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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XV. t.
MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY; N. C, FRIDAY JULY 4, 1913.
NO. 27.
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- Madleon County. "
Eatabllahed by the Legislature See
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Poulation, 20,132. ,
County Seat. Marshall. .
Hit feet above aea level. '
New and modern Coart Home, coat
133.000.00.
. New and modern jail, coat $16,000.00.
New and modern County Home, coat
. 110.000.00. ; ; ' .
Officer.
Hon C. B. Maahburn, Senator 26th
District Marshall, N. C. .. .
Hon. James E. Rector, Representa
tive. Hot Serins. N. C
N. B. McDevitt Clerk Superior
, Coart, MarahaU, N. C.
. W. M. Buckner. Sheriff. Marahall.N. C,
Zade O. Sprinkle. Register of Deeds,
Marshall N. C.
C F. R union. Treasurer, MarahaU,
N. C R. F. D. No. 4.
R.U Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock,
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Dr. ' Chas. N.. Sprinkle, Coroner,
Marshall, N. C. . '
Mre. Ellaa Hendenon, Jailor, Mar
shall, N. C.
. John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall,
N. C.
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
MarahaU, N. C.
Jamea Haynle, Supt County Home,
Maraball, N. C.
Home located abont two mllea aouth
weat of Maraball.
Ceurta. ' '
Criminal and Civil, Flrat Monday be
fore Flrat Monday In March, Com
mencing Feb. 24th, 1112.
CJvU 11th. Monday attar Flrat Mon
day In March, commences May 20,
. lilt
Criminal and Clffl. Flrat Monday
after Flrat Monday la Sept Com
mences Sept. Ith, 1912.
CItH 6th Monday after Flrat Mod
lay In September. Commencea Oct
ber 14. 1911
" BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. C Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
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R. A. Edwards, Member, MarahaU.
N. C, R. F. D. No. 3.
Revbla A. Tweed, Member, Bis
Laurel. N. C. . ,
J.. Ceteaaan Raataey, Atty. Maraball,
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Board meets flrat Monday In every
asonth. -K ,
:.; Road Cmitoalener, .'-.:;..-
. . A. S. Bryan. Chairman, Maraball,
N. C, K. F. B. No- -
J. A. Ramaey, Secretary. Mara HiU,
N. C, R. F, D. No. I. i
Sam Cos, Member, Mara HIU, N. C.
R. F. D. No. 2.
O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
'Dudley Chlpley. Road Engineer,
' Maraball,' N. C. v
' George M. Pritcbard, Att, Marah
all, N. C ::.:-
. Board meeta first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July aad October each
. year.
Board of Education.
Jaaper Ebba, Chairman,. Spring
" Creek, N. C.
Thoa. J. Murray. . Member, Maraball,
N. C, R. F. D. No. 3.
W. R. flama,- Maraball, N. C R. F.
D. No. 2.
. Prof. M. C. Backner, ' Supt. of
Schools, Mara Hill, N. C, R. F. D.
No. 2. . ' '
Board Meeta first Monday In Janu
ary. April, July and October each
; ' ". Collagaa and High Schools.
Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore,
President, Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term
. begins August 17, 1911. Spring 4rm
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof
H. A. Walltn, Principal, Spring Creek,
N. C, I Mo. School opened Auguat
- J, 1911.. '
Madison Seminary ' High School.
Pro! J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar
abaU, N. C, R. F. D, No 2. T Mo.
: School began Octber 2, 1911'.
BeU Institute. Mlsa Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo.
School begad September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. O,
Andera, Principal, Marshall, N. C. J
J M School began Sept 4, 1911. '
, Notary Publica.
J. C. Ramaey, Marshall, N. C, Term
expires Jan. 1, 1914. .
J. a Hunter, Maraball, N. C, R. F
. D. No. 3. Term expiree April 1, 1913.
3. T. Tllaon, Marshall. N. CV R. F.
D. No. 2. Tern expires Aprti 3, 1913
C. J. Ebba, MarahaU, N. 0. Term
expiree April 21, 1913.
j. W. Nelson, MarahaU, N. C. Term
expires April 21. 1913
- Roy L. Gudger, MarahaU, N. C
Term expires May 2, 1912.
