T. UITGHELL LANDS
MANY ACRES HAVE BEEN AP
PROVED FOR PURCHASE 1Y
THE GOVERNMENT.
ON THE EASTERN SLOPE
This Tract Include Seme Vary Vaws-,
able Timber and Headwater of
South Tea River, But Not the Sua
mlt of Mountain.
Raleigh.-A special from Washlng
ton states that timber lands to tha
extent of 71,000 acrea were approved
for pure hue by the National Forest)
Reservation Commission at a meeting
held at the Forest Service several
day ago.
The tracts approved for purchase
are situated In the White Mountain
purchase arear In New Hampshire, the
Mt. Mitchell area in North Carolina,
and the Cherokee area in Tennessee.
All of the tracts Include valuable mer
chantable timber.
The tract approved for purchase In
the Mt Mitchell purchase area con
sists of approximately 11,000 acres,
situated on the eastern slope of Mt.
Mitchell and adjoins other lands which
the government Is acquiring In that
locality. The tract Includes the head
waters of the South Toe river, an
Important tributary of the Nollchucky,
which In turn flows In to the Tennes
see river.
The general public has had large
Interest for a number of years In the
locality In which Mt Mitchell is situ
ated, for the reason that it is the
highest peak In the eastern part of
the United States, and on account of
Its prominence since the tragic death
of Professor Mitchell on Its summit
many years ago. The present pur
chase does not Include the summit of
the mountain.
The tract is covered by a valuable
stand of hardwood and hemlock tim
ber. All together in the Mt. Mitchell
area, the government has now lr
course of acquisition some 37,000
acres.
Road and School of County.
Marion. Only two votes were cast
against the bond election for a mod
ern school building in the town of
Marion. When the addition is made
to the present school building Marion
will have as convenient and modern-ly-equipped
school building as can br
found la this part of the state. The
board of county commissioners have
ordered bond elections for good roads
In the following townships: Marlon,
$50,000; North Cove, $20,000; Nebo,
$10,000. The sentiment in the county
seems thoroughly In favor of better
roads, and It rs thought that there
will be very little opposition in these
lections.
"New Butch" 8erlously Wounded.
Greensboro. Ralph Earnhardt, r
"news butch" whose home address 1
Salisbury, lie at St. Leo's Hospital
with serious wounds, while the police
are delving into mysterious circum
stances surrounding the affair. Two
young white companions of Earn
hardt at the time of the shooting are
being held pending a full investiga
tion. These boys claim that Earn
hardt was shot by a negro near tha
railway station. They were unable
to give a clear description of the ne
gro and the 'police have been unable
as yet to pick up any trace of the al
leged assailant.
Death Sentence Commuted.
Raleigh. Sam Thompson, of Union
county, was scheduled to pay the
death penalty In the state's prison
several days ago, but on urgent peti
tions of many citizens of Union Gov.
Craig has commuted the sentence to
life imprisonment The governor says
the conviction was on circumstantial
evidence and that many of the best
and most thoughtful citizens of the
county have reached the conclusion
that there is grave doubt as to the
real guilt of the prisoner.
Raleigh. Governor Craig has com
missioned Dr. W. Banks Meacham of
Asheville as la member of the state
board of osteopathic examiners, to
succeed Dr. E. H. Tucker resigned.
New Pasquotank Road.
Elizabeth City The project to build
railroad through Pasqoutank county
from Elizabeth City . to Weeksville,
baa been revived, and local business
men are taking considerable Interest
In the movement to . secure a new
right-of-way and to organize a stock
company for the purpose of building
this road. The project was undertak
en about three years ago by Mr. Geo.
Wilson. A right-of-way was secured
and a charter obtained. A good part
of the stock was subscribed by local
business men, but not enough.
New 8chool Houses For Iredell.
Statesville. At a meeting of the
Iredell county board of education held
for the purpose of hearing petitions
for new school houses, it was decided
to build nine new houses during the
coming school year. This year there
were many more new houses asked
for than the board could afford. All
houses built during recent years are
modern ly constructed and It is the
purpose to replace all out-of-date
buildings 'with new ones. There are
few counties which have a better lot
of rural schools than IredelL
Crop Cut Short Fifty Per Cent.
