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Democratic Senators
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Practically All Pulled Into Line by Adoption of Overman's
, Amendment as to Issuance of Federal
' y " ' Injunctions.
Washington, June 2. The Craw
ford amendment to the railroad bill,
modifying the commodltlei clause of
the Hepburn rate act. wai rejected
by the senate by a viva voce vote this
morning. , '
The amendment offered by 8nator
Overman of North Carolina, regulat
ing the suspension of state laws by
the Issuance of Injunctions In Inter
locutory proceedings In federal courts,
was adopted by the senate, IS o 28.
It prohibits such a course except af
ter hearing by three judges.
In view of the adoption of the Over
man amendment it Is reported that
ractlcally all democratic senators
wll Vote for the railroad bill. A vote
,wl be taken before adjournment to'
day. - --, -' . .
Anti-Prank Amendments.
r i . Senator LaFollette offered a "sub
stltute for his amendment to the rail.
road bill heretofore adopted, plnclng
' telegraph, telephone' and oable com
panies under the jurisdiction of the
interstate commerce laws. . -
This substitute would prohfblt the
use of franks by an Individual or co
partnership, but would permit the
giving of special rates to newspapers
and to the government for ' official
business. - The: substitute was adopt
ed without division.
By a vote of 26 to It .the srnate
refused to challenge the Supreme
court of the United States to another
decision regarding the right of com
mon carriers to transport commodities
produced by themselves.
. The vote was taken upon an
; amendment to the railroad bill offered
by Senator Bailey of Texas, making It
..Unlawful for any railroad company to
, .transport from one, state to another
'any ni'tlrlr of commodity manufno-ui-'!,
niln,il nr produced by It r
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tlon. Joint stock company, or partner
ship In which said railroad company
holds,, owns, or controls directly or
Indirectly any stock or Interest."
The Object of It.
The amendment was Intended to
remedy the stfpposed defeat In the
commodities clause of the Hepburn
act nfJjl906, out of which the famous
decision of tne supreme coun oi mo
United States In whlcn tne govern
ment' undertook to prosecute a num
ber of the roads engaged In the min
ing nt anthracite coal in Pennsylvania.
The court held the law to be constitu
tional but materially limited Its appli
cation. The original provision was
rinwn rwftormtor Tin lie v and he
sought by today's amendment to force
the court to face squarely the question
of the right or congress to pronimi
railroad companies from transporting
commodities produced by themselves.
Mr. Bailey said that It was his Inten
tion to make the language ' of the
present provision so plain mat -not
even a (udre of the 8upreme court
could fall to understand It."
i - Criticises Supreme Court.
Mr. Bailey In speaking In support
of his amendment freely criticised the
decision of the Supreme court out of
which- the amendment grew. He
went so far as to express the view
that the opinion of the .court as pro
mulgated had been a re-written doc
ument. He explained that conclusion
had been reached through his knowl
edge of literary construction and not
through sny "Inside Information."
Hi purpose h said was to divorce
triiiiannrtntinn from nroductlon. and
he added tbnt he made special effort
to drnwthe provision so as to render
It Impotmlble for the oourt to evade
a direct din-Won on the riant of con-
itrpKS th u to li'KlnlHte, "if they can
CtiuMuuttd on age 4) , . .
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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE
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"TftKE CARE OF THE BbYS"
Thlt Wat Two Weekt Before the Head
'of the Sugar Concern Breath-
ed Hit Last
New York, June 2. That the late
IT. O. Havemeyer, former president of
the American Sugar Refining com
Dany. gave directions two weeks be
fore his death to take care of the
"boys" was part of the testimony
heard yesterday' In the trial of three
officials of the company, charged
with complicity In a conspiracy to de
fraud the government ' of customs
duties. . '
Ernest' W. Gerbracht, refinery sup
erintendent; James F. Bendernagle
former cashier of the refinery, and
C. P., .Helke, secretary-treasurer of
the company, are the three on trial
Take cure of those boys: get coun
sel for them, see them through It,"
thj. order Oerbracht said he
ivt from Havemever when he In
formed him after the first arrest of
erinekAra that the men insisted on
thelf innocence.
Talrlnir ram of the bovs." Ger
bracht Inter testified, had extended to
paying their wages from tne day tney
left the rumnanv'i service until tne
nraunl time. The salary of Oliver
Spltzer, former dock superintendent,
who was paraoneoea rrom im quan
ta . penitentiary by President Taft,
Gerbracht said was paid to Mrs, Bp li
ter while her husband was In prison,
and he believes shs la still (et-tin-
it '. :
Spltzer when questioned for th
prosecution testified that his salary
ceased when he as locked up.
Gerbracht was the ohlef witness In
his own behalf. Theodore Havmeyer,
he said, had absolute charge of the
refinery until his death In 1897, and
If. O. Ilnvemeyer Inter personally di
rected all the routine. Ills story was
not chanced on crowf-exaniliiutlon.
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KILLS EIGHT MEN
Six Hundred Sticks of Dynamite Ex
plodedThree of the Victims
Hurled 200 Feet
Allentown, Pa., June 2. A prema
ture explosion In the quarry of the
Lehigh Portland Cement company at
West Copley today killed eight men.
Among the killed war Daniel Gannon,
the foreman, who leave ten children
The others were foreigners.
The men were preparing three holes
60 feet deep and had put in 600 sticks
of dynamite when the explosion oc
curred, Gannon and two of the men
were hurled 200-feet away. Four
others were thrown into a wheat Meld
TO FLY ACROSS CHANNEL
Dover, England, June 2.
