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WTLMINGrTON, K. C, SATURDAY MOKNTNGh, OCTOBER li, 1913.
WHOLE NUMBEB 13,452.
A.
MACKMEN 1A FOURTH GAME A
IN VvRLD TITULAR SERIES
Chippewa Indian Came Back
With Second Victory of
the Week
Latter Inning Rally Jby Giants
Not Strong Enough to
Turn the Tide
DEMAREE OUSTED IN FIFTH
Six Hits and as Many Runs Were Ath
letic Dividends Off Al. JMar
quard Finished in Fine
'V style
Philadelphia, Oct. 10. But one vic
tory stands between the Philadelphia
Athletics and the world's champion
ship in baseball tonight, for the Mack
men defeated the New York Giants at
Shibe Park this afternoon by a score
of 6 to 5 in the fourth game of the
titular series Before .the contest was
clinched, however, 20,00t Quaker City
fans suffered a period of anxious sus
pense that will keep the Giants' 11th.
hour batting rally green in their mem
pry for some seasons to come. The
game effort of the National League
players to overtake their rivals in the
closing innings of the game changed
the entire" complexion of the battle,
lifting what appeared to be a one-sided
match into a contest that hung in
the balance until the last put-out.
Startled Bender.
The desperate but "utile effort came
like a bolt from a clear sky. "Chief
Bender, the Chippewa Indian of mys
terious curve-break, chad held the
Giants runless for six innings, while
his teammates by pile-driving hits,
had scored as many runs at the ex
pense of Demaree and Marquard. Al
ready the fans that filled every seat
in the stands and bleachers were ex
ulting in the downfall of 'the club.
There was not a single danger signal
in sight. Suddenly, the tiiants pecame
transfonned -from- hitlessv weakling
to real Giants- who hammered the
speed and slants of the inaian twiner
to all parts of the park..
Demaree received a warm welcome
at the start, but it was not until the
second inning that the first Athletic
crossed the plate.' Mclnnis opened
with a Texas leaguer. Strunk sacri
ficed and Barry's double scored Mc
lnnis. The big blow came in the
fourth. Strunk knocked Herzog
over with a smashing single and Barry
put him on third with another, taking
second on Shafer's throw to third.
Sctfang followed with a vicious liner
past Doyle, scoring Strunk and Barry.
He went on to second on the throw
to the plate and to third a moment lat
er on McLean's passed ball. Schang
scored when Merkle fumbled Bender s
grounder. - v -
Lucky Seventh.
It was in the "Lucky Seventh" that
the storm of hits burst upon the aston
ished Athletics and before they could
recover three Giants had crossed the
plate. The fusillade continued into
. the next session when two more scor
ed and the team which was a few mo
ments before apparently outclassed,
was battering, down the last defense
of the Mackmen.
Merkle Did It.
Fred Merkle, whose injured ankle
still caused him to limp perceptibly,
was the player who was directly res
ponsible for the breaking through the
coat of whitewash that Bender was
. applying. With Burns and Murray on
second and -third as the result of two
singles and a double steal and two
out, Merkle caught one of Bender s
low balls on the inside corner of the
plate and lifted it- .far into left field
center where neither 'Oldring nor
Strunk could reach it. The sphere hit
the green turf and hopped the fence
into the bleachers. Merkle trotted
.home after his two teammates with
the third run of the series, thus join
ing Baker and Schang in the realm of
baseball immortals.
Spurred on by Merkle s example,
Herzog, who had not made a hit in
the series to date, opened the eighth
with a single, only to be forced by.
Qtfyle, who was similarly -eliminated
by Fletcher. Burns came next with a
double down the third base line, scor
ing Fletcher, and Shafer shot a triple
''past Mclnnis' pdst, tallying Burns.
