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CHARI ' r^fE. N. C.. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1911
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^ > Jutside Charlotte. > Cents a copy Daily and Sunday
nate
ake
Votes Jo
Up Permanent
Tariff Board Bill
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int' dtiiu rials ill the
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wiih Sfuator
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• I'-ionmiiod i'> h‘i all
M K '.vaif lui’il acti.ni
I aritf hoai d. 'i'ho
T - wanu'd to biing
:.-!>• 1(1 ih>.- iroiii.
i' I d tht*ro was an uii-
■ ;>>• the lariiT board
! .- disnla-'cd as tho
ix'toro thi' s.'ii-
So : h v’ai oliin.
. . a . hour ^aiiisi tlie
! • ^l•i^ Iiy 1 'lh»\vod
tiilu'r d*'mo(fati-
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up I'a; th.'
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;I ^ in jiiivate
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’) t- !ariff b »ar.!
..lit It 1 ’ pro-i'V
, a ridvT. T'; -
•1' ' w .^uld
;m-!\ MU' nu'a>i :’o
. . \ 'ceil'd. ■ h:'
diately after the conclusion of the
reading of the journal. Disclaiming
any intention on the part of liimself
or Ills folloNV democrats to f\lil)uster,
he said that he and all the members
of his party felt the great nece?sify
of coming immediately to the consid
eration of the api)ropriation bills, in
order to prevent an extra session of
;‘on.i^ros.!.
-Mr. Money tlien made the formal
proi)ositi,.,n that the appropi’atio.n
i)ilis be iaKfU lU) lorthwilh, with the
i!ii(ierstan('ina, that thev be disposed
of I'otoro an.\- other legislaiion be
underl aken.
■'If," he said, "the senators on the
other side want to see tho govern
ment provided with the i’uuds neces-
sa'y to cany on its business lor
iii(' next liscal v(‘ai, Uu-y will agree
to this jHoposiiion. It I'esis iMiiirely
witli ilu'in. 'riio public will absolve
til' denv)crat^ of all .'esponsii-.iliiy.
('iianting, as it is claimed, that there
is a good purpose brhiud tlu' effort
to ze'i up other legislation, we tnnst
all I'omeinbt'i' the (lid saying tl’.ai
hell is i.aved with go('d intentions,'
and I niav add that I Know of no
ro;>d\va>' tlial is l)e(tt,‘r i»aved than
l.stru to this
i \t this point Mr. Smoot, who was
' I'specia'ly nciivo in promoting me
agreement to take up thf^ tariff boa'd
bill as a concession for a vote on
I the Lorinn r resoiuiion. iniennpted
.Mon. y V ith an iiuiuiry as i( the
' lit'riio.'(^ of ihe ibMnocrats with rei'-i-
, Most to cn ; : nc»' lo ihe tariff nu asure. He asked
, if it were not p;*ssible ihat the sen-
r in b ard billi^’*' ‘'""''I agree to a time tr vote
. ,, , ; \ ,-onM '“il ’ill’ i'''l 1*' o‘( lock t(MUorfO\V.
1\ ' M ; I !; ‘ ‘ » cl I i il’ I
, ;ia-' approi)naiion measures are
t * ■' pass they ou.liIu to receive iirsi t'on-
.1 tie' I ^ hat is tiu' disposition of
board ' side," said Mr. Money.
' |i !ia\ing be( ome evident that th.e
demoerats wi.;;ld nt)i .\ ield lo tlie per-
I’liu’ory disposal (>f ihe bill. Mr. Hale
per:^miroiilly mo\ed its consideration.
11 is u'.eiion was ea’'’ied.
■ri'.(' di.-NCUssion began with a speech
by Senator Smitli. of South C'a'olina.
who declared i: beneath tl’.e dignity
ot ‘H' I nited Stales senate to set
asid” the iii!!>">!’tnnt appropriation bills
•;i til. las't hours of tb.e session to take
up H non-eseiiiial measure, which, he
said, was being done in pursuance ot
a bargain.
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Attorneys to Apply
For Writ Of
Habeas Corpus
Railroad Begins
Retrenchment
THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM
THE SPRING!
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I
I'-'i-iiu ss.
1 X>d w ere
k'd (h'gree
■ . i'» se.''i‘'n.
