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M . THE WEATHER. r YOU HATS CAPITAL ENOUGH . Rain Wednesday; Thursday proba bly clearing; shifting, gales. la yvur ehangw pket with which to con-' duct m fWDpalsn of adTortlsins In the Bus iness Irfcal columns, a campaign persistent enonffh to WIN. . EO.IJLN.DEiil voi. xcaii no. 14. WTLMTN"GKTO!Nr, NY C., WEBISTSDAY MOEOTNG, OCTOBER 8, 1913. WHOIiB NUMBER 13,44 9, v m . m i m m mwi s. -W a. m , - m z m w m i '.m' j a -m -.vb cm .i ( n e h : . . mm mm- mm-- m mm m m t v i WORLD'S CHANSIONSHIP BASEBALL Quaker City Crew Outhit and Stage of the Game Marquard and Crandall Batted Out Bender ' Hard Hit "Home Run" Baker Again. New York, Oct. 7 Outhitting and outfielding the Giants in the opening game of the world's series, the Phila delphia Athletics defeated the Na tional League representatives at the Polo Grounds this afternoon by a score of 6 runs to 4. So complete was the supremacy of - the American Lea gue champions' in the ! initial contest that the victory appeared to be but a continuation of the series of 1911 when the Athletics won "the title of that year from the Giants by four games out of six. - As if to heighten the il lustration there "were several feature plays that might have been re-produc--ed, so closely - did they resemble those of 24 months ago. 1 The game was witnessed by a gath ering of spectators that taxed the ca pacity of the New York club stadium and swelled the coffers of those, finan cially interested to -the: extent of more than $75,000.. The exact number of fans who paid admission to the stands was 36,291 and the day's receipts amounted to $75,352. These figures as furnished by the National Commis sion occasioned surprise for the at tendance fell short by more than 2,000 of that of, the first game of 1911, al though so far as could be seen there appeared to . be -Just' as many persons . present as was the case two years ago. Certainly the scenes both inside and , outside the baseball arena equalled those of any preceding world's series so far as the gathering !was concern ed. Including those who witnessed the game in official -i capacity they crossed the 40,000 mark and fully half . ' that number failed to gain access to the park. So great, were the throngs that surrounded the Polo Grounds that it was necessary to call out the police reserves. , Elevated service to the ground gates was discontinued in order that the thousands might not be augmented: --,-.iv Much as the local contingent of fan - dom was - chagrined -at -the defeat at - - the GiantBr thmre-was'-Boniarw-bo 'could '; gainsay therigntof rtheAthletics 'to v . .the fruits'of their victory The Mack men went about . their task in a business-like manner and before two hours had passed, demonstrated that for the day-at least theirs was the better team. 1 They outbatted the Gi ants, driving both Marquard and Cran dall from the mound, with fusillades of long hits. Infielding too, the stand ' ard bearers of the American League outshone the - representatives of the elder association. . - Each team gathered 11 hits from the delivery of the rival twirlers but the Athletics' drives were more time- ily and of greater length. The Giants gathered 12 bases from their hits while their opponents' total was 20. The breaks that occurred in the field ing tested the mettle of the Philadel phia club to a, greater extent than that of the New York players, for with few exceptions the Athletics' , chances were harder than those offer ed the Giants' infield and outfield. It was Centerfielder- Shafer's mis judging of Schang'sdrive to deep cen ter that really paved the way for the 'Athletics' victory. The Athletics seized the opening and took the lead, never to be headed. .The Giants start ed a rally in the fifth inning, which netted three runs, but the Mackmen ' came back with another in the eighth 'and clinched the victofy. It has been i said that every world's series de velops a hero and the Athletics lost no time in seeking the laurels in this direction. .Eddie Collins played a re markable game at second base, mak ing four put outs and six assists with out error. He also figured with Bar ry and Mclnnis in the lone double play of the game which stopped a Gi i ant rally in the seventh inning. . Collins, however, had no monopoly on, the hero's glory for John Franklin Baker and Chief Bender did excellent work and it entitled them to special recognition. Baker history