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UNDERW0ODTAR1FF BILL PASSES HOUSE Majority Party Triumphs Over. Republican rand Pro gressive Elements ISSUE READY FOR THE SENATE Democratic . Party . Considers Down ward Revision the Answer to r Platform Pledfle .Parliamen tary Statisticians Washington, -May 8. The Under wood tarlfE bill, proclaimed by - the Democratic party as the answer to its platform ; pledge1 to revise the tafiff downward, was passed by the House late today, The vote was 231 to 139, five Democrats" voting against the bill, and two" Republicans voting for 'It. Four Progressives supported the'bill.j and 14 opposed ; it, while one Indepen dent Progressive joined with the ma jority, .l . . . '.'".' When Speaker Clark announced the vote tin low. tones that revealed .his satisfaction in the ; arrival of the day he long had sought, exuberant Demo crats hoisted a stuffed - Democratic donkey over the heads of, their col leagues in the rear of the chamber, a faint ripple of applause followed and the-gavel .fell on the first chapter in the history of President Wilson's ex tra session of Congress. ; . With' the bill, 5 after a - month's con sideration, on' its way to the Senate there was ; a rush - of Representatives for their Homes touay. In the-House adjournment will be taken three days at a time,; beginning next week until! June 1st, In the meantime, the ate r m.aace t.ummiu.ett wiu Kiuuy.uie bill, ;while - the Housed Ways and Mean 3 CJpmmittee will organize com mittees 'preparatory to the transaction of business next month. RepubEcans and Progressives,' Jed respectively by Representatives Mann andSMurdock,; protested to the last against the - measure, the lowest tariff .-bill ever written and iroclaimingaa the Democratic avalanche bowled them over -the- virtueV-Of different -tariff commission' tlans."rv-i ' - -, ? -. Republicans who voted tor the bill were ,.Cary ?and Stafford, - of. Wiscon- " GIB. - - .- ..-.' - Democrats who -opposed it - . were : Broussard, :Duprsf Lazaro and Mor gan, of Louisiana, on account of the schedule reducing sugar 25 per cebt, and sending it to the free list in three years, and C. . B r Smith, of New York. Progressives who voted for the bill were Kelley and Rupeley, of Pennsylvania- TMrkln-n -of nnHfnrnia. and Brv- a r; i Ml j 3 1 , - ' v.. , n - an, of Washington, Kent, of Califor nia, formerly a Republican, but now an independent Progressive, also voted for the bilL Progressive Leader Mur WiY an A 13 of his Progressive fol lowers voted with the minority. Rep resentative Copley, a Progressive, did not vote,, answering "present'v to his name.: " ' .- . . In the final consideration of tne measure Minority Leader Mann made n lPTvsrthv speech on a point of order by Mr. Underwood to rule out provi- sion for a lann.Doaru iu.iub.uiuu by Representa,Uve . Payne, of -New York, to recommit the bilL Speaker Clark sustained the point of order. Mann appealed from the chair: and a roll call was talen on Mr. Under wood's motion to. table the appeal, the Democrats winning 274 - to 143. Pro gressive Leader -Murdock also moved to recommit with instructions to pro vide for a non-partisan tariff commis sion, but he failed-to get' a .-roll call and then the Payne motion to recom mit, minus the tariff board provision, wps lost 123 to 296.. - . ' Tomorrow, the tariff fight shifts from the House with ita overwhelming Democratic majority, to the Senate where the party's ; slim majority of six already has-been reduced, asar as this bill is concer116"'.?111 less Senators f amUiar with the prog- ress of such leeisiaUon are mistaken . i i. h1b nroanect of a nnai vote on the bUl -before August 1st. -Fight to be Waged lit Senate , , The bill's passage through the, Sen ate will be fought at every step by a Republican organization : agPS? entirely in accord on this subiltatni entirely willing tt Pend- m time and energy In an effort to defeat t. Leader of - the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, which will handle the !biU, rexpressed the Jebef anight that it would go throughin practically the same form as it passed the House, and that .their small ma jority .will stand firm to the last. Sub- t4. ta uHTiftnre Committee ...u.