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$14,000 VERDICT
T POSTAL
Wayne County Young Man
Recovers for Personal
Injuries Sustained.
FEDERAL COURT AT RALEIGH
Other News of State Capital Cruise
of Elfrida Financial History of
. State Company in Wake
Charter Issued.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, June 4. A verdict for
$14.01)1) was awarded this afternoon
by a Federal court Jury to Frank Gran
iliem. of Wayne county, who sued the
Postal Telegraph Company for $50.
titiii on account of permanent Injury
Mistained through a pole falling on
him and dislocating and breaking his
thigh. The trial has been In progress
two days. The accident was near Charr
line in December, 1908. The failure
f tlte company to provide a standard
implement for handling poles was the
alleged cause of the accident.
In view of the continued mlsrepre
.ntation of the attitude of the State
i.r' North Carolina toward he re-con-sruction
bonds, repudiated by ' the
State as fraudulent, the North' Caro
lina Historical Commission will pub
lish at an early date, a complete doc
umentary history of all the transac
tions of the State of North Carolina
relative to the issuance and sale of
bond.
This will be one of the most valua
ble public documents ever.' issued by
the State. It will contain every bill
introduced into the General Assem
bly, every law passed by the Assem
bly, every report of the committees
of the Assembly, every message of
the governors, and all the financial
transactions of the Treasury Depart
ment, relating to bonds, and every
wther document that can be. found
that will throw light on the State's
attitude toward her obligations. In
short, the, volume will be -a complete
nstory.of' the-bona issues of, the State
v shown in original documents.
TUe struggle between the Wak
conrrtv "insurgents" and' the "regu
lars" in the campaign leading up to
the primaries June 25tH has gotten
Ionn to a hard work status, the can
didates and other campaign workers
having gotten - right out amongst the
people for a hand to hand effort to
vinch" votes, for their respective
side?. And, frame the issues in what
ever guise you please, when the cam
paign workers cut ' the frills right
down in talking with the voters the
issue of issues bobs up in a stand for
and against 'State prohibition and a
reopening of this question through a
rnisarle for "local self government."
When rings and ring rule are rung
in it is asserted " that one side is no
more, a ring than the other. In the
matter of the salary basis for county
officers the attitude of the factions
arrayed against each other make this
the veriest "dog fall." So the situation
develops all along the line of the
"issues." .
An order issued today from the of
fice of the Adjutant General announc
es the dates for cruises aboard the
Elfrida for practice purposes by the
livisicns of the North Carolina Naval
Militia as follows: Windsor division.
Inly 1st to 8th; Oriental. July 11th
to 17th; Plymouth. July 25th to 31st;
Elizabeth City, August 1st 'to 7th;
Xewbern, August 8th to 14th.
A charter is issued for The Robeson
Loan and Realty Co., Lumberton. cap
i'al $50,000 by Robert E. ee, EE.
rase and others, the company to be;
Min when $2,000 is paid in. ,
STATEMENT FROM LACY
Special Session of Legislature May be
Averted Finally.
Ashe v Hie, N. C, June 4 A state
ment was issued today by State Treas
ure r Lacy at Raleigh, showing tnat the
actual number of bonds of the State
falling due July 1st, is $3,427,000 and
that the refunding bonds already sold
r ibife the amount to be provided for
$2,211,000. the amount still to be
fchl by June 10th, if the extra session
! 'he State Legislature is to be avert
l. . -
With a vtew to making the revoca
. tjon of the legislative call possible, the
Wt.'tto Treasurer today sent into all
p:n ts of the .country, calls for a third
of bids to be opened June 10, this
ti'oit to float the bonds to follow two
lii.vs alter a conference of an bankers
t Hie State which was called by the
mov. t nor for June . If tne State Coun
cil is successful in selling the bonds,
the governor will promptly recall his
iro( lamation for an extra session of
" Legislature.
FEARFUL STORM AT BRISTOL.
