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f LIVELY DEBATE »k»>» charge calls t;;e CHILE! lETTE * 1° PALMER IS CHOSEN NOPUBUC HEVRING ON THE TAR IFF BILL ALLOWED BY SENATOBS —-*■ Weciwsion of System for Prop^Uig Keport on Underwood Measure Out Talk on the BUI It self—Republicans Solemnly Sound Warning to the Democrats. Democratic leaders In the Senate were indorsed late Friday in their determination to' refer the Under wood tariff bill to the finance com mittee for coneideration without pub lic hearings. The Penrose-La Toi lette amendment directing the public hearings be held was defeated by a vote of 41 to 3 6 and the motion of Senator Simmons to refer the bill was then passed without a roll call. Two Democrats. Senators Ransdell and Thornton, of Louisiana, voted for the Republican amendment. Sen ator Poindexter of Washington, a Progressive, voted with the majority. Senator Jones of Washington, a Re publican. who previously had deter mined to vote against public hear ings. announced that he had changed his mind because the finance sub committee were giving private hear ings to some interests which he thought should be public. The cloeing day of debate on the Issue of hearings was enlivened with discussion of the Democratic plat form and Its bearing on free sugar. Senator James of Kentucky, who vigorously defended the stand taken by President Wilson for free sugar, declared that the party had stood for free sugar and campaigned on It, and defied the Louisiana senators to find a man whom President Wilson ever had told he waa opposenl to free sugar Senators Smeot. I.a Follette and Clark of Wyoming wound up the de bate on behalf of the public hearing amendment Senator Smoot predict log that the !e*mocratlc party would be put out of L>ower for another quar ter of a century as a reault of its tar fT hill The *.dl<-t has gone forth, ' said Senator Cl.irke The real vote on this *arifT h II will t*. taken here as in the House, where it was taken in •e-cret cau<-i;s 1 know there are Deni o< r*U here who do nut believe the bill is Just an t righteous altogether who are willing to bow the head to the demand of office and ease the lash of party expediency '• Senator Smoot declared that the Iw»n»ocratlc handbook which he call ed the Democratic tariff ' bible - ' was »«elng largely relied upon by the finance committee members and that much of the Information was erron- eous. and If followed would be "abso lutely rulnoua " He described how a manufacturer had meg an tmi»orter coming out of one of the subcommittee rooms and described *o him an Item on which he thought there had been a mis take The ImjKjrter. Senator Smoot fud. replied that there had been no mistake because he wrote It himself Senator Reed asked for the name of the Importer, saying it would be in teresting to learn whether Importers were writing the bill "I haven't a doubt of It.” said Sen ator Smoot "Give us public hear ings and that can be found out " Senator Smoot declared that Eng land. Germany. France and every other foreign country was rejoicing over the Underwood bill. “I have a collection of articles from all over the world.” he added, ‘‘showing how every foreign manufacturer is pre paring to enter the American market. It means for every dollar’s worth imported American labor will be re duced.” Senator La Follette favored op^fi hearing*, he eaid, because it was of the greatest importance that the wid est publicity be given tariff subjects. , “I believe ail legislative business is public business,” said Mr. La Fol lette. ‘‘I think even the doors of the caucus of the two great political par ties or of all political parties should -stand open.” J Chairman Simmons announced that if the Senate decided against open hearings the questions submit ted by him to be asked manufactur ers would be sent out to all parties who had filed briefs or appeared be fore the Democrats of the finance committee. Answers to the question would be asked, he said. Senator Newlands resumed his speech after the vote and closed with a warning to the Democratic party. He said that revision downward had been promised the country, but not free trade. The finance committee will meet next week to hear speeches from the subcommittees engaged in considra- tion of various schedules of the bill and Chairman Simmons hopes to re port the bill to the Senate by June 1 Great Interest was manifested in final