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f;V;v'r.'x- '.v!is'f -v- -i-V- - v - - -"v ., K , , , - .- , - - -. " , - - - , . - , . . - , , ' l " THE WEATHER. Fair and colder today; . Wednesday fair; moderate y'west and northwest" winas. - . WIIiMESTGrTOK, 1ST. C, TUESDAY IVfORKING, FEBRUARY 4, 1913. WHOLE NUMBER 13,238; ' 1 tf TiisifetfS iT3 ..vT-" L ADVERTISING PAYS. rl i ! "-'. - -i&oxos&xa . 777Trz: mmm . ' t " J ; mmm nri nil nniinx r rn HtMiH MUD m SERIOUS CHftRG I Will Be Placed on Trial for the Alleged" Assault ofWife STAR WITNESS FOB DEFENSE -4. Mrs. Beach Maintains She Was Not Attacked by Her Husband Trial ? -Expected to Consume Two rysrheACa8e ' v : Aiken, S,'C;iiPrederiok' O. Beach, prominent VNr'i York million aire, will be p3acted 9n trial here t6 morrow charged with assault and bati tery with JhteSt ,tof his wife, Ca milla Morse, Hafeineyfr Beach. Mrs; Beach is. expected to -be jthe star wit ness for tWdeiens, tor she has stead fasctly maintained - tifat vshe was not attacked, hy her httJ3l&nd. - Prospects totttghwre that the trial would consume notaore than two days. The Jury will ; be 'selected from a venire of 36 men, most of whom are farmers. In, spite of the publicity giv en the case;:in the-vnewspapers, little trouble i ajiticipated in "securing a jury. --i::-..y-i:.-. Prosecutor; R.' .IV. Gunter declared tonight that hehad a Pfinia facie case against Beach, but" ihe : large array of legal talent which 4he latter has mus tered in bis defense expressed confi dence in their ability to establish Beach's ijmocencei J j. " . ' Eight ' witnesses--b.aVe been subpoe naed by th; prosecution. They in clude Herbert E.- Gyles May, of Aiken, to whom Beach " showed the pocfeet knife with which " the prosecution al leges he slashed his wife's throat: Sneriff H. Howard-who was chief of police at the time;." S. E. Holly, the rural polfceman v who , brought about Beach's? arrestiTJR? K . Lorenz,1tott had been filed In good faith, i editor of a iocat,; paperv wno iouna a blood-stained fence paling neaiU'tbe Beach hoia.vftgdjiB : ji nriaejrmystff rious -witness who is aia to"bave over heard a conversation between Beach and his wife in the mayor's ofiice just before Beach, was rreisted, As far as now known, only three witnesses will .be - put on the stand by the defense.' v -Mrs . Beach probably will be the first; .Miss Marion Hollins, of New Yorki, who? waa a guest at the Beach home here the night of the as sault, is expected to be a witness, and Beach probably); will take the stand himself. ' . ' The assault on jlrs. Beach was committed on the night of .February -' th. last Some 6ne struck her over the head with a heavy instrument and inflicted a jagged? gash in her throat, apparently with a pocket knife. Beach w as arrested o, April 8th, charged with the assault,-th "police contending that he had attacked her behind the laundry that stood ' near the Beach home after he had failed to catch a "white man in a gray suit," who fled at his.apach.vV''$.-'"' - ' In spite olttnefabt that Mrs Beach stoutly maintained that she had been assaulted iby a negro", whose mo tive was robbery, thelpity authorities oiortWA ih work ud the case and upon the intormation he as sisted them to; present to tne grana jury. Beach wa indicted. '' . PrnsPoufM-i rtrthtefeioday took by consent the tesftmqny'of Miss Ldllah Wyman, who: is, too ill. to appear as a witness. Miss Wyman, the daugn, ter of a nmminerrf Dnlrslcian who lives di rectly across Hfeet from the Beach home, is alleged to have seen the TTivsteHous 'mail itf Krey" running away from thescene about the time of the assault. v 'rt; - ' ' - ' Counsel for the? jflef enae also waived objection to tlieJ introduction of the report of Boydotf Mlms, a Coluntbia chemist, who examined; Beach's pocket knife. Injfhisrjfetpoyt11118 said tnat in his opinion'' Several spots found about the base of a broken blade were blood cornusules. -; V; " Judge J. M. Spaia will preside over the Aiken county Court of General Sessions, in which Beach will be tried. Prosecutor Gunter will conduct the state's case unaided. " Colonel u. o Henderson, of AJkebrwfll be in charge of the case and will be assisted by Thomas C. Fuller,;-attorney, of New York P.nn PToTTin" JAmea F. ByrneS, I B. Sallev and'WV Q, Davis, all of Aiken. , : -4 ? 