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v. V iEfA CHARYEI APE3IL 21 THE WEATHER, li j '( i V Generally fair Thursday ;much cold er except extreme west portion; Fri day fair. . ... -.. - ;.;'--' jr . - , ' W7 ' BIDYOUKXOW VOL. XC1V NO. 15. y-'ii.'wrij -u v.' j--- RETURIJS LATEST FRO Til ELECTIONS JJnderwood's Majority Twen ty-Seven Thousand. COUNTING IS COMPLETE Except From a Few Counties Where a Few Country Boxes Are Miss ingVote Not As Large As Expected- jVIontgomary lAla April 8. Re turns from 60 out of the 67 counties in the State,. fifty of these being com plete -and official and- the other ten with but small country, boxes" missing at 10 o'clock tonight gave the follow ing results: 1 V ; v -'.'v : ' ': Underwood's maiority . over Hobson for United States Senator is 27,000. For Governor: ,; Comer, 41,918; Hen derson, 33,256; Kolb, 25,394; Seed, 21 945. ' ; , . ' Complete official returns from every beat in the Sixth Congressional Dis trict show Oliver defeated Bankhead for Congress by a majority of 504 Oliver carried six p fthe counties and Bankhead three. 4 : 5 ; . J Complete - returns from the Third Congressional District - tonight ?how Congressman Henfy ,D. : Clayton to have been returned to- the House by a majority of 3,945 over . H. B;- Stea gall, of Ozark, his opponent. Clayton carried every county except Dale, and Henry, Steagall carrying the - former with a majority of 131 nd the latter by 150. :v t.y :- Returns from 57 out of the 67 coun ties in the State-at 1 8 o'clock tonight show the surprise of the gubernatorial race is that R. . F. j Kolb " Is-running fourth. The vote of these- counties for Governor is goven as follows; Comer, 40,548: Henderson, 32,04j Seed, 21,153; Kolb, 20,940. Returns Still Sflow,; S. Birminghamt' Alav&pru 8;i-Retums from Monday's primary" election are still slow tonight, but .the results for the more important offices re'BCf hai. . . oscap vroii,iTitderwoodiB' jdaiot- itv for then Senate. rover R P. ."ilob-4 son, will probably reach . 30,DO-Bi: B. Comer has. a substantial plurality for Governor over Charles HendArson, with whom he must " participate in the run-off May :11th. Reuben, Kolb and Walter-.D.-. Seed. are t?tirdand fourth, respectitely, in the Governors Frank S. White is sure of election to the short term in the United States Senate- " . . r.'v Counting of the'ballots in', the last of the Birmingham boxes was not fin ished until tonight- - '- :' '-' The results from all the counties will be officially canvassed on Friday. M i IwaUkee Election. : - Milwaukee, WiB., April 8. Complete returns from yesterday's election give Mayor G. A. Bading,t non-partisan, 37,761 and Emil Seidel, SociaHst-Dem-ocrat, - 29,147 ? votes- v The vSocialist Democrats captured one of- the-chief offices, that ot i city ' attorney; .Daniel W . Hoan, the incumbent, having re ceived 32,462, against 31,936 for Wil liam H. Timlin, Jr., non-partisan- ; BRADHAM CALLS MEETING. To Call Seventh :Senatoriai District .- Convention. V I (Special Star Telegram.) Npwhprn N. C. April 8.-C. - D. I Rradham. chairman or tne ssevemn senatorial district . committee, has is sued a call for the members, of -.the committee to meet in ; Newbern '.on Thurhday, April 30th, for the purpose of naming date: and place for, the sen atorial convention.- t - v .- FREEZING AND FROST IS PREDICTED Rising in the iSouthwest, Cold Wave Sweeping To ward Atlantic' Washington, April 8. Warnings of April frosts over the Gulf and South Atlantic States in the next 48 hours were contained In a special weather bulletin today, "Abnormally, high pressure and low temperatures prevail over the great Interior basin jot the country, the line of freezing temperature extending to the Oklahoma-Texas line," states the bulletin. "These conditions will move eastward and southeastward - over the Gulf and Atlantic States during the next 24 to 48 hours, vand frosts may be expected Wednesday night to 'the" gulf coast, .with temperatures hear1 or below freezing . In - the : interior and frosts on Thursday night over North-' ern Florida.