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WILMINGTON N. C. FRIDAY MARCH 25 1904.
FIVE CENTS.
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ATTEMPT TO
UP
Seven Merchant Steamers Run Into the Harbor
and Sunk in Desired Positions
by the Japanese
SIDE LIGHTS ON
The Iiottling Up of Port Arthur is Not
Confirmed By Any Other Corre
spondent Except the Daily Tele
graph's Viceroy AlexiefT Renews
His Demand for the Withdrawal of
All Chine? From Manchuria Rus
sians Believe That Japan Will Vio
late Her Pledge Respecting tlie
Neutrality of Chinese Territory A
Change of JaiKuiejse Plans is Given.
General Kuropatkin's Campaign
Will Not Be An Aggressive One.
London, March 25. The Daily Tele
graph publishes a dispatch from Its
Tokio correspondent under yesterday's
date which says:
"On the night of March 22, the Jap
anese fleet renewed the attempt to bot
tle up Port Arthur. Sixteen warships
escorted .seven merchant steamers to
the mouth of the harbor and under
cover of the bombardme.nt, the steam
ers ran in and were sunk in desired po
sitions. Three thousand Japanese offi
cers and blue jackets volunteered for
this duty. An official report is expect
ed this evening'."
Side Lights on the- Operations.
London, March 25. The Daily Tele
graph's circumstantial report from its
Tokio correspondent that the Japanese
succeeded in bottling up Port Arthur
on t.he night of March 22ndfl is not con
firmed from any quarter. The special
- dispatches to the other morning papers
announce no new development in the
situation, but throw a few side lights
on the operations.
The Standard's Tien Tsin correspon
dent says that Viceroy Alexieff renew
ed his demand for the withdrawal of all
Chinese officials and soldiers from Man-
churia on the ground that otherwise it
would be impossible to conduct the war
properly.
The Daily Mail's correspondent's give
from Japanese sources some details of
the condition of Port Arthur which were
gathered during a recent vis? of a
Chinese junk there. It is asserted that
" a boom had been placed across the en
trance to the roadstead which is alive
with mines so defective and so care
lessly laid as to equally ejjijnger both
Russian and Japanese "vessels. The
damaged Russian warships, these re
ports say, -were repaired with such
haste that it is dangerous for them to
leave their anchorage. Eight battle
ships and- cruisers and ten torpedo
boat destroyers are now uninjured and
often leave the harbor, but never go
far fromrthe forts.
Japanese naval officers praise the
quaJity of the Russian torpedo boat
destroyers which, they confess, have
done excellent work, but they declared
that the Russian shells are badly fused
and fail to explode except when they
strike direct upon armor and that their
charges of gun cotton are insufficient
to cause serious damage.
The Daily Mail's Shan Hai Kwan
correspondent says that the Japanese
are secretly engaging Chinese to act as
an irregular corps.
A .Japanese Change of Plans.
St. Petersburg, March 24. The war
office is in receipt of persistent reports
that the Japanese are preparing to land
on .neutral Chinese territory, on the
west coast of the gulf of Liao-Tung,
either at Tien Kian Cheng, in Kin Chau
bay. or at Shan Hai Kwan.
Although slow to believe that Japan
deliberately contemplates a violation
of her pledge to respect neutral Chinese
territory, the reports received at the
ministry of war are so specific that they
compel consideration. The presence of
disguised Japanese soldiers acting as
spies along the Shan Hai Kwan road
has been established, and Russian
agents report that there is every indi
cation of an intended landing on the
west coast of the gulf of Liao Tung.
The information conveyed by these
agents seems to coincide with other in
formation, indicating a complete
change in the Japanese plan of cam
paign, or of its entrance into a second
6tagepractically involving the abandon
ment of further heavy landing of
troops in Korea. j
According to advices received by the f
government, there are only about 70 000
Japanese troops in the hermit kingdom
at present. The latest advices indicate :
that the Japanese will not send many '
more soldiers into Korea. They may
make a diversion at Possiel bay in the
direction of Vladivostok, but their main
objective henceforth will be in gulf of
Liao-Tung. The only two points feasi
ble for landing are Chin Wan Tao and
Tien Kian Cheng which are connected
by rail respectively with Shan Hai
Kwang and Kau Kaiu on the Pekin
railroad. A landing at either place
will give the Japanese possession of a
splendid strategic line by which to
BOTTLE
PORT ARTHUR
THE OPERATIONS
strike the Russian flank and if desired,
to hold Pekin in subjection.
