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Tlx i At' THE WEATK2R. SOMETIMES Local thunder showers 'Wednesday H and probably Thursday; light varla ble winds. . 'V-, 5 a Classified Advertisement will Tail to bring any replies; these are the ex ceptions that prove .the rule: . where , one, fails, 99 will bring quick results. . J ' - - ' - - - . ? '--. , . r -v -; . ' t.. ... . T .' -''-- " - ' 1 . --, ..,. -v . - . - .' 1 V - t - 'i II I t'H " 'J r JUfc -i . : - JVOL. XCII-NO. q. , Live Stock, Wheat and ., OaU Will Go on the; : , 1; Free List. QUESTIONS OF ' VALUATION Senator Simmons' Confers With the President Committe in Charge; ""' of Agricultural Schedule " Takes Action. - ; ,.."'- Washington, June S. Reversing Its' former action in-voting 'jto place, wheal; flour, oat meal anfjesh meats oh the dutiable list the Senate Finance "com mittee in charge of i the : agrlculturaJi schedule voted today - to place ' live stock, wheat .and oats" on".the free iliis This action, it - was author! tatively' 8Uueu "ao ."T -'rrxrZ " 'IT?-. 4 of President Wilson, -..Senator Sim- mons, chairman of the ; Finance com mittee, and other administration plead ers who disapproved the decision an nounced yesterday to tax meats 1ft per cent, compensatory to a duty on j cattle in the Underwood bill, and. tcj assess a compensatory duty on both flour and oat meatL The vote to re consider was taken in the sub-commlt-tpp on a motion made by Senator Sim- monsj ex-offlcio member of all the sub committees handling xne various tar iff schedules, when he returned to-the ! Canitol from a conference . with the President. . ' V v In this enlargement or the Iree ust taken a leading part, as ne did in tne I 4..- nf .am wnaJ a n rl oil oro r, A a rta IIJ still is standing uncompromisingly Tor the wool and sugar scbeduies so it is i declared he will-stand r firmly, for free cattle, sheep and bogs and free wheat and oats now that this has fceen: de termined uDon as the party policy. Senator Simmons . conferred with the President .ilast- weefc about .his views on the method of equalizing the Underwood bill? with -regard to raw mafenaJs and jthelr. products. rnoMtu a (j n ; rw -i M SbAm m . .. m m ll . ; . - -'i.ii. TuniLL , uli rnnrx un rr nr .urnnrihjs 1 1 II II I I Mh.KI-IIU&.m When the sub-commUteesVtentativHt31 WJcgersham. as J to the; adequacy action was announced ; this morning. the Senator; .weB tmniediat6ly. to the White House. :: : . ! - , . . . . "I told the President, he said 'lat er, 'that members 7 of . the , Finance committee'' in formal . conference had agreed that there should not be a tax on wheat and flour. -it was' true tnat the sub-committee had taken different action, but I-informed the President I that the maioritv of the Finance com-1 mittee felt, and said we would vote, t instead to place cattle and otner nve uenerai Dy Messrs. Morrison ana ra stock and wheat and oats on the free I gan in - the oil case is the result of list. This President Wilson agreed to and said he would be all right.' 5 j i .t j v .11 : la. After leaving the Wtoite House, Sen ator Simmons called on ; Senator Wil- HoiYlfi nVt n 1 WW wJ A 4-lA AllKtATnTM f TroA ' liaitia, VjliCtli MH1". Ui- .IUD DUU'VUUlIUll'l ana told him of tne sentiment tor tree cattle and free wheat. Then the SLb- committee was called together and its j former action Reversed. . :- "The matter , is settled- now V said I Senator Simmons, "and that is the way the schedule will go to the Sen- ate." :. . . : . . Inquisitorial Clause Troublesome. I The inquisitorial : clause of the Un- f aerwooa bill wmcn arousea ioreign j protest, has been eivine the Williams sub-committee i considerable - .trouble I ana in trying to :Work out a moainca- i tion of its provisions they have Jbad the aid of Secretary McAdbo;': Secre tary! Bryan and John Bassett .Moore, counsellor of the State Department. ? A plan now is Joeing discussed ;. ter combine a portion of this provision with! the amendment -proposed giving the Secretary - of the .- Treasury ithe I right to proclaim'values, thus; to have a Kafpcnmrrl afifnnt linrlArvalnationS I and at the same time rid tie provision I ji us TparnrpB nniPMinnanifl - io. ior i eign powers:' ' : ; J t The main purposes of the Inquisitor I rial clause was to prevent undervalua j tions, a necessity- under ad valorem tariff system. u ; j uy reviewing the submission of on-1 gmal entries by ;v foreign manufactuf-I cif m cases oi aisputea vaiuauons, i on penalty of exclusion of their pro-1 uucts tne rramers or tne Dili Deiievea that deliberate undervaluing would be at & minimum: The amendment pro posed by Assistant Secretary Curtis, or tne Treasury Department, and AS give the Secretary Of ' the - Treasury pie right to proclaim 'valuations on imports, irrespective of foreign mar kets, also was designed to prevent uiiuer-vaiuationB. as well as to steady the revenues undef ' an ad valorem system. : 'r',':.