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SHOOTS AT MAYOR IAHKAHS1N F1RKS THHMK TIMES AT MAYOR OF NKNV YORK. HOUNDS HIS COMPANION Action of Chauffeur Detective DchiKs Assailant to the Ground ReTore Further Firing Took Place? tian Embittered Against Mitchell Ilocaii.se of Fancied Slights. In an attempt to take the life of !>l?yor John Purroy Mitchel of New York Friday, Mitchel P. Mahoney, an apparently irresponsible, elderly man, who later said he was a blacksmith oat of work, fired into a group of tu'rc men seated in ike mayor's automobile on Park Row at the east side of the New York city hall park. The bullet entered the jaw of Frank L. Polk, corporation counsel, who was sitting next to the mayor. With blood spurting from his mouth, Mr. Polk was taken into the city hall and afterwards to a hospital, where, it was said, the wound would not prove fatal. Mahoney shot at the mayor, lie declared Friday night, because he felt aggravated at tlie executive's "extravagant expenditures" and becauso he was incensed at being refused an audience with the mayor on two occasions last week when lie came to .apply for a municipal job. Refore Mahoney could fire a second shot he was overpowered by Detective IAA r\ XTimi *1. K r* f ? 4 1- ? ? * ' v?wi ftc iicmi, \> iiu, in uiu capacity 01 cbaufteur, was adjusting robes about the men in the automobile. The mayor sat in the middle of the back seat with Mr. Polk on his right and Oeo. V. Mullan, the mayor's former law partner, on his left. The bullet passed so close to Mayor Mitchel that it he left side of his face was scorched. Standing within a few feet of Mahoney was Police Commissioner Woods, who was waiting for the chauffeur to get into the car, intending to sit beside the driver. 'To bystanders, the sound of the revolver .shot and the sight of the aged man who did the shooting, sprawled ail the pavement as he wras borne clown by Detective Neun, seemed almost simultaneous. The sight of Mayor Mitchel steadying the staggering figure of Mr. Polk then detached itself from the ^picture. "Within a jahoit time the city hall plaza and park row were looded with a surging crowd and poli< e reserves wore called ' 3UJt. As soon as ho had seen that Mr. Polk received medical attention Mayor Mitchel wont to the police station and questioned Mahoney. "Why did you shoot it me?" he asked. The ^prisoner's answer was incoherent and to the effect that he had nothing to ?ay.. Cowering before his questioners tie seemed hardly to know what lie Jiad done. Ho wore a ragged fringe of white beard and was clad in an 111Attlng suit. While the police were trying to learn the man's name, which he persistently refused to give, a jostling crowd packed the plaza. "Where's the. assassin? Lynch him," some of them cried. It was thought at the 'Jme that the corporation council had mosL 01 nib lower teeth and that the jawbone had been pierced in two places by the bullet, but a later retx>rt from the hospital stated that . only one tooth had been knocked out, iand that unless blood poisoning set ?n? the wound would not prove sesrlotiB. The automobile which the mayor's party was entering was to take them *.0 lunch. In thirty seconds the car would have started. When the party approached the car Mahoney, who had boon attending a noon meeting of the unemployed and the Industrial 'Workers of the World nearby, saw that Mayer Mitchol was within a few j'eot of him. As the mayor took his s^eiit Mahoney diew a revolver from his coat pocket and shot. According to his own story, Mahoney bad tried to see the mayor last Monday, hut had been unable to <:&?aln an interview. His idea, he saxad, was to criticise Mayor Mitcliol t'er the "extravagant expendtures" of His administration and incidentally to ?sk. for a job. 11 is repulse embittered him, and when he came back Wednesday it was with the intention of killing the mayor. Ho thought better of his purpose on this occasion, however, and deferred the attempt. Two letters taken from Mahoney's pockets, one addressed to Mayor TMiichel and the other to Mayor Arm sarong, or Pittsburg, Pa., for the most -part were unintelligible, but it was .evident tbat the writer was trying to >v>!ce a protest against the police bills rnwrotly urged by Mayor Mitchel at jCZbany and other municipal activities* In these letters Mahoney appeared to he agitated by the attempt to cot Geo. W. Goethals to take the ipollce commlssioncrship. ? ? Worker