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VOL. XXIV. , ' PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914. HO. 52.
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BY SUPREME COURT
JNTER-MOUNTAIN RATE ORDERS
LUMBER DEALERS, AND PIPE
LINE ACT PASSED ON.
THE RAILWAYS WIN CASE
Trans-Continental Roads Get Title to
' Oil Lands. Court Recesses Until
October. r14 Cases Left Over.
Washington. The supreme Court
adjourned until October after decid
ing the inter-mountain rate case, the
California oil land grant case, the
Eastern States retail lumber dealers'
jsuit, and several other important cases
pending for many months.
Just 14 cases in which arguments
had been made were left undecided.
These include cases involving the
constitutionality of the "grandfather
clauses," limiting the right of ne
groes to vote in Oklahoma and Anna
polis, Md., the mid-Western land case,
Involving the validity of President
Taft's withdrawal of oil lands from
entry; the Nashville grain reshipping
case; and the Henry case involving
the right of Congress to compel indi
viduals to testify before investigating
committees.
, The court during the term disposed
-of more cases than In any years since
1890. Five hundred and ninety-one
decisions were handed down.
The court affirmed the decree of
the New York Federal Court hold
ing organizations of Eastern States
retail lumber dealers had violated
the Sherman anti-trust law by circu
lating among their members lists of
wholesalers who sold lumber direct
to big consumers.
The pipe line act of 1905, placing
11 interstate oil pipe lines under In-,
terstate commerce commission regula
tions was upheld by the Supreme
Court. Tne court held, however, that
the act is not applicable to the Uncle
Sam Oil Company.
Transcontinental railways won
their fight for title to $700,000,000
worth of California oil lands when
the Supreme Court held ' void the
clause in the patents making the land
revert to the Government if later
found to contain minerals.
The Supreme Court recessed until
October without announcing decisions
in the Taft withdrawal oil land case,
the grandfather clause cases, the
Nashville grain reshipping case and
several other cases.
Charges of blacklisting and unfair
competitive methods figured largely
in the so-called lumber trust suit
which the Government brought
against 10 retail dealers associations
and 137 of their officers.
NEW SCHEME FOR PEACE..
A Conference Including Constitution
alists Will Be Held.
Niagara Falls, Ont. Through tht
invitation of the United States govern
ment and the good offices of the three
"South American mediators, represen
tatives of the two warring factions in
Mexico the Constitutionalists and
the Huerta government soon will be
brought face to face in an informal
-conference, distinct from the media
tion proceedings.
To save Mexico from further spolia
tion and the possibility of a foreign
war, the Constitutionalists apparently
have been prevailed upon to meet
their countrymen the Huerta dele
gates in a conference whose object
shall be the ending of the Mexican
civil strife.' The belief is general
that this plan stands an excellent
chance of being carried to success if
recent differences between Generals
Villa and Carranza are sufficiently
composed to guarantee that the. Con
stitutionalist delegation may work
without embarrassment. --.
Arrangements for the meeting are
In a formative state. The mediators
and American and Huerta delegates,
however, believe that they will be
able to announce not only the person
nel of the Constitutionalist delega
tion but the place of the meeting and
its general purposes. The new plan
has buoyed the hopes of the principals
o mediation.
Would Have "Gaillard Cut."
Washington. A proposal to honor
the late Col. David Dub. Gaillard, who
died from an illness aggravated by
overwork on the Panama Canal, by
-naming Culebra Cut after him was
laid before President Wilson by Rep
resentative Flnley of South Carolina.
Mr. Finley brought with him a resolu
tion adopted by the Federation of
Women's Clubs of South Carolina,
proposing the change. The South
Carolina Congressman said the sug
gestion had met with the hearty ap
proval of the President.
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Frank S. White, of Birmingham,
elected some time ago to suceed the
late Senator Johnston, has taken his
seat in the upper house and Alabama
now has a full delegation there for the
first time in months.
ASQUITH YIELDS
TO SUFGRAGtSTS
PREMIER HAS CONSENTED TO
RECEIVE A DELEGATION OF
' .V THE WOMEN.
