North Carolina Newspapers

I Mil , ,,,,. v v J IjT:' ' vy ?' 0 em ocra tic Senators Hold Caucus Today Efforts Being Made to Agree on Bai ley Amendment to the Farmers' Free List Bill So As to Get Support of the Insurgent Republicans Spir ited Debate , at Caucus and Recess Taken To Tonight. Washington, D. C, July 31. To in sure unanimity of action on the farm ers' free list bill, the Democratic Sen ators met in caucus today. The prin cipal question discussed was that of ac cepting the Bailey amendment eliminat ing farm products fionv the. articles' to be admitted free. There was reference to the possibility of adding some o t'je general tariff schedules. The. pre vailing opinion was that the schedules Would not be offered. Most of the Sen ators present favored the . Bailey amendment asthe best means of insur ing the Insurgent Republican Senators' support. , . The caucus was spirited and adjourn ed without result until tonight. The only question that received connected consideration was the Bailey amend ment. It was supported by its author and attacked by several Senators. COAST LINE CASHIER SENTEliCEO TO PRISON . Richmond,. Va , July 31. Louis L. Gregory, cashier. of the freight depart ment of the Atlantic' Coast Line Rail way, was today sentenced under, his piea of guilty "with extenuating . cir ciunstances" tp ;tbree years in the pen itentiary. Ortiofil was jnnnty when arrested in Denver, but aluiostTcoITapsed when sentenced. A Barrel of. Fun Grand Today , In thea biggest, most expensive fun pictures ever manufactured. It. REPORTER Oil STAND - L Washington, July 31. How he spent two or three weeks investigating the so-called Charles A. White confession was related to the Senate Lorimer com mittee today by Edward O. Phillips, a reporter for-the Chicago Tribune. With his expense account as the basis the witness told of his visits to various leg islators, whose names were connected with the graft in the White story. De tails of these visits, the witness said, were printed in The Tribune. 71 MAJOR JOHN E..BL MAN Rochester, N. Y., July 31. Repre senting Commander in Chief John.E Oilman of the G. A. R., Ephraim B Stillings, adjutant general, and C. D R. Stowits, quartermaster general, came tdlliis city to consult with Co'l onel Henry R. Redman, executive di rector, as to the details of the national encampment to be held here August 2st to 26th inclusive. The first meeting of the committee on organization will be held August Z-UL , INQUIRY t ' j$k I V '"'""'40' I I 1' "'" &ziJ . (,11 MAM J, 1 tic House. Being True to Something o tton Revision Bill Now Before ouse The Great Work Dr. Wil.. V Done for the People Champ C Declares Phil ippines Should Bt e Republi cans Are Up in the ; Washington, July 31. Another step toward carrying out campaign pledges was taken by the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives when it adopted a cotton schedule which greatly reduces the tax on all kinds of cotton goods. If the Republican Senate and Presi dent Taft will permit the bill to be come a law, the public will be assured of substantial reductions in prices. The bill is so framed to be a particular boon to poor, for greatest reductions are made on cottons used by the mid dle classes and the poor. The features of the Democratic bill is in particular ly striking contrast to the Payne-Ald rich law, which levies the lo'west rates on the grades of cotton tised by the wealthy and the u highest iax(m: the cottons used by the poort'-iid The Payne-Aldrich tax of 50.02 per cent on ready made clothing and ar ticles of wearing apparel of every de scription composed of cotton or reg table fibre is reduced to 30 per cent. The Payne-Aldrich tax of 45 per cent on blankets and quilts, towels, doilies, batting, mops, washragst etc., is reduc ed to 25 per cent. The Payne-Aldrich tax of 50.02 on sheets is cut to 25 per cent. The Payie-Aldrich duty on shirts, sweaters and all articles of cot ton underwear of every description is reduced to 30 per cent. Similar reduc tions are made on every. Item In the lifirlf cotton'schedufef Democrat Opposes Taft Censorship. An important measure pending be fore Congress is House Resolution No. 5970, introduced by Congressman Jas. T. Lloyd, of Missouri. The measure is aimed particularly at the Action of the Taft administra tion in prohibiting postal employes from organizing; and the still more re markable. Taft policy of denying civil service employes the right to petition Congress, or even to give members of Congress information until it has first been censored by their superiors. The Constitution guarantees to every citizen of the United States the right to petition Congress. The Lloyd resolution occupies the novel role, therefore, of having for its purpose the restoration to govern ment employes of rights they are en titled to under the constitution, but which rights have been taken away from them by the President inhis des perate effort to prevent a further leak age of information injurious to the Re publican party such as occurred in the Ballinger case. Consideration For .Women. The cotton bill reported by the Dem ocratic Ways and Means committee is especially designed to benefit the wom en and children of the county, there being