repeats it fcelf when he drove a home run hit in to the grandstand back of . right field, scoring Collins from second ahead of him. The situation and hit was much the same as in the second game of the 1911 serie's when Baker lifted the ball over the fence and paved the way for an Athletic .victory. - To Bender goes the credit for out pitching both Marquard and Crandall and showing skill and nerve in several trying places. The tall Indian had both speed and a "break" on his ball and tightened up. when bits meant runs. ' By outlasting both Marquard and Crandall he gave ' the Athletics the edge on tomorrow's game, since Me Graw must use. either-Mathewson or Demaree or come back with Tesreau, while the leader of the Athletics has Plank, Shawkey and Brown, all avail able for the first game at Shibe Park. While the game, . considered as a whole, seldomtouched the high spots of sensational playing, the scenes ih cidental to nje gathering of the spec ' tators were wjrthy of reproduction by the brush of a great artist." The flock ing of the fans began at midnight Mon day and as the hours of darkness slip ped away and dawn changed into the gray light of a sunless day, the wait ing lines grew from hundreds to thous ands until when the gates were open ed at 9 o'clock there were fully 5,000 of the faithful in the first rush for the choice seats in the unreserved sec tions of stands and bleachers. - From that iiour on, all New York appeared to be migrating to Harlem and the crowds focused upon the Polo Grounds until 1 o'clock every seat had been ' sold and , still the waves of fans beat upon the fences and entran ces of the park : until ;the management was obliged to call upon the city au thorities for help in; nolding the dis appointed thousands 4n check. Once " the gates rolled back the stands took on a scene of animation that was start ling, so quick .was. .thetransfonnation GAWS BEGIN Outfielded Giants At Every from tiers of wooden . seats to rows of bobbing humanity. Long before noon, the lower sec tions of the grand stands were filled. As - the noon hour struck the last of the $2 seats were sold and -before another 60 minutes had passed, stand ing room alone remained. -. An hour or so before the game be' gan the little gate in the center field fence opened and the- Giants and Ath letics trooped forth to the accompani ment of a burst of cheering that could be heard for blocks. There was little ceremony in this entrance of the ac tors of the' day and soon the Athletics were in the midst of batting practice. In marked contrast to the scenes of previous years, the great gathering was noticeably undemonstrative. The Athletics apeared to have' almost as many supporters present as the Giants and their appearance and every suc ceeding brilliant play elicited as much applause as did those of the home team. The same conditions prevailed all through the e?T".?. Grooves First One. Eddie Murphy, playing in his first world's series, faced Marquard when Umpire Klem called "Play Ball." The left handed pitcher grooved the firsc ball. It was caught by Murphy on the end of his bat, and sent to Mur ray for an easy catch. Oldring start ed the Athletic rooters shouting when he slashed a single to right, field. Mar quard kept the runner close to the bag and finally by a lightning throw caught him napping. Oldring protest ed against Umpire Egan's decision. On the next ball pitched Collins shot a clean base hit to" center. He was left at first when Baker flied out to Burns. ; Cheers- which greeted the Giants when they came to bat were soon quieted. tShaf er, first to face the Chip pewa Indian, sent up a fly to Murphy in right field and Doyle flied out to Strunk. Fletcher sent a grounder past shortstop. On the nrst ball pitch ed Fletcher tried to steal, but Schang's beautiful, throw to Collins beat him and the side was out. - ; The . American League champions entlinMOtder in? the1 "Msond in ning, Mclnnis. wa5? out ,ierzog .jo. Merkle. Strunk struck out and Barry was. the third out on a grounder, Flet cher to Merkle. " " " New -York got one man on base in its half of the second, but he did not get beyond - first. Burns struck out. Mclnnis, unassisted, took case of Her zog's grounder. Murray shot a single along the left field foul line. Oldring by good sprinting and a fast throw kept him from stretching it into a two-bagger. The Indian pitcher had to put on more speed when New York's , red-skin catcher