7 The Winter? colony - dees not - appear to he unusually, ex6ited over the trial and few persdns of prominence, are nere especially ; 10' tne, T;ase, i :iid his wif have remained close to their hotel since their arrival here last week and have discussed the case only with their lawyers. ft tJnder the Jaws of the State "assault. ;with intent to ill is not a 'felony!, - Punishment is fixed at from SO-davs tO 10 years on t he chain gang ,or.inthe State peniten tiary with the 'alternation of a fine or both. -'(.';, V . -- ' A Progressive Building and Loan As sociation onens tteV; series Saturday, February 1st. 3 MSolky, president; Jos. j. Loughlin, secretary. OflBce, A. W. -Pate Co. -(AdTrtisement.K6t. - -Doh't Poroet to reserve one of- The t Star's : Parcel Post Maps today.. . Clip the "coupons "Winning i nursaay rmorning. : (Adtrtiement.) ' IS StVEO FROM JAIL (Ml A'??d Attmj?t to Imprison William NBl6cked Sheriff Repu Sir dlates Motion Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3. Another attempt to place William R. Nelson, editor and' owner of the Kansas City btar," in jairfor contempt of court, was jbtocked today when Sheriff Wln stanley . in the Kansas City Court of Appeals, repudiated a motion filed in his name by "friends of the court" of Circuit1 Tudge Joseph A. 'Guthrie, ask ing that, a writ of habeas corpus on which , MK Nelson was released Sat urday, b!e quashed. The Appellate Court -then certified the case to the State Supreme Court m tne regular order of "the docket. months may elapse before the case can-ioe heard. In the meantime the status of Mr. Nelson will not be chans- ed.J ' .. . - - ; The court made no reference to the filing off the application for the dis misaal of the motion, save ' that it made no difference in the case wheth er the; motion stood -or not, since the court had sufiBcient doubt as to juris diction, to prompt reference to the higher tribunal. Attorney O. H. Dean, one of the seven "mends . of the- court, wnose names . were- affixed to the motion to quash, told i the three judges of the Courts bf ' Appeals . that the sheriff's name had I been placed on the motion on. verbal -assurance from 'Judge Guth rie that the sheriff had approve the signature, f it? was Judge Guthrie who sentenced . Mr. Nelson to one day in jail for, contempt, for printing a criti cism of the court that Judge Guthrie held was unfair,-; At attempt to .argue the motion was made by: Attorney , Dean, but he "was stopped by Presiding Judge Ellison, with' the announcement that the court had decided, that the . habeas corpus was good "and the case would be cer tified to the Supreme Court. Frank Pi Walsh; attorney for Mr. Nelson, charged that -he. had been mis led - by , the 1 filers of the motion,v and Attorney Dean declared that the mo- Tne-ia6-' thai any sheriff could block the administration ; of justice," aia "MK: Oean.V.never had occurjred to. us-. ' If such things can be done, any. common jconstable could allow tne greatest criminal on earth to escape. Charles Shannon." attorney tor tne sheriff, in asking: that the", motion be dismissed, .said: - ' .- "Sheriff ' Winstanley respectfully states' that said motion was not filed by - him or by his . authority and he, therefore, prays" the court to disre gard the aforesaid motion ana striKe it from the -files or tne proceeaings. sheriff Winstanley called me by tele phone for a conference regarding his placing his signature to the motion. When I reached the 'Court House the motion already had been filed. I ad vised the sheriff to repudiate tne sig nature, which through me he now does." Attorney. Dean, in explaining tne ac tion of "the seven "friends or tne court" of ' Judge Guthrie, Isaid to the Court of Appeals: . - "After the motion was drawn up it was" submitted to Sheriff Winstanley, in whose custody Mr. Nelson went al ter conviction by Judge Guthrie, as a matter of courtesy. We were not striving to use tne snenu s name, i j sought to affix it courtepuely. Tlje sheriff' said he would not sign unui advised to do so by his attorney. The matter-required haste. The name was placed oh the motion when later Judge Guthrie telephoned us that the sheriff had approved tne action. w were astonished when, upon filing the motion, Attorney Walsh, At- torney " Shannon ana onenii vy msiau ley came marchfng up and informed u we had done an unautnoniBu ms. Something seems curious. We all know that Judge Gutnrie. om uui ic us a falsehood." BOTH, ARE SCORED Wickersham and Fisher Attacked. In U. Si Oil Co. Brief Wo oh in Btnn. Feb . 