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i THjTWEATHER: BAIN . , VOL, XXVII, NO. 267 PROGRAM MADEOUT SPECIAL SESSION Provides That Reciprocity be Voted Upon July 22. Earlier fhan Expected DECIDED UPON AFTER ' PROLONGED CONFAB Wool Tariff Revision. Reap portionment and Statehood . Bills Will he Passed WASHINGTON, July 14. The sen at will "oU on- the Canadian reci procity bIH .July it. on the wool re vision bill 'July 27. on the tree list bill Auguat 1, congressional reappor tionment bill August t, statehood bill for Arizona and New Mexico on the legislative day of August 7. This vot- adjourn, according to general under standing, qulokly thereafter. This vlt Ing program, decided upon after pro longed conference today, was agreed to by the senate. : : The agreement contained no aped flo provision regarding adjournment. but it la - understood generally that adournment will follow immediately after the disposition of the statehood bill. AH - the . measures mentioned have passed, the , house. President Taft was quickly acquainted with the senate's action'1 and 'expressed hla gratification,,' particularly over !, the precedence given the reciprocity bill in the' program. Senator Cummins of Iowa, insurgent, after adjournment. today expressed cenvtotloo that de spite the program, vthere would 'be general tariff revision before the close. . He baaed his belief on the fact that the democrats and Insur gents would stand together and force amendments fp the free list biy add ing wool, sugar, ' steel, cotton, etc., to that measure: .' "At least we shaH ' have ; legisla tive revision, before we adjourn," he said. "I do not know what the presi dent will do, but we will give him a chance t speak for .himself.'' Th understanding- that the long ggie in tne senate ever me reci- ;Hy nT1rffi weMWM la about to end. '", .... ..T'.i'-' J 1 The anal vote will not be taken on tho , bills until the" dates , fixed, but amendments can be disposed of from tfm to "time. No , agreement was reached on . the . campaign publicity bill. Senator Penrose,. - republican leader, announced ' that It had been (Continued on Page Four. I AT fiS TO "RESIGfUTION" OF Members of Board Who Recommended Wiley's Dismissal Come First SUBPOENAS ISSUED WASHINGTON, July 14. Immedi ate investigation of the charges mad In the recommendation of the board of personnel of the department of ag riculture that Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the chemistry bureau, be per tntttedtto resign from the government service was decided upon by the house committee on expenditures in the department of agriculture today. Chairman Moss, of the committee, vailed at once on Secretary of Agrl ctulture Wilson for all the papers and testimony In his possession which has to do with the board's action. The committee authorised issuance of subpoenaes for any persons who. In the chairman's opinion, should be call 'jroc ed on to testify.- Public hearings will begin as soon- aa the papers have been received, which probably will be early "Ynext week. Secretary Wilson, Solid s' tor McCabe and members of the per- annuel board which recommended Wiley's removal probably will be sum moned first. DESERTED IN THREE HOURS ASBURK PARK. N. J., Juy 14. Declaring that he husband deserted her three hours after, they were mar ried In .August. 108. and that ; since then she has not seen him, Mrs. Ed ward .L. Walls, who was formerly Miss Florence Domett, of this city, has began an action for divorce. After they were married by a Methodist clergyman In Manasquan, Mrs. Walla aaya In her petition, they returned to her homed and aa hour later WaHs disappeared. . - About a month ago Walls was re fused a divorce in 8L LoulsL H serted he and the girl were Intoxi- eated at the time they were married. , This eras denied by the minister who married them, the - Rev. Pennington Corson, aad other wttne, THE TERRELL Governor Smith Points to Pre . cedents Which Ho Claims i . : ; Fits Present Case TERRELL SAYS HONOR ; BELONGS TO SMITH While Smith Argues That He Can't Go Just Now. and Rep resentation Is' Needed ' I ATLANTA, Oa., July li. Gover nor Hoke Smlfh this afternoon re ceived the resignation