IT IS A DISTINCT VICTORY
The Capitulation Follows Many At
tempts For an Audience by the
Militants.
London. Premier Asquith has cap
itulated to the suffragettes. He has
consented' to receive a deputation of
East End working women in Downing
street.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst's attempt to
carry out her threat of a hunger strike
at the entrance to the House of Com
mons until the Premier yielded to the
demand that he listen to a delegation
of women was largely respansible for
the Prime Minister's decision. The
victory is a distinct one, because
Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested about
a week ago for attempting to lead a
procession of East End women to
Westminister to demand the audience
which Mr. Asquith has promised.
Holloway jail opened Its doors to
release Miss Pankhurst, weak and
pale after her eighth successive hun
ger strike. The militant leader drove
to Westminister and rebuffed Kier
Hardie's efforts to persuade her to go
home. She was sitting on the steps of
the Central entrance to Parliament
House, propped up with cushions and
supported in the arms of friends when
Mr. Lansbury came out with the news
that Premier Asquith had surrend
ered. The militants plans were arranged
effectively. When their leader em
erged from Holloway jail on the arms
of two attendants, a motor car was
waiting filled with cushions. Two
nurses took her in charge. A group
of militants had gathered outside
Westminister, and when the car drove
up they cried :
"Here's Sylvia."
VILLA-CARRANZA SPLIT.-
Villa Disregarding General Natera,
Will Proceed to Mexico City.
E1 Paso, Texas. The split between
General Carranza and Villa has been
complete, it was learned on the high
est authority. But Villa will pro
ceed with his army south toward
Mexico City, disregarding General
Natera, whose appointment by Car
ranza as head of the new Central
zone evidently caused the open
breach between the Northern zone
commander and the Constitutionalist
commander-in-chief.
Congressman Sims Is Commended.
Washirton. President Wilson
wrote to Representative Sims of Ten
nessee expressing appreviation for his
conspicuous support of the Panama
tolls exemption repeal bill when it
was up before the house. "If I have
been a long time about it," wrote the
president,1 "you may be sure that it
has not been because I have forgotten
to express my very sincerest admira
tion for and appreciation of the part
that you played in the contest which
led to the repeal of the tolls exemption,"
X
IE AVIATORS DIE
IC BATTLE
AUSTRIAN MILITARY MEN MEET
TRAGIC DEATH IN ' SHAM
FIGHT IN AIR.
BODIES BADLY MUTILATED
Aeroplane Makes Attack on Dirigiblej
Latter Ripper Open Explosion
Follows Immediately.
Vienna. Nine burned and mutilated
bodies, the splintered fragments of an
aeroplane and the charred remannts
of a big dirigible balloon are the mute
records of one of the most senational
disasters which has occurred since
man learned to fly. The castastrophe,
which resulted in the death of all con
cerned, nine officers and men, followed
a mimic attack by. the aeroplane on
the aeroplane on the dirigible at a
great height the Austrian manueuvers
and served to show, more than any
previous accident to flying machines
have done, the horrors that would be
likely to attend aerial warfare.
The dirigible military balloon Koert
ling left Fischamend, 11 miles from
Vienna, manned by Capt. Johann
Hauswirth," in command, Lieutenant
Ernst Hoffstetter, Lieutenant Bruerr,
Lieutenant Haidinger, Corporal Hadi
ma, Corporal Weber and Engineer
Kammerer. -
At the elapse of half an hour a
military biplane, with Lieutenant
Flatz and Lieutenant Hoosta aboard,
started in pursuit.
It was the intention of Captain
Hauswirth to take photographs of the
movements of .the troops below and
then to join in the maneuvers. At the
same time he was to keep out of .range
of any of the mosquito craft which
might seek to attack him.
As might a wasp bent on attacking
some clumsy enemy, the aeroplyie
circled several times around the bal
loon, now darting closer to her, and
then away, always apparently steer
ing off just in time to avoid an actual
collision.
