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1 I Jf - North Carolina's Greatest Daily. VOL XCIX. NO. 50, RALEIGH GETS .inairman iy unanimous vote oi ine oiaie Democratic Executive CommifteeTn - . ,. Session Here Last Night TWDiOTH DATES E ? All Precinct Meetings and Pri mary Elections Shall Be Held On Saturday, May 16, and All County Conventions Shall Be Held On Saturday, May 23 Walter M. Larsons, State Senator From Rich- r mond "County, Chosen To Succeed Late J. R. Blair On Executive Committee, and D. G. Brummitt, of Granville, Succeeds Judge W. A. Devin, Resigned .: ' By an unanimous vote in both In stances the State' Democratic Execu tive Committee laat niht clfoae Its- 'S leigh as the place and June 17 as the -. time fpj holding the Democratic JJtate ' Convention, and elected Thomas D. Warren, of New Bern, Craven county, as Btate chairman to succeed Charles - A Webb. of. Buncombe, realgned. v Saturday, Hay 16, was chosen as the date for holding all precinct meetings or primary elections, and the following Saturday, May 2 J, was named as. the time for. the holding of all of the Democratic county con ventions In the State. These are the two biggest item of Importance that claimed the atten tion of the members of the eommit tea at the meeting held in the Senate ciwminr lain nigni. i n meeting wo. nowever, ran or intermit in many .other respect. The only mattef that . provoked any lengthy discuss Ion- was that of, fixing the data for the pre ' elnct elections and the county con ventions, but thu was finally settled upon as called for In the resolution that was Introduced by Ed. 8. Ab; of Johnston. Fifty-Four Answered Roll. - Chairman Webb called the Com mittee to -order 'at-:47 'p. m.. and immediately got down to business. Secretary W. E. Crock,' of Wadcsboro, Was present, knd the roll of member was called. 1 Fifty-four members of the committee were present in per son or by proxy, which made a quo rum, and the business of .the meeting was taken ip. At the instance of Chairman Webb, Secretary Brock read the call for the meeting as issued by the chairman. Chairman Webb's Speech. - As a sort of prologue to his speech. Chairman Webb expressed his thanks for the honor. of the position to which he had been chosen two years ago, and announced that the resignation of the chairman would be presented ' after all other business had been com pleted, and that the new chairman .. would be chosen as the last matter of business to come before the meet - ', ing. ... ,. , . Mr. Webb spoke as follows: "The Democratic Flan of Organiza , tion requires a meeting of this oom- .anlttee during the month of March, . nrecedinff an election .to transact the .business set forth in the call, which has just been read in your presence. The committee will, doubtless, trans nct thut business, and any other busi ness that may come -before It. - "Included in the Tatter is your ao tifrh upon the resignation of your - chairman,' which has been filed with your secretary; and, , as this la prob- - qbly th latt opportunity which I shall have to address the committee, 1 ask your indulgence for a'few.mo- merits. - - E ISO NAMED - . "TtiB greatest honor that ever earns to me was my election to the cnair "inanshlp of this committee. To serve the Democratic party as the official , " head of its organisation, is an honor which comes to but few men, and I am proud and gratified that 1 had the opportunity to occupy the position during the memorable campaign of the year 1812, memorable in North t - Carolina and memorable In the Na tion, for it gave me the privilege of taking an active part In the Interest ing events, which have continued the cause of good government In North ( arolina, and have again placed the 4rty' f 'Muaitrights to all and spe clal privilege tomme,' in charge of this great government jit wm . isujjiuu iirlvllege and a great honor to have had a hand In this great work. A Difficult Contest. ! - "That contest in North Carolina was' an exceedingly difficult one. . I do not think the party, generally, realizes it. The Senatorial contest attracted great and undivided attention, and, in many instances, keen and Intense bitterness prevailed. . "In some sections Tt was almost im possible tf procure speakers for our ticket, because Democrats who had heretofore " preferred -and tndred their services to the