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VOIj. XC1VNO. 14.
REBELS UllSHMEfl
II
Spaniards Must Leave, De
spite U. S. Displeasure.
REFUGEES, DESPONDENT
Large Colony at 1 Paso Fear .They
Will Never be Allowed to Return
to Their Homes and Prop- -erty
In Mexico. -
Juarez, April .. 7 .Despite axpres
sions of Washingtoa's - nnofficil dis
pleasure at the expulsion of thei Span
ish colony from .Torreon; the ' purpose
of the rebel leaders in this regard
was unshaken today. It is learned
from an authoritative rebel source that
General Carranza- and General Villa
are in thorough accord on the matter
and that Spanish subjects throughout
the republic, as fast as other States
may fall into Constitutionalists' hands,
will be treated as vat Torreon arid Chi
huahua. . ":" ::" ; ' ''
George C. Carothers is known to
have talked with. General : Carranza
on the Spanish question today. The
American and r the first chief of the
revolution conferred a half " hour.
When Carotners emerged he was be
sieged by anxious inquirers, but he
rusueu uj ms automoDne witnout an
swering questions; shaking his head
Purpose of Conference.
The purpose of the conference leak
ed out late tcjday through sources
which hitherto: hare proved reliable.
It was said -Carothers- informed Car
ranza that the nummary expulsion of
the Spaniards was considered gravely
at Madrid, and without favor ate Wash .
ington. The general replied that evi
dence of Spanish, conspiracy against
the re volution was. overwhelming in
all parts of the country, that their ex-,
pulsion was ; Cot only just but th
part of wisdom. He pointed out that
popular - jsuspicion' against these f ofr
eigners was -sol general .and , deep-seat-tde,
that their expulsion; ,at least would
remove them-fTOm-oaiiger at the hands
of an incensed soldiery: ; Tiie troops
generally: are : Well binder - discipline;
he explained but .-individual . excep
tions were to. be. 'considered; - -'
The policy of expulsion .includes all
Spanish subiectihw Mexico. - Many
Spaniards are!- naturalized' - Mexicans
and they are not embcaced in the gen
eral order although many already
ha ve fled the- country and others are
uder suspicion. - . ; - :
Confers With Carranza -' .
El Paso, Texas,' ; April 7 .-When
George C. Carothers. special agent of
the Department of State, returned to
this side from ? his - conference with
General Carf&hza-' today, he -locked
himself in his office saying that he had
reports to' make; Pressed for con
fi rmation or 1 denial ; - of - information
gained in Juarez; he replied:
"I merely, am anv intermediary in
certain matters ' between the ; United
States and General Carranza. ; The
suoject is one which I cannot - dis
cuss." - ;
The large colony -. of . Spanish refu
gees in El PasdVare despondent They
are convinced'" their properties will
be confiscated ahd themselves depriv
ed of their homes. -Spanish holdings
in the LaGuna district: of Cohuila are
valued at fifty million pesos, accord
ing to Spanish refugees here, ; The
Si anish property in rTorreon includes
leading stores in the business district,
factories and Iwarehouses . and the
Spaniards own a part of the stock of
the Banco LaGuna, a 510,000,000, banfc
in? corporation.-: . ' ' ; x
In addition to the-Torreon interests,
the Spaniards own larger haciendas in
tne cotton distrfctiof XiaGuna and ir
rigated alfalfa farms. The nominal
Spanish population of Torreon is esti
mated to be G.OOO. but it has been re
duced since the ' start of the revolu
tion to 1,000 including Spanish resi
dents of the LaGuna district; ; There
are 700 Spanish men, women and chii
dren in Torreon itself. There is no
S panish consul in Torreon . now and
the affairs of the' colony are ... being
cared for by the Italian American' and
British consuls. '
No arrangements have been , made
by the Spanish colony here to- receive
and care , for the Spaniards who are
expected from Torreon. It 'was re
ported that the' first train load of the
refugees would arrive late , today.