contest over the hearings i tlon, the galleries being crowded trtth spectators. The senators' private gallery was filled with guests dad In the president’s gallery were/lflsees Margaret and Dleanor Wilson and a party of friends. They til a rote had beet WELL KNOWS AIKEN MAN SENT TO (XH'NTY JAIL. TELLS RH0SE OF Tllim MADE AGAINST LABlR He Doclaren Hia Arrest is Result of a "Frame-Up” of His Political En emies. * ■' Capt. J. M. Richardson, of Aiken, a candidate for adjutant general three years ago, and until recently a member of the staff of Governor BJease, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with arson. The warrant was sworn out by B. A. Wharton, a deputy from the office of F. H. MOMaster, State Insurance com missioner. Before daybreak Saturday morn ing, April 19, a barn and storehouse belonging to Mrs. J. M. Richardson were destroyed by fire. The build- luge destroyed were on the lot oc which the Richardsons reside. In ad dition to this being the third fire on the Richardson premises within the past few years, an affidavit made by Marthia Fraxier, a negro woman, al leges that on Thursday, a few days before the fire, she stored with Capt. Richardson a lot of furniture and household goods; that the morning after the fire she was told by Capt. Richardson that her goods had been destroyed; that learning that her ef fects had been removed the day be fore the fire to Capt. Richardson's farm a few miles In the country, she located these and under claim and delivery proceedings regained posses sion of them. Richardson had in surance in the sum of $600 which he collected without difficulty. Reputy Wharton has been in Aiken investi gating events connected with the fire for the past week or ten days. Capt. Richardson was placed In Jail Friday and stated ’ate Friday afternoon that the charges against him are only a "frarae-up '. He attri butes his arrest to politics and perse cution He states that the furniture which the Frailer woman stored with him had been taken under a mort gage held by R B Tarter, but that the woman had paid the mortgage and he had endeavored to get her to move her goods, and explained that a part of her goods had be»*n remov ed to his farm several months ago because he had no room for them In torn n I'ntll a short while ago (‘apt Rich ardson was commander of the local military company, the Aiken Rifles which was mustered out of service a few months ago In the hull lings which were burned he had stored a lot of j>ro;>erty belonging to the mill tary company, and when the Bremen arrived they were prevented from fighting the fire by the explosion of a large nuni’>er of cartridges which en dangered their lives (‘apt Richard son sustained a slight injury by the explosion of one of these car ridges SHOULD TBE BILL PASS TORN AIK) IN NKI1RAMKA. Ncvcral Towns Are Reported as Wip ed Out. A tornado, which took a toll of ten lives, Injured thirty odd persons and destroyed more than s third of Sew ard, Neb , occurred shortly before 6 o clock Wednesday evening Twenty- two residences were destroyed and many more were partly wrecked, but the business portion of the place did not greatly suffer The identified dead are Mrs David Hooper. Mrs William Heffing er, '.Mrs Chris Wasserman. Mrs B. L Waaserman. J. SchuUx, Burlington section foreman; six-year-old daugh ter of Schultz, Mrs R Imlay, Sam uel Trim and Mrs Edwards. The tornado struck the residence portion of Seward and swept every thing in its path. Most of thoee kill ed were caught in the wreckage of their home*. The tornado after passing through Seward continued to the northeast. Reports say that the towns of Tom- aro, Lushton, Grafton and McCool Junction were wiped out. Four per sons are reported killed at Tomaro and several at McCool Junction. Uti ca was in the path of the twister. Before the last telephone wire went down an appeal was sent to Lincoln to send physicians and un- -dertakars^-—~ Reports from surrounding sections indicate that the effects of the torna do were felt over a wide range of ter ritory. The tornado was followed in Sew ard by a hall and rain storm. Wed nesday night the town was without lights. A storm of' great fury struck the southern part of Omaha at seven o’clock Wednesday evening, unroof ing many/houses In the vicinity of 13th anti Gol streets and doing other damag^/ No person is reported In jured so quickly after the East ern/tornado, In which more than 100 ll/es were lost, Wednesday night’s ftorm caused many hundreds of South-end inhajdtanta to rush to cel lars and other places of refuge. Three Inches of rain fell In the down-town district. ; ( ENEItAI. TEAGUE WHITES AIU»l T REUNION. NATMMS SELECTED Tt LEAD TIE Bin FBI TIE MITT Underwoitd Bays Manufacturers •‘Came to Us and Bald that Reduc tions We Made on These Protected Industries Would be Taken Prom the Pockets of W’orkininnen.” Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means Committee In a speech de livered in the House outlined the policy of the Democratic party with respect to its treatment of capital and labor. The remarks of the Dem ocratic leader were made in response to an attack on Secretary of Com merce Redfleld, made by Representa tive Mondell, standpat Republican, of Wyoming. The Wyoming member charged that the Secretary of Commerce, In hie speech before the National Asso ciation of Employing Lithographers in Washington Thursday night, had “threatened” American manufactur ers with Investigation if wages are re duced as a result of Democratic tar-, iff revision. , »Mt. Underwood came to the defense of the Secretary. "For years," said he, “Republicans have stated that they levied tariff taxes in this country in the Interest of labor. To-day the glove in off the mailed hand, and the gentleman from Wyoming exposes the ground on which his party has always stood. He stands here only In the interest of the great manufacturers of this coun try and cares nothing whatever for the labor that works In the factory ” Mr. Underwood explained that an examination of the tariff hearings would disclose the fact that "threats were made by manufacturers that if the Democratic House dared to re duce the protective tariff in the In terest of the America people, they would take that reduction out of la bor in their mills and their factories '•Man after man. ’ he said, "came to m afiff said that what redm-vtons we made on these protected tnduc- trles would he taken from the ;>oek els of labor " Mr Mondell asnted to know If Mr Underwood Is In favor of running factories at a permanent lo«*» •The ! kemce-ra'lr party la not op posed to an> legitimate profit In any lr,dustr> " replied the floor leader Many of the»e Industries have made unreasonable profits and now the) would continue to keep ♦heae enor mous profits at the expense of their labor I want It distinctly under stood that we are not threatening In dualry nor are we threatening labor "Republicans contended that vou needed a tariff board to aorertaAn facta In order that the rights of In dustry and labor might be well guarded We contended that we al ready had a board that could ascer tain these facts Now that the ma chlnery of the Government has start ed to ascertain these facta, you throw up your hands, show the white feath ••r and run to cover 'lecause you are afraid of a Just and a fair invewlga tlon “There Is no desire on the part of the Government to interfere with anv Industry We have no right to atop them, but when we aee conditions existing in this country that will be detrimental to labor w«a are entitled to know If these employers are tell Ing the truth " Mr Mondell wanted to know If in case any industries are serloualy af fected by the tariff, such Injustice would be rectified by legislation "When the Department of Com merce, after a careful, disinterested and honest investigation,” replied Mr Underwood, “reports that an injus tice has ben done either to any Indus try lil this country or to the labor employed in that industry, you may rest assured that the Iiemocrats will rectify any wrong that has been done.” ‘‘Does that include -wool and sugar?” ask the member from Wyo ming. ‘‘There are some propositions that we recognize are not entitled to be classed as legitimate industries,” re plied Mr. Underwood, “any more than yon can grow lemons in -Maine-or that we expect to continue an im properly conducted or an improperly managed industry. But we are en titled to know the facts and we are going to know them. There is no threat.” Which Is Boon to he Held at GaWjrw- burg and Making Arraageiiieats for the Bane. Maj. Gen. B. H. Teague, command ing the South Carolina division. U. C. V., has addreesed to the veterans a letter setting forth offlclally the ar rangements that have been made to oare for them during the Gettysburg reunion, July 1-4, next. B. E. Welch, his