of Senator J. M, Terrell who yesterday announced 'that 'he would not return to the United State senate as one of Geor gia's representatives. In a formal reply the governor 'declined to. accept the resignation and requested , the senator to continue to represent the state, at least during the present ses sion, of the legislature. In his letter to the governor, Senator TerreH said "By the action of the general as sembly you have been offered the commission to represent the state in my place. I cannot, therefore, in Jnstioe to myself nor to the stats), whose credentials, have been placed In your hands, undertake to assume a responsibility nor to wear an honor that' belongs to you and which you have- been asked .to take instead of me. Any other course on my part would be undignified and . unworthy. I believe that' my term of . office as United States senator has expired un der my-commission, but In order to remove all possible doubt that may arise In the minds of any one, I re- sepctfully resign .the office of United Btatea senator from Georgia , to lake effect this day." ' , In declining to accept Mr. Terrell's resignation at this time. Governor Smith points to. precedent estab lished In the United States senate, showing that Ml. Terrell is the recog nized senator from Georgia until the commission of hla sucessor is pre1 sehted "to- hatif body; . Cpntlnutri, Governor : smith says; Z ' . "It is not my psrpose to send my credentials to the United States sen ate during the present session of the legislature and therefore, you, during that period, will be beyond question una nf the representatives of this state in the United States senate,' un- ( Continued on Page Five) TORONTO FOREST FIRES HARDLY AS DIS1STRQD! . AS AT FIRSTJEPOBTEO Relief Expeditions Report That Loss of Life Will Not Exceed 100 REFUGE OF MISSING TORONTO, Ont., July 14. Al though the various relief expeditions covered the greater portion of the burned Porcupine district today they failed to report any further loss of life than was contained In yesterday's dispatches, which placed the number of lives lost at about 100. With the arrival of additional relief workers the burned area Is being covered more thoroughly. Many of the missing are believed to have fled far Into the Interior and found refuge at, Isolated farm houses, and,' although safe, may not be heard from for several weeks. Reports of the latest1 survivors In dicate that the fires started In im mense blotches Instead of In one place and failed to cover the whole dis trict Prank Cochran, minister of lands and mines. Is convinced from his In vestigation that the loss of life will not exceed 100. '. The firs,t refugees of the fire-swept district, horror-stricken by the disas ter, believed that the flames must have swept a very great area. The latest of the survivors say that the devastated area was confined to Whit He9 and Tiadale townships. Latest sdvlcee received say moat of the fires are out. Three carloada of provisions reach ed Porcupine today and more are on the way. Shelter tents and materials , for houses are also being sent. ! WANT TO RKEP WAVAfc STATIOW. NEW ORLEANS. July 14. In planning for si propoeeh fight in con gress to retain the naval station at Algiers, members ..of the different commercial organisations have been called together for a meeting next Tuesday. Tn addition to the effort to retain the station, a fight will be made for additional fortifications for the mouth of the Mississippi river for the .protection , of the Sli.000.00 worth of jetties constructed by the federal government. . The draft ef the proposed Mil to be Introduced la congress will be Intro RESIGNS ByTSMITH ASHEILLE CITIZEN.' ASHEYILLE, N. I UNITED STATES TO BE CLOSER ALLIES Japanese Alliance Modified to Exclude U.S. from Britain's Possible Enemy LIFE OF ALLIANCE i HAS BEEN EXTENDED Greatest Satisfaction Is Ex pressed That Distasteful Pos OsibUity ls Eliminated. .'LONDON. July 14. Tha1 Anglo Japanese .alliance has, bees modified to, exclude the United - States from Great Britain's possible enemies and the life of the alliance-' baa been ex tended nearly alx years by the new version of the treaty which