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- v, ' - ' ' ...... ' , . ,V - . V'.-.' THE WEATHER. Generally fair Friday ana Saturday; light variable winds. '' : . '.-.., ,,f G S THE uUKKtilGY BILL SmSSS :Wl0;m: lEiif isilfilR Stssai;! 7t9tt;ir Prni ' ' 'V lll ttllUll i UlLL T Crtmihal at&y8 1 1 1 1 Ulll ) 1 1 iUI ililjHll Hard Week in the Coal HLLHImlU.Ufl Chairman of the Honse C6m4 mittee Outlines the Measure ' , J WILSON ADDRESS CONGRESS Bill Will be Introduced in House and: Senate After the President De livers His Speech to Con gress Monday,' Washington, June 19. The adminis-; tration currency, till ' was made pub- lie tonight . by Representative Glass," chairman of the . House Committee on Banking and Currency. "It will be"in: troduced in,the House andSen'atev af-l ter President Wilson has delivered in person his address to Congress : on.:; Monday- ' ' ; An outline of the measure prepared by Mr. Glass describes it as "a basis ; for legislative action," states- that . it' will be gone-over in detail for altera--tions, and sets out that its purpose is to accomplish-three . principal -o1; jects: .- . . . . ?) Provision oi a means for r.e-dis-counting commercial paper of; speci fied types. " ' . ; ' I : -v A basis for elastic notes properly, Machinery for- doing foreign bankf ing business. ' : The measure's essentials -remain, as they have been outlined from time to time since the President .began a study of the subject with House and. Senate leaders, Secretary McAdoo and other advisers, providing 12 or more: Federal reserve banks which. :will. re discount paper, -deal ; in government securities, exchange and conduct gov ernment fiscal operations, national banks and such State banks and trust companies and conform to standards would be stock holders of the reserve banks. The government wotthT hbld no stock. : -i .. - ' - The "government would, control the Federal reserve banks , entirely thrmisrh ' a Ffideral . reserve s board ; d seven members in - which the banks would have no TeprsentatiQBV, Thja ioard would-: he composed of the Sec retary of.- the --Treasury," Secretary 'of Agriculture, the Comptroller, 1 of the Currency, as members ex-officio; four other members would be chosen -by' the President and -confirmed, by the Senate. ' . ; The National bank note circulation would remain undisturbed and no pro posal is made in - the bill , for retiring aproximately JTOQ.OOOOOO 2 per cent, bonds upon, which that note issue now rests. An amendment or separate bill to refund those bonds into 3 per cent, bonds may be introduced later.- In addition to the 5700,000,000 exist ing National bank notes, not more than $500,000,000 in what are to be known as Federal . reserve treasury notes might be -issued at the jdiscrer tion of the Federal reserve board, in place of making advances to the fed eral reserve banks, which would do no business with the public, deal only with their member, banks and receive deposits only,from -the United States. While the notes would on their face, purport to be the obligations of the United States they would be required to be secured, by a gold reserve, of 33 1-3 per cent, provided by the Fed eral reserve bank, would be' a first and paramount lien on all the assets of these banks and would be 'redeem-4 able in gold on demand at the Treasu ry Department in. the city of Washing ton or any Federal reserve bank. 'X Stringent provisions are: made against counting "any-of these notes as a part of bank reserves; and' the system is guarded against 'iinflattJon by lodging power; with the Federal re serve board to -exact- any -interest charge unon treasury notes In order tp secure their prompt"' redemption'.1: ine notes are not-made legal tender, but would be receivable by the gov ernment and every bank of the system at par without exchange. '. No change would be made - in . the protection of other, existing notes. The Federal reserve board - would require one Federal reserve bank; to re-discount the paper of another and ould establish a rate on discount ot necessarily unifdrm - for all reserve banks, but made with a view to accom modating the coinmerce of the coun try and promoting a stable price leveL For re-casting the present bank re serve system, the . bill . proposes to transfer the reserves from National banks in the present reserve and cen tral reserve cities to FederaL reserve banks, carrying, the process of trans fer over 38 months to avoid shock to market conditions.