came to bat. Meyers, however, . got to his brother Indian, but the ball shot up in the air and into'Oldring's hands. Mack's young player opened the Athletics' third, by flying out to Burns. Bender sent a swift grounder to Fletcher and was out at first. Mur phy sent a single to center, but was forced by Oldring. Fletcher made the out unassisted. Giants Started. :: The Giants broke the ice in ; the third inning when Bender was touched up for two hits. Merkle sent a slow bounder to Shortstop Barry. It was a scratch single. Marquard sacrificed, putting Merkle on second. He was held there while Shafer was caught out by Strunk, but he sprinted home a minute . later, on Doyle's smoking single to - right field. Fletcher sent up a long fly to Murphy. Eat Up -Marquard. New York's having the "edge" on Philadelphia, put the crowd in good humor. The Athletics then went "af ter "Marquard. They shelled the outer works of the Giants and when the smoke blew away threes runs were across the plate. Collins opened up with a terrific drive over - Shafer's head; The ball rolled through the centerfield stands. Collins drew up at third. Baker drove a hard one at Doyle, which the latter could not han dle in time to get him at first and Col lins raced home for the first Philadel phia run. Mclnnis sacrificed, Mar quard to Merkle, and Baker took sec ond, Strunk sent a little grounder to Marquard who headed - off Baker at third, Herzog taking the throw.' Then Barry, lightest hitter of the Athletics infield, ripped a two-base hit down the left field foul line, which placed Strunk on third. Both of them scored on Schang's tremendous three-base drive to deep centerfield. The ball struck the fingers of Shafer's left hand and rolled on toward the center field stand. Bender ended the inning by going out, Marquard - to Merkle. Giants Rally. Burns opened his fouTth by slam ming a double down the left field line, but he . was run down when Bender stopped Herzog's grounder. Baker touched Burns . out near second- base. Herzog in the . meantime, sprinted to second, where he was left as Murray struck out and Meyers sent a high fly to Oldring, The fifth inning brought more fame to. Home Bun Baker. Both Murphy and -Oldring were thrown out at first by. Marquard, on easy grounders. Col lins . got 'the first base on balls in the game and promptly stole second. With two out and Collins "on second, exact ly the same situation as obtained in Philadelphia two years ago when Ba ker hit Marquard for a home run, pre sented itself. Baker let two balls go by him and then opened ; upon his shoulders as the next one came down. There was a' crack of the bat and the ball sailed high and far,, dropping in the rightfield. As Collins and Baker came home .Philadelphia partisans yelled themselves hoarse. Mclnnis sent a pop .fly to Fletcher. . Bender's Bad Inning. Bender's one bad inning came in the fifth. Merkle singled to center. Mc Cormick, batting for Marquard, drove a base, hit to centerfield. Merkle taking- second. Shafer" -went . out, Collins to Mclnnis, - both runners moving up on the i.play. Doyle -shot a grounder at Barry, who made - a . poo- throw to Thrice-Crowned .... 1. ;'.,.. . .. - . - j-.i. v.. . '. - .- . .. - , ' ,iiiiiiUT7Trrffw-u m in i a hums-. first and the runner was safe, as Mer kle crossed the plate with the Giants second run. A. moment later McCor mick, who had gone down to third on the play on Doyle, came home when Fletcher singled to right field. Doyle moved up to third on Fletcher's hit and scored New York's fourth run of the game while Baker was throwing Fletcher out at second on Burns' grounder. Herzog sent a high fly to Collins. . Pitcher Crandall relieved Marquard in the sixth and easily disposed of the Philadelphians. Strunk flied to Sha fer .and Barry, did- likewise. Schang invent out on .a. Jly to Burns. . Crandall rjsras " cheered" as h& walked to the bench; " "''.; .. . ... ...... Ohe, Two, Three. New' York also went out in one, two three order in its half of the sixth. Murray was out, Collins to Mclnnis, and Meyers was thrown out by Ben der. Merkle struck out. Schang dropped the third strike and in pick ing up the ball plunged into Merkle. (Continued on Page Two.) Will Increase American Navy Washington, Oct. 7. Three new battleships and a proportionate num ber of submarines and torpedo boat destroyers is the aim of the Wilson administration in shaping its naval policy for, the December session of Congress.. ' ' It became known today that in all probability . Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department would pat, into ef fect his principle of "less money ashore and more afloat," and advocate the greater part of an appropriation of $148,000,000 to build three powerful warships one more than the ueual annual quota. , With the audition of three first class battleships, naval officials hope the United States will resume its place next to Great Britain in naval fighting strength, passing Germany, which took second ' place when the United States dropped to third. J Secretary Daniels declared today that he was not yet ready to make any announcement as he was still study ing the question with heads of the bu reaus in his department. The plans of the administration are expected, however, to " crytalize- after President .Wilson -and Secretary Daniels confer within the next few days with heads of the Congressional committees on appropriations and naval affairs. The annual estimates for naval construc tion are due to be filed for the regular session of Congress by October 15th. While President Wilson never has made any public declaration on the battleship question, taking the atti tude during the campaign days that he" ought' not to interfere at the time with the activities of the Democrats in Congress, it is understood he fa vors an .adequate navy. . What particularly encourages naval officials .to believe three - battleships will be forthcoming is a report that in making . up . its estimates of govern ment expenditures, the framers of the tariff bill calculated on $148,000,000 for naval -construction, an increase , of about $8,000,000 over the last appro priation when only one battleship and a number ofj submarines and destroy ers were built. ' The plan that at present is being considered l also' provides that less mohey.be expended on shore- stations, dock yarns-and other land equipment of tbejnavy and that even the number of small boats be cut down. If Con gress should, authorize the construc tion, of - three; battleships, .they would be of the. same type as No. 39; "which was last- appropriated for and whicn has not been named. . .. This-Vwottld be in accord with the policy "Of government naval experts to secure "blocks of four Vessels, each ha vng" the same . speed r and fighting ability," bo as to permit of - uniform di vision maneuvers. ; The, new ship No. 39 would be equip ped with 12-inch guns and with a dis placement - of x 30,000 tons, ' and would be of medium speed, a . compromise between theM battleship cruiser type of the , British and Japanese navies and the heavy i bull i dog of ; the- low speed Of jGerman construction. "Home Hun' Baker: REBELS DESERTED CAPITAL When Federal Army Appears,. Consti tutionalists Disappear--City Ta ken Without a Shotlnhabitahts Rush for International-Bridge. Piedras Negras Mex., Oct. 7.-rWith-out firing a shot;. JTederal soldiers late today- took' possession, jaf Piedras "Kei gras, ; er s t whi le"pro vrsional " capital of the Constitutionalists. 1 ' . The occupation culminated the vic torious march of the government' army under General Maas through the State of Coahuila, the home-of Venustiano CarraiiT:, revolutionary ' commander in chief. With the exception of four strag glers who were cat down by iFederal cavalry while attempting "to ' escape across the border, all Of the Constitu tionalist troops in Piedras Negras marched away with the approach of . a mi. - -L. une government army, iney were noi pursued, the victorious troops content ing themselves with a search of the city for rebels who might be in hid ing. The Federals were first sighted shortly after noon on a hill top two miles south of the city. Cannon was planted and when all was made ready for a battle, a trooo of cavalry was sent over the hill at a gallop and into the city. In the meantime, the. hand ful of Constitutionalists shouldered their arms and marched away. The Federal advance guard drove through the Alameda to the deserted Consti- tujtionalist administration tmilding in parade formation, and took possession Tonight the city is policed by troops, and so far there has- been no looting. While the city was being evacuated, and before the. Federals took posses sion, panic prevailed among the resi dents, who made a rush for the inter national bridge. -As an act of mercy to the terror-stricken women and chil dren, the quarantine established by the city of Eagle Pass, because of the prevalence of smallpox here, and in the surrounding country, was partial ly raised, and several thousand were permitted to cross the boundary and were marched under guard of United States 'troops to quarantine camps out side Eagle Pass. , .