Geo. M. Prltehard. MarahaU, N. C;
Term expiree May 25. .1913.
Dudley Chlpleyr Marshall, N. C.
Term expiree July 29, 1913.
W. O. Connor, Mara HIU, - N. C
' Term expiree Not. 27, 1913. '
J. A. WaUin, Big Laurel, N. C. Term
expires Jan. 24, 1914.
D. C. Bullock. SUckhonse, V. C
, Term expire Feb. 22, 1914.
: D. P. Mllea, Barnard, N. C. Term
expiree March 14, 1914.
J. O. Ramsey, Marshall, N, C R. 4
Tern expiree March It, 1914.
X E. Gregory, Joe, N. C Term ex
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LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Latest News of General Interest That
Haa Been Collected From Many
Towns and Couniee, ,
WIneton-Salem. " A severe hall
storm in the northern part of the coun
ty recently did much damage to grow,
ing crops especially ' tobacco. One
farmer reports his entire crop de
stroyed. - '
Raleigh. Aq order haa been made
by Judge C. C. Lyon to hold the supe
rior court for Robeson county two
weeks beginning June 30, Judge Lyon
to serve Instead of Judge G. S. Fer
guson. 1
Maxton. A terrlflo electrlo and
rain storm paased over Maxton and
vicinity and lasted nearly three hours.
No damage has been reported beyond
the fact that the town waa in dark
ness for two or three hours.
Ashevllle. Deputy Sheriff E. ' M
Mitchell arrested Jim Roberta of the
Turkey Creek aection on the charge
of being Implicated in the robbery of
Robinson's store near Riverside park
about ten days ago.
Lumberton. After considering the
claims of the different applicants for
the position. Judge Lyon appointed
J. M. McCollum, bookkeeper of the
Bank of Red Springs, to succeed Coun
ty Auditor A. T. Parmele, who died.
Wllllamaton. An institute for the
teachers of Martin county Is being
held in the graded school here. The
meetings are largely attended by the
teachers from all parts of the coun
ty. The lectures are given by Prof.
Barthman, of Edenton, who has held
similar Institutions here before. Hr
is aaslsted by Miss Sue Fulghman of
Chapel HIU.
Concord. Acting under the author
ity of the search and seizure act
Chief of Police Boger seized three gal
lona of liquor each, from Mag Pear
son, Octavla Freeman and George
Palmer several days ago. , Learning
that they were receiving an unusual
amount of whiskey the chief Investiga
ted and arrested them, finding the
nine gallons In their possesslo.
Klnston.-Leon Jones, a farmer of
thla county, waa arrested for what la
alleged to have been a brutal attack
upon a sixteen year-old boy. The
charge waa madefy A. O. Hlght that
Jonea threw Herbert Hlght, his son,
to the ground and with hla knee era
the lad's cheat choked him nnmerci ,
fully, leaving him In a bad condition
Greenville. Bids were opened and
contracts awarded for additional Im
provements at the . East Carolina
Teachers' Training tjchool here after
an all day aesslon or the education
committee, composed of T. T. - Or
mand, of KInston; J.' T. Joyner, of
Raleigh; ex-Go v. Thomas J. Jarvls
and Presidents R. H. Wright , of
Greenville. ;'; ; "
; Morganton. Much . favorable com
ment la being heard in. regard to the
city commission, the new government
Inaugurated a few months ago. The
three commissioners are non-partlaar
and are successful business 1 men
They chose a practical man for towr
manager, who has a thorough knowl
edge of atreet work and waterworks
and sewerage construction.
KInston.-L I. Brown, first lieuten
ant waa chosen at an election by the
enlisted men of Company B, Second
N. C. Infantry, stationed here, to be
the new company commander, to suc
ceed Capt A. L. C." Hill, recently
appointed to the regimental staff. J
O. H. Taylor, second lieutenant will
be promoted , to first lieutenant and
W. A. Faulkner, a eergeant to eecon
lieutenant ' ; ' ; ' - '.