Swept From Trestle. Oeorge F. Gain, aged 50, Atlantic Outfit trine bridge worker, was swept y~>y a icaln from a trestle across Tar 4*er, near Tarboro, N. C., to the m&er 59 feet below. His body has u&Jbeen recovered. TO MAKE NO APOLOGY , GUFF" IS WILSON'S CHARACTERISATION OF REPORT. +. President Denies That This Government Will Extend Regret for Secession of Panama. President Wilson will not apologize to r!olnnihtft for tllrt nnvt nlovnH *??... V t~> J , the United States in connection with the secession of Panama. A report stated that the treaty would include what was described as "a friendly expression of regret" by the United States for the part the Roosevelt administration took in a chain of events which resulted in the loss of Panama by Colombia. The president characterized all reports of this nature as "guff", lie said the treaty did not contain anything which might be construed as ~ ~ 4 \% ^ TT^UA/1 CfnfAn ail 11 il Ulll tllV7 1/ HI UVUtV/?Ji No apology was asked for by Colombia and none was given. From other and high official sources it was learned that not only does the treaty fail to embrace such a provision, but there will be no statement from the Washington government accompanying the treaty which will carry anything which might be construed as an apology. It was learned that the treaty does not confer on Colombia any special canai toll privileges, as one report had it. There are provisions in the treaty which exempt Colombia from the payment of certain canal charges, such as fees for handling vessels through the canal. It *s understood tlior. vessels of Colombia will bo, on the same basis in this respect as those owned exclusively by the United States government. Just what are the details of these grants could not be ascertained, as both the president and Secretary Bryan refused to discuss them. Secretary Bryan said the treaty would be given to the public on April 15, the date agreed upon by the Colombian foreign office and the state department at Washington. While talk has arisen in congress to the effect that there will be considerable opposition to the treaty on the ground that $25,000,000 is too much money to pay for what is described as "Colombia's injured feelings," President Wilson as his advisers feel that if the Colombian congress ratifies the treaty the United States senate will do likewise, and that the American congress will appropriate the amount of the indemnity, admitted by the president and Secretary Bryan to be $25,000,000. Proposals to Investigate all the arts committed by tho Roosevelt administration in connection with the secession of Panama and tho acquisition of the canal zone, have been made in both branches of congress. Up to this time they have met with little favor. Tho matters at issue have long ago passed into history and no good, it is said, could bo accomplished by an inquiry. Tho argument heretofore advanced for an investigation wa3 a desire to remove all stain from the national honor and do full justice to Colombia. The payment of indemnity would accomplish both results and obviate all necessity for an inquiry. ? ? WIDOWS ARE PAID. ? congress Cave $1,000 to Wives or Demit v /*?? nnir Tho House Monday passed two Dills, introduced by Representative Aiken, to pay Mrs. W. B. P. Corbin and Mrs. C. D. Corbin, both of Walhalla, the sum of $1,000 each, on account of their respective husbands having been killed while in tho service < f tho government. W. B.. F. Corbin was a deputy United States marshal at Walhalla, and C. P. Corbin was iiis brother and assistant. On the right of March 9, 1909, they undeitook to arrest Robert Belcher for a violation of the postal laws, shooting into a mail box. They attempted to make tho arrest at the homo of Belcher's grandfather, J. B. Palmer, near the town of Walhalla, but both officers were shot and killed, The history of these bills is interesting from a legal standpoint, in that this is tho first time that a hill oi this kind has ever passed either house of congress. ? Dancer Sloshes Sneercr. E. L?. Myers of Atlantic City, N. J. took tho liberty Tuesday night of criticising a dancer at a theatre. The dancers wife seized n nnhrn nnri man. Gd at him, cutting his wrist before she could no restrained. i Villa Kind to Importers. Hearing that flvo American news ? paper men had been captured along - with the Federals at San Podro, Gen Villa sent for them, with orders thai they be given every