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v. '?y ;;?vV -: t . y--y;L . . V.' , J f- :-..V.-i " ';', THEWEATH2R- EVERY RENT' PAYER ; kk-'k Is, an aspiring home ownerand,; ev- ery day -gome rent payer get ready Investigate seriously, the likely-looking Real -Estate for 'Sale Business Lo ' cals. : v ,;:;;;;; - -"X -X t- pair and warmer Thursday, Friday fair. .'fy y vol. xcni-Nq3 ; WHOIiE OTMBEB 13,4 38, , . .. . . . - r Great Masa Meelihg Dis cusses Latest Proposal of Inter-State Carriers DEMAND FREIGHT C01.OSSI01I Corporation Commissioit-. Roasted by I Dr. Alexander-Tformer Govern or Glenn Preaches Mod era- ; 1 tion Wate Points. - ( Special ' gtar Telegram. ) Raleigh, N. C . Sept.. 24. "I, have examined the proposition as :: best; I could and it is my opinion that it is such a proposition as" the people of North Carolina can afford to accept," declared Governor? . Craig this after noon in addressing'the meeting of -the State Just Freight Rate Association and the members of .the General As sembly in the Auditorium." r ir -He said that he vralized vthat the proposal as amended by : the railroad . rnmnanies still does not give the ship- ners of the State all they are entitled j to, but that It is 4,oeguuung m we right direction well wprth while. He vould accept it for two years- speci fied and press, alongevery; other pos sible avenue for .such - additional re lief as is obtainable. .- ';. There were possibly -1,800 -people in the Auditorium when President ;Tate of the Just Freight Rate Association called the mass meeting to order and the Governor's address was -cordially received in spite: of the sense of the Freight Rate Association -. members that the proposal should not be ac cepted. -'-i -'-''V'. Rate Association Rejects. - - Indeed, later-in the meeting resolu tions were adopted declaring it: the sense of the association, that the pro posal be rejected andHhe-creation iDf a special Railroad, or Freight Rate Commission "be created -to take, these duties fromthe present CoitJoratlon Commission. .President Tate called the meetingHQ prder at - 2 : SO. He . briefly outlined "what .'the association had done, spoke of, wfc&tt-thcsjes; to do, aiidrthetfrej5ented,-vGovwiop. traig: The Governor' was 'followed by Representative Justice vr: Governor Craig . said in part? "In the consideration. ; of theitines-f tion before us, I have - had - but. one purpose, the weirare f i the whole State. My efforts have been limited by my ability. 'I come before - you now, the sovereign people of ? this State, interested in a great, cause, yto speak to you, frankly, and ? fully-of the conclusion I have reached ; in an- in--vestigation of this matter..- I covet your commendation, 4 covet; youn ap proval, but regardless of . these I must speak the convictions that-1 have -or I would not be true to the people of this Stated - - . - State Has Paid Millions: J "For more than -25 years the State has been .-. discriminated in . favor .'of Virginia. ' The. railroads -are-responsible for the ? evils. but the peopleof North Carolina rare also for not en forcing their rights. North Carolina has paid tribute .of millions of dollars; but this has . ndt been the greatest evil. This evil is that industries have peen forced to go elsewhere to secure good treatment. The time will come when these - unjust ; .discriminations will end. Some : people ..neretofdre have cried out against it- but :they were not heard. : Jn the last General Assembly a contest - was begani in: earnest, and has been'kept. rup -in earnest. It is but dust to say; that' t&e Legislative" Freight Rate Commission -has taken hold infelHgently."nr?i: Reviews Negotiations, ' ivs He said Representative ; Justice' of Guilford stood up on .the" watch tower; and has done; more than ny , man iin the State, and he commended, the Just Freight Rate Association under, the leadership of President F. Nr Tatet The negotiations - carried on ;bythe Corporation Commission, most, ably by the chairman;-have been character ized by devotion and patriotism sin gle to the interests of the people of North Carolina. '.