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s v. - f. WEATHER. 10 Pages Today ONE SECTION - Local thunder shower and cooler Friday; r; Saturday -fair and cooler;" t vol. xcixrb. t: will mriON rfMin M PEMt biILL IT CHANGE lTTS POLICY? President in Letter to Woman !s Club Says This is i&aestion ; About to be Answered. - BEGINS ' LETTEB CAMPAIGN' Thanks Miss LarraheA . Vn xxt. - ... - --. . Her Club is Doing in "Oregon " For His Re-Nominatiofu - INTENDS TO MAKE NO TOUR Only Non-Partisan Speeches to be Made on Any Trips.; V ' Long Branch, N. J., September 28. In a message opening ' his campaign of ;letter:TOtinKPresk dent Wilson declareaftonig that "the question is about to. be deter mined whether we shall ; keep" the Xation upon its present terms of peace and good will with the world Dr turn to radical changes of . pol icy which may alter the lwhole asH pect of the Nation's life.;. ; : : ; , Appreciate VfvrKvXWvn :" The, President wrote .the ' letter to Miss Leona Ii. LArrabjBet president pt the Woman's Democratic .Club, of Port ... land. Ore., thanking .her for work be-i ins done In his balf -lay -the organi zation. . . -. , "I cannot help having- the teeling;" said the President's Jetter, ."that the "kv"io - "-j-mm. vm. wcjs va uvea 119 suggestion of intima'tTori from rjae as to what are the real issues of he present campaign or the real concern that wo men must have with thos Issues. As a very sinceTe advocate , of ; the exten sion of the suffrage to-women," It seems to me a vrv rru TdlaMorWa I th J cause that partisan use sHoiild. ba made 01 n, particularly at a tune so critical as this, when the question1 is about; to be determined whether wiei shall keep this nation upon its present terms-' of peace and good will with, the-world .or return to radical ' changes" of policy vhich may alter the whole- aspect of the nation's life." '; . '. . ' ' In another, letter, sent to Howard S Williams, of Jackson, 'MissVexpressing regret that he cannot attend the an nual convention of the'. Young . Men'f Business Clubs of America at Jackson on' October 10 the.- President declared that the future business development of the country rests in art unusual and peculiar degree, at present in the hands of young bu5inesf men.. , , :- To; Make No Camyalgv Tovr jfe The President made :lt qlear again tonight that he hass- no intei)tipn : of making "a campaign tour. jt' was reit erated that all speeches by him away from Shadow Lawn will be before rion partisan organizations .and, generally speaking, will be non-poUttc.al ill form . In replying" to an. Invitation to make an extra speech on one .of his .middle western trips' Secretary iTunaulty- wrote tonight that no. plans were ..being -for any rear platform speeches : by the President. On these trips the .Presi dent's private car. will '-.be attached, to the regular trains; and only thevregu lar brief stops will be made; A sug gestion has been here that -a Wilson day be celebrated before election? in all departs of the country, ..the ."Presi dent to write a message -for the occast ion. Co-operation between 4 .national and state organizations various state will be taken up by the President' In the near future. h:iJi ie nas aireaay seen samuei essaoury, i democratic canaiaate ior governor pi j 1 will see Edwin S. Harris,; Democratic state chairman in Newl York, ahd Wil liam F. McCombs, Democratic candidate for United States senator. v The Presidented accepted an invita tion today to review the -.Fourth. -rNew Jersey regiment at ! Seagirt on.' Satur day. 4 :y .l Today the President discussed poli tical questions with Miss Ida Tarbell, a magazine writer, . and late , this i af er-. noon received a group of moving pic ture onerators who took- him in" various poses. ; y -. ''. y :. . REV. C. W. E. DOBBS' DEAD. - ' Teteran Baptist Minister ; Well KoW In Many Southern States. ,- f- Louisville, Ky., Sept..28.r--Rev. C. W. E. Dobbs, 76, of Jacksonville, Fla-i-for several years secretary of the Southern J baptist convention ,and. author y'of the blackboard lessons of the International Sunday school coursedied, suddenly here today at the home, of -Charles Dobbs, a son. . He was ; the last suryi vor of the second class graduated' from the Southern Baptist; Theological; Sem inary. He had serve'WpihM -.