THE WEATHER,
THE DULL SEASON
Local thunder showers today and
probably Sunday.
It has no terrors for the live, up-to-date
business man. Judicious adver
tising does the work.
JRO.XJN.DEl3
VOL. XC NO. 122.
BE
II
TELL EVERYTHING
District Attorney Thinks He
Will Make Important
Disclosures
MURDERERS ABE IDENTIFIED
Man Who Witnessed Murder Appears
Before Grand Jury Jack Sulli
van on Scene Rose's Con
fession Corroborated
I
New York, August 9. Although Po
licy Lieutenant Charles Becker de
clared today that he had nothing to
confess in connection with the Rosen
thal murder, of whu, he is the ac
cused instigator, District Attorney
Whitman learned that the police lieu
tenant was ready to make some dis
closures under certain conditions. The
conditions imposed, however, are
more than the district attorney is will
ing or able to grant and he is waiting
for Becker to make other overtures.
Strong influences are being exerted,
the prosecutor learned to keep Becker
from making any disclosures strength
ening the evidence regarding alleged
gambling graft on the part of the oth
er high police officials, whose indict
ment Mr. Whitman seeks, but the
district attorney expressed tonight a
strong conviction that Becker event
ually would break down.
Be ker's emphatic statement today
was. I am not going to confess, for
I have nothing to confess." The dis
trict attorney, however, says he is
steadily piling up evidence against the
police lieutenant, which he thinks will
alter this attitude. Mr. Whitman al
o' learned today that Jack Sullivan,
v ho has been involved in the murder
plot by several witnesses, was ready
to make a confession that would co--roborate
the stories- told by "Bald"
Jack Rose, "Bridgle" Webber and
Harrv Vallon, who have obtained a
promise of leniency.&r.turning St-te.s
evidence.' T l t ' became .known als c-
dav that Giovanni Stanich, one of "t he
1; witnesses who appeared before tue
grand jury yesterday, as an eye wit
ness to the murder, had identified the
four men accused of the actual shoot
ing of Rosenthal, and had also identi
fied Jack Sultivan as having been cn
(he s.ene and having left with the
murderers in the gray automobile. In
addition to this the district attorney
has learned f Richard G. Barter,
a notary public, that on the day after
the murder Becker took his attorney,
John H. Hart in a taxicab to the house
where Jack Rose, then wanted by the
police for the murder, was in "con
cealment. This was the house of Har
ry Pollo1. who TVith his wife, was one
of the witnesses before the grand
jury.
Barter told the district attorney, it
was learned, that Becker and Hart had
come to his place of employment in
the taxicab on the night of July 17th,
the day after the murder, and had
taken him around to Pollok's house.
Hart took him inside, he said, leaving
Bee! f r, who then drove away in the
taxicab. Barter said he was then ask
d to witness an affidavit made by
R "se Hiat the $1,500 loan which Rose
has :;aid was made through him t-y
P.ec! ,.r to Herman Rosenthal, was in
fa t made by Harry Pollok. This ia
ih-- affidavit Rose claims Becker forc
ed him to make as the price of pro
tecting him from arrest and was to
'dear Becker of the charge made by
Hose n thai, before he was shot, that
th' ioliee lieutenant was a partner in
K't;,enthal's gambling house. Barter
said Pollok was not present during the
fonversation between Hart and Rose
as " the affidavit, and it was learned
that Pollok testified before the grand
jury that he never made the loan, nam
ed in the affidavit which was produc
ed for the grand jury's inspection.
The notary public related further
that during the conversation he re
iiiukod "that was a terrible murder
v.a. n't it?"
That was as far aB I got on that
line of conversation," Barter told the
di.-triet attorney. "I heard Rose ask
Hart if he had better go to the dis
')i't attorney's office, but I did not
h'-ar the lawyer's answer. They left
me over in one corner of the room
d ii ins most of their conversation."
Planish, who is an Austrian of good
hn Mi and education, testified before'
Hi" srand jury, it was learned, that
h" stood within a few feet of Resen
Hi tl when he fell under the fusilade
"idiots. He saw Jack Sullivan, he
: i 1. loan over Rosenthal's body and
m he's dead all right" and then
1i ivo away in the automobile.
