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1 - - : - . - - - 7 ! THE WEATHER; YOU HAVE CAPITA! ENOUGH Fair Friday and Saturday. : In your change pocket with which to con duct campaign of advertising in the Bus iness Local columns, a campaign persistent enough to WIN. - ...... JELOXJ.N. WELMESTGrTON, C., PKIDA1H MOBNIKG, OCTOBER 3, 1913. v. j4 t voii. xGni-?:. 10. WHOIiB NIJMBEB 13,44 5. E DOES BUiUBE MYSTERY III S CASE TARIFF BILL GOES JUDGE HUMPHRIES GETS HOT T owe ,:y: DY1E1I1G Panama; Visited' fcy Severe Shock Public Buildings Damaged but' . . ' Canal Escapes Serious ' ' Hurt. 13011 CASE GO T UED OELRIGH MINNESOTA LAW TO UIITIL LIMY i - ; . - . ' .: Defense Will Then Introduce TO W SON TKH T Sends Twelve Men and Six Women to Jail for Contempt of Court -Disbars and Fines .Lawyers Defies Judge. . i Arrest Made After Two Years Hard Work by the Government. ORDERED TO "GET" BURNS Vive Thousand Dollars. Was Price on Drew's, Head--Was the" Geo. 0'Donnell t)f -Indianapolis . .Trial. : New York; Oct. -Z.' Dynamite out-: rages that rivaled the exploits. o the McNamara brothers and Ortie McMan igal were confessed today by . George E. Davis, a union Iron worker Davis who was arrested here today was the George O'Donnell, who figured in the trial at Indianapolis that resulted in the conviction of Frank SM. Ryan, president -of the International Asso ciation of JBridge and Structural Iron Workers and 37 of his associates. His arrest and its consequences was the round up, work which the Federal government started more than two years ago, when the 'dynamiting of bridges and steel frame buildings all over the country became a national disgrace. . ' , All the explosions that Davis says he caused were referred. to at the dy namiters' trial in: . Indianapolis,, but the fact that Davis caused them re mained unrevealed . until he -himself told of it. Davis' confession resulted today. In the arrest in Indianapolis. - of Harry Jones, secretary-treasurer of the Iron Vorkers' Union. The-confession sup cements the- evidence presented . at. ;jie Indianapolis trial and makes fresh fharges against some of ; the men jiere convicted and now in prison. ' . Concern President Ryan. - 3Some of his revelations .concern 12-esident Ryan; :wbo now out on xli pending iippeal , from a prison r'entence' of seven years. . . ." - - ; Davis' says he'was the man hehosen .December, lll.ad ;iillf ter - xJrew', utt0t3w3ot;4ne Nationar Erec Sars' Association, after. Drew- was Sparged with kidnapping John X Mc imara. It vwas suggested also that JU try-to get' William J. Burns, the fitective employed by Drew and his "tociats to-.unearth the dynamite ?i-o.spiracyU .Tiie price on Drew's head ar that time, Dayis said, was $5,000. j' told him.TlhiS' confession continues, ihat I did if6t want to mix up in such i ; Justness Davis consented -lo return to Indian- i t. npolis without, extradition. His bail i was uxeu ai ?iu,uuu. The -conspiracy' thought to have been, broken up by the . conviction of Ryan and others . still exists, accord ing to Davis' confession. With the exception of Harry Jones, the men he mentions in connection with his var ious dynamite jobs, already had been arrested, although his confession indi cated that the government had not ob tained all the incriminating . evidence against these defendants. Detective Gets Confession. The apprehension of this McMani gal of the East was due to Robert Foster, a ''Douisville' detective, who shadowed the iron worker through Eastern cities. Finally, when Davis was displeased with his treatment by the union, Foster persuaded him, to make a full confession. This was on. September. I6th. For a week Davis .had been workingjln Pittsburg for the Thompson-Starrett Company. Then the local delegate' of the Iron Wbrkers' Union told him he must pay a $26 initiation fee to the local union or quit work. -Davis quit. The detective -told - him he knew 'all about his deeds anyway, and Davis, feeling that ' the ; union had deserted him, accompanied Foster to New York. Here in the presence- of representa tives of the Federal district attorney and the National Erectors', Associa tion, he declared and swore to the long detailed confession which was given out by the district attorney's oflice to day. - " : Davis said he had been an Iron Worker since 1900 and had been em ployed at Birmingham, Denver, Pueb lo, St. Louis, New York, Washington, Providence, Cleveland and Pittsburg. In the -early, days of the troubles be tween the union and the bridge build ers he was a member of the . entertain ment committee whose duty, he said, was to assault non-union workers. He began his career as a dynamiter at Trenton, N. J. I; i .' : . Describes His Work. In careful details the confession de scribes how. Davis blew up or tried to blow, up buildingsand bridges in various cities and towns of the East. It was during his preparation "of plans to destroy a naw building at Fall Riv - er, April 26th, 1?08, that Davis first came into communication "with Harry Jones. Davis asserts that Jones was familiar with the. work he was doing. Under the name of O'Donnell, Davis was arrested lor the Fall River : job and served two years, in prison.: Af ' terhe lelt. prison,; officers of the union gave him money 'and Lhe went to-his home in Coffeyvilie: Kas. John J. Mc Namara, wanted hlmi to take up his Sid trade in Oklahoma, but he refused ecause it was too : hear home. ; - " . The arrest of - the McNamaras fol lowed soon and onadvice of President Ryan, says Davis,, he 'returned to th? East. 5 One: of Jiis latest exploits jwas dynamiting-a bridge at Mount Vernon under the direction of Frank -C. Webb, a New York member of the executive committee of the union,, who is now serving six years in prison. ' v Schemer-Nipped in Bud.. : . A feature of Davis statement was a story of a 'gigantic scheme to set off simultaneously explosions in Omaha, San Francisco, St. "Louis and New York City, while the McNamaras were in jail. - This was to create1-the Im . - pression for all the dynamiting in the (Continued on rajs Eljrht) - Panama, Oct.. 2. No damage was done to the. structures of the Panama canal by an earthquake which occurr ed in the, canal zone between 11 and 12 o'clock last night. The Gatun dam and: the canal locks sustainedTio in--jury.' ' . ; ;: -' An early investigation of .the" con dition 'of buildings at Panama showed that more damage had ben done than it had. Deen at first believed. Although no walls were .seriously ' impaired, slight cracks occurred in several: con-, crete : buildings. Reports of -damage in the interior towns of the Panama Republic , began to come in late this afternoon. The government palace in the city of j Los - Santos- was wrecked and the police station : badly cracked; - At ' Tuaricirco . Villalaz, one . house was ruined, and two others tell down. ., Canal Not Damaged. -'S Colon, Oct. 2. The highest officials of the Panama canal" at Culebra and Ancon today said they had received no .reports indicating damage to the canal at any points from last night's earthquake, -This was corroborated by Col. Goethals. , , The last serious earthquake on . the isthmus -was in September, 1882 when, to Panama City the municipal build ing and the cathedral were badly dam aged and fissures were opened in the earth at Colon. r ..No" News at Washington. ; T Washington, Oct. 2. Major Boggs, in charge of the Panama Canal offices in this city: today cabled to Col. Goe thals for details of the effects of the earth shocks on the isthmus last night upon the . Panama canal. This action was taken as a measure of precaution, though the" officials felt Col. Goethals would have, advised them promptly had the canal sustained substantial in jury. ' . - . General ; officials here, said that there was no connection between last night's, -earthquake- and extensive earth slides into the Cdlebra cut at Cucaracha reported yesterday. .... KEENER COMPETITION Expected .from, ..Foreign Manufactur ers As Result of Tariff BUI. y ' Atlantic City, v N. J Oct. 2. Be cause keener "competition is - expected in foreignrmade goods through the new tariff Jaw; manufacturers attending the nieeting of- -Uie.National . Association of ' f!nfffin Marmfaptiirers -wAr tfiirti- edday-iicV wa"ke "."uti ranff start & att; paign m otner janas ror tne sale or American-made: coods. The manufac turers Were" addressed by William Whittain; of New York, on the- new tariff and foreign competition. 1 "We have competition from abroad of no mean importance," he said, "but under the nejw schedules we shall have more and more, indeed it may, and likely, will be for a time calami tous. For while we are adjusting our selves to new conditions the foreign manufacturer will be seeking every weak spot in our new armor and at tacking us there. , Mr. Whittam suggested an exchange in New York! along the lines of the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Eng land. It would, he said, enormously reduce'the present cost of both selling and buying ; without eliminating net profits. .. -Addressing on topics relating to the trade occupied the attention of mem bers at the concluding session tonight. Senator M. L. Hensoh, of the Wark men's Compensation Bureau, strongly advocated insurance protection for working men. but declared it, should not be compulsory. WILL NOT HAVE IT. Southern Methodists Endorse. Refusal