- The bill proposes, accordine to Mrv; Olasai statement. ultimately the establishment of a re- serve system in ; which country-banks wul have 15 per cent, of reserve (i. e. f? Per cent, of total demand liabili ties) such 15 per cent to be held 5 per cent, in the hank's vaults, 5 per lent, with the National reserve bank ana o per cent. either at home or ith the reserve bank, whUe. reserve ana central reserve city . banks have reserveR nf 9Cl .n'a-r tif nf Homand liabilities of which ao per cent. : Willi " at nome, 5, per cent, wltn tne re serve bank of the -district, and '.5 per cent, either at home or with the Pre serve bank," the statement says. r The presumed' effect of this plan be to end the niacins of reserves W1th central reserve- city banks for se in stock market operations, - to pep reserves in - some measure at Home, and to rennirp snpoulators to get the funds they need in their ope rations either by, directly borrowing "T in irom persons who hold tnem ana ant to lend the cash for that purpose, 9r else bv hnrrnwlrnr from : tha hanks tn tihe Pla-ces where the operations are ue carriea oJt--':,v'--r!-':'-'-'?; In the belief tnflt: fhA rrseht rer serve system is antiquated and unsat "autury, mat the massing of iunas ' Aew York anA nthPT finnnHal o.p.n- rs, of which so much has been said hi recent yearsA: andijhat in order, to (Special Star Teleersim.l - , Atlantic Hotel, Morehead CityT N. C., June 19. -The annual session of the -Medical Society : of North Caro lina . came ; to a close today, and the members - who : remained after vthe meeting betook themselves to the surf and to .matching fish, v , - rheJast Official act of the meeting was the election of officers and the following were named: , ir f, I)r. A D. Parrott, of Kin ston; vice president, Dr. John R. lr; RSiiecrvtary- Dr- John A. Ferrell, Kaielgh ; chairman of the committee on arrangements, lr. Albert Anderson. . A resolution was passed upon the death of Dr: R. S. Young, of Concord," which occurred suddenly Wednesday. - The new . Board of Councilors met aod organized 4y electing Dr. M. Li. Stevens, of AsheVille, president, and TiE: - -P- B. Bonner, of Morehead City, as secretary,, two of the most wide-awake doctors in the State. ' Another matter of business transact ed was the election of two members of the - board of . hnalth rir- r,r,0 Thompson, of Jacksonville, jand Dri . JveHi- or ienoir, being elected; -It-..Was a STTeat disanrrHitm Ant- . rnof Governor Craig could not be present Tuesday night.' ' Dr. Stuart McGuire and Dr. J . . Allison Hod s-m Kr.t f Richmond, Va two Invited guests. reaa very interesting papers. Dr. Mc Guire s paper, was on the subject of .Hypothyroidism,", and he gave -a splendid presentation: of a condition occupying the border line between medicine and surgery. . ; -.;-;. : Dr. Hpdges gave a masterly, paper on the conservation of nervfi and tttoti. tal health. Some of the errors of mod ern educational methods were present ed ina new lieht. . ? -jkir. jonn b. Ray. of .Raleigh, super- mtenaeni oi me tate School for the Blind, another invited guest, gave a very interesting talk on the cause of blindness. Dr. Ira M. -Hardy, of the State "School for the Feeble-minded at: Kinston, showed tut interesting- se- i iea oi laacem Klines, jrrastratlng flif ferent 'forms of feeble-mindedness. t Slides Were also exhibited Rhowin? the buildings nonr being erected for this State school 'and the beautiful plans, for the complete r institution' as planned by the authorities of the school. - iHls lecture -was very instruc tive well-ua ihtetesttoff No one cowl Tail taiecoeHize its im-DortancR frortfisrlpresenlatlonf-the". ject. -'Tne-'istate'has appropriated suf flcient' money - t6: Complete - ohly- three of . these buildlngir so far,, but it is hoped that with this- beginning and with the school soon to be started. that this wortty institution will5- re ceive the eordial sunnnrt of th nmv pi' of the State. DV. Hardy is work-. ing wdtn enthusiasm and the State is to be congratulated upon having- a man at the herm . who has his Whole heart, soul and body in this noble work. . '' - v . At Wednesday's meeting some vfery important resolutions were passed re lating: to the society's internal work ings, with" a view to better business meetings. 'It was resolved also to. aaopt. a plan or wnat is . known' as medical defence by which, it is un derstood, that the society will employ a competent, attorney to represent the organized profession in two particu lars: First, to defend in the courts all malicious prosecutions of the so ciety's members; second, to look after ther proper enforcement of the medical law Qt the State and thus relieve In dividual members and county . socie ties: of . the odium and expense, of at ten dins to these matters : ' ' : ' - "Tne,; scientific paper ; presented on Wednesdayfere of very high" order. The' subjects of unusual interest were presented by very able and -practical papers On. pellagra, and hemorrhagic fever. An exceedingly valuable paper was presented by Dr. . Paul Anderson, or -Richmond, .on .T some- common - fa- lacies concerning. (insanity., A unique point , made oy the. doctor was tnat m sanity is not indicated, by what a man thinks, but rather , by. what he does. A man "may ' have delusions, but un less these delusions lead to some in sane, act, he would not be regarded as nsane. ., . Dr. A. J.' Crowell. of