-, - -.. ,; Governor Craig reviewed the 'nego tiations. He showed fcareful study of the question as he enumerated ' the things offered by the carriers, and dis cussed the concessions : in, general, enumerating the r- Various reductions. He explained the , shortcomings of "the first proposition, which., failed to give relief to border points. -: - - C ' The proposition ? that the State should bind ' itself " not to retaliate with legislation was? Impossible. . He said you cannot 'obtain .justice, under the present rater ftvutem. You cannot obtain it under the laws that,arer uponl me statute books " of this, nations- He reviewed the amendment to .the; Jong and short haul: clause,' allowing - the Inter-State Commerce ) Commission' to say when this principle should be ap plied. The Governor said he believed the concessions were greater than the State could get from 'the Inter-State Commerce : Commission, --after, years f litigation, h , , :'y : ' - .. Concessions Amount to $2,000,000. "The concessions amount . to two million dollars.it is- estimated, but the greatest gain is iff enabling the; cities and towns in thi$ . State, to meet com Petition. The Question of acceptance is with the General Assembly. - "I want peace but I prefer 'war to an ig nominious peace, ..but , this is. .some thing that weVcan honestly accept If aid not think so, I" would not recom mend it." .- :.,-.v-.f ... i,,;.:. ".- Governor said he "was in favor of exerting all the powers of the State, call that retaliatoryi- legislation if you iii, to make these carriers give vus ar rates. If these matters were not oeyond State jurisdiction, there would De no negotiations, because a statute would deal with ;theproblems t t, I want everybody :, to - understand "at tnis proposition is submitted to jne without any strings tiedv to it. I Know that it is easy to say that the State ought to have more, and I say frr..t m-- -mm ... , mmmm mmmmmimmmnmmm -V . -- : I I -; l V f I iMt 1 ff j M Vital II bM? VI t U W . :v;v::;XXv:vW J 1 k - - " J GOVERNOR LOCKE. CRAIG. SlML10IIS. , F0Br -PBESIOEfIT Event Wilson Doesn't Run Again. Sert- ; or Senator Will be Urged Most ' - Prominent 'Man, in Con- ':- . . . - . - gress. - . . v' "(Special ' Star: Correspondence.) ; T , Washington; D. C.xSept. 24 Should President Woodrow Wilson decline a re-nomination for the Presidency, Senator Farnifold .- McLendon Sim-' jnons, of North Carolina will be urg-" ed :tO get- itf the race for the Demo- cratic nomination In191S. : This statement was made today .by one-of .the most , innuehtial .men in President; Wilson's ; adminstrati6n. This man says that men.from all sec tions of the, c,ountry- now ; look upon Mn Simmons as- the biggest and most influential man : connected : with the I Democratio adminstration and . they believe; he would prove a w4nner.M,i. - v-Wilson Might'tturi Agam. vMtBttrn, SiTftraittcb New that TMr. Wilson . . will construe -the. planlc in, the l)Bmocraticr; platform ' in sucn . a.-, way :-as.?io prevent mm irom a&ain beine a candidate. Some of his. close :f riends- say thaU; the . President.. has never mentioned that ? part of tne platf orn which pledges- the Baltimore nominee .to onevtenn and that Ire Je lieves.the, paragraph was-inserted. . for the: nrotection -and - gratification' of William .J.. Bryan,iwho is almost sure J to be a candidate to ;succeea Wilson. The talk .of running1 Mr. Simmons for- tha -Presidency is -beard in; many quarters. .-But- for the most part. -it comes from .men high up in the busi ness and financial world. They haye watched ; Mr. . Simmons as a tariff re-, former and have come to the conclu sion that he is a sane, safe and honest and is second only to atr., Wilson him self in the Democratic ranks. - 'Simmons Close to Wilson.' -f i Whether Senator Simmons will be brought forward as a candidate' for the Presidency, or not, it is 'probably true that, no man in Washington is closer to' Mr. Wilson than Mr; Sim mons, v Mr. Wilson feels that the sen-, ior North" Carolina Senator as " chair-, man "".of 'the Finance -Commltteef did more. to tredeem vthe Democratic ;pam palgni pledges. to. reyiserthe tariff thari any 1 one-, elsjulndeed, itrissaJd that no'O'the'rSenator xm th& Democratic side 'coujajbjav.e 'handled the taf iff bill in -such -masterful way ; as-did Mr, . Simmons! '"Theref oreaecording to the Tumor. 4 should; the nPresident- decide?. not-tq fee.-a..j candidate in 1916. 'Mr Stafhidns in -.alb probability 'would :, be Mr. Wilson's "candidate "for the, nomi aationi ,In other words; Wilson- wduld pat his-O-' K--vo' Simmons51' just;; as Roosevelt 'duUwhen ; Taft was nomit nated. 3ut; there; is a -vast and dis tinct' difference between Simmons and TaftT Simmons -thinks for' himself and. would be President; Taft allowed others to do his thinking. ; v ; - v . - . P. D. Gold Selected. North Carolinans will be interested to know ; that P. D. .Gold, sJr4 formerly of Greensboro now a resident of New York. has, been made secretary of the Edward E.. McCall Association, which haai just-been organized in New f York ior the purpose of furthering the can didacy of Judge McCallvas mayor of the metropolis.. The" officers and mem? bers of :the association include ' some of the ' most - influential business men of - New York and the selection, of Mr Gold isjiuite an honor to the 'North Carolina' man. ;-'Y: P. A.. ' v-v Finals Vote ion Tariff. '; -t t After a two-- hours'. - conference with PrjSBirtnlu Wilson r today; Senator Sim-; mons- sftid iihat' ,he -is confident Ihat the iconereesni-sthetariff-ill will finishtheir.'work tomorrow, .and ' that the final "vote on .the.