i AshevUle. In view of the fact that
so many Inquiries are being made with
reference' to a farm financing plar
for the South, i a conference will bf
held in AshevUle under the auspices of
the North Carolina Bankera Aasocla
tion with the view of getting together
the farmer bankers of the ..various
Southern etates to consider sugges
ttons in regard to a plan for farm ft
nanclng. .y
Ashevllle. With more than 200
white teachers and about 20 colored
teachers in attendance, enrolled for
the two-weeks' souree, the Buncombe
county Institute for teachers In the
county r schools la in ; progress with
Supt S. B. Underwooa of KInston In
charge. Competent teachers com
pose the staff of Instructors and every
department of the work la receiving
careful attention. ;i i ; ' ;: :
Ashevllle. County ' Superintendent
of Education W. H. Hippa and Judge
J. D. Murp'jy, of the Buncombe coun
ty school board, purchased 1-4 acres
of land from H. W. Gilbert of Leicester
to be used as a ait for the new
school house which ta to be erected at
Leicester at once. v- ' ! A-'
Henderson. The finance committee
of the Good Roads' Commission, after
negotiating wth various parties, have
received a satisfactory offer for the
$200,000 of roais bonds, subject to
the approval of the attorneys of thr
buyera, who are now passing on the
validity of the same.
Raleigh. The committee' on elty
plana under the department of public
affairs of the Raleigh chamber i of
commerce perfected ita organization
and mapped out in a general way the
program for the year. Rev. Georg
V. Toy rfl f'losnti president with
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a pibt,.', t:a t.tl entering tie abdc
men and perforating the Intestine
The attending physician states tLa
tha wound will prove fatal.
200 TONS OF OIL
EXPLODE OH SHIP
EXPLOSION HEARD FOR MANY
MILE8 SCORES WERE BLOWN
' OVERBOARD.
STEAMER MOHAWK WRECKED
Five Killed and Six Injured When
Tank Steamer Blew Up In
New York Bay. ,
New York. Two hundred tons of
fuel oil on board the steel tank steam
er Mohawk, owned by the Standard
Oil company, exploded with a terrific
roar and a burst of flame while the
vessel waa at anchor off Tompkins
ville, Staten Island, la New York bay,
killing five' persons and injuring six
others. A dozen more are unaccount
ed for, but are believed to have 4een
rescued. Two bodies were seen float
ing In the hold while the fire boata
were still pouring streams of water
into the wrecked steamer.
Carelessness of a machinist's helper.
waa reported to have caused the ex
plosion. FU'ten men, including the
crew and twenty machinists, who were
making repalra preparatory to the Mo
hawk's departure for Tuxpan, Mexico,
were on board. A helper was declar
ed to have dropped a- washer Into the
hold below the fire room. Seeking to
recover It he la believed to have car
ried a lighted candle, which caused
combustion among gases generated in
the .hold.
The explosion waa heard for many
miles. A 200-foot flash of flame, a col
umn of smoke, the detonation, a vol
cano of debris and the Mohawk settled
aft while fire boats, wrecking tugs and
other harbor craft hurried to the
scene from all dlrectiona.
A score of men who were blown
overboard were rescued unhurt Others
clung to the stanchions and rails or
huddled in the bow, whence they were
dragged in safety on boata.
The fire waa later controlled and the
crew return on board and . . began
pumping the vessel out The stern
waa completely, under water, but it la
believed the steamer can be got into
dry dock for repalra. .. .' , ,
Gettysburg Gaily Decorated With Blue
and Gray for Reunion of Veterana.
Gettysburg, Pa. That ,the stars and
bars as well as the stars and b tripes
will appear at the big camp of veter
ana during the anniversary celebra
tion was indicated by announcements
f com the office of the anniversary com
mission that "there is nothing to pre--vent
the wearers of the gray from
bringing along their battleflags."
At the same time, it waa said that
the Confederate flag would not be used
in official decorations over which the
commission has control. Residents of
Gettysburg and Union veterans are
extending a royal welcome to arriving
Confederate veterana. ,
1 The town Itself nevar has been so
gaily decorated. Every business block
is gay wUh the national colors and
practically every home displays at
least one flag.: The 'stars and bars
appear in a number of places, while
the use of both the blue and the gray
is a favorite method of decoration at
many buildings., "
Large pictures of .both Union and
Confederate generals are much in evi
dence. The town is gay with martial
music. Many of the veterans have
brought their fifes, drums and bugles
and th calls of war times are sound
ed in the streets, in some instances
by the very men who did the' same
thing during the exciting days of the
Gettysburg campaign halt a century
ago., . -:- :. .:- '- -..;.'
