North Carolina Newspapers

t J- s THE WEATHER. 14 Pages TV-Day Two Sections Generally fair Sunday and Monday; licht to moderate northeast to east winds. . - VOL. XCUI NO. . WXLMTNGKTOINr, jN". C 8 UN DT 1913. WHOLE NTJMBEB 13,441. Ji M Jj' . . -s- -.. r i I BUZ lb ntliflLLtU v . Sill HHS IMF IIP IH MSf i j pc. GAiflBQAGETS BUSY Jggi MEASURES ATfttplllG fm - ; HI Campaign for Presidency Is Being Rapidly Whipped Into Shape REBELS AND FEDERALS GUSH Artillery Duel Pulled Off at Aura Attitude of Catholic Party in the Turbulent Republic of Mexico. Mexico 4ity. Sept. 27. General rorfirio Diaz, ex-President of Mexico, has been summoned by the War De partment to return to Mexico for ac tive army service. A cablegram sent to General Diaz today brought a non committal reply from the ex-President; asking the war minister to await the arrival of a letter which he would dis patch him. f General Diaz now is at Biarritz, France. It is recognized here that General Diaz is too ofc to render ser vipp except possibly :n an advisory capacity, and it is assumed, that this will be expectea 01 aim. . The last words of General Diaz when he left Mexico were to the effect that he would return only 11 tne country needed his services in the event ot. a foreign invasion. No intimation is given as to the reason prompting his recall. His resig nation from the army was accepted bv President Madero. . Gam boa Gets Busy. Mexico City, Sept. 27. Federico Gamboa is losing no time in getting his campaign for the Presidency un der way. With only four weeks inter vening before the election and reliev ed of his duties as minister, he has plunged into the work of organization and already nas laia pians lor a cam paign of spell-binding wnicn pro Da pry will draw him personally into the field as a uolitical orator. Hundreds of telegrams were sent today from the temporary headquar ters of the Catholic party to the heads of the narty divisions in various Darts of the country, r Twenty-five public speakers will take the field within a few days in the smaller. cities, and villages. Senor Gamboa himself, it was said today, doubtless will yisltJ a number of cities.---'- : - - . . ' ' Permanent campaign headquarters have been engaged and arrangements are going forward for the publication upon screens and moving pictures with claims of the candidates. A coalition between the Catholics and some elements of the so-called Liberals is counted on, according -to leaders of the Catholic party. 'In dividuals of the most radical wing of the Liberals have approached Catho lics with a proposition to put forward Senor Gamboa and General Rascon as the candidates also of their 'fac tion. This is in line with Senor Gamboa's stipulation upon accepting the Presi dential candidacy, that he should., re gard himself as the candidate of the whole people. The Catholic party leaders hope hy obtaining the co-operation of some of the Liberals to break the influence of the Liberal party ia the Chamber of Deputies and prevent the consumma tion of that party's threatened effort to postpone tna elections. An Artillery Duel. Piedras N'iegras, Mexico, Sept. 27. A protracted artillery duel today be tween Constitutionalists and the Mex ican Federal army under General Maas, beginning the long expected advance into Constitutionalists' head quarters at Aura. - Preparations have been made for a decisive engagement tomorrow. Losses on both sides today are said to have been heavy. . The Federals are better equipped with artillery hut successful cavalry charges are said to have, checked their advance. . Americans in the disturbed district nave been ordered to leave. An International Question. Washington, Sept. 27. Habeas corpus proceedings instituted at Aus (Continued oa Page Eight.) Green Is Chosen State President Norfolk, Va., Sept. 27. After sup Pressing several attempts by Repub lican postmasters to have the conven tion criticise President Wilson's ad ministration and policies, affecting the personnel of the postal service, the Virginia and North Carolina Post masters' Association today highly com men.led the administration of Post master General Burleson for "official acts showing both fairness to the men f the service and ability of high , or der." thThe onvention straightened out ne authorship