party, weft on the stump to espouse the aydidacy of one or the other -of thseveral cannldates. The partisans of these, re spective candidates, in their seal and eagerness, In many eases overlooked the contest between the great parties, and spent their energies in a contest within the party. instead of against the common enemy. -s. A Telling Victory, mmmittr was. therefore. not only embarassed for the wnUf speakers, but was also greatly hin xL.a .nd held back by a lack of , t..r.A. nnrwarv to carry on and con duct as vigorous and aRessive campaign as It wished, and yet In n thM difficulties and handl- n a telling victory. Our eaudidat for governor receives 1 .1 91 V DEMOCRATIC A - CHARLES-A. toEBB Retiring Democratic State Chainuaa. Wrore-otwna:;;ttl more than Meares and a majority over the, two Mit,,KmMlMlt votes over -the gubernatorial vote of 1908. Our candidal for president received in the State "Itt.-SflT "votes. His pClrallty .over Taft was 115, 8; his plurality over Roosevelt was 75.- 177, while his majority over both was 4,2g8 a gain of 23,280 votes oyer the presidential vote of 1(08. "We elected 10S Democratic mem bers of the Unite Legislature, and 47 Democratic Senators, the largeat num ber ' of Democrats' ever before in a North Carolina General Assembly, And, we again sent a solid delegation of ten worthy, sterling Democrats to the Congress of the United StatM. Counties which had not done so for years elected Democrats to office, and we madatri manlou gains 4 other rock-ribbed Kepubllcan counties. In spite of (he bitterness engendered in the ' Senatorial contest, the party emerged from the light more determ ined, more vigorous and perhaps more united than it had been In years. "Every Democrat rejoiced that the party, which has-ver given North Carolina good government, had again succeeded in the State: we realized the great progress whieh she had made under Democracy s bencnctent rule, the wonderful development and the splendid advancement in every line of Industry, manufacturing, agricul ture, education, moral upbuilding and moral uplift, but as great as was our joy and gratification at the result In State affairs, yet it was asnothing compared with our pleasure at tne re suits of the Nation. An r.ncmT htroiurly Entrenched. "For slxjcen years the Republican party had been entrenched In power. Elmo and again we bad endeavored to wrest the goverium-iit front their IiuiiUh. We bad repeatedly appealed to the people of the Nation to wer- (Contlnued on In.ge Two.) $500,000 Painting Cut Up.Be' cause Emmeline Was Jailed. Will Hunger Strike Again - .. .jftt ttt jUtrwtfMt fmm.) . - . lAiudon, March 10. Mrs. Emme line rank hurst, suffragette leader, once mere is a hunger striking pris oner 1t Holloway jail, but she is con fident she wNl secure her release In a few days under the "Cat and Mouse" law. By stopping the Scotch Express, on which Mrs. Pankhurst was brought from Glasgow after her arrest there last night, and compelling the mill tant leader to alight at a small way station outside of London, the police today succeeded in eluding swarms of suffragettes awaiting her arrival In the city railroad station. From the suburban station Mrs. Pankhurst was driven in a motor car to Holloway Jail. A large crowd of suffragettes was assembled about the jaiL but as a strong detachment of police was o nana,, no attempt was maae to rescue the militant leader. May Richardson, a militant Inflicted severe damage today on the famous Velasques picture,-- known as the "Kokeby Venus," whloh is hung in the National nailery, Trafalgar Square. The picture was purchased for J22S, 000 in 1906 and presented to the na tion. Art esperts-have estimated its preset market value at 154)0,000 The'woman entered the gallery and attacked tne picture, with a sharp knife, making six or seven bad cuts across the canvas. - r Miss Richardson, who was arrested. said: ' 1 - "I tried to destroy the picture of the most beautiful woman in mytbo logical history as a protest against the government for destroying Mra Em mellne Pankhurst, who is the most beautiful character In modern his tory." , The -magistrate, before whom she was arraigned committed Miss Rich ardson for trial and refused to grant bail. The keeper of the. National Gal- lery told the magistrate that the sell ing price of the picture had been depreciated by the