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VOL. XXVH., NO. 235.
Oh You Novice!
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PUTS ONE OVER 'Ml
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS
6
OVERWHELMING VOTE OF 64 T024
Measure Which Has Had Many Onslaughts
Already Passed the House of Representatives, Though Latter
Must Pass on Bristow Amendment
AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION
Mr. Bacon Aroused Feeling by Declaring That
Great Interests Had Brought Enormous Pres
sure to Bear to Defeat Resolution
MM 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1
WASHINGTON. June J2. The sena.te tonight :
by 64 to 24 passed the resolution amending the con- I
stitution providing for the election of senators by ',
X direct popular vote.. The Bristow amendment giv- I
I inar to the federal government supervision of such t
X T elections, was adopted 44 to 44, the vice president
casting deciding ballot. The- house already has
passed the resolution.
I 1 1 M I IHWtWttl WHtMHtMHjm
WASHINGTON. June 1. Senator
Racon qualifying the Bristow amend
ment to prohibit federal supervision
cf elections unless the state eKlla
tures refuse or -fail to act, was de
feated, it to 43. The resolution as
amended was then finally adopted, 64
to 24.
Debate Begins.
The debate on fhe resolution look
ing to the direct flection of United
people began Shortly alter noon. 41
soon, drifted Into a political affair,
Democratic senators criticised Sena
tor Brlatow's change of attitude: Mr.
Bristow framed the principal amend
ment. In the nature of a substitute
to the proposition, and he sought to
'continue the supervision of senatorial
elections in conRrefs Instead of .dele
gating It to the states as proposed by
the house resolution, in the last ses
sion the Kansas senator voted against
an amendment offered by Senator
Sutherland, of Utah, which would
have had the same effect as his own
provision of this session..
Squabble on Amendment.
Mr. Bristow said that In both In
stances his attitude had been decided
by his desire to do that which most
certainly ensured the success of the
popular election resolution. Mr. Bo
rah, In charge of the resolution, spoke
DEATH
LEFT
AND HI TRAIL
STORM'S. PATH
IT
5.VA.
Wind, Bain, Hail and Elec
trical Storm Strikes Vir
ginia Peninsula.
IN OTHER PLACES
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 12.
Sweeping 'out oi the southwest with
cyclonic velocity, a wind, rain, hall
and electrical storm struck the lower
end of the Virginia peninsula late this
afternoon and left a trail of death
and ruin in Its wake. At this hour it
Is impossible to even estimate the
number of dead for many small craft
with their human freight went, down
in the storm at various points along
the James river and . in Hampton
Roads. Conservative estimates to
night place the dead at not more than
fifteen. None of the bodies nave been
recovered and nothing Is known here
of the Identity of the missing people,
as most of them were fishermen from
distant counties along the James.
Great havoc wss wrought In this city,
houses being unroofed, trees, wire and
telegraph poles being blown down.
Half a dozen vessels moored at piers
here broke away and nearly all were
- damaged. At the ship yard the sub
marine Seal was struck by a schooner
and badly disabled, and the same
schooner rammed a hole in the Old
Dominion liner Jamestown Rofs of
shops at the Newport News Shipbuild
ing yard , also were torn away and
scaffolding around ships In course of
construction on the stocks were blown
down. Part of the metal covering n
the side of Chesapeake Ohio eleva
tor B also were blown away.
Rough estimates place the property
loss and damagtf ram the storm a'
upwards of $100,009.
So many live wires fell in'the city
: that it was necessary to cut off all
.1 ! 1 . 1 i
(Cor. tinned' on Pfe fm
MM I H t 1 1 1 M
In support of it, and Mr. Bacon op
posed the Bristow amendment.
Mr".-,. Stone, of Missouri, arraigned
Mr. Bristow "as snatching the amend
ment" from Mr. Sutherland. '.Mr.
Bristow said be first believed the
measure would e stronger without
the provision and now believed It
would be stronger with it.
Jeff Davis Called."
,Mr. Davis, of, Arkansas, arraigned
Mr. Bristow. Referring by 'name 0
Swatoi-mmln,',TO
Follette, he declared the "Insurgent
crowd have never been sincere oh any
subject they have brought before the
country." .The chair called Mr. Da
vis to order. Mr. Cummins' denied
Mr. Davis' statement of an alleged
Instance as untrue. Mr. Bristow re
futed the charge, saying that only
under great provocation "would he
pay any attention to what the sena
tor from Arkansas said."
Mr. Bacon aroused feeling by de
claring that great Interests had been
bringing enormous pressure to bear to
defeat the resolution. Senator
Works, Guggenheim and Cummins
arose to refute the allegation.