-v. fuian investieatmsr tne' scheduler of theUllor thV last few weeks, plan to make a few. changes In several schedules.; -but wooL hnd? so gar and other schedule s hichbrought Sut the hard fighting in the House are cot to be touched., according to the nresent lan. The incdme tax and ad ministration features also are tand. Democratic . leaders ' acknowl--de tbt the two Senators from.Louis na will not acept the Buprschedule and that theyr might be willing to combine with mother s to defeat .the whole bill. "' nHn A change of two nwfe Democratic t otes would bring .bout the Louisianans desire Although there have ben reports about The Senate hat the Democrats intend to allow one r i mrainst susrar, 'lure owitiui w 'v" - and another to vote, aa9' 0?: i a iv fftn.nM flnnrmlttee tO- Jay refused to . confirm ltr'Ke!l' 'ans who have canvassed those i." ocrats who look at all HnDi roTright that they had bat little. hope Tha RonnMcans are con- infed that President .Wilson will i car ry the day and the party platform wm i-e followed, and that with the.excep- :.on of the two Senators' from Ixuis 'ana they cannot count, upon a single vote. . . j - -; Th T?PTThHin "flffbt" against' the 5'ill, however, will be conducted j in TALK OVER TARIFF SITUATION Manufacturer v and f Producers Will Make Formal Protest Asking for,; -n Amendment to Underwood "f, , Bill Revision, -Washington, May. 81 A conference of the Manufacturers and Producers Association' met here today to talk over the tariff sltuatioiFSnd formulate plans for- pressing for some amend ments when the Senate considers the Underwood bill. ."'-4- x President Kirby, of the National Manufacturers' 'Association; President Wilder, of the National Association of Tanners; C. A. Byers, Baltimore; C. C. Houston, Lewisburg, Tenn., and Paul E.,Herschel,of Peoria, Ill.y were among those leading the movement. : The object of the conference as set out in & statement is to deal with the general t proposition of tariff revision -as it is presented: in the Underwood bill, and to look particularly to the working of the paragraph of the pro posed law which empowers the Presi dent to negotiate trade agreements of mutual concession with .foreign coun tries.. The manufacturers contend that if .the President is given power to ne gotiate concessions in tariff rates, he suso is empowerea to: negotiate in creases, if they are warranted. President Kirby called at the White House and x conferred with Secretary Tumulty about a formal protest he is to present to President Wilson against the provision of the Sundry Civil bill which : prohibits the . use of a certain appropriation for enforcing the Sher man law- against if armers' and work men's organizations. Mr. Kirby told Mr.. Tumulty 200,000 business men would join in the protest. President Wilson as , indicated he would sign the MIL ' : ' . ."International fair play" was asked for by the manufacturers in a letter to Chairman "Simmons, of the Senate Finance Committee, containing a reso lution adopted by the conference urg Inga clause in the tariff .bill under which the free list would be extended to foreign nations "only so rapidly as Sen-rsuch countries aeree on their nart to . . ... . . . extend what the President shall deem a fair equivalent for our own large concessions." - . " Another resolution ' requested the provisions rfor special duties "designed toTprevent unfair or guerilla competi tion, andVto guard against bounty paid goods,' he made effective "for air ar ticles on the free list, as-well as those on the dutiable list." .Copies were gent to President Wilson and to all the members of Congress.- ..-.-..- .. ,A committee was named to canvass the sentiment of the manufacturers of the country as to whether they desired public hearings before the Senate committee. : "" In addition to National and State manufacturing a associations, repre sented at the conference today there were present agricultural Implement and vehicle, hardware, glass, sugar, leather, fibre reed, biscuit and milk product manufacturers. CASWELL AND CURRIE Special Services Announced by Rev. E- B. Carr, Pastor . (Special Star- Correspondence.) Atkinson, N. C, May 8. It is with pleasure thatf I -announce to our good people, both at Currie, Atkinson and Point Caswell, that we will have bur regular communion services at Caswell Presbyterian church dn next second Sunday, May '11th, at l A. M. The services will be conducted preparatory to the communion ?ervice. at Caswell church, on Saturday, May 10th, at 11 A. M. e will also preach at Currie Presbyterian church on Saturday, May iOtb, at 8P.M. Brethren, . I realize that we are liv ing iv a tusy pee, yea, so to speak, a strenuous age. Men are busy at their merchandise, farms, saw mil'3, ?nd all ma" nor- of industry. I love to see men workas long as they -stay within the bounds of reason and com mon sense: for-it -is Bible-like, it is God-like. But wnen a man gets so busy that he oeglects to attend the sanctuary, the house of God's worshin, then he has- overstepped the bounds of reason and common sense. . The Bible. says, ""Be diligent in business, fervent in STinL ' serving the Liord. Again. "Man shall not live by bread alone. May the good people at cur rie, Caswell and Atkinson, come. out to these services in large numDers. ' B. ,B. CARR, Pastor. MYSTERY UNSOLVED Suffragettes Neither Deny or Affirm Placina Bomb -rn Cathedral