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President Taft ftues Refossl to Ap
prove It on rl > Parly's Pialfoim.
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WAIT ON "ARIFF BOARD
Reading of the President's Special
Message Fol] >we<i" by Chairman
Underwood's Announcement of
Motion to Pa m the Measure OVer
the President i "Veto."- ?
Repu^t'a'ir'ai plause, which greet
ed President T(g fa veto of the .-wool
bill,' was, foUQ? ad ,;b'y outbursts^ ;<of
Democratic cm ?rs, when. Majority
Leader Underw. od janjoounced,'.that
he would call., u the Mil and move
its passage.over. the.veto. - .... .11
The .Preside it's . ..yeto message
reached the; He ise Thursday while
the roll was bei. g called on Mr. U^n-;
derwood's motic j to consider in the
House Senate an andments to tie free
list bill Whei the conference re
port on that ,bil. in its final legisla
tive stage, was nnounced, the read
ing of the Pres dent's message was
begun, each m< aaber following the
reading closely. When the reading
was concluded, J r. Underwood arose:
"Mr. Speaker, ' he.said.,./.'I do jiot
desire to ask th. t this message from
the President be referred to the cona
mittee on .ways and means. I ask
that it lie on th< Speakers table, and
give notice that [ will call up the bill1,
to-morrow jJmn.ejJiatfly; a|terK the,
reading of the . ournal and move to
pass it over the President's veto."
Cheery and sh nits, from th,e. Demo-i
critic members greeted this an
nouncement. Kir. Garrett, of Ten
nessee, ..wi-en j .uiet was restored*'
asked consent t > incorporate in che
Record a portio a of President Taft's
speech, in whic i he, described the
wool schedule < f the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill as "i (defensible/' Repub
lican Leader Mi nn asked consent to
incorporate the Winona speech.
The - Democr itlc? majority will
make a determii ed effort to pass the
bill over the P esddent's veto. Rep
resentative Man l and other Repub
licans expressec a belief that this
would be imposi Ible. The bill, how
ever, was signe . Thursday night by
Vice President 5 herman and Speaker
Clark^ . .
. "President Ta V in carrying out,
'his threat to vet 3 the wool tariff bill
in a special mes iage to the House of
Representstievei., said the bill was
not in harmony vith the platform on
which he was < lected, and that the
American peopl i are deeply lmpress
with the convic .ion that the interest
of the conBumir ? public, can be prop
erly guarded c ily .by revising one
schedule at a ' (me, and then upon
"accurate, and scientific informa
tion." , \i
After promis ng that the tariff
board will .be P ady to report in De
cember, the P esident argues that
failure of the p esent.bill should not
.be .regarded therefore, as taking
away the only c lance for revision by
this Congress. The message was ac
cepted as an ir dication that no tar
iff 'bill pfeparec in the advance of a
report of the ta iff board upon sched
ules effected w .11 be signed by the
President.
TERRIBLE F jORIDA TRAGEDY
Escaped Convic Soots a Woman and
Son wd Is Shot.
News of a tr .gedy in Lee County.
Florida on Sati rday night, resulting
in the death of Mrs. Weeks, the wife
of the postmas .er in a small town,
and Willie Will ams, an escaped con
vict and the ser ous injury to the son
of ?Mrs. Weeks
Willie Willia as, a double murder
er, esccaped fr >m the convict farm
with three otl er life termers and
went to Weeks home- Mrs. Weeks
went to the dc )r in response to the
knock, and Williams opened fire,
killing her_ H ;r son was awakened
and ran to th door and also was
shot.
/He crawled ' ack to his room and
secured a revol' er and shot; Williams.
The others fled leaving Williams on
the ground wh- re he remained until
noon Sunday, ? -hen Weeks returned
and found his ,vife dead and his son
unconscious. 1 ater Williams died
HELD UP O: COUNTRY ROAD.
