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. . i v r" -. v- THE THE LITTLE ADS. Clearing Tuesday; Wednesday 1." . WEATHERA. , K I nL A few lines of type will tell It, sell It, let It, or get it. Twenty-five words or less one time, 25c. . - Discount for week or. longer. . ., , erally fair; winds. light to moderate variabi. YOL. IiXXXVn-TO. 148. MARCH-14; 1911." WHOLE NUMBER 13,555. - " - K - : V:- ;-':' C'.:-'- v.'Xt'"' '. ' l ' r - .. .. , . TinteSii Mexican Officials 'Get Reas suring Messages From the United States GOVERNMENTS PlItL TOGETHER - Reason for American Battleships Catt ing at Mexican Ports Is Explain, ed Troops Remain on ' the Border, New York, March 13. The Mexican ambassador here and. the . Mexican minister of France-, received (assuran ces from Washington tonight which convinced them that there is sincere co-operation between the adipinistra tion of President Taft and; that of President Diaz. H is. professed that all tension has been slackened and while American troops remain in force on the Mexican' border, it is ad mitted that some tension, will .contin ui?, but the edge of apprehension was annreciably blunted tonight by two capital pieces ot news. First in importance was a long tel- egram to Ambassador De LaBarra from the State Department at Wash ington announcing, that the United States warships assigned to patrol du-- ty on the Pacific ,and Gulf coasts;, o Mexico had been ordred to call " at Mexican ports only for coal and then to withdraw promptly Tnis action is deeply reassuring to Senor Limantour. In a recent inter view he said that he could only con sider the presence of American men- of-war in Mexican waters so fardis tant from their base at Galveston was part of an unnecessary effort to im press on Mexico the power of the United States. ' His personal protest was promptly followed by official rep resentatlons and tonight he expressed himself as "very much gratified 5 that the request of nis governmfit . nad teen so promptly granted." . . Ambas sador -DeIABajra,,;atided7that.thJe' ac Uoiv "was" highly satisfactory to his government, and that perfect under standing exists. between the'twd. gov ernments regarding the matter ." n The second development was s the . publication here of an authorized ; in teniew with Jacob M. Dickinson, rlie Secretary of War, in which he denied that his government contemplated in tervention or that orders had been is sued to mobilize a second army corps on the frontier. A rumor to that'ef-' feet originating , in Galveston had grown during the day, but Gen.' Leon ard Wood, in Washington, added his denials to tno'se of Secretary Dickin son. Of all the important financial visit ors to Senor LimanJtQur not one has yet had a single word to say. Weight is therefore to be attached to a state ment issued tonight from the offices, of the Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., fi nancial agents here for the Mexican government and associated in the flo tation of the National Railways of Mexico, to their foreign correspon dents. ' . ' "After a most careful investigation." runs the statement in part, "we can say on best authority that the Mexi can government feels absolutely safe to handle the internal disturbance1! t and that steps are being taken not only to dispose of this situation, but that intention exists to carry through certain administrative reforms, which should mean much for restoring politi cally satisfactory conditions in the in terior." s Senor Limantour made a positive denial today of the reports that he had been conferring with the Maderos and their associates here with the view of bringing about a cessation of hostili ties. ,,v. "There can be no negotiations with insurrectionists or consideration of their al!3ged grievances except that they first lay down their arms." lie added, "Therefore. I can only emphat ically deny that there have been such "auauons m iNew ions, in oeuau my government in which I, or any oth - - " in eseniaiive -nas laKen pari., as i ; have previously stated also, if the 1 insurrectionists were to surrender ab-1 oiutoly my government would then undertake to study the broad ques- tioiis involved in the alleeed erievirn- of the insurrectionists.", Approve Drastic Measure. Mexico City, Mexico, March 13, Mexicfys proposed war measure, the "iU to suspend certain conceded per sonal rightsi under specified ' circum Ktaiires, was approved today by the I" niianent commission of Congress in form as drafted by the Depart mi'nt of the Interior. Apparent ly taking it for granted pi the biil would become-a law; the Oopartment-has already. made its Mans for co-operation. The guards i'loi highways aYid railways will be doubled, according to Gen. Manuel Co Si". Minister of War. , . - The bill was presented at today's KfKsion of the permanent commission HifMiilHTs of deputies and the sen-"c- to which it had been 'referred. 