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VOL. XCH-NO. 98. WILMESTGTOK, N. C, alPEspAY.;MpBNIN'GJ JULY 15 jj 1913. WHOLE NTJMBEE 13,37 6. OUTLINE PURPOSES OF OH Reasons for Formation of Chamber of Commerce of United States " ADDRESS OF HARRY, A. WHEELER President of the Organization Says It Would Aid Every Administra tion by Cordial Cooperation Defend Business Men San Francisco,, CaJ., July 14,--To aid every administration by cordial co operation; to draw together in. com mon bond the business men of Amer ica in defense of their good name, and in the creation of an instrumentality through which they , may speak as a whole with authority to the executive and to Congress, relative to the things which business needs; Ho create a force comparable: in ; every respect ' to the organized forces' of labor, and of agriculture these , are the objects Of the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit ed States, now being formed, as out lined by Harry A. Wheeler, of Chi cago, president of the organization. " Mr. Wheeler, expounding his theme here "tonight before the San Francisco; Chamber of Commerce, and other com mercial bodies, said frankly that aside from natural evolution,' anotifer reason for the organization" of a National body at: this time, "is the ..indiscrimi nate attack made .upon us generally;" upon the public, platform, andin . the daily and periodical press of the coun try." r- ' "The popular prejudice which. was first aroused against the railroad has extended its line of f attack to include the industrial life of ; the nation, and the profession of banking,'" , he ' said. "Peculiar sentiment f has it that all who have been successful in. the ac cumulation of wealth, have become so by predatory means,- and ; that rotten ness underlies the entire .commercial fabric of the nation. . To be popular - with the general public upon the plat' form has been ,to give voice, to -violent" attacks upon these attacks.Toi popuJ - lariae- the cexjfadacSL$rss, -statements -having ntue:: foundation, often ,. nave ieen made or -an; Isolated; example of erildoing was' made' to bear upon an entire industry. . 'As an argument for the larger gov ernmental regulation of business one of the candidates- In, the last Presi dential campaign emphatically -declared that the business interests of the country, were engaged ; in a - chaotic struggle to devour each other, and that all were combined ' in ' an effort to en slave the working man. "For ten years this campaign, of misrepresentation has been going ' on with little or no contradiction cn the part of business, and the Chamberof Commerce of the United States enters the field to present a legitimate de fense against theseunjust attacks, v Ninty per cent .of American busi ness is honest. The American, business man sfmds in the forefront of those who adhere to the highest principles i?Ror and integrity, but single-handed he has been powerless to present a nrnnpr defense." , Ptfler subjects touched upon by Mr. W heeler were the assistance of Con gress in enacting reasonable legisla tion for the relation of industrial cor-J porations, the development of a mer chant marine, the enactment of mone tary legislation, making the banking system more stable, and allowing for branches in foreign ports and the en couragement of reciprocity. The or ganization, he said.: was being affeet ?" tnot for purpose--of warfare, but Jim compromise and arbitration might taite the place of open antagonism. '-" THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Americans Hope for Victory Despite Defeat of Last Month - ., boston, July 14. Notwithstanding tne American golfing defeat abroad last month, it la the belief of Tom Alc.Namara and Mike Brady, two of the Players who returned today, that there IS sufficient eolflnsr material iri. this country to meet successfully the coun-T ici duaciv oi the British and French Professional? at the Country Club this A fl. In the Tntpmaf trTfT nrm fmtn V. other side of the Atlantic will be conM M-,if , Jdward Ray, Harry Vardon, n , !iro Reid- of England, and Ar- FraSce 7 LUis Tellie- mhK American open championship wiu be held on-September 17th and ,T ".er tne aamft course on which4 iZH aimeur fir-ampionship was decided u ,ear,8 aS- -The-links are slight howder 6'400 yds but some of the ioies are so narrow and well trapped Fremfum.1 far-driving "is at a Weioor-eign Peers' are expected tenTw t ln A"ust- or 'earljr in Sep nS v a?d will probably play several ?ourePT Phltelphia and Boston he rnmrorenl beginning practice, at them Tltry.lul': Laer several. of vmay vi5it the -West. who taTr? -sald that McDermott, Tan e&?d i .nfth, place in the Brit er offn1-100! rould. make anoth- RHnn- m -l91$ td "wm the fading sniing title of the world. HELD FOR MURDER. Young Farmer Charged With Killing Snort, v