Aged Man Atfc eked and Robbed By
kno>vn Parties.
Henry Garla id, an old man, who
lives near the mineral spring, just
out of Darli igton was attacked
Tuesday night two miles south of
town and seve *ely bruised, and his
assailant mad; away with $4.90,
which he bad >n his person. It was
about dark an( Mr Garland noticed
his mule shy ii the road and was in
the act of urgii g the animal on when
some one striu < him in the back of
the head H i did not know any
more until abc at 3 o'clock Wednes
day morning, ^ hen he was found by
an old negro w 10 knew him and who
carried him 1 ome in a. semi-con
scious conditio . He is out, but was
suffering consi erable pain. No ar
rests have beer made
Two Bl >wn to Pieces
Two men w? re blown to pieces in
a powder mi." explosion at Caresso
na, a few miles ."rom Pottsville, Pa.
TAFf GETS ACTIVE
z"** ,""q find ovt secretly
.^/^"^ands.
S*e * -to
The President's Secretary Is Con
ducting on Extensive Campaign
for His Reelection.
According to information published
in Chicago, there has been brought
to light an extensive campaign con
ducted in secrecy from the White
House and other Federal offices in
Washington in behalf Of President
Taft's candidacy for preelection in
1912. Charles d Hillh, secretary
to the President, and-Gee rgo c Ran
kin, who is a national receiver, are
said to have sent out a large number
of confidential letters in-the nature
of inquiries concerning popular senti
ment upon the President and his ad
ministration.
Each letter sent out by Mr. Hilles,
upon White House stationary, con
tains enclosed another, communica
ition which in detail sets forth all of
.the claims of achievements under
j President Taft's regime The enclo-:
sure is a copy of a letter sent by the
President's secretary some time ago
to Frank P. MacLennan, of Topeka,
,Kan. This document is looked on as
the first political communication of
.the coming campaign and furnishes
the basis for arguments to be made
for-President Taft next year.
The text of the letter is as follows:
The White House, Washington, d.
C , Confidential. August 9, 1911.?
My-dear sir: I should be very glad to
'have you write.me your 3stlmate of
the work of the, present Administra
tion, and to have you give me a frank
statement as to the sentiment of the
people in general and the Republi
cans in particular, with respect to
the course of the President. Such a
tetter would be treated as confiden
tial unless you wish that It should be
latter utilized iby some reputable
newspaper engaged in t-ndeavoring
to .sense the situation.
"I have recently had occasion to
write a friend in Topeka, and am tak
ing the liberty of enclosing a copy of
tirfs -letter in order that you may
have my personal point of view. Sin-,
cerely yours, Charles D Hilles."
In Mr. Rankin's letter, he says in
part: "To an Illinois man up a tree,
a long distance from home, the po
litical situation in the States does
not appear encouraging. With best
intensions, may I inquire as to your
candid views on this subject," *
good SNARE STORY.
How a Frog Prevented a Snake Eat
ing Him Alive ,
The New York World says Thomas
Brown of Boyd street, Stapleton, anJ.
William Lockman of Sherman street,
New Brighton, both printers, went
for a stroll in the Silver Lake wooOii
Tuesday morqlng. They noticed!
a commotion in the path ahead. A
three-foot striped adder, and a large
bullfrog were engaged In a martial
scrap.
The adder was trying to grip the
frog sidewlse and swallow it whole
The-frog was a master of stategy.
It had seized in its mout'i a six-inch
piece of twig, which it held with the
ends extending on each side. The
adder could have swallowed the bull
frog, .but it could not take in a six
inch stick. The frog, its bulging
eyes expanding and its breast heav
ing, kept turning, while the adder
circled, waiting for an opening.
When the combat had lasted an
hour, and the frog was getting worst
ed, the men killed the sn;\ke. Lock
man has the bullfrog alive as a sou
venir; Brown has the tody of the
snake, which he will have stuffed.
