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1 THE WEATHER. '. . ""advertising doesnt pat,- - : - - . - , . . - ' . .' If yoa do not handle It wisely and ' plae It wll. Placed with THE SUNDAY STAB, It.wllKln ver 7.000 copies reach more than S3. 000 people la East Carolina, ' Results are hound to fallow." . ;; Fair Tuesday; Wednesday, f airland warmer. ' - v - . ' H ITT 4- VOL. XCIMSO. 92; WILMmGTOK, K. CM;TUJEDAY MOKCOTG, JULY 8; 1913. ' WHOLE NUMBER 13,370. BMIKIIIB G0I1ITI0IIS SOUND CHANGE CONVICT SYSTEM " - Ftrri rrii1 . hr. 5 a . jUJl eft' . - - ,- ;.: ,. v .... GL00L1 ENSHROUDS . CITY OF PITTSBURG CHARITIES AIID CORRECTION Secretary ;of the v jeasury : Declares IN STRANGE STORY ANOTHER CHAPTER DEMOCRATS FOR TARIFF REVISION . ' . ' - Will Vote,f or Measure as Ap proved By the ' Caucus. . : THREATEIJ SERVIAN yjIlES;DF Dr. Kelway Charges That the . Pulpit Plttsburo Bank y: lilure Has No ' State May Stop ; Hiplng Prisoners to Railroads arid f Taking" Stock in " Payment--Peniteftiary 'Losing . Money in-Thls Manner. - ; ' ".- (Special Star telegram.) ' ? RETREAT and '. the' Bar Are Indolent In' the Cause of Social ,, r ' 1 - . - . , ' - Justice : -' ; h :- -: V; N -; - , -;'. , -':;". ; Significa.nce--iountry in . -: . Good SLipe. v5 Bank Failure Starts a Series of Financial Dif f i- . v culties. . - mm INTEREST SUSPEND ?' .--X Monetary Troubles Confronting Kuhn Interests- Sta'rtshe Embarrass ment Many Heavy Invent-1 ; ments Involved; V " " Pittsburg, July 7. Pittsburg witnessed-a series of financial diflScultiei today that began when the Firs t-Sec-: ond National Bank, one of the largest banks in the country failed . to open for business, ysyithin a short time the First National Bank of McKeesport closed," and ' during Uhe afterndott; re ceivers were-appointed, for the Amer ican Waterworks & Guarantee Compa ny, one of . the' largest concerns of its kind in the United States, and for, the banking house of j. S. & W. S. Kutin, inc. A, run;rjaade on . the Pittsburg bank -for sayings, another .iarge insti tution,: was among tbe dayV Uevelop ments. i :"::p:' T ' Financial ? difficulties ' confronting the Kuhn interests of Pittsburg was the cause of,-the trouble.- It is said the embarrassment is only temporary, and that there is no immediate cause for alarm. Heavy investments in -waterworks- propositions, coal and tim ber lands and.interurban railway com-, nanies. together with--the financing of an- office, building axe given as somej of the causes leading up to today s suspensions. An alleged deficiency of $2,145,000 ; in the legel reserve of the First-Second National Bank, and- tie subsequent examination brought mat ters to a climax. The Pittsburg Clear ing House Association , has "taken charge of the situation generally, and announces that no, further trouble is. expected. ; - .-" ' " ' - j-iv v-y- - -v Throuth6t ?tlie rday a statement of the banks -and aifected companies .-at-i fairs- was awaited with: feverish anxie ty, bn t none: vrasforth coming nnti i , tonrghheCcrne- for!" mal- statement. .- ' - s - No statement -iofce condition. ;af the bank . was obtainable . subsequent to the onB issued June 4th,-on the last bank calt, of ; the 'comptroller. - Kuhn' Statement. - Tonight Mr. Kuhn - issued the . fol lowing: ' : r ' , - -. "At a - meeting of the directors of the First-Second National Bank, held on Sunday, the condition of the bank and the results of the recent investiga tion of the bank, examiners were dis cussed. ' After, full 'consideration the directors declared their inability to . make - good the. hank's impaired capi tal and without dissent decided that it would be best for the protection' of depositors and iall .other interests, to have the comptroller of the currency take charge and to arrange for the li quidation of thevbank.. ,i - ; "The IMttSbui'g Clearing' Housecom mittee, whlfch Jias 5 been engaged in going over the affairs ofv the-bank with the examiners and in' making a careful investigatidii ' as to its - condi tion refused to furnish funds sufficient to justify ' the bank :, in keeping its doors open Slid 4 agreed under the cir cumstances i, there was :no alternative to the course Recommended -by the bank's- directors.- ?.-.:r.-: "The officers of. the bank have ex pressed to the department the belief that -there-' will -ultimately be out little if any loss to the bank's .depositors. The liquidation of the bank and the distribution of its assets-will proceed as expeditiously as possible." - -After a protracted -meeting of the Pittsburg Clearing House Association, -this institution issued ., the following: ."The closing of the Mrst-Second National Bank by the ' deputy comp troller of the currency. was not entire ly unexpected by thiS;.associatiofl and it was therefore prepared for the cri sis. . - ': . -: . - " The members, pf the clearing-liouse are all in good condition and we be lieve that the banks and trust "compa nies in the city of Pittsburg: as a whole, are prepared for any emergen cy. It will take several days to ar range for the auditing; of accounts