Vigorous - Representations. v-
Washington April: 7 .Vigorous rep
resentations went from the American
government today to General Car
lanza, the Constitutionalist chiefs-urging
him to modify the order of Gem
eral Villa expelling Spaniards from
Torreon. The situation, is giving grave
concern to authorities K- here. The
Tnited States had; undertaken to ex
tend to Spaniards in Mexico-the same
protection if affords American resi
dents there, and .Ambassador Riano
has beep assured that nothing will
be left undone to assure for the un
fortunates at i Torf eon every right.: to
which they are entitled under interna
tional law and- usage.l'?.:''i:'i':Vj.Sy
Spain proposes to exhaust every re
source to protect , her people, it was
made plain today, , when Rear Admiral
layo, at Tampico,4 cabled Uhe Navy
Department that the -commanding of
ficer of the British cruiser Hermoine
had been instructed to care; for Span
iards at that port. Officials here did
not comment on. this development; -
The State Department ; as f well - as
the Spanish embassy here, is embar
rassed in dealing with the Torreon
situation by a lack of exact informa
tion as to the extent' of the expulsion
decree and how i far it has been exe
cuted, it . is understood Villa in d
public speech told "the . Spaniards at
Torreon they were to be,., deported ; eri
masse; that a commission would be
appointed to examine into each indi
vidual c8Jtf'8.itttflldr'6flbem'jui!
could establish the fact that they have
II FILED III
Government Suit , Against
" Railroad Co., Dismissed
COURT DECISION FINAL
Judges Hold. There is No Law Against
Same Men Holding Stock in Two
Concerns Doing Same Kind
of Business, i
Trenton, N. J., . April . 7. The Unit
ed. -States court filed an. opinion here
today dismissing the suit of the Unit
ed States government against - the
Delaware, . Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company, and the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Coal Compa
ny, for alleged violation of the com
modities clause of the Sherman anti
trust law. The court holds that there
is no United States law or decision
prohibiting the same set of .individu
als holding stocks in two distinct cor
porations even though they may be
engaged in kindred business.
The decision was handed down here
by . Judges Gray, Bufifington and Mc-
Pherson of the third judicial circuit
The; action was brought in .the Fed
eral court here, but through a certifl
cate of expedition filed . by Attorney
General McReynolds. was heard by
the judges of the Court of Appeals at
Philadelphia in January.
The case , is "considered of the high
est, importance Dy the government as
it is one of the steps planned by the
Department of Justice in its, efforts to
DreaK up wnat it alleges to be a mo
nopoly. of the. anthracite coal trade.
The . case which : was brought under
both the . Sherman anti-trust law and
the' commodities clause of the Hep
burn railroad -law in all probability
will go direct to the Supreme Court
ot tne united states. :: - r ,
A somewhat similar suit recently
was ' Instituted against the ?; Lehigh
Vallev railroad and It inhsfr1iarlp in
the Federal conrt Jn New York; and
another government action '. against
the 'railroad " to separate it- from, the
JerseyGentral -railroad and' other in1
tefests is in the United States court
In Philadelphia. - . .-v - m V;
Second . Decision by Court;
Today's decision' is the second this
court has handed down In a commodi
ties i clause case. The first case -involved
all . the . anthracite roads and
reached the Supreme "Court which di-
cided that tne . commodities ! clause
was constitutional, but that a railroad
might own stock- In a bona fide corpo
ration which owns the commodity, the
railroad is transporting. - . r v
After the Supreme Court decision,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company declared an extra
dividend of 50 per cent and the stock
holders were given' the1 option to use
half of the dividend tcpurchase stock
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Coal Company which was organ-
zed to take over the marketing of the
railroad's coal. V- '
-The railroad made a contract to sell
ts coal to, the new coal company on
the basis of 65 per cent of the average
price received for anthracite at New
York tidewater Under this contract
the railroad which continues to mine
the coal from the land-it owns, sells
it at the mine to the coal company
and the railroad transports it for the
coal corporation.
The government attacked this ar
rangement as a, "mere lawyer's de-
vKe. cloaking 6ars' facts under new
fictions," that It was a mere subter
fuge and fraud under the law and the
(Continued on Page Eight.) :
RACETRACK BETTING
- S
Governor Stuart Determined
to Break It Up.
Arrest of; Bookmakers on Jamestown
: Track Caused Excitement Guns
Were . Displayed by Detec-
tives Making Raid.
Norfolk, .Va., April ,7. Acting on
orders issued by Governor Stuart, ten
detectives ' - entered the - Jamestown
Race Track todays and arrested four
teen men accused of bookmaking. The
detectives were armed with revolvers
and one of them carried a', rifle. ; The
raid -caused considerable? excitement
among , the - women, ' .but amused the
majority of race followers who follow
ed the detectives iodine gaie, snouung
jocular warnings. --,-
The detectives poked their,' revol
vers under the noses .of, the men of-
erihg odds on the races, ana maae a
trrnh "fnr the monev which in i; most
cases was carried In a,satchel.