Charlotte, and Dn: C. pi. Aberhathy, of Raleigh, read very interesting papers bearing on their specialties. The section on gyne cology presented; paoers: or a yery.nign order, practical and - up-to-date. : - A special feature .of the conjoint session of the society with the State Board Of Health was the discussion Of the new.yvltal statistics law by which every birth; and every death with - the cause of the same, will be . recorded. This is regarded as the most important health law ever enacted in the state, as oniy by this means can actual rec ords be obtained. ' ' : - Wednesday night, the first part or the session was occupied by the read ing" of - very appropriate memorials or decesased members of the society, dy- Ing since the last meeting, tnese pe- tasr irs. iwny ana . lvey, tcoDinson Merriwether and others. ' Dr: j Ji T, Burrus. of High Point, then read the . annual essay and in", a very eloqoient address entertained the large, mixeu Buuieuue iui a ouuu hu-tf- f an hour -ion f'Our Profession. Thia was followed by the annual ora. tion by Dr. H." 'D Stewart,' of Monroe. iiihlMr.-.--3Bdek:t,-t'Dr.'-t Stewart covered the subject completely. . Dr. H . O : Hvattr Of Kinston; who is one of the best iknown doctors in the State read a paner on Physiologic Fsycnoi o-erv in Relation to Feeble-mindedness.' This naiwr Attracted unusual atteh tion and was ably discussed by Drs TTiftrte-Aa and 1fl,rrot.t. , The society has had a very profita hT nH Hnlensftnt meetins:-and the ses sion was characterized thoroughout by papers and discussion that were con sidered or an extremeiy uiu uci, BRUCE CARRAWAY. get the real Benefit; froni the system oi re-aiscoufii wuiu-us .,Z ,iia ed as a remedy 'f or many existing evils it is necessary : to hase such system - - . oi .fnntrnl of reserves, provision las been made for re-casting the - present an. reci tw, "h t Would Give ; Preident ; Au thority t6 Suspend : Rates in Law RECIPROCITY " AGREEMENTS Apply s to Cases Where Nations Dis- crlmimate Against . Products of. United States Many Ar- tides Specified Washington, June 19. An amend ment - to the ' Underwood tariff .bill adopted today by the "majority, mem bers ! of the Senate Finance ' committee wouldv give the -President of the' Unit ed States authority to suspend certain rates in the proposed law, and to pro-! claim" special rates, against : , nations which- discriminate, against products of the United States. . ' ; " : ' , The amendment is appended "to. the- clause . giving the President authority to negotiate reciprocity agreements withT other nations; and. in some re-. speets resembles the maximum and minimum clause of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law eliminated in the House, bill. In substance - the amendment would provide that when any nation discrim inates against the products of the United 'States or imposes restrictions upon United States exports, or. does not, in theopinion of the President,- reciprocate im trade relations. - the President may by proclamation sus pend certain rates and put in effect other rates. . - ,, V- ' Only ' specified articles. It ; is under stood, are to be : included under the terms of this amendment,: and the re taliatory ? rates ; are specified , also. Among the articles; included-in the list upon which, the President might sus pend rates are fish, wheat; wheat flour, coffee, f tea earthenware, Wines and malt "; liquors, -silk dress goods,. leather gloves, jewelry, sugars and molasses. The duties-prescribed vary .as ;to the diffesrent articles... Fish; it is ! reported, would be .dutiable at one cent as pound, wheatvat. ten .cents, a- bushel,; nour at 45r eBtaayarr;eI,;-ii iew- ceBtava-pe poena fwonla be placed on coHee and tea. : On other - items tne - penalty would, be ;& doubled' rate, while on su gars. -Which -probably : never would be affectfed, the rate-would be only a frac t ion -of a cent per pound. -The amend ment. Of course, is, subject to ratifica fciott of the Democratic Senatorial cau cus, which will begin work on the bill tomorrow. ? Besides adding' this amendment, the majority; members stripped the admin- lstrative:s provisions or the under wood' bill rof many. Of their features, including . the inquisitorial clause, which - gave American agents the right to examine foreigners' books in cases of disputed import valuations. They also struck out the provision requiring registration bureaus for commission aries and agents in American consul ates; the provision to give the Secre tary of the Treasury the right to de termine the existence oi non-existence of a 5 foreign market : the anti-dump- ing Clause, which proviueu eic uu ties On imports undersold in this coun . . i j a -a.. try, land the five per cent tariff dis count on imports in American vessels. The committee. - however, inserted an .amendment providing four theap Dointment 'of a commission; to beieomi- posed. :tf '-members, .of ..the.sSenate. Fi