Employe. - late rorie a fner. was-arrested irf ni,oday charged-with the murder was kin X?' a-,mfll employe, who The corX . a j 1 "capau last night. cametT8JDfy foun3 that Cox HShedeatK.at the hands' of woman 'aasndnheld Lllla Huff- a ne Cox mi'arLanacce8Sory- Hughes and and the rlled.at'the negro's house, was arrestdTi011- nne while tlZlollannne COUnty IZATI cpfiOEniisfiipsTra Senator Owen Introduces ki'y ' V mint to Senate Rules rjinn.H ; End .Filibustering Would - Terminate Minority Veto - ' Washington, ' June 13 .Senator Owen today introduced an amendment to Ihe Senate rules, which he ' said would, put-an, end to filibusters in that body. It is entitled "The Cloture Resoi lution, or the Resolution to Tarminate the Right - of Minority Veto," and. speaking of the measure today, he said it was not introduced because of any fear of a filibuster against 'the tariff bill. . I wish it to be clearly understood." he said, "that my demand for a change in the rules of the Senate is? not sit- .nil duetto the idea that the adoption of ouc-u a. rui,is necessary in order to pass the; tariff bill or any othef par ticular bill nendine or to h hrmiht iorwara. My reason for this demand is that I think; the welfare of the na tion requirea. it; that the right of the American people to a prompt redemp- uuu ui partr promises is involved." The Resolution The resolution as Dresentri tndav reaus: - - ,- - "That debate! or dilatnrv mnt inns which in the opinion of the Senate are intended to prevent a majority of the aenaie irom exercismg the full and free right to control any matter pend ing before the Senate, either in legis lative f or executive sessions, mav b a terminated -by a veto of a majority of the L members of the Senate upon no tice given $jy v the . Senate : Provided, however, that this' rule shall not be in voked; to prevent reasonable debate by ; any Senator who requests an op portunity to express his views upon sueh pending matter within a time to be fixedly the Senate. : "The'notice given by the Senate un der this section, except. by consent, shall- not toe less than a week, .unless such .request be -made-within the last two weeks of the session." The Oklahoma Senator declared the rules of the Senate have been such as to prevent action, to "nut the Dower in the. hands of a small fraction or of a single individual, to obstruct legisla tion without reason, and to prevent action by Congress in response to the National will.- And many a erood bill has died in this way ,t he added. "The Senate of the United : States has rules f ortts conduct," the- Sena tor continued,"' "that makes -it almost tmposible tercet a bjll through, .except lutiuiihority is opposed to the. passage) lesre Indefinitelvf; bvendleSB -talk- in relays and by use. of dilatory motions, ! moving -'no quorum, moving to -Jad- lourn, moving to .take, a recess.' mov ing to 'adjourn to a""day certain read ing ; an hour 'or so from Martin Chuz- zlewitt orv'PickwicJc papers, and read- rag a iew cnapcers oi iiucKieDerry Finn and this puerile conduct is dig nified -by the false pretense of being f freedom of debate,' when, in point of factr -..it Is nothing of the kind. It is the minority veto under, the pretense of freedom of debate,- under the false pretense or treeaomror; debate, under the ridiculous pretense of debate, un der the contemptible and odious pre tense -of 'freedom of debate. "This thoughtless, rule of unlimited freedom of debate was adopted in 1806. whn there were . 26 Senators who met to discuss their common affairs, when only a -very few hills were brought be fore the Senate, ar.d who had no con ception that unlimited freedom of de bate really meant" a minority veto. !Nbw that the Senate has 9C mem bers, representing 90,000.000 people, when its interests are of the most gi gantic importance, - when its modern problems of stupendous conseouence are demanding, prompt and virile ac tion; when hundreds of important bills are pending,' this hoary-headed repro bate rises up and strikes a posture of inscrutable wisdom and admonishes the world not to rush this sacred prin ciple of unlimited 'freedom of debate.? The venerable age of this foolisn pre cedent will not save it from the just charge of embecility." - Senator Owen cited tne cloture rule in ypgue in France, Germany. Austria Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Other foreign countries, and con cluded: - Everv one of the 48 States of the union, -while permitting freedom of de bate, has set r us the wise and virtuous precedent of permitting the control of the ma jdrity. I remind every Senatpr in this body that in his own State his legislative assembly : neither in the House or in the . Senate does not per mit a minority veto under -the pre- -ftense of freedom of debate.' MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Prominent