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t- i. el THE WEATHER. Showers Thursday, warmer in inte rior; Friday partly cloudy, showers on coast, light to moderate south to south west winds becoming more variable. MR. MERCHANT , n Use our Business ' Local columns to advertise your specials In season able goods, one cent a word and they bring results. .Ask the Users. S' m LVY'I r POUNDE AiDa867 .t'i.A VOL- LXXXYI NO. 74. wrLMmGrTON, n. c, Thursday mokntkgt, juste ig, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,322. rx .tut: The ANOTHER ACTION HOW INSTITUTED Department Proceeds Again st Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association. STATE TEli Pinchot and Garfield Await Teddy's Return UNITED WIRELESS BIG RULES FIGHT fseaj ill" ff 1 AT ALLEGED FRAUD m mm Dnni Id GILLETT TO STOP THE 'FRISCO FIGHT Instructs' Attorney General to Prevent Jeffries-Johnson Mill. ASHEVILLE n Huh DfllWIHU PA4 SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW Charge Filed at Birmingham Under In structions From Washington Higher Cost of Living One of Allegations. Washington; June 15. Another ac tion under the Sherman anti-trust law was started by the Department of Jus tice today when Oliver D. Street, Unit ed States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, was instructed to file at Birmingham a petition against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' As-' sociation, its officers and members, al leging that, the Association constitutes a combination ana conspiracy in re straint of trade and asking that it be dissolved. ( - , The suit, it was said at the Depart ment today, is one of the results of the Investigations which the govern ment for some time past has been making with reference to combinations that seek to eliminate competition, maintains a high scale of profit and increases the cost of. living. ' In the opinion of the officials the investiga tion clearly indicated that an unlawful conspiracy exists. Mr. Street was in conference for sev eral' days with the Department and left last night for Birmingham. The issue will he pushed to a speedy .trial, the officials believing that they have ample evidence to substantiate the charges made. The following statement regarding the matter , was made at the Depart ment of Justice: : "The petition alleged that the com bination was organized tor the .pur pose of and has resulted, in coercing and preventing manufacturers frjm selling the actual necessaries of life direct to the retail dealer or consumer or to any wholesale . grocer In the Southern States unless said grocer is Wsted in a so-called 'Green Book' pub Med and distributed by the associa ton; that manufacturers are persuad ed, urged and coerced by the associa tion to fix limited selling prices at which staple articles of food are to be sold and to refuse to sell such commo dities to any wholesale grocer who does not maintain the prices so fixed and listed; that in certain lines of manufacturers and producers have been induced to bill their goods At an enhansed price and to. turn over a per centage to the president of the associa tion, who rebated the same to the job bers maintaining such limited selling price; that no firm 'could become a member of the association, or be listed in the 'Green Book' unless a majority of the other firms in the locality gave their approval; and that unless such firm duly listed, it was unable to se cure direct buying privileges from those manufacturers who observed certain 'rules of practice' adopted by the association." There are many other allegations J set forth In the bill as to the general scheme and plane by which this com bination sought to prevent the free flow of competition among the mem bers thereof and to restrict trade and commerce. . ' . ' The Department for some time has received complaints as to the burdens suffered by the people of the. South ern States because, of the operations of this association. After a careful in vestigation the Department believes that the association operates to in crease the. cost of the necessities of life, such as coffee, sugar, cereals, soap and many other lines. The association as set out in the government's petition or bill consists of various firms and corporations en gaged in the wholesale grocery busi ness within the States and Territories of Alabama. Arkansas, Florida, Geor gia. Indian Territory, Louisiana, Mary laml, Mississippi.. North Carolina, Ok lahoma. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and the District of Co lumbia. Specifically the action was brought against the general association, and all its members, the McLester-VanH6os0 Company, of Alabama; James A. Van Hooiie, of Alabama; Robert McLester, T Alabama; hhe Alabama Grocery Company, of Alabama; S. W. Lee, of Alabama; Joseph H. McLaurin, of Flo r"la; L. M. Hooper, of Alabama; F. uJ. Ha:hafion. of North Carolina; C. W. I Jameson, of Florida; Robert Moore, f Alabama; Thomas C. Davis, of Ar kansas; B. B. Farnshaw, of the DIs '"J of Columbia; C. C. Guest, of f-'-'TRia; F. H. Scovell, of Louisiana; T. Reeves, of Mississippi; R; A. .'I'irrow. of North Carolina; J. H. C AllK-rn. of South Carolina; J. D. 1-a.wrtt.e. of Tennessee; W. A. Scott, ('f Virginia, and James W. Lee, of Alabama. A number of these persons "if officers or members of th adviso ry board of the Southern Wholesale 'rorers' Association. . In addition to the decree of dissolu tion the court !s asked perpetually to ''"train the defendants from doing art in pursuance of or for the l'ui ose of carrying out such combl- nation and conspiracy., complained of, Action at Birmingham. fi'iningham, Ala.. June 15. A pet!- ''of lor an injunction against the nthern Wholesale Grocers Associa tion was filed here this afternon by Day of Assembly Was Div ided Between Business and Pleasure, PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS Address by Prof. R. H. Wright Prot. Seagle Discussed Play Grounds. Interesting Papers by Sev eral Teachers. (Special Star Telegram.) Asheville, N. C, June 15. The 600 members of the North Carolina Teach ers' Assembly had a busy day, divided between business and pleasure, the lat ter including a trolley ride about the city. The feature of tonight's session was tne annual address of President D. H. Hill, of the Assembly, who spoke upon "After the Ferment, What?" It was a thoughtful address In which the speaker outlined some of the prop ositions before the teachers, who, he said, were not united upon any definite line. Some wanted Greek and Latin introduced, some agricultural methods introduced in the schools, etc. He be lieved the girl who is teaching to buy wedding garments wouht give place to the possibly less attractive but more efficient spinsterhood. He be lieved the ferment would result in better teachers, more refined of voice, manners and mind. Miss Jessie Field, of Page county, Iowa, addressed the association on rschool work in that county. v. W. J. Spillman, of the Department of Agriculture, who was hilled -fy 'speak, failed to appear and his place was very acceptably filled by Presi dent R. H. Wright, of the Eastern Training School, who spoke upon "The Trained Teacher." ' One of the incidents of the day came during the' session of the de partment of superintendents When Dr. Frank M. McMurry, of Columbia Uni versity, "amplified upon his address' or last night in . which he advocated a broad utilitarianism in the curriculum of the schools. He would eliminate from the text bboks impracticable problems and things which could not be connected with the life of today. Some of the teachers misunderstood his position, believing him to want to reduce education to a mere matter of dollars and cents, , but Supt. J. Y. Joy ner happily came'; to the rescue witht an explanation that the proposed inno vations and eliminations were only such as would take out the useless; not a conversion of education into commercialism. Prof. P. E. Seagle, of the Wilmlng. ton High School, discussed play grounds as a factor in the development of the esprit de corps of the student body, In the session of principals. In the department of secondary educa tion F. P. Hobgood, of Oxford, speak ing on adaptation of the course in the high school to the needs of the pupil going to college, would eliminate Lat in, while John Graham, of the Warren- ton High School, advocated for boys going out into life from the high school, that Latin be retained for gem eral culture. In the department of ele mentary education the topic was child study in relation to a course of study. Papers were read by Miss Lela Young, of Durham, and one written by Miss Lewis Dull, of Winston, was read by Mrs. Hollowell. AT RICHMOND COLLEGE. Commencement, Exercises Davie Sta tue in Hall of Fame. Richmond, Va., June 15. Richmond College today conferred the degree of doctor of divinity on Rev. J. E. Hicks, of Danville, Va,; Rev. George S. Ken nard, of Ashland, Ky., and Rev. Ry land Knight, of this city. The commencement day orator at the college was the Rev. Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta. Ga.