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rf" ' . nSovTo-Day ' jFAlB AND WARM 12 Pag To-Day ONE SECTION SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, X. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1: 7-' BE VENUE MX KEPOBTED UTTLE CHANGJE FROM. 1907 ACT. First Step Towards End of Legislative Session Taken csterdny When Chairman of Finance Committee Introduce Bill 'Another Lous and Blustery Scene In lxwcr Branch Over Fish Bill Senate Judiciary Committee Has Sharp Dlsc-usedon Over Auti-trust Bills and Substi tutes, and the Delayed Action of Sob-Committee Latter Will To-day Fight Baule to a Finish and Make It Report to Full Coiniulueo In teresting Hearing as to Funda For Reformatory. Special to The Observer. Raleigh, Feb. 17. The introduction ef the revenue and machinery bills In the Houae by Chairman Dowd. of the committee on nnance, was the feature of the legislative session to day. It la Just' from the committee, where It has been in process of formation and revision for three weeks. Both bills are practically the 1907 acts over again, with very minor changes. The machinery act carries a change in that it provides for each county to appoint some competent person to no over the list of taxable properties of the county, compare it with lists for past years and with any other records and sources of Informa tion that may be available and bring to light any other properties that should be taxed that under present conditions escape taxation. It is hoped In tills way to add materially to the revenue. AS TO TAXING BANK STOCK. The bill waa reported with a clause that provided for hanks to pay the taxes on stock In the county and municipality in which the bank Is located Instead of the tax being In the county where the stockholder re sides. However, the Joint com mittee decided this afternoon to change this back to the system that has been In force since 1901, the tax to be paid by the stockholder In his residence county. Senator Manning. Senator Pharr and others advocated the changs first reported, but the committee reported for the old law, 9 to 3. The House made the revenue bill a special Order for Monday on second reading. FISH BILL GIVES MORE TROUBLE The House had another long) and fiery scene on the State fish bill, putting a substitute by Hooker through second reading, after which another series of differences de veloped between members from fish counties, and objection to final read ing forced the bill to go over to an other day. PHARR WANTS HISTORY KEPT STRAIGHT. The 8enate spent some time) dls cuaslng a resolution to authorise and advise the county boards of education to purchase sets of Ashe's "History of jjiarth Carolina" for tha rural school libraries, and finally passed it with the "advise" stricken out. There waa a spirited discussion led by Senator Pharr as to whether thla history did not question the au thenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of independence, and It developed that It does change the date of the famous document. Sena- tor Pharr then insisted that to passN"ent Senator Hale resented, aud the resolution would necessitate changing the State flag and the act making May 30th a legal holiday. He opposed the resolution tenaciously and finally forced It over -to another day for final reading. He regarded the resolution as a poor attempt by the publishers to advertise the book. COMMITTKE VS. SUB-COMMITTEE. The Lockhart sub-section "A" bill, the Manning substitute and the substitute for the bill and the suf atltute that a part of the sub-committee Intimated was wanted to be offered to the full committee as soon as ll could be got in due form, were the subject of a sharp contest before the Senate Judiciary committee thla afternoon when It was understood that the committee would take final action as to what manner of report would be made to the Senate. IOCKHART STARTS THE FUN. The "war of words" started when Senator Lockhart moved that the bills be taken from the sub-commit tee for action, and he gave notice that on passage of this motion he would call the previous question for tha vote on the bill to proceed without argument. Senator Blow, as chairman of tha sub-committee, appealed to the com mittee that the sub-committee should be permitted to make its report, which It would do Just as soon as It could be got In shape. Senator Lock hart replied that no two of the three 'eub-comnrltteemen could agree on any report and that this was the very reason he was moving for the recall of the bill. Senator Bassett, the third member of the committee. In formed the committee that he and Senator Blow had finally squared their differences and were agreed on a report that they would make, cer tainly at the next meeting. KNOCKS 8UB-COMM1TTEE. Senator . Lockhart proceeded to lamb.ast what he declared was an evident concocted effort to atave oft action and let the bill either die on rthe calendar or In committee, to have 'the bill "amothered or squelched," as he feelingly expressed It He de clared his determination to see that this was not done. He had no Idea what the Senate or the House would finally do with the bill, but ha was fixed In his purpose to see to It that both bodies have opportunity to go on record as to Just where they stand. The bill had been introduced early In the session- and- "here- we are in the later- days of the session and