Farmer Found With Skull , w - 'Beaten' to a Pulp. Waycross, jGa,, July 14. With the skull bea-ten to a duId. and other marks of violence evident, the body of Mark Snain. a orominent farmer, wno has been -missing from hjs home, 20 miles west of "this place, for three weeks; was found today in a shallow pond near . his farm. A discharged shot-gun -lay nearby. No other evi dence of the identity of the man s slayer was discovered. Spain was be lieved to have had a large quantity of money in his. possession when he dis appeared, none of which was found on his dead body today. He came to Georgia from North Carolina several years -ago. ; . JOHN D.; DAWES. PASSES. Former State Senator and Prominent Business Man Answers. Summons. X Special Star Telegram.) ; Wilson, . N. Cly July 14. John D. Dawesrformer St?ite Senator, and one of -the - leading men of this county, largely interested in financial and In dustrial enterprises, died at his home in Elm City Sunday after a -short , illness.- Mr. Dawes was a leader in po litical affairs. He leaves a wife, one daughter, .two . brothers and one sis ter. . - - July Clearing Sale is now on at Ren der's. - Evervbody will : ue aenguteu With the i wonderful i surprise sales. Don't forget tne nour iv y uiyvn., l Rehders, Fourtn street ijrm5e. . (Advertisement.) , . v, . V ' . ; U. S. SHOULD WE : IIS ARMOR PLATE Secretary Daniels in Report Advocates , Government Owned Factory PLAN WOULD SAVE MILLIOIJS Figures of Naval Experts Show Plan Would Save Uncle Sam $140 on : Each Ton - of V the ' Product-i-V'. More Than Million, a Year. : Washington, .July 14. Naval experts figures showing- that a government ar imor; plate factory costing $8,466,000 would save $140 a ton on armor, or mote than a million dollars" net a year, were " submitted to Congress todays by Secretary Daniels. The Secretary's report 'was sent in response to a Sen ate resolution, and supplemented pre vious Statements issued ,by him advo cating a government owned armor plate factory. - - " Millions can be saved either by op erating a government plant or by com pelling competition among the private manufacturers, . Mr. Daniels declared. Therefore he asked Congress to mak a full, , thorough and early- investiga tlonvOf the-cost of an armor plate fac tory, and the cost of manufacturing armor ; Plate in lactones owned . by concerns dependent 'uipon government patronage, ... : Situation Reviewed. ' Reviewing the situation in his re port, the Secretary said the accepted plan", had been that the -Bethlehem, Carnegie and Midvaje plants should be given the armor work at practical ly their own prices. This step . Having been taken,"L he said, "it clearly follows that the man ufacturers themselves, convinced that one-third of the work is coming to them, without much reference to the price they may bid, have not overlook ed the advantage of putting in bids practically of. the same figure and at the same rate.; They hate Argued? that .should one of them put in a J)id muob lower than the others the result; would be, that the, .other two firms would have to -come-down in tnejropnce to tnat or tribution; of the-' work." He explained, that three European countries France, Italy and Russia have-sougnt relief from the nign cost of - armor plate by the operation of government owned plants, wniie Ja- pan has built two government factor ies. - He ! found the same subject agi tated ill England, where many charges of monopolistic agreements and ex tortionate prices have been; made. The foreign manufacturers appear to nave oeen aoie to Keep a mgner price .for- armor tnan tnose in tne United : States, he added. r Although money tor an armor plant was provided in an appropriation bill passed' at the beginning of the second Roosevelt "administration, after an in vestigation, the plant was never con structed; J In consequence, according to Secretary, Daniels, "the armor plate manufacturers were allowed to lump their pricesXrom $346 a ton in 1906 to 5420 a ton m 1907. and to Keep at tnat figure till last year, when tney were advanced! Under the excise of increas ed .expenses caused by the eight hour law, to 4o a ton. - nlant and the saving to be thus ac complished, : Mr. Daniels said : "The cost of a plant capable or turn ing out -10,000 tons a year, which is about half of the armor needed on a two-battleship, programme, is estimat ed by the chief of the bureau of ord nance atr $8,466,000, and the cost of the armor 'at $314 a ton. The esti mate, of this officer is considerably in excess of the figures given the gov ernment .