- : . It is now proposed to give the Sec retary of the Treasury the right" to v ociaim values, and ; in tne even tor- sn manufacturers Prcaest- a vaiua- a.n.UIaFer8, P2Tim book ,i5 iJiiuniug WBI unuuuutuuu an i torMgn value of thS goods in ' dispute 1 TL the! inauisanHnT,ihv mikine ;It 0irati ive on anneal of the foreign wat.ufacturfif.:. ntH-feature-- au- tii. at' rcz ry to t a -an.f.t Valna'M nn'? Wnilld n tn cuRTOTn : House iraua. secreiarv mcaooo bub- jnuted. to Chairman? Simmons r today views nn rnitt p-tnrfli Riinippt.ana . i . . . -1 .m. in the country history; a tariB 'Jit. ! mw nr nnrfroQDDrl Yiiito hoa- arnilSPn lnn.i "2-?'-""" 'rr I-rcrimfk rn .th mpatine oftne-jiui suh-committeA htati . hv ; Senator uiuiesi rrnm iiimpr mm Lilts - .1, son, wnictt . nas r .tne ? ; 1.1 . . . . . - Lay suuaxion.,A ine'Ujiaerwpuu proposes a rntfi fit 10 nr cent, on raw furs. . - ' . ' -,.; . . . : wne brief filed with 4 the ; committee -.usepn uumann, or wsw xorK, siai - t-Q That n rlntir -nn inortA tiAor amair on raw fvi nr.u mua!w iiflflf . IIVJ UiaLLCl 11U TT pi, . " TV UU1U UUiPlClClT -uDtiwj Jtftes fur merchants-have built up. erful Lubln aramatlc-.fi; 'rJ??. Fr skins are free In all foreign coun-! Theatre today ; , (advertisement : till uvn n - am n j a 4w iniTon I- --a ui f ir v in kiiii i iini u x- BrHJILTRUSTS pubt Being Expressed As to Whether israembering Decrees of Court - re Being Carried. Out In- ?vestigationsrReported , Washingtonr June '3 .-Whether de crees of .the United "States courts dis membering the Standard Oil and the tobacco rtrusts" . are being carried out was considered today by the Wilson administration with a view to possible institution of the ' most ' anti-trust moves, yet contemplated by the- Presi dent - andT Attorney General McRey Holds. r . ; - v The; Oil Industry ' , In the Standard Oil case the Attor ney General receivea from Charles B. Morrison ; and Oliver E. ; Pagean', his special assistants a report of the re sults of ( their, investigation of -conditions in- the oil industry, and began consideration of the Question whether the facts disclosed will justify the De partment of Justice' in beginning con tempt of court or criminal proceedings against, oil interests on charges of vio lationsvof the dissolution decree. -Tonight; this question was -unsettled. ; . '; - The Tobacco Case -3 In the : tobacco case practically the entire meeting qf the cabinet was de voted to considering -whether- surface conditions in the1 tobaeco trad :wa rant the attorney general An, beginning an in vestigationtsimilar '.to that just nmsnea in tne standard Oil case,- to determine, whether the decree of dis solution Is being violated;, and whether all semblance of a "tobacco trust" has disappeared. The Attorney General after the meeting; was non-committal wquirywouia.De un- Rulo of Reason - Consideration of the workines of the decrees id the twoXbig cases r-the To bacco at the cabinet meeting and the Standard Oil at the Department of Justice took place today apparently by co-incidence. Around the "rule of reason V principles first enunciated by ZrvCZ Tl t v - cut VI luc auiruusi UUKAUUU D1UCC -.""ff luegummg l" -cjr w wl au Mie ouciuiau uuu-iiusi law la uuu- cerned. Mr. McReynolds. who as special as sistant to the attorney- general- fho originally prosecuted the "tobacco trust," .- has- been , studying the work ings of the decree .ever since ne; en tered the cabinet. It is known that he disagreed with former. TAttornejr pen ot the adopted plan of .disintegration. itiasx.vDeeii unaerstooa inax.;niSv ou- iections centered ..around the': Prorata distribution among. . shareholders of the ."trust" of stock of the 14 corpo rations' into- which American. Tobacco Company was disintegrated. He was ouoted at the time as saying the plan deserved an "'expenditious commit- ment to the scrap heap." 3 Report of investmations The report made, to the Attorney several months investigation. They have studied conditions in various lo calities and paid 'particular attention to tne soaring prices or oil. . : In- a -preliminary report- made to former Attorney - General Wickersham lust -before he retirde : from office, these :attornevs i declared, that their partial" investigation raised a serious doubt as to-whether the Standard Oil iTrust had been actually dissolved. .,' V They, found that unfair competition lhad been eliminated and the last few months of their invstigation has been largely "devoted to an effort to ascer- tam wntner tne control and manage Itnent . of- disintegrated Darts of -the 'trust," and , the -control of the prices or; oil soil are directed by the same concentrated , interests - as previously, S ECRETARY DAN I ELS IMPR ESS ED Convinced of. Possibilities of the 'A Nawi Yards. : Washington " June ; 3: Secretary nstntalsi todav . declared - he had " been impressed with, the possibilities of the Nonr' Vnrt now varA . Ha ootiT ho'wna convinced that . provision should be mart a r t no cmstnnn or nnmner great building slip,v so that at, least two battleships J of the - first order might ' be under construction at the same time.