-' , . " . - "In Georgia and .Carolinas -freezing temperatures are likely on. Thursday night, while to the northward they win be from 10 , to 20 degrees Jower. Over the great central f. valleys ; and the West, low temperatures will con tinue for another day or two." " An ice-chilled wave, direct from the frozen fields of 'Alaska, is .bearing down on Southern and Eastern States tonight, bringing what promises i to be a record-breakingr fall .lh tempera tvires. Weather Bureau experts pre dicted furs - and overcoats would - be exceedingly popular taj Easter parades Sunday. - c-v --vx.; ,v..tv;rv'. , " From the ; lower Mississippi Valley States east to the Atlantic and as far north as the Ohio. Valley,,the tempera- recorQs;rePortea tonisnt ranged 1..- 'x a. - - 111 - - m . HMtMlltTWKili - EES Large American Fleet Standing Off Coast Ready to Protect In terests of Foreigners -Admiral. Mayo Reports Rebels Determined to Capture Important Port on Gulf of Mexico Town Surrounded by. Con stitutionalists for Months Past. . Washington, April 8. Ofllcial in terest; in the; Mexican situation here tonight was 'divided; between the grave problem presented by the ar rival of the -800 Spanish exiles at El Paso, and the outcome of the struggle between Constitutionalists and Feder als for supremacy at Tampico. . ; Sharp fighting already has occurred at Tampico, and army and navy strat egists expect the battle there to be the next decisive struggle. Rear Ad miral Fletcher today notified the Na vy Department, that refugees already were going aboard: men-of-war in. Tampico harbor, and? he forwarded a report from Rear Admiral ' Mayo, at that port; saying the presence of an army, transport was ; desirable as a refuge for non-combatants. Admiral iMayo's report said: . .. !Ten P. M. Tuesday: Sharp fighting during afternoon until dark; , no ap parent : advantage either side, rebels still hold Dona Cecilia and Arbol Grande; oil tank" Pierce Refinery burned. " Government customs ware houses at Dona Celicia destroyed by fire; also about 50 loaded freight cars; latter still burning; all probably done by - shells from gunboat Vera Cruz. Federal- gunboat Zaragoza- arrived 8 P. M.. Tuesday with more troops; have delivered' letters to Federal and rebel forces. Men-of-war taking, some ref ugees tonight; remainder tomorrow, unless" otherwise directed ' will; hold both battleships -until arrival of the Utah.' c ' Rebels i slate, intentionito' cap ture JTampico this - timei?' Time : refu gees must'be Aekms-tuicertai there tore .. presence'ofTiTmytransport -is Very desirable? although refugees Cdo not wish to; leave country. The letters referred to were sent without ' instructions ; from7 Washing ton; - but it . is presumed -here that he demanded, tnat non-com crat ant oe safeguarded andV. possibly that a neu tral zone be designated. .International Fleet. '. The American fleet is represented at Tampico by the battleships Minne sota and Connecticut, . the cruisers Chester; Des Moines and San Fran cisco, and the -dispatch 'boat Dolphin. The battleship Utah was ordered there from Vera Cruz tonight The German cruiser Dresden, and the British crui sers Hermoine and Essex are- among the vessels of the international fleet at Tampico. and the Spanish cruisef Carlos V, is en route from Vera Cruz. Rear Admiral Fletcher reported he had ordered the hospital ship Solace, now at New Orleans, to "coal and be in readiness for service at Tampico. State Department officials were reti cent in discussing the expulsion of Spaniards, -in whose behalf- vigorous representations " were made to Gen. Carranza yesterday. Officials .were non-committal when asked - whether further representations . would be made. The War Department probably will be called on to direct measures for the care of the 800 new international visitors at El Paso, although at the State Department late today it was said that phase, of the , question ' had hot been considered. While officials agree that in inter- FOR TONIGHT BAHDITS BEING CHASED Citizens Hot After Gang Who Robbed Canadian Bank Rifles Play a Big Part. J New Hazleton, B. C, April 8. Eve ry citizen of New tHazleton capable of bearing a rifle was out - today searching for the last man of the ban dit "gang which yesterday raided the branch of the Union Bank of Canada here. - Six men have 4)een captured or killed.' The one still free, and who may " have the ?1,100 taken from' the bank, fs believed to have been wound ed and his capture; is