- In the course of his address he held that a statue of Jefferson Davis should stand in the National Hall of Fame at Washington. "As Lee's statue is yonder in the Na tional Capitol," he said, "so by all the stars of the South that of Jefferson Davis should be there." San Francisco, June ll Following instructions in regard to 'the Jeffries Johnson fight Governor Gillett today telegraphed , to 'Attorney General Webb to take legal steps to stop the D-round, fight between Al. Kaufman and Sam Langfortf. scheduled to take place here June 18th. Assistant District Attorney J. H. Mont gomery pursuant to instructions from the Department of Justice in Washing ton. - 'The petition charges that the South ern Wholesale Grocers' Association is ah illeeitimate combination In re straint of trade and the government prays that the association be dissolv ed and permanently enjoined from car rying out its practices in the United StSitGS The amplication' by the United States for a permanent Injunction fol lowed an injunction made in tnis city by a local morning newspaper after which Hinton Clabaugh, a grocer, niea suit against the Wholesale Grocers Association, for $30,000. He secured ludement for $10,000. After this Mr .Clabaugh was called to Washington and appeared before A Congressional committee. The petition for injunc tion followed. WANT TO LAND PANAMA SHOW California State Authorities Heeded Warning of Congressmen Bcnnct. Jeffries Appeared Crestfallen When Informed. San Francisco, June 15. Stirred to action by insistent protests from all parts of the State and country, Gover nor James N. Gillctt, today took steps to prevent the championship fight be tween James J.'Jeffries and Jack John son, scheduled to be held in San Fran cisco on July 4th. In a letter to Attorney General Webb, tne Governor today expressed his disapproval of prize fighting in un measured terms and directed that the aid of tho courts be invoked to prevent the match. He concluded with a posi tive order that, in case the plea for a restraining" order be not granted and the fight be held, the Attorney General proceed to gather evidence and prose cute the principals and those interest ed in the fight for violation of the penal code of the' State. The Governor declares that the Su preme Court of California has never defined a prize fight and suggests that an dpportunity be given it to do so. This is taken by those interested to in dicate the Governor's intention to press his opposition to the end. While the status of the fight is in an unset tled condition tonignt, the sporting fra ternity is much cast down and it is generally believed that the death knell of prize fighting in California, the 'mecca of prize fighters," according to the Governor's letter, has been sound ed. The belief is borne out by the fact that the Governor telegraphed to At torney General Webb later in the day to take similar action as to the fight scheduled for June 18th in San Fran cisco between Sam Langford and Al Kaufman:-? -- : Promoters Tex Rickard and John Gleason said that they had heard no whisper of the Governor's intended ac tion. When the news reached him, Rickard rushed to the office of Attor ney General Webb and asked what that officer purposed to do. After a confer ence with Webb, Rickard said he be- ieved that the fight would be held in San Francisco on the advertised date, despite the Governor's orders. Rickard has no intention of aban doning the effort to hold the" fight here. Both -he and Gleason devoted much time. today to conference with their at torney Herbert Choynski. Tne course of legal defense decided on probably will not be given out until Mr. Webb has made a statement. Rickard said Webb had promised him, because of the great expense of erecting the arena and other matters connected with the fight, that his opin ion would be forthcoming without de lay. Rickard expects it within two day. In the meantime Rickard says he would prepare to take the fight to Nevada or Utah if compelled to leave California. Just what will be the nature of the legal proceedings to be instituted by the Attorney General is not known. The Governor's letter is positive in di recting that the courts be asked to in tervene and urging a definition of prize fighting by the Supreme Court. For this reason it is believed that Mr. Webb will apply for a writ of manda mus before the State s highest tribu nal thus bringing all parties before that body for a hearing and procuring a temporary injunction, pending a de cision. By this step he woald avoid delay, since the promoters would have appeal If judgment were rendered against them. When word of the Governor s order reached Ben Lomond Jim Jeffries re- fusea to believe it. The camp was (Continued on Page Eight.) OUTLINES. Three officials of the United Wire less Cdmpany were- arrested in New York yesterday when the offices were raided by postofflce inspectors. It is alleged that the company has defraud ed its stockholders. Governor Gil lett, of California, yesterday instruct ed Attorney General Webb to take legal steps to prevent the champion ship fight between Jeffries, and John son Action was brought by the gov ernment-yesterday under the Sherman anu-iruai law agaiusL iuc cuuiueni . i i . J 1 1 & aUm. .O ll Wholesale Grocers' Association, charg ing it to be a combination in restraint of trade According to plans made by Senate leaders yesterday Congress is expected to adjourn one week next Saturday Another big rules figii in the House of Representatives i3 brewing rapidly All factions in the House are considering the proposition rNews York markets: Money oil call steady 2 3-4 to 3 per cent, ruling fate and closing bid 2 3-4, offered at 2 7-8; spot cotton closed quiet, five nomts lower, middling uplands 15.25 middling gulf 15.50; flour barely steady with a moderate local trade; wheat steady, No. 2 red 1.03 nominal No, 1 northern 1.10 5-8 nominal f. o. b.: to arrive; corn spot "steady. No. 2 67 nominal," spot elevator domestic basis, No. 2, 66 1-2 nominal elevator domestic basis -to arrive; oats steady mixed nominal, rosin firm, turpentine steady- . , , v T i iii- - V ' " t. - ,. ' New York, Juna 15. Two, of th are Gifl'ord Pinchot nd James R. Garfield. The return of. Col. Roosevelt means much- to these two men, for they were original members of his ten- nis- cabinet, and thejf expect the Colonel their fight on. Secret; ry BaFiinger. W two men they hrd tf?en holding a whispered .conversation for some time. Both men certainly keem pleased. Apportion of their conversation referred to: "Well, June 18 if a big day." ' GRAND LODGE m PYTHIANS Officers Elected and$4,300 Raised by Popular Subscription for Or phanage Use 4f Symbols. Ceremonial cs6ion. I (Special Star telegram.) Charlotte, N. C, Jue 15. Following busy morning session, when the new otneers were eiecteu lor tne ensu ing year by the Nort Carolina Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the after noon session of the fcdge engaged in an exhaustive discussion of the use of the Pythian namef and symbols by colored lodges, calling themselves Py thians, and it was dticided unanimous- y that a memorial and dverture should be prepared and forwarded to the Su preme Grand Lode? -flfalnsttthe pracj tice of theoldrc'dafgriizatlons: ' The handsome Pythian orphanage, how being completed at Clayton, was the topic of a considerable part of the afternoon's deliberations. An impor tant step was taken when it was sug gested that subscriptions be taken for the orphanage, and the sum of $4,300 was quickly promised by individual Pythians. The lodge also reverted to the subject of suspensions of members in the subordinate lodges and set to morrow morning for a complete inves tigation of the matter and for formal action thereon. The terms of the new trustees of the orphanage, Geo. L. Hackney, of Asheville, and J. D. Pridgen, of Dur ham, were fixed at five and lour years, respectively. Tonight the D. O. K. K., are in com mand of the situation, the ceremonial session beginning at 8 o'clock sharp with Grand Vizier Chas. A. Bland, of Charlotte, officiating. A big class of wanderers of the desert have been scheduled for admission Into Suez Temple amid the encouragements and Godspeeds of those who have already passed into the sacred portals. Officers elected this morning are: Grand Chancellor, E. A. McCausland, Charlotte; Vice Grand Chancellor, C: C. McLean, Greensboro; Grand Pre late, Rev. W. B. Duttera, Salisbury; Grand Keeper of Records and Seals, W. T. Hollowell, Goldsboro; Grand Master Exchequer, J. C. Mills, Ruther fordton; Grand Master at Arms, C. H. Beine, Raleigh; Grand Inner Guard, H. T. Powell, Henderson; Grand Out er Guard, S. A. Robinson, Gastonia; Supreme Representative, T. H. Webb, Durham; Orphanage Trustees, Geo. L. Hackney, Asheville, and J. D. Prid gen, Durham. Having passed the ten thousand mark in membership the Grand Lodge is entitled to a third Supreme Repre sentative to the. Supreme Grand Lodge and Past Grand Chancellor Thomas H. Webb, of Duke, was elected to the office. The lodge today heard an important address on the insurance feature by Union L. Hunt, of Indianapolis, and transacted other important business. SENATE PASSES LAND BILL. Amended to Provide $30,000,000 for Ir rigation Projects., Washington. June 15. The public land withdrawal bill was