nance na xne tiouse ; w aya aim ivxeauis committees, to makejt thorough study of the whole tariff; administration ?.iuestion and - report . recommendations or Its - readjustment. The taction of tho Committee strikes? irom tne Pin an theT provisions which aroused protests froni foreign nations. . r ' The committee declined to approve the Amendment suggested by Assistant General uennison, , ana ; Assisiant oeo- retary of the Treasury Curtis, which would-iive the Secretary of the .Treas- unr authority to? oroclaim - values of Imports irrespective or toreign mar kets, a scheme designed primarily to protect the government against lossH of revenue under an aa valorem lanu throueh undervaluations. ThiSix the committee tnougnt not practical. It adopted, however, a sug gestion rrom tne same sources masmg it unlawful to take up cases in the customs court on a contingent, ree oa SIR.. V. ' :: . .' -:i .Aftfti To-onenine consideration or ihe-1 hrin-b-Daoer schedule today the committee : re-considered its former Aptimiand struck out its amendment addingthe countervailing provision or. tha Canadian reciprocity laws. - - as tha Mil coes to the -caucus- the Under woodi provision remains undisturbed, nrint-haner valued at not 1 more than two and a half cents a pound, goinrf on - the ? unrestricted free list. s ' The committee now nas uisposea or all the schedules and aammist ration features of the bill,1 and tomorrow will turn tnenx over f to tae caucus. . at worked- Until' a late ; hour tonight oh the income tax, which WiB be -reported to; the, caucus as soon as possible. v j r nt nit rnin umw w w Three) Valuable Horses KHIed-Great - .Property Loss - '..' '.'.-' Hugginsville.r Mo.y Jiine-19. -Three valuable race horses -were killed in a fire .which destroyed alarge barn and thirty sheds at the IFayette county fair grounds here yesterday. Albert Allison, a pacer, with a mark, of 2:10 1-4 owned by W. Hi Hackley, of Hig cHnsville - was one of the horses killed. The, other two were wned by Captain Ryland Todhuntdr, ox Lexington, mo and t John 1?: Bppsff Dover, Mo. - j. Kinx htv'. tiati June ' 19. Enter Ing -of a decree in final receivership Tallin - for the' sale of properties of th -Kansas City. : Mexico ' & Orient BUrnd. wftjj . nofltooned today " unti Mon4ay as, a -result of a request for mnrc Hme made by attorneys for re- ceivers- and - bondholders. Washington Jufe " 19.4-The Wbb law forbidding inter-State Wipnaehts of t liquor; into "drStates isj not a criminal i statuterhd ..vibiations of it cannot be prosecuted in United States courts. Attorney; General McRey nolds so . declared" In mstruetionsXsent today to . every United States attor ney in the countryy The law merely prohibits such inter-State . traffic, and contains no penalty for infractions.' . "Its purpose," said the Attorney General, "is. to permit"' State laws to operate in respectv of, ; intoxicating II- quors - moving m- c. lnter-State merce." i ' - ' :vvv- com- i The law simply depnves shinoerB of any privilegesthey, might - claim on the ground pf inter-State commerce, , and -permits the application -rot State; prohibition .Jaws to. inter-State com merce inllqiors.-v V : f v . ' The tnterpretattotty ; .. . WastiingtOT"JuAe; lrThis - Is ! the first time that the -Department of Jus tice has construed the-' Webb ; taw, which was declarea uncaastitutibnal by former ; President Taft, and former Attorney General Wickerstaam. Rres-; ideht -Taft - vetoed the bi21; on t the ground thatit Violated the Inter-State commerce- clause of, theoenstitutiOni by : delegating . the reeulatioii of inter state commerce to?' the; States. The bill was passed over his veto. Attorney General McReynolds'. in terpretation is saidi. to mean that the ederal governmentris.not called up on to .enforce, a iar r for the- violation of Which no penalty Is imposed, - and that the inter- Stated conimerce forbid den by the law: is "eutlaw?' commerce, in regard to which the States are free to apply their statutes. The Attorney Generaldid not attempt to pass upon the "constitutionality of " the act, and it is believed that- this ' question ultimately- may reach fhe-Ualted v States supreme uourt. -! vc , i ? : - ;TexaFavr Repeal. ' Galveston Tex.. -June" 19. The Tex as Pharmaceutical Association today went on recoro as lavonng the repeal of . the " Federals la w prohibiting ship- insofar as ito permit druggists to re ceive ; and sell .alcohol-l .and liquors strictly foraaedicinal purposes; ; - . -T "Drya'JiWina Victory,- ? v; Springfield, v 111.. June ?Drys" won in the Illinois legislature today' when the Senate passed two bills re- . uue measure yroni uiussaiaonB wiin- i n four miles of the Unltersity of Illi nois. The other .enactmemt 1 makes , it possible for the voters -o" any resi dence territory -containing- not more tnan 5,ouo registered voters" to vote wet or "dry . A second vote on the same proposition cannot be taken f or three