and the proper, careful handling of checks made upon the First-Second National bank. Wie, therefore, ask the indul gence of the public and request that they help in any way possible to as sist in the. solution, of the problem confronting the clearing house com mittee and the hanks." v -. . Run on Pittsburg Savings. During the early hours of today a run was made. on the-Pittsburg Bank for Savings, another-Kuhn institution, .because of the-climax in the affairs Of the First-Second - National ; All de mands up. to ?50J were paid -without question and notice for large amounts was asked,' running 30 60 and 90 days; according to -theV;- amount demanded by the depositor. This institution also made a statement that it had. $5,000,000 in cash 'and quick assets and was prepared for any emergency, The run was over: before the closing: of banking hours l and Ht is not thought any anxiety, over; thitf institution need be felt. . . . '.- r ' . The former cFirst- National . Bank which was accredited as one of .the strongest banks iltV the country, was merged with the " Second National Bank last March, the merged institu tion taking the name of the two banks. -Today upon the closing of the merg ed banks, a statement was sent broad cast by a press agent "for the: Kuhn interests in . which--a director of the bank, "whose, name could' . not be used", was quoted . as saying the gov ernment -was -unjust and was treating the bank unfairly. The statement fur ther quoted the unnamed director as saying the government 'was response ble for the. merger Df the two banks because it -was sanctioned by Law rence O. Murray, then comptroller of the currency, v The statement was al ( Continued on Page Eight.) i . Washington, JMly 7: Secretary Mo Adoo; itt a statement tonight, declared that the general banking condition' in Pittsburg, as well as in the entire .country; was strong: and sound and that he expected no further trouble as a result of the failure of the Pittsburg First-Second National Bank. "The - failure: of the Pittsburg bank is simply a sporadic vcase 6t unsound banking and has ; no other sighifl- cance, the secretry- said. He. added that' the receivership of this "institu tion ' removed ! a" long- standing : "sore spot" in the Pittsburg situation, i lea v? ing the; general condition in that city sound. "t;-b ' .The secretary will make a sweeping investigation of ,the cause of the fail ure of the big bank and probably will call , upon the; Department of Justice to assist. . . . -- . ' ; , It developed tonight that one fact which drew the critical attention, and suspicion of the Treasury Department to the bank's" condition was a discren- aney, of nearly ?2;00O,Q00 between the "sworn report to the comptroller of the currency: as to; the, bank's condition T - J i J . . i . . . uu juat; ,iiu aiiu wiiai snouia nave been a .true copy of this reDort:DUb- lished by the bank in the newspapers of Pittsburg. , ; , i . The ; report to the comptroller show ed assets and liabilities aggregating $3$,S97,347.X0 each while as given to the Pittsburg" newspapers for Dublica- ion the report placed these totals at 38,103,886,3! the ?l,83,46c0.71 differ erence, representing re-discounts , - or borrowed money, Officials, declared ithat this was illegal, i : . ' s -W ' iteports to the department indicate that one-third of , the ?3,400,00a"apital jstock of the bank has been-impaired and that the surplus of .profits have been wiped out. While details - are backing estimates based upon the -last report to tne comptroller or the cur rency indicate that at. this rate :the losses might reach $3,000,000. I Secretary McAdoo's statement was in 'part as follows: - . : 'The' acting comptroller of the cur rency took charge of the First-Second National Bank, -of Pittsburg today., be cause Its directors, at a meeting held in Pittsburg, yesterday, expressed their inability ; to make ' eood . an im pairment; of. its jcapMaFQand dex;ided 1 ;w&8 for .t.befacUng. comptrollers to tako- the situ a tiomia ihattdfc 1 t iTne PittsbuTff-Clearifte 'Hoiise Asjmj-. elation- whlchr.has the " matter" under consideratioa for several days; had r in the :; meantime, ; also decided that it was i. Inexpedient to furnish the am ount : of assistance required ' to keep the bank going. . r - . - 1 , - 'The acting comptroller had no al ternative in the circumstances but to take charge of ; the First-Second Na tional Bank, in - order to prevent .the withdrawal of large deposits which had already begun, and to secure for the small depositors equal treatment with the larger ones. . "The recent reports of the National banks to the - comptroller of the cur rency show a" strong and sound con dition" throughout the country. . The failure of the Pittsburg bank is sim ply a sporadic case of unsound bank ing and has no other significance." The critical eyes of government ex aminers had been on the-First Nation al Bank of Pittsburg for several years and on the consolidated First-Second ever since the amalgamation in March. - Suspicion was increased when it was disebvered by the June 4th call of the. comptroller of the currency that the, legal reserve of the institution was deficient by $2,145,000 and that the statement of condition of the bank as presented -to the comptroller and as published in the newspapers were different. , ; 1 v - . - r ' woman horsewhips man : K . . ;; .. .r. - .