; !i!- comuii-
> h.' « all-
: ly t hi
were
a>idi
rt'p'.ibli-
th' uv-
aba!idoii appro-
I )'■
a> hat tarliY board
I t tore the sc.ate
leu - raM' tiiat tl-e
■ 1 crmit i; to i-ome
'"'.t aie,u'opria> ion bill.-
:.;k •!’ 11,».
I) March 2. At 1:
I'ankl'.ead. demi'crat.
(!' I'a'e oti the tai'ii'f
> ded and the pesi
Mexican Minister
Sails For New York
I. .ti
i^y .\s-ociaied Press.
(Miei liourg. France. March 2.—Jo’.e
Ives l.imantour. Mexican minister of
lull b(* take.i up. i linanee is a passenger on the North
vote, I tlermnn IJoyd steamei Kronprinz
! W'illi'-lni, which sailed lasi night for
New York,
Senor 1-imaiitour is accompanied
b\ tlie seni:ra. tiie improvement in
whose iK'altii made it possible for
them to begin (heir homeward Jour-
«‘iiy. ’1'1'e Kronpriti/, Wilhelm should
re;eh New York .March T.
in speaking i.)i his expected return
to Mexico recently tlie minister said
that he planned to ])roceed from New
^'ork by water to Yucatan for a
here. He did not indi-
r to such a i cate when iie wouUi be lively to
■ly Si'i!;'t(u- Hale. I c(.ntinue to the ca))ital.
“ :)sed the con-, 'I'he minister has been in Pans
(1 was in pur- since August last. I'.avlng come to
. r lU nt made among Kurope to place bonds in conversion
i'.i‘;-da... in order to ot the Mexican national debt to the
I/^rin.e r resolu- antount of .$1 1'»,uOh,u()0, which has
been accomplished only in pari,
oi C onnecticut, li. a recent interview which attract-
r.-’llifan to cast a erl wide attention. Senor Liniantour
liiQtlon. while ff)ur said the only ))lan he recommended
with the repubti- for the restoration of peace ,in Mex-
ic(» involved the laying down of their
arms by tiie levolutionists in crder
that the government might with dig
nity and honor treat with these who
had endangered both the security and
the credit of the nation.
•lost a party
I voted with the
■tors Newland«,
lud Davig with the
’ L’. Within half
'.■ii-f at 11 o’clock
■•! d.'cided ».y the
- I lo s> r
I.. and take up
• rman* nt tar’.ff j iirivate visit
t
Donates Big Sum
To Cha r ity
By Associated Press.
Victoria. H. C.. March j.—Advices
were brought by ihe Tambu Maru last
night that the Kmperor oi .Ja{>an had
donated tliroe vp’.aiiers of a million
dollars to the poor of Jai)an from the
private i»urse.
'I'he beutiest was accompanied by a
rescri))t in which the emperor said
the chan,ges takin.g place in national
economies were making people apt lo
deviate into erronecuis* \va.vs. The im-
])eriai giif caused much comtnent in
the vernacular press, wliich su.g.gested
Ihat the iinprecedontei' action re-
sulicd from the recent anarchistic
plot.
.lananese ncwsiiapers see in the r i-
perial giii a cr;!i(ism of the general
trend of ihc times ar.d tiiere has fol
lowed an outburs-t of condemnation
against the government.
TO PROSECUTE II
Pjv Associated Press.
'chica.go, Aiaich -Attorney Gen
eral Stead, at SpringlieUi, 111., was
today ordered by the strike investi
gating committee of the state sen
ate to begin criminal proceedings
agiiinst Chi clothin.g manufac
turers wh) lire :i;(*used in the com
mittee’s report of muintaining a
blacklist.
The committee investigated tiie
strike of garmet. workers in this cit.v
and declares that the clothiers main
tained a card iiKiex system which
was in elYect a boycott and blat'klist
which lU'evented • undesirable'’ w-orK-
ers from obtaining employment.
Come to See Our
Convict Camps
Gaston County Commissioners
Came Over to See Mecklen
burg's New Patent Stockade
System,
The cotiiity commissioners of Gaston
are visitors in Mecklenburg county to
day. They are Messrs. .f. P'. Leeker, O.
G. Falks- and H. t". ltaven]»ort. They
came to ('harlotte this morning by
train and at 12 o'clock they left the
court house i:i auio, wiih Mr. W. M.
i-on.g, chairman of the Mecklenburg
countv commissioners, and went to
.Matthews. There they will take a look
at the convict camp Lhat is stationed a
mile and a half beyond Matthews.