outrage by 175,000. - , i ' . ; J - - 1-7 : ' MILITANTS HAVE ULOion RALEIGH, N, C, .ALASKftH BAILWAV Thirty-Five- Millions- Will Be 6 isand Miles PRESIDENT WILL' SIGN Bill as Agreed Upon By Confer ence Report Plans Already Being Made For Construe tion of Government Road To Connect Coal Mines With The Coast ' Washington, D. C.r March 10. The Alaska railway bill providing for the construction of 1.000 miles of railway byf the Government and the expendi ture of 115,000,000. was ready for President Wilson's signature late to day when the Senate adopted the con ference report already adopted by the House. President Wilson has indicated his Intention of signing the bill as soon it reaches the White House, and tentattive plans for constructing the nrst uovernment railway already nave been considered at the Interior lie- partmewt. Secretary Lane is prepared to go Ahead with the project as soon as the President gives the word. Final action in Congress came af ter a long debate in the Senate, tha re port of the conference committee ap pointed to settle differences between the twe Houses batng adopted 42 to 27. The measure authorizes construe- miles of railroad to connect Alaska's -eai-M--wl-t"eieote' to be selected by the President. He aJsn i to rijutM vhthr nr nnt r 1I twif ltnt airestSrrmstridicted "rn the territory shall be.purchased as a part of the Uovernment system and wheth er the read is to ty operated by the Government itself or leased. , The discussion today was principal ly on a suggestion by Senator Cum mins that th Seenate conferees be in structed to reinsert the language of the bill as xiassed by the Senate and stricken out In the House, providing that the President In constructing! the railroad must. If existing railroad lines in Alaska are to be bought and used a Dart of the system, bur or ar range for the purchase of these lines before construction of extensions is begun. Benator CUiumins sV-rla: that leaving it discretionary with the Pres ident whether the Government should begin building lines into the Interior at the northern termini of existing private roads from the Alaskan sea board, might so enhance the value of existing roads that syndicates could demand a prohibitive price from the Government. Senator Plttman replied such a thing would be so obviously outrageous that no president would yield to any Influence which could bring such a result about. The bilL as perfected, he said, directed the President to construct a continuous line from the eeaboard to the Interior and that, obviously. It first would be settled whether the main line should be built by the Government or pur chased outright- or by condemnation from existing corporations, before any extensions were erected in the Alas kan interior. There was also extended debate on Senator N orris' contention that the language of the bill placed on the President the obligation to make an effort to lease the railroad after It la built. Other Senators insisted, how ever, that the language already, made PISTOL BATTLE ON unrn In. West Virginia Between Drunken Men Results In Welch. W. V.. March 10 R. L. Taylor, a deputy sheriff, of Lex. Mc Dowell countivls-dead, A. D. Beav era. a former United States Deputy Marshal, of Bartley, is lnthe Welch hospital, in a dying condition, with a pistol wound In the abdomen. D. W. Beavers, a deputy sheriff and brother of A. D. Beavers, was shot through the leg, and T. B. Hlckey. a non-combatant, was shot through tha thigh, in a pistol battle on a crowded Nor folk and western passenger train about 7 o'clock this morning, between Iaecer and Berwind. The tragedy Is said to be due to quarrel -Vhlch began at Welch, the Beavers" and Taylor, according to of ficial reports of the conductor of the train to headquarters of the road at Roanoke, having been drinking when they left Welch an hour previous to the shooting. Taylor was shot and killed instantly. Shortly afterward A. D. Beavers was probably fatally Bob Evans, one of the party, was arrested and lodged In 3 ail here. All the parties to the fbattle are prominent and wu aaown. prnciais in the coal nieoa Sixteenth Pitcher Signs. " Charlottesville.