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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
SHIPMENTS OF FERTILIZERS.
A. c. Il. Officials Say Traffic Is Heaviest
in Ycnrs.
[Speclnl to Tha ,rimes- 4

Especial to The Times Dispatch I
Rocky Mount, N. c., March 9-The
statement is made from the headquar-
ters of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road here that the movement OF ferti-
lizers at this time is the heaviest in
years. and the officials are trying to
hsure out whether this means a great
ly increased acreage along tile system
this year or whether it Is an Indication
that more intensive farming will be
done. Officials here state that the
railroad is now handling in excess OF
$50 carloads out of Charleston and i5D
out OF Wilmington every twenty four
hours, and that the shipments from
mills and distributing agencies at
other places along the line arc equally
heavy. Newbern, Goldsboro, Rocky
Mount and other places furnishing from
one TO several dozen cars Il day,
There have been number OF ten
tative propositions made the city au-
thorities within the past few months
relative to the granting OF street
car franchise A special committee of
tho Aldermen is now working on ~
franchise which will protect the streets
OF the city and be revenue producer,
graduated In the latter provision ac-
cording to the earnings of the street
railway company. The franchise as
drawn will be submitted to the several
companies which have been consider
ing this city. and the one which ac-
cepts it first Will be allowed to go
ahead
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
LONG CAREER ENDED
,hnrles o. Goodc. for Thirty Years n
Fireman, Dies In Hospital.

Charles o. Goode. OF 26oS East Clay
Street, for more than thirty years "a
member of the Richmond Fire Depart
jnent. died last night a 10 o'clock at
he Virginia Hospital. after n brief
illness. Mr.. Goode was kicked by a
horse several years ago. and this IS
believed to have brought on the trou-
pie which caused his death. He was
Formerly engineer OF Engine Company
No. I, but was transferred to Company
No. IL, where he was stationed at the
line of his death. He won a splendid
record In the department. and was a
highly valued member.
Mr.. Goodc, who was sixty years old,
leaves a wife. two daughters. Miss
Minnie Goode and Miss Louise Goode,
lind four sors-John c. Goode, w. Tay-
Tor Goode. Harry Fl. Goode and G.
Kenneth Goode. He also leaves two
brothers, George a. and John w.
1ioode.
Arrangements for the funeral had
lot been completed last night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10

MEMBERS REMAIN
AT own EXPENSE
kmended Revenue Bill Must Be
Passed on Three Scpa-
rate Days.
FINAL ROLL CALL WEDNESDAY
Probable Fight on Matter OF
Creation of Separate State
Tax Commission.
:lNAL ROLL CALL WEDNESDAY
/ Special to The TImcs-Dlspatch. !

Especial to The mes-Dispatchl
Isaleigh. N. c.. March BIT seems
retty generally agreed among legis-
ators that the legislation required to
q done on Wednesday Of this week
b round UP the three separate day
Passages OF tho revenue bill as amend
d by the Senate will really take place
fter midnight Tuesday night. tho
ournal to show final roll call passage
Wednesday morning Then members
fho are staying here to hold intact a
forktng quorum for this roll call leg
slation can leave on early morning
rains, and formal adjournment can be
'aken without a quorum toward noon
Pm Wednesday, when all acts shall
ave been duly ratified.
The passage of the revenue bill by
! oil call is what is holding so many
legislators here overtime at their in
Il fviduh expense.
The House calendar Is practically
lear, but numbers of bills are yet to
8ome over that are blocking the SEN
! te calendar. Tho machinery bill Will
ave tho centre Of tho stage in the
Iouse on Monday after the revenue
PHI and its amendments pass first read :
fng. There are indications that this
Machinery bill will develop a contest,
notably on the matter of the creation
sepaTHSc State TAX commission.
Rome are contendipg that since the re-
assessment plan had failed, there Is
o need for tho separate tax commits
Hon. On the other hand, there are
tronE members who are insisting that
&here Is much need for tho separate
commission to get right behind and
eep behind the local taxing authori-
Hes In the collection OF schedule Z and
4 taxes. which are not being properly
objected. 1t liz pointed out TINT nrtvi :
lego taxes from professional men and
theirs are not being collected. In one
tho biggest counties. 1t is asserted.
mere arc more professional men la
kble for privilege taxes in a single
NICE building than paid the taxes in
: he entire county, and the county has
number OF important towns. besides
city or nrst rank. There is certain
be fight over the tax commission
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
BILL is VETOED
;omez Gives Heed to Remembrance
From Washington.