of a lost motion by mi"aster Edgar Allan, Jr., of Rich iw?d regretting that the Postoffice department had not seen, fit to send 'epresentative to the convention. n's motion had been attributed to 5- urown Allen, postmaster at Staun ; vav who on the first day of the mention had emphasized in his an uii address that at every previous 'onvention the department had sent a representative. . Pt c- Quimby, of Suffolk, was wected president of the Virginia Post r31 Association, and H.McL. a7 ll?e nw Democratic postmaster of Vw mlngton was elected president Tho North Carolina Association.' tinL .u conventions decided to con nV arrangement'of Joint meet- ,10f decided. " ue next place of meeting was sS ss Xs xx--V . : 1 X s -K-- XXX$.vX , Vera "Cruz, -Mexico, Sept. 27. It is reported that John' Lmd intends to suggest to - the administration at Washington the advisability of send ingja confidential agent to treat with the rebels ihra capacity similar to his own. The general belief is held here that if a suggestion for an armistice were made by the rebels, President tiuerta would agree. GOOD ROADS PROCLAMATION Governor Craig Sets Apart Good, Roads Days and Calls on Every Citizen to Observe Same i-Novem-"ber 5th and 6th. Raleigh, N..-C, Sept. 27. Declar ing that the people of North Carolina lose .twelve million ', dollars' annually because of the ' poor condition of ' the St a tft'ft .ieh1gh ways; -" Governor LoCke Craig today issued a proclamation designating vN6vember 5th and th as "Good Roads Days," and calling on all patriotic - people throughout the State to work upon the public roads of the State on those days. t The Governor pointed out that the modern highway is essential to mate rial prosperity and social advancement of every community, and declared the country has awakened to the impor tance of improved roads. Characterizing the' vast sum lost an nually to North Carolina through lack of good roads as "a tribute paid to mud, Governor craig s proclamation calls upon every able-bodied man to shoulder his shovel, march out and strike blow for progress.',' The "Good 'Roads Days" are ap pointed as '.'days of festival, to cele brate the beginning of a new era wherein Improved highways shall be built in every neighborhood. Summoning: the Deoole of every sta tion, to answer the call of patriotism, the oroclamation calls on the "farmer, the , merchant, the lawyer, the doctor, the minister of the gospel, the rich and the poor to enlist as volunteers in this mignty army tor grand accom plishment." : in systematic Manner. The work will be organized and conducted in a systematic manner, so that at the end of the second oay ev ery community in the State will show permanent . road improvement. au road overseers, .good roads associa tions, hoards of trade and all associa tions, and organizations for public wel fare and civic improvement are urgeu to aid the movement. County com missioners are called on to issue pro clamations urging tne people 10 par ticipate in the work. TWinriTvir that the farmers, more than any other class, are dependent upon the country ; roaus, uoveiuur Craig's proclamation says: T fail unon the oresident of the TraTmAra' Union to issue his proclama tion to the farmers of North Carolina, that this great body or our ciuzensmy, constituting as it does, the bone and sinew of the State, may join with ener; gy and enthusiasm in tne movement. - women invuea w ncip. The women are summoned to lend their presence.. -j -. . . Mayors or towns ana wue coA aro nrE-wl to issue oroclama- tions. summoning all citizens to aid. In conclusion' the Governor says: "Let every North Carolinian show by. his work that he is for the Im provement of -the State." The runerai oi iae wib uug, who was drowned in James river, DuhmnnH a fp-w davs aeo. was con ducted from the home of his mother on JSTewbern avenue, mis morauig v in o'r.lorik. conducted by Dr. O Kelly, of the Baptist church. The remains reached here last evening ai: o u uiuy. Robert Tudor was Drougut nuui trviiiT tn answer the charge of being one of the young men who fired upon Captain of Police Patterson last. Sunday morning in this city. He was captured in Lillington yesterday The police are still looking for Adol Dhus Russess; the other - young .man ' Dr. Wilbur C Smith,; instructor in anatomy in Bellevue Hospital Medi- i noro hnn heen. cnosen ior a pFofwsorship in Wake Forest College to succeed- Dr. Edward S.; Ruth,: re- 81 Cary and Wakeloiu have been chosen as the locations for the two farm life schools that wane county c ?