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Fair Sunday and Monday.
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VOL. XCII !NO. 13.
WTXMm&TOlSyK. C, SUNDAY MOENLTSfG, APRIL 6, 1913.
WHOLENUMBBE 13,291.
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SITUATION
IS WELL III HAND
President Determined to Up
hold Democratic Pledges
at Baltimore , .
SUGAR AND WOOL SCHEDULES
Growers Urge President to.Save-ln-dustry
in Louisiana Conference''
at White House Until Late
Hour Last Night.
Washington, April 5 President Wil
son's profferred compromise on sugar
which would mean a one cent a pound
,
''duty for three years and then free su
gar was rejected tonight ly Senator
Ransdell, Representative Broussard
and Col. Robert Ewing, Democratic
National committeeman from Louisi
ana. The Louisianians. tonight carried to
the White House a strong protest
against free sugar adopted today at a
meeting in New Orleans of the Amer
ican Cane Growers Association. They
predicted the ruin of the industry if
the President persisted in his deter
mination to remove all -duty on sugar.
In turn they offered as a compromise
the suggestion to the President that
he endorse a 1 per cent, duty on sugar
for three years with the provision that
sugar be made duty free at the end of
that period if in the President's opin
ion, it -at that time was advisable.
They pointed out to the President
that such a proviso would enable him
to investigate the claim that a great
industry would be ruined by the .re
moval of duty and told him that he
would be able to insist just as strongly
upon free sugar then, if he saw fit as
he is doing now. . -
Although the delegation was in con
ference with the President for more
than an hour, he gave no intimation
as. to whether he would consider their
offer of a compromise. - . !
Chairman Underwood, of the House
Ways and Means " Committee, reached
the White House just after the Loui-
sanians left.. He brought a copy of the .
completed tariff bill for the Presidents
completed tarm mil T ine rresiaeuvs
finalpKMr,Biu
sed the proposed sugar compromise
briefly with the President, but It was
understood that no changes were made
in the bill. as . it left, the Ways and
Means "Committee today: It was car
ried to the government printing office
tonight by Mr. Underwood himself and
he expects to have it in readiness for
consideration of the majority members
of the Senate Finance committee,
which meets late tomorrow.
President Wilson tonight, virtually
on the eve of the-convening of Con
gress in extra session, was ia com
mand of the tariff situation, determin
ed to uphold the, tariff pledges of the
Democratic platform-adopted at Balti
more. Important additions to the tar
iff's free list as reported today in
clude: Raw vwool, . boats and shoes,
hides, leather, skins, meats, lard, salt,
iron-ore, lumber, agricultural imple
ments, sewing machines, tin printers,
printing presses, road machinery, news
print paper, wood pulp, cotton bagging,
barbed wire and. steel rails.
The President was reported to have
withstood renewed attacks upon the
free raw wool schedule as embodied in
the bill to be introduced from v the
Ways and Means Committee- Monday
and delayed decision only on the sugar
schedule, left open for Senators and
Representatives from Louisiana and
beet sugar States to. agree to" accept
free sugar in three years.
So firm is the, President's attitude re
ported to be, an attitude, backed by the
majority of his party in both, branch
es of Congress, that any effort of leg
islators to escape a caucus pledge on
the wool schedule,' would- not be tole
rated. ...
The President and .party leaders,
having agreed ,- upon : free raw wool j
there would . be no trouble getting it
through the House and the Senate
leaders propose there be no kicking
over the traces when it reaches a Sen
ate caucus. - ' ". .- ,. ' - ,
It was asserted by some leaders that
efforts of Senators to dodge a caucus
pledge on the wool -tor" sugar schedules
would not be tolerated. The President
in talking today to Senators Walsh
and Meyers, of Montana, made plain
his firm position on 'the wool tariff,
declaring that the party could not af
ford to place any tariff on raw wool. -
Negotiations on the sugar schedule
continued throughout the day,- no de
cision having been reached at a late
hour as to the position to be . taken
by the opponents of free sugar. -.