-.; , . - - Alleged thtst He Had Been Spreading . .'. Reports About Her Atlanta, Ga., July 7. --E. D. Thomp SQUi holding ai . responsible J position with the" Atlanta . Envelope Company, was publicly flogged with a horsewhin here . this afternoon by Mrs. J. J. Lee, who is ,tne wue or an office attache of the Central :.of Georgia Railroad. Both persons are under arrest tonight, charged with disorderly conduct. Armed with a horsewhip, Mrs. Lee went to the ; plant of the Atlanta En velope Company, at 109 South. For- sythe street, this afternoon and waited in the. street outside for Thompson to appear, i 'rne latter came out of the building. a half hour' later. She imme diately attacked him' with the whip, lashing -him several times on the face and then beating him over the head: A; passing pedestrian i intervened- and Mrs.' . Lee was escorted to a nearby drug store, . where she collapsed.; In explanation of, lier ; action' she alleged that " Thompson had been circulating slanderous remarks - concerning - her. She; and her -husband have been sep arated, for two months.: Thompson is married. ' . . ' -"' . , . . ., . , - - ' B O NDS SOLD AT PR EM I UM. J Hamlet Get $540 Bonus on $30,000 of y fr-'' Sewerage1 Bonds. - Hamlet,, N. C. July 7. Tllloston & Wolcott Co of ClevelandOhio, where found : to ;be the highest bidders for the . 30,000 of. sewerage bonds author ized by the town, , offering av premium 6t $540.' Saturday.: the - commissioners Will ..consult;; with-; engineers for the construction' of the new - sewer 'sys tem.' Several bids have been placed on' the .work.'; ,. --1-::, -..- . 1 - -:a - "Every .street' liglit in town, -" more than ,XQ0t was burned . out during an electric storm Thursday night, -when thev big transformer was put out of commission by lightning. ... VISITORS; FROM MINNESOTA Inspect 'Virginia State Troops En- camped Near Norfolk ' Norfolk, v.-Va.. - July .- 7. Governor Bberhardt and Adjutant General Wood of .Minnesota, and their staff of offi cers and wives, spent today , in-Norfolk; and at neighboring seaside re sqrts. This afternoon Minnesota vis ftors:, inspected.. the i Virginia. State troops now. in camp at Virginia Beach. They left tonight for New-York. . Edward Lauterbach Tells His ' Tale Before the Lobby - Committee. BIG INTERESTS INVOLVED David Lamar's Assistant Says He Has '- .Been . Innocent Victim and the ; t ; "Vicarious Sacrifice" in .'VV-v'fc-'SiNegotlations.' Washington, July 7. The strange tale, of Wall Street operations begun .hefore -the .Senate lobby committee last week by David Lamar, had anoth er cnapier aaaea ioaay wueu lajfimi Lauterbach, ,: Lamar's assistant in many ' undertakings, pleaded that lie had been the innocent victim. and. the "vicarious sacrifice" in negotiations that have involved the Morgan firm, the Steel r interests, New York attorr neys, members of Congress andmeir of lesser prominence. , ' ; -'' Lauterbach had already testified be fore the cqmrnittee," but since his foi mer appearance iamar had told , his unexpected story Involving himself and Lauterbach in the preliminaries of the steel trust investigation, and. in an extraordinary effort to restore Lau terbach to the good graces of the Mori can firm: and Lewis Cass Ledyard had added his sworn statement .that Lauterbach had represented himseir as the emissary of Speaker Chirk, Sen ator Stone and other leaders in an ef fort' to effect a "reconciliation" with the Morgan-Steel Interests and shut off -investigation or opposition in Congress.- v - --. -- '. - ; - , - Lauterbach, long prominent in le gal circles in New York, 1 sat all day under a searching - fire of questions from Senators on the lobby commit tee: He 'admitted most of the tacts alleeed hy Ledyard. ;but declared that throughout the ;. negotiations between: Lamar Wid himseir, ana oeiween Him self or: representatives of the .Morgan firm, he had been, tne. innocent . vjcum at thsse wJKifJiadiCoiuaIed -lacts, or made' misrepresentations to him, . : - The witnes? - admitted' .his Jong as sociation'-with Lamar, and said it had been." an' honorable connection - and. a profitable one for 'him. He told of talking .over with Lamar the Steel Trust-Investigation, and of seeing the proposed '. resolution, and admitted urging Lamar to withhold if until he could See J. P. ' Morgan and others, and Urge them to authorize him to prevent its introduction. ' Throughout the entire proceeding he declared there was no' thought of reward on his part. He raised himself in the witness . chair and- shouted "No," .with vehement emphasis when Senator Reed suggested- that there had been an effort to "shake down" the Morgan and Steel Trust interests. "That - Insinuation is an insult and an 'outrage," 'he exclalnied. ' ' ; Lauterbach