courtesy. ? ? i Married by Wholesale. Tudie Arnold of Blythevillc, Ark., has been sentenced to ten years foi having sixteen wives. Seven of them , testified against him. Seven Persons Bum. i Seven persons perished Tuesday in i a fire which destroyed a Boston tenement house. MEXICO TO SALUTE GENERAL HUETRA ACCEDES TO DEMAND FOR FLAG SALiUTE ? ? APOLOGY 13 ACCEPTED ! American Government. AVill Return Salute to the Tri-Color?Crisis Has Probably been Safely Passed, Though Battleships Continue on Their Way to Mexican Coast. i The United States government Thursday night accepted Cen. Huor. ta's offer to salute tho Stars and i Stripes as an apology lor the arrest . of American bluejackets at TampiCO ; a week ago. The Huerta government's salute tn t li o Atriprtonn flag will be answered with a salute to the tri-color of the Mexican nation. This arrangement, the details of which were being finally arranged in an exchange of official messages between Washington and Mexico City, ended, in tho view of all high administration officials, the crisis that had ( resulted in the dispatch of American warships to Mexican waters. Executive officers and congressmen breathed a sigh of relief that tho tension had passed. No time lias been set for the firing , of the salute, and, until the details | are arranged, no further orders will be sent to the American fleets now , proceeding south. It is practically ] certain, however, that while many of ^ the vessels will be turned, others will . continue south, and a substantially j increased naval force will be main- j tained in Mexican waters. ( Huerta's offer and request for a , return salute caused President Wil- ] son to ask for an opinion from the ^ counselor of the State department and navy department officials. All reported that It. was the Invariable 1 customs in navai practice to return a i salute, and cited precedents. The < president also was Informed that ( Rear Admiral Mayo, on making liis < original demand for a salute, agreed j to return the courtesy. I Mr. Wilson said a return of a salute under such circumstances did not \ involve recognition of the Huerta j government, but it was merely an act j of the same character as grasping i the hand of an individual who was ( apologizing as he extended it. Sec- ? retary Bryan, too, took the view that | the American salute would be given } to the flag of the Mexican nation, just as much respected by the Conotitu- i tionalists as the Huerta government, i and no technical recognition was in- \ volved. Precedents in which the United ( States returned the salute of other \ nations which apologized to it were i cited at the White House and navy j department, and It was generally t agreed In executive quarters that t Gen. ITuerta's compliance with the < American demand had dissipated a f tense situation. No orders to the ( American fleet to change its course ] will bo given until the final details of \ the salute have been arranged. ( In less than forty-eight hours after < President Wilson had ordered the At- 1 lantic and Pacific fleets to Mexico and ] had informed Gen. Huerta unless a 1 salute was fired to atone for repeated 1 offences against the dignity of the 1 United States there would be serious i consequences, the answer came?a completo acceptance of the demand of the Washington government. The numerous hnnnoninfrci wMfU *- * a" ?? *vii 4 led to the aggressive Btand of the American government, the strong pressure brought to bear upon Mexico by Charge O'Shaughnessy and the , diplomatic representatives of other , governments, backed by advices from the French and German ambassadors at Washington, who learned from the State department the serious intenions of the Washington government, all had brought about a grave international crisis. Congress showed its readiness to stand by the administra1 tion's foreign policy and the IIouso 1 committee on foreign affairs passed a ' resolution upholding the president's position. While the president declared the | firing of the salute would close tho Tampico incident, it will have no par! ticular bearing on tho general Mexican policy of the # administration. Other offences, such as tho arrest of a mail orderly at Vera Cruz, have been apologized for and tho United . States will continue its position of 5 neutrality as between tho two fac. tlons contending for the military su5 premacy of tho Southern Republic. , Negro Boy Kills Tormentor. "Milledgo Finley, an 