The Russians have little faith in the
Chinese Generals Ma and Mu. who
might disregard orders from Pekin and
join forces with the Japanese. There
is reason to affirm that the Russian
line of conduct in such a contingency
has already been decided upon in prin
ciple. The assurances obtained from
Pekin require that the Chinese author
ities should oppose with their army
such a step on the part of Japan.
It is learned that the Russian milli
tary attache at Pekin is now at New
Chwang, watching the movements of
the Chinese troops.
' Kuropat kin's Campaign Will Not Be
Aggressive.
'. St. Petersburg, March 24. -When
; General Kuropatkin reaches IMukden it
j is understood that the Emperor's forces
S at the theatre of war will be. divided
into three armies, in the peninsula, in
cluding the port Arthur garrison, undgr
General Stoessel, military commander
at Port Arthur; a central army under
General Linevitch and a northern ar
my, under General Baron Satekelherg.
Any idea that General Kuropatkin's
arrival will be signalized by aggressive
tactics is discouraged in the highest
military crcles, where attention is
called to the general's repeated injunc
tions patience, patience, patience.
"We can afford to wait whether or
not the Japanese can," is the sentiment
among the believers in General Kuro
patkin. He expects to force the Japa
nese to fight him on grounds of his own
choosing. There will be no forward
movement into Korea. On the con
trary, the Russians at the Yalu are riow
screening their concentration to the
westward and they probably will retire
as the Japanese advance in force, har
rassing and retarding them as much
as possible until the proper time to un
cover the main Russian army.
The Russians also express much more
satisfaction at the present situation at
Liao Tung. The forces on the penin
sula have been reinforced to an extent
which will render a Japanese landing
there difficult, if not impossible and the
garrison at- Port Arthur has been am
ply provisioned to withstand a siege.
So far as the peninsular is concerned
the preparations there may now be r
garded as complete.
Movements of Troops.
Liao Yansr. Manchuria. March 24.
General Ma has transferred his head
quarters to Tung-Chou and his troops
have been withdrawn westward of the
Sin-Min-Tung railroad.
Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai is now at Tien
Tsin. His troops are returning to Pao
Ting-Fu.
It is persistently reported that the
Japanese propose to land troops at Gat
sia. north of Shan Hai Kwan. There
are numerous Japanese spies at Shan
Hai Kwan and elsewhere on the rail
road to Yin Kow.
A detachment of General Mistchen
kos troops remain in north Korea re
connoitering. A party is always
watching Anju, but the Russians have
not encountered any Japanese during
the last few days.
On the arrival of General Kuropatkin
trans-Baikal territory. General Line
vitch sent the commander-in-chief a
telegram of welcome, saying the troops
were thirsting to take revenge on the
enemy and were impatiently awaiting
his arrival.
Advices from south Manchuria and
north Korea say all is quiet there.
Account -of the Attack on Port Artliur
Tokio. March 24. Vice Admiral Togos
report of the fifth attack on Port Ar
thur, which was made on March 22nd,
reached Tokio tonight and is as fol
lows :
The combined fleet acted according
to the plan arranged. Two flotillas of
destroyers were outside Port Arthur,
as instructed, from the night of the
21st until the morning of the 22nd. Al
though during this time our destroyers
were under, the fire of the enemy, they
sustained no damage. The main fleet
arrived off Port Arthur at S o'clock on
the morning of the 22nd.
"I dispatched a part of the fleet in
the direction of Pigeon bay, and order
ed the battleships Fuji and Yashime to
make an indirect bombardment against
the inner side of the port. During the
bombardment, the enemy's ships grad
ually came out of the harbor, and at
the time when the indirect bombard
ment stopped, which was about 2
o'clock, the number of Russian ships
was five battleships, four cruisers and
several destroyers. We believed the
enemy was trying, by making a move
ment of their fleet, to draw us near the
forts. The enemy's ships shelled tis in
directly and many of their shots fell
near the battleship Fuji, but our sX'n s
sustained no damage. About 3 o'clock
our vessels withdrew off the port."
Rumors of Japanese Advance Denied.
St Petersburg, March 24. Major Gen- I
eral Pflug telegraphs from Mukden on-', Vera Cruz, March ,24. A French
der today's date as follows: - ! man arriving on the steamer Manuel
"There is absolutely no truth In the ; Calvo from Havana, has been arrested
report published in England to the ef- j at the request ' of the Suban consul,
feet that the Japanese have crossed the He is charged with the theft of $28.
