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THE WEATHER. Generally fair Sunday and Monday ' WOOL SCHEDULE SUFF PASSED THE HOUSE Underwood Now Carries His Pointy By Vote'of 74 to 193 REPUBLICAN TIGHT BITTER Opponents Offer Amendment But Are Defeated Progressives Divided on the Issue Heated Oe- , bate in Session. - , 'I Washington, May 3 The wool sched u!e was passed without amendment By the House today in U& consideration bt the Underwood tariff bill. . it went through with little excitement, its pas sage causing scarcely, a ripple on the smooth waters of the Democratic tar iff programme; . -: - - The Kepublicans poncentf ated their attacks on the schedule by, presenting blanket amendments as a substitute for it This substitute prepared by Representative Payne, provided a rate of IS cents a pound on raw wool, plac ed on the free-list Jn the Underwood bill, and comparative rates based on a uty of 18 cents u . pound on the wool content of the various stages of manu factured woolens : The Republicans vociferously proclaimed their substi tute to be in conformity with the re port which the .tariff committee made in the woolen schedules two yeaas ago. The Democrats emphatically .de clared it was not. A deviation from Democratic lines ; by members repre senting wool growing States failedL'to materialize in the vote: on raw wool The Republican substitute was defeat ed and the Underwood schedule -passed to iaa. t , wiux tne siut, paper ana sundry . schedules .still to be passed. Representative .Underwood hurried the House on after the wool fight with the worst of the tariff wrangle out o4he way. -. -.-vVr- , The Republican attack on the Under wood wool schedule was bitter After three hoursyof general debate Republi can Leader Mann ? s and Democratic Leader Underwood summed up the dis cussion 4 : i: '..CT? .. A 'r "Several years, ago," said Mr. Mann. - We .Republicans provided for a, tariff board. We "propose1 ta stand by . the report of .that board and . present a woolen schedule based Upon the infor mation ascertained , by it. For years the woolen schedule has been a point of controversy; and : for the first jlme in the Jiistory, of our-tariff making we propose a scientific.! woolen schedule and we will appeal to, the country-to support a tariff based on real information."- . ;,rf. : .k; Mr. Mann pleaded for the- support of the Progressives, i "temporarily es tranged from the Republican party, but soon to return to our ranks." On the vote the Progressives divid ed, some "voting for and some against the substitute. . - v - - "The Democratic party" continued Mr. Mann, "admits -that this schedule means the death of the wool growing industry in this i country. One Demo crat tells us that' the bill will kill the sugar industry; another tells us itwill kill a part of the . cotton industry, an other that some other industry will be ruined. We might get along if only the wool industry . were slaughtered, u e might do so it the cotton industry alone were sacrificed. We might get along if only 'one industry went down. But to slaughter all these together, that cannot be done and "retain pros perity in the land, although God knows I hope that prosperity will remain in the land, and I feel jsure that the peo ple will soon return, to that economic policy which insures prosperity." Representative " Underwood replied to Mann, declaring the - Republicans themselves were not: in ' harmony in support of the Payne amendment,- "You say ;that you . are . learning "omething from the tariff, board about this schedule,"' he shouted to the Re publicans. "You are learning that the sentiment of the American people is behind the Democratic party ;and this tariff bill." - y -: c'.' W - .Mr. Mann asked whether the .Ways and Means Committee had hot atfirst favored a duty on raw wool, but had changed their minds at the request of the President." . . . ' "Candidly,1 - answered Mr. Undef vood. "this hill originally was. written with a duty of 15 per cent on raw ooi. But the difference between your Party and ours is that we can get to gether and you can't" - "Except on raw wool," he continued, our bill follows the rates in our cm very closely. . It also approximates fie tariff board report. But you know tuat on the subject of the duty jjn raw ooi the tariff board was divided. Its verdKt "Q Sttbject'was. a Scotch As soon as the1 wool "schedule was passed the House hurried through the e1'k schedule. ; ' r.v,A single - committee amendment ganging chiffons from. 50 per cent to " Per cent, ad valorem. being the on change made. DANIEUS. LEAVESf BALEIGH - secretary 0f the Navy : Will -i Make p. i , Southern Trip "dleigh, N. d.'May 3. Secretary w the Xavy Daniels, after, a visit of io days to Ms.homB where. he lookr ?Q after the r-buloTng of "bis newspa Rt. Dla,nt- the News and" Observer, de coyed by fire, left -tonight for New weaiis to inspects the-: naval-estab-"shment. He will also visit Pen&a w ' K5y West; Port Royal and Char jeston during the week to inspect- the avy yards or naval establishment, re r'nSto Raleigh Monday week, and , QVN ashmgton Tuesday morning. He nafcfomDanied b hia wife and by his a'al aide, Captain Leigh ,C. Palmer. cipJisut Dr. Vineberg,' the Eye Sp&. timl ' bout your-eyes. You will save a4nd Money. 