of Carnegie's Million. Cleveland, Tenn.. Oct. 2. The Hols ton conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, today unanimously voted to endorse the action of the College of Bishops and. of the finority: of - the board of trust of Vanderbilt' University -in declinini vto accept an offer of $1,000,000 from Andrew Car negie, for Vanderbilt University's med ical school. ' The resolutions express "regrets that the terms of said gift as set forth In - Mr. Carnegie's letter were such that it could not be accepted with honor." American jGhild s Killed in Chna Pekin, China, October 2. The American legation , here received a re port today from J. Paul Jameson, vice "consul general at Shanghai, say ing an American child had been killed and other foreigners were Tjeing mal treated : by Chinese brigands at Tsao Yang. :- x ' The legation fears the Chinese gov ernnient. troops cannot accomplish the release of American 'and Norwegian missionaries in the hands of the band its "at1, OPsaO -Tang - and that ransom alone can save " the lives of foreigners still in captivity. , . Through efforts of, the American le gation and Consulates, the "mission aries have, been --kept -out: of unsafe districts during . the past two years. They . Were . hot restricted from going to the northern part of the province of Hu Peh which hitherto had not been considered dangerous. '. ; Nearly 3,000 Chinese troops are ad vancing -on the"" town of Tsao Yang. . A communication , tp the American consulate had reported that the mis sionaries, Revs.: S . .'C ;Stokstad and Johnson, were proceeding- to Tsao Yang from ;Siang Yang Fur but their expedition evidently! failed, as .Stok stad telephoned today, as ' follows: "The robbers still holding Tsao Yang--The little" son of Hev.. Harman Fauske, attached . to : the mission of the Xuthef afiuBrethren, has been kill ed. . r A foreign rescuing party; again is proceeding to Tsao Yang.''; . v ; Louis A. Sarecky as Its First Witness. - GOV. SULZER WILL TESTIFY Lieut. Cojn'mander L. M. Josephthal, ..Just .Arrived from England, Stated His Testimony VYould v Favor the Governor. j Albany, N. Y.", Oct. 2. Only a brief session of the impeachment trial of Governor Sulzer was held today, then an adjournment - until .Monday . after noon was granted by Presiding Judge, Cullen. ;1This was . done-- that ' attor neys - for the Governor- might have time to" perfect their plans, for open ing' the case. Senator Harvey D. Hinman will out line the Governor's defense li 'ne is able and Louis A. Sarecky, formerly the Governor's campaign secretary. will : be the first witness for the im peached executive. That the Governor-will testify there is ho doubt. A long conference was held between the Governor and his attorneys tonight. Efforts by the Governor's attorneys to day to have certain testimony strick en from the record brought the state ment from the court that this motion would have to be renewed when all the evidencejwas in. "I shall, hold," Judge Cullen- said, "that all motions involving the proba tive force Of competent evidence must be left until the final submission of the case." " - This ruling resulted in Austin G. Fox, one of Mr. Sulzer's attorneys, not making a motion to strike out five ar ticles of the impeachment as he had planned. ' The motion will be made later. These articles deal with all of the Governor's alleged impeachable acts except those involving the finan cial . transactions." A motion to strike out the "money articles" already is hefOre the -court. It, too, will 'be de- sided when all the. testimony is in. What ; effect the belated arrival: or Jeu(nant.CpBimander:L. M C Josephs tnai would nave on tne case or tne ae fense was.a subject of much specula tion today. Josephthal refused to dis cuss what the nature of his testimony would be; but reiterated his statement that it would be favorable to the de fendant. Isidor J. Kresel, of counsel for the Assembly managers, read a statement at the trial this afternoon absolving the New-Tfork brokerage firm of Har ris & Fuller of any attempt to change their books in order to protect the Governor. WANT MORE CHAPLAINS. Episcopal Church to Petition Congress to Increase Number. .New N York, Oct. 2. On the eve of the General Convention of the Protes tant "Episcopal church to be held here beginning October 8th, a movement has been started to increase the num ber. Of chaplains in the navy. The idea is to make the post of the army and navy a special diocese. Representations undoubtedly will be made at the general convention, that' .there are not enough chaplains in the army: and navy properly to take cafe, of the spiritual welfare of the officers and