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GQRBOBOBATIOn OF
TESTIMOflY GIVEH
-RY
uch Was. Objects Placing
Witnesses on Stand at
, Hlnes Instigation 'I
COMMITTEE TO REST - :
1, FOR NEXT TWO WEEKS
V
i Committee Will Continue Ses
,v"Slons In Washington. In-x
rr:v stead of Chicago
" WASHINGTON, Ju!r 1. -After
haarlng a few mltnewes iuit.l yj
Edward Hlnes. who played a disputed,
part in the election of Senator Lort -
iner, th senate committee Investlgat-1
tag that aleetlon today took recess)
Hi T nbr. Jul,- 11. Instead of
meeting In Chicago aa planned a few
day ago. the committee will continue
: tt aeaaiona In Waahlogton Indefinitely.
Members Af tha committee expressed
a dealre to remain In Washington,
during the session ef congress If pos-
s slble. ' A . - V" ' '
' ' Chairman Dillingham, of the lnvea
tlgatlng committee, turned over to the
" attorneys for publication In the rec
ord, copies of all the official telegrams
sent to Hlnes by Lo rimer while m the
lious or senate. 'They had-been fur-
the respective bodies. They were not
made public today. The witnesses
today .were proaucea in an enori 10
- substantiate Mr. Hlnes versions of
-his telephone conversations to Spring-
field, 111.; on the flay ot senator i.on
. mer's election and of his conversation
with Clarence 8. Funk, general man
' ' ager of the International Harvester
company, at the Union League club
'shortly after that election. Senator
i.nrimar anil hi counsel. Elbrldsre
vHanecy, left this afternoon for Chl-
Miss Frances Carroll, telephone
operator In the office of the Edward
' Hlnes Lumber-company, Chicago, and
Fred Carneytvof the Carney Lumber
cbmpany, Marinette, Wis., were lead-
g witnesses today. uoin corroDo-
,ted portions of testimony given by
lines. Tha committee- having In vew.
a taeesa mart wsote..OH 4. iwbject to
call, the tnree aetecuvs wnom .uiar
' enca B. Sunk, general manager of tha
InternaWonai Harvester oompany, safd
, "aifehed' when he apaearad on the
Stand and complained that they were
shadowing 'him." " ' ''
'- Miss Carroll declared that aha over
heard tha long distance taUca Mr.
sVA' V ssaaaasssasai ,
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EMI IT - MLOTTE
TARGET FOR MISSILES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
v
, "') i-SSSSWBMSSSSSSi -:
Prompt Action of Police All
That Kept Him From
Faring Badly;;.k
PROMINENT MEN LIH)
CHARLOTTE, N. C, July lAn
gered by a decision they regarded as
unjust, and one which gave the game
to ' Winston-Salem, , not less ! than
thousand Charlotte fans rushed from
tha grandstand this ajrtarnoeA and at
tacked Umpire-Nugent. Ho waa as
aaOad with wtasdes of every deacrip
tlen and would have farad badly oat
tor thrrpTorrrpt action of tba police,
h reHiir.ir.g th serious attitude ef
the "-ing crowd.tha wa oicssing
in on ; , rallied t" tha-. ffiolal's
aid a i re.3cuod Wm. " Three of i tha
affr... i i the crowd 9ft wntll Nu
gent co- i be ptaced aboard street
ear bound tot the crty. Af tha'pub
llo squara, where It "wns accessary
f of Nogent to change cars a howl
ing mob again descended upon l.lni.
nt weapons that vara h:in.';
'Mayor Bland appeared in th T.tc. ef
time with bis autotnot.in a0j rr
in ituzetit from the mob with
Ajsiatahoe rf tha" , potlce, took l ua
Wot a week Nugontft daciaoonu bsve
gtvaa dlasatistactioa smd th . unrest
culminated this afternoon In lb first
InoWent of tha sort In tha history of
ooal baaoball. ' -- ---
, Prominent mem are aaid to have led
th aMath'"g crowd la. both instancas.