- -. ' .. r The Secretary also intends to rec- ommend a substantial increase In the plant of the Norfolk navy yard so as to put it m conuixion: ior tne con: struction of first ordey battleships tries except Russia, which has a very small specific duty by weight. The brief set forth that tinder the most f ay orable circumstances the es a duty, which tne ways ana Means committee puts at $1,400,000 : would fall decidedly below one-half this am ount and Insisted that the tariff would result in a loss to American mer chant? of ( $6,000,000 annually . . .- i i .: i , " s,' 'TA. AmAtrn' Kill . , Tt was reported tonight that the sub committee cpnsiderdttg the income tax F?attv.e xeiittine'miitual:iife!to has about, aeciaeu-xo . ameuu uie .. un . - - V- i- -am ah a - would not be iusurance companies rrpm lue w,uui PrZiMV wiw- corapanp,-iJT i hefi aseseo: -mignt nave au.ww I ttinitV lO SBOW inu.,-uv" ; V""" -7 l "i cuuuuvicu .y , -cfL Vl i "--vv--rt " mi-hq tne ioj.;; - i cuviuu w . yvr v.-. -Automobiles costing not, more than -aaa it was, iparnea xoaay .win u - fni. sn ter cent - aavaioiem ysSSW&jmjWSjS IieiWll Oi ocuavui; v'"-" - . -.. . : ; : I committee another amenameni may ue sundries adopted to further decrease -the, tax . is - stu-1 on- automobUes costing less thajvi, 'i j t eaa c a li .,,umnhiii) ' nosrinsr v.more 1 j ..al,a. rlanrPiiaA TAB uu it'i-'f"xn!rv--J:7aZ''tna than $2,000 the sub-committeef graxieo. t as luxuries, cars wortn f z.oou or 1 the sub-committee ciasseu ,-v 1 nea. I : a. V .. . . - I : ' s- HFfM Mift Chtldra baKe. rr I - -w T - - 1 v am. 1 -j mill ' IIU n WILMIKGrTOK, N. C : " - - ' GOV. HftTFIELO IS CLEAR OF CHARGES West Virginia Official, is Ex- onerated in Report of So-A" ' . -- ' y , cialists' Investigators. ' PREDECESSOR RESPONSIBLE Report is Made to National Commit tee of Socialist Party of West 'Virginia Coal Mine Strike. 'V t-1 ... Outrages. Chlcago,"June 3. Governor Hatfield 6f West Virginia', was exonerated on a number-of charges, popularly circulat ed against him' in connection with the West - Virgina : coal mine : strike in a report; to- the National committee of the Socialist party made today by Vic tor. L.i Berger,'. Adolph Germer and Eu gene' V. Debs, who made a personal investigation ... -; -. ; .? r The burden or resentment": in . the report;: is - directed against Governor Hatfield's v- predecessor, . Governor Glasscock.-' It was Governor .Classr cock,- says the report, -who was res-, ponsible , for martial law and many trocities which the report, alleges oc curred during his administration. . liovernor Hatfield - is censured, for repressing' two Socialist papers and imprisoning tbelr editors, JOut tne re port Quoted the Governor as admitting this action was unsust, and declaring that the papers might ''continue to is sue without molestation from the State administration. - One portion 'of the report speaking of the present Governor, says: He further claimed that the abun dant; evidence with which to convict some, of the leading strikers in the civil courts,' but that he had not felt disposed to press the cases against them.", tte: .. ' ' , : ' - The committee was appointed by the; National committee of the Social ist party, and the report declares the members availed themselves of all sources of reliable information. They declare that they were shadowed from the moment, they arrived in West Vir ginia, but nothing-came of it. - After several days 'ot, investigation " it v was deeWed" to- 'it Governor Hatfield; tneiatterieciarea ne wouia see only Debs .- " . ::'i,v;. Debs -Teluctantly consented to so alone,-but the interview was so. satis factory,', that on the following daythe entire committee was received. Of this interview the report says in part: "He (Governor Hatfield) had lnher ted martial law from Governor Glass- cocky and rthe reason he permitted it to remain effective was because ne was .requested to do so by the union miners to prevent them from being assaulted by thugs in the employ of the mine owners.; - -The v committee learned from the Governor that : he had two mine guards, and that he ' had refused to liberate them on bail. The day pre vious to- the interview the Governbr had unconditionally released all comrades then remaining in prison. The ; Governor . referred ' to ,the fact that not in-a single instance had he affirmed a conviction of the military commission, the report states, and continues: 4'The Governor unhesitat ingly, declared that working men had i the right ito organize; that the Social ists had the same right that Republi cans - and . Democrats had, that they were entitled - to the right of free speech and free assemblage." .. . , Nor upposea to investigation. - The committee found the Governor not opposed to: the impending Sena torial investigation. - . . ' " .. "It was under the administration of Glasscock and not Hatfield," says the report,- "that martial law " was declar ed ; that; the