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Bill Dutiable Articles, , " Washington, .June 11. Changes; In the I'nderwood tariff bill by -the Sen ate Finanee sub-committees-, transfer ring proposed dutiaible articles , to the free list, will aggregate an: estimated annual loss in revenue to he . govern ment of nearly, a million and a naif dollars. This curtailment ot-revenue under the House bill Is Uasedbnly 'oh tarticles known to iave been, trsuis ferred to the' free" list thus.: far upon sub-committee recommendations, ; find does not take int account decreases' in duties which will he proposed on many articles. . Added to the $25,000,-: 000 estimated loss in" revenue, under! the House bill free list, this 'would- ag gregate ?2C,500,000. .-" - .1 no ocnaie iisx Included in the. Senate lfst are the revenues that would be derived from hemp which the Underwood bill makes dutiable, but whicn ' the Senate sub committee today decided should 'be transferred to the free list.. Hemp will be sent to the caucus on free list, on, the ground that it belongs there of' other products of the farms such as cattle and wheat are to -be free-listed, as it would Tesult in cheaper twine to the farmers, and compensate 'vthem" somewhat. by reducing their- harvest expenditures. Hemp, both' plain 'and hackled, the sub-committee proposes to remove from the dutiable list, r the former from $11.20 a ton, and the lat ter from one cent a pound in the Un- J Some of this loss in reveni.may be' iinde up'JjyounterVjailfng duties -on certain agricultural products but this amount; it is estimated -will not be' large. vf'X.y- 'rt ; . . : Preo-listed Articles ' . Among! the articles' which the Sen ate sub-committe'es have added to the free list and the ""estimated revenues cut off are : - Pig iron, $120,000 : f erro manganese ,; and-:spiegeleisen, $126, 500 ; hemp, . $78,100 ; livestock, $583, 000; wheat," $200,000; photographic films, $210,000; cedar wood $10,000; coal tar dyes, $90,000, a total of, $1, 417,900. r.r--:-;;:;4:v-U'V';-; Today the majority members of the Finance committee opposed r publica? tion at this time of detailed changes m tne underwood bill approved by them on sub-committee recommenda tions. : ' " -t :;" :" The Cotton Schedule ' The committee today had under con sideration the : changes in !. the cotton schedule proposed by Senator John son's sub-committee. Most'-of them were approved, but one .-or' two mat ters were referred back to the sub committee for z farther consideration. In this schedule the net result of, the altered rates will increase the average cotton rates . in the Underwood, bill about five per ' cent the principal changes affecting" cotton yarns.' This is probably the'- only: schedule in. which Senate action VilJ result in an. in crease, -r The majority, members of the conn mittee decided their action should be, guarded as. much as possible ;untll the caucus can have a chance to act, be cause the caucus might in some mat-i ters reverse or . otherwise, alter' their decisions. .. .- .. . .. ... , The metal and earthenware .sched-; ules were considered for a time today but discussion on them was continued: nntil tomorrow, v , -' . - ' Income Tax ' Feature y ' Senator Williams sub-committee "is still working on the income tax, and administrative provisions of ,' the Dill ouc expects to report tomorrows - It has been decided to eliminate the anti dumping clause and ' the 5 per' cent tariff discount on imports on . Ameri can ships, and some modification will pe reported of the provisions direct ing foreign manufacturers to . submit their books when valuations are in dis Pute. The income tax- also will be, modified to give-mutual life insurance an opportunity to claim exemption by proving they ' are'-.-not conducted 1 for profit. -y-'z-:y': Print-paper Provision ; ,VJ VV'ith regard to print-paper Senator Johnson's sub-committee has under consideration plan to leave' paper valued at not more than two and a half fents a pound on the free list; but, in iteu of a proposed countervailing duty, f insert a clause which, would provide for a duty of $2. a ton should restric tions on exports Of wood and pulp in tho Canadian tariff not be. removed y ithin a stated ;: period, probably a ' he provision -would hot " specify 1 inada, but that would, be the onIy country affected. V - .: 1 ig iron and eptegeleizen, free-listed ny the Senate committee, were" made autiafole at 8 per cent, in the House the former rerntai fmm' hJlf,' valorem equivalent in the present la wj 16.35 per cent and the latter: from I v'-il per cent 'V ; v-: n f Ferro manganese was increased in the Underwood bill from 6.74 per cent, under the Payne law to 15 per cent in :te House bill. The Ways and Means ommittee increased the tax f or reve v i PupPoses only.. In voting to. free ;lbt these products the Senate commit-' contended that both pig iron and ' -to manganese were extensive pro 'ict.s of th United States Steel Cor o. ation which independent'steel man-' "ticturers had to buy. 