-IfllRV diana, Virginia, Kentijck'y; Misslssf ppl and other Southern iStatei'rK- BANK ROBBER KILLED, Hia Brother, vntoyAm-M4f iM bery, PtaMy'yiitmU:"ta Fort Myers, Fls,;;.eipi:: VlSVLeUnd Rice, one of the four, bapdits : wanted for robbing the state bank of Home stead. Fla., two weeks.; afo . of -6,000, was killed and his,brother; Frank. Bice, another of the ban watf prbbably t ir tally wounded when they soysht refpgre. on Chokoloskee island, II Smiles sooth. 01 here, yesterday, .according, to pffl night vno brought Frank Rice neretOi r w i"v ' .M"r i a -xom for' treatment. ' V - "v- ;; .-; LvanIa and' vessels of her class.;. ' v C1-' . Continued GENERAL WALK-OUT SO FAR HAS FAILED New York- Police Say They See Nothing to Indicate That the : . 'Sympathetic Strike is On. ( i. ' . .- " - - ".- CAR ; SERVICE IMPROVING Yartona Unions Decline to Take Action. l ; Union'. X,eader Say, However, VThat 14M00 Worker. Ac- .. r J 11 Have Quit. Nw. York, Sept. 28. The widely ex ploited sympathetic , "walk out" of trader unionists In Greater New York, whici was supposed to have started yesterday, had not materialized . to night, :. according to the police." The labor pleaders claimed, however, " that upwards : of 140,000 workers 'actually had quit f their paces, ' but refused to make public vthe names of .any unions answering, the call. The police declar ed they .were unable to find any - evi dence of a -general strike. ? ' , A meetin? late today of representa tives -of fiB unions of the United Build ings Trades, comprising a membership of 1 more than lOO.OOt). refused to take any ; action in. the sympathetic strike movemenf, 'it was announced. , -They Simply. . .voted, according to -their spokesmen, .to refer, the question 'back to "the, unions themseves, and ' adjourn ed -until next Wednesday. ... '- The longshoremen and. 'tidewater boatmen; numbering about 34,000, also failed1 today, to take any definite action. A resolution' passed 'by . 41 longshore men unions- said the : members . stood ready' and willing to quit In sympathy With i the car rriei wheneer, : ixx "their JdjfTttent;;strlke Wa 'nacessary!' and rth?&rr.erTrt thfe'lnferna- berer aBserted that the .prospect of O' Connor '.calling fa strike Iwas remote because .of existing contracts. . i . '.:For; the first time since; the bar men's strike began September 6,; many surface ars . were operated today without-: po lice vguard8. t . Numerous cars without wire netting to protect the motormen and conductors also were put In com hmis8 aTh serrLce enerally. ft was announced, was improved, cars being operated even in suburban towns af fected, by. the strike. , The -possibility of a, strike of .motor raen on subway and elevated lines, be ing ordered '-by,. the Brotherhood of "Lto omotlve Engineers, was said by union ' - " . (Continued On . Page Ten.) EIGHIEEIMIICH MS FDR BRITISH V. Would be ; Three : Inches Bigger v Than 'Any Now Afloat ; Officials (f ; United States Navy Believe ; the Weapons Are Destined Prl- . : : marlly for Use ; Against ; Land Fortifications. . Washington, Sept. 28. Battleships - , . , ... Ht , . , equipped with 18-inch guns, three inches; bigger than anyrnow afloat and two inches 1 greater than the "; largest guns projected for the new" battleships and battle cruisers to be added to the American . navy, are under construc tion in Great Britain,- according to un official . advices which are ; given cre dence, by naval afflciaJa here. "r The' big weapons are destined . prt marily.y officials ;believe, for. use against land i fortifications. t The: 16-inch guns to be put on the four; American battle ships, i fori which . bids ' will be opened next, month, they declare, have a range sufficient to make them equal as far as an enemy can be, seen, even under the most ' favorable ? circumstances.'