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^^^^ ^ _I ^ V $ VOUl.NO. 52. ffeeklj, Eetftbllahed 1640r Daily, Ja?. 18, 1*14. ANDERSON, 3. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH, 18, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM. : . ' I i ?:??-? FAVOR CENTRAL WARE HOUSE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH ALL CLASSES WOULD PROFIT I Farmers Would not Have to I Throw Their Cotton on the Four-Line Pyramid (Staff Correspondence.) Greenville, S. C. March 17, 1914.? The proposition of J. B. Duke for the organization of a great warehouse with capital and storage room suf llcient properly to handle the cotton crop of the south and keep it from be ing dumped on the market each fall almost as soon as It leaves the fields, was endorsed here Tuesday morning at a meeting of the South Carolina manufacturers, bankers, cotton mer chants and business men generally All who were present at the meet ing were convinced that with coope ration of Duke and the financial forces with which hs is allied, such a vou nnnv enru'ho nrtrau!??rl thit operation would be of inestimable ben efit to the southern farmers. Cotton manufacturers and middlemen would b-j benefit ted alike. : Amnpg *??os? v.'ho speks at tbe ?wi ing were W. S. Lee of Charlotte, who presented the plan evolved by Mr. l)uk:>; Lewis W. Parker, president of the Parker mills; John D. Harris of Greenville, as a representative farm er; C. S. Webb, of Greenville, a cot ton broker, W. 8. Cramer of Charlotte, und W. A. Law of Philadelphia, who will soon be at the head of tbe Arne 1< un Banker's association. There was enthusiasm throughout the meeting. Mr, Unke Presen* Tho rooetingrWeB colled to order by Capt. Ellison A. 8mythe, who called upon \V. 8. Lee to explain on behalf of Mr. Duke whajt ?he proposition means, Mr. Lei shoWfed that -it will benefit :-!' dusses and all interests ic the south. H<? masSg a strong and cob v:tifi?5 st-rtCt-eSt, "r. B?ke mat, a very much interested observer of all the proceedings, says nothing to the meeting but suggesting points and ideas to different persons present. Mr. Lee showed that cotton is s ci."?raodity the handling of which can bC promoted by. a. warehoime pvafom in -such o manner -that the producer himself wJit L>ne?? as weii rs ever; other person who handles the cot t'?n w?llr. it ?? in process of hfcndlin; und rnan-u'aciUte, 11 is pro] rt.cd to organize a company vlth. a.'O.OOO capital for the purp.*c of bundling l.???.000 bales of cotton Mr. Duke aaa arranged for th ? ware house certificates to be received in the money markets of this rv.atr*. mid in seveial Kuropean countries j-.ist as bank jr tes. M*. Lt(? stated that cotton le Cac commodity ? Hob clothes four-Ofthi of the world VU* south Is producing I'i per cent, and Is spinning b:r. 20 per cent. T?rplas suggested would increase the crtpui of manufacturers in the south in a lew years, for new in dustrie? would spring up. You Htart out with tbe best pocbibl? Bccurity in the rtorld la get money, bo continued, and evereybody is in terestei In geltlug cheap moner. This plan will'not disturb any legitimate :>peraticns, It might affect specula tion, and iKb?dy would iegret. TMs ,is not a money-making scheme, but a coop?r?tI.VC i.V.:? What does the S'. nh need as ruck as ch.ttp money 1 r-Ta is a' tron^itlon whic'i cannot L o<alt wi'h In p;?ce.-meal >,?d !? prier to make It a success, must be on .'Un H-.? ht Bn crs * rt'snthiy ?:?.'.* most interesting thing in Mr. I.co's dress was that *::*t? mcuf th.it M: Duk?'* jjls' tna f.'.ii'. carefully considered by the greatest financiers or the, country and that It net thel r.'nio-al. He staled taut the Xew York effeors or :?.=? Natiounl City Bank of N6W York, *be greawsf. bark tn tlia eorntry. had CQpsld'.red'* the plan and approved It and were pre.-,? part-d pm ' je*st firty nvjiron dol lars each year Into the handling of cotton pfcvided it Was handled through an adequate- warehouse system. He m Mr. McRoberts, sa bank, suggesting >ic <>i a'mixntidn wnreil yhCTe._ read a lettei officer an prii >* *>'' :-e I >HE PLAN OP TH1 1. niise (be cette? as eeUaten same w?y and se s*fe^ma?