North Carolina Newspapers

Leather icday : "r North Carolina : Fa r. . .. en f.er. TEMPERATURE: Temperature for the past 24 Hours: Maximum, 58. Minimum, 54. rTTT RALEIGH. N. C.V TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1904 No. 76 Post. A. HE : Ch pnrsiOEN T ROOSEVELT WILL SOUTH Aitend a Reunion of Rough Riders and Visit the Principal Southern Cities, Further Gonfirmaticn of the Shake- , up cf Office Holders is Wl Wi By TKCMAS Xov. 21 Special. When --.'t coes to San Anto- rring to attend the re- itrime:u or uougn K.iaer. probably ?top at a number of ,i on the return. Now oeon agre?u ujjuu, m- t-o expect td to reach the pres-. e trip may become a some- ar. This -will aepena large-v-t itior.s received. .t there is to be a gen ; o: " d line federal office : allitional corrobora ;.d continues to attract . The Washington Post afier commenting upon ;:e ; resident has no more ".r.r. and is free to follow ;s, made this significant IrT'.l -0 are stror.g intimations that v r: -re rnade in the diplomatic TFi..:r ?rrvioe, the revenue ser b -.;h o.u-ion s and internal reve--d in the postal service, as rapid-tr.-: cuxn-.ii-'pions of many of the .Vr.'s expire-." N.v yorii un goes mucn iur- A ?:vy in t: paper said, among ocurr.T"" to the situation In New ; ?.atr. v ' r i has gone out that in- jr.uc'r. as the president has decuared he is not to be a candidate him ir. If'S. ?Ii federal office holders, not may rrrror: 'i ueiy be called 'third ers.' are :o be retired as fast as terrrs expire. These are the men i President McKinley appointed ta .March. 1S57, to Xarch, 1901, and rjn: President Roo?evelt. upon his ac- ::. reappointed." ; r-iroir. is in support oi uie r-:..;t p. pea red m the Morning Post 5i:hy. Of course Mr. Roosevelt has rii? no tovrr.nl announcement of his ;:.::y, but people who are close to him rrrii-t an entirely new deal in the dis- :':;:ion cf federal offices, although, as :s pointed out Sunr'ay, there are ::.d to be exceptions to the rule. Congressional Is Investigating a Judge 2!h'.r.ron Nov. 21. The sub-com - "-e of the house committee on the spring investi against Judge -ei it charged res sv.ayne of the federal court J the Northern District of Florida, rsumed the takinar of testl- '-7 in the proceedings looking to the 7 et of that official. The ju- smiuee. shortly before the of the session of congress last r recommended to the house the r?:h!r.er.t of Jud Swnvno. tnr vwSdeir'eaT!ors'" but to avoid plf".UOn of 1 2 session. It was 6iLt0 postPc,ne consideration of waChrnent resolution to De icT I3' Th5 corr'mittee in the mean TVVak further testimony. I' j.'T -Marina, Fla.; John. . csdor., a banker and editor, of a ., . . ' . . Jgene c. Dearborn, a ? Attorney Strinlinr- tr. stlfl -'C!!ement a?ainyt Judge Swayne Cfouid have receiverships and "u u-nnea the offer 1. t,??tifie(i regarding a visit hiir. ar.d Brown Calhoun to -- '-ayr.e fr,r tho r.,i . .. " L''r me nurnose of s- a compromise of If. Hoskins. who. 1 KJ" ' wmrritted suirid nit ctr .1 nwin?i . persecutions :cutions. r to fix UP the mat- sid, but Hoskinsr 11 : rn Rhodes, had declined Ui li.o:iey. and VTosUinc - - - - unity from arrest cot:ten:r nun-. proceedings had killed J'jie b0rn tPsttfied to car- tr '"a: nP and his family sWt, I,v:i! and Ky Wesl : lfce mif J T 1 by Ju1ffe Swayne. f the party- he saId' :"?T!9n. " a:,i thf- Provisions used ::- r. trip were Ornish- "on .'ourned until to- n ot!v- 1 witnesses will be ta . v?c.K,de Runner Taken 1 !:" navy depart- NEXT S PBING J. PENCE Governor-elect, R. B. Glenn arrived in Washington today, and after giving his attention to legal matters in which he is interested, left this afternoon for Bal timore. He will return tonight or to morrow and spend several days here with Mrs. Glenn and Miss Glenn, who are shopping and enjoying a few days at the national capital. Among the White House callers today were Former Senator Marlon Butler and Marshall Lr Mott. It was Mr. But ler's first visit since .the election. He says there is no federal office that he wants and says that he is seeking none. Marshal Mott's call related to the af fairs of the Creek Nation. The presi dent told Mr. Mott to call again after his return from St. Louis when he will have more time to consider the legis- lative acts of the Creeks, which he ; must acDrove and slern before thev are ! effective. Henry P. Cheatham, former recorder of deeds of the district, and Dr. J. E. Sheppard of Raleigh also called at the "White House today. Cheatham, who did much campaigning in Indiana and Illinois, talked to the president about his trip and was thanked for his ser vices. While Cheatham has not singled out any office that. he has designs on, it is known that he would like a good rank a. Bristol, a member or the iiris- berth in the federal service. He would tol Manufacturing Company