2iomez Gives Heed to Remembrance
From Washington.
Havana, arch although no, Of
&cfally announced. there is no question
8hat' President Gomez last night We
3oed the general amnesty. bill immedi-
3tcly after the receipt OF another per-
2mptory remonstrance from the Ameri-
IAN minister. Arthur NJ. Beaupre.
The vetoing or the bill is not gem
3fally known in Havana, only rumors
70 that effect having been circulated.
Hhe Indications are that Congress will
proceed TO pass tho bill stripped of
III the features which are considered
Questionable by the administration at
1t Is absolutely neces-
3ary, however. 10 arrange for the
prompt release of many hundred ne
kroes captured during the revolution in
iriente last year, because all the taiIs
re overcrowded and the appropria-
lion for the feeding of the prisoners
Is exhausted.
II Is also reported that President
I;omcz has vetoed tho bill giving a con-
fession to the Cuban Sports Company
10 revive the Spanish BAH game tai
Iai and to establish public gambling
Houses in the principal cities OF the
Island
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
LIQUOR WILL BE DELIVERED.
Announcement by Southern Express
Agent In GreenyiIIc.

Greenvllle. S. c.. March 9.-The local
agent OF the Southern Express Com
pnny announced day that shipments
of liquor will be delivered to the CON
signees In this State. This step fol-
of the State Supreme Court yester.
day. compelling the express office at
Columbia to deliver a package of lii
quor shipped to that point. The de-
cision OF Justice Gary may be taken
70 the Supreme Court OF the United
States to test the constitutionality of
inc Webb Dill, which has resulted in
holding up shipments in South Caro-
lima.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Taft Has Quiet sunday.

Augusta, Ga, March o-Former
President Taft spent quiet Sunday.
In the morning he attended the First
baptist Church with DR.. Nicholas MUIR
ray Butler. Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen.
with other members of the Taft party,
attended services at st. Paurs Episco-
pal Church. After luncheon Mr. Taft
dictated several letters to his secre-
tary and then went driving. During
his stay here tho former President has
refused to be interviewed, excusing
himself by saying that he is here sole
ly for rest and recreation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Calls Conditionn Grnxc.

Especial Cable to The Times-D Dispatch
Cairo. March 9.-Porfirlo Diaz left
here to-day in the Khedive's special
car. He will embark ut Alexandria to-
morrow for Naples.
Responsibility for President Madero's
execution was denied by Diaz before
leaving here to-day. He declared en-
phatically that he disapproved OF IL.
THE situation in Mexico is grave.
said the ex-President. land particular
ly grave Is the condition of the H.
nances.
when I resigned there was $50. j
100000 inspecie In the treasury, but
when Aladero was deposited only s45,4
900 remained"
Diaz added that he had learned on
good authority of AIexico's intention to.
float loan of SOC, 100000. He said he
would return hero for three months
next winter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
THIEVES PUT TO FLIGHT
They Had Come Prepared 10 Loot Mrs,
Burnett's Home.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Especial to The Times DlspatchI
New York, March "a few minutes
more. early this morning, and burglars
would have carried OFF $4,000 worth
OF loot from Mrs. Frances Hodgso,i
Burnett's fine summer home at Man
hasett, Long Island.
AS 1t was. neighbors OF Mrs Bur-
nett detected the robbers who. while
bullets whistled around them, es-
capped with eight Turkish rugs worth
$1,000; two Chippenadle chairs, small
antique mirror and landscape la oil
Plainly the thieves had carefully
studied the authors house before at
taclsing 1t. They brought y boy TO
effcct an entrance through cellar
grating too small to admit a man.
The boys coat, left In hasty flight.
may yet lead to the thieves arrest
The house had been closed for some
weeks. Mrs. Burnett having gone 10
Bermuda.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
116PASSENGERS
RESCUEDBY TUG
Taken Off Stranded British
STEAMER and Safely Landed
in Key West.
WIRELESS CALL ANSWERED
Work of Transferring From One
Vessel to Other Done
in Two Hours.

