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SSJ? ■ * mV 1 H : 'V1 i WILSON DEFENDED \ t rAN REVIEWS DISCUSSION OF REPEAL OF FREE TOLLS. W TWO PLANKS CONFLICT ! la Vigorous Utterance Secretary Af- gaea That the Little Free Tolls Plank Should Not Dominate the Larger Anti-Subsidy Declaration and the Party History. Secretary Bryan in a statement made public Sunday lengthily re views the Panama tolls question, and in the course of the statement de clares that, the repeal of the tolls ex emption In the Panama canal act “can not be construed to be a con struction of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,” but Is "simply a refusal on the part of the United States to raise that question in that way. Mr. Bryan discusses various fea tures of the subject—the limiting of debate in the House of Representa tives, the Baltimore platform and the effect of repeal on the treaty. Claim ing that the opponents of the repeal had seized upon the charge that the president was “surrendering to Eng land”, Mr. Bryan declared that the opposition to the repeal had attempt ed to appeal “to prejudice rather than reason”. “What has Great Britain done,” he asked, “to Justify the accusation"that she is trying to dictate to this coun try? She has simply called attention to the terms of the treaty, and ask ed for arbitration of the question of construction, In case this government government •> the construction to be placed upon the language. The very men who are *Q . Insistent -iipon construing the treaty to permit free tolls delayed for months the ratification of the treaty with Great Britain because of their opposition to any abitratlon of the subject? In other words, they construed the treaty^to permit dis crimination, and then objected to al lowing any International court to ex press an opinion on the subject “If, as a matter of fact, the treaty grants the rights which Great Britain claims, is it a ‘surrender to Great / Britaln* for our nation to repeal a law that raised that question? The repeal of the law can not be con strued to be a construction of the treaty. It is simply a refusal on the part of the United States to raise that question in that way. In the con troversy over thejyelland canal, Can ada withdrew a discrimination which she had made in favor of Canadian ships, 'in order that no cause for fric tion with the United States authori ties in regard to the matter should salat’ “Why can not the United States withdraw a . discrimination for the same reason? When the treaty in volved was before the Senate for rat Ifieation an attempt was made to so amend It as to permit a dlscrimlna- ttoa in favor of coastwise vessels, but it was voted down by a decided ma jority. . With this record to support them. Is It strange that foreign na tions question our right to make an exception in favor of American ves sels?” Discussing the president’s right to eapeet the support of congress when he deals with international questions, Secretary Bryan adds: “The .chief executive speaks for the nation in In ternational affairs, and it Is only fair - to assume that he speafs advisedly when he declares that Intercourse with other nations is seriously em barrassed by the free tolls low which he seeks to repeal. “We occupy to-day a proud posi tion among the nations; we are the foremost advocate of peace and arbi tration; we are becoming more and more a moral factor throughoutJthe world. Con we afford to surrenuer this position? Can we afford to be little the great enterprise which has reached its consummation at the isth mus? If oqr nation desires to be measured hy^ intellectual and ethical standards, how; unworthy to brag of our strength and to threaten to use J that strength. ‘We are ready to fight’ does not arouse the enthusiasm now that It did a few centuries ago. Brute force is not the level upon which this nation settles its controversies to day. “The question is not what we can do but what we ought to do. The path of history la strewn with the wreck of nations that boasted that they were all powerful. This ques tion must be decided on moral princi ples and not by the counting of our regiments and battleships. What shall it profit a nation if it conquers the whole world and loses its faith in the doctrine that righteousness exalt eth a nation?” Mr. Bryan was a member of the ^. resolutions committee of the Balti- moe convention and his observations on the platform constitute his first ,J|Ufir*r»~‘ ' ** ^tr. Bryan argues that tnere arw i#o' planks in the Baltimore platform, pertlent to the discussion, one which declares the belief of the Democratic party in the encouragement of the merchant marine but statee that If should he developed, “without Inrpoeing ■ addi tional hardens upon the people and without bonnty or subaidles from the pnblle treasuries'’, and a plank declaring in favor ( of the ax emption from tolls of Ameriean coast wise ships.. Mr. Bryan declares that the opposition to bounties is a doc trine “for which * the* Democratic party has stood from time immemo rial’’. He refers to the exemption plank as a "little plank” and to the pronouncement on bounties and sub sidies as the “larger plank” and says: “What opiate does the little plank contain that it can make those wbo accept it oblivious of the larger plank? By what rule of construction can the small plank be made binding and the large one ignored? The se cret of the strange power exerted by the little plank Is to be found In the fact that it carefully conceals the means by which it Is to be carried out. Had the word ‘subsidy’ or ‘bounty’ been inserted In this plank, it could not have secured the Indorse ment of the convention because the contradiction between this plank and the larger plank would have been immediately apparent. “If the same care had been used In the drawing* of this plank that was used In the drawing of the plank on the merchant marine, the tolls ex emption plank would have read as follows: ‘We favor the exemption from toll of American ships engaged in coastwise trade passing through the canal but without imposing addl tlonal burdens upon the people and without bounties or subsidies from the public treasury.’ ‘But even if the platform had not contained without Itself a complete refutation of the position taken by the advocates of free tolls, the presi dent would have been justified in the position that he took by the changed conditions which confronted him. A platform Is a pledge and is as bind ing upon an official as the command of a military officer Is upon a subor dinate—the statement can not be made stronger. But the subordinate officer Is sometimes compelled to act upon bis judgment where a change of which the commanding officer Is hot award has taken pTace Th condL tions. IMEN DIE NEW .TORE .MURDERERS .PAT PENALTY FOR CRIME. a—• ONE TELLS OF SLAYING the sum: of laziness —w MOSQUITOES SPREAD* MALARIA AND CHECK CROP WORK. V A U : , . . .. . One After AMflMr the Convicted New York Gangsters Are Pnt in the Electric Chair and Sent to Their Doom—Warden Relates Confession Made Before Him. The four gunmen convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal died in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, near Ossining, N. Y., at the break of dawn this Easter Monday morning. In the death chair none confessed his guilt and none mentioned the name of Charles Becker, the former police ieutenant found guilty of in stigating tbeHinurder but saved by the court of appeals’ reversal. Of the four Frank Seldenshner (“Whltey United Statee Experts Find That Malarial Pesta Are Cansing Tre mendous Loss to South Each Year. ■ Malarial mosquitoes are the worst pest In the South to-day, according to statements Issued by specialists of the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture. These statements follow a study of mos quito-infected plantations In Louis iana made during the last cotton and corn season as a preliminary to more extended Investigation of the effects of malaria on farm production and profits. According to data In the hands of the Investigators, more than 65MOO persons in the United States suffer each year from malaria. They are compelled to be absent from work an average of eight weeks during the businest seasons of the year, causing an annual loss of nearly 6100,000,- GIVESJIS VIEWS CHAS. A. SMITH TELIA PEOPLE OF THINGS HE SUPPORTS. MAKES UP GIS PLATFOKM INTEREST IN LIND TO SEE jnLBQN AN» YIULA TO M*BT CARRANZA. ) Washington la Expecting ■alts in Conferences lag Men on Both Sides. It Is not tEe right of the su bordinate to Judge the situation for himself where conditions have chang ed since the order was given, but it Is hlg duty to do so. In the case under consideration the president takes responsibility for an official act which he regards as necessary for his country’s welfare and the people must decide whether or not he is justified; and those who refuse to act’with him*also assume responsibility sad they,, too, must abide the judgment of the public. Such a change has taken place since the Baltimore platform was adopted. Had the Democrats in convention as sembled been confronted by the con dition which now exists and had they known what those now know who voted for repeal, no snch plank would ever have been placed In the plat form. The convention’s attention was not even branght to the f&ct that a majority of the Democrats In the House had voted against the free tolls measure and that it had, In fact, been passed by a combination of a minor ity of the Democrats and a majority of the Republicans.” Mr. Bryan says that platform planks dealing with International questions must be accepted with the understanding “that we act Jointly with other nations in international affairs,” that even if the plank had not been contradicted by another plank In the platform and even If it "had not Concealed a subsidy policy repugnant to Democratic principle and history,” that even if conditions had not changed, a platform plank should be taken on international questions “as the expression of a wish rather than as the expression of a de termination, for no nation can afford to purchase a small advantage in the face of a universal protest.” "If a nation,” continued the sec retary, "desire to array itself against the world, It should be sure that* the thing which it is to gain is worth what it costs. The president, know ing that every commercial nation ex cept our own construes the treaty as a pledge of equal treatment, would have been recreant to his trust had he failed to point out to the American people tbst our diplomatic relations would be seriously ^disturbed by the carrying out of the free tolls policy. Considering the repeal measure upon Its merits, Mr. Bryan said there were just two questions to be decld ed: 1 “First, It Is desirable for the Democratic party to abandon Its his toric position and become the