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14 Pages To-Day Two Sections VOL. XCII-NO. 327. WTVItNOTOK, K.; C., SUBAX MORIG, AIiailST 37, 1913. WHOIiB KTTMBBB 13,405, . Fair andsomewhat warmer Sunday; " - " " " " " "jf " LIND BRE ACHmmLL OE MEXICAN OPFJTION Makes Substantial Progress in Discharging Delicate Mission. settini which THE ADMINISTRATION PLEASED The Way Being Opened for Confer ences by Which Adjustment inf Trouble Zone May be Brought About. Washington, August IS.-Substan- isi nrosress has Deen acmevcu u , S of administration officials Z t John Lind, in the discharge of l delicate mission to Mexico. They fL the American embassy's adviser If least has made a breach in the wall which theoretically, had been, erected hV the Mexican government to ob struct his negotiations. The present ment he already has made is under stood to be only of a preliminary char ter and will be followed by others OUX III U It: m " the American administration -i : J! nnn ftrvi or VlTTYl C Moriro City. ' The delivery of these supplement ary communications, either orauy or in writing, will depend entirely oupon thP reception which the Mexican gov eminent accords the first communica tion This is not under careful con oration, a fact regarded as of the utmost promise for the ultimate suc of the negotiations. It is under stood that while -there is nothing in these views in the nature of a demand for the withdrawal of uenerai tiuerta from the Presidency, or for the arbi' trary fixing of the date for -a general election, there is, nevertheless a dis tinct intimation of the administration s hoiiof that some concesssion should be made by the Huerta government to tprminate the present insurrection and to insure the ascendancy of a tru iv nonnlar eovernmenL ' If these fundamentals are accepted, the way will 'De open ior conierences to define the means by which the der sired results could toe bromgnt about. H ir-sccted at State Depart- nnt that the next step in the-negoti ations will not be taraen before Mon day The request of the Mexican gov ernment for time to .consider MK Lind's presentation practically convey ed that idea. Meanwhile, it is deemed essential that the principals to the ne gotiations shall Burround them with the utmost secrecy at this interesting phase. Not the slightest " intimation of Mr. Lind's communication has reached any of the representatives of foreign powers. It is expected, how ever, that as soon as the Mexican gov ernment reaches a decision as to whe ther further overtures are to be re ceived at all, steps will be taken to ac quaint the representatives in Mexico or tne foreign powers with the nature of Lind s mission. The same information probably will be conveyed to the diplomatic repre sentatives of the same powers accred: ea to the United States. Senator Lodge had a Inner talk with Secretary Bryan today about Mexican audirs. in view of his formal declar ation in the Senate of his purpose . to stand squarely behind the President, providing the Mexican difficulty could be kept out of the field of politics, this is believed to foreshadow a better un derstanding between the Democratic f"i republican members of the For eign Relations committee than exist ed yesterday -- . Henry Lane Wilson, retired ambas ? r 5-?, Mexico, remains in Washing ton, still undecided as to his future k?ments- Mr- Wilson today was diso reflecting upon the communica n iKh Se?retary Bryan, dispatched zJfPL London, re- m s corament upon the state- Office T,? to Ine British Freigl yuice. Whether h will moi. an WATERWAY REPORT PLEASES Senator Simmons and Representatives . Small'and Godwin Express Keen Delight Wt Recommendation ' Made News Notes. (Special,. Star Correspondence.) : Washington, D. C:, Aug. 1C Senator Simmons and Representatives .Small andj-Godwin. expressed keen delight today when- they had read the report of Chief -of Engineers W. H. Bixby, recommending an appropriation of $20,000,000 for the .extension of the inland waterway from y Beaufort to Boston .Senator Simmons and Con gressman Small have already ' secured an adequate j amount for the project from Norfolk to Beaufort and the ad ditional $20,000,00 is but an extensicfn ofjthe ideas and plans which the itforth Carolinians have fought for for many ler rritir.5c!