--" lish forthwith. V. The, selections were made by a committee oi wmcn jr. j . Joyner, - State superintendent of public instruction, was- mewi. Freight Rates and Amend - ---- - - ' . ments Sent to Back Seat in the, Legislature WEARING U. S. BUI to Regulate Use of Soldier Appar- el and Treatment of Persons : Wearing ItIncrease Pay ' Attorney. General. , ' (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, (Sept. , 27. Freight rate and constitutional amendment questions took, a back seat today in the Legislature, when local legislation and special issues came to the front, . The Senate consumed . the-larger part of an hour and a half session in discussing a bill by Senator Peterson, of Sampson, making it a vmisdemeanor for any one not in the' United. States arnay or navy or State militia to wear any distinctive part of the uniform, or for any person to refuse admission to any soldier or sailor, solely on account of, his uniform, into a place, of public amusement or a common carrier :The chief opponents o-the '.meas ure were Senators Jones, . Evans, of Pitt: Mason and Wakefield. The prin cipal objection was it might lead,' they thought, to. trouble in cases of negro regulars quartered to tne State wisn- lng to" gam admission to- theatres Affliction of "Assumacy Senator Mason insisted: that it seem- ed an attempt to regulate society, tnat someumes people weanug me umiurui were afflicted with "assumacr" ana he did not doubt that at times spme oi.mem maae memseives uuuuaxuus in public places and there should be the riffht to eject them. :Finallr Senator Phillips, of David- son, a inena oi me oiu, ouerea au amendment striking out the section that was feared. It then .was passed on second reading by vote of 18 to 8, but was not allowed to go on its third reaaing, &enaior jones oujeuLiug. .Attorney General's: Pay. . ....... SenatorNimocksof Cumberland, introduced 'bills to require tne wnoie time of each member of tbe Corpora- Chester C. Piatt, the Governor's sec tion Commission and to require the rotarv and John A: Waldrnn a rfionr- attorney general to reside at the Capi- uu i;uy aunng nis term oi oiuce; 10 aDoiisn ine omce oi assisiiuii. auoruBj- general, and to increase tne salary or the attorney general, who shall devote his entire time to the work. The sal- ary increase is $4,000. Senator. FnilllDS Offered a Dill tO make "Good -Roads Days" November 5th and btn, legal 'bolioays. in Tne no use. .. The decision not to consider consti- tuuonai amenamenis unui j. uesaay, the introduction of anotner large ouncn of local bills, the passing of many D111S on xniru reaainjt. ana me reier- rins: of all public bills to committees, I were ine principal mings mat me Mouse consiaerea m a iwo-nour aua three-quarter session. The House wiu not meet unxu noon xvionuay. speaser rro lem. wuoieu, 01 uvuuu , i presided in the absence ot bpeaKer Murphy. , The House voted to take up regular consideration Of the Constitutional amenament proposals in comquue oi the wnoie Tuesday, on motion Kepre- sentatlve Dowd, who carried this POlnt over Williams. OI Hertioro, ana Williams. Of Buncombe, who wanted consideration of amendments to begin In committee or tne whole tnis alter-1 noon, v . ' I . New Bills Introduced. Among Dins mtroaucea in me inouse were: . - Seawell To enable Sanford to issue bonds for improvements. Koonce Promote better drainage in unsiow county. . Koonce Amend laws relative to submission oi saiary system to voters Of Onslow f county. j Koonce aiiow DanKS ano trust compames to act as county treasurer, Faircloth Regulate fishing in Fish Run river, Sampson county. Mauney To regulate killing of CalveS for Veal. . . facilities for Jacksonville; Provide lor waterworks and street improve ments in Jacksonville by bond Issue Whitford Repeal act relative to V'-'Z.-. T' Williamson Provide road commis- sion for Columbus county; Incorpo- Mto wair. ninfF Poinmhns oonntv I Kellum's Motion uost. - rru Vnnttr.n of RonrocontaHve tcpI- um.to recall the House resolution rei- oHtra Mia niit nMnhop let for in- inAA hiiio ani n 9 nir tho 1 aotfl -uint r.psi,ition on th mIpti- . tjtoo loot 3 , to 9.2 leavine- th I House resolution in force, instead of . 