JUDGE DICKINSON'S
.NAME SUGGESTED
;" MJNTOOMERT, Ala. July 1. At
a meeting of the board ef trustees at
the University of Alabama today aftf
er tha resignation of Dr. Aberorombla,
'the president of tha university, had
t - at AA.ia4 isf Was inaa sawjhsnsh Mil.
"'flxred for th vacancy Mai Wll
'Jit. Oorgaa. TJ. 8. A-, and Judge
inciunson, iormer secreuu7 n
MaJ. Gorgaa' la an alumnus of
Werslty, his father waa onoe Its
it and his mother is librarian
nW aw.M liiM Vklfilra
1 A oommlttee was appointed to
I ivalbvbls man and report back
I " I ln of fB board late in July,
f A f t-romlrl win retire Beat, L , .
EDWARD: HINES
SAN FRANCISCANS
PANIC-STRICKEN BY
TW&QUAKESHOCKS
Jarred Central Portion of California
ahd' Nevac? : ( Trivial
tJDamage .... -Buildings
Be;
. BAN TRANCISCO.. July J. -
earthquake) shock, the hoavl.nt aim.
ths big shake of 4a, and separated
by onlv a. few seconds Jarred the cen
tral portion ol California nu
Nevada today. vTh first sharp shock
Tnrlnnr.Ml at 1.01 o'clock was. "fol
lowed' within, a few seconds by one of
similar 'Intensity, each . b'ting aoout
rive seconds. '. Only .trivial damage h
.. Miwarioit Irnrti any Section,, but
In Ban Francisco 'anl other, cities In
the affected .area panic 'seised upon
Stores And ,!, an J
p U .Ml?.!4 sfrom
bIdlmr t, '
tn? ,ar ,2"' V '
One peeujta 'Mtura ft t he earth,
quake waa that ft, did hot appear to
follow the. old ."jfaultr InJhe earth s
crust which' hava. t. been' . the i pluy
ground of tremors lte.ipaa.v -tended
from the?aoatI,aairtwAd;
to the Sierras, Including Jiitherto, ex
empt aea. It wai felt o,tha north,
ward of Bacramehto lba'araniarr
to valley, southward atf fat M "fefa.'
and to the east to-Cajrson abRano,
Nev.-, the latter -place exparimentlnf
the heaviest shock In M bistoTr; V
. Borne slight damage was done
buildings In San.FTanclscq, , t.
Wlthlp a few seondsfter tha flrst
ihock many downtown Buildings were
depopulated "in a rush to the streets.
Telephone and telegraph servloo-was
suspended by the operators deserting;
their posts. ,:; ,..',. it '' .
Herbert Hadley. a lodging house ln'
mate, fell dead of fright, and some
cases of hysteria or of cuts, or bruises
suffered In the semi-pan lo-: were
treated at the hospitals. Santa Rosa,'
Which suffered greater disaster In pro
portion to Its slie than did 8n Fran
Cisco In the catastrophe of 1901,
scarcely felt today's shock. ' i
Bin Jose, another heavy . fc'ulTerflf In
190, reported that the shock today
was the severest v experienced aince
that time, bot It did no serloua dam
age. Stockton and Fresno people were
frlghmtened by-the ' Jarring, ,, but
there, j as In ' Sacramento, where
the state office; were deserted In
iricajjn a.remilt of the tmvblef, the
damaato ull01ngfl wjiSvUifllng, j V
' In Reno, Nev.i '. the shock was
scarcely' fett, but In , Crson it was
Seyere. 1 The federal court was In Pas
sion In.tlw Nevada capltoT and Judge.
Jury and attorney rusTJ to the street
At the Santa Clara wll ego observatory
both reels were, thrown i1- the seis
mographs.' TheV 'Vsi:ii tmraefliately ,
replaced, W The recorg 'of the fls
HNDEHViODDiSWSlEXTBH
SESSION -,7)LL CONCLUDE
HOT LATER THIXOU
&- .
