North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAUCASIAN TO BE ENLAROEDNOW FOR 10,CGg SUBSCHIBERSl TO A H VOL. XXVIII. ra.leigh. n. c. thuiisday. may 12. 1910. No. Id PA EDITORIAL BRIEFS Well, they didn't mis their guess about those big teen very far, after all. Alabama just couldn't stand it any longer. It was getting too long be tween drinks. The only possible solution is for those Wake Democrats to blame it on the Republican party. The man who laughs laHt laugh best, but he also surely tatea the other fellow. may i rri- ,The peach crop may be a failure, but the lemon crop will be sufficient for the demand in November. Mr. M. L. Shipman, State Commis sioner of Labor and Printing, is spending a few days in Raleigh. The gentleman who used to blame it on hard work at the office for stay ing out late, now charges it up to Halley's comet. .Several of those twenty candidates for Corporation Commissioner woke up Saturday morning with a Urown taste in the mouth. Coventor Kitchin made nineteen stile enemies. There were twenty applicants for that vacant Corpora tion Commisoionership. Recent occurrences in Wake Coun ty strongly recall the childhood lines: "How dogs delight to bark and bite, For 'tis their nature to." Now it is Illinois that competes for the dis-honors. Three of her Demo cratic legislators have been indicted for accepting bribes. Next! Halley's comet has been appearing for over one thousand years, so as tronomers say. Bailey's comet ap peared just once and busted. The editor of the News and Ob server says he started life as a print er's "devil." say that he printer. Those other fellows is still a "devil" of a The report that Governor Kitchin is going to order out the State troops when the Democrats hold another meeting at Raleigh, has not yet been confirmed. The local papers state that the Board of Aldermen have appointed a committee "to investigate the sale of the market house." Now, if they only will tell it all. Durham is planning a rousing Fourth of July celebration. Bet you it won't be a marker to the celebra tion given by the Wake Democrats on April 30th last. A Statesville negro was caught selling whiskey in a lonely graveyard at night. Trafficing in one sort of spirits had probably rendered him immune to fear of the other kind. Editor Gray, of The Wilmington Star, defends from a legal stand point the pardon of Cooper. We sup pose those Tennessee Supreme Court judges will feel properly reprimand ed. The editor of the News and Obser ver says he hasn't time to engage in a controversy with a Republican newspaper. That is certainly so, and especially in view of his present Plight. "Deacon" Hemphill, of the Times Dispatch ot Richmond, Va., says that he is preaching the "gospel of peace and good-will." The Deacon is badly needed in Wake County, North Caro- Una, just now. vim xjaiy a prominent Xew Yorkt May 5. Approximate- Republican that when he wrote thatlly six thousand trainmen and con- ramous call for a mass meeting "be! M . was thinking of him." Now, won't! Mr. Bailey please think of that Re publican again? Before Commisioner Aycock's dead Doay naa been laid in the grave, five Democrats had filed applications for his job. But vou did nnt thi fact mentioned in the columns of The Nuisance and Disturber. a muumaie lor omce m Alabama dropped dead while canvassing fori votes. But the North Carolina Dem ocratic crop is a little too large for sucn an occurrence to occasion com ment, it such should happen here. The Democratic RiWo" t headline, "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad Then, if general, all-around "cussln Stands for madness, the Wake Demo w.v, w uuuv,mwu. THREE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLA TORS INDICTED. Indictment of Three Democratic Member of the Legislature of II IJiioU. Chicago, 111., May 7. Indictments against three Democratic members of the Illinois General Assembly one for bribery and two for perjury while causing consternation among some politicians Is taken by others as a hint for legislators to appear and tell what they know of the meth ods whereby William Lorimer was sent to the United States Senate. The grand Jury proceeded with the investigation to-day with renew ed energy and there were predictions of more indictments. Representative Lee O'Neal Browne, leader of the Democratic wing of the State Assem bly, indicted on fifteen counts for bribery, said he would come to Chi cago at once and furnish bond. 50O PERSONS DEAD AND MANY INJURED. Destruction by Earthquake In Omta Rjca Heavy Iah at Oartngo. San Juan del Rio. May 5. A large part of Cartago, Costa Rica, was de stroyed last night by a powerful seis mic movement. It is known that at least 500 per sons are dead and many hundreds injured. Scores of buildings were thrown down, among them the Pal ace of Justice erected by Andrew Carnegie. The wife and child of Dr. Bocanger, the Guatamalean Magis trate