* wenM become very widely kaet ?. Thfts antes of an Identical < i? to create such a large that ft will beeoaw a factor is tl world. - '^i X Have all Ibis collateral ru knew* ttttsaeial bastttattea that lt? ?fen?lttg and eld ?n extabtUkl * .* e . ? * e ? m D?KES PUN ' I . il . m I ' I mi The proposed warehouse company, should have not leas than five mil-! lion dollars capital and as much more as should prove necessary. Its integ rity should be of the highest charac ter, so as ton coin ingnd confidence and respect throughout the financial ren ters ot the world, for only in this way can the cheapest money be obtained in cotton, which is the best collateral In .t!?=? ?vorId today. I Tbe farmer now has to market his cotton utmost as soon as it is grown. The large volume of cotton coming on tho market in the early fall depr-Haos the price at this season. If the farm er could hold hiB cotton snd market it front time to time he would average a better pr'cc. The, cotton manufa^ iaier has to tie up'a gf.ut deal of capital buying cotton, rar ahead or his needs for it to meet present nisnufac-. itiriL-f. demands Tbe middlemen, ow- ] ing to lack or adequate warehouse fa cilities canuol properly utll.V.o his cotton as collateral, JahJertefrPIaa M Under Mr. Duke's plan throughout ! tie South there would be acquired and oui)t sufficient warehouses to proper-! ly store the cotion'erop. The receipts from these warehouses would be stan dard und the company operating them would have sufficient capital to al-j ways back up its Warehouses snd they, wouid nave chapter ar.d standing ?&; tili fir.auc'.i". yv?ra ??ai. wouid satis fy the purchaser'ig^JBurope or' the! North of a note based ba a warehouse. receipt for cotton that 'the cotton was. actulally in a staniakrd war?hnus?, j property protected against fire and suit-1 ficiently covered by 'Insurance', and that, when *.be ao*e came due U wouid i be paid.. PAM The proposed < new ^company would tske over existing BUtSftrd warehouse at an appraised valuation. Most big Cotton mills bave standard warehouses ' but tliey would not care to sell them,''H as it would be difficult'to give titles,' with right ot egi'ees, so it was planned to have two classes of stock, the cot-' tor:-mills leasing their warehouses to U?? company tor twenty years and r?-*? eeiving one class of atock lp consMera-^'B lion for these leases, - while another cl*sa of stock would bw<i^u&*t&?tir?4 om v .-omtOt^l^^WlTOulWor to pro-i vi.le. Additional wareheagaa ' ? to'1 IfKff the ccmpany-a jorfficlent reserve capital to enable tbem to prompt 1:' care for paper as it felt due. I! Mr. Lee.stated that he knows Mr.': Duke well-and he knows that the pro- J motor of this Idea is not seeking to - Further his own Interests, but to make m effort to develop the Piedmont seci>? *t3 hl?hc?i possibilities. Tnat . If the per^?e wha so int? propa- j litlon wish, Mr. Duke will take stock. | it they do not wish, be will take, no, (took. In either event he will be wil ling to advise them and to aid them. | Mr. Lee said that Mr:-Duke could not' iiave been hired by any enterprise to t live his time as he had to this'propo- 1 lit ion and that he had given it wil- 1 llngly for the uplift of commercial 1 conditions in the south and be wishes < 0 push it on to success, h m_ Lowls W. Par*** |? Following Mr. Lee, Lewis W. Park- J sr, head of the Parker cotton mills, j leclared that this plan had long been.4 1 dream of hin life. He referred to 1 he standard warehouse system and he PiedmOTt warehouse system as | iteps in th? direction of obtaining this treat end. He commended the men vho hadt come back to build up the Piedmont section in which he was born I ind to give ithis great opportunity to E he men of th-a Carolinas. t< Farmers have^bad'through neceasl-? y to throw .their cotton upon the' mar- 1 tet at times when it did not suit them. ', The mills have not been able to buy { \t t?ntes when the tarmer wished to t lell. For It' Is a fact sad to relate, i hat many times whop these mills are | tccused ot keeping , off the market, 1 hey would like to buy and can't get 1 ho mone?. This Will enable the mllla 1 o be Independent *nd to buy when t bey get readyJt This proposition IS < ?od tor nlk*-orod?e*r. mfcrehant onsumer, It "it fair and reasonable. 