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GEE evening times. 1 XC" rT - xurnaa. k c. tueidat. jakuaey sa, ikc TWO SEABOARD TRAINS RIOT JEWS THE IiiQ'S DEAD! FA VERY PECULLAR THE BOMB FLEW r m to'uNsld c:; THE CATE DILL trcl cl kZ:::is CRASH IIEADON TODAY, SlliSf OCT (M. LIVE lUEKINO! PISTOL ACCIDENT TO THE MARK rc:g:Ii:iENGINES PILED A-, tts LxcJ CFIW OS THE FREIGHT F0H6QT liQ. ES WAS DUE 4 AnMmi Harp"" Ctm taw Mala liw a (MwUt, IC,MU M Kavgiaa-e-r ftaaacfc e4 tVil TUtv, W H -, h4 Tww Mall fVrka IVrUnl. Dok r-aurtaea b4 Mm Car llxtag laesaolblarsl Waa4el Urs C4aa.Ua H (By th Associate !.) Norfolk. V.. Jam. ja dlaaa Lrotta wreck ooearred oa the 8ev koara Air Um Railway between HamleU X. C. and Columbia, S. C. early thU noralng, b which foar poraoaa ar officially reporte dead and by which two other ara aald, bjr car rest report bare, lo bare been killed. ' Th wreck tu Mw( passenger train No. northbound aad aa -Ira freight trala kaowa aa No. tl outhbowad from Hamlet. N. C Those, officially reported dead ara: kaglnrrr A. A. finserk of Hamlet. N. C- '. ' .v . F'irrmaa Andy. While of Hamlet, n. a Two anknown I'nltrd Mate rail way mail clerk. According to rumor hera Engineer Joha Robertson, of Raleigh. N. C, and hit colored fireman, Doa Doug las; of Raleigh, were also killed, but according to an official report given out at the Seaboard offices In Ports mouth J.bls afternoon, Engineer Rob- ertson and' Fireman Douglas ; vert only Injured. ' , '. Airred IV. Towsley, assistant, to President Ba'rr ot the Seaboard, glres out the. following official statement: V 'Passenger : train No. j tt bound north was , In collision with extra train. No, 668 southbound at the ) . M1te ta.ltA 'BAIlth of Blaney. near Columbia, S. C. at 7 t o'clock a. m. - (dday on haif-mlle ' tangents, demolishing two engines, three freight, cars, mall, express and . combination car, and killing two mall clerk. Engineman A A. Smeck of Hamlet, N. . C. and Fireman Andy White, of extra Nh 858 and slightly Injuring John Robertson, englneman of 'Raleigh. N. . C. and bis colored fireman, Don Douglas, of train No. 6v - No passengers were Injured. , ' "Cause ot accident: due to men In charge of freight train overlooking train .Nov II. S-,'V "The ' men responsible for this a cldent re old employes and run over this territory dally. " 'The Injured have been taken to Colnrribla, 8. d for treatment" s , , George Shannonhouse of . Chart lotte, N. C, was the conductor ; lo charge of train No,, 66, but there is no report concerning him.. ;.:, The News in Raleigh. The officials In the office of. the . second" division hero had considera ble difficulty In getting any direct in- formation as to the collision owing to -the fact that the: damage to the wires by- the recent storm had not been fully repaired , further south v than Hamlet All the ' Information they obtained was from Hamlet, and It whs not 0o full or accurate as that sent out from Cplumbla to the gen- eral offices of tho Seaboard at Ports mouth, which furnished the basis of . the Associated Press report printed above. ..' i ' . ' "- v Engineer John Robertson of train No. 66, who bad his leg broken in the collision, resides at No. 319 Polk street, ' The family were hot notified . this morning hat he was tinjued, and it is, expected .that he "will be brought fjero some .tjbnft, lonlght.v'.ii . PASSED A GGOn ('KIttT, , , ; , ' r , , Miss Converse In Critical Condition as, Result of Accident.- k ' . f By' the Associated' Press.) - 'Washington, Jan. . SO.-At the -fesl-: rence of Rear Admiral Cohverse this morning it was said that Miss Shelbt Converse, who was thrown 'from her - horse - yesterday, and it was feared, ' seriously :' injured,-' passed ,. a ; fairly comfortable night and was resting more easily., It Is yet too early, how- ever, for tho surgeons in attendance to say how serious , the accident may prove.