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YOL. IiXXXVI KO. 58.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATUKDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1910.
WHOLE NUMBER . 13,306.
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IS LIKJLY ENDED
Madriz Forces Capture Blue
fields and Rout the Es
trada Forces. ,
GUNBOAT BOMBARDED TOWN
General' Estrada Takes the Defeat
Calmly and Dec ares He Will
Make Further Resistance.
Heavy Fighting.
NICARAGUA
IAD
Blueflelds, May 27. The govern
ment forces under cover of the fire of
the gunboat San Jacinto today routed
the insurgents and occupied Blueflelds
Bluff! This loss to the Estrada forces
probably ends the revolution.
This morning at 3 o'clock the Madriz
punboat San Jacinto began bombard
ing the Bluff, the troops landing under
rover of her guns.
There was only slight fighting, how
ever, urltil 6 o'clock when the Madriz
forces succeeded in taking the posi
tions of the enemy and the bluff
The Kstrada forces were under com
mand of General Zeledon. 'ine force
v of Madriz In the engagement is esti
mated at 500 and that of Estrada at
2li. -
Communication with the Bluff at this
time is impossible and further details
of the fighting are unobainable. -
The Estrada gunboats Blanca and
Oroetepo escaped up the Escondido
river.
The government generals, Lara and
Chavarria, have not yet attacked Rama
which is in the hands of the revolution
ists. . .!.-.
Oeneral Estrada takes his defeat at
Blueflelds calmly. He says he intends
to make further resistance. No dam
age has yet been done to American
property here.
BIG GUN SHOOTING.
New World's Record Made by New
Battleship South Carolina.
Norfolk, Va., May 27. A new
world's record for big gun shooting,
wh'ch im4dentally mphsiatfea the su
vw'wtWy of United States naval
nwcYsm&nship, has Just been made by
the battleship South Carolina.
"With her torward turret 12-Inch guns
she made 16 "bulls eye" . target hits
out of 16 shots In four minutes and 51
seconds.
The South Carolina came into
Hampton Roads this morning after
having completed" her big gun target
practice on the . Southern Drill
Grounds, 33 miles off the Virginia
capes. The entire crew of the South
Carolina is elated over changing the
world's record.
The record was made by the . gun
crews in charge of Gunner Edwards
by the 12-inch guns in the vessel's No.
4 after turret. Coxswain Edwards is
in his first enlistment and is but 21
years of age. His home "is in Rood
house, 111. ,
The South Carolina, commanded by
Capt. Augustus F. Fechteler, has been
in commission three months. While
all figures have not been made up it
is believed aboard the South Carolina
that her gunnery work just completed
will make her No. 1 in the navy.
Washington, May 27. That a bat
tleship, less than three months In
commission, brand new in every res
pect, and with a fresh crew of officers
and men, should make the record at
target practice that the South Caro
lina did, is a source of exultation in
the Navy Department. "
Rumors that the gunners were do
ng excellent wc-rk had been coming
into the Department from unofficial
sources for the past two days, but not
'intj the official record was flashed by
Ca.pt. Fechteler; via wireless today was
the fact realized the South Carolina
had smashed all records for a new
ship.
The- conditions were severe too, for
the target was much smaller than was
formerly used, it was a mile away
'loin the gunners, the seat was fairly
'''ugh and the ship was traveling at a
l" Knot rate, while the shooting was
ing on. Capt. Fechteler's report
shows that the hits per gun per mm
'J'p was 1.01, making the final merit
;)..). The extraordinary feature was
that of 60 great 12-inch projectiles
jut the bulls eye. Three of the tour
turrets on the ship made 100 per cent.
'J' hits, in other words, every shot
t'iiiiKl Its" mart-
RHOADES SUICIDES.
Eccentric Son of U. S. A. Surgeon Dead
In Sanitarium.
New York, May 27. John V. A.