Mount Olive. According to esti
mates made by those who have made
survey of the situation, the cold
.weather and accompanying frosts have
cut off early vegetable crops In UXi
Oliver's territory at least 50 per cent.
This means a total loss to the fann-
f i of not less than $50,000; and this
ii t ' 1 to he a very conservative estt
i . i "y the entire bean crop
!, with the season pretty
! f r a second plant!.;,
r of farm pre will
. ..vrpt to rr-'ve a err p.
IS.
Australia's Seat of Government
Planned in Fields and Woods.
Plan Drawn by American Architect
Are Accepted and Site Chosen I
In Canberra, N. 8. W Will
Be City Beautiful.
Canberra, N. 8. W. Americans win
take a keen interest in the construc
tion of the federal capital city of the
commowealth of Australia, because,
like the federal capital city of th
United States, It was completely plan
ned before the foundation stone of the
first permanent building was laid, and
also because the architect whose de
signs have been accepted, Walter Bur
ley Grlffln, Is an American, says the
Boston Transcript. The choice of the
Canberra district of New South
Wales, as the site of the city, was
made by the commonwealth govern
ment in 1910, and the Invitation to
architects embodying the conditions of
completion was Issued April 30, 1911.
To give an idea of the magnitude of
the task, It may be stated that the
requirements for the consideration of
the designers included the allocation
of appropriate areas embracing sites
not only for the house of parliament
residence of the governor general and
the usual ministerial and administra
tive offices, but places of public wor
ship, mint, national art gallery and
library, state house, printing office,
government factories, university, tech
nical colli'ge, city hall, general post
office, museum, central railway sta
tion rnllwav mnrshalliift yards, mili
tary barracks, criminal and police
courts. Jail, hospital, national thea
ter, central power station, gas works,
markets, stadium, parks and gardens,
etc. It was a great work to design this
model city, and Mr. Grlffln may well
be congratulated on his success In
winning the opportunity to give Wash
ington, D. C, a worthy sister in Can
berra, N. S. W.
Why the Australian government
should have decided to build the cap
ital of the country in the southeast
corner is not quite clear, but the site
is certainly one that seems to Invite
a "city beautiful." The lay of the
land, combining easy gradients with
promlnsnt hills of moderate height
will lend itself easily to the produc
tion of fine architectural and land
scape effects. Canberra Is just east
of the Wagga Wagga district and
about 40 miles from the town of Yass,
on the main line of the railroad be
tween Sydney and Melbourne, and it
is about 150 miles from Jervis bay,
with which it is to be connected by
a new railroad. The temporary Aus
trian Military school is the only
building yet on the site, excepting a
few farmhouses, but now that the
governor general has laid the founda
tion stone the architectural develop
ment of the commonweaith's perma-
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Falls Near Site of Canberra.
nent seat of government may be ex
pected to progress rapidly. To a cer
tain extent Australia imitates Canada
in selecting a capital. Canada did not
have to build Ottawa, from the ground
up, but It converted the old "Bytown,"
a lumber station and shipping point
into a seat of government Queen
Victoria made choice of Ottawa In
the capacity of grand arbitrator, after
Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Klngs
ston had quarreled for the distinction
of being the capital until any three
of them were ready to unite against
the fourth. Ottawa 1 now a beauti
ful city of 100,000 inhabitants, despite
the fact that it remains simply the
political capital So does Washing
ton, for that matter, a still more beau
tiful city, with a population approxi
mating 350,000. It seems to be the
rule for i-armony in nations essentially
federations that compromise between
sections shall dictate the choice of a
new sits for their capitals.
PRINCE YOUNGEST CLUBMAN
King George's Kid Son Join th
Marlborough Cftib of
London. -. -
Londosv-The election of the prince
of Vales to the Marlborough club,
which uo dace recently, makes the
heir to th throne the youngest club
man in London. Since its formation
the Marlborough has always been th
serial club of the heirs apparent as
the late king, who had jnuch to do
with its formation, was an almost
dally frequenter there as prince of
Wales, and it was also constantly
used by his present majesty before
his accession.
Soldiers and tailors generally are
anxious for the prince of Wale to en
ter th Rag. otherwise the Army and
Navy club. It la understood that this
step will be taken before long. His
royal highness will also became
member of the .Oxford and Cambridge
crub. ' -
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German Excavators Have Ex
posed Many Fine Carvinqs.
