THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF Bill
Message Asking for a Revision of the Philippine
Tariff to Extend the Principle of a Protective
Tariff for Its Industries Sent to Congress.
Washington, Special.—The Presi
dent Thursday sent to Congress a
special message regarding the Philip
pine tariff . This message transmits
recommendations by the Secretary of
War for a revision of the Philip
pine tariff so as to permit as much
customs revenue as possible for the
islands and at the same time to ex
tend to the islands the principle of
a protective tariff for its industries.
the which will arise
from the enactment' of the tariff bill
pending in Congress, which provides
under certain conditions for free
trade between the Philippines ond the
United States, the revenues of the
islands will be considerably affected,
and numerous protests have been re
ceived here on this acount.
The message was submitted to both
houses of Congress shortly aftar they
convened. Generally speaking the bill
•übmitted by the President makes a
■light increase in the rates of duty
now provided in the Philippine tariff,
but its framers say its tendency is to
insure as far as practicable the bene-
It of the Philippine market for
American manufactures and products.
The President's Message.
The President's message follows:
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives :
"I transmit herewith a communica
tion from the Secrttarv of War, en
closing one from the chief of the
bureau of insular affairs, in which
is transmitted a proposed tariff re
vision law for the Philippine Islands.
"This measure revises the present
TABLE SHOWING PRESENT RATES AND PAYNE BILL
CHANGES IN THE TARIff ON IMPORTANT ARTICLES
The Payne Tariff Bill, as passed by the House shows the following
changes made, as compared with 'he rates in similar articles in the orig
inal Payne bill and the Dingley law:
ATTTICR - M "INPUT LAW IOIHOIWAI. PATX. !tnr. "r HwS.
Free of duty KITH with countervail Kree of duty
' E r '''' o l'| U y . H cents a pound Free of duty
}, m ' °{ 4 cents n pound 3 cent* a pound
tiecotduty Kree with countervalV Kree of duty
nirltv lii.if X wn J* a ! >u, ' le ! lf> cents a liuahel 24 cent* a IntShel
ufi™ ,i 1 11 2.1 cents a tmsliol 40 cents a bushel
Hlaus J per cent Kree of duty Kree of duty
Hound and hewu; lc
. V 1"" ~K!l r cu 'j' ( -'J*'' l-2c I>cr cubic foot Half cent cubic f00t...
Lumber, unfinished p.. »iDO per 1 000 foot iU ceuti per l.dou feet.. soc per 1,000 feet .•
Lumber, Umshed two ■
al ies . . 12.00 per 1.000/eet #1.50 por thousand ft... 11.50 per 1,000 feet
•We*. 1 •umber J2.uo toil.™per I,oooft. fl to W.fiO 1,000 feet |1 toli-SO 1.000 feet
Copperas . tree of duty Kree of duty 1,5-100 of lc per pound..
•J™* worth under 10c.. 2 1-i! oenl« a pound per cent 21-2 cant* l)«*r pound ..
"P* worth over 350 ... 150 lb, plus2o per cent. 25 per cent Jfic lb, plus 20 per cent.
■Crude ilarytes 75 cents pur ton ?5 cents a ton 11.60 per ton
fluorspar Kree Soc tosl .75 per ton $1.50 per ton
E»w Mli« ik: lb, pins 20per cent.. 30 per cent 5c lb, plus 20 per cent..
"Cut Ml a 12c lb, plus2o per edit. >ls per cent 10c lb, plus 20per cent.
, Bar Iron -(charcoal
m»da|. |l2 per ton fi a ton #lO per ton
WaßWWiHooil It per ton 115 per cent it per ton
Bifcr Root free sper ceut 25 per cent
Saccharine #1.50 lb, plus 10 per cent 25 per cent 50 cents per pound
Turkish Filler Tobacco
(unsVeinnied) 35 cents a pound 135 cents a pound 75 cents per pound
Turkish Killer Tobacco
- (stetoiuoj. „■ ... ¥* ft „.. .IjOaenU a pound $1 per p0und......... i..