' ");h1s, of New York, tae eccentric
of Dr. Archibald Rhoades, at one
a surgeon in the U. S. Army, com
"""''1 suicide yesterday in a private
nitarium, near Flushing, L. I., by cut
'"g his throat wlta a safely razor,
hoarjps had a spectacular career and
under the impression that he
JVJ a millionaire, when as a matter of
;" t h- aad only a modest income. In
' euiber 1907 he was temporarily con
irn .( in Bellevue for examination as to
n,s anity and in the Summer of the
Knur. yari he gaine(i notoriety Jn Lon
"" by. throwing a revolver at an ro-
"est.ra leader who nored his com
"'anl to play the "Star Spangled Ban
He was 45 years old.
Tonight at Lumina.
Iancing tonight at Lumina cars
fcvery half hour until 11 P. 21.
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Washington, May 27. The marriage
of Miss Mathilde TV Townsend to Pe
ter Goelet Gerry was the fashionable
event of the season in Washington
yesterday. Miss Kaltherine Elkins was
the bride's only attendant, fthe cere
mony being at noon. While the wed
ding was to be a simple one, diplo
matic Washington was invited to at
tend. The bride is one of the wealth
iest young girls in. the United States,
while the groom is a millionaire. At
one time Miss Townsend was said
to have been tengaged to Duke d'Al-
VARM ARGUMENTS AT INQUIRY
Attorneys for Balliner and Plnchot
Before Investigating Committee
, Defend and Attack Witnesses
I Nearing End.
Washington, May 27. With the at
torneys on one side scoring Secretary
Ballinger, as a man unfit to be al
the head of the Interior ' Department
and with the leading attorney on the
other side defending him and denounc
ing his accueTToTnlTeertoed thq
"Glavis-GarfieM-Gifford group," the
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Com
mittee I listened to summing .up t argu
ments by counsel . today. The argu
ments probably will be concluded to
morrow.. Attorneys Bradeis and Pepper told
the committee they had produced evi
dence which they said established
that Ballinger was, not "vigilant" and
;resolute," in resisting the aggres'
sions of special interests and that his
course had been characterized by a
lack of fidelity to the public inter
ests. ( ' 4
Attorney Vertrees reply was that
Mr. Ballinger was as much of a "Con
servationist" as any one "in a proper
sense, but that he did not belong to
the "Pinchot brand of 33rd degree
conservationists, who have gone to
seed on conservation."
It was hi.3 "constant yielding under
pressure" that Brandeis thought most
unfitted Pialllne'er tn f.arrv forward
the broad policy of conservation. Pep
per advanced as the reason Baiiiu
sr&r should he Kiinnlanted as secre
tary was made during his regime there
had been "no administration wortny
of the name, but only series of acts
unwise in themselves, referable to no
sound principle of action and-the
cause of embarrassmen to tne presi
dent and of inquiry to the public."
id Rallinerer was to be
commended for the so-called "Garfield
policies", he had reversed, ana con
trasted former Secretary Garfield with
iwr Raiiinftr. He said the former
thought he had the right to do what
he was not specmcany proniDueu oy
law from doing while Mr. Ballinger
always was guided by law in his of
ficial acts. t .
Defending Mr. Ballinger's action in
restoring water power sites withdrawn
during the last days of the Garfield
administration and in subsequently
withdrawing them vertrees sara oai
linger had merely carried out the
wishes of the President and that he
was fortified in his construction of
the law by the opinion of the law of
ficers of . the government. r
"Wheii the ambitions of Pinchot and
Garfield were shattered," , exclaimed
Vertrees-, "then revenge took the place
of that which before was good inten
tion and they endeavored to drive
down the man that was doing the
thing he thought -was right.
Vertrees indulged in a scathing de
nunciation of Glavls and Kerby. refer
ring to the latter as "that creature
Kerby." He said Pinchot had testified
that he knew nothing himself to sub
stantiate charges he preferred against
Mr. Ballinger. .
"It remained for thl? hireling of the
Glavis-Garfleld-Gifford group to insin
uate and intimate what they did not
dare to charge, and could not prove,
exclaimed Vertrees shaking a bony
finger at Brandeis, Glavis lawyer
smiled in reply.