'xv: SPX HOT SDLD .North Carolina Securities ;Fail to ; Draw BiddersTreasurer Lacy r Explains by? Showing Sat '' v ; .tl'aed, (Market.-" - ' J . s (Special Star Telegram.) ' . .Raleigh, N.'C.,' June ll.--The State of North. Carolina today; failed tq find a market, for, its issue of $i,l42,50O 4 per cent,' 40-year bonds for floating- bt and permanent improvements at btate institutions. , Bids to the amount of only. $154,000 beingeceived. There was not a bid from outside the State.1 vuijf oi.aie Treasurer Lacy and a couple of local bankers were present when the bids were opened at noon! T1ie .smallest was for $1,000 and larg est $25,000, the Battery Park Bank, ?S?l8?evllle' Putting in two bids of jzs.ooo each, one of these at par and the other at a premium of $62.50. The Murchison National Bank, of Wilmh ton. bid for $6,000 at par. -indeed, practically all were at par and none much above. s The others follow: A 1 '9- Ciirrliv? Oxford; $5,000 ; Geo. Mdfitcastleexington, $21,000 ; . L. H." Cutler. Newtoem. $1.500- rt- n t? Wharton, Ruffin $1,003; Mrs. Sadie vvuarura wuuamson, Kuffin' $1,003 f E. - B. Winstead, ; Wdnton,'-- $6,030-; J. W Burton, Jacksonville $4-,000 Frank Thompson, -Jacksonville $5,000 r, Bank of Lenoir, . $10,000; W. J. Armfield, High Point $5,015; North Carolina Hpme Insurance Co., Raleigh $10;OQ0; W. M. MyriCk, Haw River $2,020; C. A. Raysor, Asheville : $5,000 ; - Lovit Hines, Kinston- $4,000 ; Cash $7,540 ; Jos. G. Brown, Raleigh $5,001 ; Ernest Haywood, Raleigh, $5,001. State Treasurer Lacey said" con cerning the failure ofthe State .to sell the bonds, that there 'is no reason to be surprised as the Legislature anti cipated the condition; of : the market by adding Section Six, which author izes the treasurer to borrow the mon ey if he is not able to sell the bonds. He quotes the New York, the Lon don, the JBerlin and other financial journals - as to the satiated conditions of the wjorld money market and added' that ; itt this country, : in practically every State, as in North Carolina, large issues Of bonds of all descrip tions are being offered to the invest ing public, so that, it Is hardly to be wondered, at that some .of these issues bearing low rates of interest must temporarily fail to find nurehasers. Therp; is no question . about the- credit or tne . state; and North Carolina and tmder ordinary '.conditions ;an issue of a million dollars " would have been readily.-abfprbed n the State itself. DANIELS HEARS GRIEVANCES Naiwy Yard Employes . Find Sympa . thtic-Listener Wage Schedule Washmgton June : 11 . Two hun dred representatives of Atlantic coast navy.yards employes' found a sympa thetic hearer in Secretary Daniels to- Lday when they appeared at the Navy department to submit various griev ance 4. ; The. inen complained about so called "scientific" management sys tems and the. lacjf of uniformity, in wage scales, ' and ; insisted that they should have representatidh tn the wage boards of the various yafds.' V : v ' - - The secretary promised' to' give care ful, consideration to all of the proposi tions presented.- vr , - "Navy yard employes ought to have the information upon which the wage board, bases the - compensation which they, receive," he said: at the- close 'of thoconference. ,-"I am not, however, prepared to say that the employes should be represented on the wage board." : . . T-.1 - His callers had declared that a board made up- entirely of naval offi cers : could not consider : adequately the claims of . the civilian , employes : - fWhen . demands were pressed for uniform compensation, . Mr. - Daniels called attention to. the fact. that Con gress had provided that navy yard em ployes shall receive the same compen sation as ' paid iby private - establish ments to the various crafts in the same vicinity. The Norfolk yard employes were dissatis8ed - because they " receiv-. ed less money ; than the men at the Philadelphia1 yard for ; the same grade of work,, " . - ' i.: " , . There were present representatives from the yards at Boston; New; York, Philadelphia, Newport, Annapolis, Nor folk; Charleston, S. C. and Wash ington. A,, ."