-by the last , board which in vestigated .the subject," but even at this estimated cost of he plant and the cost of $314 a ton, or armor plate, there 'vould be effected a 'saving of $140, ii J ton: over, the price now paid, that lsi$464 a ton. r.rOn -lu.000 tons the government would save. $1,400,000 per annum. De ducting 4 per cent aa tne interest on the monyi used in building the plant there still . remains a net saving to the government of $1,061,360. In the case op. the 20,000 ton plant, which it is estimated - can produce armor at $279 a.' ton,, the net saving is $3,048,-462- v Surely this is on the face of it, an! econcralv -well worth the serious consideration of Congress. If a com mi Ueevwith expert assistance .is giv en the authority to get at the exact cost, of constructing a factory and of maKing armor piate, it is neuevea tne estimates. t for Doth ,wiii be reduced. Experience has demonstrated the wis dom and jeeanomy of manufacturing guns afe6?pbwder in government fac tories. . :. - - , ' - j. uuaj o, icyui l win ue lunuweu uy a further j presentation of the result of Secretary Daniels' inquiries. 'I RELEASED ON BOND t "V? A Wealthy Atlanta ;Widow Charged With -, POieoning Her Husband. Atiantail..f3a., July .14.. Mrs.- Mary Belle. C&wford, arrested yesterday on charge . 'Of ,, poisoning her ' husband, Joshua :B'-.r- Crawford, Atlanta capital ist, ft our! years ago, tod ay was relea sed by Judge, ?Wv D. Ellis, in Superior Court'here on .$6,250 bond. The ne- tition f ort hehrelease was presented af ter attprney4 for the accused widow bad Waived : 'preliminary hearing; and she had-been bound over to the erand .iurv" . for 4 investigation' on charges ; of muraer.,- - Mrs. Crawford today continued to protest"heF. innocence of the crime of whlcn 'sne. is ., charged, declaring that criminaVptoceedings had been instituted- against' her merely to influence civil lttigatiori now being waged over the $250,000 estate left by her hus band, '' Heirs .. at law of the dead' man, in a suit "instituted soon after his de. mise! ,askthat the will, leavine the major portion of the estate to Mrs. I prawiorn, D set aisiaej . - . j THE TARIFF FIGHT POSTPONED Date of Formal Opening of; War In the Senate Changed From We'd nesday, to Thuf sdayWool Schedule Discussed. V ' - t Washington, July J.4. Formal open ings of the tariff figJt on the floor of I the Senate was postponed" today from I Wfednesday nntil Thursday. This was done to enable thff Finance committee to complete its repOift on the Underwood-Simmons ; bill, the presentation of which will mark the beginning of forensic hostility on he floor. " In the meantime the Senate will listen to a speech tomorrow by Senator Thomas, of Colorado, oh thej'relationof the'tar iff tothe panics of the nineties. As a prelud-- to the long debate which is to follow, Senator : McCum ber today addressed :he Senate 'in' op position to the bill, ispeaklng, he said, from a farmer's piat of view.-. As another preliminary, enator Smoot in-, trbduced his proposed substitute for the wool ; schedule. The substitute proposes rates based directly updn the report of ' the tariff board," and ftdepting in each grade the lowest rate, s The schedule is lower than that Introduced last .yeaif by Senator Pen rose as a substitute i for the ? Under wood wool bill,-and is the lowest of ; all wool schedules ever introduced by, a Republican Senator ci. ': ; j As a substitute fort free raw wool.! the Smoot schedule "divides raw wool into three grades .and establishes" rates ranging from 7 to-16 cents per pound. Class 1 wools, made? dutiable at 16 cents per pound vif scoured,; and 15 cents per pound on cleaned content, if imported in the - grease. . included merino wools, imported vusually from Buenos Ayres; New Zealand Egypt, Australia, Cape otGood Hope, Russia, Great Britain, Morocco, down, comb ing wools and Canada long wools. Wools of class 2, made dutiable , at. 14 cents per pound; if scoured and 13 cents. ' on cleaned content in the grease; include-all) hair of the camel, goat,; alpapa and Leicester, Cptswold, Lincolnshire and'' similar long- comb ing wools of English blood. Wools of class SS, dutiable at seven cents per pound, if imported " in their natural state,' and 14 cents if scoured, Include Donskoi, native South American, Cor dova, "Valparaiso, native Smyrna, Rus sian camel's hair... Bagdad, - China lamb Castel Branco fand . : all such wools usually, imported front Turkey, Greece and Syrian A drawback of 99 per cent is provided' for on wools of lolass 3u used in the United States for tneTnanttiacture r-narpexsrnruggets, mats, iloor .rugs,-hassocks, art squares etc.,- which- would make carpet wools practically free Of duty.- The duty on wools or hair on the skin "would be one cent less per pound in every case, than on the wools content. On' manufactured goods and wools advanced beyond the natural state; ihe rates of 'the s Smoot bill are corres pondingly Tower than present rates. . The ; schedule contains a provision that the. rates on raw, wool should be effective November lstji 1913.