The fire alarm shortly after 2 o'
clock this morning from box 112, City
Hospital, was on account of a small
blaze in a house at 1020 Gwynn street,
occupied by Lizzie Johnson. ; The de
struction of one mattress was the ex
tent of the damage.
DELAYED
ON RAILROAD BILL
Important Amendment to the
Measure Came as Sur
prise Yesterday.
REFERS TO WIRE COMPANIES
Places Them Under Supervision and
Control of Interstate Commerce
Commission Consider the
New Features Today.
Washington, May 27. At the last
moment before' reaching the point of
voting upon the railroad bill today
the Senate took the important step of
adding an amendment, placing inter
state telegraph and telephone lines
under the supervision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This action
was followed by an effort to restore
a portion of Section 12, effecting mer
gers, which heretofore was voted out.
Both provisions were introduced so
suddenly as to surprise the Senate,
and the latter was considered so im
portant that rather than vote upon it
without more consideration than It
was ' able to give the Senate took an
adjournment until tomorrow.
The action of the Senate on the tel
egraph and telephone companies, in
sures their inclusion in some form in
the proposed law as the subject is
covered in the House bill. The sug
gestion for the inclusion of telegraph
and telephone companies within the
control of the Interstate Commerce
Commission -was made by Senator Dix
on, of. Montana, but ultimately his
amendment was superceded by one
in simpler form which was offered by
Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin.
The Senate reached the voting
stage at 4 o'clock after an animated
debate, which was carried on largely
on the Democratic side of the cham
ber and which dealt especially with
the question as to whether the Dolli-
Ver amendment regulating the stock
and bond issues of railroads, was in
accordance with the last Democratic
platform.
Much' disapprobation against voting
upon the' Dixon telegraph amendment
without an opportunity for examina
tion waa expressed.
While the discussion and the voting
were in progress on the Dixon amend-
rment, Senator LaFollette prepared an
amendment, which was in form so
simple and direct that the Senators
could have no difficulty in compre
hending It. Mr. Dixon indicated a wil
lingness to accept this provision in
place of his own, and it went through
without even a division. The provi
sion as adopted is as follows:
"That telegraph and telephone com
panies (except wireless) transacting
an lnter-state business, are hereby
placed under the supervision and con
trol of .the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, i subject to the provisions of
an act to regulate commerce approved
February 4, 1887, which are applicable
thereto."
The result on this amendment had
no sooner been announced than Mr.
Brown, of Nebraska, presented his
amendment reviving a portion of Sec
tion . His amendment prohibits all
common carriers from acquiring any
interest whatsoever, in the capital
stock of, or purchasing or leasing, any
railroad "which is competitive with
that of the purchasing company. A
fine of $5,000 .is imposed for each day's
violation of this .provision.
The suggestion of this important ac
tion, following so closely as it ,did
upon, the vote to place telegraph alid
telephone companies under the control
of the commission was more than the
Senate was willing to accept without
more opportunity for deliberation.
Many protests against immediate ac
tion were uttered, and, when Senator
Bacon moved to adjourn, the Senate
decided to adjourn 31 to 27. thus post
poning action on the bill, and all oth
er amendments.
The Dolliver amendment was lost
by the decisive vote of 19 to 47.
SOUTHERN SECRETARIES.
South Carolina Commissioner Deliver
ed Address.
New Orleans, May 27. The princi
pal feature of today's session of the
annual convention of the Southern
Commercial Secretaries Association
was an address by E. J. Watson. Com
missioner of Agriculture of South Car
olina, who urged the need of co-operation
among the secretaries in the
upbuilding of the South.
"What the South needs," he said,
"is people white people."
Tonight the delegates were guests
at a dinner at Lake Pontchartain.
REVENUE COLLECTOR SHOT.
Headed Moonshine Raid at Marysville,
' Tenn.
Washington, May 27. William A.
Dunlap, collector of internal revenue
for the District of Tennessee, headed
a moonshine raid at Maryville, Tenn.,
yesterday and was shot and, crippled,
but not seriously injured, according to
a dispatch received by Commissioner
Cabell today. Four men were found
operating the. distillery, two of whom
were . captured.