And That He Thinks Bed
prodty ' .Will Oome to
! 17ote in. Tyro Weeks
NEW COTTON TARIFF
WASHTXQTOW, ' July 1. Demo
cratio Leader Underwood aonouno-
ed today .thai th ways and means
commute would begin drafting a re
vised cottba ' ' tariff . ached ule next
week. Statistics' aa which sub-oom-mltta
has beesi at Work (or month
will b ready then, Mr. Underwood
added that thsra now wasta pro
that th tr aesaioa tnight "nd
i n tlrln the swaat- will get to
! veto a th redpreclty bill .Ithln
to Wts,m. said Mr. Y Uqderwood
"nd it ought not to take mere' than
two! week to vote on tha free lUt
and: woof Wit," action; ta.ha senate,
on. th Cotton , sehedule probably will
not , bP insisted upon, by jlh house,
leader the upprbranji xdlspoees
ft ue.ur ."... wee. -i conon
schedule will not km) redr; for' action
In tb house for two weeks or mora.
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BOX OF
CAGO MAW
TAMPA, ni, . July I. Kennlh
Linn, who-'Jasup posed to hare been
droivjLed In' a lose near Cotuit Mass..
Is the -son of a wealthy manufactur
er of Chicago. He has been with itha
family at their winter home, two
miles south of Bradentown for sev
eral months. A weerr ago he Went
to Cotuit to spend the remainder of
the summer. He was supposed to be
feeble In mind and a nurse was sent
with him. ' i ' -. 1
'I LAWTKB KXDS LIPR,,
UAKB CHARLES, -i., July is-.
D. Wall. Jr., St years old, one of fhe
beat known young lawyers In south
ern lxulslana, and a nephew of Isaac
V. Vail, sr., a member of the Stat
legMature, committed suicide here to
day by shooting himself In the head.
Ill-health Is believed to have prompt
ed his action. Wall waa Is ' school
teacher in th Phtlipplnetlor several
'nv'--T '-.-rift
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, ' incomplete.' H the
nnuni ... ir '" at,ine ovscrmtory
o the Unl it.y . of California iWaS
stopped for tlk first'Hme sine JLh
areat ouaka nv years; ago.
In San Frnnolfiio.iha groaning, and
creaking" of the st l atruotures playsa
ft larger part in nigtitenlng people
than did the tremors. i.
COUTnERN TEXTILE
V . OFFICERS NAMED
.;. &S I 1 11 - . i- '' '
' CRKKNVItLK, ?.. July l.-Wtth,
tha election pi fftcar and th a
. . ...4 ... . .' . .... ... - T
Iqctlon of a next plaoa of meeting as
the' principal fesAures of tha av.
Ijlng : xveettng; t. tha ' fourteenth 1 MmM
annuaf session of tha Southern Textile
asaoolatlon oami to: a, 'Poaa t H
'elocsV Saturday 'night to Clevjelaatd
; Tha following ofnoe were elceted
to. ssrve the association f; ! President.
M. Q. Stone, general superintendent
of tha PaccJet Mills') ppartanburg
county.' rUC. . f, f
Vice ftifcldenta, J. .M. ,,r.Vl i?of
dewberry: T. '' B. i i.'BllltM , 't f
Laurens; J. S. Austeen, of Oreenvllle;
K. E. Borwen, of Rocamgham,-W. C;
sacretary Q. E. Escott. of harlott.
re-elected; treasurer, David Clark,
editor Southern Textile ' Bulletin,
Charlotte (re-elected).
Governors-M. O. Alexander of
Greenville, W. M. Slteerard of Eesley,
J. V.' Jones of , Newberry, J. O.
F.dwards -of Pell City, Ala.;. George
H., Leitaer of Whitmalrev elected to
fllj' . out ' unexpired term of J, S.
Osteon,' who was elected vice West
Chairman, board of governor--
n. -jjiangum oi uiosonviiia, ?n.
' Atlanta, Oa-'wllJ be tho nextf (laoe
of meeting fur t'ia association j.
Tha organ. i ."viii meet Ins No
vember. .
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Ji .u
Gipr. ktaxs wohse.
ATLANTA,, Ga., July I.Gen.