expected.' An eighth man has been arrested as a suspect as he was seen with the gang early yesterday. v '0 -" Manager Tatcheli; of the bank, said today he . saw the desperadoes center the building and when he heard their first shots he summoned a dozen men who speedily got their rifles' into play. There was a pile of ore heaped breast high on Fugsley street not .50 yards from- the -bank and behind this the posse gathered. They . opened fire as the robbers emerged from the front door of : the bank, h y-: ' - Three , of the robbers ; fell t before they . reached shelter. Two . more were wounded,'' but preached the sum: init of. the hill at the edge of the town bef oTe they fell. Two of the first men to fall were killed almost instantly Three others are in : the . hospital, while one V who was captured - in the woods late yesterday is in - jail. One of the memin the hospital was shot through the stomach' and cannot recover. - Another's bin wsi : badlv WTLMINGTON, N. REACH BORDER national' law these Spaniards,, have a right to -. seek asylum on American soil, it is realized that the problem of their ultimate disposition is likely to oring up many questions to ue ad justed, between the United States, apam and Mexico. " It has. been sug gested that negotiations might be en tered into with Spain looking to send ing the unfortunates to .the mother country. The gravity of the situation will .be increased if the Constitution alists carry out their threat to drive the Spaniards out of all the territory they conquer. Department Issues Statement. Concerning the refugees the State Department issued this statement: ' "From El Paso.it is reported to the State Department that a train bearing about 700 . Spaniards arrived at Jua rez on the morning of the 8th. No difficulties were encountered en route and' the government departments are facilitating entrance at El Paso. Many of them are said to be in need, and some are almost destitute." . The status of American efforts to prevent expulsion of Spaniards from Mexico was set forth in. this state ment given out by the State Depart ment: - - "Unofficial representations made to Gen. Carranza by representatives of the Department of State have devel oped . that Gen. 'Carranza is not dis posed to interfere with orders given by Gen. Villa as to the deportation of Spanish subjects in territory occupied by the Constitutionalists" Zapatistas again are v active south west of Mexico ; City. ; They have aU tacKed -tne mountain . town ot iguaia; cut! theXelegraph lines to Mexico City, a-are retoTted -DressineOn to the f Parltic ' "port - of Acapnlco.'. ' "American interests there will be protected -by the tcruiser California. The French warship . Montcalm has put in there. Thfe American sugar mill at El Por trero has been closed for want of. oil. All joil. is being seized. Levies are be ing made on outlying plantations for supplies. In the. canton of Orizaba small bands of marauders have been committing, depredations. . Carranza Defends Action. Juarez,. Mex., April 8. Gen. Venus tiano Carranza tonight gave out a statement dealing with the explsion of foreigners, defending Villa's action and stating that Spanish property would hot be , confiscated. A similar Statement on the subject of confisca tion was made by Isidro Fabela, Car ranza's minister of foreign relations. Points made by Fabela are included m . the i Carranza statement, which reads: '. . . ' - "The Spaniards have been deported from -Mexico because of "their active participation in the movement in f aT vor of Huerta. This expulsion of the Spaniards has been done as a favor, to them to save them troubles of a ser ious nature,- -Their presence in 'Mex ico tended to inflame our soldiers. In the ease of .Mexicans who have assist ed the Huertistas the penalty is death. - "So far-as Spanish, property, is con cerned it; will not be molested as to do so : would be contrary, to the prin ciples,: of the revolution. Gen. Villa is justified in his action in driving out these obnoxious persons, and his act is in accordance with our laws, as Article i;66i ox tne constitution say& tnat au pernicious foreigners shall be deported f rom the country, because We require an absolute neutrality of foreigners in the affairs of the coun try. Later' 'after proper investigation, if it is found that any of these .Span iards have never meddled in political affairs, they will be allowed to return to Mexico "It let known al over the Republic that the Spaniards have taken an ac tive part in the politics ot MexJcoV They . "conspired in the overthrow of Madero.