. It became evident"; during the -day
that proposals had been made between
the sugar and wool partisans lookingj
A t 1 t' A - 1 It T
m a comDinauon. mat mignt iorce tne
President and the Senate leaders to
give some protection to both- indus
tries. This danger has worried the
Senate committee for some time; but
it was claimed tonight that the Influ
ence of President Wilson and the de
mand that all Democrats abide by the
majority decision -of the party, would
lorce all but one or two Senators into
a final acceptance of the proposed re
vision. The sugar forces, u led. by Senator
Ransdell and Representative Brous
sard, of Louisiana, were in conference
with other Senators and members of
the House duriner the dav. The Presi
dent's proposal of d one cent duty,
ni tv. r : .i
iLu iree sugar m tnree years, naa
been submitted to the suear growers
association of the; South, and it was'
ueciaea 10 give no answer to the Presi
dent until the sugar growers had .been
heard from. ;' - '
Tonight Representative Broussard
received a message from the -American
Lane Growers' Association stating that
the President's proposal had been dis
cussed by the association at a meet
ing in New Orleans "today and it was
unanimously agreed that a 'dbty of onjs
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BHIiKIIIG COMPANIES CLOSED
Small Institutions Just Organized at
Angier. and Macclesfield Not! Up
to Corporation Commission
" - Regulations
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, N. April 5. The Cor
poration Commission sent State: Batik
Examiner S.. A, Hubbard to Angier,
Harnett county, today to close, the
Bank of Angier because of unsatisfac
tory financial eoridition The bank was
only openefl for business March 13th,
being organized by the State's Trust
Co., of Wilmington.. - ?
This State's Trust Co., was charter
ed last November for the special pur
pose of organizing country banks, ac
cording to a statement made at the
Corporation Commission, with author
ized capital of $150,000. E. H. Smith
is president, and W. O. Triver, vice
president, and C. H. Bowlds, secretary-treasurer.
Accoramg to tne statement made by
mhe Corporation Commission, the
State's Trust Co., is-selling $100,000
4.U4. i. j .
aiuva iu lllul curyorauon ana-mucn Ol
it is being sold by representatives gOr
ing into small towns and inducing cit
izens r to take : stock in the State's
Trust Co., with the understanding' that
the company will establish a bank in.
the-town. ' The r Corporation Commis
sion, has nor Jurisdiction over the Trust
Co., and its business, the commission's
authority coming m when -the local
hank is organized amd opened for business.-
Thus far the Trust -Co.,. has
organized three of these country banks
and the Bank of Angier is the first that
the Commission has closed. President
Smith, Secretary-Treasurer Bowlds,' of
the State's Trust Co., were here today
to confer with theXJommission seeking
to avert the closing of the Angier-bank
but ir the - Commission would do was
to telegraph Bank .'. Examiner Hubb ard
that after closing the - bank he could
remain over there until Monday if
there Seemed to him to be any pros
pect of locaLbusiness men taking over
the bank and re-opening it on a. sound
basis. ' . .
The examination of the bank' showed
that the States' -Trust Co., had paid in
a, check for -the" $5,000 eapital and at'
once charged $2,000 for furniture and
fixtures purchased from concerns in
terested in the Trust Co.; $900 had
been used in discounting notes of lo
cal citizens for stock in the Trust Co.;
$2,497 passed over to loans and dis
counts, and the-examiner found about
all, .the assets absorbed by charges that
turned the capital stock back into .the
Trust ro. If ;rre-oreanIzed - and : re
opened the Corporation (Commission is
j th f this must-' be by local
State's Trust Co J TheCorperation
Cemmission has on file a prospectus
or statement of plans and purposep by
the State's Trust Co., that sets out
that $100,000 of 8 per cent stock is
being sold in this State to be used in
organizing country banks which . are
represented to pay an average of 2
per cent profit.
Another Is Closed
Raleigh, N. C, April 5. Following
closely upon the announcement of the
closing of the Bank of Angier" this
morninsr, there came this evening the
announcement that Assistant Bank
Examiner H. D. Bateman, acting un
der instructions of the Corporation
Commission, had closed the Bank of
Macclesfield, at Macclesfield, Edge
combe county, also promoted by the
State's Trust Co., of Wilmington. It
has a paid capital of $5,090 and was
organized along the same lines as the
institution closed earlier in the day.
Assistant State Bank Examiner
Bateman returned tonight from Mac
clesfield where he closed the Bank
tf Macclesfield and brought with him
in his grip all that"was left of the
cash and, paper assets of the institu
tion; he says, that was left by the pro
moting corporation, the State's Trust
Company, of Wilmington, tie nrougnt
to the Corporation commission ?i,zsu.
He found charges of $2,366 for bank
ing fixtures for a $5,000 bank. Of the
fixtures to snow ior lt jcnere was $x,ouu
for an old and- very poor .safe and $300
for e practically worthless old adding
machine. . Deposits - m tne Dans are
about $6,000. The deposits in the An
gier bank were $4,000. - ;
Amone tne items oi asseis in ooin
hnnka are amouirt3 due from banks
and bankers and in the Macclesfield
bank this item aggregates over $7,000.