1? The warehouse papta" in order to be 1 iniversaiiy negotlahlel?U?t have cbae icter, the backing of the financial i?-1 ereats ddthe worfd^Tbe warehouses! oust be weil constucted. It's better toi ave a state system of warehouses then' o have no system at all. he said, but J he Duke plan is the best of all that ? J le has ever heard bt. '. Mr. Parked <?Ot?msaded Senator B, * ). smith and RejoreaentAtlTe J. Wll- ? ard P.agsdale forgetting Into cur-, ; _(Continued on Page ft.)_ \ ' * ~m V 5 ? * 1 o S COTTON WARfeHO??E * r It il ana 4a tMs alway* In th e *," tn ?ad uhjlaadl'tW^cc^pirn. * I Rbararter agalnot thaj??4?on *? *, 1 of paper of oae dftserfptlea *) it financial saarkets at th* *i ii paper passed throngfe se?e. * n Snd flS'early states gtv* *J err it la iae esertet. ? ,' " f,t 1 - * # ' *' *' i NOT SINCE DREYFUS AFFAIR] HAVE FRENCH BEEN SO STIRRED CABINET MAY QUIT| -7 Shouting "Down With the Repub lic," Royalists Hold Street Demonstration (By Associated Press. . Paris', March 17.?Not since, the] Dreyfus affair has any. incident in French history so stirred the; French people as the shooting of Gas ton Cal mette, editor of the Figaro by Mme. Cailiaux, wife of the minister of finance. The immediate effect . is tense, all the greater in view of the nearness of the election. The most reliable authority, how ever, Indicates that the resignation of the ministry is far from likely, as the deputies are unanimous that the budget should be passed before the election Among parliamentarians the whole affair is concerned as a great and un expected boon to the anti-republican p?rt>', tr?iu wiii not rail to exploit it to the utmost with the object of discrediting the government at the election. It?SrhrottKh'iUt th? H?y !ft?*j? crowds assembled around th? Cailiaux resi-l dence,'the Figaro office and Saint La sars prison, where the Mme. Cailiaux | occupies a cell. Late tonight the royalist associa tion was called out by Leon Daudet, the lender He mounted a table out Bide a well known boulevard cafe ?nd attacked M. Cailiaux In violent forms to the accompaniment of shouts of "down with'the assassin, Cailiaux!" M. Henion perfecta of Paris, com manding a large body of police, hur ried the manifestants up and down the boulevard- and finally scattered them, ' the - royalists - fleeing with Xr score were arrested and bruiesd In the .seutfle. That .Mats. Caiilcax had, premeditat ed the shooting is showu in the fol lowing which she wrote to her hus band before she left their residence yesterday i "iU the 'hour when you receive this letter 1 shall have executed justice." r Labor Leaders Apply for Pardon I (By Associated Press. Washington, March, 17.?Applica tion tor a pardon by -eighteen bf the labor leaders convicted in, the "dy namiting cases" was filed1 today with the department of justice by the pris mers* attorney, Elijah N. Zollne. The] oetltioh alleged that the men were in nocent and that Judge Anderson, who I uresldede over the federal court at| Indianapolis when they were convfet ;d did not give .'them a fair and im-| partial trial. Replace Child Labor With Unemployed Men | New Orleans, La., March 17.?Dele gates to the fifth annual national 1 ^htld Labor Conference here became t enthusiastic tonight over the state nent that a partial solution of two i Probleme* would be to take children rat of industrial plants and fill their | ilaces with the unemployed men now n this country The expression i.'jne torn Pauline M. Newman of New fork, general organize^ of the Inter latlonal Bhlrtwast Union. Miss Newman contended that the he employment of children was in tbe 1 md a most expensive sort of . labor. ?25,000 Shortage in Goldaboro Banks! ^ '(By Assoclsted Press. Goldibdro, N. C, March ? 