-and1 after that;. held a .public manifestation 1 and banquet at Vera Cruz in celebration Of the events Hun dreds of ' them " have come out openly and taken ' part with Huerta,'; Oneof the principal ones who might be nam ed is Gen. Rihcon Gallarde, command er of the-, rurales, who is a - Spanish subject and, .retains his title of mar quis.;'. Although the Spaniards have the same language - and customs of bur country, they cling to their ; na tionality ,i fop the protection it has af forded them, in oppression of our peo ple. ' They rarely become Mexican citizens, - although they mix actively in our politics." ..' "-' ; v Spaniards Re&ch Border. - ; El Paso, , Texas, April 8. Eight hundred members of the , Torreon Spanish !colony, expelled by Gen. Vil la, found a haven in the-United States today." They had been stripped of their property -temporarily, at least, but supplied i with some unds. V- . They have -refused - to 1 leave the train in which they and their baggage had, come- from Torreon to Juarez un til - American Consular ; - Agent Caro thers . arrived to advise them. - Carothers .was unable to assure any that they . would be restored to their homes, 'his Interviews with Gen? Car ranza -yesterday having met with" the flat statement that expulsion of Span iards from Mexico was a settled poli cy, of the. rebels, and would be modi fied oonly;in the cases of individuals1 who had not been involved in politics; - "We have money v enough, :for the present " said Joaquin Fernandez, an exile. : "Some " of us 5 will r return- to Spain ; i many - will - go to Mexico City, and others Ho Tunistas and -Europe. ' Rafael . Arozena. wealthiest president of. the Laguna district, and reported to be the most - extensive grower of -1 J r - V -r-J 3 - , C, THURSDAY MOKNXN"G, APRIL 9, 1914. GOUSIDEBATIOirOF TOLLS EXEMPTION Senate Committee Will Start Hearings Today. DEBATE IS CONTINUED Senator Works Sharply Criticised the Position Taken by president Wil son and Held the Floor for Hours. Washington, .-April 8. Formal con sideration of .the administration bill to repeal the tolls exemption' provision of the Panama, panaf Actwill begin tomorrow on, the Senate side of the Capitol with hearings 4efore the inter oceanic canalsjcbmmiitee tiT-continue 15 days. Senators who have intro duced various, substitute . . measures dealing with the question will be heard first, and they will be Xollowed by representatives of commercial or ganizations of the Pacific coast and Gulf States. -r ., ' - While - the committee preparations were under "way today, ' preliminary oeoate on the tolls occupied the great er part of ; the .session in the Senate, where Senator Works, of California, held the floor f op c hours; concluding nis analysis or- the treaties involved, and his argument r opposing the re peal. ' Asserting that the. United States had the right 'under-the treaty-to pre scribe such toils as it sees fit for its own vessels, " Senator Works vigorous ly criticised the position taken by the jfresident.: .. , ; . .... . "I think," hesaidlthat the presi dent - deserves. to be -fcommisserated ror naving taken on himself this ter rible responsibility. , If ; we are to make this saciifi.ce, and surrender our rignts and our sovereignty over ; the canal the President alone will be re sponsible. Without v Ms -insistence and influence , this repsai would never had been passe4 by either house of congress. - . . , r - 11 ; Senators Owen. Norriss,, Chilton, Lewte Reed FalL Weeks., Thomas. Newlands . and . Root." u ho have intro duced : toll bills or resolutions ,will. ap pear . before the canals f committee during the next, day or twoX The com mittee also.1 has under consideration a proposal -to call former Secretary of State Knox and other official famil iar with ,thecanal situation. -t - Telegrams were sent today to a number of. organizations and. individu als, "chiefly on the Pacific ; coast, who nave asked an opportunity to be heard, asking