- For this reason they do. hot believe 'femploy- ment of -larger and more unwieldy types would be practicable against the shifting targets of an open sea engage-..! ment, however . advantageous ;v they might ba against ; land fortifications. Fourteen or 16-inch guns can" be car ried in greater number an4 . fired with greater rapidity. , ;: np- ';;-' - vAs ar. means of developing floating Sreatj priujectiles' 'f Into fland 't ortifica on. out of .sight Oyer the. horizon, the reportedBrtttsh; venture In battleship ,copstruetlon:; is regarded ' by ordnance experts v'a having ; great possibilities. They il estitriate- Nthat ;f shells v weighing nearly -.P0 pounds could be' used ef f ectually '1 and? ' ihat; f in ; 18inch ; jgun wo-uid laiave ',a range equal to, If t not greater,.... tian the average -European coast defense ordnance,;- V; v t-r; ii; The largest ' guns carried by any. na ya vessel s far; : as shbwn;;by records jier;" are the, 15 -inch ; rifles, hibuntedvOjni sbme v4& vtheUatest BrttlsUand USermah ahd Itallari battleships. , : The largrest on any. American ship are those of the ARSHPS at. T T : : i' . .' : , ..''v -' ' 1 1 1 i , , - RESOLUTION ASKS LIVE STOCK PROBE Bankers Are to Act on Question of Investigation of the Indus- try by Congress. DECREASE IN PRODUCTION Joseph Chapman, . in Statements Before . Association Says Bankers Are Making Less Profit "Than for Past Twenty Years. Kansas City,. Mo., . Sept. 28. Con gressional investigation of the live stock industry, including1 the produc tion,, marketing, slaughter, distribution-and sale of all cattle, was asked here today In a resolution presented to the American Bankers Association. Ac tion on the resolution, presented by George E. "Vebb, of; San Antonio, Texas, was deferred until tomorrow. " "We face the alarming fact that for 20 years ; the production . of cattle has not kept - pace with ' the : -increase of population but has decreased .in num ber," the. resolution reads. - Despite the present prosperity, char acterised as the greatest the country has ' ever known, . bankers , are -. making less, profit than at any, time within the last- 20 years. - Statements ..to .that ef fect were made to the convention by Joseph Chapman, of Minneapolis. Min imum rates of interest are being, paid, Mr: Chapman declared,; although the bankers; themselves 'are being charged the maximum for the money being loaned. A service- charge on small de positors, accounts was- . among the things recommended by him to in crease, the., profit1 account. Mr. Chap man also - recommended, consolidation of the office of Comptroller of Currency and the Federal -Reserve" Board- - "The Reserve Act nas . demonstrated that it is .workable and, in the main, the principles upon wnlch it is founded are sound and will'endure," he said. "Being founded largely on the? exper iences of the. large .banks in Europe, it will-'make money cheai and .plentiful." .,.-.. Frank A. Vanderllp Speaks. "If ever a' people ' should pau'sey If ever they ahouidook' abroad and profit by the experience, of . thers. ; . sh,o.ulA f comprehena itheJr, national, dangers, in I ihr itgb7tTjtrres-nrr are being enacted before their eyes In other nations. It is 'now and we are that people," said Frank. A.1 Variderlip, of New York, addressing the conven tion today. ,; He warned hisr . hearers they ' should tnot take 'too easily the present "great wealth of this country that'seems Tdangefbusly likely to sub merge us in 'our own 'prosperity." "Rather,' he said, "with an oppor tunity, such as' no country ever had to lay the ; sure fdundations ; of a great future we must not .be .so intent, upon dividing