Property Loss Will be Heavy Wheat
Crop Ruined.
Bristol. Tenn., June 4. Thousands
"f Hollars, in property damage . and
practical ruin of the wheat crop
Jfi 'his section resulted tonight from
e worst hail and w'nd storm ever
Known in Bristol and the outlying dis-
The smokestacks of Bristol's
'ue industries were blown down
window- smashed in all parts of the
'." ana untold damage done vegeta
,H'ti and orchards.
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Monroe, Mich.. June 4. President Taft today joined with the people V
Michigan in paying tribute to the memory' of Major General George Arm
strong Custer. He stood beside Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, the widow of
the' Civil War soldier, and martyr of the Little Big Horn, as she tugged
ai the long streamer of cavalry yellow ribbon which released the flags and
unveiled the splendid bronze equestrian statue of Custer, which has been
erected in this city amid the scenes of his youth. Afterward the President
made a brief address in which he gave Custer high credit for his valor and
deeds in war. The orator of the occasion was Senator William Alden
Smith. Monroe for several days has been the gathering pomt for Veter
ans of the Custer brigade, who were given a position of honor today in the
parade, which President Taft reviewed. Prior to the Custer ceremonies
the President visited St. Mary's College and Academy, where he made a
little talk to the girl students. ,
PRIMARIES IN PENNSYLVANIA
Resulted -in Spirited contests Through
out -That 'State Yesterday No mi- ",
nations Made for Full be le
gation The Early Reports.
Philadelphia. June 4. The primary
elections held throughout Pennsylva
nia today and tonight by all political
parties furnished some spirited con
tests and results in the close districts
may not be known until tomorrow or
Monday. Nominations were made for
a full delegation of 32 members in
Congress,. 25 members of the State
Senate and a complete new House
of Representativs of 207 members.
In the eighth Congressional district:
Irving Wagner, Republican, was op
posed for re-nomination by William
G. Huey, who was placed on the Re
publican ballot as an ant) Cannon
man. Reports from the district indi
cate that Wagner was renominated by
a substantial majority. '
In four of the six Congressional dis
tricts in Philadelphia, independent
Republicans under the party of "Wil
liam Penn" ppposed the organization
Republican candidates, all of whom
are present members of Congress, but
the entire six incumbents were re
nominated. Reports Indicate that the following
have been renominated for Congress:
Republicans First district. Henry J.
Bingham; second, Joel Cook; third.
J. Hampton Moore; fourth, Reuben
O. Moon; flifth, W. W Folkroed;
sixth, G. D. McCreary; seventh.
Thomas S. Butler; eighth, I. P. Wag
ner; ninth. W. W. Griesf; tenth.
Jhon R. Farr; thirteenth, John K.
Hahn; fourteenth, C. C. Pratt; sev
enteenth. B. K. Focht; eighteenth.
M. E. Olmstead ; twentieth, 'Daniel
F. LaFean; twenty sixth, Robert
Brown.
Democrats First. Micheal J. Ge
raghty; thirtieth, William A. Hayes;
fourth. William C. Mitchell; fifth,
Michael Donohue; sixth, W. A. Carr;
seventh. E. C. Bonniwell; eighth, Rob
ert DIfenderfer; ninth, James G. Mc
Sparran; thirteenth John H. Rother
mel; fourteen th. G. W. Kipp; fifteenth,
W. B. Wilson; sixteenth. G. Mc
Henry; seventeenth. J. Murray Afri
ca; eighteenth, W. Jonathan Kiefer;
ninteenth, Isiiah Scheeline; twenty
first.. W. C. Heinle.
Present members. .
TRIAL AT NEWiBERN.
Cutting Affray,on Recent Excursion
Boy Injured in Street.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Newbern, N. C, June 4. The trial
of E. D. B.uck. of Morehead City, who
stabbed Thomas Styron of the same
place in this city last Thursday whl
be held Monday afternoon. A number
of witnesses have been summoned
from Morehead City and it is more
than probahle a hard fought legal bat
tle will be engaged in by the attor
neys on each side.