25 years experience. ' tested free, Masonic Temple, , (A4ve.rti8eoicnt,) . iaiti. i nrougn New a orK streets Witnessed by Quar. v , ter Million Spectators Wo men DemancT Franchise - New suffrage army marched up Fifth Ave nue mis afternoon 20,000 strong to xuaruai music of the Marseillaise, blared from 40 . bands. In uniforms oi wnne, gleaming with yellow strpnm ers they paraded in the heat of a mid summer sun : for .three miles, from .".wmugion square - to . Fifty-ninth street. - A forest, of yellow banners awwueu ior - votes for Women" to an -un Broken wall - of spectators esti- niieu ai a quarter or a million. iviVr "aoiiand, . riding - astride -a mettlesome, chestnut cob, directly be- v covuit, ji mountea police led Behind her walked eight girls in blue with siikett-flaars. aftor tham.r.gn.a two women iu yellow with the suffrage map and its ; ninri "reiinw" stataa And then came the- lone . lin if tho ana nie, maremng resolutely, un- Women With snow white hnii- hn. dren .not yet out of rompers ; girls 1 w jrom ; oweaeH ; women from New Ze- lana negroea: : from the f Northern owws, - vuwgiris-, irom uKiaaoma: newsboys from Eastside ; , Wall Street brokers these - and the artisans of many, trades and callings marched' in unbroken lines,' eight abreast, disband ing; finally ; at the Fifty-ninth street plaza to overflow into two great mass meetings.. . v . 'v . . . -v The Women's Political Union, thous ands strong and broken into many de tachments. Was in the forefront of the line. Their banners bore many mot-, tos. 'Some of them were: "More Bal lots; Less Bullets;!' "One Sex Bears Arms,- the Other Soldiers;" Peace and Persuasion;" "Getting There Af ter Fighting Forty Years;" "Pioneers Against the White Slave - Traffic;'' "Let the People Rule; Women are People." . . -.-v.:.': y- - Throughout the line there .was 'borne aloft on - banners the roll of women who have achieved great things.- "General" . Rosalie Jones, and her little .-band of pilgrims that blazed the suffrage' way-lrom New York to Wash; ingtoncwere too clad in their march ing, toga and heralded by a brass band of boy scoutst Then followed teach ers,;, students, . sculptors, ; ., decorators, social - workers Und musicians. - -When the latter came abreast-the reviewing stand they wheeled, s dark-haired, girl of vsixteTen' stepped fromA their ranks and felawi on her 'bnEle a bar of.stir- lrfniusictopdve;?2 neUpver" inennes oeawia. uutreuii; uu while the little group sang the . Mar: ileillaise amid a thunder of applause. -i Bookkeepers;: stenographers, milli ners, dressmakers and white goods workers Jbearing their motto: "In Union There is Strength," 'came next. Then followed the army of the Politi cal Equality Association, a thousand white-clad women. The New York State Suffrage Association" with ' its banner, "Victory in 1913." " . The New Jersey Association, "Vic tory in 1914." ' Greek, Jewish. Italian and Syrian societies for suffrage came next. - Toward the. end of the line marched 47 girls, carrying an outspread yellow flag, nine-starred upon f wnicn were showered thousands of coins. Brook lyn's thousand came next. Then came the college women, more than a thous and strong, whose members compos ed the Wellesley, Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, -New r York University, Vassar, Radcliffe, Adelphi , Cornell and many other universities. The men followed, and after them came the newsboys. Somebody tossed a coin among the boys at 42nd street True to instinct they broke ranks and scrambled for it Then came a show er o coins, and a two-mtnute block Of the, parade until themarshal could untangle the struggling arms and legs. Last came the other States "where strong campaigns are going oil New Jersey Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland. And last of alt was Ohioa solitary marcher bearingjaloft a crepe-wrapped legend: onio. Where - women by perjury may be ruined. She has no voice in the judges election, she. has no voice in the im peachment Ohio needs . recall- of judges. Ohio needs votes for womeiu J What Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch called the "Benediction or the March was the meeting at Carnegie Hall. Dan Sumner, of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and 1 Paul at Chicago, spoke on "The Dawning Consciousness of Women Sex -Loyalty". , - "The suffrage will be yours," he said, "when you have working in your ranks the woman who measures up to some such standard as this: The wo man who is willing ' to give nPher time her energy andher wealth, if she has it. to see that there shall be efficiency and honesty in the adminis tration of pubUc affairs, and lead in all such movements awaiting the time when; she