If these assets anything like pan out
there will be no trouble about deposit
tors -getting their money outof both
The Corporatioa commission De
lieves that the heaviest loosers in the
collapse of the scheme - will be pur
chasers of stock, in the State's Trust
Co.il there being probably about $90,
000 of this stock sold in the State for
Tirt"sh and negotiable notes for
deferred payments, these notes being
large scale- T t
. . Tho stAfe's Trust, Company has or-
ganizeoVoniy three banks in this State
natflwha county. State 'Bank Exam
nbhard toent - tonight to this
banter and will have a look at it Mon
day, i'--- r - ;
" The secretary of the - Corporation
Commission 5 stated tonight that the
Commission has determined to - char
ter no more banks organized by 'the
State's Trust Company or under any
kindred scheme. - .. .
Investigations, are under way that
are expected to lead to a number of
arrests ioiiowiug.tuB ueoiuinuui.u.i,v
day.
DR. A. D. M'CLURE
Conducting Great Meetings at Kenans
ville Words of Praise
- YS.nfwMnl star CorresDondence.)
' Kenansville, -N. C, April -5. The
nonnie nf this town are 'en joying one
of the most glorious religious meet-
Ihgs in its ' history. ' THe services are
being- conducted by that eminent di
vine ana grana man oi upa, -.
Dr. McClure's very mien shows that
he -is a great man and devoted, servant
in" iiis Master's .; cause. - His sermons
o-na. lrtriaH -nla4n ; and ROTfl COnVincinS.
May they be the means of bringing
many souls to unnst-r we is me aujebi
minister we have had with us in many
vesira. " ariti r the hone of i Kenansville
people' is that he may be spared many
years 10 lauor me: ivijtotci b-hiuo-vard.
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OUT FOR REVENGE
WOMEN
Militant Suffragettes Com
mit Many Outrages in
Great Britain
ACTIVITIES IN SCOTIMD
Would Avenge Mrs. Pankhurst's Long
Sentence Case Qf Mrs. Emerson
o is Caustically Commented
Upon Campaign.
London, April 5. The campaign of
revenge for the long sentence imposed
upon Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, which
the. suffragettes threatened, is pro
ceeding actively and seems likely to
spread. Many outrages have been com
mitted during the last 24 hours.
. These Included the complete destruc-.
tion,"of the grandstand of the Ayre
Race -Course in Scotland, where the
principal Scottish meetings are held,
the damage being estimated at ,$15,000,
and tfn attempt to burn the new grand
stand of the Kelso race course, also in
Scotland. Two women were caught
afterthey had ignited oil-soaked rags
which , they had placed beneath the
Kelso '.stand!
' Many shop windows were smashed
in -Glasgow, including those of the la
bor, exchange; -telephone wires were
cut at Llantarnam, in Monmouthshire;
letter boxes were damaged at Liver
pool, the flower beds in the public
park at Newcastle were torn up and
letter boxes were burned or damaged
in London.
The fact that Mrs. Emerson, of Jack
son, Mich., has declared herself satis
fied with the concession made by the
British home secretary Reginald Mc
Kenna, in taking ten days off the pris
on sentence of her daughter, Miss Zee
lie Emerson, has greatly displeased
some of-the militant suffragettes. Miss
Lillian Scott-Troy, the. San Francisco
suffragette who has been one of the
most active workers in Miss . Emer
son's behalf, in an interview tonight
said: , ; : - . -
"I ami thoroughly shocked at - Miss
Emerson's weak attitude- after her
strongletterBjpiBd 'cablegrams to the
United States and the firm support she
has had from English doctora and men
and women of high position who knew
neither "her daughter, nor herself per-
. n l i i i 1 1 c .
Buua.il, uui wiio realize me awrui con
sequences of forcible nasal feeding, in
English prisons.
I blame the embassy for her change
of attitude. Mrs. Emerson is one of
those Americans who ' are evidently
overcome by a nod from an English
person in a position superior to that
in which they move. .
It is not a case of an individual.
but a case of an American citizen and
Mrs. Emerson, whose attitude ? has
been hot and cold, should be disre
garded and the campaign" continued be
cause it -will establish a precedent for
future treatment of American prison
ers in English prisons."
SITU AT I O.N IN CINCINNATI.
City in Excellent Shape and Little Af-
Teciea dy riooas.
Cincinnati. f. Anril 2 Tn-irW nf
the destructive floods that have visited
sections of Ohio, - Indiana and Ken
tucky it is in order at this time to say
that Cincinnati ii in -srrllont chano
and has not only been but little affect-
bu uy uiga water conmuons, Dut is
now practically in - communication by
rail and wire with all nnrta nf tho
country, and her merchants and manu-
laciurers are preparea to respond to
orders that may be placed with them.