military commission was created: that Motner Jones, . Jonn Browri, CtH.?,Boswell and numerous others Were court martialed and con victed, and it1 was also . under ; .the Glasscock adminstration that an ar mored train. In the name of law and order. Rhot vm the cabins and tents of the miners dealing out death and de struction under cover of darkness. The 'suppression of the two. Social ist - papers, both outside the martial law zone, tne report cnaractenzea as utterly without warrant and subject to the. severest censure." . Demolition of the office of tne star, and the'j seizure of Editor Thompson are termed dastardly " although. Gov ernor' Hatfield is auoted as disavow ing knowledge' of violence in suppres sing that paper. - Tne report contin ues in ;part: ' " - - - - ' ' ' . "Keports or outrages perpetratea upon - defenseless miners . and their families during the Glasscock adminis tration ihaV6i not - been exaggerated Houses and -'tents were shot up indis criminately-from an . armored train; men . were,-', assauiteu. ana women in sulted : by' the dastardly : mine thugs, and even little children were not sparr edl' As allthe trocities against the strikingf millers and the tamllies will be brought: out fully in the Senatorial investigation now under way and plac ed; before tne country ror its eamca tion as to the- despotic misrule of -the criminal mine barons, -we refrain from the j attempt' to ": chronicle them in this renort." . ' : "' : ; ' ' -. - -The - action'? of the Legislature of West Virginia, by which the report says,' the mine guard system was abol ished, is said to make. It possible for workers to orfiranize - without interfer ence.' from -"private - thugs and alug-gersv- ' The report declares that in portions of Wtest. Virgina owing to alien own ership the" feudalism- of the middle ages still ' prevails in wide areas . .pri vately owned? r - ' :: v-: - v-- :':'; ; - : v -rvr The report j makes : no . mention of former Governor ? Glasscock - having beep jnterviewed.s :' ---0ki: 'Vashihgtoni June S.Announce- ment ' was made -today that the., fifth National Conservation Congress would be; held here November 18th , te 20th "Mid-week dance at Lumina tonight. x V' (Advertisement.,) EBiSESnilY MOBOTNG, JUNE 4, 1913; v - - - .1 .j - , - MEMORIAL-. DAffiXERCISES Southern States Paj)( Tribute? ito the 1 Memory -of Jeffeteon Davis , , r" v Many Places Declare Legal Holiday. . The; South paid tribute to the memo ry of Jefferson DavisJPresident of the Confederacy today, a tbe 105th anni versary of his birth.4? to eight South ern States, AlabamaFlorida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; the. day was observed as a legal holiday, and In -other States me moril exercises werCjbeld. . In several. of the Southern States the day is known, as? Confederate Me morial Day, but in a few of the States of the old Confederacy, May 10th is set aside as the day on wauch tribute is paid to the memory -pf the soldiers of the gray , army, s ' C Jn many parts of the South, not on ly were the ; banks, business, houses and State offices-closed,: but -employes of postoffices: and other Federal insti tutions were-grantett1 a npnaay. ,v - Lexineton. Va.. June 3. Confede rate Memorial Day,, the birthday of Jefferson Davis, was: observed here today. Gen. ; Bennett ; H. Young, of Louisville,- grand commander United Confederate : Veterans, delivered an address in Lee Memorial Chapel ad the tomb, of Gen. Robert. E". . Lee was strewn with flowers; ; s Nashville. Tenn., June 3.-)ec6ra- tion day exercises at Franklins Tenn.. especially commemorated the-, execu tion there June-ith, it3, or two Con federate, officers, Col. Worton "Wil liams, a cousin of Geh.' Robert E. Lee, and Lieut. Walter u. . feter. ' -They died declaring they were not spies. Their real mission continues a mys tery, a H. P. Figures, VWhOi Saw them hanged, was an orator today. ? Columbia, S. C., ,jAine 3. A celebra tion under the auspices of- the-"-United Daughters, of the coarederacy, com-J memorating the anniversary.; of, the birthday 'of -Jefferson DaviS,; was iheld here today. . Crosses ot honor Were be stowed on a number of Confederate, veterans : . : : - - ; THE-CLAN MacQUEEN, Interesting n Reunion Being Held at - . Maxton This Week. - . ( Special Star Correspondence. y Maxton, N: ,C, June 31 The . first annual reunion of the MacQueen Clan is now in full swing. Over 200 guests have already arrived. The night and tomorrow morning's trains are expect ed to bring at least 500 more besides those who come by automobile and other private conveyances. fc:'-:v-;'-'v . The social t-Uutm4&tii dayavai Stewartsville, the -old home, of Col. James McQueen', whose descendants are collecting - here now. From there the party went to Queensdale, the family burying ground, where the bodies of Col. McQueen and his wife lie buried. - There aret over-2,000 direct living descendants of this couple and they are scattered all over the - United States and some into