Inscription on Great Temple of th
Sun Stat That Edlflc Was
Rreoted to th Great God
of Hellopolle.
Baalbek. Among the many ancient
ruins to be found in th Near East
those of Baalbek, in Syria, are sec
ond to none In Interest During th
last four years German excavator
have been busy there. They have not
only removed many tons of debris,
thereby exposing the ruins to better
lew, but they hav also strengthened
the weak parts. It was not entirely
a disinterested work, however, for the
Berlin museums now possess many of
the finest examples of the carvings
found at Baalbek.
These ruins are known as th
Acropolis, and are unique for their
massiveness and for the great amount
of both bold an4 delicate carving
with which thy are adorned. Ther
Is, indeed, so much carving and such
variety as to make a first visit be
wildering. The temples being built
on a flat plain, it was Important to
raise them above the surrounding
level to render them more imposing,
and to that end there are vast sub
structures and vaults and passages
supporting the shrines. The Great
Temple of the Sun had its main en
trance from the east Here a wide
night of steps led up to the portico
nineteen feet above the gardens and
orchards that now surround the ruins.
An inscription on the great portico
states that the temple was erected to
the "Great Gods" of Hellopolis by An-
tonius.
At an early period the Arabs con
verted the temples Into fortresses,
and, to this end, to a certain extent
remodeled them. Their work, how
ever, has now been removed by the
Germans.
Near-by are the remains of th
Temple of Bacchus, famed' for their
magnificent carving. Here are enor
mous slabs of stone elaborately carved
with the heads of emperors and del- j
ties and Interwoven with floral de
signs, the whole forming a unique ceil
ing. The portal Is the gem of the en
tire edifice. The doorposts are beau
tifully carved with figures of Bacchus,
fawns, cuplds, satyrs, and bacchantes.
woven around which are grapevines
and clusters of fruit, popples and ears
of wheat, all of which are symbolical
of the revelling which the name of
the temple suggests.
This great doorway is forty-three
feet high and twenty-one and one-half
feet wide, while the carving of th
posts covers a space of about six feet
wide. On both sides of this door
stand graceful fluted columns form
ing the prostyle or portico, while the
plain columns of the peristyle, which
stand behind them, seem to reflect j
their beauty.
The inclosing walls of the Acropo
lis contains mammoth stones which
have been the marvel of engineers
for ages. The lowest 'courses are of
stones of moderate dimensions, but
Great Temple of the Sun.
at a height of twenty feet above th
ground on the west wall Is a row or
three enormous stones, the shortest
being sixty-three feet high. They are
the largest building blocks ever
known to have been used by man, ana
till lareer one lies In the ancient.
near-by quarry, never having been de
tached from the rock beneath. This
seventy feet long by fourteen feet
by thirteen feet ' :,!
GIRLS DEMAND THEIR SHARE
Claims Presented to the International
Congress of Physical Education
In Pari a. -
Pari The International Congress
of Physical Education has been
divided into sections, wnicn win siuay
the nhvaioloeical effects of natural
and artificial exercises, training for
war, boxing, athletic sports, games,
amusements and the Influence of
sports on women, particularly moth
ers.
Mme. Qlrard Mangin, who is Using
an active part in the women's sec
tion, declared in an address that (Iris
re not given a fair chance "to de
velop themselves In strength, health
and grac."
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A Tramp's Trump Card.
London. Edwin Guest, who was ac
cused at West Ham vof wandering
without wslble means of subsistence,
was said to n? been searched At the
police station but nothing was found
on him. Thereupon Quest fumbled in
the recesses of his clothing, trium
phantly produced a penny, and banged
it down on th rail of the dock.
"Is that visible means T" he demand-
- "Tour point of law Is a good one,'
said th magistrate in dismissing th
Caught a Falling Child. '
-: Boston. Patrick J. Mortality, a
stone mason, saw a little girl about
to fall from a third story window to
a Cabot street building and rushing
across- the street caught her In his
arms before she struck the sidewalk
Th girl, who was Helen J. Hutchin
son. S j-ears old. was not injured. .
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CAN anyone Imagine a great uni
versity without any dormitory,
without a football team, with
out college colors, without even
a yell? If any American should
go to Paris that Is what he, or she will
see, writes F. U S. in the Kansas City
Star.