shall come inter her fights of franchise,, the woman who will give of her best that all men women and children may have a fair and . equal opportunity to enjoy the abundance of life; the woman who will have her ear attuned. to hear the far off cry of those in want, the groan of the sick, and the moan of the sinful, and hearing, the cry, answer; the woman who. will stand loyally by and demand the end of exploitation of her sex by ; men in vicious marriage relationship, in in dustry and in immorality. - . Charleston; W. Va., May 3. In fur therance of his plans Jo maintain i or der in the strike regions of Cabin Creek, Governor Hatfield has appoint ed Major James .I.ratt, Capt : Joore, a labor leader, and Deputy Sheriff P. H. Strowbridge tohave absolute con trol of the policing oflho district and the only persons authorized to i make arrests. ' ' . Detroit Mich.. :May 3. The schoon- er iron.uny. iot leei. y"6. "x"i ',; bottom in. St. Ciairfrver crollision with : the . steamer Thomas Cole. 580 feet long. Her crew escaped safely, in life boats. The Cpiejsvas sdiu to have escaped serious damage. ... tjii -!iA'iifll ivrv sale commenC- L Rehder's annual May V0.1"!" es Monday, M7 5th, .at 9 o ClOCK cial half-hour sales every day, - Extra ordinary opportunities. (Aovernseuieiiw EXTENDS win mill bfiibiiuu . -U ii lUllin I Good Wishes for Welfare of the Mexican Huerta . . Government SPAIN MAY FOLLOW SUIT Gulf Port Towns Beginning to Feel the : Sting of Hunger Effect of Revo-. ' lution American Residents Protect Themselves. ' - Mexico CityMay" 3. President Hu erta' was formally notified toda ot the recognition ' of :;his government V by Great Britain. The British minister Francis W. Stronge, with due ceremo ny presented the King's autograph let ter, replying to that of President Hu erta. .The minister expressed, in the namj&-of his government, good wishes for the'welfare of "the. Mexican govern-" inenC; '.':' ' ' : :,.'y. ;--:;-';; ? In reply the President expressed his appreciati6n of Great . Britain's atti- tude. . o ?; It is announced that a letter of rec ognition from. King Alfonso, of Spain, "will be presented next week. 4 Much Suffering at Gulf Ports. . : Nogales, Ariz.. May 3. Federal forc es from Guaymas" today occupied Em palme, while the Sonora State troops are mobilizing at "Maytorena, -a few milea to '.the north. 4 Only minor skir-! mishes have resulted since the insurg ents evocuated Empalme.''T2.v.; ." a. nere is much sufferine among the poor classes of the Gulf Dort towns. owing to a flour and meal "famine. One hundred cows v constituting the chief milk supply have been killed for beef, threatening the lives of hundreds f Infants.'-! a: .,v. Q: ... .:: .''-?' -: American residents of the .'Yamii river country have appealed . for pro tection against ravaging bands of in- dians. . : . .-. . .- ;. v. .. The -.Federal i commander at x Guav- tnas gave the-Americans rifles and am munition, telling them to protect them selves; The State troons todav zave protection, to a shipment of $100,000 in bullion being sent to the border by a- wojLprBao mine m iMor tnern onora.; C Ev ORGAN IZED AT BURGAW ; Wilmington5 Ladies Attend Social .-: t Notes of interest, Etc. (Special Star Correspondence.) Burgaw, N. C. May 3. Bureaw can now be .numbered among the towns unaer tne. banner of the Christian En deavor Society. This is due to a ihand of -workers from - the First Presbyte rian church of Wilmington, who came upr Friday evening and. organized the society at the Presbyterian church here,-1 The rociety. was organized with 35 members and the following officers: Mr; R." B. Black, " president; Miss Douglass Hand, vice president: Miss Geneva Moore, secretary; Mr. John A. Bannerman, treasurer. After the exer cises at the church the party attend ed a reception at the residence' of Mrs. R. ' H . Bradford, where dejightf ul re freshments were served. Among those who , came up from Wilmington .were Mr. and . Mrs. W . M . Cumming, Mr. G. .Cj Bordeaux, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Reynolds, the Misses Wilson and sev eral others-; The Burgaw people are under obligations to the visitors for aid in. organizing the society. The:.reception at the home of -Mrs. Bruce Williams by vthe Daughters of the Confederacy Friday afternoon, was quite well: attended and was a . most enjoyable occasion. - Quite a nice little sum was. realized for the" monument fund. , -r Material is being placed on " the ground on Court House street for a two-story; building to be used as a fur niture store. : t ": - The ..weather during; the past week has been just as fine as could be, bar ring the cold during the earlier part of the , week. Farmers are taking ad vantage 'of it to get in their crops. . ' GRAFT REVEALED Former Policemen Being Tried for ; Attempting to Obstruct Justice, New York,. May 3. None of the rfour-.former police inspectors Thomp son, -ttiussey, Mxirtha and Sweeney took : the stand today in the' closing hours of their trial on -charges of con spiracy to obstruct justice by buying the - silence, of informers i against the graft, "system." ' r-"'';.;----:..' ' Through the -testimony of more than a dozen witnesses counsel for Thomp son and Sweeney endeavored to prove alibis for the pair and to discredit the statements of several chief v prosecu tion 'witnesses. - The defense rested late" this afternoon, and court adjourn ed untir Monday when the defense will begin summing up. .. . " , The jury will get the case probably on Tuesday. ." - -v - - - - The alibi for Thompson centered on his -whereabouts : at periods when 'for mer Police Captain Walsh testified he paid graft money to Thompson, then his superior officer. . On Sweeney's behalf, his wife, daughter, sister and niece testified in an effort to establish that fyValsh did-not visit Sweeney on December 29th, last, to confer about a bribe fund raised : to keep George A. Sipp, a resort keeper, out of the court's jurisdiction. , - Rome, May ""3. The "health of the Pope continues to improve. Every day be descends to his library and devotes several i hours ' to . his i work. it was learned that one of his" first acts after he became convalescent was to appoint Dr. Amnd Amici his own private phy gicianJSAlthough Dr. Amici is not the official Vatican physician he shared with Prof. Ettore Marchiafava the res ponsibility, of . caring for the pontiff during, his recent illness. f v-'-.i -' '' ' ' ' 1 -.";w t wny mat neauacne wneu glasses win relieve lt ? See us about - your 1Tn; vinnbers-. the Eve Special- " Why that headache when glasses eves. .. ur. vineoer.- me niye special ist, Masonic Temple. Eyes tested free. Glasss from f 1 up. . " (advertisement,) 5 HER REGOG T O DEPOSED fcVICE PRESIDENT American PeaceiSoclety Went After - Scalp of Dr. Abbott Because ;He , Signed Navy league Petl- ; tion ResoiutionaT. ' St. Louis, ' May; 3.Dr Lyman - Ab bott, of New. York, was removed from the list of vice presidents of the American- Peace - Society today . because he signed the appeal of the Navy League for largerf aaval appropriations. 4 . v - Objection to the , name .of Dr. Ab bott, among -the .list of vice presidents was made by Charles' E,, Reals, of Chi cago, secretary of. the -Chicago Peace Society. , w v r. -' ' " . Five additional vice "presidents were elected Mrs. fPliilipi N Moore, of St. Louis; Jenkin; Roy dy ones, of Chica go; Hiram HaTjley,1: of New Mexico; Edmund Stanley of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Frederick ' Scoff of, Philadelphia. All the-other officers were; re-elect-, ed. The ociety-nQWvhas more than 50 vice presidents," . .-. - The principal ..officers are Senator Theodore Burton, of Ohio., presidents -Benjamin F. Truebiood, of, Washing ton, secretary ; Arthur v. uaiy Wash ington, .D. executive secretary,, and George . W. .White,- Washington, treasurer..',-... ' ;i.-r r;;. :V-,The annual , meeting of the Ameri can Peace" Society was; held' today id connection withUhe fourth American Peace Congress vwhlchi had 1 its con cluding session- tonight. . :' -'-c . The Congress today adopted': reso lutions 'urging repeal of the clause in the Panama canal-act exempting Amer ican coastwise. yesselSi from the; pay ment of -tolls. -r v; ; v' - "Failing in" this, the resolutions add, "the controversy should be sub mitted tq The Hague court for arbitra tion." A 'a The Congresa also appealed.' to the California Legislature and tot- the-National, administration "to secure-nfach a just and -impartial settlement-ofthe question df-alien ownership of-Iand as may, not .discriminate against' citizens of great and -friendly powersand turn a long standing friendship into enmity and friction. u ..' . -. k. -" Other .resolutions .express ' apprecia tion of the ; work, oL President Taft in negotiating v the "general '.arbitration treaties which "later failed of consum mation because - of . Senate v amena-1 ments; "congratulate the Nation on the failure, of the .two battleship . Tpro-! gramme "in the "National . Congress; ; urges the President to pen diplomat ic .negotiations looking. to the reduc- tion of armaments; and approve the announced- policy ofcPrQsideni Wilson and Secretary . - Bryan to negotiate treaties of unrestricted arbitration. v . ;"A Century of, Anglo-American Peace was the general topic for con sideration at the fourth American Peace Congress today. v s William R. Renwick RiddeU, justice of the Supreme Court-of Ontarin re viewed the history of British-Ameri can relations for the last 100 years, and said that questions more difficult of settlement than any -settled by war had been adjusted peacefully between the United States and Great Britain. John Lewis, editor j6f the Toronto Star, spoke oh the Identity of the in terests of the United States and Can ada.. . . At a sectional meeting this after noon . John Hays Hammond urged a permanent international, court for the adjudication of; all international con troversies. - "The great Christian Nations of the world," he