3. Attorney General Wickersham is scored for his action in holding up tne lexas muict ments against John D. Arcbbold and ntf.,- sfanriarii Oil officials, and Sec retary Fisher is again -charged with "subserviency to tne ou uusw brief filed today with the House In dian Affairs Committee by attorneys for the Uncle Sam Oil Company m Osage land controversy. ' ; The committee's report on its in vestigation of charges against Mr. Fisher growing out of the secretary's dismissal of the: Osage councillors be cause they persisted in! making leases -with the Uncle Sain company will not be made to this Congress. At a recent election the .tribe ratified Secretary Fisher's action. . . - PASSED BY SENATE: Admitted Handwriting of Any Person Competent Evidence. - Washington; Feb. 3 The Senate to day passed .the" bill already-acted on by the House making -the -admitted handwriting of anr person competent evidence in a court of law with which to- compare handwriting which . might be questioned; !"' ' r ..The so-called, "enlafged" home stead blllpreviously passed by; the House also-was passed by theSenate. This bill- establishes the right of a homesteader1 on1 dry- lands- to get a 320-acre farrn through a 'residence or five years."' . , A TAX ON INCOMES IS MADE POSSIBLE Sixteenth Amendment Rati- f ied by Three-Fourths 1 o the States BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED Extra Session of Congress Will Take i- Up Matter of Framing Income Tax Measure Tax to be .. One Per Cent. Washington, Feb. 3. Direct taxes upon the incomes of citizens of the United States, whether derived from idle capital or from the conduct of business, were made possible today by the ratification of the 16th amendment to the Federal constitution. Delaware, Wyoming and New Mexico,' endorsing the hjeome tax amendment through their, respective Legislature, completed a list of 38 States that have approved it, two more .than the three-fourths necessary for its final adoption. Leaders in Congress predicted to night that through this authorization the law which will be passed to .levy the tax upon - American incomes will be introduced as ! soon as the. extra session opensiw Its exact , terms have not vbeen decided upon, but it is fce lieved. will exenmt all incomes below $4,000 or $5,000, and will provide a tax oFl- per centi upon the majority of per sonal incomes that do not run to an excessive figure. . - Informal notice of the final adoption ofthe-amendment was given to the Senate by Senator Brown, of Nebraska,-who. introduced the 'resolution in 1909. upon , which the proposal for an income tax' was submitted to the States. Drafting-of the bill for the tax, it- is expected, it will fall to the lot .of Representative Hall, of Tennes see," a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, - who drew the ex cise- 4ax bilHrnmosed last year" by the democratic tiouse or representatives. fbut hich did not become law. - The' Income tax will be designed to supplant the present corporation tax and. will apply to the incomes of indi viduals, firms and corporations. In a 'statement tonight Representa tive Hull declared he 'favored making the neW-tax an integral part of the financial system of the United States, to "remain in full force without regard to the character of tariff bills that Con gress may enact from time to time. Otjte feature, which it is believed will be included in. the law, will be provision fpr "collecting at the source" 'of the Income. This feature, now in operation' in England, would require firms to certify to amounts they pay td individuals in salaries or fees or pay the tax direct to the government. It is believed this would. remove much complaint that might be made if the government had to Investigate every citizen's incdme, and would prevent evasion of the law. The annual amount that the govern ment may realize under the income tax Ib estimated by Democratic leaders in Congress at approximately $10.0,- 000,000. This Would include the $30,000,000 collected amder the present corpora tion taxi "One of .the important results of an income tax," said Representative Hull, win D&.tne curDing- or unnecessary Federal . expenditures. When a great part of