Finishing touches were put on the
camp. Equipment was distributed to
the 6,000 tents, all of which are now
up and everything la in readiness for
the fifty thousand old soldiers to at
tend the celebration.
Sixty Lamaa Burned.
St Petersburg, Russia. Sixty Mon
golian lamas were burned to death in
a pagoda at Kwel Hwacheng, In the
Chinese province of Shanao, on the
hnriiar of MonEolla. according to a
dispatch received here. They bad bar-
ricaded themselves in me punuiug
against a number of Chinese pursuers.
' Blalock's Nomination Confirmed.
Washington. A. O. Blalock of Fay
ette was nominated by President WU
son as collector of intornal revenue
nt nAAm-ia The nomination waa la
ter confirmed by .the senate. The po-
sitidn of collector win oe more lm
unrtant and nrofltablo under the new
tariff law than it haa ever been b
fore,- even before Georgia became a
dry state, for the collection of Income
taxes will also devolve upon the col
lectors of internal revnue. It wUl be
a highly complicated and difficult task
to inaugurate the new system. J ?
Granddaughter of Longfellow Weds.
Manchester, Mass. Mlaa Delia Far
Ipy Dana, daughter of Richard Henry
Dana of Cambridge, and a granddaugh
ter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
the X"- rnnrrU'i hpre to Robert
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study the principle; of state SocWlaai.
ROY ORCHARD WOODRUFF :
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Mr. Woodruff, the new congressman
from the Tenth Michigan district la a
Progressiva, a veteran; of the Spanish
war and a dentist by prof eeeloa. v
BETTER METHODS FOR BALING
AND PACKING OF COTTON FOR
8HIPMENT'WANTED.
Subject Is Taken Up by House Com
' mittee on Interstate Committee.
Georgian , la' Chairman.'
Washington. Legislation looking
to better methods of balling and of
packing cotton for shipment in inter
state commerce, to prohibit wasteful
methods of sampling, and unfair de
ductions for cotton tare, as well as
regulations for deductions for "coun
try damage," waa taken up by the
house committee on interstate and
foreign, commerce.
Representative Adams of Georgia,
chairman of the committee, declared
that congress undoubtedly has power
o regulaWhlif aatJSct where the cot
ton is to be shipped outside of the
state. . Innumerable complaints have
been made by farmers that the arbi
trary 6 per cent tare deduction la un
just This is denied by the cotton mer
chants and exporters, who say that
thirty pounds of bagging and ties is
the average.
Reference was made to the practice
of the Southeastern railroads in ac
cepting for shipment unglnned cotton
and ginning and baling it en route.
Even if the railroads can only carry
25,000 pounds of unglnned cotton in
a car, whereas they can carry six
600-pound bales In the same car, they
are enabled to make a difference in
the transportation receipts through
controlling the gins at certain points.
A bill to require uniform tare was
introduced at the last session of con
gress by Representative Burleson of
Texas, now postmaster general.
FOUR KILLED BY EXPLOSION
By Puffing of Dust Death and De
struction Are Dealt
Buffalo, N. Y. Four men are known
to be dead, sixty were injured, some
fatally, and four are u naccounted for,
aa the result of an explosion in the
elevator and grain storehouse of the
Husted Milling company.
Sixty were taken to hospitals, some
In a serious condition, from burns and
broken legs and arms. That many of
the injured cannot survive and that
the ultimate death list may number
fifteen is an estimate reached by a
canvass of the hospitals. ;.
The explosion was caused by the
puffing of dust accumulated In the
feed house, and was of frightful force,
tearing out one wall of the wooden
structure and breaking windows for
a quarter of a mile around. John Con-
roy, engineer of a switch engine, was
blown from his cab and received in
ternal Injuries, which caused his
death. - . '; ' ''-: ;' " '
The' body of Henry Vetter was
blown 60 feet and was found under a
box car nearby badly burned. A boy,
while running to the fire, waa run
down by an automobile and killed.
No Torn Battle Flags Wanted.