a. reduction of more than 45 per cent on nearly every item in the cot ton bill.usVd by them. Dr. Wiley's Goat! Dr; Harvey W. Wiley, storm petrol between food dopers and the Taft ad ministration, has been a militant gov ernment chemist for 28 years. Pack ers of embalmed beef are arrayed against him because of his fight against the use of benzoate of soda.' Benboate increases the profits of em balmed beef packers because it will restore" and preserve meats that have become putrescent. The cost of manu facture of bologna and sausage may be materially reduced by using water and cereals. Water costs nothing and the cereal is cheaper than meaj;. The re sult is a cheapening of the product and a lowering of the food value. But when water and cereal is used the meat begins to sour. It i3 to prevent this souring process that the benzoate of soda may be used. Chemist declare benzoate is of no earthly use to the manufacturer who .'puts pure foods upon the market. Dr.. Wiley also fought the bleached flour interests to the last ditch. He ex posed the Injurious colorings used in candies sold to children.. He stub bornly opposed the use of sulphur as a fruit preservative. . He secured the removal of the tax on denatured alco hol. He exposed frauds without num ber in patent medicines. It was Wiley, who started" the war on the use of nar cotics and other poisons in soda foun tain drinks. And he stubbornly fought the'whiskey trust until he was at last overruled by. President Taft, ; t Hammondsport, N. Y., July 31. Experiments with the Curtiss hydroplane indicate that this amphibious aerial mac-iins will prove entirely successful. The aeroplane, equipped with pontoons, rises from the water and alights on it with perfect easl. In the accompanying illustration the Curtiss aeroplane is shown carrying an operator and a passenger. The United States Navy has ordered several hydroplanes. , WRHIED III DIE Farmer Who Slew His Daughter Glad toBe Electrocuted by the Law Met His End Calmly and Satisfied Today in Prison Unfaithful Wife Caused the Tragedy. Dannamora, N. Y., July 31. Charles L. Green, a farmer, was electrocuted at Clinton prison today, for murder ing his daughter, a fourteen year old girl, on the farm near New Scotland a year ago His electrocution had been twice stayed" by the Governor 'against the wish of the dead man, who told his counsel he wanted to die. A confession by Green's wife that her unfaithfulness led to the1 shooting his death "calmly, after expressing sat isfaction with the verdict of the jury in convicting him. At the time of murdering his daughter Green shot his wife and himself. His wife though desperately wounded, recovered. Green's wound was not serious. His conviction followed. "BUD" MARS GOES UP EOLO Mineola, N. Y., July 31 "Bud" Mars is flying again .in the same ma chine, in which he recently fell, almost causing his death. Mars felt nervous when he first got into the air on hi3 first flight yesterday, but he soon re gained his old confidence. These facts tell better than a long article could why it is up to the food dopers to get Wiley's goat. Also why it is up to the people to see that they don't get it! Philippine Independence Looms Ahead. Speaker Champ Clark believes that the United States should grant inde pendence to the Philippines, "both for their good and our own." Further more, Mr. Clark advocates early ac tion on the subpect. This is in con trast to the attitude of President Taft, who takes the position the Philipinos should not Te given independence "within the tme of the present genera tion," which the Philipinos interpret as meaning never. ' Here is what Speaker Clark recently wrote to a friend on the subject: "The Philippines should be given" their inde pendence guaranteed by the United States and such other powers as . are willing to join us. If no other powers are willing to join us, I think our own guarantee would be sufficient, but I am for freeing, them regardless of what the other powers do. My friend Judge Cline of Indiana has introduced a bill providing for . their independence. .1 think -we will pass it next winter, ana then it will be up to the Senate and the President." Why Not a Roosevelt Investigation. During the present auditing by the Democratic House of the Republican administrations for the last decade, it wouldn't be out of place to look into the Roosevelt-Harriman episode. The late railroad king raised $200,000 at Roosevelt's request to save New York for the Republicans in the Roosevelt Parker campaign. Republican Chaos. The Republicans are literally up in the air, their old-time stand-bys,' props and policies all shake in the4 Democra tic upheaval. Reciprocity has helped Taft of course,, but .the Republicans have always won on protection. Tait has abandoned protection "and the re sult is a matter of speculation.' 