-measure will be had not Jater tban ..Tuesday. Under a. House ; iriilevrtthe V bill will have to lay over one- day after it reaches the lower branch of Congress.rotherwise it is . believed , a vote could be . had by Saturday. - ? ; -. '; '.: y - Senator Simmons and Representa tive Underwood were luncheon guests at othe. White - House. - All phases of the tariff bill, it is . understood, rwere discfassedt; v, :J-X' H -Representative Godwin -has request ed that a- road 'engineer be sent. to Harnett county to aid in surveying for -county roads.: ' : -: v -Mrs. W. H. Osborne has returned to Washington. , ' : C ' 4 ' . i . . ." - i. ::-l'J-y;--:'rf-yi P. R. A t J ' - - ' ' " ' . MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARIES. 0.: . .. ;r: r r-" : Scattering Returns from Boston : and vi Other Cities and-Towns. - Boston. Sept ,23; Returns .in the State primaries today, from SO out of 35Q;citles and towns, including Boston, give: 'Republican" candidates "for Gov mT m rtantnn TSlOf . ;?4rdner.V 9."- 03 1. Democratic candidate for Lieu- tenant Governor, Barry 18.717; Long a to i .-.:";,- v-i:'-t.sV4 & ri nxu r n i nr r rn nnn nrrn COOllSELiASKSfMOHEaTiE Fugitiy Enjoys an buting in Company With. His . Mother Preparation of . Briefs .for. Mondayfs r--' ii'Hearlrily Concd,4 H Sept24 Goverrr Felkej: may 'not be able' to give .his answer, to vNeSv; :York State's ' request for -thetraditipn of Harry KvThaw until- ?late Eexi week, y ' . Counsel ; for Thaw 5. tonight; said , it may found necessary.-to asic for. a further Exten sion : of time in i which to file T briefs sunpiemental. ,to the ;argumbnts .yester day, introduced at tAe: hearing) before the) Governor. Monday nex(was: the date . originally . .set for filing these brief s.:"; - ;V.:A ' . ?.v'" -''r'-fy ; Messrs.' Shurtleff, Martin and .Doni gan of counsel for Thaw, busied them selves all day arid again this, evening in preparation of the .brief: " When prepared, it will be inspected by for mer Governor William Stone, of Penn sylvania, who is to return here for that purpose. ' ' : -' ; - , . . - While hisilawyers were -j.hus . occu pied,; Thaw himself enjoyed an outing, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Mary Ci Thaw. 'They motored to Salisbury, 20 miles north of Concored, and visits ed the ;birthplace -of Daniel Webster. Thawi-was ' under the carev; of ' Sheriff Drew-during the trip. ; ':.'- ; -. ' on Yorfcef24yheiiir: YrBV6s-;fileclvt6ay,n6 the widow his-Brooklyn residence and 500 shares of . .Royhl-: Baking Powder . Company stock;.The remainder with the ex ception of minor bequests of the estate is." divided, two-sevenths to each of two son, and; dne;seventh7to each 6f three unmarried-daughters.' -The value' of the -estate is estimated at $2,000,000. ; T .two ' married ; daughters Mrs: Harry .Vlnegut, and Mrs . William Se ward, .Webb, Jr., receive $1,000. V i -: The'shaTeof Rufus Gaynor, the son who waa:, with 'the late Mayor when he died aboard the steamer Baltic, is placed in . the hands of the trustees, who are instructed to pay. him the in: com f until he is 30 years old and then to surrender the nrinciDal. . . if , they judge him capable of handling it ; wise ly. :' y . ; i The;will directs the trustees to end their trust for Ruf us "provided they arc satisfied from his past life and business capacity- and habits that he snUnot let it slip through his: fingers, and I . Want him judged fairly;. in this i-espect" vi ' ; y-,p. y y -y s Jtmus IB now 24 years 01a. . Norman"-Gaynor is just 1. . -,y When the will was made 'May J 1st. 1909. his father directed that his share of Jthe property be held in trust until he.became of age. The only other beneficiary mention ed in the will is the late Mayor's maid en 7ssterjiMary Gaynor, pf UticaMiss Gaynor receives a nouse ner orotner owned in Utica and he income of 115 shares of Bakine Powder stock" to be held -. f or- her, in trust during f hef -lif e tine. , V , w -Tne legacies to tne tnree nnmarriea daughters, Helen, Marlon ' and :Ruth, also are placed in the hands Of a trus tee to be held until they are 25 years Old. - ? . : . - No explanation is given o uthe ap narent discrimination against the two married daughters, both of whom elop ed and married without their father' knowledge or consent, , The win pro vides that-an- heir