Meanwhile the balloon continued to
rise until it was about 1,300 feet from
the ground. The eeroplane, at a still
greater height, maneuvered until it
appeared to be nearly over the aid
ship. Then it began its descent. It
was the evident intention of the pilot
of the aeroplane to take up a posi
tion directly above the dirigible,
within striking distance,- but owing
either to a fatal miscalculation of dis
tance or speed, the nose of the bi
plane struck the envelope of the air
ship and ripped it wide open.
A tremendous explosion followed,
the balloon burst into flames, which
enevloped the biplane, and in a mo
ment the wreckage began to drop,
crashing at length like lead to the
slope of a bill. Almost at the same
moment the wife of Lieutenant Hof
stetter. who had been married onty a
month, arrived in a motor cor.
FIRES WAR SECRETARY.
Carranza Deposes Gen. Felipe Angeles
From Cabinet Job.
Saitillo, Mexico, (via Laredo, Texas)
Gen. Felipe Angeles, acting secretary
of war of the constitutionalist cabinet,
was desposed from, that position by
orde rof Gen. Carranza for disobed
ience of orders.
Angeles is general of artillery in
Villa's army and a strong .Villa parti
san. His removal from the cabinet
reduces him to the rank of general.
He is a graduate of Chapultepec Mili
tary academy and has played a prom
inent part In Villa's campaigns.
It is stated that 30.000 men under
Gen. Gonzales are being mobilized
fo rthe campaign to the south and
that several detachments already have
left for San Luis Potosi.
Can't Move Fast.
Washington. While the house was
sDarrine over the question of remain
ing in session to make progress on
the sundry civil bill, Representative
Levy of New York introduced a resolu
tion to provide that congress adjourn
July 15. He had it read from the
celrk's desk, but eoffrts to get any
further consideration for it were vain.
Big Transfer Gold.
New York. What is said in the
financial district to have been the
greatest transfer of gold ever made
between sub-treasuries occurred dur
ing the week, when $43,000,000 of the
precious metal was delivered at the
sub-treasury here. The gold in bars
and coin came from other branches
of the United States treasury and the
shipment, it was said, was prompted
by the fact that fc the last six weeks
this country has been losing gold to
Europe on a large scale. Since the
first of May $53,000,000 ha3 gone out.
VICTORIA BOOTH-CLIBB0RM
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,Miss Victoria Booth-Clibborn, grand
daughter of General William Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army, is
making a country-wide lecture tour in
the interests of the organization. '
HUERTA DELEGATES
TAKE STRONG ISSUE
JN PUBLIC STATEMENT THEY
GIVE REASONS FOR OPPOS
ING AMERICAN PLAN.
HE SEEKS FOR NEUTRALITY
This Should Be the Quality of Mexi
co's Proposed Provisional Presi
dent Delegates Surprised.
Niagara Falls, Ont. The Huerta
delegation to the mediation, confer
ence issued a statement charging that
the insistance by the United States
on a Constitutionalist for the provis
ional presidency as opposed to a
"neutral" was "antamount to abetting
and even exacting fraud and violence
at the elections."
The publication of this statement
was unexpected by the American del
egates. When they learned of it their
attitude was that the Huerta delegates
were acting . entirely within their
rights when they criticised the Amer
ican plan for the establishment of a
provisional government in a com
munication addressed to the Ameri
cans themselves, but they were great
ly surprised by the Mexican dele
gate's action in giving it out
Justice Lamar and Mr. Lehmann
read the statement issued by the
Mexican delegation and determined to
make public their reply.
The Mexican statement outlines the
substance of . a memorandum dated
June 12, which the Huerta delegates
gave to the American delegates and
to which the latter since have re
plied. ;
The preface of the statement ex
plained that publication was made
because knowledge of the criticism
already had reached representatives
of the press. Continuing the state
ment follows:
"There is no reason for further
concealment of the differences that
have arisen between the American
and Mexican delegations to which the
press has already referred over the
provisional government for Mexico
which is at present under considera
tion. The Mexican delegation adopt
ing a principle advanced by the me
diating plenipothentiaries agreed to
the designation of a neutral as pro
visional president. The American
delegation submitted its plan based
on the condition that the provisioaal
president shall be a Constitutionalist,
a condition which the Mexican dele
gation flatly rejected, of its own ac
cord, and without even consulting its
government. To put in writing the
reasons for the rejection so that they
might better be studied by the Ameri
can delegates, the Mexican delegation
addressed to them a memorandum
covering the points of chief consider
ation. One Navy For Eight Nations.