Key West, Fla. March 9.-Onc hun
drcd and sixteen passengers. all of
whom were immigrants. bound from
Spain to Cuba, with the exception Of
two flrst-class< passengers. were res
cued from the British steamer Lugano,
ashore on tho Ajax reef, of the Flor
ida coast, by the tub Rescue. this
afternoon.
Tonight the passengers. muttcring
thanks in their language for their de-
livery from the peril that confronted
them, were landed here by the tug.
housed in buildings along the docks.
cots having been obtained for them
prior to the arrival OF the tug Res
cue.
Transfer OF the passengers from the
Inflated Lugano to the Rescue, acting
temporarily as an ambulance of the
sea. was effected in two hours, small
rescued, twelve were women, fifteen
children and the remaining eighty
nine men.
1t was 1880 o'clock this morning
when tho Lugano suddenly struck the
reef. Captain Penwill Immediately
realized that the position of the yes
sci was serious. Distress rockets sent
into the air told OF the accident. but
no answering signal came Tho wire
less sputtered its fateful IS. o. s.
across tho waters, but vainly waited
for an answer through the early morn
ing hours. while day was breaking.
Finally the fateful message of the
British ship was picked up by the
United States wireless station here. At
the same time ii was intercepted by the
tug Rescue. bound for this port. The
latter vessel Immediately set out for
the Lugano. and had succeeded in res
cuing her passengers before additional
tugs. sent from here, arrived at the
scene.
Captain Penwill. Of the Lugano.
which was bound from Liverpool to
Cuban ports. tonight wired officials
of the Lloyd Line, to which the Lugano
belonged. notifying them of the acct
dent and asking that aid be sent at
once in an effort to save the ship.
When the tug Rescue left tho ship this
afternoon she had eighteen feet of
water in her first hold.
The exact cause of the accident to
the steamer is unknown. 1t is re-
ported that the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico were quiet last night and early
TODAY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
RAIN BREAKS UP GAME.
Dciuse Stops Contest Between Tiger,
aud Reds.

Mobile, Ala, March 9.--With two
men on the bases and two out, n dcluge
came down upon the Monroe Park dia-
mond in tho first inning this afternoon
and stopped the game between Detroit
and Cincinnati. Burch. who was with
Monmouth, Ills, last season, started in
to pitch for Cincinnati, and it looked
like no was going to break all records
for charity. He had passed two of the
four men who completed their turns
at the bat, and had three balls on
Gamer, when the game was called.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
MoRGANs BUY COAL LANDS.
Pnrchnsc 100000 Acres I'm Three West
Virginia Counties.

ESPECIAL 10 The Times
Cumberland, Md, March e.-The
morgan interests have purchased from
Colonel ]. NJ. Guffey, of Pittsburrh.
coal lands in Taylor. Barbour and
Preston Counties. w. Va. paying about
$500 an acre for 100000 acres The
deal hinged on the construction Of the
Buchanon and Northern Railroad into
the field and to provide a seaboard
outlet Tor the coal. The line, which
has been partially completed. will he
continued from Rivesville to Bulling-
ton, where 1t Will take both the Bal
timore and Ohio and the Western
Maryland. There is reason to believe
the Bellington and Northern will fall
into the control OF the New York Cen
trai, and that 1t will be soon placed
In operation from Rivesville to Pitts
burgh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Government Profoundly Stirred.


Mexico City, March 9.--The Minister
of War and General Banquet urgently
request denial of the report that the
pay OF the soldiers has been decreased
since the revolution. To the contrary.
they say, 1t has been increased
Confirmation of the contemplated So
cession of tho northern states is con-
stantly growing stronger. 1t is said
that the government lays the blame
for these reports on Governor May
torena. ot Sonora, whose whereabouts
is unknown. The Department of For
eign Relations has ordered the Next
can consuls along the Americani bor-
der to investigate the sources Of those
reports. Tho government Ia evidently
profoundly stirred. fearing that the
movement may be much greater than
appears upon the surface. 1t is now
runored that Tabasco. Chicapas. Cam
peche, Yucatan and Quintanaroo are
preparing to secede and form a sep
arate republic. This is not causing
much surprise. as tho people in those
states have long been antagonistic to
the Mexlcans.
1t was learned to-day that junta
has been meating in the capital for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
NIGG PAYS ELECTION BET.
Pushes wheelbnrrow From agaauoketn
IoNyn, to Pacific CnaAf.