-;-;- '.; ' ' . . RACE RIOT IMMINENT. Killing of Negro Suspect May Result ,i ;, in Racial Warfare. f Bluff ton, S. C, June 11. A clash, be tween negroes and whites of this place is imminent tonight as the Tesult of the killing today of a negro suspect ed of having attempted to assault the wife of a prominent citizen yesterday. It Is said that the negro who answer ed in a general way to the .woman's description of s hers assanlant resisted arrest andrwas killed by officers.; Xlovernor Blease has been asked to rcall out the Beaufort militia to assist in : maintaining . uruer ubic auuiuci negro w as arrested at Ridgeland today and is being , held as a suspect: . A number -of people are reported ' to; be hurrying here from Ridgeland to aid in keping the peace. ! . : ; - Beaufort, S. C;, June llActing on Governor, lease's orders' the Beau fort Naval Reserves are under arms in. readiness to prpceed to Bluff ton at a moment's notice,! u Sheriff .White and, the commander of the troops are keep fng.in i touch . with - Bluff ton through Sheriff Porter.-at Ridgeland. ,;- BRILLIANT' OFFICIAL RECEPTION. BratilianfMinister i Honoredatjhe , - i ?. . White House. ?; c ;t::--;'. Wasnington. une 11. Dr. -tauro MntW: Rrajrlliatii minister of Foreign f Affairs and. special ambassador to the United States to repay uie visit, uj.. Senator Root, then Secretary of State, to Brazil in 1906,- spen his .first day here in a round'of receptions and, offir cial yisits.- -AJprivateteqeption; by President Wilson in the4af ternoon, followed by , a brilliant ofilcfal .recep tion at the White . House Cionigbt at which, the diplomatic corpa,rcaiBet, Supreme Court," prominenti army ana navy; State Department, .officials and their, wives, were present. "constituted the welcome from the head of he na tiori. i A squadron of cavalry escort-ed-Dr,-Mullen and bis suite -during, a large. part of the day.' - t . : - ' . - WILMDTCrTQK, N; Will Seek to Extend Jurist diction of Commerce J j Commission BITTER OPPOSITION CERTAIN Basic Principle of the Measure the ; Ripht of Congress to Have Abso- -Jute Control of Inter-State Com- 3 X. 1 merce Thought' Advisable. , Washington, June 11. Extension of the ifirisdictlon of the Inter-Slate Com- merce N Commission ? over intra-State rates - on. inter-State railroads in ac cordance with suggestions in the Min nesota" rate decision, will be propose in a bill now being prepared bv Ren-4 resentativeWillis, of Ohio' a Republi-1 can' member of the House Inter-State and .Foreign Commerce Committee. , The ibasic principle xf thfs measure will be the rigux or uofegress to control aDsoiuteiy the instrumentalities of in terstate commerce, even to the extent of regulating the rates in each State. Suich is Kepresentative Willis' . inter pretation of what .the Supreme Court held. in the Minnesota rate cases to be within the power of Congress. . The bill may be patterned after 'the Federal Safety Anoiiance acts. Since the decision in the, Minnesota rate cases; these laws have been pointed to as Instances where Congress has seen fit to exercise its jurisdiction in State matters, because these matters con cern tne instrumentalities or . inter State commerce, m a saf etv ambiance decision about a' year ago the Supreme Court held the laws applied to cars on an inter-State road, although the cars were carrying commerce originating and ending within the State, of Alabama:- - , - Bitter opposition Jto the Willis bill is. regard ea as certain to arise both in. the House and Senate. -' . - ? ' Senator Newlands, chairman of the Senate inter-State Commerce Commit tee, takes the position that the States are handling the rate Question so sat- tsfactorilyx that th- Federal - govern ment .would., not be justified by jnteiv ferin&y, exercising itpowersas-put, tlpjhgttpremeXU MAJOR STEDMAN SEES WILSON President Greets Him . as "Friend of My Father" Washington Notes d " (Special Star Telegram.) Washington; D.-C, June 11. Con gressman Stedman and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborne called on President Wilson today. The call was simply one of respect, Major Stedman said, after he returned from the White House, 7 "President Wilson's . father and I were great., friends when the el der Wilson was pastor of the Presby terian rchurch- at Wilmington." r- - It is said that the President today greeted Major Stedman as "the friend of my father." A delegation of Winston-Salem citi zens called upon the supervising archi tect to request that the new postofflce Duiiding nave three instead of two entrances. . They were not given much encouragement and . it is not -likely that their , request will be granted. The following North Carolinians are here attending the meeting of the Surf men's Mutual Benefit Association: J. H. Leroy, of Elizabeth City: Thos. S. Meekins, A. F..vEjTans. R. B. Eth- ridge, S. C. E. M.; Oapt. Li B. George, Lv R.-.T., W. B.. J. A.. C. B,. and wife; Capt. Stanley and Orlando Mid gett,1 of Manteo ; Dr. D. H . Gates, B . G . Crisp, Capt. J. C , Westcott, of Manteo; Capt. James Brunsey, Thos. Harris, B. L. Tillett,, of Currituck Cpunty,- and Hon. P. H. .Morgan, of Shawboro. . . ' Other North 'Carolinians here are Mr,and Mrs. Harry Lee, of Greens boro; Carl B. Wilson, of Greenville; J A, Bryan, or Newbemf Cy" Ber nard and wife, of Asheville, and W. A. Gibbons,' of Charlotte. G; 1. J. Elliott has been appointed postmaster at Jackson HilL Davidson county, vice T. S. Everhart, resigned. and Robert Malone has been trans ferred 4 from Roxiboro to Hurdle Hill as rural Jetter carrier on route No. 3. -':- v i.:..