the bill Is stilt tied up tn com mittee. A few concerted, or acci dental failures of a quorum or other obstacles would accomplish the death of the bill in committee unless its 1 supporters take a stand for Immediate action. Senator Bassett denied that there any effort to delay the bill un necessarily n4 made the point that two weeks oi . aeiay in committee had been due to the absence of Sena' tor Lockhart. ' He and Senator Blow would have their report to-morrow afternoon If the committee saw fit to allow additional time. It would be In the form of a substitute for both the bill by Senator Lockhart and the Manning substltuts, getting - together features of each and adding, possibly, lotni provisions that they thought would best meet the. conditions. Senator Klmocks moved Immediate action as to favorable or unfavorable report ef the I-:ihart and Manning bills. Senator Barrlnger, who Inti mated that he (would : vote for the Lockhart bill when it came on pas sage, argoed for letting the -sub- Continued on Pact Eight). NATAL BILL GETS TIIROCGH CUMMINS DEFENDS ROOSEVELT. After Several Bays' Consideration the Upper House in sues the Naval Ap propriation Iltll Ameudincnt Be plawiuff the Marine Corps " Board .Naval Vessels Draws Out Heated Debate Mr. Cummins Declares Such an Act " W on Id Mean a Rebuke to the Cliief Eix-utlveWlio Order ed the Removal Mr. Hale Cham pions the Amendment, Declaring That Cougretw lis oidy Kxerctsing lis Natural Control-f-Pwvislon For Two 2,0t)U-Ton Battleships Stands. SENATE SUMMARY. The naval Bill carrying total appro priations of about fl&OOO.OOO was yesterday passed by the Senate after having been under consideration for three days. The bill was changed by the 'restoration of the House provision for two battleships of 16,000 tons dis placement to cost o,ooo,ooo eich. An Ineffectual effort was made to defeat the amendment for the restora tion of the marine oorps to battle ships and cruisers of the navy, which was placed In the measure while the Senate was proceeding In the commit tee of the whole. During the last hours of the session Senator LaFollette severely criticised the methods -of the navy, declaring that senatorial Influence In the work of the department caused an unbusi nesslike development of navy yards and stations. At 6.35 o'clock the Senate adjourned. HOUSE SUMMARY. An attempt to abolish capital pun ishment as a penalty under Federal laws yesterday blocked the conclusion of consideration of the penal code bill In the House, sitting In commit tee of the whole. This bill waa taken up after tae House had become en tangled lu the Knox eligibility ques tion and had laid the question aside fur the day. The moat Important amendment In corporated In the bill was one to reg ulate tha Interstate shipment of In toxicating liquors. Representative McCall, of Massa chusetts, led the fight against capital punishment, and when he was voted down, made a point of no quorum. Just before this, by 25 to 27. the com mittee had declined to sueetltute electrocution for hanging aa a death penalty. A motion to take a recess was op posed by the enemies of the bill and a filibuster resulted. TTie doors finally were closed and the sergeant-at-srms sent after absent members. Nearly two hours later at 7:50 p. m., when Representative Madden, of Illinois, answered the roll call, a quorum waa secured and the House was declared In recess until to-day at U o'clock. Washington, Feb. 17. Discussing the action of the Senate in restoring the marine corps to the battleships in connection with the naval appropria tion bill. Senator 'Cummins, of Iowa, to-day In a vigorous defense of Presi dent Roosevelt, declared that the pro vision would be accepted as a rebuke to the President This state- In doing so declared that Congress was acting within its well-established au thority. Mr. Cummins declared the action, of the Senate in restoring the marine corps to the battleships would be re garded by the people at large as an attempt to correct a mistake of the President. "I recognize It and the country will recognize It as another assault upon Theodore Roosevelt," declared Mr. Cummins. "My sense of Justice will not permit me to allow this matter to pass without expressing the predic tion that tire mistakes of Theodore Roosevelt will pass away from the memory of men. I suppose he has made some mistakes. If he has not, he Is far from a fit associate with the men of his time," HALE ANSWERS CUMMINS. Mr. Hale saJd: "It has come to a very hard pass if In Its discretion over the management of the large concerns of the Navy Department, a department for whlh Congress appropriates one hundred and) thirty odd millions, Congress cannot restore a condition that existed for 100 years; If It cannot pass a meas ure that Is against an order of tha President, without . the aotion be ing considered as an assault upon him. "I deny here in- terms, and ll hopo I deny for tha Senate, the right of any Senator to take such ground as to arraign Congress and to declare that It Is intend ed that It Is the purpose of legislation passed here to assault the Chief Exec utive. It Is simply the exercise by Con grates of Its natural- control, which cer tainly is equal to the control of the Presi dent over the Navy Department. With this disclaimer, I leave the Senator." Senator Tillman sustained Mr. Hale's attitude, and la the course of his