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! !5l 'vV THE WEATHER, DO YOU ADVERTISE? Iff not, why not? Perhaps there' a reason. A request to this office will brlna a man to talk It over with you. ':o:itrally fair Wednesday aiid n j, ...day; light variable' winds. . POUN.DE . .7 : jL VOL. LXXXVIII NO. (50. WILMXNUTOK, K. C.,'-WEDNESDAY MOANING, MAY 31, 1911. WHOLE NUMBER 13,622. J --. ... J v--.,- : Sly ISPEMER Ten Thousand Veterans Hear the President at Arling- ton Cemetery. .STRONG PLEA TO AVOID WAR Most Impressive and Most Largely Attended Celebration Ever Held in Washington tSoldiers of Civil War. v Washington, May 30. Under the tbaded arches of the Arlington Na tional Cemetery, President Taft spoke today, not so,muh as the friend of peace, but as the enemy of war. Thou sands of veterans tramped the hot asphalt of the capital's streets, cross ed the Potomac and trudged the dus - ty roads to Arlington to hear the resident speak. Thousands of oth ers came in automobiles and by street iar and when Mr. Taft, with Secre tary of War Stimson, came whizzing up to the vine-covered amphitheatre there were fully 10,000 people in the seats and crowded, about the speak er's stand. It was probably the most impressive and most largely attended Memorial Day Celebration Washing ton has seen. , Far be it from me," said the Pres ident to minimize in anyway by these suggestions the debt we owe to the men buried-here, who carried on the successful struggle that resulted in the abolition o the cancer of slav ery, and which seemed ineradicable save by such an awful slaughter of the brightest and bravest and best of the nation's youth and manhood. "I shall not stop to discuss .whether it might have, been possible to ac complish the same great reform 'toy miUler methods. " Wjhether that be (lie or not, the supreme sacrifice of these men, , whp ' Ue' bort "UB-In the -ause of advancing K humanity . can lever be lessened or obscured by such a suggestion. But the thought at which I would but hint this morning is that even in the hallowed presence i-f these dea'd, whose ideals of patriot ism and love of their countrymen it needed a war to make everlastingly evident, we should abate no effort and should strain every nerve and avail ourselves of every honorable possible device to avoid war n ae future. "I am not blind to the aid in cveat- n fr ot r manhnn1 that Via ml Ifrarv discipline we set in the standing arm ies of Europe and in the regular army or this country furnished, nor do I de ny the incidental benefits that may ..row out of the exigencies and se quelae of war. But when the books :re balanced, the awful horrors of other interncine , or international strife far outweigh the benefits that niay be traced to it. "Let u3 leave this beautirul city or the National dead, therefore, with tne deepest gratitude to the men whose valorous deeds we celebrate and whose memories we cherish.irith the tenderest appreciation of the value of 1he examples they set, but with a determination if every way.-possible consistent witn honesty 1 and manly, ' "d National self-restraint, 'to avoid the necessity for the display of that "upremc self-3acriflce that we com memorate today in them." "It was not long ago," the Presi dent said, when an insult by one man to another in the same social class ""Id only be wiped out in blood, and it took more moral courage to avoid a duel than U. fight one. But we bave progressad away from that idea, lie said. "If that be true now, why may It not, be true in the near future of na tions? Why will it not show more latridtism and more love of country ') refuse to ,;d to war for an insult :d to submit to the arbitrament of " pfaeeful tribunal, than to subject a whole i ,ieople tc the misery and snf rini; and burden of. heavy cost of a Aati.Kia! war, however, glossed over thf excitement and ambitions and "'"i'.v of a suossful conquest." Memorial Day at Raleigh. Itnl.-igh, N. c., May 30. Memorial fittingly observed here today, 'he ;t!dl'fK3 holncr Hallvars1 hv Tlav A 1). W ;' ox, one of the leading Method- t ministers of the city. The singing ciidnc ted by the church choirs of "" ity. one of the features of the "X'Tcisfs at the National cemetery was thf presence of a number of veterans IlOlu Itio ('oiifp(1,-.rnttt Rr.lHlpi'B.' Hnmo wbo in '; (! to decorate the graves of :in soldiers. Memorial Dau Rih Jti( hioond. a., May 30. Memorial J'-1 r was celebrated hero as a State 'fy holiday, with a parade of Con v,'l"ran8 and auxiliary orders ,!.f.l vood ccetery. 