-and on wool .manufactures January 1st, 1914;; SHIP'S CREW RESCUED After Manning Pumps Four Days and Nights During Hurricane. New Orleans. July 14. After- man ning ihe pumps for folr days and nights without rest in a hurricane, Captain John A. Olivera and ten sailors were rescued almost exhausted from the schooner William A. - Groza, July 1st by the German steamer Ozage, two hours before the disabled vessel sank 700 miles off the Azores.' The crew was landed in New Orleans today from Ozage, arriving last night from Shields. , Captain Olivera said he sailed from New Bedford, Mass., June. 19th, with flour and lumber- bound : for b Cape Verde. They were hit by -a hurricane that caused the schooner's seams to open. . .:"' ' The crew subsisted on sea biscuit and water as it was impossible to do any cooking during the - storm.. The schooner was the property of John Suva, of New Bedford, jand l?as not insured. - V. One of "the. sailors,, suffering from exposure or exhaustion, was hurried to the Charity Hospital. - Attendants .say he will recover. The shipping, commissioner turned the crew over to the Associated Char!-: Ues as the members were without funds. . ' . ,. - FIRST BALE SOLD, 1913 Cotton Brings Twenty .Cents at Auction on New York .Exchange. : rfew York, July 14. The first bale of cotton of the 1913 crop was sold at auction on the New STork cotton: ex change today, for 20 cents a pound.: The money goes to charity. The bale, weighing 505 pounds: was raised at Lyford, Cameron . county,, Texas, and was shipped through Houston. OUTLINES Fiendish atrocities of "Bulgarian art my are ifully confirmed. Press - dispatches "trom . Ohio . towns tell of devastating - floods in . that State. ' v - Formal opening of tariff fight in Senate was postponed from Wednes day until. Thursday. , - - ' iiondon militant suffragette leaders when chased bv police, make sensa tional escape in taxicab. senate ' .Lobby investigating ; com mittee continues , hearing the - ; testi mony of Mv M Mulhail.J First bale oLcotton oftne. 1913 crop sold yesterday at auction on the New York exchange .at 20 cents. : secretary of the Mavy Daniels ad vocates the establishment of - a gov ernment owned armor plate factory." Harry A. Wheeler, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, "outlines in an address at San Francisco the reasons for organization of that body." -. -.. New York markets; .Money on- call firmer. 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent: last loan 2 1-2; closing bid 2 1-4; offered at 2 1-2. Flour quiet Wheat, firm. Corn ' firm. - Jtosia -.'steady.- Turepen tine steady. Spot" cotton quiet; mid- dling uplands 12.30; rmiddhng - gult ijj.ooj. sales none, ' PBE1IT STRIKE BY ARBITRATION " : - .;-; ' . -.-', . ?y ".'. ---...-.. Eighty Thousand Railroad ers Agree on Armistice Until Wednesday Night CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE President Wilson and Congressional Leaders Aid ' hi 'Adjustment of -. Wage Dispute Between OftV ? ? . - -cials and Employes Washington, July 14.-Representa-. tives of the 80,000 conductors and trainmen of Eastern railways,"' who have voted to strike for higher wages, and managing officers of the railroads; agreed at the White House "today" to submit their differences to .arbitration under the provisions of the. Newlands Clayton act, which President 'Wilson and Congressional leaders promised to make law by tomorrow night; .In the meantime, no strike will be declared officials of the employes brotherhood agreeing to ah armistice until Wed nesday night. Tie-up Averted This victory for arbitration over the strike was the result of a two-hour-conference at the- White House be tween President" Wilson and Congres sional leaders,', both Republicans and. Democrats, the President and manag-. ers of, the railroads, and representa tives of the brotherhood of trainmen and conductors. The agreement hot only averted temporarily at least,' the" strike which threatened to tie-up rail road traffic generally, in the East, but smoothed out differences ,of . opinion that had arisen in both houses as to' the composition of the board of .media tion, and provided a permanent com mission to deal with railroad disputes.? s Way Cleared for Action The pathway was cleared for prompt action in both houses, Senators Kern' telephoning from the White House to have the Senate adjournuntil tomqr row, instead of Thursday ' as oontenv hlat.ed and RDrfesentative .Clay tonJanr noun f in et '-th . hpf would m Ye - 0 ' taker rrmri' tftfi . nairer's T.anie nis mil. to the Newlahds bill in the Senate would be attached: j - -. The President later said that, he would sien a measure such as agreed upon and described the conference as "simple ana satisracxory. Seth Low the Sookesman Seth Low, president of, the- National Civic Federation who bad been mstruc mental in bringing the