adjutant, and chief of staff, urges that all county paper* copy the no tice. The letter follows: To the Confederate Veterans of South Carolina: The State of Pennsylvania has ex tended an invitation to all Confeder ate veterans to unite with the Grand Army of Republic in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the bat tle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, of this year, on the battlefield. The legislature of our State at Its last session appropriated $1,000 to pay for the transportation of such Confederate veterans, residing In South Carolina, as participated in that battle. The Gettysburg surviv ors only are to share in this fund for their transportation, and those who purpose attending the celebration must furnish a certificate attested by a Confederate veteran, sworn to Eve- fore the clerk of court of the county in which they reside, and forward the same to the commanding officer, Gen. B. H. Teague. Aiken. S. C.. on or before the 1 5th day of June. With this certificate must Eve sent the name of the railroad station from which each one will start. This certificate will Eve recorded and returned to the sender with a check for hla propor tionate share of the State’s appro priation for railroad fares All veterans who purpose attend ing the celebration, who were not parrirtpinti in the tvame of Getrys- burg, will have to pay their own rail road fare. Free entertainment will be furnished to all veterans, in a large camp to Eva aatabliahed for this purpose Remember, all Confederate veter ans who were not In the battle of Gettysburg, who attend this celebra tion. must obtain before leaving home, a certificate signed by the com mander or adjutant of a camp of United Confederate service This certlflca'e will he preeented at Gett)a- burg to Insure entertainment While any veterans wearing civil ian's clothe* will be entertained. It Is desired that all who can will wear the gray uniform Information about train* and rate* will be furnished by railroad agents on application B H Teague. Major General. 9 C Division. U C. V Official 9 E Welch. Adjutant General. Oilef of Staff ALL WILL BB INVITED TO PAST HI MEET. — ♦ * Comatries of World Lsvtted to rUKS MILITANT VIH NOTtHIJC At Tt) JOI KNKY. From Hendenemx llle to t^arkwloa It looks as If there are enough gol- ranised Republicans among the Dem ocratic Senators to prevent the pat ting of sugar and wool on the free list in the trading MU. - Fined For (latching Fish H. H. Martin, a citizen of Saluda County, was tried and convicted at Edgefield for violation of the law reg ulating the fish and fined twenty dol lars. There were several other de fendants, but this trial was set for an other day. The case was reported by County Game Warden Wall&ce+Thom- pkins, who apprehended several par ties seining Turkey Creek. Engineer and Fireman Killed. Engineer R. A. Brooks and Flag man J. T. Alien were killed and a negro fireman seriously Injured early Thureday night, when an engine of the Seaboard Air Line Jumped the track and turned over In a cut near Rice’s station, seven miles from At lanta. The engine woe running •light”. I* Kwvratora Hoars. • From Heudwraonvllle. N C , to Charleston. 265 miles. In seventeen hour*. 1* the record made on Wed nesday by Mr. John F Maybank. Mr Francis S Hanckel. Dr Joseph May- bank and Mr Mullins. In Mr J F Maybank s automobile, aaya The News and Courier The actual running of the touring car was only fourteen hour*, which Is believed to Eve the record The party left the mountain town at 5 a. m and arrived at Charleston at 10 p. m , raving stopped in Newberry for an hour and in Columbia for an hour. The average running time was nine teen miles an hour, which in conside ration of the sorry condition of some stretches of road, was very fast. Mr. Maybank made these observa tions from his odometer: Distance from Hendersonville to Greenville, 41 miles; from Greenville to I.au- rene, 36 milee; from Laurens to New berry, 33 miles; from Newberry to Columbia, 43 miles; from Columbia to 9t. Matthews, 33 miles; from St. Matthews to Holly Hill, 3 4 miles; from HoHy Hill to Charleston, 41i mjles. According to Mr. Waybank’s odo meter the distance from Henderson ville to Charleston by the route taken Is 265 miles, most of which is over roads that are excellent, on the aver age. The party greatly enjoyed the ’rip, not being very much fatigued, though they