Bacon explained that he was imputing
no impropriety to any member. The
alleged defection of the progressiv
was scored by Senator Reed, of Mia
souri, who dVclared the conversion of
Mr. Bristow to Senator Sutherland's
UNITED FRUiT CUPAIIf
PROHIBITED VOTING ITS
STOCK AN BLUEFfELQS CO.
Latter Corporation Thrown
Into Receivership About
a Year ago
MASTER UPHELD
NEW ORLEANS. June IJ. In an
opinion handed down late today In
the United States Circuit court. Judge
Rufus E. Foster perpetuated an In
junction against the United Fruit
company which prohibits that com
pany from voting any stock-which ft
owns in the Blueflelds Steamship com
pany. ...
The Bluefields Steamship company,
one of the largest fruit Importing con
cerns of the country, was thrown into
receivership more than a year ago
on the petition of Frederick M, Steele,
of Chicago, a large stockholder, who
alleged that the company waa prac
tically under thscontrol of the
United Fruit cjjyfany and that
through the purchase of the Blue
fields concern they had succeeded in
stifling competition. , The question
was referred to a master, who sus
tained the allegations of Steele In
many particulars..
Judge Foster upheld the -findings
of the master and continued the re
ceivership. , At the same time he .or?
dared that an election of officer of
the Blueflelds company be held under
the supervision of the court. ,.,
MOST VALUABLE CROP
WASHINGTON, June 12. The cot
ton crop of tilt was announced to
day to be the most valuable ever pro
duced in the United States. Esti
mated"' iii " the r'erisu bureau 'annual
bulletin the (trop. last rear was valued
at Stft.lSO.OOt compared with, 1412,-
eio.oeo tor 1200, - '
in Past Few Years Has
viewpoint was "because of the negro
vote Kansas.';
Adoption of the Bristow amend
ment, which omitted the house provi
sion transferring supervision of sena
torial elections from congress, to the
state legislatures, was made possible
by Mr. Clark, of ' Arkansas, casting
the' only democratic vote for the'prop-
ositlon- The tie on that ballot would
have been prevented If hit vote had
been east with ila party, with whom
he later voted on Adoption of the
resolution. On the resolution as
amended theote, to 14. was six
more than the necessary two-thirds
majority. Of the 14 negative votes
eight were cast by democrat and 1
by republicans. The resolution
amended and passed follows:
"That in lieu of the first paragraph
of section 1 of article 1 of the con
stitution of the United States and In
lieu of so much of paragraph 2 of
the same section aa relates to the fill
ing of vacancies the following be pro
posed as an amendment to the con
stitution which shall be valid to at!
Intents and purposes as part of the
constitution when ratified by the leg
lalatuse of three-fourths of the
states: -
"The senate of the United Btatea
shall be composed of two senators
from each state, elected by the people
thereof for six years: and each sena-'
tor ..until have one otew.Jrhe electors
In each state shall have tlie quaHfl
catlon j requisite for electors of the
most numerous branch of the state
legislatures.
"When vacancies happen In the
representation t of any state In ' the
senate the legislative authority of such
state shall Issue writs -of election to
fill such vacancies:,
"Provided, that the legislature of
any state may empower the executlv
thereof to make temporary appoint
menu until the people fill the vsrari-
e in election tw ttw k-tetae mr:
direct.-" ' -
"This amendment shall not be so
construed aa to affect the election o'
term of any senator chosen before It
becomes valid as part of the constitu
tion." The amended resolution now goes
Into conference between the senate
and house, and some senators predict
that the house will refuse to accept
it.
WIRES OUT OF BUSINESS
BALTIMORE, Md., June 12. A
terrific electrical storm with rain,
wind broke over Baltimore
at o'clock , tonight, putting practi
cally all telegraph and long distance
telephone wires to the north out of
commission and doing thousands of
liars' worth of damage to proper
ty Nn the suburbs.
GREAT RECEPTION UPON
KERSIRT OF TIFT
El
Probably Largest Attended
Function Ever Held at
White House
3.000 INVITATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jane 12. The re
ception which the president and Mrs.
Taft will give on June 1. the 25th
anniversary of their marriage, prob
ably will be the moat largely at
tended function ever given in the
white house. More than 1,000 Invi
tations have already been sent out
and It is estimated thst 4,000 will be
Invited and that of these "at least
three-fourths will attendAt the sliver
wedding celebration refreshments
will be served; there will be dancing
In the east room and aa "overflow"
garden party In the white house
grounda
The great I tot will include friends
and
acquaintances of the president
and Mrs. Taft from all parts of the
country.