re marks said: "This thing was fought out two hun dred "Vears ago. and Charles I lost his head for contending .for Just what the Senator from Iowa contends for." "In view of the advancing years of the Senator from South Carolina," replied Mr. Cummins, "I think the President of the United States Is safe and J. do not fear for my own head." Senator Borah next took the floor In opposition to the marine corps provision. MARINE CORPS REPLACED. Then a roll call was taken on the amendment replacing the marine corps on board vessels of the navy. , The amendment waa adopted by a vote of 51 to 12. The battleship provision waa then tak en up and Senator Lodge made aa Impas sioned appeal to the Senate to reverse Its action lu regard to the slse ef the two battleships from the type costing 16,000,000 each to two of the type of the Utah aad Florida, costing $4,500,000. He declared that It would be necessary In the future to keep a powerful fleet In the Pacific, Seaator Perkins, commenting on the hJlL .referred, tor the' President's recent statement concerning his attitude toward lha navy, and said he did not believe the President bad wilfully violated the ninth commandment of the Decalogue. Questions by Mr. Tillman caused Mr. Parkins to remark that ;he thought there was ne danger of war with Japan, He Insisted that- that nation,, bad no basis upon which to stand as against the United States. He said lie believed in living up to the treaty with Japan under which the States retain alt police powers. Aa aye and nay vote on the amendment favoring the smaller type of battleship ever the KOOOHUM vessels resulted ta Us oefeet by a vote of JO to fS. - 'WASTE AND EXTRAVAGANCE. V . Mr. LaFollette charged there had been political distribution of the work; of tha PKOHIB1TI0N BILLS l'ASS'JUBY RETURNS TRUE BILLS FILIBUSTERERS GIVE OVElt. ! BENCH WARRANTS FOB. EDITORS Local Optlonlsts consent to Let VotO lie Taken In south Carolina Houte, and the Measures lo Make State "Dry"' Arc Passccl They Cannot Reach Senate Before To-Morrow, and Will Hardly Get Through. That Body Lien Law Which Has Given Trouble For n Half Century Will Be ltepealed lit Tills Session Bill to Change .Mileage. Book Regula tions Han Flghtlug Chance of Ki actnieiu Three More Days of Pal metto legislature. Observer .Bureau, 1230 Berkeley Building, Columbia. S C, Feb. 17. Having reached an agreement this morning whereby the local optlonlsts consented to let the two State-Wltfe prohibition hills come to a vote be fore the close of t;ie legislative day, the bills were voted on to-night, the bill declaring State-wide prohibition and giving the present dispensaries tHl next July to close out their present stocks helnf considered first. This waa passed to third reading by a vote of 5t to to. Every attempt to amend the bill lailed. except one by Mr. Gairis, cutting the pay of the expert accountant down to 15 from 1 1 0 a day. An an"nlment exempting Georgetown, Riculand and Charleston counties failed n 6 to 41. ALL AMENDMENTS FAIL. A substitute offered by Mr. Irby providing for a reierendm In August, 1910, as between State-wide prohlDi tlon and tne present system was tabled 80 to 37. .Mr. McMahoti offered an amendment carrying out Senator Till man's suggestion of selling beer and wines onl hy the dispensary system but withdrew it, seeing it would be killed. Mr. Dixon had a substitute carrying out Governor Ansel's plat form to declare Slute-wlde prohibition and let what ountles as desire to vote in dispensaries, but In deferenct to the Governor did not present It. Other Important amendments which failed were two ly Mr. Doar, one ex empting the coast counties and the other making tjie, act effective twelve months hence. 1 The House then took up the other prohibition bill, which provides the conditions under which drug stores may sell alcohol and wine for sacra mental, scientific and medicinal pur poses. Hy a vote of 52 to la the House refused to kill the bill and later passed it to third reading. NOT LIKELY TO PASS SENATE. Neither bill can reach the Senate till Friday and It is a hundred to one shot It will not get through that body, with the result t bat there will be no change In the present system. The House bill directed against liq uor drummers, has been withdrawn. The Senate bill Is now on the House calendar and It is barely possible that tbe bill may be passed. In the Senate to-night Senator Graydon got up his bill doing away with the present mileage book regula tions. It has passed the House and now has a rignting chance to get through the Senate, it appears, on to morrow's Senate calendar as a debate adjourned bill. LIEN LAW WILL GO. The Senate passed resolutions by Croft for referendum on adding a fifth member to the Supreme bench and increasing the term of the Supreme Judge to ten years. By a vote 23 to 15 the Senate to-night passed the Hen law bill slightly amended. Tne House will accept the amendments, and thus ends a fight that has been going on for half a century. navy. He thought there had been dis crimination against ths South. He also charged the management of tha navy yards with "criminal waste aad ex travagance." Taunting Mr. Tillman with having said In speaking of naval appropriations "if you want to have any stealing, I want my share," the Senator from Wisconsin declared that that was an evidence of human nature that It was not desirable