4inf ?niiit!nn . -. - a. jUluv.v0v.u.. t Among; tnird reading puis passea wart- ..' i . . i Authorize the town of Washington I to issue bonds. Validate bonds issued bv Peaufort county and to create a. sinklne fund I Authorise Increase in special tax district Dunlin county. j Authorize oei ma to issue Donos ior nrotorworVs and othpr nn.mosps. . - Authorize Wilson to issue bonds for Btreet Improvements. - Amend laws relative to time of hold-: ti or nnnrts in winshineon and Rpaii-i 'ort .oimtips : Authorize Newborn to remove and re-inter certain dead bodies. l Allow hoard of aidprmpn of fioids- boro-and commissioners -of Wayne I county to exempt from, local taxation I nurta n hnnria - ' I 'Amend law relative to fishing in Du- plih county.: - Validate . special tax election In Samnson flountv. K ... . - I inquiry to Railroads. Representative E. J. Justice, as chairman of, the legislative Freight uate commission, -presented today toizu points up, mmuuus upiauuss, f Continued on raee Elarht.1 Mysterxbls, Female 'Who May Know of . Wall Street - Transactions BARTERED HIS INFLUENCE j state Department Empioyes May Tes- tify Line of GovernorVDefense J is Uncertain Plight of Garrison. - Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27: A myster- Hous woman' who is believed by the iboard Si of; managers of the impeach- jment" trial of Governor.. Sulser to" be J conversant with many of . his Wall street; transactions, is, beiijg; sought; I ... Detectives-have beea 'searching for her in New York for -weeks," it was learned todays On one occasion a de- tective called at her home and a ,wo man who answered the; door said, she was the mHCh-wanted witness. But Uhe - process servers we're 'convinced they were talking with a maid, left without serving thcr papers. There yet exists a possibility, it is' believed, o serving her. Testimony the woman could give is desired next week along with that regarding the Governor's deals in stocks. - None of the transactions was made directly through the woman as the Governor's agent, it Is said, but , she is believed to know much of the man ner in which the deals between him and his agent or agents, were con- summated . prriA t. CnKvnii th Onvern 0r's alleged "dummy" in certain Wall i street ventures, was not produced by attorneys for the defense today and I tnnie-ht it annars mnrA i'iilikilv than ever that he will testify. Friends of the Governor said Illness might pre Vpnt Cniwii fmm takinr thp. stand iThv still wpto firm in their aKssertinn that he was not attempting to conceal I himself and would h a willine wit- i ness if able. s -; . i charges that the Qov t&oi. 'bartered lhf-nnntir.f &ttAfc.ACwfll h - taken up early next week. Two witnesses, Ljer of executive bills, have been serv- ed wtth papers in connection with this feature of the case. Piatt was ordered to produce the rp.norts of .Tnhn Carlisle. State hisrh- way commissioner, in connection with certain projected road improvements. Un rpnnrts wprp marts whilf Parlislp. j wa8 a member of the committee of ih- quiry appointed by fthe Governor and opposed approval or a bill tor lm nrovements. Waldron must oroduce i the hill According to a charge made by Eu- gene Lamb Richards in his opening address on hPhalf of thP assemh v mnnne-prs $190 000 was pvnpndpd from the general fund of the State lor one eountv hiehwav. It is alleered that he signed the bill in exchange for the vote of , Assemblyman J. Lewis atrie for nis direct primary bill. a similar trade is alleged to have been effected between Assemblyman h. G. Prime, Jr., and the Governor. Rifhards rharcrpd In his snppnh that tne Governor told Prime his motto was "You for Me and Me for You." At the extraordinary session of the leirislatiire pr me voted -for the nov ernor's tlirprt nrimarv hill. Mr Rirh ards called attention to the fact that Prime had not voted on the bill at the regular session What final disposition will be made of the case of James C. Garrison, held in the Albany county penitentiary for eontemnt of the Assemblv was the subject of much discussion today. His friends plan to use every effort to in- duce