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M Kl \D\ M III? ON HV SFN VI I Hilf WftHI HI IjHIC IS AS. si KKD. Will Inn? Country to Qffggg Coal Fieala>? pMiM Will Have c barge of Detail* of Construction?Total lottt. as Vdopted by House. Is to II? Not Over .<:?.:?.ooo ooo. Washington. Feb. 18.?Ths admin? istration Alaska railroad bill, author? ising the President to construct a $3f>. ?oo oao railroad from Alaska's < oast to its great coal Rejig* was passed b\ the house late today by a vote of -'10 to 17. A similar measure alf ady bus passed the senate ami the bill will be taken up at once in conference btnvren the two houses, with f view to sending It quickly to the presi? dent, who has signified his intention of signing It. At the eleventh hour, alter I sharp parllnmentnrv skirmish, the house eliminated from the bill, ns reported b> the territories committee, a pro Mat on nuthoil/oiK a bend issue of s ? .io> tt. finance the railroad SJkd |S be piud oft b\ the proi ?-eds of ernment hind Hales in Alaska. Tie senate bill provides for a $40,000.000 bond g*gg| Representative Fitzgerald ?I New York led a tight which re? sulted In striking out th? entllf bond provision from the hill. t oder the amemled imas. re the > io]tct would he financed out of cur? rent funds in the treasur\. the presi? dent being limited to $;:5.000.00o and 11.000.000 being appropriated lot im? mediate expense. Congress would ap? propriate each year the amount es? timated as neceseiirv for the construc? tion of thv road. The bill provides for the construc? tion ,,r I rued riot lo exceed 1,000 miles, to be so loeated as to connect one or more of the open Pacific ocean harbors on the southern coast of Alaska with the navigable waters in the interior of Alaska and with a coal i eld or fields vielding '-oal sufficient In quality Snd quantity for naval ugt so as to best a?J in the development of the agrlcu.toral and mining or other resources of Alaska An effort was made by opponents of the bill led by Representative j Davenport of Oklahoma to postpone tha nnal vote until Wednesday, but It was defeated. The project is of more interest than even the expenditure of the $J5,000. ?00 proposed would ordinarily create., Coming so soon after the completion fl the Panama ranal it is attracting ritt? ntion as another ureut engineering prelect under the direction of the' j American government. In o sense, _ i too. it compares with the govern? ments undertaking in the '00s to punh the Put-die rallwavM across the un? broken prarles and mountains of t hi West snd thus link together the West and the Ksst. Mejrew sr, Ihs new project Is to be the ! ? ? ti .11 1 countrv of government ov.-nershlp of a publie utility; it is expected to open to the commerce Of the world great und rich resources that until now have been for the most part lying idle; It will afford employment to a lar^e army of men l?oth in its construc? tion and in Its maintenance. It will develop Alaska agriculturally us well ss In other w.ys by attracting home? steaders; and it will cheapen greatly various commodities of commerce, notably coal. At least these are all things which the 'mmds <d measure claim for It. The tall places gre.it power in the hands of the president and was op? posed by gggftl "ii this ground, not that they expressed any fear in regard t ? President Wilson * judgme it and in? tegrity but that they thought it was' f'?o much pow.-i t.. put m the hands Ol snv one man and directs him to lo-< cste and acquire by purchase or con-? structlon. or by ??oth means, u line' ?r lines of rudrouds horn tidewuter into the interior of A l.r k i and to navigation on the Yukon. Tutmnu. or Kiivkokwim ii.<-iM In .boosing the route he is to use his mdgment as to what will hex* promote the s?-t t Imnent of Alaska, develop its resources, and provide udeouate transportation j,,r coal for the army and me v. fat tr< . and munitions of war aim fat ? he mulls. The limitations as |0 price in ease of pur? base, there being I ti 0 noles ,,f r iilr..ad ,ilr--ol. OOfMtroeted, Is that It must not 0*0004 the phv i ? ?i rains ..r the railroad property. The total of all railroads bought or constructed is not to exceed 1.000 miles and th" appropriation for the purchase hj $ r. imo.noo, so that he is llirlted fu uii expense ot $tl(V#i a mils. The president In ., dboiixed. if hi see* dt to perndt the government ruil road to be operated 03 contract at lea?;e ..r it inav l.e oprrut"d bv the Panama Iii ill ? ? i?l ?.>mp.m\ This lat? ter eoropany h.ix beep referred to in the debates on lh?? \l.isk.t i.ull.-ad bill as an example of mifdSSOful go\ern ment ownership, but ii ha < boog point* ed out In replv that o |g not ;n gg ample of ggffOfiipisiil ownership ?