passed to day by the Senate after a debate upon that measure which covered the entire session. Just before adjourn ment the .Statehood bill was laid be fore the Senate as the unfinished bus iness, thus insuring its consideration and probably its passage during the present session. . The land bill was so amencted as to provide for the issuance of $30,000, 000 worth of certificates of indebted ness with which to complete Irriga tion projects already in course of construction. - The bill providing for a new civil government for Porto Rico was pass ed by the House today. This measure is nlanned to take the place of the Foraker Act under which the island Is now governed. It provides for a more representative government than is administered under the present law Both Houses will be In session tomor irow. happiest men in the United States to join them in an effort to vindicate hen this snapshot was 'taken of the CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON Plans Announced by Senate Leaders After Careful Canvass of Both Branches Closing Sessions on Juno 25th. Washington, June 15. Congress is expected to " adjourn one week from next Saturday, or on June 25th, ac cording to plans made public by Sen ate leaders today, after consultations with House leaders, a careful canvass t)f both branches, and a revision of the Senate's legislative programme. The plans perfected today are as follows: The Statehood bill was made the "unfinished business" "immediately upon the passage of the land with drawal bill today. The conference report on the rail road bill is to be called up tomorrow, "however, and 'pending- disposition of Jt the Statehood bill temporarily will be laid aside. , Postal Savings Bank legislation was forced aside by the new order but the agreement provides for its considera tion following Statehood. In connection with the consideration of the railroad bill conference report it is expected that several brief speech es will be made during which Western Senators will discuss the long and short haul provision. Senator New- lands, the minority member of the con' ference committee, will oppose the adoption of the report. The arrangement, of informal under standing, that the Senate would con cur in the House amendments to the postal bank bill, was contingent upon the adoption of the Statehood bill This means, however, that the Senate measure for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona is to be substi tuted for the bill which passed the House. The two measures are strik ifikly different and it was stated that it might require considerable pressure from the White House to reconcile the differences, but that President Taft was convinced That the task was not impossible. The action of the Senate in adopting the bill for the Issuance of certificates of indebtedness to furnish money to complete reclamation projects as an amendment to the land withdrawal "bill, caused Western Senators to ex press fear that 'it might encounter otr stacles in conferences. This fear was based upon statements that the House was opposed to the reclamation meas ure. ANDERSON WOMAN SUICIDES Deranged as Result of Pellagra She Killed self. Anrtersnn. S. C. .Tun 15. Becomfne deranged as the result of an attack of nellaera. Mrs. J. E. Pilerim today ended her life by drinking laudanum and afterwards jumping into a pond Recently Mrs. Pilgrim asked her hus band where the pond was deepest. He informed hePvand when she was miss pd dnrine the moraine, the nond was dragged and her body was found at the spot indicated. An empty lauda num bottle was found on the bank near-by. Remember tomorrow Gaylord sells ladies' $5 coat suits for $2.69. SiwlS 1 1 wtI X Ml A A A A p1 A A m A A A AN APPEAL. Editor Star: It has become necessary to appeal to our churches and individuals to give money, to the treasury of the Associated Charities. This comes mainly - from two causes: 1. "Tag Day" was not used for good reasons. 