While crossing Middle street this
afternoon, Earl. Ae 3-year-old son of
Mr. Chas. P. Bartling. was struck by
a heavy wagon which is used byBowe
&.Page for hauling sand, and in con
sequence was knocked down and se
verely bruised. When picked up the
little fellow was in a semi-conscious
condition and some time elapsed be
fore he was able to walk around the
room. .
WILMINGTON,
Custer
iled Yesterday
GEORGE A.CUSTEEl Iff
B. & 0. EXPRESS DERAILED
Passenger Train Ran ; Into Open
- Switch-'-Nar Wilmington, Del
Seven 'were Injured Engineer
; Pinned Under His Train.
Wliltmngton, Del.. June 4. -A Royal
Blue express on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad from Washington !to New
York wa3 derailed from an unknown
cause three miles from here tonight,
resulting in the injuring of several
of the train crew. No passengers were
injured.
The express went through a switch
and overturned. The baggage car par
tially overturned.
A. J. "Rubezsch, of Baltimore, was
pinned .beneath the engine for more
than two hours. He bravely directed
his rescuers how to get him out and
did not lose consciousness. He was
removed to the Delaware Hospital
here. The ' doctors ' believe he will
recover,- but he is in a serious condi
tion. .
Charles Smith, aged 55, the engi
neer, rof Baltimore, sustained a' brok
en rib and severe lacerations to the
face.
George Jtittenberg, of Washington,
express messenger, and J. R. Gray
son, of Philadelphia, baggage master,
were locked in the baggage car when
the accident occurred. They cut their
way out with an axe and were not
injured. :.
The passengers continued their way
north after a delay of three and a
half hours. '
. ENGINE MEN WIN.
Increase Granted by Federal Arbitra-'-
tion Board.
Chicago; June,!. The Federal Arbi
tration Board which has been taking
testimony in' the wage controversy
between-27,000 enginemen and 49 rail
roads west of Chicago, late this after
noon handed down a decision in fa
vor of the engine men. The arbitra
tion" board granted employes 60 per
cent, of their demand for a 21 1-2 per
cent, increase.
The men involved in the wage con
troversy; are members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen.' -
'Under the ruling the wages vary
with the different classes of service.
. The . hearing before ; the arbitration
board has been on for three weeks.
Scores of ' witnesses testified regard
ing the high cost of living. The rail
roads . opposed the increase on the
ground .that they could not afford to
meet H.-,.
TWO KILLED; 40 HURT.
Result lof Collision Between Interurban
AA r , ; Cars.
''Sffinhanvt11f . Ohio .'.Tiitia A. Twn
motcjritieQ .werekilled j and 40 passen
gers Were more or less seriously rWt
by the collision of two interurban
cars on the Steubenville and East
Liverpool Traction Lines tonight. The
cars were , running at. high speed and
no .cause for the collision has yet
been assigned. .
. None' of the injured will die al
though, fourteen were taken to a hos
pital -Y N
Get-an E., M, .F. "30.
N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1910.
Immediate Centre of Nation's
Interest in Republican
Politics Just Now.
PRIMARIES ON TUESDAY
Fight to Fnish Between "Standpat
ters" and Progressives Senator
Cummins Involved Admin
istration is Issue.
Des Moines, la., June 4. This State,
rising to the requirements of its posi
tion as the immediate centre of the
Nation's interest in. Republican poll
tics, refused to close the primary cam
paign wfth tonight's meetings through
out the commonwealth.
Not 'until the last "standpatter" and
the last1 progressive have returned to
their homes on Monday night will the
candidates be content to enter the pri
mary battle of next Tuesday.
State officers and representatives in
Congress will be nominated. Broadly
speaking, the issue in the Republican
ranks is 'the present Republican ad
ministration. The general feeling Is
that Tuesday's primaries will test
thoroughly the position of Iowa Re
publicans on the insurgent and stand
pat question.