- iTonight reports as to the status of the revolutionary movement are con flicting. Some dispatches indicate that the rebel army is badly scattered and broken in spirit, --while others are thait the different bands are still intact and marching toward- a common point to re-form' and renew the campaign. Montjclover and Cuatro Ciengas, in the central part of the State of Coa huila, are still-under rebel rule", it is understood, while private advices re ceived at Laredo, Texas, tonight, re port that the important city of Torre on in - the souhern part of the State, has been taken by the Constitutional ists. - The whereabouts of the "Constitu tionalist leaders is unknown. Venus- Continued on rage Eiscnt.) OUT LI N ES .Allan R. Ryan, in the Strizer im peachment trial yesterday testified that the Governor offered to make peace with Chas. F. Murphy about a week before the trial was called. " The Federal army in Mexico entered the provisional capital of the Consti tutionalists without a shot- being fired. The Mayor of Nome, Alaska, the town .which was so badly damaged by storm, has sent out an appeal for help. The storm has abated but much suffering has . been- caused and, many are homeless. - v , A near race riot was pulled off in Illinois yesterday when a bunch of 50 negroes attempted to. rescue from pris on , a negress -who b.ad been confined because of drunkenness. : - V New York markets: Flour steady. Wheat firm, , No. 2, . red 9 to 97 lr2; No. 1 Northern Uuluth 94 3-4. ; . Corn firm. Turpentine steady. Rpsin. quiet. Money on call strong, 3 1-2 to- 4 per cent.; ruling rate 4, closing bid 3 1-2 to. 4. Spot cotton Quie,t; -middling Tip lands 13.90; gulf 14.15; sales 375. CURRENCY BILL IN Democrats May Take It from Committee? and Into; Caucus of Party. fiUHY CONFERENCES ABE HELD President Wilson Stated It Must be Law by December the - First Fo raker Wants - , Another Plan. Washington, Oct. 7- The admfnis tratioa currency bill and President Wilson's announced determination to write it into law before December 1st, today, 'became the storm center . of legislative -activity. A series of con ferences at the White House, prompt ed by the desire of the President to hasten consideration of the measure, made apparent a rather doubtful situa tion surrounding the bill. President Pro Tem. Clarke, of the Senate, Majority Leader Kern, Demo cratic Lewis, Chairman Owen, of the 'Banking -and Currency Committee, and Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky, were, called to the White House to discuss the situation. The President took the attitude that the determina tion of the Senate Banking and . Cur rency Committee to conclude its hear ings "on or before October 25th," showed that the Republicans of the committee, -with the aid of two or three Democrats opposed the bill, were delaying the situation and that the Democratic majority should at once take steps to demonstrate the responsibility of this legislation.. The Senators who conferred - with the President all took the position that as the Democrats were responsible for currency legislation they should ITth- rnvnr tA J take the matter ?ntn their own hand iT the Governor to obtain political It was indicated that the bill might be withdrawn from the full commit tee and turned over to the commit tee Democrats. By this method, if the committee Democrats were unable to agree on the bill it could be taken direct to the Democratic caucus, al though Senate leaders -were, doubtful as to ehe outcome of a currency- cau cus under present conditions. - Majority Leader Kern said today that if it became apparent that the bill was being delayed the Democrats, in order to assume their responsi bility, for demonstration, Would call a caucus. Senator Owen also took the position . that the measure should be made a party matter. The day's de velopments ' showed no change in the attitude of Senators Reed and Hitch cock, the Democratic members ofjthe committee who have contended" for full consieration and opportunity to amend the bill. Senator O'Gorman who has taken a similar position did not attend today's hearings. The committee today heard Chas. N. Fowler, former member of the House ; an former chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee. He attacked the bill, declaring that if passed it would result in "commercial bedlam." ' He characterized the present Aid-rich-Vreeland emergency currency. law as an "iniquity. "That measure." he said, "was jam med through Congress by former President Roosevelt, under the same damnable pretense that is being used by President Wilson to force this bill through Congress pass the bill or plead incompetence." 