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. ' - .-.,,'.- ' ... j .- - - - -v - , s - " . - - - - . - : - , - ' . - - - . . i ; . . , - , h ' "I NEVER ADVERTISE! VSy5l 8SiKh:l L tSvM. "LlH JTiiS8VV--?,t " A - T7 3ome merchants wirj say this and A Vpfl nflirU feiZlfcNKff, - TS:! ' l-AV' JJ - 4 ..think it:Is;tn.trth-yWl you will. T-fXSS 1 h ltKiKXala S ill i VV ' ..V them set a basket of fruit In the win. " -Mi 1 N ' ' Jy -low, and there la-a alan-ovor-the on-: THE WEATHER. Showers , Tuesday irtf Oerior and Tuesday night on the co VWednes- day probably, fair.-. 1 VOL. XCII-NO. 56. ROOSEVELT BACK Trial of His Libel Suit Against Editor Newell I SELECTION OF THE JURORS Suit Being Hastened AgainsJ Newspa per Man Who Alleged That the Colonel "Got Drunk and That Not Infrequently. . . ' Marquette, Mien, May. 26. A suit involving allegations of drunkenness of the part of a former President of the United States , will be heard here beginning tomorrow by a jury com posed of four miners three teamsters, two farmers, one blacksmith one loco motive fireman and one woodsman. ' The plaintiff .Colonel Theodora Roosevelt, who is suing George A. Xewett of Ishiping for S10,60Q damages because of an editorial charge ing him with drunkneness probably will be the first tomorrow. " As soon as the jury had been sworn. Judge Pdchard C. Flannigan ordered the jurors kept in confiinement until a verdict is rendeded. 'Gentlemen of the jury," said the court, "until you have rendered a verdict in tis case, you will be protected from any possible influence other than the testimony which you will hear in the court room. "You may write -to your families hut no letters will ; be delivered to you unless you agreee; that, they " may be first opened by the'court." - - . Court adjourned at 1L- o'clock until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. .. defendant Newett w4s- not present, throughout the night - session. The defendant Newtee was not present. !any would-be spectators were turn ed away tonight ; , In order 'to hasten the libel suit of CoL Roosevelt against . Editor Geo. A. Newell which iwent, to trial .-here this afternoon, a ----- night session was. held with the purpose.-of completing thewry. 5 V- t ' .1. .. At the afternoon -session 10 .venire men were passed , for. cause, and as tAere are but- four " peremptory-, chal lenges allowed- each 'side, iwo-of them are certa4ato'he-nrorn,in assurors. The arrival -of CoL Roosevelt- ac- compahied A by'. Gilford Pinchot, . Tru man II. Newberry, James R. Garfield, Jacob A-.. - Riis - and T others, : caused scarcely a ripple on the placid surface of this little city rr The distinguished plaintiff entered the court room with rapid strides, but -there was no dem onstration and -presently the specta tors had eyes only for The veniremen examined. ' r - . r - - George A. Newell, the defendant, whose paper, ; the " Iron Ore; of Ish- pemine. Mich.; alleged that Col. Roo sevelt "got drunk -and that not infre quently," sat at a table with his law yers, William P. Belden, of Ishpem- mg, and Horace Andrew, of . Cleve land. He appeared exhausted from his serious illness and sat most of the time with his eyes' closed. The former President was one of a number occupying; seats within the railing, and by; his side during most of the afternoon sat Mr. Garfield.; My ron Sherwood, a local lawyer, -and mine owner, a casual visitor at the trial, by chance occupied the seat on Col. Roosevelt's left, -Jut. they found time to whisper a few words to each other which seemed t9 be of a jocular and pleasing nature, the former Presi dent smiling and ; Sherwood choking off a laugh with difficulty. The spectators only comfortably filled the room as entrance -was barred after all seats had been taken. During the day Judge .Richard C. Flannigan, who presided, received a telegram from Minneapolis as follows: "Don't let this sensational trial con tinue until I have arrived." v -. It was signed Jacob Miles. ' . Judge Flannigan . turned the message over to Frank Tyree, who was one of Col. Roosevelt's guards while Presi dent, and here as a witness. Chief of Police of Miles' Citv telesraDhed that Miles is mentally unsound . and that, he has been placed under arrest. James H. Pound, of Beloit, -question- c" me venire lor tne piaintirr. v iis assistant attorneys are William H. anBenschoten, of New York, and W. H. Hall, of Maratfette. The - Detroit lawyer made it a point to ask 'possi ble jurors as -to their acquaintance ith the. nriiiMna.la in thft defendant's legal camp, and about' their acquain tance with H. O.Young. -. Mr. Younsr.wfltt--AlAp.tef1 tn finherress from the Marauette district as a Re publican, but the Progressive , candi- ujte, McDonald, set UD a claim in the House that he had a moral right to the election as. a large number of per sons who wished to vote for him had innocently used