LEVER AT HIS POST.
Will Take Hand in Attempt to Over
ride Taft's Veto.
^A dispatch from Lex;ngton says
Congresman A F. Lever, although
still weak from a recent illness left
this afternoon for Washington to
help the Democrats of the House
pass the wool bill over the veto of
President Taft.
It seems certain, in the opinion of
Congresman Lever, that such a veto
will be made and the importance of
the action of the House too great for
the future. He said that he feels it
his duty to be at his post, regardless
of the risk of his health, which the
trip to Washington may involve.
Mr Lever as not been to Washing
ton in several weeks, due to the fact
that he underwent an operation in
Columbia-soon after his marriage to
Miss Lucile Scurry Butler, on July 5.
Mr. Lever is gradually regaining his
lost strength and he hoyes to soon
be himself.
Pellagra Can Re Cured
Pellagra can be cured. That fact
has .been demonstrated >eyond the
shadow of a doubt by B. W Ded
mond, of Belton. He was dying of
pellagra and cured himself Since
that time he has treated more than
one hundred cases with results that
are nothing less than marvellous. His
discovery is the most discussed sub
ject in the Piedmont section today.
Turns Rapist Loose
Raney Chavers who was convicted
in Kershaw county in l;j05 on the
charge of rape and sentenced to ten
years in che State penitentiary has
been paroled by Governor 'Blease
during his good behavior.
ORANGE]
PLAN NOT FAIR
New 0. leans Coltoo Exchange Dtnoar
ces Validation Schtme.
UNJUST TO TEE S0QTH
Declares that This Section (Should
?Fight Against the Discrimination
Proposed ' by the Bill of Lading
in{? Clearing House in New York
and Repudiate It.
Branding the proposed plan of the
Liverpool cotton bills of lading com
mittee to institute in New York a
clearing house for the palidation of
cotton bills of lading as a "direct re
flection and Insult upon those en
gaged in the exporting of cotton,"
and placing itself upon record as op
posing the plan in Its entirety, the
New Orleans cotton exchange Wed
nesday afternoon, through its board
of directors, passed resolutions to
this effect and approved the report
of its special committtee, appointed
to investigate the proposition.
The directors also adopted resolu
tions authorizing the president of the
exchange to issue invitations in the
name of the exchange to all Southern
exchanges, boards of trade, bankers
and exporters and ethers interested
in the handling of cotton to meet at
New Orleans in joint conference,
probably during the annual conven
tion- of the Amerclan Bankers' asso
ciation, about the purpose of adopt
ing measures for the protection of
their respective and mutual interests
The New Orleans Exchange ex
pressed itself as being willing in the
future as in the past, to cooperate if
any feasible and just plan for the
protection of the legitimate cbtton
trade and the elimination of practices
contrary to commercial morality; any
feasible plan that will not take fur
ther tribute from tb? Southern plan
ters. All cotton exchanges in the
United States were urged to oppose
the proposed plan.
In the report of the special com
mittee it was stated Wednesday that
Charles S. Haight, representing Liv
erpool interests at a conference last
Saturday explained the whole plan
to the local committee, but as no
change from the original plan was
noted he was Informed that an ad
verse report would be made and the
proposition opposed.
"To the surprise of your commit
tee," says the report,' "i.Mlr. Haight
thereupon informed the committee
that this matter had been practically
concluded by the Liverpool commit
tee and the 'New York Sub-bill of
lading committee, disregarding the
agreement to leave matters in abey
ance until further conference with
the Southern interests' and that a
letter was being printed, and in 17
different languages to be Issued to
cotton importers and foreign bank
ing interests all over the world, re
questing said cotton buyers to ask
their American sellers of cotton to
comply with the plan and to request
Amerclan evchange buyers to have
all their documents approved as to
their igenulneness through the cen
tral office In New Y.ork."