years. JAPANESE ENVOYS Beng . Entertained fat Washingt6n visit. -wnite House Washington. June 19. A ' call upon President Wilson, a luncheon confer ence with Secretary Bryan, and a visit to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, made this busy day for the four commer cial envoys from Japan, nere on a mis sion of. peace. The visit to the- White House, though brief, was long enough for Dr. Soyeda., .who heads the delegation un officially, to give tne President his view of the California alien land act situation. At the luncheon with' Sec retary Bryan the visitors are said to nave talked freely regarding, the Cali fornia difficulty. ; and to - haive- given their host arConrpTehensive resume or their view of . conditions in the West, and : also the i general f eeimgun "Japan over the passage d the laaid act Details of the - conference, at 'the Chainber of Commerce of ' the United States were not .made public; but it is understood thac the Japanese envoys laid before the officials the clan to -en list ithe great commercial . bodies of America m an -effort to bringing about a friendly settlement of the .California trouble.- Two -members of the? party jutxisi s. ouiuii tuiu AueirLuj- ten ' vuua,j K It . C11. J A V. 1 1 ' . i. aA for New York and from there will re turn1 to their , homes on the- Pacific coast. . Dr.- Soyeda " and Mr.-?Kamiya will remain In Washington fox-several days before-going to. New York. They have not announced the date of their reiuru to xuitiu. - v - : : : London. June 19. Wallace F. John son. . of Philadelphia, today ; beat the German crack. F- W. Raho. by. three sets to two in the fourth-ground or the open singles In the London lawn ten nis championship tournament. OUTLINES Fourteen ipersons were , killed - at Vallejo, Cah.when two electric-trains met head-on. . The Senate Mine investigatingCom mittee has returned to Washington af ter a' hard week;s work In., the coal fields lot WtestVirglna. ": The race, for; the gold cup-at? Ascot, England yesterday was. marred-1 When an insane man" fractured his? skull . in attempting.- to .half one of the" racing horses. " : -H . vThe Senate --Lobby Investigating committee continues in the exalnina tion of witnesses in connection with the. campaign,-of . the free: sugar advo cates- : - '. - -..i - , The administration currency bill has been made public by Representa tive "Glass,: chairman ; of - the House Banking and. Currency committee. The President will address Congress on the subject Monday. , . v , TheWebb law, forbidding inter State shipments of liquor into" "dry" States Is. not a criminal statute, ac cording to Attorney - ueneral MCRey nolds, and . violations of the measure can . notUSe prosecuted in , the . United States courts. . - , - .. : New York markets : Money on . call steady, 2 to 2 1-2 per cent; ruling,rate 2: closing. bid 2 1-4: ottered at 2 1-2 Flour auiet. 'i .Wheat, easy; V. Corn easy Rosin quiet.'' "Turpentine easy. Spot cotton closed , Mjuiet; middling: uplands 12.35: 'middling- gulf ,12.60: -. Sal6s- 39 bales. 5 ' - . - The Naiion-Wide: Campaign bf v ; the Free Sugar Ad- ! '; vocates DETAILS OF FIGHT EXPOSED Organizer of "Committee of C Whole sale Grocers" Examined Man- ager of the Associated ' ' " Press on the Stand,- . , ' :-- - . - .: " -Y,:-'.' r 'Washington, June 19. The Senate committee in pursuit -of "the lobby? turned over a new leaf in the story of, sugar today, and heard the details of the nation-wide and long continued, campaign the adybcates. of jjEree ugac made to remove the" duty fori' that arr ticlje; ..;c.:' . ; - ' -' -J :y: f 'Frank C. Lowry, sales agent of the, Federal Sugarv ' Refining Company, secretary and organizer -of Jthe "Com-; Mtte, of, Wholesale Grocers" f wrote me : iree sugar cnapier ior -me com mittee, while Senator Cummins ? act ed as guide through the Smoke- of the battle ;of arguments and Senators; Nelson and Walsh lent their, assist-: ance when the issues seemed '. to be come obscured. . i . 1 - T Tonight the committee adjourned,: subject to the call of the chair. The three 'Democratic members- will.-be required . to attend the - - Democratic) caucus on the tariff bill whioh begins tomorrow and Chairman Overman 'did not know when the hearings would -bef resumed. ' - ;- Robert S. Lovett. cnairman- of : the Union Pacific board of directors, had not been summoned to appear tonight, and his subpoena maynot be. served .! until the inquiry is taken up again. 1 : Lowry s examination featured -.the Closing session of the . committee.-' He told of his attempts to accelerate pub lic opinion ana to persuade Mongress men and Senators, and spoke frankly of his efforts in the national campaign Of last Fall. He. said, he 'furnished most of the sugar- mformfation which appeared: in the , Democratic -campaign, text book ; that he prepared data - on fresjyigar ioejnoticispaign. document which - the-. or'esenit.Secretary of the Navy,. Mr. Daniels, said1rouli get circulation of a million in pamph let, form, and1 that he had ' wired urg ing every member of the resbrtttlons committee at the Baltimore ; couyett: tion to put a ifree sugar plank in 'the Democratic platform. .