men. Other - denomina tions will be asked to join in the de mand upon Congress that more chap lains be appointed, particularly in the navy. . . It. will.be- pointed out that in 1858, three r years before the Civil War, there were 1.0,000 officers and men in the navy, while at present there are 50.000 .officers and men. Yet the num ber of chaplains has remained con stant 24 then and now. TO HONOR MEMORY. Movement On Foot to Name Fort for Senator-Morgan. "Washington, October 2. In recog nition of the long fight In Congress by the late Senator Morgan, of Alabama, for the construction of an Isthmian canal, a movement is on foot to have one off the principal forts at the Pan ama canal named "Fort" John T. Morr gan. Senator Bankhead, who is taking- an - active part in the movement, declared - today that it not onlywas fitting that Senator Morgan's memory should be so honored because of his brilliant efforts in advancing the Isth mian canal idea, but on account of his many other achievements while, in Congress. Secretary Garrison already has been V asked to - have - one -of the forts named for Senator Morgan. The Woman ' Auxiliary- of the Southern Commercial Congress, of which1 Mrs. Woodrow NWilson is honorary presi dent-general, is assisting in the move ment.. - y ' TV. EXPECT, ADVANCE. Much Cotton Being Held in South Car olina Anticipating Higher Price. , Bennettsville,; S. C., Oct. 2. Storm stained cotton of medium grade sold here - today at 14 l-8c, the highest price for that - grade of short staple in many years. - - Large quantities of high? grade short staple are being placed "n warelibuses today by grow ers In anticipation of much higher cotton t as : a- result of the European trade entering the market in the South "with heavy immediate demand. SURGEONS . HOLD MEETING. Medical ; Advisers .Norfolk & Western i Railway t Convene at Fort Monroe. - Norfolk. Va.. Oct . 2 1 Surgeons of the Norfolk & Western Railway con vened in annual "session at Fort Mon roe today... Several, hundred from four States ares in attendance.:? v c Dr. Joseph M. Hall, of ' Cincinnati; is presiding ( The "association will be in session ior wo aays. 1 - Dr. 'John A. C. -Gurster. of New York, will deliyer. an address. - . - Investigation hovs Third Party .Was r In Car When Jit Crashed Into TreeMiss'Sl.ngieton's Con dition Improved.; ' - ; , ' ' .New York, 'Oct. 2. Mystery per plexed investigators tonight in . the case of Hermann Oelrichs, millionaire law student at Columbia University, and Miss Lucilleinglet on, daughter of a Texas mine iowner: : Although Oelrichs was held in a magistrate's court today for a "hearing Tuesday on a charge that he -itabbed the girl in the breast whenN they were in his au tomobile a . few -nights ago, the ques tion existB as to whether she was stab bed or cut by the jagged points of the broken ' windshield through which she was thrown when young Oelrichs' car crashed -'into. ?a tree. The case was further complicated today by a statement by. Oelrfchs'. . lawyer that a third person, said :to be a Columbia ,University student was : in the ma chine with Oelrichs, and Miss Single ton. The identity of. this person was not disclosed ' ; - . Miss Singleiton did not appear in court to press the omplaint and-was said tonight W be still in bed. Dean Stone, '.of Columbia University, said he would "have Oelrichs brought before him and the faculty. "If the facts as presented in the newspapers are true," he declared,-"or if even they approximate the truth, he cannot re main in the institution." : Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, mother of young Oelrichs, early today saved her son from spending the entire night in a police station celLby going his bond for $5,000, giving ; her $100,000. resi dence as security. . Oelrichs ' was- arrested late last night while visiting the apartments at which Miss Singleton was lying wounded. . v i- Goes to New York. Dallas, Texas, ;Oct. 2. Edward Singleton, a mining man, father of Lucille Singleton, -who was reported stabbed by Hermann Oelrichs Tues day night in New -.York, said today ; that-his daughter fiad been attacked as weCT reported, declaring he' had a telegram from her conveying" this. in formation. The teleg ram assured Mm.," he said, her injuries had been receiv: ed when the automobile was wreck ed. . ,0 v Miss. Singleton haa : known Oelrichs for some time under the name of "Creighton," - her father said, having been introduced to him by a mutual friend. She has btfen in New York studying music sitrCslre left Hirling- ton Seminary, saia Air. singleton. Mr. . Singleton will leave for New York early tomorrow. : , No "Reception for Mrs. Panlchurst Pittsburg. Oct. 