In fact, at no time has direct com
munication with the South been inter
rupted, and through the immediate
boutn to the TSast and other points.
Cincinnati has been the headquar
ters for relief, in the way, of food,
clothing, supplies and money that has
been furnished to the citizens and
banks of the Miami valley that have
been 'visited by the devastating flood,
and has not onlv cared fm- tho fnv in
our own city who have been temporari-
iy reuuerea nomeiess oy tne nigh wa
ters of the Onio, but has been able to
care for others to the immediate north
of us who have been less fortunate.
- ! WALTER A. DRAPER,
President Cincinnati Chamber of Com
merce, j" ,
- CHARLES 'A. HINSCH,
President the Business Men's Club and
President Cincinnati Clearing House
Association. .
EIGHTEEN INNING GAME
Philadelphia American and Nationals
- Play to a Standstill
Philadelphia. Anril K Tho ThT.
delphia"" Americans nd the Philadel-
yuia. ivauuuais ioaay piayea tne long
est intor.toania hooakall it
- .vuou j uMouaii paints 111 LlltJ
iiistoryof two major organizations,
the contest being called at the end of
me X6f.ii mums on account or darkness
with the score standing 2 to 2.
Brown; the Athletics' young right
hander, -pitcher the entire game and
was hit v safely only 13 times, while
the Phiilliesf used Alexander for five in
nings Chalmers two and Bi-ennan
eleven. They allowed the former
world's champions a total of only ten
hits. - ' . v - ;-- .
The Americans got the jump on
their rivals by scoring their only two
runs in the first?, inning. The Phillies
made their two tallies in the ninth
Counting today's contest the teams
haver played - five games, the Ameri
cans winning the first vfour. Manager
Dooin left the game at the end of the
seventh Inning, having been notified
that- his brother had- died today- at
Muncie, Jnd. Score:
200 ooo ooo ooo'ooo eoo 2 10 1
Nationals ' . . ..
- - 000. 000 002 000 000 0002 13 2
Brown and "Egan;. Alexander. Chal
mers, Brennan and Dooin. and Killifer.
Umpires, Klem and Connolly; ,
SENSATIONAL DASH TO DEATH
Notorious Trench Prisoner Eludes
Guards, Cljrabs jto Top of Prison
and Jumped ; Headlong to -Courtyard
Below.:
Paris, April-S.-LaCombe, a notori
ous anarchist;, bandit ahd murderer,
committed suicide , today by jumping
from the roof ; of the prison DeLa
Dante. His leap to death was witness
ed by all the "prison officials and
guards, by LaCombe's lawyer, the pros
ecuting attorney and the judge who
had committed him to-the prison.
All these .spectators had -been sum
moned by .telephone ' during- the two
hours that LaCombe stood at the edge
of the roof arguing1 with the wardens
who sought to persuade him to return
to his cell. LaCombe was awaiting
trial on the charge of ; assassinating
M. Ducret, editor of the newspaper
L'Idee Libre. He was also charged
with murdering , other people in var
ious parts of Frince He had been ar.
rested in Paris on Marjsh 11th, after
the police throughout - France had
sought, him for several months. A mob
tried to lynch him while he was on the.
way to the poiicestationi
He was known as One of the most
desperate criminals, in the country and
during his incarceration confessed to
the murder of Ducret, admitted killing
a postmaster at Besons and a railroad
cashier at Les. Aubrais, near Orleans.
A special ' guard was kept on him in
jail and even during his daily hour of
exercise, he wasclosely watched.
This morning while. LaCombe was
talking with his lawyer in an enclosed
courtyard inside "the prison his guards
stood a few yards off Suddenly. -LaCombe,
who was an all-round athlete
and a professional performer of feats
of great strength: at county fairs,
sprang,orward and. grasped the lower
rung 'of an iron ladder leading to the
upper part of the building. He had
climbed past and had mounted swiftly
to the roof before the guards recover
ed from their astonishment. . ,t
A dozen wardens passed through the
prison and on -to the roof by trap
doors, gradually surrounding him on
three sides. He' threatened to throw,
himself down and the guards hesitated
to approach.
. A singular conversation . then took
place between.. LaCombe, the examin
ing judge and Ihe prosecuting attor
ney, who had- been telephoned for. -
, X.aCombe's lawyer, Georges Bouche
ron, and others meanwhile gathered on
9k balcony overlooking Jat part of the
roof vnere':lAOomi$'Btftndri.-'
1 ; Magistrate Drioux called on La
Combe to surrender:"
"It is too late. I have finished," -he
replied.
