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; QUICK RESULTS USE THE NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS—1 n£Y BRING BEST RESULTS—ONE CENT A WqRD test Edition THE CHARLOl'TE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 69 .6 CHAKLOTTE. N. C.. FR1DA\ EVENING, MARCHS, 1911 pT} J In Charlotfca, ! cants a Copy Daily—-5 Cents Sunday t Outside Charlotts. 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday '7 Senate Stopped ilibusteting At 3:05 This Mornino mnt Was Finally to Vote on The Tarifi Board Bill . turday Morning. / Qj Rules on Pari vVas Responsible {. rumbling oj The - Long Distance cded. r;.-- C:\nnilian "a> no: >ub- ^va-^ thoimht a voto tiTtulr of the* u.-'11 ht' iiad P Mp I'i'lisill 'ii liUTV iliiO nuif nnnu t.r tlu' .'■■1111- .'M ho tol- runi him. ".iei- mil .•■I 1 n'v’iir'h li.l ' .• t’; w 11 '.I' -I ilKt . .1 - apl. ■ to order when he declared the ruling of thee hair to be arbitrary and un just. * Mr. Stone, repeating the charge, then sat down. Senator Overman I jirotested against the word of the j stenoprai'her being taken against I the word of a senator. Mr. Sherman ‘ .'^aid that the Vord of the senator had not been given: that wlien call od upon to say whether he had .-snokcn twice that day the senator had declared he could not recall hav ing done so. Mr. Sherman said his onl\ course had been to have the i> fords debate examined. Senator Carter, of Montana, then I". I'liosed tliat a time be fixed on >aturday for a vote on the taiiff bil! .so that all of today and tonight iO”.hl ill' ilevotf'd to the consideration of apj'rnj'riat ii>n bills and bills on the calendar •^.'nn'or Cart('r said i* was the duty '1 tnenihors to enact t!ie airpropria- tion measures and declared that the democrats would niU be jtistified ’.n loi'ciiij; il'e sui'ply bills into an ex- t t a session. He pointed out that on two occasions within the memory ot some of the senators present, the democrats had cnacted appropriation bil's to cover tlie ext'cnses of the ;ro\('rnment for a r-eriod in which a rei'ublicaii adininistraiion was to be in contrr'I. This statement was in re sponse 'O an assertion of Senator Owen that ap]>ropriation bills should b ■> turned over to the new demo- crai(> congress. ! ^-'enator ('arier finally suggested ai'.-l from) that a compromise mi'’,ht be made l*y "f tl’.e iti.'-orpo'T'ing i.' the acroement a ru'e r. salt, to proceed v. l h tlie naval nnpropria- tuMi bill Senator Ston« accepted this l.ecatise he nelievcd it could be got ten out "f the \\:tv in half an hour and Senator Heybnrn interposed no C'bjection, sn.''iiL, I'.e was satisfied so long as tils- sci.ate made progress. The nava’ i'ill took more* time than was \iiO( ied and after nearly an hour had been devoted to it Mr. Stone protested tiiat ii was evident that it coiiid nor !■>:> finislied without ,k‘eping the s'iiat(' too long and he 'moved an adi; nrninent. The motion vas re.iectt'i whereuixm ho raised a ! -'nt of ii:. (luoniiii. Itather than rom iifd sinn^ors fi'o-'.i their beds Sen- a; t'eiKi.'- ni‘Vt-l to adjourn. All \*ii sco’e of weary-eyed sen- I ['resident Sliern^an a o'clock this nioaiing when lie called the upper house lo order. Ad- jonnimcnT liad been taken at 4 o’clock this morning. A’non^ the solons who braved loss of sK " D w ere Senators Hale and Stone, 'riiev gi.-ete-,! lacii oT'uer ’jleas- Continued on Page Ten. a i: «'r •■■•ii.-d ■; !ock d be .. rni.i- a: I re ,rs :> .• tlH wned flo oi' t"e ■ n- S VMS ot the ■ nfideni rir ■ "ie t ■ • f 5ENATCK 5mM0NS WILL HAVE lb EXfLMN TO me Wf4Y HE. VOTED FOK / NOKTH CARO hi \ V w I Kl o- 3 COMiNfr, SIP. » V/AlTEf^^bRlM^ ME AKIQTHER CX-'UD SAHOV/lcH \ The Twlington Anti - Trust Bill Passes the House Special to The News. . Raleigh, N. C., March 3.—The Turl ington anti-trust bill passed the house by a vote of 95 to 6, after a spirited de bate. An amendment by Doughton eliminating the provision that the so licitors were to be allowed 40 per cent of the fine was accepted. The judge is to make the allowance. ! companies. j The liouse jiassed under the snspen- j sion of rules a lilll to have the sale of I the .Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad to the Atlantic Coast lane and division : between tlie (,'oast Line and the I Southern investii:ateii b.