Clement A. Evsns. former command
er-ln-chlef of the United Confederate
Veterans, who has been critically 111
for some time with muscular rheuma
tlsm, took a turn for the worse to
night Word from tha sick room lata
tonight was that his death Is exoect.
ed at any moment ' - ' ,w
ELEGT1QN FRAUDS SEEM
TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED
ON IN ATUN1.CITY
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Sheriflf Declared" Unfit Per-
ion to Empanel Grand "I
Jury, is Dismissed
I CORONERS NAMED
MATS LANDING. N. J, July I.
Election fraud prosecutions in Atlantic
City came to a climax today when
Justice Samuel Kallsch in the county
court here disqualified Sheriff K, L.
Johnson as an unfit Person to am-
panel a grand Jury and dismissed (he
Jury which he had selected. This
'action m taken t the request of At-
tornevasrB.l Edmund Wilson. Th
Juaifce appointed a special term, of
urt on July It and said ,. ha would
apoint one of th ,. coroners of th
county or some other person to select
a new grand Jury by next Thursday.
Th attorney general In making his
request to the court said that accord
ing to a witness before the legislative
Investigating committee the sheriff'
had taken from the Atlsnilq county
olerk's office tw poll books Which la
dlcated a certain-man who was on. th
grand Jury voted! twlc art aa
election, and' that whej tba sheriff
returned tbaooks ,th chec wark
Indicated that t,!e "ami of the -man
voting had 1","n "PPeisntry argsed
front ohsff the booka. J " -
"It 3t obvious from tie previous: In
action of grand Juries in Atlantic
county In regard to violations of the
election laws that a Jury to do Jus
tice must be drawn by a disinterested
authority," said the attorney general.
CLCK TO "JACK THE RIPPER"
ATLANTA, Oa., July ITb mur
der of a awgraj', woman knd .th jr
babba fatal cutting of another ionli?ht
gava th local police their; first clue
to a "black Jack th Ripper,"!: who
has claimed in all eight victims. The
slayer, who is described as a giant,
tonight attacked a negift ' girl with
a. knife and before her mother could
render assistance, had carved her to
death. He then tamed his atten
tion to tha mother and inflicted pro
bable fatal injuries before assistance
came, to her aid. Th crimes with
on exception have ; occurred on th
last' six consecutive Saturday nights
and in all cases th victim were bad
ly mangled with fcnlf. .-
WORLD'S BEST AMATEUR ATHLETES
BREAK RECORDS RIGHT AND LEFT
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Forbes Field Championship Games Most Successful in Its History New Marks Set
for Half Mile, Mile and Javelin Throw and Record Equalled for.
1
PITTSBURItQ, Pa., July 1. Three
senior records were broken ttnd one
equaled today in the second and final
day meet of the Amateur Athletlo
union championship games at Forbes
field. This fact taken with th
showing made yesterday by the Junior
athletes made the meeting Just closed
one of the most successful In tho his
tory ftfH he A. A, V. Tha records
broken ware in the B 80 -yard run, the
mllo run and the Javelin throw. The
previous m-ord for tha ISO-yard hur-flit-s
wn' equaled by tha man who
h mdo lu V...'. -. ; i t
From every aorle tho contests to
day wer exceptionally good. It la es-
UiiintiMi tiu.t t5,0"'l epeotators. If not
mom, i row i. it a- .v Mh stadium at
Forbes f'-ld tu wllni'ss' tho seniors
prforui. " Counting the .attendance
yejfti-l'!-v, upwards of SpjOOO persons
saw th ;neet. - Wathf conditions
again w ere Idf al toil(ir Towards the
close of the dsy. the Intense heat af
fected many qf the men .but the com
petitors und ' their trainers success
fully guarded against prostrations. A
number of women In the grandstands
became 111, however, and. were assist
ed by nlterirtiints to retiring rooms.
Two. of the recorda -broken today
went to Nen-.Tork'.matv'xnembers of
th !flahmria, AJU&iSriMi third
honor of a broken record' fell to a
member A h Olympic club of San
Franelwn. Filer, of th Jrlsh-Amerl- I
oli wmm
ITOuEllH KRESS
Into' Purchase of Land Ly-
rti ing Between Capitol and
Union Station.
