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COtkmtta. Jan. I.-Whi,n the gen
earl lau nib meets da Tuesday
listen frfU be presented to the msm
hetn ef t>e house sfue a eilender with
%m hundred and thirty-seven bills
em*t regulations, and the senate cal
emlar ttttl enow one hund-ed end one
M Isabels' pendln? for Immediate con?
sideration An this is the second ges?
?te* 4? the assembly, there will be
no oeeaaton for the expenditure of
trmn 1st perfecting an organisation, all
of that machinery hating previously
s*es) *^t^ed for. Both branches can
get U wet* without daley, hot as a
geeej^ nils a week tr ten days is
lohe* la getting mattere adjusted and
tailing over conditions In general.
Hang of the bills that are pending
wift e* replaced by new measures;
Meere are unnecessary on account of
the Wane of time and seme are on
ef Wie. tne general ruts Is that bills
art reassigned to committees with a
visw 0* rcstaaetlhg them to new con
MiitU and to have the measures
are, of course, many of the
oJUl 'that win no longer be necessary.
Far taetaaee, a bill that last year ex
Oiiest 4 gMat deal Of discussion was
'one; h* nr. CharTes, relative to the es
ibe^saaiesu ef dispensaries in email
eassmsrMtte* The abolition of the dis
fWljslry has made sueblegislation un
ssiffceKrj at thai time. In the same
wujf If*. Hatto? bin relative to the
amaagemeat of the dispensary In Dor
<bsa%sf county Is no longer necessary.
Mr. Christ?nsen i bin, vfhlch Is on the
U^aUtlve Calendar., relative to the
isJrgrfrfsmlkm of the historical com
QJIeJdin? will be dropped, as the scops
of itj saeeecre has been provided for
m ~OM present law. and so there are
ether unnecessary prepositions on
Ml'the H?nes and Senate Ceibndere.
generally change from
Islet year the dlepsn
?h figured to some et?
ft ought to be of minor
it>e meet imjortant phase
situation wlU be. ilr?d.
of lbs stock of unsold
whether there should
to provide for the en
nt of the prohibition laws, or
as oh county should pay the
of enforcement In the Imme
diele county; third, whether there
further tightening of the
laws with respect to tee
er the present statute and
of the amount of liquor,
an Individual can I ring into (he
commission statute prom?
isee to offer ths most Interesting con
seOjaration of the ssesion. There are
geeag to be various angles to this con
lass all the way from a repeal of the
Aa}ata V? the aou-conflrmatlon of
the present board. From the present
? olios k this promises to be the moat
lethass contest of the session; al
thoejgh there Is some likelihood of I
fSdspsuiiilss On ths who's proposition.
aVsJstasr question that Is likely to
atfjheet cesandereble Interest hr rela?
tive to denning the position of the I
iJtaes In sonneetlon with the develop?
ment of State Park, wh ch Is the out
of-town section of the State Hospital
Insane. At presset there are
1" who advocate the policy of oon
ig all of the development of*
Hospital for the lasans. at State
and not spending any monsy
that which Is absolutely neces
for the upkeep on the plant In
Otty of Columbia. And then there
these who think thit It In best to
re two well develop*! plsnts, one
In the country for the colored, and
see In the sity of Columbia for the
srfjiss aatlenu.
Although the State lit regarded as|
3si In a most prosperous and
thy financial condition, there Is
? to be an extrem? effort to hold j
appropriations within ths present levy,
sen the ways and means committee
uad finance committee are going to
haws to exercise considerable care in
vlgw of the Increasing demands and
Xeth of the State to keep the ap
prtations within ths present levy,
and st ths same time properly respond
ts) the legitimate demands of the
iwfhlir
^Th? matter of good roads at this
tshts Is likely to be one of considera?
tion at the approaching session. Thsrs
~ 00s from time to tlms been various
ires considered reletlve to ths es
|lehment of a central road com
Isslon. Unfortunately conflicting
rs have prevented anything being
?n*? There Is s plan to raise reve
ens for the support of this com
ejleslon, and some of Its work, by a II
m tax on automobil?*. The hitch
come from the differing opinions
to whethsr the automobile licenss
should be expended In ths coun
ln which It Is paid, or whethsr It
sfrfgjil go Into a general State-wide
fund. If an agreement can be reach
1
tut?h ? niMi Ii If
?*RY FAIL* DO AGREE OK OTH?
ER FIVE DIRECTORS OF
RAILROAD.
Oaae Ha* Been on Trial for Nearly
Three Months?Verdk?t Cane Al?
ter lnetructlcne Were Renewed by
Jedt*~-I*gtiieen Ballots Taken.
Mew York, Jen. ?.~Slx of the 11
former directors of the New York,
New Haven & Hartf -d railroad,
charted by the government with crim?
inal violation of the Sherman anti?
trust law wero found not guilty late
today by the Jury that for nearly
throe months has been trying the case.
The Jury disagreed en the five others.
Those acquitted were: D. Newton
Barney. Farmtngton, Conn.; Robert'
W. Taft, Providence. R. I.; James S.
Hemingway, A Heaton Robertson and
Frederick F. Brewester, New Haven,
and Henry K. ItcHarg, Stamford,
Conn.