Sir Ed ward Gray, the British aecretary of foreign' affairs, and. Count Kato, Jap' ansae .ambassador at London, signed yesterday, . The original agreement which was signed Aug. IS, 108, in eluded eight articles 'and a preamble. Article 1 of the original agreement. of special interest to the United Btatea, 'If by reason of unprovoked attack or aggressive action wherever arising on the part of any other power or powers, either contracting party should be involved in war in defense of Its territorial-rights or special in terepta mentioned in th preamble of this agreement, tne otner contracting party will at once come to the assist ance of its ally and will Conduct the war m common and make, peace In mutual agreement wtth It" This clause made It possible that In the event of war between the United States and -Japan the arms-of-Great Britain would be turned against their cousins on this side of the Atlantic. To make impossible soeh a contin gency a revision of the treaty has been Urged in high places ana an Asso ciated Press dispatch from Tokto on July 11 set forth that Japan, being convinced that a .war with tn unite States was beyond . belief, ? readily agreed to such a qualification of the treaty between England Md Ajner ; The only practical difference Be tween the original agreement, and the new version is embodied In article 4, which reads: Should either high contracting party conclude a treaty of general ar bitration with a third power. It la agreed that nothing In this agreement v-..r: ......,. (Continued m Page Five) AERIAL VOYAGE ATM SOS lUIEOAUROM TAFT Atwood Flies to White House and Makes a Host Remarkable Landing ANOTHER FLIGHT WASHINGTON, July 14. Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, In his aeroplane, called on President Taft to day at the white house. He was in troduced to the president by Acting Secretary Oliver,9 and Mr. Taft; on behalf of the Aero club, of Washing' ton, presented him with a medal for hla aerial voyagle 'from Boston to Washington. The feat of making a safe landing In the white house grounds Is consid ered remarkable by aviation experts, for not only Is the space on which he landed narrow, but the density of the trees offers such difficulties that other aviators have "balked" at the idea of landing there. After the presentation -of the med al Atwood made a remarkable ascen sion through the spray of the white bouse fountain and flew to the polo field In Potomac park. The machine was left there for the night guarded by a detail of police. The aviator was called suddenly- to New Tork and left late this afternoon but expects to return tomorrow and fly back to College Park. Md. In bis remarks to the aviator Pres ident Taft expressed his gratification tn presenting the medal. "I hope It will be enly one of a great many that will come to you In the future." he said, "and that they will come with as Htjle Injury end as little danger as you exhibited in flying down here to the white house grounds." Earlier In the day .Atwood flew from College Park to the Polo field In a driving rain. When he alighted he waa drenched and bad to procure dry clothing before firing to the whit house. ; CHANGE FOR R. R. MAW. ; . RICHMOND, Va, July 14. It was announced ..today that Stuart - P. fitringfellow, commercial agent here for the Seaboard Air - Line, haa been appointed : assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard Air Una at Atlanta, afloetiva Ausv 1 . GREAT BRI UD C SATURDAY MORNING, JtfLY 15, 1911 jMSB 25 l.mmmrr "f" ' WICKERS HAM ACCUSED ' OF SHIELDING MEN FROM PROSECUTION FOR CRIME -r Dekgat of i Alaska by Same "Nam Say$ Attorney General Deliberately Permitted Statute of Limitations to Run Agamst Agents of Alaskan Syndicate Who : k . (Defrauded Government Through Perjury Tobe Investigated . WA8HLVGTO. July 4. After se- cret considsratlofi of, charges made by Delegate Wlckersham, of Alaska, that Attorney- Oeneraj) Wlckersham delib erately permitted, tha statute of limi tations to run; against agents of the Alaskan syndieat who -defrauded the govarnment through perjury to the extent of B0,0' the house oommlt tee on judiciary has .determined to re port favorably a