- The r witness wap on the stand for four hohrs, and when he left he nromised ' to hroduce any correspondence! in his files relat ing to the organization of; the . Groc ers" committee, or his free .sugar cam paign.'; Many of the circulars sent out by nim on the letter head of that or ganization were read in the record by- Senator Cummins. , Lowry testified that he had conduct ed his fight solely for ;. the Federal company, and that other refiners had not figured in it. He thought the 'ex penses had amounted to about 'SZa.uuQ in lour years. Exclusive of his sala ry and commission as sales agent amounting to about. ?68,0U0 in that period. - He got nothing for his -tariff work, he said. After many .questions by Senator Cummins the "Witness agreed that although all the JfUgar te nners did not seem to favor free-su gar., they would benefit onlyin a less degree than the Federal -bya' redUc- that an official-pf the American 'Sugar Refining uomnany. the so-caued! trust. had s told" hito- that free sugar. "Would .. ....... : it. . i .'.'Jf .' put UUBlUtJBiS. . . T , . , Senator Nelson was especially inter ested in the Committee' of Wholesale Grocers, ' and - wanted to -know JUst how-. it; was formed. - : v.. :i There was no 'formal . 'meeting,' Raid Tnwrvi "T 'wrote - tn 2nv nY 30 wholesale grocers i and sugested, that We form such?a committee." .- "Thev v were iust dummies:4: theft. suggested ! Senator Nelson?-: '1 -don't think they were very dumb,"i replied ix)wry. : ":--;f -The .whole proceeding-was earned on by correspondence? -: -x' v-.-;'--.?'.. v 'Yes. sir." - '-U't- 'You appointed the secretary and chairman, and organized the commit tee?" .- - . -YV: "Yes. sir." ' .7-. - Lowry told of efforts to break up the Committee. . ; i n fJi .- 'The domestic sugar people sent put men," he said, "to;try tobreak it up. They said 'Lowry is a pad man,' you will be. subpoenaed oerore a con gressionar committee in Wlashihgtoh But thev stuck." tv ? 'What authority had you to select a. committee, for the ..wnoiesaie gro cers of the ; -United - States asked Senator Cummins. - "I did not." said the witness 1 Se lected a committee for the people of tne m nitea,,sstates.;u -- -&;.;-? .Senator Cummins read a telegram from Lowry, to. West Tubhs' secretary of the. American Society: of 'Equity;1 Madison, wis., saying : . "It is of the utmost impprtante 'that you immediately- teiegrapa uscar 1 w. Underwood, chairman of the? Ways and Means committee, or yourvcon gressihan in" Washington. imDresSifig noon them . the , importance of taking immeaiaxe ictioir . lowaru retiuu-nou .t ' . - 3 it - .X, In the duty on sugar. Secure, the co operation of as any others as possi ble- in doing this, immeaiate ; action .A circular letter f rom ; Lb Wry . read Ing-in part: "I wired you ? yesterday a skine- vou to telegrauh your: reore sentative in Wlashington o do I every thing in his power,,to breakthe" dead lock exlsung in tne ways ana Means committee over sugar schedules. This is "the kind of. work that; helps tile cause, :":' --i;vj.S',i.:S:iS "The beet sugar men ; have been ononrtiTip a iargft nart . of their time trying to confuse the issue -1 was' nfrair, thev --might be. successful -in their- efforts t and therefore , .desired, that-the Ways and Means,' committee be impressed - with the fact that - the country as a whole was. watching -their 4 Washintgon, , June ' 19 Three tired United States; Senators came back to Washington :f " tbday after & week of strenuous investigation in ; the coal strike district of -West Virginia. Sen ators Swanson, , Kenyon! and Martlne returned to the Senate to take up their egislative duties. -" During a week in Charleston the committee examined nearly a hundred Witnesses, worked ' 10 or 12 hours a day, often sitting until after midnight, and took about 1,000000. words, of -tes timony. The committee -will resume hearings in - Washington in a few weeks and -will take up the charge of the West Virginia coal, operators that the miners' : union is in - league with operators in the' competitive . fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and : Illi nois to ruin the West Virginia Indus- try.- , ' . -, . 'Y:---f- . when the committee - resumes - the coal operators will press thefr com plaint -that Senator Martine has preju diced the case against them. They1 will be asked to be allowed to place in the record written statements . by Senator Martine criticising' the operators.'-The attitude s of 'Senator. 