to encourage. Mr. LaFollette said no Senator who had a navy yard In his State should be made a member of the committee on naval af fairs, but they should be given full hear ings by other Senators who should be on that committee. Senator Dixon suggested that Speaker Cannon had declined to appoint on the naval affairs committee of the House of Representatives members who had navy yards in their districts. Senators Frye. Flint and others sug gested that if such a poljcy were gen erally adopted on the committees of com merce, agriculture, etc., tbe result would become ridiculous. Mr., Frye said that if such a principle were applied to the com mittee on commerce. Idaho would have to supply all of the 17 members. The LaFollette amendment went out on a point of order by Mr. Tillman. The Senate then passed the bill. RURAL PARCELS POST. portofHce Bill Carries Appropriation For an Experimental System Sen ate Makes an Increase of 956,000 In the House Measure. Washington, Feb. 17. The estab lishment of an experimental rural parcels post system Is authorized by a provision In the postolhce appro priation bill reported to-day to the Senate. The provision authorizes the Postmaster General to establish tha system for experimental purposes in two counties to be selected by him and to operate it under rules and regulations, Including the fixing of rates, to be prescribed by that official. The bill as passed by the House carried $234,436,370 and this amount was increased by the Senate to li4, 492,376V an Increase of 56,0. The How.se provided for the promo tion of 58 per cent, of the supervisory employes In first-class offices receiving salaries between $1,200 and 11,800 a year, 50 per cent, of clerks and carries receiving from f 1,000 to 11.209, and 59 per cent. In second-class offi ces receiving from 11,000 to 11,500. Tbe Senate committee added an amendment for the promotion of 50 per cenL of ;the earrlera In second class offices front tt.OOS to IMOfl: An amendment reducing tbe appro priation for the pneumatic tube serv ice from $1,000,000 to 1900.000 was Inserted m the bill by the Senate com mittee and the authority to extend the service tn cities where It Is now in operation waa eliminated. The .Senate committee, also Insert ed ap revision directing that the malls be weighed annually instead of every four years. . " 1 . i" ' Norfolk Furnltar Factory Burned. Norfolk. . Va.. Feb. 17. The Air Line Manufacturing Company's Port Norfolk furniture factory waa destroyed- by. firs early to-day, with lose esti mated between-$10,090 and $75,000. Federal Gram) ,'urv at Washington Returns Indictments For Criminal Libel Against The New York World and The Inriluiiapolis New Clerk of the Criminal Court Immediately Issues BeiM It Warrants For the De fendants to Alear in Court Fortli- with to Answer the Charge Pres ident Roosevelt Named Among Those Who Were Alleged to llaie Been Slandered Cromwell Says the Failure of an Attempt at Blackmail Caused the I'ulilh ution of tlic Stories. Washington. Feb 17. Bench war rants were issued late to-day for the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor, and Caleb M. VanHamm and Robert H. Lyman, editors of The Now York World; and for I.elavan Smith and Charles U Williams, owners of The Indianapolis News, for criminal libel in connection with the publication In thoBe newspapers of charges of irrej ularlties in the purchase by the United States government of the Pan ama canal property from the French owners The Indictments on whl-ch the war rants were based were returned to day by the I'niti (1 States grand Jury sitting In this city and the warrants were Issued later by the clerk of crim inal court No. I. The warrants are directed against all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers Theiummons requires the corporate defendant (the Press Publishing Company, of New York), to appear in court forthwith to answer the Indict ment. District Attorney Baker probably will not send thu copies of the bench warrants and the certified copies of the Indictments to New York or to Indianapolis for a, day or two. They were placed late to-day In the nands of the United States marshal here and he will proceed with them in accord ance with the directions of Mr. Baker. Theodore Roosevelt. William H. Taft, Ellhu Root, J Pierpont Morgan, Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell are named In the Indictments as the persons al leged to have beon vilified hy tne stories appearing In the two newspa pers. ' ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL. Copies of the summons and of the indictment were served this evening upon the Press Publishing Company, by service on Otto Carmlchael, its agent In this Jurisdiction. The certi fied copies will ta filed with United States Commissioner John R. Shields, In Now York, wim will Issue warrants for tie arrest of the natural defend ants of The New York World who will be brought before htm to show cause why they should cot be extradited to this Jurisdiction for trial. Failure of an attempt to blackmail l-hlm, according to William Nelson irromweii was tne reason for the publication of the stories, which, ha declared to-day, "were exceptional and premeditated and made with free knowledge of their infsmt.Hs source and hfter specific warning by me of their falsity." 