- , " .'''., UP. TOGETHER Tlrce t! Leis! Killed b Esid- C3 Cclllsl ion NO- DETAILS LEARNED 4 rMFf Caaw 1- ga-r rr OOamiHa raihs Moa laaa- Hrrwtaa mm 1.mrM Traia I trad mm4 (W K Killed. H lha AMka-4al. IV-. ) St. Paul. Miss. Jaa. Great Nortbera Otl.-atal Utnltrd No. 1 weaibound and pasawagr train No. 3 eaatboond rallldod kr-ad-oa oa a straight rack one mile weal of Co lumbia Falls, Moat., al ! o'rlork Isst slghL Two flremea and one pxpreas mes- m-nRcr are dead. None of lb paa gers was tnjared, and with the xceptlon of lh exnreas cars aad ngtnes of each train no aerloas dsm- age was don to the trains. Oeneral Buperinteadent Shade aald he had received ao Information a to the cause of the collision. AFTER DANIEL AND MARTIN (Br the Associated Pre.) Richmond. Vs., Jan. 30. in the senate this aftsrnoon Mr. Camm Pat- trson offered a resolution, of Inquiry why Senators Daniel and Martla had pot complied with the Instructions ot the general assembly of 100 for tn troduclng a resolution In the United States senate looking to the adon tion of 'a constitutional, amendment providing; for the election of United States senators by the people. He also Introduced the - resolution of 1900. v The resolutions were referred tosthe committee on privileges and elections. ., CLEVELAND QUEST OF. ASSEMBLY. fBv the Amiorlated Preiw Albany, N. Y., Jan.r30. Orover Cleveland, former president ot the United States, and former governor of the state of New York, who is In Albany with Mrs. Cleveland to at tend and address the centennial meet ing of the state medical society, was an honored guest 'today of the state legislature, both houses meeting In a Joint session in the assembly cham ber at noon to receive htm. The as sembly chamber, galleries, and lob bies were crowded. ' JUr. Cleveland was escorted to the chafr'and delivered a brief address. To Investigate Banks. " (By the Associated Press.) , " Albany. N, Y., Jan, 30.r The lower house of the legislature today passed by a unanimous vote the concurrent resolution providing for the appoint ment of a Joint legislative committee to Investigate the state banking de partment of, which former Senator F. Du KUburn of Malone is superin tendent. The resolution will proba bly reach the senate tomorrow. ipiSSIONHAS7 ONLY THE REPORTS .' . (By tho Associated Press.) ' , WaslilnKton, Jan., 30.Wn' ;(ssjonse -to thfi resolution in tlia- house of repre sentattven President - Roosevelt ; today called )upun.'t.ieint(retate. commerca commission far a rei-ort regarding th? alleged existence of a combination or arrangement between tho Pennsylvania Railroad- Coinptmv, tlie . Baltimore . ft Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio and other railroads In violation of , the anti-trust inw. ' ' Inquiry at the offices ; of ' the -Interstate commerce commission today-dis closed the fact thi.t the only data upon which the.commlsiion can base. Its re port, outside of; thS matter already .-of public knowledge, s contained In thi reports of, the railroads themselves an nually supplied to the commission . In accordance with tha vrcnulrcment of law. ' i i , - k?;r2:!:3 frtns Er;Irt lie LM CONFERENCE TODAY Mm tviili tm Wt4 Cam kVtteks ar IW Iai4 rnH WW nwfMi sum (fty lbs Aain 4a4 M aa I Braaaels. Jaa. IS Tk Jrwtab raffra talked ! rar.aldrr tk Btats of lb Jwa Is Raaata fri. ' , ally oiwand Ha araatoa kerr ludar jnhdfT tba arwaldwaVy of Dart Vkulf j anha. rhalrasaa of the laternatluaal i ttoalat Coeimm la his ofa-nlng addrraa Pmaidrnl Wolffaha arr'd 1 Ibe Mrtsbllabutavl of sa Internal krtial nruanillla ithr la lUilla or Ua I doa to aatrh Ika Isinrnati ut lhr Kaaalaa Jews. A nwtkia lo thati flact wrat orr until a lalnr arakUm. M. Maadalatamns