-fVa.i March 18. Manager Clark Griffith, of the Wash inrton Americans, has added the six teenth pitcher to the squad training here by signing a J. Collier, a Univer sity of Georgia student, and a former nltcher In Georgia -Teen." no an nounced he would report here at ones. . Hnrt By Automobile, y Rallsburv. March 18. Mrs. las. D. Lyons." -of Sallshury, was severely In- lured by being struck ny an automo bile in Montgomery, Ala. today. She was on a visit to relatives having stopped off in Montgomery on a re turn from New Orleans, . One arm was broken In the accident PASSED THA UllullU WEDNESDAY MORNING, TIE BODIES STILL IMRUIP.S Ten Dead Reesveced From Dp dhs u.eu ay ursasir ous m. , Louis Fire ORIGIN OF FIRE MYSTERY Over Million Dollars Recovered Intact From Vaults of Burn ed Banks Many- Ddys Yet Before Wreckage Can Be Explored and Some Bodies May Never Be Found ? Stt Aamtaud rnaM St Louis, Mo March 10. Ten bodies had been recovered late to day from the ruins of the Missouri Athletic Club building. whitOi was destroyed by Bre early Monday. Three bodies were found today. The other seven were recovered yester day. ' Twenty bodies are thought to be m the ruins, making the total-death tou tnirty. Ul me ten bodies recov ered eight have been identified as fol lows: Marshall Bier. IS. bachelor, head of Marshall Bier Co., fur dealers, 8t. Louis. Lucius Ruff. 14. department head Simmons Hardware Company, bach elor: son or ur. u f. Huff. Of Cane Girardeau. Mo,; lived with nrether In Dallas, Texas. (Identification doubt ful). WtUiara J. Ktnser. treasurer Kin- ser Construction Company; engaged m const met on or side levee. James B. Rellly, 61, single: member ewtratTw f-xyBe-.HHr; si. uuis. John N. Rickey, 40,. Chicago, treas- oter fot 'Mannfaetttfing "romDfthyr leaves Wife and child In Chicago. William F. Krd, lawyer-and real estate dealer, Kasf St. Louis. 111. Kdwln C. Keesler; 37,. cahler Lud low Baylor Wire Company St. Louis; killed in Jumping from sixth fiuor.. K. tf. williama bank cromoter. Sautee, Ga. . Days probably will elapse before the ruins are explored completely. land tt Is feared jnany of ih tHxJies never will be recovered. Fire Chief Swmgtey today said the fire deport ment's work was about finished and suggested that ether city departments remove tne aeons. . The -vaults of ;-e Boatmen's Rank, wtucv -oorapjea par or tne Dunning, were found intact today. Nearly $1,200,000 la coin f.nn currency was removed under heavy police guard to the vaults of the St. IjOuIs Union Trust Company to be kept until place can be provided In the tempor ary quarters of the Boatman s bunk No satisfactory explanation of the lire has been - found. Explosions heard during the tire were attributed by the chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau to gas that escaped when the meters Tnelted under the intense heat. Harry Davldsun.- night watchmau for the club, was on the third floor of the building, where the lire was sup posed to hive started, only fifteen minutes before the flames were dis covered. He said he found nothing that Indicated fire danger. Says SweeiMr- Ijeads. (to th AjKxltd Pnw.) Chicago. III., May 10. Kd. Sween ey, catcher, who has been negotiating with the Federals here, signed a new contract with the New York American League team today. It was announced at the office of Ran Johnson. John son said Sweeney's contract called for the largest salary paid any catcher In- organized baseball. He would not name the amount, s ' ' Pittsburg Team Moves. (to tl JamlMrd rm.) Pittsburg, March 10. Edward W. Gwinner, local capitalist, today was elected President of the Pittsburg Federal League team. William Mc Cullough, former secretary, was made business manager. The Pittsburg team Will leave for Lynchburg, Va., the training camp, Thursday ntght. A nounced tomorrow. .,Ocotte Still Free, (B Oh Aameuud Ptw.I Chicago. i March JO. "Ping" Bodie, hard-hitting outfielder of the Chicago Americans, has signed a 1914 contract, according to a. message from Sacra mento. Pitcher Eddie Clcotte is the only one of the Box who has not yet signed, and It Is understood he is hold ing out for an ' advance In salary. Cicotte Is said to have beeji offered a place in the Federal League. Charged With Assault. . StMtal to Tha Hn ud ObMmr.) (Spencer, March 10. Bruce Butner was arrested in the Spencer shops to day, charged with assaulting a well known lady In Salisbury Sunday after noon. It is the second time he has been charged with a similar offense and friends claim that he la unbal anced. He has been ordered sent to a reformatory. He Is about seventeen years old. ' Vanderbllt Laid' to Rest- , Br'tM AlMCUi4 Plw.) New York, March 10.