of Piatt's of course be pleased with reappoint- Mills, makers of recording instruments, ment as recorder of deeds, but with a was crossing the tracks of the New fight already on for that position he York, New Haven & Hartford railroad will hardly enter into the contest. in his automobile tonight at 8 o'clock, William H. Holloway of Raleigh, N. his machine was struck by a fast pas C, for a number of years clerk in the'senger train, bound for New Haven, post office department, has resigned and he was instantly killed within sight and will take up the practice yof law in of his office. The car was thrown over this city. Mr. Holloway Is a graduate two hundred feet and broken to splin- of the law school and of the school of ters. Mr. Bristol's skull was fearfully comparative jurisprudence and diplo fractured, and both legs, a shoulder macy of fife George Washington Uni- and several ribs were broken, while the versity. body was a mass of bruises. He had Thomas E. Brown of North Carolina eone to his office at the factory for the has been appointed from a Sl,0t)0 to a $1,200 clerkship in the office ot the chief of staff at the war department. Marriage license was Issued today to William W. Goldsmith of Asheville. N. C, and Nina H. Townsend of Athol, Miss. .... j Committee man steamer Batelan while attempting to run the Port Arthur blockade. The aepatr "l t - r, " V vember 19. a Japanese vessel sighted a vessel steaming for Port Artnur. Th. mmhoat Tatsuta pursued ana overtook the steamer at 5 o'clock In me morning. v u was fmmrl a cTeat auantity of winter clothing, blankets, medicine- ana corned meats. Her captain said he was bound for Nieuchwang. The route and cargo, of the Batelan were considered to be sus picious, and she was taken possession of and brought to Sasebo. Stones for a Grand Duke T?nni(. Nov. 21." The Grand Duke Cyril of Russia arrived here today on his way to Naples, a a tne train wao thrown laovlnc PMnrpnce a Stone was at It which emashed the glass of a window of the carriage in which tne grand duke- was riding. Injured. Lone Trolley , Line New Haven. Conn., Nov. 2-Wlth the driving in of a silver rpike mis "-- -me arnu b i . consolidated On the authorit trolley ol "thli i city with the Walling- ford trolley lines at what is known as ii , . v,n1,t'ton miles north of tinir in the trolley linP between New York and Boston lines between New was made complete. . j Sea Overflows Islands notovia. Tsiand of Java, Nov. 21. A J ' .to tVn t the. - telegram .recelvea net e - s . hn overflowed Talantze isianu& 1 . ..j .. ihnnaand hv the sea ana mat mm- " ar destitute. The Talantze fT8da are a small group in the Cele- isianas northeast coast of the f 1 r-ior,fH and belong to the , ISlana OI eic-"c, Netherlands. Fvnisntions in Breese ase Winston-Saiem, N. e Holton nels. The deal guarantees the imme-cial.-District Attorn y Va., to diate use of the tunnels on a great left today for paries . and promIses speedy relief for SSttlttenfted States court, in the , Chicago from the present congestion ler. ot tne u mi president of in the terminals and in the downtown Srun"b" ba M w-.dl.ttl tried at Charlotte in June, convicted and sentenced to Albany penitentiary for a term of seven years. The de fendant appealed to the ' circuit court of appeals. The hearing will take place at Richmond in February. Mr. Breese is now out on bond. Not Inter.ering Washington, Nov. 21. The following statement was given out at the White House: "Any statement that the president is taking any part whatever in the Missouri senatorial contest, directly or indirectly, for or - against any candi date, has no foundation whatever, in fact. The president will not inter fere in the slightest degree in. the con test." Rfivrsin 1 heir Roles St. Petersburg, Nov. 21. The Novo Vremya today, discussing the re;ent speeches of Pres. dent Roosevelt, Sec retary oi the Navy Morton and Chan cellor Von Bufclow, argues that th ci.ited States and Germany are re versing their roles, the former now be ing in favor of increasing armaments, and the latter being ambitious to take part in the peaceful councils of na tions. Strikers Holding Out Fall River, Mass., Nov. 21. There is no improvement in the strike situation here. Fewer mills are operating now than last week. A general start was made by nearly all this morning, but the response was even smaller than that of last week. Several of the fac tories which operated last week, in- eluding the Stafford, Cornell and Flint mills have closed. KILLED ON THE TRACK Frank Bris'oPs Automobile Struck by a Train Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 21. While evening mail In a covered car, and it was on his return that he met his death. The machine was In the middle of the track and the covering prevented him from seeing the train until it was too late. He made an