of Klcff prrnl- ( ed a reimrt ea the coedltktnt In Ku- I ala. from which It was gstbertd that ! the Jews had no hop of sa ltninivi mant In their status resulting from ia rovolulion or gnvcrsmcnt rrfornm. iTha only solution of the problem, ao Ml . . k I B. comma lu ins rvvri, wuuiu w hw foundation of a Jewish fatherland M. Kohsa of Kishinev said he thought the eventful emigration of sll the Jews from Kuaaia was Inevi table. He proponed Egypt or Asia Minor as suitable for a Jewish settle- 'l. nd advised that all emigration 1of Jews to the United States or Great Britain be stopped in consequence or the laws against alien, which are In force In these countries. ' Delegates from Germany. Austria Hungary Great Britain, Russia, Franee, Italy, Denmark and Argen tina ara present, but the American delegates have not arrived. NEW' IN THIS STATE Sueing Railroad for Mental Anguish ' Paid $720 for Special to Get to 111 Wife and Child Ahead of Regular Schedule Special Arrived Twenty Minute After the PssscilKer Train. V" . Greensboro. N. C Jan. 30. Another unusual case Is now In progress where V, I. Young Is suing the Southern Rail way. Two years ago he ; had a tele gram In Chattanooga saying his wife and child were at the point of death. He was crasy to get here and paid $720 for a sreclal train to bring him, leaving six hours pbead of schedule time tor the regular passenger train. Aftei having to be hauled with freight en gines on his special he reached here twenty minutes after the regular pas senger train and found his child dead. Ho sued the railroad for the recovery of, the 1720 and also for $1,000 damages for the mental anguish consequent upon failure cf the railroad company to" keep its contract and get him here. The latter Is said" by lawyers to be a newnn-lnkl'e.in the law In this State, but has been established in some ot the other state. TO INSPECT A. C. L. BRANCH ROADS The members of the North Carolina Corporation Commission will leave to morrow morning for the- eastern, pari of the state to spend several days in specting the condition of a number o'.. the branch roads of tho Atlantic Coasi Line, ' especially those between Rocky Mount, Washington; and , Plymouth" There have been comnllnts Alert as t the conditions between Parmolce ant Plymouth.- And the commission wilt use this fcpportunlty to Inspect a nura Iter of the- branch roads of the com Jinny. PRINTERS WALK OUT. 'Augusta, Ga.. Jan. SO. The Augusta Chronicle Issued a paper as usual this morning', passing successfully through the first night of the fight against the Typographical. Union;- Every union primer walked out last -night, sixteen meri being affected.) In making a new contract with the union the paper abol ished the piece scale, made a reduction ot forty , cents In the time scale and established a dead line, ns well as de claring an open shop. " freidek Pirdilztd DONE AT -OX TODAY n n tm laW lulrwit km- m4 MIb i ItrW iiiw f IVrA- Ity iIh Aaarisi4 !'- ( ''K&at. DnnMk Jan ) was ftnmmiUfti kina !. niath at a (4ay In A rnu iii.a a-iuar In frMil m4 tf la TK iiirnvipy kaalad tmly a fro mlnuiea. The nil-r, M. ClMr,rii ..'a vl mi ilir iMtlcnuy ol .i r ail "-noull'-rt lo III SSX al.ti na mbkal Im-Ii Um- tleatb nf Kirt( i hililun IX and I Ih- acrraakHl ot him l-k-pt nun. Th prrmler I km calh4 l-.i - herra for Ktn Kre-lerkk VIII, Th, w -iukf i( Ixnmark )oUM4 IB i-i-ci l-r ..n tt bak-oay and la a abort -"- i- lr lar4 I hat he would Ti In .-! Uh the example ar-l by hi f-ttlni' and truateit that lha aaihe a-"oni uiween the king and the nation -nil . .