- i . i . v"woi ill I r 1 1 v r 1 1 m i r ii" Tmr. answp1! dPend uPon Great Britain's SiJh n KSK?retary Bryan's apology. Xnll delayed Until termgd thllf mttee have de- fan finanrr -""uiliuus ana Amen is to be rnnl-SUI5ort to revolutionists ler la v2hat,,worke(1 S the bor r)rgani7Art .ufc committee will be yearewa!;nensilgati?n conducted last Smith of &-r dlrecon of Senator bth Rem.hii,algan' a.nd Senator Fall, n? Srt, nSbWho are now last pi Prior fco the end of taie7 USSSf' ,Senator Smith ob vtigattan intil ?i. ontinue the in- W,H 'ietermfn! Rflatlons committee er the 1 w.eek to wheth- pntinUe ft H1"66 13 authorized to thre Democrat reorSanized so that tro1 it, and ul members will con a Democrat cha""man will become f &nlSS t1" inrestigation duped in thp o?ns nave 'been intro jands are bSt recfntly, and de Foreign RelaHon, Considered by the feneral diSciSSnl c.ommittee in the !lre of CSSS0?. uvolv ng the fu- "5aPg com;',;" existing i mves- mmittee wa' u"ee-. TQe Smith-Fall lution directin?PtInie(i under a reso e.r ail ha S to determine wheth L0Qists. but h? ,ven, Mexican revolu the eml Us destinations cnvfl lonl :J Mexican border 'ans in th : i ireaunent-of Am o n the border States of MeX- Mexico Ci v"16?1 Made p"b"c. nanihoa, the Mexte" -Frederico U-ontinno minister of the ontmueu on pa?e Eight) - or; ico, years. i . - . "". "I am deeply gratified to learn that General Bixby has. made this recom mendation," said Senator Simmons to day. "It means much to Korth Caro lina and to the entire country. It is but a matter of time until this inland route will extend from Boston to Key West, Fla.". . Mr. Godwin's Views. - "I am more than pleased to hear of General Bixby 's . favorable report on the inland route," said Congressman Godwin. "It will mean more to my district, probably-:, than to any other cne district in North Carolina. But tne plan of GeneraL Bixby is worth mil lions to.eevry, one living in a radius of several hundred miles of the At lantic coast. I have fought for this measure as best I could and I am ae lighted that the recommendation has bee nmade and I shall use all of my powe rto have the appropriation made, Most of the credit, of course, should go to senator Simmons and Kepresen tative Small. Mr. Simmons as a mem ber of the Commerce Committee and Mr. Small on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, have been able to do more than any one else but I am heartily in sympathy -with the movement ana shal help . to get the desired f 20,000,000." f -Kapresen tative - smaiL wno nas de voted; the : major 'pertion of hia time; adoption" of the Inland Waterway: as highly -pleasedv with the recommenda tion. In. a. statement - issued for the Star tonight Mr. Small said : " . Mr. Small Gratified. "This report of the Chief of Engi neers is gratifying and also peculiarly significant in several respects. It in dicates - the partial culmination of i movement for an intra-coastal water way along the Atlantic seaboard. For nfteen years a propaganda for this great arm o ftransportation has been insistently waged. In the early stages the advocates were few in number and the scoffers seemed to be iiu-the ma jority. ' but publicity and argument gradually widened the number " and area of its advocates. It is substan tially within the truth to state that tms great project nas never Deen pre sented to an intelligent citizen ac quained with the needs of our com merce, without obtaining his .approval, t is another illustration or now a mer itorious proposition may be presented to the American public with the as surance of a generous response. Congress, has already adopted the link from - Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet for "which' $1,400,000 bas already been appropriated, with a probability that annual appropriations will hereafter ne made until the work Is completed The recent report of the Chief of Engineers embraces two additional inks." One from UhesapeaKe Bay -to the Delaware river, and the other from the Delaware river to New York har bor each to bave a minimum depth of 12 feet. .The Chesapeake to Delaware waterway will cost about $10,500,000 and the waterway from Delaware to New York bay will costabout $20,000,- 000. . General Bixby urgently recom mends that Congress shall provide im mediately for' the construction of both fthese lmks. it is signmcant tnac detth of 12 feet is recommended rather than a greater depth than at first nroDosed. In this conclusion I heartily