Murray smashed a scorching drive
at Collins, 'but the Columbia alumnus
managed to hold- the ball until he
could steady and throw the runner out
at first for the third, out. Although
McGraw sent in two . pinch hitters to
bat in the ninth, the Giants could not
get over the run that would tie tbe
score. Bender was now fully aware
of the danger that beset him and
pitched a ball that fairly whistled as
it flashed and broke across the plate.
Thin Ice
It was the narrowest kind of an es
cape. But for the equally heavy, hit
ting of the Athletics in the fore-part
of the game and some brilliant dis
plays of defensive tactics the Giants
would now be on even terms with the
Philadelphia standard bearers instead
of trailing two games In the rear. The
rally, however, has encouraged the
men of McGraw to believe they may
yet overtake the flying Athletics.
rne .Aiacianen on tne otner nana,
now well versed In the ability and re-1
sources of the Giants. ..are tonight
doubly confident. . When- they drove
Demaree from the box at the end of
the fourth inning it marked the pass
ing of every New York pitcher except
the veteran. Mathewson. In four
games Marquard, : Crandall,' Tesreau
and Demaree have fallen before the
terrific hitting of the Athletics.. - -New
Sluggers. F
As if to show the versatility of the
team, it was a new quartette, of bat
ters who bombarded- Demaree from
the mound this afternoon. In the first
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jf flJk - - hit; x
AL. DEMAREE.
YUAN SHI KAI INAUGURATED
Chief of Police Arrested and Confess
ed -He Had Been Bribed to As- .
? sassinate New President. '
Bombs Found.
Peking, Get. 10. Yuan Shi Kai was
dav. inducted- into office is first Pres-
ffffeM5t'hte;'5lb)S - be
ceremony of .inauguration was surj
rouhded with Ijjast'ern briliiahCe at
tended by throngs of distinguished
Chinese and foreign officials.
It took place " in the interior of the
Tai Ho palace in which many of the
Ming and Ching emperors had been
crowned.'
The choice of the place of inaugu
ration was an encroachment on
the. sacred precincts of the Emperor
withih the forbidden city. The south
ern half of this extensive enclosure
was. opened to the guests who travers
ed hall after hall and court after
court toward the present residence of
the dethroned. Emperor.
The ceremony was enacted in ' the
vast building called the Tai Ho-Tien,
or ; hall Tf ; supreme peace, where the
Emperor formerly observed New
Year's greetings frtom the Manchu and
suzerain princes..
The-Chinese officials present wore
garments of ; colored silks of many
hues, but the members of the Chinese
Parliament -were dressed in Western
frock coats and high' hats which they
had adopted as-their official costume.
Yuan Shi Kai wore a blue military
uniform. ; He read his declarations,
which - were tantamount to taking the
oath of office, from the dragon dais of
the Emperor over which Chinese, flags
have been draped.
Extensivev precautions, both police
and military, had been . taken for sev
eral days as it was feared that some
Chinese rebels who had cut off their
qftes might obtain access to the ce
remony disguised as Japanese.
In. spite of these precautions, it was
discovered that-the rebels had tainted
the! loyalty of the chief , Chen, of the
Peking . mounted police. He was ar
rested and confessed that he had been
bribed to assassinate the President. A
number of bombs were found in his
residence. 1
President Yuan Shi Kai, in his inau
gural address, avowed his intention of
maintaining a. firm and steady policy.
"The first. principal of a stable govern
ment," he said,, "is a clear definition
and promulgation of its legal systems,
and the establishment and -maintenance
of public order."- ...
The President admitted his" prefer
ence, for conservative rather than ex
treme radical: methods. He assested
his in tension of introducing .reforms
one' by. one in present conditions in
China. '. ' " , '
yuan Shi Kai then emphasized the
need for capital and the necessity for
education, especially of technical edu-cation-in
order' to promote China's in
dustrial resources. : - - J
CHARLESTON CAMPAIGN
Grand jury Unable to Agree on Indict-:
- : ments from Solicitor. '
Charleston, S. -CV Oct. 10. The
grand Jury, today threw out 42 -of the
liquor indiexments handed them on
Wednesday, and. in all probability, the
balance of .oyer 200 will "take the same
route, jttf extinction. v Foreman . Dever
eouxysaid - this, afternoon that witnes
ses had been, examined in all of the 42
-cases rejected, and that the grand
jury was ' deadlocked over the , situa-1.
tion.