Deposits made with the Wilming
ton Savings and Trust Company be
tween now and June 2nd will draw a
full quarter's interest on September
1st v ma 28-5L
Oliver Spitzer
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New York, May 27. When Oliver
Spitzer, former dock superintendent
of the sugar trust, recently appeared
in court with a pardon from President
Taft, he created the biggest sensation
in the now famous sugar frauds trial.
While his confession made on the wit
ness stand that he had been a party
to the frauds against the government
created a sensation, the attorneys for
the . government declare more start
ling information is under way and that
the men "higher up" are headed to
ward prison as the. result of Spitzer's
story. President Taft, it is said, heard
the confession of Spitzer. before he
pardoned him from the Atlanta prison,
where he had been serving a two
years' sentence. ;
OEVIUE m UU BEEh"
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Tax Raised to $l,000kod flestrictio
win nc imporsv-v-dflc Prttch- s
ard Says Fines are a Form
' of License.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Asheville, N. C, May 27. The spe
ial tax committee of the Board of Al
dermen have agreed to recommend an
increase of the special tax on the sale
of "near-beer," from $250 to $1,000 per
year. More stringent regulations re
garding closing hours, back entrances,
etc., may also be adopted when final
action is taken next week.
Judge J. C. Pritchard president of
the Good Government League appear
ed before the Board tonight with a
number of women of the W. C. T. U.,
ministers and other citizens, and plead
ed for a more rigid enforcement of the
prohibition laws. He spoke plainly,
he said, and declared that the laws had
not been enforced in Asheville as they
should. He made a strenuous indict
ment of the fine system for. violators,
which he declared was nothing less
than an indirect tax for the sale of
whiskey. He pleaded for a road sen
tence for every violator.
AGAINST LEE STATUE
Resolutions Adopted at Indiana G. A.
R. Encampment.
Terre Haute, Ind., May 27. The
State encampment of the G. A. R. to
day adopted by unanimous vote a me
morial to the National encampment
protesting against the placing of the
statue oi General Robert E. Lee in
Statuary Hall at Washington. The
same memorial also protested against
the use of the Jefferson Davis silver
service on the battleship Mississippi.
Deposits made with the Wilming
ton Savings and Trust Company be
tween now and June 2nd will draw a
full quarter's interest on September
1st. ma 28-5t.
OUTLINES.
The Senate again amended the rail
road bill yesterday and on account of
the new provisions under considera
tion did not vote on the measure. An
amendment placing the wire compa
nies under control of the Interstate
Commerce Commission was adopted.
President Taft in a letter to Con
gressman Tawney yesterday express
ed regret at the reflection on Southern
hospitality during the House debate
on the President's traveling expenses.
C. P. Connolly yesterday institut.
ed a suit for $20,000 damages for al
leged slander against Oscar Lawter,
bf the Interior Department, for state
ments i at the Ballinger-Pinchot inqui
ry Blueflelds was taken yesterday
by the Madriz forces after the insur
gents had been routed The new
brick speedway at Indianapolis was
opened , yesterday and new auto rec
ords were made New York mar
kets: Money on call firm 2 1-2 to 3 1-2,
ruling rate 3 1-4, closing bid 3, offered
at 3 .1-4. Spot cotton closed quiet, 5
points advance, middling " uplands
15.30. middling gulf 15.55. Flour quiet
and lower to sell. Wheat spot easy,
No. 2 red 1.04 nominal, No. 1 northern
1.12 1-8 nominal f.o.b. Corn spot weak,
No. 2, 66 1-4 nominal elevator domes
tic basis. Rosin quiet. Turpentine
easy. . ' ,
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i. TAFT REGRETS
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Reflection on Southern Hos
pitality Displeasing to
' President.
TAWNEY GETS HIS LETTER
Speaks of Welcome in Southern States.
. Dislikes Attitude of Democrats in
Regard to His Expenses-.