1 ()inmitteeaian Ricardo Guzman, , in Pir-sonting tne report of. the sub-com-niittfe, said that the commissioners ;rM'n full accord with the executive tm grounas that tne revolution in "ihuuhua was in reality nothing "re than a persistent attack. on the -ecunty of persons and property and especially on the line of .communica-J10"- The situation, he said, called or a speedy and '.energetic 'campaign or suppression.-; - ' :.: .. -' . IAVAL MATTER 111 PABUAHEHT Strength of 'British Navy Governed ' by That of Germany Foreign -Secretary ' Pari ses Arbitra tion Speech of Taft. London, March 13. Reginald Mc- Kenna, first lord of the admiralty,-in the, House of Common tonight, defend ed his estimates against attacks from certain quarters and explained that" in 1314 Great Britain would have 30 and Germany 21 dreadnoughts not, "he said an, unreasonable - margin. The size of the Bri1sh navy, te added, practically was governed by that, of Germany, and unless some change, oc curred in the German naval law, this year would be the high water mark in the British estimates. 'Sir Edward Grey, " foreign , secretary, affirming Mr. McKenna statements, emphasized the difficulties to "be en countered m tne uisarmament ques tion and pointed out that it was the most civilized nations that spent the most on armaments, asserting that unless the mischief wasbrought home to men's feelings'as well as to their minds, the growth of armaments must in the lone run break civilization down. Secretary Grey said the rival- ry would not be stopfled by any single nation droDDine out of the race. Al- though Great Britain had a strong navy, her army was small and an 1 agreement with Germany needed care ful handling. He was hopeful, howev er, that something might be done. Any real limitation of armaments, he declared, must depend on nations learning, like individuals to resort to Wilson, President Taft received dis law instead of force of arms. He re- patches from Gen. Leonard Wood, ferred to- President Taft's arbitration chief of staff of the army, stating that speech as both courageous and preg- tne mobilization of troops in Texas is nant with consequences and said: practically 'complete. -Such a statement ought not to go Tne patrolling of the Mexican bor without response We should be de- der, it is said undoubtedly will be ac lighted to have such a proposal made complished' largely through a series to ns. We should feel that it was of practice marches or "hikes" as'they something so momentous and so far are known to the army.' This will en ttaching in its possible consequences able the War Department to carry out that it would require not only the sig- lta programme of useful training to the nature of both government, but the officers and men as part of the work deliberate and decided sanction . or Parliament, be given." That, I believe, would INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. Discussed by W J- Bryan vauid: . Rollo f Ogden, -In Philadefphra. Philadelphia; ' March '13. Wniiam Jennings Bryan and Rollo Ogden,' edi tor of the Wew York Evening Post, dis- cussed- The Innuense of the Modern! Newspaper" here tonight, at a meeting of the Contemporary Club. ' Mr. Bryan declared that the modern nwsraner has lost much nresMerA and I inflnpnp Amone the pauses for thial loss of Influence, he said, was the devo- tion of too much space to crime and domestic infelicity. Because the pub- lie seemed to demand news of this de- . , , (it scription, he said, was no reason that It should be used. A journalist should nor sell things that are not good for me puuiic 10 reaa. . Anotner evji, xnr. jsryan aeciarea, is the discussion of public questions from a sensational standpoint. For example, he decried the maniler in which the present movement of troops is being described in some newspapers. Such