Tvmdon. Mav 6. The mystery of the -bomb found in St Paul's and other buildings has not been solved nor nas aTivthinir been discovered that would tTr to throw light on it. The suffra gettes neither admit nor deny tneir re- sponsiDimy. Miss Tyson, presiding at a suffra-o-Wa meeting at the Holborn town hail tnnisrht. while remarking that it had not been proved that suffragettes had put the bomDS m tne camearai aaa that there were still persons who had not heard why the women wanted the vote and the only way to wake them up was by bombs. . - Much Indignation . prevails aiuuuS in Atoooaa nf cftoietv that during the coming hoUday period Windsor Castle will toe wnouy. or panwiy uucu, r gether with the tower, of London,- the ni;av. and Athpr rnuseums. cathedrals and public buildings owing to the fear of a suffragette uuiuase.. - - PLEAD. GUILTY. Atlanta Man Confesses Abandoning 4 Atlanta. Ga., May V-Luther : J, Glenn, o AOanta, today Peaaeu su. j .t..rr nf nhanrlnninz MS Wlie and twolninor children and as fined $100 in the criminal; division of the 51,000 Dona, navmR , ;T f j o -art-it nf ne extiaL Glenn was awested several weeks ago in Houston, Texas, .witn mts Pidcock, wife. of. C. ; W PJd cockf Moultrie, Ga president ofthe Ge orgia t lv. DonKAQri MrflrPidcocK was released from custody and came to At: lanta atter uienn was urougui- . iTZxftTtA woo PTantp.d a divorce from the-woman shorty after Glenn'sl VVJJLJM.JJSUTOJS, OBJECTIONS WILL BE ENUMERATED .y Japanese Ambassador Confer With Secretary of the State to Ofi THE ANTI-ALIEN LAND BILL rPo&ition of United States Government to" be. Defined Referendum . Movement Being Urged """..May Delay Action ;" Washington, May 8 . The Japanese government -v through Ambassador Chinda-will acquaint. Secretary Bryan early tomorrow of the nature of its objections ' to the anti-alierK. land bill awaiting ..Governor Johnson's signa ture in California,-and by noon it is expected that the position of the United States government; will have been, defined to the ambassador. . This understanding was reached in conferences "which. .Secretary Bryan had late today with President Wilson at the White House, and with -Ambassador Chinda, at the State Depart ment. ' Secretary Bryan had to hurry away to Baltimore to attend a dinner there, and he talked with Ambassador Chin da only a few minutes, arranging to meet him at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow, immediately after which - by special arrangement the President and his cabinet will meet one hour earlier than usual to" discuss the Japanese protest. Afterward Mr. Bryan will confer again with Ambassador Chin da, explaining the attitudebf the ad ministration.; This was a 'busy day for Secretary Bryan on his return from Sacramento, 4ut he gave most of his time to the California 'situation - discussing it at length with. John Bassett Moore, Coun sellor of the department. ' It isbelieved here the referendum movement being urged by Theodore Bell, prominent Democrat in San Francisco, may have the effect "of post poning the entire question .for a period long.; enough rror tneunitea states "anA T-;nflT-A -ritv -taii understand- inrTor perhaps negotiate, a new-treaty! covering disputeu points. - tWhlle Secretary Bryan aeennea io discuss-the referendum and White House officials were equally reticent, it is known that friends of the admin istration have told the President there would be no. difficulty in getting suf ficient signers in California to compel a referendum at the pons on tne anu- alien bill. ' . ' - In the nieantime It is expectea tne President, or Secretary Bryan will ad vise Governor Johnson of the attitude of the Federal government. The Gov ernor has agreed to withhold his sig nature from the bill, at least until the return to Washington of Secretary Bryan. . He has until May 13th to act on the measure. It is not known whether the views of the Washington government will be transmitted to morrow or until after Secretary Bry an returns here on Monaay on nis mp to New York. He goes tonight to aa Araaa the .hanniiet fco the commission arranging for the celebration Of the treaty of Ghent. - Neither at tne estate uepanmeui uui at the Japanese embassy can any statement ibe had as to the nature of the ambassador's forthcoming com munication. ' The field of speculation, however, is not broad, the recognized probabili ties being a contention by the Japan ese government tnat tne ainumia, legislation would, violate the spirit, if not the letter of the treaty between the United States and Japan in that it withdraws from Japanese in Cali fornia; privileges of land-holding and leasing necessary to the transaction of theif business, and a general proposi tion to negotiate a new treaty of trade and commerce. ' . Secretary Bryan may meet these propositions with a suggestion that their consideration be deferred until the California law" has been signed and the United States courts have passe'd.upon its constitutionality. OPPOSED TO UNO ERWOOD B I L L North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers ; ' . Raise Protest Charlotte, N. C, May 8. At a meet ing of the North Carolina Association of Cotton Manufacturers held here to daya resolution was adopted voicing emphatic "opposition to the cotton schedule of the Underwood tariff bill now before the Senate, and a text of same was wired to Washington. Sixty five mills Vith more than a million spindles were represented at the meet ing. ! The association elected officers for the year, as follows: . C? B. 