Especial to The Times -DispStch.l
Los Angeles Cal, March 9.--Pushing
a wheelbarrow labeled: From Ma
quoketa, Iowa, to the Pacific OF bust"
Charles Nigg is expected to pay his
election bet when he reaches Long
Beach tomorrow night, after tramp
of 2,30o miles from Maquoket to the
coast.
Last November Nlgg made a wager
ceive fifty electoral votes The iosor
Of the wager was to leave Maquoketa
bareheaded, with one days rations
pushing a wheel barrow, and tramp
to the Pacific Coast. Nlgg was tho
loser.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
BARTENDER Honor Man.

Especial to Tho Timos- Dispatch:
Princeton, N j., March e.--Among the
names on the honor roll of Princeton
University for the term Just ended is
that of John Larson, OF Chicago a.
freshman. Larson came to PrincetonS
from Chicago. where he had been q
bartender. He WAS found In that oc-
oupation BY tho Princeton alumni Of
Chicago, and was given scholarff,ir
for the next four years. e
He played football last feu.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
WILSON'S POLICY
MAY Be REVERSED.
Practically Certain That He Will
+ Be Recalled From
Mexico.
SITUATION STILL ACUTE.
Danger to Americans as Grave as
1t Was Six Weeks
Ago.
[specLal to The Times-pIspatch. !

Washington. March Conditional
indications that the United States will
be compelled to hold troops and war
ships in tho vicinity OF Mexico in
defniately were furnished with tho re-
ports which reached the War and
Navy Departments to-day of deter
mined opposition to tho Huerta gov
eminent in the interior and mountain
provinces of the republic.
ohicials of the War and Navy Do
partments also accept 1t ns n fore
gone conclusion that the Wilson adj
ministration will recall Ambassador
Wilson and Will reverse his policy to-
ward the Huerta-Dioz government
The fact that a strong Maderist SEN
timent exists In Mexico, and that pro-
visional President Huerta Is far from
having gained such peaceful and or
derby rule as tho reports OF Ambas-
sador Wilson have shown, indicate that
the situation. so far as the danger OF
injury to Americans is concerned. Is
not changed from what 1t was six
weeks ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
WIN Appeal to Y. M. g. A.

Peking, arch 9.-The National Anti
Opium Congress. with view to assist
ing China to suppress the opium trade,
will appeal to the Young Mems Chris
fian Association and Missionary So
|.ietles throughout the world. to open
funds for the purchase OF as large a
portion az possible of the opium stocks
at the treaty ports. Tho stocks will
2be burned w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Young Croker Recovering.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.]
New York. March 9.--Howard Croker,
Youngest son of Richard Croker, for
5ner chief of Tammany Hall, Is recov-
bring, 1t is believed, from a dangerous
9tttack of cerebral pneumonia at the
6lome of his mother, in East Seventy
Fourth Street. The young man passed
the crisis yesterday. after having been
flelirious for ten days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10

Key West. Fla, March 9.-The Brit
lsh steamer Howth Head is ashore Off
Molasses Rect tonight. The United
states revenue cutter Miami is stand
ing by the ship and giving assistance.
The Howth Head is reported to be
leaking badly.
The Howth Head is from Talbot,
Wales. and is carrying no cargo or
passengers Key West wreckers have
gone TO Molasses reef prepared to stand
by during the night.
Weather conditions are good, with
light seas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
noDY FOUND IN LAKE,
Police Believe George l.. Degant Conn
f..,s mftetI Sufcfde

Atlanta, Ca. March 9.-The bodv ~
George d. Degant. sixty-fyo. n promin-
emit local insurance company Official.
was found floating in the water of a
small lake on the outskirts of Atlanta
to-day. Degant had been missing since
early Saturday morning. He had been
In III health for some time, and 1t la
the theory of police officials that he
committed suicide.
The only living relative Is daugh-
ter. Mrs. Myrtle p, Prodigy. OF Wash
inGton, D. G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Adnrrer or wilson.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.1
Mexico City. March 9.-Bmilio Ra-
hasa. the newly appointed ambassador
to tho United States. wrote book a
year ago on democracy. in which lie
speaks very highly of Woodrow Will
sons ideas on statehood. This was men-
toned to-day by Minister de la Barra,
who said he believed that this feeling
would tend to promote friendly rela-
uons between the countries. In com
mentinE upon the statement credited
to President Wilson that he would do
all in his power to avoid complications
with Mexico. Senior dc la Barra said:
Such a statement Is to be expected
from President Wilson, whom L believe
to be q great thinker profound
statesman and a man of firm moral
principles. All OF this will go far to-
ward shaping the government policy
toward foreign nations. I have read
President Wilson's book. The State
and firmly believe that all Mexicans
may well put trust in the author to act
Justly In all things. great and small"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
T,,yrJve Arc urotybca

Special Gable to The Times Dispatch.]
Hull, England, March 9.-The trawler
Sdmiral Togo was wrecked Friday off
ieykjavik. Iceland. The crew of twelve
we're drowned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Exeoutionn nenorted.