advo cate of subsidies and bounties? And, second, if it is desirable, what is the Democratic party willing to sacrifice in International prestige and world Influence in order to secure the ad vantage which these subsidies prom ise to a few people.” Rail Passed Through Body. The entire length of a 90-foot steel rail, red hot, passed through the body of Charles Miller of Bradiock, Pa., as he worked at a finishing mill In the EdgAr Thomson Steel Works Friday, Miller lived half an hour. Killed by Twenty-fourth Operation. Mrs. Mary Wilson of New York died** Tuesday as the result of the twenty-fourth operation In the last six years. She was thirty years old. - i /' , i Collision Kills Eight. Four men wars killed and two hurt at Georgetown, Texas, Thorsday, whan a passenger train crashed Into their automobile. Lewis”) made the only statement. Even he did not flatly assert his inno cence. “Gentlemen,” he mumbled, as they strapped him in the chair, "I did not shoot at Rosenthal. Them who said I did was perjurers. For the sake of justice, gentlemen, I say I did not. The witness Stannish ” “Whitey” did not finsh the sentence. The strange harness had been adjusted and the current threw his body for ward in the chair. He had meant to say that Stannish, a waiter and a witness at the murder trial, had .lied; but death Intervened. Seldenshner was the second man to die, "Dago Frank” (Frank Ciroflct) came first. “Gyp the Blood” (Harry Horowitz) was tho third and “Lefty Louie) “Louis Rosenberg) last. In iO. minutes ali four were dispatched, This would have been shortened had It not been for the overcrowding of newspaper reporters. Their numbers necessitated a shifting of witnesses for each exhchllbn. All four men walked quietly to the chair and only their quaking knees and the sickly green pallor of their .faces attested that the realization of death was upon them Shortly before “Dago Frank” Clro- flcl went to the death chair he told ^Warden Clancey that "Gyp the Blood” Horowitz, “Lefty LouieV Rosenberg and Harry Vallon, an Informer, fired the shots which killfed Herman Ros enthal, for which crime the four gun men paid with their lives. “So far as I know Becker had nothing to do with the case,” the gunman also de clared. ‘‘It was a gamblers’ fight.” Clroflcl averred he was five miles away at the time the crime was com mitted and that “Whitey” Lewis Seid enshner, although present at the scene of the shooting, did not fire any of the shots. Clroflcl made no at tempt, however, to deny that he was Included in the original plot to slay Rosenthal, even admitting that two nights before the gambler was slain he went with other gangsters to look for their Intended victim They were frightened away from Rosenthal on that occasion. The con demned man also admitted that early on the night of the actual killing he was In the gray "murder car” with the gunmen, but he insisted that he left them before they shot the gam bler. He did not explain precisely why he left the other gunmen Just prior to the shooting, but two rea sons are advanced. One is that he became frightened and the other that he deserted In order to ball out his sweetheart,, Jean Gordon, who had been arrested. The statement which was made orally In the principal keeper’s office was the result of the Insistent plea on the part of Coriflci’s mother and his sister for the truth. They had been here and made an unsuccessful appeal to the governor to save the prisoner’s life. Returning to the prison near dawn they were met by the warden and taken to the office where they met Clroflcl. Mr. Clancey told his story to Super intendent John B. Riley of the State prison department and Gov. Glynn The warden first Issued a formal statement rehearsing a part of what Clroflcl told him and later added de tails which included Clroficl’s admis sion that he and the other gangsters had sought Rosenthal nights before the slaying. The formal statement of the warden follows: “About 8 o’clock Sunday night Rosenberg askSd* me to save Frank saying he had nothing to do with the shooting;’be was not there. I went over and asked Frank w"by he did not tell the truth. He replied that he knew what was going on, but was not there when the.shooting took place. I advised him to tell the whole story. He said if he did they would kill bis brother. I asked whom he meant by ‘they’. He replied that there were 50 men in New York he could name. He said: T don’t care The Agricultural department is now planning the eradication of the malarial mosquitoes. At present drainage and the use of oil on stag nant pools are believed to be the most effective means of attack, as the negroes of the South refuse to stay within screened houses or to submit to careful medical attention as soon as they become ill. On the Louisiana farm selected for the preliminary study, there were 3,640 acres, of Ahich 1,800 were un der cultivation and 1,740 acres were In swamp land timber. The farm Is typical of an area of 200,000 square miles of Louisiana land. Sixty-four families were employed either as la borers or tenants. The investigation revealed that of the 64 families 46 suffered. _IronL. malaria Just at the time when crops-were to be planted- and cultivated. Federal experts dqcljre that the only solution to the malaria problem in the South lies in the drainage of swamp lands. It was found on the Louisiana plantation that negroes will congregate out of doors regard less of malaria