11-year-old negro of Grocnwood Sunday stabbed > Joe Coleman, another negro, aged twelve, because the latter tormented t him with rocks. . President Host to Children. President Wilson Monday entor? tainod thousands of children at the ' annual egg rolling frolic on the White 1 Mouse grounds. ? Girl Faintly Pursed. Miss Nellie Noblin, sixteen years 1 old. of Spartanburg, was fatally burn ed Friday afternoon v/hen her clothes cauffht fire while she was dozing. < " ,|w TO STUDY THE TRUSTS LEADERS WANT TO POSTPONE PASSAGE OF TRUST RILL. Expect to Appoint Commission With Rrood Powers of Investigation Into All Pertinent Questions. Anti-trust legislation supplementary to the Sherman act, probably will not bo undertaken at this session of wugiess uu niu urouu scaie originally outlined by the administration. This became known at Washington Saturday night, Democratic Senate and House leaders agreeing that a practical solution of tho vexatious problem of coping with evils of big business through legislation had been suggested. The plan, it was asserted, is to pass one bill which would create an interstate trade commission with broad powers to investigate affairs of corporations and with speciilc authorization to inquire into the relation to commerce of interlocking directorates, holding companies, stock watering, tho issuance of railroad securities and price discriminations which tend to destroy competition. Tho commission would recommend to the next congress what further trust regulation it deemed advisable for the welfare of the country. Such a culmination of an anti-trust legislative program originally suggested by President Wilson in a special message to congress has been working out in conferences between the president and Senate and House leaders for many weeks. Tho task tentatively outlined in bills proposed assumed proportions that precluded its accomplishment, leaders believed, in view of other legislative problems !onfronting congress and also because af the many conflicting opinions of men in the councils of the dominant party as to just what should be done. It was pointed out that President Wilson in his trust message sought merely to suggest to congress evils of big business which needed regulation. Since then he has had many confer ?nces with members of the House and Senate committees which from time :o time have submitted tentative :rust regulation bills. Come time ago a sub-committee of :he Senate interstate commerce committee was appointed to incorporate nto one measure all features of the I tf n _ - - ? % . - v arious 0111s contemplated. Since that, committee has been at work, many stumbling blocks have been encountered as to how far congress should ?o in enacting legislation supplementary to the Sherman act; just what would strengthen the provisions of that act and ju. t what might weaken t. I After many conferences of Democratic and Republican senators who n turn have conferred with members of the House interstate commerce and judiciary committee, a tentative amendment to the Senate bill :o create an interstate trade commission has been drawn, designed to take .he place of proposed bills to prohibit br regulate interlocking directorates, molding companies, stock watering; to provide for government regulation bf the issuance of railroad securities ind to solve the problem of destructife price discrimination. It would provide that all these problems be referred to the proposed interstate trade commission, directing an exhaustive study of the subject for the Information of congress. ? ? ? LOCKED IN CAR. ? . Alabama Robbers Lock up Express Messenger on Train. Attracted by muffled cries emanating from the express car attached to a "local" Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train, railroad employees at Little Rock, Ark., Thursday night found the express messenger, William Abering, locked in a trunk, bound and sagged and the safe in the car looted. The discovery was made when the train reached Little Rock from ITot Springs at 10 o'clock. It is estimated that between $2,000 and $3,000 was secured by the two men who, Abering declares, took possession of the car near ITaskell, Ark., thirty miles from Little Rock, forced him into tho trunk and escaped with all the valuables aboard. No attempt was made to rob the passengers and other members of the train crew know nothing of tho robbery until tho messenger was discovered in the trunk. EXEMPTION NOT CONTEMPLATED ? ? Makers of Treaty Did Not Consider Fro? Tolls. TTcnry White, formerly ambassador to France and London at the time of the Hay-Pauncofote treaty was negotiated, told the Senate interocoanic canals committee Tuesday that it never was his understanding, nor that of any of the negotiators for Groat Britain, that the United States ever contemplated exempting American canal tolls. Another witness who advocated repeal of toll exemption for American ships was Prof. Emory R. Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania, eraployed by former President Taft to frame a toll schedule for vessels passing through the canal. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Marred Hock Kggs?Prepaid, 15, $1. C. T. Hamm, Tobaccoville, N. C. Marred Hock ttggs?$1.50 per setting. R. M. Spearman, Piedmont, S. C. Marred Hock Kggs?15 for $1.25 delivered. Pen Smith, Reidsville, N. C. Pure Hred Silver Wyandotte Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Geo. P. Tucker, Whitakers, N. C. Pure Prize Winning White Wyandottes?Eggs 18 for $1.25. G. B. Dominick, Neeses, S. C. For Sale?Pure Georgia Cane Syrup; 35c gallon in barrels and kegs. W. H. Dairs, Savannah, Ga., Box 45. For Sale?Velvet Beans, $2 bushel f. o. b. Alachua, Fla. Cash with order. Caswell &. Grimes, Alachua, Fla. Peas For Sale?All varieties. Iron and Running Special a specialty. Write for prices. W. H. Franks, Wartlien, Ga. Rancocas strain S. C. White Leghorns ? Hatching eggs, $8 per 100; $1.50 per sotting. Red Briar Farm, Heudersonville, S. C. White Wyandottes- -Yearling stock for sale at sacriiice. Eggs for hatching. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. For Sale-?Eggs for hatching, from thoroughbred S. C. Brown Leghorns prices on largo lots. R. W. Chaplin, Rantowles, S. C. Reds?Large, healthy, bright red, inoculated. Heavy layers; 15 eggs, $1.50; 100, $6. Mrs. Addic E. Patterson, Pineland, S. C. * For Sale?One Flanders 20, two new cases, top, extra seat. Car in excellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, S. C. Special?Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runners, $5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. For Sale?Lookout Mountain Seed Irish potatoes. Write for price, stating number of bushols wanted. B. C. Sloan, Cass Station, Ga. Agents Wanted?To sell monuments, outfit furnished free: reference pa. quired w'th application. Denmark Marble Works, Denmark, S. C. For Sale?Pure Georgia Cane Syrup, 35c a gallon in barrels and kego. Cow Peas for sale. Write for prices. W. H. Davis, Savannah, Ga., Box 4 5. Malar!, Chills Jaundice cured or money refunded. Rigor-Tone 5 0 cents post paid. Stamps or coin. Rigor-Tone Co., Petersburg, Va. Indian Runner Duck Eggs?Great layers, easily raised. $1 per 13. Express or parcel post paid. Mrs. R. S. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. 0. Wanted?Ladies, $1 dozen making aprons at home. We pay you.' Send stamped reply envelope for particulars. Globe Supply Co., Hornel, N. Y. For Sale?Eggs from single comb White, Brown, and Buff Leghorns, Anconas, BiufT Orpingtons, 15 for $1. Carolina Poultry Farm, Reldsvllle, N. C. Men and Women earn $3 daily addressing letters in spare time. Send 10c for outfit and beginner. Address Morgan, Box 556, Salisbury, N. C. ;*00 Silver Cnmpine Chicks at 2 0c each, ready April 16. Eggs selected from my entire yards. Place "our order at once. T. L. Hilton, Lancaster, S. C. For Sale?Kellerstrass Crystal White Orpington, prize winning eggs, 15 for $1.50. Baby chicks 25c each. Mrs. W. A. Huff, R. F. D. No. 2, Milledgoville, Ga. Engraved Visiting Cards are neatest and best. 100 cards in script and plate for $1.FS. Stylo card mailed on request. Sims Book Store Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale?Start right with Young's strain single comb White Leghorns. Best layers, best show birds known. Eggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walter Berry, Greenville, S. C. O. I. Pigs?From matured stook not akin, Silvers strain, petigreo furnished; best litter I ever raised; 8 to 10 weeks old; $10 each. P. P, Hinnant, RIdgeway, S. C, White Orpington Eggs for Hatching ?Say! W^uld you be interested in a special egg proposition? If so, answer quickly. Mention ad. L. C, Lawrence, Henrietta, N. C. . Wanted-?Men to learn the cotton business in our sample rooms or bj ! correspondence and type samples Good positions open. Charlotte Cot>' ton school, Charlotte, N. . 