tne Assemblymen to release tne m-isoner when the Assemblv re-con venes on October 6th. There was much speculation in Al- hanv today as to what will be the na- ture of the defense of Governor Sul zer. It is said that even the Govern or's attorneys do not know just what his entire defense will be. This is fPnnHnnad OT T-jd-o TT:To-i "4 OUTLINES It is estimated that the new tariff law will provide between ten and six- ieen miuion aonars a year over cur rent neeas oi tne government: a com Pmi tc J ir ?f k will be reported to both Houses by wewuiwws. ... Tne sentence ot ur. j. vy. mc 1 ausuLUU. seumuccu IU uaue 111 UCUl' gia for the murder of F. R. Flanders, was commuted, to life imprisonment yesteraay arar a wug regaiugui. According to estimates at Washing u ,WMiwi joe nnn- Amor . jctwiuoj u'y t atuc"vau Acils will ue suiujtJL iu luc new r cu- erai income tax oi one. per ceui. on incomes oyer d,uuu ror single men. and $,uuu ior married ineuv , A mysterious woman oenevea to De conversant . with Go feuizer s nnan- iciai xransavnoiiti uij. wan ouwi 10 ue mg suus" uy.uiouogcio Ipeachment trial at Albany. Federico Gamboa is losing no time ,in organizing his campaign for vie Mexican ir-resiaency ; j? euerais auu rebels were engaged yesterday in a fierce artillery duel at Aura: John Lind is c reported " to have suggested mat tne united stages sena a repre sentatlve to treat wun me reDeis. The turbulent extra session or tne Tennessee Legislature adjourned last nient. alter a suuuessiui imuuici - uy tne regular .Democrats : against me law enforcement bills., . ;1 - New Yorx marKets : - ivioney on can (nominal, no loans: time loans easy: . i . l- J HT n a nour quiet; wneaj-h ueaujt, 4o. ieu, 94 1-2: corn export easy.-vy; rosin ana turpetine quiet; spot cotton isteaay, - steady; 3, 14.30; gulf X4.55. 4saies iuu. 4 - New :York, Sept. 37. Mrs, -George W.-Goethals; wife of; Colonel 3oe thals, the?!. A. engineer-who tne Manama canal,- who-is now in Ne w Yoric on a- visit, expects to oe the first woman to pass through the canal. "It has been a wish of mine," said Mrs. Goethals. ' ever since my tendency ot tne construction, of thi&.wonderful waterway. It now 'seems will realize my ambition in a few weeks." ; - . . WAS NO .DANGER OF LYNCHING Hamlet Citizens Resent Intimation They Were Bent on Mob Vio lence Prisoner Nance Taken to Raleigh. (Special Star Telegram.) Hamlet, N. C, Sept. 27. Both of the towns, Rockingham and Hamlet, awoke this morning to discover that according to newspaper report they had been made famous by the report ed attempting lynching, of George S. Nance, wife murderer, who was car ried - to the criminal insane ydepart ment of the (State penitentiary, yes terday by the sheriff of this'" county and the heroic rescue by Sheriff Bald win. Your correspondent has investigat ed this report and finds that a serious slander has been made against both the . towns of Rockingham, and Hamlet as there was at .no time only no dan ger of a lynching, but no possibility of one. No crowd from-this plt.ee moved towards Rockingham and ho thought tof any lynching, was had py any .one at this place. At Rockingham your correspondent-was advised that there was no crowd of any, nature there and the only intimation W Of , a lynching was in the fertile brain: or the newspaper correspondent who sent out such a sensational storyv Out of precaution Sheriff Baldwin in ' his Ford, car carried Nance to Hoffman and boarded the train for Haleigh. in stead of : bringing him through Ham let, where the crime was committed and "where the citizens were naturally incensed that even a stranger should, murder his wife and set fire to a ho tel and committing a crime , which; for cold-bloodedness, has never been equalled in this county. The people of Hamlet are law-abiding citizens -and when the alienists pronounced Nance insane, while not satisfied - with the verdict, had no other thought but to let the law take its course and in the name of this town - and the county your correspondent is sending this re- pott to correct the false impression carried in the misleading report of the attempted lynching. M. Wi. NASH. Nance in State's Prison. Raleigh. N. C. Sept. 27. The Rich mond county authorities this morning committed to the penitentiary George