said, "are expending In preparation for- war or for armed peace upwards of one-half, billion dol lars annually. The business man re gards it as a foolish expenditure in that the object for which it is design ed, namely, navaLsupremacy, is not at tained, since no radical changes per manently are effected in the relative strengths of the armament of. the: com peting powers." - . ': . ' HEARING EN DED- : New Haven Railroad to be Invest igat ed Further. ; Boston,: Mass., May 3 . The -Inter-State - Commerce .; Commission's , hear ings in connection with the investiga tion Of th e New Haven Riailrnn rt anH its subsidiary companies ended-. late' too ay. . : . " Oral arguments -will be heard at Washington next Wednesday. -Commissioner Prouty Naid that counsel would be given until May 15th to file briefs, after which the evidence would be reviewed by - the full -commission. He added that the report of the com mission could be expected in June. : . . The commission has no mandatory power, but it is expected its report will include suggestions the members believe warranted by the testimony. This : report may be made to . the public,- to" the Department of - Justice or to Congress. . " r ' :; '-. - OUTLINES . Twenty thousand suffragettes parad ed the streets of New York yesterday and were loud in 'their demands-: for the suffrage. . . - " ., :v-, .;. The Underwood wool schedule was passed yesterday: in the House of Rep resentatives despite the; protests of the Republican ; members. . : . Great Britain , yesterday recognized the - Mexican - government of Huerta; much suffering Is reported from, gulf ports as a, result of the revolution i Geo. H. Bixby; wealthy Long Beach millionaire,, was arraigned in Lbs An geles yesterday on a charge, of, being part of a? system that ensnared, young women for immoral purposes. ' ; . . Dr. Lyman H Abbott was deposed as a vice president of the Peace Society- at St. Louis yesterday because he signed the Navy League's petition for increased armament -' , Before leaving California for Wash ington, Secretary Bryan ? made a fare well speech to the Legislature, expres sing the hope that friction , may be avoided in the final settlement of the anti-alien land question. ; New York markets r Money on call nominal, no loans; time loans strong, 60 days 3 3-4 to 4 per cent ; 90 days 4 to 4 1-4 per cent; six months 4. 1-4 to 4 1-2. rFloUr steady.Wheats steady; Corn steady. Cotton, spot quiet,: mid dling uplands 11.85; middling gulf 12.10; ; salesnone. - Ro&ini uiet.' Tur pentine firmr ' - II G0IICL1IDES WESTERN MISSION Secretary Makes Farewell Speech to California Legislature. PROBLEM REMAIfJS UNSOLVED President Desires Further Action Anti-Alien" Land Question Oe- ferred Until Diplomatic , , . Adjustment Sacramento, Cal. '( May 3 . Defeated finally, in his diplomatic effort to, dis suade the California Legislature from enacting an alien land law affecting the J apanese. Secretary of State ' Bry an declared this afternoon j that , he looked to the people of the State to express at final "judgment through the referendum - before the act shall go intp. effect v.x&..:--- Mr. Bryan's statement aa made be fore an open joint meeting of- the siati." ate and Assembly immediately before. ms ;ueparture tor Washington,: ' The. aa-aviuuiy wuicfl was even men m the midst of its debate on the land bill, passed .late 'last nightr by the Senate, paused-for half an hour to hear, him ana men took up its work- of follow ing the Senate's lead.. . 7: . -.--The procedure in the lower' Hmisp today was almost identical with that which the administratiohleaders in me senate - adopted : yesterday. ;; On me one . side , the Democrats . offered substitute . resolutions . and - -amend ments, an seeking to delay action and on the other- side the Progressive ma jority stood firm in voting down ev ery suggestion. . - v ... : That, the - bill would . pass toniierht was predicted: by both sides; It , will then be in - the" hands h of Governor Johnson awaiting the ; ' signature that snail make it a law. - Apparently, the only1 continsrency that can arise to prevent the carrying out of the bill provisions ..within ap proximately 90 days is the- threaten ed ' referendum petition :which" would require 20,000 signatures before the law could be- temporarily- iiwlltfied. pending a$ election; TheW matter i unui tne-air or iJi4-i-aTieiay or 18 months in case the proposed referendum-petition gains, enough signers. ; Early in the session representatives of the board of directors of the ;Pan ama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran cisco, gave notice of opposing the bills that the board might foster "St move ment to invoke the referendum against any antl-alien law that might be en acted. The same attitude has been indicated hy several commercial and trade bodies. ' - Sacramento, Cal., May 3. Secro tary of State Bryan concluded his mission to the Governor and Legisla ture of California this afternoon, with a message of farewell. To