Peaoc (grefn) 30 cents per bushel!3o cents a H l)U*hit~: .. ;tt 25 cents per ttoeMlT.'.':
Ever, ree n Seedlings... SI.OO l.ouu, plu. l&perct, J>l 1,000, pus ISpurct. .. Kree of duty
Pineapples " cents per cubic foot.. n> per 1,000 1,000, or 8c cubic foot
QLOVM (ground) Kree ot duty 30 per cent 21-2 c per pound
Cloves (unground) Kree of duty .10 per cent Kree of duty
Ootton Jaguard Ooods. New entry 50 per cent
Medio ited Cotton New entry 45 per cent 20 per cent
Shirts, Collars and
Cuff, (cotton made) . 45c doz, plus 15 per ot.. |3oC doc. plus 10 per ct.. 45c dot, plus 15 per ct..
811k Suspenders and
Garters 50 per ceut iGOper cent.... 50 per cent
Bilk Hnmilutrs (hat
bands) 50 per cent no per cent 50 per cent
Bilk and Velvet Boxes. New entry *. 50percent
Basic Pnoto I'apers.. .. 3c lb, plus lo per cent..l3c lb, pins 20 per cent.. 3c lb, plus 10 per cent..
Decalcomantifs New entry $2.50 per pound! so cents per pound
Wrapping Paper New entry jJO per cent 25 per cent
Blasting Caps 82.30 per 1,000 : !30 i>er ceut $2 i>er 1,000
Manufactures of Hair, 20 per cent 25 per cent. 20 per cent
Leather Shoe Laces 150 c gross and 20 per ot. jls per cent 50c gross and 10per ct..
Nut Oil 25 per cent 25 per cent Kroe of duty
Platinum Vases, lie
torts and Apparatus.'4s per cent Kree of duty 46 per cent
Philippine lUce 2 cents a pound IKree of duly 2 cents per pound
FOURTEEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN HOTEL FIRE
San Francisco, Special.—Six bod-1 so charred that identification was im
ies recovered and probably 8 or 10 possible. The hotel was a three-story
others buried in the ruins; six injur- frame building. It burned so rapidly
ed, on fatally; property loss $125,000 that none of the 180 guests had time
—-these are the results of a tire Fri- to dress. Many escaped by jumping
day that destroyed the St. George to the roof of an adjoining workshop
Hotel, a lodging house for laborers Scores clambered down the firemen'i
at Howard and Fighth streets. Eight ladders and the fire escapes on thi
other gnutll buildings were burned, building. "Four jumped to safety in
The bodies taken to the morgue were a net held by the fire fighters.
OF GEN. M. C. BUTLER
Columbia, S. C., Special. Thf General Butler frequently during hit
funeral of Gen. M. C. Butler, who ' ast illness and who was with hia
died Wednesday night in this citv, "! the ° f Lis do * ,h - He paid ai
—. Un J oV °l°l"ent tribute to General Butler'i
was held Friday morning in St. scrvices as a soldier and stfttesman
Peter's Catholic church at 10 o'clock, and spoke in affeotionate tcrmi oi
The church was filled with the friends him as a man. In his funeral sermon
•nd relatives of General Butler and over General Butler, the Rev. Father
his family. The requiem mass was Fleming gave this explanation of how
■aid by Rev. B. TV. Fleming. Bishop General Butler came to change hit
Northrop, who came up from faith: "The Little Sisters of th«
leston for the funeral read the prayer Poor first drew mv attention to th«
for the dead, assisted by Rev. T. J. Catholic churchy Thair humble, hob
Hegarty and Rev. Mr. Hughes. Tho lives, leaving home and hearth to min
funeral aermon was preached by tster to the outcast, the homeless, th«
Jfcther Fleming, who had been with aged, the forgotten of the world."
