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THE CHARLOl'TE NEWS.
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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
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Senate Stopped
ilibusteting At
3:05 This Mornino
mnt Was Finally
to Vote on The
Tarifi Board Bill
. turday Morning.
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vVas Responsible
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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.
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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.
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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.
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^ 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.
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♦ 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. ^
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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