The committee, In giving reasons
for opposing the plan, reported that
the losses through Knight, Yancey, &
Co, and Steele-Miller & Co. were
nothing, and consequently there was
nothing to justify the complex and
cumbersome methods of handling
cotton," as proposed; "that the pro
posed plan Is an insult to those In
terested in the handling of cotton,"
and that it igives to New York a decid
ed advantage in the purchase of doc
umentary bills, while the other cities
will be under the necessity of pay
ing Tor their bills before verifica
tion can be obtained.
"In other words," says the report,
the plan is drawn entirely in the inr
ttrest of the foreign cotton buyer and
the New York exchange buyer, with
out regard to the interests of the
large section of the country in which
cotton is produced and which bears
the primary burden of financing the
crop."
Attention is directed particularly
to the fact that cotton alone is se
lected out of the enormous quantity
of commodities exported for the vali
dation of bills of lading, nor is any
such plan in vogue in any other com
mercial country. Therefore, IX can
only be construed as a reflection up
on the cotton business as carried on
in the Southern states," concludes
the report.
The committee recommended im
mediate action on the part of the
directors in calling a conference of
all cotton shipping organizations for
the protection of their respective in
terests.
Flying Fish Attack Men
Flying fish -by the thousands at
tacked Capt Selley and son, of the
lobster launch Audrey, just off the
Coronado Islands, Saturday, accord
ing to reports brought to Los Ange
les, Cal, Tuesday. As a result Capt
Selley is nursing a badly bruised
head, and his so nis suffering from
numerous sore spots and cuts and
bruises.
Blease'fl Pardoning Record.
Governor Blease holds the cham
pionship as a pardoner of criminals.
Since assuming office the governor
has extended clemency in 216 cases
as follows: Paroles, 114; pardons,
102 ;
3URG, S. C, SATURDAY, Al
REFORM NEEDED
AUTOMOBILE PATALITIES ABE
ON THE DECREASE.
Colonel August R?hn, of Columbia.
Suggest a Safe and Sane Campaign
in This State.
Col. August Kobn writes as fol
lows to The News and Courier from
Columbia:
A day does not pass that does not
give occasion for a funeral notice as a
result of an automobile accident
The New York papers record severai
accidents a day.
"With the increasing use of auto
mobiles in this State it may be a
good idea to have an early start in a
"safe and sane" campaign. In New
Yofk city the pedestrian is given a
chance for his life?that's about all.
There is no need for legislation, as
there is now ample law on the books
All that is wanted is an enforcement
of the existing laws. Every city and
town has a-law against speeding and,
while it may not be known, there Is
a State law against fast driving.
In effect the main features of the
present law read:
Section 591. No person shall op
erate a motor vehicle on a public
highway at a rate of speed greater
than is reasonable and proper at the
time and place, having regard to the
traffic and use of the highway, and
its condition, or bo as to endanger
life, limb or property of any person
or in any event at a greater rate
than fifteen miles an hour, subject,
however to the provisions of Sec
tions 592 to 598 inclusive.
Section 592. "Upon approaching
a crossing of interest, ptftlic high
ways, or a bridge, or a sharp curve
or a steep desent, and also travers
ing such crossinig, bridge, curve or
descent, a person operating a motor
vehicle shall have it under control,
and operate it at the rate of speed
no greater than six miles an hour,
and in no event greater than is rea
sonable and proper, having regard
to the traffic then on such highway
and ihe saftey of the public."
