Weather.
SECOND.
EDITION
"Washington, March 22 Forecast
for North Carolina for tonight and
Tuesday: Fair with light frost to
night; Tuesday, fair and warmer.
ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. O., MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1909.
PRICE f CENT!
CHAIRMAN PAYNE
OPENSUEBATEQN
NEW TARIFF BILL
Was Loudly Applauded by
Republicans When He
Arose to Speak
OF BILL
Said Re Didn't Believe It Worth
While to Indulge in Academic Dis
cussion of the Tariff, That it Was
An American Policy and Had Been
Endorsed by the People Said!
There Had Been Some Change on
Tariff Question in the Past Twenty
Years and He Doubted if Anyone
Could be Found With Common
Sense Who Would be Willing to
Tear Down Custom House in the
." Country.'
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, March 22 It wa
12:05 when Chairman Payne, of the
ways and means committee openeo
the debate on the tariff bill. As he
lose to address the chair he was
loudly applauded by the republicans.
He said he did not believe it worth
while to indulge in an academic dis
cussion of the tariff. He said pro
tection was an American policy, and
had been endorsed by the people.
There had been some change on the
tariff question in the past twenty
years and he doubted if any one
could be found with common sense
who would be willing to tear down
every custom house in the country.
Conditions under which the McKln
lcy bill was passed were entirely dif
ferent from the present conditions.
There was plenty of money in the
treasury them The McKinley bill
took the duty off sugar and encour
aged the home industry by giving a
bounty. The McKinley bill became a
law In the days before the election
and before the falsehoods charged
against the bill could be explained.
The majority at that election went
against the promoters of the bill. In
1894, he said, we had the Wilson bill,
which was protective in spots and
free trade in spots, but he would not
say much about it. In 1897 the Mc
Kinley bill was passed, and its pur
pose was to raise revenue. He then
gave some interesting figures to show
that as a revenue producer the Mc
Kinley bill was a success. ','."';
Outside the postal receipts the rev
enue produced by the McKinley act
from July 1, 1897, to March 16, 19U5
was $6,558,220,264 and the expendi
tures of the government for the same
period were $6,483,664,906, showing
a surplus of $74,555,408, and this
Mrs. Payne said, did not Include $50,-
000,000 spent on the Panama canal,
The deficit had been in postal re
ceipts. :
After today the house will meet at
. 11 a. m.
The republican- platform pledged
the country to tariff revision, bui
long before the Chicago convention
the ways and means committee antic
ipated this pledge and began work on
the tariff. Mr. Payne said he saw
the president and asked if he could
have clerks from the departments to
be used to help the committee.
The president said: "You may
have all the clerks desired." The
tariff experts in the department were
called before the committee and as
sisted in the work. Agents of the bu
reau of manufactures were sent
abroad to get facts at first hands for
use of the committee. The commlU
tee, he said, sat early and late listen
ing to testimony and reading state
ments of the manufacturers of Amer
lean products. When the preliminary
work was over the majority of the
members of the committee, acting as
a sub-committee, framed the tariff
bill. The six or seven members com'
posing the minority have framed ft
bill to offer as a substitute, but he
did not know what action bad been
taken. He said It was true there wab
a deficit and that the appropriations
' of the laat congress amounted to $1,
044,000,000. These appropriations
not only called for the cash in the
treasury but must be met from the
revenues. Under the law the sinking
fund required $50,00,000, but this
fund was In default several hundred
million dollars. When the Panama
canal legislation was pawed It was to
be paid for by bond bo that posterity
should pay Its share. He then called
attention to an Item of $36,685,000
for the Panama canal which must be
paid from money raised by taxation.
Representative Tawney said It was
provided for In the sundry civil bill
that the , appropriation tor the Pan
am canal should, be met it bad
issue, but the issue of bonds went out
on a point of order.
Mr, Payne then suggested that an
amendment of this character could be
made in the bill.