railroad heads and labor leaders' together, acted as suokesman for both sides, relating to the President the details of the legisla tive situation that had arisen in . the attempt to provide a substitute for the Erdman act. The original board of arbitration provided under that : act was . independent ot any government department, but one of its members the commissioner of labors had ifice' been included under the Department of Labor, where his duties bad been increased, so that only a portion of . his time could be given to labor disputes. The bill introduced in the House by- Representative Clayton, chairman of the Judiciary committee, originally was identical with that introduced in the Senate by Senator Newlahds, Ut had been amended at the instance of Secretary Wilspn, of the Department of Labor, who wished the arbitration board to consist of nine members' who were to be under the jurisdiction , of his department. J Newlands' Bill Favored- ..--At today's conference, however," Sec retary Wilson, while still expressing his preference for the amended Clay ton bill, announced he would not- in sist upon it. and an agreement w,as im mediately reached to put through the Newlands bill, of which both; parties to the controversy had previously i ex pressed their approval with two :minor provisions. . ' " " :V Tne Clayton - amenaments- io :uie Mpwlflnds hill concern the elimination of an inconsistency as to the place 'for the filing of papers in the varioushear ings and inserts a proviso that no mandatory process of any court should oblige an employe to work agajnstmis will. While this' is conceded as hav in s been : taken care of by the: Consti tution it nevertheless was placed in the Jlrdman act to avoid constitutional objections of a technical nature-and had been inadvertently omitted by the framers of the Clayton-Mewianaa oui. Board of , Mediation - Tho nprfotpd bill will create .the United States board of mediation- to be composed of a commission oi meai ntinn. and conc.i liation. appointed iby the President with the consents the Senate with a salary of $7,500 "andjra tenure of seven years and not , more than two other officials of the governT ment already appointed by the Presi dent with the consent of the Senate, who shall be designated by him as- the two other members of the board. There would also be an assistant commission-, er.with a salary of $5,000 authorized to acf in the commissioner' s absence For the settlement of controversies as they might arise the measure would provide for boards of arbitration of six or three, to be elected , with the help of the board of mediation; , add conciliation wherever necessary. .The latter board would "pass - upon any. dis agreements among ' , the arbitrators. executed by the Federal courts, with which appeals coum oe nieq. " President Wilson expressed his grat- ifinatinn after the conference, that, an agreement" had been reached, on' disr puted points. He deplared that while the Erdman originally contemplated, a controversy between a single railroad and its ; employes the scope had . now been widened so as to deal with.ase-. ries of railroads. He referred to- the suggestions made as just ana reasonT able and saw no reason, he said, -why Congress should not act upon-- them luontmueu oji x-s. f--..;, j OLIVER'S 'PROSPECTS POOR Senator Simmons Still Opposes Reids- ville ManNine Candidates for : Mebane Office Apex ., ; and Hickory. t (Special Star Telegram) Washington, D. C, July 14. -The friends of Jas. T. Oliver did: not get much encouragement while, here in the interest of the Reidsville ' man's candidacy for the postmastership there. - ' ,v Some of them"' seem to "think that Oliver may get a recess appointment, and tnus evade tne opposition or sen ator Simmons, who, it is said,, has not changed his mind in the slightest de gree. : But, unless Postmaster General Burleson changes his mind, the re cess appointment will be impossible. High officials at the Postoffice Depart ment say that Oliver's name will not be sent to . the President as long as Simmons opposes him- If they main tain this attitude the recess appoint ment would be an impossibility. , Besides Cheek, Harris and Ferrari, six other candidates have entered the race for the Mebane postmastership to succeed Sam White. They are' -William Satterfield, George E. Holt, J. S. Vincent, Jas. T. Dick, H. E. Wilkin son. andJames A; Isley. ' A - Major Stedman said tonieht that he did not have the faintest idea whom he would recommend: He said, how? ever, he would make- a recommenda tion within a "week, the JPostofflce De partment having requested the Fifth District Congressman to name a man Within that time. Percy J. Olive, of Apex, is here look ing after the interest -of his candidate for the - postoffice at 'Apex. It could pot be learned whom Mr. Olive recom mended to Representative Pou for the Apex" job, nor who the -candidates -are. It is rumored that a man by the name of Pate and also- a Mrr Sears are can didates;. for the place. But, whether Olive favors either of-these gentlemen is not known.v The commission of the Republican incumbent expires within 3U days. ' - Representative Webb was notified today by. the Postoffice -Department that the name of A. C. Link.