the proceeds '6f 'present pros perity that' we. fail to . safeguard its permanence.,';-.' . . -. - - Mr. Vanderllp ' said be believed .the Federal Reserve . Act embodies "sound (Continued On Page Seven. TAKES IWD OF WIFE FOB PART III TRAGEDY Mrs. LeDuc Tells . Her Husband ; : That She is :Innocent.r' Gives Statement to Detectives Regard ing the Triple Tragedy In a Hotel lit Philadelphia Wednes t. . . day Morning. ' - Philadelphia, ; Sep, 28. Mrs. Joseph C, LeDuc, the sole survivor in the triple shooting at a hotel here yester day, told her husband' today that her part; in' the . tragedy - was an innocent one and he accepted her word fqr it, and declared that he had never had any doubt -as to his wife's loyalty to him and would.. take her back to Chicago as soon as she could travel. . 7 Mr. LeDuc came here today ' from his home in Chicag'o and'.went Immediately to?' thew hospital" to ; tee his wounded wife, who was shot by Mrs. Harry Bel aer, of New York, " a discarded sweet heart ;of 3 Jl:; C.7, Grave ur, also of New York. Graveur j was shot and ; killed by. Mrs; Balzer when , she. found him -and Mrs. LeDuc in a ; hotel room ; to gether. -MrSf."' Belser : then ended her own- llfe,i;,;.-j';;;; :r-,. --'Z-. :' vt -; :;. ;; Aftef t reciting the incidents v (which preceded the shooting to - her husband, Mrs! LeDuc t gave a - statement to the detectives,, in which shells . quoted as saying: ; . -' - ' : , '-:',fr :i--;r-:;: ;;.-,.,-' J "It is untrue that ; I, registered with Graveur -at; the hotel as his wife. . 1 left New ' York Tuesday afternoon af ter visiting my sister, and came to Philadelphia' to visit my nephew. -Afi ter visiting "my nephew, I. received a telephone call from -Mr. Graveur, ask ing me to meet him in the evening. , I met him at' the hotel and. he : invited me to go toy the - theatre.', I ; had no baggage with me except a small hand bag, as I had : planned; to remain; here only for hrday. intending to return to New " "tork-. the aaroe day.- ; After, in-, viting ;me? to . go - toAlhe theatre, Mr. Graveur suggested ; that I leave my handbag- p, his 7 too m sand , ,. I agreed t.to do Vi''4Mi&iff "Ww&iffi ::i:!!Qtti6wki return, from. the";theatre we had something to ' eat on the roof gar den of -( the ".hotel . and about 1 o'clock tlm.f or me to,, go to oi"'Vage Ten'.i . OVER .A BRED VILLA FOLLOWERS KILLED III FIGHT Carranzistas Also Suffered Heavy Losses in Battler Yesterday i at Ouishuirachic. - BANDIT LEADER CAPTURED General Ramos, Commander of the Carranza Forces,; Requests Medical Assistance. ,7 7tfc,-,.-.;- , ' -. -"(;" . - ; :' . Chihuahua Cityi Mex.r 9fpt. ,28. Over a hundred -Villa ' followers were killed, the bandit leader, -Baudelio Ude, was taken prisoner? and? heavy casualties suffered by Cacranza forces in-a terri fic fight at Cusihuirachic, an important mining5 center about 5J0 miles southwest of Chihuahua City,' according to a-message Received by General Trevino , from General Matias , Ramos,' who was i him self slightly wounded. - ; ; - - V! Details of the fight were few and were appended to' the request of Gen eral Ramos for surgeons -and medical supplies. A hospital corps detachment was accordingly rushed to th? scene by train.' :- .;- " "' - It; is stated that the garrison at; Cusi huiriachic co-operated v with the forces of Ramos, but, whether they were at tacked or had been the aggressors does not appear. ' , . 7 Baudelio Uribe, leader of the . band and Villa's chief lieutenant, was the originator of the idea of cutting. 