In speaking of the maximum and
minimum rate Mr. Payne said the
object of that was to secure for the
United States the same treatment ac
corded other nations. He did not
suppose, he said, that every para
graph in the bill met the approval of
every member, but the bill was the
best Judgment of the 12 members of
the committee. Representative Long-
worth asked Mr. Payne to explain
section 4, which provides for the
maximum and minimum rates. Mr,
Payne admitted that in the hurry of
getting the bill together a number of
errors had crept in ami that section
4 contains several of them. He then
read a substitute for section 4, which
he will offer at the proper time.
These corrections make it clear that
the minimum rate will be extended to
countries that give a preferential
rate to that country's colonics.
Representative Payne went into
details, explaining the increase and
decreases in the different schedules.
He said that some members who be
lieve in tariff revision for revenue
only but who had certain industries
in their district had appealed for pro
tection. As an instance he cited pea
nuts and said that the committee had
been appealed to to give peanuts a
protection of 400 per cent, but there
was no change made in the present
law. Where increases on the duties
had been made the committee hati
been governed by the testimony oi
witnesses and by statistics. ; In all
their work the committee had been
guided by the protective principle.
DESCENT ON CAPITAL
The Special Interests Will
Flock In
Beginning of tin Debate in the House
on the Tariff Bill Will be Signal
For Descent on the National Cap
ital of All the Spocinl Interests.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 2 2 The be
ginning of the debate in the house to
day on the tariff bill will be the sig
nal for the descent on the national
capital of organized bodies of all
sorts representing Interests affected
by the proposed changes In the tariff
bill. The tendency of the Payne bill
to reduce duties has hit several in
dustries and doubtless there will be
a pooling of interests in that these
interests will have common cause In
making a general assault all along the
line against the proposed reductions,
In. order to create the impression that
reductions In duties mean loss In
revenues and an Inability on the part
of the treasury to meet the deficit.
On the other hand, interests seek
ing still lower duties have : their
agents on the Spot ready to prove
with all the accuracy Imaginable that
if still greater reductions are made
the Increased Imports thereby stimu
lated will swell the revenues on these
particular . articles to unheard-of
amounts.
Up from the south comes the war
cry of "down with the Payne bill" be-
cause it puts cotton-seed oil on the
free list. Other southern democrats
will speak in favor of the good old
democratic doctrine of tariff for rev
enue only, and work like beavers
privately to sustain a high tariff on
the steel products of the Birmingham
district and the sugar plantations of
Louisiana. Out 'in Missouri, where
lead and zinc contribute their share
to the Industries, the democrats are
protesting bitterly against the reduc
tion that has been made in the lead
schedule.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
St. Louis, Mar. 22 Joseph Larrie was
killed and four other workmen seri
ously injured when a scaffolding .n
the ice house of the Polar Wave Ice
and Fuel Company dropped forty feet
to ground this morning. The four were
unconscious when extricated. The men
were crushed under heavy . timbers
and boards. -
All four were taken to the city hos
pital, where their conditions is said
to be dangerous..
Longshoremen Thaeatcn Strike.
Boston, Mass., March 22 A big
labor, war which may tie up Boston's
shipping for an Indefinite period is
threatened by longshoremen. They
voted yesterday to strike on April
6th if their demands for Increased
wages for handling certain cargoes
ae not granted. - Steamship agents
Rax tU flomaafU siu apt ha granted..
ONE KILLED
AND
FOUR
NURD
USING HORSE IN
EFFORT TO TRACE
THE KIDNAPPERS
Detectives Drive Horse Over
the Route Io Effort to Get
Clue to Kidnappers
A CLUE TO IDENTITY
The Horse That Was Driven by Wil
lie Whitla's Kidnappers Driven
Over the Route by Detectives in
Hope That They Might Thus Gain
: Some Clew as to the Men A Oiew
Furnished From Canton, Ohio, and
Police of the Entire Country Arc
Searching For Samuel C. (Lcvlnson.