' -Tawney's Statement.
Washington, May 27. "In all my ex
perience, and I have enjoyed the hos
pitality of many sections and coun
tries of the world, I never had a more
cordial, generous, open and lavish wel
come than I had in the .'Southern
States during my trip, and the slight
est hint that puts me in "the attiude
of a critip of that hospitality gives mo
great pain."
This, in part, is the manner In
which President Taft today in a let
ter to Chairman Tawney, of the House
Committee on Appropriations, deeply
resented criticisms passed by Dem
ocrats in the debate in the House
yesterday upon the traveling xpnses
of the President.
The President says he is especially
distressed by "suggested reflection on
Southern hospitality." ' '
President Taft's letter continues:
"I am deeply grieved over the phase
which the discussion of the appropria
tion for the traveling expenses of the
President took yesterday. I think It
a legitimate argument in favpr of sucll
an appropriation that Congressmen
and many others press the acceptance
of notations to visit their sections
aldii-.icts, because the urgency of
telr;jeifeests indicates the opinion
HA,ta Tznt oi tne i peopte mai one
tlettf3 of the President Is to
y rot xas
pie in their homes.
"Bnt thl intimation or suggestion
that-Ihe . tneceptance by Congressmen
of, tie Prffeident's invitation to -trayei
on the train with him. in their regDect-
ve-"ll":rtoi or states vas a reason
why they should 'not vote their free
opinion - on the question of such an
appropriation is to me a most painful
one In traveling upon the train they
,were -not receiving my hospitality :
tfiey were only making a little more
elaborate the -cordial welcome which
they as representatives of their dis
tricts wished to give.
"The feature of the discussion yes
terday which was especially distress
ing to me was a suggested reflection
on Southern hospitality. The intima
tion that somewhere in the Soutn
board was charged has no fpundation
in fact, and I never 'heard it Intimat
ed until I saw it in this morning's
paper."
Following the receipt of President
Taft's letter, Representative Tawney
issued a lengthy statement sayln?
that the colloquy on the floor yester
day between himself and Southern
members regarding "Southern hospi
tality" had been distorted. He says:
"It is ridiculous to suppose that
I would reflect privately, much less
publicly, upon the floor of the House
of Representatives, upon . Southern
hospitality, -which is proverbial and
than which I can say from experi
ence there is nothing more cordial
or more generous to be imagined. But
I agree with the statement of Presi
dent Taft in his letter to me lay,
that "it is a legitimate argument in
favor of such an appropriation that
Congressmen and many others press
the acceptance of invitations to visit
their sections and districts, because
the urgency of such requests indicates
the opinion on the part of the people
that one of the duties of the Presi
dent is to visit the people in their
homes."
"I had spoken of a man who would
ask the President to be his guest, en
tertain him and then criticise him for
making the visit, and 'in effect charg
ing him board. Mr. Bartlett, of Geor
gia, evidently misunderstanding my
remark, then demanded to know of
that single instance where the Presi
dent was charged board and Represen
tative Hamer, of Idaho, before I could
reply, injected the facetious comment
that he thought it was in Georgia."
"Of course the President was never
charged for his board when the guest
of any one in Georgia, or anywherjj
else, and no such allegation made
made."
GEN. GREENE'S BIRTHDAY.
Urged House to Pass Bill for Statue
on Guilford Battleground.
Washington, May 27. Today being
the anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Nathaniel ? Greene, Representative
Thomas called the attention of the
House to a pending bill for the erec
tion of a statue to Greene on the bat
tleground of Guilford Court House
near Greensboro, N. C. No action was
taken by the House. w .
Mr. Thomas characterized-General
Greene as next to Washington the
hmost potent force-In the American
HONS
CRITICISM
struggle for independence and ald
the statue would lmk the people of
New England and the South. The bill
already has passed the Senate.
