from railroad attorneys and
representatives of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, finally decided to re
port without prejudice the Stewart
bill, requiring that mileage be pulled
on trains and that interchangeable
mileage be good for the families oi
the purchaser, or if not, then the local
rate be two cents a rntle.
Scotland Neck. The case of Joe
Hill, charged with killing a negro wo
man near Meal's Station just before
Christmas, was investigated by the
grand jury at Halifax, and a true bill
rendered against him, charging mur
der in the first degree.
Newbern. Although every effort
has been made to apprehend the un
known negro who attacked Mr. W. D
Stapleford near Bridgeton severa
days ago, the fugitive is still at large
Sheriff Lane and several of his depu
ties have scsured the woods in the vi
cinity of the crime, but failed to fin?
any trace of the fugitive.
TEACHERS OF SITE
WILL HOLD MEETING IN RALEIGH I
THANKSGIVING WEEK OF NO
VEMBER, 1913.
WINS MEETING ON ITS MERIT!
In Former Years Cash Considerations
Had Much to Do With Place of
Meeting. Raleigh May be Perman
ent Place of Assembly. ,
Raleigh The North Carolina Teach
ers' Assembly will meet in Raleigh
November of this year and the city,
wins it on Its merit. The date , is,
the week of Thanksgiving. ' This was
determined at a meeting ot the exec
utive committee of the assembly andi
the first visit that this body has made
to Raleigh since 1905 will be the 1913
convention. ; " .' :
In all former years cash considera
tions have had much to. do with; the
coming here of the teachers. " They
have needed the money and ' those
towns that put it up attracted them.
It was not the money that brought
them, but it was the prospect of an
even break that did it. Things'1 have
now changed so much that . the
money offer will more than likely be
discontinued. Raleigh . lost It T to
Greensboro last year because 3reeii
boro sent the monetary consideration.
The teachers wanted to come here
then but could not well afford it.
The prospects of having this body
here every fall are bright. It is the
geographical point of vantage. It is
nearer the center of the state, than
any other city able to care for so big
a body and is abundantly blessed with
hotels and railroad. It will make
cheape rthe travel and the entertain?
ment of those who come and Raleigh
has an immense benefit to offer in the
way of schools and institutions allied
with schools. The speaking attrac
tions are more easily brought here
because any man in the county would
rather go to the capitol of a i state
than anywhere else in it. ,1 v
The cutting loose from the cash
bonus idea once, which was done this!
time, will make it easier to discon-f
tinue it indefinitely, and it is believed;
that good-bye has been said to it forj
all time. Raleigh will give as much
money to entertainVthe teachers as .
anybody, but this should be an after; I
consideration the people here think. j
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Raleigh. The Charlotte Tent and
Awning Co., Charlotte, received 8
charter with $25,000 capital author
ized and subscribed by S. W. Dand
ridge, Robert Steffey and P. C. Prince
Another Charlotte charts is for th
Eagle Film Company, capital $125,00(
authorized and $16,000 subscribed
W. F. Anderson. R. D. Craver and
F. Saras for moving picture films. Othf '
er charters are to the Rocky Moun
PInless Clothes Line. Co.,- Rock
Mount, capital $125,000 authorized 1
and $1,500 subscribed by J. C. Braei
well, George S. Edwards, L. D. Bui
luck, and others.
For 3ood Roads Jn Beaufort. ,
Washington. A public meeting of
the citizens of this city was held
the court house recently in the intei j
ests of good roads for Beaufort cov j
ty. Congressman John H. Small an
R. E. Toms, the highway engineer q
the United States Bureau of Publl
Roads, were the principal speaker;
Much enthusiasm was exhibited, bot
by the farmers and citizens. Goo
roads, their building and upkeep wer M
discussed along scientific lines, an
ways and means for getting them i
Beautort county. if
Students' Volunteer Movement.
ureensDoro. ihe second annu;
meeting of the students' voluntef
movement association of North Cap 7
Una. which was formed at a meetic,
in Raleigh last year, has been calle
for this city in February, the sessior
being held February 21, 22 and !
in the auditorium" of the state nc j. .
mal college. The organization has f c j
its purpose the mutual exchange
ideas as relating to school, welfaj
school, welfaj i
y uplift work. I
uct Highways.
and general community
convicts io construct Highways
Raleigh. Commissioner of Insv
ance J. R. Young is much interested
the outcome of the movement at th
session of the legislature to. have '
bor of state convict forces direct)
principally to the construction cf his
ways on some equitable basis, Stv
ertil bills to this end have been intro
duced, but neither of them txart')
represents the views of Mr, Youri .- "n
the subject. His Idea is that th - -ui'.i
prison employ one or mon- :i-l
road engineers and take comnu is fm
the construction of road3 for co
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