'off the ears of capture government soldiers! Many others of his command are re ported to have been made - prisoners. News of the fight was also received here from ' the telegraph' operator '.at Santa Isabel, ' who added; nothing to the report of General Ramos. The gen .eral's official report-was sent by way of that town to which the hospital train has' been dispatched. "Santa -Isabel is 33 miles by train frorriiChihuahua. Thji Mexico ,and: ..NprthestftrM-;K ' railway makes a loop to ; Ctwihvlrachici from between the', two towns Is about 35 miles. Troops continue to pour ,into Chihuahua City from the south to par ticipate in the Villa hunt. , ; CLAIMS HE SAW ' VILIiA IN THE CHIHJJAHTJA . CITY ' ATTACK ... El Paso, Texas' SepC 28. Villa is wearing a long black beard, limps bad ly from the bullet wound in his right leg, and walks with difficulty even when using his, crutch, a foreign busi ness man who; .arrived at . the border today, declared.- He claims to have seen Villa -during the attack on Chi huahua City.-. " NAT. L. SIMMONPS COMMITS ' ' SUICIDE IN CHARLOTTE. Well Known and Formerly , Traveled for Wilmington Concern. r (Special Star Teftgram.) Charlotte, N. ; C., Sept. .28. Nat L'. Simmonds, 43 years old, a well khown citizen - of Charlotte 'and - formerly ; a traveling salesman for -the Shepard Chemical Co. of Wilmington, commit' ted suicide; at his . home here today at 11 o'clock by shootifig himself through the temple with a 32-calibre pistol. ; He had been in ill health for. two years and. is said to have contemplated self destruction for some time, al though several remarks that he made on the subject were not taken serious ly,, by his family and friends. " He leaves a wife, two children, two broth ers and 'a sister...,,, .' " SPACE BASIS FOR CARRYING - MAILS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1. Will Go Into Effect Through out 90 Per 7 Cent , of the Service. Washington, ' Sept. 28? The space basis - for compensating railroads fop transportation of mails .will be put in to effect 'November 1 throughout 90 per cent of the -service, the Postoffice Department; announced tonight, under a provision Of the last Postoffice bill which authorized .partial installation of 'the system to test . its possibilities. Final decision as to , whether it shall be made permanent' is left by the bill to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. '.;'';.--;.'- '- - - A '?i-4 The 16.' per cent of the-: service in Which the 'present weight basis will be retained, is-the "closed pouchr servicer consisting-' of mails ' transmitted 1$. locked sacks and handled in baggage cars by agents ! of railway companies DEFER PUBLICATION OF PART : f OF THE CENSUS OV DYESTUFF Protests of .Importers ' Will be Taken Under Consideration.- 1 - - ; " . - ; Wasnington,.Sept. 2S,-iPublication -of parts of the dyestufts census compiled by the- commerce; department ; will be deferred,S.ecretary-Redfleld announced todays .pending - consideration of . prof tests 77 made"; by importers -who? charge that to -rput private information coK lected by tthe bureau in the r hands ofr manufacturers jwould ; be 'unfair, and 11 legal. The- main objection is. to -the use of the names of German manufac turers with whorn Anier lean importers "deal,. The r census, compiled with a view to aiding American manufactur ers inbullding up a home industry, al ready is. in the hands of the printer, and some parts of it have been made public fr- ;; : J Jii - - ' . ill '-'-I COMBLKS, CAPTURED BY ALLIED DRIVE. 'The shaded portion of the map sh owe . the allied gain in" Picardy since th offensive began, on 'July 1; The b lack sectors indicate the-advance made by- the British and the .French within the past few days. . In this .advance Combles and Thiepval have been captured. The British capture of Morval and the French advance to Fregicourt bjea ched the .-last roads leading . from Combles. . . 7 '.