them tc fix a time to appear. ADMITS KILLING HIS UNCLE Eighteen-Year-Old Youth Used Axe to Rid Himself of Overbearing. ' ' Relative Confesses. Hawkinsville, Ga., April 8. Using an "axe as an - instrument of death, Harry Lee, 19 years, today confessed that be killed his uncle, F; O. Bon nell, here early-Sunday, according to an- announcement by the police to night. V "I killed my uncle because he con tinually abused jaie. and Would not give me money to go home with," the youth is reported to i have told the detec tives, who obtained the alleged con cession after several hours que stion- Bonnell, who was 22 years old, and a baker, was killed while - sleeping. Lee, who roomed 'with him, gave the alarm, saying his, uncle had been kill ed by a negro and that he was awafe ened just as the negro was escaping from, the room. Lee was held by the police imme diately after the killing. He. later was released and again taken in Charge yesterday. Representatives of. a national detective agency, aided in the investigation. : : .; . ; ' Stockholm,- Sweden, 'April 8.-King Gustav entered the Sophia Hospital tonight,, where. he will undergo an Op eration tomorrow for ulcer, of the sta mach. .The tkdng was accompanied by the Queen, who will reside in the' hos pital forvthe present. - ; ; ;i -;; OVTJLINES The final organization of the-reserve banks is now up to the banks which W411, become members of theorganiza tibn. . The organization committee has done.its part. Blanks have been mail ed to all National. and State institu tions. :'Ay ',-:: .v-''-7-'. - ' , ; Official consideration of the tolls ex emption , will begin this morning ; by the Senate. Fifteen days will , be giv en, over to hearings , by the inter-oce anic canals committee. Senator Works took'up most of .yesterday in the Sen ate making a speech on the measure. - The ; Supreme court late yesterday issued a habeas corpus for the -release Of "Mother" Mary Jones, who has beenf neiu as a military prisoner in tne uoi- orado coal strike zone. . Seven ; men were killed, one is dying and several others were injured on the government- canal works r.near Big Eddy;: Oregon;1 when a ' hekvy charge of .dynamite which "had.- missed fire, was struck by a steam shovel- - The rebels in Mexico have renewed the attack on Tampico, a port ,on the liuit or : Mexico- several American warships -are standing off. the , coast readv at' a moment's notice, tn nrntect American interests in the city.v ;: New York markets : Spoti-cotton quiet,- middling upl:nds'l 3-40,. middling To be Presented to Platform Committee of Democratic State Convention for Insertion, in the Platform Statewide Primary Leads. CRAIG'S TRIBUTE TO Mass Meeting Hears Addresses by Senator Pomerene, Gov ernor Craig and Secretary Daniels, and Declares For Revision of Tax System and Other Amendments. Raleigh, N. C, April 8. The Dem ocratic mass meeting held here to day, presided over by Governor Jocke Craig, with some two thousand at tending, heard stirring addresses on progressive ideas during its three ses sions from Governor. Locke Craig; Sec retary of the Navy Josephus : Daniels and Senator Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio. Both Secretary Daniels and Senator Pomerene . were given ovations "at night when they spoke. The address of Senator Pomerene told of j;he work of progressive Democracy in Ohio and it - was applauded time and again, as was every reference to President: Wil son and Secretary Bryan- y ' " v Resolutions endorsing the Wilson administration were unanimously adopted and the mass meeting at mid night adopted twenty resolutions set ting forth its views, these to be pre sented . to the platform committee of the Democratic State .Convention in June for insertion in. the platform- - The . Progressive Platform. ' These resolutions are:, :. 7, For- a State-wide legalized -primary for county, State district, legislative and national offices; ratification.; of amendment 1 to the-t cbnstttutionloQk-' resuiuLiun - ut 'private,- weal, ttnu spe cial legislation 7 by the General As sembly ; increased interest - in ': public neaitn and pudiic morals;- entorce ment of the prohibition law,' with the auuiuuu - ui - new ia,w uwumg urimi-T nally liable owners of property who rent it. for unlawful purposes: increas ed attention to public roads and using convicts on such roads ; revision . of the penal system adding the-indeterminate . sentence and the parole sys tem; continuation of the fight for; re lief from alleged' discrimination: in freight rates ; continuation Of the in vestigation of alleged discrimination in fire insurance, rates; for. rural cred its; . 