the government's income '.is derived by a direct tax upon the citi zens of the nation they will scrutinize. more ; carefully ithe approDriations taade by Congress." . . . Probably it will remain for Presi dent-elect. Wilson to make official an nouncement of the income tax amend ment to' the constitution. Up to date the State Department has received no tices Of . approval ! by the Legislatures of only 34 States, West Virginia, Dela ware ; Wyoming and New Mexico not having reported on their action. The department; cannot act upon anything less thatf the official certificate of the Governors and Secretaries jf State. Even when all of the certificates are at hand the executive wJl not be in a position formally, to announce that faet. r? In-a matter of this importance. it Is necsesary to' move with extreme caution, and. Secretary Knox, the cus- todianVof the-certificates, will refer them to the solicitor of the Depart ment Of State for examination as to their sufficiency. Already some questions have been raised as to. the legality of the returns. One was in the case of Kentucky, where the Legislature initially adopted the amendment in advance ,jtf the re ceipt frpm "Secretary Knox of the ifbr- mal fvcbihaitlnlcation which should serve us. a-basis for a State's action. In conseqqefice of his haste 'and the use bfa, newspaper .clipping, the lari-guagesOf- thd ehacting resolution was Slightly erroheobs. , .. As soon, as theerror was discovered an' attempt., was made to correct it, by a rerenectment of the resolution in proper ijtottn,: which action, however, nas raisea an issue tnat must oe pass ed upon.''by;.the solicitor. It Is recall ed that! Secretary of State Seward, in 1868 practically referred to Congress the question as to -whether the , 14th amendment had been properly ratified " (Continued on Page Eighty WILL CONSIDER iPUJO REPORT House Banking and Currency Com mi t- . tee WillvTake Uri Money Trust Matter Shortly Bitter FTght Expected. Washington, Feb. 3. The House Banking and Currency Committee is preparing to consider the report of that body on the money trust, which Chairman Pujo, with the aid and as sistance of Samuel tJntermyer, coun sel 'for the Pujo ' sub-committee, now is drafting. , I '" A meeting of the full committee has been called for Wednesday to consid er routine business and soon thereaf ter the committee 0ill take ; up the "money trust" report. It , will be well toward . the end of: the session before the report, with its legislative - regula tions, can be worked thfough the full committee and the full committee to the House. ' Chairman Pujo has deserted his of fice and is working lpng hours fram ing his ; version of ..the report. , That will, be submitted to the sub-committee, where it fs expected to encounter its .first difficulties., 1 The Teport as framed by. Mrs; Pujo will embrace rec ommendations on the- folio whig prin cipal points: . ! ' - Regulation of stock . exchanges through the Postoffica Department by forbidding the use of the mails for transmitting of certain transactions deemed evil, such as short sales, ma nipulation and the . establishment of false values. Stringent, provisions to. prevent Na tional banks from- loaning to their offi cers or directors and! to prevent Na tional banks or their officers from par ticipating ' in syndicate flotations of new securities. - 1 - upposition is looted lor both in the sub-committee and the full committee to the recommendations. The propo sition that wilf"cause the most trou ble, it ip believed, will be that to pre vent Tinteriocxing directorates in in-tra-State corporations. 'Just what, the recommendation on this point in tfie Pujo-Untermyer re port will e has not yet been decided. No matter what it is it will be opposed largely on the ground that the Feder al government has no jurisdiction to interfere. .' w -j:?'