Only four alleged booKmaicers were
arrested ' while ten others were- not
molested.? ,The raid i occurred after
the - second race, : but -the entire six
races were run and many ;bets; were
made after the oflicers left.
The alleged. DooKmaKers wei e ; uwu
in $2)00 each for their appearance
in court 'tomorrow morning. The appearance-
of the detectives, none of
whom reside in this section, caused
distinct 5 sensation amuug .uu-
stabulary ; of - Norfolk county .wuwe
the track is located; . ' ToT,Q
- Manager BotT Levy, of -the James-rtnio-'ht
annminced that the
meetings would? continue but instead
or , onenngi puraco. , "zZiZ
would, divide the gate - receipts - each
day. The race track management , will
fignt th -'"" ea rct n l""-"!
OPINIO
MPORTAu
S
WXLSimGTON, N.
PROTESTS VOICED
BY LOSING CITIES
New Orleans, Baltimore and
Omaha Not Satisfied
MANN SAYS POLITICS
Claims That Currency Bill Has Been
Dominated and Controlled by
Politics Since Its Birth
in Congress.
Washington, April 7. Vigorous pro
test against .the failure to . include
New- Orleans, Baltimore" and . Omaha
in the list ' of Federal : reserve bank
cities , were voiced "in the House today
The debate started with a speech by
Representative Dupree, of Louisiana;
who reading .long resolutions adopted
at a New Orleans mass meeting said
he wanted to "drive into the minds of
Congress' what the sentiment of that
city was on the unfairness of leaving
out New Orleans. ' ;
' Many took part in the discussion
and tomorrow Representative Glass,
oi Virgina, chairman of the Banking
and Currency Committee, will make
a speecn in aeiense or tne organiza
tion-committee that selected the cit
ies.- :
"I have nothing to say against
Richmond', declared Representative
Linthicum, of Maryland, "but the' peo
ple of Baltimore icannot appreciate
the reasons why a city not along the
seaboard,- so far as the foreign trade
Is concerned: a city not doing a for
eign business as we are doing, a city
not connected with the West as we
are connected: a city not in close
proximity to both the North and the
South, and practically all the busi
ness between those sections passing
through the city, of Baltimore, and do
ing business with Baltimore : they,
repeat, cannot see why . Richmond
should -be 'considered over and above
the city that always has been; since
the war Between the states the nnan-
cial center ox the South." ?
- - Glass Defends Richmond. ::
I Representative Glass suggested that
Richmond, ' loans t 33mjuuo to tne
Southern- States and - Baltimore ? only
16,000,000, and Mr. -Linthicum replied
that a large portion ol the $33,000,000
is - derived from loans -by Baltimore
banks, to Richmond banks..
l do not accuse any Body or poiiti
cal null," said Mr. Linthicum, "but
there ; is no comparison between the
claims of the two cities.
"It ' Will be a sorry day for this
country when gentlemen, through leg
islation, inject politics into the finan
cial -operations of the country," said
Republican Leader Mann.- "We fear
ed that was bing done when the cur
rency bill, was before the House and
up to now, the fears do not appear to
have been , baseless. All . .that has
been done up to now apparently has
taken politics into consideration. We
hope it will not continue..
"It Is anoarent that the Secretary
of . the' Treasury receives a bank in
New Yorkf the . comptroller of the
treasury receives a bank in his little
city." and the Secretary of Agriculture
gets two banks in his State and that
outside of New York, the other two
do not receive the. -business which
naturally trends in that direction. -
"We are told now because, I expect,
of the present partisan division that
the Federal Reserve Board will not
be appointed until the Panama tolls
question 1st settled
"There has been no party division,"
replied Representative Glass. "I as
sume my mend thinks that a Demo
cratic Federal reserve board put a
Federal reserve bank in Philadelphia
to make that a Democratic city."
Sessions Resumed by Intra-
' State Commission.
For Cross-examination of Railroad Of
ficials by Attorney General Bick-
'' ett Auditor Plant Presents
, - Striking Figures.
V ., (Special S;ar Telegram.) v
Raleigh N. C., April 7. The Intra
state Freight Rate .. Commission re
sumed sessions today for' cross-exam
ination 'of railroad oflicials by Attor
ney General Bickett. A feature of the
special 4gures presented by Auditor
lant was that operating revenues of
the : : system for February; U914, were
32l per-cent ' less than ' for the ; corres-
ponding month of last. "year, and forj
the past eight months there has-been
a" decrease ; of: 4.28 per. cent in the
revenues of the system.