discussion is apt, he said, to endanger a situation which might easily cause an international controversy. Editorials which do not exDress the onfntnn of the writers, but are ordered hv tho hnsinPRo offices of the naners Br another m-Mt evil, declared Mr. T),v,n aoM 1 ho (rrtoct men. . w - - rtii. by . interests that are practicing' grand larceny on the people. Many of our great newspapers are owned by inter ests which have their hands in the pockets of the people and use the pa pers to chloroform the readers. Mr, Bryan advocate.d the. passage of a law which would compel newspapers to publish not only the, names of thejr nominal owners, but also the holders of morteaeres upon tne properties. Mr; Ogden, wno nad opened tne dis- - . . mission, said, when Mr. Brvan had concluded: "Mr. ; Bryan haa spoken Bnma rroot tmtha hut if it carf ho . said politicians that they deserve' noxJj; ? m.m fu;AV.non.r( thov Hosorvo " --w , ... LAW ABOUT TELEGRAPHERS. Decision ' Reoarding the Federal , "Holise of Service Laws." Washington, jMarch .13. Railroads which employ telegraph operators for six hours and then, after an interval, for "three niorja, comply with the Fed eral "hours of service law "of 1907. Such ( was the: decision today of the Works Gastonia, to engage In gener Rurireme Court-of the United" States I al foundry work, capital ' S100.000, despite the clalrft of the government that tha rtina hours must be : consecu- rive., V.;-'- - " The ouestion of . the meaning of the 1 . 1 '.11 1 Jaw arose in-a proceeumg DeguBt oy tho. TPfiorni Government -aeainst 1 the Atchison. Topeka. & , Sante- Fe Rail - road Co., to recover a penalty ,ror an alleged violaUon..- A telegraph, operator at Corwitbr, ill., iust toutslde of Chicago.' remained nn duty from 6:36 A. 1 M. until . nooh daily. ' He then laid off work until 3 p t when ha rosnrtied dutv to aulti for the dav at fi:30 P. M The govern- mpnt claims that this was a violation tv,. i Aaaia-naA in amifl railroad accidents due to fatiete on the part of th. mtiioves' The .railway: com - pany contended - that -the law intend- ed merely that,' the strain incident to pontlniions work honld be relieved by intermission and did not require . the fire . to the house; of another' negro wo PtYiniovment of more operators than man, is the gist of. a' message received were ' needed to 'cafry on the ' work TAFT AT AUGUSTA 4 : Acting Secretary , of State ' Holds ConferenceWith . the President ' TROOPS NOV) ON THE BORDER Delighted With Action . of Supreme ' 'Court in Upholding Corporation Tax Sees Two New York Publishers. Augusta, Ga., March 13. Hunting ton Wilson, acting Secretary of State, slipped unexpectedly into Augusta to day and had an hour's conference with President Taft. He brought a heavy Portfolio of official papers with him Mr. WHson returned to Wasnmgton tonignt. on nis way to Augusta Mr. Wilson stopped over at Aiken, S. C, where Mrs. Wilson, who accompanied him from Washington, will spend a week or two. it was later stated omciauy 'that the acting secretary's trip to the South at this time was due entirely to his wish to accompany Mrs. Wilson to Aiken. Coincident with the arrival of Mr. Ul uiaiuiamiug iu ucuuamjf raws. It can be stated positively that there is at present no intention 'of ' in creasing the number of troops now in Texas. It "is believed that a sufficient force is now on the ground for patrol work for-any immediate emergency thaflmlght arise, v s. -f a - W " Acting Secretary Wilson's visit to the President offered an opportunity for an official denial of a report re- cently sent out from Washington that there had been friction between Pres ident- Taft and the Department of State officials, including Secretary Knox, regarding the handling of the Mexican situation. " President Taft was delighted be ynd measure today when informed of the decision of the United States Su- wul , U"U"1UU,8 lu ;uullV" n . 