LaCombe " then complained of the
food provided for him and of the lack
of heat in his cell. The prison war
den shouted to him that he himself
would see that his desires were sup
plied. "Too late," replied LaCombe. 7 "It
is finished."
He then said he would like to talk
to Boucheron, who thereupon climbed
down, approached LaCombe, -shook
hands with him and talked with him
for half an hour. Now and then wip
ing tears from his eyes, LaCombe beg
ged Boucheron, to look after his moth
er and grandmother. Trembling with
excitement he continued:
"I was thrown on the world when I
was seven years old. I tried to do
honest work, but fate followed me."
M. Boucheron urged LaCombe to be
reasonable, but the anarchist, glancing
at a clock in a church steeple which
pointed at 11:28 said:
"At half past 11 o'clock all will be
finished," and at that hour, raising his
hand to his forehead in salute he
shouted:
"ft is the moment! Tell my mother
that my last thought was of her! Fare
well!" He jumped like a diver to the
stone courtyard far below and was
dashed to death
C. & O. SHQPS CLOSED
One Result of Floods in Middle West
, To Resume Work '
Richmond, April 5. An executive
order was issued today by the Chesa
peake & Ohio Railway, temporarily
closing -all shops on the system until
traffic conditions which have been
-hampered by floods in the Middle West
are restored, to normal. While the
company was unable to give approxi
mately the number of men affected
by the order, it was stated that work
would be resumed gradually and that
probably all of the' shops would be
running again on full time within a
few weeks.
O UTLINES
The Red Cross Society yesterday is
sued a statement saying that all told
"454 persons lost their lives during the
late flood in the West and 77,133 Ohio,
ans need aid. -
.Many outrages were committed yes
tertay by suffragettes in .Great Brit
am in the" campaign for revenge be
cause of the long sentence imposed up
on Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. ; ;
. LaCombe, notorious anarchist, ban
dit ; and murderer, committed suicide
yesterday ..by jumping from the roof of
the prisonrDeLaDante in the presence
of 'prison officials, guards arid others.
Small banking; institutions at An
gier, Harnett county, and Macclesfield,
Edgecombe county, ' were, taken in
charge by State bank examiners- yes
terday, their organization being not up
to the, requirements of the North Caro
lina Corporation Commission.
On the eve of the convening of -Conr
gress,' President Wilson last night had
the tariff situation' well in liand, deter
mined to carry out Democratic pledges
in Baltimore' In spite of vigorous . pror
tests trom cane and wool growers, the
association of The former statingthey
would accept no compromise, fight and
take chances.
New York markets: Money on call
nominal: Htime loans-easy, 60- and 90
days 4 1-2 to 4 3-4 per cent.; six
months 4 -3-4 ' per cent. Snot cotton
quiet, middling uplands 12.60. - Flour
steady. Wiheat steady, No. 2 red.-l.li
1-2 and 1.13. Corn steady 59 Rosin
ana xurpenune auu.
THE EXTRA SESSION
BEGINS ON MONDAY
Third Party Progressives, Re-
gul
i and Democrats
Laying Their Plans
REPUBLICANS HOLD CAUCUS
Democratic Committees of House Nam
ed Recognition of New Party
in House Was Joyfully
Received.
-
Washington, N April 5. Plans for
strenuous legislative campaigning dur
ing the coming session of "Congress
were outlined today, by the new organ
ization of the Progressive party in the
House. The 15 Progressive, members
spent the day in a series of confer
ences to perfect plans.
Recognition of the new party in the
House was assured - this afternoon
when Majority Leader Underwood in
consultation with Representatives
Murdock, Hindebaugh and Stephens
agreed to. allot to the -new party its
proportion of committee places. Mr.
Underwood said he would- give the
Progressives places on at least two-im
portant committees, Ways and Means
and Rules. The Progressives were ju
bilant over this decision. -
From the fall -of Speaker Clark's
gavel on Monday the Progressives in
tend to get into the legislative strug
gle aggressively. The Progressive
rules committee labored today over a
draft of proposed rules for the House
which they expect to offer as a substi
tute for the rules brought in by the
Democrats. The Progressive rules will
(Include a number of revolutionary
cnanges, notably a provision, for roll
call votes during the consideration of
bills informally and in committee of
the whole House. A number of provi
sions to facilitate the calling up -of
bills from committees also will be in
cluded. - ' : .