- The body of George W. Vanderhitt Wis laid to rest today In the family mausoMum in the Moravian cemetery at New Dorp, Bt ten Island, near the old Vanderbllt residence, where he was born flfty tw years ago. The Right Rev. David K. Greer, Episcopal Bishop pf New York, conducted a brief service at the tomb, -r- '- - Baker Cottage Burns. Bv Sm AmmiMtt ha " , Brunswick, Oa., . March 10. The cottage of Mrs. Frederick Baker, of New Tork, on Jekyl Island, yesterday was destroyed by fire, the loss being approximately 1 15,000 covered by in surance. It was at the Baker cottage that President - and Mrs. McKlnley were entertained when they visited la. t tOO MARCH li;i914. ATHLETIC CLUB AND BANK BUILDING IN ST. LOUIS WHERE MANY DIED IN FIRE piifi! iillilSlgl w 1 ;T."T"' 33iri( 1 ' POATMflH'S RANK SfxAlWUVC ClUB BUILDING St. IhiuIk, .M'b 10.- layjlvn m!rc loflt. la. a Dra nmcli-Uestrojcil-iiur tullii. lug orciipleil hy 'the' Jsntirl Athletic club nd Ilnstmra's bunk. Three meu were killed In jumping from uimt win dewn.jm4e Htv t6Mt HfvHil to the St. Louis Kred Coinpsny, n Wsnhliistnn ave nue: the Ht, Ij.iiIs Toiiitrv nixl Keeil t'oui- tianjr, mi . i'ourta . julrKet- -Uiu. ll:kiuu (utter and Kgg Cunipiiiiy. nail the lientiru Restraint of Trade Indications Cause General McReynolds To Get Busy OLD GUARD MAY PLAY AGAIN j Metropolitan Company of New York Said To Have Greater Strangle-Hold On The Pub lic Than The Old American Tobacco "Trust" Had In Its Palmiest Days IK. Die AaunUled l-r.u . Washington, D. C., March lo. At torney Oenera) McReynolds tonight decided tu preiiure suit nnuinnt the Metropolitan Tobacco ''ompatiy of New York, under the Sherman anti trust at t. The diH-lsion w an based on evidence of alleged restraints ofjtrade, laid before Mr. McReynolds toilaj. lo 11. Hnowden Mamliall. I'nited .Stale District Attorney at New York und his anoint ant ('. A. rlliiinip"(in, vitxo has investigated the case Iiul('M'ndeiitH at Itai The chief cuinulaint against the Metropolitan company Is iilleged dis ers. The Metropolitan act as dis tributing agent for producing corn pan lea. t hat made ,iipu jthe old tobacco "trust." Producing coiripanies woiiliit be parties to the action. The ques tion of criminal prosecutions of of ficials of the companies was not set tled today. Independent dealers 'have charged that the Metropolitan company's hold on the business of Greater New York, Long Island and Jersey City Is so powerful that they are In worse con- the old American Tobacco Company J What Report Shows. J According to Mr. Marshall's report, Investigation has shown that the Met ropolltian sells to independent, job bers at the same rates it sells to re tailers, so that Jobbers handle Met ropolitan! goods at no profit at all. Officials of the disintegrated com panies of the old American Tobacco Company which use the Metropolitan company as distributing lagent, have talked with department qfflcisls about a severance of their relations and as a result the understanding here Is that a conspiracy In restraint of trade will not be charged in the govern ment suit, though action would be based on the allegation that there Is restraint of trade. No ComnetUlon Tliejf Kay. The fact that there have, been negotiations between officials of the the tobacco Companies and depart ment representatives was pointed out tonight as a reason for believing the entire mattef might be settled out of court. Independent dealers,' how ever, have charged that nothing but the ellinlnatton of the MetiupoHtarr would restore oom petition to the Oreater New Jork-field. Attorney General MCReynojds has been particularly Interested In the Metropolitan case because he was at torney for the government In the suit against the old tobacco "trust". He was greatly Interested In evidence pro duced today and unless the Metropoli tan Is willing to conform to the de partment's view of the Sherman act, proceedings will be pressed. IftliST FACE NEW CHftRGE WJLLBE EVIDENCE . . . -I 4 i f : ' mm i in m ' ! .,-:tT 1 -in I'ummiaaton ( ompinr, "u Fourth xtreet, iirnr l.a. p .gtensBV-jrJie. lh:- -the. jclub bi'lliliue. Wailiiucton aveoue tul Fourth (reft. In In th rerr brsrt oi tne Diml rn-nn dltHet. Its r eurtli street Me the building OTerlnoks th plaia sail ap- prunrli nf the tads bridge. Waoblngtoa errmie it win at the mot lninnrtaot lii'liif Mreeu is HI. loul, sad mJliy nf s tiloek or two or r uurth street. To Make Huerta fulfill His Promise To Punish Mexican Murderers WIFE PLANNED EXPEDITION That Recovered Ranger's Body. Mexican Who Led Party Knows Circumstantial Story of American's Execution- Eyes o World Watching Sit uation (Rf Un AwrttUd Pitt. WaaltUMJton, March, .