Deposits made with the Wilming
ton Savings and Trust . Company be
tween now and June 2nd will draw a
full quarter's Interest on September
1st ma 28-6L
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Chinese Troubles
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Peking, May 27. United States Min
ister to China, W. J; Calhoun, consi
ders the Chinese trouble so serious
that he has cabled Rear Admiral John
Hubbard, commander of the Asiatic
fleet, to hold his warships in readiness
for emergencies. The troubles In Chi
na began with the shortage of rice
crops in Hunan province, due to the
great floods of a year ago. Present
dispatches recently have been filled
with details of the disorder in China
and anxiety has been felt for Ameri
can interests represented there.
RECORDS ON NEW SPEEDWAY
Drivers Raced Wildly on Brick Track
and Kincaid and Vhevrolet Made
New Time Exciting Events
at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, May 27. Records
went down before the onslaughts of
desperately drlyen motor cars in to
day's races at the motor speedway and
the new course, the only brick track
In the world, justified all the claims
of its constructors that it would prove
satisfactory.
. In three different classes 6f Ameri
can, stock cars, time was hammered
dtfwtt Th; greatest event of the day
was the 100-mile race," for . cars of 301
to 450 cubic inches piston displace
ment It was won by Kincaid In a
National in 1:23:43. The previous, rec
ord, set . by Chevrolet" in a Buick at
Atlanta, was 1:24: 08.
Ill fortune took thjs race away from
Dawson, driving a Marmon. He led
the field from the I tenth to the 85th
mile. . He lost the lead by the fouling
of a spark plug, and could not regain
it Kincaid, bounding down the home
stretch, barely escaped crashing into
the press stand when one of his real
tires ripped off and hurtled high in
the air. - By sheer strength, he held
his car to the track.
In the five-mile race for cars of the
same class as entered the lffO-mile,
Kincaid broke another record, winning
over Dawson and Harroun, both driv
ing Marmons by a tremendous burst
of speed in the home stretch that car
ried him from the field to the fore.
His time was 4:05, bettering the for
mer record by 40 seconds.
Harroun had his inning in the ten
mile event for cars of 231 to 300 inch
es displacement. He won in 8:16,
smashing the former record of 9:03.
Chevrolet, driving a Buick in the
five-mile race for the little cars ' of
161 to 230 inches, displacement, won
with a brilliant dash in 4:41, break
ing the previous time of 5:13. There
were no serious accidents today.
.The feature tomorrow will be the
200-mile race, which was called off last
year because of fatal accidents.
FRENCH SUBMARINE DISASTER.
It is Believed That Crew Was Drown
ed Details.
Calais, France, May 27. The French
submarine Pluviose which was struck
by the cross channel steamer Pas do
Calais yesterday morning, was again
located tonight after having been driv
en from her mud moorings at the bot
tom of the English channel today and
carried hither and thither by the swift
flow of the current.
Tonight various craft are moored
above the spot and are sending down
divers in an endeavor to fasten chains
about the wreck so that it may be
raised to the surface.
That the 27 officers and men of the
Pluviose all perished Is the opinion
of navy officials who are assisting in
the wrecking operations. There is an
abundance of naptha on the surface
of the water and this 'leads them to
the belief that the inner shell of the
submarine was shattered by the blow
of the Pas le Calais and that all the
crew were drowned.
VIRGINIA JUDGE INJURED.
Judge Tebbs Struck by Street Car In
Washington.
Washington, May 27. Judge Rich
ard H. Tebbs, aged 65, of Leesburg,
Va., had both his legs broken and was.
otherwise injured today by being
knocked down by a trolley car in this
city. At the hospital tonight it was
said "that he probably would recover
from his injuries, although they are
quite serious. He was trying to board
a moving trolley.' from which he fell
and was struck by another car com
ing from an opposite direction.
Tonight at Lumina.
Dancing . tonight at. Lumina cars
every half hour until 11 P. M. ,
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FOLLOWS INQUIRY
Employe of Ballinger Made
Defendent in Action
For $20,000.
TESTIMONY CAUSE TROUBLE
Suit Brought by Christopher P. Con
nolly Against Attorney Oscar Law
ler First of Threatened Legal
Proceedings.