'Hutchinson, Mount Hollyt president ; S. E. Patterson, - Roanoke Rapids.- first vice president; Eugene Holt, Burlington, second vice . presi dent -L." Lr. Jenkins, Asheville, third vice president, ' and . .Ti L. Black, Charlotte, secretary and treasurer. sit vas decided to appoint a textile welfare committee, the object t which is to promote the welfare of the mill operatives. - S. F. Patterson, of Roa noke Rapids," was named chairman. ; - PR6IGHT RATES Representatives Meet to Arrange Ad - justment Campaign in N. C. .. -:Charlotte N. C, May 8. Represen tatives of 21 cities and towns , of the Ste ' met here today and organized the JusL Freight Rate Association of North Carolinar Another meeting will be held in Raleigh May 15th, at whfch time officers will be elected and a plan of campaign mapped out. The Object of the association is to secure more equitable freight rates for North Caro lina than the State now enjoys. Every county in the State is to be organized and has asked to send representatives to the" meeting at' Raleigh next week. "Sylvia?, at the High SchooL tonight 8 : 30.- . , r A""4i: " (advertisement.) JN. U., XUliJJ X JMUKJN JLN Or, TO LEGISLATE ON CURRENCY President Wilson Urges Representa tives to Enact Banking Reform - ; and Consider Monetary Problems . Washington, May 8. President Wil son was so, encouraged by the passage today of the-fciriff 'bill in the House that he hopes now for final action on currency refornX during the present session of Congress. He had confer red during the day with Representa tive Underwood aild Representative Palmer, chairman of the House cau cus, outlining to thm the hope that his currency legislation' might be tak en up early in June, The President studied a preliminary draft of a cur rency bill brought lim by Represen tative Glass, probable chairman of the House Banking and Currency Com mittee, and told his callers that in the interval between now and June 1st he expected to confer with as many cur rency authorities as possible. While the President is anxious for currency reform during the present session he 'realizes that everything depends on progress of the tariff bill In the Senate. He thinks that if that is disposed of before the hot Summer weather sets in, -action on a currency bill . might be possible in quick time, provided Democratic leaders can come to" an agreement on a measure. Sev-, eral influential Democrats in the Sen ate, however, including some members of the banking and currency commit tee, are opposed to any action during the present session, and propose ex tensive hearings. They are all .agreed that banking refornt should be the first week of December session and it is not at all unlikely that President Wilson may be persuaded not to insist on currency legislation. He is known not to desire the session of Congress to extend beyond the middle of "Au gust and the general . expectation among Senators tonight was that a final vote on the tariff bill would not be takenr before August ls. ' Conference With the President, - Currency legislation willbe taken up by the House about June 1st. This announcement was made today - by Renresentative Underwood, after & conference at the White House withl President Wilson, who urged that banking reforms be considered at the present, session, ana laws -pe enaciea if possible. -. r ' , JMr. - Underwood was accompanied nn his mission to the White House by RepresentativArWSvS!reH'P4Bie Pennsylvania;, chairman xif the-House caucus, but the . Democratic leaaev spoke for the conference. "We came up to nna out wnai me House should do," he said, "while the Senate is considering the tariff bill. The President is disposed to want cur rency legislation at this session, so I thin the House will take a recess of about three weeks., during which the banking and Ncurrency committee will be organized' and we' all will be ready for work June 1st." ' Mr: Underwood said he expected the President to send soon a special mes sage to' Congress urging currency re form. The'President talked over with his visitors' a draft of the Owens Glass bill which he