The net result of a lengthy cross-
examination of Auditor : Plant by At
torney General. Bickett this, afternoon
was an inslstancy on the part of coun
set for the State . that the railroad
Company.- chose, non-representative
month in taking April, 1913, to illus-
rate the effect that: the reduced rates
n the Justice Actwould have on reve
nue in' cutting1 this to 2 per .'cent : net
profit .for the company. He showed
that April business for the " Southern
was far'under normal.
Attorney r-General Bickett also at
tacked' Auditor .Plant's figures in "di
rect c testlmohy i on the ground . that .the
Murphy branch should-not have been
used aB; typical of local freight traflic
conditions.5 But : -Mr. jpiant ; Insisted
that hi3 April- figures and 'November
tests were representative and his de-
di"?ic"3 fair. -. '-z- rx-ij -".
C, W BXNESCAXmOENING, APRIL 8, 1914.
EX GDV: DRAPEfl STBIGKEN
Former ' Executive - oil - Massachusetts
Seriously lll'at Greenville Sec
ond Attack. " ' ' y: ,
; Greenville, S. C ., April 7. Eben
S. Draper, of Hopedale," Mass., and
former Governor qf that State, suffer
ed a stroke of .paralysis at a local
hotel this morning shortly before 9
o'clock. , His entire left i side was af
fected by the stroke.: This is the sec
ond time ex-Governor Draper has been
paralyzed, the first stroke having been
suffered about two years -ago. 'Attend
ing physicians state" tonight . that-' the
patient's conditionals practicallv- the
same as it was" tols "morning,: but that
there is no immediate danger, f At
tending the stricken man are Doctors
J. W. Jervey, Davis Furman, Fletcher
Jordan, C: G; Greer,tof this city, and
Dr. Baxter; Mooreot Atlanta.1 "
. E3x-Governor Draper; is selling agent
of the Draper Company; ; a- large cot
ton goods commission house oTE New'
England; r He is - 661 years old. The
family of the striClsen' man has ' been
notified and his sdn Eben Draper, Jr.,
is expected to arrive in the city, to
morrow. ' V3c v V-
The stricken mart arrived here last
night en routed to : hl home, - af ter a
visit to Flofida and Cuba. r He was
accomjpaaied iy' JV ;D. Colndman,
Southern TfepresentatiVe of the: Draper
Company. ' . -. : '
At 11 o'clock ex-Governor. Draper
was entirely conscious. :; i - " ' '
DANIELS' "DRY""0fiDER -? i
. CAUfeS TROUBLE.
State Officials Selecting ' Silver Ser
l vice for Battleship NeW York.
Albany, N. -Y., -April '7.-r-The "dry"
order issued by Secretary - Josephus
Daniels, for the navy recently is caus
ing three State oflicials" worry over
which kind of n silver ,. service shall
be purchased for the battleship New
York. . :-,:&!;.;y-2: .-'! l
At the last session-f the Legisla
ture a bin appropriayng? ?ip,ooo for
the purchase of" a silver service for
the new ship was passed and , a few
days later . the Governor signed it.
Thus' did he also make himself IJeuti
Gov. Wagner and Speaker Sweet res
ponsible for the selection of ;the pres
ent. .."r
Today the Governor was in a quan
dary. ' '-.y'? -i:-v::? :;.. ;1
"We may have' to' eliminate i the
punch, bowl and substitute I a 'pickle
dish", he said. 'sn,':-'
" He hopes that eithef the Lieutenant
Governor or,the. Spea ker will . be . able
to ..suggest vaul;.taifilcnttyi
'" N EED MOKE EVIDENCE.
Department of 'Justice Agents Hard
at Work Looking for Combine.
. Washington April 7. Unless De
Dartment of Justice agents uncover
new evidence in connection with the
alleged control by the so-called. Amer
ican beef trust of beef imported, from
the Argentine Republic, it is not prob
able that action wiiKPe taKenjunaer
the Sherman anti-trust, act .against
the packers to curtail their South
American activities. ' .
Investieatioh of contracts which
American nackers have, for jrefrigerat
ing space in steamships plying be
tween "Argentine and the United
States. sit was said tonight, nave iau
ed to show violation of the anti-trust
act. "
POSTMASTERS NAMED.