-mliiue aa hrrrtofnre, Hlarui-M i'-in lnle(l alth railing for ctir f-' ihr fulher land King FYedartca rctiv-,i a warm hearted greeting . from hv Ktwetnbled croad. whoae rhaer mtiixlr-l niihua laatlcally with th nalloniil anihem. Him e o'clock In tha morning all O' rhurrh bolls have been lulling, min ute guns have been booming from the forts, flags everywhere have been dis played at half mast and tniKlneas prac tically ha been at a isndsilll. tha sorrowing InhaBltaats of Cnpi-nhageii gathering In the at real a and liscusslng the virtue If their beloved King Christian and' the protwbllltlea nf the future. - Prior to the pracianVtA.K)n ef hla o ceaslon King Frederick bald a. council of state, at which the ministers ten dered their resignations and Were re quested to retain ihir 'posts. .After ward the new ruler surrounded bv vhe princes received ui ht'isttan Vil a pal ace the cabinet ministers, presidents of the rlgsdag, the Thief civil and mili tary officials and the rotvt dignitaries. hen' Came the important ceremony the day. Promptly at noon the premier stepped out on the balcony of the palace .and thriie shouted to the assembled throne "King Chrlstlnn IX I dead; long live his majesty Kin Frederick Vlll!" Sonorous hurrahs broke from the crowd In front of the palace and re echoed down the streets' ' opening on Amallenborg Square .the flags of the public buildings were run up to the mast heads and a royal salute was thundered from the c-lty forts. The king shortly afterwards drove across the square to his own palace, greeted by hearty cheers. The court has been ordered to go Into mourning for thirty weeks and the minister of Justice has notified all the theatres and other places of entertain ment that they must remain closed this week as well as the day before and the day after the funeral. King Frederick early In the after noon announced his accession to the throne In a proclamation,"as follows: "We; Frederick v III, ; King of Den mark, by the grace of God,, etc., do hereby annqunce and , make known that our beloved father, King Chris tian IX was yesterdays gathered to bis fathers by a sudden but calm and peaceful death. We have thereupon tii: accordance with the law; ascended the throne. While thus assuming this high and responsible position for which the Almighty has chosen us.it is our determination to maintain unswerving the constitution of our country and to preserve, rights and privileges of our J whbie people. If the people themselves will have the same confidence in their king which we have in- our people, then will God Ki-nnt his graces and blessing to all of us." :. i ; . The American minister,.- Thomas J. O'Brien, has already acted upon cable instructions from the state department as follows i - . - v.:...!f -"Convey through the appropriate channel the sincere condolence of the president and your country upon the death of his majesty Christian. feigned) . , "ROOT." ... Mourning In England. . London, Jan. 30. King . Edward ar rived in town this afternoon, and Queen Alexandra proceeded to Sandrtngham, where she will remain, until she goes to Copenhagen "to attend1 the 1 funeral of her father, King Christian. j . - King- Edward has decided to open parliament in person,;, but the queen will not be present ,nnd the state pa geantry probably will . be : curtailed, th levees will be held as arranged, i February 20 and February 28, but the (Continued on Second Paga.) ' ; LP.E:;tacfCr2:;s Sttt AT WILMINGTON HOTEL m nan KrataSxrr-d a U wn4 IWmt Krr McIm AiIiI. tkaylMa M' Ma M.-r t ar. ir-ii ' XX'tirmnglnn i' Jaa Si-r I' lluilm aa4 ata-ul lhlrt(l, . i.,iii.ii MillataM.. aa hta hunf la-n-a u. H.-H ..( i-Kheiiff jiaha K Il4,glt,a -.f h iia -ut. narraalr aa ati .w.iii, t (i t-,.tiiial Inn thta mominjt tin i,i TiM-liM li.trxla.,,! alMl Well edurii-l iiiut Motnan M-atetf-r-fN al Ihr Ituuiiti'-. li.n.a. ... V.ia I. Tunwl I if IIIIUU.... I,-i tin l h eu. h l tlMl uu TliuiNl.it II .n miil'Klnl IllM alke ihailgr l, I la-... I 1 1 1 iat .l:ii-,- lUr did ao. going t- I tu- I'.