Danish, it was learned, was in the
''''ii r. room when Jack Sullivan was
an ii -nod two days after the murder
si'i positively identified him...
Ih" fact of the identification was
r " made known at that time, how-
' '"!". owing to the desire of the dis
''''' attorney to keep the Austrian
from police influence before Ke
i' -Hii'-d before the grand jury. His
:d ::tification of 'Gyp, The Blood,"
' Hy" ix)uie, "Whitey" Lewis and
hzo" Frank Cirofici were made in
Hi" presence of the jury by means of
(holographs and without hestitation.
Whitman's expectation that
!: Sullivan will confess is based
"!'on information received from Jack
"ise and "Bridgie" Webber today
?"r they had talked with Sullivan
in the Westside prison to which he
CKER
MAY
soo
TWO BATTLESfllPSDISABLED
The Nebraska Runs on an Uncharted
fehoal and is Limping Into Bos
ton The Connecticut Breaks
Crankshaft.
Newport, R.- I., Aug. 9. The battle
ship Nebraska Is limping into Boston
tonight badly disabled as a result of
running into an uncharted shoals four
miles west by. south of Point Judith
light yesterday, the nature of her
injury is not definitely known, as the
usual reticence of naval officials, until
their formal report is made, is main
tained tonight
The Connecticut, also the victim of
an accident, came into harbor tonight
under her port engines. The acci
dents will keep both ships out of fur
urins ior some time, although it
J "It" i . 9 . .
was said that the Nebraska remained
in the maneuvers for a short time fol
lowing her injury. It was decided to
send her to Boston for repairs.
Before she left the shoal where she
grounded a diver was sent overboard
ana reported that the Nebraska had
struck among a groun of boulders cov
ering an acre of sea bottom, with only
zu.reet or water over them. The dis
covery of such a shoal caused great
Surprise in both shioninc and naval
circles. The Nebraska was in com
mand of Capt. Spencer S. Wood.
Officers on board the flagshiD Con
necticut were reluctant to talk tonight
on the accident to the Nebraska. They
said the Nebraska left the fleet this
morning and is proceeding under re
duced speed toward Boston. When
the Connecticut, with Rear Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus, the fleet commander,
on board, came into this harbor, it
was said that her starboard crankshaft
was broken and she would have to go
either to New York or Philadelphia
for repairs, which would take several
weeks. The break occurred yesterday
morning when the Connecticut was
going through maneuvers at a l-knot
speed, but it was not discovered un
til after the ship came to anchor.
Then one of the machinists detected
the break.
A board of inquiry will examine next
week into the causes of both mishaps.
BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS.
Agricultural Department Estimates
Banner Yields This Year.
"Washington,-; Aug. 9'. This year's
crop in the United States will be far
in excess of last year's .yield, it was
estimated today by the Department of
Agriculture. It will be better than the
average crop for the past 10 years and
in the case of a number of products
will make a new record, if present es
timates are not overthrown fly condi
tions at present unforseen.
The country's corn crop, estimated
At 2,811,000,000 bushels, will be the
largest in the Nation's history, with
the exception of the years 1906 and
1910, the former being the banner
year with 2,927,000,000 bushels. As
for the wheat crop,, estimated at 680,
000,000 bushels, that will rank fifth
in size during the past 0 years.
The oats crop will be the largest
the country has gathered, surpassing
by 21,000,000 bushels that of 1910, the
previous record. In barley, too, this
year will establish a new record, the
estimated yield of 202,000,000 bushels
being 24,000,000 bushels greater than
that of 1906, the previous best year.
The yield of rye. 35,000,000 bushels,
will equal that of 1910, the former rec
ord year.
Of potatoes, which will amount this
year to 371,000,000 bushels, only 1909
with its 389.000,000 bushels produced
a larger yield.