When I tried to find the University
of Paris or the Sorbonne I had to
use my Baedecker and then to supple
ment the Information it gave with di
rections furnished by a corner ser
geant de vlllo. From the boulevards
you can reach it by taking a rickety
double decked street car, or, surer and
almost as cheap in Paris a taxi. But
once deposited before the main en
trance you will swear a mistake has
been made.
"Ou est eller I asked.
"let," replied the cocher.
I stood before an old ruin, a "vener
able" ruin, like all those in France
and Italy. I looked in vain for the
campus; there was not a blade of
grass In sight I scanned the hoiiaon
for a standplpe on which the numerals
of this year's class might be painted.
I tried to find a "quad." Nothing do
ing. The old building is not detached.
like university buildings In America.
It la a somewhat squatty structure,
crowded In between higher buildings
In a narrow, noisy street But of
course, this is not the whole of the
university, as I soon found. Adjoining
is a big four-story bunldlng, thorough
ly modern, but more like a hospital In
appearance than a college halL It
stands flush against the- sidewalk, and
street cars, motor cars and trucks
pass It through the paved street in
front In a never ending procession.
The university Is In a busy quarter,
In one of many centers of commercial
activity. No one, in passing, would
suspect that it is a great seat of leani
ng. It bears no distinguishing mark.
Bearded Studental
I stood before the entrance to the
new building and waited for the stu
dents to appear. I saw half a dozen
men and two or three women. The
men were all bearded and evidently
well along toward middle life. They
wore neither caps nor sweaters; '.Were
was nothing of the "rah-rah" In their
appearance. They seemed to be seri
ous men of affairs. The women were
no younger and looked even more
sober. And these men were really
undergrads" and these women were
really co-eds!
There are many reasons I have
since found this out why a compari
son between the University of Paris
and those of America is almost out of
the question. The Sorbonne atudent
attends his class or bis lecture, tnen
goes about his business or his pleas
ure, alone. There is absolutely no
community life in this "U." There are
no "frats" or other societies. Thenf) Is
no college paper, no class organisa
tion, no spring dance or "pig dinner"
or "Junior 'prom" or "nightshirt pa
rade" no anything which the healthy
red-blooded American finds when he
enrolls In a university. There is noth
ing but business spelled with the big
gest of B's In the Sorbonne.
All this, anyway, is true of the great
mass of students. It Was Inconceiv
able that among 13,000 students there
should not be some who are yet young
enough to look now and again on theI
lighter side of life, who are not so tre
mendously serious that they . regard
WALKED SIX MILES ON WATER
Two Men , With Specially Adapted
Shoes Crossed th Bay at San
- Francisco.
Two men crossed San ' Francisco
bay on foot a few days ago. th San
Francisco Call states. They covered
th six miles without fatigue In two
hours and a quarter. A crowd of com
muters watched their passage with
satisfaction, while railroad officials
looked on darkly. V walking on wa
ter is aa easy as Rupert Merkl and
Jobann Gross demonstrated it to be,
goodby ferry boat. Every pedestrian
may become his own pilot
The bay was smooth when 'the two
Germans made their dip into th wa
ters. They wore long shoe that bal
lasted the walker and permitted him
to move freely. Each carried a long
pole, held lightly, such as a tight
rope walker uses In an exhibition.
The walk is the longest that has been
accomplished by either Merkl or his
companion. . .
When oleasur boats crowded
paths
n i it i w-n-m fr-"-" ' s- i
iiiT
HAW BUILDING
with horror everything which Is of th
earth earthy.
Public Examinations,
when a man enters the Sorbonne h
Is already a bacheller. In letters,
science, medicine or law. me man
who follows a profession In France
alma, to a greater extent than aome
men In America, to obtain the very
best possible equipment. Entrance to
the Sorbonne demands prolonged and
exceptionally thorough work, while the
university course itself ordinarily con
sumes four years. So It la easy to
understand whv he mav be well alone
toward middle lite before he gradu
ates. The examinations for a dlnloma ar
no Inke. believe me. The uccessful
candidate must present two original
theses, one of them usually in some
other language than French. These
must be. accepted as solid contribu
tions in the department of letters,
clenca. medicine or law. as th case
may be. And, having presented them.
the candidate must punuciy aeienu
his theses.