-atiilul inn Yeslrnla) niofnmg HugtM-a. m Imi elalnie, to lie an un. I,- of Mtaa Tiirnrf, arrtve.1 In the . Il unl i,aiat,irt t Ibe Colonial Inn In the uftrrn.ain ihe rmii le drove to Wi Ightaville SouikI While ou tl-a drive the two liutulge.t In tariiel ahootlng with a piatol. Hughea hsd arranged to leHve the elty (his morning .and tete-n and o'clock went to the young woman's room to get hi. i pistol, which he claimed aha had. Miss Turner opened the door and as he handed the weapon to her uncle I' was dl hui ged. The ball entered Hughes' chin and burled Itself In the pnsterlal part of the right Jaw. Hughea was i-ariieal to the hospital. Miss Tu ier Is about twenty-thre years old. he gave conflicting stor ies aa to hir home. She registered from Hllliboro, but klso claimed Win ston and Norlolk. She explained her rresenc In WI'mlngton by saying she sfr"Just completed a 'ourae of sltMly at Salem Femalo Acr.demy and hud come hen for a needed tst. A NEW TRIAL DENIED Capt. Jones Now Appeals to Supreme Court Judgc Hanckcl Deckles That the Ho- i back Derision loes Not Cover This Caso-Ioncs Says He Did Xot Have a Fair and' Impartial Trial. tl?y the Associated Press. I Norfolk. Va., Jan. 30. Captain E. W. Jones, convicted or the murder of Maud Cameron Robinson, formerly of Selma, N. C, whose head he almost severed with o razor, which he after wards used In cutting his own throit, was today denied a new trial by Judge Haacke! and sentenced under the Jury'? verdict of IS years in the penitentiary. The sentence, however, was suspended for' thirty days to allow counsel for th? defense time in which to nppeal th; cane to the supreme court. I Judge Hancke! made no reference to the decision of the supreme court in the Hoback nn-rder - c:-se. the points in which were first snid to be identical with those in the Jones case, and which decision was expected to give Jones a new trial. The court decided that the Hoback decision did not cover' the Jones case. Jones when asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pass ed said: 'Yes. I have. I was not given a fair and impartial trial. I am Innocent of the crime of which I was convicted." Rig Steel Milt Starts. (By the- Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 30. One of the new steel mills of the $10,000,000 group recently" authorized " by the United States Steell Corporation, began oper ations at McKeesport, Pa., today, In the presence of many' officials of the company and visitors. The mill Is said to be the-largest andflnest in the world, The mills comprising the group are rapidly being completed and will soon lie put In permanent operation. - Oration at Davidson. (.(Special to The Evening Times.) Davtdamii N. Co Jan, 30. John, Sharp Williams, the minority leader on the tloor of the house of representatives, will deliver the commencement address at Davidson College on May 28, if conr gress has not 'adjourned- Congressman Webb extended the Invitation on bo half of President Smith. Mr, Williams Is said to be of North Carolina on ctslryi - , '- .'"'. nctr)'j DM tl m Um is Picra MISSILE LN PAINT CAN -tm -4 a t Mia (Wr- a lumt Irr M Hiat M.-nall Nan c C 1 1. ...I-.I f--a i an 7 n-u i ' - I.- l. i-hlrl Tin! f! ISmali Vi i...1a tl . f ih. , m-M ill -.. 1 1 aaal f - k.t-r t -.f hi". l- Mi., i. all .' Ho ! I he rat i jo- -ia a a T'., aa In l.ila la 1. 1'.. I a '-.a,all ,f , ,, , u., . ..I .1. -aTia -Ii.i n . i.. i . "al 'ri hla .11' .I'll. Am all r.UM-ti-!oU lM-la,-ll. a I ' Im' aval, h,-t m i li.- miwi- l- III- I- ii. e und mim.iiv tatn.la : I,.' aa-4 inij radtviiteil a painter. , an nj Ihi th' Mr lairnb alth whlc he niniiiiiii-il llmt' corceMlet In a palnl -an -. Itiua ntilr t-i Hiaa the :r-nlly a,aied ii Ihe giM.