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LONE BANDIT IBS
SEABOARD TRAIN
WHITE MAN HOLDS UP, EXPRESS
MESSENGER AND MAKES
ESCAPE.
PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTED
Florida-Cuba Special of the Seaboard
Held Up for the Third Time
in Two Years.
. Columbia, S. C An unknown white
man, pistol in hand, entered "the ex
press car of the northbound Florida
Cuba. Special of the , Seaboard Air
Line from Tampa to New York, as the
train was leaving Columbia, compell
ed the express messenger to open tfaje
safe, and after taking from it a pack
age, said to be of slight value, jumped
off as the train slowed up for a cross
ing in the northern limits of the city.
N After the crew had instructed the
crossing watchman to communicate
with the Columbia police, the train
proceeded on its way. Neither pas
. sengers nor mail clerks were molested.
Officials pt the express company
"were -unable to estimate the value of
the packages secured by the robber.
They say they are unable to state
where the stolen package was put
on," and will not know until later how
much money it contained.
, The robbery is the third of its na
ture in Columbia within the past two
years. In each case the hold-ups
have been made by one man. No ar-
Tests have been made in the other
cases ,
STUDENTS ENGAGE IN RIOT
Newspaper Corerspondent Asasulted
at Chapel Hill, Nv C.
Raleigh, N. C. Threatened by a
crowd of students of the University
of North Carolina, in the lobby of the
postofflce at Chapel Hill. S. R. Win
' ters, corerspondent of the News and
Observer, at that place, was struck by
one of them because of the publica
tion of an , account of gambling by
students at the "state university in a
.morning newspaper.
A party of eleven, including stu
- dents and citizens of Chapel Hill, were
bound over to the court on the charge
of plr, Ing "craps," and-the report
gave tneir names. This caused the
. attack on him, the evidence being that
only' the intervention of " students and
a hurried call for the police kept the
crowd from beating up Winters. - -'
The faculty of the university and
the authorities of ' Chapef Hill are on
a campaign to break up gambling at
the university and in the town. The
. chief of police of Chapel Hill, In a
statement, says that with what evi
dence is in hand he will be able to
round up the ring leaders in gambling
in the university.
Champion Father of German.
Berlin. Ferdinand Eglinski, aged
53, a tailor of Ahlbeck, is Germany's
champion father. The Tageblatt,
which publishes his story, says that
of his successive marriages with two
. ister,sTthlrty:five children were born,
v26 of whom are living 19 boys and 7
.girls.: The. tailor married at the-age
of 20. His first wife, who died in
1907. hnre him twentv-four children.
In 1908 he married his deceased wife's
sister, who has born him ejeven chil
dren Mnjthe last six years. Triplets
came on one occasion and twins were
born twice. ' When his sixth son en
tered thearmy in 1913 Eglinski re
ceived a private audience with the kaiser,-
who ordered him entertained in
Berlin at his majesty's expense for a
week. Eglinski has become a celeb
rity and adds to his income as a tail-
or by post cards of himself. - . .
Proposed -Marriage' From Tree Top.
Savaflnah; Gav Before a sympathet
ic audience of several hundred peo
pie, Frank M. Register of 2425 Bar
nard street, climbed a tree, in Colo
nial park, back of the jail, proposed
to Miss Zeta Metlock, who Is being
detained by the police, was accepted
and the two fixed the date for the
wedding. Miss Metlock is being held
at the police station under no charg
es, but In order that she may be
taken care of until she can be restor
ed to her parents.
Railroad Men Threaten Strike.
Rome, Italy Italy faces another
' general strike. Eighty thousand rail
way, employees are claming for an
amelioration of their conditions of em
ployment, which would represent an
Increase of 110,000,000 in. the state
budget The employees held several
'meetings! The most important one
was at Ancona, a great railway cen
ter, wjereitwas decided that. IL the
government refused. to give a satis
factory answer to the demands of the
men a general railway strike would
t proclaimed April IS.
WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS
Mr. Williams Is a representative-at-large
in congress from Illinois. He
went to school at Illinois college with
W. J. Bryan and has been a Bryan
man ever since.
ENGLISH THRONE SKAKEN
PARLIAMENT SEETHING CALDRON
. OVER ALLEGED ALLIANCE
OF KING.
Unless Premier Asquith Satisfactorily
Explains He Will Face Danger of
' Liberal Rebellion.