Other sections relate to cars stop
ping upon signal. The automobile
clubs and organizations cannot take
up and encourage anything1 that will
do the automobilist as much'good as
to discourage speeding and fast driv-j
ing. Reckless driving is not generali
among ?irtomobilfst/but the miany
will suffer the few i^ the "safe and
sane" Idea is not impressed,
? At a recent term of the Court in
^partanburg the grand jury' in its
presentment to Judge Watts said:
"We desire to call the attention of
the owners and drivers of automo
biles and other motor driven machine
to the law regulating their operation
on the public roads. In no caBe are
they allowed to run more than fif
teen miles an hour, and on curves,
bridges, etc, the rate of speed is lim
ited to six miles an hour. We be
lieve many violations of the law are
from thoughtlessness, but the dan
ger of acidents is very great, and we
call upon all officers of the law to en
force same in the interest of the pub
lic safety^
"It has also been called to our
attention that a great many automo
biles and motorcycles are being.op
erated in this county without having
such motor registered in accordance
with the law, and by not bavlhg such
?number placed on the rear of said
machine in a consplcions place, with
the name of the county In which said
motor vehicle Is registered."
These are the beginnings of dam
age suits and extreme legislation!
Some months ago there was in Co
lumbia a break-neck automobile race.
A fine young man from Grenwood
was injured in the preliminary spin.
He is now dead as a result of the ac
cident by which his back was injur
ed
It may ,be locking the door after
the horse is out, but some one will,
no doubt, propose a statute, at the
next session of the Genearal Assem
bly outlawing speed and endurance
contests with automobiles. P.enj. Rris
coe and other leading automobilist
argue that nothing is now to be
gained by such contests and that they
should be discouraged.
Automobilists generally shoud sup
press the speed maniac and it is best
for it to be done by those interested
in the new motor machines
NEGRO'S SLAYERS UNKNOWN
Jury IHin't Know Who Did the Bru
tal Burning of the Men.
The authorities at Coatsville, Pa.,
! are having trouble in apprehending
[ the men who burned the negro at the
: stake last Sunday night The coro
j ner's jury which has been investig.it
' ing the lynching of Zeck Walker, the
' negro who shot and killed Ed Rice,
rendered its veridct Wednesday night.
Notwithstanding that more than a
thousand persons were in the mob
that dragged Walker from the hos
pital and threw his body upon the
idle of hay and fence rails, which
was fired by the mob, not a name is
mentioned by the jurors. The ver
dict was that the crime was commit
ed by persons unknown.
To Arrest Lynchers
Quick justice will be meted out to
those responsible for the burning of
the negro Ezekial Walker, at Coates
ville Sunday says a Philadelphia dis
patch. The state troops that were
ordered out are provided with 150
"John Doe" warrants for the arrest
of lynchers. I
JGUST 19,
BARELY ESCAPE
More Mishaps Mirk the laternatiosa)
Aeroplane Meet at Chicago.
MB NOT WANT TO CO UP
Stone Plunges into Lake and Is Res
? cued. .Gill Miraculously Escapes
fiiinjured Beachy and Ward Rat
tle Bravely and Successfully and
Land in Safety.
Arthur Stone, a driver of a Queen
monoplane, was snatched back from
death at the International eviation
meet at Chicago Wednesday, after
hopes for his life had been given up
Howard Gill, in a baby Wright)
came almost as close to his
death, but escaped from the wreck of
his machine, unhurt.
Lincoln Beachey, after beim? driv
en far to the South and fighting his
way back to the field, iglided 3,000
feet in safety to the earth, after his
engine had stopped suddenly.
James Ward had an equally hard
time to make his way -back to the
Hold from far cut o^er Lake Michi
gan, but descend'.d in safetv.
Stone's machine fell Into the lake
just at dusk. He leaped from the
tailing plane and was rescued at the
point of exhaustion ,by a motor
boat after he had supported himself
in the water more than a half an
hour. His machine was not recover
ed.
That Stone was rescued was at
tributed largely to the insistence of
his wife that he guard himself with a
life preserver. In spite of the order
that all flyers should wear life pre
servers, Stone, with others, started
for their machines unguarded. Mrs.
Stone ran from the hangar just be
fore the flight and insisted that he
wait while she tied an inflated au
tomobile tire about his shoulders.