to the Central American Arbi tration Court, have been killed. Pan ic reigns, as the earthquake con tinues. ALABAMA'S VOTE. Ixcal Option Candidate Won Over Prohibitionist, Twelve Thousand Majority. Montgomery, Ala., May 3. Re turns received to-day from sixty-seven counties show that Emmet O'Neal, local optionist, was nominated for Governor in the Democraitc primary held in this State yesterday by a ma jority of 12,000 over his opponent, H. S. D. Mallory. Mallory ran on a State-wide prohibition platform. Explosion Shook Earth for Miles. Ottawa, Ont., May 8. An explo sion which wrecked the plant of the General Explosives Company of Can ada, a mile from Hull, Que., and four miles from this city, killed at least fifteen persons and injured fifty others this afternoon. The force of the explosion was ter rifying. The country for miles around was laid to waste and many small dwellings in the city of Hull, on the side nearest the scene of the explosion, was flattened to the ground. New England Peace Congress Meets. Hartford, Conn., May 9. The New England Arbitration and Peace Con gress began its first session here to day. The Congress was called to or der in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives. Dean Henry Wade Rog ers of Yale law school presided and addresses were made by Mr. Rogers and by Benjamin F. Trueblood of the American Peace Society. The dele gate body was large and enthusiastic. Official recognition of the importance of the gathering was given to-night when letters were read from Presi dent Taft, Secretary of State Knox, Ambassador James Bryce, William Jennings Bryan, and Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. Battleship Maine to be Raised. Washington, D. C, May 4. After twelve years the ill-fated battleship Maine is to be removed from the Ha vana harbor and the bodies, -which went down with the vessel, will be interred in the National Cemetery at Arlington. A bill providing for such removal and burial which has passed the House was to-day .passed by the Senate. The bill directs the raising of the vessel by the Secretary of War and the Board of Engineers with "all convenient speed." The bodies in the ship are to be buried at Arlington and the mast lifted above their graves as a monument Get Increase in Wages. ductors employed on the lines of the New York Central Railroad east of Buffalo will receive wage increases averaging 30 per cent by a decision rendered to-day by arbiters in the controversy between the railroads land its employes. The Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad, ana ine Delaware and Hudson Kail - 1 1 roaa ana inelr employes are liKewise uuuuu uy me runng wnicu, oroaaiy speaking, takes the recent Baltimore ana unio settlement as a basis. The schedule fixed to-dav is retro- active and the men will receive back pay from April 1st. It is estimated - ltnat ine increase win mean an aaai- tonal expenditure by. the Central of - 1 z.000.000 a year. John II. Converse Dies Suddenly. Philadelphia, Pa., May 3. Johnline c!""1" to lead the party that H. Converse, of the Baldwin t motive Works, one of the most prom Inont PrMhvtaHan 1o.. - (united States, died suddenly ot heart i trouote at nis noma hero tn-dav . ALL HARMONIOUS President Taft Secures the Passage of the Railroad Bill. NOW FOR POSTAL BANK Cleveland County Convention for Progress and Victory Favor Re organizing State Committee and Putting Men at It Head Who Will Fight for Victory at tlie Polls Ninth District Would Go Ilepubli- , can With an Aggressive Man aa State Chairman Conditions in the Fourth District. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington, D. C, May 10, 1910. The Senate adjourned yesterday out of respect to the late King Ed ward of England and passed a resolu tion of sympathy and respect to be forwarded to the widowed Queea and to the new King, George V. The late King was much admired in America, but there Is a general feeling of un certainty as the new King, because so little is known of him, not only here, but even in hia own country. Taft Gets Harmony in Congress. Wfhen President Taft returned from his recent trip he found both Houses of Congress much divided over the pending railroad rate bill. With rare diplomacy the President has gotten the factions together and gotten a compromise agreement on certain amendments and secured as surances from all sides that the bill would speedily be passed. He had the satisfaction of seeing the bill pass the House this afternoon by a vote of 200 to 126. The President has not had the same luck on pushing the postal sav ings bank bill, though he is still hopeful that that bill will also be come a law before this Congress ad journs, j He called the members of the House Committee on Post-office and Post Roads to the White House to night, and it is reported, he told them plainly they must pass the Postal Sav ings Bank Bill or he would hold them responsible, as