Boston. One navy for the eight
leading nations of the world is the
aim of a plan drawn up for the World
Peace Foundation to be sent to Sec
retary of State Bryan and Secretary
of the Navy Daniels. The Nations
are Germany, the United States, Jap
an Great Britian, Italy, Austria,
France and Russia. The plan propos
es a Joint convention of these Nations
to reduce their armaments, which
may be used jointly if any one of the
nations is attacked by reason of the
reduction.
BO TO YIELD
OR MEDIATION ENDS
IS ULTIMATUM OF AMERICAN
DELEGATES RELATING TO U.
S. PEACE PLAN.
MAY CONCLUDE IMMEDIATELY
American Policy is Not Yet Determin
ed, if the Peace Conference Fails
in. Its Purpose.
Niagara Falls, Ont. Justice Lamar's
memorandum to Emilo Rabasa, head
J of the Mexican mediation delegation,
announcing that the United States
must insist on the acceptance of its
plan for the pacification of Mexico is
an ultimatum. Unless the Huerta
delegates yield mediation will end at
once.
This is the firm determination of
the United States as conveyed to the
mediators. Ambassador Da Gama of
.Brazil, and Minister Suarez of Chile,
asked the American delegates if their
position had changed in view of the
Carranba-Villa split and the reply
was no.
It was an informal talk, but served
to advise the mediators that the pub
lished statements of the American
and Huerta delegates with opposite
views on the type of men to be select
ed for provisional president, defined
clearly the unalterable attitude of the
American Government.
Just what would be the American
policy if mediation fails or what dis
position it would make of the Amer
ican troops at Vera Cruz is not known
even to the American delegates.
The Huerta commissioners say they
do not know what course of action
General Huerta may pursue.
The mediators held no formal ses
sion because Minister Naon, of Aregn
tina was in Washington. He is ex
pected back soon and will confer first
with his colleagues who are anxious
to know whether his conferences with
officials of the Washington Govern
ment developed a new road toward so
lution of the problem confronting
them. If it has not the various plans
will be formally presented.
Rejection by the Americans of the
mediators' plan, as well as that of
fered by the Mexican delegates will
be recorded as matter of form, to
gether with disapproval by the Mexi
cans of the American plan. Automat
ically that would adjourn the confer
ences according to rules c procedure
adopted when they first convened.
The mediators, however, still have
some names to suggest for provision
al president, but have little hope that
an agreement can be reached.
200 MINERS BURIED IN WRECK.
600 Men Working in Shaft, 35 Escape,
50 Rescued, 36 Die.
Lethbridge, Alberta. A mighty ex
plosion entombed 250 miners employ
ed in mine No. 20 of the Hlllcrest
Colleries Limited. Of the 50 miners
rescued only 14 were living.
Despite the efforts of two-score
mine experts, laboring amid the pois
oned gases and debris, hope of rescu
ing alive the 200 men yet in the mine
wa3 remote.
The effects of the disasters were:
Men in mine when explosion oc
curred 600, of whom 350 escaped.
Number rescued 50, of whom 36
died later.
Miners still entombed 200, prob
ably killed by fire which followed the
explosion.
At dusk a group of women stood
at the mouth of the mine which had
been closed by the explosion, still
hopeful that the cries for help that
came below earlier la the day might
be repeated. Later however, many
of the women dispersed expressing the
general belief that the situation of
those imprisoned was hopeless.
U. S. Tobacco Association Elects.
Lexington, Ky. The United States
Tobacco Association elected the fol
lowing officers: President T. M. Car
rlngton, Richmond, Va.; vice presi
dent, W. L. Petty Lexington, Ky.;
second vice president, H. P. Watson,
Watson N. C; third vice president,
E. P. Eggleston, Drakes Branch, Va.;
secretary-treasurer, C. E. Webb, Win
ston-Salem, N. C.