> the sensM the phr i > 1? generali] used because i( is lo?t .ii.nn i iul nil road, its Purpose being lo transport men and MippIlM being used up and down the route el the Panama canal, in constructing and operating the Alaskan railroad the president is au Ihorlasd to employ In Ita construc? tion and operation any number of men he may think necessary, choosing them us he pleases, only that those chosen from civil Ufa shall he under the supervision, in the work of con? struction, of the engineers taken from the army. The appointment of any engineer from civil life whoso salary exceeds |S,000 a year must be con? firmed by the senate. ( The president is authorized, and the Aluskun railroad commission recom? mends that it be done, to utilize in Alaska all the machinery and equip* . mailt used in the construction ol* the Panama rape] as rapidly as it is not naadad In Panama and can be used In Alaska, the president to tlx the price to be paid for it to the isthmian canal commission. The Interstate commerce commis? sion, subject to the approval of the president, is empowered to regulate passenger and freight rates on the new railroad, and the rates are (o be uniform, with no discrimination in favor of agents Of the government ex? cept the usual provision for employes i and their families. If the railroad line connects with a steamship line for the joint trans? portation of freight and passengers, or with an) other railroad now or here? after constructed In Alaska, the lines so connected must be operated as a through route with through rates on a mir and reasonable apportionment of revenue und expense. The bill creates the "Alaska rail? ways redemption fund" into which is to be pa d 7 5 nor c ent, of all money received from the sale or leans of public lu uls In Alaska; from the sale of coal or mineral or timber on pub lie lands ana" fron? the net earnings af the railroad above maintenance charges ; nd operating expenses. The debates In congress on this bill have developed the fact that until re? cently Al'tska has been unappreciated as was the great northwest country when acquisition by the United States was considered. Kven people who do business along the west coast of Aluska are said to be ignorant in great measure of Its interior. Hut the coast except for the fishing industry, is of relatively little commercial import? ance. The discussions hnve developed that in th? inferior there are immense agricultural resources capable of sus? taining the population of Sweden, Fin? land, Denmark, itussla and Siberia. This has mly been known within the last few ..ears. As a result of rail? road construction this fertile land is expected to be taken up at once by boards ot homcetoedern for Alaska iias what are admitted to be good homestead laws. As to coal, Alaska is rich. It has two not ab e coal fields larger than uny in the Fnited States or possihly in the world. The Behring river Held esjYnfl 19 square miles and the Ma tanuska, Held 85. They ure practically virgin, only one title having been per? fected. The rest belongs to the gOV? , ernment and it is the expectation that \ this land will be opened. The gov? ernment is willing and transportation facilities are expected to bring it about. The railroad development will open the coal lands and the coal will furnish the power to operate the rail? roads and bring about other develop? ment. Under present conditions it costs $-00 a ton now to ship mining machinery to points along the /ukon river and $1 | ton for each mile to transport it into the Interior OH sleds and by other means. The opening of mines in Alaska, together with tho building of a rail? road and the opening oi the Panama ennaJi it is estimated. \sill save the government from %?. to $5 a ton on its' Coal burned in the Pacific. Alaska it? self noff buys coal from British Co? lumbia, one ?atiettclan flgurea that Alaska has as RIUCll coal as Penney 1? vania und West Virginia together and that it is as good in quality. Won at of Chamborlaln( in meeting the opposition to the proposal that the government *m into the railroad business to the extent of 140,000,000, admitted that this would he the tust time the government had ever owned a railroad but he agreed thai the sum Involved was small compared to what tin government has spent in glvlni aid to railroads which he estimated at nearly 1490,060,000, tan times na mueii. mostly In land grants. tPPROPR] VTK .? ML FI N D. I ouniy Hoard Allowotl to Borrow ISMO* |oi Building New Jail, The . ounty legislative delegation has had a resolution panted by tho ,?M,?-iai assembly allowing the county board to borrow 110,000 from the State sinking fund io eie< t q ip-w jail on the present Jail site 01 on some nets site to be selected bj Ihe board, If it deems this advisable. Tho action was tahen on Ihe request of Ihe bourd The resolution also provides that it the let on Which the eitv hall is built s sold, I hat Ihe proceeds will be used .n ilie building ot* tin. jail SUCCESS FOB MM LAI. KKSKIlVi: FOMMITTFK REFORTS that bankfus of fovnt1vy ark prepared to fsf. it. statement leaned by Men in Charge or Organisation Declare* Xt*w Plan Averts Imminence of Panics ?, Will be Ready for CVOfs* Washington, Feb. 18.?The federal reserve hank organization committee, hack In Washington after a. five weeks' I tour through the country, In A state-1 '. ment