Mr. Whitla Still Anxious to Pay
the Ransom to Get tlie Child Boj
is in Ashtabula.
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Sharon, Pa., March 22 The horse
driven by Willie Whitla's kidnappers
when they stole him from school herb
was used today in an'effort to trace the
fugitives and recover the boy. TUo
horse belongs to Charles Johnson,; a
Sharon livery man.
On the day the Whitla boy was ab
ducted the horse was rented from
Johnson and then driven to the
school, where word was sent to the
teacher that Willie was wanted at
once by his father. After getting the
boy the kidnappers drove toward
Warren, sixteen miles away, and then
abandoned the horse and buggy. De
tectives today took the horse and
drove toward Warren. When they
had gone a few miles they dropped
the reins and allowed the animal to
proceed on its own accord, hoping the
horse would stop at the house wherts,
the kidnappers are believed to have
taken the boy.
A possible clew to the identity of
the boy's kidnappers is furnished in
a police circular from Canton, O., and
today the police of the entire coun
try are searching for Samuel C. Lev
inson, for whom a warrant: charging
grand larceny has been Issued.
' Twenty mounted men of the state
constabulary were sent to Ashtabula,
O., today to scour the surrounding
country. These men searched every
farm house, barn, and through the
woods around Ashtabula.
Cleveland, 0., March 22 Work by
the police, following the apprehen
sion in Ashtabula of the two boys
hired to deliver the note, bungling of
which prevented the kidnappers from
taking $10,000 placed under a can
non In Flatiron Park for the ransom
of "Billy" Whitla may prevent re
newal of negotiations for ransom.
This activity is in opposition to the
wishes of James P. Whitla, father oi
the boy, who planted the $10,000,
expecting to recover the child, and
against his request to Mayor H. B.
Cooke, T. S. Ward, of the Philadel
phia office of the Perkins Detective
Agency, In a statement in Sharon to
day said:
"The boy is in Ashtabula. The
Ashtabula police can get him. But if
a crowd goes after the kidnappers we
fear they will become alarmed and
kill the boy. The Ashtabula police
have promised not to act. Mr. Whitla
wrote Mayor Cooke:
"We are awaiting word as to where
to put the money," for 'Billy's' re
turn, a second time." :
The Fourth Letter Received.
Sharon, Pa., March 22 The fourth
letter In the search for the kidnap
pers to J. P. Whitla, father of the
missing boy, was received In the
morning mail. It Is postmarked
Cleveland and is In the same hand
writing as the others.
Immediately on the receipt of the
letter a detective was rushed to Ash'
tabula. The contents of the com
munlcation cannot be learned except
that It reiterated the threat con
tained in all the other letters to kill
the boy If efforts were made to cap
ture the kidnappers.
Dismissed the Detectives.
Sharon, .Pa., March 22 Attorney
Whitla today issued a statement that
he has dismissed all detectives and
refuses to aid in capturing the abdue-
tors. Detective Perkins says the
Whitla boy will be returned within a
short time. Whitla's statement is
taken to mean that he has opened
direct communication with the abduc-
tors and wishes them to feel assured
of Immunity from arrest. '.':'. i "
Mauritania Makes Another Record,
Queenstown, March 22 The Mau-
retania, arriving today, made another
record for the eastern trip of four
days, 18 hours, 36 minutes. ; Her ay
eraga Bgeed VM U.H kUQta.. ' ";'
THETWO COOPERS
WILL GO ABROAD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Nashville, Tenn., March 22. Showing
the effects of the long strain of their
trial for the murder of Senator Car
mack the two Coopers, father and son,
are planning a relaxation preparatory
to taking up their prison terms, if they
over do see the inside of penitentiary
walls. It has been stated on the au
thority of friends that passage has
been engaged for Colonel Cooper and
Robin Cooper on a trans-Atlantic lin
er and that as soon as motion to be
made before Judge Hart for a new
trial is disposed of, they will at once
leave Nashville for a tour of Europe,
pending the passing of the supreme
court on the appeal that will be made
to that body.