1 Hichmond Howitzers, the First irifii.,a infanfry and the Blues Bat. . oned the carriages of tne old wno went out to honor their Baltimore Celebration. ll.i ''1:1 1morp Mow on i. - 11,1,! more man iu,- v,.::i:iv,',s of Union ani Confederate d, , , , "Baltimore cemeteries were T, V'i t0day by 0rana Army posts. h I ,Uf an1 the Gry literally clasp- lands at the srravp nf PniJol "UUH general Robert E. Lee. BRYAM FLAYS THE DEMOCRATS Criticises Programme of His Party In House In Regard to Jar Iff Sched ule on Wool 6oods State ment Read in Congress. Washington, Rfay 30. William Jen nings Bryan today took exception to the programme of his party in the House and criticised sharply the ma jority -of the Democrats who have agreed to support the revised tariff schedule on wool and woolen goods. The criticism is contained in a state ment made public through Represent tative Harrison, of New York. Chairman Underwood' of the Ways and Means Committee contented him: self with the declaration that despite Mr. Bryan's stand the revised tariff would go through the Democratic cau cus with a two-thirds majority. "The Democratic voters," said Mr. Bryan, "know that all needed revenue can be raised in less oppressive ways and they know the argument that the tariff on wool is proposed as a reve nue .tariff, is merely a subterfuge em ployed because those who employ it are ashamed to Bay that they favor protection." , , The Nebraskan warned against the drift of Democrats toward a protec tive Dolicy which he said is most marked in those Democrats 'who have "among their constituents mfluentlal beneficiaries of the system. . v'The , Republicans want protection on wool because they believe in the principle of protection," he declared. 'Let no Democratic advocate of a tax on wool masquerade behind the pre tense that he is voting for a revenue tariff; let him not add hypocricy to the sin which he commits against his party." This criticism apparently directed at the party leaders in . the House evoked no comment except the,, sug gestion that the votes in the caucus would disclose that Mi. Bryan has only one-third of the Democrats in the House behind him. Mr. Bryan Insisted if protection was to -be accepted as a Democratic doc trine that "it be accepted openly and applied to everything and to all secj tions," He said., there is no reason for favoritism to a few sheep raisers at the expense of all who. wear woolen Clothing. "Before--tba. Democratic .party,Ja fie nally committed to the doctrine of pro tection," he declared, "it will be ne cessary .to consult the voters of the party, and It may be well to remember that the voters of all parties are brav er than the politicians. The Repub lican voters were brave enough td turn out a lot of Republican Aldriches; what reason have our Democratic Congressmen to think that Democrac ic voters are less courageous?" Underwood Answers Bryan. Washington, May 30. Aroused by William J. Bryan's attack on Demo crats, who favor a raw wool tariff, Democratic Leader Underwood 'made a statement tonight .declaring Mr. Bryan's attitude "unjust and unrair," ind disclosing that the wool tariffs to be submitted to Thursday's Demo cratic caucus aie- much the same a3 the Wilson ibill wool schedules. Mr. Bryan's definance today of the party leaders in the House, has caus ed intense feeling in the party. Not withstanding this, Mr. Underwood, as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee was insistent tonight in the prediction that the. revenue wool iill will be approved by a big major ity. i "In my judgment," said Mr. Under wood, In answer to Mr. Bryan, 'his statement is unjust and unfair to the members of the Ways and Meani Committee and to the Democratic representatives in Congress, who will support the h.ill. .. The -Wjays rrd .Means Committee have cut in half th wheolewool schedt ule. They have reduced the duty on manufactured toods as low as they were under th3 Wilson bill that Mr. Bryan 'voted for when raw wool was placed on the free list. In that re duction they have fallen short or $40,000,000 now raised by wool by $13, 000,000. and it ,vas necessary in order to sdcure this revenue to place a rev c nue tax on raw wool imported into the United States. I '"If the Wilson bill which Mr. Bry an voted for 'a an honest reduction of the tariff in the interest of the people, a bill that reduces the taxes on woolen goods which the people buy as low as und?r the bill Bryan voted for "and advocated certainly cannot be a protective measure for this stand point. The fact that In reducing these taxes on. woolen goods wd have levied a small tax oh the manufac turers 4oes hot in any way increase the burden to the purchasers of wool en goods.." The Democratic .leader explained that the party and the committee are confronted- with a deficiency in .tha treasury; 4 that the government needs more money and that the income tax is as yet unratified. He said the com mittee In reducing the tariff has, to i-o write the schedules that they would bring at least , as much revenue as under the present law cierwood concluded, "stands essential ly for tariff for revenue wych means we shall- collwt from the custom houses the revenue required for. the expends of the government. It does Lot stand for free trade and I do not believe when this bill is published ond the. people , understand the facts they will be misled by the statements vhich Mr. Bryan, has made." J.; . "Bob's Microscope.'" ' Showing microscopical