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Twice-a-Week TM Twice-a-Week 4 \ Ordinary'* OUioo THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA. UA. Ul^ttOAl MARCH 2, 1012. 750,000 MINERS IN ENGLAND ARE ON A STRIKE The Democratic State Executive Committee to Arrange for the Primary. Atlanta, Feb. >9. — Tueelar, ROTH SIDES abb DETERMINED Mar ch 12th, haa been set as the time TO FIGHT TO A FINISH—BRIT- f Ur a meeting ot the state democratic ISH SOLDIERS ARB BEING 1 eiecuUve committee, at which Efforts to Prevent the Conflict Failed COMMITTEE WILL MEET MARCH 12 ARMED WITH BULLETS. the London. Hob. 29.—The greatest strike in the history ot the world, I trying up the coal fields ot Great Britain Immediately and which will date ot the democratic presidential primary will be fixed. It was practically agreed a*, the committee’s last meeting, that the primary should he held In April. Since ithat time, however, the desire has been expressed from some quarters ultimately paralyse Industry In the ^ a primary much later In the United kingdom, will go Into effect j, prlng , when -he situation ha. fnrth- at midnight.. w developed ltselt. Two hundred thousand miners arej. Couw|uentlT wbtt . nton the com. already out, according to reports. 1^,, take at the coming mcet- At two o’clock this afternoon the I , § uncertaln There V | U be a dl- leaders of the British mine workers j v! . t0n 0 , *entlment, however. One Issued a statement declaring that ; crow( j j s joing - 0 w ant the primary 760.000 men and boya have already j early, probably In April; and the gone on a strike. j other crowd le going to want It late, 1 probably In June. RAYNER RAPS ROOSE VELT’S RUINOUSRULE TE BRILLIANT MARYLAND SENATOR DISCUSSES ROOSEVELT’S POS ITION, GIVES HIM CREDIT FOB HONESTY AND SAYS THAT HIS IDEAS WOULD BE RUINOUS TO OUR 8XJTEM OF GOVERN. MENT.—A DISPASSIONATE SUMMING UP OF THE SITUATION. The government today is movlnt troops to points where the first trou ble is expected. Eight hundred thousand men turd boys In tbe coal fields are under or- dere to strlko. The government’s efforts to avert a national strike are proceeding to- J - .. day, but with little hope of success, ~,y- vers are ’being MAYOR TIEOMAN GIVES UP PLACE WITH BANK shot, • an I ' bayon-ls are held ready to move to strategic points. At a final conference of cho miner’# leaders with Premier As- qnlth, the premier made astounding propositions. There are now 849,000 men on a strike. Later— It was learned that As quith Informed the leaders that If they would hold up the strlko he would guarantee to win over the re fractory operators and secure grant ing demands. He was told that It was too late to atop the entire atrlke, hut It might be possible *.o keep enough miners working to Insure a supply ot fuel for the government pending final negotiation*. When the proposition wan made to all the leaders a stormy meeting resulted, but when they were told that If the compromise was rejected the government will take over the mine*. It looked like peace will he secured. TAFT ADVISER SAYS IT WILL BE OLD TICKET He Says That Roosevelt’s Entry Into Race Will Make That Necessary. Washington, Feb. 29.—Taft’s cam-, patgn advisors today predict that th« National Republican ticket this year will be Taft for President, with Sherman renominated tor vlce-pretl- tdent. | I It lg believed that Col. Roosevelt will make It necessary to give a New York ma n th c second place. Washington, F«fl>. 29.—Reversals | Don he had ah Idea lingering lu his of judicial decision by popular vote,! mind that It '’far the duty ot the as proposed by Theodore Roosevelt, < ' Purt * *° chtTT out toe policy of the in hi. Columbus address last wsek.i''T*? 