He nresents himself in a large halL
open to the public, where three or four
hundred persons may have asaemoiea
to watch him undergo the tortures of
the "third degree." He takes his seat
at a desk facing perhaps twenty grave
professors who have certinea to ine
nualitv os the theses he is to defend.
Each of them Is provided with a print
ed copy of the thesis ana aunng two
or three hours they take turns In at
tacking it Every adverse comment
which a learned and critical mina can
conceive Is offered.
Tn these comments the squirming
candidate must Instantly reply, with
as much Intelligence and fluency as ne
i able to muster. He must be ex
tremely polite and format When de
tected In a alight error or iaci ne ac
cepts the correction f with thanks.
OTnoiw nia defense of the thesis Is pro
nounced adequate and he richly de
serves the doctor's degree wnicn is
awarded him, for he haa passed a
mighty bad half day.
The old Paris University nunaing,
the one I encountered first, was erect
.d hv Cardinal Richelieu In 1639. It
has stood for 284 years and In 284
years traditions find time to pile up in
some abundance.
v Artemue Ward Modernized.
Man In Second Row--The lady seems
to please yout
Man In First Row The accompanist
pleases me, sir. The tone he gets out
of that cello for a man with a wooden
leg is wonderful. London Punch, Jan,
uary 22. 1913.
A very good illustration oi me war
modern humor Is made. Fifty years
ago Artemus Ward wrote thus: "I
met a man In Oregon who hadn't any
teeth not a tooth in his head yet
that man could play on the bass drum
better than any man I ever met." And
for a while Artemus Ward contributed
to Punch.
Modern Russia.
Russia has been described as "the
land of ideals, the land of monotony,
the land of variety." and It is also
"the home of melodrama." It 1 oth
er things, tooV VThe land of lan
cNly, the land of dancing and igh
. .V. i.nd of tvrannr. and - the
land of liberty undreamed of by th
shackled west" The shackles allud
ed to are those of convention. ,
around them they becam more dar
ing. First one ana tnen me oiuer
would turn in his course and walk
an exhibition of hi skill.
This they did with comparative ease.
Once or twice tney ran ror several
dosen yards 'ovr th surface of the
water. ': - "'
Merkl, the inventor of these water
la eonfldent his device will be
a boon to fishermen and hunters, who,
by using them, will be enaoiea to go
Into any kind of water. The shoes
ar collapsible and may be carried in
asuitcas or a trunk. V
An Old Saw.
Up In Bristol, R. U wher great
yachts that have so long defended the
cup hav been built they tell a.ajory
about the blind man, Herreihoff.Nwho
designed so many of these boats.
He was examining- an old mahogany
table of beautiful design, and rubbing
his hands carefully over the upper sur
face and anderneath. When be had
finished "looking" at th table, be
said: '
"Humph! I dldnt know they had
circular saws hack In 1790."
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Latest News of General Interact That
. Has 8en Collected From Many
Town and Count!. ,
Durham. Th board of aldermen
which Is now. In cnarge of tha affairs
of the city have about abandoned the
project of erecting an abattoir for
Durham, although this work has al
ready been ordered by the board
Raleigh. Editor Archibald Johnson
of Charity and Children is commis
sioned by Governor Craig as a direc
tor of the state school for th blind
at Raleigh. He succeeds Editor Boy
Un, deceased, of Wades bo ro.
Stateevllle, The Iredell-Alexander
Medical Society met in Statesville re
cently. A goodly number of doctor
from th two counties were In attend
ance, but nothing of general public
Interest was don.
' Henderson. An election was held
on the bond issue of 100,000 for per
manent street building and Improve
ment, resulting in an overwhelming
majority for the bonds. Henderson
Township voted a $20,000 bond issue
for enlarged graded school facilities,
which also carried by a decisive ma
jority. AffhevlU&r From the remnant of
the Asheville Methodist Episcopal
church, North, which disunited about
twenty years ago, the First Method
ist Episcopal church, of Asheville, is
being organised. Rev. Charles B.
Roach, of Minerva, O., Is now in the
city for the purpose of organising the
church of which he will be pastor.
Monroe. The 15-months-old daugh
te rof Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hlnson
fell against a heater and her clothing
caught fire. The child was so badly
burned that she died from the inju
ries within a few hours. The mother
was out in the yard at the time, re
turning to the house too late to save
her child.