erroneous' ballots. Be fore a decision was reached at Wash- ington Young .resigned,'- Counsel - for "le piaintifr are Interested in the re ports that remarks -made by Young jny inspired Newell to write the ai tegod libelous-article. ' - Opposed counsel; who put-the ques tions differently, asked if a venire man would be prejudiced against mer party to the suit: - - - Would the fact that the def eml ant is a neighbor or citizen of this community while the plaintiff is a resi dent of a distant State, prejudice you against the plaintiff V! was the way in effect that Mr. Pound put it Mr. Belden would ask M'Would the faict that one party to this suit is a for m.f r President of, the United States "bile the other, is a 'mere citizen cause you to sive tnofe weight to-the staiement of one side than to those U! me other?" : . ; . - . In all. five vcnlromfS-n were dlsmfs Red for cause, "two of ' these because they . failed to comprehend simple questions asked them. .One of them aia he could render, a. fair decision regardless of the evidence," whereat a titter went , rnnnil the ronm. 'hut subsided before the court could utter a arning that hung upon his lips. , l he other seemed stricken dumb, 1U THE LIME LIGHT TOR ,1011 OVER MURDER CASE No Abatement In Factional Warfare ; Being Waged in Atlanta Over In- yestigation of the Killing ; ' of Mary Phagan. - ' Atlanta Ga., May 26. There was no abatement today of the turmoil which ?has-arisen in local political and police circles , by the charges of bribe offering, ; graft and incompetency in connection with the investigation of the Mary Phagan murder case. State ments and counter-statements were issued by each faction, each, attacking the other side to the controversy. -One-of the interesting developments of the day was the publishing of state ments indicating that two of the best known private detective agencies in the country, that have been engaged in the attempt fa solve the Phagan murder, are at loggerheads. Another angle to this collateral quarrel was given when it became known that the local police officials have been seek ing -information from police depart ments of other cities to. discredit the representative here , of one of the agencies. Will Make Charges. Chief of Police James L. Beavers, and Chief of Detectives N. A. Lanford today issued statements declarinsr their intention of laying before the Fulton county grand jury next Friday charges that Mayor James G. Wnnd- ard and Attorney Thomas B. Felder and others attempted to obtain pos session .of certain papers relating to me t-nagan case nem by the police. Chief Beavers also declared -he will ask the grand jury to investigate Fel' der's charges that graft exists in the qjty police and detective departments. Mayor wooaward, m his statement issued today, denied Chief Beavers' assertion that he was eager for the restoration of the seCTesrated district. Woodward also declared that if 'Bea vers and Lanford instigated the scheme to use the secret telephonic device against him," and Felder, they were :innt to nom omce. ' - 'LIGHT HORSE HARRY LEE." Remains to be Conveyed From Geor gia to His Native State. RoanoWe, Va., May 2G.--A commit tee of -the Virginia Legislature starts for Georgia today : for the purpose of bringing to his native State the re mains of Gen. Henry .Iee, . better Known as "L.tght Horse Harry .Lee the -father of Gen. Robert E. Lea. Gen.: Lee died at Savannah on his return journey from Cuba, where he had been on account of his health. He neatthat'ty.iand;w8 been cared lor . by the Georgia Chap. ter or the Daughters of the American Revolution. : . The General Assembly of 1861 ap propriated the-sum of $500 for the purpose of having his remains brought to Virgina, but the War between the States prevented. - At the last session of the General Assembly a committee of three was appointed to carry into effect the act of 186IT The remains will be interred in the vault of the Lee family in the Lee chapel, at Washington and Lee Uni versity, but without ceremonies, save an escort of cadet corps of the Vir ginia Military Institute, . and students of the Washington and Lee Univer sity. The committee consists of Hon. Hugh A. White, member of the House from Rock Bridge county, chairman; Hon. John O. Daniels, member from the counties of Loudoun and Fauquir, and Hon. John M. Hart, of Roanoke, State Senator for the Fourth district. ",YOUNG MAN, STAY EAST." Assistant Secretary of Navy's. Advice to A. & M. Graduates. Raleigh. N.r C.. May 20. " 'Young man, go; Wiest, should be changed to Young man, stay East'," Franklin Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,' said tonight when' he made the annual , address at the A. & M. Col lege commencement. Mr. Roosevelt was discussing the exodus from the - farms many years ago, a. process of "robbing Peter to pay .