admitted he had told Ledyard that he had the authority of Speaker ; Clark, transmitted through Senator Stone, to make certain "pro-, posals for peace" to the Morgan inter ests, -but "said this authority came from Lamar.. He declared heTiad nev er seen Clark or Stone; but had-been assured by Lamar that the latter knew Senator Stone, and that he had made the arrangements for the Lauterbach Ledyard a interview with the approval of Stone and the Speaker. . Throughout the day's investigation, Lauterbach recalled dates and circum stances with difficulty and could not fix the time of his visits to Washing ton, or, ofTils conferences with Lamar. He ltfslsted that he did not know La mar,, .had ' telephoned Ledyard in the name Of Representative :. Palmer, to make an appointment for him but he declared -he .believed when- he- went to Ledyard's : house that Senator Stone had telephoned to Ledyard. He supposed.' then, he said, that Lamar had full authority to represent Stone. lTo all of the questions -Lauterbach Insisted that he did not look for pe cuniary, reward in carrying informa tion of -the steel corporation to the Morgan firm, or in conferring - with Mr. Ledyard over the proposed agree ment between Democratic leaders and the Morgan interests- .- "My.-bhly hope was ! for restoration to the good graces of the people who apparently had gotten together to de stroy me,? he said. ,- '' - Lamar tvas - present throughout the day's sessions, and was held for - to nights ; meeting of the . committee - at Which.: he had - asked permission to make, a.' statement.. : Both he and-Ll&ii-terbach . announced that- they would waive any Immunity from prosecution. The; -lobby - committee planned to finish -' the -Lamar-Lauterbacb.- testimo ny tonight, and . to take up thewool and -sugar lobby investigation tomor row..; It was- believed the Mulhall . let ters, which will form the basis for an investigation -of the s activities of -the National Association of Man'ufactur trs, would not be reached untl Wed nesday or Thursday.' ; - - , TROOPS POSSESS TRAIN. Some Jump .When Conductor Demands .r,. - Fare.- 'Roanoke; Va., July 7. A squad of troopers, of the. 11th United States cav alry on march from -Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to v Winchester, r Va., practically took . possession of a Norfolk & West ern train, at Christiansburg about mid night last-night and when placed un? der arrest - by - the conductor, several of '.them jumped from the. moving train; Private Staggs . being seriously hurt, -Both, of hislegs are broken in two places and he is injurd other wise, j He .has . been taken to the gov ernment .hospital : at Washington, and his condltidn is regarded as serious. The soldiers refused to pay their fares and? this j 'brought about their arrest, however, .they all escaped. The command is. in camp tonight at Cloverdalep three miles north of .this city. - j " Raleigh, . N. C,,' July . 7. Governor Craig, the Council of State and the di rectors., of the State's prison were . in ! .1. i?l - . . ... conierence iuis axieruon at tne vjOV ernor's mansion" considering the situa tion as to the practice of the State in supplying,, conyicta; for railroad, con struction in retisrn'r for . stock in the roads. r '"' - ' The directors . and Superintendent Mann, of tne;. prison, navel recently in spected the convict camps where this work is' being done on. the. Elkin & Al leghany, the Transcontinental, the Wa tauga, ' the States ville Air - . Wne and other roads, and very. radical changes are, understood, to - be proposed , and impending. : - -- In each casethe. prison management is . understood . to be very f ayorahle to" cutting out . this use of convicts as far as it -is possible, under - the , sev eral "acts - allowing t such use of con victs. Then-.management finds the prison running behind financially to a very considerable extent, .-and it : is claimed that' $1.50 a day cash can-be had for every convict in other work in stead of tying up earninga. in stock that may never be ot value. ; ' - In some cases action will be taken,- Tuesday ; morning. - - i -; - :; - i-. . -' . j Judge Connor: of the Federal Court, heard at considerable' length. . today i the case of Dr. W. u Muaeett and r . BlOmer vs. J. H., Whitehouse, of New York," and reserved judgment. : The suiit is to compel Whitehouse to convey to . the plaintiffs 659 . acres of land contracted tor ra jMoor,e- county for $5,000. The land is said to be worth probably a0,000. - : ., United States District Attorney H: F.'? Seawell went; to- Lumberton today to appear for the State in the. nrose- cution of a White man named Prevatt for the killing of Emory McNeil,- an other white man., iiie trial will be la lengthy one,, tnere; being 40 witnesses summoned for the prosecutlonv and 98 for" the defense. . t . - ; ; ' " LEGISLATION ON CURRENCY j Plans Being - Perfected for ,; Further Consideration , of the Measure " : 'Washington, July ?, 7 .When . the Democratic - members1', of . the House Banking and Currency . committee met today ; to perfect 'plans . for ; ', formal meetings beginning tomorrow1 for con sideration of the administration7 cur rency bilL it .asjiltkajL'.i)e roi taemr-wereKDOi Bretwreu w ui port the -measure as -'introduced. ' Chair man Glass stated . at the outset , that the measure was not his,. 