WASHINGTON, July 1. Still
another Investigation has) been pro
posed t th long list already under
taken by the nous of representa
tlves. Representative Stiwon, of Mis-
rststppL today by resoltftlon proposed
an inquiry, into th purchas of th
land lying between, th capitol and
th new Union station, he acquire
ment of which was aothorrsed ' by
congress for avenue and parking par-
poses. v ' ;(? 'fr -'-' .. f !-.;'
M.It la said tha prtc f the land
has increased from about J,600,000
to $1,800,000. Mr. Slsson (particularly
asks that th inquiry shall develop
whether or aot any member of con
gress. I now or recently, has been
Interested In any of the property.
00,000 ACRK8 OF LASl IN N. Ii.
WASHINGTON, July 1 Approxi
mately 00. 000 acres, of land have
bn opened to settler under the
regulation plan through a proclama
tion signed by President Taft 150,
006 acres being within the Forth
Berthold Indian reservation of North
Dakota, and 460,000 In the pin ridge
and Rosebud Indian reservation in
South Dakota.
WASHINGTON, July 1. Forecast:
North Carolina; fair - In ast; local
showers 1b west portion Sunday;
Monday probably fair; light variable
Ready for Business
220 Hurdles by Man Who Made it
can A. C, equaled his own At A. U.
record In th !20-yard hurdle.
In fheSJO-yurd run M.' .VV, Shpp
pard, Irish-American A. C, mad the
fact time of 1.64 1-5, beating the pre
vious American record , by Just one
second. In the mil run A, It, Klv
lat Irish-American A. C.t took the
race In 4.19 S-6; the former American
record having stood at 4.22 4-6, ' -
Many. persons wer unfamlltar with
the game jf throwing . the javelin
and much interest waa manifested. O,
F, finedlgar, of the Olympic club, Ban
Francisco, hurled the shaft for a dis
tance of 105,81. feet, breaking the
American record, The previous mark,
made by Brbdd, Irish-American A, C,
but year at New Orleans was ;1I
feet, 1 ' inch. As in the Junlorf con
tests yesterday, th five-mile run was
to the fore today In latoreat. At the
crack of the , pistol C VV Bon hag.
IrlsH-Amorlcan. A.' f,r'4ook tha lend
and held It until the and, ; Bonhsg.
who formerly held the' championship
In this event, had the satisfaction of
badly beating the man W. J. Kramer
of the Long Island Ai C who Inst
year took away his laurels, 'Bonhsg
won the rae' easily, in 16.60 t-; with
Larun and Fltigerald second - and
third. ' Tha pole vault eontost, too, at
tracted attention, Thre 'men, R, T.
Cooke, Jr., Cleveland A, C.;, II. Coyle,
Chicago university, and B. Bcilah,
Olympic dqb. cleared th mark at
12 feet I Inches, Ttnaly the matter i
liUMUii
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PROPOSAL' OF NAVY BOARD
Four First-Class Battle
ships, Many Destroyers, is
1913 Program
WASHINGTON, July 1-T1)0 gen
eral board of the navy has submit
ted to the secretary of th navy its
proposed , building program for the
navy for th fiscal yea? of lilt in
which it rooomniends the construction
of four first-! ses battleships, sixteen
or'oighteeo destroyers,' a, repair ship,
ahospltal ship aod ' number of aot
lrs,! runbost Jd transports.' Th
program contmpltes the xpndl
tur of ..100,000;oft0.. ,'
VWhU ,hl report 'will be submit
ted to congress at its regular session
In December - it fs expected that Sec
retary Meyer wilt not be bound by
It ln submfttlnr his own estimate
for th Mil buHdlng program. -
CONGRESSMAN FIRST
TO SECURE LICENSE
COLUMBIA,; S C., July ij A. F.
Ier. of Iexlngton.i congressman
from th Seventh South Carolina dis
trict, was one of the first men to se
cure ft marriage license under 'South
Carolina's new law, which went into
effect today. - ..' V
Mr.'IJVer Is to marry 'MIse IajcII
Scurry Butler, of lxtngton, th mar
riage to be solemnized next Wednes
nesday. 'The license law which went
Into effect today Is the first of its kind
ever adopted In Bouth -Carolina. It
provides that the contracting parties
must present affidavits of their free
dom to wed. The fee for the license
Is It. ... ....