-Paul, he said. He observed that during that period there had ' been such abandonment of the farms that for. the past ten years the food pro duction has been stationery while the population has increased 1 per cent Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, was the guest at a re ception tonight, leaving on a midnight train. ; SUFFRAGETTES VEHEMENT. The Militant Leader is Returned to : ' Holloway Jail. . London. May 26. Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst, leader of the militant suf fragettes, was tonight returned to Holloway iail. having in the opinion of the authorities recovered her health sufficiently to serve another period or her three years' sentence. Mrs.-Pank hurst- evidently not strong when ar raigned at the now - street ponce court, declared vehemently tnat sne would continue her nunger sxrise un til she died or the government gave women their vote: ; - ' When the gates of Holloway: jail opened to receive her, a score of mili tant anffrn metres triea 10 rusn uie prison and the warders had liifficutly J In preventing tnem irom emenug wuu their leader. For a long time they remained outside snouting, -we. keep on fighting until we win. . Washington, May 26. News was re ceived here today that Samuel Gojn pers, president of. the American Fed eration of Labor, who is ill withMas toiditis at Atlantic City, had suffered a relapse. Members of the family and the family physician arranged to leave for Atlantic City tomorrow. an apparent victim of stage fright. He wa a large blonde man, with a droop ing mustache, and hair reached high His lips moved Sometimes, but we words would not come. To give him time to recover Judge Flannigan de ferred the examination, but after an hour he was still unable to articulate, and was excused. , He left the buildr ing and went to his boarding .house and after the. court ... took : a recess crowds on their- way -home-observed him through. a window, talking with great animation to . a friend.- , : WILMESTOTOK, TO INVESTIGATE SYSTEM Committee Submits Questions to Bankers and Finan V cial Experts ATTEMPT TO HEMEDY DEFECTS Senate "Bankinn and Currency Commit - tee Makes Strong Attack on Na tion's Monetary Problem Will Delve Thoroughly in Subject. -Washington, May 26. The Senate Banking and Currency committee be gan its investigation of what is the matter, with the Nation's currency system, and how its defects should be remedied, late today, when a list cf questions to" .be sent to bankers and financial experts was approved and prepared for -immediate distribution. There are 32 questions in Ihe list, enough the committee believed, after careful; consideration, to delve tnor oughly into the subject of currency re form. With them- to the financial experts-will go a letter suggesting an swers be given to such as seem worth while.- - N "These questions," the letter says, 'are not to foe understood as intimat ing what point of view will be taken by the committee, nor even by the S ember who has proposea any partic ar question." The questions summarized follow : i "What are the essential defects of our ibankihg and currency system? "Enumerate its advantages and dis advantages, and what purposes are to be attained- by an. improved system. "Should National banks contine to have a- bond-secured currency, and should present requirements for such banks be changed?" -"Should elastic currency, be author ized, and. if so. should it be limited and to what amount; should it be notes of Individual .banks, a central reserve association, a number of reserve asso ciations or h treasury? ? .. .vie. such notes are .from the treas ury, should they be on pledge of se curity,, and of what,Tcind; and .should they -be a first lien of the government Sn6uld iiI currency have a gold ba sis., andhow should it be issued, and what per cent, of reserve should.be re- ouiredT What should 'be the limit. If notes are issued to or by an association, and should it be based on capital stock and surplus? what device snouid De used to re tire such currency when demand sub sides? Should a tax be laid on the curren cy, graduated to conform with the vol uma issued bv the reserve association. or with the length of time outstanding? Should there be a central, associa tion' with branches or reserve associ ations, wifcn or without a central con trol, and if a number under such con trol .should it be wholly witn represen tatives of. the associations wholly by the government or by both .' Should sucn association nave a ge ographical-territory and exercise its reserve functional there exclusively, or should members of these be permitted to choose which near association they should join, disregarding fixed terri tory J Should State banks or Trust com panies .be stockholders in such associ ation and under wnat conditions? How many regional reserve associ ations should, there be? "What should be the minimum capi-. tal stock, and what amount to each' bank? "How should directors of such asso ciation be elected, and in what num bers,-powers and terms of office? - " What should be the general nature of business of such association, should it accept credits other than tnose of banks,: pay. into deposits discount dou ble name commercial-paper lor mem . . . , . . , i . 