Qn ' Monday the presentments " for
the term , will be made, and" at .that
time a. rep6rt on.the disposition of
the, liquor indictments will be incorpo
rated: in the official document.
Milwaukee; Wis.rOct. 10. Mrs. Ag
nes Havenor, owner otthe Milwaukee
American - Association- baseball vteam,
today relinquished the presidency ' of
that organization, and forced the elec
tion of A.- iF;;imm' to .-succeeds her.
MrsrHavenor- still ho-Tds a1 controlling
Jjnterest. ;
CAROLINA SYNOD ADJOURNS
Adjourned After Morning Hour Yes
terday to Meet Next at Hickory
Closing hfours of-Great
. Meeting.
(By Mamie Bays.)' ,
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. -10.-r-The
Presbyterian. Synod-of North Carolin.-
adjeufned" after the morning hour to:
day o meet next at Hickory, on Tues
day, October 27th, 1914. The items
of business -remaining on the docket
this morning were considered in rapid
succession and dispersed of in most
instances with little or no discussion.
Upon report of the nominating com
mittee, Rev. ,D. I. . Craig, B. D., of
Reidsville, was elected stated clerk
and treasurer for three years." Dr.
Craig has sustained this relation to
Synod for -15 years and is recognized
as one of the most painstaking and
efficient Of - clerks , and treasurers in
the Assembly. He is also stated clerk
of Orange - Presbytery, having held
that position for 25 years.
The chairmen of the permanent com
mittees of Synod were elected in the
following order: Foreign Missions,
Revi J. M. Wells, D. D.; Synodical
Home -Missions, Rev. McG. Shields.
Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D., submitted
the following:
"To the Synod of North Carolina:
- "We, the undersigned, hereby re
spectfully overture "the . Synod to ap
point an ad interim committee, consisting-6f
three ministers and two rul
ing elders, and to request the Synods
of Virginia, . Kentucky and Tennessee
to . appoint similar committees and
that these Committees be instructed by
the Synods to meet jointly in order to
confer, and. report as to the advisabil
ity of overturing the General Assent
bly to erect a new- Synod in the Ap
palachian mountains for the more
thorough and systematic prosecution
of evangelization and Christian education--and
Christian education in that
great home mission field now distri
buted among the four Synods. It is
understo&d : that this in no ' way com
mits. -eithei the Synod or the under
signed to this policy."
This. is signed by nine of the lead
ing members of Synod including Dr.
Campbell and Rev. Dr. Wells, of Wil
mington. Further standing committees were
nominated and . elected as follows:
Assembly Home Missions, Rev. By
ron Clark,. D. D.; Christian Education
and Ministerial Relief, Rev . W . McC .
White, D. D. : Publication and Sab
bath School Work, Rev; R, E. Hen
derlite.vD. D.; Bible Cause, Rev. E.
L. - Siler; .Systematic Beneficence,
Rev. Neal L. Anderson, D. D. ; Relig
ious Work Among Students of State
Institutions, Rev. Melton Clarkr D. D.r
Synodical Schools and Colleger, Dr.
W. J . Martin; Young People's Socie
ties, Rev, : A. --M. Fairley; Woman's
Societies tfev . C . M. Richards, D. D.;
Historical, Committee,- Rev :D: I.
Craig,' D. J). ; President of the Board
of Regents, of the Orphans' Home,
Rev. HV; G Hill; D. D.