2. Most of our churches have given little or less than in former years. . Only one church has given liberally. Please ask our good people to give money to our treasury and we will continue to use it with scrupulous care and economy. ; ; Yours for the work, . " , t t 4 t A. D. McCLURE, Pres. : l.H"l4il"lia'i"Illl"I,"lI"Iv!;ll":"M" Offices Raided and Officials t Arrested in New York Yesterday. STOCK WAS MANIPULATED Charged That Many Have Been De frauded of Their Savings Through Misrepresentations One Offic- . er Made $5,000,000 Details. New York, June 15. United State3 postofflce Inspectors raided the hand some Broadway . offlces of the United WSreless Telegraph Company today and caused the arrest of Christopher C. Wilson, president of the company; Samuel . Bogart, first vice president, and William M. Tompkins, president of i the-. New York Selling Agency, which officers of the Wireless compa ny say was formerly their financial agent, but has ceased to represent them. . . Chief Inspector Mayer subsequently gave out a formal statement in which he charges that although the com pany has been running at a loss, the price of its shares has been advanced by manipulation to fictitious values and that individual officers of the com pany haye sold out their stock to the general public at a profit estimated in one instance at 'between five and ten millions, with other instances in proportion. ' Wilson was released in $25,000 bail and Bogart in $10,000 bail for appear ance on July 12th when a further hearing will be held before a Federal commissioner. Tompkins was arrested at his farm near Mahopac Falls, N. Y.. and brought here for arraignment. H could not find the $10,000 bail requir ed and spent the night in the tombs. The complaint on which the war rants were issued is drawn under the Federal criminal code, on information of Carter B. K6ene, ' postofflce- in Bpector, who deposes that the grounds Of his belief are official investigations made by : him, information obtained by him from the books of the said United Wireless Telegraph Company and the inspection of letters and en velopes sent-by the postofflce estab lishment of the United States through the United States mails. The specific instance of alleged fraudulent use of the mails is given as the mailing of a letter on March 3rd, 110 to Michael O'Brien, of Water bury. Conn. "There are 28,000 shareholders of the company throughout the country. said Inspector Mayer in his statement, "many of whom have placed their sav ings in the stooki of them company through false representations made by its officers. 4'The real assets of the company. consisting of land stations, patents, manufacturing plants and real estate of all kinds, appear to be worth at a conservative estimate $400,000. or an actual worth of two cents a share at par value." Two million shares have been Is sued at a par value of $10 a share, but the stock has recently been put up to $50 a share. Thus, argues the Inspector in his statement, "by taking the last amount quoted ($400,000 of actual assets) at $50 a share, the stock is really worth as $400,000 is to $1,000,000,000 or $.0004 a share." The inspector says the company was originally incorporated under the laws of Maine in 1904 as the Amalgamated Wireless Securities Company and that it had merely a legal existence until it changed its name in 1906 to its present title and took over the as sets and business of the defunct American DeForest Wireless Tele graph Company which was then run ning at a loss and in default in in terest on its bonds exchanging there for its own securities on a ten for one basis. At this time, says the statement, "when officers of the DeForest com pany were secretly conniving to aban don it and leave the stockholders a mass of worthless securities its stocv had been forced to an alleged value of $12.50 a share or $2.50 above par. Is the statement issued to the stock holders, (of the United) there appear as assets stocks and bonds in other companies, $14,148,610. This refers to the defunct American DeForest Wire-' less stock. Yet to those per sons who ask for exchange of DeFor est for United Wireless the answer is sent out that the DeForest is ab solutely worthless. Another item in the statement sent out to stockholders was patents and patent rights $5,520,233. The affairs of the company were recently audited by a firm of licensed acountants who placed the book value of all patents at $20,233. The officers of the company have sold to the public thousands of shares, Maiming all the while that they were holding their own shares and putting the money received from the public into the plants of the company. One of - the officers is believed to have cleaned up $5,000,000 at $10 a share and possibly $10,000,000 at the rang ing prices of $10 and $50. The other officers of lesser degree have profited in proportion." A statement given out by C C. Gal brailth, general manager of the Unit ed, says that the "action of, the Fed eral authorities will In no way affect the commercial business of the com- Factions Preparing For Warm Time in House of Rep resentatives. RESOLUTIONS ARE OFFERED End Sought is to Prevent Legislation From Being Smothered in Com mittee" Another Fight Against Speaker Cannon Expected. Washington, June 