The Department cf Agriculture's Au
gust crop report contains details for
important crops in Virginia and North
Carolina as follows:
Winter wheat, Virginia, yield, 11.6;
production 8,596; quality, 88. North
Carolina yield, 8.9; production, 5,322;
quality, 89.
Corn condition for North Carolina
in 1912, 86; 1911, 78; ten year aver
age 86. In Virginia, 1912, 85; 1911,
70; ten year average 86. In South Car
olina, 1912, 79; 1911, 80; ten year av
erage, 84.
M. & O. TRAIN DITCHED.
Thirty-Five Persons Injured, Some of
Them Seriously.
St- Louis.Mo., Aug. 9. Thirty-five
persons were injured, some of v them
seriously, when Mobile and Ohio train
No. 2, from Mobile to St. Louis, was
ditched near here this evening. Re-
ief trains were sent from here, 'ihe
train was composed of steel cars which
were making their first trip, and the
trainmen said the steel coaches pre
vented loss of life. The train was
running more than an hour late and
was trying to make up lost time.
was removed yesterday at Rose's sug
gestion, it is understood.
Sullivan had "weakened," is the
message the district attorney receiv
ed.. Mr. Whitman left tonight for
Manchester, Vt., to be gone uniil
Monday and expects to obtain Sulli
van's statement upon his return for
presentation to the grand jury on
Tuesday. On that day Mr . Whitman
will ask for several indictments, in
cluding, it is understood, the re-indictment
of Becker.
Through tips furnished by Rose and
Webber the district attorney obtained
today what seemed a likely clue as
to the whereabouts of Sam Schepps,
who is wanted in connection with he
murder and sent two detectives out
of town on the frail. "Gyp, The
Blood, and "Lefty Louie" are still
missing. All three could ' be found,
Mr. Whitman declared tonight,-If cer
tain'" mwnbers .of the police depart
ment were willing to find them.
WELMINGTOK,
CANAL BILL WITH
FREE TOLL PASSES
Prohibits All Railroad Owned
Vessels from Using the
Waterway
GREAT FIGHT IN THE SENATE
Opponents of Free Toll Provision Con
tinue Battle Until the Last Min
ute Some Important Amend
ments Adopted.
Washington, Aug. 9. The Panama
canal administration bill, providing fof
passage to American ships, prohibit
ing railroad owned vessels from us
ing the waterway and authorizing the
establishment of a one-man govern
ment when the canal is completed,
was passed by the Senate tonight by
a vote cf 47 to 15. The provision for
free tolls, which was fought out in the
Senate Wednesday, was endorsed
again just before the passage of the-f
meaaure.
Attached to the bill as it passed the
Senate were two important amend
ments directed at trust or railroad con
trol of steamship lines. The first, by
Senator Reed, would prohibit ships
owned by an illegal industrial combi
nation irom using tne canai; ana tne
second, by Senator Bourne, would
force railroads to give up water lines
that might otherwise be their competi
tors, if it were proved that they were
stifling competition.
Opponents of the free toll provision
for American ships, against which
Great Britain made formal protest,
carried their fight up to the last of
the bill's consideration. Just before
its passage, Senator Root moved to
strike out the section giving free tolls
to American coastwise vessels; and
Senator Hoke .Smith, of Georgia, .mov
ed to iStrike out the provision for free
tolls to Ajnerican ships in the foreign
trade. Both of these motion" were de-
feated-oy-overwhelminR. votes.
-""-JCsfterBill passed, it would permit
American coastwise vessels to pass
through the canal free, without condi
tions; while American foreign trade
ships might-pass through free if their
owners agreed to sell the vessels to
the United States at a fair price in
time of war or emergency.
The great fight of the day centered
about the provisions to prohibit rail
road owned ships from using the canal.
The broad terms of the original House
bill, which would have required every
railroad in the country to dispose at
once of any steamship lines with which
it might otherwise compete, were not
accepted, by the Senate. This was
modified so that railroads would be
prohibited only from owning steam
ship lines that may operate through
the Panama canal.
The Bourne amendment, however,
adopted later by a vote. of 36 to 25,
restored much of the vigor of the anti
railroad provisions of the House bill.