A resolution was offered . recom
mending ithat lihe Synod no longer
require the stated clerk' to record the
minutes of the ' session with' ink in a
ledger, as has been done during ' the
last one 'hundred - years, but ; simply
that the, minutes be carefully kept
during tbiemeeting of Synod and then
be , published? , off the best " quality of
paper and bound: in a book, five copies
to be published.'-' -
Thes following resolution1 'was unani
mously ad-opted: in connection with the
report on" Christian - Education :-
"Resolved: That the Presbyterian
Church in North Carolina does hereby
through - its: Synod place itself on rect
ord as- favoring the reading of the
Bible in - the 3 State's educational , sys
tem.";if:"i;Vifi.:'.5:,' .-..-'
The report7 of the committee, on "Wo
men's Societies showed the-number of
societies to be 361,. members .8,604,
contributed ,to foreigtt missions",' $24,
143.93; - to..Asembly's hpmei; missions,
$7,33.41;-to local home missions,- $11
- . (Continued on Page Eight)
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hot orscupsion
ON II! GOliESS
Several Democrats Revolt
With Closest Vote of Ses
tion the Result.
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WILSON
The Vote Came ; After Prolonged De
bate in Which. Many Democrats
Bitterly Attacked Amend
ments Quorum.
Washington Oct. 10! By'the closest
vote of thengeasipnX llll to 106, the
House late tDnlght:-yoted to . recede
from its conferees' disagreement and
to concur in' the . Sfenate amendment
to the Urgent' Deficiency. Appropria
tion bill, which provides for the remo
val of deputy internal revenue collect
ors and deputy marshals from civil
service regulations.- j ' -
The vote came after f a protracted
debate in which many. Democrats bit
terly assailed the proposal.
The Democratic-revolt ;ras led by
Representative Fitzgerald,, of New
York and 54 Democrats voted against
concurrence. Other matters in dis
agreement, among them-'an appropria
tion of $7,000 for an alitomobile for
the Vice President, will be taken up
tomorrow. . -
The conferees, ' ' Representatives
Fitzgerald, Bartlett and Gillett, report
ed disagreement on 15 of the 107 Sen
ate . amendment6, including, the see-:
tion abolishing the Commerce Coilrt,
which would retain the judges of that
court as judges, of the district court
and. circuit, court of .appeals. -
Before any vote had been .taken on
the amendment affecting the civil serr
vice, Minority Leader. Mann declared
that President -Wilson had the authority-
without the amendment to remove
such deputy officials from the civil
service by executive order if. lie so de
sired. Mr. Mann' here asserted that
he believed the Presidents-has not the
nerve to do it and wants. to get ex
press authority from -Congress. T -
Throughout the . day- there was 'no
quorum present, the bill having been
referred to conierence without a rec
ord vote, but a quorum was secured
late tonight through the arrival of
many members on late trains. :
Washington,-. Oct. 10. In another
quorumless session the House today
by unanimous consent debated the Ur
gent Deficiency bill, disagreed to the
Senate amendments and sent - the
measure to conference without a rec
ord vote.
Speaker Clark named .Representa
tives Bartlett, Fitzgerald and Gillett
to represent the House. The Senate
amendment removing deputy collec-1
tors of internal revenue and T deputy
marshals from civil service was vig
orously assailed - by the Republicans.,
FIRE AT WiALLACE.
Wallace, N. C, Oct. 10. The
extensive saw. mill of the Nor
folk . Lumber Company here
was completely destroyed by P
! fire tonight -between 11 and 12
I o cldck.- The origin of the fire ?
I- and the' exact losses cannot be
ascertained tonight.
Tr "4, 1. 1 1 Kiymj
GREENSBORO -MAN NAMED.
Win Assist With Collection of Income
Tax Postoffice-Examination
(Special 'Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 10 Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Osborne-today
appointed S. H.r Boyd, of
Greensboro, revenue agent to collect
the income tax. , It is one o the best
and most responsible positions under
the new law. Mr.Boyd was. selected
because of his known ability to handle
the work. Commissioner Osborne has
wired Boyd to come to Washington
and, upon his arrival here he will be
named a member of .the commission
appointed to draft regulations for the
government of the new tax collections.