--Comprehensive reports," from Brig. -General lUiss and American Consul Garrett at Laredo today cleared up the mystery which had xurroutided the delivery on American soil of the body of the American ranchman. Clement Ver aura. The reports suthsfted omrtals that no act had been committed by nation al or State ugents In violation of Mex ican sovereignty, and that if there were any olfeiie Ui the removal of t he body , from Mx loo It was com niltied by individuals, so the matter an International Uwue. Secretary liiyan stated that - he would not undertake t prosecute the person Wad fiPrsTffea,y'tHHly7;vr If -he knew their Idenlty, which he did not, beyond the fact established by "General Bliss' report that they were civilians, and probably. MeX' lean. l-'lnding of the body of Vergara has had the retail i of advancing the prosecution of the claim against the government of General Huerta for reparation and today Secretary Bryan transmitted the telegraphic report from Consul tiarrett to Charge U Shaughnessy In Mexlcw City. It Is understood that the primary purpoae of this is to disprove the or iginal allegation of the Nuevo Laredo Mexican Federal commander that Vei aara liud made his escape from cap tivity and joined the Constitutional ists. With tlie body in evidence, as sooa as further facts as to the charactei of Ver.gara's wuunds are developed by Governor Colquitt's investigation, Mr. O'Shaughnessy would be prepared to call upon General Huerta to redeem his promise to punish the slayer iof vergara. . . " Tolil llreuniMtantlal Kiory. " Lare(lo,"Texa8, March 10." That the Mexican 'ho led ' the party which recovered the body of Clfmente Ver gara from the Hidalgo, Mexico, cem etery had Jtuld a circumstantial story of witnessing the execution of the American ranchman to State Investi gators was learned tonight The Iden- ltlly and whereabouts of this man, as well as the others of the party which exhumed the tKay,-have not been dis closed. - , - Federal and State InvestTjitations be ing conducted here had not been con cluded tonight. - So far -the Investi gations had disproved the earlier re port that the man's hand showed evi dence that he had been tortured with fire before , he was put 'to death and developed the fact that Mra Vergara (Continued on Page Two.) m r f Bert Advertising -'" Medium in -North Carolina. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. em Line Works To, The , Harm pf Charleston DEMANDS FACTS IN CAStZ- Senate Resolution' Declares Persons' Not Interested In r Coal Fields of Thrixie Road" Prevent Corporation From Giving South Caroling Its Rights as a Port . Washington. D. C. March ieLi Charging that the Southern Railway- , enminatea oy men not nnanclalhy f interested la eoal miaes la,iu own M iu mines aisewnere, and, that for this reason the Southern was GOALROAQSPROBE- .-ii . net allowed to mow coal through th port of Charleston, a C Senator T11U ?naa today introduced . a resolutioat i or a special Investigation bv tho. I Naval Affairs Committee into Charles ton's advanuges as a permanent point for coal distribution as oom- pared with Norfolk and other Chesa-J peak Bay porta Scope of the Probe, The committee would be directed tn Investigate the character and proxi- amy oi ine coai supply; rates obtain able on eoal from fields near Charles. Iton and NorfollurelattoBS, between Railroads leading- IntuiCiKu&ston aaA other South Atlantic porta, and be tween the railroads and owner o4 bituminous fields in Virginia. Wese Virginia, 1'ennylvsnla. Tennessee and, Kentucky and conditions of ewaor- shlp of wharfage property In Charles iwn ana Mortoik. . - Senator Tillman set forth thkt jrp'B-,rr bnl r hurnerous complatnta " before the Interstate Commerce Com. mission, as well as from other sources, ' uiai ine power, ana Influence 6f tha so-called coal trust la being persist- ently used through the management ' of the railroads reaching Charleston