attempt to go ahead at full speed and the engineer tried to check his train, but without success. SUBWAY FOR CHICAGO Great Enterprise for Moving Freight Under Ground Trenton, N. J., Nov. 21. The Chicago Subway Company, with an authorized Lf Q mr capital of $50,000,000, all common stock, was Incorporated here today. The company is given power to build and operate railroads, and it is under- th t th purpose Df the com-, . . . r , i pariy is build a subway in Chicago. The incorporators are clerks in the office of the Corporation Trust' Com pany of Jersey City. Chicago, Nov. 21. Coincident with the organization of the Chicago Sub way Company at Trenton today came the announcement that it has taken over the $30,000,000 Illinois Tunnel Co. The vast tonnage of the railroads rep resented by the financiers in the Chi- tunnels, which are now under every street in downtown Chi- - cago Followlng are the "Big Four" In the He was not Chicago Subway Company: E. H. Har riman, the steam railroad man; James - Stillman, president of the National City Bank of New York; Jacob S. Schiff, of Kuhn, Leob & Co., New Banking House P. A. Valentine, On the authority of President Wheel- er. of the Illinois Tunnel Company, it can be said that the gigantic deal has no connection with the local traction situation whatsoever; that it is alone a freight enterprise. It la tVi PTPatPst " nnanciai aeai wmcn un SUmmaiea in i-nicasu in yetis. n stired La Salle street from the board to the stock exchange. The $50,000,000 Chicago Subway Corn- ron - tr ha taltpn over, it is. an- nounced. officially the entire stock of " T,, m v.q Tlllnnls Tplprhonf nonstnirtion - Company and 66 2-3 per cent, of the stock of the $30,000,000 Illinois Tunnel Company, and stands ready to take all the remaining stocks of the Tunnel ,r ot tha toi-ma nn whVti It an- quired the two-thirds. As a result of the deal the vast ton nage of the Harriman-Stillman-Schiff ROMANCE RUINED Hungarian Returning Home as a Criminal Roanoke, Va., Nov. 21. Francis Popp, a Hungarian of culture and re finement, who is said to have moved in the highest social circles In his na tive city of Budapest, Hungary, was arrested by detectives at Norton, Wise county, Va., last night charged' with robbing the Hungarian mails. Popp carries papers showing that colleges in his native country have conferred upon him the LL.D. 'degree. He paid atten tions to the daughter of the -postmaster at Budapest. The girl had access to the postofflce safe, and it is through her that Popp managed to gain en trance one year ago to the vaults and X stole $22,0(Xf government funds. Then he fled with the girl to the United States. After eluding the secret ser vice agents of his own country and getting safelyfby the New Yori police, the pair went to Norton, at which place they met :-a Hungarian priest. Popp wished to open a Hungarian bank at Norton. His actions aroused the suspicion of the priest, who com municated with the Budapest authori ties and the Hungarian consul at New York. ' The arrest last night was the result. - Detective Baldwin of " Roanoke will take Popp to Nevv York tomorrow, whence he will be sent to Budapest. Popp is accompanied by the woman who fled with him Popp says he recently came hee from Budapest and that his name Is the same as that of the postofflce rob ber, but declares he is, not the guilty man. STOCKBROKER; BREAKS Alfred M. Lamar Forced into Bankruptcy New York, Nov. 21. Alfred M. La mar, who has been a spectacular figure in Consolidated Stock Exchange circles for several years, was made a defend ant in involuntary bankruptcy pro ceedings in the United4 States district court and his suspension on the Con solidated Exchange was announced. Crowds of customers thronged Lamar's main office at 60 Broadway, the Con solidated Stock Exchange building, un til the , temporary rceiYr put them out. Lamar's books show that he owes his customers at least $125,000. The as sets are not conjectured as yet, but the receiver was required to give a bond for $15,000 only. The bankruptcy proceedings were instituted by Edward Houghtaling, - Mark Snavely and Ada Marsh. As the act of bankruptcy the petitioners alleged transfer and con veyance of securities, stocks and moneys to creditors preferred over others while Lamar knew himself to be insolvent. Lamar is about 25 years old. Like W. E. Woodend, who went to smash last spring, he was interested in horses, but whereas Woodend's fancy in equines tended in the direction of horse show exhibitions, Lamar's In clinations led to the turf. He was the owner of the National stable, which was sold this fall, after the last Gravesend meeting. TUMBLED OUT Alice Roosevelt in an Auto mabile Wreck . Greenwich, Conn., Nov. 21. It was learned today that the lady who was with the Goelet party Saturday morn ing when the big white