It prpvided that if the Inter-State Commerce-
Commission should find that
any railroad had an interest in a com
petitive line of steamers, and that
such Interest was injurious to the wel
fare of the public, the commission
might compel the railroad to dispose
of its steamer connections.
Senator Brandagee, chairman of the
Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee of the
Senate, made an ineffective fight on
the rigid provisions against the rail
road, ships. After the amendments
had been, adopted to the House bill he
moved that the whole paragraph relat
ing;to railroad control be stricken out.
This motionwas defeated 45 to 18.
A subsequent proposal by Mr. Branda
gee, to permit any ships to use the
canal,;giving to the Inter-State Com
merce" -Commission power of control
over " them, also was defeated.
The Reed amendment against trust
owned ships, was called up for a sec
ond .vote before the bill passed, and
was adopted on final passage by a vote
of 3ft to 23;
The completed canal bill finally was
passed With . Senators Burton, Crane,
Gallinger, Lodge, Root and other op
ponents of the free toll and anti-railroad
features of it, voting against it.
In the form in which it returns to
the House, the bill adds to the general
scheme, for. operating and governing
the Panama canal, provisions for the
admission to American registry of any
foreign built ships owned by Ameri
cans, provided they are operated whol
ly in the .foreign trade.
TO YELL
FOR ATHLETICS
School
Children of New York Will
Cheer Olympic Stars
New ark, August 9. Plans for the
reception of the American Olympic
team tq be -held here August 24th are
rapidly nearing completion. The com
mittee having the matter in charge
decided today to extend invitations to
the Swedish Ambassador at Washing
ton, and Swedish Consul General to
join the reviewing party.
A tmiqne feature of the reception
will -'he the Meeting the athletes will
receive d from the boys and girls of
New York., The youngsters will form
the stationary "guard of honor," edg
ing the sidewalks along Broadway
from City Hall to Forty-second street,
and give fthe Olympic team's yell,
which ffille taken up block by block.
' Fireworks Monday,
Aiimit 12th. at the Beach, 9:00 -
N. C, SATURDAY MOBNDSTG, AUGUST 10, 1912.,
NEW SENSATION IN DETROIT
Arrest of Sixteen Aldermen Yesterday.
Charges Go Far Back Into Coun
cilmanic Affairs of City.
Hearing Monday.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 9. The arrests
today of 16 aldermen and the an-J
nouncement that the prosecutor will)
request 18 warrants, Monday charging
the 16 arrests today and two addition
al aldermen with conspiracy to defraud
the city, by bribery and other means,
added a new sensation to those that
have accompanied recent investiga
tions into alleged graft in councilman
ic circles.
Seven of the nine aldermen now un-
der bonds to appear for hearing on
charges of bribery in tne Wabash rail
road street closing case were among
the 16 arrested today. All of the offi
cials arrested have been released from
custody on bail. It is understood that
the new warrants will in no way con
flict with the charges preferred in the
Wabash case, but . that they will go
hsto the official business transactions
of the akiermen for several years
back. The new arrests are said to be
the result" of the personal investiga
tion of Prosecutor Hugh Shepperd,
who was seriously ill when the. first
aldermanic arrests were made upon
evidence secured by Detective William
J. Burns.
One of the two officials for whom
warrants will be asked in connection
with today's developments, is out of
ft he city. The other appeared person-
any ieiore me prosecutor witn Donas
men and he was released without the
formality of being registered at police
headquarters.
MRS. GRACE HOME.
Returns to Philadelphia to be With
Blind Son.
Philadelphia, Aug. 9 Mra. Daisy
Ulrich Opie Grace, who ..was acquitted
a few days ago in Atlanta, of a charge
of having shot her husband,- Eugene
Grace, arrived here from Savannah
tcday bn the steamship Frederick and
Joined her sightless nine-year-old-, son,
Webster Opie, at the home of her
mother :n West Philadelphia.; Jump
ing out cf a taxicab and dashing upon
the porch of the house where the boy
had been patiently awaiting his moth
er, Mrs. Grace picked him up in her
arms, and wept a she, kissed feim.- "Oh,
mother,, mother," exclaimed the-hoy
as he hugged his mother, whose long
absence he was told had been due to
iiiaess.