agree, both because of the de creased expense and Decause tne les ser deDth of 12 feet will demonstrate their commercial value. , Significance of Waterway. The people Jf North Carolina who are interested . in its industrial and commercial ' development may well consider and appreciate the signifi cance o " f tbis intra-coastai waterway. will afford the surest method or building up a water commerce at our North Carolina ports, and thereby re niftviTi? . sprious handicap and eman cipating the transportation system of our State. -With this inside waterway there is not the slightest doubt that staple products may De lanaea at Wil mington, . Elizabeth city, juoenton, Washington, New. Bern, Beaufort and Mnrphftfld Citv at a cost substantially comparable with Baltimore and Nor f oik., -With a decreased haul by rail, with reasonable ran rates irom uaeaot TCrtrHv nrolina noints to the interior, and -with traffic- facilities, the transpor tation problem -in North Carolina would solve; ltseii, ana in yvi iwuj natural way. Our men or commerce and industry ..may well give serious study to this suggestion.". CRIMINAL APPREHENDED. Arrested for-Moonshining . Wanted in Tennessee. Birstol, ,Va.-Tenn., Aug. 16. Wesley hillins. wanted in Polk county, Tenn., rwomtipr si -1911. for the mur- der of Doc MiHsaps, was brought to Bristot todav from - Mitchell county. North Carolina, where . he was i cap tured and taken to POlk; county by Sheriff Albert Crumley, or the latter county. Governor Hooper had offered a reward for his capture. He was ar rested in Mitchell county, for. moon shining when bis identity became STAR ESS IN PROBE TelU of Efforts to Defeat Bill m Affecting "Loan C"L .1 WITH DROU OF WESTERN GUI III SIGHT PAWNBROKERS GIVE EVIDENCE Attention '-of Loby Investigators Cen - tered on Charges of Corruption , Against Representative Jas. ' VT. McDermot. , - Washington, Aug. 16. The House Lobby "investigators centered their attention today on the -'statement of H. McMichaels, one-time chief page of the 'House, that Representative James T. McDermott, of Chicago, had received about $7,500 for efforts to de feat a .bill affecting local, pawnbrok ers and : "loan sharks". " : After - more than five" hours of hard work the com mittee was not much nearer a definite conclusion about the $7,500 than .it was when McMichaels made his first statement. The former chief of the House pag es reiterated today his testimony that McDermott - told him he got about $7,500 in the "loan shark" mater and stuck to his story under severe cross examination of James S. Easby-Smith, attorney for McDermott. The former Washington pawn broker who quit business when" this bill became a law gave the committee no definite infor mation" to connect' McDermott with any such fund or to disclose that the pawnbrokers ever raised any suchrami ount for any purpose. . Abraham Bernstein, one of the brok ers, said he contributed to a fund to be used in advancing the arguments of nimself and his fellows. He show ed a lack of memory about many de tails concerning the raising of ? the money and was subjected to a long and sharp fire of direct examination in- which every member of the com mittee .who was - present took part.. Pinned- -down- time -. after time; how ever Bernstein ' denied tbat the. brolr-- ers -eyep-Taised more rthan- $3,500iand -swore it ;was' Used to-pay-attorneys to represent them before officials here and In publicity work. He was asked to help, he swore, by George D. Horning, another local pawn brokers, who according to -Mc Michaels, made the arrangement with McDermott to work against the bill, He said he gave two checks to Horn ing amounting to about $700. He took no receipt; did not know how the money was used, but presumed it went to attorneys. McDermott. he said, he had known about a year. He, Horning and 'Ike" Heidenheimer, another broker, inter ested in the bill s defeat, he said, call ed at McDermott's office on Capitol Hill once, but he did not know the year, and he wasn't sure whether Mc Dermott was in at the time or who was there. He was sure, at first, he hadn't paid any money to Horning in 1311 when McMichael swore the deal was made, but after continued ques tioning agreed he wasn t entirely cer tain about the matter. Bernstein's failure to remember de tails finally became so frequent that every question of the inquisitor got a laugh from his