London. Westminster continues to
be a seething caldron over what the
Liberals now denounce as the "mu
tiny of the army aristocrats" against
democratic government The fact has
been established from all obtainable
evidence that Gen. Hubert Gough and
the other officers of the Third cavalry
brigade demanded and obtained writ
ten assurances that they would not
be ordered to fight Sir Edward Car
son's Ulster volunteers, and that these
assurances were obtained largely
through the personal intervention of
the king. -
The throne, which traditionally has
kept out of party controversies", is in
volved In the discussion as it never
before has been during King George's
reign or that of his diplomatic father.
The section of the Liberals who1 op
posed what they denounce as a sur
render to the military oligarchy are
criticising the king with the greatest
freedom. They resent bis action in
summoning to the palace Field Mar
shal Lord Roberts, who, in his speech
es, advised the officers that they might
properly erfuse service in suppress
ing the Ulster irreconcilables. They
criticise his majesty for dealing per
sonally with Field Marshal Sir John
French, chief of the general staff.
ALASKA COAL LANDS OPEN
Under Leasing Plan Lands Agreed
Upon by Senate.
Washington. Opening of Alaska
coal lands under a leasing plan was
proposed in a bill agreed upon by
the senate -public lands committee,
and which will be favorably reported
by Chairman Myers.
The bill proposes that the unre
served lands be surveyed into 40-acre
tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi
mum being fixed at 560 ncres for any
tract. They are to be leased to com
petitive bidders, not more than one
tract . being included in any lease.
Railroads will be prohibited from ac
quiring a greater coal -, supply than
needed for their own uses.
Five Persons DrownecL
Fresno, Cal. The breaking of a sus
pension bride across the San Joa
quin river plunged four men and one
woman, crossing in an automobile, 50
feet into the swift stream. They were
drowned. Among the occupants of the
machine were L. N. Part, general
superintendent of the San Joaquin
Light and Power corporation and J.
E. Brugess, assistant superintendent
Takes Charge of Body.
Stamford, Conn. The body of Prof.
Harry Thurston Peck, who committed
suicide - here, was removed ' to the
home of his former wife, Mrs. Cornelia
Dawbarn Peck, at Sound. Beach, with
the consent of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Peck,
his second wife. Among the effects
of Professor Peck, of which Mrs. Cor
nelia Peck has taken charge, are a
number of. manuscripts. One of these
was Jon platoaic friendship," in which
the question Is raised as to "whether
a man can maintain a platonic friend-
this.
PERSOILTRMPH
CLOTURE RULE ADOPTED IN THE
HOUSE BY VOTE OF
200 TO 172.
PREDICT PASSAGE OF BILL
Crucial Point Passed, Say Adminis
tration Leaders, Who Claim Meas-
ure Will Have 100 Majority.
Washington! President Wilson won
the opening skirmish of the great leg
islative battle of his administration
when the house, over bitter protests
from recognised Democratic leaders
and almost solid minority opposition,
adopted a special rule for the consider
ation of , the bill repealing the free
tolls provision of the Panama canal
act. Speaker Clark, Democratic Lead
er Underwood, Republican Leader
Mann and Progressive Leader Mur
dock -headed those lined up against
the administration, but the house re
sponded to the president's personal ap
peal for prompt consideration of the
repeal 'bill as a means of supporting
his administration's foreign policy.
Two votes demonstrated the . presi
dent's commanding Influence with his
party in congress. On the first test,
a motion to end debate and preclude
amendment on the rule carried by a
vote of 207 fo 176; the rule itself was
adopted 200 to 172.
Nothing to compare with the scene
had occurred in the house since the
famous Cannon rules fight four years
ago. In vain Representative Under
wood took the floor and'urged his col
leagues to vote against the rule. The
rank and file Democrats, after listen
ing to three hours of passionate ar
gument, , swung into the president's
column, 199 of them voting to prevent
the amendment of the special rule,
while but 55 followed the leaders in
joining with the minority in opposi
tion.
ANDREWS MAKES REPORT
France, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
to Build Pavilions.
Washington. Col. Walter P. An
drews, who returned from a tour of
the Mediterranean countries as com
missioner general of the United States
to the Mediterranean and Balkan
states invited the members of the
Georgia delegation to congress to a
dinner at the New Willard hotel. ',
Colonel Andrews has made his re
port to Secretary Bryan and is enthu-
sisastic about the trip of the special
commission.'
France, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
agreed to build pavilions at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition. Roumania,
Servia, Portugal and Spain had already
decided not to participate, but agreed
to reopen the subject .
Over 25,000 Indians III With Plague.
Washington. Health conditions
among the Indiana are described as
deplorable by Indian Commissioner
Cato Sells, in his annual report Ap
proximately 25,000 Indians are suffer
ing: from tuberculosis, he says, while
available hospital facilities for all will
not exceed 300 beds. During the past
fiscal year 1,905 Indians died from tu
berculosis. The Indian death rate was
32.25 per thousand, against 16.00 per
thousand for the entire registered
area of the United States. More than
60.000 cases of trachoma are shown
to exist among the government's
wards. , The report says there are
.000 Indian families without homes,
many of whom live under revolting
conditions. Need of increased appro
priations to provide the Indians more
sanitary homes, better school facilities,
medical attention and measures to pre
vent disease is emphasized.
Steamer Hits Rock; 18 Drowned.
London. Eighteen of the crew of the
crew of the French steamer St. Paul
were drowned. The steamer struck
a rock and sank while entering the
port of Brisbane, Australia, according
to a Lloyd dispatch. The St. Paul
was oh the way from Noumea to Syd
ney. She was a new 200-fqot vessel,
built in 1912, commanded by Captain
Coree and owned by the Oceanic Nav
igation company of Bordeaux.
Owen Urges Repeal of Exemption,
Washington. While the opposing
factions in the house were lining up
for the opening of the fight over the
administration bill to repeal the tolls
exemption clacse of the Panama canal
act Senator Owen supported Presi
dent Wilson's attitude in urging the
repeal. He took the position that the
exemption wad in violation of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. Senator Owen re
ferred to. the senate roll calls to em
phasize President Wilson's contention
that the exemption was passed by a
coalition I the two old parties.
MISS LUCY BURNS
wmmmmm
Miss Burns, Vassar graduate with a
long record of post-graduate work In
political economy at the universities
of Yale, Berlin and Bohn, Is now the
acting head of the Women's Congres
sional Union at Washington.
INSURGENTS JAKE ATTACK
FEDERALS DRIVEN BACK WHEN
MAKING ATTEMPT TO ES
CAPE FROM CITY.
Huerta Troops Concentrated in West
ern Part of Torreon to Resist
Combined Attack.
Juarez, Mexico. A message from
Gome2 Palacio, signed by General "Vil
la, said that he had concentrated his
forces to force his way into Torreon,
there to join General Herrera and to
take supreme command. ; Officials
here declared that the federals al
ready had tried to escape from the city.
but were driven back and were in no
condition to withstand such an at
tack as that of which Villa gave no
tice in this telegram.
A telegram received from General
Villa says that practically all of Tor
reon, including the entire business
section, is in the hands of the rebels.
General Herrera, at the head of 4,000
men, is said to have entered the city
from the east instead of the north, as
at first reported, and is said to have
fought his way through the streets to
the bull-ring on the northern edge of
the city. ' -
A second telegram from Villa
amended the first to show that the
federals were concentrated in their last
defenses in the western portion of the
city. Rebel officials here say that if
the federals do not hold their position
there, they inevitably must be cap
tured. "
The same telegram says- that fed
eral Generals Pena, Reyna and Anaya
have been killed and General Ocaranza
seriously .wounded.
BANK HOLDUP IN ATLANTA
Bandit Steals Buggy and Eludes Big
Mob After a Wild Chase.
Atlanta. Foiled in a wild attempt
to loot the safety vaults of the Atlanta
State Savings Bank, a negro institu
tion, in Auburn avenue, which con
tained upwards of ?2,500 in gold and
silver, a white would-be bandit, blud
geoned a negro clerk, fled into Hous
ton street, seized a horse and buggy,
raced through the downtown streets,
pursued by police officers and a howl
ing mob, fired some five shots at his
pursuers and finally eluded searchers
in the Hock bounded by- Harris and
Cain streets.
A short time later a man claiming
to be an actor, and giving his name as
Edward Rhynata of Denver, Colo,, was
arrested by Call Officer James .Palmer,
in a room at Cain and'Williams streets.