40 ” rDm “ l was denounced In the senate today w "‘ by Mr. Rayner, of Maryland, a. ”tn. ““ «** «nd that was that, co moat dangerous doctrine ever 'unction,, were con- brought forward by any on. who ha. ce ™' d ; bl “ w “ 1 “ ,upr f“ c the .lightest regard for the stability ““"“'‘ed hy ^e apedflcaUon. of the of our government, and whose spin- ; l-t™ m *nt thhl cre.t.d them ion 1. entitled to »ny weight L; wha *,‘ the pre “ nt Mr. Rayner declared that In ?. "Tg” » a c » n ^ Iu ‘ cuMing Rooaevelt he did not speak a. to no need of an, a partisan | pemuaelon whatever to Induce him ’’What I desire to call attention <'° Ho ™ wllHai lo to today 1. unique and original come ™ tbb,a °, w " crown and ,rame conception which Roosevelt advance] a eo ““*"T ° t f 1 b 'f ° w ”’ ac “ rt - -«tSK- whkh 1 ' ’’ -The decision of a state court on • ^ bad h ' > ^ d “ at °“ tb " ak * ,,ka a constitutional queetlou should be ^ R ° 0,eVe,t subject to revision by th. people ot **°- lh . . . Here he la, however, and he has com. ” ’If any conriderabi. number ot 1 * ™>“ ,d “ * *** people feel that th. deetoiou to In * s , deflnance of juetlce, they, ehould he ^.^odXtlvM J Z given the .right by petition to bring “L!^ d JJJ? *7 ? , ' a ®? lnatad ’ bo before the voter, at some sequent J®*; i“’V* “*£ a TL‘, election and given the fullest oppor- “ cat , b * willing to » new treaty tunity to determine the question ,or chlnes ® ImmJgmJon if they whether or not the judge. Interpre- w0 “ d aMapt hl ” '"*«*>«*<>• tatlon of the law ahould bo sustain-' 1°V^° W wb " 1 -j ...a a .. President," ho continued. ”1 believe od. If sustained, well and good. If f. re f id ? nt ’ Jhat thorn are a largo number o* even followers who would today not, then the popular verdict Is to,bo accepted as final, the decision is to treated ns reversed njnd, tho ' only to action by tho supremo' court of the United States.’ him autocratic pow- ie-anderwcnti 1 efiangu under his administra tion. Ho Inaugurated an era of con- “Mr. President, it a propoeltlon of a ‘ l ' utlonal ‘bought He announced thl, aort bad .been advanced by ,» ° Ter “ d v °” r /f, ln ,a d< L # 01 the unbroken decisions of the conns avy for Him to Con tinue to Serve. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 29.—At to* regular monthly meeting of the di-!o r4ln »ry agitator, no attention would v '’ ,,rl * S .T tbe oermanu Bank, h. d ld bepal^to It; tbe people wou.d on- a^^muuTn^n^'I.ttT. here today. Hon. Geo,.. W- ^ ^ “C" W "nt man, mayor of Savannah and v ‘ ca | * nd *°“ ld ^ ”!l tcnd.,1 to the general welfare of the President of the bank tendered Wa “anger to the republic. We rauat ie-i . . 1 a 1 IrA tirmrawaa ItlfiV Mil* la Mm tiMae- illUUU. I am not exaggerating tbe sltna- regignatlon. This action on the »"“• however, that this Is the utter- psxt of Vice President TIedeman was' 01 * 8 of a »'«IWcaI leader wbo occu- taken because of the Interference of b 1 **,,* P roral f nt , plaa * ' b * r °™ loa public, and who is gifted with tre mendous power; who commands great popularity and who ror seven years oocupled the poeltlon ot pres, dent of the United States, and who Is now a candidate again for the office. "People who regard this merely aa . a flippant and Impulsive utterance of tively dacMod .luce Mr. TIedeman’. ^ cand|date b]|c resignation, that Henry BWn. t0 aUram public favor, are sou of the late president ot tho aer-L, kIng . <[elt mW , ke . his duties as a bank olficer with his other business Interests, The resignation becomes effective at once, Mr. TIedeman haa been In controll of tho affair* ot the bank since the death of Capt, Henry Blun, the late president. It la now posh Hon, Ho is perfectly sincere, and his motive la not a corrupt one, and he will do this because he to poscesse-1 (with a mad fancy that this la and ought to he an executive government, that the power ot the executive ought to override those of the legislative and judicial branches of the public service. "He will then Inslat upon these changes.” mania Bank and chairman of the . , “The ex-presldcnt has been refloct- bonrd of director, will succeed his |ng OTer thh prop(-moil for y m „. father a. the head of the Institution.