an . open joint session of the two Houses, at tended by the Governor, he gave re newed assxunces of the friendly: in terest and co-operative attitude of the National administration toward - the peculiar problems of California, trans mitting the president s latest criticism of the alien land act passed last night by the State Senate and re-hearing again those objections already ) made public. In reply Senator Gates, speak ing for the State, said: r A' - -r-5 "This , Legislature appreciates t the honor that has been done to this State by the visit of the Secretary: of State. , "W& realize that Jiis coming to, co operate with us marks an era in American politics, r It brings the Fed eral government into close touch with the individual States. " . " "On the part of the Legislature -I wish to express our profound appre ciation and gratitude for the interest taken by t the National government m a nroblem confrontine the State " of California, and to assure the Presi- dent that -even if we differ with him we do it with the" prof oundest respect for his ooinions, and those of. the Sec retarv of State. And if we feel .im pelled -to - depart from that, advice "we do it with respect for that advice. "I -propose,, and desire on .the. part of this Legislature to thank the Presi dent, and his Secretary; for their as sistance, and I express the hope that this visit may. be a forerunner . of further activity hy the National gov ernment in assisting the States j in this work." - , - -r ' . Secretary Bryan, in his - address, voiced the President's opinion that the words; 'eligible to citizenship" sub stituted in the California Attorney General's re-draft of the alien land measure for the words "ineligible to citizenship" are ' equally discrimina tory, and, therefore, equally objection; able to Japan. - " ' ; . ' UV u "If a law must pass, he urged that It be limited in its operation . to two years, that v meanwhile diplomacy might so improve the International situation - that re-enactment , by, . thg next Legislature would be unneces sary." i i r " V"." ":;.i;. '. This suggestion which had not yet reached the President, he said,-was made "for the consideration of those who" have yet to act upon - the aub- Secretary Bryan 5 said "in -part: - "As I am departing this afternoon for Washington, I 4eem it proper; that I should say a final word to you. ,.: My coming, at the President's .request. Upon the mission that brought me was unusual,' and yet in: the President s opinion, not only right in principle, but wise in policy. It was in keeping with his own course in appearing in person to deliver, a message to Congress." -; ? VI need 'not recount the experiences through which we have passed. ! The Ijegislature.v insofar as it1 has acted, has found it inconsistent with; its view Of its responsibility- to follow - the President's advice in the 'wording of the r law; which it regards as its duty to enact While I shall not attempt to form a judgment as to the action of the Assembly on this subject I have so fullv- presented - the ; President s Tiews that I do not dem a longer stay of Atlanta, Ga., May 3. Detectives in vestigating the death of Mary Phagan showed-renewed confidence I, today. Many baseless rumors, concerning the 15-year-old girl' found murdered last Sundav morning in the basement of the National Pencil Company factory, have been run down and ' disproved, and the case is now regarded as much less complicated. ' As the result the officers'ay their main case has been strengthened. , - More than 100 .witnesses have been summoned for the next session of the coroner's inquest . Monday, including many i women employes of . the pencil factory, " it is probable that Newt Lee, negro night watchman and . Leo. M . Frank, superintendent, both of whom are under: arrest-will again be : called before the jury. - - ' ,;':':V-.--" After an extended conference today between SoMcitor Dorsey, Coroner Donahoo, and Chief of Detectives Lan ford,; the three officials went together to ! the pencil company'sfactory, rand made a minute examination of the spot where the murdered girl's body was found. All : declined to state whether1 new evidence had -been found. r necessary. On the contrary, I feel that. I can be more useful at Washing ton i when the President; has before him. the bill as it reaches the Gover nor, if shall finally. pass the. Assem hly. X can't, however, take " my de parture ".without giving expression- to my appreciation of, the spirit in which, as a representative of the President, I have been rceived, and of the cour tesies, that have ben shown me at all times. , ' w "The amity that iias characterized our intercourse is in keeping, I think, with" the course that should .be pur sued -by those- who, acting under; " a sense of: responsibility about matters hi which they rare jointly concerned, are unable to. agree upon the -means to be-employed for; reaching the -end in view. The President, has impress ed upon, me all times, that I should