- '.. : . .-v." " ,;', p. k. a. WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT. Dead A Csipltalist'a Daughter Succeeds , ; Hjm. in Important Office. : -' . Jacksonville, Fla., June 11. Miss Okie Painter, daughter of E. O. ? Pain ter, t who - met his death in the St. John's - river May. 22nd, , today - was elected by the 1 stockholders to suc ceed Eer ; father, as president of the fertilizer company bearing -his name. Painter - carried ; $1,178,00'. life insur ance.; ' A chemist ' connected with Johns Hopkins HospItal,.in Baltimore, Is making an examination of Painter's vitai-brgans to determine if his death was caused by drowning or by poison. W I ui. SU B M IT TO A R BITRAT ION . -. . .- . . t - -. . !--:-- Bulgaria and Serva Will Probably De 'c- mobilize Armies r Vienna. June 11.' The Neues Ab- enlblatt states that Bulgaria today rre plied in the affirmative to the telegram from fthe Emperor of Russia asking the Bulearian - sovernment to submit its dispute with Servia to arbitration. 1 According to the Reichspostthe Rus sian Emperor's tetegram :for arbitra tion also requestedas preliminary condition- that -the two -countries should demobile their armies. ' - . v - COMMENCEMENT CONCLUDED. Vr Graduating Exercises at Roanoke Cof- ; -.t lege Come to .a Close. , v "Salem. Tva.. ' June 11. Commence ment 'week -'at . Roanoke College 'was concluded -here today with the gradu ating exercises. President J, A. Moore head announced that . eifts amounting to $25,000. including a beouest of N$5,s 000 strom tne late tinajor ninoscK;s at man. of .Philadelphia, had been 'receiv ed during -the year. -t , C, THt'BSDAT MOENTKG, QUAKER OATS CO ATTACKED Federal Court After Oat Meal Trust ?.:' Under Sherman. ; Law Wants i-i. ' Corporation Declared trie- H ; i gal Competition. v Chicago, .'June4 Ul The - Quaker Oats Company the. so-called? oatmeal trust controlling SO per cent, of the oatmeal products and by-products of the country, was attacked by the Fed eral Court in a civisult filed hereto- day charging a monopoly in "deroga-- tion of the commonf. rights of- the peo ple of the .United States and in viola tion of the Shermafi law." t: While the governinent does not ask for, dissolution of -Jhe Quaker Oats Company, it petitidfs the court to de cree the-corporatioa ''in and of itself" to "be illegal,-and to enjoin the com pany from engaging in inter-State commerce in oatmeal products until competitive conditions existing prior to; the 'comhfnationiare restored? The petition asks, for altemporary .injunc tion to bring about jcompetltion. The name of Mt rou T, . Herrick, American ambassador to . France, ? is mentioned fa. ' the , government's bill, not as a defendant, but as one of the directors and organizers in 1891 of the American Cereal Co., which' Is de- clared to have been formed, with the design of restraining and monopoliz ing the oatmeal trade. i. The Quaker Oatsj Co., the. Great Western Cereal C04 and a number of individuals are named as -defendants. V This injunction, If granted, would remain perpetually in force and be suspended temporarily enly when the defendants had shown they were com plying with the decree. It could be reinstated at any time the govern ment showed the defendants were violating the anti-trust act. Complaint is made particularly in the bill against a contract described as a conspiracy in restrain: of trade between the Quaker Oats company and the Great Western Cereal Com panyrSy which the former, acquired the business f the -latter whirh i- is said to have been insolvent from the: uate or tne contract; June xznd, lalL: The cancellation of this agreementis asked. - ..; - . - : - -. At various times since 1888, the de f endants are ' alleged - to have combin ed and -conspired to. suppress compe? tition. In 1889, it is declared, ten cereal manufacturers, -eon trolling more than. 50 .per cent, of, the busi ness, formed a pool. f j . In 1891 most of these concerns were absorbed, It Is assertEd, bythe Ameri can Cereal Co., organized for the puiv pose xf tarrying on the pooL ' In 1901 thts corporationasua lafe er succeeded VbTtheFpresent Quaker Oats Co. , The , latter's - contract in 1911 with the Great Western Cereal Co.,-which carried with it all rights to the trade name "Mothers" as ap plied to certain cereals is described as the final, which increased, the busi ness of the Quaker Oats Co., from 60 to 90 per cent. The bill was filed by United States Attorney W&lkerson at the direction of Attorney General