t d "pre vent thi (r movement of coal not belonging to the coal trust, prac tically all of such roads being ac tually dominated by the same Ansa- ; cial Interests that control the great' coal combines finding outlet . chiefly through New-York hsrbdrr Philadel phia and the ChesapeAW Bay porta" iiuman Boost t. iiarieston. Mr. Tillman declared In his resolu tion that In view of the early comple- ; tioa of the Isthmian CanaT and of Its importance tu the United States Navy : . and the National defense generally, to the development of an American Merchant Marine and to the develop ment of trade with Central and South American countries the establishment of adequate coal supplying facilities , south of Cape Hatteras is ntemed Im- peratlve and only available harbor having sufficient depth for the mod ern battleships and larger merchant vessels us well as extensive water frontage for the proper handling of coal is located at Charleston, & C." Arguing that the efficiency of the American fleet and.tt)e usefulness eg Charleston as a coal dlstrlt)uting cen ter depended upon facilities of pro ducers for reaching that port, Senator ' Tillman declared: "The Southern Railway is domi nated by financiers who are not flnaa v - - ciany interested in tne coal mines o the territory traversed by the South ern Railway but who are Interested; In eoal properties elsewhere and duei to the power and Influence of these) men", It Is believed that the Southern, Railway Is not allowed to move eoal through the port of Charleston, which coal might be come competitive to , their larger Interests elsewhere. - I "As a concrete example of th fla- ' , grant abuse of power' the Southern Railway having had for ten years lt own rails reaching from Charleston, . to the great developed ooal fields of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky and reaching developed mines with sx present annual capacity of - from! v twelve to fifteen millions tons of coJ whloh Mas" " no other outlet to tide water, has "moved no coal for outlet ass that port and has made no provision for dorks, notwithstanding that it oon-t trols Its own riparian privileges aft Charleston. . Makes Specific Charges. "It is believed that efforts are now being made by Individuals acting for v the an-ralled coal trust tn acquire thai rights for coal docks and terminal fa cilities In Charleston, so as to monopo lize the terminal facilities there in "rmrun"way" War tnirr ltsw -' now dominate New York harbor, Phil adelphia, Baltimore and the ports on the Chesapeake Bay. "It is believed that the so-called coal trust la using other railroads leading to the coal fields In a similar manner, not only to destroy private property, but In many Instances wholly against the interest of the railroad ' thus used and tyrannically unjust to ' -the -opuntry. In which these railroads are located aud from which they re ceive their revenue and protection. "Itjs believed that these railroads all being dominated by the same in fluence, maintain a secret rate-making" body 'of ' men in defiance of the law. who 'farm out' the territory and make ' ' freight tariff In such manner as to b free from every element of competi tion and who have practically de- ' . .. . stroyed the usefulness of the inter- state commerce commission Insofar as It affects the average shipper and th small shippers on account of the great expense and the extraordinary delay , brought about by the tactics of tile railroad, w hose agents resort to every method known to political trickery." . North Carolina Porta Too. Washington,"" D. C., " March 10. A -soon as the Tillman resolution was Introduced this morning, Senate Oterman moved that Wilmington. Beaufort and Southport N. C, be in eluded In the investigations of the committee on naval affairs, - which would be empowered tinder the reso lution to recommend the establish ment of an adequate coaling port somewhere south of Cape Hatteras. Action on the ' resolution, however, , went over. Thle , absolution, if pressed, will cause quite ' a furore In the Senate, because of the many local Interests Involved, and8enator Tillman will be J unable to have Charleston's coalliitK" advantages Investigated without re quiring the committee to examine ports in North Carolina. Georgia, s'lor Ida aad vea the UuU Slate.
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