colleagues, but no in formation from the witness. Bernstein denied that $3,500 was raised-to "defeat legislation." "Thirty-five hundred dollars never defeated legislation, he said. You might. defeat it with $40,000 or $50, 000." '. Bernstein denied he ever talked with McDermott about legislation ex cept In a - casual way. Bernstein could., not fix the time when Horning first, suggested to him they must do something to defeat the loan shark gill. He said Horning, Heidenheim er and he talked about the matter fre quently, but he couldn't give details of conversations. We didn't do anything rash," he admitted finally. v Immanuel Steinem, another ex- pawnbroker, said he contributed noth ing to the fund to defeat the bill, al though approached by the trio who did put up money. - I. told Horning I would contribute f the. Dill passed with the pawn brok ers excluded from its terms," he. said. You were willing to go in on a sort T of insurance basis, suggested Representative Ferris. : "Yes sir" Steinem said he didn't think it ne cessary to go in on the "fund, "I'm not out anything," he declared. Although 1 Bernstein swore that to the best of his recollection the activi ties of the three -did not begin in 1911, Steinem-testified he had been ap proached . in that year. He had no idea,- he said, how much money was raised or how it was spent. Horning and Heidenheimer, the other brokers, will testify next week. I. H. McMichael described by Mar tin M. Mulhall in his loby exposure as the "Chief Spy" upon Congressmen for'the National Association!, of Manu facturers,' testified that he was now being paid a weekly salary of $75 by the New York World, which printed the . oinglnar Mulhall charges. Mc Michael explained that he was being paid under an agreement to write a story - about "Twenty Years a House Employe,' after the lobby investiga tion was over. : Attorney J. Easby-smitn, represent ing Representative J. T. McDermott, told i the committee he would bring Allan, Av, Irvine,- a government supply contractor of this city, to testify that McMichael -.had : Informed Irvine he would receive a weekly salary until be had corroborated Mulhall's testi: monyv- --.- - -- , '.- Gentle Showers Bring Relief to Sufferers in State of Kansas. EXTREME HEAT IS ASSA06ED Prediction Forecast immediate Relief from Longest, "Hottest and Most Costly Drought in the His tory of the State. - Kansas CityMo.,Aug. 16. The end of the longest, hottest :-and:mbst cost ly drouth ixt thehistory of Kansas is in sight, according to reports received here tonight.- Rain of some conse quence fell' oyer: a ; considerable por tion of the State today, and in many places continued1 tonight. Government weather forecasters said the rainfall .probably indicated -tnat (the drouth was broken. ' Good showers were gen eral over Missouri and Northern Ok lahoma. " Relief from Heat. Scattered showers5 throughout Kan sas today brought a, temporary relief from heat, but the rains were not last- ing, and tonight the mercury again rose, but not so high as yesterday. Indications af Tain at Wichita today caused abandonment of plans for spe cial prayer services tomorrow. The sky cleared, however, in the afternoon without a rainfall, and the movement for special Sunday rain services was revived. - ' - ' Two-D4e from "Heat.. . At Kansas Ctty today; there werte two deaths due to 'heat. In the sec tion of the city ' where - poor people live an ice famine prevails. Many deaths of infants, in 'this quarter dur ing the last few weeks have been at tributed to lack of ice." "A" fund was started today , to relieve conditions. Social Functions Postponed. , At Topeka aM 'social functions bave been " postponed "and vjhe club women and society leaders, have deserted reg ular meetings and gatherings. Scores of smaller cities near Topeka, who de pend on fXopekavicles .djertu for their s'pplyha:eri.iedtSiM "unless rain came their ice will be cut off. Governor Hodges of Kansas today announced he was planning a "pond day" for the last or this month:. me worst situation that-has, con fronted Kansas in many years' is with us now," said the Goyernor, we must take care of the future by savins: the water that falls in Winter and Spring months. This situation should never confront us again. I believe we could have a week of pond .building in Kan sas that would bringresults." TARGET PRACTICE PENNANT. Presented