Robert L. Lassiter. of Oxford, now
private secretary to Commissioner Os
nbo,rne' 18 a member of the com
mission. ,He represents the commis
sioner in the work. - .
. A postoffice inspector has" been or
dered to Hammers, Harnett county,
to make - an investigation with a view
to holding examinations for the post
masfership at-thatplaee. P. R. A
OUT LIT EW
The fate 6f Governor , SuIzetp is' in
the hands 6t his judges, and will very
likely be made ipublic Monday; night.
- The Chief of Police of Peking was
arrested just . before, .the inauguration
of the hew President of Chinas and
confessed that he shad Deen hired to
kill Yuan "Shi Kai. , v , ; -
President Wilson - wrote to Repre
sentative Clayton, of-Alabama,- asking
that he 'would not -run for the. Senate,
stating : that ; he was needed, more : in
Congress- as chairman iot Judiciary
Committee. '.
By the closine of a telegraph key in
Washington yesterday, President Wil
son was Instrumental in originating a
spark that traveled four thousand
miles, over eland and . under water to
Panama; where it touched - .off -the.
large charges of dynamite under the
Gamboa Dike. " - - . . - ' ' .
New i York Markets : . Frour, quieL
Wheat,! firm; No. 1, Northern Duluth,
ye. corn, nrm; exports, - 1-4. uur
Dentine. easy. Rosin, steady. Money
on call, firm, at 33 3-4; ruling rate,
3 3-4 ; closing, 3 H)3 W- pot : cot
ton, quiet ; middling, 13. 10; gulf; 13.90 ;
SHOTAI
sales, 290 bales. .. , : .
'S FATE IS
Court Adjourned Until Mon
day Afternoon, When the
Vote Will be Taken.
OPEH SESSION D1TRIN8 VQTIMB
Final Argument Was Delivered Yes
terday Afternoon Before the High
Court -of Impeachment
Several Questions.
Albany, N. " -Y,, Oct. ' 10. Governor
William. Sulzer's fate tonight rests
with, his judges. Thle final arguments
of the counsel for -and against him
were delivered today before the high
court of impeachment. -
Immediately . thereafter the court
adjourned . until next Monday after
noon at, 2: 30 o'clock.
Upon reconvening the court will de
cide upon its plan of balloting whether-it
shall be done in open or execu
tive session and thecn take up the con
stitutional objections to the impeach
ment charges that have been raised
by counsel for the Governor. If the
judges hold adversely in whole or in
part to the contentions of Sulzer's
counsel, a vote on his guilt or inno
cence will follow.
The next question to oe decided will
be whether he should be removed
from: office. Should this be decided
affirmatively the judges then will vote
on whether additional punishment oth
er xnan ., aisquaiincauon irom ever
holding public ofiice in this State
again shall be meted out to him.
A decision of his fitness to continue
in" office will be reached: Monday night,
it is generally Deiievea.'
Demand Ooen Session.
, Popular demand is for an open ses
sion or . tne court.
. No record has been kept of the Dro
ceedings of the few executive sessions
which have been held and this has
aroused much criticism. i
- The decision to adjourn until Mon
day was not reached without obi ec:
tion. Judge Wterner. however, called
attention to the danger o.'the court
remaining in session, ana subjecting
itself to the criticism of "railroading
a case, ana pieaaea for an adjourn
ment until then.
As a compromise it was agreed to
extend the usual Friday session .an
nour ana a-nair ana permit Attorney
Edgar T. Brackett, who was waiting
jfContinueti on Page Eight.)
Mexican Deputies
Are Put in Jail
Mexico City, Oct. 10. One-hundred
and ten members of the Chamber i
Deputies who had signed resolutions
of warning to President Huerta as the
result of the disappearance of Dr. Be
liasro Dominguez, Senator for 'Chia
pas, last night, were arrested tonight
and lodged in the penitentiary.