An interesting bit of gossip that has
quickly followed the release on bail of
Colonel D. B. Cooper and Robin Coop
er is that the latter In soon to be mar
ried to the' daughter' of a prominent
railroad president.
ANGRY NEGRO TENANT
TURNS UPON EMPLOYER
Mr. A. M. Goodwin, ' .who lives on a
plantation near the lock quarry, - wan
seiiou.sly wounded yesterday morning
about 8 o'clock by a negro tenant, who
became angry when. Mr. Oiioilwin
remonstrated with hini about his fail
ure to give the cattle sufficient feed.
Mr. tSoodwin and the, . negro, Tali
Womack hy; name, Were feeding the
lock In the barn, which Is about fifty
yards from the house. Mr. Goodwin
spoke to the: negro about giving the
cattle an insufficient -amount of hay.
Hi' had hardly finished, speaking' when
the negro picked up a large piece of
scantling nearby and brought it down
with great force upon Mr. Goodwin's
head.. The scantling had a long nail
in one end, which inflicted two ugly
wounds in his forehead, one being so
bad that the. physician found it nec
essary to take several stitches. The
wounds, while vnty-vUnful, were not
dangerous, ad Mr. Goodwin Is getting
STonj; very hlceiy"today".'-: ""'"'
The negro realized what he had done
instantly, and fearing the anger of the
other white people, he made his way
to parts unknown and has not been
heard from since.
REPUBLICANS OPEN
PERMANENT OFFICES
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 22.-AVhen John
Hayes Hammond at Augusta last at!
tumn told President Taft he intended
makin the National League of Repub
lican clubs a permanent adjunct of tin1
republican party, he made no Idle
promise. His pledge was made good
this morning when the permanent
headquarters of the league were, open
ed In the Colon Trust building in this
city.
The league now consists of upward
of 2,000,000 members, and by the tiin
the next presidential campaign comes
around it Is expected this membership
will have been doubled.
COUNT ZEPPELIN
Berlin, March 22. Soaring like a
mighty bird, Count Zeppelin's airship
the largest in the world on Saturday
created a world's record for weight
carrying in cruising tho sky. The huge
dirigible ascended from the quarters at
Lake Constance, bearing Count Zeppe
lin, ten aeronauts of the German army,
and fifteen soldiers.
Never before In the brief history of
aeronautics has an airship made
successful flight with a crew of 26 per
sons.
A great throng witnessed the ascent
The flight covered 150 miles and the
dirigible, wns In tho air four hours.
A CITY "UPLIFT"
Washington, March 22. Preslden
Taft has given his endorsement to a
city planning exhibit and conference
to be held at Washington beginning
May 20. The conference is to be held
for the purpose of bettering conditions
of city life all over the country and
making municipal Improvements In all
large cities. Th president so strongly
favors tne movement that ne will at
tend the first meeting. : Practically ev
ery large city in the country will make
an exhibit of housing plans which are
Intended to solve the tenement prob
lem. .. V- :.'. ':- v.; "
MAKES
RECORD
BODY APPROVED
King of Spain and
Are Chummy
The Above Picture is of the Kiliir of
by side in one of Wrights'
J Blf tUM.n, , I . Hi l - L jy jj
Mass-Meeting Tonight- Will Be
Held at County
Put Out Municipal Ticket- - Come
"Rfwtr And xrrTfflwili oi' Ralerarh,"
who stands for the better govern
ment and progressiveness of our
city, is earnestly requested and ex
pected to attend the mass-meeting at
the court house tonight at 8 o'clock.
This meeting has been called for the
inn-pose of putting out a full munic
ipal ticket, .'Comprising,- men who are
for the welfare of Raleigh above
everything else, and this cannot be
done without the co-operation of the
good citizens In our city.
It has been generally understood
for a long while that the (iond -Gov
ernment Association would put out a
ticket, and to thwart their efforts (hp
ring got together Saturday and called
the primary for March 30, thinking
that the exceedingly short time would
hamper the opposition In their ef
forts to put out a strong ticket.