A marriage wlUiout license Is not 11
logal. btit ther pson performing ths
ceremony is declared guilty of ft mis
demeanor. .'. -
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TEXXIS REKUITS.
' AUOCSTA. Ga.. July 1, The South
Atlantic tennis, tournament was con
cluded here today. Carter and Dubpsa.
of Atlanta, winning the championship
doubles, and Carter. -of Atlanta, win
ning tea Bumes. ' -, . .... .
Before
was decided by draw. Cooks first,
('oyls second, Bellah third,
' In the running high Jump II.
Grumpelt, N. Y. A, a, was first with
six feet three inches, Ilarry F. Por
ter, Irish -American A. C, seeond, sec
ond, six feet op incht and H. J, Bur
dick, Pittsburg, A. A., third, with
six feet three inches.
Orumpelt and hrtr , had tied for
Mrst plara wjtti six rest thrse Inohss,
In the Jump'off Orumpelt again mad
this height, but tha best Porter could
do, was six feet one ineh, putting him
in second place.
5 Four men had tied with six feet on
Inch, and to deeld third positron
Jumped again. At this juncture Bur
dick, of Pittsburg, cleared the bar at
six feet three Inches, equaling the Jlrst
man and beating the second, but going
to third place tinder dMi'Wleaw'i , f ;
'ii jprevlous t beginnlhg f ths
-ontests today. Oov, John K,' Tener,
of Pennsylvania, together With sev
eral hundred, represetitativ Pitts
burgers held a reception at th Pitts
burg Athletic club, and met the A. A.
V, officials, if , known athletla
trainers and some of th competitors,
Th party was late in ' getting to
Forbes. Held and .the games wars. d
layed as ft result The points scored
clubs 'are! . , .
Irish-American A, C, II; New Tork
A. C If: .Boattie, A. C.i 11 Oiympnr
' (Continued on peg ' eight)
N.-C, DENTAL SOGIEH
Local Man Among ' Those
Named on List of Com
mittees and Boards
MORBHEAD CIHT, .N, C.-July I.
Th thirty-seventh annual meeting
of tha North Carolina Dental soctety,
In session at Morehead City, closed
this evening, electing th following
offioarg for . th nsu1ng . year! .
Dr. Pbln Horton, president, Win-
ston-alera,v Dr. Jt M. Squires, first
vie president Wak Forest; Dr, D,
K. Lockhart, soond vio president;
Dr. 3. W. Stanley, seoretary, Wllmlnf-
tonj 'JXfrtfU'iilHotnw,.', treasurer,
Burllngtons Dr. a D. Howie, essay
ist, Raleigh; Dr, R. d. Applet, super
visor pf Clin county, Wlnston-galem.
Executiv committee: ' Dr, D. L.
James, chairman. Greenville; Dr. C.
r. Bmlthson, Rocky Mount; Dr. 'c. W.
Regan, Laurtnburg. -
.Publishing committee: rDr. J. Mar
tin nmlng, Raleigh. '
Prosecuting committee: Dr. J, Mar
tin Fltmlng, Rslelgh.
Coramltte on atblca Dr. O. W.
Whlaett, chairman, Oreensboro; Dr.
iv T. Gallagher, Washington; Dr. C,
B. Hall, Goldshoro.
comm)tt on legislation; Dr. D. E.
Everett,, ehalrmaih Raleigh: r- V BlJ
Turner,, Raleigh;
Dr. F. L. Ilunt,
Ashevllle,
Oral Hygeln committee: Dr. J. C.
Watklns, chairman, Winston-Salem;
Dr. C. A. Whitehead, Tarboro; Dr. It
W. Reece, Mt. Airy; Dr., J, II.
Wheeler. Greenaboro; Dr.'V. E. Turn
er, Raleigh; Dr. J. Martin Fleming,
Raleigh: Dr. R. G. Sherrlll, Raleigh;
State board of dental ' .-examiner:
Dr. V.- K. Hunt, president, Raleigh;
Dr. F. U Hunt, secretary, Ashevllle;
Dr; J. H. Wheeler, Greensboro; Dr.