2. No reception of any sort, cordial or otherwise, awaits Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst from Penn sylvania suffragists on her. visit to this country, was" the dictum voiced at headquarters of the equal franchise federation here today. Mrs." M. Ro sessing, president of the Pennsylvan ia branch of the association, said Mrs. Pankhurst had not been invited to the United States by the suffragists, neither would the miltant's presence be acceptable. Mrs. J. O. Miller, local president, said members of the association in tended to ignore the presence of the English woman -and do .all in their power to prevent her speaking. This public statement was issued from the suffragist headquarters today: "Pittsburg suffragists have pledged themselves to .join with . the Equal Franchise Federation of Pennsylvan ia -in fighting against the influence of the militants, -and Mrs. Pankhurst will find the doors of the local suf frage enthusiasts closed to her. no matter how loudly she may shout 'Votes for Wojpen'." In connection with the Pennsylvan ia suffragists convention set for Octo ber 28th to soth nere, Mrs. -Miller to day said Mrs. Pankhurst's name had not been considered as a speaker and that no invitation would be extended to her. OUTLINES Fear of the dams and locks on the Panama canaL because of an earth quake were expressed but dispatches from Col. Goethals assured the ? au thorities -at Washington no damage was done. ' Conditions in Mexico remain, the same as on yesterday. The Federal army has not reached the,. Northern border. - Proceedings in the Sulzer. impeach ment- trial were postponed until Mon day on reauest of attorneys tor tne defense. .? '' In his war against Socialism m Washington State Judge Humphries yesterday sent twelve men and six women to jail. Among them oeing several lawyers whom he disbarred and fined. ' Chinese bandits killed- the child of ah American missionary at Tsao Yang and other foreigners are being mal treated. American legation fears that freedom of missionaries now in the hands of the brigands can ohlybe se cured: by the payment of ransom. By a vote of 36 to 17 the senate passed the conference report on the tariff bill at 8 : 30 o'clock last night. The bill will be returned to the House this morning and will go to President Wilson for-his signature tonight." : - George- E. Davis. ' an iron worker, confessed yesterday to-dynamite out rages equal to those of the McNamara brothers two years ago. He is called the "McManieal of the East." His confession incriminates many . others. tNew York markets: Flour steady. Wheat firnv No. 2 red 95; No. 1 North ern Duluth 95 1-2. Corn firm, export 79 3-4. Turpentine steady. Rosin steady. . and - o-uiet. Money - -on call firm. 2 1-2 to 3 per cent.V ruling rate 3, closing 2 7-8 to 3. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 14.2U; 1 gulf 14.4&. Senate Passed Conference Re- " port at Eight-Thirty 1 Last Night. MAY BECOME LAW SATURDAY Vote of 36 to 17 Only Four More Than the Necessary Quorum to Pass the Bill Ready for President's Signature. Washington, October 2 . The Dem ocratic tariff revision bill probably will be in the hands of President Wil-r son for his signature . by tomorrow night. The Senate passed the confer ence report at 8:30 o'clock tonight by a vote- of 36 ..to. .17, only four more than the necessary quorum of the Senate. Senators LaFollette, Republican, and Poindexter, Progressive, voted for the conference report as they did for the bill on its passage and Senators Rans; dell and Thornton, Democrats, of Lou isiana,- voted against it, as they did against the bill. Otherwise it was a strict party vote. Immediately after the passage of the conference report, acting on motion by Chairman Simmons, of the Finance Committee, the Senate rejected the Smith-Lever compromise cotton fu tures tax amendments passed by the House Tuesday and then receded from its own amendment known as the Clark cotton futures tax plan. The cotton futures question, therefore. .is out of the tariff bill so Jar as the Sen ate is concerned. The bill will be re turned to the House early tomorrow. Chairman - Underwood and Speaker Clark today decided the House-should take formal action tomorrow to. re cede from its cotton futures tax amendment before the bill goes to the President. It was thought at the capi tol tonight that the bill would become a law Saturday: . -The -eihtand one-hair hourso de bate in the Senate-today prpaucea in tie real criticism of the bill, or.: the conference agreement.