The suspect was taken to the banking
rooms. He was identified by six ne
groes as the man seen earlier in the
day at the Odd Fellows' bulldingr!
which the bank is located.
Knell Sounded for Convict Goods. .
Washington. After a rigorous parti.
san contest the house passed a bill
to bar foreign convict-made or pauper
made goods from competition with the
products of American free labor. The
measure, which now goes to the sen
ate, follows a bill recently passed by
the house forbidding the shipment of
convict-made goods in interstate com
merce into states- which prohibit the
sale of such products in the open mar
ket. The importation of foreign convict-made
goods has been prohibited,
under the tariff laws sine 1880.
Hi TROOPS
ENDURE HARDSHIPS
U. S. ARMY MEN WONDER AT
FORTITUDE OF RAW UNDIS-
CIPLINED TROOPS.
LITTLE NEWS FROM BATTLE
Much Obstinacy Shown at Torreon.
Soldiers on Both Sides Have Scan
ty Food, Little Water and Air is
Filled With Battle Fumes.,1
Washington. Army officers' here
are much surprised at the endurance
shown by the raw and undisciplined
Mexican troops on both sidea in the
fighting around Torreon. It is esti
mated that for five days past these
soldiers have been engaged in almost
constant battle, without opportunity
for sleep or rest and pratotically with
out a commissariat on the Rebel side
at least.
It is believed here that the explana
tion for the almost unparalleled ob
stinacy of the attack by the Rebels
is the knowledge that the only way
to food and safety lies directly be
hind the Federal defenses in the city
of Torreon and that retreat across
the arid desert in their rear is out of
the question with a victorious enemy
in pursuit.
In the absence of news from the
scene of battle the little Information
that came to Washington was from
the naval officers stationed on the two
coasts. This related to the case of
an American doctor arrested because
one of his patients who died under his
ministrations wa3 a Constitutionalist
officer and to a really threatening sit
uation at Tampico.
Because of the oil wells in it3 rear,
and its rich custom house, Tampico
has long been an object of Rebel de
sire and Admiral Mayo reported that
he had heard a large force of Rebels
had crossed the river above the city
and., was approaching with intent to
attack the place. To offset this move
government" reinforcements, number
ing 800 soldiers with two cannon and
an armored car, had arrived to assist
in the defense, so it was evident that
backed up with a Federal warship in
the harbor, the town would not be
taken without a bitter struggle.
KILL TORREON FUGITIVES
"Trying to Esc&pe From Torreon Fugi
tives Are Captured and Killed by
Rebel's"
Eagle Pass, Texas. Refugees who
reached Piedras Negras, Moxico, from
the vicinity, of Monclova, reported
that General Murgia's comm&nd of
Constitutionalists had intercepted
several bands of fugitive Federal vol
unteers from Torreon and killed them
to the last man. No estimate was
given of the casualties.
Murgia is operating between Mon
terey and Torreon and is reported to
have isolated the Torreon garrison
from all communication with Mexico
City and with Federal forces at Mon
terey and Saltillo.
There has been no communication
between Eagle Pass and Torreon over
the Government telegraph lines for
five days. All railroads into Torreon
from the East have teen cut. Gen
eral Joanquin Maas, who went to rein
force General Velasco at Torreon,
made the trip overland in armored
automobiles with his 800 men.
Brief on Joint Rates Filed,
Washington. Protesting that Inter
state Commerce Commission orders
prohibiting the granting of joint rates
and other concessions by interstate
railroads is costing so-called tap line
railroads $1,500,000 a year, attorneys
for these interests filed brief in the
Supreme Court, urging that the orders
be set aside.
Seaboard Contracts For Coal.
Bristol. Tenn. The Seaboard Air
Line Railway Company has contract
ed with the Clinchfield Coal Corpor
ation for 500,000 tons of steam coal.
This coal is to be delivered as needed.
It will be taken from the mines of
the coal corporation in Russell Coun
ty, Virginia.
Famous Agricultural Man Dies.
" Washington. George W. Hill, for
many years a prominent official of the
agricultural department, died after a
protracted illness at Franklin, Va.
When the secretary of agriculture
first became a member of . the cabinet,
Mr. Hill organized the editorial branch
and developed the plan of widespread
circnlatlon of agricultural literature
to farmers and the press. His knowl
edge of departmentat affairs led 'Mri
Roosevelt, when civil service com
miseioner to urge Mr. Hill's selection
fr that board.