1 - ,; Mr. Foster advocated the establish ment of a system of pure bank note asset currency under which each indi vidual bank would issue its own notes as currency as they were needed. ;' George H. Shibeley, director of the Bureau of Political Research, was also before the Senate Committee " to day, renewing his charge that the "trustocrats" had driven college, pro fessors who "espouse the cause of the people" from their positions. l- Prof. Edward. W. Bemis, of ' Chi cago University, was discharged be cause he attacked the Chicago Gas Trust, said Shibeley. "John R,. Com- mons, of Syracuse, was discharged for voting for William Jennings Bry an.. James Allen Smith, of Marietta, Ohio, was driven from his place. The present President of "the Uiiited States had a narrow escape 'because he advocated the short ballot." : Senator Bristow, a member of the committee, today added another ele ment to the situation : J3y introducing a new currency bill in the Senate. The Senator said he introduced the bill by request and thought it contained .val uable points. , The measure would allow the pres-. ent National bank with a capital of $100,000 and a 20 per cent, surplus to take out in addition to their present currency secured by two per cent, gov ernment bonas, "unsecurea currency up to the amount of their capital. This currency would be secured by a first lien on. the bank's .assets and would be taxed 5 per cent, the - first six months it was out,, six per cent, the Tiert three months, seven per cent: the next three months and at the end of the year, the comptroller oi tne cur- rency COUlU orger a icureu. . . ..; : ; .. LARGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT. Will be Opened at Chattanoogar Tenn Soon Garrison to be There. Washington, Oct, 7. Secretary. Gar rison today received through the Chat tanooga chamber of commerce an in vitation to attend the opening of the great Brady power plant on the1 Ten-: nessee river at Chattanooga, y As the Tennessee river is a navigable stream the sanction of Congress had to be obtained for the building of. the dam. and .the work has been done tinder the- supervision of the war ; Department.- The plant is said to oe me largest hydro-electric ' development in;: the South and will develop 56.000 horse- nnwer at. low water- and has cost near5- ly $10,000,000. It was financed by tbe1 late Anthony N: Brady. - The date tor the opening has not yet - been, deter mined. s SULZER TRIED 10 BUY OFF MURPHY Allan A. Ryan Stated? Gov. Negotiated With Tam many Leader for Peace SARECKY SHOULDERS BLAME Ryan's Lawyer Were to Act as Go Between in Negotiations of Two Fsctions, B'Ut Murphy ; Refused. Albany, N. Y., . Oct 7. Governor William .Sulzer recently attempted to negotiate a , bargain "with Charles F. .Murphy, Tammany Hall leader, to iave his impeachment -trial "called off" so Allan A. Kyan, son of the Sew York financier-and traction mag nate, testified at the trial today. . If Murphy was willing .to "get his following to vote that the Assembly had no right: to Impeach him" the Gov ernor, according to. Ryan, "was wil ling to do whatever was right."- The testimony preceded the calling by- the defense of Louis A. Sarecky, the Governor's campaign secretary, and other witnesses. Sarecky, a youth of 27, shouldered the blame for the omission of unre ported contributions from the Govern or's campaign statement, confessed'he had imitated, the Governor's signature to deceive a bank, and admitted that he, an alien born in Russia, and nev er naturalized, had been promoted from the position of the Governor's stenographer to the head of the de portation bureau of the State hospi tal oommission. tRyan's story of the Governor's al leged effort to . make peace with the leader of Tammany Hall was his sec ond recital of an attempt on the part of the Governor to obtain political in fluence to stop the trial. Ryan testi ned yesterday that Sulzer had asked him to persuade United States Sena tor Elihu Root to get the New York Republican State chairman. William Barnes, Jr., to influence: the Republi ican members; at thevirtAOf tmpeaehr tiurjiii, - w vic tire imoitvtiuiHUi. trial megai. .