To interviewers Mrs. Grace had no
thing to say about her trial.
"I have nothing further to do with
the public, and no statement to make.",
she declared.- "I only want the public
to forget me and allow me to forget
the terriole events of the past. I am
going to devote the rest of my.- life
to my boy."
Mrs. Grace said she had nothing to
say regarding her future relations with
her husband.
FOR HOLDING COTTON.
P'an'for 1912-1913 Croo is in Incuba
tion in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9. Plans for
handling th? 1912-13 cotton crop and
movement looking to the organization
of the National Warehouse and Ele
vator Co. will be discussed at a gen
eral rally of members of the Farmers'
Union here August 27. The purpose
of the, warehouse company is to han
dle the cotton and grain output of the
country. Lawson E. Brown, president
of the Georgia Farmers Union, who
sent out the call for the rally, said to
day that branches of the warehouse
company had already been established.-
OUTLIKT ES
The Panama canal bill, providing for
free passage to American ships, pro
hibiting railroad owned vessels from
using the waterway and authorizing
the establishment ol a one-man gov
ernment when the canal is completed,
was passed by the Senate last night
by a vote of 47 to 15.
President Taft yesterday vetoed the
wool bill and returned it to the House,
disapproving of it because he thought
its low rates would hurt American in-1
dustries.
The arrest of 16 aldermen charged
with conspiracy to defraud the city,
furnished the latest sensation in the
Detroit graft cases yesterday.
District Attorney Whitman learned
yesterday that Police Lieut. Becker
was ready to make some disclosures
in regard to the pclice graft in New
York, under certain conditions and the
prosecutor thinks Becker may soon
break down and confess.
The battleship Nebraska was ser
iously damaged yesterday by running
on an uncharted shoal while engaged
in the navy and army maneuvers and
the Connecticut had a crankshaft
broken.
Mrs. Daisy Grace, who was acquitted
a few days ago, of the charge of hav
ing shot her husband, arrived yester
day, at Philadelphia, where she join
ed her sightless son.
, Representative Gardner, in a speech
in the House yesterday challenged
Roosevelt to make his views on the
trust problem plain. Representative
McGillicuddy declared the former
President had sold himself out to the
steel trust.
New York markets: Money on call
steady, 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 per cent; ruling
rate 2 3-4. Spot cotton closed quiet.
Flour moderately active. .Wheat, spot
easy; No. 2 red, new 1.07 c.Lf. track
and 1.08 1-2 f.o.b. afloat to arrive.
Corn,, spot easy; export 82 1-2. f.o.b.
afloat. Oats, spot steady. Turpen
tine weak. Rosin steady. ; ,
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WANTS ROOSEVELT
TO SPEAK PLAINLY
Gardner Challenges the Co
lonel's Views on Trust
Problem
STEEL REPORT IS DISCUSSED
Representative McGillicuddy Declares
(Former President Sold Himself
Out to Steel Trust, Heels,
Hide and Teeth
Washington, August 9. Represen
tative Gardner, of Massachusetts,
ranking minority member of the House
Steel Trust Investigating Committee,
in, the course of a speech tonight on
the House "Steel Trust" Investigating
Committee's report, challenged Colo
nel Roosevelt to make plain his atti
tude on the trustproblem. Mr. Gard
ner caused a stir on the advanced
grounds he took on the trust question,
even advancing the opinion that event
ually a Federal commission with pow
ers to regulate prices might have to
be named.
Mr. Gardner declared that under
his "confession of faith" Colonel
Roosevelt had been opposed to the
dissolution of trusts, but that the Pro
gressive party platform was capable of
interpretation in favor of dissolution
or in favor of recognition of big cor
porations.
"To settle the question," said Mr.