foreign coun tries. Half, of them are expected 'at this reunion, the first. Among the out-of-town guests are Mr. H. C. McQueen, of Wilmington; J. W. McQueen, wife and child, of Birmingham, Ala.: Jno. McQueen and Miss Chattie McEachih, of Birming ham; Rev. Stuart McQueen, of Mont gomery, Ala.; Donald McQueen and family, Edmund McQueen and family, of Dunbar, .S. C.'; Rev. Wm. Black and Tamily, of Charlotte; James McNeill and Jno. Mcsween, of Florence; S. C; E. L. Moore, of Dillon. S. C: Rev. A. R. McQueen and Miss Margaret Mac- Queen, of Dunnv N.' C; A. W. McLean. and family, of Lumberton: Mrs. Archie MacQueen and Robert MacQueen, or Raeford: Wade H. Harris, of Char lotte; Martin McKinnon and. wife, ot Red. Springs:., Mrs. French, of Wil mington. ' The programme will be carried out in - its entirety with the exception of tne response or. Mr. t l,. Black, or Charlotte, whose ; forced absence is much regretted by the .clansmen. CHANGE OF. MANAGERS - Doak to Succed Doyle as Manager o - ureensporo Team Greensboro. N. C, June 3. Frank Doyle, for the past three years man ager of the Greensboro baseball team in the Carolina . League, resigned to night and is succeeded as manager by Charles Ddak. for severer years man ager and coach of the Guilford College, N . c, team. -- - - OUTLINES The Senate Committee in charse of the agricultural-schedule, reversed its former action yesterday by voting to. place , livestock, wneat and oats, on the free list. . - Former Postmastr .General Hitchcock-replied in, a statement Issued yesterday , to the charges against his administration . made by . Postmaster General Burleson."; ; . :';;'-- f Yesterday, marked the one hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis, - 'President of the Southern' Confederacy. The day was nttingiy commemoratea m many Southern cities."- ! 'f Doubts are being expressed by-the WJlson administration as to whether United States courts for the dissolu tion; of the Oil and Tobacco "Trusts are being carried out. - - Senator Kenyon, -of Iowa, declared from .the -witness stand : before" the Senate Investigatin s committee. yes terday,; that President Wiilson's atti tude- in regard to the existence of an "insidious lobby" in Washingtou was, .entirely k justined. . A report submitted- to the National Committee of ; the Socialist party yes terday by investigators exonerates Governor Hatfield, of West .Virginia, from charges preferred against , him in connection witn tne striKe in tne coal mining sections of that Stated v V New. York markets:. Money on cal steady 2 1-2 at 3 per cent ; ruling rate 3; closing bid 2 1-2; offered at 2 3-4. Time loans stronger 60 days 3 3-4 at 4 per cent: 90 days 4r 6 months 4 3-4. Flout steady-' Wheat easy.; Rosin and turpentine easy. Cotton futures bare- steady.' Soot 'cotton ouiet, 10 points lowerj middling. uplandsll.70; sales none. - CAROLINA ALU -RETURN TO "HILL" Bishop . Robert Strange Ad dresses Students of the; State University GLASS REUNIONS A FEATURE Annual Dettate Between Societies Dialectics Wins Character and Industry Are Emphasized in Annual Address. ' ' 5 ' .(Special Star Telegram.) Chapel Hill, N. C, June 3. This was alumni day on; the programme pf the commencement finals, of the State University and sons of Carolina' from near and distant parts came back to the "Hill" to pay tribute to their dear old alma mater. The classes of '63, 88, '93 and '03 again renewed the friendships ofv undergraduate days in reunion exercises and. recounted the achievements and losses of their num bers since graduation. The class "reunions, though not measuring attendance with that . pt ast : commencement, . brought repre sentation from distant States . and even from a. foreign land, China. Tex-: as and New "York sent representation to greet. Carolina on the return of an other annual commencement in its long history of near on to a century and a quarter.; These sons brought,1 tropmes to lay at . the leet of the In stitution that: nurtured them In.youth and trained them for manly, service to State and Nation. . .. ' ; : N -The message of the day to the alum ni - was delivered by the Right Rev. Robert Strange, "Of Wilmington, Bish op oi East Carolina, a member or the class of '79 of the' University.,8 It was a clear and genuine exposition of that sound doctrine, which equally applies to the undegraduate as we w as the raduate. that the really successful mab is the -one combining character with industry. - - .;. -? The annual commencement' debate between., the- Dialectic" and Philan thropic sodsties-, was wo -tonights by tne Lnaiectic, wno upheld uieamrnm?: tive. The query was: 'Resolved; that those' decisions of the courts declar ing unconstitutional legislation passed by state legislative bodies should be subject to recall by the voters - of the State in question." ' - . ; The Dialectic was represented .'y F. L. Webster and J. E. Holmes. The Philanthropic by E. S. Peel and S. W. Whiting. :. - The speaker, and. thereby the Win ner of