--' V-. .; ''v '-'' '' BRITISH CAPTURE GREATER QimERMAN REDOUBT Six Hundred Prisoners Taken in Fresh AttackPositidris Along Twen ; ty-Mile' Front Being Consolidated Teutons Check Progress of r;. ; Russians ajid 7Capture12,841 Officers and - Men Ruman : v - ians Make No Important Advances. ; I5xcept for fresh attack on the part of the British, which gave them the greater part of a German ; redoubt nc-Tth of . Thiepval and 600 prisoners, the troops of .tbe .Entente, Allies in the region between -the Somme .and the Anr crq rivers in France, apparently are taking a' breathing--spell -and- consoli dating posithan's 'captured in the great offensive which ' began ' ' last Monday and has already. nette.d .them Combles, j i. Thiepval and ..other strong German por iitions.vat "various .points along-the 20mile front' ' " 11 " , During .the .work of consolidation, however, the big .guns of 'the British and . French are "hurling tons of steel against the new positions the Germans have- taken up, doubtless preparatory to; another ' fresh attack . with " Bapaume and Peronne' the "ultimate objectives. ,' Germans Take 2341 Prisoners. . 'A Meanwhile ' a big ", battle is in prog reiBs on the Eastern front in. the re gion between, Lutsk and Vladimir Vor lypski, around Svlttiusky and Kprynitr za, where the 'Russians are attempting to." adVance, .but the Teutoiis are; im peding them" by heavy counter attacks. The German war-- office says - -these counter; attacks- in-the -region of Kory nlt2a ' have resulted ,-iw the- recapture of pcfiitions lost recently by the Teutons and ' that the allied forces ; have now passed oh, beyond them. ; Heavy, casu alties were inflicted" on - the 'Russians, says Berlin, and in additional officers and 2,800 men. were taken prisoner and one cannon and .17. machine: guns were captured. ...... V , r German. Gains In Gallcla. -V - In Galicia, the Germans west of Krasr noieeie also pushed forwardT' their lines., while in the j Carpathians attacks bythe llussians were, repulsed in hand'- ttrh&nd fighting.- --. s'::?'.TheARusslan-.'-general staff announces that since General Bussilofl! began-his oilensive - 420,000 --officers and . men of the Teutonic . allies have . - been made prisoner and 600cannon and 2,500 - ma chine guns and -mine, throwers have beer captured. . " . Arpund .Petroseny arid Hermanstadt. in; Transylvania, the Teutonic allies and the Rumanians are engaged In ;, bitter fighting,- but with no important resul naying oeen- aiiainea py. BiuiBr:-ie, Te situation . in the , Dobrudja. region is unchanged. , .VriHf . fl.. : Hf a tA Anlnn F-rnnt. : On, tne 'Macedoouap . front , Paris .re-j pcrts' the; repulse of Bulgarian attacks on-' both sides of . Fiorina. 'v.5 There ha?e beisn bombardments by' the . Britisfc .of positions of the allies of. : the Central Powers-by : land batteriea in the .vicin ity of Doiran and by warshipa in . the &aifc-e, ; Aside ; .from . an infantry attack by the Austrians; in the -upper. Cordevole valley, wh,ich Rome says was replsed only artillery duels -have taken place In ".the ; Austro -.Italian ' theatre. t ' ; ;''Gree:ce,a Err "Not. Announced. ' ' Greece's entry . into, the war . on the side - of tn Entente Allies has not yet been announced. , An unpfficiil dispatch f rom' Athens, gives the te-ft-'of ( the proclamation . of : a provisionar gbvernV ment in . Crete ..by former Premier Vent izelos and "Admiral , Condouriotis, which declares that; if .the king should decide not-to take the lead of the na tional forces "it is our: duty to do the needful thing? to save the country from the threatening ruin," MOST OF GERMAN REDOUBT and; etio prisoners taken. Londonj Sept. - 23,; (12 :0 A. M.) The British forces have captured the great er part of a German ;redojibt north of Thiepyal, - which Overlooks the north ern . valley of the rAncre,. taking nearly 600 prisoners,; .-according to the official statement' from -general; headquarters issued at midnight." ; ." -. '. . 