- whom -Webb recommended for appointment aspostmaster of Hickory, went to the President today. His nomination, it is expected, will be sent to the Senate 1 1. " 1-,-- 1-k 1 one day this week. R. A. :QNlUMPTlQr4. OFCQTTON. J . Monthly -&ep9rl by the Census Bureau i . 4.k-.oi. Washington. July ; 14.Cotton con sumed in the United' States during June amounted - to 466,914 running bales,-compared with 51.0,416 bales in May ; and 503,677 bales In April, the; census bureau announced today in its montniy report. .Cotton on -hand -June 30th was: In manufacturing establishments 1.296.- 657 bales, and in independent ware houses 611,519 1 bales compared - with 1,505,257 . bales in - manufacturing 1 es tablishments on May 31st, and 1,746,- 611 bales qn April 30th; 938,809 bales in independent warehouses on May 3 1st and 1,355,785 bales on April 30th Imports were 8,023 bales, compared with 13,280 bales In May and 20,732 in. April 5th. . . . . , . v i . Exports were 223,921 bales compar ed with 468,929 bales during May and 534,581.. bales during April. . Statistics for cotton growine States show : - Cotton consumed durine June 243,263 bales; cotton on hand June 30th in manufacturing establishments 502,367 bales; in independent ware houses 491,250 bales. Active spindles 11,988,265. Statistics for all other States show Cotton consumed during June 223,651 bales: cotton on hand . June 30th in manufacturing establishments 794,290 bales, and in independent warehouses 120,269 bales: active spindles 18,069,- 645. , . , - . Consumption during . the month in cluded -15,843 bales of foreign cotton and 25,396 , bales of linters. Ot the cotton on hand June 30th, there were 30,622 .bales of foreign cotton, and 81.353 - bales of linters in manufactur ing establishments, and 2,329 bales of foreign cotton and 40,877 bales of lin ters In ""independent warehouses. Ac tive spindles in the united states dur ing June numbered 30,057,910 com pared with 30,559,943 operated during May... ...,,. Of the imports tnose irom .ugypt were 6.622 bales; Peru 572 bales; Chi na 617 bales, and from all other coun tries 216 bales. Cotton exported to the-United King dom during June was 88,906 bales; to Germany 60,804 bales; to France 7, 935 bales; to Italy 27,077 bales, and to all other countries 39,199 bales. , SECRETARY REDFIELD Visits Offices of Inspector and Ship- . ping Commissioner at Norfolk ; Norfolk, July 14. Secretary of Com merce Redfield, who had been spend ing several days at Old Point Comfort, came to Norfolk today and visited the offices of the United States steamboart nsnector. and shipping commissioners. The secretary said it would be his pol icy to visit and come in personal .con tact - with all men under ..his depart ment in the various States. He de clared that all steamboat Inspections should be rigid, and. that all persons traveling by water should be afforded protection so far as . government in spection and care could guarantee. Secretary Redfield went to . Washing ton tonight. . '" , DIVORCE GRANTED -5. Wife of Prominent' Baseball -Man to Receive Alimony Chicago, July -. 14. Mrs1. Rosalie Chivington, wife of Thomas McK. Chivington, president of the American Association of Baseball Clubs,' won a decree oi, divorce in court Jiere today. She will receive $5,000 alimony, $1,000 of ' it immediately, and the remainder in the senun-annual .installments of $500. -- - x July Clearing -Sale is now" on at Reh- der's. Everybody will be delighted with - the wonderful surprise sales. Don't- forget: the hour 10 o'clock, at Rehder's, Fourth Street Bridge.- , (Advertisement.) ' - - STOilY OF INTRIGUE Unique Witneta Startles Lob by Inveitigtttort With Remarkabie Testimony - I ' 1 - 'l - ' '- - . ' - '....- r :. (' , , .-. , -,.