resolution of Inquiry offered by Delegate' Wlckersham. The resolution would call 'upon the attor ney general to furslsu tha house with all documente, affidavits and testi mony in hla possession relating to an affidavit submitted to, htm more than a,..yafAg n4mQr, io .by Jl. o, Douglas, fornea auditor ef the Alaska syndicate in. If 01, -s. r: . The attorney general When seen to night declined to discuss trie action of the committee. His friends intimated that the charges were old and that a certain phase of them still was. under Investigation.' They 'decline to Indi cate Just -what this phase was. - Delegate Wlckersham startled tha committee, when In executive session he produced a copy of an affidavit relating to an alleged erimlna! act commlttted by ('apt, D, H. Jarvls, of the Alaska syndicate and formerly prominent In th government revenue cutter service, who committed aulclde In (Seattle on June ti, the day follow ing the Introduction pf the Wlrker Sham resolution, calling for produc tion of the papers In the case, and by John H., Bullock, of the John J. Ses non Coal company, of Nome. Through FAILS TO COMPLETE UK UFDNJNEGHO FIEND Dozen Men Leave Him for Dead, He is Found Nearer Dead Than Alive MOULTRIE. Ga. July 14. Morris Daniels, a negro charged with having assaulted an aged woman In Ran dolph eounty last week, was brought to Moultrie this morning nearer dead than alive after having been taken In charge by a mub of less than a doaen men last night near Hartsfleld In this county. The negro was shot and left In "the road for dead. He was not discovered Until the sheriff and coroner were notified by unknown parties to go out and hold an Inquest. It Is stated that the matter wtH be presented to the grand jury as the identity of the negro had not beep established. MAY CONSTRCOr HIGHWAY. ATLANTA. Oa.. July 14. The con struction of a national highway con necting Chlckamauga Park with the rifle range at Waco, Oa., and Kort MePherson, just outside this city, Is advocated In a resolution Introduced In the legialature today.. Representa tive Summerlln, the, author of tha measure, points out that tha total die-:, tance la 142 miles, of whfeh only miles would need to be constructed to connect the three POlnteVl. WASHINGTON, July . 14. Fore cast: North Carolina i local thunder showers Saturday and probably Sun der: light variable winds. -J SHQWER& A Sea of Boulders connivance of these men, , It - wag charged that the government was de frauded' on - ooal : contracts and that evidence to that effect was. permitted to remain anaotd upon In the attor ney general's office for mora than a year until the statute of tlmltatloas expired last May, - :'"s;.";v'j ' Delegate Wlckersham furnished the committee with photographic copies of a letter of an attorney for the Alaska syndicate to D. II, Jervla admitting the expenditure of htoney to oontrol government, witnesses tn the Hasey murder trial In l0, wheretp an agent of the Alaskan syndicate was accused of fnurdertng laborers . employed by, rival Interests during tha oobstruc tlen of a railroad In Alaska,", A pho tograph of an expense account for $l,iat.40 of M. B. Morrlsey, em ployed by the syndicate, It la claimed, to entertain government witnesses and Jurymen- in that connection, also wa submitted to the i committee. This evidence Delgate Wlckersham de clared also la In the possession of the attorney general. Delegate Wlckersham urged on the Judiciary committee the. Douglsa af fidavit involving the repreaentattvea of the Northwestern Commercial com pany, one of the Alaskan syndicate concern, : and the Besnon Coat Com pany. - - . i i : "On May U, 1010," he said, "I seiff to Attorney General Wlckersham a copy of the affidavit, caning nia at tention to the fact that the govern ment had been defrauded of HO.000 by perjury and a combination of these ENS BUT BELIEVED HE WILL BE Idea of Suicide is No Longer Entertained by Members of His Family CONCORD. N. C, July M. -A tele gram received tonight from the father of Ensign It. S. Young", Jr., who la In New Tork to Investigate hla son's mysterious disappearance from the torpedo boat destroyer Perkins, moored in the Brooklyn navy yard, gives