Unnerved by the deaths Tuesday of
William R.? Badger and St. Croix
Mohnstone, and deterrer by a high
wind, many of the 'lyers protested
against going up>
But the judges were insistent and
finally half a dozen flyers rose for a
cross water race around the crib,
three and a half miles out. Thomas
Sopwith had completed the second
lap of the race and had been de
clared winner, when a cry arose that
Stone's machine had fallen into the
water and .that the aviator was
drowned
Reports that Stone had been
Reports that Stone had been
drowned were quickly flashed to the
hamgars. Almost the first to hear of
disappearance was his wife. Mrs
Irene Stone, who with her baby)
awaited Stone's return fTom the race
far over the VAe.
As Mrs Stone darted out from a
group of friends, who sought to have
her return to the hotel, an automo
bile came in from the lake front, and
Mrs. Stone was assured that her hus
band had been picked lip, alive, and
merely the victim of a ducking.
*Tm mighty glad I made Arthur
put on that life preserver," exclaimed
Mrs. Stone, her tears drying r.p. I'm
sure It saved his life.
Howard Gill, of the Wright team,
promised the firBt feature of a Ro
man holiday when his machine sud
denly checked as it skimmed over the
ground after a perfect landing, top
pled over with a terrific force. Gill
was pinioned for an instant between
tangled wires and the taut canvas of
the baby Wright, but before the
startled spectators reached him he
dug himself from the ruins.
Gill really had a narrow escape. He
had made a perfect landing and was
skimming over the turf at a forty
miles an hour speed The wheels of
his machine struck a rut. The skid
supports snapped and the machine
toppled overhead foremost.
"Reacliey swept down .before the
grand stand with a dead engine that
bad stopped with him at a height of
3,000 feet. He had had a hard fight
against the wind from the southwest
and almost everyone of the specta
tors was watching- him when the pro
peller stopped. Instead of falling
the airship began a long circular
glide, so steep that one could see be
tween the planes. The angle became
sharper and sharper until the aero
plane touched 'he earth, rolled a few
feet and the aviator stepped down,
scarcely jarred by the descent.
The effect of Tuesday's tragedies
was manifested plainly, both on avi
ators and spectators. There was a
noticeably smaller attendance. Even
some of the free seats were unoccu
pied. On the field and at the hang
ers the flyers grouped together and
presented objections to further fly
ing.
Walter Brookins expressed the
feeling of others. "No individual
would dare refuse to fly." he said:
"his personal reputation as an avia
tor of daring and courage would be
gone and he would be branded a cow
ard. Every man here feels the loss
of Badger and .Tohnstone. though,
and none wants to go up."
At the starting gun. at 3:30 o'clock
when usually a dozen machines are
in the air, not one had started. Fin
ally Beachey and Ward went up.
Beachey went high up in the air and
was blown far South. Ward a minute
later, was blown at a lower level, ov
er the lake, whence he returned with
difficulty.
Parmelee rose 10T) feet, went half
around the field and descended. For
two hqurs no other aviator attempt
FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD
NOT WELL SUPPORTED BY SEC
RETARY WILSON
Dr. Wiley Hampered, and Tells of
Opposition .to'-His Assistant and
Solicitor McCabe.
Dr. Harvey W Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry and of the agri
cultural department testified before
the House investigating committee
Wednesday that he has surrendered
practically all his authority for en
forcing the pure food law to Dr. P.
L Dunlap, associate chemist, and
George 'P. WicCabe, solicitor of the ag
ricultural department.
Overruled in over two thirds of the
cases he has brought before the food
and rugs Inspection board, composed
of these two men and 'himself, he de
clared that he had found It useless
to appeal to Secretary Wilson and
had not even received an answer to
one of the most important appeals
he had made to the Secretary.