the Bingham Medal, will be an nounced tomorrow morning during the graduating exercises, along with the Mangum medal contest held yes terday. The debate was presided over d.v uisnop KODert strange, or Wilming ton, who delivered the alumni address this morning. , Bishop Strange's Address. The annual alumni address was de livered this morning in Gerrard Hall by ,tbe Right Rev. Robert Strange, D. D., Bishop or n:ast Carolina. Bisnop Strange, who was a member of the class of 1879, made a very impressive speech, frequently referring to his un degraduate days at the University. The theme of Bishop Strange's ad dress was character and energy ; as & young man's capital. He frequently illustrated his points ,with compari sons drawn from the .lives of men of history, of. his classmates, and of men who have made our nation what it IS. Bishop Strange said in. part: . "Talking one night with a group or men about university life,. its honors and their relation to after honors;: in life, a friend read us a letter from his father on that subject. His rawer said that his recollections of college and his experiences in life led him to the conclusion that the boy 4s father to the man. that it; is generally true that the posnon a boy occupies1 in college is he same relatively, that ne occupies in after life. As I recall. my, college friends and acquaintanceSi as I think of their career in lire; r. nna that statement is true as . a - whole. And so, my young friends, do your best work here; for it is the general rule that ; when r you pass out of these shades, your character and your des tiny .are fixed in tneir direction. "I think all schools ought, to nave a .larger part of the discipline , admin istered by the students: The college man ought to feel that he Is trusted ThiS cruel and cowardly custom ot hazing this survival of the Dark Ages when every man looked on the strang er as his enemy, comesi from a twist ed seLse of right from a .perverted Idea of traininsr. or. from the savage Indian blood revenge, visitingrpn an-: other what was inflicted on me.u.- "The only way to stop it is to appeal to the. best in every-man. I. am sure this is the policy of trust and high ap- peai ; wnicn . xne rresiaeni iuiu j.uuilj are using in their efforts to: break' '-Up hazins , in : the University. It is ; the best and wisest way, and !. believe- that they will achievfe success; in this "I believe that tne great two-toia basis 'for achieving what men-most value ' in life is energy and cnaraoter. The man who . has the character t to kepn him true to the hiehest, cottdi tions oMiving and has the energy, the motive power, to keep him ever at work movinsr forward. ous:ht;to make y success; he does make a success in life: Theodore Roosevelt has recent ly said that " the true essentials for ttncRARs in nolitical life are initiative or energy and character. Pierpont Morgan the . greatest finacier on earth, said rcharacter was adman's .best : fi- nancial asset: -and his ovm success wa s lareelv due to the fact that men trusted him. His. tremendous energy arid his unsullied character - carried him through all .troublous times.' Mexico City. June -3 ;- President Huerta issued a decree today in con fnrmit .with thA-rncent. action of Con gress fixing October 26th'as the' date ior. elections. HITCHCOCK MAKES STATEMENT Former Postmaster General Replies to - .the Attack on His' Administra tion Made by Postmaster - General Burleson. .. .Silver City, N. M., June 3. On ar riving at Silver City today from the Mogellon mountains where he has been "spending some weeks,' former Postmaster General . Hitchcock was shown the statement issued a few days ago by Postmaster General Bur leson attacking- his adminstration of the Po'stoffice Department. Mr. Hitch cock "issued the following statement: "A committee composed in the main of newly appointed assistants' having been less than three months exper ience in postoffice business, attempts, in a report to the, present head of the department tOsdiscredit the financial showing made by, the postal- service under President Taf t's administration. . "Their 'statement- is as inaccurate as it is gratuitous, f or the public well knows that never was - the postal ser vice v conducted more efficiently or mail handled with greater precision and dispatch than in the closing years of ; . the. Taf t administration. During that administration, c notwithstandine the great extensions of service and the heavy, increase in expenditures they required, me f ostomce Department was 7 placed on a self-sustaining basis and that was Its condition when on March 4th it passed into the hands , of newly appointed officers who seem thus far to naxe been exhausting their time and their energy in a violative attempt to detract from the record made by the devoted public servants they succeeded.,. 