Five other deputies who signed the
resolution were absent tonight when
the cordon of troops was thrown about
the executive building and several
hundred soldiers invaded the cham
ber." The arrests followed a demand
by President Huerta that the chamber
withdraw the resolution which carried
the threat that the Deputies would
abandon the capital owing to an al
leged lack of guarantees for their per
sonal safety. "
Senator . Dominguez early in - the
month made a speech in the Senate
violently attacking i Huerta, r -saying
that not only had nothing been, done
during Huerta's regime towara tne
pacification of r the country, but that
the Dresefit situation in the republic
was infinitely worse than before:
He added that the situation was due
first , and foremost to the fact that
Mexican people could not resign them
selves to be governed by Huerta.
Before the hour for the regular
opening of the session of the Chamber
at 4 o'clock this aft9rnoon; the basement-
and roof of the building . had
been packed with troops. Scores of
police were scatterea tnrougn tnegai
lery.' ' ; - : ":
When the arrests were made a few
of the leaders were placed in automo
biles while the other deputies were
taken to the penitentiary in street
cars. "Meanwhile similar demands ,to
recent had been made upon members
of the Senate who had ( concurred in
the. Chamber's resolution. A commit
tee of senators auea on Tesiaenx
Huerta and signified their willingness
to comDly with his : demands.- Later
the Senators formally withdrew this
action. ' . -
' In anticipation -or possible trouble
heavy patrols of troops, are on- the
Rtreets tonight. . The rapid fir6 guns
which .were posted in the - interior
courts of the . palace in February are
again in place, ana quantities 01 am
munition are at liand. f - 'y-xv
. KILLED HIGHWAYMAN. - '-
Negro Shot and Killed in Richmond,
Va by Publisher.
- DUVimnnH Vn Cl 1 0 Whilpi re-
in a- hnme ; with his wife latp .to
night from the State Fair, Robert O.
Bell, presment 01 a locai puDusning
company, shot and killed a negrahigh'
wayman, who held him up and de
manrlorl hie nionp.v. Th nesrrvfwhtt
was later- identified' at Otto Brown,
grappiett witn - ueu s. ior a moment.
With Brown's 1 fingers in ais throat,
RsTl managed to draw his - revolver
and fired five times. ,. . - ' -
- Thecounty .pouce piacea Beunnaer
his wife to their home. ? He. was. re
leased later; on a nominal, Dona.
SULZER
WITH
ii
HERE IT IS
IS BUSIED"
President Wilson Touches But
ton and Blows Up Dike
4,000 Miles Away.
CANAL ALMOST COMPLETED
No Ceremony in Washington Other
Than Rejoicing Explosion by
Long Distance Extraordi
nary -Feat. v
Washington, Oct. 10. The momen
tary touch of a key by the President
of the United !3tates today sent a flash
of electricty through a continuous tel
egraph and cable connection of 4,000
miles, setting off a gigantic blast of
dynamite which exploded the Gamboa
dike, the last of the great physical
barriers to water communication in
the Panama canal.
It was an extraordinary feat of te
legraphy, especially planned for. the
occasion. At precisely 2 o'clock this
afternoon President Wilson by simply
closing a telegraph key at the White
House sent the current over , land and
under seas. Just a few seconds later
came the message informing him that
the explosion had been successful.
While celebrations on the Pacific
were numerous, there was no cere
mony in Washington, it being the
wish o Col. Goethals that the govern
ment await the actual opening of the
cfthal. Besides the wreckage . of the
Gamboa dike there are two earth
slides to be cleared away before boats
can pass from ocean to ocean.
The special circuit had been set up
early in the day. A few minutes be
fore 2 cfclock Chief Operator E. W.
Smither, at theWhite House, talked
to Galveston, TkL-2.
"Is the Cable ready?" he inquired.
President a Minute (Man.
"Yes," same the. answer and soon
Galveston announced that "Pa", the
telegraph call , of Panama City was
heard. By agreement the operator at
the ; White House paade . four . distinct
dots at 20. seconds before 2 . o'clock.