-. When the fcilLcommlttee-beelns eon- 'Slderatlotto$4b0rp!tlie- members of the Glass sub-committee, which has Deen conducting an . indenendent in vestigation of the currency probldm, will join in the debate. . There has been considerable friction between the enas or tne committee. Chairman Pujo plans to cnmnlet his report shortly after he and Mr. Un termyer return from examining "Wil liam Rockefeller at Jekyl Island, near Brunswick, Ga. They expect to start for the South on Thursday and to re turn as soon as possible. CONFER WITH TAFT Prominent Persons Will Argue On Im migration Bill Washington, Feb. 3. Final argu ments for and against the Jones-Dillingham immigration , bill, with its much-discussed literacy test, will be made before President Taft Thursday at the White House. Some promi nent Jewish leaders of the country who oppose the literacy test, labor leaders who favor it and others inter ested in the bill are expected. The conference with the President prob ably will take several hours and he has cancelled all other engagements for that day. Secretary of Commerce and Labor 'Nagel "will be present dur ing the conference. O UTLINES Many bills of a 'local nature were introduced in the North Carolina Leg islature yesterday. ' An agreement for a six power loan to China was reached yesterday and will be signed today. The House Currency Reform Com mittee will shortly begin considera tion of Chairman Pujo's report on the money trust investigation. Frederick O. Beach, the New York millionaire club man, will be placed on trial at Aiken, S. C, today, charged with assault and battery on his wife with intent to kill. - William R. Nelson, editor of the Kansas City Star, who was sentenced to one dayfe imprisonment for con tempt of court, had another ' narrow escape from jail yesterday. . The income tax amendment to the Federal constitution was ratified by three-fourths of . the States yesterday and the extra session of Congress will take up the matter of framing an in- rcome tax law. ; - The Turkish-Balkan war . was re sumed on. schedule time yesterday, the allies beginning the bombardment of Adrianople promptly at 7 o'clock. On ly a small skirmish took place-at-the Chatalja lines. s. ' The Supreme Court of the United States yesterday upheld the New York Federal "courts in throwing out two counts of the Indictment under the Sherman anti-trust law of the United Shoe Machinery Co. Gov. Wilson announced yesterday that he would appoint Joseph Tumulty, his private secretary, as secretary to the President after March 4tb. He de nied that he had made any other ap pointments" whatever.. , New York markets : Money on call firm,, 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 per cent; ruling rate and closing bid 2 1-2: offered at 2 5-8. - Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour steady. Wheat easy; No. 2 red 11-09 1-2 and 1.11. Corn steady,-56 3-4. Tur pentine steady. Rosin firmv. - -. BIG GUNS ROAR AT ADRIANOPLE AGAIN Bulgarians Resume Hostilit ies and Bombard Turk ish "Holy City" ONLY SKIRMISH AT CHATALJA Scutari on Point of Falling Dr. Da lieff Says Turks Must Accept t " .. Allies' Tems Immediately to Conclude Peace London, Feb. 3. The Turkish-Bal-"rin war has been resumed. The bom bardment of Adrianople began at 7 o'clock tonight and a small skirmish occurred at the Chatalja lines. The armistice had lasted exactly two months. " - Bulgaria has turned a deaf ear to the remonstrances of the powers arid unless Turkey yields to the Balkan demands, the allied armies will now attempt to drive her completely out of Europe. . " According to a dispatch from Bel grade tonight, Scutari already is on the point of falling. It is . reported that the Turkish commander has sent two representatives to the Servian commander to propose the capitula tion of that town. ' Dr. Daneff, . head of the Bulgarian delegation, in an: interview in Paris tonight, said he had promised Sir Ed ward Grey, the British foreign secre tary, that if the Turks immediately accepted the allies' conditions, they would conclude peace, but "whatever happened, there would be no further armistice. Sir Edward Grey had a long inter view with the King today, after which he attended a brief meeting of the ambassadorial conference, but. nothing of importance was transacted. 'T Osman Nizami Pasha, the second Turkish delegate, will leave London tomorrow to resume his ambassadorial duties at Beriin., , He said! this even ing a that; frm inform from military sources he believed the allies underestimated the condition of the ..