^ hu a lw a„ been hostile to thc Mr. Blun’. resignation ap Pomma^ d{cWoil of xhe courU W b eiWT a r tney ter at Savannah will be tendered In con flicted with his own views, tbe next few days. It 1* expected. | « Now there I. a motive for all this, This resignation will take effect on and there Is a cause for this at’nc't March.15. I upon the institutions of the land. I ■ think I can etll you what It is. It Missouri Bars Death Cup. Inrlsea from the fact that when Jefferson City, Feb. 29.—By order Roosevelt was president he was not of tbe state Board of Health, alt pub- allowed to Influence and control tin. lie drinking cups, towel* and combs decisions of the courts, and they de- wilt be abolished after today on all dined to pass under the domination big fire In Its history about two trains and In all railway stations In o' his arbitrary and Imperious will i week* ago and th* officials pow Missouri. "In the whole of his admlnlstra- tbe new of better fire protection. POOLER PROTECTS ITSELF. Town Had Dig .Fire and now it Gets Ready to Fight It. Savannah. Ga, Feb. }i.—The lit- tie town of Pooler, ten mtlea from 8avanah on the Central Railroad I* going to put on city tin. At n mass meeting to 'le held next week stops will be taken for a bond Issue for a sum sutoctently large to equip tho town with a chemical fire engine and waterworks. Pooler had tbe first SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY Over one Hundred Small Companies are Consol idated Into One Big One. Washington, Feb. 19.—After nego tiation lasting for nearly three ream plan* were practically completed tor the consolidation ot nearly 100 Ilf* Insurance companies la the Southern and Southwestern states haring an aggregate of 1400,000,000 Insurance In force, of 140,000,000 assets and over $10,000,000 annual Income. Washington will be the headquar ters of the new concern which Is to be known as the "Southern Con solidated Lit* Insurance Company.” It I* chartered under the laws of Virginia. It* capital 1* $600,000 and It le said the presidency hue been accepted by a prominent gov ernment ofllclal. STEEL CORPORATION IS RESTRAINT OF TRADE Expert Accountant Investi gates its Affairs and Re ports on stem ^Washington, Feb^W.—The house 'committee Investigating the steel trust today made public tbe report Of Farquar McRae, the expert ac countant who made Inquiry Into the hooks end minutes of the steel cor poration. The report reache* the conclusion that the steel corporation* operate* In restraint of trade, prevents com petition through manipulation of prices, by the Influence, ot "Gary diners,” by control of raw material and through a system of "Interlocat- Ing directors.” It Is shown that J. Plerpont Mor gan received $70,000,000 for organ ising the big steel combine end the net profit! from the concern during the first nine years were over $1,000,- 000,000. ^ FRANK WAS NOT CONVICTED. Young Savannah Man not Identified as the Highwayman, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 29.—Otto Frank, the young man who was ar rested here at the Instance of Dr, C. E. Stapleton of Statesboro, who charged that Frank held him up early Tuesday morning on a promi nent street and robbed him ot watch and $42, haa been exone rated of the charge. Dr. Stapleton's Identification was not complete enough to warrant the court holding Frank o n the charge of robbery. TAFT EXPECTS BITTER EST OF CAMPAIGNS He Will Remain Dignified and Will not Permit his Friends to be Personal. Washington, Fet). 29.—president Taft ezpecta the contest between htmaelf and Col. Roosevelt to be the bitterest since the Blaine end Gar field contest, but he will not permit hie supporters to Inject personali ties Into the campaign. President Taft will make his fight In n dignified way on the vital lasue, '.he initiative referendum and re call. The President will make a half a dozen *pedches before the convention and a number of cabinet officers will take the stump. NO REDUCTION IN RATES. Commerce Court Orerrulee the Ol der on Commerce Commlslon. Washington, F|eb. 29/—Th com merce court today overruled the or- dersof the Interatato commerce rom- mteston reducing through rates on the L. ft N. Railroad from New Or leans to Montgomery, Selma and Prattsrllle. The decision annuls the