'Der oanKS on equal .terms u uu, una should" Its discount rate be public, sub ject to weekly cnange? - ssnouia. it loan directly to memDer banks -with or without collateral se curity, with interest equal for all the miblic and subject to weekly change, and should reserve associations be per mitted to deal - with each In purchase and sale of paper, exchange security and eold? - 'Should government deposits be withdrawn from banks and .placed with such' association; how should they be apportioned; at what interest, it any, and how soon could tnis oe done . "Should a National 'bank keep re serve except that in .its vaults, or should it. he allowed to use other as sociations: and if so. how much? "Should a "reserve association be re quired to maintain a reserve within its deposits,; what amount, in gold only nf Tawfitl mnnAtf? or lawful ' money - "Should liability - of each member hank-be limited to its stock subscrin fcion and-if not what should be its lia- hility?- . " . , . "Should eacn association oo Dusmess with -banks .other, than members, and of what character? "Should1 National banks be permitted uiDon, nayiAenf of a commission, to loan their xjredits by accepting hills arisiiig Out-of the ordinary coutses of commerce, .ana snouia reserve associ ations , be - permitted to deal in these acceptances in transactions with banks or other associations : "Should there be -a limit to such ac- ceotahcea and what limit? "WSat dividends snouia associations he nermitted to pay their banks, and should ah v". share of the profits of an association 'be distributed to . memner banks in proportion to. the average de- ' What is your, opinion oi me pian oi the Natdoriat; Money, CJommission, and what modifications would you suggest, if any?" . . r Kv Z . - -. Senator Nelson. Republican member of the Senate; committee on Banking and -Currency, introduced today a on nrocnosrin e a system of "asset-secured' currency 'for National banks, under which' the hanks of the country, could ' luonwnuea on rage iuiux.. CUHRENGY Q., EX TO PROHIBIT CURE Health Officer Would Stof Use of Ger man "Physician's" Tuberculosis Treatment In City of New York Delay Culpable. . --'.' i ' New York, May 26. Dr. Joseph J. O'Connell, health officer of the port of New York, sent a letter today to Health Commissioner. Lederle, re questing him to submit to the Board of Health at its next meeting a reso lution prohibiting . theadministration of the' Friedmann treatment for tu berculosis in New York, "until such time as. those interested affirmatively in its administrationyshall satisfy the health department "Otj its innoculous effect. 'fit "Reports of the investigator of your department" ..reads thf. letter in part, "are that dangers which might be ap prehended in? such ariorm of treat ment are actually present therein. He finds that patients subjected to this treatment, have .hotf improved, but have lost ground. T "He finds that where tuberculosis condition had - aff ecteji one side prior to inoculation with the serum, there was after such inoculation an unnatur ally rapid, development of the tubercu lar process On the hitherto healthy side, which indicates1 that the opera tion of the alleged cure had a tenden cy to accelerate rather than retard the progress of the disease. "It "seems -to me that it would e culpable for us to longer hesitate, and that our daty now is to Insist ud- on such a regulation and supervision of this enterprise, as shall prevent the perpetration upon the public of a dan gerous and Cruel fraud. "There has been time and opportun ity In plentiful measure extended to Dr. Friedmann, and those Wno propose similar remedies for .tuberculosis, to demonstrate, the therapeutic value of their treatments, but - there has been no such demonstration of value. On the other hand, we have before us re ports of the-gravest character." ... i ' ' . THE DAY IN CONGRESS. National . Proceedings of Interest Briefly Outlined. .Washington, . May ?6. Senate in session 2 P. M. . t ' Finance committee 'continued hear ings on tariff bill, President Kingsley of New York Life Insurance Company, testifying before Senator Williams committee; , 'u- , ! Senator Overman infroduced a res olutlon to abrogate former President Taft's order putting fourth class post masters imder civfT-siiyico.i.