\- the eorpora- ( (ion commission. It went lo ihe sen- ' ate. WORiISU&D i The bill carrying aiiiHiintment of Raleigh, March 3.—The sixty-hour , members of county boards of educa labor bill was again set for special or-• tion was sent to the senate, • der^ for tonight in the senate. | 'Phe b.oiise tabled the motion to 'J he bill to appoint a state fish com-' make the senate irrimary lull, tlu' mission came up for third reading and ' llobgood bill, a speci.il order for Fri- amendments to exemiit .Cartaret, Cur-1 day night by a vote of ;>s to I!I indi- rituck, Onslow and Hyde counties j cations are tiie house will defeat the were adopted, but the bill then failed' measure, to pass by a vote of 44 to 1, senators | SNAP-SHOTS ON TIMELY TOPICS Majonty and Minori ty Report On Fnar Lands Transactions Both RepGits Completely Ex- honerate Officials of The Philippine Island Government of All Charges of Fraud in Connection Wiih Case. . .nr s.na-'v was iticlin- « • !i; 1 (»\-‘I'.'.v ai'd ' :> i spok- n ■: t'.i i lu 1’ deny eaii'Mi S iwui t vc'ri- ♦ ♦ ■■■: . Sh-M- ♦ AN “EASY-WORKING” EGG- ♦ ■ ^ 11. (.'ri:er. ^ ( v'liii- BEATER ♦ i.;.t' i- vVr! 'i — . •11! . ;l ■ ! ir. ♦ ♦ '• .. I-.---'’: ::'o- ♦ With Want Ad5 Tomor- ♦ ‘ •-•' li • his ♦ ♦ ■’’.M i'.i r'ad so row. See coecial offer on O 1 fi-;.' \\ ;ii .1 er 0- . i;t I'l'iier !i.. • . 1 1 ♦ page 8 today. ♦ :a'i. I'rard ♦ ♦ 3* (V\Tatch the Want Ad Page.) ♦ i iii;e,l to rerrd ♦ ♦ .^ir. S:onv r reen Eyed Wife Not Lost At All, ut Quietly Waiting at Home - , , Her delayed return was unprecedent- •' Fim aii houried. Mr. Benjamin declared and tome- force of \ew thing serious must have hapjiened. ■i 'if tiie ity ' "Do yv)ii want to send out a general I v !i l’.( nj'Miiin, a alarm?” asked the sergeant. Hwivnn. the uii’e of, ‘Yes, by all means," urged Mr. Ben- : e-f luc lv- r anil a jamin, “we must get all the police i'acoi!. th:‘ Ann ri- after this at once.” ■ I Frai)C(>. j His description of his wife was as i'l-i; wiien Mr Ren-'follows; “Twenty-seven years old, an i nilk hat. mslud f iir complexion, 160 pounds, five feet ven inches, green eyes.” •'Green e.\es?” asked the sergeant. ■ Are you sure?” •‘Yes, green eyes, I am sure. “Hur ry, please,” replied the broker. While Mr. Benjamin was pacing the s'alion hpiise floor awaiting the result lim the information ,( f the police alarm, a servant from his ' « arly in tlie even- liome burst into the room. ;n pompanicd to tbo j • .Mrs. BenjanTin is at home, ’ she ii ii.isc, where Mr, ' exclaimed. ' 1‘bler. He had ex- j 'I'he broker bolted out of the door ti.if midnight and'witliout waiting for particulars and ii . and slie had not {the ))olice search was called off as •I > ame alarmed. A i hastily as it had iiegun. It developed the garage show-hater that Mrs. Benjamin had stopjied h irul awaited hisia few moments wkh friends on her was still out. way home. thi' Sixty seventh ! a f' w b](;c; s :o!i a'.11 Ilf home and ha! hip wifo w.is . -.I d foul plav. H;.: in'-- flr>t siatcnu-n's ' but tb.' police final- To Be Placed On Roller asters and Merry-Go-Rounds At Lakewood Park Inadequacy oj The Present Laws to Prevent Monopolies in The Friar Lands is Also Severely Criticised—Famous Case Settled, ^\ ashingion, Mavch 3,—Complete ex oneration of the cfiioci's of the Ph.lip- idnes Islands government of ali charg es of irregularities or improprieties in connection with the administration, sales or leases of lands in the Pliilip- pines; yei, on the other liand, pointed vriticisms of the inadequacy of the j)resent laws to r'leveiil nionojiolies iii what are Known as th«i "friar lands” are expve.ssetl in botli the ma.iority and minority reports of the house commit tee on insular affairs, sulimitted to the house today. 'I'he charge made on the floor f>f the Itouse a year ago by Representative ?ilartin. of Colorado, that ihe so-called sii«ar trust luid acqtiired acres of the "friar lands' led lo an investi- .