Those on whom the Jury disagreed
were: William Rockefeller, New
York; Charles. F. Brooker, Ansonla,
Conn.; Charles M. Pratt, Brooklyn;
Lewie Case Ledyard, New York, and
Edward D. Robbins, New Haven.
The verdict wee returned at 4.30
o'clock this afternoon after 61 hours
of deliberation, and the Jury waa dis?
charged. % The final vote on the five
defendants upon whom the Jury could
net agree stood 8 to 4 for acquittal.
R. L. Batti), chief counsel for the
government, announced that in due
time he would move for a new trial
of these five. This will be done, he
said, before any effort will he made
to try the six other former directors
of the road who were indicted, but
who obtained the right to be tried
separately.
The Jurors cid not reach their ver?
dict until they had reported to Judge
Hunt earlier in the day that they
could hot agree. Up to that time?
noon?they had been deliberating
with a view to bringing . In a verdict
oa the guilt or Innocence of the de?
fendants collectively. The court then
instructed them to make further ef?
forts to concur and that If they could
hot agree upon all to try and reach
a decision on some. The vote of the
question of all at that time also stood
I to 4 for acquittal, it was learned.
Oa returning to the Jury room the
arere renewed their discussion with
h? court's I nstructions In mind and
nivnlmonaly eliminated the six de
eadaats who were acquitted. Two of
pie four Jurors who had voted against
he defendants originally stood firm,
however, against Rockefeller, Led?
yard. Brooker, Pratt and Robbins.
Then the other two switched to their
original position, leaving 8 to 4 ae the
tlnal verdict.
From the time the case was sub?
mitted to thorn at 1:30 o'clook Fri?
day afternoon, the Jurors took 18 bal?
lote. The first stood six for acquit?
tal, four for conviction and two
blank. It was not until Saturday that
they reached the 8 to 4 align?
ment
Win lam Rockefeller, who Is 111, and
Henry K. McHarg were not present
when the Jurors, haggard and untidy,
filed In the court room to announce
their verdict. Some of the nine oth?
er defendants during the long hours
of waiting had laughed and Joked
with counsel and newspaper men.
Others had evidenced much nervous?
ness. With the entrance of the Jury?
men, with their hate and coats In
hand, presaging a verdict, the mental
state of the defendants waa obvious?
ly one of tense Strain.
After hearing the verdict and with?
out regard for their status under the
verdict, the defendants shook hands
with the Jurors and with govern
ment counsel.
Charles 8. Mellen, former president
I of the New Haven and the chief
witness In the case, waa not In court.
While th?y had discussed all the
principal phases of the case, Jurors
?aid the chief Issues considered were
the matter of the alleged suppres?
sion by the New Haven of the com?
petition of the Joy Steamship line*
and the acqulstlon of the Boston A
Maine rallrcad by which the govern?
ment chanted the New Haven com?
pleted Its n.onopoly of New England
transportation traffic.
The Jurors explained that they had
I sought to follow the instructions of
the court In his charge that they
should decile first whether the al?
leged conspiracy of which the de?
fendants were accused was In ex?
istence In 1890 when the government
charged it began and was continuous
dowa to the date of the Indictment.
Th y reached no agreement on this
question, they said.
Of the five defendants whose KUlIt
or innocerce waa not decided, Wil?
liam Rockefeller was the only one
whose term of service as a New
Haven director continued throughout
the entire time of the alleged con?
spiracy. He ante-dated Charles F.
Brooker by three years. Messrs.
Ledyard and Pratt took part In the
isjpsjsaweiaweaaaeaaaa^
ed on this phase of the matter, It is
thought possible that a State commis?
sion will be provided for this year.
m bum in tum.
DREADNOUGHT BENT TO BOTTOM
BY MINE.
Stricken Ship Abandoned on Account
of Misfortune in Hee.vy Sea?Entire
Crew Saved. >
London, Jan. 9.?The British battle?
ship King Edward VII has been sunk
ae the result of striking a mine. The
entire crew was saved.
The sinking of the King Edward
VII was announced by the admiralty
in the following sttaement:
"H. M. S. King Edward VII has
struck a mine. Owing to the heavy
sea she had to be abandoned and
sank shortly afterwards. The ship's
company was taken off without loss
of life. Only two men were injured."
The King Edward was of 16,360
tons, laid down in 1902. She was 453
feet long, 78 feet beam and 26 feet
draught. She had four 12-inch, four
9.2-lnch and ten 6-inch guns In. her I
main battery and was equipped with
four torpedo tubes, submerged. Her
speed on ther trial trip was 19 knots.
She had a complement of 777 men.
transactions which led to the acquisi?
tion of the stock of the Boston &
Maine in 1907 and as directors of
the latter road became directors of
the New Haven when the Boston & I
Maine was taken ove**. Edward D.