'The stories," he added, "were con-oooted- more than two and a half year ago by unscrupulous parties In New York, some of whom have crim inal records, In ar attempt to black mall me." He raid that he was ask ed to pay 125,000 to have the stories suppressed. "I do not believe The World was a party to these attempts, but It was dealing wHh the same gang. The indictment of The New York World and The Indianapolis News is not an Indictment of the press of the United States, as they would like to make It appear to obtain the support of the general press of the country. I am In favor of a free and unmuzsled press." WOI Contest Extradition to Washing ton. Indianapolis, Ind . Feb. 17. Dela van Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of The Indianapolis News, who were indicted by Federal grand Jury In Washington to-day, announced that they will contest extradition to the District of Columbia for trial on the ground that If uny offense was com mitted. It was committed in Indianap olis, the place of publication of The News. GROOM MADE TO PAY Hl4 DEBTS North Carolina Couple Have l'.mhar rnaMlng Experience at Hotel Jeffer son, Richmond Bride a Winston Salem GirL Special to The Observer. Richmond, Vs., Feb. 17 R. It. CUnehardt, who arrived at the Jeffer son Hotel yesterday from North Caro lina with a prtty bride, had his honeymoon obscured by a dark cloud for several hours, while he had ar rangements to pay certain debts owed by him in this city in order to avoid the seizure of his trunks and the abandonment of his Northern trip. Charles Spitser, a former partner of CUnehardt, to whom CUnehardt ow ed money, concluded that a man who could maintain a bride In the bridal suite of the Jefferson Hotel as a part of his honeymoon Itinerary, could al so pay his debts. He thereupon pro ceeded to send an attorney and an of ficer to Interview the embarrassed groom, who was forced to defer his Northern trip until some arrange ment could be made. CUnehardt finally succeeded In locating a friend who put up the money to secure the debt, allowing the young man and his pretty wife, who is a Winston-Salem girl, to take their departure. Well-Known Confederate Nurse Dead. Washington, Feb. 17. Miss Emily Virginia Mason, of a famous Virginia family, who won fame during the civil war as a nurse, of Confederate soldiers, aSid who ministered to Union soldiers at Llbby prison, died last night in this city, aged 94. Miss Mason w-as commissioned by President Davis, of tha Canted racy, '-to. organUa hos pital camps during the war. After the conflict she wrote the first life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was her In timate friend. Later she went to Paris, where she conducted a school. Goes Ashore Twli-e at the Same Pteca. . New York, Feb. 17. Ths four masted schooner Miles M.. Merry went ashore early to-day near the life saving station at Moriches, L. I., snd probably will be a total loss. She carried a crew of It men, all of whom were taken off In the breeches buoys by the crew from the station. The schooner was bound from Boston for Norfolk. Vs., and waa not loaded. She was ashore at the same point on Long Island last year. , ENGINEERS" REPORT READ ' CANAL PLANS ARE ALL RIGHT. Lijierts Who Accompanied Mr, Taft to I 'a i hi ma I'liunimounly Approve the Work Being IHme on the Canal Deotetl Much Time to the Inves tigation or Gat mi Dam, the Central I'oint of Disx'iission Materials Used An- .Suitable and Wlien llio Work Is Completed There Will Be No ImngcrouK or Objectionable Seep age loeks and lock Gates Are Safe and Can lit' Depended Upon I'liul Xo Reasons For a Change of I'lans. Washlnston, Feb. 17. Any attack madi; hereafter on the Jock type of Panama can tl. according to the opin ion expressed by President Roosevelt j in a. message transmitting to Congress to-day the report made hy the engi neers who recently visited the canal zone with President-elect Taft "is In reality merely an itiack upon the policy of building any canal at all." The report, in .Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, "shows In clearest fashion that the Congress was wise In the position It took, and that It would be Inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level canal." "I commeni to you," he says to Congress, "the most careful consid eration of the report. The engineers show that the only erltlcsm that can be made of the work on the Isthmus is that there has sometimes been al most an excess of caution In provld ifc' against possible trouble. As tn the Gatmi dam Itself, they show that not only Is the dam safe, but that on the wholn the plan already adopted would make It needlessly high and strong, and accordingly they recom mend that the height be reduced 10 feet, which changes In the plans I have accordingly directed." President Roosevelt says that the engineers who made the report are "of all the men In their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole beat qualified to pass upon these very ques tions which they examined." THE GATUN DAM. The engineers report that, as the Gatun earth" dam was the central point of Mlscusslon. they gave it. un der instructions from Mr, Taft, "first consideration in the light of all new evidence." and they add that "the type of dam now under construction Is one which meets our unanimous approval." They say they are "satis fled that there (Will be no dangerous or objectionable seepage through the materials under the