“zation of the entire qiiestioii ct the ad- ministiavion of public lands as well as • friar lands.” Both reports concur in the opinion that the organic act of 1902 ift limiting individuals to forty acres and corporations to 2.,500 acres In the .amount of public lands that may be acquired does not impose the same re strictions on the disiiosition of the friar lands.” The majority report argues that as a practical exjiedient the “'friar lands’ should be disposed of in larger quanti ties to attract buyers while the min ority claim that tlie sale of the ‘‘friar lands” in large tracts may develop a sj'stem of absentee landlordism as ob noxious to the Filipinos as that of the friars against whom they once rebelled. The latter also suggest that a friend- Iv proceeding be begun in the courts by the officers of the PhilipifTne govern ment to determine the exact legal status of the "friar lands” v.ith respect to public lands regulations. As to the acquisition by E. Poole, of .")6,000 acres of the ‘•friar lands” on behalf of Horace Havemeyer, Charles B. Welch and Charles H. Senff. both reports declare the public oflJicials in volved were no resiionsible, being guid ed by the best available interpreta tions of the law. The majority members, how^ever, deny that the land was obtained liy the sugar trust while the minoritry assert that if the sugar trust did not acquire, "the next door tieighbor to the sugar trust” did and that there is apparently •‘a community of interests,” evidenc ing a holding by one jier^on of upwards of .")6.000 acres of land. The minority accepts the situation as unavoidable but holds the incident • Xrws. II' The house com- , . ition.s and griev- Kivcn the Mecklenburg lid the attorneys for the lent Company of Char- '.1^ as to the Grier bill amusements on Sunday as now. Rep resentatives of the amusement com pany asked that thei> roposed law be made state wide and that if it should be limited to Mecklenburg that it be left to a vote of the peo ple. Also there was a demand from them that Sunday "joy-riding” in au- • ' . day amusements v.Mtii | tomobiles be also prohibited. Of :lia* a substitute bill Isjcourse the committee did not give eperted to the house that (these recommendations any serious the roller coasters, merry-jconBideratlon. Thfe substitute bill was but allowi other park j Continued on Page Ten. Olmstead, of Pennsylvania, The re port expressly exonerates \\ . Cameron Forbes, governor-general; Charles H. Slecjier, director of lajids; Frank \V. Cariienter. execuiive s-ecretary anti Dean i'. Worcester, secretary of the interior of the Philippine government, 01' any iinjiroprieties in the manage- nienl of the Philipiiine h.’.ids, and de scribed thetn as ‘a'ble, earnest, patrio- :ic men. hoiiestl.v iiertorniing their duties iii:der more or lc*ss trying cir cumstances," "i'he report reviews ?' length, the alleged N i'. Iatiou!-> of ia .' .s .vovernia-v the sales of land Jtnd liie issnanee «/r leases, and lays its principal strees upon the intricate legal problem in volved in the question of the status of the so-called "friar lands,"’ which were purchased by the Philippine goyer*:- meut from the religious ordeis,' witii funds raised by a bond issue. Radical differences of opinion have existed as to whether the&e friar lands were gov^- erned in the matter of sales and leases by the restrictions clearly imposed by the ‘‘organic law of the islands upon transactions concerning tlie public or crown lands purchased by the United States government from the govern ment 6f Spain. Representative Martin, of Colorado precipitated the investigation now re ported upon, by various charges made on the floor of the house in the latter part of the session of 190!t-10, in which he alleged improper sales and leases of the Iriar lands, especially to persons who, he charged, desired the land fcir the benefit of the' so-called sugar trust. And so, while tlie rciiort undertakes to refute a number of charges connect ed with the sale and lease of lands in the islands, it is devoted largely to discussion of a , transaction by which one K. L. Pooie bought ‘5'i,000 of the 400,000 acres of the friar lands. Representative Martin contended that under the "organic law’’ of l!)02, which gave a civil government to the Philippine Islands, and which definite ly limited the amount of ‘‘jiublic” land that might be sold to individuals and to corporations, Poole cou.