1 1 j: x i 1 : j : e Lr tTltu,l I insistence put this law on the statute . . Hll,,- tho lnnw tar!ff firh tho P.v,o.lMri,h wr th PresIdent insisted that such a tax would b hia to be constitutional des- nlte tne fact that many senators and others who onDosed it expressed the belief that it would not stand a test before the- highest tribunal . in the land. The bitterness with which the tax was fought was reflected in the state- 1 ment of a Chicago banker, now stop-. ping in Augusta that his institution alone put up 510,000 to test tne vaiidl ty of the law. now seems pracucauy assuiea that President Taft, while in Augusta, I . .111 C 1UA I Will SCI On eituer UUB Ul IUB raaca of the two convicted. bankers, Charles The President has not looked at the papers. To act upon them as he usually .acts upon pardon cases would require several days of office or library work. The President came to Augusta for rest and is anxious to spend as much of his time as possible out of doors. Mr. Taft today talked over the sub- ject of magazine postage with Albert I Shaw : and W. B. Holland, two New xorK puonsners I . 1 4. a 1 ii n ' roaay tne f resiaeni maae me as holes of tne uountry uiud uou course in 197 as against 101 on Saturday last and Is much pleated-with the improve- ment his gam has-shown. " gusta arsenal and was received with a salute of 21 guns. CHARTERS ISSUED. Number of New Business Enterprises Are Authorized by State. , (Special Star Correspondence.) . Raleigh, North Carolina March 13 The Secretary of State granted charters . today to the Gaston - Iron paid in $l,000,-by B. Frank Morris, W L.' Smith anil H. O. Childress, of Gastohlai; F. D. Barkley Company, of Gastona, wholesale : grocery, . apthor .'j . ,oc aaai n'4 i ti.9 nnn ,ku,vu&i u,vvy, yom m. f,v, r by F. r,U.', Barkley, H. Mr Bdshamer land J.H, Separk; Guilfofd TelephonaJ company,-, uuiirora manege, auuionz ed 'capital $6,000, paid in $240 by D. W, LfndleyXee S. Smith and J. G. Fraz- ier: Wilson Ice . and Fuel Company Wilson capital, .stock $125,000, paid irf $15,000. by T. M. Washington, W. J. Boykin ahd George D. Green: Deal Palmer Company, to do general Jum- ber business at Weldon, capital $50,- I 000.--naid in $7,100 by W. B'. Deal, of Emporia, Va. ; F. L. Palmer, Weldon Land W. G. Hall, of Emporia, .Va. .' Beulah McCoy,, a negro woman, has been bound over to the Superior Court at Concord. on the charge of. setting today by State Insurance Commission- CArJipHpOM TRIAL Court Martial in Connection With the Sinking, of Monitor -Puritan in Hampton. Roads Rear -Admiral, on Stand. Norfolk, Va., Marels 13. Rear Ad miral W. A. Marshall, commanding the Norfolk navy yard,' today took the stand as the most important witness up to thitime;'-be'fore"the court mar tial, which is trying Capt. Austin M. Knight, inv connection 'with the sink ing of the monitor Puritan here last Fall, following ; explosive tests to wliich . the vessel was subjected under the direction of Cap t. Knight. There have bepp. wide' variance between Ad miral Marshall 'and Capt. Knight as to the 'responsibility for the sinking of the Puritan. ' : Admiral, Marshall testified that he considrared Ordinance from Washing ton to be m full charge. of the monitor Puritan and Ca-lKnight to be indi rect charge.rgie time he boarded the Puritan djSbfpceeded with her" in tow to the -anenWage,.' where the"ex perimental tests which; resulted in her' sinking were subsequently conducted. Admiral ' Marshall J said that Capt; Knight first wanted the tests to occur at the south- dock at . the navy yard. but he vetoed this 'because he consid ered it -dangerous to - discharge high explosives, close to the navy yard buildings.' Admiral Marshall said the departmental order tohave a dock in readiness for the docking of the Puri tan after tne tests was complied, witn and . though there were two tugs and a coal Darge in tne - qotk wmcn naa been designated, he . regarded that these could be removed in two hours' time and as it required three hours to tow the . Puritan from the yard to Hampton Roads anchorage he esti mated it would require, at least this muchtime to tow hepback. . Major Leonard, conducting, the' defense of Capt. Knight; sought xix snow that Ad miral Marshall .and not Capt. Knight was In charge of the Puritan. Ad mi ral .Marshall said that Constructor Gil- morf reported to him that Chief Con structor Watt regarded-it as a risky thing to attempt to bring the Puritan to the navy yard and that no applica tion was made to him in the matter. The court martial has- developed from the view ioint.f -lhdefense that Capt. .Knight:ir.trVied.nit TiTor ders, discharged the 200-pound case of nitro-glycerine and after his work was done retired to the monitor Tallahas see. The fact that the Puritan" float ed 20 hours after Capt. Knight's work