Several Nominated and Others Certi
fied as Eligibles.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington. D. C. April 7 The
President - nominated the following
postmasters today: James A. Muse,
Carthage : A. H. Patterson' : Kmgis
Mountain: Walter Dunn LaRogue,
Kinston, and Frank A. Moseley, Snow
Hill.
The following postmasters have
been certified for appointment in the
Fourth congressional district r Millard
T. Hales. Wendell : Ed W Clements,
Morris ville; Charles H. Holt, Prince--
ton; L. W. Burroughs, Dabney.'ana
C. B. Gorrell. Ore Hill. ; P. K.A
, MANN RECOMMENDED.
As Federal District Attorney for East
ern Virainia uistrict.-
Wiashington. April .-President
Wilson tody sent to the Senate the
nomination ot uicnara tr. Mann, oi
Petersburg, for Federal, district attor
ney for - Eastern Virginian v The ; ap
pointment was " recommended to the
President by Attorney - General Mc
Reynolds. -rT'
Mr. Mann was , endorsed by Sena
tors Martin and S wanson ; and the
regular Democratic organization." Rep1
resentative Montague, of the anti-or-
ganization forces, , was, at - the ...White
House today, and It: is believed that
he will, oppose ithe nomination.
OUTLINES
Urged j by ' telegrams from the Gulf
and Pacific coasts to hold hearings on
the Panama tolls repeal bill, the Sen
ate inter-oceanis, canals committee de
cided to v give 15 days, beginning
Thursday to an exhaustive hearing-
Vigorous protest against the failure
to include New Orleans, Baltimore
and Omaha in the list of Federal Re
serve bank cities were -voiced in the
'.The United States court;- at Phila-
delDhla. handed down ; a ' decision in
the government's suitagainstith9 Del
aware, Lackawanna & .Western, rail
road, dismissing the case. The; judges
claim np- Federal law -prohibits " the
holding of J stock in two concerns by
one-person. -: ' :?.f'. ,
Governor Glynn, of New York.- yes
terday; refused . to stay the execution
of the four gun men: convicted of the
murder r of -Herman ; Rosenthal: . the
gampier. in New -Xork cityi;, - ? r
Republican victory in the Vsbecial elec
tions .held x yesterday in the seventh
Congressional : district of New Jersey
to elect ' a - : Congressman to succeed
the late . Robert Lk Bremner. a Dem
crat.4;V.v;--ristiwV
New- York markets : - Monev : on call
steady f3,:l-2to a. per eent;ruling"rate
l i-i;-Closing 13-4, toz;. time loans
DEMOCRATS LOSE
IN WILSON'S STATE
Republican Elected to Succeed
Late R. L. Bremner.
ALL OTHER ELECTIONS
Plurality of Five Thousand X Votes
Given Republican Over Three T
Other Candidates Tariff.
Basis of Fighting.
Paterson, N. J., April 7. Republi
cans gained and Democrats lost a seat
in the House of Representatives today
as 4 the result of a special election in
the Seventh New Jersey district. D.
H. Drukker, a Passaic contractor, was
elected Congressman to succeed . the
late Robert L.' Bremner, by more than
5,000 plurality over James J. O'Byrne,
a Democrat, personally endorsed- by
President Wilson, and aided by some
of the foremost campaign speakers at
the call of the administration. .
Figures compiled by the Republi
can county campaign committee gave
the total vote, with two out of 112
electrih districts missing, as follows :
Drukker (Republican) 10,649; OV
Byrne (Democrat) - 5,143; Demarest
(Socialist) 5,118; Whitehead (Pro
gressive) estimate 600.
Drukker .made his fight on a plat
form; .opposed to the legislation
wrought by the Wilson administra
tion, while O'Byrne called on the vot
ers to send him to Congress as a tok
en of their approval of the President's
policies. - , ' ..
f ? .-. . Not a Repudiation. '
Leading Democrats tonight refused
to accept the result of the election as
repudiation of New Jersey's first' citi
zen. They declared the 1912 re-apportionment,
which divorced Passaic
county from Sussex and Bergen, coun
ties and placed it in a. congressional
district; by itself, left a normal Re
publican plurality. ... Although ? Con
gressman : Bremner, a Democrat, w was
elected ' by this new district,,- Demo
crats tonignt. asserted, his success was
a personal one
The ? seventh district, is . .one. ; of the
centers of the ' silk,r'wooIenrandphire
nmg industry m America.