McReynolds. : WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ' BILL - Passed by House in Illinois Reconsid- v eration Pending Springfield, 111., June 13. The Wo man's Suffrage bill, granting women to. yote for all" statutory offices in the State of Illinois, was passed - by the House, today by a vote of 83 ayes to 58 nays. : Pending notice of a motion fo recon sider the vote by which the bill was passed, it will remain in possession of tne uouse. . unless the House recon sider its vote, which is considered not likely, the uffrage bill will be up to Governor Dunne by the latter part of the-present week for executive ap proval or veto. - In order to give notice of a motion to reconsider, Representatie; McCarty, Democrat, of Chicago, changed his vote from "ay" to "aye." He gave the formal notice that on the next leg islative day he would move on recon sideration. . : .;;.. '. The ' limited suffrage bill, which is now only a few -.steps from . becoming a law, "was introduced in the" Senate on February 11th, by Senator P. S. Magill, Republican, and was passed by . the upper branch of' the: General Assembly early' in May. 1 When the roll call had been com-1 pleted today themeasiire was one vote Speaker MoKinley, whose name Is last on the roll, had cast the seventy-sixth vote. . He ordered a call of the absen tees. Representative Barker's name wais th first absentee called.' , A shout went ; up when he voted for the - bilL Four others voted for the bill afterJt had received the seventy-sevn otes ne cessary to pass it. ; DIED . IN AUTOMOBILE Traveling Man Dies Suddenly En Route Raleigh to ; McCullers -Raleigh, N C, June 11. W. Hen ry .Bland, well known traveling man, died suddenly in his automobile while traveling from Jtaleigh to McCuller's today. . His 15-year-old sonwas with him ' in the - machine. He -leaves a widow and six.children. He had been traveling for Philips & Penny for three years. , ,. -,-; ;,, - O UTL I WES i The - Senate Finance committee continued consideration oif changes in the Underwood tariff bill yesterday. V- mu. . 1.11.1.' s 13 1.! . r- - - x iie -touoy luvesuganuu 01 tne oen-ate-centered its " activities on an in quiry, of the Hawaiian sugar interests. .;- The Quaker Oats Co., has been at tacked by the Federal court in a' civil suit charged with monopoly. -a !r Two . hundred representatives of various navy yards submitted their grievances to Secretary of the Navy Daniels yesterday for solution.. - . - Washington . officials are still at work formulating a reply to Japan's latest note on the California ,. land ownership law... - ; . - New York markets: Money on call steady 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 per cent; ruling rate 2 3-4; closing bid 2 5-8; offered at 2 3-4;s , -Flour steady. Wheat strong; iCorn - strong. Rosin easy. Turpentine steady . . Cotton.- spot.. 10 points off; middling- uplands-J.2-25; middling gulf 12.50; sales none.' JTJJSE 12, 1913. - Sugar Producers aire Resent ful of President Wilson's Attitude ATTACKED i-ouisiana. land Hawaiian Witnesses t Declare They Have Not Received - Justice Admit 'Lobby!' but Object to Term .' Washington, June 11 . Investigatioh or the "sugar lobby" by the; Senate Lobby committee today was to a mark ed "extent a controversy' over Whether i-resiaent Wilson had given the - su gar producers reason to believe they would ihave "nothing to fear"; from free sugar under his adminftrtir.Ti ; 6ut of the day's testimony in which Louislaoia and, Hawaiian witnesses re peatedly declared, they had notTeceiv- ed fair, treatment from the President: i - - naa peen: mislead by others as to his purpose the committee; succeeded in drawing what are believed to be of (the most important facts thus f ar developed. Some of the sugar men fjay, admitted they constituted a IC'abyV.althouerh thev jrhiooto t charge that any of their; actions had been "lnKiTimns" nr t. r.,., . -n . i maie OT derhanded. They admit- ouj wav mtJKl- icu mat vomprenensive campaigns had been organized and carried nut n create 4,back fires" . on Senators and Kepresentatives " from their own States, in. the hone of winnins' thoir sPPorC to the -anti-free sugar side. 1 r v'yency 01 j-ouisiana was at stake;" said Jules Onrinhaiiv -,c gar planter. "We tried to get the peo ple we did business with to write Sen ators and Representatives telling them that fre sugar would dstroy. the busi ness of the State. We asked them tn wire and. write Washin ertnn-sTii tut sclr the merchants they did business with inr -t?e, Umted states to do the aame. We tried to establish an onHiaoa r.aTr of letters and telegrams to drawat-: teuwyc yopgress to oiargnmentei c3qTmT?; Hamurg,bf ewOTkt' manager of a large HawaifanTsugar firm, admitted his firm had "nrp-ofl oil of their 1,500 or more "customers to write to,Senators and Representatives