^ lawfully obtain only 40 acres ast an individual, and only 2,500 acres as representative of a corporation. With this contention the majority of the committee explicit ly disagrees. Ii concludes that tUa “friar” lands were not subject is a matter of law, and ought not to be subject as a matter of practical expe diency, to the restriction upon ‘ jmblic" lands. In support of this position as to the legal status of the friar lands, the report cites opinions of George R. Harvey, solicitor general, approv ed by Ignacie Villamor, attorney gen eral: Louis C. Knight, attorney for the bureau of public lands, of the isl ands, and of Attorney General Wicker- sham; and includes also a controvert ing opinion by Moorfield Storey, of Boston. The point here made is that the Philippine ofRicals in their course were abundantly sustained, and w'ere bound to be guided by, the opinions of the law' officers of their govern ment. The transaction of Poole, to which the larger part of the discus sion is addressed, was the purchase of the “San .Jcse estate.” “There has not been disclosed,” the report says of this transaction, “the slightest irregularity or impropriety being convinced that it would be in-1 effective as amended, j The senate as a committee of the whole disopsed of the remaining sec tions of the revenue bill, reducing the; $100 Tax on pistol dealers to $^0 in section (19. Also liy striking out the' lu:\ise amendment to section whi( h allo’.vs counties, cities and towns to' impose additional tax on telephone The committee reported favorably to charter the Greensboro, Uoxboro and Xor‘’olk Railroad. And bill to exetnin, declined lands from taxation for a pe riod of vf-ars. Mr. Kellnm introduced a bill to al low Wihningt On to a iiprojiriaTe ten thousand dollars annually for adverlis- in.g ]Mirposes, N'ew bills today numbered beyond the two iliousand niarU. The report then discusses at length the intent of the law and arrives at the conclusion tliai the organic act of 1902 with its ]U‘ovisions in regard to ])ublic lands does not apply to the friar lands-. “There are many other limitations and conditions iivescribed in the or ganic act,” declares the report, "gen eral in character, and which may reas onably be construed to have been ex- lended to friar lands; but the limita tions and conditions specifically im posed upon the sale and disposal of lands owned by the United States, and which this government has generally permitted to be sold for the benefit of the Filipino people, cannot by any reasonable construction be made to extend to sales by the Philippine gov ernment of lands purchased with its own money from i>rivate owners and nhich never did belong to the L'nited States. “It is quite within the power ot the Philippine legislature to limit the amount of friar lands which may be sold to a single noncorporate pur chaser. but it has not, Oone so and congress has not done so.” Tlie coclusions reached Ijy the major ity of the committee, in addition to those quoted above explicitly exoner ating the officers mentioned, are sum marized as- follows: "Xo corporation can lawfully hold more than 1.024 hectares (2..5'0 acres) of any kind of land in the Philippine Islands, and no corpuoration has been ])ermitted to purchase more than thaf- amount of either public lands or friar lands since the passage of the act of 1902. Section i5 of this act limits the sale of public lands: to 16 hectares, or 40 acres—the amount of public lands in the Philippine Isla.ids which law fully may be sold to any purchases oth er than a corporation. No sale in ex cess of that amount has been made. “Congress should, by appropriate legislation more clearl.v express its intention, whether individual citizens of the United States are to be in cluded or excluded as purchasers of agricultiwal public land of the United States in the Philippine Islands, “While we s-3e no objection to the ac(iuisition of homes in the Philippini Islands by officials or employes of the government, whether American or Filipino, w'e advise against specula tion in public land by public officials, and are pleased to note that the mem bers of the Philippine commission have refrained therefrom. “There are about HO.000,000 acres of public Ian . in the Philippines, the sale of which is restricted by law to 40 acres to a natural person, or 2,500 Continued on Page Six. Bachelors Declare They A r,e Not Responsible For Their Sad Plight Special to The Xews. Raleigh, Match 3.