Gardner, "I ask Colonel Roosevelt the
following perfectly plain question:
"Phe International Harvester Company
has such a predominance in its par
ticular industry as to be indistinguish
able from a monopoly. Do you rec
ommend its dissolution or do you
commend its recognition?' "
Representative McGillicuddy, of
Maine, and Chairman Stanley, both
of the committee, together with Rep
resentative Jac'kson, of Kansas, ne
publican, also spoke on the report. Mr.
McGillicuddy declared the time had
come to investigate the -causes that
tended to concentration of" the wealth-
of the country. He said the capital of
the -United States Steel Corporation
alone would equal all the wealth, real
and personal estates of Maine, New
Hamnshire and Vermont. This con
centration had progressed, he declar
ed until families aggregating one-third
of the entire population of the country
were forced to exist on less than $400
a vear each.
The "Steel Trust," Mr. McGillicud
dy asserted, was the direct creation
of the protective tariff. Referring to
the absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company by the Steel uor
poration and the alleged acquiesence
f thf President. Roosevelt, Mr. Mc-
fiillirnddv said Mr. Roosevelt's action
was "the most humiliating surrender
the country had ever known" and that
thP former President "had sold him
self out to the steel trust, heels, hide
and teeth."
"If we wish to dissolve the trusts,
ih time has come to say so, said mr
Gardner. "If we wish to recognize the
trusts the time has come to be defi-
nit-o about it.
"If we really wish to break up the
trusts, all we have to do is to tor ma
tha mneentration of more than a giv
en amount of capital under a single
mnnnsrement and then instruct our
courts to dissolve existing trusts into
corporations within tne prescriueu
size. . TV'"8'?
Mr. Gardner declared ne aia not
believe in dissolution as a reiueuy.
said combinations of capital had their
place in the economic scheme of
things, but they should be made to be-
. "What we need," said Mr. Gardner,
with emphasis, "is good drastic recog
nition of large industrial units. We
have fooled too long with general dis
solution." . . ,
A return to the competitive system,
Mr Gardner insisted, would not mean
lower prices. He pointed to the fall
ing off in prices on the products of
the United States Steel Corporation
in tne aecauc m -. , r.,
other materials and commodities
As a solution of the problem, Mr.
Gardner advocated the compulsory li
censing of all corporations whose as
sets exceed $50,000,000, forcing them
fho Ramfi time to re-capitalize at
the exact amount of their actual hold
ings. He would have crearea me
ter-State Commission of industry,
clothed with powers to enforce the
corporation laws and, if found neces
sary to gain complete control of the
situation with power to fix pricesof
commodities."
WESTERN UNION TO BUILD.
Four Million Dollar Structure to be 28
Stories High.
' New York, Aug. 9. Preliminary
plans have been filed for a new twenty-eight
story building for the Western
Union Telegraph Company. " The
hniiHinz'is to be erected on. the site of
its present structure at 195 Broadway.
The plans show that there wi-. be
2i elevators and that the cost of the
building will be $4,000,000. '
Washington, Aug. 9. TJie cotton
tariff bill framed by the Democratic
House of Representatives was; today
made-the unfinished business of the
Senate and will come up fotlcoflslde-
ration early tomorrow. T
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TUFT VETOES THE WOOL DILL
President Turns Down Revision Meas
ure on Ground That Its Low Rates
Would be Disastrous to
Home Industries.
Washington,; Aug. 9. For the sec
ond time within a year President Taft
today vetoed a bill to revise the wool
tariff Schedule K, of the Payne-Ald-rich
law.
With a message of disapproval he
returned to Congress the bill evolved
as a compromise between the House
and Senate on the grounds that its
low rates would bring disaster to home
industries. But the President appeal
ed to Congress not to adjourn until i'
had enacted a measure to "substantial
ly reduce unnecessary . existing du
ties" without destroying protection for
the wool industry in the United States
The President's disapproval of the
wool bill is to be followed with simi
lar vetoes of the steel bill and th t.
ton bill. The suerar hill ia 1 i Vol v r .
be vetoed, as is the excise tax bill, the
latterprobably on the ground that the
President believes it unconstitutional.