'but a compromise.- and that every member of the committee' should feel free - to of- ter-such -amendments as he "thought would - strengthen and Improve the bill. . . , There was:ua free interchange of views durlne- the meetine. Mr. Glass said he haa , several "amendments he nroDosed to lay-before the committee. Representative" Eagle, of Texas, said be had canvassed many members of Ihe House, and that he believed the bill could not get through the House without caucus action and reserved the right to make a statement of his views-upon the floor of the House if the caucus approved the bill in its present snape. : SAILORS AND DANIELS. Two Jack Tars Converse With Secre tary of Navy Didn't Know Him. i (Special Star Correspondence.) , -"RalelKh. N. C. July 7. E. N. Steed, of Charlotte, and O. H. Mahaffey, sail ors on the Naval Training Ship Frank lin, had an interesting experience last evening with Hon. Josephuss Daniels, Secretary of the United States Nav. who Is here for a few days. The boys were here on furlough do ing the town in an orderly way when they passed Secretary Daniels,' who accosted them with "Hello, boys! What are you doing here?" The re ply was that they -were here, on fur lough and getting ready to1 return to their ship. "How do you like the, ser vice?" was the next question fired at them by the -head of the Navy, whose identity.the sailors had not -the least idea of . : The lads' declared that they liked the service fine." Asked if they knew to whom they were talking, they replied that they did not. Then when the statement came from Mr.Daniels: I am the Secretary of the Navy. Glad to see you." Off came the caps or the sailors and they were all atten tion and obeisance. s JUDGE DULS FIRST COURT Newly Appointed Judge Holds ' First Sitting at Home Town -Charlotte. N. C.. July 7 .Judge Charles H. Duls. appointed by Gover nor. Craig to- one of the four newly- created judgeships, began his official career here this -morning when , he opened ' .the July term . of . criminal court: in this his home city and coun ty,. His charee was brief .but compre hensive..' "' - . ' :' ' : r " G U.TJL J N E S Forty-seven -Democratic Senators have declared their intention of vot ing for the Underwood-Simmons tar iff, revision .bill as finally approved by the Senate caucus.' ur. K.eiway, in a sermon . Derore tne National .Conference of Charities and Correction at Seattle, charged the pulpit and the-bar with being indolent in the cause of social justice. ; . Edward ; Lauterbach,, David Lamar's assistant, ' stated : before '' the : Senate lobby . investigators yesterday that he had been the ; innocent victim in ? cer: tain negotiations' inyolving the big interests- Vsr-i-' - ' : -. , Pittsburg -4s experiencing- a series of financial difficulties: ; which began with the failure of the ; First-Second National Bank, one- of the largest in stitutions of v its kind in - the entire country. - :r -. -' '.. -: v-' .-- - -; New York markets: Money on call steady K3-4 to ;2 1-2 per, cent; ruling rate z ; -. closing Did z i- ; offered at 2 1-2. ..Flour quiet. ''Wheat easy. Corn. weak. Turpentine -quiets Rosin firm; Spot: cotton quiet; middling up- lands 12.25- middling gnlf 12.50; sales oaies. BlflDIMG RESOLUTION ADOPTED mm Forty-seven ; Senators : : Take Their 1 Places in, Party Line One -by One Concessions Granted to Some; Members. V " ' " . .Washington, July 1. Forty-seven Democratic Senators stood . up in the party line one by one late today and declared - their Intention to vote ' for the ' Underwood-Simmons . tariff revi sion: bill "as "finally approved ;hy the Senate caucus a, few minutes previous. Senators Ransdell and Thornton, of Louisiana; stated that they would not make ' such' promises because of the pr oposal ' to place sugar oa nche free list- in 1916. . Senators .Hitchcock, ;of Nebraska, and Cuvjersori, of Texas,' were absent, but - both are Known la be in favor of the bill. -This gives the Democrats 49 votes for the bill, or a slender majority of one, with the vote of the Vice President to fall back on in an emergency. . . . :;. An absolute binding resolution was not adopted, ,th6 poll "by individuals being' substituted,, and that ' poll was put only on the ground of personal promise and was not made binding. A resolution was adopted, however, declaring- .the Underwood:Simmons , bill a party- measure' and ufging its undi vided sup port, without amendment -unless such should be submitted by the committee. , Senator Newlands, of Ne vada, cast, the - only vote against - this resolution but Senator Shafroth, of Colorado, .Ransdell and Thornton did not vote. . The resolution: was as f ok "Resolved,, : That" the - tariff ;' bill agreed - to by this conference, ; in its amended form, Is declared; to be a party m'easui-e and we urge its .undi vided support as" a duty by-Democrat. ic Senators withdut amendmenLPror ;vid6dr.howevrthat the eonferehtfeor tne'inance committee mayj' alter ret: erence - or otherwise, ; propose amend ments to the bill" V : ;t fi,; -Senator Kern, chairman of the cauv cus;. unairman Simmons, oi .tne tn nance; committee, expressed- entire satisfaction over the- outcome, and declared their confidence that enough votes were, personally pledged to as sure the passage of the measure- with free wool and free sugar. Included, j It became at once apparent, when the caucus convened, that a resolution which would bind members absolutely to the hill without amendment : was distateful to many Senators. The res olution therefore was" modified , and presented in the form of a party dec laration. Before this was. put to; a. vote,' the motion . was .adopted that Senators be asked for the attorney as to their intention regarding the mea&r ure and this was agreed' to. The roll was then called. - - ' . " :: ; .".a On this roll call the Louisiana Sena tors stated that it jwas not theUf in tention to support the bill without amendment.- Senator Newlands said that he had. not definitely made up. his mind as to certain amendments' he might urge, but jn the end it was; hip intention to stand by the party meas ure. Senator Shafroth explained, that he did not want to be bound to support- the bill, but that if was his pres ent intention ; to vote for : it. -AlL the other members present, . 45i .- voted "aye" on the roll-call. ; -; :--.-:' : The Senators, -Hitchcock and,1 Cul berson, absent but accounted for, -con stitute the Democratic membership -ot the Senate, 51. . v . - v r. "We are satisfied with this.' show--ing," said Senator Simmons tOnight; "I ? am- going ' over : the final, printed draft of the bill for corrections, and shall , report it to the Senate ..some time this week, Thursday, if possible. I shall call a meeting of the full Fi nance committee on Wednesday . In all probability. At any rate the .measure will be ready for general debate next Senator Newlands, in a stalement explaining his position, gave evidence of his intention to' stand by; the party. "I voted against making the pilLa. party : measure,"- Senator Newlands said, 'because While it is, superior to the existing; tariff it has certain de fects which should be remedied. ; It discriminates against; - far - Western products. The reductions . should; be apportioned over a period of three years, instead j of 'taking effect Imme diately. Further reductions on a slid ing scale should be provided for, par ticularly on food products, ',' There should be a tariff board with power to ascertain facts,; make recommenda tions to Congress and. make- further reductions under , a rule established bv ConCTess." - : .-.;--'"' 'i-f. : Before final action on the 'bill the. tors from wool growing - states by adopting an "amendment making "eff ee1 tive the provisions for free raw wool on December 1, 1913. and the rate" oa manufactures of wool January 1, 1914: Earlier in the day tne finance; com mittee, had voted to recommend the dates as October 1st and December 1st, respectively, but the caucus , vot ed for the further delay. - This action . comnleted the revision of the Underwood bill, which has oc- jcupied the Fingjice committee majori ty ana tne Jsenate caucus tor -some time.;,?';':;:-.-:'-. - .' JEWELED ANKLES. Society; Woman Astonished, Fashiona- - Die Newport, - r .. . , -. ; Newport, R. I.. July 7. Mrs.- Chas. H.r Welsh, of v Philadelphia, appeared on Thames street .wearing two. Jewel ed ornaments on her. ankles. Mrs; Welsh astonished Newport a week ago when she wore a single jeweled ankle ornament., hut the two are said to be far niore ornate than the one exhibit ed last week. . ' . ,' -' Seattle; Wash., July 6. In . the an nual, sermon before. the National CJon f erence .of Charrities and Correction here today. Rev.- A: J. McKelway, of Washington, E - C. secretary of the National .Child. Labor committee for the Southern States, charged the pul pit and the bar with being: indolent in khe cause of social 'justice, and there- tore a barrier to its' realization. - We have had at these annual ser mons to the-conference," said Dr. Mc Kelway, "many eloquent and stirring messages irom tne unurch to ; the so cial worker. In this new demand for social justice, we have the social work er'a message to the Church., It is true that , we have, with us those whom Mi- cah of old stigmatized as 'priests: that teach for- hirerahd1 .prophets that , di vine for- money: it is also true that the ; American pulpit, ; whether ' repre skulku uy rrviesizuai mimster, uatno lic pilest, or Jewish rabbi, has not yet iuiiy awaxenea to tne aemana ror so cial justice that so rings in our ears, 1 am convinced thatythe- great ob stacles - to - enlisting ' the : powerful agency of the Church .in the. cause of social Teform' is the indolence jot the pulpit. But the pulpit, is not alone in resenting the necessity of exploring luctant to consent to a constitutional convention which may upset the