7.?Short- { igosv amounting to $25,000 have been ' ound in the accounts of the Golds , oro Savings and Trust Oomapny and 1 he National Hank of Goldaboro. ac- 1 or?iug to an ofilclal statement la- * lUed here today by the stockholders. 1 ["he tT;o i???Uui?u:i~ ?*r2 run in cop-, unction. No arrests in connection vith the shortages hsd been ; made ate tonight President Norwood personally de- ! mailed ft check with the stockholders . naking good the shortage, refusing 1 m offer of the stockholders to ehsre 1 he loss. , *a4*engers and I Crew Were SavedjJ -? it Kaiiifa?, K. S., March 17?With i lovcn. fjessengers. tour of them wo- I nop and ohe a four yeaV old girl, and rew Of 34 saved tbe steamer City of I ydnoy which early today ran on y.hs o iamro rooks 25 milea east of here t a a fog, tonight was abandoned and i Ikoly will become a total loss. WALL OF BURNED ST. LOUIS CLUB HOUSE FALLS ON BUILDING MANY BADLY HURT Not Known at Present Jutt How Many Portons are Buried Under Debris (By Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 17.?At least! two personB wer>5 killed and 15 burled] under debris and ten injured when the west wall of." the Missouri Athlet ic club building which was destroyed by Are in which 30 persons lost their lives a week ago, collapsed under a heavy wind here late Tuesday evening and crashed through a four-story buil dign occupied by the St. Louis Seed Company. The four-story .building ocupied by] the St. Louis Seed Company had weak ened, apparently during the burnin? I of the Missouri AthlsAn niin? bulii mg, which adjoined it ofr the East, and when the brick wall crashed on the roof of the four-story building, the walls of the latter gave away and)' nil above ths cx-osd Hoor crumulea. | Hours after the accident, it was im possible tp determine haw,, many had I been buried in the ruins. -Many, noj doubt escaped without' giving their] names,, but ten persons are unac counted, for. Six injured, three of them being womed, had been taken from the rums, two were known to be dead and several are still in the debris. Borlcn ?ader Bebrfs , James Cobb, cusnier of the seed company, apparently''was dangerously hurt, but he directed the work of the rescuers who trieg/^o J extricate him frcm the ruins. ?Cl?etric lights wera striing about tho ^eh?skf that srtaionnd him, and while the'Workmen tugged at the timbers,. Father Kennedy ; a Ca tholic priest admleiat?red to him tho last rites of the church. Father Ken nedy, also administered the last rites to another man buried in the debris Two other priests worked in the ruins, | giving last rites to the. injures^. The body of a man lying across the | body i*r* Mr." Cc?t- ?hv? ??? rtseuer? j reached him, which had been trans fixed by a piece of scantling. An?aged man was found pinioned in! the basement of tho seed company's buildinr- Ha wan seriously injured, and to take him out alive, it seemed I necessary to amputate his leg. Phy sicians had injected morphine into the ] pinio-. ?d leg and were about tc ap ply tnc knife when workmen suc ceeded in moving the debris slightly, | thereby releasing the- injured man. The amputation was averted and the j nan was taken to (he city dispensary. The customers in the building are I believed to have escaped with slight >r no injuries; The injured were for the most part office employes of the. ] Seed Company or workmen. The bodies of three workmen had been taken from the ruins tonight The groans of a woman btvied be death '; the debris which had been heard for some time, ceased by] the time the building commissioner | ted obtained a large force to explore he wreckage. BRITONS WILL ENTER DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS Representations No Longer to Be . Made Through Government (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 17.?After a inference today between Secretary 3rayn and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, tho ?rltlsh consul