"I shall stand by mv nlpde-M tn
maintain a degree of protection neces
sary to offset the differences in cost
or production here and abroad, and
will hearttily annrove of anv hill re.
ducing duties to this level." wrote Mr
Taft.
While the bill vetoed todav and the
one disapproved last year were iden
tical m terms, the President's reaannn
differed. He vetoed the . former bill
because it had been framed before the
Tariff Board report the latter he-
cause he said it had been framed with
disregard for the board's findings.
iyiuoi ui me rates in tne submitted
bill" wrote the President, "are so low
in tnemselves that if enacted into law,
the inevitable result would be irre
trievable injury' to the wool growing
industry, the enforced idleness of much
of our wool combing and spinning ima
chinery, and of thousands of looms
and the consequent throwing out of
employment, thousands of workmen."
The bill sent to the White House im
posed an ad valorem duty of 29 per
cent, on raw wool and on cloths of 49
per cent. Both rates Mr. Taft held,
were insufficient to protect the wool
grower and the manufacturer.
It was predicted today that the wool
bill mfght be passed by the House
over. Mr. Taft's veto, but there was
some doubt as to its fate in: the Sen
ate. Republican leaders were inclin
ed to believe that it would fail of pas
sage there as it did 12 anonths ago.
The President's message pointed out
that he was anxious to see Schedule
K revised downward and that he
would be glad to see Congress remain
in Washington until a bill. he consider
ed proper was sent to the White
House. He found it impossible, he
said, in view of the platform on which
he was elected, to approve the substi
tuted measure, but declared one agree
able to his views liad been drafted by
minority members of the House Ways
and Means Committee.
"I strongly desire to reduce duties,"
read the message, "provided only the
protective system be maintained and
that industries now established be not
destroyed. It now appears from the
Tariff Board's report and from bills
introduced into the House and Senate
that a, bill may be drawn so as to be
within the requirements of protection
and still offer a reduction of 20 per
cent, on most wool and of from 20 per
cent, to 50 per cent, on cloths.
I cannot act on the assumption
that a majority of either House will
refuse to pass a bill of this kind. I
therefore urge upon Congress that it
not adjourn without taking advan
tage of the" plain opportunity thus sub
stantially to reduce unnecessary exist
ing duties. I appeal to Congress to
re-consider the measure, which I now
return without my approval, and to
adopt a substitute therefor, making
substantial reductions below the rates
of the present act, which the Tariff
Board shows possible, without destroy
ing any established industry, or throw
ing any wage-earners out of employ
ment, and which I will promptly ap
prove.
"Despite the efforts that have been
made to discredit the work of the Tar
iff Board, their report on this sched
ule has been accepted with scarcely a
dissenting voice, by all those familiar
with the problems discussed, includ
ing active representatives of organiza
tions formed in the interest of the pub
lic and the consumer."
The message sent to the House to
day was drawn after conferences be
tween the President and Ghairman
Emery, of the Tariff Board. It was
submitted to the cabinet yesterday at
special meeting. Reports that two
members of the President's official
family urged him to approve this meas
ure were denied at the White House.
FIRE AT WASHINGTON, N. C.
Dry Kilns of Pamlico Cooperage Com-
panyAre Destroyed.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, N. C, Aug. 9. Wash
ington was visited by another costly
and disastrous fire today when the
large dry kilns and lumber shed of the
Pamlico Cooperage Company were to;
tally destroyed. Howthe fire originat
ed is not known, probably by a spark
falling in the dry kiln, but when dis
covered the fire had gained consider
able headway. Although this plant is
situated in the suburbs of the city, at
tHe foot of Main street, the local fire
department renderel valiant service,
thereby saving the mill plant proper
and several adjoining buildings. 'The
estimated loss is $15,000, insurance
not known.
"The Frailty of Man"
Young man who can't resist lure of
the gaming table. At The Grand Thea-
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Officials Exercised
Over' Its Erection at
Sayville, L. I.