1 teaching agriculture t in the schools: nrohibition of the : employ ment in factories of any child under 14 years of age and at nignt or any cnild under 10 or 01 any woman -or eirl of any age: favoring the reference of a constitutional amendment for, the initiative . and referendum to the peo pie ; recommending that persons hold- ins: oasses or having remunerative re lations of any sort with , public-ser vice corporations De not - cnosen ior legislative, judicial or Congressional positions; additional legislation v for the conservation of natural resources. Message to Bryan. . . . ' Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Senator Atle Pomerene, who . spoke haro tnTiis'lit at. th Democratic mass meeting, left at midnight ror wasn- ington. .The mass meeting, ;by; reso lutirtTi sent exDressions of Sympathy to Secretary Bryan on his illness - and regret that he nan to cancel t nis en- Stormy Fight on Initiative-Referendum - Governor 4Craig stirred . the.: conven tion late tonight with a vigorous as sault nn the naragraph in the- resolu tions proposing to submit to the; peo ple the . question of constitutional amendment for initiative and referen dum in some form. :. V'. ' Hb was Mm alterable ODDOsed.toithls. He feared that it would be - aHoaded gun behind the door, loaded; with se rious devilment for the State and the party. He .warned that there was dan ger that the liquor question would -be draire-ed out as ,a demoralizing " bone of contention again through, it, For one hundred years liquot hadihade tha mnst sp.rious trouble ahd;he: hoped that the prohibition would not . have sway for a nundreu years. ;4 - .. He Wanted the people to have what that would sub j ect the people to har, t throush the- wiles' of a mi- nntHtv; that p.mild force a : disturbance UVt IbJ - k , like recurrent elections on wuievc and such problems, it mere is jiuuii tive and referendum, he insisted , there )ili1,ha roonll also that the Judges CUUUIU. U . . i, - - should be the first to De recauea-. ne was opposing initiative ana " Teieren Hnm . Af aiise he believed it i wrong and he must maintain his good opinion Of himself even though he run counter to the views of tne entire- couvenwuu. Senator HoDgood Replies. v -r; F. P. Hopgood, Jr., of Greensboro, roniiPrt tt .the Governor, advocating the initiative and referendum,, and. in sisting that legislatures nave not"oen responsive to xiie w"1 - "J- vv nnH will tint be until this weapon is put in the hands of the people... The iact that this mass meeting was here was convincing evidence of the need for initiative and referendum, Legis latures had : failed to pass legauzeu primary laws and cnild laoor iawa, such as the people demand. He was not' afraid of. the proniDiuon , scare raised by Governor Craig- The peo ple would attend to that and prohibi tion Would take care of itself, amply. He insisted that no set of men .should oov what -h nn & i and should Mot ..be submitted to the people-; . xne yeoytej Should always have their say ? a r"laTiAo i Tno"VlvnrAtRiTthe-'initia- tive and referendum resolution.-Vhich 1 .- ;.. ..-. ; SIMMONS IS APPLAUDED Farmers' Union, advocated it at length. R. D., Johnson, of Duplin, appealed to the convention to stand by Gov ernor Craig's position and vote down the initiative and referendum.' P. W. Glidewell offered a substitute that committed the convention 1 out right to the initiative and referendum, but withdrew the resolution, the fight to be made on the original. He charg ed that the Democratic party has in the past failed to fulfil platform pledg es in this respect. Judge J. C. Biggs, as a member of the resolutions committee, supported the resolution on initiative .and refer endum reported as a compromise, in dicating that he was really opposed to its being ultimately adopted by . the people. - Capt. T. W. Mason declared himself for the initiative and -referendum. Governor Craig, remarking that this was the strongest argument he had heard for it. .Capt. Mason had regret ted to differ -with the Governor. The Pass Resolution. , apt. Mason then proceeded to pay his respects to the clause against per sous having- passes or receiving re muneration : from corporations: being elected' to office.