were in the machine for fourteen hours. The Committee to Rash the Dei crotkv Cause Has Bee* Organised and Will Co-Operate With the Democratic Congressional Commit tee to Keep Standards Flying. The campaign for Democratic su premacy at the polls in 1914 and 1916 was opened at Washington Friday when the executive campaign committee of the Democratic nation al committee organised and discussed preliminary plans. The committee agreed upon permanent headquarters in Washington, the organisation of an educational campaign and har monious co-operation with the Dem ocratic congressional committee with a continuous militant party organi zation from now until after the next presidential election at least. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, caucus chairman of the House and recognized as the pres ident's spokesman and Rolia Wills of St. Louis treasurer of the Demo cratic national committee. At per manent headquarters T .J. Pence of North Carolina, the former corre spondent, who conducted the Wilson press campaign, will be In charge aa manager of publicity. With him already ia Col. John I Martin of Missouri, sergeant-at-arms of the U»t and other national con ventions of the Democracy. Plans agreed upon Friday contemplate the sending of Democratic Washington letters to approximately 10,000 week ly newspapers and 2.000 dally papers that have no special correspondents at the national capital AIT this wTTT require a large fund and the commit tee decided to apeal to the 8tat«« for contributions. The situation generally anti the need for Immediate organized cam paign work were dlecuseed at two sessions of the committee The con ferenreg were resumed Baturday The committeemen, accompanied by Mr I**-ure. railed at the White House and explained the plans to Preoident WII son. who voiced hla hearty approval At the outset of Saturday's meet Ing the committee conferred with Kepreeental! ve Lloyd of Missouri, chairman, and Representative Page of North Carolioa. secretary, the re tiring officer* of the Demoeretic greeaional committee, who were di rected at a recent meeting to oocault with the national committee, the president and Democratic sea a tore regarding the president's prop that the numerical strength of era- •tors on the congressional committee be Increased It Is probable that the eongreealon al committee will be asked to aam< three representatives and two sena tor* to serve on a Joint executive campaign committee for conducting the political battles during tha naxt four years The party leaders con template sending out speaker* under the auspices of the Joint commit tea 1 ANOTHER FLY DANGER. Heard for Miles Around. An explosion of a tank of oil in a freight wreck six miles east of Fort Wayne, Ind., Wednesday morning knocked a man off the top of the car and fired the train, entire carloads of cattle were burned to death. The frantic Evellowlngs were heard for miles. Will Bign the Bill. Expressing his determination to sign the alien land bill recently pass ed by the Legtstaure, Governor Hir am W. Johnaon, of California, Wed nesday telegraphed to Secretary of BUte Bryan a long explanation of the ackkm taken by the Legislature. Insert Said to (Wry Inf am tile Paraly sis Germs. Warring against the fly as the most common cause of infantile par alyals waa given by Dr. E W. Saund era of St. Louts In sn address before a medical association at St. Louis Wednesday. Dr. Saunder traced a connection One Hnodred Y The nations of the world art ntg. ed to Join tbs UnlUfed States, Great Britain, Canada, Newfoundland aaA Australia and the municipality of Ghent, in making tbs celebration of one hundred years of peace among English-speaking peoples signalise a new era of International good will. The InvlUtlon was issued Monday by the international conferees now In this country arranging ths celebra tion. The American secretory of state and ths British secretary of state for foreign affairs are asked to transmit the invitation to other governments. The manifesto adopted by the con- , ferees says: ”Representatives of Great Britain, of Newfoundland, of the United States, of the Dominion of 1 Canada, of the commonwealth of Australia, and of the municipality of Ghent, having E>sen In conference concerning an appropriate celebration of the cen tenary of the signing of ths treaty of Ghent, which marked the end of the lest International war between the British