Speer Case Postponed.
Washington. Continued absence of
members of the House Judiciary Com
mittee from the city has further de
layed presentation of the report of the
subcommittee which investigated im
peachment charges against Federal
Judge Emory Speer of Macon, Ga. The
report is not now expected to come
before the entire committee before
several days. It is understood that a
majority o! the investigators, hold to
the view that sufficient evidence was
not presented to warrant an impeachment.
RAILROADS ILL
MAKE CONCESSIONS
WILL REVISE RATES THROUGH
NORFOLK INTO NORTH CARO
LINA TERRITORY.
WOULD CONTINUE RATES
Will Give Trial and if Abuses Follow
Special Case For Each Rate Will
Be Taken Up.
Raleigh. Chairman E. L. Travis of
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission is just back from Norfolk
where he went to take a hand in the
Interests of North Carolina shippers in"
a hearing scheduled there before a
representative of the Interstate Com
merce Commission on a petition of tha
railroad companies for permission to
continue to charge through freight
rates to North Carolina points that
exceed the combination on Norfolk,
that being the combination of the rate
to Norfolk and the rate from Norfolk
to the point of destination.
The Corporation Commission had'
fied some time ago a petition with
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
against this practicce of the railroad
companies, using a series of rates
from Norfolk and Eastern points
through Norfolk to Charlotte as illus
trating alleged abuses that need
remedying.
At the Norfolk hearing the railroad
companies announced their intentioa
of revising their rates in such way as
to eliminate nearly if not all of the
North Carolina rates that are in ex
cess of the combinations of locals ' and
in the light of this announcement it
was decided not to. go into these mat
ters until this revision Is completed
and submitted. Then if , there are
still abuses that are deemed of suf
ficient magnitude to carry before the
Interstate Commission in special
hearings this course will be takea
with a special case for each objection
able rate.
The Corporation Commissioners
have gone to Asheville to give a spe
cial hearing in the case of a petition
on the part of citizens of West Ashe
ville charging that the Buckeye Water
Company that supplies the water ser
vice for the place is providing an in
adequate supply of water. The West
Asheville water supply is entirely
separate and apart from the Asheville
water plant which is owned and oper
ated by the city.
BRYAN WILL SPEAK.
Will Be Guest of Statesville en
July 4.
Statesville. Local admirers of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan Seccretary of
State ,are elated over the success of
the Statesville Chautauqua in securing
Mr. Bryan as an attraction. A letter
from the president of the Chautauqua
Association in response to numerous
letters and telegrams sent by States
ville people, assures the local pro
moters of the Chautauqua that Mr.
Bryan will be here July 4 and will
speak that evening. The Statesvile
Chautauqua will embrace July 1-7. The
vacant lot adjoining the Statesville
Inn has been selected as the site for
the big tent in which the attractions
will appear. The season tickets
went on sale a few days ago and so
far several hundred have been sold.
Methodist Fire Insurance Company.
Statesville. The executive com
mittee of the Methodist Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, composed of Mr.
E. A. Cole of Charlotte, Rev. J. W.
Jones of Mooresville, Presiding Elder
L. T. Mann, Rev. J. F. Kirk and Mr.
Dorman Thompson of Statesville, was
In session here recently. The Insur
ance company, which fs the first de
nominational Insurance company or
ganized in the state, is now about
ready to begin issuing policies, all the
requirements of its charter having
been met, and Rev. Mr. Jones left here
for the eastern part of the state
where he will visit a number of dis
trict conferences in his capacity as
general agent of the company. The
new company will insure .only church
property of the Methodist denomina
tion and personal property of the
Methodist preachers.
Meeting of Railway Men.
Asheville. Passenger Traffic Man
ager S. H. Hardwick, of the Southern
Railway Company, who is spending
some time here, announced that be
tween 60 and 75 of the staff officers of
the system will be here for a meeting
for the consideration of matters of
interest to the men who play an im
portant part in the direction of the
summer tourist business. Business
sessions will be held at Grove Park
Inn and a dance at that hotel will be
an interestipg social feature of the
meeting.
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