Philadelphia. Word has gone out
to veterans of both armies all over
the country not to bring their tattered
battle flags to Gettysburg for the cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the battle, for they canont be, flown
to the breeze in the encampment Ev
ery precaution will be taken to pre
vent the stirring up of of animosities
and feeling on (he part of the old sol
diers, and this ta one of the precau
tions considered necessary. The only
flag which wUl be allowed in the en
campment la the stars and stripes.
Suicide by Polaon Popular In Chicago.
Chicago. Aroused by .unusually
frequent suicide and accidental
deaths by poisons, three aldermen in
troduced orders requiring the health
committee to draft an ordinance pro
V ? tbe promiscuous sale of dead
ly a- i. All were pa 1 "These
I r -r ta parch p ! as easily
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DEMAND COnOS RMS
FREE SUGAR GOMES
III THE YEAR
PRE8IDENT WILSON'S ) TARIFF
POLICY IS OVERWHELMING.
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Approval of Schedules Comes After a
: Debate In Caucua by
' Democrata.
Washington. Free sugar in 1916
and free raw wool are now establish
ed in the tariff , revision bill, having
been approved, by the 'Democratic cau
cus of the senate.' The sugar sched
ule as reported by the majority mem
bers of the finance committee and
practically as It passed the house was
approved by a vote of 40 to 6. Free
raw wool as submitted by the ma
jority and Just as it passed the house
swept the senate caucus by a vote of
41 to 6.
This ratification of President Wil
son's tariff policy, he having insisted
upon the wool and sugar propositions
before the ways and means committee
in the beginning, came after a long
aeries of developments since the tariff
bill passed the house In which the
president had an active participation.
When the fight of the anti-free su
gar and anti-free wool Democrats was
getting hot the president issued a
public statement declaring that any
suggestion of compromise on the wool
and sugar schedule ideas was abso
lutely out of the question and later
he stirred all administration leaders
to action when he made his charge
abourfhe existence in Washington of
an "Insidious lobby" investigation, of
which has brought results regarded
as favorable to the tariff bill.
.The six Democratic senators who
voted against free sugar on the final
vote approving the schedule were
Hitchcock, Nebraska: Newlands, Ne
vada; Ransdell and Thornton, Louis
iana; Shafroth, Colorado; Walsh, Mon
tana. The six who opposed free raw wool
to the end were Chamberlain of Ore
gon; Newlands, Nevada; Ransdell and
Thornton, Louisiana; . Chafroth and
Walsh. .. - -V -;.-. w--i.-vf-
BUDGET PLAN IS DEFEATED
Hardwlck Leads Fight Against Re
form In Senate Caucus. '
Washington. House Democrats, in
caucus, agreed upon the abolition of
the commerce court as a party policy
and, turning deaf ears to pleaa from
their leaders, rejected a plan for the
creation of a budget committee to
control all appropriations.
Representaitve Broussard of Lou
isiana, champion of the commerce
court precipitated caucus action on
the mooted question by offering a res
olution to authorize hearings on the
Sims bill to abolish the court. Speak
er Clark denounced the tribunal as
useless and expensive and Representa
tive Adamson of Georgia, chairman of
the interstate commerce committee,
offered a resolution declaring it to be
the sense of the caucus that the court
be abolished during the present ses
sion, due care being taken to protect
and provide for Jurisdiction over
pending and future litigation. The
resolution was adopted by viva voce
vote.
Thousands of Miners to Strike.
Charleston, W. Va. An official call
for a strike of miners ta the' New
River coal field was Issued from the
local headquarters of the United Mine
Workers of America. Fifteen thou
sand men are employed in that field.
The strike order is effective July 1.
Miners are also expected to strike
in the Cabin Creek field, while condi
tions in the Paint Creek district are
very uncertain.
Judge Joins Revenue Offlcera In Hunt
Annlston, Ala. Judge G. B. Ran
dolph, United States revenue commis
sioner, has returned from a trip with
the deputy revenue officers who have
been scouring this country for alleged
Illicit distillers and retail liquor deal
ers, this being the first time In Judge
Randolph's history that he has taken
an active part? In the apprehension Of
offenders. Several stills were destroy
ed in Calhoun county in the raid
Pigeon Flies From Brazil 4,200 Mllea
Jeannette, Pa. The record flight of
a homing pigeon from Rio Janeiro,
Brazil, lsr reported by Stephen Krupa,
a local fancier. Last April he ship
ped "Sunny Jim" and two other rac
ing pigeons to a Rio Janeiro fancier,
who liberated them on May 8. "Sunny
Jim" put in an appearance after forty
eight days' flight Krupa declares that
a pigeon never before "homed", from
a point below the equator. The air
line distance from Rio Janeiro to this
city is about 4,200 miles, nearly halt
of the distance being over water.