they had not reported the measure from the committee. Uncle Joe's Seventy-Fourth Birthday. There was an interesting occur rence in the House at eRpresentatlvss on last Friday, being the Speaker's seventy-fourth birthday. Represen tative Champ Clark, the minority leader, arose and interrupted the reg ular proceedings of the House, and made a very graceful speech in recog nition of the event, which was fit tingly replied to by the Speaker, as follows: "Mr. Speaker," he said, "I want to make a few remarks." "Seventy-four years ago to-day," he said, "a man child was born near Guilford Court House, in North Car olina, a spot made famous by Ameri cans valor and sanctified by Ameri can blood shed in the cause of human liberty. The humble Quaker parents of that child had no idea of the high career for which he was destined. You have passed the Scriptural allot ment of three-score years and ten, yet your strength has not abated, and we one .and all wish for you many happy returns of the day." Expresses His Thanks. 'I thank the gentleman from Mis souri," said the Speaker, "for the kindly reference to tha seventy-fourth anniversary of the birth of the pres ent Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. "I feel that when, as you have done, you have halted the business of the House to remember my seven ty-fourth birthday, which is away be- yond the average of life to man, that you do it in the kindness of your hearts, and that, however much you may be mistaken as to my capacity, you would not do it unless you recog nized that I walk in the light of my best judgment as you walk in the light of your best judgment. I thank you." Cleveland County for Progress and Victory. A prominent Republican from Cleveland County, who was here on yesterday, said that the Republicans of his county held their county con vention to elect delegates to the Con gressional Convention on last Satur day, and that he found the people solidly in favor of re-organizing the State Committee and putting at its head men who were in favor of head ing the party toward victory instead of running it as a close pie-counter coporation 1 He said they wanted a chairman wbo would work in harmony with 1 congressman iioreneaa to elect a I Congressman in their District, and that everybody knew if the nresent the party that they would have an I up-hill fight to elect a Republican Congressman in the Ninth District. On the other hand, he said, there is I a general feeling that if they had for State Chairman a man who wanted :to elect Congressmen, and who had - I tne Ninth District would be certain - 1 to lect Republican Congressman 1 this Tear. The Fourth Ctongreastoaal District i a r.mt d..,.vh i y viniiiii, asuiivuiitu irum uia Fourth Congressional District, who was here to-day, said that be hoped that the State Committee when It met would call an e&rty State Con vention. He further said that if the State Convention pt men at the head of the State organization who would work In harmony- with Con gressman Morehead, that then they could get some one of their strong men in that District to agree to run for Congress, because then they would have more than a fighting chance to win; but he said if the State Convention was controlled by the pie-counter bosses: that then, so far as he was concerned, he was will ing for them to nominate another lit- tie postmaster for Congress in the Fourth District, because every one would know that there would be no chance to win with the-old crowd in charge. f GENERAL NEWS. Over one thousand Chinese sol-; dlers were killed by rebels in Lamas, western China. Owing to the need of money, Italy at last proposes to tax church build ings, the value of which run into mil lions of dollars. Atlanta had a musical carnival that broke all records for financial receipts. The world's greatest sing ers were present. Many fights and small battles In Turkey indicate a movement to re store Abdul Hamid, who was de posed as Sultan a year ago. Col. W. T. Brock, the Assistant Adjutant of South Carolina, has been suspended from office under charges of having misused State funds. Four men were killed and several severely injured by the explosion of a steam valve on the United States Navy tug Cape Charles at Philadel phia. P. F. Byrnes, for years the head of New York City police, died on Sunday last. He was perhaps the most famous criminal catcher in the country. After forty-six years of service C. B. North, of Selinsgrove, Pa., retires as cashier of al ocal bank, the longest period Known in tnis country lor tne same service. Nord-Alexis, for years dictator of Haiti, and a cruel and dopestlc ruler of that country for years, died re- uenuy over mneiy years om. e was a full-bloOded negro. The four negroes charged with having held up a street car and kill-1 mg the conductor at Atlanta, also se- riously wounding tne motorman, nave confessed. A speedy trial is expected. An