pointing out. thef destruction" to busi-; news mat woum- roiiow free sugar "We had to do that to-- overcome' some of the effects of the mis-statements that hadr been made in the free sugar campaign " ha said -' Plainly resentful of the President's recent statements as to the operation of an "insidious lobbv" in ton, the Louisian and Hawaiian sugar men. enlivened the hearings wifh fre quent .attempts to tell of the pledges wo "uenevea tney naa recelvd that sugar would not b made entirely free. Jules Godchaux and Edward F. Dick inson, the two Louisiana witnesses, declared they had tried in vain to see the President and had been informed that he had all the Information he wantd on the sugar tariff. -.:. Mr. Dickinson declared the Presi dent had never talked -with anvinran tical sugar man" about the Louisiana situations and that -he had ; secured most of his-information from National ommitteeman Robert Ewing, a news naper man; Sol Wtexler. a banker: itepreeentative Broussard and Sena tors Ransdell and Thornton. , , "I have never seen Mr. Wilson on the sugar' subject," interrupted Sena tor Thornton, who was sitting in the committee room; ,t -vi Chariges Of the suerar men thnVhov- had been given assurances of the Pres- laent s eympatny on the sugar ques tion were based on Statements-Ren- resentative Broussard is said to have maae xo tne witness, after a .visit . to "I was : assured bv. Mr. Rmnssard said . Harry Irtwin. - reDresenHnB- . the I Halo-Hawaii Board of Trade, "that a plan endorsing a tariff , reduction such as would not. destroy .mny legitimate industry was prepared in Mr - Wilson's presence and sanctioned by Mr. Wilson with 1 direct reference to the sugar question. - :. -. The fact that the Baltimore conven tion did not endorse free sugar ; and other circumstances, of the campaign, the '. witnesses ; said, had led them to the work for the Democratic ticket ad j support Mr. Wilson in the belief that he, would ,"have nothing to fear" from any movement for free sugar.. ; v "We cast 50,000 or 60,000 votes for Wilson and subscribed money" to his campaign in Louisiana,", sai Jules God chaux. .hotly, "on the assurances we thought we had that he -would ' not f a vorf ree 'sugar' 1 ' . -: ': . v i Yc . m After they got to Washington, Mr. Godchaux said, the . s'ugar : planters made vain - efforts tp see the president and talk-with him. t v 1 - ; Mr. Dickinson was emphatcs in hls statement that he was not ...an ."insid ious .lobbyist," declaring' he .had flook ed up the term and found ' it -: meant "deceitful, lying and treacherous." 'Do you know of any misleading statements that have ? beert' fcirculat- Led?" asked Senator Overman. "Why, yes. some or itnese state ments1 and bulletins ' put out - by the free sugar, advocates are not truth ful' he answered. , - ".Well,- you admit there is insidious lobbying then?" v retorted , , Senator Overman. ' "Please remember that the President has not charged, you or your association with being insidious.'-"- Mr. Dickinson-iield Mr; Ewing- and others who had vi-lked with the Pres-ident-beforehe made;up hi9 mfhd as to the sugar -tariff,' could not have explained- -the situation ' as a "practical sugar planter could."-. " i - ' , . -"Why did Mr. Ewing come -here VJ asked Chairman Overman. - . v ; a; - ."I think he felt-, it was his , duty,' replied Mr. Dickinson.. "He- raised some $20,000 in Louisiana to help elect Mr.r Wilson and seeing the destruction that was npw to be-wrought . by ,the INQUIRY CENTERS OJI SUGAR LOBBY PYW1S OF NORTH. CAROLINA Grand Lodge in Session at -Winston- ' . Salem Elect Officersand Decide ' to Meet at DurhanNexL ; Reports Received. - (Special Star Telegram.X -Winston-Salem, N. C.,. June 1L The election of officers, hearins: re ports from Grand" Lodge officers 'and the supplying of vacancies on the var ious committees constituted the order of business transacted at : the second session of the Grand . Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Domain of North Carolina. ueiu hi tne jviasonic Temple here this morning. The officers were chosen as follows: ' ' Supreme Representative, for Two YearsrA: S. Barnard, of" Asheville. Grand Chancellor J. D. Pridgen, of Durham. - . t Grand Vice Chancellor J. G. Baird, of Charlotte. ? Grand - Prelate Rev. R. ' B. Owen; of Rocky Mount.