- ; "Senator- SmifhTdfSottth Carolina; demanded an investigation and action against persons who sold cotton to cotton pool members who were indict ed in 1909. - Passed resolution giving Naval com mittee power to investigate armor plate contracts. Senator Nelson introduced a bill proposing a system of asset-secured currency for' National banks. Resolution for investigation of West Virgina coal strike went over until to morrow. Adjourned at 5:20? Pr M. : until 2 P. M, tomorrow. House; Not in' session, meets at noon, Tuesday. ARMOR PLATE PROBLEM. Senate Adopts Resolution to investi gate Situation. Washington. May 26. Investigation of the armor plate situation was auth orized 'by a resolution adapted today by the senate. The Naval Affairs com mittee will -meet Wednesday to consid er instituting a thorough inquiry into armor plate bids and contracts, and probably Into the question of establish ing a government armor facto ryA Today s action was a Tesult of dis cussion following "Mr. Ashurst's recent attacks upon the so-called armor com bine," the introduction by the same senator or a bill to provide for. a gov ernment plant, and statements from Secretary Uanieis declarine: that the department cannot get competitive bids for armor plate, and suggesting a government plant ashe only relief. senator Tillman, cnairman of the Naval' Affairs committee, tonight an nounced that he favored the plan pro posed in the Ashurst bll. . 'We will never get any relief from the present situation," he said, "until we get" an armor plate factory of our own." ' O UT LINES Factional warfare is still being waged in Atlanta in connection .with investigation of the Phagan murder. Uol. Roosevelt's 810,000 libel suit against Editor George A: Newett will come up for trial this morning at Mar quette,. Mich. Warrants have been issued for the persons who staged the prize fight in wmqn jutner Mcuarty met his death last Saturday. A resolution has been submitted de signed to prohibit the administration of the Friedmann treatment for tuber culosis in the city of New York. President Wulson denounced the lobby system in Washington yester day, and declared that the public should be relieved from such an "in tolerable burden." The 23rd annual United Confederate veterans reunion wil be formally op ened at Chattanooga today. Thous ands of -veterans and visitors are at tending. - : Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst. the mill tant suffragette leader, was returned yesterday to the Holloway jail to serve another period of her three-year sentence. The Senate Banking and Currency Committee in its investigation of thp Nation's currency problem, : has pre pared for immediate distribution a list of 32 questions which will be sent out to bankers and financial exoerts. New York markets: Money on call steady 2 to 2 3-4 per cent.; ruling rate 2 3-4, closing bid 2; time loans steady, ou ana yu nays 3 3-4 ro i per cent. Flour, Wheat and Corn, firm. . Rosin quiet. Turpentine firm. - Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 12.00; miuuuug gun iz.zo; saies 4uu Dales Hear the Orchestra. . An unusually Inviting programme lor this evening at the .Grand Theatre. : (Advertisement.) . . .".-- .r. . : t- , ; ... r.. - . VETERA AT CHATTANOOGA Thousands Await the Formal Opening of Confederate Reunion THE VISITORS ARE WELCOMED Contest Waged for Next Place of Meet ing Threatening Weather Fails i to Dampen Ardor of the ' sv" War Heroes. v Chattanooga, Tenn., May 26. Camp A.' P. Stewart and the -thousands of vis itors; in -the city' tonight eagerly await ed the formal opening tomorrow of the Twenty-Third Annual United Con federate Reunion; which will continue for three days. .. . 'Interest on the eve of the first ses sion centered in the weather, tne 'elec tion of a commander in chief, and the contest for the next annual reunion city. ' Threatening clouds hovered on the brow of Lookout Mountain the greater part of the day. Despite the forecast for fair weather, there was a slight precipitaiton early in the afternoon and again tonight. This rain only welded closer, together the intertwin ing United States: and Confederate nags and buntings with which the city is abundantly adorned. Fair wea ther is predicted for tomorrow. While indications tonight were that there is a rossibility of a contest over the election of a ' commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, it was generally Believed that ueneral Bennett H. Young, the present com mander, would In all probability be re elected. General Youne served dur ing the war between the States under the command of Ueneral Nathan Bed ford . Forrest, known throughout the country as the "wizard of the saddle." General - Young was chosen at the last reunion held in Macon, Ga. Friends of General K. M. VanZant. of ' Fort . Worth, Texas, Commander of the - Trans-Mississippi Department, whose name has been mentioned as a possible successor to. General Ypnpgi t.onisht a.nnminHd twnt Ihe 'lxa(n-f oral had declined- to' allOfW'his name tc be .suggested as" a candiadte for the of: nee. . f General vanZandt last year was Gen eral Young's