to the Battleship Idaho by Secretary Daniels. Newport,. R. I., Aug. 16. Secretary Daniels presented the target practice pennant to the battleship Idaho, the crack ship of the navy, here today, and read her officers and crew a les son in preparedness. "There never is time to 'make rea dy in any truly great crisis in life. said the Secretary commending the crack gunners for their skill. "What Is a growing navy worth to us unless manned by men who live in a state of preparedness?" You may not know it. but it will add to your appreciation when I tell you that as a boy. it was the highest ambition of Woodrow Wilson to enter the naval academy and;, become a naval officer. If -his father had not led him into other lines, tba nrobabil ity is that today he would be with us a captain or an admiral commanding the New Jersey, let us say rejoicing with the omcers and sailors of the Idaho instead of wrestling... with the Dig problems that have -kept him In wasmngton all summer while you have the good fortune to be refreshed by the breezes from Old Ocean." REFUGEES REACH EL PASO. American Families Leave Mexico Un der Escort. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 16. Eight trains under Federal military escort of 2,000 men, commanded by Colonel S, Momero, Mancilla and Alberto Terra- zas, reached Juarez this evening, Twenty American men an women,' with 11 cnildren. came on one tram. The Federals brought three cannon and anumber of rapid-fire guns for de fense against a possible Constitutional ist attack. The trams were six days on the road from, Chihuahua. Three of them were, of empty cars to be re loaded with provisions for Chihuahua City. Telegraphic communication with Chihuahua was re-etsablished to day. O UT LINES Administration officials . express pleasure at progress being made by John Ldnd in discharging his delicate mission in JUexico. - - Attention of House lobby investiga tors centers on statements of I. H. McMichaels, regarding charges of. cor" ruption against Representative .MceDr- mott, . Rivals for governorship of .; New State agree to-armed truce over Sun day." -.. ,- - - ' ; -- - - Senate nears completion of the ag ricultural schedule of the tariff bill. Scattered' showers bring temporary relief from extreem, heat in Kansas. xsew York: Markets: money on call nominal; no loans. -Flour quiet but firm. Wheat firm. Corn steady. Ros- n and Turpentine steady. x Spot cot ton steady: middling uplands. 12.00: middling gulf .12.25; sales none. -V this '. hearing.' but 3 don't : think vou nave any rignt to, inquire into-my pri- , Human hou- TQTnstratirm -osn vate business" retortjM McMichael tnmnrrAw of 0tnro. nf thi, n w (ContIr"tt on Page Eight) jPolvogt Co, . (Advertisement.) ' Ii - , ... ... ii I (III TJ 1 . . 1 T - Ill nignty-tnree lears uia on Monday j " " " i vH f-v -ty- : :yf mm .; ! yrri 7 v-rl (MI m M:y-ywyyt g i ' fe x:y : 'JrS 4 . - 0 1 WORK Oil THETARIFF V Senate Almost Completes : Consideration of Agricul ' tural Schedule ' OVER REPUBLICAN PROTEST No Amendments Adopted Despite Ef forts of Minority Leader Fish' and Bananas Subject of.Prin ' cipal Debate. V Washington, Aug. 16. The Senate today almost, completed consideration of the agricultural schedule of the Tariff bill, disposing of a number of Important rates protested against by the Republicans. , No . amendments were - adopted, though Republican leaders Bought to increase their rates on straw, fish, ap ples, and other-fruits, to abolish the proposed duties on canary, caraway an danise seeds, and vigorously pro tested against any duty on bananas Democratic leaders expect to complete the .agricultural schedule Monday and express confidence that none of its provision's will be changed, free cat tle, free wheat and their products al rea'dy having been approved. The su gar schedule, upon which the greatest fight of the tariff controversy will be waged, will be reached next, and ma jority leaders are planning to hold night Senate sessions, beginning the middle of the coming week. " ,The principal debate today on the agricultural schedule centered about fish; and bananas. Senator' Lodge, of Massachusetts, declared the great re ductions proposed on' fish products, with fresh fish on the fere" list, would give fisheremn control of the ' great Ne-fv England markets. , No change, hnWevp.r. was rnnde In the rat an mem, argued against the proposed dufy of .110 of brie cent a "pound on bananas. Defending the proposed rate asf a .revenue (tax not levied! against a baisic food'ftroduct. SehatorrWllllam3, off Mississippi, facetiously , remarked tljat; it-would f tax "the down trodden nan" a.t tbe rate, ot- "J- i accent -&rbekt&zi&.i r.