4 "MI IS BEER?" Department of Agriculture Grappling With This Problem In Order to Bring It Under the Pure Food Act MAIt Manufacturers and Others Ad vocating the Inquiry. Washington, July 31. Having long ago settled the vexed problem of "What is whiskey" the Agriculture De partment's; board of food and, drug inspection, headed by the redoubtable Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, has undertaken to determine "What Is beer?" The manufacturers of beer and other malt beverages andi barley from all over the county are lere attending the hearing conducted byytfee board. Many (SC&t taaW T&iW&jt tlielr trews tsy mail, f f The object of the board's inquiry is to bring malt liquors within the scope of the pure food act and determine just what shall and what shall not be con tained in liquids sold under labels "Lager Beer," "Bock Beer,", Ale, Por ter, Stout and Malt Extract. The board has propounded a series of questions as to the ingredients, fer menting, coloring, carbonating, etc., and the application of foreign names to domestic product will also be in quired into. The barley and malt pro ducers are responsible for this effort to tedermine "What is beer?" The Con sumers' National League, of Chicago, and the Society of Equity, the latte composed largely of farmers, are aiding the movement. It is claimed that much of the beer sold in this country is made of corn, or rye and that some of the malt extract and other beverages are not what their names lead the consum ers to think them. T KILLS SELF Norfolk, July 31 W. H. Barnard, aged fifty two years, a prominent hard ware merchant, committed suicide to day by shooting. He left numerous notes to relatives and business friends assigning, among other reasons for his act, that poverty stared him in the face. He stated that it was the "common sense thing to do," because if he lived longer he would be un able to keep up his heavy insurance premiums. - "Dreams; Just Dreams." Latest v great song triumph to be rendered jy, Mrs. Frank Pearson, Grand today; It. -SHOT TWO NEGROES Atlanta, July 31. H: L. Robertson, a Pullman conductor, is detained by the police here, accused of shooting two negroes, cook and porter. The Iporter died as Robertson's train pass ed through here on its way North. Robertson declares he reprimanded the negroes for neglecting duty They attacked him and he shot in self de fense. A Barrel of Fun Grand Today." In the biggest, most expensive fun pictures ever manufactured. r It. .Go to Carolina Beach Cape 7 Fear Independent Band-f-August 3rd; -r 5t 1 : - II ill Present Ambassador to Italy Talked Of to Fill the Vacant Post in Ger- many President Will Likely Make Other Shifts in Ambassadorships. Washington, July 31. It was report' ed today on the best of authority, that President Taft has about decided to appoint John G. A. Leishman, the present Ambassador to Italy, as Am bassador to Germany, succeeding Da vid Jayne Hill, who resigned last spring. According to the same author ity Thomas J. O'Brien, Ambassador to Japan, will be sent to Rome, . suc ceeding Leishman. No decision, it is understood, has been made about Ofirietf isucteaor; -Preskteot5 $aftt will probably have the last confer ence on the subject of the diplomatic appointments with the Secretary thi afternoon. Undoubtedly there will soon ,be a number of shifts in the diplomatic1 corps. Several Ambassadors, recogniz ed as having performed good service, are likely to be appointed to more important posts. T EASTERN KENTUCKY Lexington, Ivy., July 31; The pres ent drought is the worst known in years in Eastern Kentucky, according to reports' from that section of the State. Fleming county has called upon neighboring counties for help. Ten thousand barreTs of water have been shipped there. Tobacco and all other crops have been severely affected. It has been five weeks since a heavy rain has fallen. Where the smaller streams are not entirely dry, they are at the lowest stages known in years. GOTHAM'S SECOND SUBWAY. Ground Broken Today and 8,000 men Will Do the Work. New York, July 31. Ground for the new Broadway and Lexington Avenue subway, Manhattan's second under ground ;artery of transportation, was broken today. This subway is one of the important links of New York's vast projected subway and elevated system to cost nearly three hundred million dollars. It is designed to re lieve the traffic congestion. Eight thousand men will soon be engaged on the task. Four years will be re quired to complete a 4-track line. Most Beautiful Photoplay of All. "The Indian Maid's Sacrifice" at the Grand today, I : ijt WILL BRING BODY OVER. Remains of American Consul Will Be Buried in Arlington. Washington, July 31. The body of American Consul Wm. P. Atwell, who died at Ghent, Belgium, Friday will be brought to this country for burial, probably in Arlington National, cem etery. Spirits Today. Savannah, Ga., July 31 Turpentine was firm at 49 1-4; rosin firm ty$e F, 6.30 to 6.35; G, 6,30 to 6.40. Most Beautiful Photoplay of All. "The Indian Maid's Sacrifice" at the Grand today. ' :1L Go to Carolina Beach Cape Fear Independent Band August 3rd, 5t mm Last Night Negro On Naval Reserves' Ship Got Drink Crazed and It Took the Crew, With Axes, to Subdue Him Stabbed Two Men and Was Badly Hurt Him selfNow in Jail. Beaufort, N. C., July 31. A negro servant went wild from drink last night and stabbed three sailors aboard the Naval Reserves steamer Elfrida. With the exception of the officer of the deck, all officers were ashore. The crew was ordered to subdue the madman, killing him if neces sary. The crew, armed with axes, knocked him down, broke three of his ribs and cut him In severaf places before he could be ovr-powered.