- He said he'-was local nevei expecteV to. hold another 'pub lic office, ;but he presented .any such ban being put , on a large -class ",of splendid, citizenship havifig such con- nortiriTiH - Th nrtrvuvraiAmn' haa tievpr impaired nis performance of puDiic duties to the best interest of the peo ple and would not in the case of any gentleman. He appealed for this to be stricken 'from the resolutions. . "It was midnight , when the discus-, sion of resolutions as to the initia tive and referendum and eligibility of pass toters and corporation employes to hold office terminated and a vote was reached. The vote was over whelming for. the adoption of both resolutions as presented by , the com mittee, 119 to 35. Then the whole set of . resolutions- was adopted, as the committee had presented them. The convention adjournel at 12 : 15 A. - M. : Probably 700 Present. .There were probably 700 people in the big auditorium here at 12:20 o'clock this afternoon ' when Clarence Poe . rapped for order and called . on Rev.- M. A. Barber, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, to offer the prayer opening the mass meeting of progres sive Democrats. ' Hon. John D. Bellamy on Stage. Chairman' Poe stated that the call for the mass, meeting was ' inspired by no ulterior motive or for prefer ment of ;any personal ambitions of any one. On the platform with the local committee were Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, and Secretary of the Navy Jo- (Contihued on Page Eight.) DOCTORS EXAMINE FRANK AT INSTANCE OF BURNS DRAMATIC APPEAL DENIED Impassioned Plea of Jewish Clergy men for. Convicted Gun Men Refused by Glynn. Albany, N. Y., April 8.-rAn impas sioned and dramatic appeal by five Jewish clergymen of New .York for a stay of the execution of the four men convicted of killing Herman Rosen thal, was denied by Governor Glynn late today. The convicted men now must die in the electric chair, next Monday : - ;-' : . , The plea ' which ; was .made ( in' the executive chamber, was' based 'on the possibility of new evidence develop ing in the second trial of former Po lice - Lieutenant Becker. It" so com- , nletely unnervett - the executive that he had to retire to hts private office for a time before he could i continue his duties. , I ' :; ' The clergymen are all officers or members of the Uniom of Orthodox Jewish . .congregations ofl America. :;-.- Tne clergymen urged that evidence in , the second Becker i trial mignt throw new light on the 'identification of Frank Oirofici. Wbetii other ap peals had failed the clergy jnen finally requested that the execution; be stay ed until after the f east i of the Pass over, which - begins : next Monday morning, and '-continues mntil ithe . ear ly part of the following week, and Which they described as! "a" festival. of rejoicing,- which will be' ' marred for every . one of our faith af this ' cloud : overshadows -its t beginnhts."; .f X' :': "This request, : too, wafr. denied. x . WHCXLE NIJMBBR 13,606 ORGANIZATION IS' NOW UP TO BANKS Federal Reserve Committee Has Done Its Part FORMS ARE MAILED OUT Every National and State Institution Instructed How to Enter System and Warned of Law Saying ; s Six Per Cent. .Washington, April 8 .Banks apply-. . r ing for membership must take the next step ; preliminary to the organization V of the new Federal reserve , banking -system. Comptroller of the Currency, Williams tonight forwarded to every one of the National and State banking ; housos and trust companies , which ; have applied ' for membership a copy of a circular letter telling of the' di vision of the country ' Into . twelve ' re-; : serve districts, and informing each bank to which district it will ' belong. . With this notice,. Mv- C. Elliot, sec- , retary to the reserve bank organiza- ' ;i ; tion committee, sent a blank form on -which banks shall signify the amount A of their subscription, and also a cir cular letter calling attention to the . law which provides for a subscription h of six per cent, of a bank's combined' . capital and surplus- . - - ; "The - co-operation.. . of . applying . banks." Mr. Elliot wrote, "will ma terially facilitate the . organization of. the Federal reserve banks and enable '.