the family season, to .believe that the young ensign Is still alive. The message read: "Not found! ut will' be ' It was stated by a member of the family tonight that the -Idea of sul ride waa .no Ibbger entertained. They believe the young man will turn up shortly and explain hi. strange ac tions of the past few days. MORE TESTIMONY IN SUGAR PROBE WASHINGTON, Juy 14,-i-Frank C. Lowry. sales agent fer . the Federal Sugar Refining company, again test I - ed beforo the house sugar Jnvesti tatlng committee ' today. He had said that the elimination or reduction of duty on sugar would benefit-the consumer and Representives Malby of New York and Kordney of Michigan, sought repeatedly to have him admit that facts and figures which they laid before him proved that this waa not a fact. ' Much of the committee'a attention waa given to a book by Prof. George Thompson, of Yale university, pre sented to each, of the members with the compliments of tha American Cane Growers association. ' It pre sented in glowing terms the' prosper ity of employes of the Sugar Indus try of today. - Mr. Ralney declared that tha book had been sent out to the American people "for the purpose of pulling something over their eyes to keep them from, knowing the real tactaV - ::';. 'M.,'':;-'-'-.-;'-x-;.;'-'''Y 1 two corporations In tha aata of coal to the government tor military posts In Alaska., I asked him to make an in vestlgatlon and prosecute those people tor the crime committed In that trans action, I received a letter of acknowledgment May tl, 1110,; and we had eonalderable further, corre spondence, and on June II, till, more than a year later, I reoelved a letter from the attorney general stating that the Statute of limitations had ex pired.",. i'tAT'Vf- The correspondence. Including -the final letter of tha , attorney . general, was read into the record. ' .. . read the last Istter," otitlnued Delegate Wlckersham, "Jo fhow that tne attorney general now seya mat the atatuts of llmlutlona .- has , run against the prosecution of these man who committed perjury and defraud ed, the government. They submitted false affidavits to the government and committed fraud tn April and May of lo, and the statute of llmlutlona did not expire until May, i sent all tha evidence to the attorney gen eral a year before, and he failed and refused to prosecute these people for robbing the treasury and he permit ted the statute of limitations to run In their favor. "I want the commltt.e to have ay the facta so that It may know whether the attorney general haa deliberately shielded these people from prosecu tion for crime or not It Is fair .to him and fair to me. I say that ha (Continued on pasre Be.) THIRTY-TWO PASSENGERS A Vessel Sunk in Collision i With "Diamante'' During ; Storm in San Juan River NEW TORK, July 18. A dispatch from Port Llmon, Costa Rica, to The Times report that 11 passenger and several members of the crew of the stamer Irma were drowned or crush ed to death when the vessel Was sunk In a collision during a storm In the estuary of the Ban Juan river. The colliding ateamer la given ' aa the Diamante, and the news Is said to have reached Port Llmon from Blue fields. Moat of the passengera of the Irma were below when the collision oc curred because of the heavy weather,, and to this fact .the dispatch says. Is due the heavy loss of life. The Diamante, It Is stated, waa damaged but kept afloat. MRS. NEOPOLITANA'S SENTENCE COMMUTED RAIT.T SIT IP UlDIir Mi.k T.., i . . u, M,vn,, uij f114. News that her sentence of death had been commuted to life Imprison ment by the Canadian cabinet to,day came as a thunderbolt from a clear sky to Mr; Angelina Neopolitans, In jail In Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for the murder of her husband, Petri Neo politans,; at Sault Ste.. Mart last Easter Sunday. The message completely unnerved the prisoner and she fainted. Jailer Hearst and the matron quickly revived "I not be hanged; I not be hanged." she fairly shrieked In broken English, a she realised the true worth' of the Information she had received. ' 1 ' Then falling, to her knee ah grasped the hem of the matron' aklrt and kissed It passionately whil tear gtreamad from her ejea. ,.. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS PRICE FIVE CENTS FALLS HUNDREDS OF FEET flJDII DIE Accident Witnessed by ' His Wife. Shock of Which Un nerved Her Completely r SEVERAL THOUSAND r WITNESSED HIS FALL Machine Shot Downward at Terrific Speed and Spectat ors Were .Dumbfounded ERIE. Pa.. July 14. Bud Mara, welt known American - aviator, ' waa probably fatally Injured here shortly after five o'clock thla afternoon when be lost control of hla air machine during a flight and crnshed from a height of several hundn 1 feet to the ground. - The heavy b!iiuie dropped 0 top of' hi nJ Ills InjurU-s are of such a nature It la learned that there , is practically no hop tor hit recov sry, v,,ijs : ., :,,,",- i , The aviator's wife witnessed the accident and tonight her condition la aerious. due to the shock. ; Mart was In the aV far the eec- nd time when the accidunt occurred. Several thousand spectators were watching him. M circled the field a number : of tlms at a height of several hundred feet. Suddnly tha machine made a dip downward and Mara made an attempt to regain con trol of the machine. It was a futile attempt,, however, and an Instant later, the biplane struck the ground. Tha machine waa completely wreck- ad Mars lay under It He waa cov ered with 'blood and at rim it waa believed he wag dead. ' r f Marg was carried to an improvised field hospital. Tha serious nature of Mara Injuria! was evident and he waa rushed to a hospital, Tonight Mara' physician Issued a statement saving that tha aviator's chest ws badly Injured, that tie had sustained concussion of tb brain and suffered Internal Injuries, . white - he la also bruised from head to foot. The aviation meet here waa given undef h4 auspices of , local news paper, , Mars started the ssoond fl: 1 t a few minute before I o'clock. 1-j had not been In the lr long when for eome reason he started to de acend. 'The machine shot downward it' a terrlflo velocity, .n.; s'S" ,-v t. Tha amased spectators etood atiu for a moment Thr wa a scream and Mr. Mara, tha - aviator' wife rushed toward the wracked machine. Before aha reached , hers husband' si da, however, ah was overcome with grief and wa carried from the field. GOV. KDED OZDEEECES SIX-HDUHS CROSS EX?.!. Nearly Every Phase of III nola Politics - Waa , Touched Upon SPIRITED RETORTS WASHINGTON. July 14 ror near. ly six hour today Governor Charles Deneed of IWInol underwent srosa examination at the hand of counsel for Senator Lorlmer concerning tha testimony the governor gave yester day to the senate commute which Is iDvestlgatlg , the election ' of Senator Lorlmer,---' : ," 'i': . Nearly every phase of Illinois poll. tics was entered into by. Attorney El. bilge Hanecy In roes examining the witness. The testimony constltutea a history of political alignment In Illi nois from the time Mr. Den ten wa first elected atate'a attorney for Cook county. '. y . i ,:'i,--ai.''iv',:'f Mr. Hanecy aought to ahow that it waa Deneea who organised the legis latures during hla term as governor and hot Mr. Lorlmer, but Mr, Deneen certain -that- ha htm self did not dictate the chalamen ef eommltteea and that Lorlmer b dattanded a eon. fereno "somewhere", wherein It waa agreed to have the minority republi cans and democrat organise- the house which Voted for Loiimer, , Mr. Hancey sought o show that If fifteen Deneen men ; had voted for Hopkins .an- the first day's balloting for senater. Hopkins would have been eleoted, Mr. '' Deneen wa not will Ing to say that all these fifteen Were full fledged Deneen men, . : - -"Hopkins received sixty-one votes' Id the house." declared Mf. Hanecy, "and these fifteen more would make seventy-alx and that would have been enough te have elected him. wouldn't it, for you say h had a majority in the aenate?" "Well, slxty-on and fifteen make seventy -six,"-' responded Mr, Deneen, "that far - you are . correct. Tour addition I correct but your : conclu sion I wrong. He would have brn elected had the sixty-one not chsnr- i their votes, but they would h i . changed." ?rry:r;" Mr. Hanecy read from neen' testimony yestor ' 1 Ooolit"t i f BUD IRS AVIATOR