Washington. Col. William H. Os-
born of Greensboro, N. C, who is slat
ed to become commissioner of inter
nal revenue, recently conferred with ;
Secretary McAdoo or the treasury de
partment, over the duties of his pros
pective position. It Is expected that
he will be nominated to relieve .Royal
E. Cabell within a few days.
Charlotte Charlotte is to invite the
Southern Educational Conference that
meets this month in Richmond, Va.,
to assemble next year in the Queen
CKy. More than 150 letters were sent
out from the office of the Greater
Charlotte Club to leading educators
and prominent citizens generally
throughout the state urging them to
Join hands with Charlotte in making
the Invitation a very pressing one.
Wilson. Two business buildings on
North Tarboro street werer complete
ly gutted by Are several days ago.
The lire was discovered In the Hlnes
barber shop and the furlture and fix
tures are a total loss. The fire burned
through into the Wilson Steam Clean
ing and Dye Works and all of the
machinery is ruined with a severe loss
on fixtures.
Raleigh. For the fourth time the
case of B. F. Penny vs. Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company from New
Hanovei county is remanded by the
supreme court for a new trial, the
case having been pending ' In the
courts for 15 years. Mr. Penny, at the
time a merchant of Wilmington, was
seriously wounded as he was stepping
from a - Coast Line train near Wil
mington by a stray bullet Intended for
another.
Greensboro. The Guilford county
commissioners responded to an ap
peal from the citizens In the north
western section of the county to
build a macadam or sand-clay road
from Summerfleld to the Rockingham
county line. By so doing it is be
lieved the travel along the national
highway will be diverted from Winston-Salem,
since the new link will
give a perfect and much shorter route
from Stoneville, Va., via Summer
field, to Greensboro.
Whiteville. Two whiskey stills
were captured a few days ago a
Klngsvllle, about four miles from
Pireway, by Deputy Sheriffs Ring,
Seals and Olin Combie. Eight gallons
of beer was found, which was emptied
on the ground. . When Deputy Seals
and his party had gone about two
miles with the stills they were fired
on by three young men, one of whom
a Mr. Jacobs was shot up pretty bad
ly and captured. ' The others escaped.
Salisbury. Salisbury is to have the
Australian ballot system and it will
be used for the first time la the mu
nicipal election May 6th. The act was
passed at the last session of the leg
islature. A new registration is requir
ed in order to vote the first time un
der the new, system. '
Salisbury. The executive commit,
tee of the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation has been called to meet ' In
Salisbury. The meeting was delayed
on account of the death of R. M. Phil
lips, a member of the body. Other
members of the executive committee
ar expected at the meeting. ,' .
Troy. In the election held here re
cently a $25,000 bond issue for schools
carried by a good majority. The
bands are to be sold at once and a
new building erected with the pro
ceeds. It is hoped to have the new
building ready for tha fall opening
of school.
Hickory. The teachers of the city
schools held an interesting meeting
her in which some changes and sug
gestions were adopted. In the three
primary grades of the city schools are
enrolled 292 pupils; In the four gram
mar grades, 241; and in th four high
school grades 130. . '
Wilson. At the annual meeting of
the Wilson chamber of commerce thr
following officers were elected for th
coming year: .President -Lawrence
Breet; vice president V. H. Cocart
and J. D. Taylor; secretary, H. D.
Brown; treasurer, T. F. Pettus.
Spencer. Politics is the absorbing
topic in East Spencer Just now. Lead
ers of three parties, the Democrats,
Republicans and Socialists, are striv
lny for the ascendancy in municipal
government . A number of citlens fa
vor a citizens ticket composed of the
best men In at least two of th par
Has contesting for leadership.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
REJECT FREE SUGAR
APPEAL TO STAND BY THE WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE
' GOES UNHEARD.
PRECIPITATED A BIG FIGHT
Ralney Beg th Caucus Not to Lie
art Th President In His Struggls
For Party Platform The Date Has
Been Left Open.
' Washington. Immediate free sugar
was rejected by the house1 Democratlo
caucus by an overwhelming vote after
an appeal of Democratlo leaders to
stand by the President and the Ways
and Means committee.