The reception will becln at
o'clock and last for several hnnr.
Mrs. Taft unhappily will not be ures-
entfor the physician still wish her
10 avoia excitement. Miss Helen
Taft will stand by her. father's aide
to receive the guest. , .
AH the, members of the president's
family and of Mrs. Taft' family she
waa miss Helen Herrer of Cincinnati
will be house guests at the white
house during the celebration. "Aunt
Dell Torrey.. of Mllbury. Mass., will
be among the specially , honored
guest.
On the afternoon of the 1 lth the
president will be the guest of the
Cincinnati chamber of commerce at
a luncheon at the Chevy Chase club.
This wjll be the third silver wedding
celebration of- a president of
United Bute an big wife, ,
the
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY'S
OFFICERS MUST TELL "ALL
President Atkins Required
Acquire Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company-'Counsels Appeal Inef
"jL fectually to Committee Ndt to go Into Matter
WASHINGTON, June 12. Ruling
that the facta feiardlng which' for
mer officer of te ' American Sugar
Refining company Including former
Secretary Chas.-H, Hetke, are under
indictment and awaiting trial, are es
sential to the inoiujry, th. house com
mittee of Investigation Into the so
called sugar trust affairs today re
quired Acting president 'Edwin V.
Atkins, of the company to answer
question regarding Its . attempt to
acquire, the Pennsylvania Sugar Re
fining company at Philadelphia, Coun
sel James M. Beck for the company
ineftotiia41ypf'4' 4atiui ' om
mlttee not to go Into this matter
on ths ground that former officers
of the company are awaiting trial In
November on a charge of conspiracy
to acquire the Pennsylvania property
and that their Interests would be
prejudiced If the committee prejudic
ed the case.
Chairman Hardwlck and the com
mittee overruled this objection saying
the committee was directed to Inves
tigate every phase of affairs, adding
that there was no Intention of pre
judice of the case. The witness said
he had no direct knowledge regarding
the Pennsylvania transaction which
he said was negotiated under the
presidency of Henry O. Havemyer.
He said he protested years ago to
Mr. Havemyer against the policy of
the company aVquliing beet sugar
plants. The company pfflclals point
C. & 0. WILL TAKE OVER
Persistent Rumors of Last
Few Months Have at Last
Been Confirmed
SPARTANBURG, 8. C. June 12.
The persistent rumors of the lest few
months that the Chesapeake Ohio
raljroad wa to lease or acquire con
trol of the Caroline,' Cllnchfleld at
Ohio railway was practically confirm
ed with the amendment that the Sea
board Air line Is also Interested In. the
deal upon the arrival in Spartanburg
over the Cllnchfleld road Sunday night
of a party. Including Edwin Hawey,
Frank A. VandrrHp. President Uec-.
W. Stevens. Vice President Decatur
Ax tell, Frank Trumbull, chairman of
the. board, and other directors of the
C, aV t., and 8. I. Warfleld, formerly
one of the receivers of the Seeboard
Air line. They were accompanied by
M. J. Caples. M. president and gen
eral manager, and L. H. Th-tt ploe,
general superintendent of the Clinch
field. One of the local entertaining com
mittee mentioned to Mr. Hawley that
It had been rumored that the CAO.
was going to take over the OllnchfieW.
"That'a what we're down here for."
said Mr. Hawley. '
WASHINOTON,.Ju It-
Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair Tuesday,
preceded by shower In eastern por-
(Uom Wednesday fair; moderate west
win a, , . . . -
o Answer Questions Regarding Company's Attempts to
out that the company ha undergone
a thorough overhauling of manage
ment and policy since ths Havemysr
regime. Dlsruaslng the relation ha-
tween the company and the beet sugar
interests Mr. Atkins said:
"I sked Mr. Havemyer If it was
to be his policy to build up the beet
sugar Industry at th expense of the
cane sugar refining Industry. Ill
answer was evasive and I told him
that It that we to be hi policy I
would sell my stock In th American
Sugar Refining company; I sub-
eqnm did. .sell constderabM of my
stk abed I waK-ltev-w
to the company extending Into the
oeet sugar fietld, Mr. Atkins declared
he foresaw In ths western field a
beet sugar Industry growing which
would become a formidable aomustl
tor of the American company and, a
an Invostor, he did not thlnli-lt a
good proposition to aid a rival en
terprise !o a position where It would
have Important effect upon th busi
ness of an industry in which he was
financially' Interested. Mr. Atkins
stated tbat he did not know at the
time ha talkad to Mr, Havemyer that
the former head of 4he sugar trust
had already invested In western beat
sugar concern.