FAMOUS MECKLENBURG HOTEL IS BURNED
Danville, Va., Special.—The beauti- estate of M. L. T. Davis, of Norfolk,
ful Mecklenburg Hotel at Chase City, and was leased and managed by W. T.
70 miles east of this city on the Keys- Hughes, who had conducted it fof
Tille and Durham branch of the several years. The owners carried
Ponthern Railway, was destroyed by only $75,000 insurance on the hotel
Ore Friday afternoon. The hotel was and equipment. Only about 30 guests
■B expansive frame structure, built were registered at the hostelry ai the
royaaa ago by the Mecklenburg time of the fire. The etructure, r't
ppnngs Corporation at a cost, includ- uated on an eminence just outside ■tt
log furnishings of $200,000. At the town had two hundred guest cham
tine H»e fire, it was owned by the bers, all well furnished.
Philippine tariff, simplifies it and
makes it conform as nearly as pos
sible to the regulations of the cus
toms laws of the United States, es
pecially with respect to packing and
packages. The present Philippin#
regulations have been cumbersome
and difficult for American merchant!
and exporters to comply with. Iti
purpose is to meet the new conditioni
that will arise under the section oi
the pending United States tariff bill,
which provides, with certain limita
tions, for free trade between th«
United States and the Islands. It is
drawn with a view to preserving the
islands as much customs revenue at
possible, and to protect in a reason
able measure those industries whicfc
now exist in the islands.
"The bill, now transmitted, ha»
been drawn by a board of tariff ex
perts, of which the insular collectoi
of customs, Col. George R. Colton,
was the president, fbe board held
a great many open meetings ?n
Manila, and conferred fully with rep
resentatives of all business interest*
in the Philippine Islands. It is of
great importance to the welfare o 1
the islands.
"The bill should be passed at the
same time with the pending Payne
bill, with special reference to the pro
visions of which it was proposed.
"I respectfully recommend that
this bill be enacted at the present
session of Congress as one incidental
to, and required by, tre passage of th«
Payne bill
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
"The White House, April 14, 11)09."
IKE NEWS IN BRIEF
. Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Livo Items Covering Events of Mors
or L«ss Interest at Home and
Abroad.
The annex to the Chesterfield Hotel
and Jaides' shoe store in Petersburg
collapsed Wednesday.
Hannan J. Lushbaugh, 80 years
old, committed suicide in Staunton,
Ya., Wednesday.
Boston Stainaker, an old miaer,
who died in a cheap lodging house
in Parkersburg, W. Va., last week,
was worth SIOO,OOO.
The beautiful Kenilworth Inn, near
Asheville, N. C., was destroyed by
fire and the owner perhaps fatally
hurt Wednesday.
One indicted Councilman in Pitts
burg is said to have confessed and
many arrests may follow.
Two wotmen, cabin mates, ended
their lives in the same way on th*.
eastward trip of the Lucania last
wekk. They were buried in the ocean.
James A. Patten, the Chicago
broker, who sent up the price of
wheat, denies eornering it, saying hs
only saw the chance and took it.
The Olympia cotton mills, of Col
umbia, S. C., purchased throe car
loads of ready mixed paint last WeK
nesday from a Charleston firm to b*
used on itc property.
The late frost did great damage
to fruit in the valley of Virginia and
in the Norfolk trucking district.
In the excitement of a fire Arm-'
istead Yuillo and his wife forget their '
baby and it burned to death at
Lawyer's, Campbell county, Va., last .
week.
Six persons lost their lives and
four blocks were burned in a fire at
Lenox, Massachusetts, Sunday morn
ing.
Eighty persons were immersed in
the Mississippi River at St. Louis, on
Easter day, joining the colored Bap
tist cjiurch. Forty more intended to
join but were deterred by the icy
water.
Mrs. Goorgia Allyen Sampson was,
lon last Saturday night, at Lyons, N.