-'-.'-iv. Senator Sherman; "-ot Illinol; Irefer xing. to the. fact that most of the ba nanas imported come from -Central American countries, said this country should "cultivate 1 friendly, relations one of the most magnificent and the m ost pathetic figures in contemporary history. .The close personal attention with-, which he has .followed the , course of-events in the Balkans the past year and the promptness-and vig or with whieh he hac acted when such action seemed necessary have amazed even those "who are best acquainted with the marvelous energy and' mental; qualities possessed by .the aged ruler. j ! CONTESTANTS AGREE TO TRUCE FOR A DA Y Both Rivals for Governorship of New York State Determined NANCE -WASHINGTON MAN CEASE FIGHT .OVER SONDAY Sulzer and GJynn Each Sign Official Papers, Acting as Governor-The v Impeached Executive Re- I . plies to Declination. , " . . Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16. An ahned truce over Sunday is the present . sit uation in . the fight for the Governor ship of New York State. Both;. Gov ernor Sulzer and Lieutenant Governor Glynn, as acting Governor, signed bffi cial papers during the day. Apart from this the opljr skirmish wasthe issuing by Governor Sulzer of a reply. to Mr. Glynn's , declination ofthe sug gestion that their differences be taken at once - to court. Governor Sulzer deplores this declination, pointing out that it will probably lead to "trouble" and litigation." The purpose of. the suggestion, he stated, was "to avoid the spectacle of two persons claiming to act as Governor of this great State at the same time. . -' Mr. Glynn left his official fort , on the third ffoor of the Capitol early in the afternoon, but Governor Sulzer stood by his'' guns on the floor - belo w throughout the day. .- -' . . Governor Sulzer s letter, wnicn ar rived after Mr. Glynn had left em-, phaticalljv denied that . his communi cation suggesting that the controver sy be taken into court contained any "suggestion that you should .barter away any of the functions attaching to the office of lieutenant governor, but simply that we seek a determina tion of what your ana my ngnis ana duties are at the present juncture. The letter continued: ' . 'Your statement 'that the matter is now in the highest court of the State the court of impeachment' I sug gest to you is very inaccurate. The court of -impeachment will not con-r vene until the" 18th of September. The court is not-to determine who is rto discharge the duties of Governor pendi ng trial of the cnarges presentea-to t. and of course could not In any event determine that question before it convenes. ; ' .'. ' . "Whatever the result of .the charges Against me may pe,. it is certain that (Continued on Page Eight.) .,; Slayer of Wife at Hamlet Formerly Lived in Capital City Charlotte Firm Files Rate Complaint.' years old Monday andxall parts of the empire are preparing for an elabo- Vwith the -principal product ofthose rate celebration of the anniversary. .Emperor Francis Joseph Is at once aj-uuuwiea seni lo a irieuuiy pon, ior. j j J2 j . i rvQ Annri mi an "ttt ci t- n na nr r r vitalize the Monroe DoctHne. or igno bly abandon it.". '. j Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, said the consumer eventually would pay the, duty of approximately $2,225, 000 a year in bananas. , The vote sustaining the proposed ba nana tax. was close, -31 to 28. Senators Thornton and RanBdell, of' Louisiana, voted with the Republicans. .' v Senator Smoot discovered there was a conflict in the bill relating to dead ?nd dressed poultry and prepared meats whereby both might be made dutiable . at thirty per cent, under ono paragraph and free of duty under an other. Senator Williams said it was an oversight and consented that the matter be recommitted for. re-draf ting Senator Gronha sought to increase the proposed rate on live -poultry from one to two cents a pound, but the amend ment was rejected. Senator Smoot sought Ineffectively to increase the proposed rate on pow dered . cocoa from 2 to 3 cents per., pound; " Senator