To a degree. the prestige of Senator
Cummins is involved in the fight be
tween Governor B. F. Carroll and War
ren Garstfor the gubernatorial nomi
nation. Cummins is said to have been
forced to support Garst by the "stand
pat" maneuver of placing the present
Governor under the banner of the Na
tional administration. The formation
of a "Taftv club in support of Carroll
was the principal play in this develol
ment. Thus the re-nomination of the
Governor will be hailed, if it takes
place, by the so-called reactionaries
as a slap at Cummins. The Governor
has said that he does not propose to
be dictated- to by Cummins and Dolli
ver. On Congressional nominations the
contests exciting greatest interest are
in the first, seventh tuM ninth districts
in the last named greatest of all.
In the first district. Congressman
Charles A. Kennedy, of Montrose, is
being, subjected to the assaults of
those who do not approve of his so
called "stand pat" record. The "pro
gressive" candidate is " Smith W.
"Brookheart.
Judge S. F. PTouty. for the fourth
time, is seeking to wrest the nomina
tion from Representative John A. T.
Hull, in the seventh-district. At the
primaries two years ago Hull won over
Prouty by only 40 votes, although Des
Moines, the largest city in the State
is in the district. ? '
In the ninth Congressman Walter I.
Smith is being tried .on his record as
a staunch wheelhorse of the regular
organization at Washington? Smith
was a member of the old Cannon rules
committee. His opponent is H. Byrs.
the present attorney general of the
State.
In the second, fourth, fifth, sixth,
eighth and eleventh districts there
are no contests among the Republi
cans. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED.
Measure Goes Through House Car-
ries $110,000,000 Appropriation.
Washington. June 4. After serving
as a vehicle for political debate in the
House of Representatives for nearly a
month, the sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying proposed appropriations
aggregating $110,000,000 was passed
today.
During this time there were a great
many speeches inserted in the Record
without delivery and will be scattered
over the country, under . the license
of government franks, to figure for
what they are worth in the Fall cam
paigns.
There have been heard in the dis
cussions of this bill predictions of suc
cess for both of the great parties, at
tacks upon the sugar trust and the
Philippine land sales, assaults upon
the administration of soldiers' home's
and speeches .on other subjects not
gerraaine to the bill.
OUTLINES.
President. Taft declared socialism to
be the great problem that confronts the
American people in a speech yesterday
at Jackson, Mich. It is believed that
this will be an issue In the coming
campaign- -William Pittham, an
American, has been captured by . the
Madriz troops in Nicaragua and is
held a prisoner awaiting trial by court
martial. The State Department will
see that he is given justice The
Royal Blue express on the Baltimore
& Ohio was derailed last night near
Wilmington, Del., "and seven persons
injured The sundry civil appropria
tions bill, carrying appropriations of
$110,000,000 was passed by the House
yesterday A hail and wind storm at
Bristol, Tenn., yesterday caused thous
ands of dollars in property damage and
the ruin of the wheat crop in that sec
tion Primary elections were held
throughout Pennsylvania yesterday
New York markets : Money on
call nominal; spot cotton quiet,, mid
dling uplands 14.90, middling gulf
15.15; wheat steady No. 2 red 1.04 nom
inal, No. 1 northern 1.10 5-8 nominal
f. o. b.; corn spot easy. No. 2, 65 3-4
nominal elevator domestic basis; oats
spot dull, mixed nominal; turpentine
1 quiet. .
SAYS SOCIALISM
IS THEJPROBLEM
President Taft Spoke With
Great Earnestness in Mich-
' - igan Yesterday.
ISSUE. IN NEXT
Spoke at Unveiling of Tablet Com
memorating Organization of the
Party Again Upholds Re
publican Doctrine.