Charles Stuart Bolls, an Eng
lish aviator, started on a flight
across the English channel fit
6:30 tonight. ' .l
. Has Not Contadered It.
Washington, June i. Attorney
General Wlckersham, himself, said
this afternoon that he had not given
any thought to the. question whether
the government should take action
looking to . Injunction . ' proceedings
against the eastern , railroads which
have filed Increased tariff rates with
th Interstate commerce., commission.
Will Be Eaartrocnted Tomorrow.
' Richmond, May 2 Governor Mann
has decided to Interfere In the execu
tion of. the death ,'. sentence in
dieted upon Henry. Smith, the negro
of Alexandria, for murdering Walter
8chuls. a Chicago artist. In 'March.
1S0. .The nugro will be electrocuted
tomorrow. . , ' i
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2, 1910.
DSTAL SAVINGS BANK
BILL ISTDBE PASSED
House Republicans, in Caucus Last
Night, Arranged for Its Prompt
Putting Through.
Washington, June 2. The republi
cans of the house went squarely on
record last night for prompt passage
of the postal savings bank bill, which
is part of President Taft's legislative
program. The bill was finally agreed
on at a four hours' caucus lasting un
til midnight, at which the following
resolution, submitted by Represents
tive Tawney of Minnesota, was adopt
ed:
The house republican caucus fixed
at 66 per cent, the amount or the
funds placed In the postal savings
banks that must remain on deposit
in banks In each state and territory,
and 20 per cent as the proportion
of such funds that the trustees may
withdraw for Investment In United
States securities. The other live
per cent must be held as a perma.
nent reserve In the United States
treasury. This disposition of the
funds which are contemplated In con
nectlon with the proposed postal sav
ings banks legislation was provided
for In the Davidson amendment which
was adopted by th caucus,
The original bill provided that 47 Mi
per cent, of the funds that might be
put In the postal savings banks should
be deposited in local banks and the
same percentage was authorized to be
withdrawn for Investment in United
States securities with five per cent,
reserve fund in the treasury.
The caucus voted down th Vree
land amendment,-which extended the
percentage of deposits allowed In the
local banks to 7 2 Mr per cent, the inr-
vestment In federal securities to 114
per cent with the four per cent per
manent reserve. The vreeland amend
ment W9S first defeated on a rising
vote of C to 52 and again voted down
when tellers were ordered by 61 to
S7, The fViVidsou amendment was
then adorted.
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The Crop Condition Good;
Acreage Much Increased
Government's First Report on
Further Declines in the Market Total Acreage Is
33,196,000, or 2 Per dent., Increase.
Washington, June 2. The first cot- I
ton report of the season by the crop
reporting board, issued today, showed
that the condition of the growing
crop May 25th was 82 per cent of
normal, compared with 81.1 per cent,
the same date last year and an 80.9
per cent, average for the past ten
years. The acreage planted with cot
ton this year Is about 83.196,000 acres
or about 102.8 per cent., compared
with 82,292,000 acres last year, an in
crease of about 904,000 acres, or 2.8
per cent.
Details by state follow number of
acres planted in 1910: -
Virginia, 84.000; .North Carolina,
1.477.000; South Carolina, 2,801.000;
Georgia, 4,811.000; Florida, 270,000.
Per cent of area planted this year
compared with 1909: Virginia, 130;
North Carolina. 104; South Carolina,
102; Oeorgia, 101; Florida. 108.
New Orleans, June I. Cotton fu
tures scored another sharp break
when th government figures were re
"JUNE WEEK" FUNCTIONS.
Annapolis Cadets Had a Realistic Bat
tle Drill The Exclusive Mint
Class Gorman Occur
Tonight
Annapolis, June, 2. Today' exer
cises, in connection with "June week"
at the Naval academy, were marked
with a realistic battle drill. Tonight
the first class German, the most ex
clusive of commencement week , af
fairs, will be held. Another function
will be the annual reunion and ban
quet of Vhe academy graduate asso
ciation, .
Pension for On. Howard's Widow.
'.Washington, June 2. The hotiwo
allows the widow of General O. O
Howard a pension of I10u a niurit'i
LAST EDITION
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Weather Forecast:
Paitly Cloudy.
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Condition of Plant Causes
celve today. October option dropp
ed to 12.06, a lora of about on dollar
a bale, while December option went
to the twelve cent level.
Reports as a whole were Interpreted
as decidedly bullish.
eainte Quick Itreak In New York.
New York, June 2. The govern
ment's first cotton crop report of th
season proved more favorable as to
the condition of the plant than antic
ipated, causing a quick break In price
of 24 to 10 points under th closing
figures of yesterday. , Trading was
very active and at th decline there
was a great deal of buying.
A good demand developed on the
break, which tended about . 28 10
points shortly after the publication of
the government report and prices la
ter ruled steadier on covering and a
little fresh buying, based upon a com
paratively small increase In area.
Southern spot markets were unchang
ed to 1-8 cent lower. ;
D(X SUCCEEDS CONKERS
Elected Chairman or the New York
State Democratic Executive
Committee. .
New York, May 2. John A. Dig s
elected chairman of th democratic
state committee, succeeding William
J. Conner of Buffalo.
Addressing the committee Mr. Con
ner declared that an exceptional
chance fof achieving success was pre
sented to the democratic party In this
late this yoar.
Woman Suffrage Ihmuo In Oklahoma.
CJuthrlr, Okln.. June J. Whether
Womili will lie gnint.'d the .'
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