Ta Tung pass, or that' they have had 000 in Havana. Extradition documents
engagements with the Russians, while are expected to arrive soon.
the statement that the way to the Mo
tieff pass (Motienling pass) where a
strong Russian detachment is alleged
to be stationed, is open to the Japa
nese is also pure Invention. To the
same category belong the reports pub
lished in (London newspapers from Jap
anese sources of an engagement al
leged to have taken place at Port Ar
thur. March 19th (March 18?) and of
the encounter at Chyong-Syong (on the
Yalu river,) in which the Russians
were reported to have lost 600 men kill
ed or wounded."
Troops Moving Toward the Yalu.
New Chwang, March 24. Authorita
tive .reports . from Kirin. Kuang Chang
Tsu, Mukden, Liao Yang and Hsu Yen
show that three days ago complete
quiet prevailed, with a, regular move
ment of troops in the direction of the
Yalu river. One regiment passed
through Hsu Yen on Sunday, March
20th.
Emperor William at Naples.
Naples, March 24. Emperor William
arrived here today on board the North
German Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert
escorted by the German cruiser Prinz
Frederich Karl, and was saluted by the
whole Mediterranean fleet. The Em
peror went on board the Hohenzollern
soon afterward.
Yongampho to be Opened.
Washington. March 24. The follow
ing cablegram has been received at the
state department from United States
Minister Allen at Seoul, dated today:
"Announcement has been made in
Seoul that Yongampo will be opened
and it is said that 1.000 Russian troops
have advanced to the Anju river, but
that the floating ice makes crossing
extremely difficult. There has been
some light skirmishing but few casual
ties so far."
Hie Bayan Has Not Been Destroyed.
St, Petersburg, March 24. The Asso
ciated press is officially authorized to
deny the report, circulated in BerlVa
and published in the United States by
a news agency, that the Russian ar
mored cruiser Bayan was blown up by
a floating torpedo in the harbor of Port
Arthur March 16th, at the time a Rus
sian torpedo boat was said to have been
sunk: owing to colliding with a mine.
Anxious for the Opening of the Liao
River.
New Chwang, March 24. Both for
eign and native vessels are anxiously
awaiting the opening of the Liao river.
It is their purpose to remove valuable
goods and their cargoes before fighting
begins.
EXPECT A BETTER OFFER
SULLY CREDITORS NOT SATIS
FIED WITH HIS PROPOSITION.
An Effort is to Be Made to Find Out
the Identity of Sully's Backers A
Committee is Appointed to Repre
sent the Creditors.
New York, March 24. That D. J. Sul
ly & Co., would be able to do a good
deal better than to offer forty per cent.
cash and sixty per cent, in notes to
creditors was the belief expressed by
Receiver Taft today and a new offer
from the suspended firm is expected.
Samuel Untermyer, who is counsel
for a number of Sully's creditors, said
today:
"We demand and intend to get the
history of Sully's cotton transactions
We want the fullest exposure of the
facts. 'Nothing else will satisfy."
Many of Sully's creditors are hoping
that he will reveal the identity of his
backers in the last pool.' All of his as
sociates are said to be men who could
settle with the creditors.
Receivers Taft and Miller do not ex
pect to learn of these backers from Sul
ly, but Mr. Taft says that the books
may reveal enough to show that cer
tain silent partners were under obliga
tions to stand the loss. If it can be
found that such obligations exist, steps
will be taken to make them pay 100
cents on the dollar.
Sully still stands ready to pay his
creditors forty cents on the dollar in
cash and sixty cents in long time notes
but most of the creditors expect better
results than that through the receivers
A conference lasting half an hour
was held today in Sully's office, between
Receivers Taft and Miller and R. Seid
enberg. George Chapman. Superinten
dent Stroud, of the coffee exchange,
Expert Accountant Cuthbert, who has
been at work on the books of the Sully
firm, and Boothby and Baldwin, coun
sel for the petitioning creditors. None
of the parties to the conference would
make any statement.
A meeting of the creditors of Daniel
J. Sully & Co.. was held this afternoon.
It was called at the request of the re
ceivers for the purpose of having a
committee named to represent the gen
eral body of creditors in dealing with
the receivers.
The meeting adopted a resolution giv
ing President McDougall of the Cot
ton Exchange the power to appoint
this committee, after which adjourn
ment was taken.