-- .f Hie park and i-ilie.l -ila ilacc .f nintiiiah , hh-iul jiiouNing ' llaplrkm. ()enerjii CitixnofT. i 'art In a crlm,on uniform -nd the white lemb'a WimiI ihapka. ..r cap. worn bv the nfllrer il-le de .unip, ina.le a shining tarret 'ot the crouclitnic H-ouiaHln when he pieiged Ironi the iilace. A Ihe gen ral atr.-.l Into the arr.age the man praog on tt-e w-ll. un Ih can by t cird and the bomb. If thrown fmm i allng with nnirveloua prec-la on aped Ornight to' th mi. k eid struck the enenil on the neck. A flash of me and i terrific explosion followed and flrlax nofl was literally blown out of the cr rtage and alth his roachmatt, a Coaaack orderly and the latter' horse, was In stantly allied.. A lady who was passing it the time of the explosion waa mor tally wounded. When Ihe correKpondent of Ihe Asso riatid Press reached the scene Imme diately after th tragedy the ghastly lead still lav In the mud. CriasnolT'a thapclesa body, surrnunded by soldiers, presented a sickening spectacle. It eemed rs If hl- crimson uniform hsl lielteH Into the pool of blood In Which j weltered his head, torn away from the '.tunk. The general's distracted widow) inelt In the blood and mud be-?lde the mutilated body. The assassin had already been caught tnd beaten Into Insensibility bv the In- rurlated soldiers, and after being loaded Into a drosky was being carried oft to ihe nnclent fortsess rhovo the city where, as Tiflls is under martial law, lie will probably bo executed at dawn. The most Intense excitement follow d the assassination as terrible punish ment Is meted out bv the troops to bomb throwers. Tha population fled in terror before the Cossacks and the ther troois, wbo were soon out lo force lo clear the streets. Shortly be- lark a fusillade exchanged betwen tartars and Armenians preceded a ver- ' table panic, and as it was feared that tho. horrors of the recent war between the rices had been renewed. Instantly all the shops were c os?d and thousands of troops poured Into tho streets. So in- as ascert'inab'c there was in relation between the crime and a re newal of n race war. The crime un doubtedly v.-aa - po'itical pet of ven geunce decreed by the terrorists. The Identity of tho. assassin has not been established, but he is a Georgian and probably wa selected by lot at a meet ing of social revolutionists to kill Oen eral Griaxnoff as retaliation for the atter'-s severelty in repressing ths rev olutionists and arresting the leaders. According to reports, the -general was the head of a faction which beMeved In not showing mercy, and he Is charged with setting the native people against each other. He had received repeated letters of warning, and fir months past until today hsd never ridden out without his wife. A WHOLE TAR ROOF ABLAZE. (Special to The Kvening Times.) High Point, N: C, Jan. 30. Today at noon while workmen were engaged in tarring the roof over the new Expo sition Company's building ln.the Ragan and Mills block of South Main street, a bucket of tar caught on Are, and for awhile presented a serious situation. The entire roof of the large building was ablaze, and dense stifling smoke made it hard for the firemen to crowd through , the attic and to the roof However, quick work subdued whal might have l-eetilted In a conflagra tion,. The. loss by water in tha stores underneath will be-several hundred dollars. . ' -. A WEEK'S MUimi M4tgaa O " fsssUT mm4 TWa ts Maaiars WUt " mt AM CUaina ,Ji Uttaa M Hmnm mmm H Cmmm iH, the Aaaarlalad Pi aa ) V4 aahingiwv Jaa M .aArartnf ii .,cxi th iMMtaa tataay taafe the HeiMira ratlr iaa rata kad. Ih making a raqttaat that afamHMal la- i,nta4l la the awbjaet aaaattar tat ihe bill, Mr. Hef.bum Mated that ! .iueMa r,tf time caa in Mil have kt an 11 unam.ua that It aearaad pr 1 T la) nftii uVlaii (U lae uril. Mr. WaV llama, the mlaurlta teaaef, nhjertad