'I'he Gaston commissioners will build
a new cami> or i \vo at a nearly date
for (Jasion v;onviv^i; and bet'oi"e doing
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Wants Alimony
By Associated Press.
Uniontown, Pa., March 2.—The equi
ty suit in behalf of Mrs’. Lida Pur
cell Fitzgerald against her former hus
band, General Purcell Fitzgerald, of
Ireland, to secure a lien on valuable
liroperties in Fayette county, Pennsyl
vania, in order that she may force the
payment of $1.5,000 alimony annually,
was called for trial before .ludge R. E.
Umbel here today. Mrs. Fitzgerald is
a niece of J. V. Thompson, the mil
lionaire banker and coal man of Un-
iontown and Fitzgerald was a general
officer in the British army during the
Boer war.
(reneial Fitzgerald, who arrived here
loday for the trial, claims he is no
longer liable for alimony since he has
remarried.
By Associated Press.
Toledo, O., March 2.—A rednctlo.i
of ten per cent in wages, curtailment
of the number of employes and the
working hours from ten to eight has
been ordered for thel ocomotive de
partment of the Lake Shore Railroad
in Toledo. The order, which was ef
fective this morning, involves a pay
roll ai)proximating $lJt,."iO() per month
and the i>a.v envelojies of about 95
machinists and boiler makers.
Instructions are to lay t)ff men
wherever it is jiossible to do so. The
places of the lifteen boiler ma’cers
who struck nearly two weeks agt)
have been filled.
Reduce Working Force.
Cleveland. Ohio, March 2.—A 10 per
ceiu reduction in the working force
of the locomotive department of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railway will go into effect just as soon
as adjustments can be accomplished,
it was announced today. A lo per cent
loss in business i.sp given as the reason
by officials cf the road.
“Employes at the Ashtabula, Cleve
land. Toledo. Elkhart. Buffalo and
Englewood shops will be affected,”
said W. F. Boehringer, chief clerk to
Superintendent of Alotive Power Mc-
Bain today.
“Only single men and the most rec
ently hired of those will be let out.
Married men will be kept on ihe pay
roll. 'Phere will be no reduction in
lime or wages.”
WORKING FOR PERMANENT
TARIFF BOARD.
Detention of Louise Stevens
And Miss Wilson in Jail
Without Bail on Evidence
Offered Stirs Much Com
ment,
Bodies Recovered
After Nine Years ""J
so ihev want to see the new style,
of stockade, etc., that is used by Meck
lenburg. The prisoners are housed
in a car, in length about equal to the
average car used here on the street
railwa.v. The car is on wheels- and can
be rolled from one camping place t'>
another, with a great saving of cost
and inconvenience as compared wiih
the ancic-nt method of erecting stock-,
ades and laying out a miniature vil
lage.
'I'he Gaston commissioners, before
incurring expense for improvements,
which they contemplate, decided to see
the Mecklenburg sys-tem in operation.
It goes without saying lhat tliey ‘will
be pleased with the arrangements and
o))erations of the camps here, since
Mecklenburg has the ideal system of
convict employment and in view of
the fact that the grand jury recently
vi.sited all the camjis and found them
ill excellent condition.
'I'he gentlemen from Gaston and
Chai’-man Long made load enough for
ihe big two-seaied car, and Avhen
Mr. V. G. Templeton, who drove it.
took his seat at the wheel there was
not enough room left in the car for h
paper of pins. Each man in the car av
eraged over 200 pounds.
' r::tion.
:i e. -:e aft(‘i general
- oi; i> g tin* geiu-ral or-
!, • It was begun i).v
;. oj Misf'issiitpi, chairi-
(|r‘tao( ratic c aucus, ininie-
\
ould Investigate
Conduct Of Fire
Insurance Companies
le N'ws.
•M l eh 2.—After a sjiirited
liioning, the house passed
'III 0 investigate the con-
nance companies in
■■■' b; % vote of 63 to
V I no mem tier of
serve on the
I ;i'‘ f()st of investi-
... I ' ■■() was adopted,
■n' to • . ■ senate.
1 .led tl: .\lePhaul bill
> luaiiuf!'" uiv and sal«
I .North ( niina.
• ' ill, for ii . wide pri-
:' ies on t; ti' st Tnes-
h electi"!' . ,i-, pass-
' ' and s€nt to t. v, house.