Jackson, Mich., June 4. President
Taft today proclaimed socialism as .the
great problem that confronts the
American people and the issue that is
sure to come and that must be skil
fully met. By its history4 he declared,
the Republican party had shown itself
capable of dealing with the great ques
tion effectively and wisely, and he pre
dicted that the American people must
soon determine whether it shall trust
the same party with the solution "of
that problem than which we have had
no greater in the history of the coun
try." Mr Taft spoke with great earnest
ness and his remarks seemed deeply
to impress his hearers. By many his
words were taken as framing an issue
for the coming campaign.
The President disclaimed any. pur
pose of making a partisan address,
but the occasion of his visit here was
the unveiling of a bronze tablet, com
memorating the organization of the
Republican party "under the oaks" in
1854, and he could not altogether re
frain from a comparison or the party
with its opponents which was not al
together favorable to the opponents.
He also declared that popular govern
ment must be a government of par
ties and in this connection there was
just a passing hint at insurgency. The
President declared that unless indivi
duals are willing to sink minor con
siderations the will of the majority
in a party," there would come a rul
by groups. "In that event ' he added
"the Lord only knows where- your gov
ernment would be and what it would
accomplish."
The President left nere tonight at
8:40 o'clock for Washington. The
President's reference to socialism
came at the conclusion of a brief his
tory of what the Republican party
has aone.
He said: "The issue that 'is being
frp.med as it seems tfme, is the issue
with respect to the institution of pri
vate property. ' There are those who
charge to that institution the corpo
rate abuses, the greed and the corrup
tion that grew out of those abuses,
the unequal distribution of property j
the poverty of some and the undue
wealth of others, and therefore say,
'We will have none of it and we must
have & new rule of distribution that
for want of a better name we shall
call socialism.'
"On the other hand it is contended
that it is not the institution of . pri
vate property that shall be abolished,
but only that the time has come in
which it is necessary to day down
certain rules J estricting and regulat
ing the use of that private property
which shall not deprive the world of
individual effort but which shall still
keep the law and the opportunity to
use private property under such con
trol that these abuses may be wiped
out and the boon of individual effort
still be left to us.
"Now, my friends, that presents a
great and difficult problem that I am
quite willing to admit we have not yet
solved j and the question which the
country will have to determine after
all is, which party it is which has
heretofore shown sufficient skill and
effectiveness in dealing With great is
sues, which party can be trusted to
solve that problem than which we
have had no greater in the history of
the country."
Mr. Taft spoke at Keeley Park to
a grand' stand filled with a throng
which gave him a demonstrative wel
come. After stating that the Republican
party was born or a moral issue, the
President declared that one of the
characteristics of that party is its
ability to do things and then proceed
ed to enumerate the issues which, he
said, had been met successfully and
effectively.
Continuing, he said: "But it only
shows that the running of a 'govern'
ment is the meeting of great and
sometimes unexpected issues and what
you need in command is an organised
force, that has shownitself in the
past able to meet those issues and to
have the effectiveness and the skill
and the energy to meet ; them with
credit to the people of the country and
that is what the Republican party has
done down to this day." '
Mr. Taft dined tonight with Repre
sentative Charles E. Townsend. . Sen
ators Burrows and Smith were also
there. Mr. Townsend is an announc
ed candidate for Senator . Burrows
seat ,
The President divided his. day be
tween Monroe and Jackson. At Mon
Voe he spoke at the unveiling of a
statue of General George Armstrong
Custer. ,
Get an E. M. F. "30.
Get anE. M. F. "30."
AMERICAN HELD
PRISONER OF WAR
Pittman Awaits a Court
Martial at Hands of
Madriz.
STATE DEPARTMENT ACTS
Will See That He is Acccorded Treat
ment Humane and Regular Est
rada's Victory in Nicaragua
is Complete.
San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, June 4. 1
William P. Pitman, the American,
vho laid the mines at Blueneids for the
insurgents, .was captured by the gov
ernment troops and will be tried by
court martial. J
This was made known today follow
ing the receipt by the government of
the details of the capture of Bldefields
Bluff by the forces of President Mad
riz.