The Progressive party fight in the
House may start before the first call
of members-elect is completed on Mon
day. The Progressives contemplate a
vigorous fight to unseat H. Oliii Young,
member rom the 12th district of Mich
iganin favor- oTtWflnarnf HSTMcDott?
aid, the Progressive who opposed him.
Republicans Caucus.? v;
Washington,' April 5. The first Re
publican caucus of the 63rd Congress
was held tonight in the hall - of the
House of Representatives. Its . pur
pose was to nominate Representative
James R. Mann, of Illinois, , as -Republican
candidate for speaker, and to
talk over the political situation. There
was a good deal of speech-making..
"Progressive Republicans," were rep
resented at the gathering.
Earlier in the evening a score of the
Progressive Republicans, an element
distinct from the third party Progres
sives, assembled in- the office of Repre
sentative Anderson, of Minnesota, and
discussed Republican conditions Rep
resentatives who have aligned them
selves with the Progressive wing of
the Republican party in the past in
the Housjf, surveyed the situation, and
most of them indicated their purpose
of participating in the caucus of the
regular Republicans. This was done
on an understanding between them
selves that they would not feel, them
selves bound by caucus action as to
legislative matters. There was a gen
eral sentiment, however, that the poli
cy of maintaining a party quorum
should be recognized and there was
no disposition to oppose the regular
nominee of the Republicans for the
speakership.
Democratic Committees.
Washington, April 5. -The first com
mittees of the 63rd Congress virtually
were chosen todayso far as the Dem
ocratic members are concerned by the
majority of the House1 Committee on
Ways arid Means. These were select
ed: Rules Henry, .of Texas, chairman;
Pou of North Carolina; Hardwiqkj-of
Georgia; Garrett, Tennessee; Foster,
Illinois; . Caritrill, Kentucky, and Co
ney, New York. r '
Accounts Lloyd, of Missourichair
man; Smith, Texas; Hamill, New Jer
seyr"Underhill, New York; ( Kindell,
Colorado; Howard, -Georgia, and Aber
crombie, Alabama, ' '
Enrolled Bills Whiteacre, of Ohio,
chairman.
Mileage Bailey, of Pennsylvania;
chairman. - ,.. Xvv :
These recommendations for the
Democratic majority, .places for": the
only committees to bd created at the
outset of the extra session, according
to the present programme which will
be submitted to the Democratic caucus
Tuesday and probably ratified later by
the House. c
"' New Tariff Revision.
The new tariff revision is Expected
by Democratic leaders to produce an
annual revenue of $225,000,000 from
the dutiable schedules and approxi
mately $100,000,000 more from the in
come tax, allowing for free sugar. - -
There is an alternative proposition
ready to clamp into the income fea
ture of the bill at the Ways and Means
Committee meeting Monday if : it is
found necessary to raise more revenue
from the income tax ready to make up
any; depletion in the .' tariff revenue
that might result from any agreement
reached on sugar. This alternative is
the substitution of one and one-half
per cent, in that part of the income
scheme taxing incomes between $4,000
and $20,000 instead of the present pro
posed rate of one per cent. The other
parts of the Income tax would stand
unchanged. The committee majority
has been proceeding oh the assump
tion that it is necessary for the gov
ernment; to raise an annual revenue
of atleast $310,000,000 or : $315,000,000.
While the new tariff law will take
effect at midnight the date of- approval
the income tax feature of It will be ef
fective for the calendar year 1913 and
succeeding y ears. i - -
This will be in line with tie present
PROGRESS OF BALKAN AFFAIRS
Giving European Diplomacy Some Un
easy Moments Sympathy With
Montenegro Coronation Is
Postponed
London, April 5 . The progress of
Balkan affairs is giving European di
plomacy some uneasy moments. The
allies have taken stiff-necked, inde
pendent attitude and refuse to accept
orders from the powers. The question
is, if it becomes necessary to coerce
them,, how can that be done?
The allies' realize this and realize
that the concert of Europe is not as
harmonious as a month ago. The
present policy of the Balkan States
is to debate the peace terms and con
tinue the war, at least until Monte
negro has captured Scutari.
The- smallest kingdom in Europe
continues to defy the six great pow
ers. King Nicholas talks freely to in
terviewers, declaring that he will take
and keep the two which he considers
necessary to the prosperity of his
kirigdom' Eight warships are blockad
ing his port, but with the exception of
Austria-Hungary and Germany this
measure is beipg executed remctant-
These two powers alone demand
that Scutari be incorporated in the
State of Albania, and the other four
powers have joined with them appa
rently merely for the sake Of preserv
ing harmony.