was done is the ground, upon which the defense believes the court may find it necessary to fasten responsi bility elsewhere. STATE MILITIA. OFFICERS. Anxious to Accept War Department's Invitation to Go to "Front." Washington, March 13. The enthu Miasm oi tne officers of the- miiitit ot the various States and territories ov er tlie Opportunity off-ered them t;y the War Department for field exper ience in the. present miiitaiy opera tions in tne Soutnern borders con- tii;i!fes unabated. General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, has received a total of 1,950 acceptances Major General Carter, commanding the troops at San Antonio, has been asked by the War Department to pre pare a programme indicating the num ber of militia officers he can accom modal e at one time. When this ivre ceived the Department will arrange a schedule with a view to granting' it possible, tic id instruction x to. all tne officers of the militia, who have ac cepted the Department's invitation According to the present plan about 200 militia officers will be sent south ward at one time and the period of instruction will be about two weeks each. ' MAY, FLOAT BIG STEAMER. Succeeded in Moving the Manchuria 100 Feet Yesterday. . Norfolk, Va., March 13. Wreckers now at work on the stranded British steamship Manchuria succeeded to day ih moving her about . 100 feet They are still , discharging her cargo With the hope -of. floating her when 1,500 or 2,000 tons of her cargo of coal shall have been discharged. The work of discharging this at sea is ne cessarily slow, . OUTLINES. The corporation . tax act .was held constitutional in a decision 1 rendered yesterday in--, the United' States Su preme Court--The action of the trib unal ended a long controversy. -Jus tice Day. explained tne law ana us et feet' .on corporations President -Taft held a conference yesterday with ActingSecretary of State Huntington Vilson at Augusta. He;was informed drring the day that the mobilization of troops on -the -Mexican -border had been completed?- The trial of Lewis Wfest and his, gang will begin today a t '. Wilson. West will be .carried un der guard from Raleigh to stand trial pCapt. Oscar G. Creighton, a Har vadgraduate, leading a band. of reb els in 'Mexico camped near' the border yesteiday. There is no. fear of an at tack i on Juarez- --W. J. Bryan dist ressed -"The- influence or the Modern Newspaper" 1 in Philadelphia " yeste dny. -New . York markets: .1 Money on call. steady 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent. ruling i ate 2 3-8, closing bid 2 1-4; of fered at 2 Z-H : tpot ilosed quiet, :m? filings vplands- .-14,05. middling .- gull i!4.90.; flour was: barely, steady with a moderate Jobbing trade- wheat st-c steady,, No.' 2, ?ed .93 i elevator.ni M 5-8 fob Aaioat;corai' spot steady, -No,2.;53 1-2 fob. afloat? oa.ts spot firm; ;N. ! 2, , 37 rurpentine firm. . - ; v Capt. Creighton Now Camps With Mexican Insur rectos Near Juarez NOT PLANNING AN ATTACK Many of His Followers Also Ameri cansArrival Near Border Was Spectacular A Trail of Destruction. El Paso, Texas. March 13. Capt, Oscar G. Creighton, a Harvard grad uate, with a band of insurrectos, many of whom are also - Americans, tonight camped 15 miles south of Ju arez. No fear, is felt that the insur rectos are planning an attack on Jua rez, where business continues as usu al. The presence of the revolutionists is looked on as an effort to induce Gen. Navarro's 2,000 men to take the field. Creighton reached the vicinity of Juarez after a march from the south of about 100 miles along the Mexican railroad, leaving in his wake, a trail of burning bridges. His arrival near tne. border was spectacular; for after releasing 25 Americans who had gone into Mexico to investigate a mine at Cihcago, 100 miles south, and who had sought his 'protection, he -waited until dark to announce his presence by a terrific explosion, which wrecked a bridge at Mesa, ten miles south of Juarez. The destruction of the bridge tied Up the railroad, which for a time had been open as far-as Candelaria. It also put an end to the hope of sending relief by train to Chihuahua. D. B. Smith. W. T. Swoyer. and Marshall Cassidy, who led .the mining party, reached EH Paso tonight and told , the story of their trip, Creighton came? from "New ;ToitJityy vthey Said; . Citizens of the United -States iire rapidly becoming leaders of -small bands of insurrectos, according to j re ports from the interior. Where they are not experienced, enough to take commands, they are grouped under command of their own countrymen. Scores of Americans are applying for enlistment at the insurrecto junta despite 'the threat of the Diaz govern ment to. punish with death any' one participating even in a slight degree with the revolutionary movement What disposition is made of the appli cant is not given. out by the junta, but 'it is known that the men do not remain long in El Paso. Much fear is expressed as to the fate of 15 Americans who were taken prisoners by ' the Federal troops at Casas Grandes a week ago. It is the opinion of some that the men were shot. The story of Creighton's campaign through the heart of northern Mexico without opposition by Federal troops caused much comment in El Paso. It was said that throughout his entire march not a shot was fired at him. According to reports received by the junta six Federal soldiers were killed today at Saragosa, on the border, 12 mites east of El Paso. The Federals went out from Juarez to lay a mine under a road and the mine exploded prematurely. .Creighton is Unknown. Boston, Mass., Marcfi 13. The name of Capt. Oscar G. Creighton, an insur recto leader, reported in Mexican dis patches tonight as being a Harvard graduate, does not appear in any of the several Harvard College and uni versity directories. No person who could be reached at Cambridge to night was able to recall the name. Aftermath of Battle. Douglass, Ariz., March 13. From midnight until dawn today,, following the battle of Agua' Prieta, the Mesas East and West were dotted with the signal fires of the rebels. A strong force of insurrectos is reported to be a short distance southwest of the city, An automobile load of dynamite was taken across the line today and plant ed in secret locations throughout Agua Prieta for defense against an other rebel attack. The bodies of two Federal soldiers were found on the Agua Prieta battle field of yesterday. This brings the to tal Federal dead to 13. ( The dead Federal soldiers brought into Agua Prieta last night were ly ing in the bull ring today.. The .unl forms had been removed and civilian garb had been wrapped, around their bodies. . . 'Lieutenant Stallman, surgeon? ; the third : United - States cavalry, ' and Dr. Vahimah, of Douglass, visited the wounded Federals today and tendered their. professional assistance to Col onel Mora, but 'the offer was not ac cepted. The wounded lay in distress on the floor of an a dobe house. The Americans offered in vain to supply cots, dres? tne wounds and put sup plies-on the shattered limbs. -Another American General. .Mexican, Mexico, March 13. Gen. William Stanley,' an American, .'with the Mexican rebels, tonight started to wage: warfare east of here. - Before leaving he issued a - manifesto in which he accepted the Diaz suspen sion of ' the unconstitutional guaran fce and lit-reply .'"declared 'that jhe would snoot every Mexican army pri vate 'or officer r captured. .Stanley' flfst objective is Algodbnes.': Stanley said that he would blow np .more rail-. NO MORE TROOPS TO BORDER General Wood Denies Persistent Ru mors War Department to Shift . Officers Maneuvers at San Antonio, Tex. Details. Washington, March 13. General Wood today denied that the War De partment has ordered or was con templating ordering more troops to the South, This statement was made be cause of persistent rumora that anoth er division of 20,000 men was about to be assembled on the border. ' ' It is the Intention of the War De partment, it developed today, to change from time to time the general officers now in command of the troops mobiliz ing in the South, In order that the whole staff of officers'in the army may be given an opportunity to see com mand of larger bodies! of soldiers; The officers of the organized militra will be attached to th4 officers of the regular army of equal grade for purposes of instruction. General Wood also denied that there was intention as has been reported of sending two cavalry regiments from San Antonio to the border line. He said the actual patrol of the frontier would not be, increased at the present time and that the cavalry, which is as sembling as part of the division at San Antonio would not be detached from the camp. - . 