mosquitoes, and that even when their houses are screened they will not keep doors closed. For this reason experts see no hope in the suggestion that every precaution be taken against the pests. NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH. Tragedy Occurs at Hot Supper Over In Lexington County. Ernest Robertson, a negro, was shot and Instantly killed by Arthur Mayer, another negro, at a negro hot supper at New Hope .church, about fifteen miles from Lexington, in the Dutch Form section of that county, about 12 o’clock Saturday night Ac cording to evidence adduced at the hearing, Robertson was raising “rough house” In general. It was alleged that he had attempted an as sault upon a negro woman previous to his having been killed. The wo man struck Robertson ‘ in the head with a rock, causing an ugly wound Robertson then followed the woman Into the chnrch and there proceeded to continue his rowdyism, It is claim ed. An effort was made to eject him according to witnesses, without avail Arthur Mayer rushed in, and, It said, drew his pistol and fired three shots, two of which took effect In the body. So close was the range at which the shots were fired that the clothes of the dead man were set on fire atnd had to be pnt out by those who came to him after he had fallen It urged him to tell the whole truth He hesitated and said: “ T don’t want to make any state ment for the public. I do not fear for myself, but I do fear’ for you.’ “His sister replied: ‘Don’t have any fear for us; we will take care of Ourselves; Odd will protect us 1 ?’ “His mother and sister contlnned to urge him to tell the truth. “He said: *1 did not do the shoot- fog. The men who fired the shots were Gyp, Louie and Vallon.’ “He said: ‘I was five miles away at the time. So far as I know Becker had nothing to do with this case, was a gamblers* fight.’ “He mentioned several raids on gambling houses and said that the story Shapiro told to Commlsslo: Dougherty was true. He said some lies on the stand to prove an alibi for the rest of the hoys. The testimony about the conversation with Rose In the car on the way down was not true. I was in Bridgle Weber’s when the arrangements we're made. I did not know just what the arrangements were. I knew some thing was coming off. ( I did not see Louie pack the trunk/as I testified qp the stand. There were guns there bat not the ones they used.’ When Lientenant Governor for Foot Yean Now Seeks Elevation—Points to His Service la the Past and Out lines Position ou Questions of Im portance—Asks for Suffrage. Lieut. Gov. (^harles A. Smith 1 made the following statement rela tive to his candidacy for governor: To the People of South Carolina: Four years ago and again two years ago you elected me lieutenant governor of our State. My promise was to maintain the high standards of my predecessors In office, and by no word or deed bring discredit to those who chose me. Has this prom ise been kept? I am now a candidate for governor and ask a continuance of your confi dence and suffrages. Am I worthy of promotion? Will the interests of the people be safe in my hands? I pre sent herewith, in brief, my platform. After all, a man's.life and character best indicate his platform. Believing in true Democracy, when the people have spoken on a public question, good citizens sink their Individual preferences until another free expres sion Is offered them.- I believe I am the logical candidate and entitled to your consideration. I promise. If elected, careful attention to your wishes and faithful service to the State. I stand for economy in government. No extravagance. No waste of the people’s money. No appropriations beyond the State’s Income. No in creased taxation, except as towns) townships or counties vote special levies for schools or local necessities. A business system that will Insure economical expenditure of appropria tions. I favor a flat 2-cent passenger fare on onr railroad systems and no freight discrimination against South Carolina points as compared wltMad joining States. The railroads nave had a. large share In the prosperity that has come to the State, and do not, as public service corporations, show proper appreciation of^obllga- tion to the source of their Income. I favor the submission by the leg islature 4o the voters of the State of the question of outlawing the sale of intoxicants within Its borders; a measure which wOnld Insure the ben efits of the Webb law, uplift public morals and promote temporal pros perity. 1 favor legislation that there may be no discrimination against the poor man for violation of the criminal law. For the same offense one man pays a fine within his means ans goes free; another because of Inability to pay goes to the chalngang or penitentiary. I favor proper legislation to seenre honesty and freedom In elections; but am opposed to any qualification that will deprive an honest white citlsen of the right of ballot. I believe implicity in an educated citizenship and in placing adequate facilities within the reach of a ris ing generation; believe that the com pulsion of love and pride and public opinion will as readily banish Illiter acy as mandatory legislation, and am for cotiipulsory education only should the people so declare after the sab- mission of the question to their suf frages. I believe as a matter of economy and public interest in a restriction of local and special legislation by the general assembly, that more time may be devoted to matters of State-wide Importance. I believe earnest consideration should be given the demands of the farmers of the State for rural credits and for agricultural Industrial ednea- ssioner T fold asked how he gained this Infonna- »hout l-oare| t>nn ^ TJtesrd the boya_talk- Ing about It since I was here.’ ” Oonsins Are Killed. for.' T caused Frank Clroficl’s to be brought from the condemned cell house to the principal keeper’s office about 4 o’clock Monday morptag. He made the following, among other statements, In the pretence of myself, Melnery, principal keeper, tin chap lain, his mother apd his Mater. They itwo sons, who had Jut I went In the rear of her borne to in vestigate sounds of firearms. Me stumbled over the dead bodies of her Washington officials and* dipInnsta were fepeculatlng Sunday night 0*1 tb* outcome of two con'erencee to be heltl this week, one in that city bntweaaa President Wilson and his personal representative in Mexico, John Lind* and the other at Torreon, between Gen. Vennstiano Carranza, first ehtsF of the Constitutionalists, and Gen. Villa, the victorlons rebel army lead er., President Wilson returned to thn capital Monday from his week end trip to Wast Virginia. Mr. Lind to coming np the coast from Vera Gran aboard the yacht Mayflower, though no word has been from the yacht since she left Mexi can waters, she Is expected to arrtre Tuesday.' About the time Mr. Und to making bis report to the president, the Mexican rebel leaders will be meeting for the first time stnee the days of the Madero revolution, and on this conference much Is believed to depend.. Officials think that a face-to-face talk between Carman * and Villa will result In a clearer un derstanding concerning the rights ed foreigners in Mexico, and eepee4aflj| their privilege of pressing clafmQ through American consular officers. No news from the s came to. either the war partment. The navy dej without a final report fr mlral Mayo on the ontco man d that the Mexican mander at Tampico salt and Stripes as a part ol for the affront to Amerl rest of United States m rials declared, %dwuau. lety was felt over this i surances had been give! reparation would be mi It was reported that 1: patches had come to the ment from the City of ; retary Bryan said, how i had nothing whatever The secretary comment* sence of press reports b can capital, and remark! ently a rigid censorship erclsed. He had not! about the possible cants One of the results oi meeting is expected to the state departmeat’s sentatlon, especially In Spaniards exiled from though Carranza has to ment that he Is not dl terfere with Villa’s ee the Spaniards there Is pressed expectation th may be modified. Should the two rtllx clde to pay no heed Bryan’s demand that tl Spaniards be settled on nal merits the United I i confronted with a pro » greatest gravity, sines 8 ed the safety of her sab lean hands to reprsaei » by the Spanish forelg k through Ambassador Rl Ington, and Ambassad* i~ Madrid. I stand loyal to Democracy, which means government by all the people, for the beet Interest! of all the people, and not government of the many by a preferred class. Charles A. Smith. SEIZE MAN’S HOME. United States Officials Take Unasual Action. Following the finding of an illicit distillery on the farm of Jamee Pat ten in Oconee some time ago, govern ment officials have now seised Pat ten’s home, barn and other outbuild ings. This action is considered by local revenue men as a very on usual occurrence and only happens when the Illicit plant is found In close prox imity to the residence to which the alleged operator resides. _ t ( In this case the accused man still TO WIPE OUT MALARIA. f Public Health Service Report flay* Disease is Prevcatabto. There was only one case of asato- rial fever in the Sooth daring ISIS to three during the preceding year, according to the public health report. The states Included In the were Alabama, Arkansas, pi, Georgia, South Carolina, NertM 1 Carolina and Florida. Statistics -per* obtained by the service through poet cards sent out to physicians to then* statee. Totals for various states follow: Alabama, May to November. cases; Arkansas, August to her, $18,500; South Carolina, to November. 16,000; Florida, earn* period, 9,000; Georgia, Augusta to October, 9,990; Mississippi, fall year, 62,000. The report shows that eat of 91,000 cases, 27,009 oeciriad to children under fifteen. The dfamato Is preventable, and can be eontroRsft If not eliminated, health servtoe re port declares. ^ BODY FOUND IN \ Inquest Fails to Solve Death Nc The dead body of a yonng man warn discovered in a field near the Has aff the Charleston,and tyt railway, about one mile from son, Saturday afternoon. The son discovering the Corpse reported to the.sheriff of the county, phew able to readily read! the cor formed the local magistrate, and'em inquest Pas held .and a verdict sea-. lives fo his home bat does so under a heavy bond r TEb«M»e officers raid- ,w. . , el Patten*. _ * Sth foJtTbfoSTt^th distillery which was in foil operation fo the cellar of a aewly constructed Mrs. Frank D’Angels of Somerset. SSitottlSiS ^2 Pa.,Hras wounded Saturday when be *** y ^ oor ^ of the torn,. Don’t have the gall to blame your the the body If 4 blunt Instrnmeat delivered by a partp, or parties unknown to the Jury*, la-' vestigatlon showed that the waa from lendale. tod waa known by 1 of Pirn Hughea. ',