J. 6 purgeon, Hlllsboro; Dr.1 J, W.
Johnson, Goldsboro; ; Dr., C v A.
Thompson, Wilson. : , .
Raleigh wa -chosen for; th next
i&MUng placarJ t- : ' '
EVERYEXPBESSGO
IN UNITED STATES
Sweeping Investigation to be
merce Commission
FILE NEW TARIFFS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1
Will Not Only Include Rates;
Hill UVIhAlljlA
and All Accounts ,
WASIimaTON', July I.A sweep
lng inveetlgaUon of all of th express
companies Id th United States af
fected by th Interestat commerce
laws today waa ordered by th inter
state commerce commission on It
own motion. ; '
Evidently In ' anticipation of- this
action by th commission practically
all of ths express companies with th
exoeptlon of th Long Island, late yes
terday filed haw, tariffs effective Aug.
t, which are believed to be material
reduction In rates: It was said to
day that It ; would rtqulre several
months to compare thee rates' wit i)
those now In existence. - It also wss
announced that th filing of th new
rates would sol affect th proposed
Investigation in any wsy. This in
vestigation will be on of ths' widest
In scop ever undertaken by th com
mission and not only will be conduct
ed as to rates, but will Include th
practices, accounts and revenues of
th various companies, -
More than ft year ago ft number
ot leading commercial organisations
of th oountry petitioned the com
mission to investigate Into ths rates
and methodg of th express com
panies. Th commission has been con
sidering thla In connection with va
rious oases 'brought against Indivi
dual companies,
, The. Inquiry la ordered "to doten''
mine whether su-h rates, classifica
tions) regulations, or practices or any
of them, ar unjust, or unreasonable,
op unjustly discriminatory or unduly
preferential or prejudicial or other-
wis In violation of any of the pro
visions of said act, and to detormln
th manner and method in vihlch the
business of said express companies
and saop of them is conduated."
Th following carriers are named
as parties dsfendant In th proceed
ingi '
Adams Experts company, American
Express company, Borough Expreis
company, Boston sV Worcester Dis
patch, Canadian Express company,
Canadian Northern Express company.
Dart Company's Express. Daven
port V Mason's express company,
Dodds Childs' , Express C.j Chllds'
Express etrmpanj Earte Y Prow's
Express, Glob Express company.
Great Northern Express . company,
Knickerbocker .' ' ExDresa eiunnanv."
Manhattan Delivery company, Mortis
European and American .Expru
company, National Express company,
New England Dispatch company, New
England ' Express v company, New
(ContinmWI on Pg Woven1)
eiVEH UP THAT HOKE
SUiTH HAS BEST SHOW '
AT SENATORIAL PLACE
Unless All Signs Fall He
- Will be Elected on the
First Ballot "
OTHERS HOPEFUL
ATLANTA, Oo., July l.Hoka.
Smith assumed the duties of the (JfTtr- '
of chief executive of Georgia today
for ths second time In his political
career, but unless all signs fall, i ,.
will within the next few weeks b oc
rupylng the seat In the United States
senate formerly held by ths late Al
exander . Clay, but occupied In the
interim by Joseph M. Terrell. Accord
ing to friends of Govenor Smith there
are already more than enough votes :
pledged to th governor' snd it is ...
predicted thst he will be named sea- ,
ator on th first ballot Whll not,
claiming so . msny pledged Totes.
friends of Senator Terrell . express .
confidence In th situation.
Tt saroa. feeling of satjsfaclion Is
sis being expressed by the other can
dldates. N
The decision 6f president Slayton of '.
the senat to the effect that the re
solution proposing to hold a primary...
for .the election .of senator was We-?'
gal because It conflicts with tne s
(tonal laws providing ' the manner of
electing ft senstor, T evidently means:
an and to th movement for submit-
ting th question 'to the people. Th
rut of President . Slayton's decision
Is that th legislature must proceed
la good faith to ballot for senator,
am Mourred by law. The time set
for th balloOng to 'begin Is To.w
dav. July 11. Both houses adjourned'
Ayt uUtt..Wedne Jtil S. -
TO BE LOOKED INTO
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