examination of the lood e ttt and . drink. Grand AT CHAPEL HILL New Jersey's Governor Ad dresses Immense Audi-, j ance at University. DEGREE IS CONFERRED ON HIM "Democracy" Was His Theme Before Student Body Received With Great Enthusiasm Noth- ; .Ing About Presidency. (Special Star Telegram.) ChateKHill- N. C, May 30 What was perhaps the most tremendous crowi 6ver assembled under the dome of Memorial, 'Hall, composed the stu dents," townspeople and people from all the c,oiintry round Chapel ".Hill, heard .Governor. Woodrow Wilsori -"deliver the; principal address t the l6th commencement of the University of North Carolina. The academic procession marched up the aisle to the music of the Uni versity orchestra. After the exercises had been opened with prayer by Rev. D. W. L. Smith, President Venable in troduced Governor Wilson. As Dr. Wlilson advancechto the front the audi- Lence rose as one man and clapped their hands for several moments. 'Jf. Governor Wilson said in part: "I have presided over many a com mencement, but I have made few com mencement addresses. I have fre quently given advice, but it has been principally to young men that I hate taught. I got up this morning feeling a little gloominess on account of my personal separation from the young gentlemen about to graduate. I wish to address myself to young men to day, not because as usually the rea son given, they will some day be ma ture men, but because this is with them a veritable starting point in life, and even a starting point in the Na tion Itself. This nation is coming to itself and we must ask you for what port we are bound. By what chart tiai we'' sail. ."Man comes to himself . vftgii4 he has found his relation to his place. Kipling's "ship that found herself," is an illustration of my point. "Man must find his place in the game of life, where he does not set the rules and must win his individual place. A man goes out from the classic shades of a university with stiff notions which require adjustment. He has learned that a body falls in a vacuum unpull ed by other bodies at a given rate,, but outside a vacuum other forces must be reckoned and adjusted. Do not take yourselves as an abstract propo sition; it's all right to go out with a certain consequential air for it will be so very brief. I would not deprive you of its enjoyment (much laughter) but the -world is going to digest you. "Are you digestible? 1 Will you sit well upon the stomach of the world? Will you be palatable or disagreea ble? Men will test you and will either absorb you or reject you. We must adapt ourselves to things. I hear much nonsense about practical stu dies. It doesn't do to raise such ques tions. Dr. Hodge mce asked a young man if he could (smoke and be a Chris tian. .The"" collegian asked, "do you know" anything in the Scriptures to the, contrary?".' On receiving a nega tive -reply the student said: "Do not put your own; interpretation on the scriptures-or youmay smoke hereaf ter." Nor must you put your private interpretation 6n the principles of life or you will smoke .with heat from the friction jof adjustment. Affairs need now to be adjusted politically. There Is a growing cynicism on the part of young men in respect to politics. Men hate to plunge into the game and de file themselves. Ideals are thought to be things with . which practical poli tics cannot deal. There is today a movement towards socialism resting not upon the hope that their pro gramme can be carried out, but upon disgust with existing conditions. I know a, socialists mayor who admits that the vote electing him was 20 per cent, socialist and 80 per cent protest. There Is a growing number of protest ing votes. Men Hope Nothing From Parties. "The President of the United States recently came here and offered the South a profitable partnership in with the Republican" party, an. alliance be tween the business1 interests of the country. He did not say just this, but we -could,read between the lines. I mean' n"o reflection upon President Taft, ; for I believe him an upright man; doubtless ,he himself does not read between the lines their real meaning. This speech ,1s moreover no indict ment of parties for there Is an histori cal' explanation, "When we-, came to -this continent we had no . capital but muscles and brains. A Our ancestors, pioneeTs, brought ew tools and, for 100 years they fought a difficult battle to over come the resistance ol nature. There were forestB and waterpower but few men..1 For 00 years we had only men with which to work. They worked by force of unassisted brains to make the world respect us and called on the old world to send us men. Then we turned our, forces- westward. The pio neers called to 'the men of the East, "come on with money and we will give you any, sort of franchise you wish." , x "Men caipe and were given, king doma and einpires. But now the po nle have awaked to find themselves In the employ, of, the men asked to doN SOUTHERN III MORE TROUBLE Engineers Now Make