- The principal criticisms of the con ference comnlittee came from Senator Pomorene. of Ohio, and Senator Bo rah who had offered amendments. that were defeated. - Senator Pomorene said he acquiesc ed in the decision of the conferees be cause he knew Senate members had been compelled to drop ris wine tax amendment. Senator Borah declared the ODDOsition to his child labor amendment had -been fostered and stir red up by importers and aided by "sin ister influences" in this ' country, that were- opposed to restrictions -against child labor. "There is nothing so pathetic, noth ing so menacing to the citizenship of this republic," he added, "as the fact that these conditions of labor con tinue here in our country year after year, and there seems no remedy: for them." ; 1 : .::-' Senator Simmons in presenting esti mates of the revenues. 'be derived from the new tariff rates, declared he Democrats were to be congratuiatd on the character of the tariff : bill that finally had been brought- Out of - the. conrerence eommuiee. - - v tv v "This is the' first tariff : JHJ ever passed in this country," he said, "that was framed by the whole body of the party responsible for theegisltioh.'? QUIET ON RIO-GAfiriJ Constitutionalists Ready for Federal Army to Show Up. Piedras Negras, Mexico, .Oct, 2.-. Contrary to expectations, the Federal army under Gen. Maas did not. reach Peyotes today and constitutionalist forces assembling there made the most of the delay in preparing for a supreme effort to check the northward advance of the government troops. Setting aside the policy of previous campaigns foreign soldiers of fortune, if equipped with rifles, today were be ing welcomed into their ranks. A large body of cavalry is reported en route from Matamoras to join the con stitutionalists at Peyotas. , It was ' reported tonight ' that ; the rebels had re-captured the town of Monctova to the south of Peyotes. Other than the excitement attend ing the suppression of a filibustering expedition, which attempted to seize Piedras -Negras from the United States side of the boundary, no dis order occurred here today. The in vaders were driven -back by guards commissioned by . the committee of safety as the neutral city government, organized - yesterday is ; now known. So far as can be ascertained no one was wounded. " v "v SPECIAL URATES ON IRON. I nte n-State. Commerce Commission Makes Ruling on Iron Products. , , (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Oct. 2. The Inter-State Commerce Commission to day granted the Atlantic Coast ; Line, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern and "connecting lines, permission to establish the same rate on special iron articles, carloads , and less, to Washington, Ni. C, as "are now in ef fect to Newbern from points on the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Reading railroads. The commission also grant ed the petition; of the Seaboard to es tablish a rate of -"50 cents per .100 on tobacco, leaf, unmanufactured, in hogs heads from Durham to New Orleans a maximum of 20,000 pounds. . : - ; : - At the ' request of Representative Godwin, the Postoffiee Department -has appointed R: s. White, Jr., rural letter-carrier from Elizabethtown. ' ?:: Dr. J. S. Rankin, of Raleigh, is here rr.nferriner with Surgeon General Blue with reference to the eradication of . J. ,1 5 IT Al ' n maiana anu ijeuagra in x-Norui vwu lina. ' - P. R. A. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 2. Superior Judge John E. Humphries today sent 12 men and six women to the county jail for contempt , of court in 'defying him in his decisions against Social ists. Later a consultation of other. judges of the Superior Court was held and Therwald Siegfried, an attorney who previously had complained to the Bar Association of Judgt- rlumphries' excessive use of the writ of injunction, was Requested to apply for a. writ of habeas corpus for the prisoners. , Siegfried applied to Judge Everett Smith for the release of Glenn1 Hoover, attorney for the Free Speech Defense League and former assistant, attorney general oi wasnington, , and u. . xvi. Hodgson, one of the signers of "reso lutions of protest" against . Judge Humphries anti-street speaking injunc tion. They were released on their own recognizance. ' Each had a short time before being sentenced to pay a fine of $100 for contempt. In addi tion Hoover had "forever been dis barred" by Judge Humphries and Hodgson was- sent to jail for six months. Judge Smith said he would release all. the prisoners who sought freedom on writs. , Judge Humphries was angry when he heard of - the consultation - of -his fellow judges and the release of the prisoners. He denounced the other judges and declared the right of ha beas corpus did not apply in contempt cases. - Judge Humphries' court late today was jammed to suffocation and .the crowd interrupted and applauded fre quently. Most of, the prisoners when arraigned expressed anew their con tempt for the judge and defied him Glenn Hoover, attorney for the prison ers was fined, disbarred and ordered removed to jail, as soon as he began to spealc. : Attorney Hullet M. Wells, Socialist candidate for mayor at the last elec tionj was disbarred and fined, without being permitted to speak. , - Mrs. Humphries, "secretary of a So- I T . A , 1 ' J ! 