emphasize the fact that his; only pur- pose .Is to confer, with the legislature as to the National'' and International phases of . the question .under, consid eration,', and that - he-confers as a not unsympathetic:" friend who desires - to aid' to - the extent - of his ability- In l a matter .where he has hot only a ConstU tutionai ;tyt;tpenerm, ;.but ;rwhere he .mayjbe. asi ctHffec4 1 relations Tritft other ;"He has: pointed out vthe : things wnicn seem to mm unwise- in - me' -0111 that has passed the. Senate. The first words to - which he calls attention- are 'eligible to citizenship'- which .are - as clearly discriminating ; as Jthe words 'ineligible to citizenship' against which he so earnestly - advises. . Inthe, sec ond paragraph the property right of those therein described - are defined as they are defined in the treaty. He fears that this, will raise' a . question of construction and Involve the subject in a lawsuit that may be both irritat-r ing and' protracted. : ? "I have submitted to him the sug gestion but owing to his absence from Washington just at this- time have been unable as yet te secure an answer that a time Himit upon any bill which syou : pass might reduce to a minimum the unfavorable influence it exerts, if that influence is unfavor able. -. " ' - : ' - "' . "If for instance, any . bill that you pass dealing with the subject is lim ited in its operations to twot years or event four years, but two years would give opportunity for the next Legisla ture to act upon the sub ject--it would afford an opportunity for diplomatic efforts with, the hope that the situa--tion could be construed as to make a re-enactment of the law unnecessary. Assuming that .the people of Califor nia will be satisfied to reach the end which they desire by methods which will cause the least friction between this and other Nations this suggestion is made' for the consideration of those who have yet to act upon the subject. "If the Legislature - is willing to avoid the use of the words 'eligible to citizenship,' or 'ineligible to citizen ship' I ; am - authorized to suggest that the line might be- drawn: at another point, namely between those right to own land is defined by treaty and those whose right to own land Is not defined by treaty,- the ..former- to be allowed to own according to - the terms of the treaty and the latter to be allowed to hold land on the same; terms that citi zen's of the United States hold land. But the President desires me to keep before you at all tfmes the fact that he would prefer if consistent with your State's interests, to have all action deferred for a time -aufficient to; per mit him to employ diplomatic means.' In summing up Mr. Bryan rehears ed . the objections and .suggestions of the 'President, already ' made public and concluded: - "Having'performed the duty impos ed on me, by the chief executive of the Nation, my :work. is - done. Youhave listened patiently and courteously and now the responsibility -rests -upon you to do what you deem necessary recog nizing,- as you doubtless do, that you act not only as the representatives of the State, dealing with .lands lying within the State, but? as the represen tatives of a State" occupying a position among her sister States," and sharing with them an interest in and "respon sibility for international - relations. " "You are; fortunate in this State in having the initiative, and referendum. The initiative purs you on'to do that which you believe yourTpeople want done, while the referendum empowers those for whom you speak to put their veto on your acts if you fail to reflect their wishes- ' It may -h be assumed, theref ore that if you feel it your duty to enact any legislation on this subject at this ; time, your -people will either manifest their approval .by" acquiesc ence or their disapproval by submit ting your: action to the judgment or the voters by means- of ;the referen dum. . .-.-- - .---:.':.;''.-.. -".'...;.:-. "I leave you with : renewed assur ances ' of the friendly concern - in the subject with which you are dealing and of my appreciation of the kind re' ception which you have accorded me as his spokesman , - The Alien land bill passed the As sembly. Many Clues . Concern! n M urd er w Mary Phagan- Disproved . Ex-. C, tended Conferences " Betwen w . Officers at. Work .: sumea to oe aoieito Juose j sistance wnD,TrtiMei?nceTnove-. . tlellslatfbnrnifott . ' - CDuMrfeSi'Mthafc;t irabliE irtJMBBB 13,315; 5 TO ESCAPE Long Beach Millionaire Ar raigned on Ujrly Charg es at Los Angeles " - J. EHSIURII16 YOUIIG . VOMAII Organized System ' is Alleged in Ini . qulry Begun- byGrand.Jury in j , California Demurrer and -Delays Urged j , Los Angeles,- Cal., May 3 ,T-Demur rers and other means of legal defense) were prepared in -behalf 'of George H. r Bdxfby, the Long : Beach , minionaire' when he was arraigned , today in the) Superior Court on two .Indictments charging him with aiding 'the tlelin--quency of two minor girls.