has before him, and -which, it is understood, will rep resent the administration's views when launched in the House and Sen- tt.6 Mr. Wilson went over in some de tail some of the currency proposals, hut neither Mr. Underwood nor Mr. Palmer were willing to make known ills views VShe President's idea is to have cur rency legislation at once if there is a common agreement among the Demo crats as to the methods of monetary revision, but it is also understood that if bv the time the tariff bill has passed the Senate. there has not been a com plete agreement, the whole subject will be deferred until the regular ses sion in December. Mr. Wilson's idea, however, is that the House should begin to study and debate the subject so that it may be prepared for prompt action should the Senate dispose of the tariff bill expeditiously. The President has been t61d that Democratic Senators are unit ed in support of the tariff bill, and to bring up the currency question now will not interfere with the attention given to the tariff. NAVAL EMPLOYEES. Promised Hearing Before Introduction of New Work System. Washington May 8. Actiur Secre tary Roosevelt today promised a com mittee representing navy yard and na val station employees throughout the country that hearings would be grant ed hpfrvre ie introduction of either the Taylor or the v lckers-Maxjm -work sys tems in naval plants, jar. ttoosiveu said hearings ..probably would 'be held upon the return--of Secretary Daniels, who is now. - touring South Atlantic yards. . " , '' OUTLINES - President Wilson has suggested tnat ongress enactcertain tanking reforma and consider, the monetary .problem during tne present session. TheJapanese AmDassaaor win con fer with the Secretary of State today in an effort to settle the California Anti-Alien Land legislation. Renortsfrom JMexico indicate that the war. being .waged between Consti tutionalists ana iteoeis is Decoming more violent - . The Underwood tariff bill passed the House yesterday by a vote of 281 to 139. Repeated attempts made by Pro gressive and Republican, members to amend the bill failed. ; v It- was announced yesterday that aA number of the large , manufacturers and producers - will ; formally. protest for amendment to, the Underwood tar iff, bill before It is considered in the Senate. . .- - ' ' - - - ' .': , New York Markets. Money on oall, steady, at 2 3-4 to. 3 per . cent.; - ruling rate, 2 3-4; . closing ibid 2 s-4; ; offersa at-.v-s. votton dling.gulf, 12.25; sales,. 600 bales. Fa - tures closed, steady, f Rosin ; quiet." Tur pentine, , firth : machines barrels, . 43-. Corn, firm, 63 l-4f export. Flour, quiet. Wheats steady; ';.; tX'd-i' MAY 9, 1913. PATRIOTIC WORDS OF LATE FINANCIER Utterances of J. Pierpont " Morgan Rehearsed in Address COLONEL HARVEY'S SPEECH Discussion of National Politics by Mr. Morgan in Conversation with a Friend H is Confidence, in President Wilson. New York, May 8. "When you see Mr.pWilsdn, tell him for me that if ever there should come a time when he thinks any influence or resources that I have can be used for the country, they are wholly at his disposal." These, the last words of J. Pierpont Morgan, spoken, to Colonel George Harvey, the day before Mr. Moreran sailed for Europe, never to return alive, were related tonight in an address by Colonel Harvev 'before a eatherinc nf bankers and other representative men, at a amner or the Trust Companies of America. ' Mr. Morgan was a Renublican. and in the words of Colonel Harvev. not only "regarded Ahfe political views ad vanced by Mr. Wilson with honest ap prehension, but never considered the Democratic party fully capable of gov erning this nation." His messasre to the new President, Colonel Harvey cit ed, as 'measuring the depths of tne man's patriotism. "Because of contrary proclivities of my own as to Mr. Wilson, I frankly did not seek opportunities .to discuss public affairs with Mr. Morgan during the-past few years," said Colonel Har vey. "As you all know .-when he thought- he vas right in his judgment, ne was unaccustomed to betray -any 5'ack; of positiveness, and. there were times when his didactic faculty . so Clqsely approached the dynamic in op eration tnat one of prudent disposition was inclined to be wary." , VBut the . election had taken -place, ths' inevitable had happened, and, us ing Speafter Cannon's phrase, Mr. .Wil son had become his President as much lismine-rhsT'tttatst, little Biorei - Anyhow, .there'. "hO con straint upon our conversation wh eh" I saw him for the last time in -his li brary, on the day before he went away. He was optimistic as ever regarding the country, and i naturally spoice nope fully of the prospects of the incoming administration. , - "Then followed this curious episode. Suddenly turning those piercing eyes upon me, Mr. Morgan