4.. . . . , .; GREEK NAVY; IS UPSET BY DEPARTURE OF7 CiONDOURIO'TIS -Athens, . via London; Sept. .'28. The departure jfrom. Athens of Admiral Con douriotis, besides causing , a deep im pression --.on": the ,-; king, has . completely upset the ' navy. .."The. Greek battleship Hydra and, two vtorpedo boats have left their anchorage, with -the Greek fleet and jointed the Entente Allied fleet in Salamis bay. The king called" a conference of Pre mier Kalogeropoulos, , General Moscho poulos,,the chief of staff ; Rear Admiral Damianos, the minister . of. marine, .and Nicholas Strathos, ex-minister of ma rine at the palace this morning to discuss the action to be taken in view of ' tfce. silence of the Entente Powers respecting Greece's proposal to join the Allies, made-through the Greek minisr ter at the Entente capitals ten days ago. ... . .... . . .. . ' GREEK SOLDIERS WANT TO , .' RETURN TO THE CAPITAL. : Athens, K Sept us,'' via London, Sept. 28, (delayed)-The loyal officers and soldiers of the garrison in Crete, who are said ; to consist of, a third of the Greek force on the, island, have ' re quested, the Entente Allied consuls to provide means for their return to Ath ens. . ,;' ::;77 -- ::-'-t; ',;;;, "y';:" The Island of, Mytilene has joined the Venizelos movement, all the local authorities having ; placed themselves under the "committee ; of , national de fense," established-. in Saloniki. . ..,. - '-.- . , - - '.-V-. - - -; ' - ".-'; : -, : GERMAN SHIP SUNK f ' Reported Destroyed in- Gulf of Bothnia. Two . British Steamers Sunk. ; Stockholm,.: via London, , Sept, 28. It is reported - here that . the German steamer El wine Koppen has been' sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia,' off Lules. London, Sept.?8 Lloyd's announces1 that th,e- British steamer Newby has seen sunk.. The Newby registered 2,16$ tons. She was built in 1890. - . . . ' Peterhead, ,'cotland, Sept. 28. The British 'Steamer Thurso was sunk Wed nesday: jNine ' of her crew, were land ed, but ten others in another boat have not been .reported. The Thurso was a .vessel of 1,244 tons. She was built in WHOLE KTJMBER 39,718 1 i J; HIS SILENCE BILL - - : ! -i v 1 .:VT7Sji;7!:, jsays ne ma not urge a jjhidtxs . ! ter Because He ' ' Did Nbt Be- - 5'?:';',i;;ys-l lieve in" Filibustering. WOULD HAVE BEEN USELESS Speaks Before Unofficial Republic m can State Convention at Sara-', C-- v'f y toga jspnngB, n ew x orjs' - :,. '; M: j . . ... . - 77M;Stij ' " ........ - . ; V ; J, Saratoga ' Sprrngs N.' Y. - September ;'! j 28. Charles E. Hughes tonight told t"'l ' the Republican unofficial state conven-" tfon here why ' Jje had not urged Repub- j,' lican senators to filibuster "to the last U'N( ditch," against: the passage of the" Ad--V- ,f;;; amson 8-hour law, passed to avert the '7 ;.j threatened railroad strike. The noml- nee declared' he did not believe in fill ,! bustering, for -one thing, and '-that f.'irj the -majority in Congress had determine ed to -pass the bill there, was no reason V-;;! whatever why its passage should have been delayed by filibustering tactics. , "It . (the administration) acted wltH swiftness," Mr. Hughes said, - "and -it cannot-now cry that a Republican can didate a thousand miles away should have saved it from carrying, out its fix ed determination." . . . ; ;j7if Reads Letter to Convention. "' '" '- ;,.; The nominee read to the convention 7 V ' correspondence between Chairman New- -lands, of the Senate Interstate Com- '";;; merce ' committee, Harry ' A. Wheeler, . chairman- of the committee- on railrdad . situation of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and President Wil son none of the letters was from the President, but he was addressed in the correspondence, ito .uphold his conten tion that 300,000 )flrms and..corporatlont'-j'.;. in the-country had asked the President to take action- before 'the threatened ".j"' Cleveland,- as to why Mr. Hughes had not urged Republican .senators ; to fill- . buster against the-b.ilh was made the occasion of Mr.. Hughes' declaration. Be said:--' ' y :.,.";7y ;&7-l; "A distinguished 'Democrats a former.;; Secretary of State; . Mr. Olney ; whom lA&J have " always admired .