Mr. McDougall appointed the follow
ing.' committee:
Reinhard Seidenburg. J. Temple
Gwathmey. Edward Shearson. George
Chapman and J. S. Clark. They are
the same members of the exchange who
were appointed as a similar committee
at the former meetng of the credtors
and later discharged.
Mr. McDougall, said that the com
mittee will be without power to make
any settlement, but will confer with
the receivers and act in an advisory
capacity toward them.
Superintendent King, of the Cotton
Exchange announced today that the
recently suspended firm of J. H. Gar
rison & Co.. were prepared to settle
in full and that all claims against them
might he presented for settlement to
day. Charged With a Big Theft.
SECOND TIME
House Votes Not to In
vestigate the P O,
Department
AN APPEAL FAILS
The Question of an Investigation WTas
Brought Up by Mr. Williams, Wliose
"Amendment Was Laid Aside on a
Point of Order The Appointment
of Federal Officers Under Civil Ser
vice, Especially in the South, Was
Brought Up and Discussed in the
Senate.
Washington. March 24. The house
of Representatives today again put it
self on record against any investigation
of' the postoffice department. Eight
pages of the postoffice appropriation
bill were disposed of. The question of
an investigation of the postoffice de
partment was brought up by Mr. Wil
liams, the minority leader, who pro
posed an amendment providing for a
select committee of five members of
the House and three Senators to make
a complete investigation into the al
leged frauds in that department. He
taunted the Republicans for their fail
ure to order an investigation and said
the party was opposed to it.
The chair sustained a point of order
by Mr. Overstreet against the amend
ment and when Mr. Williams appealed,
the chair was sustained 133 to 99.
Before the vote was taken Mr. Wil
liams appealed to Mr Overstreet to
withdraw his point of order, which Mr.
Overstreet refused to do.
"Then the gentleman has a perfectly
stony heart." said Mr. Williams. ,:He
stands in between this investigation Of
the postoffice department by Congress
with his point of order."
Thereupon .Mr. Williams appealed
from the decision of the chair, which
brought from Mr. Overstreet an appeal
tt the house to uphold the chair. To
do otherwise, he said, would be a re
flection upon the chair and dignity of
the House.
Mr. Williams inquired: "What does
a miserable little rule of the House
amount to when you consider it is the
only obstruction lying between you ana
a righteousness far greater than the
He declared that the very essence and
soul of good government is honesty in
the public service and economy of pub
lic administration. "The only way we
can secure honesty in the postoffice de
partment." he continued, "is either by
the gentleman withdrawing his point
of order or by the House marching over
the point bodily.
He was loudly applauded by his col
leagues on the Democratic side.
He implored Mr. Overstreet to with
draw his point "to save the country
from saying that rather than have an
Investigation of rottenness, the House
will stand a bare little parliamentary
technicality, that amounts to nothing
in any citizen's mind." He was again
applauded.
He said the House can secure an in
vestigation hy an outside authority
"not intermingled, with the corruptions
existing in the! postoffice department"
by the two ways he had suggested.
There is a power greater than the
House, he declared, and it is the people
of the United States When a gentle
man makes a point of order, as repre
sentative of his party, it is because his
party don't want the postoffice depart
ment investigated.
"Won't you," Mr. Williams asked,
"do something to keep the great body
of American citizenry from believing
the postoffice department is infamous."
Mr. Overstreet, he said, now had the
opportunity of a life time, that may
never come again, to remove blots from
the department and from the adminis
tration. Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, criti
cised the department for "its discrimi
nation and palpable favoritism"
against the south in the establishment
of rural free delivery route.
Provisions in the hill forbidding rural
carriers engaging in business or carry
ing merchandise and increasing their
salaries from $600 to $720 a year went
out on points of order.
The House adjourned until tomorrw.
THE SENATE.
Washington, March 24. The Senate
today passed the Indian Appropriation
bill. After the routine features of the
bill had been disposed of, Mr. Bacon
again raised the question of civil ser
vice appointments, basing his remarks
upon the statement made by Mr. Hoar
yesterday to the effect that Senators
from States of political faith different
from that of the President should be
consulted in the matter of appointments
to office.
.Mr. Bacon characterized the utter
ance "as a most notable one" in con
demnation of a system "which practi
cally difranchises one-third of the peo
ple of the United States in the matter
of the administration of the Federal
laws in their midst."