□ ill Passes Senate
’ amend the charter of
d the senate today.
i»uck introduced a bill
to incor))orate the Piedmont & For
sythe Railway Co. to construct a road
from Winston-Salem to High Point.
Bills by Senator Pnarr: Bill pro-*
vide cross indexes for judgments,
Mecklenburg; also to empow'er the
commissioners of Mecklenburg and
Gaston county to bridge Cataw'ba river
'Phe house passed bills as follows:
Amend the charter of Gastonia.
Allow Gastonia to issue bonds for
lights, stretts and schools.
Provide for Ihe establish of farm life
schools.
Bills i>assed the House to provide
an auditor for Mecklenbtirg.
To ratify certain franchises provided
by towns in Cabarrus county.
To tax dogs in Mecklenburg county.
After two hours of spirited debate
the senate voted down the liouse bill
for the state to issue four i>er cent
bonds and distribute to the counties
on 5 per cent bond for road building.
Bv Associated Press.
Trinidad, Col.. March 2.—Nine years
after the mine explosion in w'hich they
lost their lives, the bodies of five vic
tims were recovered yesterday in the
Broadhead coal mine at Aguillar. One
skeleton is believed to be that of Geo.
Parker. Another believed to be that
of George Mason was found in the
mine a few days ago. Both men were
miners.
□ RED THOUSAND BIBLES
FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION,
By A.s?ociat?d Pre s.
New' V'ork. March 2.—One hundred
thousand Bibles have been ordered
for general distribution by the Gid
eons as the members of the Christian
Travelers’ Association of America
style themselves. The order is said
to be the largest ever i>laced and it
forms part of a national plan to
KIMBALL DEATH
By Associated Pres^.
Washington. I). C'.. March 2.—“We
are going to ])ut it across,” said Sena
tor Beveridge, in charge of he perma
nent tariff board bill, as he entered
the senate chamber at the beginning
of today’s sesrsion ai 11 o’clock. “Yes,
We shall ))ass the bill. Soon after 1
o’clock the measure will be taken up
and there will be either an agreemnt to
vote, or we shall continue in session
indefinitely.”
Senator P^^nrose was just as anxiourt
to jiroceed with the jiosloffice aiipro-
piiation bill as was Mr. Beveridge to
go on with the tariff board bill and
went into the day’s session in the hope
of getting it through before any other
measure should be considered. Mo»t
of the conservative senators were in
clined to support the Pennsyl\^anian.
By Associated Press.
Chicago. 111., March 2.—Police are
investigating the death today of Mrs.
Paul Kimball, daughter of former
I’nited States- Senator PYank J. Can
non, of I'tah. I-Miysic;ians diagnosed
tlie case as moriihine poisoning.
Mrs. Kimball was 24 years old. ller j
hu.sband is the junior member of the
lumber firm of Sherman & Kimball.
The two partners married sisters.
Mrs. Kimball was unconscious when
physicians were called anu died de
spite efforts to counteract the effects
of the poison.
Dry Weather In Texas
By Associated Press.
Houston, 'rexas. March 2.—The wea
ther continues extremely dry in the
coast country and spring gardens are
dying in many localities. For a Icmg
time there has been scarcely no rain
on the c-oast belt, usually visited by
almost daily showers.
Many People ExpressSympathy
With Women in Jail—At-
torneys at Wo?k in Iheii
Defense,
With a great deal of i»opular senti
ment ill their favor and two attorneys
at work securing evidence to inesent
to a judge in support of their api»lica-
tion for habeas cori)iis ])roceedingK, it
is highly probable that in the next few'
days, Louise Stevens and her com])an-
ion, Do’.a Wilson, will be allowed to
leave the county jail and be at liberty
until their api>earance before tho
grand jury which will decide on their
case at their next meeting.
Louise Stevens was held by the cor-
onor at the investigation yesterdax at
ternoon on the suspicion of guilt in
connection with the death of A. .1.
Winn, a traveling man from .New Or
leans, and her companion, .Miss Wil-
.son, as an accessory to the ciiiiie.
They were placed in the county jail
late yesterday afternoon following
their arrest.
The case has created no end of com
ment in the city and last night and to
day their incarceration in the county's
house of detention has been the most
prolific source of conversation.
'i'he question most generally beln.g
asked is: Why were ihe women held
at all? AVhat was the evidence on
which they weie held?