.Washington, May 27. Christopher
P! Connolly, a lawyer of Montana and
New York,. and a well known writer
for magazines, today filed suit in the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia to recover $20,000 damages
for alleged slander from Oscar Law
ler, assistant attorney general for the
Interior Department.
The suit Is the first of the threat
ened legal proceedings growing out
of the Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry. It
was rumored around the court today
that Secretary Ballinger was prepar
ed to invoke the law against some
of his alleged traducers.
The basis for the action is the tes
timony alleged to have been given by
Mr. Lawler May 17th before the Ballinger-Pinchot
joint committee, where
in Mr. Lawler Is alleged to have re
ferred to Mr. Connolly and others as
"despicable scoundrels, who would
stoop to any depth of degradation."
He is further alleged to have testi
fied that a man named . Connolly
stood on the deck of the steamship
Republic Just before she went down
and trampled down women and chil
dren in an attempt to get to a life
boat."
When asked to identify the Connolly
referred to, It is alleged, Mr. Lawler
said, "He is an employe of Collier's
Weekly and is a tall slender, man with
a short gray moustache.". This, Mr. :
Connolly says describes him.
:Mr. Lawler is further alleged to
have said that he had considerable
contempt for . the "Connolly connected
with Collier's Weekly ( anyway and
would not put him above anything '
of that kind."
. Mr. Connolly charges that this con-
nection of him with the. person on .
board the Republic is false and that
the accusation was maliciously made.
Mr. Connolly said later that at the
time of the loss of the Republic he
was in Los Angeles, Cal., many miles
away from the scene of , the disaster. .
STUART'S TRUNKS SEIZED.
Claim That Virginians Tried to Evade
Paying Duty.
New York, May 27. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry C. 'Stuart, of the well known
Stuart familv of Virginia, had a clasn
with the customs authorities on their
return from Europe on the Maureta--nla
today, but both sides admitted
tonight that there had been a misun
derstanding. Eight of Mrs. Stuart's
trunks, of a lot of 25 pieces of bag
gage, .were seized and sent to the pub
lic .stores as containing valuable goods
not declared. But as Mr. Stuart has
expressed willingness to pay duty in
full, they will be released when he
does so, and he may appeal for re
dress if he considers the appraisment
unjust.
George Smyth, a deputy surveyor
of the port, held a conference with
the Stuarts late this afternoon. After
ward be explained that Inasmuch as
Mrs. Stuart had been living abroad
for the last two years she thought
she was a non-resident, and this mis
apprehension caused all the trouble.
The fact that Mr. Stuart is a resident,
however, said Mr. Smyth, according
to rulings of the Treasury Department,
made his wife also a resident.
"But I am sure," he added that the
declaration was made out in ,good
faith and that there was no intention
on. the part of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
to evade the payment of duties. Mr.
'Stuart, he concluded was ready to pay
all the duties.
Mr. Stuart said. "I .do not charge
that there is any intention on tha
part of the customs officials to do me
any injustice and I believe that there
has been some misapprehension. But
I do claim non-residence for my fam
ily. I know the law and I am going
to stand by my rights. I Am sorry
that this whole ' thing has attracted
so much attention and the superfluous
vigilance of the custom officers has
put me in this queer light."
Mr. Stuart is a nephew of Gen. J.
E. B. Stuart, of Confederate war fame,
and is a candidate for Congress in
the ninth Virginia district. His home
is at Elk Garden, Virginia.
TILLMAN AGAIN ILL.
Suffering With Rheumatism Taken to
. Atlanta Hospital.
Atlanta. Ga., May 27. Suffering
from a severe attack of rheumatism.
United States Senator Benjamin R.
Tillman, of South Carolina, arrived
in this city last night and was at
once taken to a local hospital for treat
ment. Dr. W. W. Blackburri, who has Sen
ator Tillman in charge, says there la
no connection whatever between the
rheumatic attack for which night trav
eling and platform work t greatly re
sponsible, and the stroke of paralysis
for .which the Senator was treated
here last May. Mrs. Tillman accompan
ied her husband.
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