This uncalled-for action of the exec
utive committee necessitated hastv
action on the pari of those Who wish
to supplant tho old crowd, whose
handling of tho city's' 'affairs has been
very unsatisfactory, hence the short
notice of the mass-meeting tonight.
The faction opposed to the mass
meeting tonight has put forth all sorts
TO BUY BATTLE GROUND
Movement to Purchase Bull
Run
Coiiiliilltecs of Southerners jni
Northern Veterans, Who Partici
pated in liull Kun rights, M ill Ask
Congress to Buy the Ground.
Baltimore, March . 2 With the
view of protecting the famous liull
Run battle-ground, at Manassas, Va.;
In honor of both the I'nlon and Con
federate dead, a double movement, is
on foot among tho Confederate and
Grand. Army of the Republic organi
zations. A committee, consisting of
Prof. J. K. Prendergast, Colonel Goo.
H. Cnrnilchael, and Dr. A. C. North,
veterans of the old Seventh Georgia
regiment, which participated In both
Bull Run fights, was appointed by
Commander Goodwyn about a week
ago to look Into the matter In behalf
of the Confederates, while a similar
committee Is working the I'nlon side
of tho movement. This body includes
Captain C. A. E. Spainer, of Galti
more; General James McAleer, of
Brooklyn, and Colonel William J.
Wells, of Norrlstown, Pa.
A memorial to congress has already
been drafted by the Confederate com
mittee Indicating approval by the
southern veterans of the bill recently
Introduced to purchase the grounds
at Manassas. The hill is non-partisan
in character and the chances of
Its passage are said, io bo excellent, ;
Wilbur Wright
These Flying Days
Si;iin mid Will, nr. Vi,rl, .,(.i i.t
aeroplanes in France. .......
Court House To
oYranfoW,.- cdRui'a'tedf' to cause the
people to stay away from the meet
ing tonight, but from present indica
tions their efforts in this behalf have
availed them nothing. A record
breaking crowd Is anticipated. Every
body who feels that the domination
in city politics by the faction now in
office has (Tone far enough, is going
to lay aside his pleasures and duties,
if necessary, and be on hand at the
court house at S o'clock. Everybody
will have a voice in the meeting, and
no action will be taken without a full
discussion by anyone who''wishes to
he heard.
The fight is narrowing down to just
two things: One side stands for and
is goiug to fight upon the basis of
progressiveness and the welfare of
Raleigh;.' the other faction is stand
ing upon the ground of "Hands off;
things are running along smoothly,
and the city's affairs are in good
hands; don't disturb us." Which
side are you on? If you are on the
former side come out, tonight; If not
come out anyway and listen to the
argument of the other side, you hav
ing most probably heard the argu
ments of tho "ins", if they have any,
Dr ADLQCK IN PHRTO RICO
Congress Appeals to Wash
ingion for Aid .
Hopelessly Divided Delegates From
Porto Hico Will Arrive in Wash
ington This Evening and Appeal to
President Taft in Hope That He
May Smooth Out Their Difficulties.
(Ry Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, March 22 Hopeless
ly differing on the question of what
Is best for Porto Rico, delegations
rep resell ting the upper and lower
houses of tho island's congress wll
arrive in Washington this evening to
Secretary of the Interior Ballingei'
and members of congress.
For several months the two houses
of the Porto Rican congress have
tenaciously hold wihely divergent
ideas as to what the new act should
bo. I'nable to agree on a compro
mise, tho delegations were appointed
and dispatched to Washington In the
hope that President Taft, Secretary
Balllngor and congress might relieve
tho deadlock.