This leaves the sugar schedule un
changed from the compromise form, '
In which it was presented to the cau
cus by Chairman TJnaerwood and his
colleagues of the committee after
conferences between the White House
and leaders of both bouses of con
gress.
The Democratlo members of the
committee, Including such free trad
ers as Representative Harrison of
New York and Ralney of Illinois,
stood as a unit for the three-year
gradual reduction to a free sugar
basis. '
Besides this action the caucus left
open th exact date when sugar
would go on the free list in 1916. '
An amendment proposed by Repre
senatlve Hardwick of . Georgia pro
noaeil that the time It should take
effect should be May 1, 1916, ao as
to be effective before the beginning of
the canning season. The caucus
agreed to leave the matter .to be
brought up by the Ways and Means
committee after all the rest of th
tariff bill had been disposed of In
caucus.
The overthrow of the Immediate
sugar movement came at the close
of a day of arguments and ' the
amendment proposing that sugar
should become free with the opera
tion of the new tariff law was made
by Representative Hardwick. It pre
cipitated the real fight of the day
and was lost by a vote of 165 to 39. .
After the schedule had been assailed
for hours by the opponents of the .
sugar planters in Louisiana and the
beet sugar growers. Chairman Un
derwood (vigorously defended the.
proposed rates. In his speech to the
caucus he pleaded strongly for a
united party in support of the bill
Envoy To Mexico Not Yet Chosen.
Washington. President Wilson has
not yet chosen an ambassador to Mex
ico to succeed Henry Lane Wilson, Re
publican appointee, wno submitted his
resignation along with other diplo
mats March 4. Georke W. Guthrie, for
mer mayor of Pittsburg and Demo-
era tic state chairman of Pennsylvania
who has been tentatively decided up
on, is disinclined to take the post
though no formal offer of It was made
to him. i Mr. Guthrie Is likely, how
ever, to be made ambassador to a Eu
ropean court possibly Italy. With the
appointment of a new ambassador to
Mexico, is linked closely the question
of recognizing the Huerta government.
Appointments 8ent to Senate.
Washington, Among ,the nomina
tions sent to the senate by the presi
dent were: To be third asslstan secre
tary of State. Dudley Field Malone
of New York; to be counsellor for
the state department John Bassett
Moore of New York; to be collector
of customs for the district of Beau
fort, S. C. Franklin P. Colcock.
Beards "Lion In His Den."
New York. Vice President Marshall
served warning on men of vast wealth
and on "special privilege" that the N
temper of the American people had
reached a point where it no longer
would brook oppression. He told the
members of the national Demoratlc
club that the spirit of unrest was such
that unelss reckoned with the institu
tions of the' government might be Jeop
ardized and the country revert to pa- ,
ternallsm or turn to socialism.
Convicts Aid Conflagration. . :
Lansing, Kan. Fire that destroyed
four large buildings and caused a loss
estimated at 1500.000 In the Kansas
penitentiary was spread by convicts
who scattered burning papers in build
ings not In the path of the flames, ac
cording to a statement by Fire Chief
Michael Bahler of Leavenworth. His
opinion was confirmed by some of the
prison officers. The fire started -when
S. armature of a motor in the twine
ant suddenly burst into flames. The
state carries no Insurance on its struc
tures. -,
New Story of Madero Death.
New Orleans. A sensational story
of the manner in which President Ma
dero and , Vice President Pino Suares
of Mexico, were put to death and of .
how two rurales who did the assas
sin's work; on the direct orders of their -annariora
were likewise slain in an
effort to conceal the evidence of the
major crime, was brought her by .
Martias Oviedo, former private s'ecre- .
tary to President Madero, who escap- :
ed from Mexico City and later Join-.'
the constitutional forces of Gov.
Carranza of Coahulla. ( : ' ; '
Special Report on Steel Industry. .
Washington. By working 1J hours
a day seven days a week only one
third of blast furnacemen in the en
ure steel inausirr can pumiH? wu
a maximum of $700 a year. This is -the
statement of Dr. Charles P. Nelll,
United States commissioner of labor,
la a special report issued converlng bis '
investigation it no industrial condit
ions in the steel industry. Three shifts
eight hours each for steel workers,. .
instead of the li-hour shifts, in vorne,
ar recommended by the derarttnect
of. labor.