Y., accquitled of the charge of kill
ing her husband.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
has signed the anti-cigarette bill,
which makes it a misdemeanor to
manufacture, sell or give away cigar
ettes or cigarette paper. The bill
sxemptß jobbers who do an intarstate
business.
Bernard Carlin, aged 22, was elec
trocuted ut Ossining, N. Y., Monday
for the murder of his mother.
James Cabaanne, 7 years old, was
kidnapped at St. Louis, Mo., thurs
day. It is uncertain whether by jis
relatives or for ransom.
Lynchburg, Va., will issue $400,-
000 of bonds for municipal improve
ments.
Woolgrowers of West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Ohio met at Park
ersburg, W. Va., last week, and
■dopted a protest against the wool
schedule in the Payne bill.
Andrew Cloud, of Frederick coun
ty, Virginia, was acquitted last
week of the murder of his brother,
in-law, North Shirley.
Ben, alias "Booker" Barnes, a
negro, eighteen years old, was lynch
ed Friday at Hopkinsvi lb, Ky., by
250 farmers for attempting to assault
Miss Ruth Gee. seventeen years old,
daughter of William Gee, a farmer.
Floyne Hightower, ten years old,
was killed in ins father's yard in At
lanta, Ga., last Thursday by the ex
plosion of a shell that was being kept
ns a relic of the Battle of
fought by the armies of Hood and
Sherman.
Washington Notes.
Secretary of the Navy Moyer will
order the Mississippi to proceed to
Natchez at the proper time to re
ceive the silver service from the peo
ple in whose honor the ship waa
named.
four hours' discussion the
Democratic conference of Senators
was ahle to ngree on but one amend
ment. that for an income tar.
Senator Aldrich holds to the belief
that his bill will produce enough rev
enue to run the Government.
President Taft has selected the
Stetson cottage, at Beverly, Muss., ns,
hia summer home.
Low rates on necessities and high
rates on luxuries will distinguish th«
Senate Tariff bill, Senator Aldrich
says.
President Taft says no Union vet
erans will lose their Government
positions as long as they nro able to
work.
In receiving the new Cuban Min
ister Friday President Taft reassured
Cuba of America's intention to up
hold its independence.
The House passed the Payne Tarifl
bill Friday night by a vote of 217
to 161. Fonr Louisiana Democrats
voted for the bill.
By an overwhelming majority the
House last Friday placed oil on the
fre list, with but 40 votes against it.
Ethan A. Hitchcock, former Secre
tary of the Interior, died in Washing
ton Friday.
The President has given his support
to the great interdenominational
campaign for foreign missions,
A
TWO AMERICANS SLAIN
Confirmation Received of the KiHi.i -■
of Americas. Missionaries at Adai-a
—Others Connected With the Illu
sion Are Safe.
Constantinople, By Cable. —Confir-
mation has been received here of the
kiliing of two American missionaries
at Adana. The murdered mission
aries were Mr. Rogers and Mr.
Maurer. The others connected with
the missions are safe, including Mr.
Christie, who is at Tarsus.
, Three French warships are hurry
ing to Mersina, where the situation
is desparnte. Foreigners and many
Christians have taken refuge in the
consulates. The local troops and the
Governor are doing their best to pro
ject the town, but there is great feat
that it cannot hold out much longei
the invasion of the Moslems,
who are sweeping down in large
numbers. The American vice consul
at Mersina, John Debbes, has been
unable to proceed to Adana, owing
to interruption of communication. A
British warship is proceeding to Alex
andretta. which is threatened by the
Moslems.
The Chamber sent a deputation So
the barracks to explain to the sol
diers the evil results of disobedience.
The Deputies for Alephao and Adana
demanded immediate measures to re
store order in the Adana district and
to punish the ringleaders of the mas
sacre. A motion to this effect was
adopted unanimously. According to
the latest news from Adana, the mis
sionariet do not dare to leave the
mission house. They are suffering
from lack of provisions pnd medi
cines, and have srnt an appeal to the
military authorities for protection.