- ' Grand Keeper of -Records and Seal Ws.T. Hollowell, of Goldsboro. - , Grand Master of .Exchequer Jonn amis, 01 itutnerrordton. , Grand Master at Arms Charles H Horner, of Asheville. . , Grand Inner Juard George W Brittain, of Reidsville. - , OuterUuard W. L Stamey, The only contest of. -more th an nan. al, interest was that over nf t.h nm 01 urana cnancellor. .; At . tne arternoon session routine matters were taken ' up and at the close of the session Durham was chos en as tne next place of meeting. -r As usual, ohe Of "the most interefst- mg features' of the Grand Lodge was the- gathering of the Dramatic Order. ivnignts of Khorrassan. They were iu cnarge 01 anairs tonight and as had been expected there was a large class At the Conclusion of .that, nicht ieoa sion a sumptuous bahquet was held at me zimzenaorr ioteL It is estimated mat toere are over 200 visitinp-j-Pv thians in the citv. 1 - , :. The opening- session was held on the campus of the Salem ; Academy ana UOllege; Wiednesdav nie-ht - Mr J.' A. -MCDOWell.',; of Damrfn Tpp ' TTfi A t . . - ' w yv msion-oaiem, ..was master of cere monies and introduced the ui me evening. Mayor O. jB.j Eaton spoke on "The United City"; - Presi dent' J. L. Ludlow, of' the Board- of Trade, "The City Industrially," as has been published, and Rev.-Edward "S. Lrosiand ? delivered .. the address -of wcicuuiB. Aiie.inree annrfiSRsa wpto appropriate -andlentertaihing Re-: vwi!5B -was- maaeiDy uoir walker :Tay- tor.-'-faWHniinonUy-vHff.-A-iirfAflvrei. viewed a f ew-.of the best things swhichy me oruer stands for. maklne special uieuuooi tne tytnian orphanage at oiayiou.A ttev. Kondthaler, president 1 of . the Salem .Aeademv and College, made the concluding address ANOTHER SENSATION SPRUNG." Affidavit Says Records Against Atlan UTTiciais were padded " Atlanta. Ga.. June 11. Another sen sation . was sprung here today - in con- necuon with, the local- political fight, involving Mayor. James G. Woodward, wruuu meinoers or tne city council and officials of the DOlice department. The Atlanta Constitution this morning piBDiisneuf wnat purports to oe an af fidavit made by- ueorge M. Gentry, the stenographer who reported the confer ences alleged to have been held 5n a hotel room here recently, in which a secret telephonic device was1 said to have been used against Mayor Wood ward, Thomas B.. Felder, a. prominent local attorney; U. C. Jones, proprietor of a near-beer saloon; G. C. Febuary, secretary to umer ox detectives JN. A. Lanford, and others, vy . - -1 Gentry, disappeared 'everar days af ter; the. publication of the alleged re cords of the conferences. . .. :E. O Miles: an investiHator. declares ne ; locatea tientry m washincton. D. J., and obtained from him the affida vit: which . Miles. , turned . over to Mayor Woodward last night ' . . . . The alleged .affidavit: of Gentry de iclares that - ---"5nrinal transcription of his notes of the conferences was "pad ded,"- and ' altered, i t t , ' "The affidavit. , further .states, .that Gentry did, not hear Mavor Woodward mention the names of Chief of Police James L. Beavers and Chief of Detect ives Lanford, as was shown in the pub lished record of the conferences. ANSWER BEING PREPARED Washington ?; Officials Framing Reply to japan s Latest Note Washington, June 11. The answer of the United , States to the - last Ja panese note regarding the California alien - land legislation is now in pre paration at the - State Department. Secretary Bryan said today that the communiioation could hot be completed -before the end of this week. . - , Meanwnne, tne utmost - othcial re ticence is observed' as to the details of - the negotiations. . which . will con-' Liiiuc iiu au-.uiucumie penuu. lNeniier side seems dfsposed, to .depart from the argumentative : treatment of the subject which ' has- characterized - the correspondence, ifrom. the beginning. i free sugar policy; I : think he felt re morsefuL'v-iT'-ii.;--' ."-av'A Senator : Williams - had informed him. Mr. Dickinson said, that "he thought two-thirds ,ef the Senate ' Finance con mittee were; against! free- tradei; 2but that three-fourths would vote for it. . The character of- the -country-wide campaign organized against free sugar was detailed; r-by- the -witnesses; ' ?' "We tried to get everybody we eould to write letters and 'send telegrams," MY. Dickinsdn said. "Mule raisers in Missouri; cotton mill men, in North Carolina; dnedge buildersr-:makers,of axes, ; wedges anybody who did busi ness' with us. We asked them all to write and wire you to ; try and - con vince you of the destruction that would come with free sugi'':':-: The committee had not finished with the anti-sugar witnesses when it ad journed tonight. After several -more have been,"heard the committee will begin" the examination of those who have conducted.: the - free " sugar ' pub licity campaign. The chief of these is Frank C. Lawry, of New York, who testified before another .Congressional committee that he wts employed by the Federal Sugar Refining Company, WHtXLE NUMBER 13,348, THE GRMIO VIZIER OF TURKEY SLAIII ShorWhile Riding in Motor "Car With Other : Officials - - THE ASSASSINS CAPTURED GRAND VIZIER. ...... ... ... The Tragedy Described by Oocupantd - of Automobile Ten Shots Were Fired by Bold Murderers. Official. Account. ' . Constantinople,, June ll.