conun lesion order. TEXAS AND LOUISIANA Those Dsmocratie Strongholds WTir Probably Giv€ the Colonel the Vote. Chicago, Fab.. 29—Republican Na tional Committeemen Lyon of Texas, and Wight, of Louisiana, today tele graphed pledges of support to Roosevelt. Rooeoyolt's headquarter* today declare tbe delegation from Toxaa and Louisiana will now go to the col onel WEST VIRGINIA ARE IN SESSION The Republican Leaders Want to Carry the State CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IB FEVS IN REGARD TO THE STATE’S CHOICE OF PRESIDEN. TIAL CANDIDATES, BUYS MUNICIPAL BONDS. American Life and Annuity Company Takes Them From Hillyec Co. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 29—The Amer ican Life ft Annuity Company, of Atlanta, baa purchased from the Hlllyer Trust Compsny, $10,900., ot municipal bonds, which will ha de livered during the next few weeks These bonds will than bo deposited with the insurance department of the etete, by the American Life ft Annuity Company, a* prorldcd by law. The American Life ft Annuity Company has stockholders scattered all orer tho state, and the purchase ot this large block of bond* I* an other erldence of Georgia prosperi ty- i . Cigar Box Plant Is Burned,' Grad, lUplds, Mich, Feb, 29.— The Grand Raplda cigar box plant burned today. The loss Is $60,000. Parkerburg W. Va„ Feb. 29—Re publican lenders representing nearly nil of the counties of West Virginia assembled In conference here today to dlacusa the course to be follow ed In the coming national and Stato campaign* So far as toe Bute ticket tMa year It concerned the party leaders feel that an energetle campaign will result In e Republi can victory, notwithstanding the confidence felt iby most ot tbe Demo crats that they aro going to sweep the State and add to the advantage they gained In the election of a leg islature and four out of tho five rep- ■esentaUves In 1910. Considerable uncertainty appear* to surround the attitude ot tne Re publicans In regards to the presiden tial nomination. Until tho past few weeks It was generally supposed that little °r no . opposition would ddvelop and that" tho West Vlrghvta'- delogatlon would cast Its votes for the ronomlnatlon ot President Tuft ns a matter ot course. Tbe La Fol- lqtto candidacy, even when at Its floodttde, appeared to make title Im pression upon th* Republicans ot this state, Roosevelt, however, he* always had many admirers and sup ports™ In West Virginia and It la reported that today’* oonferenee w*a called with * view to crystallising the Rooaevelt sentiment. This re port la strengthened by the feet that the call for the conference was is sued from the ofllce of Governor Otosscoek, who to an ardent Rooa- velt man. In n statement Issued last month Oorernor Glasscock declared that * careful canvass of the polltleal sit uation In West Virginia had con vinced him that the people of th* 8tate are overwhelmingly for Col onel Roosevelt for th* Republics* presidential nomination. T- KNOX’S PARTY HONORED. They Left Panama Thl* Afternoon for Colon for Short Stop. Panama, Fab. 29—Secretary Knox and party left today for Colon after a warm welcome here. Many Amer ican flags were used. The crusler Washington with to* Knox party aboard celled Into thl* afternoon for Port Llmon, Cotta Rica. California’s Labor Day. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 29.—As a re sult of today’s experience eome of th* students at the University ot California doubtless are glad that February 29 comes only once during; their University career. Following a cutom Inaugurated by th* aunlyere- lty authorities In 1S9«, th* fourth quadrennial Lbaor Day wee observed at the Institution. Mere Minna Went Out. London, Feb. 29.—Twenty thous and more miners of the Derbyshire collieries struck today. There are now 25,000 out FREE DEMONSTRATION White Pine OF Lime Sash, Doors Subsoiling Land, Planting Trees, Etc., With Dynamite, Plaster and Mantels Given by E. I. DuPont Powder Company and Cement Saturday, March 9,1912, ^ $ o? \7aldosta * Georgia HAR LEYS -FOR- DWARE