tonight announced that its se? lection of federal reserve cities and definition of reserve districts would ' not he made until it had carefully 'considered data accumulated on tho trip. The statement said the eommit ? tee learned that hankers and business men are confident of the success of the new hanking system. I In a supplemental statement Secre? tary McAdOO declared he hoped the new system would bo established in time to take care of crop-moving con ! tlnaencles next year, but that If it I were not the treasury department would stand ready to place its funds again at the disposal of business men. The Committee's statement In part: "We have spent practically from the -Ith of January to the present time itt hearing the view of business men and bankers on the problem of dividing the country Into not less than Sight or more than 19 districts, and Of locating In each district the main OfllCS of a federal reserve bank. Of the two questions the division of the Country Into districts is the more im? portant and difficult. The committee asked those who appeared before it to direct their attention to these two problems. "Tn every se< tion of the country the committee has found practically unanimous conviction thai the cur? rency bill will ??ring about the moat beneficial results, j "Tbe committee was presented with overwhelming evidence of the enor ' mous economic strength of country and of the rapid progress of every section. The fact that the nation's banking resources as a whole make enormous advances every 12 or 16 years, approximately doubling in each such period, was made ov dent. While this is true of the country as a whole. It was shown that certain sec? tions are advancing with more rapid IStrides than others, and that the coun? try is fundamentally exceptionally sound and strong economically. Facts and figures in every part of the coun? try show amazing growth and strength, and disclose a condition ot i financial, in lustrial, commercial and agricultural soundness and prosperity (that leaves no doubt as to the future. 1 "The COmmHtes was impressed by the frank admission of bankers that I the present hanking system not only enc out ages, but actually has created artificial hanking conditions. With] i practica] unanimity, the opinion was expressed that the new measure will ^restore normal conditions with great In-suiting benefits; that the present system not only furnishes no protec? tion in times of real stringency, but also even in times of great prosperity makes it impossible to meet the con? ditions, and that there has been pre jsented the singular contradiction of [having bankers thrown into fear of paidc by the emergence of wealth. I Bankers unanimously were of the opinion that the establishment of thel reserve system no longer will make i our prosperity a peril and that it will relieve them of apprehension and dis? tress in those circumstances and give confidence and stability of business generally* "The committee ha-? finished its survey in the Held. It has yet to make examination of Important docu? ments and data and can not render any decision until it has thoroughly examined this matter. Already practically all the capital represented by the national hanks has tome In. A number of state banks have applied for national charters and many have applied for member? ship In the federal reserve system, in every state the committee has visited it has heard expressions from governors, banking commissioner!.11 am' others to the effect that where there is legal disability against sub? scription by state banks thai disabil? ity would be removed ,and the fur? ther expression that State hanks very generally would seek to enter tin- sys? tem, 'The committee is gratified With the results of Its trip." Here Is Secretary McAdoo's state? ment : "in a few Instances the question was asked it the new federal reserve hanks would be organised In tune to take i :ire of the crop moving con? tingencies next fall, it is hoped thai the system may be established before 'hat lime, hut if it should m>t he, the resources nl the United states treaa? urj ugaln will be placed at the dis? posal ot und be med for the protcc linn nl the legitimate business in terests. Treasury resources are be lieVed to be adequate for the purpose* but ii the) should net prove to be then it should be remembered that! the Aldrlch-Vreeland acl has been extended until June 30, 1915, and the, tax on circulation taken out under this measure has been reduced to the I point where bankers may resort to, it with advantage in case necessity should arise. The financial situation is therefore sound and satisfactory, and ther* is every reason why busi? ness should proceed normally and with confidence and courage." GORE EXONERATED or CHARGES Verdict Characterizes Plaintiff's Cascj as Entirely Too Weak to Stund Le-j gal Test*. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 18.? ] United States Senator Thomas P. Gore was today exonerated of charges of| improper conduct by a verdict in hirj favor returned in district court here I in a suit tor $50,000 damages insti-l tUted by Mrs. Minnie E. Pond of Okla? homa City. The verdict was returned at 5.40 i p. m.i 1" minutes after the case was given to the Jury. Only one ballot Wfl taken. "We Und." the jury stated in the verdict, "the evidence submitted by the plaintiff entirely insufficient upon which to base a suit; that said evi? dence wholly exonerates the defend 'ant, and had the defendant, ai the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, announced that he desire! to intro? duce no evidence and rested his eise, our verdict would have been the same in that event as now returned hy US, In favor of the defendant." Trial of the suit began last Wed? nesday. In her declaration Mrs. Bond . alleged that the senator attacked her While she was in conference wit him at a. hotel in Washington last March, in connection with the possible ap I pointment of her husband, Julian , Pond, as Internal revenue collector at Oklahoma city, in the scuffle Mrs. Bond asserted her face was scratched and her hand lacerated by fragments of her broken eyeglasses. ' In his answer Senator (lore made I general denial of the charges, and as i a counter charge alleged that the suit I was instigated by a coterie of his po l litical opponents who had failed in their efforts to secure federal patron* . age. L The jury, composed of nine farm > era. a grocer, a banker and a broker, was aeffired on the first day of the i trial. j Mrs. Pond was called as the first \ witness after opening statements were j made Thursday. Repeating her al? legations, she denied any knowledge [of the plot alleged by the senator, who 1 is a candidate for reelection at the Ok iahorna primaries next August. LINEMAN" HELD. ANOTHER WANT? ED. Columbia, Feb. 17.?A. M. Wilson, employed as a lineman by the Western j Union Telegraph company, was ar ; rested last night by Sheriff McCain I at his boarding house, corner of Main ? and Divine streets, in connection with 1 the death of Lee Hunter, a negro, ? who was found dead Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in a patch of woods near Killian. Last night telegrams were sent to several North Carolina towns . for the officers to keep a watch for A. IH, Traynham, lleman, wanted in con? nection with the killing, who, it is ; said, left Columbia yesterday after*j I noon for his home in Richmond. The! warrants for the arrest of Wilson ondj Traynham were sworn out by Cor-1 oner Scott, following an investiga-' tlon of the case vest, rday morning. 1 Coroner Scott said yesterday that the negro was hit Saturday by either j Wilson or Traynham, while he wasj helping with some work at Killian j station. A physician examined the, body of the negro yesterday andj found that he came to his death by1 COngeatlon of the brain. The inquest I Will be held at Killian tins morning at s.30 o'clock. "When Wilson was arrested last night." said Coroner Scott, "he said I that Hunter was struck with a heavy instrument by Traynham and that I Traynham had left Columbia for his' home In Richmond by the Seaboard1 Air Line. 1 Immediately sent tele? grams tO Raleigh and other North Carolina cities, asking that he bo held. Hunter, who was employed on thei section gang of the Seaboard Air Line railway was helping Wilson and Tryanhom With some work at Killian Friday. It Is thought thai he was hit by one of the two men and left unconscious; His body was found in a stretch of woods nearby and it is supposed that he scrambled out there. The examination by the city physician Showed that he came to his death front congestion of the brain. There were several ugly Ionises on his head. Friday was very cold and exposure! might have caused his death." Hampton, Feb. 10.?J. F, Walker und his sou. Ben Walker, charged with the killing of Chief of Police J B. Harter, of Allendale, last Septem? ber, plead guilty to manslaughter in 1 he t'oijit nf General Sessions here today gUd were sentence.I hy Judge Sense to serve ten years and live years, rpspecthely, on the public works mi Hampton county. II POLITICAL PROBLEM, j HAVE MLAl lllN AM) TILLMAX JOIXKP rORCES Foil VIGOH oi s STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN' TO ELIMINATE BLEASE FROM ALL CHANCES OF GAINING A SEAT IX THE ?. S. SENATE. Have Been Fast Friends Seemly lor Some Jime? Handshaking Episode in Columbia AVus First Open Decla-' ration of their Truce?