, Bulgarians Attack Servians.
Belgrade, Servia. A strong force of
Bulgarian troops attacked the Servian
positions at Zletovo and Ratkoval In
Macedonia. The attack, accordintj.o
of loi.J Irfor- - 'i, was ur-- -1
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MISS MARY DREIER
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- Mlaa Dreler, younger alater of Mrs.
Raymond Robins, Is president of the
Women'e Trade Union league of New
York and waa a delegate at the re
cent convention of the National Wom
en's Trade Union league In St Louis.
DOREMLfS HEADS COMMITTEE
MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE IS
NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Organization Completed and Every
thing la Now Ready for
Planning Campaign. ,
Washington. The Democratic con.
gresslonal committee elected Repre
sentative Doremus of Michigan chair
man, and agreed to co-operate with
the Democratic national committee in
the coming mld-nresldential campaign.
Mr. Doremus Is understood to have
been President Wilson's choice to
bead the party's congressional cam
paign organization. He waa elected
by a vote of 80 to 24 after several
months of lively' skirmishing for the
post with Representative Cline of In
diana; Representative Sabath of Illi
nois; Lloyd of Missouri, the retiring
chairman, and Sharp of Ohio, promi
nently mentioned aa possibilities.
Mr. Lloyd announced some months
ago that he would relinquish the chair
manship. The new chairman is serving his
second term In congress. He waa ac
tive in the Washington and Chicago
headquarters of the congressional com
mittee in the last campaign. He said
It watf too early to forecast any cam
paign program.
BOY SHOOTS UP COURT
Ray Stewart Tried to Kill Washington
' Judge and Prosecutors.
'Washington. Judge, lawyers, police
men and spectators were sent scurry
ing to cover in the criminal court here
when Ray M. Stewart aged 18, fired
three wild shots in an attempt to
"shoot up" the court At the first
crack Justice Wendell P. Stafford dis
appeared beneath the desk, and out in
the court room there was a wild scram
ble for places of safety. Some sought
refuge under tables or behind heavy
chairs, and others, frenzied by fearj
leaped into windows and dropped to
the ground some fifteen or twenty feet
below. ''
Justice Stafford had Just refused to
release Stewart on probation after con
viction for attempted highway robbe
ry. The boy whipped out a pistol and
fired three shots, two of which narrow
ly missed Asisstant United States At.
tdrney Samuel Hacken and Harvey
Given and Policeman Moffett
Quit Railroada for Harvest Fields.
Chicago. Hundreds of section
hands and men employed in construc
tion .camp's have quit to accept more
lucrative Jobs in the harvest fields of
Kansas and Oklahoma, it was learned
here at the offices of western rail
roads. Many contractors had anticipat
ed the stampede of their men to the
fields and had placed electric planoa
and dancing floors in camps, but the
scheme failed.
Exemption Clause Not Liked.
Washington. President WUson sign
ed the sundry civil appropriation bill,
with a statement declaring that he
would have vetoed. If he, could, the
provision in ita exempting labor unions
and farmers' organization from prose
cution under a certain 1300,000 fund
designated fdr operation of the Sher
man -anti-trust law. ' The president
characterized the exemption as "un
justifiable in character and principle,"
but called attention to the fact that
the department of JuBtlce , possessed
funds to enforce the anti-trust law,
Rejected 8ultor Kllta Bride.
Philadelphia. A rejected suitor shot
and killed a young bride and a man
who attempted to save her, , while
three others, one woman and two rn,
nra r" ' 1 ' 'V f 'r'V 1 ' 1 ft t n
- 1 ' 1 : 1 1 1 1 !
' red. I i :
b. .. ; 1 n .