1 !.L uiaiisL luuai, wa.s uisuiisseu wiiu a small fine, the judge saying-he did not wish to humiliate a member of his own Scotch clan. , V ' .Mrs. William McNally: stood up with a babyVin .her arms. The judgesaid he did., not-: wish to- send 'a baby -ta Jan. - - -r - ' - . : fy ' 'Never mind." the: woman, said bit terlv.."the babv is as euilty as I am.' She was hned ?100 and sent to .lail with the baby and a little boy. The woman's husband, also was fined $1.00 and sent to jail. Six women and two children are in the county jailr to night. - Defendants who explained that they signed the resolutions of defiance through a misunderstanding were re leased upon payment of- trivial costs. Judge Humphries expects to take up the remainder of the cases tomorrow. FUNDS BEING RAISED. To Employ Counsel to Present North ern TrucKers' uase. Toledo, O., Oct. 2. Claiming that it costs Northern vegetable growers 42 per cent more a ton per mile to get their. produce to Nortnern markets than It does Southern truck farmers, the Vegetable Growers' Association of America, holding its annual meeting heref received liberal contributions today to a fund of $2,000 to employ counsel to present the growers' case to. the Inter-State Commerce Commis sions The growers say inequitable transportation rates have , prevailed because the- commission has been un familiar with -Northern truck farming conditions. fv AGED MINISTER DIES. Much Respected Divine Passes Over . . the River. Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 2 Rev. Frank H. Wood, D. D., for more than half a century a minister in the West ern North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal' Church, South, died 'today from infirmities at his home in Randolph county, North Caro lina, Mr. Wood was received into the conference in 1859 and was' widely known throughout North Carolina. . Senator Simmons Tariff Hero (Special Star Telegram.) Washington,' D. C, Oct. 2. With every Democrat but two, Ransdell and Thortnon, of -Louisiana, and a goodly number of Republicans standing squarely by him in his, effort to re duce the costof living and give the American - people an equitable tariff bill. Senator Simmons,: or North Caro lina ftonight succeeded in bringing the tariff measure to a final vote. - Immediately after toe vote was an nounced, Senators from all sections of the country,-regardless of party af filiations, swarmed - around Mr. Sim mons and heartily congratulated him upon his success in bringing the' meas ure to a vote. -1 . : - - Many of the so-called .Progressives, who had opposed him - in the early part of the special session, came to Mr. Simmons tonight and acknowledg ed, that they had been mistaken and told him m . no uncertain, terms tnat no other Senator xould have brought the bill to a vote under - such trying circumstances as he had been forced to undergo. ' ' ; ' The bill will become a law Derore tomorrow night. Immediately after witnessing the President's signature to - the . document, Senator. Simmons will take up all patronage matters that it is Dossible for him to handle. The district attorney, and marshal for the East, and the several postmasterships which have been held up pending the passage of the measure, it is said, will have his attention. Deiore leaving town. . Then he will go to his farm for a ten days' rest TO THIS STATE Justice Introduces Measure to Lower the Intra-State Freight Rates." V . INVESTIGATE HIRIH6 CONVICTS Representative Bellamy Has BUI to Look fn to Hiring of State P ris- " oners Freight Rate (Measure Introduced.. (Special Star Telegram.) S; y v Raleigh, j N. C, vOct. 2. Representa- tive Justice introduced today In the House a bill to provide machinery for reducing inter-State freight : ratesv this being a bill to apply the Minneso- ; ta law to, North Carolina in modified . form, withi first class rates specified, other classes to 'take rates in ratio and the Corporation Commission to v. have. power to raise or lower the rates .' as the application of the measure in dicates may be just after volume of business ' uder the reductions devel- Opes, '( .' ; ' - .' ; "'. The bill is to be printed by order of the House, and it and the