insane elephant having run amuck at a circus in Ohio, was cap tured and put to death by chains placed around its neck, being pulled by two of its mates. It was valued at 115.000. It injured a number of people before being caught. An Austrian army officer sent over one hundred packages to as many of his fellow officers containing a deadly poison, but labeled as medicine. One took it and died. He confessed, stat ing that it was his intention to thus pave the way to his rapid promotion. The County Commissioners of a Ne- braska county refused to allow Wm. J. Bryan to make a speech in the court-house, on the ground that he was speaking on a factional question on which the county was divided. Mr. Bryan took the refusal good na turedly. ll rs. Hetty Green, celebrated for veara aa tne ricnest ana snrewaesx business woman in the world, will soon retire from active business life and will turn over the handling of her Immense fortune, estimated at $50,000,000, to her daughter, Sylvia, now Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilkes. Leonard Vice, a young man of New York, has just been released from a Brazilian jail after a confinement of three years. He was for a long time I my appreciation of those high qual under death sentence for engaging In I ities which made the life of the late an expedition to overthrow the Brazilian government. The pleading Ol. 11 lo UlUkuer siuuacu luia uaiiuu m as lor uieiueucy. Mrs. C. B. Morse, wife of the con- victed New York banker, now doing fifteen years in the Atlanta peniten tiary, stood at the entrance to Con- gress and importuned members to sign the petition for her husband's pardon. Many did so, a few refusing. The petition already has some hun- dreds of thousands of signers. District Attorney Whitman issued more warrants for alleged white slay- ers, which is based upon the signed confession made after Harry Leven son was Questioned by Whitman. Levenson is under bond as a slaver. Levenson told Whitman that the Cleary house of white slavery existed here to furnish girls to resorts throughout the United States. Just in proportion as a man be - comes good, divine. Christ-like, he passes out of the region of theorlr - Ins of . syatem-bulldlns, into the re - glon of beneficent activities. It well to think well: it la divine act welL Horace Mann. KING EDWARD DEAD England Beloved Ruler Vic tim of an Attack of Pneumonia. GEORGE THE NEW KING The Prince of Wales AutotaaUcally Became Holer I'poa the leatti of Ilia Father The Body of King Will Probably Lie la State Until May 20th, at Which Time the Fu neral Services Will be Held The Late King Waa a Great Friend to A merlca President Taft and ex President ItooeeveU Send Meaaagea to the New Holer. London, May 7. King Edward VII., who returned to England from a vacation ten days ago in me best of health, died at 11:45 o'clock last night (Friday) in the presence of his family after an Illness of less than a week, which was serious hardly mora than three days. The Prince of Wales succeeded to the Crown immediately, according to the laws of the Kingdom, without of ficial ceremony. His first official act was to dispatch to the Lord Mayor the announcement of his father's death, in pursuance to custom. Pneumonia following bronchitis is believed to have been the cause of death. Some of the King's friends are convinced that worry over the critical political situation which con fronted him, with sleepless nights, aggravated, if it did not cause, the fatal illness, The Late King's Life. He was born on November 9, 1841, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince . u. e c .. . Educated by private tutors, he later studied at Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge. A long period of travel followed, during which he went over Europe and the East. In 1S60 he made a triumphal tour through the United States and Canada. The Prince was married on March 10, 1862, to Prince Alexandria, old est daughter of the Danish King, Christian IX. Six children were born. two of whom the Duke of Clarence and priuCe Alexander died. The surviving children are . George Frederick and Prince of Wales, who now becomes Kins: Princess Louise. whr was married tn the Duka of Fife: Princess Victoria Alexandra and Princesa Maud Charlotte, who was 1 lo prince Carl, of Denmark, now King Haakon VU.. of Norway Twice before ascending the throne Edward's life was despaired of. In 1871 he was so seriously ill with ty phoid fever that for weeks his death was expected. His coronation, originally set for June 26, 1902, and postponed until August 9th, on account of illness, was a pageant of almost unparalleled splendor. His reign was a peaceful one after he conclusion of the Boer War, which was in progress when he be came King. Several times the King's life has been in danger from anarch ists or cranks The King was always a great trav eler. He always exhibited a marked preference for