-Turkish army and would find themselves confronted by an enemy -the best Mussulman warriors, vete rans, from Arabia, who had fought un der Izzel Bey, and tried soldiers and good marksmen lately engaged in Tripoli under Enver Bey and Fethey Bey. ' He added: ' ; "The ambassador was right who predicted that if driven to despair the Turks would fight like wild animals." PROBE MADE EASIER. New York Patrolman Confesses Tak. Ing Protection Money. ; New York, Feb. 3. The confession of a patrolman today gave the district attorney the long sought instrument by which he expects to uncover 'cor ruption in the New York Police 06 partment. The investigation of alleg ed graft among the police was aided by Patrolman Eugene Fox. On the first day of his trial for bribery Fox suddenly changed his plea and ac knowledged his guilt. The patrolman was indicted for. taking protection money from a hotel. After- he had pleaded guilty, it was said, he gave the district attorney facts that may lead to the indictment of two important members-of the police department. Fox will testify before the extraordinary grand jury next Monday From .him the district attorney expects to learn details of the system of "collections", which it is charged certain poice offi cers levied on various resorts. '. -rv. Fox, it is reported, made a ' confes sion to the district attorney in which a -police captain was mentioned. It also is alleged that the policeman con. fessed to having" collected "protection money" "for the police steadily from March 1908 to December 1912, and that during this time his monthly collec tions averaged about $500. . It is said Fox contends that he turned his en tire collection over to a police captain and was : granted no financial allow ance for his work, but was given short er hours and easy assignments. v Fox has made no affidavit, but will prepare a long signed statement,' it is said, concerning his knowledge of al leged graft in the police department, which now is under investigation . r. TUMULTY APPOINTED.' i ; - i . v. i-,v t Wilson Will Make His Secretary a - Secretary to President.:-, vsv Trenton, N. J., Feb. 3. Joseph Pat rick Tumulty, at present private, secre tary of Governor Wilson, will be secre tary of the President after March; 4th, according to an announcement - by President-elect Wilsou today, 'v' The President-elect offered Mr; Tu multy the secretaryship a week ago and the latter accepted today. V Tumul ty has been associated with Mr. ' Wil son since the gubernatorial campaign three years ago. He became his -pri-; Xate secretary when Mr. Wilson was elected Governor, but resigned last; November to become clerk of the State Supreme Court at a salary of $6,000, a position to which he was appointed by the Governor. He continued, how ever, to discharge the duties of secre tary without salary. . . ry'--.7 X- Tumulty has been in charge of the Governor's correspondence since elec tion ' dayf and has been the Governor's confidential adviser. r ' V-' ' t : .r . : . ,1... . ., TV TWO COUNTS ARE THROWN OUT In Shoe Machinery Trust Case Su- preme Court Holds Sherman, " Law Doesn't Forbid Combin- ( ing of Non-competitors - Washington, Feb. 3. For the first time the Supreme Court of the United States today held in effect in the "shoe machinery trust", case that the Sher man antrirust law does not forbid the mere combining of -4ioncompeti-tors in an industry. Solicitor General Bullitt, for; the. government, had con tended that if the combination brought into one hand an "undue proposition" pf the trade it was forbidden by the anti-trust law: "The disintegration aimed at by the statute does not 7 extend to reducing all j manufacture to isolated units of the ; lowest degree," declared Justice Holmes, in announcing the unanimous decision of the court, 'that the mere organization of;.,the United Shoe Ma chinery. Company by the heads of sev eral non-competing groups of shoe manufacturers had not been a viola tion of the law. ' x . .The" justice continued to say that it is . as lawful for one . corporation to make Veyry part" of a steam engine and to put' the .machine together as it would be for one to make the boilers and -another to make 'the wheels, In explanation ; of this' concise state ment of law. the justice referred to the court's decision in the recent Minne sota Creamery case, in which it was held that an "intent" is necessary as an element Of attempting to monopo lize.: The bringing of non-competing branches of a trade into a joint posi tion, alone by means of a corporation, he said in substance, did not furnish sufficient "intent" to "raise the con duct , to the dignity of an attempt1 to