The present system was. he said, a
denial of the right of the people In this
respect, and the denial, said Mr. Bacon,
was especially felt in the South. It
never had been Intended by the fram-
nitv should be deprived ot the right to 5
be consulted- in-the selection of Fed-j
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
SWAYNE CASE
Charges Against the
Judge Concisely Stated
by Mr, Palmer
THE EVIDENCE
Taken By the Sub-Committee in Flor-
ida is Given to the House Commit
tee1 Non-Residence, Conduct Un
becoming a Judge and Other Unlaw
ful Charges Are Made Judge
Swayne Gives a Brief Review of His
Life and Then Enters Into His Own
Defense.
Washington, March 24. The evi
dence in the impeachment proceed
ings against Judge Charles Swayne,
of the Northern District of Florida,
taken in Florida by the House sub
committee of the Judiciary Committee
and including the brief of Judge
Swayne before the committee in his
own defense, and that of Judge B. S.
Liddon, for the prosecution, was fur
nished to the committee today in
printed form for the first time. The
document consists of 360 printed
pages.
The charges against Judge Swayne,
which undoubtedly will be set forth
in the report of the committee to be
filed tomorrow by Representative Pal
mer, are concisely stated by Mr. Pal
mer in forming a question to Judge
Swayne during the proceedings, as
follows:.
Non-residence in the Northern Dis
trict of the State of Florida.
For unlawfully imposing a fine, and
imprisonment of one E. T. Davis and
S. Belden in 1901.
For unlawfully committing to
prison in. 1902 one O'Neal for alleged
contempt of court.
For conduct unbecoming a judge, in
appointing one Tunison in 19 00,
lenowing him to be a man of bad
character.
For refusing a fair hearing and trial
to one Hoskins, in 1902.
In hia own defense Judge Swayne
filed with the committee letters of
endorsement from seventeen lawyers
and five other persons, not attorneys,
written in November, 1897, recom
mending to President McKinley his
appointment to succeed Justice Field
on the Supreme Court bench of the
United States. He also filed twenty
four letters, mostly of Florida attor
neys, written in February, 1899, rec
ommending his appointment to the po
sition of circuit judge of the Fifth
circuit, which had just been created
by an act of Congress.
In his brief Judge Swayne reviews
his life briefly, stating that he was
born in Delaware in 1842; read law in
Philadelphia and was admitted to
practice there later. In 1885 he
moved to Sanford, Fla., where he
practiced until appointed to the bench
in 1889. His appointment was a re
cess appointment, which was not con
firmed until April, 1890.
Judge Liddon, in cross examining
'Judge Swayne, asked him if he did
not understand the laws of Florida to
be that a man could not hold office
there unless he Is a qualified elector.
Jtidge Swayne admitted this.
Jhdge Swayne, in commenting upon
the proceedings against him, said to
the committee that they were due to
but two causes:
The malice of the man O'Neal, who
was sentenced, and the intense polit
ical feeling engendered at that period.
There never would -have been any
thing of this had it not been for these
causes."
In summing up against Judge
Swayne, Judge Liddon declared him
guilty in the following instances:
1. That he has been, until after the
adoption of the resolution, the basis
of these proceedings, in 1903, a non
resident of this district and that in
convenience, expense and injury have
resulted to iitigans in this court by
reason of such non-residence, and by
absence from his district.
2. That he had appointed and
m'aintained as commissioner of his
court one B. C. Tunison, a man of had
reputation, and has so conducted him
self as to create, at least, a general
impression that his court is dominat
ed by said Tunison in administration
of justice therein.
3. Maladministration, of bankruptcy
matters before him, whereby the as
sets of bankrupts were absorbed in
posts and expenses.
4. That he has been guilty of cor
ruption in his office and oppression in
the following instances: W. H. Hos
kins, against whom involuntary pro
ceedings were brought; against Sam
uel Belden and E. T. Davis, who were
most wrongfully and unjustly punish
ed for alleged contempt; against W.
C. O'Neal upon a charge of contempt.
and against one C. D. Hoskins the
two latter having died with sucn pro
ceedings pending.
5. That he corruptly purchased a
lot of land in litigation before him.
and afterwards tried another case, be
tween nractically the same parties, ;
involving the same lands, and direct-
ing the iury to bring in a veraict an
favor of the title which he had pur
chased.
He has appointed as court com
missioner one John Thomas Porter,
who maintains an office at Marl anna,
while his residence is atGrand "Ridge,
fourteen miles distant, thereby caus
ing great expense arid inconvenience
to parties before nis court ana tx tne
government. ; v ? v
7. That ' he corruptly lobbied with
J. M. Barrs to prevent the redlstrict
ing of the State.