Dr Wiley, summoned before the
committee to cell of his connection
with the employment of Dr. H. H
Rusby on an alleged Illegal contract
gave to the committee the most il
luminating information bhaf has been
developed in the investigation now
being made into the agricultural de
partment
He testified he had never received
the letter from Dr Rusby, which was
used by the personnel board to prove
that he knew about the Rusby con
tract. He said that In using this let
ter, the personnel board had omitted
its most essential portion, namely,
the statement by Dr. Rusby that "we
have agreed upon the following ar
rangement as fair and satisfactory,'
if approved by the department."
Dr, Wiley stated that Solicitor Mc
Cabe held the decisive vote on the,,
board of food and drug inspection.
When Dr. Wiley and Dr. Dunlap dis
agreed on questions of chemistry i it.
was Solicitor McCabe who decided
whether a prosecution should be
made In fully one 'hundred cases,
said Dr. Wiley, where he and Dr.
Dunlap had voted together and So
licitor McCabe'had disagreed with
them, Dr. Dunlap changed his vote to
agree with Mr McCabe.
"Did you ever appeal from these
decisions " he was aBked.
"I found it useless to appeal," Dr.
Wiley answered, "for the Secretary
invariably upheld the decision of the
board."
In two cases he did appeal, he ad
ded, where he thought public health
was "seriously menaced " One of
these involved the labelling of gluten
flour, the food of diabetes patients.
The board's decisions he believed,
left physicians without sufficient in
formation as to the exact contents
and strength of the flour. In this
case the secretary upheld the board
The other case involved the label
ling of fruits and fruit products
which contained sulphur,, dioxide
This subject is now before the Rein
sen pure food referee -board. The
board, composed of three cabinet
members, Secretaries MacVeagh, Wil
son, and Nagel, decided that the man
ufacturers could continue to use the
sulphuring process if the fact was
made clear On the label.
Dr. Wiley left the agricultural de
partment one day at four o'clock to
go to Boston Between that time and
4:30, when the department closed, a
special meeting of the' board of food
and learned of the action, said Dr
Dunlap, acting as chairman was
made overruling the "three Secretar
ies" board, and permitting the manu
facturers to use the sulphuring pro
cess without publishing the fact on
their labels.
As soon as he reached Washington
and lea:*ne dof the action, said Dr
Wiley, he wrote to Secretary Wilson,
appealing to him from the decision,
and declaring that the health of the
public, particularly of invalids, to
whom fruit juices are often prescrib
ed, was seriously Jireatened by tho
decision and the board of drub and
food inspection had no right to over
rule tho three secretaries.
"What was Secretary Wilson's an
swer?" asked Representative Floyd,
who conducted the questioning of the
Moss committee.
"I never received any answer," re
plied 1r Wiley.
SELLING THEIR CHILDREN.
The Terrible Effects of the Flood
Disaster in China.
Floods have caused the loss of
hundreds of lives and great suffering
in China, where several of the rivers
have over-flowed along the Yang-Tse.
Arrivals from Shangal by the Em
press of Japan, state that t) A distress
which followed the floods are being
offered for sale The districts of
Huanghi suffered ' most, the river
having swept away a great number
of houses. The river rose to the city
gate, which was shut and banked up
in order to keep out the waters Wa
ter was th-ee feet deep in the city.
From Loiinoivkoll It was reported
that following the great rains-of Ju
ly 14 and 1;" the crops have been
swept away for forty miles on either
bank.
ed to rise. Several events had been
called off, and despite the apparent
success of Ward and Beachey, the pi
lots still expressed fear of air condi
tions. Then ParmeJee, another of
the Wrights attempted to go up again
fitful gusts forced him to descend.
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STOLE A MARCH
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Regular Rrpnb?cans Leave Senate
Chamber Patting the Democrats
IN COMPLETE CONTROL
Democrats Pass the Cotton BUI De
spite Rage of the Insurgents, who>
Charge Treason on the Part of the
Democrats and Denounce Action of
Regular Wing of Their Party. ...