who contests the" division of the estate shall automatic cally forfeit his legacy. , ment in his-own handwriting. It covers ten pages -of foolscap. - ; - , 1 ..' The 00 snares 01 preterrea siock left td the widow are worth about $51,- yM-' So ' Pronounced s by r Lunacy Com mis - , si 0 n at--R oc k I n g h am Yeste rday." '" rVRockingham, N. C.i Sept. 24. Geo. S. Nance; who slew, his wife in a local hotel in Hamlet on the; afternoon; of August - J.5th and afterwards tried . to bum the body and the hotel -building, was examined today by a lunacy, com mission appointed, by the Superior Cqurt ; in .ses sicm at Rbckinghamvand pronounced . insane. , He .will be -carried . to- the estate .orison atRaleiKh. and f placed-inr the criminal, insane de- partmenttwnere ne win spena tne , re mainder of his natural 'life except in the event he should regain his sanity when he "will be placed on trial for the murder of his wife. .-;:- - ; -Among - those who composed the board - .of " alienists, making the -examination were Superintendent McCamp bell, of the State hospital for the in sane atMorganton, and Dr. Albert. A. Anderson superintendent of the Cen; tral Hospital for the Insane at Ra-lelgh-iyv'f : .. New York; Sept. : 24 .Charley Mill-" er, Sari Francisco heavyweight, . to night j&utf oughtl AI Palser, of Iowa, in a- ten-round bout here.1 Both men weisrhed ' 222 oounds and anneared in good condition. Miller had the better of four rounds." Palzer three and three GaynQ were-.eyen;?-,-.JJ ;;-:--''i??;::;:;::' ; - QI1 Illllj i.yyyy-f. Senate and Houie Can Get Together onfProposed Measure gomprouisepl.:;so:oested Conf e rence W ith P rssi dent Wl so rii vy More PartiCMlarlyWltitRefer- -ence to Foreign Policy-- ; 'Pi-. Tentative Ag reefnent; t 5J . bill;fcoriteeeiSday fcameto( a ; final found iidpossihle' tos? agree either i6h the Clarke amendment, adopted by the ;Snate;.:orth-'eompfomi;aMWttf-a? theVSmithilever-Burleson'tJlanl f .:' " I" After" a -conference CeVWhite Bentative Underwobd, aia aUong de-; bate in ; tneconference committee, i t was decided to report a disagreement to : bbth Houses of Cdngress.- -. The. conference report on. the ; rest of the tariff bill4 will be completely harmonious when the ' measure gets back to-the Senate, and' House. It will be accompanied by; a report that . no agreement could- be reached onvthe so-called Clarke h amendment, impos insr a tax of 50 cents ner bale on. cot ton sold- fort future delivery, ;buti not delivered.' :- ''.v- ' " J ': .' "V :-:. c It 1 was predicted f torifeht : ithat a strongv movement s in bienalf of the compromise pEsnnwOuld 'be.started -as soon as the report: is InadeJ : . . ' t ; Thecompromise wodldiicompel : all contracts forfttture delivery to speci fic goverhment' :grapes,v and - would J compel deitvertes oh cotton i 10 De- ai that grade or close-to ft, the difference to, be settled ;'at: :thet prevailing 4 com mercial prices : -m " y - - This plan, modeleil on the -iillof Senator- Smith; of Souths Carolina, and perfected ny Postmaster General . Bur leson; Kepresentaps;44fiaiuienaiQr. Hoke r Smitb: rarid rrjkthers," ' has -the strong support of several of the- House confrs - " '.- 'i V-v - - ' ' ."The . Senate;-conferee.?8 could not consider any .modification of the" Clarke amendment," - said Senator (iimmons tonight.- "The Senate hot only had adapted ; it, but; had - re-affirmed its ; support of the provision when it was referred back to caucus." As a resnlt of the conference with" President; WUlson the committee today also ; settled- finally "the foreign -policies involved in the tariff bill. ' -The most important -developments ':: Were r1 v Agreement-on the 5 per cent tariff" rebate , on goods brought in American owned -ships with a provision that it should not affect countries with which the United . States has treaties pro hibiting such discrimination. - v- . Defeat of the retaliatory tariff pro visions of the vSenate -that would au thorize the - President " to assess extra tariff duties on certain articles from 4 countries discriminating against the United States. ; - Defeat of the anti-child labor provi sion , that would have excluded ' for eign goods made by child, labors. ' . , . The House, provision ' exelnding -convict-made goods -was retained." - ; ; It. is understood .these decision "met with the approval of the President." ' ' A hearing bylthe conferees tonight was given to Representative Palmer on the-"anti-dumping" provision of the House r bill - which would impose an extra duty on rgoods "dumped"' on the American .market at Cut prices. - The Senate provision ;f or a joint Congressional committee to devise the methods of. administering- the