Demand for More Pay, and Strike Threatens, Com mittee in Washington ' Firemen Negotiating. f V . ) ' ' Washington, 'May 30 A new wage demand is to be made upon the South ern Railway. With that of the 2,000 or more firemen yet before the sys tem's officials, and the ictiom in doubt, a committee of twenty, representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin eers, arrived here tonight to push a claim of the engine-drivers on the Southern for an increase of approxi mately twenty-five per pent, over their present pay. c Some time ago a slight increase was allowed the engineers. They now be lieve that was inadequate. Strike talk is heard from the engin eers as well as from thi firemen. The committee expects to dtsoues the wage question with President Finley, of the Southern, tomorrow. 'A member of the . committee tonight asserted that the failure of ' the Southern to grant their , demand would mean that the 1,400 engineers onithe road would quit their jobs. f , Representative of the approximate ly 2,000 firemen on thei Southern -Railway, who are demanding a twenty per cent, increase in wages, together with officials of the Southern today, again appeared before .the goverriment medi ation board in an effort to effect an amicable adjustment. Both sides held long conferences with the mediators, but they announced no conclusions. The firemen still con fend they will not accept anything under 'the 20 per cent. Increase and will strike if the medi ators are not able to solve the prob lem. Both sides expect a settlement to morrow. PORTSMOUTH MAN ACQUITTED. Bank Cashier Found- Not Guilty on - Last Indictment Up to Governor. Norfolk, a., May 30. A. B. Butt, cashier of the wrecked People's Bank, at Portsmouth, reindicted after serv ing three years in the penitentiary upon a plea of guilty, was tonight ac quitted by a jury , on the last of the pending inidctments against him, and will be a. free man. If Governor Mann remits fines aggregating$7,000, which were imposed upon the defendant at the time h was originally sentenced, upon his plea of guilty. Governor Mann now has the matter under ad visement Judge Bain, in r?elasing Butt tonight informed him that the release was sub ject only to the action of the governor in the matter of application for remit tance of fine. If the governor declines to remit the fine, Butt; according to Judge Bain's ruling, must go to jail for three months more. EFFECT OF THE DECISION. Tobacco Triwt Litigation Being Dis cussed at Durham, N. C. (Special Star Telegram.) Durham, N. C, May 30. It was thought b; many people that the dis solution of the American Tobacco Company according to the decision of the Supreme Court yesterday would greatly demoralize the business inter ests of Durham because of the fact that the big corporation has such ex tensive interests here-. It Is claimed here toitoy that the dissolution will not effect Durham .'uteiests in the least because of the fact that there is such , a great demand all over the world for the particular brand of smoking tobacco that is made here. The goads enjoy the wide sale it is said, not because they are made by a large Corporation instead of by iiinall : concerns, but because of the quality. STATESVILLE MAN CONFESSES. Reuben Combs Admitted He Killed 16- Years-Old Wife. Statesville, N. C, May 30. Confess ing to the'lnurder of his 16-years-old wife, to whom. he was married four months ago, Reuben Combs, a young farmer of Stoney' Point, Iredell county, was commuted to jail without bail to day by a coroner's jury. Combs con tended tnat his. wife wandered from her room while asleep and that he found her dead body on a lot Strych nine was found in her stomach. OUTLINES. One person was killed and several Injured in the-500-mile speed, race at Indianapolis yesterday, which was won by Ray Harroun. . Mulford took second pla.ee and Bruce-Brown, third The "Rule of Reason," racently brought out by the United States Supreme Court in the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases will govern' the future anti-trust poli cies of the government. Some views on th3 tobacco decision are given: Governor- Woodrow Wilson,; of New Jersey, ..delivered, .the address at. the commencement exercises at the Uni versity of North t Carolina yesterday. He discussed democracy .Colonel William Jennings, Bryan sharply critic cisied the Democrats inthe House in a statement yesterday for their action in regard to the tariff navision on woolen goods schedule A. Butt, cashier of the wrecked People's Bank at Ports mouth, a., was acquitted by ajury on the last of the pending indictments at Norfolk yesterday President Taft made the address yesterday in Wash ington at the- Federal Memorial Day exercisea in Arlington cemetery. . Ten thousand veterans attended ithe exer cises. Taft made a plea as an enemy or FATAL AUTO RAGE BY One Life Crushed Out and Several Injured on Indi anapolis Speedway. MANY THOUSAND SPECTATORS S. P. Dickson, of Chicago, Was Vic tim! Mulford Second and Bruce Brown Third Exciting Events of the Day. Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind., May 30. One life was sacrificed and several men were injured in the first 500-mile motor race on a speedway. The great test of skill and endurance was wen by Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon car in 6:41:08. Ralph Mul ford, with a Lozier, finished second, and David Bruce-Brown drove a Fiat to .third place. Many thousands of spectators wit nessed .the race which started at 10 o'clock this morning with 40 pilots in the contest. In the most serious accident of the day S. P. Dickson, of Chicago, mecha nician for Arthur Greiner, driving an Amplex, lost his life by an upset on the back stretch. The Amplex was on its 13th mile when the rim of one of the front wheels flew off. The car twisted and hopped bout on the track, hurling Greiner and Dickson from their seats. Dickson was thrown against a vence 20 feet from the car and terribly mangled. He was killed instantly. Greiner was knocked unconscious, but after he had been revived at the field hospital, it was found that his only injury was a fractured arm. Then followed a series of accidents which thrilled the immense crowd. Men in jured in the mishaps were: Dave Lewis, mechanician for Teddy Tedelaff (Lozier), right leg broken near hip. Harry Knight, driver of Westcott, breast bruised and possibly Internal injuries. - John T. Glover, Knight's mechani cian, body bruised. Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack Tower, (Jackson), body bruised when he leaped from car. John Wood, mechanician for' Joe Jagersburger (Case), run over and bruised after leaping from car. The crowd was too big to be con trolled by the company of militia! and the hundreds of special policemen posted about the grounds. The spec tators swarmed across the infield when Dickson was killed and press ed close about his body and that of the unconscious Griener. Soldiers had to club their guns 'to clear a space for the surgeons when the ambulance ar rived. The throng was wild with excite ment after the first accident and rush ed back and forward over the field when other accidents were reported from one point or another around the two and a half mile track. .. - At the 150-mile mark Bruce-BroWn set a new record, regardless of classi fication. His time was '1:59:12 as against Dawson's old mark of 2:01:09. Harroun took the lead In the-190th mile and the race took form frbm what had appeared to be a parade of ma chines. Then cars began to cast tires, burned out by the fierce grirfd over the brick pavement. Steering gears began to give way. At the front of the grand stand Joe Jaegerburger's Case car got away from ' him and switched back and forth across ' the track. Wood,- the mechanician, leap ed out and fell. The car passed over him. Other cars were rushing him but all swerved safely by AShrose and staggered from the track except Har ry Knight's Westcott. This car plung ed to the inner fence, threw Knight and Glover -and careened against Her bert Lyttle's Apperson, turning it over. ' When the race was hair over Lou is Disbrow's Pope-Hartford threw a tire at the entrance of the home stretch and swerved in front of Tetz laff's Lozier. In the collision the, rear wheels of Disbrow's car were torn off, and the Lozier turned turtle. Tetz laff's mechanician was caught under the car and his leg broken. Hysteri cal screams of women started a small stampede In the grandstand when Burmans Benz cast a tire inyj the air and over the retining wall. Har roun -kept in front, earning shouts of encouragement. When 'he swept into the home stretch on his last lap and Starter Wagner gave him the finishing flag, the speedway enclosure rang with applause. At the end of the first 100 miles Bruce Brown was first, Mulford, . sec ond and Tetxlaff third. At 150 miles, Harroun took second place. From 190 miles Harroun held the lead to the end. Bruce-Brown and Mulford fluc tuated in the second and third places from the 200 mile mark and 'seesaw ing between 400 and 450 miles before the judges were certain the last lap, who would take second place. Bruce Brown and Mulford were at-all stages of the race contenders for the lead, and a delay of more than tire chang ing time by Harroun would have meant certain loss of the contest. Toward the end of the race the three were little more than 30 sec onds apart, - All three handled their cars in masterly fashion. . ', . The first ten men to finish the race with their winnings follow: r- Ray "rf Harroun, Marmon, ?lo,ooo; won H II ROOSEVELT'S WORDS CHEERED Declared Unrighteous Peace Greater Evil Than War Spoke at Me morial Day Exercises Re fers to Arbitration. New 'York, May 30. Theodore Roo sevelt stood beside Gen. Daniel W. Sickles, the only surviving division commander of the Civil War, at Grant's tomb this afternoon and arous ed a memorial day throng to long ap plause by a denunciation of "false apostles of peace." He stirred the gathering to tumultuous