Several lawyers made the statement
that they thought it an outrage that
the women were detained on the evi
dence introduct'd and several of them
voluntarily offered their services in
their behalf.
It is the most general opinon that
they are not guilty and the firm belief
of many who have followed the case
closelv that habeas corims v/ill be
granted and that when the grand jury
gets the case they will exhonorate
both women.
The firm of Shannonhou.se & Jones
were the lawyers retained by the wo
men and they are now at work on
the case and hoiie to jiresent their pe
tition tomorrow.
WILL INSPECT WORK AT
PANAMA CANAL.
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., March 2.—Secre
tary of War Dickinson will make a
Hying tri]) to Panama this month to
inspect the work on the canal. He
will .=;ail for the isthmus March 13th,
being accompanied only by a steno
grapher. His .tour ot inspection will
occupy about 10 days.
Before making the voyage the sec
retary wil s])eak before the Southern
Commercial Congress at Atlanta,
March lOth.
T
CERTHINTy
College Burned,
place a Bible ui every hotel bedroom p.-e.s,
in Ihe country.
The Robin Trial.
Associated Press.
New York. .March 2.—Following
his plea of guilty to the charge of
stealing $27,000 from the Washington
Savings Bank .inst after r. jury had
been finally selected for his trial,
.loseph G. Robin has been in confer
ence for the greater part of the last
21 hours w'ith Assistau District At
torney Clark. It is believed the a.s-
sistaiit prosecutor was seeking in
formation concerning the other finan
cial institutions crippled by Robins
operations, in search of any accom-
])lices whom ho fallen ij&nker might
h: ve had.
riiH iai t that Mr Clark has had
particular charge of the investigation
of the affairs of the Carnegie Trust
Comiiany which wa«: closed February
1 by order of the state bank exam
iner. leads to the belief that his
conferc^nces with Robin have to do
with the affairs of that company.
■Although Robin declared in court
yesterday that he is not and never
has been insane, the alienists who
examined him a fortnight ago find m
this turn of the case only another
proof that he is a paranoiac. Accord
ing to Dr. Austin Flint, (me of the
alienists who examined Robin, the
man stoutly denied at all their exam
inations from December 21 to Febru
ary 2o that he was insane.
Court of Appeals.
Bv Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala.. March 2.—The
senate today passed the bill creating
a court of appeals intermediary be
tween the Nysi Pruis courts and the
stale supreme court. The bill pro
vides for three judges at a salary of
$5,^0 each.
Commend Vote Against Lorimer.
iiv Associated
.Jeft'erson City. Mo., March 2.—The
Missouri senate ro day adopted a res
olution commending United States
Senators Stone and W^nrner for vot
ing against Senator William Lorimer
in the United States senate yeste--
day.
R. E. Caldwell Not Guilty.
Chicago, ill., March 2.—Robert E.
Cantwell, an attorney charged with
perjury in connection witn the trial
some time ago of three Chinese ac
cused of murder, was found not guilty
by a jury in Judge Scanlan’s court
today.
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$ SOME MORE UNSOLICITED X-
^ TESTIMONY ♦
North Charlotte. N. C., Feb. 28.
Charlotte Daily News,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Sirs:—•
I had no idea that there was
such a demanii for second liand
gas ranges until I had you to
put a notice in your wants ads,
about a dozen responded to the
ad.
Yours very trulv,
PAT'L VALAER,
Engineer.
News Want Ads. Sell. Buy,
Find, Rent or Locate. A trial
will convince you. The cost
is only one cent a w'ord.
Always on Page 8.
Plainfield, N. J., March 2.—The
main building of Mount St. Mary's
CM)]lege, a iarge and well equipped
Roman Catholi' insritution near here
was burned today entailing a loss of
nu)re than $200,000. The 2:lu students
and sisters in the building ^ot out
in safety.
Fireman Donald W'hite was se-
veiely burned by coming in contact
with an electric- wire and President
W. M. Hatton was badly injured in
his efforts to save the girls. It is not
known how' the fire originated.
There w'ere about eighty students
in the school.
Situation at Albany.
By Associated Fess.
Albany. N. Y.. March 2.—Efforts to
bring aliout a break in the senatorial
deadlock continued today, but appar
ently without avail, as the majority
of the legislators, after the joint bal
lot at noon, arranged pairs until 'fue.s-
day and prepared to leave for their
homes.