automobile of Robert Goelet, Jr., was wrecked on the Boston post road near Coscob, was Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the president. The place is one of the worst between New York and New Haven, and but for the fact that th9 machine plunged into a twenty-foot embankment some of the party would undoubtedly have been badly injured. .The two ladies, Miss Goelet and Miss Roosevelt, did not appear frightened when the automobile went over, and both laughed as they brushed the dirt of the road from their wraps, though both were badly shaken up. The party boarded a passing trolley car and went to Stamford, where they waited half an hour for an express train. On ar riving in New Haven much difficulty was experienced in securing a proper conveyance to the foot ball field. CARGOES FjR JAPAN Ships Carry Large Amounts of Railroad .Material San Francisco, Nov. 21. Two tramp steamers, the Quito of English regis ter, and the Viking, a Norwegian ves sel, have been chartered to carry steel rails from Puget Sound to Japan. The ease with which Japan is get ting whatever supplies she needs is most remarkable. Since the war be gan the Japanese have completed a line from Chemulpo to Seoul, and re paired the Harbin lines as fast as. General Kuropatkin's soldiers have de stroyed them in their retreat north. The railroad iron and rolling stock necessary for r these operations have been - furnished for the most part in this country. Besides the Viking and the Quito the German steamer Ger manicus is under contract for Japan, and the Astetic is again loading for the Orient here. This only represents ad- ; dltionai shipments to enormous car- goes that are being carried by regular j liners, whicfc are now accepting every thing but firearms and explosives. Circus Homeward Bound Petersburg, Va., Nov. 21. Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus, whose pay car was robbed at Tarboro, N. C, last Sat urday of $31,000 in cash, arrived here tlls morning en route to Shelbyville, five miles from Columbus, Ohio, where the circus will go into winter quarters. Nothing new was learned about the robbery. The men were paid off last night. i Favors Peace Conference Washington, Nov. 21. A small dis patch was received by the state de partment today from Powell Clayton, ambassador to Mexico, reporting that Ignacio Mariscal, minister of foreign affairs, had , advised him that Mexico agrees to the principle of another peace conference and will accept in writing the president's invitation to participate. Reforms for Russia Paris, Nov. 21. A dispatch to the Echo de Paris from St. Petersburg says that a program has been adopted by the congress of SeemstOvos. It includes a constitution in which it is provided that the people are to have elected rep resentatives to be invested with full gislative power, complete liberty of cbnscience.liberty bf the press, liberty of rombination and assembly, the freeing of the Seemstovos from administrative or governmental guardianship, and edu cation for the people. TREATY WITH CHINA - - . Officials are Drawing up a New Agreement Washington, Nov. 21. Secretary Hay and Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, Chi nese - minister, are conducting the framing of a new treaty, between the United States and China to take the place of the existing convention which will expire in December. The present treaty provides for the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States. The new treaty will be equally as strict in this regard, but It Is proposed ' to Insert provisions ' In the new treaty which will permit the entrance into the United States of offi cials, merchants, students and other excepted classes without the restric tions now Imposed. The treaty will also contain a pro vision permitting the United States to establish immigration officials in China, charged with the duty of in vestigating every Chinaman Intending to come to the United States. With a certificate from such official, inspec tion at the port of entry would be abolished, except as to the verification of the certificates and identification of applicants for admission. Under the existing treaty the United States can send immigration Inspectors to China, and certificates are vised by American consuls, who have not been able to prevent frauds. It is expected that the new treaty will be - transmitted" to the Senate early in December. HUGH S. THOMPSON Former Governor of South Carolina Dies in New York New York, Nov. 21. Ex-Govemor Hugh Smith Thompson of South Caro lina, who served as a civil service commissioner with President Roose velt, died at his residence here last night. Mr. Thompson came to New York twelve years ago and became the comptroller of the New York Life In surance Company, and continued in that position until his death. He was born in 1S36. His