1 Martine will be taken up by the sub-committee and prooabiy w1" be presented to tne -ruu conimittee on education and laoon KISS COSTS PASTOR PULPIT Married Woman With Whom He Sym patNzed Receivedthe Salute Richmond, Va., - June -19 . Because, through sympathy: he kissed a.mamed woman, a member of his congregation, the Rev. David Francis, pastor of the Third Christian church, . of this city, was relieved of his charge by the of ficial .board, after an investigation in to the charges. -. - :- , The board agreed not to publish its findings in detail after exacting , a promise' from Mr. Francis not to at tempt to occupy a pulpit? in the Chris tian church 4.gam. - - : - ; Mr. Francis does not deny-thati he kissedthe woman, but does deny that the kiss was implanted with improper intent. The woman.; who had been con fiding : to the ? pastor her troubles, ap-f peared : at nas : ooaramg nouse last week, and when ' she ' commenced to cry he comforted her with a touch of his lips upon -. ner cheek. -..: ; rue ' aenoseu. uastox came to 'tticn- mnnd - f mm.:NAva:,SP6t.fa. last ' Octoben Heyimarried 'ji ah4,menibrfftis4 oinllv-u-itt'exA an A f nroof ill RTWBaker.' He stated todiy he would :' remain; to -Rich-i mond. but had not decided :iwnat ms iuuire occupataon wouia oe.i , , r Convention adjourns American . Association of Dairy, Food v ; . and ..Drug Officials - Mobile!: Ala.. June 19 .The ?Ameri can Association of Dairy, Food and Drug officials: concluded their conven tion here this evening, naming offi cers and deciding; to meet, next year at Kmco, on Moose Head Lake, Maine, Resolutions were adopted that the as sociation use its influence to secure a law standardizing the strength of proprietary medicines which would be recognized by the United States .Phar macopeia, Another resolution passed unanimously seeks a new method of labelling, food and rugs "guaranteed under the pure food, and; rugs act of 1906" ' so that the "label may have a meaning. . The following officers were named: James H. Wallis. of Idaho, presl dent; J . S . Abbott, Texas, first . vice president; S. B. .Strode, Ohio, second vice president; - SvCsDinsmorer Ne-! vada, third. ylce president; H. r . Fot- tets i Connecticut, ?-treasurer;v f w . M Allen,,. North Carolina, secretary. efforts and would call on them' for ah accounting if they failed to act. , I am satisfied they received a great number; of telegrams' yesterday, and 1 privately learned last night" that favorable-.- action has been taken by the committee." and -that a; bill will be favorably reported in the near future. v.To get the fight in the open win, oi course,.: be a ; great satisfaction . to us all." :. -1 . -: ' - - "Don't you call that a lobby?" asked Senator Cummins. .' nt is not a lobby at all that is the direct primary idea, said Lowry. Did "you -have any matter sent out in .'plates ? asked Senator Cummins. "l only fell for that once, said the witness. About three years ago, he said,, a New York firm offered to get plate matter in papers, and that after wards they got articles in "plate" in 125 papers. ;. For this Lowry paid $500. There was. nothing in the articles to show that they were coming from the Federal Sugar Refining Co. r "No sir." .-:?:.:. - Charles B. Warren, , president and general counsel ..or - the Michigan - su gar Ccwasi the last -witness tonight Mr-' warren. -identified letters read in to' the record as part of the correspon dence of C. C.s Hamlin; the beet sugar man." Questioned by Senator 'Walsh about -one , letter regarding: the pur chase' of bonds., of the Chicago Inter- ucean,,. warren said that, he nad re ceived such a letter from. Hamlin, but that -neither ;he,vnor . the -rMichigan company had purchased such bonds. . -Warren ;said) that at one-time he held stQCkJihV the MichigEy-;company for the American Sugar; Refining Co., but not. now. ' He said that at one time the so-called trust: had held more than 42 per cent, of the. Michigan stock, but that enough lot this - stock had ...been sold to reduce the trust's holdings to about 33 per cent, , This was done,1 he said, to prevent -any complications un der the Sherman law. ' ; - f ' v Questioned about f his : appearances Senator' Cummins suggested; that he had,befen here May 24th last and War ren, saying he was a member of the executive committee, of the Kepuou- can' National Committee, and had been here at. a meeting . of that body. - At the morning session. Melville E Stone, general manager of . the Asso ciated tress, took - the stand at , his own request, and put into the record his correspondence with C. C. Ham un, of. Colorado springs, coior con cernina: ' publicity .which the beet su gar interests hoped to get through the Capitol j Biiilding; ' Unroofed fand Many Other Struct- ures -iV.ivt.;,s. Damaged V- ? t"'- ALMOSTc SEVERE AS CYCLONE Storm Lasted ; For" 15 Minutes Great : Property pstructlon-omMttn- ' . .