monopolize," 'Despite today's decision, officials of the Department . of Justice declared the Shoe Machinery Company would be prosecuted for alleged criminal vio lation of the Sherman law under the, one remaining' count of the indict ments, returned against the company, the validity of which was ' sustained by the lower court,' That count, which was hot before the Supr erne Court,; charged inceffecjt. that, the" company was . monopolizing the industry by combMiaWearby tyingfthe yaio shoe- niachinea:-togetheT-, byk destrtictipii, of competitidrt- and by acquisif I6rt of com petitors' business.; Officials vigorous ly maintained that, the decision did not affect . the government's' cast on this count, "The strongest fea ture of the government's effort to show an unlawful -combination in re-' straint of trade, said Solicitor General Bullitt, was the "tying" clause of the agreements by which it is alleged the company sought to compel shoe man ufacturers to buy machines from it and none other. - That question, he declared, was not considered by the court because the lower court . had interpreted the in dictments involved in today's deci sion -as referring solely to the organi zation of United Shoe Machinery Com pany. Attorneys of the department said the decision would not affect any other pending anti-trust - suits. SIGN LOAN AGREEMENT Arrangements for Loan of $125,000,- 000 to China, Completed Peking, China, Feb. 3. The loan agreement between the Chinese gov eminent and the six-power group of bankers has been completed and will be signed tomorrow. The management provides for "the Chinese government five and a half per cent re-organization gold loan" to the amount of $125,000,000. It stipu lates the purposes for which the mon ey shall be. employed, which include the disbandonment of the troops and re-organization ,of the salt gabelle. The loan is secured on the gabelle, but it is also provided that, any future surplus in maritime customs shall be utilized for the service of this loan, thus maMng a portion pf the salt reve nue available : for other government purposes. : The . six-power group . undertakes to advance . $10,000,000 immediately the agreement is signed, another $10,000,- 000 later in February and $15,000,000 in March, should the issue of the loan for any unforseen cause be delayed. ' The loan is 'for 5 years, but .the Chi nese government has the option of converting or redeeming it a par, after six months' notice. The appointments, of J. F. Oiessen, of Denmark, as. inspector of the ga belle, and .the German, Herr Romp, as supervisor .'.of the audit "department, have been" approved. : San ' Francisco, . Cal., Feb . 3. A fund of $400,000 is being . raised. . by Chinese of the: United States and Can ada, and within a few weeks will be gent to Wo Hon Mun, Governorof the province of Canton, China, to outfit the army that is to protect Chinese inter ests in Mongolia against alleged Rus sian 'encroachments. Already $25,000 has been subscribed 'by local Chinese, according . to Wong Ngai Tong, sec retary 'of; the Chinese Six Companies. ': "While the government has not ask ed.for the money officially, we have government authorization in its collection,"- he said. 1 Reports of ; a plan to swindle Chi nese of this country out of $1,000,000 in the collection of war funds are not credited by Li-Mung . Yew, Chinese counsel 1 general at San Francisco. f :-:v;v' Don't Foraet 7' ' -;: ;. ":' to reserve one of The Star's Parcel Post Maps today. cup tne coupons beginning rThursday . morning. - . , -- MAtJY LOCAL BILLS III THE ASSEMBLY North Carolina .Legislature Begins Fourth Week With Sessions Yesterday V; TO PUT SOLICITORS Oil SALARY Would Investigate Mountain Road-n Much Committee Work Being Done Judicial Districts . Other Proceedings . , (Special Star Telegram.) . ' ': ' Raleigh, N. C... Feb. 3.