- and respected, .. and whose-record presents a singular . ' contrast to that ofthe present admlnls-,' tration, springs to its defense in its hour ;' of trial. With his ability, I assume he has done' the best that can be done. . .; - Moral Strength "Destroyed.";-;-':V "The truth is that the executive de- . st'royed" the mbral strength of the situ-, , ation, when he. .threw . up his hands, ; yielded the principle, of. arbitration and went' to Congress , demanding the rail- . ; way wage bill, as .the. price, of peace. ' Congress, so far. as, .the moral , of the ; situation was conceened ratified a Sur-; v7 render already . made". . . . , ; 7C';;S:iiJ Mr.. Hughes cited, .briefly from Presi-. -,. dent Wilson's addrass. to Congress. T)e , 'f part quoted- followed the President's - 'w ! v ; f declaration that- "I. yield, to '. no man In , ' j firm adherence alike of conviction and - - 6f purpose ; to the principle of arbitra- ' tion to industrial, 'disputes," and .was .a -part of the same sentence, which was , , as follows:- . . . ,;-r v ;;,'-X?j "But matters have come to a" sudden , ', 1 crisis in this particular' dispute and the , ; CI country ; has been . caught unprovided ? 5 : with any practicable means of 'enf ore- ' ing that conviction' in ' 'practice, ', bjr . " whose fault we will' pot now stop to i inquire." : , ''". f -" . i After declaring that "here w'as Amer-, lean business a month before the rail- ' road crisis asking for an 'iriquiry,'VMr. ':Ufii Hughes continued: .' "Y 'J "A sudden crisis, with ho opportunity 4 ' for inquiry! , If. jfh'e' administration had.'' 'f i desired to know the'facts before action, 'e4 it had abundant opportunity oh the so- , licitation. of the business of the' United ' States. . 1 ',-''-''.. Y . "Record of Humiliation." ' ff:;! - '"That is the administration's record," Mr. Hughes said, "and; I submit to the American people that it is a record of humiliation. : , 7- 7 7:t ."The distinguished former Secretary - ' ' of State said in. substance that I doffed ..'l . t the ;, judicial-ermine and- appeared tin ' ; the motley garb ,of an ; ordinary, seeker ' ::-' '. of. office, X. did doff the judicial ermine,; j and 'I submit to you'that you know and y'j every American. knows that it fell' fromAi'ji my shoulders unsullied." ' - ; The audience ' arose to its feet and -' v cheered loudiyi . , '7 .' . r'No American, need apologize for. be-:-,, ,. ing a candidate. for oiXice; least of alli-'." . I," the nominee continued. ; I desired to remain on, the bench. . I had no desire-; to return-to poiitlcs, but there came' a 'v. summons which no ' honorable ' man '"'.';-.?';' could refuse." . ; . ;---',,.'....7. ;"';;; -'ri-? Documents . read, by Mr. Hugheslin-' Y .' .' ; eluded an extract from a letter written - -fK by Mr. ; Wheeler, .July 29,' last, to the.' PresldentT, in which Mr? Wheeler 7 ex pressed the hopej that the ; President would ; "see fit; to "start an Inquiry on , ;: ; behalf of the administration as to th ',r near approach, of an actual crisisV arf5' . " in the ; following ; statement' attributed'";: ; " tq Senator New lairds i on August ;4th "It was determined, to have no -hear- .7-.;' ' : ing uppn-the subject but to' lay the res.- v--oution (Senate joint resolution 145,' pro- . ; xidinr for an investigation! by the m- . terstate Commerce CbmmissJon) bnvthe i v ", table: . The .committee deemed If .lnad-,, ; ; ;: vitable 4 while -. proceedings' .' were pndr. . ' ing under -the Jnedlatlon and concilia tion act, to .'take up1 th eubject of pay tvi a larirlB f rna rellvtv am. pipy ee-.. It was also deemed inadvisable -f - to; addto ;the;preseht'v;dtittes yOf ithe ' Interstate Commerce : Commission,' lV; which,' as "if Is well known, is - over- .'; . loaded with work.1- " ' - - T - . , . . i - :i7. 1 i , ' ' - - , : .. -. - .. c"'. .. , 1 (f mi J'-'Cii mm A;'7: 7..-J-- (!-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 29, 1916, edition 1
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