- ieation Cut OffCrops ' ! ,"r,i 'Are Damaged . j.:. Tallahassee, Fla"., - June '19 . ' A ? tor- nado; yerging, onto , a cyclone swept over this city late, yesterday unroofing the" ' State capitol and many - stesi ruining the stocks of merchants, tear-; ing trees out by the. roots land twisting . , telegraph, telephone and. electric light poles off at the base, plunging the -city, lnt)"darkness and cutting off cominun- ' u-aiiuu ; wiiu : uie ou.tsiue f wonu ... lor hours. The paper stocks of the State printer at the capitol- was ruined. ; The funnel of ram, mud and, hall swept .across the county,, killing and maiming ; livestock,; damaging ; the cot-, ton and .corn crops andi razing build' ings. so far no loss of life ; has. been - rM-irriat lint- it in ferod that mantt negroes' -have'' "been injured . or killed: ' n the ruins of their shacks on the farms. , . The historic trees, in the park wTe twisted off "at the toots and near ly every, store: in 'town was flooded with rain and hail. Many small, houses were demolished. - . : .. .'.: The storm : lasted 15 ' minute s and ' succeeded a deadly, calm, hot, oppres srve-oay,- :. . .. :' ',' r V . 7C Mobile Struck " V .-- -: Mobile. Ala.. June 19 .'Considerable damage . was done along ; the .. .Mobile water .front last night': by . a- storm; which lasted but ,a few minutes, dur ing which the wind reached- a high ve- ocityir"The. Norwegian bark- Francis ; Hagerup . was torn" from her moorings, '-. the schooner M.. J.-Taylor broke' her . ' a s llnes.an4 crashed intoahother schoon-.? I:.M4K:' errand, the river, steamer. Charles May," , A mrftnn' of thp. rnnf nf f nn Tmw. mimU . " plinWMsIb perature ' dropped . 10-' degrees in 15 . minutes. . . .. ?:.'?: REPORTS CONFLICTING. Battle Fought NearYRbdriguez-r-Amer-i -, ; . ican prisoners. ' ; :' . -"- . LaredorK Texas' June 19.-Conflict- ing reports were rteceived here tonight of a battle fought today, at the town of Rodriguez, Mexico, .40, miles south of '' the border, between the Federal , army' and of . Gen. Tellez,. .said .to number - about 2,000 men, and a. rebel band. ; ' v lAspatches from rthe constitutional- ist'rendezvous at: Colombia assert that A- "1 TT a ' - . I . A. M ( A I. J me i? eaerais were romeu alter a num ber had . been killed or -wounded, and cannon and supplies ' taken. Mexican consul ?Lozane, ; of thls - city, has ad vices that- .the ;. attacking . party,, a small - band of rebels were put to flight, oand that Gen; Tellez has resum ed his march to Nuevo. Laredo tore inforce the garrison there. - ' Notwithstanding their disavowal of the , charges, C. H. - Rippeteau and Henry Crumpler,.. Americans, ' who were taken prisoners - by ; the constltur tionialists today ;,on 'the charge that-j they are vin the employ of the Huerta government, werev,( still; under deten-1' tion; at5 Colombiatonight; John- Bau- . " tistai, "a Mexican, who was also arrest- J ed, .has been released.' '.The American consul has reported the .matter to the state Department, - vr -i -'' - ; -''-f; ;.' ''GENE RAL. REUNION ': 'r Commencement Proaramme Being Car- . .. nea'uut at ..Harvard : ' Cambridge, MassJune 19. AH the Harvard 1 class reunions that i had oo cupied the week , "were merged - in a general reunion today In honor of the - 653 w men who received; . degree from Prsident Lowell. .'... . . : ; The commencement crommme was .- notable also for the bestowal by the University of sixteen honorary de grees. The degree or ..doctor of laws was conferred upon Dr, Lauro s . Mul-. . ler, the - Brazilian : minister of foreign affairs, who . was a guest of Harvard today. ,5 -Others -who received that de gree we're Luke Wrightformer mem-, ber of the Philippines Commission, and! . Judge John Clmton-. 'Gray, United States Court of Appeals. ' ' - -.The degrees of doctor of letters was . conferred, on William Roscoe. Thayer, author and historian ;Thomas Nelsojj Page,- author and new ly-appemted am- r bassador to-Italy.r m .:.j-v-v"-.-;- '-! ; Doctor5 of divinity, James E. Frame, ; professor at Union. Theological Semi-1 nary' Charles H . Brent, : Episcopal ' bishop of the Philippines. " SCHOONER RIVERSJiJESINKSV Reported by Wireless No..; Explana- " - tioirrf .the Loss ' . San Francisco,'. June ., 19. Wireless messages received; today from ! the lih er Admiral FarragUt reported the sink ing of the steam-lumber schooner Riverside- off Cape Mendiocino, on a dan-j genou$ stretch of the northern Califor nia coast The crew of 36 was taken ' off by the boats of the Farragut; and a tug from Eureka, CaL, summoned by. wireless. "No explanation . of ..the loss of the ship was given; but , it is supposed she struck' a reef and float- ed into deep water bef ore going down. THIRD ATTEMPT UN8UCESSFUL. Giant . Cruiser Resists All Efforts at I " : a'-.---; Launching;.'.-' ; s -' " : Hamburg, Germany, June 19 A : C third, attempt was made today- to ij j : s launch the German battleship cruiser s i . DerfHinger but without success. She V . ' was christened last Satttrday--and re- i t f fused "to. move from, ;.thevtocks. A fiZ. her failed., j-V v - -; $ t 'it :i-! : ; ; i. ' 1 '!!. ' ;i .V ' i t. - - j-
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