base of the dam; nor are they so soft as to be liable to be pushed aside by the weight of the proposed dam so as to cause dangerous settlement. We are also satisfied that the materials available knd which It la proposed to use sre suitable and can be readily placed to form a tight, stable and permanent dam." Dams and looks, lock gates and all other engineering structures Involved In the lock canal project are "feasible and safe," according to the engineers, "and they can bs depended upon to perform with certainty their respec tive functions." They report that "they do not find any occasion for changing the type of canal that has been adopted. A change to a sea level plan at the pres ent time would add greatly to the cost and time of construction, without compensating advantages, either In capacity of the canal or In safety of navigation, and hence would be a public misfortune." They declare that "the most prac tical question In the construction of the Oatun dam Is the possible slipping and sliding of the materials under neath and In the body of the dam." In regard to this question they hsve reached the conclusion that "the ds slgn upon which the work Is now be ing prosecuted abundantly fulfills the required degree of stability and goes far beyond the limits bf what would he regarded as sufficient and safe In anv less Important structure." in regard to the slips which have o'- urreil at aeveral times, they assert that they are "of no serious conse quence, either In the practical execu tion of the work' or In the ultimate stability of the structures." Having considered the proper height for the crest of the Gatun dam, they concluded that "It could be safely re duced 20 feet from that originally proposed; namely to an elevation of 1 1 F feet above sea level, or 30 feet above the normal level of the water against the dam." WILL COfT 360.0OO,00O. This change, they say. "will facili tate the work of construction and will reduce somewhat the cost of the pro posed work." Their estimate of the complete cost of the Canal is $360,000,000. They say It is Incorrect to state that the origi nal estimate of cost was 1140,000,00". as they did not Include "sanitation and zone government." They estimate the expense of sanitation and zone gov ernment at $27,000,000 while pay ments to the Republic of Panama and to the new Panama Canal Company amounts to $50,000,000, which would make the difference between the present estimate and the previous es timate, with cost of sanitation and zone government and payments, add ed only $143,000,000. "Of this amount." they say. nearly one-half can be accounted for by the changes in the canal and appurtenant works already referred to and the remainder Is to be attributed mainly to the high er unit cost of the different Items of th work." "We see no reason." they add. why the canal should not be completed, as estimated by the chjef engineer, by January 1st. 1915; In fact. It seems that a somewhat earlier completion is probable if all goes well," The engineers who composed the board are Frederic P. Stearns, James D. Schuyler, Arthur P. Davis. Isham Randolph, Henry O. Allen, John R. Freeman and Allen Haaen. President of rnlvertdty of Mlrfilgan Resigns. Ann Arbor. Mich.. Feb. 17 James Burrell Angeil. LL. D.. to-dsy sub- i -a vi. sssssii yntinn nf the Drol- dency of th University of Mlehigsn to take effect at tm ciose oi hcsuwhu year next June snd the board of re gents created the office of chancellor and offered It to Dr. Angeil at a sal ary of $4,000 a year, together with the continued use of the president's mansion on the university csmpus. MesMge From the Idaho. Charleston. 8. C. Feb. I7.t-A wire less massage received at the United Wireless station here to-night from the United States battleship Idaho stated at S o'clock to-night the home coming battleship fleet was In lati tude 4.$7 north, longitude I7.S7 west. The Maine, New Hamahire. Idaho. Mississippi and Salem joined the fleet at noon to-day. , - - - REVISION OF 1 ARlrF URGED BEVEHIDGE STIRS DELEGATES After a Rousing Speech by !eiulor .Albert J. BeverUlge the Tariff Com mission Contention Adopts Resolu tion Favoring the Revision of the Tariff To Show Thai the Comen tion Was .Not tailed to Block lle vImIoii Congress Is I rged to Make, sH the Speclsl Session, Such Cliangcs as It Can I'nder Present Conditions Demand Is Also Made For the FtAlillsliineiit of a Permanent Tariff Commission Foreign Trade Should Be Developed. Indianapolis, lnd.. Feb. 17. De mand for the Immediate creation hy Congress of a permanent tariff com mission was voiced to-day in resolu tions adopted by the tariff commission conference convention. To dispel any Idea that delay In tariff revision i.i sought and that the purpose of th gathering was to delay action on the pending tariff by Congress, a pro vision was added urging that Con gress during Its special session shall prepare and adopt a relsed tariff to the best ef its ability under present conditions. The resolutions as adopted are; " We demand from Congress, for the e'iual heneflt of all classes of the people, and In the name of all Ameri can Industry, of farm, factory, labor and commerce, represented In the na tional tariff commission convention held at Indianapolis, 'consisting of delegates from 4 2 States and repre senting 223 agricultural, civic, com mercial and Industrial bodies, the Im