closest contestant for the honor. Contest for Next Reunion. Tulsa;, Okla., and Jacksonville, Fla., delegations tonight entered the field for the 1914 reunion. Other cities in the contest include Nashville, Tenn., Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Ma., and San Antonio, Texas. A delegation from Denver, Colo., also is. in the city, endeavoring to secure either the 1914 or 1915 reunion for that citv. Activities at Camp A-. P. Stewart late today assumed regular army propor tions. . The first "rashions" of the encamp? ment were served in the "mess" tents tonight. This impromptu dining room has a capacity of 2,500, and was filled though many veterans obtained food in the city. Steaming tins of coffee and abundant supplies of food were served to all. After the evening meal, camp fires were kindled. Seated around these, on cots, veterans recounted most of the important tbattles and many , minor en' gagements which occurred daring the war between ithe States. Taps was sounded early, and the stillness of the camp was undisturbed except Sot the tramp of incoming de tachments wnich continued to arrive during the night.. Visitors Welcomed. At a meetine of the Confederate States Memorial Association held this afternoon, -a cordial welcome was ex tended to the visiting veterans by tnis organization of women. A glowing tri bute was paid the members or the as sociation present in an address by A. N. Shambliss, representing tne sons f Confederate eterans. - Radical Chanaes Predicted. Radical changes in the work of the Confederate States Memorial Associa tion were predicted by Mrs. Wl J Beehan. of New Orleans. - In an ad dress before the -members of the body she declared that too much attention had .'been devoted to honoring ' the memory of the dead and not enough toward making provision tor tne nv ine. She asserted that resolutions would be introduced tomorrow which if adopted would materially change the policy oi the organization in mis resnect. - : An enthusiastic meeting the first of the reunion was held tonight by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A fea ture of the occasion was the singing of the Confederate choir composed of young, women from Virginia and Ten nessee. All the selections rendered were Southern melodies and brought forth repeated chers from the. sons of veterans and veterans present. Among the soeakers were Gen. J. P. Norfleet, of Memphis, commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans: Gen. Godes Richardson, of Georgia; W. McDonald Lee, of Vir ginia, and A. W. Hakes, of Maryland The Side-Saddle Order. t The official orders of General J. P Hickman, r.ommander"Of the Tennessee Division of United Confederate Veter- ans, and grand marsnai or me. veter an a' narade. DrohiibitinK women i from riding astride during the reunion here, has hrought fortn many " expressions of mvitftgt and commendation. - - Opposition to the order is being voiced largely by some of the spon sors and maids of honor affected. . . In defense of General Hickman's or der. Tir A. A. Lvon.-of Nashville. Tenn., Secretary of the Army and Navy Med ical Association, U. C. V., today is quot- ed as follows: . - . "This unnatural crosssaadie fmove ment appears hut the logica. outgrowth of this - Twentieth Century agitation among a lot of distempered -women who are ? clamoring , for worn Tia-ht.' ! f "It is - known tnai Mrs. 'jicnvias ILongworth,- Mr. Roosevelt's eldst NOMINATIONS ARE CONFIRMED Several Postmasters in North Carolina to Get Commissions, Including Green, of Wilmington Wash- ington News Notes. WSlmingtonStar Bureau, , - 23 Wyatt BuUding. Washington, D. ; C, May 26. The Senate latethis evening confirmed the nomination of H. MoL. Green to be postmaster at Wilmington to succeed Thomas B. Wallace, the present incum bent. There was no question to Green's confirmation. He was the President's choice for the Wilmington plum and no Senator interposed ob jection when his name was brought before the Senate in executnve 'ses sion. . , Other nominations confirmed today were Howard C. Curtis, Southport; Duncan L. Webster, Siler City ; , Wiliam H. Ethridge, Selma; T, J. Caudell, St. Paurs; L. W. Yarborough, Clayton; Plato C. Rollins, Rutherforton W. C. Hall, Black Mountain r W. D. Pethel, Spencer; Joseph E. Stallingsk Spring Hope; John Gwaltney, Taylors ville; W. H. -Stearns, Tryon. The nomination of Mrs. N. G. Row lands to be postmaster at West Raleigh was held up. It is not known just what objection was made to her con- firmnHnn . 'Judge Walter Clark, of Raleigh, Senataor Overman, Ransdell, and Ba con and Secretaries Bryan and Daniels called upon President Wilson today and Urged the President to anDOint E. J. Hale, of Fayetteville, to some ambassadorship. Major Hale is a close friend tof Secretary Bryan and it is probableNthat he wiH be given a good berth in the near future. Governor E. M. Amnions,, of Colo rado, a former Macon county boy, was greeted by many North Carolinians here today.