25 y i ' f '. t
breast. At. . who id no-
cused 1 ! 6 . c i Z, was alu.a
d about tlia L.. . .i- . -
CAUCUS WORK
TARIFF IJPARQ Elin
mum iiLniiu uuu
CONSIDERATION OF ALL SCHED
ULES HAS BEEN PRACTICAL'
LY COMPLETED. 1
THE NORMAL INCOME TAX
The Discussion Waa Enlivened On
The Amendment of Aahurat to Put'
Clothing on The Free List Show
Diapoaltlon to Hasten.
Washington. Impatient at delay In
getting the tarirf bill before the sen
ate, administration leaders spurred
the Democrats to action in the tariff
caucus, and the consideration of all
the schedules practically had been
completed. .- . .
The caucua approved the wool man
ufactures, silk, paper and flax, hemp
and Jute schedules and took up sun-,
dries and the free Ust to be followed
by consideration of the administra
tive features and income tax section.
Surprising to many of the senators,,
the caucua passed through the com-
friction and no great changea were
made in any of the schedules, al
though a few Hems of the wool sched
ule were referred back.
The action of the committee ' In
transferring raw hemp, flax and jute
to the free list was approved by the
caucua without discussion. . , Ov
The only enlivening discussion oc
curred upon an amendment by Sena- -tor
Aahurat to put on the free Hat all
woolen goods in general use,' such as
cloth, women's and children's dress .
goods, ready made clothing, stockings
and the like. It was argued that the
Democratic platform Justified placing
all clothing on the tree list Member
of the finance committee strenuous
ly opposed such a wide reduction,
however, and the Ashurst amendment
was voted down by a large majority.
Senator Simmons declared thev cau
cus had at last shown a disposition
the bill could be completed within a
few days. Aa amended 'by the fi
nance committee, reducing the nor
mal Income tax exemption from 94,000
to $3,000 for single persons, the reve
nue to be derived is estimated to be
about the same as the estimated rev
enue under ,the house bill 80,000,000.
Wilson to Visit Gettysburg Field.
: Washington. President Wilson de
cided to attend the fiftieth anniver
sary celebration of the Battle of Get
tysburg on' the Fourth of July. He
telegraphed Governor Tener that he
had reconsidered his previous decli
nation and would make a brief speech
to the veterans. The president's de
cision followed a conference with
Representative. A. Mitchell Palmer,
of Pennsylvania. The president had
taken the position previously In de
clining to go that he would be
breaking bis rule, established months
ago, not to leave Washington while
Congress was In session. , ,
Harriman Merger Appears 8ettlefl. :
Washington. President Wilson ap
proved the plan negotiated by Attor
ney General McReynotds and the 'rail
road attorneys for the dissolution of
the Union Pacific merger, under the
Sherman anti-trust law, as directed
by the supreme court of the United
States, so as to avoid a receivership
for the great combination. G. Carroll
Todd, special assistant to the attorney
general, left for St. Paul to represent
the government and to announce Its
approval of the, proposal when it. is
presented to the United States court,
there. , '
Street Car Strike in Birmingham, v
Birmingham, Ala. The City Com
mission offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of any one
guilty of . placing dynamite on the
atreet car tracks during the present
strike. I The action followed four at
tempts to dynamite cars. . No new
cases Of violence have been reported
at last report , I , '
. Many Collectors Lose Jobs,
Washington. Secretary McAdoo
designated the collectors and deputy
collectors of customs who will have
charge of ports of the United States
after the reorganization on July 1. One
hunderd and thirteen collectors lose
their Jobs. - Hereafter there will be
only 49 collectors. In most cases the
present collectors will be retained la
charge of the districts. The secre
tary has designated a deputy collector
MI. WAD UUHIKV VI UU IU1 b mUA VUOM
designation 'was the present special
deputy collector.-. - , j,
Heat Waa Cauae of Wreck.
Peru, Ind. The intense beat whk1
caused the rails to spread Is bkmt
for the wreck of Chesapeake & C .;j
passenirer train No. 6, kno a f s t!;e
"Fast Flylrg Virginian," in ; , t
per :a Injured' Bear V ...
:) 1 " i 1 Sweat ' W here. To
Fr" 1 diner turf.- i r-.-.-r.
I st -iking ahir ' ' 1 1
is the iniurf i