The troops passed to the assault
over ftve mines, only one of which was
exploded. Pittman was wounded and
captured, it is said, as he was engaged
in operating the mechanism through
which the hidden engines of destruc
tion were released. Pittman hails
from Boston.
Washington, June 4. The State De
partment has acted promptly in the
case of William P. Pittman, an Ameri
can ofngineer, who is said to have been
captured by the Madriz' forces while
operating with the Estrada army.
The following is a paraphrase of tel
egrams sent by the State Department
today to the American consulate at
Managua and Bluefields and to Com
mander Gilmer, of the Paducahr
"There is a newspaper report from
San Juan Del Sur to the effect that
William P. Pittham, an American citi
zen, so is alleged, to have laid mines
while operating with the Estrada
forces, has been made prisoner by the
Madriz forces and is about to be tried
by court martial. .It is unnecessary to
point : out that this government will
jealously scrutinize the treatment ac
corded him which must be humane
and regular. You will immediately
make inquiry and report to the Depart
ment.' If any further evidence were needed
to confirm the officials here in their be
lief that Madriz is following closely the
case of Pittman. It is said Pittman
possibly may suffer a. fate similar to
that which befell Grooce and Cannon
last November. The intimation was
clearly given the Madriz government
that some one would suffer if any sum
mary or irregular action should be tak
en against him.
What action this government will
take will depend largely upon the re
ports from the United States consuls
at Managua and Bluefields and from
Commander Gilmer.
Washington, June 4. The complete
route of the Madriz forces is shown by
belated telegrams received at the
State Department. These telegrams
confirm the reports of the totai defeat
of the troops which aave been operat
ing in the neighborhood of Rama, Nic
aragua.
A dispatch received today from Con-
sul Moffat at Bluefields, datea last
Thursday morning, says that the whole
of the Madriz fdrces operating in the
vicinity of Rama had abandoned their
position after several hours of severe
fighting and were in full retreat, hav
ing left many dead and wounded on
the field, and that General Mena, in
command of the Estrada Army at
Rama was in hot pursuit.
All dispatches received during the
last several days from the East coast
of Nicaragua indicate that the Madriz
armies at Bluefields and at Rama prac
tically have been destroyed and that
the end of fighting on the East coast,
at least, seems to be in sight.
So far as known at the State De
partment the only force which Madriz
now has on the East Coast, except the
ew scattered bands now being pursued
by tha revolutionary armies, is on Biue
fields Bluff and it is problematical
whether they, will not be taken prison
ers. Seeks Taft's Aid.
Cambridge, Mass.. June 4. William
P. Pittman is the son of Mrs. Rachaei
Pittman, of 178 Spring street, this
city. Tonight Edwin Pittman, a broth
er of William Pittman. in behalf of
his aged mother ' sent the following
messagp to President Taft: "As a
mother, grief stricken over the news
of the danger of my boy. William P.
Pittman, who the newspapers state
may be shot for his part in the Nica
raguan revolution. I seek your inter
ference in his behalf. He had been
for four years in the United States
government service in Panama. I on
ly ask what is my right as a mother,
but if there is anything you can do I
implore you to do it.
tnpip;
'MRS. RACHAEL PITTMAN.
BALLINGER SHOWS AUTHORITY.
Man Who Testified Against Him is
Suspended.
Portland, Ore., June 4. While his
resignation from the position of- spe
cial agent for the general land oflce
was in the mails en route to Wash
ington, Horace L. Jones today was
"indefinitely suspended" from service
at the order of Secretary of the In
terior Ballinger. '
Jones was a witness against Bal
linger and In support T of the charges
made by Loute R. Glavis.
Get an E. M. F. "30.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,313.
EARLY AGREEMENT
Oil RAILROAD BILL
Indications Were Pointing
that Way in Washington
Yesterday.
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT
This Would be the Effect on Congress.
House to Accept the Senate Meas
ure Bosses Get Together on
Question.