Laredo. Texas. March 9.-It is re-
ported that all Of the Federals cap
tured by the Carranza forces at Lam
pasos, Mexico. were executed late to-
day. This report however. has not
been confirmed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
Many Federnl De.ertion..

Douglas. Ariz.. March 9-Enoa m ped
within striking distance OF several i'm
stttuticnalista troops rested on their
arms to day. while Instructions among
Federal garrisons strengthened ma
terially the rebel forces.
No word has come from NacoZaro.
south of here. where nrce battle
known what the result Of the encoun-
ter has been. The last word received
from the besieged city was from the
telegraph operator, who flashed "too
hot for me here" and left his key just
before all wires between Douglas and
Nacozari were cut.
Open revolt and scenes of disorder
have occurred among ESQ Federal de-
tenders OF Aqua Prieta and the mill :
tary officials there to-day gave warn
Ing to all Americans to leave the
town.
To-day the best citizens OF Aqua
Prieta generally fed to Douglas. while
tho drunken and rebellious soldiers pa
raded tho streets crying. viva Ma
dero" Viva Maytorena" and Viva
Diaz" Browls between politically es-
trnnged companions in arms added to
tho confusion and terror which held
the town In its grip throughout tho
day.
Desertions among the Federal sol
diers at Guayamas tho California Gulf
port held by the Federals, were report
ed here to-day. and though orders were
received by the commander OF that
garrison to movo against Hermosillo
with his full force Immediately, no
move has been made by them.
RiotinE Expected.
1t is reported that Federal officers
there are in bitter disagreement and
riotlng Is expected. a message re-
ceived at Nogales to-day from Mexico
City states that another division of
troopers, numbering 1000. has started
It's march against Hermosillo to at
tack the Observation-Disclosures. Mobiliza
tion of rebel troops began last night
and continued through to-day. At Mag
dalena 1000 new recruits organized and
are now ready to take the fold. The
State troops commandered trains for
use in the transportation of insurgent
troops. The State troop paymaster la
paying the railroad men for their SER
Vices.
Last night the soldiers of the re-
bellion burned bridges on the South
ern Pacific to within thirty-nve miles
of EogaleH on the Arizona line. and
three bridges on tho branch running
to tho American mining oentra at ca
nansa. With both wire. and railway
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-11
INDOOR TOURNEY FINE.

Under the gaily decorated dome Of
New York's largest rooted enclosure
Madison Square garden-more than
325 contestants competed for honors
in the Third Annual International In
door Trap-shooting tournament.
Shooting by electric light against a
white-washed background Of steel
plate. professionals and amateurs
alike found the clay targets fully as
weather conditions out Of doors, but
high scores and records galore were
achieved.
In a survey Of the six days shoot
ing. first mention is due to Ralph L.
SPOTS of New York, a member of the
victorious American Olympic trap
shooting team. who, in the final event
for the international indoor amateur
championship o the title and gold
medal by a clean score Of 100 straight,
and made the amateur long run-a
new amateur record-123 straight.
unfinished. shooting Remington-UMC
ammunition throughout.
A. B. Brickner Of Newton, n. j., a
seventy-year-old shooter and winner
Of many championships. tied for sec
ond place with A. L. Burns of Ma
maroneck. n. Y. but took third place
in the shOotoff, Mr.. Burns winning
second by one target. Mr.. Brickner
was the only amateur to break SO
straight in the qualifying rounds.
III. H. Stevens of Roselle Park, N.
j.. with his ~favorite Remington-UMC
autoloading shotgun and Nitro club
shells. was easily the most consistent
shooter among the professionals. In
day for the first five days-Mr. Stew
ems broke 246 Of the $50 targets.
dropping only four. and established
a new indoor record by breaking 1871
straight--the longest run Of the tour
nament. Mr.. Stevens o in the
final 100 bird event. in which he tied
for second place, was 96x1O0.