Public opinion of Great. Britain and!
Russia is strongly m tavor ot Monte
negro. ' The- British newspapers are
almost unanimous in expressing ad
miration arid sympathy for the brave
mountaineers.
Montenegro has made the greatest
sacrifices of , any of the allies and
gained the least and the English peo
ple do net want to see the profits of
victory taken from her. They remem
ber the Greeks' declaration early in
the war that the allies should keep
what they gained. ,
Coronation Postponed
Athens, Greece, April 5. The coro
nation of King Constantine of Greece
will not take place until next year.
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.
Ebbett's Field Formally Opened Yes-j
terday Nationals win.
- Brooklyn, April 5 Ebbitt's field, the
$750,000 home of the Brooklyn Nation
al League team, was formally opened
today with4 a game won by the home
team from the New, York American
Leaguers by the score ot 3 to 2 in the
presence of probably the biggest crowd
tnat ever saw, an exniDmon game, xne
spacious stands -with "seating accom
modations ff r nearly 25,000- persons,
jvWe" packed
standees. . - - : .
4 The opening was marked by exercis
es after the usual custom on suchsoc
casions. Miss Genevieve Ebbitts,
youngest daughter of the Brooklyn
Club's owner, tossed out the .first ball
put in play. ..
Both the rejuvenated Atoerican
Leaguers, under Frank Chanee, arid
Manager Dahlen's men fought hard all
the way. Chance himself was in great
form. ; Hal Chase", who made his big
league hdebut, as a second baseman,
had little to do in the field.
Home runs by Stengel and Daubert
gave Brooklyn a two to nothing lead.
In the ninth the visitors, tide on a pass,
two hits and a wild throw. Smith's hit
scored the winning run for Brooklyn.
New York .... . .00 000 0022 8 1
Brooklyn ........ 000 011 0013 8 3
Caldwell. Fisher and Sweeney;
Rucker, Allen and Millar. Umpires
Emslie and Hurst. Time 2:01.
INDICT COTTON OIL CO.
Charge of Violation of AntirTrust Law
Made in Georgia
Macon. Ga,, April 5 . Announcement
was made here tonight by Alexander
Akerman, United States Attorney for
the Southern District, ot Georgia, tnat
he will lay- before a Federal grand
jury which meets in Augusta Monday
morning, evidence looking to trie
dictment of the American Cotton Oil
Company of New York, under the
Sherman anti-trust law..
It will be charged that this company,
with branches and affiliations in every
cotton State in the Union, has fixed
and attempted to fix arbitrarily the
price of cotton seed from the produc
ers. One hundred and forty witnesses
from every branch-of the cotton seed
oil industry have been subpoenaed to
appear. .
Mr. Akerman has been working on
the case ior 18 months and was in
structed to spare no expense in gath
ering information.
As cotton seed and its products
make up about one-fifth of the produce
of the cotton c plant the industry em
braces a business annually of $100,
000. v - '
Mr.' Akerman brought the suit
against the" "Merchants and Miners'
Transportation Company for granting
rebates, the latter company paying a
fine of $20,000 at Savannah recently.
The naval stores case is pending.
THE PARCEL POST
Millions of Packages Handled
and
Business on increase
: Washington, April 5. More than
150,000,000 parcel post packages were
mailed during the three months the
system was in operation, according to
computations announced today by pos-
tal experts and based- upon . reports
from the fifty largest postoffices. Ap
proximately" 55 per cent more business
was handled in March than in Janu
ary. Chicago leads all other; citizens,
6,895,744 parcels being handled in two
months; New York handled 5,973,075,
and Boston 1,657,036. i " '
Paris, April 5. Wireless telegraph
experiments which have proceeded for
three weeks between the Eiffel tower
statiott and . Arlington, Va,, ended to
day. More extended -work along the
same lines, is to be taken up in No
vember and December. Those two
months are regarded as more favorr
able for long distance wireless.
scheme of assessment of the corpora
tion tax assessable on a calendar year
basis:
The exemptions in" the income tax
law; aside from the $4,000 minimum in
come limit as to persons,, will be main
ly, if ' not. almost entirely, confined to
religious and charitable institutions.
DANGER PASSING
VI H
Mississippi Made Little Pro
gress Toward Stage
Meaning Disaster
THE OHIO ALSO RECEDING
Cairo Situation Complicated by Rise
at St. Louis Trains Annulled
at Memphis Relief by
Red Cross ,.