- DISPLAYS PERFECT: MEMORY Hundreds of Letters Involving PromU nent Persopaget .Introduced Be- u fore Probing Committee. f. The Evidence. ' i Washington, ; July 14. Martin M. Mulh'all, professed field agent strike breaker, lobbyist and political , worker for the National Association of Manu- 4 fapturers, continued today his remark able story before the Senate Lobby In vestigation Committee. : Mulhall , was on the stand for ; gix.hours..In-. tha time nearly ;600 letters, telegrams and -scraps of memoranda was identified by him with hardly ; more - than a glance. . He remembered, apparently. the first names of members of Con gress; i of . lesser politicians, bt labor leaders and underlings of secretaries to Congressmen, and of all the. "men he had worked with through a year oC most i active . campaigning In. many, parts of the country. , .;;,' His performance seamed, bo reniarK- able to lawyers present '.that they sat all through a long day Intently watch ing the witness, and Glistening closely to the tales, and every word that ' the witness uttered in the brief cross ex amination tnat, accompauit?u uwe w. them. 1 .r ? ' '7 . Friendly Agreement Reached; The threatened rupture between. the Senate and' House committees ap parently ended today, with' a friendly agreement - subscribed v to. Dy . oous sidesi.. Under - this arrangement the SAtiAtA rnmmlt.tee will, finish its exam- . ination. ot . Mumaii oeiore ne is iurue over to tha House;Mt, will also putt in the record all .the. Mulhall- cqrrespon-; dence, it cares ;xo,? jafikQ m wkvs. am win im -uuuuiueu. dvu j iwcuiusi of the ::axr'ii$nffa , they ..St. case: before they get Mulhall. ' In the meantime James ;E. Eipery, ' a Washington attorney,f6r; the Nation al Association of Manufacturers, who is : omder subpoena by , both commit tees, will be allowed ,to appear In the House wing with papers he. was or-. dered-to. produce. Chairman Over man said tonight thatx all the difficul ties that looked so formidable for a few days had been smoothed out,- and that each committee i Could . now ; pro ceed in its own way "Without conflict. , ; - Mulhall's Political Activities. The Senate committ devoted to day largely to reading into the re'ocrd the tale of Mulhall's, political activi- -' ties. There was an occasional- refer ence to strikes in which the. "lobbyist" had figured, and y an . allusion now and then to the insidfr ;w4?tkiags. of labor unions, but for the' most part it was a story of politics as Mulhall played the game.' c . ':...:'--'.'t- -' Mulhall's correspondence told of the efforts to re-elect- fOrttier: Congress- . man Littlefield. ofMaitt. and defeat the present Representative, from that district, Dahiel J. - McOillictiddy. Lit tlefield was to be supported by' the National Association of Manufactur ers. because of his stand against labor legislation: . MulhAlTjsaid on ,'cross ex- $60,(U)0 was spent In that vcianpalgn. .' Mulhall's letters : . went Into detail v concerning the camia1g;tt-iheinade in Maryland to beat lormer'; Congressman ( r Pearre, of Cumberland- Pearre was aiiiA nf on '1r-1ntflnn W1V und Mulhall and otherr'agents went out to get his political ScalpiVfv At v '. J ust before tne -commiitee aajourn ed the letters beean to Show Mulhall's activities after Marshal' Chdhing, the secretary of the ,; association. - with whom he had corresponded so long, had resigned. CJ'?v ' . "Cushing resigned "-Mulhall declar ed, "because he said-fl6 self-respecting politician ; could repotf on ion oy worK. Mulhall said Cushlng resigned in the Spring -of 1907 , itO' the late James W. VanCleave, the-p'resldeiit of-the as sociation,, who wanted mil reports or all his work. The committee read sev eral letters from ". .Mulhall to -Van- , Cleave in which thr30bhylst" show- rA tVia .Vio lil-n't Y!tM..iin mn(h fni Cushing after the secretary left the association.-:; r.--- t-K'avi-.-! i Some of the letters fead earlier in the day showed that Mulhall had been known to the late Vice President Jas. S. Sherman, whoJlrt" 1907 was chair- , man of -the National ; Cohgressional commltiee. - Mir;? 'A 11 v i'-v?- - In a letter he . wrote qvl. July lith , 1907. to ' Mr. Shermaft.'-.MUlhall said he was going West,, and iwould - call ' . upon James S. WatOJiybf , Indiana, , and that . ne lntenaeu to iook, - up mem bers of the organization in .that.dis- , trict and get them ibf do some ;active work for;-WtBoni-Xi.&.':J:j ' ' - "'- "I will i pledge you ; befdre .jstartmg there," the letter saldTthat we : will be able to land Mr. : Watsoni again in the next House," i r- -:iUv ! .i;; ; On July 2nd Mr. Sherman on paper of the Republican:-; committee," wrote Mulhall as follows tftffixttw 'i;J:j. My -Dear Colonel: i : ' :- "1 am elad -that von are still inter- - ested in : political, M well aft economi cal: work, and X ai -for you to our friends 4 cordial recep tion. f r;;.;;i$'-,r:Ui:,v:.?--- " "While, you are not employed by the , Republican .Congressional committee, v: nor were you employed durlhg the last campaign, you did tender us very .ma terial assistance, and 'I , found" you at all times reliable, v trustworthy and. ... effective."- r J :'- Vf.-, In the House. On thA House stdft . todar the.Gar- rett : committee - nearu onewunesB, Representative. George W.v-Fairchild.v , . iSf T"Jpw..Y,nrfc. and TARPfmrtd for an in- . definite period, to take jup; tne1 study iv;onuuueaQnJ..-FKB?.!'e".w v ' . a,'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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