HinkYia'l nnc iil
PilAHbHALli lUbtAR
VICE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS' INVI
TATION TO SPEAK IN CHAR
LOTTE MAY 20TH.
CHOOSE HIS OWN SPEECH
Makes Committee Promise That He
May "Stand on His Hind Legs" and
Speak Off-Hand on 'Any Subject
That Might Suggest Itself.,
Washington. Vice President . Mar
shall will be the principal speaker
for the twentieth of May celebration.
He promised a few days ago to leave
here. May 3.9, accompanied by Mrs.
Marshall, and spend May . 20 in' the
Queen City.' He made the invitation
committee promise to let him "stand
on his hind legs and talk about what
ever he saw fit without preparing a
set speech for the occasion" ' before
he would accent. -
The invitation to Mr. Marshall was
extended by Leake Carraway of the
Greater Charlotte ClubJohn.-A. Par
ker, representing Charlotte and W- C.
Dowd of the twentieth -of -May com
mittee. Secretary Daniels; Senator
Overman, Representative Webb and
Or. W. J. Martin of Davidson College.
Mr. Caraway told - the . Vice Presi
dent that a Pullman car on the South
ern railroad would be put at his dis
posal from the time he , leaves here
till he returns. Mr. Marshall declar
ed that a "whole car" is more than he
wants, but he will not quarrel if he
has too much room.
Secretary Daniels . will, . celebrate
with the Charlotteans the week of the
twentieth. Asked what he - preferred
in the way of menu for the dinner to
him, he said, "pig jowl and greens."
Vice President Marshall - Was about
to. postpone his answer to. the Char
lotte committee for the reason that
all of his. office -help "la -bu't of. com
mission. .....
"I will give you my answer tomor
row or -'next day," said he.' "I have
no help today. My secretary has
married himself a wife 'and . is 'off on
a bridal tour. My stenographer has
the measles, my messenger,:, as Ger
man measles and Mrs. Marshall's
maid has just undergone an operation
for a serious attack of appendicitis. "
The Vice President finally called up
Mrs. Marshall at the Shornham Hotel
and asked her to run over appoint
ment book and see if the Marshall,
who always "travel together, have en
eaeements for Mav 20.
t n i in . t. a. j
i it ku it you itL m Biuuu uu ill v
hind legs and speak off-hand on what
ever subject I choose," without pre
paring a set speech,? said Mr. Mar
shall, turning from the 'phone. The
offer was accepted.
Durham Will Rebuild.
Durham. The merchants who were
burned out in the fire here a few
days ago, have nearly all made" ar
rangements for temporary quarters
and some of them will leave soon for
the Northern markets to lay In an-
them have also held conferences with
the owners of the burned buildings
and will begin at once to go over
plans for new buildings In the place
of those which have been destroyed.
The majority are taking their heavy
losses in the finest kind of spirit and'
ail express the opinion that, as unfor
tunate as was the fire better buildings
and more modern structures in every
respect will rise from the ashes of
the ruins. .
W. M. U. Elects Officers.
Henderson ville. With the passage
of resolutions thanking Henderson
ville people for their hospitality in
entertaining, the election of officers v
for the ensuing year and the consid-
eration of committee reports, ' the
State Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union, which has been in session here
for four . days, adjourned some of
whom have served for many years
and none less than two, were re-elect-.
ed: President, Miss Fannie E. S.
Heck; treasurer, Mrs, Wesley N.
Jones ; corresponding secretary, Miss
Blanche Barruss;i superintendent of
Sunbeams and JRoyal Ambassadors,
Miss Elizabeth N. Briggs; recording
secretary, Mrs. J. .-S.-Farmer, - all of
Raleigh. .
Lettuce Crop., It Damaged. ,
Wilmington. Lettuce growers In
this section say that the cold weath
er of the first, andthe latter part of
the present month bas had tin e3ct
of damaging the lettuce crop to the
extent of delaying shipments Z ) d-iya.
and of reducing the output from one
half to two-thirds of what wa? erpuct
ed the, yield would be. Th:re hr
been lan lncrpaBtd acre pcf lttuc-
and despite thf 3anmg to V crc-.-it
Is expected that In the &sr'?rw -w
the shipment will be as larga e.j ! ...
rea".