tariff was stricken but.. , - - ' "j 'The j-coriferees.adopted the Senate amendment r covering the - smelting of ores in bonded warehouses and ac cepted the provision admitting Philip-: pine cigars free only when they do not contain more than 20 per cent of tobacco raised outside the Philippines. The : premiums returned to policy holders by mutual life and, mutual marine insurance ; companies will, be exempt from, the income tax,- undercan (Contfnuea nnPage Eight) ' , OUT LIN ES The .extraordinary, session of ." tie North Carolina Legislature to handle the freieht rate nroblem and Question of constitutional .amendments,' , .met yesterday and after - organization, ad: journed till today. ' Addressing' a mass meeting' , of . shippers: Gov, Craig advocated accepting . the proposal of. tne railroads witnout regara to tne ports and , the State's water; facilities : the Just - Freight -Rate' Association. hbwever, "adopted resolutions to reject the ' proposal. '-:- ;.' ,- ; " . : ' - Man failure ait along tne nne from officials dawn ; to . trainmen was ; as signed to the Inter-State Commerce Commission-as the cause of' the Sep-' ' temberi-wreck . on . the New - Haven . in a scathing report ; made yesterday - " Senate and; Houses conf erees -yester: day disagreed on the tax on'cotton fu tures feature of the tariff bill and will so:, report ; - after a - conference - with President Wilson Congressional lead-, ers haye agreed upon the foreign poli-: cies features. ;. - -; - - ; yy" y ". JSDealter Chamo .Clark yesterday re linquished the avel in , the House and told the . Republicans a few things in defense of the Dembcratic" caucus. ; , Alienists yesterday began an exami nation of. Hans Schmidt; the renegade I priest, charged , with the murder of Anna Aumulier in New York- New York markets: .Money on call firm 2 1-2 to 3 per cent, ruling rate 3r; closing, 2 1-2 to z 3-4, time loans, firm: 5 flour nominally steady: wheat easy No.- 2 red 95, No. 1 Northern 94 1-4 r corn Teasy export ''82 1-2: oats easy ; spot cottonquiet,middling up- i lands 13.00 rosin quiet; turpentine j on trades ihottonueiit as WOUSeif iprucipaxea la r srretsiuew Wilson i'Senatoar Simjnons and Repre- ;steaayw ; i , - ' 1 j' - 1 SPEAKER CHAMP ' CLARK. FLOOR Quit Gavel in Hcuseto Tel . RepublU can ' Howlers a Few Things', in -: ,;v, Congress" . Progressive- Iif; :Mv:LeaderReplies'i'. Washington, Sept. 24 . Speaker Clark- today quit his gavel to take the floor 3n ; defense of . the Democratic caucus against the Republican at ;:.AThisl continual howl about the-cau- cus is the 'mbst idiotic thing that has ascendea to ; neayen in tne : last gen eration,f; shouted. the Speaker!- - 'The country wants to. know, what Congress doesit does, not care three whoopsj how it, did it. We have re: vised thej tariff and put through a bill changing;, the ? banking ? .and currency system. ' If these -measures " are - not good, we will be the ones to suffer. If rthey -arer-gderwingaW did riot propose to let you Republicans bring ut other subjects on the floor while they -were- under consideration; and ; detract the attention of 'members and of the country from' the great is sues mvoivea. ;.-;.,- - M:!."-": Speaker ' Clark said he would not answer -Republican attacks by calling attention.40 the way former Speakers Reed and Cannon put through: impor tant legislation.. .' . . v r -v "That would be' a case of the pot calling, the, kettle black, said. he, . "A lot of you - fellows have "beeris talking too'- much for your own good, any how," concluded ;the Speaker" to the accompaniment of prolonged outburst of. applause from the Democrats. . Progressive Leader Murdock- toOk. issue with Speaker - Clark over his statement that the country did not care how Congress did things' so; long as: they were done.-1- Mr. Murdock said the caucus resulted in ,. lack of deco rum,, brought about a small attend ance and ended in gag rule. He said there was no reason the doors of. ev ery -committee . room - should ' not be open. .v-"-y - .'ry.Sy-iyyrtypy-' Meets i ;;5.'i. session ft :t : Raleign;-; NorthCarblina zatibri. 'of -Senate ;:arid ; -Hbuse 1 ' and will tomorrow receiye. from. Governor; Craig his message treating the' -matters for j which- the lawmakers -are., especially called ' together, "; consideration ; ," :: of freight rate regulation,- including ac ceptance or rejection of the latent pro posal of the railroads' for- settlement of differences as to . interstate rates and "consideration of proposals ?i for amending .the State Constitution' pre: pared, by a" special legislative;; com mission. 