Drukker "made his campaign appeal
chiefly - on : the 1 tariff Issue, --declaring
manufacturers and the workmen j In
the district had suffered from the re
ductions brought abodt by the . Dem
ocratic administration.. .
Chicago Ladies Vote. ' ".
Chicago, April- 7. Early estimates
tonight indicate that -between" 75,000
ami 100,000 of the 217,614 women vot
ers ehgible to vote here went to the
polls for the first time today and cast
their ; votes in the - aldermanic elec
tion. 'The male'.voters. of whom 455,
283 were registered, voted in "about
the . same proportion. None ; of ' the
nine wojnen candidates who sought
to-represent their wards In the city
council was elected, and except in the
first ward, where Miss Marion Drake
made a spectacular fight against John
(Bath House) Coughlin, the women
candidates polled only a small frac-:
tion of the women votes, v " . :
Indications are that Coughlih won
by about four to one.. ,The suffrage
forces were jubilant,-.; however anji
said this showing was the entering
wedge by which they expected . ulti
mately to defeat Coughlin and Michael
(Hinky Dink) Kenna, who have rep
resented the ward for nearly a Quar
ter of a century. ;- -'.'
Early returns indicated that a prop
osition for a comprehensive,, subway,
transportation system had been beat
en. Bond issues totalling neatly ?9,
000,000 were defeated. : , -;.,:v;- ;
Women voters rallied to- the ; supr
(Continued on Page Eight.;
SENATOR
OHIO, AT RALEIGH TOD A Y
Takes Place of Secretary Bran, Who is Too 111 to Attend Pro
gressive Convention Craig and Daniels to Speak.
(Special Star Telegram.) :' -Raleigh,
N. C., April 7.-ttbtt, Wil
liam. J. Bryan is too unweirtottend
and - take , part in the North . Carolina
progressive . Democratic . convention
here tomorrow and his place -will . be
filled by Senator Atlee Pomereneof
Ohio. . . .' .. . , :JJ 's,'--
This condition of the pregfmme
was admitted tonight' by ,. the local
committee,: and , Governor Craig ; was.
advised that his guest will' be Sena
tor .Pomerene and . not Sectetary ' of.
State Bryan. Pomerene will; speak
on -. Froaxessive lemocracy. ai . me
night session of the convention ; ; .
- Senator Pomerene . was . chairman oi
the Democratic executive committee
four, vears- aero and has-taken a lead
ing part in the" progressive Democrat-'
iic advancement that nas so cnaracier
ized Ohio the past few. years. ti
Craig First Speaker. .
Governor Craig will be first speaker!
when the convention ODens at nooh
His subject will be "Our Party , and
the Task Ahead of Us," He will speak
ftTtfimnnran ouslv. Secretary of the.
Navy Josephus Daniels has - not Indi
cated what his subject ; will- be'. .?
.Chairman Jfoe or tne commaiiee on
arran eements . ' savs i everything : Is r in
readiness for .the convention; and 'that
there-is sure to bean immense-crowd
and : Vital"; interest - In the r numerous
live- propositions to be consideredit: '
Pomerene ; and - Dame i s tn icoute; y
Washington, . D'. C.,: April T.On ac-
if SON BACKED
REP. UNDERWOOD
: . " "" - . i
Hobson Declares Prohibition
. Fight Just Begun.
BOTH TO WASHINGTON
Leader of House Democrats Returns
i ; to National Capital by Way of
Florida Vote Shows Sweep
" ing Victory.;
V Birmingham, Ala., April - 7. Oscar
W. Underwood, for nearly 20 years
Representative of the Nninth Alabama
District in the lower House of Con
gress, swept the State in his battle
with Congressman Richmond Pearson
Hobson for the nomination to the
United State Senate, according to to
night's returns from yesterday's Dem
ocratic primaries. - Mr. Hobson con
ceded the " victory to his rival candi
date Ibefore noon today although re
turns still were incomplete tonight.
; 'Mr. Underwood's nomination termi
nated one of the most spectacular po
litical contests in the history of the
State. With the exception of a whirl
wind speaking tour during the Christ
mas nomaays tne successful candi
date's campaign was conducted by his
friends. One of the chief claims for
recognition ifor .their candidate ad
vanced by Mr. Underwood's friends
was the charge that Representative
Hobson - was; neglecting his duties' as
a congressman t to conduct the cam
paign. . !. :
Mr. Hobson , entered the. Senatorial
race , nearly two years aeo. i He visit
ed nearly every ; county, and town In
the . State. In . stump speeches ' he
charged his opponent with having been
mnuenced by the "llauor interests.