S. Nance, who killed his wife in a-hotel at Hamlet several 'weeks ago, Un der circumstances that give rise to the defense that -he is insane. ' He was spirited ; away from' Rock- Ingham last night by Sheriff Baldwin to prevent a" lynching that it ; was be lieved had been planned. Taken in" an automobile with a, number of dep? uties, he. was taken at high speed to TT.ee 1. i. J I n -r, i : T noiiixiau, wubib iraiu ior -xvaieigu was caught. The party reached here this morning at 1 o'clock,-but could not get their prisoner in the Stated prison until 9 o'clock this morning. In the meantime tne city . prison was used. . .... - In cases of this sort the county au thorities committing the, prisoner for safe keeping nave to pay the prison authorities for the keep of the prison er. Nance will be here until the Rich mond county authorities are ready for his trial. " " . has' superintended the work ofdigging husband was assigned to the supenn- PROVIDES New Tariff Bill Success in This Par ticularFuror Over Cotton Fu tures Tax Sharp Break in New Orleans. .Washington, Sept 27. A surplus of from $10,000,000 to $16,000,000 over current needs of the government will be?provided by the new tariff law, in the opinion of Senator Simmois, chair man of the joint conference commit tee, which is to report the completed Democratic tariff bill to the House and the Senate next week." Experts from the Treasury Depart ment worked late tonight on an esti mate of the revenues the government will receive under the law, but did not finish their task. Interest centered today about the development in the light over the pro posed tax on trades in cotton futures, Representative Underwood introduced in the House the so-called Smith-Le ver compromise plan which has the endorsement ot tne Fresldfentj tne Secretary of Agriculture, the Postmas ter General and many Southern Sena tors and members, of Congress. This will be advocated in the House next week, and Representative Underwood expects the. House to instruct its con ferees to insist on the amendment go ing into the. tariff bill. - . . Senate, leaders today would, not ad mit that the Senate would accept the compromise. Some Senate Democrats are its. warm champions. Senator Clarke, author of the provision passed by the Senate, expects to make a strong fight against tne compromise. The essential difference between the two plans is that the Clarke am endment would impose a tax of 50 cents a bale on all future trades where actual cotton is not delivered, while the Smith-Lever plan would require cotton contracts to specify govern ment . grades and would establish a definite, method or enforcing the de livery of merchantable cotton at fair market prices., , . The conference report was complet ed" today and will be laid before the Republican conferees. Of the 676 amendments to 'the bill taken up by the Democratic conferees, the House receded on '427 and the Senate on 151., while 97 were compromised. On ly one amendment, that on cotton fu tures, is left in disagreement. Effect in New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 27. News that Majority Leader Underwood has in troduced into the House the Smith Lever cotton future tax measure which traders misinterpreted, caused one - of the most remarkable breaks the New , Orleans cotton market has seen in some time. The report' was received only a few minutes before the close and struck the market when it was bound upward on continued bad weather reports; - New high levels of the season had been reached. Immediately there" was a rush to unload and within a few minutes the market was demoralized. Prices that had stood 13 to 16 points over yester day's close soon were battered down. The .final gong sounded amid, pande monium when the market was 18 to 22 points under the highest of the day. ; PLENTY OF REVENUE NEW YORK POLICE NICHOLS Wilmington Woman Arrest? ed in Gotham on War rant From Here. EMBEZZLEMENT THE CHARGE Capias Served in Former Society Lead er in New York Last Night Application for Requisi tion Papers. Shortly before last midnight Sheriff S. P. Cowan received a telegram from one of the police staflons in New York City advising him of the arrest in that city of Mrs. Allan B. Nichols, formerly a leader in exclusive social circles in Wilniington, . who