said: " 'Do you remember that American speech you made in London?' I re membered -it very well. It. was not a speech only a few succinct remarks at the close of a private dinner, in re ply to an anglicised' sycophant who had mistakenly thauight to carry favor with Mr. Morgan by speaking con temptuously of Mr. Bryan, who. on the preceding day, as it happened, I had introduced to him at a reception. " And do you recall,' He asked, 'those lines from Scott that you quot ed when that man (I can hear now the emphasis upon those two words) when that man had Jert the room.' "I did, of course, and began to re peat : . "Breatnes there' a man witn soul so dead 'Who never to himself hath said "I hesitated, for an instant, and the succeeding words came from -the big arm chair with odd distinctness " 'This is my own, my nativeMand.' "Then, very quietly, Mr. Morgan asked if I could recall the remaining lines, and I quoted imperfectly: " 'Whose heart hath ne'er within him (burned, '"As home his footsteps he hath turned ' "From wandering on a foreign strand? '"If such there be, go, mark , him well.' , "Half a minute, gentlemen, is a long time, but for fully that period, I should say, Mr. Morgan sat perfectly . still. Then, unconsciously beating time upon the arm of his chair, as hs used to do in church, he, repeated, as if solilo quising: , : . , i" 'Who never to himself hath said " 'This is my own, my native land," "And, rising with difficulty from his chair, for he was then quite feeble, he said, with the emphasis that only qui etude can give: ; . , '1 " 'When you see Mr. Wilson, tell him for me that If there should ever-come a time when he thinks any influence or resources that I have can he usea tor the country, they are wholly at his dis posal.' , " , , ; ; "Barring the usual leave-taking, those were the last words I heard from the lips of Mr. Morgan. They .were the words of a true patriot, of a; great, a very great American, spoken from the depths - of a passionately loyal heart. Surely, I can do no better than to leave them with you to remember, tn h,riah - nnA to feel SO lOUS as you all shall live in thist, our natiye land." Referring to Mr. Morgan s testimony before the Puijo committee at Washing ton, Colonel Harvey said: " Altjhough mentally as strong as ever, physically he was sadly broken, when summoned to Washington . At his age, and in his condition, it was the severest 'ordeal of his life, but it was for the West, as he, himself, came to realize. , . , ' ... " 'I hated to go,' he said to .me, witn characteristic simplicity, the- day be fore he sailed away; 'I-hated to go, but I am glad I went I think I did some .crruA ' ' " . . - . - . 'T, wa a vumrehensive utterance. in his usual few words a revelation too of his innermost thought, and aspiration- I had spoken of the favor; able impression that had been created by his testimony, and he. evinced the keenest appreciation. v . ' : , '"Yes,' he said, 'I am convinced that what you say is true. I think they Imnnr ma hotttxr TIOW. I DODe SO. No sensitive man; no numan au TT : iHV, ms-Ks vww. - . jMr.". Mdrgan..;.wa--most sensitive-and most human could have failed to "be Miiimi hv th multitude ;ot friendly expressions : which had come to him from all sections of the country. TWO HELD FOR GRAND JURY Superintendent and Watchman Detain V ed Without Bail for Concern in the 'Murder of Young i At lanta Girl Suspect. Atlanta, Ga., May8. Leo M. Frank, superintendent of tie National Pen cil Company's factory, and Newt Lee, the factory negro watchman, late this afternoon, were; ordered by the coro ner's a'ury' to be held for grand 4 jury investigation of the death of 14-year-old 1 Mary Phagan, whose body was found in the factory on April 27th last. The verdict of the coroner's jury fol lowed an extended, afternoon session, at which Frank and Lee, both of whom are under arrest on suspicion, were re called to the stand. Frank reiterat ed -his former assertions of ignorance as to the manner in which Mary Pha gan met her death, and Lee again told the story of his finding the girl's mu tilated body in the Jactory basement. No new testimony of importance was given by either. Alleged undue - familiarity on the part of Superintendent Frank toward women employes- of the factory was testified to by Mrs. C. D. Donegan, a forewoman there, and Lillie Mae Pet tis, a young girl, who said she often visited the pencil plant to see friends who. were employes under Frank. Both told the coroner's jury, that the sus pected superintendent had made im proper advances toward them. Other employes of the factory who were-examined said that they had never ob served improper conduct on the part of Frank. - Two detectives prominently connect ed with the investigation, one from the city department and the other the representative