He also charged that .corporation In
fluence was behind . the campaignof
Mr. underwood for the presidentia
nomination In. 1912. All of the charges
were denied by Mr. underwood.
h - Nationwide Attention.
: ir -The- actfvltiesv- of the distinguished
tjandidateswttracted ; riStion-wlde' in-'
terestvin.the ontcome. of the-juuroaxtes
which was . first i. definitely .known .-. to-
aay-wnen Mr-. toDson sent. a reiegram
qf congratulations to, Mr Underwood
-Second only to activities in- connec
tfori with the long-term Senatorial race
was the Interest in the outcome of the
contest "for the short-term and the
four-cornered, gubernatorial fight.
Returns indicate Frank S. White of
Birmingham, has won the nomination
to fill the unexpired term of the late
United States Senator Joseph F John
stOn. His nearest opponent was Ray
Rushton, of Montgomery, and later
reports may alter the present aspects
of the situation. , .
Former Governor B . B . Comer, ap
narently still had a plurality tonight.
but R. F. Kolb, of Montgomery, and
Charles -Henderson, of Troy, were Tun
ning close behind . the leading . candi
date. A full count probably . will be
necessary to ascertain which .will op
pose Comer in the . second primary,
Mav 11th. .
(Returns indicate that the . only Rep
resentative in the lower House of Con
gress who has been defeated- for re
nomination is George W- Taylor, of
the First district. 1
' O. L. Gray , of Choctaw county, has
a substantial lead, according to avail
abl figures.
The three other new Congressmen
from the State apparently will be
Judge E. L. Almon, of Colbert, suc
ceeding the late Representative Wil
liam Richardson: Geors:e Huddleston,
of Jefferson county, - succeeding Oscar
W. f Underwood, and . W . B . uiiver,
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Wan. Jennings Bryan, who was to have
been the chief attraction v at the gath
ering of progressive Democrats at Ra
leigh tomorrow, was unable to accom
pany v Secretary of the Navy Daniels
to Raleigh - tonight. Senator Atlea
Pomerene, of Ohio, was designated to
take the Nebraskan's. place and, in
company with Mr. Daniels, left here
tonight at 0:55 over the Seaboard Air
Line. They: will reach, Raleigh at 6
o'clock tomorrow morning, if the train
is on time, and will return to . Wash
ington. Wednesday night. '
v; " That Segregation " Plank. ; V :
y Whether. Secretary; Daniels was cog
nizant of the- fact or not, it is never
theless true that Mr:f;Bryan-made-1 it
plain to his friends that he would not
participate in ' the Raleigh' - gathering
unless the objectionable, segregation
plank was eliminated" fromthe pro
gressive platform. At the oflifce of Mr.
Bryan today; however, it was stated
that the fact that the plank had been
inserted In the platform and then tak
en out had nothing' to do with the
Secretary's. final decision not to make
the trip. , - - r '
,'"... Was. Anxious to Come.
."Mr. Bryan was very anxious to at
tend the meeting," said his secretary
''but. on account of his cold,11 his phy
sician advised him to stay indoors for
several days longer,"'
; "Oh, yes; the Secretary knew , of the
segregation plank," he said in answer
to a.-onestkm by The Star correspon
dentin "but ldo not care to discuss
that . matter.-i Itis ii' facti however,!
WHOIjE 2STTJMBER iOS,
FIFTEEN DAYS OF
Exhaustive Study of Tolls
Repeal by Committee; '
MEANS A LONG DELAY
Telegrams From Gulf and Pacific
Coasts Exhibited Asking for . .
Heiariing Senate-Listens to
Senator Works All 'Day.
Washington, April 7. --Confronted
by telegrams from: Gulf and Pacific '
coast ports Urging public hearings'on .