cheers with the declaration that unrighteous peace was a greater evil than war. "I believe in National "and Interna tional peace," he said, "but I stand for it only as the handmaiden of justice. Do not be misled by the appeals of men who want peace. You men recall that in the days of '61 there were, cries for peace, but there was no peace. There was a man who said that war was the greatest of all evils, but I believe that unrighteous peace Is a greater evil. You are not to be led by the false apostles of peace, you who defied the lie told in '61 when that lie was told in the name of peace. "I stand for social and industrial peace, when it 'is right, but not when men riot and use dynamite. Those men who pursue riotous metfiods and use dynamite in their effortsto win their industrial struggles are "not to be tolerated, and they should be made to obey the law. ' "I want peace with every nation and do not see any reason of any sort why we should not have it for an in definite period as long as other na tions behave themselves and act in such a manner as not to rob us of our self-respect. I dn't want to ask stronger nations to be good to us be cause I fear being hurt by them, but I do ask that big nations be good to us for fear we may hurt them. "I want to have the navy kept up A powerful navy is no provocative for war, but is a provocation for peace. All nations will keep peace with us if we keep up a first-class navy and men who know how to handle the ships. "You may think because I talk, I talk against the interest of peace. That is not so. I am talking profound ly in the interest of peace. I believe that every honorable method should be used to avoid war, but I will do nothing dishonorable to. avert it, nor wilt I enter, into any, agreement that people of the country would repudi ate, should cause arise for partici pating in war. "So far as my voice has weight I will protest against this country's making agreement to arbitrate any thing of any kind which the country would not stand for when a test came. For instance, this country would not stand for arbitration over the Monroe Doctrine nor would they consent to an agreement permitting Asiatic peoples to come into this country in unlimited numbers. "If you don't think so go out on the Pacific coast and talk to the people there. ."I do not believe that this country should enter into any agreement un less it is prepared to keep it in good faith. Beware of any other course. "Arbitration is all right under fa vorable conditions. If I had trouble with one of you men we could readily settle it by appointing an outside par ty to arbitrate because we know that man won't slap either of our faces. If he, does we won't arbitrate. It is just the same with international arbitra tion. I believe in arbitration onlyv to the understanding that international slapping of faces is not included. That is genuine peace talk." LESLIE SHAW AT RALEIGH. Denounces Initiative and Referendum and Direct Vote Plan. Raleigh. N. C. May 30. In a com mencement address before the stu dents of Meredith College here to day, Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, ex-Governor of Iowa and ex-Secretary of the Treasury, strongly denounced the init iative and referendum and tue elec tion of United States senators by di rect vote, declaring these principles to be out of harmony with the spirit of the constitution. It is thought by some, in fact, Mr. Shaw intimated as much, that he meant for his remarks to be noticed by Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, who speaxs here tomorrow, having accepted an invitation. Mr. Shaw emphasized his opinion that in a representative government like this the representatives should use their own judgment and not be guided by popular whims in great crises, that popular demand was often rong. The people are interested ' to know whether Governor Wilson ' will, answer Mr. Shaw tomorrow. Ralph Mulford, Lozier, $5,000; D. Bruce-Brown, Fiat.1 ' $3,000; Spencer Wishart, Mercedes, $2,000; Ralph pe Palma, Simplex, $1,500; Charles Merz, National, $1,000; W. H. Turner, Am plex, $800; Harry Cobe, Jackson, $700; Fred Belcher, Knox, $600; Hughies Hughes, Mercer, $500. In addition to this sum in gold the leading ten driver shared in a distri bution of side prizes given by Acces sory makers, amounting to nearly $15,000. The drivers of the ten leading cars will also receive bronze, plaques from the speedway management Harroun was born at, Spartanburg, Pa., and is 29 years old. He holds a long list of records and has won many trophies. Harroun won more firsts than any other driver during 1910. He has won the 200-mile trophy, the At lanta . Speedway trophy, Los Angeles Motordrome lOOrinile stock chassis trophy and the two -hours' free for all trophy of Lon Angeles Motordrome. RULE OF REASON! TO FIGHT TRUSTS Government's Future Pros ecutions in Accord With Court's Recent Action. VIEWS ON THE'TOBAGGO CASE Resolution in Congress Urging Crimi nal Prosecution of American