-;,; member banks to ayail themselves of vi tne advantages of the Federal reserve :-.r system by bringing into . operation . those, provisions, of the : Federal re- ; serve act Which becomes effective and f operative when such Federal .reserve : banks shall have been organized." a ; v ; - Treasury officials were hopeful to- night that the appeal for prompt ac tion would meet with a response from. , . the banks. - ; . r'i;" :v-:.:,; Under the law bankB, have, thirty f; days after notice to subscribe, but of- r ;yt fio.tflla vdo not . believe that ' this r time- ?f 4 limits wililbe;,: taken advantage of by- maiiy -institutions,? sincebaBka. whlcbcr. . jntendedv'i'tajentet MMfittt&miAZoz; been preparing t for this step. for. the: last few ' months;i:;:.' v; vs :'; ' ;i f, .v.:-'; f;. - .-.' Hot- Debate on Floor. v v ,; After a hot debate between Southern Senators, the first move to Investigate i y the selection of the twelve regional r 1 reserve cities of the new banking sys- -tern was made in the .Senate today ; 1 Senator Hitchcock, : Democrat, intro- ? ;, ducing a, resolution calling on the or- 1 ganization committee for all its data -and the reasons upon which' it based: ' , its conclusions selecting - the reserve ' districts. Under objection by ' Sena-: tor Swanson, Democrat, it went ,over .; ;, . until tomorrow. ; - . ; . ; ' .: The resolution came as the sequel ' to discussion between , Southern Sena- ' ;: . tors over the selections of Atlanta and Dallas as. against .New. Orleans. Sena-, tor Ransdell declared an effort would -, ' ; be made to-overturn the selections by appeal to the Federal Reserve Board. tto pndpavnred to have printed in the t - record arguments made for New "Or leans bef otje the organization ' com mittee. Senator Martin, of Virginia, objected to "cluttering up' the record with the claims of all these cities."; "The people of New Orleans have become :: hysterical . and v. are taking : themselves to seriously," asserted Senator Martin. , ; w " . Spirited controversy - among ; Sena- tors Ransdell," Martin and -.Hitchcock was Interrupted by Senator Williams, ot Mississippi- - ;-':: n -r - ' "The poor, old,, foolish Democratic party,'" he said, "Is going through the v ( Continued on Page Seven.) Crime Committed by a Moral Pervert, According to Famous Detective. ; . w Atlanta,' Ga., April 8.-Six physi cians of Atlanta hav& -examined Leo M. Frank,' under sentence of death for the murder of Mary Phagan, 14 years old, within the last- 24 hours, it was made known 'here tonight. 4.- "'''' None of the physicians would dis-. :X cuss the purpose or the result of the -' examination of the convicted :- man,. who Is making a final effort to obtain . i ; a new trial. It was said the visits of ; the physicians were made at the in-; stance of William J. Burns, the -de-v;Vc tective, who" is investigating the case. ; - -The detective has announced that : he believed the crime was committed ,5 y by a moral pervert Published state- 1 -ments accredited to him quote him' as 'y. saying that he does not believe Frank to .be an abnormal " man. Burns is ', preparing a full report of bis inqui ries which Is expected r to be made -public the latter part of this week. - - j ;:, Hugh M. Dorsey, , solicitor general, ; , who conducted the prosecution of- -, Frank, land the detective held a con- ; ference today, the result of which was , ; v kept secret. v Burns .also said that he : expected ; soon to confer vtrith. James Conley the negro factory sweeper, ; : ; who was the chief witness against the ,'. v' young factory superintendent and r who was convicted as an accessory to -, the murder. Conley was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. ' f -.;' v - Frank is sentenced to be hanged- : nn week' from - Friday.;. On next ;; Thursday- his attorneys will file- an extraordinary motion for a'-new atrial,, which' will automatically stay the ex-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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