Norrlfij of Nebraska, pro tested against the proposed' duty of.. two cents per pound on dandelion root and other substitutes for coffee, main taining that they should go on the free ' list. He argued that Buch a rate was . a direct protection -to . the coffee' trust." Senator Williams, upon con sultation with ; other ; Democrats, con sented.that the1 paragraph go back to the committee with the prospect that Senator Norris' suggestion might be accepted. . ' Senator Gronna. discussing general ly the agricultural schedule declared the free listed articles will be a bur den to the 'farmers, and will cause a revenue- deficit in the treasury of $25,- 000,000. Early In the day Senator McLean. of Connecticut, addressed the Senate, in opposition to the Finance Commit-' tee amendment permitting importation of feathers of wild birds. Answering him, ' Senator Reed, of 'Missouri, de- (Continued on Page .Eight). (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Aug. 16.' George Nance, who killed his wife, Mrs. Bir die Nance, at Hamlet yesterday, was a former Washington, boy and his mother now resides here. Nance is a traveling salesman and lived at Knox ville, Tenn. The Foreman Shoe Company, of Charlotte,' has filed . a complaint against the Southern Railway, claim ing' that the rate of 96 cents per hun dred pounds on shoes from Boston to Charlotte is unjust, unreasonable and discriminatory. - Tile '. complainant claims that the : same class of goods are hauled through Charlotte to At lanta, a distance of 267 miles further 'for 95 cents per hundred and that a rate of 47 cents per hundred applies toLynchburg, Va. H. M. London.v of Pitt&boro, called upon Senator Simmons today and pre sented his claims for assistant dis trict attorney for the East. London has strong indorsements from the leading lawyers . in Eastern Carolina, &nd it is believed he has a good chance of winning. He was accompa nied to the senior Senator's office by Representative Pou. One additional letter carrier has been authorijprfor Raleigh, effective Monday nespir The following .fourth-class postmas ters have been appointed: Edgar E; Craven, at Abbottsburg, and Duncan 1W Sm i tVi stt TCollv Rlndon rnnntv John E. Flack at Vein Mountain, Mc Dowell county, and " Willis M. Miller at Laurel Springs, Allegheny county. ' J. m. Johnson and wile, of Raleigh: J. ?J. Hooker, of Dillsboro, and R. K. Johnson, of Bertie county, are here. P. K. A. RELATIVES MRS. NANCE FOUND. Two --Sisters of Woman Murdered at ' Hamlet Respond to Inquiries. Hamlet, N.--'. C. Aug. 16. Chief of Police Brazewell, this morning receiv ed two telegrams from relatives of Mrs. George R; Nance, wbo was killed here last night . Jby her ; husband, the first of these being from a sister, Mrs. R. T. " Baker, of-Alexandria . Va., who asked that the body be -prepared for shipment and held until her arrival Sunday. - I . - R. A. Reeds, ot Knoxville, Tenn., wired for particulars, -stating that he married a sister of Mrs: Nance. f,This latter telegram was an ' answer to a wire sent to, a Knoxville firm whosa address the dead woman carried on the fly leaf a memorandum book, with instructions to notify them in. case of accident. ' Nance, in the county jail at Rock ingham, today, gave the address of bis mother as Mrs. E. Nance, 34 Adams . street, Washington, D. C, but a " message to that address was re turned undelivered. . . ' It develops today from - papers and correspondence among the - effects of the dead woman that she was a trav eling representative of a perfumery house. . Nance has talked very little today, but has retained counsel. The watch belonging to the woman has been 'found on the floor of her room. It stopped at 5:15 o'clock P. M., and as the body was discovered at 6:20 it is supposed that she had been dead for an hour. ' To .the fact the carpet on the floor of the room was an old one of slow burning material is attributed the escape of the hotel from burning. . f ,' Macon Ga.. Aug. 16. 3eorge S. Nance, who last night killed his wife in a hotel at Hamlet, N. C, was here for a short time last week at a hotel. He was accompanied by-his wife. He does not live here, howevre, and the hotel where he stopped supposed him to be a , traveling salesman." Before leaving Macon he deposited S1.00O in cash In a local bank. ' Farther than this nothing is known of the man. . Knows. - :- i - V .. V-:'