-—There has been much fun among legislators over Hie petition to the general assembly b.v many prominent bachelors t)f the widely known mountain resort town of Hendersonville against the Ewart bill to iniiiose a tax on the bachelors of tliat place in which the declara tion is made that “the bachelo’*s here are not altogelher responsil.de for the seemingly alarming increase in their number, Phe married men of this vicinity,” the petition sets out, "have utterly failed to i>rove Ijy anything apjiroachiiig competent evi dence or by actual demonstration that a married man hereabouts can earn a living for himself and famil.'’. Upon the other hand it is clearly proved that the married men in this neck.of the woods are absolutely un able to earn a living for themselves and families, and their wives are compelled to keep boarders, take in washing, and dt' seeing in order to suppori iiieirselves and tht'ir crowing faniiiies. ar.d Ivee)) their husbands clolluHi and sntliciently fed, to pre vent theii' faliiiig victims to hook worm disea.se witli v.hich many of them are evidently aftlicied.” This iietiiion against Ihe taxing of bachelors is signed by a great num ber of them 111 the Hendersonville section. Included are B. P. Buckmyer, W. • C. Rector, B. F. Staton. C. M- Pace. Wilt she re Griffith, F. A. Ew- bank. W. P. Potts, W. .). McIntyre, I). AVahlroj), F. '*1. .Jones, M. M, Slieiipard, .1. L. Pace, G. A. Woodfin. G. H. Walker, .1. L, C»)Hins, W. C. 1)11 ffey, P. E. Patton and others. Sv) deej)l.v have the Inwiriakers been impress(Hl by Ihe ropieseiitation:' made by the bachelors as to condi- ti(ius in (heir neck (d' the woods that Representative JCwart, autlior of tlie bi!l to impose Ihe tax, has been in duced to withdraw it. up as a warning against “further ex ploitation of the lands by Aiviericau capitalists.” and suggests that no more sales of large tracts of the -friar lands” on the part of Dean C. Worcester, the be consummated pending the action of secretary of the interior; Capt. Chas. congress or the outcome of court pro- H. Sleepr, the director of the bureau ceedings that might be instituted by of lands, in tue Philippines; the war ►the Philippine offivers, department or the bureau of insular Washington, D. C.. March 3—The affairs at \Vashington; or any other administration of lands in the Philip- official either of the Philippine govern- pine islands has been fairly and hon- me- or the United States government estly conducted, and charges and in- in connection with the purchase or sinuations to the contrary, directed sale of the San .lose estate. It w'as a against officers either of the Philip- perfectly plain and square business pine government or of the government transaction. Even if it shall be de- of the United States,, are unwarranted termined that the law prohibited the and unjust—this is the conclusion of sale of mere than 40 acres, the of- the majority of the house committee ficials who made the sale cannot be on insular affairs, in its report of an blamed, as they acted in pursuance of exhaustive investigation of those mat-j legal opinions which they were in du’y ters, made public today by the chair-1 hound to accept. But man at th.6 eoxxunittee. Representative] law?” Ext) a Session Ceitain Unless- By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., March 3.—Eleven days after congress adjourns tomorrow the national law makers will be called together in extra session. March 15th was the date given today at the whi-e house as the time w'hich President Taft, in all probability, would select for the opening of the extra session. Practically all hope has been abandon ed by the administration of getting re ciprocity through before congress ad journs. Reimblican leaders have urged up on the president the advisability of call ing the session as early as possible, so that it will not be necessary to sit through a Washington summer. , Mr. Laita Buys More 1 ryon St. Diit Adding to his territorial possessions on South Tryon street, Mr. E. D, Uatta, yesterday bought from Mr, Joseph H. Wearn,'of East Seventh street, the house and lot, corner of Tryon and Stonewall streets, at present occupied by Mr. D. W. Oates and family. The deed was passed between 5 and G o'clock jesterday afternoon. The con sideration was $15,000. By this last purcha.se Mr. Latta now^ owns three blocks and a half of South Tryon street property, wth the ex ception of the Harty lot and Jlr. \\. W. Ward’s. Kie IN Bit FOOD FIEHI By Associated Press. Hankow. China, March 3.