8-HOUR BILL
Southern Manufacturers
Appear Before House
Committee
MAKE PROTESTS
The South Does not Need the Help of
Congress Where That Help Consists
of Embarrassment and Discourage
ment Manufacturers Have Agreed
on Regulations That Are Sufficient
ly Stringent Argument as to What
Products of a Cotton Factory Are
Not Exempt From the Bill.
Washington, March 24. The protests'
of southern cotton manufacturers
aginst the interference of Congress reg
ulating labor contracts was the feature
today in the hearing on the eight hour:
bill before the Senate committee on ed
ucation and labor. Jack J. Spalding,
of Atlanta, Ga., asserted that the south
does not need the help of Congress
"when that help consists of embarrass
ment and discouragement to the mau
facturers in their efforts to obtain a
percentage of the foreign trade, ham
stringing them and setting barriers in
the way of their progress in the inter
est of labor and against the Interest of
the working man and woman."
Chairman McComas asked if it is not
a fact that the southern manufacturers
are a unit in protesting against legisla
tion of any kind. Mr. Spalding said
that the manufacturers had volunta
rily adopted regulations more severs
than any legislation that had ever
been proposed in Georgia and that so
far as child labor was concerned, the '
young boys and girls that are employed,
are minding machines wnere they can
play half of the time. He declared
also that 75 per cent of the mills main
tained, schools and free books equal 1q
the state schools, and that it was e.
part of the regulations that the boys
and girls should attend the schools a
certain number of months each year.
"Why," said Mr. Spalding, "my mill
is in the town where President Roose
velt's father and mother were married.
This mill has been running sixty years,
with the exception of a short time af
ter Sherman came through and acci
dentally dropped some fire in the mill,
and the social distinctions are less
there than, in almost any town in tus
country. The people are satisfied. The
manufacturers are getting along well
the laboring class does not want this
legislation and in fact the agitators are
the only ones that do want it."
F. B. Gordon, of Columbus, Ga.,
called attention to the fact that tne
chairman of the committee had said
that all products of the cotton mills'
were exempt from application of the
eight hour hill. He said that there wcro
factories in Georgia twhlch manufac
tured particularly heavy duck, wh!c.'i
was used only by 'the government and
not heing sold in the ,open market
would not be exempt. He introduced
F. F. Calloway, of LiaGrange. Ga., whq
made a statement in regard to this
product. After the statement, the
chairman insisted that the product
Would be exempt, under the provision
making exceptions of government sup
plies whether manufactured according
to particular specifications or not.
"Then you can tell me what is In
cluded under this bill?" Mr. Calloway
asked.
Chairman McComas said that the
hearings in the last three years he had
concluded that the only things which
were not exempt were government ves
sels, large marine engines, hig cranes
and heavy carriages .used in govern
ment work. He said that the supplies
for manufacture, such as bolts, rope
sails and all material of that charac
ter was not Included under the bill.
Mr. Calloway said if Jt were known
just what articles would be included
they should be specified In the bill In
order to avoid the general oonf ujiorx
that now exists. He asked why this
had not been done.
In the opinion of the chairman a
specification of that character would bo
unconstitutional.
"Are you sure." asked Mr. Calloway,
"that the Supreme court would con
strue the bill as you do."
"Of course. I cannot be sure what
any other man or men would do," slid
Senator McComas, "but I am sure that
under the bills no Intelligent lawyer
would say that the duck you manu
facture was not exempted."
"I don't, know that," said JMr. Gal
loway. "I have seen things drawn a
heap tighter than this bill seems to be
and yet the lawyers have' twisted them
about so as to make almost anything
they wanted out of them. I think you
can make anything you want out of
this bill. I may be exempt, but I pre
fer to be on the Bafe side and get my
record In so that if the courts do not
agree with you, my contentions will
be on file.' .. .
Joseph Southerland Accidentally
Drowned.
Bristol, Tenn.. March 24. Acciden
tally fairing into Laurel river, near.
Damacus, Va., today, Joseph Suth- .
erland, a wealthy citizen and promi-
nent cattle 'dealer and mineral mine
developer, met death today. His body
was recovered after a long search,
the swollen river carrying it many
miles down stream. Mr. Sutherland
lived at Mountain City. Tenn., where
he owned valuable farm and mineral
property.
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