pre cedent ot a hundred or a, thousand years; and make -necessary-a new line of decisions. ; . '..;.. v i - "We have gone far beyond the' pe riod of human or animal sacrifices to propitiate. Diety. We live in a more refined age of the world.. NOW we work men 12 hours a; day, seven days of the week at wages barely sufficient to support: life, and we propitiate by put ting into enect .a. peauurui plan 'or workmen's compensation. -We atone for ;the- facts of -poverty -and -misery and. inhuman. toil and needless acci dents and deaths - by building libraries out of the income of a bond 'issue whose interest is paid in hloody sweat. We crush our competitors through the employment of spies as bookkeepers in rival establishments, through- re bate" arrangements with;, complacent railroad - systems, , and we endow .universities-: and 'foundations for the' in struction of youths and the- alleviation' of human- "suffering., iWe' woft women! and -caildren m ; cotton mills 11 hours a. day. we resist everr -effort to5 raise the age; txjei t f 6r;-Wprking,chUdr,e.ad,1 to tsnoneu . tne . npur s tor wie motaera Of :;the-?racevi and : then out ;of .-the proft Its of their industry beyond tAat which satisfies the . stockholders,- we . . build schools and churches .and;, -hospitals and playgrounds and do all manner, of betterment work. We erect tene ments with so little regard for light and air and even ; decency that we would not house in them our cattler or our horses lest they die, and rent' these .to our fellowmen," counting the unearned increment as the capital ou which we must have returns, and then we. build and make large churches for the poor and make large gifts for the conversion of heathen into What we thinto is Christianity.. We kill men Lby the. thousand every year on our rail road systems that we may pay divi dends on watered stock and tax every man who. must - buy the myriad prod ucts of soil and forest, and mine that enter into transportation, and we are the pillars of. the Church and the orna ments of the State. We hire-women by the thousands at -wages below he cost of decent living and fill the houses of, prostitution with our victims, but we are large contributors to-the As-. sociated Charities and the Magdalene nomes. - .-..-' -- ; -."Men do not always know what, jus tice is, and their .thoughts of Justice widen with the process of the suns, but if . there is any current of : Ameri can thought today that is running all in, one direction, it is the demand among the masses of ; men. for justice. We can tell its course by the ripples ton .the surface, when some Obstacle rears its .head. Privilege of any , kind must "go down before the rush of that current. There are some (who fear that much that is precious shall also be swept away .if the stream becomes a torrent." There are some who be lieve that the stream will run red with the Wood of revolution ere if finds the level that it seeks. So it may be, if the: demand for" justice grows at the same time intelligent" and passionate. ana justice is denied STRIKE STILL ON Gold Miners Refuse to Return to Work Leaders -Agitating Johannesburg July 7. Many of the gold miners Tefuse to return to work. At a meeting this afternoon' militant leaders delivered fiery speeches to the 3.000 assembled, and a resolution dp- clarlnfe that the strike was still ' on and condemning the strike leaders was earned: : One of ; the chief- speakers announced the organization of a new union s on . South African- "workers. which,; he said, would be a revolution ary party.-- Efforts are now being made at Braamtontein to 'bring out the rail way 'Workers;,.;-. :V :; ;.t '-.'(,--f .. Attempts to d vnamite ' the J Ran d Club, and other buildings are feared. The club is barricaded and -armed members patrol- the premises day and night. The.; residences of the mine owners are guarded by soldiers.-An attempt to destroy ; the railroad '. Be tween Johannesburg , and Germistoh was made during the night but failed. The only newspaper1 published today was a four-page sheet issued bv the printers' uniOn. " -: BAD WRECK ON N. & W. Scores of Passengers HavevNarrow Escaoe Near Durham . ' Durham; N. C. Jury 1.- Striking a split rail on the trestle over Elerbee creek, two miles from' Durham, Satur day night,: No. 45 Norfolk '&- Western passenger train, tor-'eup the track for 500 ; yards and every car was derail ed. The train by great good fortune ran clear of the bridge after it left the rails; though It was considered mi raculous that it did not plunge t Into the creek 50. feet , below. -' None was hurt, though thrt- train ? was crowded with people. The property ; damage will run into thousands of dollars. Report Say Bulgarian Forced - Now Occu ple& . ' -;:-; Vrania- ; '-. . ;--. ', - - - " ; ; V 5 s FEW ATTEMPTS TO STOP WAR Only, Meagre. Reports Being .Received from - Servian .Headquarters ' .