-Political Gossip of Real Significance. Pennottsvillo Xews. "Peace between Please and Mayor Grace of Charleston openly declared" is the headline of a Charleston pa? per. With the open declaration of friendship between Senator Pen Till? j man and State Senator John L. Mc | Laurin of Pennettsville at Columbia I a few days ago, this last treaty of . peace completes the circle and the 1 "fug four" are now fast friends. The I political significance of these va ' rious items during the past week can readily be appreciated by the rank i and file of* citizens in Marlboro coun 1 ty, but anyone who thinks that Mc j Laurin and Tillman have not been the I best of friends for some time should change this opinion as tin- two men have in the past year or two ex . changed some very pleasant letters i and the closest friendship existed be? tween them, although not publicly it Trtay be said. HoWCVer, that this ? friendship was not made manifest public.y is merely because no occasion arose to bring about an open declara t lon? ! it is said in Washington thai Tin? man was early assured by mall from Senator McLaurin that this "asylum letter" of Tirlman's which fell into the ,'hands of Governor Blease, would prove nothing tnoro than "a tempest ' In a teapot," Insofar as Tillman and Tinman's interests were c< neerned. That Tillman has been just as ready : to shake hands with McLaurin as the ' latter was tc extend the same cour? tesy is frankly acknowledged by the intimate friends of both men. In ! fact Tillman wouldn't object right at 1 this moment, it is believed, to seeing the Pennettsville man return to the j United States senate. There have ( been vague rumors in circulation ; about the State within the past two i weeks that John L. McLaurin may i run for the United States senate. It Is intimated that this information comes from reliable sources. How? ever shrewd politicians consider this statement as more or less significant and worthy of consideration, j Possibly Gov. Phase's disinclina? tion to endorse anybody's candidac** is due primarily to McLaurin's declara? tion of independence issued some few months ago to the effect that if ho wore anybody's collar it would be his own. Anyway, Gov. Please and McLaurin are now the closest friends and there is little question but what Please would like to see McLaurin the next governor of South Carolina. Some say that McLaurin is simply biding his time, because he does not care to get into tho governor's race and is not willing to enter the sen? atorial contest against Please. How? ever, it is regarded as certain that if anything should happen to Tillman. Please would designate McLaurin at once to fill out th unexpired terra of office. Now comes a new bombshell in the political camps of State wise acres. j It is given out that Tillman is so em? phatically opposed to Please and the hitter's aspirations a? regards a seat In the United States senate, that he is willing to join forces with M< Laur? in and one or two others to start a statewide and vigorous campaign j this year with McLaurin and others on the stump against Please to de? feat the latter ;md Bleaselsm In order to thwart ihe governor's aim to land in Washington. Blease evidently tears Kaub a combination oi* forces it Is said for politically no doubt Tillman and McLaurin. if they Look the stump in South Carolina, aided by other forces of national fame who have 'been antagonised by Qov. Bleaae's declarations und criticisms of Presl dent Wilson, would, sweep the Pal? metto state with such a strong wave i of public sentiiw nl as to bury i ole j L. Blease two feel deep under politi? cal oblivion. It is further stated that should Blease gain the ascendent*) and enter the United states senate Tillman would resign and ask the people of South Carolina to pul McLaurin In there to hold Blease down. However, don't lose sight of this fact If Mc? Laurin and Tillman join forces against Please and get the co-opera? tion of the Wilson administration in sending down here the ablest cam* palgn orators of the party, there is going to be hell in this neck of the Woods for Bleustem l?>r the people of South Carolins will rally around Wood row Wilson and his standards every day In the year l?14. n Blease should cast any more asper? sions upon President Wilson's admin ItratloitM or his policies the rank and tile of the United state senate, as re? gards party lines, would be so un? alterably opposed to the pr< ?ent gov ernor that Jiis entrance to the senate Chamber would very likely be the signal for the rendering of the dead march from Saul, and his usefulness or capacity ;ir regards the State of South Carolina would be next to nothing. PELLAGRA HOSPITAL HILL. Amendment by Senator Crouch Sub? stitute for Measure. Columbia, Feb. 17.?The senate re? fused tonight to strike out the enact? ing words of the Sullivan pellagra hospital bill and then invalidated it by adopting an amendment offered by Senator Crouch, striking out all of ; the bill and making an appropriation of $4,000 to be used by the State board of health in employing an ex? pert to investigate the cause of poUaV gra. Senator Sullivan said the bill in this form would be a farce and wanted to withdraw it from the sen , ate, but finally the debate on the mat 1 ter was postponed until tomorrow morning. The rate bill iTgg made an adjourn j ed deflate measure on motion of Sen (ator Dennis. STATE WIXS SUIT. Action Brought for Clcsason Seoaeaui Of Fertiliser Material .Not Properly Tn&;',cd. Columbia, Feb. 15?.?The State of South Carolina was awarded a verdict of |8t0 in the court of common oleas yesterday against the Beoboord Air Line railway. 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