the society of Amer I leans. The President Sends Condolences. Washington, D. C. May 6. Presi dent Taft. upon learning of the death of King Edward, wrote the following message of condolence to Her Majes ty, Queen Alexandra, which was ca Diea to uucsingnam raiace io-nigui: i -u me u wtoomu ui no uoam of King Edward, I offer to Your Maj esty and to your son, hia illustrious successor, the most profound sympa thy of the people and of the Govern- ment of the United States, whose hearts go out to their British kins men in this their national bereave- ment. To this, I add the expression to Your Majesty and to the new King of my own personal sympathy, and of I King so potent an Influence toward I peace and justice among the na I uuua. I rvo ?rwlf TV hit, of RiMUMrt stocKnoim, May . former rresi- dent Roosevelt Issued the following - j to-day: "i am deeply grieved and know that all Americans will be deeply I grieved at the death of his majesty King Edward VI L "We feel most profound sympathy I for the British people in their loss We in America keenly appreciate King Edward's personal good will to- j ward us, which he so frequently and I go markedly showed, and we are wel - 1 aware of the devotion felt for him by I his subjects throughout the British I Empire. ; while foreign nations have learned to see in the Kins a ruler I whose great abilities, and especially bis tact, his Judgment and his onfall I tar kindliness of nature rendered him peculiarly fit to work for Internatioa- 1 al peace and Justice. I "Let me repeat, that I am aura that 1 all American people feel at this time 1 the deepest and moat sincere iympa- is j thy for his family and hia nation." to! Mr. Roosevelt also sent a seraonal I telegram to the Dowacar Quaen. TAFT PHKS AT tAt4AIC. Declare TtuU lie I FatlrHy teUfel With the Mratttr That Will Ia Oemgrew Krvteei rVUag Leg la lion. Pascal?, N. J . May S In a & la which he hawed great feeling, and which was punctuated with ap plause before the Board of Trade here to-night, president Taft declared hit perfect satisfaction with the new Kailroad Dill. He declared that the bill would meet with the approval of the nation and be uf great and Im mediate benefit. The Pref idem aUo took occasion to refer to other bUU.now pending before Congre. which he declared would soon be enacted Into laws: Statehood for ArUona and New Mexico. Postal savings banks. The so-called validating bill of the conservation measures. The publicity of campaign eipenJl tures. The railroad bill. The President wan decidedly very hoarse, having contracted a severe cold. He was accompanied by a physician. IMO.MIK!tM SHIT IX 11V EX PLOSION'S It Im Believed That They Are All INad Two Iknliew Itrcorered. Birmingham, Ala.. May 5. Forty five white and 135 negro miners are entombed to-night tn No. 3 coal mine at Pslos, Ala., as the reult o fa ter rific explosion that occurred to-day. It is believed that all are dead. The mines are owned by the Paloa Coal and Coke Company, of Birmingham. Two bodies were found early to-night but it is thought that few can be re covered before morning The flames from the explosion shot two hundred feet into the air and the shock was felt for miles. Tim bers were hurled several hundred feet from the mouth of the mine. locks from the roof caved in and made access difficult. The fan ma chinery was damaged but air is pumped into the mine to-night in the hope that some of the men are still alive. AXOTHKU MOCKINCMUKU SIXUH. n a ramify How, bunaru urown is Shot to Death by One of His Wife's Brothers. Ashevilie, N. C, May 1U. Alleg- ng that Edward Brown, whose sister he married, was shot and Instantly killed to-day by Robert Holt Holt claims that Brown, who is a married man, bad Improper relations with his sister. Holt was himself badly wounded, and with his brother and father, are now In the Madison Coun ty jail pending trial. Waterway Treaty With Canada. Washington, D. C-. May 5. Secre tary of State Knox and British Am bassador Bryce to-day exchanged rat ifications of the International water ways treaty which relate to the use of waters on the 3,000 mile boun dary between the United States and Canada. The provisions of the treaty In ef fect, establishes a new tribunal of arbitration between this country and Canada by which questions of differ ences arising between them and which concern only the two countries may be settled by their own repre sentatives without resort to outside ntervention. Terrible Death of Mother and Child. Ashevilie, N. C.,. May 6. News reached here to-day from Murphy of an explosion at the Evans' quarry, six miles out, on touisvllle and Nashville Railroad, yesterday after noon, resulting in the Instant death of Mrs. Charles Guthrie and an eight vear-old child. Guthrie's house Is near the quarry and an over-loaded blast hurled a stone, crashing through the frail house's top. The Guthries had just finished a meal Guthrie and one