Mr. Atkins testified today that th
sugar refining stock Is scattered all
over the globe with 19,88 stock
holders In November, 1010. The
average Individual holding of .stock
TANNER MAKES DENIAL
, BALDWIN CONFERENCE
Relative to Possible Indict
ment of Southern Spin
ners Saturday.
CHARLOTTE, N. C,. Jun It.
With reference to the story emanating
from Washington. Saturday night. In
wtilch he Is alleged to hav held a
conference with Ernest E. Baldwin
relative to the possible Indictment of
Southern spinners, 8. B. Tanner, one
of the most prominent North Caro
lina mill men, stated emphatically to
night that the story was absolutely
without foundation; that he not only
did not have any conference with Mr.
Baldwin, but did not know the lawyer
and never seen him In his life. "In
regard to, the rotion which the man
ufacturers purchased in New York,"
he said, "we bought It for sctuat da
livery, received It, .paid for It and con
verted It Into yarn and cloth. We
had no Idea the seller would resist
delivery or consider it a crime aa they
were not compelled to sell If they did
not have the cotton."
AS8CMEH NORMAL -ASPECT
MKXICO CITT, June ll.Wlth
the former chief of th revolutionary
forces, Krancieio I. Madero, Jr out
of the city, scores of. soldiers who
have been wearing their cartridge
belts fitted with from ten to fifteen
rounds of ammujittton, hgve been di
verting themselves of their burden
and today, for the first time since
the triumphal entrance of Madero,
tho capital has assumed It norm!
aspect '.
President De la Barra Is working
overtime to restore national tranquil
ity and Madero I tendering him his
moral support and advice. By the
time Madero returns from his trip
to the south It is not improbable that
most ot the men he formerly com
manded will be at their former vo
cations. ' ' , -, .
THEY KNOW?
wa said to be less than fifty share
and more than M00 shareholder
own ten shares or under, Mr. At-
kins auhmlrturf m .afriifnit whti.h
Jwtojsg-othe-HrtitgarCT
government ' litigation against v the
company, saying!
''In th bill Brought by th. gov
ernment to dissolve th company no
act of any officer of th company
sine January 1, 1101. I even alleged
being: lit restraint of trade. Many
of th averments In the- govern
men i s tlli are either Inaccurate or
have reference t transactions ended
prior to January 1, 1101, or adjudg
ed . lawful . In th proceedings
sgalnst thl rompany in whloh'the
United .Utate Supreme court sus
tained the legality-of the company
a then constitutional, i
"Sine thl decision of th Supreme
court th company ha In expend
ing the production of sugar and pro
motlng commerce therein acquired
stocks in various beet ' sugar com
panlea. v-i
. "The company ha a reasonable
confidence that the validity of these
holdings will be sustained a In ex
panslon rather than In restriction of
trade."
The statement sets forth that th
stockholders or the Amerloan Sugar
company Inolude exeoutors, guardians,
churches, Christian organisations,
bank, ' mortgage and Investment
companies, orphan asylum, hospitals.
sto. .
IPEUMECOUNITON
HAS VERY SERIOUS FIRE
Telegrapher Saw Fire,
Swung Treight. Fell, Los
lng Leg, May Die'
RALEIGH. N. C. Jun 11 The
tewn of Apex, eight mile west of Ral
eigh, had a fir today that well nigh
wiped out the business sectfon, entail
ing 160,000 loss. Merchants and Far
mers' bank, W. H. Howard ae Co., H.
C. Olive A Co., merchants': T. Bau-
com drug store and the residence of
Postmaster 8 V, Hudson were the
largest losses. The Ha r ward store was
a IIS, 000 stock of goods and Olive's
store and the Baucom drug store also
represented especially large losses.
Money and books of the bank are sup.
posed to be well protected In a time
lock vault. '
Losses were largely protected by
Insurance. Apex Is without waterworks
and ell the fire fighting bad to be
done by bucket brigades With water
gotten from pumps and wells.. Apex
cttlxens are already planning to re
build. The town la Wake count's larg
est town 'except Raleigh, Oraham.
Herring, an Apex boy, working as re
lief telegrapher, at Newhlll saw .the
fire and undertook to get aboard a
freight train bound for Apex. He lost
his grip on a rod, he swung and fell
under the train, moving. One" teg was
cut off, hi skull fractured and there
were other injuries tbat are expected
to cause death. He 1 In, Rex hospital
here.:'.'. :. "'. .