Adana is still burning and it is re
pented that not less than three thou
sand people are homeless at Tarsus.
I.nte telegrams received from the
British-vice consul at Adana state
thnt there are apprehensions of furth
er trouble at that place.
SERIOUS FIRE IN OHARLOTTE.
Black's Livery Stable in Ashes—Six
Horseg Burned—Loss $25,090.
Charlotte, N. C.' Special.—A Are
which dared the utmost efforts of the
laity's (ire fighters, a blaze which
threatened to wipe out of existence
a hiilf-dozen or more surrounding
dwellings, a conflagration that
brought thousands to view the con
flict, was that which razed to tb«
ground the long, two and three-story
brick structure which it early claim
ed as its own. Result, six horse*
dead, the building and contents, in
cluding vehicles, harvesting and farm
ing machinery entirely destroyed,
with an approximate total loss of
$25,000; with damage done to the
stables of Mr. R. C. McManno nearby
to the southeast on College street to
the extent of about $1,200 and a
similar amount of loss charged up to
M*. A. W. Whitoker's stables, which
adjoined on the west. All the injury
done to the two latter establishments
was wrought by the collapsing of
heavy brick walls which carried with
them part of the roofing beneath.
Cuba to Have an Army.
Havana, Bv Cable.—Extraordinary
progress is being made in the organi-
When fully recruited, it will number
about 5,000 infantry and artillery.
That the President considers this as
indispensable to the maintenance of
the government is shown by his refer
ence to it as "a powerful instrument
for the preservation of peace" in hii
reeent message to Congress. Privately
the President is reported to have said
that he will not really begin to rule
until the army is fully ready for
service. Already more than three
fourths of the force has been enlisted
and the work of training is going ou
rapidly.
Wlieat Flurry Subsided.
Chicago, Special.—After a memor
able speculative week the ticker'i
''good night" was received at noon
Saturday with :i deep righ of relief
from board of trade m#n, not to men
tion an army of laymen drawn into
the vortex of the wheat pit by the
publicity given James A. Patten, the
leader, and his following. Mr. Patten
personally, left the market to its fate,
from the view which the Patten
crowd improved considerably.
Highwayman Captured.
San Francisco, Special.—James M.
Thompson, vice president of the
Thompson Bridge Company, on en
tering his office Saturday with a sack
containing $3,200 was confronted by
two masked men, one of whom shot
him through the chest, inflicting a
serious wound. The men escaped
With the money, but were captured.
During the shooting William—Rose
burg received a stray bullet but was
not seriously hurt.
The King of All Crooks.
Marion, N. C., Special.—Of all the
systems of graft an ingenious age haa
produced, a negro preacher of this
place has invented the one unique.
Ha haa been holding a revival for
the past month and there have been,
it is said, 110 conversions. When a
nifcger is converted he issues a cer
tificate like this: "This is to certify
that Sister Jane Jones has this day
been born into the kingdom of God,"
etc., and charges the poor, deluded
fool the sum of 50 cents for her pass
port into Glory,
LYNCHED BY A MOB
four Wealthy Men Are Strung
Up in Ada, Gk'ahoma.
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HAD MURDERED U. S. MARSHAL
/ m
Disgusted With the Alleged Juslict
Meted Out to Criminals in Smallex
Towns of Oklahoma, Iwo Hnndred
Citizens of Ada Took the Law Into
Their Own Hands.
Ada, Okla., Special. —Two hundred
citizens of Ada, nearly all of them of
the better class, thoroughly disgusted
with the "justice" meted out to
criminals in the smaller towns of
Oklahoma, early Monday took from
jail and hanged four wealthy land
owners for the murder of Deputy
United States Marshal A. L. Bobbitt.