ta thia reatrvrilon. hareapoai a tlla saaliiii. f..ll. e'1 aa lo ahethar this mwa could be enforrM by a Vole. Mr. Wil liam remark: -We are a Ix-dy now that can't mt) nvthlng but talk, and If thi prrdat la made e will even have that privi lege cut off." "Not wishing lo abridge any of the gentleman prerogative. I will. not preaa the matter," reapondad Mr. Hep burn good naturedly. H further that while no tint had aet to close debate It had bean hi idea that a vote might be taken on the bill one week from today. In taking up the bill by th com mittee of ihe whol Mr. Vrwclaad.CS. Y ). was selected to preald mytT the debate. , , . ,V) Mr. Townaend. (Mich.), at one began the opening speech on th bill. ' H ad dressed the house for more than an hour, touching on and elucidating prac tically very phase erf th rata making problem, and describing la detail th terms of the Hepburn MIL Regarding the question SS oh ef the moat Important ever before ttmgrrtmm Mr. Townaend advocated the Mil as the correct remedy for the evils which exist, and predicted that notwithstand ing the protest of (he roads,' greatet prosperity would come to them under its provision thin otherwise. To substantiate this, he called attention to the tremendous strides ot a year tn the transportation business, and this In the face of the legislation which th last congress initiated, and which th present congress is taking tip In some what mora strenuous form. Like the bill of last year, Which bore Mr. Townsend's name, he said the. pres ent one was th very least the people would accept, yet the present bill con fers wider powers and extends over very facility of transportation.' How ever, the present, bill he believed not only fully within the constitutional powers of congress,, but was simply an expression of the plain duty of congress to the American people. In brief, the bill attempts ,he said, to .place under the supervision of the interstate commerce commission every form of interstate and foreign com merce and all Instrumentalities of commerce and transportation. The most serious complaints on the part of the shippers, he said, have been directed against special service, such as private cars, icing, elevator and ter minal charges, and the like.. Mr. Town send believes the bill affords a, com plete remedy for all of these evils as hereafter every such charge must, be just and rasonabie ,and in case it is not, the commission has power to make it so. The main feature, of.th bill, bearing on the point about which t,he greatest controversy has been and the one which ijMr. Townaend believes 1 .'ilea atj .the 'foundation of. the whole question, is that which- gives the commission power upon complulnt, and after full bearing, to substitute a reasonable maximum rate in place of one found to be un just and unreasonable. Mr. Townsend went at length Into -this phase of the proposed legislation. It, was the point against which the weight of the oppo sition had been directed, ha explained, and this opposition had been alike on the questioned constitutionality,: the impossibility for the commission to And a t.tcl Ml, a nil , V, 0 Inl.iM, . . nV. Ant " J""1 ' . ui.u -' iv "'ju. , pwii a , , n v. ing would entail alike on business, the .' railroads, and the widowed and or phaned shareholder In- the broader: view of the -question and rin the cOr rect concluslon on any . ot these, phases he saw but one answer that to require the railroads to be just and reasonable .; could not harm any on, while It would benefit all. , Adaroson for tho Bill. ' , When : Mr. Townaend - concluded Mr, damson (Ga.) followed In sup port olhe .MR. He gave great credit ; to President Roosovelt.for his course luonunvea on f age r'lve,) , ;-: Dntihtied on 1 N
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