-.iv-vvs''f.'-- ' Testimony Fihallv Accented: - The latter' testimony "was stricken' out by a vote of the court 32 to 18, but today on motion of Eloh R. Brown, the Senate Republican leader, the court in executive session recon sidered its action and by a vote of 41 to 14 decided to admit the testimony and open the door for the remainder of the young financier's story. Ryan took the stand immediately (Continued on Page Eight.! Bankers Gather For Big Meeting Boston, Mass., Oct. 7 The savings banks of itne country have abandoned thei opposition to the Postal: Savings Banks, according to R. C. . Stephenson, of South Bend, Ind-, president of the Savings Bank section of the American Bankers' Association. Mr. Stephenson's' report presented today at a sectional meeting of the thirty-ninth annual convention of the association, showed that the savings banks have not suffered appreciably by the introduction of the postal sav ings system. Money deposited with the government, Mr. Stephenson said, probably -would not have gone into the savings banks. This sectional meeting, was one of four held today prior to the formal opening of the. convention proper to morrow morning. More. than 4,000 delegates and guests were in the city tonight, and every train brought ad ditions to the number. ' The election of officers of the as sociation Thursday afternoon is e pected to develop some lively con- itests. Arthur Keynoias or ues Moines, la., will be promoted irom first vice-rresident to president, with out opposition, but a contest has de veloped ror minor places. : A sDirited contest is also indicated over the next meeting place of the association. Richmond, Atlanta ana Atlantic City are candidates. The social side of the convention reafched, its climax tonight -with a grand ball at Symphony Hall, ; attend ed by more than 2,000 delegates and ladies. ' CELEBRATE 133RD ANNIVERSARY. People from Five States Hear Secre tary Bryan. King's Mountain, N. C, Oct. ,7. Citizens of five States today celebrat ed here the 133rd anniversary of the battle of King's Mountain, one af the decisive engagements of the Revolu tion.,. " Secretary of State Bryan, the prin cipal speaker, was heard by about 20j000 people: : Representatives were here from Vir ginia, Tennessee, Georgia and North and South Carolina towns. . A parade with Secretary Bryan rid ing at the head, was the morning fea ture. Floats representing the 13 ori ginal Colonies were followed through the main streets of the village by thousands in the- line of march. Sec retary Bryan's address carried a plea for education, peace and prohibition. The present crusade against ignor ance, said the Secretary, is actuated by the same motives -that- prompted the early colonists to - take up - arms and drive forth the, invader at King's Mountain. . Mr. Bryan praised the administra tion of President Wilson He hi an ticipated and prepared for a tarilibili 33 years ago, he said. He had fore seen currency reform for two . dec ades, he declared. : : . .-- - Mr. Bryan left here late this after noon fory Spartanburg, . C. He will speak in Asheville, N. C, tomorrow. GETTING TO WORK ON REAL BUSINESS mmmmmmmmmmt Both Branches of North Caro lina Assembly Take Up Amendments SOP TO THE Rate Expert and Further Official Help iSe Provided Number of Local V Bins Are Tushed Through. Justice Defeated. (Special Star Teleam.) V . ' , Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 7. After dis cussing the Justice intra state freight irate bill from 9 o'clock until midnight the "House of ttte State' General Assembly voted 77 to 23 for the bill which is believed will reduce the earn ings' of the carriers 2 per cent, in North Carolina. ; Mr. Justice vigorously advocated the bill, saying that if it were unjust to the railroads he did not see .why any crocodile tears should be shed by the people of North Carolina because of ' that suspicion considering how the roads had gouged the State. J. Frank Ray called Mr. Justice an unsafe leader and charged that the Guilford man was playing politics for the United States Senatorshlp," where- s upon Mr. Justice said he might charge that Mr. Ray came down to Raleigh on his pass and charged . the. State $85 for it. , - ' Mr. Justice paid a -compliment to Henry