Would Mean Complete
Destruction Of Forests
By Associated Press.
Washington, Marcii 2.—Complete
destruction of the national forests, ac
cording to Gifford Pinchot, former
chief forester and president of the Na
tional Conservation Association, would
follow tlie passage of the agricultural
appropriation bill as amended by Sen
ator Heyburn, of Idaho, yesterday.
The statement w'as made today to the
convention of the National Wholesale
Lumber Dealers’ Association.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 2.—The last ves
tige of doubt that there w'ill be an
extraordinary session of congress call
ed by President Taft lo consider the
Canadian reciprocity agreement in the
practically certain events of the fail
ure of that measure in the present
congress di.-;aiipeared today when it
became known that republican lead
ers had been called to the White
House fc.>r a consultation.
“The die is cast,” said one of the
rei)ublican senators, after returning to
the cajdtol. “Mr. Taft has decided
that there must be an extra session
and that he will call it earlier than
Ai>ril 24th."
Democratic leaders wanted a month
in whieli to .get ready lor a special
session and President 'I alt was in
clined to accede to their wishes. It
became known today, how’ever, that
the re])ublicans tavored an earlier
gathering if there was no way to
avoid coming back. Mr. 'faft would
be guided, it waa said, by the wishes
of the rejniblicans. It was announced
that a conference would be held on
the subject, probably Monday, to de
cide upon a elate.
March 20 was the date talked about
today at the capitol.
There was a feeling of confidence
among friends of the Canadian agree
ment that the democratic house
would pass the bill within a week af
ter the convening of the si)ecial ses
sion. It W'as suggested today that Rep
resentative McCall’s name wcmld not
be carried on the bill, but that some
democrat on the new' committee on
ways and means would claim the right
to report the measure and take charge
of it on the floor.
I'iiere was an impression alto that
Coffee Monopoly Agreement. '
Hy Associated Press.
Washington, March 2.—'I'he hon.se
today agreed lo a )»rivileged resolu
tion from the judiciary committc^e
asking the attorney general, if not
incompatible w'ith tlie puijlic- interesr,
to report to the liouse what investiga
tion has lieen made to ascertain
whothpr any foreign government c>r
subordinate, state has c->niered into
a coffee monopoly eonsi)irac-y.
'I'he resolution was introduced i).v
Keiuesentative Norris, of Nebraska,
and is direct toward obtaining infor
mation regarding an. alleged arrange
ment between the Brazilian goveru-
nient and the subordinate state of
vSao Paulo and a syndicate headed by
J. i\ Morgan & Co., lor a monopoly
in the coffec* traffic or.t of Brazil. The
resolution as adojded asks for a va
riety of information as vvliat steps
the government has takpii to deter
mine whether the anti-trust laws
have been violated and the results of
such stens.
TO PASCELS POS
By Assoc-iated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., March 2. The
convention of merchants in session
herefi in w’hich all oi the Southern
states and a number of the middie
Western slate are represented, wiU
go on rec-ord as ojijjosed to a par
cels post with uniform rates regard
less of distanc^e, and will send a
conclusion of the convention iiefore
congress. 'I'Jie cominittee on resc^lu-
tions at midnight iast night agreed
unanimously upon a report to this ef
fect and there is no tloubt of its be
ing adopted in tiie convention.
The resolutions do not commit the
/•onvention on a jjarcels pc)St syste’ii
with charges graduated according to
distance, but it is intimated that the
merchants would not ojipose a meas
ure of thi.s' kind if one should be
juesented. 'I'he committee j)robably
will go to Washington direct from
the senate would not delay action for {'he conveniien, reacaing the capi'al
This theorv w’as iiext ''veek.
'file principal address sc-heduled
for today were by T. James Fernkev,
of Philadelphia, representing the na
tional association of hardware job
bers and Robert E. Lee, of St. Louis,
more than a month,
based ujion the argument lhat the re
publican senate would expedite busi
ness so as to be ready to adjourn be
fore the democratic house could sub
mit a general program for tariff revis-
ion, and the hope that under such a i associate editor of the Dry Goods-
condition of affairs the democrats | man.
would be willing to postpone their tar- j A. resolution was adopted last night
iff revision plana until next w'inter. making the organization permane’U
when they w'ould be better prepared and providing for a meeting annual-
to proceed. ly* ^ *