- He was finally subdued and landed in jail. The negro succeeded in stabbing two men. v ' HARD AT WORK ON A NEW PLAN New York, July 31. The various committee that have advertised ior holders of the stocks and bonds of the American Tobacco Company to deposit their securities "under the certain agreement" are working in harmony with the interests of the big company, it was announced at the office of Mor gan J. O'Brien, counsel for one of the committees. Neither company, nor committees, have designed a, plan for the dissolution of the trust, it was said, but definite -public announcement is expected by August 8 tt&tt tLCZk" holders and the committees are similar to the instruments issued in reorgan izations giving committees the widest discretion and guaranteeing to the de positors payment of interest, or divi dends. "She Saw, She Came, She Conquered. Greatest and most novel of film cre ationsGrand today. It. FOUND BOMB DOORWAY. Rebels in Spain Attempt to Assassi nate Consul. Badajoz, Spain, July 31. 'The Portu gese Consul here upbn entering the consulate discovered a bomb placed in the doorway. It was probably the work of revolutionists. " A Barrel of Fun Grand Today. In the biggest, most expensive fun pictures ever manufactured. It. TO ITALY LOOKING FOR DOROTHY New York, July 31. Francis R. Ar nold and wife, he parents of Dorothy Arnold, who disappeared from her home December 12th, have gone to Italy, it became known today. It is declared their visit-to Italy is in con nection with the search for their daughter. OJED WHILE WAITING TO BE EXTRADITED Washington: July 31. Wilson Ev ans, charged with embezzling $20,000 from the Farmers and . Merchants' Bank of Los Angeles, of which he was a former teller, died at Acapulco, Mexico, where he was waiting extra dition to ,the United States. THE CONTEMPT CASE. Labor Leaders Allowed Twenty Days vt to Make Answer., v Washington, D. ft., July 31. Sanmel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John ft Mitchell, labor leaders, were today al lowed twenty days by Justice wngnc. of the District Supreme Court, to an swer the charges of contempt against them, as contained in the second re port of the prosecutors' committee in the Bucks Stove and Range Company case. ' '. '" "She Saw, She Came, She Conquered. ,;, Greatest and most novel of film cre ations Grand today. y k .It. . at Beaufort Charlotte and My ring Water Still Being Carried to Char lotte in Tanks, But Not Sufficient" Some Relief in Sight-i-Wadesboro Reports Serious Condition Morgan ton's Plight Also Serious Greensbo ro Taking Precautionary Steps. Charlotte, ,N. C, July '31. The- wa ter situation is growing more serious. There is no water from the regular source. The only relief afforded is by hauling water in tank cars from the Catawba river, ten miles away. A large force of men is connecting the city reservoir with Briar Creek, near here. This is expected to give about two- thirds the usual quantity. This conec- tion will be made by tomorrow night. Then water will be turned oh at regu lar periods in the day The drought bas affected practically every nearby town. Supplies have been curtailed and many cities are running pipe lines to creeks. Wadesboro reports a se rious condition.' Greensboro is making preparations to lay up an additional supply. Morganton's - plight is also se rious. Other places report similarly. Showers are predicted for tomorrow. LIQUOR QUESTION BEFORE TEXAS LEGISLATURE Austin, Texas, July 31. With the liquor question overshadowing every other topic to be discussed the Texas Legislature has met in special session. Although called- to pass appropriation bills and limited by statute' to only such legislation as the Governor sug- n-r t n I. S 'I'' 11 bcoui iu iiio lucssagca lb us gcuci any believed that bills, affecting the liquor traffic will be passedl. -Governor Col quit is an advocate of strict regulation of the liquor traffic, but is. opposed to statewide prohibition. A majority of the House and Senate have declared themselves in favor of prohibition. The recent prohibition election in which the "wets" won may be investigated. Mr. S. G. Hall Passed Away This After noon. Friends will greatly regret to learn of the death of Mr. S. G. Hall, at his late residence at Grace and McRae streets. The end came about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Full particulars and notice of ihe funeral arrangements will be made later. TRYING TO DIG OUT BURIED YOUNG MINER f Joplin, JVIo., July 31! Miners today continued the efforts begun last night to reach Joseph Clary, aged' twenty one, imprisoned by a fall of rqck in a mine near here. Clary is believed to be alive in a runway, seventy feet be low the surface. .--if AH "far BQN PARTE New York, July, 31. The Congres sional committee investigating the United States1 Steel trust-which haa removed its probing operations to this city, will, it is now definitely reported, summon Charles J. Bonaparte, former Attorney General of the United States, as a witness. The committee, wants to examine him regarding the alleged purchase of the Tennessee Coal. , and Iron .Company and the steel tf ust. . Towns Face Sulla v. "