'I ' - Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge convened the Senate and organization was perfected by the election of J.' H. Burnett, of Pender, readings clerk to succeed i the late R- M. Phillips;- and R.H." Davis, of Carteret,,. was made en grossing: clerk to succeed W,;H. Saw yer, resigned Mr. Davis' oppppenti waa,vJ.;. S. Williams,' of -Watauga coun ty, and; the vote was 28 to lO.- ; :. Senators-Daniels,' o Halifalt, f'irig geisted that members be allowed -Until Wednesday, October-lsti to 'Introduce local bills and the matter weritr to the , rules cbmmittee!f or . report; tomorrow-; &i MbRA Llly STU NTE D SCORE.V J NoivBeer Drinkers in .Gerrnahy ,Seh ;:';', .rf tenced to Du rtgeon. !- y!Mf ' ' Greenswald. Germany. -SeotJ -','24 111 The. .expulsion; on account of their tdi . tal abstinence.. .nrmcipies or ; several students " from 1 Greenswald University:. has - caused . a sensation here. . vThe students, ' numbering-about ; 1,000 Were called together in . June to attend v a "beer evening" in celebration of the jubilee of . Emperor ; William's ; reign.' Several aostamers protestea ; ana "Were 'thereupon reprimanded -by:: the officials. One of : the abstainers . criti cised 'the reprimand and (was sentenc ed" by, the authorities" to threV-dayS confinement in the University dun geon. . jfurtner , protests py otner stu dents-led - to expulsions. . . . ; .'. Indiana,: Pa.', Sep24 prom inent ; officials of the Buffalo, Roches ter. ' -Pittsburg Railroad were', seriously-injured near here today "wheri a passenger train sideswiped a freight train in the Creekside yards.- Five other persons were hurt,- but not: ser hly -The North Carolina .G6rieralAasem tTyfcnveneiHn special; jsessio&iit FAILURE OF ilEII : ALL ALOIIG LINE Scathing:- Report on V New Havbn WrecMby: V Q1 l&sion yy :yy fyy JeMyy OFFICIALS OOMTBAIiiMEII i py: Antiquated ; Equipment' and Inefricleri " 'cy of' Management Contributed -I '''''. "to' Fearful Slaughter at- i: i-; k Walli ngford. r';. , . .; v Washington. Seot; ' 24:-"Man ' fail ure", all along the line, from officials arid, directors pf the New, Haven -rail-: road- down tO its .trainmen, is held by the ; Inter-State ; Commerce Commis sion to have ; been 'the- "cause ' of the Wallingford wrecks September 2nd; in which 21 were killed and. 35 injured Inl its, report, made", public today, the commission blames' : the crews of. the wrecked trains: for; lapses,;; arid scoresj cmcers and directors lor "jnemciency of management kiykjkkrk':k rfr ; Operating officials of the New Ha ven, and the "officers and directors - of the system are grilled scathingly for promulgation or regulations practical ly -permitted to become "dead letters" and for not personally supervising 0P3 eratlng conditions. - v'": 3 - t " "Man ; failure in this - case" said Commissioner McChord,; who prepar ed- the report, "began high :up in off!-: ciai autnomy. it was natural mat it reached down to those in lower posi tions, but still . weighted", with -great responsibility." , 'V ;- v.-.: - in use. at -tne time, or tnis aisaster, the report i points out, were "antiquat ed, signals condemned by the locomo tive enginemen as . well as by the pub-, lie - service commission ,of ; Connecti cut."r and old.'- wooden cars unsuited for such traffic as they were expected to accommodate.4 These were lield to be contributory reasons for the exces sive number' 'of casualties. " Commis-- sioner McChord 'indicates tne . results or a similar -recent'-acciaent at- -Ty rone. Pa., in which the equipment waa s41-;b teel and in whicb noeof he; pas. eengers. was .isaujBtu.( a..aut.wjeui. iesr son lit" favor ot Vthe; use ,of rmoderu equriientw;: w?j&-,Tz ajr- -' ! Tne eoriamissioni demands : of-:? the New. Haven road the immediate adop; tion; bf an adequate system of 'super4 interidence arid supervision1 which Will eive those in"; authority positive "ih- formatioii ,as to t whether or not 1 the safety requirements and rules of : this railrbad.;are . oh served .;?zil ':,,:.--'-;-,-'! . -Diiei: cumpreucumve .- review ui the testimony 1 taken 'at the investiga-; tibti,.. Commissioner McChord says in part: - a - ;- ';,"', - ": -.; --"-v . Tne direct cause or tnis acciaent was - the failure of Flagman Murray properly to protect: his train,' the fail ure "of Engineman Miller properly to control the speed of his train, in or der that he' could . bring it to a stop before passing automatic signal No. 23, and the failure of Conductor ,-rAd-' ams to make certain that - his train was ..properly protected. . An addition al cause was the failure of Engine- man Wbnds to bring, his train to a stop.as required by the rules, before passing automatic, signal NO.J23, which was in tne . stop position. : : 7 ;; "While this accident -Was; directly due to failure , of employes ;prbperly to perforni their ' duties the-1 signal '.sys tern iri use was entirely inadequate' safelyi to direct and govern the move-: menf ; of. the large volume - of 'traffic over this line! and there was a-deplo rable Jack of supervision on the part Of . qperating--omcers, 011 tnis account, the 1 conditions -. -which : led up to this, accident ; were . possible.", t 4- -" : : 'After giving . a, list of executive' offi cers' 'and: directors ;of-the New -Haven Including, mahyof the7 forelnost men of - the. financial world, Commissioner McChOrd continues: , ' '"'' ; "On this ' directorate : were and . are' men whom the confident', public re garded as magicians in the art of fi nance and, wizards - in the construc tion." operation and - consolidation of the great systems of railroads. -The public ' therefore rested secure- that witn the .: knowledge or tne- raiiroaa art possessed , by . such 1 ' men invest ments and. travel ; should be safe Ex perience has shown that this reliance of the , public - was -not justified as to either finance or safety." 'V'V; . ,The report points out that at meet ngs of directors of the New Haven after disasters -, at 'Bridgeport and Westport; a"; resolution was adopted directing President Mellen, then, at the head of the system,. to leave noth-ine- undone ' Vwhich ' inv the f iudement of nimself .aridi his associates will con. auce to greater saiety in tne operauon of: the railroad ; and that there, shall be - no limitation placed upon the ' in stallation of. signals, safety applianc es, i or : anything else - which will im prove' the safety. -of; passenger , travel upon this company's lines."-. ; , There the directors stopped, the re port says. .. :; . :-j,:.,..": ' ."' YThistypines tne wnoie situation," declares i ? Commissioner -. s McChord. "They assumed the vote :-was self-en- fnrrlnr ' ! -;-': -.;. ' ' : ,- - -. 1 "But no intelligent, system was de vised by which ; s to ascertain when rules were disobeyed.". - ; - - "Rules were disobeyed largely, and only a small propbrtlon of these vio lations was made the subject, matter of reports to officials. ;' -" ?-. : y'yy ..; "Dereliction of duty by those who are charged . with the making and en forcement of safety : regulations can not: fail to weaken ' respect for - all rules. ' Rules , not . intended to be en forced have noprbper place in a' rail road eompany 8 ; code ; of regulations. "When the operating officers of a railroad- permit such rules to" be ' vio lated with ' impunity they . cannot rea sonably, expect to escape responsibili ty for the conseqnences of such vio- axions.;'--..;yi!-:i: yy-a The report1 contains no recommen- vrtations and no orders; as the Inter state Commerce Commission Is with out ' authority to -control or -supervise the operation of trains. It is suggests - ' - 1 110 smiiies tied TO SULZER FUIIOS .f y: Uf .1 - Jacob Schiff Says No Restrict ' tions Wete Placea oni Hi$ '. ; Contribution.' F.10RGAT1THAU SAME Scathing '. Arraignments of . Impeaehed 4. Executiv by; Counsel for Asse'm- .... ';' -', bly Managers-Judgs CUlr ' ; '; : ; . ;.:. is . len4 Ruling.; !.U1 ..';,''V'V?' "':-'-k'-kr r SAYS i Albany, n; rVk, Sept. - 24.-Gbyernor $ulier; was'sffee : user; the r $2,500. yry-'k- checklgiven hini ly; 'Jacob . H.1 Schiff ; ? a New';york .banker, I in; any way he : 1 V i." i chose.! : The banker so .declared today ' v: on tne witness 'Stana at .tne impeacn- ' , nient trial bf the Governors J5 The des-, j ; ' ,1 ' igriation oi thie - check across its: back ' - ; ;' ' " as a contribution. , to ' the vGovernors -,'.' campaign fund did not restrict Its use ' ' ' ; :otthaUpUpSe,",iMrS , ;V tiejiry ; Morgentnau.'.amoassador to: Turkey, formerly chairman of the Fl- . ; nance Committee i; on the:' National :-k"kt Democratic , committee, testified that ; ' when he gave the Governor $1,000 a :k personal contribution-he had placed ; v'K no limitations onj jts ' use. He said, 'r ' - nowever,;.that.he-;had.made the gift to help, trie Gbvernor in his campaign, '. : , and had 'been"foolishl5rigenerous." i ; These' are ;two bf the alleged cain-' . - -' r paign contributions which the articles . , ; of impeachment against trie Governor; ' t , charge that he misused. ; - ' L; - " " "It possibly will not make any dif- :. , 1 : ference in this case, but if I were sit- -r-' ting in a criminal prosecution," said Judge Edgar M., Culleny president of the court, "I. shbuld have to charge ' : : ; " the: petit jury that it the owner .con- ; . sented, to the' - use" in 'any mariner of . -'- ' " the money, or check; given by; the par-: ; ; : ty to whom It was delivered, such use . -y would not constitute larceny.V "- -..:' . . .. ; v;' vThis testimony and the f rullns: ' oC 1 V- r- the". presiding Judge thereon, marked . ; .