mediate creation of a permanent tariff commission for the following pur poses, and ends, through congres sional action; "First, the collective, Intelligent, thorough and unprejudiced study of tariff facts. "Second, the development and en largement of our foreign trade. "Third, the accomplishment of this by reciprocal trade agreements, based on maximum and minimum schedules. IMMEDIATE REVISION. "Fourth, tho adjustment of the tariff schedules, so that they shall effect all Interests equitably. "Fifth, the fixing of the rates of duty to be paid on the Imports from any foreign country, within the limits of the maximum snd minimum rates established by Congress, under recip rocal trade agreements negotiated by or under the direction of the Pres ident, In order thereby to develop and protect our foreign trade by means favored by President McKlnley and authorized by sections 3 and 4 of the Dingley law. "We urge, that prior to the passing of a bill creating such a commission. Congress, during Its special session about to be called, shall prepare and adopt, with the assistance of the best Information presently available, a re vised tariff, as completely and accu rately adjusted to present conditions and, therefore, as stable as Is possible at this time," It was Beverldge day in the conven tion and the speech of the Senator from Indiana stirred the delegates to many outbursts of approval. John M. Stahl, president of the Farmers' National Congress, urged the necessity for a tariff commission. TAFT CONSULTS LEADERS. Believes Work of tlao Special SetUon Will Be Finished by June 14th Hooeevelt Heartily Approves Uw Iresddenl-jKsBct's Inaugural Oddrs. Washington", Feb. 17. It developed to-dsy at a conference Between President-elect Taft and Senators Knox and Hale and Speaker Cannon that these congressional leaders believe that the work it the special session of Congress to be called on March 15th can be finished by June 1st or 15th. This situation may be chang ed, however, by the failure of any of the appropriation bills to pass at the present regular session. Mr. Taft, it Is authoritatively stated, regards the outlook for satisfactory tariff legislation ae good. What Mr. Taft regards as an Impor tant feature of his two days In Wash ington were the consultations he was abls to have with President Roose velt, Senator Knox and others, re garding tbe subject matter and his method of expressing himself In his Inaugural address. A vopy of the first draft of this paper has been In the possession of Senator Knox for some days and such suggestions a9 he shall think proper to make will be sent to Mr Taft at Cincinnati. The President s epproval of the speech Is known to have been most hearty. What proved ta be a very cordial Interview took place late to-day be tween President-elect and Represent ative Burton, of Ohio, who has been elected to succeed Senator Foraker. Mr. Burton made It known that he was anxious to see Myron T. Herrick made Secretary of the Treasury In the Taft Cabinet. In this connection It may be stated that this place is still open, no decision having been made to appoint any of the various available aspirants. Mr. Taft left this afternoon for Cincinnati. WARRANT ISSUED FOR TELLER. K B. Carraway. of Xewbern, Charged ntl) Embezzlement by National Bank Examiner Shortage Due to Overdrafts. Says Carraway. Special to The observer Newbern, Feb 17 R. B. Carra way, teller of the National Bank of Newbern, was arrested to-day on a United States warrant Issued by Na tional Bank Examiner Hull charging Carraway with embezzlement. Carra way was taken before United States Ccmmissloner Hill and released on $5,000 bond, which was furnished. Carraway states that the shortage can all be accounted for In overdrafts. The amount alleged to have been em berzled has not been authoritatively stated, but is not believed to be large. A note was posted on the bank door at 5 o'clock to-day announcing that the teller had defaulted but that the funds and deposits were secured and that the business will not be affected ia any way . whatever. - . . . ILL HEALTH CAUSES SUICIDE. Edward HarriMon, Wealthy South Car olina Farmer, Blows Out His Braiuav Special to The Observer Qreenville, 8. C, Feb. 17. Edward Harrison, a well-known farmer of thla county, committed suicide at his home about ten miles from tbe city last night by blowing out his brains. Ill health la assigned as the causa. Mr. Harrison was a very wealthy citizen and lived with his brother. Rich Har rison. He was 59 years of age and was unmarried. He baa a large f ra lly connection and was eoe.of the county's best cltlxeoa, - . BAD DAY FOR DEFENDANTS STATE BUILDS STRONG CASK Slayers of Former Senator Cannock Fare Badly at the Hands of the State's W itnesses Tension Between Fax-tloiiM Boi-ouirs More Acute and the Day Is Marked by Bitter Clashes Btneen tbe Opposing Counsel Stenographer In Robin Cooper's OmH-e Dewrrlbee the Con ference Before the Tragedy State's Objttlon to All References to Governor Patterson Is Sustained by the Court Carmack's Clothing Offered In Evidence-' Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 17. Marked by bitter quarrels between attorneys and by new and startling testimony, jthe scond day of the Cooper-Sharp ; trial for the murder of former Sena j tor Carmack closed to-night with the- State highly elated and the defense j visibly perturbed. The