people were promi nent in South Carolina affairs for nearly a century. His grandfather was Waddy Thompson, chancellor of the state for twenty-six years. Gov ernor Thompson served in the Confed erate army as captain of artillery. He was elected governor in 1882 and re elected two years later. In 1886 he re signed to become assistant secretary of the treasury under Secretary Man ning and continued under Secretary Fairchlld. He was named as the Democratic member of the civil ser vice commission by President Cleve land in 18S9, but the senate did not act on 'his nomination. President Harri son appointed him the same year, and he served until he resigned in 1892 to become comptroller of the New York Life Insurance Company. - Deserters in Distress -Vienna, Nov. 21. More than ten thousand , Russian , deserters are in Galicia. :There are a thousand of ' them hungry and shivering. They keep . thenis elves ' alive by begging. Every day they throng the offices of rejief committees to obtain a piece of bread and a place to sleep. The fugi tives come from all parts of Russia, some of them from the most distant provinces. Their object in fleeing from their country is to escape con scription for service with the army in I Manchuria. - Nan Patterson oia Trial Four Unimportant Witnesses Testify The Prosecuting, Attorney Contends That She Murdired Caesar Young After Pre meditation New York, Nov. 21. Nan Patterson walked to her cell In the Tombs to night not visibly affected by a long session in court at which she was plainly told that the prosecution hopes to convict her of the murder of the Bookmaker Young by circustantial evi dence and that the facts would show that "her hands were red with the blood of her lover." The assistant dis trict attorney, the chief prosecutor, announced in his opening that although there was no eye witness to the shoot ing he did not believe there was any living. It could be shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the woman had a motive for killing Young; that she had threatened him; that her brother-in-law, or a man much resembling him, had bought the day before the revolver with which Young was killed, and on the night before the killing had told her "you must do it," and , that the wound was such that Young could not have inflicted it himself. Only four witnesses were examined today. Two policemen told of what happened from the time' Young was found unconscious in the cab up to and during the woman's arraignment in the coroner's court. They testified be tween them that she was agitated but not hysterical, and kept asking: "Oh, Casear, why did you kill yourself? You had everything to live for; there is no use of me living now; I have nothing to live for." - This testimony was considered to be in her favor. On the other hand, one of the policemen said she had told him that she had put her hand behind Young's back af ler the shooting, searched for the revolver, found it - in his pocket, took it out, looked at it and put It .back.. The contention of the prosecution is that Young, if he had shot, himself, could not have 'dropped the pistol in his pocket afterward. Some two score women got into the court room. When the prisoner came in she wore the black dress and hat which she had had made in the Tombs purposely for . the trial. Before being brought In she had a talk with Lewis Martin, the young man who , married her six years ago, and whom she di vorced a year later. He came to see if he could be of any assistance to her. In court she sat at the table with her counsel and chatted with her father until Mr. Rand began his opening speech. In an adjoining room sat Mrs. Young, the widow of the bookmaker. John D. Millen, Young's racing partner, had a seat in the back of the court room. Mr. Rand did not spare the defend ant in his opening. He told of her re lations with Young-, a married man. He said that the killing of Young, in stead df being an impulsive act on her part, had been planned for thirteen hours before. He pictured Young as a man of loose habits and 'of profane speech, who was habitually a hard MaMiBg ol Rates A Committee Calls on the President to Recommend Legislation Enlarging the Powers of the Inter state Commerce Commission Washingon, Nov. 21. A committee representing the Interstate Commerce Law convention, recently held in St. Louis, called on .President Roosevelt this morning to talk with him about the proposition to confer upon the In terstate Commerce ; Commission the power to regulate rates. The commit tee consisted of E. P. Bacon, chair man of the executive committee of the convention, Frank Barry, secretary of the 'convention, and " R. W. Pigbie of New York, a member of tne National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa tion. - This delegation was reinforced by Governor Van Sant of Minnesota