The lynched men were G. B. Miller,
of Fort Worth, Tex.; B. B. Burrcll,
of Duncaa Oklahoma; Jesse West
and Joseph Allen, of Canadian, Tex.
Shortly after 3 o'clock Monday
morning the lynchers shut off thd>
electric street lights, cut the tele
phone communication and quietly
gathered near the jail. When all had
assembled, a large man swaggered
out of the dark and said: "Are you
all ready f" A confused buzzing was
the only answer. The men silently
made their way toward the jail.
They had scarcely started before
they met County Attorney Robert
Wimbish, who had received word
that the mob was forming. The
crowd stopped at his request. Attor
ney Wimbish sajil; "Men of Ada.
ycu ere disgracing this county in the
eyca cf the world. Think this matter
over clamly and let the .law take its
course. I appeal to you as an officer
n the law to return to your homes."
The mob, without a word, proceed
ed on its way. The attorney attempt
ed again to talk to them. "This is
no time for speeches," said the lead
er and the march continued. A higli
board fence surrounding the jail was
partly thrown down and the crowd
entered and pounded on the jail door.
Only Guard McCarthy was on duty.
"McCarthy," said the leader,
"open this door at once. We mean
business. Ilurry, its near daylight."
"You might as well go home,
boys," quickly responded the officer,
"this door will never be opened from
this side."
After a conference threeof the mob
threw themselves against the frail
jail door and the mob rushed in.
Uuard McCarthy was knocked sense
less wjth a revolver butt. The four
prisoners were quickly taken out, al
though West fought desperately.
"If you're going to hang me, do
it," said miller.
The mob led the four men to a
barn a few hundred feet away and
stood them in a straight line.
"Tell us what you devils know
about Bobbitt's murder," shouted
the mob leader.
West answered for the fou/, say
ing:
"We don't know who you men are,
and we don't care. For myself, I
know if I had n six shooter, c few of
you would bite the dust, but that's
talk as long as my 'shooting iron' is
in Texas. \ou boys appear to have a
job to do. Why don't you do itf We
won't teti anything, und yon
"The ropes," tho leader broke in,
and the four prisoners were carried
to a beam and strung,up in a row.
Just before the rope was placed
about hii> neck, Miller calmly remov
ed a diamond from his shirt front
and requested that it be sent to his
wife in tort- Worth. From his neck
tie he drew out a diamond scarf pin
with the request that it be given to
Guard McCarthy for his kindness to
him. As soon ns the men were dead
the mob disapiteared. At daylight
the bodies of the lynched men were
cut down.
Senator Gazram Still Unconscious.
Asheville, N. C., Special.—The
condition of former State Senator
Joseph M. Gazzam, of Pennsylvania,
who was injured at the KenHworth
Inn fire last week by jumping from
a third-story window, remains un
changed according to the attending
physician. Senator Gazzam has
been at the Clarence Barker Hospital,
Biltmore, since the accident and still
remains in an unconscious condition.
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Haa Sultan Abdicated?
Coastantinople, By Cable—The im
portant feature of the situation in
the Turkish capital Monday was the
report that Sultan Abdul Hamid had
abdicated. It caused the greatest ex
citement in the lobbies of Parliament
and spread with lightning-like rapid
ity throughout the city. A rumor of
the flight of the Sultan on a warship
followed closely on that of his abdi
cation, but. neither could bo confirm
ed. The Palace was under strong
guard, and even high officials were
not permitted to enter it
Fire in Little Rock.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.—St.
Louis compress No. 2, one of the larg
est cotton compresses in this city,
was practically destroyed by fire
early Tuesday, causing a loss which
is roughly estimated will approxi
mate almost a million dollars. The
fire was discovered shortly after one
o'clock and because of the inflam
mable material upon which the flames
fed, gained quick headway.
I NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
T>. .A
Senator AlcCumber, of North Da
kota, Tuesday, in criticising the con
ference report on the census bill,
made the charge that the census of
fice has in its employ in one bureau
the wife of a secretary of a Represen
tative in Congress, the wives o5 two
officials of the War Department and
the wife of a prominent official in
the Treasury Department. "Promo
tion," he said, "seems to be almost
wholly for women who have husbands
in the departments. This is getting
to be a city of official families hold
ing positions under government." A
number of Senators engaged in the
discussion of the bill as it came from
the conference committee and an aye
and nay vote on the conference re
port resulted in its rejection by a
vote of 32 to 43 and a further con
ference on it was ordered.
Taking issue squarely with Presi
dent Taft on the latter's Philippine
policy, Senator Stone, of Missouri,
in a carefully prepared speech de
livered in the Senate on the subject
of the tariff, urged the withdrawal of
the United States from the islands
within a period of fifteen years pend
ing which the people of those islands
should enjoy all the benefits of a
legitimate free trade with this coun
try.
• • •
His first visit to the White House
in about seven years was paid by
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
and he received a cordial greeting
from President Taft. His appear
ance in the executive offices created
a sensation. Mr. Tillman said that
lie merely went to the White House
lo say good-morning to the President
and to express his "gratification up
on having a gentleman there."
• • •
Secretary of War Dickinson and
his party who are to acompany him
to Panama left here Sundav for
Charleston, S. C., where they will em
bark on the President's yacht May
flower, for the isthmus Wednesday
morning. Monday they spent at
Fortress Monroe, reaching Charles
ton Tuesday morning where they did
some sightseeing before the special
leaves. The Secretary expects to get
back to Washington about the mid
dle of May.
• • •
Mr. Dickinson's purpose is to ac
quaint himself fullv with every de
tail of canal administration and con
struction that may be possible in the
ten days he expects to spend between
Colon and Panama. It is President
Taft's wish that members of his Cab
inet shall do more or less traveling so
that they may come in closer contact
with the people, particularly where
work under their departments is such
that personal investigation will be
helpful.
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The Rev. Haig Y. Yardumain, pas
tor of the Armenian Evangelical
church in Philadelphia, the only Ar
menian church in this city, has sent
a letter to President Taft asking him
to use his influence to prevent the
wholesale massacre of Armenians in
Asia Minor.
Rev. Yardumian says in part:
"We appeal to you to use the influ
ence of your great office in order to
stop the hand of the slayer, in the
name of God, in the name of human
ity and justice known to and upheld
by the noble American people."
• • •
The Democratic senators will not
delay the passage of the traiff fc'll.
They held their second conference
| Saturday and while no formal conclu
sion was reached on any point there
I was a consensus of opinion in favor
jof permitting the Republicans to take
entire charge of the measure with the
understanding that they assume, as
they necessarily must, the entire re
sponsibility for it.
Debate on the tariff bill opened
in the Senate. Chairman Aldrich de
fended tlie measure submitted by the
finance committee and declared that
it would produce ample revenue to
meet the expense of the government.
Senator Daniel outlined the attitude
if the minority as favoring a biil
rapable of raising sufficient revenue
without imposing any mare burdens
on the people than wen absolutely
necessary,
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Politics were for the moment for
gotten by the Danghierj of the
American Revolution and all factions
united in according Mrs. Donald Mc-
Lean, the retiring president general,
an enthusiastic greeting at the open
ing of the Mghteenth congress.
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Taft aad Sherman, baseball
"fans" as well as President and
Vice President of the United States,
occupied adjoining boxes at Amori
can League Park, shared &~bag of
peanuts and "rooted" for the hom«
team to win from Boston.
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For more than four hours the Dem
ocratic members of the Senate con
ferred Wednesday in an effort to
agree upon a policy toward tariff leg
islation. At the end of that time Sen- i
ator Culberson, the minority leader,
announced the Democrats had agreed
to support an income tax amendment
and to stand for substantial reduc
tions in schedules, and particularly
for a decrease, in the rates on neces- • "
sariefi of life.