15. The next big Tules fight in the House of Repre sentatives la brewing rapidly. All par ties and all factions of parties were occupied today with consideration of . the proposition. The leaders of both Republican and Democratic parties as well as the "insurgents" were en grossed with it The question has resolved itself to what the House shall do to provide means by which a member may recall a bill or resolution from a standing committee, after that committee has failed to report. In short the end sought is how to prevent legislation from being "smothered in committee" The difficulty of providing such a scheme and at the same time not make it a vehicle for filibustering by a hosflle minority has heretofore deter red action. It Is the general opinion now, however, the present session will see some such rule adopted by the House. Two proposed rules on the subject were offered in the House today one by Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, leader of the minority, which represents the composite Democratic Idea on the subject, and another by Representative Madison, (Republican) of Kansas, one of the leaders of the "insurgent" Republicans. Both attempt to deal with one condition," but in somewhat dissimilar i parliamentary ' manner. The Clark resolution was the product of a conference in the minor ity leaders room, lasting most of the afternoon, which was- participated in by all of the Democratic members of the Rules Committee and Represent- tlve Sherly, of Kentucky. The latter , is the author of a similar resolution which he presented some weeks ago. The Clark resolution is largely found ed on the Sherley resolution. Thq Madison resolution is designed to se cure "insurgent" support Both the Clark-and Madison reso lutions were referred today to the , Rules Committee. This committee will meet tomorrow. Representative Sher ley will appear before Jt and other rule proponents also will address the committee. The insurgents held a meeting to- . day on the question of the rules and the general subject of "insurgency" ' but accomplished nothing, and the meeting adjourned until 2 o'clock to morrow. It is expected that thi con ference will consider the question again attempting the deposition of Speaker Cannon from the chair. " The question of rules "reform" may not reach the floor of the House be fore next week, but the movement . is gathering volume rapidly. New Orleans, June 15. All pros pects of a revival of horse racing In Louisiana were dispelled this after noon when members of Merchants Racing Committee of New Orleans an nounced that they had abandoned their fight for legislation favorable to their cause at this session of the Louisiana Assembly. pany." Arthur M. King, counsel of the Unit ed, said tonight that for several months the Postofflce Department had been harrassing the company here and elsewhere. He attributed the present prosecution to the discontent of cer tain stockholders who might havo been unfairly treated by other stock holders. These latter stockholders had; however, no connection, he said, with the management of the company. He disowned responsibility for . advertise ments of stock which he said had been put out by the New York selling . agency, now defunct, over the protest of the United management. "The charge," continued Mr. King, "is under the general statute regard ing the use of the malls to defraud. The real significance of it lies In the allegation that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bogart rsold stock which they held and made money by it Why shouldn't they? The stock was theirs and they had bought it. Some of It they took for arrears In salary. A short time ago they voluntarily returned to tha company 400,000 .shares of their stock with a par value of $4,000,000. "The complaints say that the com pany wouldn't transfer to their name stock which was bought by them. As . a matter of fact this stock was soil by certain stockholders who had ob tained it in wat we regard as an Illegal manner. The stock was riever paid for and for that reason the com pany refused to transfer it." Christopher Columbus Wilson, pres ident of the United, Is a financier of the self-made school. He was born in Mississippi in 1845 of Irish descent and never had more than three months of schooljng. He became suc cessively a cotton farmer, a banker in Denver, a miner and finally a pro moter of wireless securities. He lives at the Warldorf-Astoria when in New York. ' . . . 1,1 ...' ?! V.'l fi;P! mi , t.. 'JV Ni'T.Y m mi V-J.,H; , hi, 7 ' '. ' "7 17 ' 77.3P ' :' ' "'4 7 :: -VS. :t: 41 r;; 7!