stationed at El Paso tereafter when the British govern uent has occasion to make repr?sen tions to . Mexico Constitutionalist tuthorttioa at Chihuahua,, it will do xi through its vice-consul at the Cap tai of tjtat etato, or, where the inci Icnt occurs at Juarez, through the Iritlsh con?? stationed at JKi Paso, Cexas. It was explained thst this does not nvolve any change in policy; that rep esentatloes were made through the iroerlcrn government when General zrrznzm' ai Nopnie? only because here was no Brltleli Consular officer n thst part of Mexico at the time, ow, however, when the Constttuticn Jiat chief appears in the city of Chi luahna the British vlce-Coasul rssi lent there will not hesttato to estab Ish communication with them there. In other part* of Mexico, where the Iritish government has no consular (fleers Secretary Bryan has under aken to continue the practice of hav Bg American consuls look after the tritish iatereeis. ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED HAD REVOLUTION IN MIND SO IT IS ALLEGED Member of Sacremento State Guard Who Joined Army As Spy Gave Information (Py Associated Press.) Sacramento, Cal., March 17.?-In a Washington, Adjutant General Forbes, of the National Guard of California, has given his official cognizance to an alleged plan of "General" Kelly's unemployed army to seize the Federal arsonal at Hock l9land IM., in order to equip ?OO.OOO men for the revolu tion against the government General Forbe's report in based on the one made, to him by Lieutenant Franklin Grimes of a Sacramento Com pany of the stale guard who joined Kelly's army as a spy. Lieutenant Grimes related how the leader? of the unemployed army di vulged their plan for capturing the vSt??ti omuiH government. There was to be a gathering of many armies at Chicago according to Grimes, the men reaching the city as best they might. The leaders, according to the militia spy, believed they could assem ble SOOOOO men there. Then moving in force they would capture the Rock Island arsenal. I'm il roads out of Chicago would be commandeered, said the Lieutenant, and the unemployed forces well armed,, would be rushed toward Washington, whore it would have the Federal gov ernment at its mercy. The plan was then to spread a na tion wide rebellion of working men against employers of labor, which would depose all civil and military authorities and lustall the army's lead ers as supreme. Among other remarkable statements waa-.ona. relylas, tor tiupport oi.. jx] large Canadian conGuigea|^^"f ?? ISSUED FOR BANDITS ?T " Ue Hope Entertained, S^sr ever, that Request Will fie Complied With (By Associated Press.) San DtegdV Cal., March 17.?A re quisition' for the extradition of the Mexican bandit Guttterrez, sharged for the murder of Postmaster Frank V. Johnston of Tecate, on the lower California border, was sent Tu' iday by Governor Johnson to the Governor of the Northern district of Lower Cal ifornia. District Attorney H. 8. TJt ley, of Son Diego county, expressed the opinion that it was hopeless that the request would be complied .with, All was . quiet at Tecate, today. Strike Causes Large Mill to Shut Down (By Associated Press.) Lawrence, Mass., Mr. 17.?The print i works Pf the Pacific mills employ moro thap 2.000 hapds was Bhut down Tues- , day owing to the strike of employes : of the dyeing department for a wage increase. Advocates Great Waterway Washington, March 17.?Senator Townsend of Michigan, today, in the Senste advocated a deep witcrwey from the Great I akes to the Atlan tic through the Weiland Canal and the St. Lawrence t>er. The Rebels Rt Villa Hm (By Associated Press.) ? Juarez, tnex.. ; March 17.?-Heavy l righting with the rebels hard pressed, I was. reported here tonight, a fore* i of federals is said to have met Villa's i army at Escalon, an important rail road town, 100 miles north of Tor- i reon. and both sides have been rein- ! rorced. The battle is said to have rag- i ?d fiercely nil day today. ine railroad from Torreon robs i north through Escalon to Jimines, Chihuahua and beyond; On each side sf the road are mountains. These for ten miles are marked with rifle nits Jug in previous revolutions ft is reported that the federal* moved out ?f Torreon in two detachments, pur suant . to orders . front Provisional President H'-.erta.