—Twenty- one persons were trampled to death at Sha Yang, Huapeh province, today, when a horde of starving Chinese fought for the food which missionaries Iwere attempting to distribute. A great many others were injur ed. Provision Foi Famine Stricken By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., March 3.—The work of loading the United States transport Buford with provisions for the famine stricken sufferers in North China is progressing rapidly and it is expected that the vessel will be ready to sail earl.v next week. Among the contributions received by the Commercial Club yesterday were checks for $1,000 each from J, P. Morgan & Company and Cyrus H, McCormick, Chicago. The Christian Herald, of New Y’’ork, telegraphed further order for 1,000 sacks of flour, making to date 1,000,- 000 pounds of flour contributed through it. FAVORABLE ACTION ON CONSTITUTION OF N. MEXICO By Associated Press. Washington, March 3.—The sub committee of the senate committee on territories today decided to recom mend favorable action on the con stitution of New Mexico. The House already has adopted the constitution. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ^ SUNDRY CIVIL BILL ♦ ^ PASSES ♦ -Mr. J. G. Freeland, who is sick at w'hat is the his home on North Graham street, was bett«r todAy. ■ i ■ ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ Washington. March 3.—The ♦ sundry civil bill was passed by - ♦ the senate at 12:50 p. m. ^ ♦ Th senate defeated by a 'vote " ♦ of 43 to 40 an amendment to the ♦ sundry civil bill offered by Sen- - ♦ ator Culberson providing that ♦ the tariff bureau must report to ♦ congress by the first Monday in > ♦’ December 1911 on iron and ^ steel, cotton and cotton manu- ■ facturcs and wool and w’oolen ♦ manufactures. ^ ♦ ♦W m ELECTRIC By As.sociated Press. Clev'eland, Ohio, March 3.—Follow ing a consultation between Judge S. Kenyon, assistant United States at torney general, and United States Dis trict Aitorney \V. E. Day, here, Al.- torney Day represeniing tiie govern ment, filed suit against the (ieneral Electric Conijjan.N', of Schenectadj’, N. Y., and others alleging an unlawful combination and a consiiiracy in re straint of trade. Give Up Magazine Postage Rate Fight By Associated Press. Wasliint;toii, .March 3.— Shortly af ter two o'clock, duiing consideration of the ijostoflice bill, w'hich followed liassage of the naval apiiropriation bill, Senator Penrose announced the aban donment of the projiosiiion to increase the postal rates of magazines. 0)ipoiients of the measure had indi-* cated their intention to ‘•talk it to death” and its withdrawal evidently was made in the interest of facilitating other legislation. Norwood Delegation Here. Mr. T. J, Sheehan, rei)resenting the Business ilen's League of Norwood, met with a committee from the Great er .Charlotte Club in the club rooms at the Selwyn this afternoon and dis cussed at some length the feasibility of the building of a railroad betw'eeu Charlotte and Norwood. While nothing positive was don», it was tiie sense of all present at the meeting that forma tive action would shortly be taken. Those from Charlotte who partici- ))ated in the discussion of the plans for the proposed railroad are: Messrs. D. P. Hutchison, C. G, Creighton, M, C. Mayer and N. S, Alexander. It w’as thought that exeprt railroad men w'ho are believed to be interested in the, project would be present, but these were unavoidably detained. Charlotte i>eople, as well as those in Norwood, want the matter focussed before the present legislature has ad journed, but such a thing is secarcely possible now. That a charter will be applied for at an early date, however, is a fact believed by many in the city. Three Killed by Explosion. By Associated Press. Niagara Falls, Ont., March 3.—A boiler exploded in the plant of the Ontario Power Company here this morning, killing three • men, fatally injuring another and more or less se* rlously injuring six to ten others. i