and Governor Cummins of Iowa. There was much disappointment , because Governor LaFollette of Wisconsin, who had promised to come,' was at the last moment unable to attend. These three governors have made much political capital out of. their hostility to rail roads, and the movement recommend ed by them has for its object empow ering the Interstate Commerce Com mission to fix absolutely, under certain for Merdler drinker, but rarely showed the signs of liquor. "But he had other traits which will recommend him to you," Mr. Rand said: "He was a man of the highest honor, gambler as he was. No mart lives who says he; did not give fair odds or that he ever welched of a bet. ( He was generous, a man of prepossess ing appearance, a man to whom wom en were devoted. Women liked him, and he liked women. He was a 'good ; thing,' as the expression goes. He 'gave up easily." . After Mr. Rand had concluded two unimportant witnesses were called, : and when their testimony was con cluded the court adjourned until to morrow morning. " Knocked Out Three Times . Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 21. Robert Diehl, who In a flying tackle threw Samuel Hess, the Lehigh University student, in the Hellertown High School football game Saturday, and who was arrested an hour after Hess death. charged with manslaughter,, was lib" erated from custody today upon ,the coroner's jury rendering a verdict or purely accidental death and no one .to be blamed. It developed at the Inquest that the unfortunate student was thrice knocked out for a minute or two during the game, which was fiercely contested. Progress of Baltic Fleet Copenhagen, Nov. 21. The supple mentary division of -the Baltic squad ron left Fredericks Haven today for the English channel. Fredericks Haven, Denmark, Nov.' 21. The supplementary division of the Baltic fleet anchored in Skaw Bay last night. It will, it Is reported, remain over today, in order that the torpedo boats may coal, and also to await better weather. ' Paris, . Nov. 21.' A telegram from the Ivory Coast, West Africa, announces that the first detachment of the divis ion of the Baltic fleet which is under the personal command of Admiral Rojestvensky has just passed. Col, Breckinridge Buried , Lexington, Ky., Nov. 21. The funeral, of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge too"" place here today and was largely at tended. Leading citizens from all over the blue grass region of Kentucky and lawyers and prominent men of other cities were present. All the local civic bodies, besides1 Confederate comrades of Colonel Breckinridge, members of the. Fayette county bar and other bodies to which the deceased belonged formed part of the procession which escorted the body to the cemetery. The services were held in the First Presbyterian church; of which Colonel Breckinridge had been a ember for over a quarter of -a century. City offices and all business houses were closed during the funeral hours. ' One of the most attractive and cost ly floral designs was sent by Caleb Powers, now in Jail at Louisville, charged with the Goebel murder. Colonel Breckinridge had made a vigorous fight in Powers' behalf and had done much in editorial utterances to procure for Powers an unbiased' jury. Freigpntt n Railroads conditions, the rates which railroads shall charge for hauling freight. The delegation told the president that the matter was of importance to every citizen of the United States, for all are dependent upon transportation.'1 The Interstate Commerce Commission formerly fixed rates in cases where it was found that the prevailing; rate were in violation of the interstate com merce laws. The United States and supreme courts, however, decided that the act creating the commission con ferred no such power upon it. J 1 The president may discuss the ques tion in his message to congress. Governor Cummins, who is known as the chief exponent of the "Iowa idea" of tariff revision, urged the president to call an extra session of congress to revise the present tariff law. In regard to the question of railroad rates the committee said: - "We want some one besides the rail roads to make freight rates. We want the Interstate Commerce Commission. to have power to lower a rate when It is too high or arrange a rate when it discriminates against a certain com modity or a certain locality." Governor Cummins has always fought the railroad interests in Iowa, and in fact was first elected governor on that issue. His opponent for the leadership of the Iowa Republicans -Is J. W. Blythe of Burlington, the state representative of the Burlington Rail way system. In the state convention to choose a delegation to the national convention at Chicago Mr. Blythe en gineered a crushing defeat to the gov ernor and his. tariff revision idas ; , V ;! '.! t y 1 - 1 i III V-.il -;