is wanted here on the charge of - embezzling funds belonging td her former close friend, Mrs. Helene P. LeMassena, of Philadelphia.' There are three sepa rate Indictments against her and the total amount alleged' in theUndict- " ments to have been embezzled is about $15,000. Sheriff Cowan immediately sent a message to Solicitor Homer L. Lyon, atS'Whlteville, notifying him of the ar rest of Mrs, Nichols. The 1 solicitor will make application to the Governor for requisition papers early this week. It is, expected now that in a few daya an officer will be sent to New York to bring Mrs. Nichols back here for trial. - The indictments against "Mrs. Nich ols were returned by the grand Jury at the July term of Superior Court. Immediately a capias was issued and sent to New York City together with copies of the bills of Indictment. Sher iff Cowan had received information at different times, which indicated to him that the New ' York police, were on trail of Mrs. Nichols. . Only "a few weeks ago he received a letter from the. New, York officers asking- that he 1 4 send them a photograph Of Mrs. Nich dis and a.good description of her". The photograph -and -dertptioTf. were vfap - further was Heard 'ffottf he"New York police . jintil the telegram - came last night. Particulars of the arrest were "' not given in the telegram. . The public 'is" familiar 'with the par ticulars of the charge , against Mrs. ' Nichols, as the substance of the bills of indictment were published at the , time. With interest the public will now await a statement from Mrs. Nich ' ols as to her side of the affair. THE WHALEY CONTEST. Elections Committee - of Congress Hears from Mayor Grace. Washington. Sept. 2,1. Alter hear ing in executive session charges by Mayor Grace, of Charleston, s. c, against the election of Representative Whaley, of tne Second Soutn Carolina District, the House Elections Commit tee today adjourned until Wednesday without making arrangements for further hearings. Mayor Grace s. recent petition to Speaker Clark for an investigation of the primaries at which Whaley was cnosen and wnicn alleged among otn er irregularities that ; Wlhaley spent more than $60,000 In his campaign. an amount greatly in excess of that permitted by law was the basis or today's hearing, although Mayor . Grace had been informed that . nis sworn statement was not sufficient for. an investigation. The Mayor appear ed today to supplement his charges. .. Congressman wnaiey nas cnarac: terized Mayor Grace's charges, as ... "a bold, bald lie' J ; V . . . - . Jackson, Mo., Sept. 27. The -St., Louis Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church today rejected a pro posed menfOrial to the general confer ence of the Church, asking that Metho dist preachers be reaulred to demand health certificates fronv candidates for. matrimony. The conference adopted a memorial in favor of lay representa-; tion of women in the"" general confer ence. ... The Cotton Tax Is Now Doomed (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Sept. 27. It now seems probable that the Clark amend- -ment to the tariff bill providing for a tax of 50 cents .a bale on all. orders , for cotton noty actually- delivered is doomed to defeat. I . . , The Senate' and . House ' conferees have disagreed on the amendment and it is believed- when the measure comes to the enate it. Wlllbe drop ped altogether and . . that ' Senator Clarke will be forced - to : take up his bill at the regular session as a sepa rate piece ' of legislation . 1 ' it is understood here 'tonight tnat number of patronage -matters will be taken up by Senator Simmons as . . . . ....... soon as tne tarin diu is .out or tne way. Probably the. district. attorney ship and the marshalshipfor the East will be disposed of within the next 30 days. It is certain that Senator Sim mons will talk to Attorney General McReynolds and ;. President' ' Wilson . with reference 'to appointments for these places the latter part of next ' week.- .'.'-.. - As soon as the tariff' measure and - the patronage questions, are disposed of, Senator Simmons will go to his farm near Newbern and rest for a cou-' pie .of weeks.- The senior Senator has been constantly on the job since the tariff bill was-sent to-' the Senate. vP, R. A. :-:"r.T