of a National agency retained hy the National Pencil Com pany, were called to the stand near the close of the afternoon session. Each declared that he had discovered none but circumstantial evidence as to who' killed . Mary Phagan. Twenty ' minutes were require! by the coroner's Jury to reach a verdict. The two men ordered held for grand jury, investigation will be detained in the county jail without bail, it was stated tonight, pending action by So licitor Dorsey, which is expected with in a -few days. Six minor witnesses testified'at the morning session of the inquest. ; ' By., direction of Solicitor General Dorsey, the Phagan"? girl's body was ex humed "today in an effort to discover further: evidence bearing., upon "; the murder. , Thesolicitor .general himself spent more than 'an hour at the county jail interrogating the . negro janitor, Newt Lee, who 'may be a witness be fore tomorrbw's. inquest. Suspect Released. Houston, Texas, May 7. P. P. Bow en, who was arrested here yesterday on suspicion in connection with an Atlanta case, and who was released last night, made this statement today: "My father is S. C. Bowen: He lives at Newnan, Ga. I told the detectives that theyhad made a mistake at the time theyi arrested me and knew that they would soon find this to be so, if they investigated my references and letters. Of course, J was scared when they entered my room. I did meet them at the door with an open knife, and before I knew who they were, I did say that if I bad a gun they would not have come into my room. I meant it, too. "I obtained a position," Bowen con tinued, "with the Southern Pacific Railroad as a master car builder's clerk soon after I arrived in Houston and was to have started to work Tues day morning. . I guess that job is a chance gone by now." . The statement of Bowen was sub stantiated by the chief of police. i x . -. AT THE CAPITAL. N. C. Freight Rate Case Postmasters and Other-Affairs. I (Special Star' Telegram.) Washington, D. C, May 8. After a two hours conference here today with Chairman Clarke and Commissioner Clements, of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, Corporation Commission er Travis, of North Carolina, said he could not give out anything for pub lication. He admitted, however, he discussed the North Carolina rate sit uation with the Commissioners." Asked if the Commission would now take up the State's case which has already been filed, he said this would not be done at present. . Mr. Travis was accompanied by Rate Clerk iJ. S. Griffin. They went over every phase of the question as it affects North Carolina, it is said. Just when, the Commission will be asked to go ahead with the North Carolina cas es is not known. ; ; . Representative Webb has recom mended the following for appointment as postmasters la his district: J. R. Swann, at Marshall; A. H. Huss, at Cherryville. ' As the House Is expected to take a recess till June 1st, many of the mem--bers of Congress - are preparing to leave for home. Representative Webb will leave tomorrow and several other members are expected to go within the next day or two. ' ' Before leaving - for home Mr. God win called upon the' - Civil Service Commission and asked as to the status of assistant postmasters and rural let ter carriers who have been placed un der the civil service-Mr. Godwin be lieves all of these positions should be declared vacant and their places filled by Democrats - - -; , ; Effective August 1st, a rural delive ry sfervice will be established from Moyock, Currituck county. The- route will ' be 22 miles in length and 125 families will be served. : ' The following North Carolina post offices have been discontinued ; Clay road, Moore county; Drycreek, Mont gomery county; and Mascot, Buncombe county. . ' . v.- ; -. . . W. D. Turner and Richard McLough lin. of Statesville, are here. " Charles Jones, of Asheville, .whom Senator Overman designated ' for - ap pointment to the Navay Academy, has passed; the mental examination.- Out of -a class of 249 only 45 were success: ful, and Jones was near the head 'of the class. . P.- R. A. - Have You Heard the Orchestra? It is at The Grand and- if you have notheard it, today is the time.'Over ture, ' "Alexander's Rag-time Band." ; (Advertisement.) . . - -v WHOLE IfUMBEB 13,319. BECOMES FUR QUS Japanese Residents Of fef Services to Insurgents Parral Surrounded- DISASTER KILLS TWO HUNDRED Reports From 'Points on the Border) : and From Mexican Interior Indi- cates That Situation is More Alarming. . Nogales, Ariz., May 8. Two hun dred lives are reported lost in the train disaster at Den, near the SinalOa- Sonora border yesterday. State troop leaders declare the train bearing 250 Federal soldiers was not dynamited by stealth. It is said the insurgents fired into the train, exploding a car of dynamite which the Federals were con veying to Guayamas, ; Only 50 -of the passengers are re ported to have escaped death, and others were wounded. The troops were moving ;from San Bias in north ern Sinaloa to Alamos', below Guaya mas from which point the insurgents feared they wouldproceed to reinforce the garrison defending the Gulf port. Japanese Offer. Service. Douglas. Ariz.. : May . 