'The maneuver division," it is said at the War Department, will be maintain ed in the South until well into the Sum mer. The "Maneuvre Division." San Antonio, Texas, March 13. Ma jor General W. H. Carter, commander of the "maneuvre division" today said that the maneuvres in San Antonio were to try out some new field regula tions, mere is no other significance attached to the assembling of troops in ban Antonio, said General Carter, 'The War Department looked upon San Antonio as a place adapted for maaieuvres", and.-fttat is why the-troops are here. There is everything' here that might be met with in the field. "Th diyisdon now assembling" here might be called a brick around which we. purpose -to build a' house, or, one might say, it is aapucleus of an army, We have this division. - . . . 1 nere is pjiyeiyr no, trutft .ln. the rumor that additional trooud have Jjeen ordered here. ; If such, were the. case, I am sure' that I would know something Major von Herwerth of the German army, military attache of. the. embassy at Washington, is the first representa tive. of the European armies on tne ground. He will be here at least two weeks. That other foreign attaches are on tne'way was made certain today when provision "was made for tentage for those who prefer living in camp ra ther than hotels. All of the troops ordered here are on the ground, except the Ninth caval ry and the Fourth field artillery, from Fort D. A. Russelh- Wyomine. HAIL AT LUMBERTON. Session of MayoVs Court for Liquor Cases Other News Notes. (Special Star Correspondence ) Lumberton, March 13. About four o'clock mis afternoon this section was visited by a severe wind and rain storm, accompanied by a light fall of hail, and heavy thunder and lightning. which continued well into the night. On. account of the rush of business Mayor Rowland held two sessions of court today morning and afternoon At the morning session a white man by the name' of Barber was- required to give a $50 bond-for-his appearance at the higher court in July, for disturbing a religious congregation, the offense having been committed at the Gospel Tabernacle last night. It is said that Barber was drunk and disturbed the congregation by talking. When called down by the preacher, he paid no at tention. Failing to give bond, he went to jail. Jasper Colling paid $11 fine and costs and damage done in jail. At the afternoon session, Will Rozier, col ored, paid $7 or $8 fine ahd costs, for being drunk Saturday. . Howard -Math- eson, colored, charged with retailing, got off with $8.05. At the completion o the hearing of the case of Hector Gil christ, colored, about 7 o'clock, court took a recess until 9:30 o'clock tomor row morning, at Which time the mayor will render hia decision as to whether or not Gilchrist, was guilty of retailing, and to hear the case of Hector Gavin on the same charge. Mr. E. D. McNeill received a tele gram from Dr. Kelly, in Baltimore, to day, stating that Mrs. -McNeill, who is mere ior treatment, was doing spien did, there being no cause for immediate anxiety. SUICIDE NEAR NEWBERN. Despondent "Over -III Health 'Young v Woman Eids Her Life. i (Special Star Telegram.) JNewbernVN. C, March 13. Yester day, morning about 9:30 o'clock, Miss Mattie Barrington, 18'. years old daughter -of Jesse Barrington, of - Er- nuls, a small station on the Norfolk Southern railroad, seven miles from Newbern. committed suicide by blow. rag part of her head off with a double- barrel . shot .gun. &he ' went - into an unoccupied room, loaded the gun with No. 4 shot, placed it on the floor and against, her head and ' then touched the,trigger. . Iir health Is sdpposed 'to bet the catise-. of :, the ' deed. ' , ' j road "tracks; aria "' bridges, ; but that; he would protect - American property and irrigation works, y. 5 ; r " , DECISIOII CORPORATION TAX ' - - Action of Supreme Court End ed Long Fight Against , the Act USTICE DAY DEFINES LAW mportant Decision Has Been Awaited With Interest Justice Discuss ed Various Objections to the 'J Tax Explained. 