Young res olution to adopt the inter-State rate, proposal of the railroads will be ar gued in cpmmittee tomorrow after noon. I Bellamyl of Brunswick,; introduced resolution). to prohibit "the" hiring out of State convicts for building rail roads without compensation, and an other to prevent the hiring out of con victs after July 1st, 1914. i . He stated that he had , come Into possession of information that made it his duty to insist .that a committee' A from" both houses be appointed, to in-; : . vestigate. He said that ; one company has 50 convicts free.' aid even chare-r - es for the wood the prisoners use in, cooking food. He insisted that loans. , of convicts is discrimination and he! '. jprotested against L. . ' ' - ' t The committee on insurance report- w fed favorably the resolution for the in vestigation of the conduct 'of iflre IneS. surance - companles-in ' this 'state. i "e j uoiqiary c;ojpnvee rsp, x gaye;t funfavorable report on the bill relative:' !to' efthlneht" domain..' The resolution . :? ior the creation of a 'commission for: . tne revision of court Drocedure in-this" State came from committee with fa-: . vorabld report. , ; r Kepresentative Grler, fof Iredell,' brought up,the matter of the Bumear- fter bill, that was found to have passeoU he House and been sent to the Senate; without a knowledge of Its provisions. This is the bill that reported to amend ' a Wtilkes county act as to the pay of? clerks by the Wilkes commissioners. and then through another section pro- : : ceeoed to take w likes -county out ot .' the Seventh Congressional District and put it back in the Eighth." there by making the Eighth Republican again. ' . Wilkes County Bill. - :, It came back from the Senate with - - the report of the Senate Judiciary Committee, setting out that the title , Of the bill was misleading and calcu-i lated to deceive, and violate the confl- - deDce the Legislature has always plac- ed in memDers as to local bills. The report expressed contempt for the bill ; and its autnor. a motion prevailed . for a committee of fiVe to investigate the whole matter, and report with rec- : ommendation. Kepresentative Bum- garner stated that he . introduced the . bill at the requestr of a Democrat and Republican, not meaning to offend or act the part of a sneak. -He assumed: full responsibility and said he was willing, to take whatever podium the i' House might attach to it.... - ' . Representative Bellamy Introduced a resolution for investigation of the ? ; present and past practice of hiring . out State convicts to railroads and it - pa'ssed its several readings.- . - Amendment Proposal. The House spent much of the ses- sion In committee of the -whole con sidering1 , constitutional ' amendment ' proposals. Proposal Four as to reliev-' ing the Legislature frdm. enacting lo cal and. private legislation, came from the Judiciary Committees slightly v amended and was adopted by a vote : of 81 to 19. The changes include re tention by the Legislature of legisla tion as to highways, bridges and the ' like between counties," the Legislature - ;. to have power to repeal or amend its - own local and private acts only. -y The section fixing the date for Gov ernor and . ctate officers ;to be?in , terms, second .Wednesday ,. after the first Monday in January, was .adopted. . judicial Amendment. Proposal Seven for. not less than five . - ' divisions of the Superior Court dis- . tricts, instead of the present State- . wide rotation of judges, came in Tor . long discussion. Majette offered an. , amendment ,that- each- judge be re- ' stricted to his own circuit or district. Representative 'Graham opposed vigorously,, also Representative Ruffin, - wno insisted that: under this practice that judges would come to know more about the cases they were' to try than . , the counsel in the- case. He had ob served this, result In Alabama, t : : Representative .Justipe argued for the -Majette amendmenL. .The ..Ma- -s jette amendment was voted down, and . the proposal adopted ez to 42. Among the bills Introduced were: Ward: For relief of the State school . for the deaf and blind; appropriating $62,000 for additional .maintenance. Land remainder for cottagds on the new site purchased for the Institution. Evans, of Bladen, repeal act for the- construction of certain roads In Madi son county. -y : - . . . Davis; Amend act as to courts-in the Fifth district Evans. of Bladen: ' Repeal . the - act for "the construction of. Hickory Nut . Gap road, , -.' ,' ' ' - ' . McLeed: - Appoint justices or tne peace for Robeson county. v " Hawes: Amend tne'Cnarter oi-uur- gaw. - Peterson: Appoint justices oi cue (Continued on Page Sight) : 'I ,1 hi V