- Censorship Being. Enforced v on Newspapers Attitudr ; ; Ti :.. -IT--"""-'..... .London; July 7; -The- most'.impor- , tant news from the seat of war today is the; report, ' confirmed from Sofia . of the; appearance, of . a large Bulgarian force at;. Vranlai threatening ' the , Ser- ' vlan, line. of. retreat. Still; hiore sig- : pificaht. as tending. to confirm. the be lief v that the- Servians - kf 'HiinVrlnc . ef eat, la. the announcement, from Bel- grade that only meagre reports are Be- ing" received from the Servian array; , headquarters. ',' In addftlOh; a rigorous -censorship om the newspapers is be- The' Servian ' wouhded ; dnrlhA h battles as ' almost lilhuman V in r their ' lerocity tne men throwing away, their ure arms. ana using their bayonets aa daggers. This accords with - the In formation from many 'sources of the sanguinary fighting In the - present strnggfe. V V :: V -;,; Whatever, the. policy of the European . powers, may be, little, Is now heard of attemptsr to; stop the war.. The -am- ' bassadorial conference met. In London', again today, - but. apnarentLv did Hltl , : except : discuss ' the boundaries , of . Al- ' Meanwhile. Rumania and - Tnrkv give signs that they will, not nnn? Jh idle spectator?,; and -the' Balkan States N continue the struggle which will para-' ijrie tuem lor years to come. . - . . ; ; .. 'Reports Contradictory . r News of :t:he -flehtine.eoritinjuf orm tradiotory, it ;is almost. , invariably;? tfqms official souroes;' nd i independent; - nriii waium& uisuaip.n sdva inn I irtxo.ra : ,r - , : liave occupied -Demirhtssir and Stru- ' nitza;t.aaid accordtog-ttr mff mb&''lite&'?':'" iwuoinieensiowirrexiringr before , the. gsuperioiGrfeekfol'fces' northward.' ; - Another ,.dispatch, asserts f hit nn, ' ? . eral Ivanoff; By an unexnectBd nttair . Scattered the Greek-arm v of' 80.000 ' commanded by King Constantine, and ; , wuuyieu; ivigriia anq otner points' on. . the Greek line. : " . f .; Both renorts ma hn - mnrrart anil that crediting victory . to General.. I va- . noff may. refer to a date, after the Bil-. ganan commander tas; reinforced. ' ,,' retailed reports from Greek official , sources describe how the Bulgarians ' last week by incessant labor, had trans- . formed Kilkish . into another Plevna,; with a-surpris4pg. extent of trenches, guns and defenses, and assert that the ureeK8, oy their successful advance , prevented the execution: of a plan for a cuiganan attacK on salotiikl. SCOTT WILL 18. UPHELD English - Court Gives Verdict for " De- ' ' . - tenoants in Big Suit London. -July 7. ThA- which the late Sir Johh Mn the eccentric millionaire and art con-' nisseur; Inherited front1 Lady Richard Wallace; ' will . be disposed of as pro- , vided in his will, made inT901, and lu iuB uve cuuicus giving more tnan v half of his property to Lord and Lady Sackville." the" latter a danirhtpr of a former British minister- at Washinfe- ' ton, who; succeeded . the r ; Sackville Wests as tenants' of the-famous coun- ' try seat,; Knole Park,-; Seven Oaks, v - Kent,--, . . '- ..-v . - - - - - The jury. Of the probate court, where ' . the suit to break the will liad been in .progress for, eight davs, pronounced' a verdict . today upholding the docu-: ' , ment.v After qnly ten. tninutes' consid-' ' eration the. jurors, decided that Lady x , Sa.oWil.le was guiltless '".df ;the charges' of fraud and. undue-influence brought against her by members of .the Scott family;.. and cast the burden of ; the' ' COStS Of the Suit. Whifth-Will ho sr.. tremely heavy, upon the late baronet'a ' relatives who entered the contest. Lord and Lady Sackville win receive' about $2,500,000 cf the $5,900,000 of the testator's property, including some ' of his magnificent art collections. Lady ' Sackvllle was not present today as she , was resting after the severe strain of the cross examination vslje underwent last : week. The verdict of the' jury seemed a foregone conclusion after Sir Samuel Thomas Evan8,7 the. presiding judge, in his charge,- expressed strong ly the opinion that Lady Sackvllle was guiltless of fraud, and rsaid "that Sir John Murray Scott apparently had felt he' had 2 found a custodian for the art - treasures Cwhich he desired the Sack-' vines to Keep at Knole park and had -realized .that ' he must leave money to provide for. this.-. v jv-; ; ; . ' INCREASE UN - RUSSIAN ; WHEAT Crop Thi rteen Per' Cent ' Larger Than : Last Year Rye Crop;; Less Washington, D. C., July 7.-A cable- ' gfam from the International 1 Institute of Agriculture, Rome, Italy,t.whlch has been, received by the United States Department of Agricultttretates that in European Russia this year's Winter wheat crop is estimated SLa 277,683.000 bushels or 13.8 per 'cent -mores than last year's production, and the Winter nra nrnn Q17 rtrt Ahilaholo nr O Q nor cent - less than tlfat " year's . production. . r THE DAY- IN XOMdRESS. ' ,.: 1 -..'..-.-,. ,-; -' ' Work of the 'House and. Senate Briefly : - . - - Outlined.. - - v ' - '. - Washington,' July 7. Senate: - Met at 2 P. M. : '. - v:--4 -f - 5 Lobby 'investigation' resumed; Democratic caucus considered ' unit ' rule. - -v;; ?";,v; ---- Adjourned at 3:57 to meet 2 P. M. Saturday: - - ( House; Not In- session, meets Wed nesday. . .,.," -v 4 ts V'