CORONER'S JCRY SATS MtTtDEIt
NORFOLK." Va.. Jun . U.-rThsi
coroner's Jury Investigating the rase
of Harry O. Harding; whose- decom
posed body was a week ago found
buried In an onion patch In the rear
of the Masons Creek cottage of Mrs.
Minnie ; L. Murdoch, : late today', re
turned a Tercet "that Harry O.
Harding came to his death by hav
ing hi skuij crushed by an axe or
other blunt Instrument In the hand
of Minnie Lee ' Murdock or Charles
Merkle or both of them." ' Mrs. Mur
dock, and Kerkle are held
charged with th trim.
PAR1Y
Ho Declares Protective Tariff
Principle of 0. 0. P. Agajnst
American Interest ,"
MANUFACTURER OP
BROOKLYN, MASS.
Rely Upon Government up
port Rather Than Close Ap
plication of Business .
WASHINGTON. Jun ll-An at.
Uck, upon th protective tariff ytm
by an American manufacture ' who
claimed to -hav studied labor and
manufacturing condition In many
countries ot h world, held th close
ttenUon f th house of represen
tatives for two hour today, Ktpr.
tentative. C, Redfleld, of Brooklyn, a
new democratic member, a manufac
turer of machinery and long con
nected with export " trade, declared
to th house that American manu
facturer are abandoning th prinoi-
pi a unnecessary tney aavsioped
more tcleAtlflo mnagmnt f their
plant now carried out In th
jar advanced American factories.
."The protective tariff has simply
enabled- American manufacturers to
tell af uch hith price that they
hav not studied thslr Own comll
ilon closely," said v Mr, r fttdneid.
"They have rslled on government sup
port, rathsr than upon elos busin
management. -'It effect ha been to
sllmulst. th -development of plants
..ht, ''""
must be 'sold abroad. In this con
dition th manufacturers no lont!r
want to pay th high pries neces
sary for material under a protective
tariff.' '. .
Mr. Itdftld declared thst Inslrii.l
of foreign labor being cheaper, Atuer
lean labor I really th chesprst in
the world; that from exhaustive per
sonal Investigation, in many parts rf
the world, he knew that no lnhr
produced A much produot, In rrrn .mi .
U0A..t0. th; wg ,U r !,
American, i
He aald th American laboring man
only ''want to freed from old re
striction and out-grown systems."
Mr. Redfleld attacked the republi
can principle f a tariff "equal to te
dlfforono In eost at . horn nd
broad," , He Mid it was Impossible
to determine' thl difference in cot
fbecatise of higher quality of Amerl
oan quality and varying factory con-
dition. , .
i' "The American . tariff board . i
worthless unless empowered to cell
for th tost het pf the factories
nigd In th Hn of manufacture It
I tudying," aald ' Mr, ' Redfleld.
"Olv U that powr and what a
howl go up from : th 'America
manufacturer. Th , truth Is, that
often the American cost of produo
tlon I lower.", , . ' .
MADE APPEAL
BEHALF
OF STATES OF THE 50UTH
Says, No Part of Union
Needs More Stable Fi
nancial System ' '
ATLANTA BANQUET"
ATLANTA; Oa.. " Jub ,"?:
part of the union need , stable,
sound financial system so much a ths
tales of the Bouth.' -declared Con.
gressman F. fi. Vreeland,. of New
York, vice chairman of the national
monetary commission., at an addreiM
at a bannuet tendered to Mm by th
business men of- the city tonight at
the Capital City club. ; Other speakers
of the evening . jr Frederick a
Farnsworth, general secretary of tht
American Bankers' association; Prof.
J. L. Laughlln. or the university ol
Chicago, and A. H, Tltua, a New. Tori
banker. ,!'.
The South need a nnnrtat
tent- that will furnish an anundanc
of capital at reasonable and stead
rates," continued atr.v vreaurna, an
this Is especially pronounced In thi
cotton states, -ureal na seen tnt
development during . the last twen'i
years, but murh greater, will be tha
development In the years to come,"
Mr. VreeUnd pointed out the )
astrou effect of the periodic husl.
ness convulsion that nav swept tn
country, and declaredvhl belief th-t
the' American people now are con.
m,.ii that the money ianfrs gre.ilt:
entirely to our defectl banklns ani
currency system. ,
DUKE IXJCREft AT TOM
LONDdN. June 1. The Duke
Westminster received serious !n!"
in a polo gam at Roehampt. n
dayrln a collision with "
ehouse, he , was throw n b.
th ground. 11! ''
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