-r-Mahmoud Schefket Pasha the Turkish grand vi- , zier and minister of war, was shot and killed, by assassins today. - Hisi aide de camp, Lieut. Ibrahim Bey, was al so.' 'killed. , - ,,;, . - Prince Said : Halim, foreign 'minis ter and ex-president of the council o State, has been appointed grand vizier -ad interim,; . All the other ministers retain their portfolios. ' - : ; The Official Account. -- The following, official account of the assassination thas been issued. : "On leaving the ministry of war this morning, the grand vizier entered a motor car .with the intention 'of pro- , ceeding to the sublime porte, but the car 5? as obliged to stop while going through Bayezid and Divan . Y olu Square because the road was torn up. Some persons in another car. whose ' identity has not been established fired ten shots at the car: , The grand- vi zier, who- was severely . wounded, was' taken back. to the ministry, of war. wnere ne mea nait an hour , later. Lieut. Ibraham Bey. who -; was ac- . companying Mahmoud Schefket Pa-. sha, also was hit by some of the bul- " lets and subsequently died." V Suspects Arrested. A man named Tonal Tewfik has been arrested: he is suspected of be ing one of the assassins. He had In his" possesion two revolvers and. some cartridges. ,.' " . CabL Schreef. who. was rldiner with the grand vizier, describes the trage-, 1 W an '. 1 n m n . . ....... .., ........ ... . , T... -, " We were leaving Bavezid Sauare " when ur-. .motor . stopped .on' t account ' Dflrepairbeih3g'afiad& ;ihe. ro&JL. l, heard" ah explosion, but -attached no- - importance; toit, 'thinkfng .that. a tire, s had "burst. r - - - But Schefket. Pasha fell frtrwwrrl T took -him in my arms to hold him up and saw, the . blood on his face. v "The reports continued and I iumn- - ed from the motor to seize the aesas- sins, but J they, ffed in their car, with the exception of Topal Tewfik, who had no time to get in. One of) the, as- , sassins. in thenar fired at me repeat edly and I cannot understand whv I ' was not hit." '' . The motor car-used bv the assas sins was tfound this afternoon andthe owner was arrested. He has already made certain admissions. . Regret Expressed. Rome, June 11.- TheN assassinatirm of the Turkish grand vizier has caused a profound impression here.. General regret is expressed over , the tragedy notwithstanding- the fact that Mah- - moud Shefket Pasha .was' one of the ' most bitter opponents of Italy' during ' the - Italio-Turkish war. The opinion Is held in Rome that the death of Schefket Pasha was a severe blow to - the youngs. Turks. , x ' SATURDAY'S : POLO MATCH ' Americans to Contest. With British for international ,iropny " Hempstead, N. Y : : June . 11 'With fMbhte" Waterbury out of the srame because of a ' broken finger, and the famous "Big Four" therefore ho loh'arer intact,-close foildwers of 1 American polo are inclined to the belief that Saturday's coming match with the . British challengers for the '' interna--tipnal trophy- will ibe anything but at walkover.v. . ;, : 1 1 k Louis Stoddard. who. took Water- bury's place ryesterda.y, is a capable player and performed excelletly but -he has ot had Watecbury's experience in worKing with the othrs and ;it is feared. that team play may suffer. Again it is anticipated by many that the British might try to execute Ameri- . can tactics that proved so successful an try. to srush the opposition off its . feet at the start. Hbw the American. . defense would stand such an offense is problematical.1 ' . - 1 . Betting odds today ruled around 10 to 6 on the Americans. 1 J- " After yesterday's hot encounter none of the players on either side indulged in much work today The English- ' ' men had light exercise and the. Amer icans a - similar work out. . - v. " N EWS FROM THE OLI N DA. Fire ?1 EJctirtguishedWill v Probably ' j -; Reach Port Today. . .... ; Charleston, S:'.C. June 11. At .,.ia " o'clock tonight; U the .Munson Lino steamship OUnda was 13 miles off the Charleston' light , ship for which she waso making s at "reduced speed. - The captain ; saeographed that they , believ-, ea.'tne nre to ;pe extinguished and- tnat " ten reef - or water ; nooded hold NO.-11,', where the. blaze occurred The Olinda Will probably come into nnrfc r . tomorrow morning'.. . - , - ' SNOW IN STATE -- Bristol, Va.-Tenn., June 11. A special from Bakersville, N. C, " says that three -, inches of -snow feir in Mitchell ' county this morning. , The weather In this entire - mountain section has been the coldest for three days that has ever been known 4 in June. Cattle owners in A "Western - North Carolina report. f mm, uuejf wni ; ue compeiiea. to pen : tneir cattle and . reed them owing to the erass all beine cov- mU i erea. witn. snow. v. 7 v..
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