1 V Washington, March 13. In an unanimous opinion the Supreme Court of the United States today held that the corporation provisions of tha ayne-Aldrich Tariff Act, were consti tutional. This ended a controversy waged almost continuously since President Taft first suggested their enactment to Congress. The opinion was announced by Jus tice Day, appointed to the Supreme Court 'bench from , Ohio in 1903. It was elaborate treatment of the sub- ect containing approximately 10.000 words. About half an hour was spent by the justice orally explaining to the bar the position of the court, the print ed opinion being used as a basis for the remarks. The justice first determined that the tax was just what it claimed to be. in. the act, namely, an excise. tax on the doing at corporate business tnd not a direct tax on the ownership of property. With the point decided the justice took up at more or less length the various t objections urged against the tax as an excise tax and disposed of them. to, the satisfaction of the court. Finally he Interpreted th law so as to apply to real estate companies and the so-called public ser vice orporations, but ' not to "real estate trusts." ; ' The opinion -qiredlcs tea .IhatiihA- tax - "is Imposed not upon the franchises of the cbrporation, irrespective, of their, use in, business nor Upon the property of the corporation, but upon the doing of corporate or- insurance business, and with respect to the carrying oh there of in a sum equiv alent to one per centum of the entire net income over and above $5,000 re ceived from all sources during the year; that is, when imposed in this manner is a tax upon the doing ' of business with the advantages, which inhere in the pecularities of corpor ate or joint stock organization of the character described. As the latter. organizations share many benefits of corporate organization it may be de- ' scribed generally as a tax upon the doing of business in a corporate ca pacity. This vtew of the measures of the tax Is strengthened when we note that as to organizations under the laws of foreign countries the amount of net income over and above $5,000 includes that received from business transactions and capital invested in the United States, the territories, Al aska and, District of Columbia." -Various Objections. Answering the various objections raised against the tax, Justice Day first' took up the contention that it was a direct tax and unconstitutional for the same reasons that the famous income tax law was declared uncon stitutional in 1905. He pointed out that the income tax was held to be" direct because imposed upon proper ty simply because of its ownership. 'In the present case," said Justice Day," the tax is not payable unless there is a carrying on or doing busi ness in the designated capacity and this is made the occasion for the tax,'' measured by the standard prescrib ed." - . "'V - 1 Justice Da'y next took up the obv jectton that the provisions m ques- tion levied "a tax upon the exclusive right of the State to grant corporate franchises, in that it taxed franchises which are the creation of a. State in its sovereign right and authority. "We, think," says the opinion, "it is the lesult of- the cases heretofore decided i thiL court, that such busi ness -activities, tnough exercised be cause of State treated franchises, are - not beyond the taxing power of the United States, "It cannot be supposed that, it was intended that it should be' within th? power,. of the individuals acting, under State . authority, to th us impair vu. limit the exertion of authority, which may bo essential to . National exist ence. " -..-..'";; ';;.' Justice Day next addressed hlmseli ;. to the objection that the tax was -unequal to arbitrary. "The thing tax ed," he said, is not the mere dealing in merchandise, in 1 which . the actuai " transactions may be the same, wheth er conducted by individuals or corpor ations, but the .tax is laid upon the privileges which .exist in conducting' business . with the. advantages which inhere in-the corporate capacity or these taxed and which are noc enjoy ed : by , private firms or individuals. Those advantages are obvious 'and have led. ;to the- formation of such companies in nearly, all branches of trade.: The continuity of the business without interruption by death " or dis solution of shares 'of stock the. ad-" vantages f of - business controlled and managed , Dy;;'c0rpprate. directors, the general absence of individual liabjl-' Ity, "these and other things Inhere la -1 1 J
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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