Washington, June 4. Although it
came as a surprise to many, there were
numerous indications today that the
Senate and House might reach a
prompt agreement on the railroad bill
through practical acceptance by the
House of the Senate bill.
While there was no certainty that
such would be the case there were
many straws pointing that way. This
would have the effect of hastening the
adjournment of Congress and members
prophesied that with the railroad bill
agreed upon, adjournment would come
within three weeks.
Early today Senators Aldrich, Crane
and Elkins were on the House side en
gaged in conferences with. Speaker
Cannon and Representative Mann, of
Illinois, who has charge of. the House
bill. Mr. Mann said that as far as h?
was concerned, personally, he would
agree to tne Senate bill. He saWI then,
were many things in the House meas
ure which were not in the one adopted,
by the Senate upon' which he would
insist. Also there were some things
in the Senate bill to which he objected.
There was, -however, said Mr. Mann, a
strong movement among some.of the
"insurgent" Republicans as well as
"regulars" who voted together to
amend the bill when it was. in the
House to accept the -Senate bill as be
ing a nean approach to what they de
sired. It was .learned also that the
Democrats - were practically prepared,
or at least those who have led the fight
on' the railroad bill on that side were
prepared, to . accept the Senate bin
rather than take chances on what a
conference between the two houses
would evolve.
The subject will be called up in the
House next Tuesday when Mr. Mann
will move non-concurrence and ap
pointment of conferees.
If conferees are named, no one. is
willing to predict how long it might
take to secure a mutually satisfactory
outcome nor what the ultimate agree
ment would be.
The principal difficulties which
iwould cause trouble in conference are
the sections in the House bill provid
ing for physical valuation and the reg
ulation of the issue of stocks and
bonds which are not in the Senate
bill, and the long and short haul and
telegraph and telephone clauses, which
widely differ in the two bills.
CONGRESSMEN HAD TILT.
Rainey and McKirilay on Floor of the
House.
Washington, June 4. A lively tilt
between Representative Rainey, of
Illinois, and Representative McKin-
lay, of California, occurred in the
House late today over an accusation
by the former that the latter had in
serted in the Congressional Record a
speech not delivered on the floor and
prepared by Attorney General Wicker
sham. In his speech a defense was made of
Hie Attorney General and. Henry W.
THft, brother of the President, against
charges of being attorneys for the su
gar trust, as made by Mr. Rainey on
April 14th. this charge tbai Mr. Wick--ersham
had written his speech was in
dignantly denied by Mr. McKinlay,
who said he had gathered' the facts
and prepared the document himself.
"I charge here," said Mr. Rainey,
"that the Attorney General has not de
nied that he received a part of the
immense fee paid the firm of Strong
&Cadwalader for services for the su
gar trust. That fee. according to the
statement in the record, was $27,500
and he states that he and six other
persons received their proportionate
interest in it as members of the firm."
In reply to Mr. Rainey, Mr. McKin
lay said he had inserted his speech in
the Record because the Illinois mem
ber had attempted to show that the
President was favoring the sugar
trust and was not acting in good faith
in the prosecutions of the trust.
NI-BEER PLACES CLOSED.
Thousand Dollar Tax Too Much for
Asheville Dealers.
Asheville, N. C, June 4. Panic
stricken by the action of the local
Board of Aldermen which last night
placed the annual tax for "near beer",
licenses at $1,000. 32 "soft drink" em
poriums closed their doors today in
the hope that the city fathers will re
lent and restore the former tax of
$250.
The action of the board was the out
come of strenuous agitation against
the "near beer" saloons, 'in which the
W. C. T. U. and Judge J. C. Pritchard,
of the United States Circuit court, took
a prominent part. It was -Argued that
the low license tax of $250 had result
ed in an alarming growth of undesira
ble "near beer", establishments.
Many of the "soft drink" men de
clare that the profit on near beer Is
so small that the payment of the $1.
000 tax would be practically impossible.
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