To--beco Officers Justice Har lan Dissents. k , Washington, May 30. That the gov ernment means to formulate its anti trust policies in accord with the "-Tule of reason" as laid down by the Su preme Court in the Standard Oil and tobacco trust decisions, notwithstanding-the vigorous dissents of Associate Justice Harlan, and the large number of bills introduced in the Senate to amend the Sherman anti-trust law, was made evident today. Administration officials after a day's consideration and, study of the tobac co decision and a thorough compari son with the Standard decision, were agreed ,that the "rule of reason" is no new feature of the Supreme Court's interpretation of law, and "one mem ber of the cabinet, whose views have always been regarded as reflecting those of the administration, made a comparative statement to that effect. "A resolution calling upon the At torney General to inform the House whether he has undertaken criminal prosecuiion of the American Tobacco Company and its officers, waB intro duced today by Representative Bry ens, of Tennessee. If such prosecu tion has not been Instituted, the At torney General is asked to explain his reasons. . . In the opinion of friends of the ad ministration the tobacco decision indi cates that there will ,be no attemr t made for tlio present to amend lh-. Sherman anti-trust law or to press 'or the oiiactmeM of other trust legm'a tin. - The. next mWement'foTfdrther.' anti-trust legislation probably will be made, if at all, at the regular session of Congress next December. The statement aboye.. referred to was attributed to "an olficial close to the administration." It follows in part: "Justice Harlan in his dissenting opinion in the tobacco case, objects vigorqusly to the application in th,e construction of the act of Congress of the 'rule of :cason' to which attention was called by the Chief Justice in his opinion in the Standard Oil case and again in the tobacco case. Justice Harlan declares that to insert by con si ruction the word 'unreasonable' or 'undue' in the Sherman act is judi cial legislation Congress, he says, has in language t-'o clear and simple that, there is no room whatever for construction signified its purpose to forbid every restraint of trade in -whatever form, to whatever extent, whereas the court under the Chief Jus tice's opinion, inserts in the law words which make Congress say that it means only to prohibit 'undue' re straint of trade.. This he objects to as amounting tS a reading into the act by judicial legislation of an excep tion not placed there-by the law mak ing branch of the government and this, he contends, ttfe court cannot, and ought not, to do. "But Justice Harlan has not always regarded the judicial function as ex cluding the right to interpret stat utes in the light of reason and to 're fuse a literal application to the words or tne act where that would involve a manifest wrong. In-the case of Church of the Holy .Trinity against the United States, the court had under consideration the act .of Congress known as the alien immigration act, passed February 26 1885; The Church of the Holy Trinity in New York, had made a contract with Rev. ,E. Walpole Warren, an alien, residing in England to remove to New York and enter into its service as its rector and pastor for a compensation to be paid to hlnr; and because of that contract, an ac tion was brought, against the church by the United States to recover the penalty prescribed for a violation of this act. Justice Brewer wrote the Opinion of the court in which all the other justices, including Justice Har lan, concurred. He promised by con ceding 'That the Act pf the Corpora tion is within the letter of this section, for the relation of rector to his church ' Is one of service and Implies labor on the one side,, with compensation on the other.' "He further noted that certain spe cific exceptions made '.In the act in which clergymen were . not Included strengthened the Idea thaf every oth er kind of labor and service was in tended to be reached by the statute. Yet notwithstanding all of that it was said that that court could not think that Congress intended to denounce with penalties a transaction like the employment of a Christian minister. "'It is a familiar rule, said-Justice Brewer, 'that a thing be within the letter of the statute and' yet not with in the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often assert ed and the reports are full of cases Il lustrating Its application. This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator, for fre quently words of general meaning are used In a statute words board-enough to include an act in question and yet . . (Ctontlnuaa on Page Eight) .1 1 ;"' " V- a it . 3 i 1 ;- ' "':- B , ( ' . : '::,'. ..":v--:9 I! -' -I'"' ' i : . - . .' - . " ' - " V. i:'v-V . .- '' a:.,.- A . 4 - ' 1 4. i-H. .'. ' i '- '- i-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 31, 1911, edition 1
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