--A bill in troduced in the Senate today by .Mr.' : . Weaver, of Buncombe, woufd regulate the' use of assumed names in partner ship; one by . pharr wiould amend Re visal 423. relative to -venue of actions against foreign corporations and num bers of local public bills wenr passed. The House bill for 20 instead of 16 ; judges and judicial districts came "up 4but action was deferred to Tuesday noon with notice from Senator Bryant, ' . of Durham, that' he will offer an; ' amendment so there shall be definite fixing of additional : districts afv the ; same time. '. ... : :K ' ; l,. In the House Wteatherspoort Intro-7-, duced, by request, a bill o put solid tors of the State on salaries of $2,000 , fort,15, weeks and $100' per Vweek for every week additional court. A biU by Stewart would abolish kissing th Bible in admihistrating oaths. -.. " A Other measures y introduced. . today were bills prepared . by the State De partment of Health for 4 inspecting ' railroad stations railroad coaches and ! public hotels and cafes as to sanitary condition; Kellum' a bill to require all vestibules of street cars to be enclos- 1 ed. Senator ' Hawkins , introduced a . bill to prphibit the .'marriage ;of first 'l cousins.1 . - 'i . -r . -i ;.;7, 7 , : . ' ; - . Mr. -Nolan introduced intbie House v ' and procured- immediate passage 7 a joint riuuqiL:MjliI jmittee. jpftejithK resentatives to j investigate the South ; . Atlantic arid ' Western Railroad ' and report as to its "coriditioh and advisa- . bility of the State continuing to supply -convicts, in exchange for stock. The charge is made that the project is not ' in good faith and is heedlessly locking . an important mountain pass through ' which some other railroad would glad- , ly enter that territory,. The legisla tive .committee is to report its find ' ings by February 25th. . , Much Committee .Work Judiciary Committee No. 1, of the House, voted this af ternoptt; to report unfavorably the Mauney :.bill to allow -,. eight per cent interest to be charged . in. this State by special ; contract. At ; first there was favorable discussion ' qf the bill by Representatives Bowie, 5 Long, of Alamance, and . Kellum, of '. New Hanover, on the ground that even now there is the practice of getting practically the eight - per .cent for loans. However, WilManis, of Cabar rus, 'took the ground :. thaV the bill would , practically reinstate , the old , eight per cent rate and he did not be-. , lieve the people of the State would stand for it. There was a motion by- Long, of Alamance, for Unfavorable re port , that received a- unanimous ..vote. The committee reported unfavorably' the- Mewibourn bill " tor more speedy. settlement ,of small t claims :; against , railroad and express companies. The: , Wallace bill to make Sabbath-breaVing. , a misdemeanor was . ;. discussed at ,,' length and final action deferred until.. Wednesday. N. B . Broughton, Rev . -.. W. McC White and others urged the favorable report of the ' bill . and in- ; eluded Sunday golf playing;: among al leged Sabbath desecrations. : The Senate Committee on Proposi tions and Grievances ' will . report fa- : vorably the anti-tipping bill 5 of Repre sentative Stewart, of .Mecklenburg, no opposition having developed in committee- However there is -talk ot op position on the floor', of. the Senate. Representative Stewart . - had . letters from the North Carolina : division of the T. P. A., asking for the law. based on the Mississippi law, : The bill by Senator.Watkitts to pro hibit the inter-marriage' "M?flrst c,ous-' ins was before the committee but ac tion was deferred. 7777"- f v ; The Senate Judiciary-: Committee ; No. 2 has set Thursday for a hearing." on the Justice anti-trust bill that has , passed the House. The; saine commit tee disapproved Repf esetttative Stew-' : art's bill making it ' a : misdemeanor for a tenant to break contract; wth his The joint Judiciary Committee will consider all ; pending..: ' divorce billa Thursday. " - r ., : '. . There- was quite a'.lengthy hearing before the Senate : Judiciary Co'mmit tee:; No. 1 on the billf regulatjhg sure- 7 ties between common carriers rand em-' ployes allowing bonded ;' eniployes to . select their own bonding 'companies : instead of being compelled to . give ' their ibpnds in the company designated by the "railroad com pany and requiring 1 1 10 - days' l notice ; on "canfcellation of, ' bond. Itnvas afguecUthatvuhder pres-i ent conditions. the company'; doing the bonding for a 1 railroadtancele bonds without notice and witnou giving the v reasons to the employes and then . ! when he searches employnient'he is . '; practically , blacklisted .fromi company to company because his bond was can celled. Arguing for the bilL were J,i ; H. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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