end American peoples, unite In offering to the governments and the peoples of the civilized world an earnest Invitation to take part in making this celebration In every way worthy of the one hundred years of peace that K commemorates, “We invite sack co-operation to ths end that It may be mods clearly unmlstnklble to public opinion every where that the Urn* has corns when International rivalries and differ ences, though numerous and sewers, may be settled without ths carnage and horrors of war. Although it he unreasonable to dtsrsgard ths possi bility of conflict arising in ths fe tors. oot or afliaj or penial demanding, yst we gratefully nlse that the chances of standing have been largely ellmlned- ed by the degree in •clrae* has facilitated and accelerated comm "Great 'Britain has bees a izlng nation and ths United has drawn to Its population and powerful elemsets from dll countries sad from different Therefore, s century of pen* twera Greet Britain and her Ions beyond ths sane, se the see hand, sad the United Btetsa, ra the other hoed, touches directly both the intsreets and the Imegteeglee ef e*» sry load to which Greet Britain’s sons have gees, ss well ns these eC every an Hoe from which I day pepeleUoe ef the Ui have brae drawn. ”We respectfully •sty’s secretary of affairs and ths ths United Btetsa vltatios throsgh channels world Is tlcipsUon of go co-operatios of every lead this carried oat ss to ths close of tbs peace bet pise, bet ths opening ef whet rarely trust will be a fresh peace end good will between nations of ths world.” iU n to ef an ARREST PROMINENT FJ Charged With Whiskey Still. A dispatch from Donalds to the Greenville Piedmont says Mr. B. L. Llpford, n prominent farmer of m cunurcuon ' ’ - —~ ■ between infantile paralysis and the s « ctlon - WM arreated Tuesday by raining of poultry and gave this as an o®clala on a charge of hevlnc explanation why the disease is more be * n connected with tbs operation of prevalent in country and suburban the seized last week near districts than In the crowded part of a city. While experiments were not com plete, he said, yet he was conldrat that final tests would demonstrate a connection between "Hmberneck” in fowls and Infantile paralysis. His theory Is that files carry the germs of infantile paralysis from the car- ,0Und 1 “ t by * oorp * of caesee of fowls and possibly rrom rfifc AJiryeyorf. whq were loca.tlng the llne eaeeee of fowls end possibly rrOffi tBO bodies of hogs and dogs to food. Dr. Saunders condemned legal pro tection of the buzzard which he said transmits infectious disease of live stock. Killed by Crossed Wires At Johnston, Pa., Paul Acken was killed Thursday when he used a tele phone heavily charged with electrici ty from a crossed feed wire. Dr. C. B. Jones called to administer restora tives, went to the same telephone, in ignorane of its condition, and suff ered Injuries from which he is dying. 4 • A Butchery is A dispatch from Catarro says seven thonsand Montenegrin troops near Scutari, enraged at action of King Nicholas are threatening mutiny and m *®*®£re of the Albanians, unless In ternational troops arrive Immediate ly e bloody belch sry is imminent Ths army with tbs hoe, which feeds nil ths other people in the world, will seen be on the distillery that town. The arrest of Mr. Lip- ford bos created a sensation here abouts since he has always stood very highly and the preferment of the chargee against him came as a com plete surprise. A man by the name of Cannon has also E>een placed under arrest on the same charges. Ths still for the Donalds school district. It was on a farm tEiat is E>elng worked by a Mr. Searcy. After an Investi gation by the officials, Mr. Searcy was placed under arrest and taken to AbE>eville, where he gave bond. It ie said that Mr. Searcy implicated Mr. Llpford and Mr. Cannon In the opera tion of the still and that this caused their arrests. Small Boy Shot With Rifle. At Atlanta, son of Mrs. T. A. Boone was Instantly killed Thursday when a small rifle with which he and his thirteen-year-old brother Hardman, were playing was accidentally dis charged. The ballet passed through the boy’s neck. Ths deed boy was only six years old. » Ths News and Courier says •tthw’ rain is the order of ths Asy in ths Middle Westers States an< frost hss bora noted hi at 1 southern pointe, the Mthm I of the country remains hi ths of s hot, dry msB.