The executive council is said to
have refused to sign the reform bills
passed by the lower house and In re
taliation the lower house declined to
pass the appropriation bills of the
executive, council. In Consequence
there has been little or no Improve
ment la Eorto RlQ2 reentljc,
THE
OF
SUMMARY
REPORT
COTTON
STOCKS
1,530,392 Bales Held by
Other States Beside Cot
loo Growing States
QUALITY AND LOCATION
Cotton Crowing States Hold 3,721,-
071 (Sales; Held by Manufacturers
088,708; Held by Producers 826,
737; Held hy Independent Ware
houses and Compresses 2,047,2TB;
Held by Transportation Companies
403,518; Other Holders 256.6R0
Conditions Which Will Have Puller
Consideration May Necessitate
Changes.
itBy Leased Wire to The Times.)'
Washington, March 22 The pre
liminary summary of the report on
cotton stocks authorized by resolu
tion of congress and approved Febru-,.
ary 26, 1908, was given out hy th : .
census bureau this morning, as jfol- .
lows: . ',, i
quantity ana location oi lottoo hi
i . . . . , m i i .r 'i
tho United States at the close o( Feb- :
- -, l 11 1 - ..!.. t.tA,
foreign cotton, has been rec "i ed to
the equivalent of 500 poun t hales
and round bales counted at; half
bales;: total, 2,252, ??3,'Ii",
manufacturers, 1,8409?: rr"
326,737; Independent warehos.. ?
eluding contractors . ?,3 06,7 8S; i
portation compartac,-. 47. - "
holders, 255,669.
Helii hv Viittoti irrowlnir ntft'M a f
721,971; held by manufac t r,
688,768; held by producers, 329 i !v
Independent warehouses andi"'ii
presses, 2,047,279; transpor-if.-.n
companies, 403,518; other ho ict:
255.659.
Estimated held in all other statca
beside cotton growing states; total,
1,530,392; by manufacturers, 1,530,- ;
392; by manufacturers, 1,156,224;
by warehouses, 259,507; by transpor-
ation companies, 114,961. :
Approximate segregation of atoclta .
shown above relates to location and,'
not to ownership; For Instance, cc v
ton in warehouses operated In Cji'...
nection with mills is classed as in
possession of manufacturers; un-r
independent warehouses is shown all
cotton o stored regardless of Its
ownership. Cotton of foreign growth.
Included in these statistics amounts
to 55,629 bales, of which 50,561 are
Egyptian, 1,859 Indian, 3,085 Pe
ruvian, 125 others. Sea Island cot
ton included in the total stocks la
54,130 bales. '.. I
The amount of cotton in this coun
try September 1, 1908, was 1,236,058
bales, distributed as follows: Manu
facturers 594,184; producers, 52,- .
839 ; warehouses and compressors,
444,626; trahsfortation companies
72,186-.. and other holders 72,223.
bales.
Supply and distribution of cotton
in the Vnited States for the sis
months period ending February 28,
1909 is as follows: Total supply 14,
340,670 bales. Stocks held Septem
ber 1, 1908, 1,236,058; net Imports,
98,000; ginned since August 31, last,
13,006,612 bales. Dlstributidn : To
tal, 14,340,670; exports September 1,
1908, to February 28, 1909, inclus
ive, 6,566,571. Stocks in the coun
try, February 28, 1909, 5,252,663.
Indicated consumption, 2,621,436.
Strict accuracy canot be claimed
for the statistics of consumption In
this report arrived at by the govern
ment. ! .
Conditions which will have fuller
consideration in the final report to be
published about May 1 may necessi
tate changes In these, preliminary fig-
Fire at Boydton.
(By Leased Wir to The Times)
Boydton, Va March 22 This
town was swept by a Are yesterday
which for a time threatened to wipe.
brought under control after destroy
ing two blocks in the heart of the
business district, causing a loss of
more than $100,000.
Will fse Davis Portrait. t ,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
jaeuson, miss., Marcn z -n nas
been decided that the portrait of Jef
ferson Davis, and not that of De Boto,
the xplorer, as originally planned,
shall be engraved oft the silver serv
ice to be presented t by v Mississippi
citizens to the new battleship Missis