'The postal committee Of a Demo cratic House of Congress endeavored last year in a similar manner to attack the audited -accounts of , the postal -service,, but afterwards a committee was fair enough -to admit that the depart ment .had become self-sustaining. . The returns . as to surplus or deficit are made up not by Postofllce Department, put - ny tne Treasury Department, where all postal income is received and all postal accounts finally audited. 'The Secretary of the Treasury re ported the wiping out of the postal de ficit and the record thus certified to in his fiscal report is likely to stand in history. If the Postoffice Depart ment could have received a proper al lowance tor . tne cost f or carrying franked mail the postal surplus would have been: much larger than that re corded and this is true after deduct ing rthe t expense incurred on account oi .tne. postal ery icev by f the Treasury iepareent ior . tne tree gartering of certain postoffices itf Federal build ings, an expense that is less than half tne cost of the franking privilege.' : "In the fiscal year 1912, more than 300,000,000 pieces of mail, having an aggregate weight ' of about 61,000,000 pounds, were carried tree of charge under the franks of Congressmen, and of the . various government establish ments. If postage at the usual rates had been paid on this matter it is esti mated that the postal revenues -would have . been , increased by more than ?zy,ooo,ooo. "In the last administration we ap pealed in vain to a Democratic House for legislation abolishing the frank ing abuse. .- ".- .- , "The United States postal service is the largest business organization in the world. It ' requires a high order of ; business ability ' and the closest kind of application on the part of the varous officers . in charge to conduct successrmiy a public service so exten sive and so intricate.; "The question may; very, naturally present itself :-In i the public mind as to .why tne present officers of the de partment,; instead of, consuming all this time lin an endeavorto discredit the good work of the men: they suc ceeded - are not devoting themselves attentively to, the- important ; branches of the service entrusted to their care, even if theyia.re thus: ;far .unable In their experience to map out and exe cute, a constructive postal programme so as to broaden still further the use fulness of 'the POstompevDepartment. "They ? will doubtless find it a con siderable task, s and ;: one requiring their strict attention-to give the coun try the efficiency of the. postal service as developed and extended j, by . their predecessors, and particularly of those great branches of the service recently estabiisned: lor tne- benefit of the peo ple by a Republican administration. the Postal Savings Bank and the Par cel Post," - v - , WRECK ON R., C. & S. Whole Train Plunged Into River Near l r- Cumnock, N. C. ' (Special Star Telegram.) ? Sanford. N. C . June 3. Train No. 10 of the Raleigh, Charlotte & South ern . Railroad was wrecked at Deep River, bridge, near Cumnock, this af ternoon about 6 o'clock, the entire train going Into the river. The train is a mixed passenger and freight, run ning between ML Gilead and Colon The engine,' three .box, cars-, and one coacn fell into - the, river killing rone man and Injuring 'a' number 6f 'others. rne dead is mruowoen Stewart, or Hemp, N.; G.( The Injured are: White Fred Burns; Osgood,; N.i C.t serious ly hurt;u i . . c. Biaiock,. . engineer, bruised c and scalded on iarms - and back ; George . Blalock7 brother - of En gineer -BiaiocK, senousry. .scalded; Conductor -Beacham, of Biscoe, .N, C, seriously hurt in back, legs and head; sengers, hurt' in back and legs, not ser ious. Colored--ArthurvLeak. fireman, scalded - on . nead n and severe gash on head : Spencer Tyson; arm broken and hurt' in head 'not fatal; . Fletcher Le grand,: leg hurt,-notJ serious. . The last three are trainmen. - . I As soon as informations of the wreck reached here. Dr. Chas. L. Scott, left in an automobile and later a special tram over the Southern Railway car ried aid. It is not known how the wreck happened ; and more complete details are not obtainabfe at this hour. The; special- train over the Southern brought the injured to-Central Caro lina Hospital at Sanford where every attention was given. . - 1 v--V Boston, June ; 3.- Mike Gibbons, of St. Paul,, put a temporary stop to the title aspirations, of 'Joe White, of Bos ton., lnia-12-ronnd bout .here tonight, Gibbons led throughout: but was pun ished at times. i' ' . , - WHOLE NUMBER 13,341 . If SOU'S LOBBY E JUSTIFIED From Witness Stand Senator Kenyon Defends Presi- . - dent's Attitude. SOCIAL LOBBYING ATTACKED Practice of Flattering Senators is De nounced as Subtle Method of . : Lobbyism- Important Com munication Disclosed. W'ashington, June 3. "Social lobby ing in . Washington Justifies ' . every word President Wilson'' uttered in' re gard to the presence of an 'insidious lobbvate;;Capitol,'',SenatQr:;Ken yon, of Iowa, 'declared oh; the. witness ' stand today before the Senate Investi gating ' committee. .It was th' first; unequivocal . statement In 4 support of v the President's attitude since the.