> One detachment is said to have r.nvsd ?cat of the raitro&u with uoontains Stet ween It and the. rosd. vhllo the main body went directly ACCIDENTS ON RAIL DECREASE THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN FULL t>ATA GIVEN Increase Shown in Accidents "Other Thin Train/' Such aa Tresspass, Etc, (By Associated Press.) Washington. March 17,?A material decrease in Ihe number dt train'acci dents and the number of people kill ed and Injured in such accidents is shown by interstate commerce com mission bulletin Issued today for the quarter ended September 30, 1913. During the quarter 211 were killed and 4,011 injured In train accidenst, a decrease a? c*wpared wi the follow ing quarter of 1012, of 77 killed and 587 injured. . ' An increase of 123 killed and of 1,094 injured was shown in "other than train accidents Including acci dents to employes while at work, to niiHxeiierern irettln? r.n anA n*t CiT?i. to trespassers and- others, the total being 2.830 killed and 19,753 injured. Through individual accidents, non Involved In train accidents, but occur ring to railway employers other than rainmcn, on railway premises 132 per sons were killed and 32,878 injured, an increase of 18 killed and. 3,994 in jured. The total number of collisions and derailments on steam railways for the qua/ter was 3,913?1,634 collisions and 2,279 derailments of which i73 collisions and 223 derailments affect ed passenger trains. The financial, damage done amounted to $3,239,1 ?9. It was pointed out that 10.3 per cent of the derailment wore caused by broken rails and 2b per cent to der fectfve equipment. Consumption of , V. . Cott?S^ioiTspared (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 17.?Cotton con sumed in the ' United States during February amounted to 455,239 running bales, vXi?iipivfc o? ??iiterv, compared with 448.40*-b?les in February 1913. Cotton on hana February 28 was held as follows: in manufacturing establishments 1,734,735 bales aa compared with 1, 893,966 In 1913; und in independent warehouses 2,293,601 bales, compared with 2,217.619 in'191S February imports amounted to 20, 771 equivalent 500 pound bales, com pared with 34,039 in 1918; and ex ports including Unters 760,990 run ning bales compared with 630,911 in 1913. , Cotton spindles operated during February numbered 31,139.730 com pared with 30,536,486 last year. Ferryboat Collides ."Killing Two Persons (By Associated Preos.) New York, March 17.?Two posons were killed end seven injured, three of them seriously late Tuesday when the Lnckawanna Railroad ferryboat, Ithaca, crashed Into a railroad . float on the Hudson river. Tho killed and Injured were passengers on the Ithaca Iowa City High School Wins. Washington, March 17.?The Iowa City (Iowa) High School today waa declared tho winner in the United States hfgh school rifle shooting con tost, far the second consecutive year. Portland, Maine, won second honors with ? score of 978 against Iowa's 979._, ipulsed; rries to Scene *y rail to Escaion. The eastern de tachment evidently was trying to get n Villa's r^ar. as It waa moving in ho direction or Jlmlnex,' 55 miles north of Kscalon. G?n?ral Urbans, of the constltutlon illsts, however, hsd been posted at [tosarlo to guard against just' such ttrategy. and last iSaturdky'to Sdld to isve encountered the federal *Av*no* ruard at or near that city,,which-Is ?hont 110 miles west of Jlmlnex. He s eatd to have, been outnumbered end o have telegraphed for reinforce nents. The'main battle St Escalon, appar ently nicely timed by General Velasco, he federal commander, to occur af er reinforcements- had been detached o assiBt Urbana, is believed to have wgirn last night or eSvly this moru ng. Ko details art- svaiiabie. The K_- i ,- , . n - Continued on page 4.) UNTIL FIFTEENTH CONSTI TUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS REPEALED IS A DEAD LETTER Demoralizing to Give Negroes RiffhU We Do Not Intend They Shall Enjoy < Washington, March 17.?After a vigorous defenRn of woman suffrage In the senate today, Senator Biiruli of Idaho, shocked suffrage advocates on the floor and In the naileries by declaring .lt was impractical and im? posRlble for women to obtain the Vote by constitutional amendment. He pre* dieted that after fifteen years of vain endeavdY, ' women would renew their abandoned request before the x>pie of the slut":;, because In seeking an amendment- to the Federal constitution they had loaded themselves down with the negro question, the Japanese ques tion and a dozen other states,rights problems. "Yd. t??; u?3vt;r tarry im.,required 36 states for a constitutional amend er woman suffrage, said the Senator, .until you repeal the fifteenth amend man*. | Asserting that the fifteenth amend ment giving th>. negro the right to vote, was a blunder in the first place, and now a dead letter, not being en fered in a single state, Senator Bo rah asked whether advocates, of the women suffrage amendment now pond ing,-for a moment supposed'Southern states, would add 2.000,000 to the list of those whom they must disfranchise. "Violation of law Is a bad thing" he added. "It is demoralizing to the negro-} race to place lu .the con*?Uu*ie the form of rights that' we do not mean to see th<MU enjoy." !^jq^aiteent)j amendment, th* sen ator declared, was a blunder,. engen dered in a spirit of t^-vaswa.^aa^sat^j^pp?g--^? satisfaction tlic North bad connived the Bout?t? *tp4aw^wMt- ?'he endm?nt infringed upon states rights, and might furnish a precedent for an amendment declaring the right to hold real estate of attend school ?hould not be denied of race or color. "I have no desire," explained the sehsior. "to bestow the franchises' on the 10,000 Japanese on the. Pacifl? S?CpO, bu;- .vh?id Up d ip? T%d; ..;*. s?v" ernmmt the coni.ol of the school (litestIons of the Petite ?c?*L Answering a question hv Senator Thomas, Senator Borah said he waa in. favor of ropeellng the ?ftlet? si? endment If wo v.! en euffrega cqnld . be obtained in no other why. The Idaho senator and Bens tor Vnrdetean of-Mis sissippi, engaged in s tljt over the progress of the . negro face. Senators Lane, Thors and Polndex ter spoke for the amendment. No vote was tauen aud the resolution will, come up again tomorrow. For $10, Burns CUp"; Valued at $40,000 -?? .. . (By Associate Press.) Guthrie, Okla.. March 17.?William Shaffer, ? negro, under arrest at Crescent City. Okla . has confessed, it 1?alleged by county authorities, that he set fire to the two cotton gins at that place today . The gins, valued at $40.000 w.>re destroyed. Bloodhounds wert used to trsll a man seen running from the scene of the fire and after a five mile chase Shaffer was captured. It ia asserted that Shaffer implicated another man. the negro is quoted as saying, gave him $10 as "first payment" for firing the gins. Ko other arrests have been made* NICARAGUA WAY IS MUCH COVETED '. ' v.'* 'y.i'.'A* * United SUtes Would Like to Ac? quire Farnouc Canal Route I * I ?- . ~". (By. Associate Press.) Washington, March ?7.?Con?H?l^ atlon of the pending treaty with Nic aragua, through which the United] States would acquire the rights to he Nicaragua canal route and a na* ,al rbnse on Fonseca Bay, probably will bei'del?yed ' uhtlf fc?xt week ow ng to ?in- absence of members of the .fume committee oa foreign relations. Th? committee had planned to take tp the treaty Wednesday Sad to dis :uss also the amendments proposed! IV rplnry of State ?hic??. would extend over Nicaragua a ptw ectorate by the American govern* nent similar to that exercised over "tibii. Senator Stone, chairman of he committee, still is confined to his ?ome by illness, and Senator Shlvc'y. icting chairman of the committee, has ;onc to attend the democratic State onventlon in Indiana.