.A shrewd move by the regular Re
publicans, as unexpected as it was
effected, Thursday suddenly threw
the Democrats into complete control
of the Senate in their own right and
forced them absolutely to abandon
their coalition with the progressive
Republicans. Out of the chaos and
the uproar, came a bill to revise the
cotton schedule of the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff law.
It was the bill as passed by the
House, but saddled with amendments
to revise the iron and steel, the cot
ton machinery and chemical sched
ules of the tariff law, coupled with
a provision for reciprocal free trade
in bituminous coal across the Cana
dian border Democratic votes alone
were cast in favor of the bill. The
regular Republicans absented them
selves, deliberately, from the Cham
ber.
The insurgents, taken completely
by surprise, were thrown into a rage.
Alternately they denounced what
they termed the treason of the Dem
ocrats and inveigled against the Reg
ular Republicans for the part they
had played in the new combination,
which had "brought about a revolu
tion in the btnj.te as startling and .
sensational ?s the coalition which
earlier had robbed the regular Re
publicans of their supremacy in the
Senate.
The insurgents invoked all-but
forgecten rules in an effort to stop
votes The insurgents charged that
the Democrats had broker, faith, al
though in caucus Wednesday night
the latter had determined to carry
!hror.gh an insurgent-Democratic
programme on the cotton bill, which
would have included the adoption oi
a LaFollette substitute for the House
measure. They insisted the Demo
crats had entered into an agree
ment or understanding with the reg
ulars to leave the progressives in the
lurch.
Whatever the aigreement, whatev
er the understanding the results ac
complished were both definite and de
cisive. The Democrats found them>
selves in a position where for the>
sake of party consistency they had" to
disregard completely their previous
arrangements with the insurgents..
This arrangement was .based- upon>
the belief that the House bill would!
be defeated and then the Democrats:
'and insurgents would| comaina: to?
pass a LaFollette measure, fust what
was done with the wool schedule
The regular Republicans made no
attempt to conceal their delight at
having put the insurgents in a posi
tion where they were compelled to
vote against cotton revision at this;
time. Senator Cummins rallied* his;
insurgent comrades to vote against
his own amendment for an iron andi
! steel revision, when the amendment,
was offered by Senator Bacon. Sena
tor Bristow helped to defeat Ms own1
amendment for a revision of the sue*
ar schedule, when it was offered -in
his absence by Senator Jones, of
Washington.
Progressive? Republican Leader La
Follette declared It was impossible
for the insurgents to vote for the
democratic .bill, while the Democrats
had agreed that if their bill Was de
feated they would be willing to sup
port the LaFollette measure. As the
progress of votes showed that the
Democrats had been given a clear
majority by the absence of the regu
lar Republicans, the insurgents set
out to get a vote on the LaFollette
co/npronrise bill, which, it had been
expected, would be adopted in place
of the House bill.
Senator LaFollette finally offerrd
his bill as a substitute for the House
bill and the amendments that had
been added to it The LaFollette
substitute secured no votes, howev
er, but those of insurgents. Then
came the final vote on the House
cotton bill. Only the Democrats vot
ed for it, but as the roll call pro
gressed it bcame apparent that many
were absent or not voting, slipping
back into the cloak rooms before
their names were reached. Those
who kept track of the vote realized
that the cotton bill had recived a.
favorable vote?29 to 19.
Money in PcacheN
The State says "Col. R. B-. Wat
son of Ridge Spring was in the city
recently looking haie and hearty. He
was in fine spirits and talked inter
estingly of his success this year in
marketing peaches grown in his or
chards. He says from less than 25
acres he has already made a clear
profia of $12,000. In all of his ship
ments he did not lose a single .bush
el of peaches.
Town Marshall Shot
Two hundred armed men, with
track dogs, are 6couring the woods
across the Chattahoochee River, in
Florida, in searching for Charles
West, a negro, who shot and killed
Marshall Xewberry, of Donaldcville,
Ga., while resisting arrest for wife
beating.