This gave" the signal for the engineer
ftt' the Gamboa dike to. be inreadiness
or the flash. They waited 2Q seconds
au.u. ujx Liie. uuc, jTresxueui. vvusuu cius-
ed the key which sent the current In
to the dynamite apparatus.
"There it is , all over," smiled the
President. "Gamboa is busted."
The President sent Col. Goethals,
engineer of the canal, a brief message
of congratulations and turned to those
(Continued" on Page Three.)
President Wilson
Writes to Clayton
Washington, Oct. 10. President
Wilson today wrote a personal letter
to Representative Henry D. Clayton,
of Alabama, who is a candidate for
the Senate, telling him that it was in
dispensable to the carrying out of the
Democratic party's anti-trust pro
gramme to have him remain in the
House as chairman of the Judiciary
Committee.
Representative Clayton tonight is
sued the' following: statement :
Recognizing the President as tne
head of the party, I do not see how I
can refuse to accede to his expressed
wishes. I will, however, make a for
mal reply, to the President's letter in
a day or two."
Mr. Clayton told irienas tonight tnat
he would withdraw from the sena
torial race. He was appointed by Gov
ernor O'Neal to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Johnston. His
credentials were held' up, however,
i . : . a l c it. r
larougn me lanure oi me xjegisiu.Lur?
to , provide proper electoral machin
ery.
' I foresee, wrote the President;
the chief responsibilities of the next
session will lay with the committee on
the judiciary, of which you are chair
man. Our work cannot be finished in
a single session. If I dared I would
beg you to remain in. tne House.
Mr. -Clayton's witnarawai wouia
leave the Senatorial race to be decid
ed between Representative Underwood
and 'Representative Hobson.
,The President s letter-to Mr. Clay
ton follows:
My dear Mr. Clayton:
' "I am a great deal concerned at the
thought of losing you from the work
ing force of the House of Representa
tives. As the chief direction of affairs
in the present session has lam with
the Committee on Ways and Means
and the Committee on Banking and
Currency. I foresee the chief respon
sibilities Of the next session will lie
with the Committee on the Judiciary,
of which you are chairman. I - was
looking forward with . great satisfac
tion to working with you. and having
your experience, counsel and assist
ance in the work that is before us.
It eeems to me indeed indispensable
in the carrying out of our party's pro
gramme. I do not deem myself at
liberty to. suggest to you anything
that would interfere with your per
sonal plans and I feel rather : selfish
in- saying what I am saying, Dut i con
sider, it a matter of more public duty
on my part to say how earnestly I
have, desired that I might have your
aid and counsel as chairman of the Ju
diciary Committee: during the next
session in the next congress, our
work cannot be finished in a single
session. If I accomplish nothing
more by this than giving myself the
Dleasure of letting you know my per
sonal, estimate of you, I. shall at any
rate -have discharged my conscience
in the matter and said what was real-
y in my. mind and: neart. If,! dared,
; iwould beg yon , to remain in the
House." . , -: ; .rj--y ?:
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OF
IN LEGISLATURE
House Puts thei Senate on No-,
tice That it is Ready to
Adjourn.
THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION
Commission to be Appointed Intra
state Rate Bill, Emasculated and -Passed
Day; Sessions of-'
Both Branches, r
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 10. The prin
cipal feature of a short session of the
lower House of thel General Assembly
tonight was the adoption of a resolu-"
tion by Representative Stewart, set
ting out that the House' has pracical-
ly finished all its business and is ready -to
adjourn tomorrow ( (Saturday) and J
that it is doubtful if a quorum can
be had after tomorrow. .The resolu
tion was Sent to the Senate tor its in
formation, j
The House passed bills as follows:
Establish stock law for Pender and
Lenoir counties; amend the law as to
courts in Rockingham county; amend
act as to Kecorder's court in Mount ,
Airy; authorize stock law election in
Jones . county ; resolution for clerks
of the Legislature i to receive $1 per
day extra since they have to remain
here a week or more without pay
rounding up -their work; .amend the
law, as to probates of building and
loan associations; amend the law as
to condemnation of land , for school
sites? enable the Department of Agri
culture to manufacture material to
inoculate leguminous crops; create
rural life conditions commission. .