1 For Solo?Tompkin'8 and Langford'i ( * high class Single Comb Rods. Fine breed. Select matings. ?>ggs, $1.50 $2 and $3 per 15. Young chicks. Mrs. John Kerr, Durham, N. C. "Perfection" Potato Draws?(J. G. Padrick'a) $2?$1,000; unexcelled; ^ April delivery; book order now by depositing $1. Cabbage Plants, 1,000 $1.10. J. L. Padrick, Tlfton, Ga? Anconas?Lay most, oat least. The best and choapost. We have them. Stock and eggs. Prices reasonable. Our pulletB laid at 4 1-2 months last 4 season. Tazewell Ancona Yards, Tazewell, Va. t?'or ?nie?-Registered liererora cattle, best of all beef breeds for our Southern conditions. Eighty breeding cows; young stuff for salo. Extra good breeding. Evans Lunsford, ? Covington, Ga. - \ Automobile Contact Points, 75c? a Why pay $1.50 or $2 for new points. We put new platinum on for 75c each. Send them to us and got them by return mail. Wiosepapo Mfg Co., Columbia, S. C. For Sale?Eggs for hatching from S. C. White Leghorns, S. C. Black Minorcas and Indian Runner Ducks. % Best strains available, $1 for 15. $5 per 100. Berkshire Hill Farms, Greenville, S. C. Single Comb Blue Andalusinns? They lay and pay. Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Golden Lace Wyandottes are beauties for all round fowls; none u better. Eggs, $1.50 for 15. T. H. Knox, Bear Poplar, N. C. Kellerstrass White Orpingtons? Reared from $100 pen. Aldrich strain from Madison Square Garden blue ribbon winners. Fifteen eggs, $2, and $5. Orders filled with care. W. S. Stansoll, Easley, ? 8. C. For Sale?Entire stock of general merchandise valued at $1,500, more or less. Will sell at reasonable figures. Stock In good condition. Also one desirable lot on Main street. Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn, < S. <J. ^ Yokohama Velvet iieans?Earliest and most productive variety in cultivation. Thirty to fifty bushels per acre in less tl.an four months from planting. H. C. Young, Georgiana, A 1 o T) O mi?>l xv. . ^ Egg*?Prize winning Rose, Single Comb Black Minorcas, Pape, Northrop, Miflhler strains. Dark Cornish Indian Games, $2 to $3 fifteen. Sat- 1 isfaction guaranteed. Paul Houston, Greenville, S. C. u For Sale-?Buff Plymouth Rock eggs, % I $1 and $2 per 13. Fawa Indian Runner Duck eggs, $1.50 per 11. Day-old chicks, 10c, 15c, 20c each. Riverview Poultry Farm, D. C. Hoiland, Anderson, S. C. Wanted?Kodak developing. Am in position to give prompt attention to 1 all orders and guarantee satisfaction. Will develop first roll or filmpack for each new customer free. We pay postage cn all out-going work. Address P. A. Hodge, Alcolu, S. C. Fulghum Oats?Big Bone Guinea Hogs, the poor man's crop; the hog for the South; ho eats grass and clover like a cow; less fence, lest worry, less corn; cut your Fulghum oats from April 1 to May 1. Send for bulletin. Willow Dalo Farm, Mayfleld, Ga. If you want Oataloupe seed careful- \ ly and personally selected in Rocky Ford, Colo., last season from perfectly netted Eden Gem cantaloupes, send to W. P. Henley, Johns, N. C. Price by mail 3 ozs. 25c; 1-2 lb., 65c. By express collect 3 pounds or over $1 per pound. * ?. Lady or gentleman, fair education, * to act as our representative in home town. Exclusive territory given. Selling experience unnecessnrv furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay $2,000 first year. Staple line. Our . booklet, "How to Start in Business for Yourself," explains all. Free on 1CU request. Address Box 1599. Philadelphia, Pa. 780 Acre Farm For Sale?One of the best improv d and most fertile farms in Georgia. Within three miles of school and railroad; mail delivered. Contains one 12-room ?>. | , dwelling with all r? -ulern conven- f iences, including gas and phone. Nino tenant houses; 4 barns, and I all other necessary improvements. Water supplied by ram from spring. Easy terms. J. Lockwood Murphy, Charleston, S. C. Eggs from the best strains of Buff/^ white and black Orpingtons; Buff, White and Brown Leghorns; Barn d : Bocks; White Partridge, Golden and Silver Wyandotte; Black Minor? cas, Anconas, Silver Hamburger, 1 imric ana White Cornish Games; Golden Sebright, Buff Cochin and W 1 Japanese Rlacktall, Bantams, White ^ * i and ^awn and White Indian Runner > Ducks, Tulouso Geese, $1.50 per set ting and up: $8 per 100 and up. Also stock of most of above breeds at $2 each and up. Show birds a . matter of correspondence. College visjf i Vine Farm, College Park, Ga.