8. Four hun dred Japanese - residents' Of Sonora' State have offered their services in arms' to L. I.. Pesquira, the insurgent Governor, according to a telegram re ceived by the constitutionalist com mittee here, today. The offer was re fused, the Governor .exnlaining that the struggle was. one in which Mexi cans only should participate. V Fifteen- Japanese formed the com mittee which called on the Governor yesterday at Hermosillo, the State cap ital. They saud the 400 Japanese were already armed. They eomp'osed, they asserted, ail ffesidentst of the State, mostly farmers and mechanics. . They offered to . f urjiish their, own ammuni tion ior a timse. rne uovernor tnanK ed the Committee .for, its interest in the welfare of Mexico, vhesaid;v but' de clined theofferCon ;-thei grounds of alienship of. thefprbfferrfd troops. . The 1,500 uncivilized Yaqui Indians' who recently iook the afield for the State insurrection yesterday attempt ed to attack Cruse De Piedra.' To the surprise of their chief, ,Pajarito, the Federal garrison of the. place had de serted in a bodi'. Cruse is near Guaya mas and this Incident led to an inves tigation which disclosed that all Fed eral forces in' neighboring Gulf towns have been withdrawn to the defense 01 ixuayainasi ' . Constitutionals Surround Parral. El Paso, Texas, May 8. Americans arrived here today report that Parral, foreign mining center of Southern Chi huahua State is surrounded by nearly 3,000 constitutionalists and that skir mishes with the Federal outposts oc cur daily. ' .. , , Parral is defended by more than 1, 500 soldiers and much artillery. The insurgents expect - to. force surrender when the 30 days ' food supply of the town is exhausted. Another strong force of insurgents is reported moving from the southern part of the State, against Chihuahua City, the State capital. The Mexican Central Railway has been destroyed far to the south, .preventing the arrival of the Federal column, reported mov- ing from Torreon. -v , Watching Mexican Events. Washington, May 8. intimations came from the White House today that Tk J a. TXT 1 " rresiuent wiison was careiuily watcn ing the course of events in Mexico and that the United States government at present was waiting to see if the an nounced programme - of the Huerta government to hold bona fide elections' would materialize before determining the question of recognition.' Administration officials say 'the United States thus : far has treated with the de facto -government only on business of the most routine character and that 4t also has had no dealinea with the constitutionalists in the north. Violated Neutrality Laws. Los Angeles, -Cal., ; . May 8. Eight men, including several American avia tion enthusiasts, are involved in the plan to furnish Mexican rebels an ae roplane corps, which resulted -yesterday in the arrest of Didier Masson and his machinist, Thomas Dean, at Tucson, on charges of violation of the neutrality laws. This was the' state ment todav Of Dudley W. Robinson, assistant United .States attorney. The rebel agents, including several Americans, -it was stated had offered $55,000 for the services of 'an aviator for three months in Sonora.- . ' . Robinson declared that- there was no complaint of suspicion against Glenn Martin, the t aviator who sold the machine captured yesterday. He said, however, that more arrests might be expected. Van M Griffith, secretary of the ' Aero Club, of: Southern ; California, re ceived -a message today frpa Masson in which . he said he would .appeal to the, French ambassador at-Washington, (, NATIONAL DOINGS. Work of the Day in the House and ' Senate. '"-, Washington, May 8 -Senate: Not in session. Meets 2 P. M. Friday. Commerce . Committee - referred to sub-eommitteeLaFollette seamen's in voluntary; servitude bill for hearings during the present session and ordered tfavorable report on "nomination of Jo- scyu Lj, lhyic9 as cuiuiuisaiuuer Lit coi- porations. - ' '' . T . : r Hearing' On Alaskan problems before territories committee was resumed. ' x-nouse; an session z tr r m. to com plete consideration and vote on the tar iff bill. - - , , .-v Passed Underwood tariff bill. Leaders agreed no business should be transacted between next' Saturday May 10th and June 1st. - , Adjourned at 6:32 P.. M. until 11 A-' M. tomorrow. -; H ! k. : .- , (Continnea on Page tst arresu
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