Page, another approved of the bill, speaking of. him as a .probable future Governor . of North Carolina, and Mr. Page rejoined with the as sertion that the imputation ' of the gentleman from .Guilford, would ' put both on the same, platform, but he dis claimed any intention of holding any" office - except that of -Representative from Moore county " -. v J , Mr. Bowie, of Ashe, urged that the. matter be left, with .the. Corporation 1 Commission whieh' had -denionstratecL its wise leadership jend - its - capability for. handling rate atter.s: He refer red ,tp .what . h termed, the expensive, . litigation in 1907 and 1908 to get what he said the railroads offered, and what. ' the State finally took, after spending $60,000. - i , . j ; v When the House passed the Justice bill Mr. Page moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution accept- . ing the railroads' proposition on inter-1 State rates was adopted.-He based his appeal on the ground that-it would be. unfair to accept this and then stare the , railroads- in the -. face with this . intra-State bill, which he and others would have left to the Corporation Commission. The railroads should-be allowed to see. now whether they are' willing to put on "the - Western rates. He at least wanted hot to bind them from contesting the ' intra-State rates . in the courts. His motion was over whelmingly lost. . Earlier Sessions. Raleigh. N. C. Oct. 7. The larger .part of the time of the Senate today was spent in committee or. tne wnoie considering amendment proposals for the constitution. Section 5, relieving . the General Assembly from passing. "LocaJ, private and special acts or resolutions," paragraphs one to four, were adopted. . x ' Paragraph 5. relating to "game and hunting." provoked a lone discussion" Senator Ivie, Author of the section, in- ' siscing that the county commissioners would know much better than mem bers in the Legislature what sort of game laws the county needs. - Senator Ward opposed -: the para graph on the ground that - it. had not '; been tried out by any tState. Senator Parsons declared that to delegate this game legislation to the commission ers would mean that good men could not be induced to serve as county commissioners and game" would,, be speedily ' exterminated " Senators Barnes, Hobgood and Phillips support ed the amendment. ; Senator Daniels also supported it. " ' i , . The first vote was 19 to 16 to strike out the paragraph. The vote was or- i dered to be re-taken and stood 25 to 5 1 to strike out on the next ballot. . Paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 were adopted. 1 Paragraph 9 as to Changing town- " ship lines and lines of school districts , was adopted, with an amendment- that creation of new school districts be in--' eluded. Paragraph Id adopted and Paragraph 11 as to exempting proper ty from taxation, was stricken ouL Paragraphs 1314, 15 and 16 adopted completing the proposal ,' New bills introduced - were; Livin good, to amend the constitution asto i reduce the lengths of residence ne- ' cessary for voting from -two years to ; one year in the State,' six, months to " three months , in the town,' and four -months to. two months"'; in ; the pre cincts; Ward, a bill v. in ! accordance with the action of the'Democratic cau cus last night to provide for a rate expert with the Corporation Commis-( sidn at salary of not more than $4,000 . and for additional clerical help not to -exceed $2,000. . - -,J. Bills passed -final reading: Provide municipal improvement v bonds' - for Jacksoi$ville, Onslow county; estab lish stock law Jn Duplin county. Senator Hannah's bill as to the sale of merchandise in bulk wa3, . after some discussion and several amend ments, re-referred to committee. The bill bars claims of creditors after one year following sale. . r - In the House. , The House in committee of the -whole today defeated the bill to forbid , the reading of the Bible. in the public schools, took similar action with re- - , gard to the initiative and referendum, which was valiantly championed by Mr. Justice and yigorously oposed by , Mr Doughton and. referred for the second time the section relating to the t . . levy of -a capitation tax.- So far as the House-is concerned, the constitutional amendments have practically all been settled one way (Continued on Page Bight)
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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