child escaped unin jured. Democrats Refuse Primary. Jackson, Miss., May 3. The Dera ocratic State Committee refused to call a primary to which it was pro posed to submit the bribery charges against Senator Percy, who was to resign if the primaries went against him. Fayeaevllle Chief -of-Police Shot. Fayetteville, N. C. May 6. While arresting a burglar who had entered the grocery store of W. G. Clark last night, Chief-of-Police J. McD. Mon agham, of this city, was shot through the arm and painfully wounded. The bnrglar was WTill McMillan, a negro telegraph linesman. Largest Wood-Working Plant In the State Destroyed By Fire. Ramseur. May 4. The plant of the Ramseur Furniture Company was almost entirely destroyed by a fire which started in the dry kiln this af ternoon, entailing a loss of over $80,- 000. The Insurance was $25.(100. Hester's Cotton Statement Shows Big Shortage. New Orleans, La., May 4. Secre tary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Ex change statement Issued to-day shows the total for April was 451,402 against C13.X01 last year. HOUSE PASSES BILL Rild BJl P. Without Vote. PRESIDENT IS GRATIFIED Ote f tW 4 arw tt.m t . - ' w w . .... II It I , '" l the fee. ft. IPffEKMttU J 1I l I tltlr-a f ( lUiln.U aim. . . 1 , Waabu Without A i,4 Utah .:, : :.r the fai'.juaJi tg Upb' '', u'- Utt ttjrur- rnartt-v! s .r , f rr. Not tui place bin.. s: , . . ure eiitft i, ;. paired In iu rv . ocrat JoUixi a. the total (utf ur 2uu to i l',Eg -' ' Si ! ' ! rnk :....." 1 rui .! Taft to f ':fJ rafr He !b !te t ia- ;! tn ifee nignt aaid h over the I'!;- VJ; u wsa ep.- '.: s.:.ms fortabie n, r k ; , merre rouri t-urc , k in . wm, lor ii i R4rU J.! art mm probably a n,.,.. .u.;.,.r f,.f ,tJ step in h j r. u A to th- :ji t.in.. :., : 4 a4dt tionai pruvU;oti 4J- ! m th Hou the lre.tdeM MJa fcr ,5,1 B(ll f,.j that this u !L- t f,t them nor that tc f rcyuxh acquainted with U t !o dl. ush thtui. Ktlcrn&c to tt.- cltui providing fur iu ;!.. rj alua- ion of railroad. Mr Tfi pouted oat that the powtr praitirn bow reals with the Intr-j5U! Cummrre Cuta mission and that th dsSculty la tar rying out Kurh a ;,.!, at) has been found iu the euutiuvu umi of undertaking. When all the aarbmi-bla adupt4 by the Houso i& louitnitte of the whole had t-L acreJ to, Mr Adaiuaun, uf Ceorg.a. rnur Demo cratic member of u ukurity ou the committee rtpormc it bill, uod to recommit it to tt cuttnlttee with instruction! that if U reported bach with th com&trct court ciaua stricken out. Tha milou at de feated 157 to 17C The bill awaken u.uy (bang tu the existing law that, if accepted by the Senate, will ur-atij affect inter- State commerce. The court uf com merce is created to abjudicate raaea o nappeal from th i&tr Stat Cotu- mlasion. It U provsJed that thf court shall be orjaou-d by the Jua- tlces of the Supreme Court of ihe United Statei. future appointments to membership ou tc court 10 ihi made by them. Stock and hoiid Uue of railroad . a k aa... kill T A m.m are controuea vj me " this clause a railroad before Uuiag any additional txk. mutt obtain an order from the Communion bicb must, among oihr thing, ha the price at hicb the MfturlU of the road may be old. A itmllar pro vision ia carried in respect to rail roads which are organlied through the courts. A protiiloa U made that upon the re-organuation of railroad through court proceeding! atock and bonds can not b if r more vs f2r value of the property. The Ions and hort haul clam of th measure provide that a railroad cannot, without flrt gainlog prmU- slon, charge more for a won uan a long haul or the The Interstate Commerce uomraia- ..... ...ito.ril ttfrlfcft. sion also is ""' - ever a new rate U propoaed to sua- nnrf fh taking effect ot tfcal raia ior a period of four month, so that the Commission hu nae au wVi,v itv to consider U r-aonablneaa. As a mended, me oui bring the t!f-:-hone and Ulegrapa companle undr the control of the rce Commlaaion. It Inter-State Com: valuation of railroad nrntrM for tne property a sa a lion in the coDi4ratlon or rawroa rates. , , The bill gi CommUalon au thority over clarification regulattoas and practice, of railroad, authority at the preaent time being limited to rates and matters affecting rate. Under its lerma a f.Hro.d com pany must quou freight rate ac curately upon demand of a ahipper. The CUion Itself la suthor Ued to esuWUh through route by combining different railroad systems at it ducretion. whereas under the present law it cannot make a n., through route if th a route is al ready established. Severe penalties are provided against shippers who. through fi" SSSI for dfrnages or lo- of prop erty, obtain secret rebates. An earthquake .hock disturbance "ilght a'd .! 7-oi Friday nigm, m who vihraUo-s ran north and south was regUtered on the seismograph of St Irtfatua College at Cleveland. O. Se Siege authorities ear ths shock to hare occurred at a dUUn of 4,000 miles.