AGAINST LODGE RESOLUTION
Important Considerations of National
Policy Moves the Navy Depart
ment to Conduct a Quiet
Investigation
Washington, August 9. A powerful
wireless station a Sayville, L. I., prac
tically commanding New York harbor,
and controlled by a corporation re
puted to be under the influence of
the German government, is being ob
served by the Navy Department and
the Department of Commerce and La
bor.
Officials het have quietly -been
watching its progress and trying to
determine if it comes within the pro
visions of the Lodge resolution recent
ly adopted by the Senate, declaring
that the United States could not aee
without grave concern the actual or.
potential possession of any harbor or
other place on the American conti
nents by any government, not Ameri
can, when possession would give to ,
such a government practical power of
control for naval or military purposes.
Another, feature affecting the situa-
munication bill for the control, of
wireless which passed the House to
day. It already has passed the Sen
ate and contains a provision to prohi
bit the operation- of any private wire
less plant within "15 miles of certain
government stations."
, Officials who have been concerned
over the erection of the ; new tower
which is even taller and fully as pow
erful as the great government plant
now being erected' -near -here at Fort
Meyer, Va., have been awaiting the
action of Congress-6n this provision.
U Notice- of theavsra?Jy., ;Bipp6ed
foTeln-ownr wireiesH :tlantr Mine to
the attention of the government offi-,
cially, through a prominerit member
of the New York Yafcht Club, near
Whose country place at Sayville the
tower has1 been erected. Important,
considerations of National policy mov-.
ed the Navy Department to quietly
dispatch an officer fronuthe New York
Navy Yard to Sayville to examine and
report upon the structure. '
The Department of -Commerce and
Labor, being charged with general su
pervision of that means of communi
cation so far asit affects the navi
gation of vessels, took . a hand and
made a quiet investigation of its own.
It was thought at first that operation
of the station - mierht be nrevented
upon the ground that like a cable sta
tion, it could not be established and
operated withbut a special license
from the United States government.
This consideration, however, may now
give way to the means provided by
the radio-communication bill, which
after conference upon some minor
disagreements between the House and
Senate will go to President Taft for
his signature.
ON GRAND CIRCUIT.
Walter R. Cox Has a Field Day of It.
Some Fast Time.
Pittsburg, Aug. 9. Walter R. Cox,
the New Hampshire driver on the
Grand Circuit, had a field day of it to
day, the closing day of the Pittsburg
meeting, winning every race in which
he drove, which was three out of four
on the card. Cox won the 2:18 trot
with Arona McKinney; the 2:15 pace
with Baron A.; and the. 2:20 pace with
Myrtle Baron, all of them in straight
heats.
The free for all pacing championship
the only one in which Cox had no en
try, brought out the best field of the
week. Evelyn W., the horse that pac
ed 2:03 1-2 and 2:04 1-4 in Detroit July
25th ; Independence Boy, showing 2 : 02
1-4 in the same race; and Vernon Mc
Kinney and Don Dehsniore, all of
whom met at Cleveland August 3rd, in
the open pace which Evelyn W. cap
tured, and Sir R., who captured the
2:04 pace in Cleveland July 30th, were
starters in this race, which went to
Don Densmore after Vernon McKin
ney had taken the first heat at 2:01
1-2, the fastest time of any heat on
any track this year. Den smore took
the second heat at 2:02 1-4, making
two of the fastest heats on any track
this year, and clipped off the third
heat'at 2:05 3-4.
CROSS THE BOUNDARY.
Mexicans Begin Raiding on This Side
Of Border
El Paso, Tex., August 9. Mexicans
crossed the international ' boundary in
to Texas today and began raiding near
Sierra Blanca, according' to a tele
gram to Sheriff Edwarde here this
forenoon.
The raiders crossed- near ' Sierra
Blana, Texas.
Washington, August 9. Two hun
dred Mexican rebels appeared sudden-
ly at Bisbee, Ariz., last night and im
mediately .a detachment of American
troops was despatched to keep the
Mexicans out of mischief. If they
have not crossed the border by the.
time the troops reach. Bisbee, the reb
els probably will be interned.
News received at, the. State Depart
ment today indicates . that.the . rebel
forces-are disintegrating:.
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