-':;:. '.-. the" opening -of . the actual triah of the v , -. :.. ,:; impeached - executiv. whiclt' -until noon today.had bee;delayed by argur riientfeaJidc-bJe-ctlori of . counsel fbr the defense. "At that hour: all obsta- ' cies Ho the taking-' of testimony had 3--' . been swept aside by; vote of the court,; thereby permittinff4 Eugene Lamb . '; Richards,, of counsel for 'the managers. "J.-; of th;impeachment;-t tor- outline the ,.' v - . evidence against- theiGovernorr This - opened the case.1 : .. -. -,-.::k y rGorernor ' suizer- was," ousler "get--ting . money than- getting 'totes . In hli J- campaign for -electioffV declared Mr. T : After outlining the Uro visions of tha election law relating; to the renortine of campaign contributions, the attor ney continued: r, . :, r - , . "With these ' provisions . In force what did Mr. Sulzer do? He was nom- 1 natea.uctoDer .Jsna.isi and almost ;' .mmediately he began , to solicit and - v obtain 'large; sums of: money -for cam- paign purposes. .He went at-his cam paign for money with system, cool de- V"' , -liberation . and , cuUnWig schemes v to ' conceal what he got. r . : "Five "days after he was 'nominated n : ' ' rie .made a public 'announcement triat, , ; he would haveno campaign collectors or. financial managers andyet at that r -moment his private'-secretkry was air, . : ready i running-a sedfet c4rnbaign, and. . he; himself ; had' collectors working for. : bim;i scouring! the city' arid State, for ;' , ; checks and cash.' t,'--' (; -.;,'..-:, ' "Hei preferred flrtt curyettcy, whlcha ' : ' hasno earmarks; next cheeks to bear- - o ; . '' eror cash, next cheeks - to : the order , ; V ; of some one other than himself, and . . if this ;were impossible, he was wllling: -;- t' . to take checks to his bwn order. , - . : -.''We shall show this court instances ! ? I y of his reqeests that checks should bo. . made to- the; order of some; one oth- - ' . er than- himself; that he preferred" : -cash to checks and that When some . ;' ; of his collectors came- in with checks he asked them in the future to cashv.'' : . -the checks and bring the cash. ' . "He did more than collect and hold the - checks.. He intended A- to keep 1"" them. He had no, though tof return- - V ing the surplus to the contributors for ' it will clearly appear, that he did and - ' ' intended to use their contributions to V , buy stocks and. to supply, margin for stock speculations.- V - r,' -,. ... .' . '... "We shall show that the i-spondent. ' continued to speculate. ln;-stock. after.; -- he became Governor And that he caus- , ed to be introduced (a the Lsgislature, V and advocated the adoption of legisla- - tion vitally ;aff ecting trie rie aridail , kl - '' of securities !on said ; exchanged and we shall leave itHb1 this court . to" say r - ; V v whether ils -act as (Jbvernor in fath- , .! : : ering such'J legislation was riot influ- H ;;- ... f enced by his-personaV iriterest In the--,- fluctuations or. securities affected by"-. ' '-. '- '' that very, legislation' - ': . , ' The motion of defense to. quash the ,. three articles of - the v impeachments '.V' -dealing with the Governors allegedji ' misuse bf his-campaign contributions . . -rwas disposed of today in. this man- y r v -ner? ; --w-;-;:-(V;r-ft.-;, ;;:.;;.:r , presiding Judge Culleri'' ; tne motion without prejudice, to its ; merits, and recommended; that deci- . ! T sion be reserved nritil Uhe. testimony-" f . . was all in.-. This recommendation was; . ' , adopted by the court'by -a vote of 4 to 7. ! The negative votes were all ; V cast by Democratic senat6rs:: -' '? ' . ; -y Schiff tqpk the stand after counsel ' V -i for the prosecution with 11 dor J. Kr seL' as chief examiner,; llad called on - . u, " Secretary of State Mitchell : May. aiu; !i various .officers of the Assembly t of. ' 1 the Senate, to - prove- that ' Governor Sulzer had been duly ftominated, i -elected, sworn, into; , office and im- ; -! The banker . testified k that he had '-k ' ' known the Governor,-for. many years ; ; . ;-, - 'fContinued on ParevEUcht.1 ''. ,' ;" ' ed, however, that the forthcoming an nual report of the commission will -recommend to Congress the enact- . ment of laws, conferring specific au- thority upon the .commission to reg ulate train operations ;-Vo.: . , f .1 -j i. -.--- wvxiuuuea nv rage xiu"- ': -i rrv ? ! n y i :- .-i vi-t." v;- :lyy -A- ';. -::; ';'ftn;;::;.u :. - OA y:-.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1913, edition 1
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