-: The -indictments were returned last . night by the county grand jury after ' a week of inquiry into allegations that wealthy, men had" an organized sys- v tern of ensnaring young women for fm . moral . purposes. . ,y ; The other two Indictmehta 'were returned ; at the same 4 time " against Mrs:- Josie Rosenberg,-, who f already, -was in jail in default- of $15,000 bail. . Mrs. Rosenberg, as keeper of : 'Tbe JohqiUil," the resort t l which "i it ia al leged Bixby Vas knowhias t'the black , pearlMs- charged with having been chief procurer for the wealthy: pa-r trons'of her placed : iA'jg i; -;w f Shortly after Bixby was arraigned. Kitty 7ypn&iiips, me youtntui mouon! picture actress whose charges Tinitiat-V -ed the sensational white slayery in- vestigation," was taken to the ; central police' station to testify -before the grand jury .which will resume its in- quiry Monday.;:, .vVx&k .gfty ' F I N A NC I A L D EP R ES3 1 6 ' Events f of (the Week FailXto blipeli; z- wew-1 1 ortt.,. samy a. 4. oe blblu wuo- pre8siottiln which - financial . sentiment -has -long been, held was nofodispelled by, the' events of the week: A Such re- flciently discounted unfavorable 'fac tors rather than to any belief in posi tive.: betterment- There Tfas hppe of,-. improvement in the; foreign political . situation on Thursday, when the reply of Montenegro to the . powers made a favorable impression:; Foreign v stock exchanges were closed on that day and. their action on the following day.falled. to( bear out fully, the favorable con- , struction placed by New York on the previous iday's events. With the defi- -nite outcome left undecided stock mar kets still lack the positive Incentive to betterment .-" - vV-' y - Opinions are left confused also as . to how . far the tightening of foreign money markets was due to the month--end requirements and how. , far to po litical dangers. ; Capital supplies were still subjected to strain both at home and abroad. There were additional is- y sues of short term hotes ,by. corpora tions owing to unsatisf aetory condi- tions in the bond market; JNew York. . City's announcement of ;a $45000,000. loan made an additional tdemonstra-" tion on the position of the bond mar-, ket not only by the recurrence to the high 4 1-2 per cent, interest rate of. 1908, but by the resulting fall in prices . of outstanding , 4 l2s . qelovrr previous isstiG prices " 'i ? ' f- " 1 The comptroller's digest of National bank conditions on April 4th revealed the low state of reserves the country over, in spite of the contraction of loans in New. York for the period cov- : ered. Recognition of s the ' banking prospect was inferred-from the-plan of -the secretary of the Treasury ; to-, charge Interest on government depts- . its and to increase thteir amounts. The., -.. difficulties in securing credit gave add- . ed effect to some March reports - of railroad earnings showing the effect . of . flood losses. The steps taken . by - the railroads in official classification territory to petition for, a, 5 per cent increase in freight rates derived in creased, importance ' from the recent showing of, earnings: attd - from , the , movement ; of ' trainmen for ' increased V wages. . Special factors-' to aggravate - the depression were the yet unsolved problem ox the union racinc aissoiu-, tion plan, and the unquestioning of -, the New Haven road's finances In the - course of the Commerce Commission's inquiry.'. A:--'; -Y'A' f--'5-:i . Commercial advices came in greate'" . accord in reporting a slowing down In ' business pending the passage of the tariff bill, and also tardiness in collec tions. " Pig iron continued ; to decline, -, and premiums on steel products for early-; deliveries; were said to have dis-' appeared. Specifications also- receded as higher contract - prices came into ' forcev-and forward buying" was - hesi tant-United States Steel's first quar ter earnings fell; several million dol lars below preliminary unofficial esti mates. News of -the crops-continued ' favorable. ' . . -. V-? r ; ; , ' - ' POSSE. STILL PURSUES. - 1 Negro. Murderer Said to be Surround ed in Swamps.",' ; - Savannah,' Ga, v May 3. A posse seeking Richard Henry '.Austin, the South Carolina negro, who Wednesday killed .two white - meh' and. - wounded four others;" this morning battered ' down the door of his father's cabin, -near Newington, Ga., and riddled the place with' bullets. The negroes had fled, -the old man. Sim Austin,' taking refuge with a white farmer. - Late tonight an unconfirmed report" from;StiliwelI,v Ga., . stated that Henry Austin had been iJocated in a swamp hear there and a posse , was attempt ing to surround him. r ' - -:: - . ."-- Remember the opening hbur, " 9 ov clock Monday, May 5th,' 10 yards best 10c bleaching for 69c 10 yards best:; 10c lonsdale cambric for 79c Reh der's Annual May Sale. ; r - . " (Advertisement.) , SEEK 4 i , h a?
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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