tension be tween the factions has tightened j visibly, too. This is indicated In the I court room by bitter passages between j opposing counsel and outside by more bitter talk by partisans. While It was i clcarlv a field-day for the prosecution. it must be remembered that the testl-. mony was given by the State's wit-, nesses onl) and that the defense Is yst to be heard from. There weru three star witnesses and all of th m women. Mis Mary Skef hngton. the State librarian, and a young woman of excellent position socially, was the first. She told how,, on the day of the murder, she left the State library, walked down Seventh avenue . and when within 200 feet of the scene of the shooting she met John Sharp, one of the defendants, whom she had known for 10 or 11 years. Just as she greeted him aha heard three shots and asked Sharp what It meant. Without turning around to, learn, she says Sharp re plied; "That's Dune Cooper shooting Senator Carmack." BUILDING UP CONSPIRACY CHARGE. By the second witness. Miss Daisy Lee, the State laid the foundation upon which it will base Its contention that the slaying of Carmack waa tha result of a conspiracy. Miss Lee Is a stenographer in the office ef Jameg Bradford, one of the attorneys for tha defense. Robin Cooper had hie office with Bradford's law firm. -Miss Lee, trembling with fright and almost sick with worry, told how. on the morning of November 9th, the day of the tragedy, when she arrived at the Offlca ahe found Colonel Cooper already there in conference with his son. Bha . heard the colonel denounce Carmack for using his (Cooper's) name and declare he had a right to protect hlra self. Later she heard Colonel Cooper apply to him (Carmack) epithets vile that she cried when ordered to . repeat them. The court permitted her to write them and when they wera : read she covered her face with her( hands. Miss Lee then told how at S pm. there began a conference In Bradt i ford's office between the two Coopers, Bradford and Adjutant General Tullev Brown. This conference lasted until 4 p. m. when it broke up and tha Coopers left together. She said that there was a look of worry and trouble on the boy's face that she had never seen there before. THE CONVERSATION OVER TH11 'PHONE. Miss Lee's duty among other thing was to answer the telephone. There are desk extensions into the private offices of the members of the firm. It was her custom to answer the tele- , phone and call by an electric button such members of the firm as wera wanted. A half an hour after, th Coopers left the office the telephone) rang and. as usual. Miss Lee answer ed It. She heard a voice say: "Is) that you, Jim 7" and heard Attorney Bradford say "Yes." She hung up her receiver but not , before she recognized the voice aa -that of Colonel Cooper. A moment later she heard Bradford say over the telephone: t ! "And did Robin kill him? Well, I'll be right up there." She Insisted that Bradford waa not In the habl of snswering the telephone unless) called by her. It appeared to be tha intent of the State to have the Jury S believe that a conference to slay Oar mack was held and that the klrdng resulted from this conference. ' The third star witness was Miss) Donie Braxtcr, a maid in the servlca of Mrs. Lucius Burch, a daughter of Colonel Cooper, with whom he mado his home. The witness heard Colonel Cooper In the Burch home about noon the day of the tragedy and heard him tell Mrs. Burch something that really excited the young woman. She heard Mrs. Burch say; "He will kill you. papa," and thav father's reply. "He is as liable to be killed as I am." Whatever followed caused Mrs. Burch to become hysteri cal. . PATTERSON'S NAME MENTIONED. The defense made little effort t cross-examine these witnesses except in a most perfunctory manner and court adjourned with the testimony ; of the State's witnesses practically, unnssailed. The State's first Witness was W. J. Smith, an insurance agent, who cor--roborated the testimony of Hugh Mor ton that" John D. Sharp had cursed Carmack Just before the"ysjeaa- torlal contest In 1905. On cross examination Smith was asked If thla remark, "that the country would ba better off If Carmack were dead and In hell 20 years ago," had not been, made before Governor Patterson Wat born as a politician. "Well." said Smith, "he (Patterson)! was Just beginning to bob up." . , The State objected to any reference, to Governor Patterson and waa sua- -tained. The next witness was L. A. Welch,. a barber at the Tulane Hotel, who shaved John D. Sharp a few days be fore the election. Sharp was reading Carmack's paper the editorial page . and said: "The ought to b In hell," referring to Carmack. , . .WXERS N AJBrR4Xaj The defense attacked Welch with vigor and forced him to make swma contradictions. As a result a row be tween counsel was narrowly averted. "Urtruth." "falsification" and - other terms were hurled back and 'forth. General Garner waa on bis feet . KtY thr State and Generals Washington) and Meek for the defense, all talking; at once. Judge Hart broke into the -debate aharply with the assertion that any more personalities) would bring painful reauita to those who Indulge! In them. - ' - V . Miss Mary Skefflngton waa call I next and after telling of the remark: of John D. Sharp that "It Is CoL Don (Continued on Page Thre.
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