Memphis, Tenn., April 5. On it3
annual flood through the central sec
tion of the country, the Mississippi
river tonight had made comparatively
little ,progress toward that stage
which might spell disaster for resi
dents along more than 1,000 miles of
water front. ,
Some encouragement comes from
points along the recently-flooded Ohio
where gauge readings show that
stream is falling. At Cincinnati the ,
stage at 7 o'clock tonight Iwas 61
feet, a ta of 2.3 since 7 o'clock this "
morning. At Louisville the reading
was 42.8, a fall of .1, and at Cairo 54.7,
where it has been hovering for hours.
The Cadro situation, however, is
complicated by a rise in the Mississip
pi n4- 0 T 1 XT A M-
jji oa. oi. uuuib wuere me river ai i
o'clock tonight stood at 23.1, a rise
of .9 since the same hour this morn
ing. Below Cairo, the gauge also shows;
the flood is slowly swelling, At New
Madrid, 43.9 feet was shown, a rise of
one-tenth; at Memphis, 43 feet, or six
tenths above the figures this morning
and at Vicksburg 43.3, or four-tenths
higher. v , . ,
Meanwhile, the levees .are, holding'"
well from . Hickman to Memphis, ac
cording to news received at the office
of the United. States engineers .with v
headquarters in . Memphis. Levee
boards with offices in this city also 4
declare thedr einbankments are stand
ing the strain. - t
Experts ;in flood protection daintf
that the levees of the St. Francis dls- ;
trict,. in Arkansas, and those - below v
Memphis, on both . sides of..: the river, ;
will. not only-resist the expected flood, ;
but will withstand crest at Memphis
feetaYej:fteatert)M '
- Tram schedules into Mempnfs. were
somewhat- disarranged by the rising
water today. The Illinois' Central an
nulled two of "its trains and the St.
Louis and San Francisco has been
forced to detour its northbound trains
from Memphis - to Hoxie and Mingo,
Ark., and 'thence to Cape Giardeau,
Missouri. - ' '
The crest of the flood is riot expect
ed to reach here before the middle of. ;
next week. More extensive prepara
tions than ever before have been made
to combat an overflow and confidence
is expressed that the damage will be
minimized -
Relief in Ohio District
Columbus, Ohio, April 5. Basing
their figures upon reports received to
day from their field agents throughout
the' Ohio flood districts, officials of the
Red Cross Society who have been
placed in charge of the relief work in
this State, today issued statement es
timating that 454' persons lost their
lives during last, week's flood. Ohioans
numbering 77,133 need aid for rehabi
litation, according to the -statement. .
The city of Findlay, where at least
two . lives were - lost and, many made
nomeiess. is not . included in the esti
mate, which follows,, the first column
representing loss of life and the sec
ond the estimated number, needing
aid:
Chillicothe
. 17
. 3
; 86
.150
! 21
:J
; 72
1,500
1.100
'20,000
22,500
500
883
250
1,000
2,500
12,500
,1,000
100
600
350
175
450
2,200
1,000
1,000
125
1,400
175
1,700
125
2,000
200
2,000
Coshocton . .
Columbus' . .
Dayton
Defiance ....
Delaware .
Franklin ... .
Freemont : s .
Gallinollis . .
Hamilton
Ironton .. .,.
Larue . . . . .
Malta . . . .
Manchester .
Connellsville
Marietta- . .
Miamisburg .
Middleton -. ...
Middlgport . .
Ottawa . .
Piqua
Pomeroyj.
Portsmouth .
Svdney
Tiffin
Troy...-'.." -
Zaneszille . . .
' 2
8
45
30
6
2
Total 1 .. .....454 , 77.1J3
Columbus; Ohio, April 5: No offl
cial reports as to -the loss of life at
Harrison; Mount fVernon, ValJey Junc
tion, VanWerl. Veine, New Trenton,
BroofvTille, - Wooster. -Cleves, , North.
North Bend, New Bethelhem. Mans
f.flc, Globe C'ontr i afid Ludenville,
hsv. been received fcy theRed Cross
All of these villages previously re
ported flood deaths, but officials be
lieve the reports to-have been exag
gerated through excitement. ,
Situation at MemDhis
Memphis, Teniw ArirU 5. Betweea
six and ten blocks of low-lying prop
erty along the bayou Gayoso tonight
are covered with two to six feet of
muddy back water from: the .Missis
sippi river, a result of -the break in
one of the city levees early this morn-
ing. The residents of the district af
fected had been warned in ample time '
to make their escape and there was no
loss of life: v
' One fatality- in' connection with the
flood occurred today when George
Rear,- an employe of the Memphis
Power BoatfCompany, fell from a pon
toon into Wolf river and drowned be
fore aid could reach him. -
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