Amendments Finally Passed. ),
The Senate this afternoon complet
ed its work of adopting the .various
constitutional amendment -proposals
by the final adoption of all , the sec
tions of the revenuB and taxation pro
posal that had been left over. Section v
5 -was amended in accordance with an.H
amendment by the Houser, toMhake the
htar:1&YjrW cents- instead f of-60
eents and the :
stead of ,75 cehts; aJso Section 6 . waa .::
amended to make the poll tax $2 State
and county and $ 2 city in accordance
with the House amendment.: Then
the proposals as a whole were adopt-
ed. ... '.'.""--".
. Fire Insurance: Investigation.
The Senate tonight passed the
House bill for the creation of a com
mission of five, three from the House
and two from the 'Senate, to, investi
gate the conduct of fire insurance
companies in this State.
The appointments will be made by
the president of the: Senate and speak-
er of the House. First the Senate bill .
was reported with recommendation
from the. majority i of the committee
that the Governor appoint a commis
sion of three to make . the ..investiga
tion. There was some discussion after
the Senate voted to adopt the minority
report for the five members to be ap
pointed by 'the presiding officers. Then
the - House bill was offered as a sub
stitute for the whole matter by Sena
tor Nimocks. in charge of the bill.
and it was passed i without oposition
ana tne Dill oraered enrolled for rati
fication. Intra-State ftates.
The House bill to prescribe intra
state freight rates, the Justice bill.
embodying the Minnesota rates, with
some modifications i t'o suit conditions
in this btate, came up as a special or
der at 9 o'clock- ' i . .
Another Railroad Surrender. '
Senator Hobgoodiwas in charge of
the bin and yielded the floor to Sena
tor Bryant, "who sent 'forward an am
endment to be known as Section 4-A
that provided that If one or more of
the common carriers represent to the
State authorities that the rates pre- '
scribed are or would be confiscatory
or unreasonable, the Governor shall
appoint a special commission of three
members to investigate and, report to
the Governor within 60 days and in
the meantime the, application of the
rates he suspended, the commission
so appointed for this temporary ser
vice' to raise or lower the rates as they
may find necessary and reDort the'
changes to the Corporation Commis
sion to be put into effect. .. Another
clause to the amendment carried an -
appropriation of $10,000 for the ex
penses of the special commission pro-
viaea ror. s - .
Senator Hobgood! said this amend
ment was acceptable to -him and t'o
iui, juoutc, as was amu an iiineiiu-
ment by Senator Ward, to exempt
from the operation of the bill for
three years any roads that had ex- '..
tended as much as 25 miles and link
ed up other lines in makine a system
for railway service, ! applying especial
ly to tne XNorioiK southern. There -were
amendments by Senator Phillips
and Senator Little, of Wake, makine .
short line, exemptions of roads of less ,
tnan xoo mjles instead of 75 miles or
less, as the bill provides,' which were
not acceptable, to those in., charge of . -v
the bill.;-: j- - . .
The argument of the bill icontinued
until 11: 30. c Senator Gilliam insisted
that there was no reason for, the pro
vision for special commissions to in- .
vestigate the reasonableness of rates
as they .apply to the various roads
that may complain, i The Corporation
Commission - should; be lef to dis
charge this duty. i - - v
Senator Hobgood (insisted that. the .
special commission should be provided
for. i j :
Senator Ward offered an amendment
that would cut out? Section 9, as to the
operation of the long and short haul
clause. s :-!-
He opposed the bill as unfair and .
feared its operation (might be to bank-;
rupt some of- the roads before - they
Could prove their case. .The previous
question, was called.r :
The Little amendment was aeieatea.
The Phillips amendment was with-
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