the bill proposing the -Panama ex--emption
repeal, the . Senate inter
oceanic canals committee today de-,
cided to give 15 dkys .beginning Thurs- '
day, 'to" hearing both proponents and '
opponents of the measure which pass- ,
ed the House. Meanwhile the com
mittee will hear various Senators who '
have offered substitute plahs f6rthe
flat repeal measure passed by the
House. . ..." '..',;; r";';;'.: v.... v-v'V-
The committee today entered' into t
no discussion of the merits of the bill
itself. A long 'standing rule that com
PUBLIC HEARINGS
mittee meetings should be secret was
put aside and the discussion thrown
open to. the public but a few Senators,
a i group of school glrj tourists and'
newspaper men were the only persons
to take advantage of the departure '
from precedent, s , . -
In the Senate the repeal fight oc
cupied virtually ; the entire day, al- '
though formal presentation of the mat
ter will not come until the Conclusion
of the committee hearings and its de
liberations. The first toll call on i- the ,
general ' subject -was taken on a mo
tion to refer to the . foreign relations '
committee a resolution offered by Sen-
ator Poindexter asking ftbat the Presi-
dent, explain what matters he had 4n -, ; ,
mind in writing-in his repeal message i
of Vxnatters of even greater delicacy ,
and , nearer Consequence,? ; and what
connection, these matters ; might .have,
with ; tha f Panama Canal, regulations,
and vtellsjThe;; administr&tiohv forces '
tion to-i thm.MmtMf1'::rvritR:TUmttw '
crats vbting in-the negativevand-.ine'
Republicans -in the affirmative. - , -';.
Adopted Resolution.,
'The Senate adopted i without dissent
a resolution offered by J Senator; Bran
degee calling for all correspondence
relative to negotiations .for the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. It was stated that
substantially all of this matter already:
was in print in . Senate, documents. : i
v .Throughout, most of the .day the
Senate listened to an elaborate analy
sis of the, various treaties .involved in '
the repeal : controversy ' by Senator
Works, California; whodefended the
treaty right of the united states to
exempt any of her Shipping from tolls.
. Before ' the canalft : committee! Sen
ator . Ranadell nresented i teleerams
from New Orleans asking for a hear
ing," and Senator Thornton, who is a
member, of the - committee, urged that
the interests of the Gulf, City should,
be heard, though V he ..vigorously ob
jected to extended hearings. Senator
Thornton charged j tnat. tne enort to
delay action -was the scheme of coast
wise shipping interestsv Who were .busy
arousing sentiment ' against - repeal.
Senator Brandegee .suggested that
the ; wisest plan would be to send the '
bill to the Senate: Without any; com
mittee recommendation. He was the
enly member to vote against the agree
ment as to hearings although virtual
ly all members of the 'committee ex- -
cept Chairman u:uorman ana sen
ator Bristow seemed inclined to hasten
disposition of the , problem. . c . .
Chairman CGorman'S . suggestion
that a programme be arranged brought
from Senator Shields a proposal xnai
former President Taft," former Secre
tary of State Knox, Secretary- Bryan
and other government omciais nasi
and present, should be ' called, u nis -
precipitated a general discussion our-.
ing which Senator- Simmons said he
nnnnsAd the inclination , to make ! the ,
hearing an inquisitioa-'wlth the ad
ministration as tne . aeienaam. Mr.
Shields disclaimed.-any sucn , inten
tion. No action on a PTOgrammewasr
taken. . . y'
ASPHYXIATED BY', GASOLINE.
Fayetteville Negro Lose His Life in
- , ' a i an wr.;
Fayetteville, N. C, April 7.Thom-
as culler, a wen .inown negro, i
vears of age. was asphyxiated this
morning in a gasoline tank, car on the
railroad tracKs on ; tne yara oi tne
Fayetteville ' Cotton Oil- mill in this -
city. He went into; the - tank to save
some gasoline that might - have been
left in it. soon ne came out ana re-,
marked to a companion, that he felt .
"nueftr;" - The man with him advised
that he not go into the tanki. again, and
tie did so and was overcome .Dy. tne
fumes. ' Three physicians .worked. ,
about an hour in an effort to resusci- .
tate the negro, but without success.
ERECTING DIPPING VATS ' , ,
For Eradication" of Texas- Fever TBck
in Lenoir -County.
K (Special Star Correspondence.) , -,
.Tcinston . N, C. Anril 7. Co-operat-
nc with an aeent of the Bureau of An
imal Industry of the. National Depart
ment of Agriculture, a dozen commun
itir riinnhi? vats will have been erect- .
ed in Lenoir county - by the end of ,
next week in the campaign for aradi--cation
of the Texas; lever tick. The
eradication in this county will require.
five months to accompiisn. , -
GLENN TAKES UP "OUTIES ' "
As Member of the International Joint
. ' . commission. .. .
woKhinsnn ; a nril 7. Former Gov
ernor Glenn, of North Carolina,' took
nn m rtiitiea ns a.member of.the. In-
teraatibnal Joint Commission en it