- In quiry began: ' r The IowaSenator said; that. he be lieved most "insidious' and powerful lobbying possible was '- the practice of nattering senators Dy ... paving tnem out to dinners, to theatres; and on automo bile rides, ingratiating, the host with the distinguished guests. -" Pointing to the sworn testimony of' Edward Hines, . a "lumber king", before the Lorimer ; election investigation that he entertained Senators , at a local hotel at dinners at a time when the lumber" schedule in - the. Payne-Aldrich Din -was Defore the Senate.- Senator Kenyan declared it 'was his. belief that Senators were beine entertained . in this "insidious" way at present. . . ,' He also denounced ex-Senators for capitalizing their-privilege of I the floor by - using it to ; lobby.- Referring to one ex-Senator V rf .'presenting .. many railroads in -.Washington ? and often seen on the floor of the Senate, he advocated the enactment .of, legisla tion; to ' prohibit an ex-Senator from being a lobbyist. 1 . , . - senator Hugfies.; ot .New v Jersey.' and Seuator Jamep J of Kentuckyi Itold; members of thf J?i.tiAnflA-; ttitimit.tA with,, the. many .persons rwho had fflock ed to Washington :to present their views. . Neither fknew-of any attempts -to corrupt - Sena tors, but- both ?' declar ed they could have done- better work if they had bein bothered less. The senators as did Senator LaFollette, : who followed them on the ; stand. be lieved legislation? against lobbyists would be a good thing. ' Senators ? let- It be known today that . they had received - - registered - mail- which purported to be a repro duction of a letter front the American Cane Growers Association of the Unit ed States, sent to members asking for contribution to a fund for the use of a "large ocmmittee in Washing ton." The copy was- dated New "Or leans, "April' 2nd, 1918, and read as fOllOWS: .. . '. :..:,-.' ' r: :. Dear Sirs: Your association has a large committee in; Washington now using every effort possible to try to save tne sugar industry,' - we have hesitated about calline: , on you, but as we ate-now -overdrawn in the bank, it is absolutely necessary tnat we nave funds at once and. there- fore call on you, to please" send one half : of yourv sUhscription, say five tnnra .rni' 1 AAA TAtitii(i rnti IUa s - Of 1911. :,;". , ..... . ... uiu Ll . A.VUV : LJJ UMUO e VTU U1C UlUiP , ."This is -very -important and : we would like to have remittances at once. . ' "Yours very truly, "CHARLES A. ,FARWELL, . ' - . , .. ' ."President." The copy came in: an' envelope post marked WteLShihgtan, pn the back : of wnicn : in ink .was . written the name W; L. Bass. ' ' ' . A Senator5 Ransdell. who. received one of the letters, said the American Cane Growers Association , has been in ex istence for, ten years or more; that it maintained an office lit New "Orleans and conducted an open -campaign on. behalf ! of the sugar purposes of Louisi ana. He added that for several weeks the organization had kept and office in a Washington skyscraper with its name over the door. ' .. The letter did not appear In the- l.obby investigation today but it pro- Daoiv win. v? r i. Statement of Senator Penrose Senator Penrose told the committee that in his 16 years' experience in Washington he never had known of at tempts to -improperly influence mem bers of Coneress. : He ' eave " - the names of 175 persons who had called on him since January 1st on the tar iff but declared, that none were "lob byists" in the. general acceptance of the term.; ;'-. vCj : -t- - y ;- - , Mt's well Iniown that' certain' inter ests, have agents here" 1 said ' the Sen ator, : 'and - I j suppose they .- are paid salaries., They evidently: get informa tion .from their organizetion. Their wortc is, perfectly legitimate." ,. Senator ; Penrose, wa8i the 4ivliesC AltUCJjB JUi LUC UlUIUIUgUCBBlUU. Senators testified . they .knew of no undue influences and told of- their per sonal. interests. ..The list of 175 names which : Mr. Penrose gave- the commit tee - incllded manufacturers, . labor leaders,' attorneys, importers and oth ers, who' feared they would Tie af f ected by tariff changes.: . ' ; ;.' i. - Senator. Penrose 'estimated - that about 40 per cent' as , many ; persons had eome to : ' Washington on tariff business this year as compared with four years ago. " : oenaior i-ippeix 1 eiunes - Senator -Lippett testified that he owned about one-quarter of a cotton cloth - plant, capitalized ' at - $6,000,000 and. located at Providence, R 1. - He had talked with: other Senators about the tariff He furnished arlist of 25 tariff visitors..1' Common stock of the Manville Cotton Company,- of which he was manager," had gone down prob ably; fifty per cent because ; of. the threatened tariff reduction' be said. ' The Senator said- he "believed some of his suggestions, to the Ways . and iContinued on Pae Elfht.1 CHARG -1 1
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