- Governor Ammons was on the Senate floor for some time and ac companied toy Senator Overman was introduced to many of the Senators and others about the Senate. Gover nor 'Ammons declares that he intends to make a special trip east within a short time for no other purpose than to take another look at North Carolina and .visit his relatives some W whom are now in the State. There will be few if any changes in North Carolina committee assignments when the House committees are re organized.. It is understood unofficial- y that Representative Pou. wilt igaifl be, selected to head;the Committe on i oiaauis iiint; m uon . win d. rang ing member.of the. all-important Rules uommtttee. Kepresentaqve . Godwin.,. win continue as cnairman of the. Com mittee on Reform in the Civil Service, Webb will remain on - Judiciary and Patents; Page on Appropriations; Small on Rivers and Harbors; Kitch in on Ways and Means, and the rest of the delegation will retain their for mer Committee assignments. Representative Pou will go to Smith- field tomorrow where he will make the commencement address before the Smithfield High School. Quite a number of attorneys and railroad officials are here looking af ter matters before the Inter-State Commerce Commission. T; M. Emer son, of Wilmington,, president of the A. C. L. ; J. H. Pou, of Raleigh; J. H. ROdman, of Portsmouth, chief counsel of the Seaboard; Clement Manly, of Winston-Salem; D. G. Giles, of Mar lon, and K. H. Simmon, of Monroe, are among the visitors. Major Hugh Love, of Wtaynesville. who has been, spending a few days in Washington, returned home tonight. WILL HOLD INQUEST. In Connection With Collapse of Municipal Pier at Long Beach Long Beach, Cal.. May 26. Evidence to be presented. Thursday at the in quest of the so persons who lost their lives in the collopse Saturday of a portion of the municipal ipiervwlll hear directly on tne, question or wno was responsible for the condition of the structure. ' . : . ; Rev. I. B. Kilborne, age 84. one of the injured, died this afternoon. This brings the total number of deaths up to 37. James Twombly, city building in spector said today that the virbra tions caused by the Empire day parade marching upon the pier were resposi Me for the collpase. "An expert inspection just before the disaster," he added, "would have fail ed to disclose anything wrong with the pier." Clarence Walker, banker and head of the Citizens Relief -committee said today, that a fund sufficient to pay for the funerals of the dead and the hos pital expenses of the injured, would be guaranteed hy tne city or Long Beach. Nearly 200 were hurt, 65 of them ser iously. ' COURT RECESSES. No Decision in State Rate Case An- nounced. . Washington. May 26. The Supreme Court took recess until" June 9th, when it; win again recess until Saturday June 14th. which will be the final meet ing ,day this term, . unless vin view or the condition pf the, docket, it may then he deemed best to -ho id, another decis ion day. r, No decision in-the State rate case was announced. daughter, and Miss Helen Taft eschew ed the cross saddle entirely.', and n President Wilson : will pardon even an allusion to his . daughters on this sub ject, I will wager an imaginary bet of a nve dollar gold piece -.against! tne stunra of a cigar-that the public .will never have occasion, to associate any one of them with tue cross-oadoie. "Women have been encroaching on us poor fellows for years; they robbed us of our hats, coats, shirts, collars, top boots; have long toeen tugging at our trousers, and I understand, thev beeran a short time "ago to tinker with our socks. But, worst of all, they have jumped astride our saddle horses.. On the occasion or a recent visit io Washington and New York city, I sal isfied myself that the truly refined and eiegant laoies or mose ciuws ercised on horseback, rode on side sad Indications today- are tnat uenerai Hickman's ; order will . be rigidly en forced."-, ' WEOli NUMBER 13,334., WILSON ASSAILS THE LOBBY SYSTEM Declares the Public Should bo Relieved Frorn Ihe "In tolerable Burden" THE SITUATION UNBEARABLE His Denunciation of Conditions In terpreted as Referring to Efforts Being Made Against Free V Raw Wool and Sugar. i Washington, May. - .26. President Wilson stirred Congressional circles today with an emphatic statement de nouncing the "indusjrious" and "in sidious" lobby in Washington attempt ing o create public sentiment against certain features Of the Underwood tar iff bill. This was accepted at the Cap itol as referring to the unusual efforts being made against free raw wool and free sugar. . v While the President ; was declaring it his opinion that the public should be relieved "from the intolerable bur den," .Senators . and Representatives were viewing. on every hand the evi dences or the lobbyists , which beset them; and significance was attached to a statement made by Senator Sim mons, chairman of the Finance com mittee', . which now has the tariff bill in hand, that, in his opinion,' the lob byists were not making any headway. Tbe President s aeclaration that the lobbyists were so thick "that One could not throw a brick without hit- ing one," revived interest in two bills recently introduced in the House and Senate to regulate lobbying on pend ing legislation. ; ' . . , Would Restrict Lobbyists. Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, and Ren resentative C. B. Smith, of New York. have declared their' intention to sress Dills tney . nave -.- introduced which would restrict the. work, of : lobbyists,' require . fneiri registration and - sequire tnat tney be. licensed to. appear before any' committee .or. to -carry on a cam- naign for or against proposed -legiala lion, -p tieavy penalties-7 would pe lm- , r poseiiloxjyiQratiQBSi :..vn-r. n . democratic leaders ..wgre 'almost ' unanimous in-suoDorttof ithe-t Presf .t-tt dent's statement, maintaining that they are-well and -able to handle the . important pending r tariff; legislation and that sugar and ! wool will be thor- oughly, considered and .discussed by the. Finance Committee and Democrat-" ic caUcus.J)efore :it is reported. ! No- , change of policy relating 1 to either schedule has yet 'been determined. however, it is emphatically declared , by the members of .the, committee- r The President's Statement. The President issued the following statement: "I think that - the public . ought to know the extraordinary" ex ertions being made by the lobby im wasmngton to gain recognition for certain alterations of- the tariff bill. Washington has seldom seen so nu merous, so Industrious, or so insidious a lobby. The newspapers are 'being filled with paid advertisements calcu lated to mislead the judgment of pub lic men not only,! but also the public opinion, of the country itself. There is every evidence that money without .. limit is being spent to sustain this lobby and to create an appearance of pressure of . public opinion antago nistic to some of thechief items of the tariff bill. - ; . -t It is of serious interest to the coun try that the people at Jarge should have no lobby and be', voiceless in these matters, while great bodies of astute men seek tocreate an artificial opinion, and to overcome the Interests of the public for their private profit. it is , thorougniy worths the . while or the people of this Country to take knowledge of this matter.' Only pub-. licopinion can check and sdestroy it. The government in all its branch- es ought to be . relieved from this in tolerable burden. , and this constant interruption to the fcalnu progress of debate, i know tnat m i this 1 am speaking for the members of the two , Houses who would rejoice, as much as. would to be released from this un bearable situation.' - ;.'..':- , May. Eree-Ust Wheat. Following the statement made sev eral days ago by Senator Williams,, of the Finance sub-committee which has the agricultuial schedule under con sideration that the duty ,on, live stock and the products and grains and their products would be ;equaiized it was reDorted today-, that the committee had agreed to put wheat on the free . list along with wheat flour. . In the Underwood bill' wheat is given a duty of ten centg .a . bushel i while wheat flour is freeof duty.x it aiso was re ported that , tha committee probably, would recommend.1 removal of the ,10 per cent.'rduty;- on cattle, ? sheep and hogs in conformity to the free listing of all fresh meats in the .Underwood bill. - '- --iv .. .?v-:r--v:viiV5y. ;- " -" SenatorPomerene of XJhlo, said to- day that a large delegation of manu facturers of clothing for men and wo men .from Cleveland;-Cincinnati and other Ohio cities called Kand, informed him that they did not care one way or -another about the tarjff duties placed on ready-made clothes. , , . "They told me," said Senator Pom erene "that they were ready right now to go info foreign markets and com pete with the foreign manufacturers of ready-made clothes. What they are asking is that the date for putting all the schedules of " the tariff bill into effect 'be delayed long enough after the passage of the bill to enable them to adapt their business V td the new rates." : These men. the Senator said, represented the biggest . centers of the ready-made clothes : industry In this country outside of New York. He added that their request that the date of the going into effect of the. tariff rates be postponed was being given serious ' consideration. Senate . sub committees which will close oral hear ings tomorrow night were pushed to the limit' all day and tonight some of . them hearing as many as 30 represen ; ; (Continued on rage fUght) . r - k A, V 7