RobbtnB was general counsel of the I
roM and figured in the Metropolitan I
Steams, ip transaction by which the I
steamships Harvard and Yale wareJ
transferred to the Pacific coast- The I
other directors were little mentioned I
in the evidence and their chief de- I
fenaewraa that they depended upon
the advice of Charles 8. Mellen oi
Edward D. Bobbins in the acttJ
charged against them, which virtual-1
ly consisted of casting their votes in j
favor of propositions which came I
before the board of directors for ap-J
proval. J
The jurors were unkempt and 1
weary when they arrived at the fed- J
oral building this morning from the |
uptown hotel where they had been J
quartered at night. None of them I
had for two days been given an op-1
portunlty* to shave or to obtain clean I
linen. |
They had not been deliberating tw?-I
hours before they sent a communtca-i|
tlon to Judge Hunt announcing that J
they had been unable- to agree. They A
were summoned to court, where J
Judge Hunt informed them that the> I
should return and continue their I
discussion. j
"If it be at all possible for yovi |
to reach a verdict," he said, "you I
should spare no effort to do so. H
ask you once more to consider. If j
after you have done so with pains-1
taking care you still find that you I
can not reach conscientiously a I
unanimous conclusion as to all the]
defendants, then you may try your I
convictions as to some of them. It I
might be that you can reconcile your I
differences as to some, If not to I
others.' J
j The defendants Were indicted on
February 26, 1916. The trial began I
October 18 last. It was estimatedi|
tonight that it entailed an expense !
to the government and defendants of I
975,000. I
MAY ASK NEW TRIALS FOR FIVE
DEFENDANTS.
Government Expected to Continue J
Prosecution of Quintette Not Acquit-1
ted in New York. j
Washington, Jan. 9.?Although At-1
torney .General Gregory tonight de-1
dined to comment on the verdict inj
*e New Haven case, it is believed J
here that the department of justice
probably will*ask for new trials in,
the case of the five men about whom,
the jury was in disagreement. Some
officials of the department were
plainly gratified over the fact that so
many of the defendants failed to get
an acquittal, and, too, the view thai
the men about whom the Jury dis?
agreed were the most prominent fig?
ures in the upbuilding of the New
Haven system.
Officials have been keenly Inter?
ested in the outcome of this case. It
was begun virtually at the direction
of President Wilson who took a de?
cided interest in the negotiations be?
tween the department of Justice and
the present management of the New
Haven which resulted ultimately in
the separation of the New Haven and
its subsidiaries. When negotiations
to untugle the New Haven had
dragged along for many months and
apparently were at a standstill in
July, 1914, the president wrote a let?
ter to the then attorney general, now
Asaociate Justice McReynolds of the
supreme court, directing the institu?
tion of a civil suit under the Sher?
man law to bring about the dissolu?
tion and also that "the criminal as?
pects of the case" be laid before a
federal jury. Later the necessity for
civil prosecution was obviated by the
dissolution agreement. Officials ot
the department said tonight that
every possible effort had been made
to successfully prosecute the cane.
YouVe hit the
right tobacco
when you fire-up some
Prince Albert in your
old jimmy pipe or in a
m^kin's cigarette. And
youknowit! Can't get
in wrong with P. A. for it
is made right; made to
spread- smoke- sunshine
among men who have
suffered with scorched
tongues and parched
throats! The patented
process fixes that?and
cuts our? bite and parch.
All day long you'll sing
how glad you are you're
pals with
CopyrisMltltby
R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co.
It9a an easy job
to imitate the Prince
Albert tidy red tin, but
it im impottibto to imi?
tate the flavor of Prince
Albert tobaccet The
psteaMproc aiejrgtorta
thatl
the national joy smoke
You take this testimony straight from the shoulder, men.
You can smoke abarrelof P.A.without a kick! It hands
out all the tobacco happiness any man ever dreamed
about, it's so smooth and friendly. It's a mighty cheer?
ful thing to be on talking-terms with your pipe and your
tongue at the same time?but that's what's coming
to you eure as you pin your faith to Prince Albert!
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winiton-Salem, N. C
Ik"
Eooryuthoto tobacco rl *<>U
you'll find Princm Albert
awaiting your choarful vMU
Buy it in toppy rmd bags. 6c i
tidy rmd tint, 10ct handtomm
pound and half-pound humi?
dor a?and?in that clotty
pound crymtal'glats humidor
with tpongm - moittmnmr torn
that hompotho tobacco oofiti
U-tai?LL
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There is a feeling that at least the
action of the Jury has shown that the
criminal provision of the Shermaai
law la not entirely a dead letter.
Government attorneys admittedly
have pinned their faith to a large
degree on the New Haven case and
from the disagreement about the fiv*i
officials they have taken new hope.
I n . i n I
HUSBAND KILL i: It OX Til I AI/.
Wealthy Woman and Two Nortocw
Accomplice* in Dock in, Rhode Is
laad.
Providence, R. L, Jan. 10.?Mrs.
Elizabeth M?hr, with two negroes,
Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman were
put on trial today for the murder of
Dr. C. Franklin M?hr, a wealthy New?
port physician along a lonely road in
an automobile last summer. George
Healis, anotrter negro, is the State's
principal witness. The court room
was crowded with fashionably gown?
ed women, as the M?hrs were promi?
nent socially.
Toungstown, Ohio, Jan. 10.?The
backbone of the strike was broken to?
day, when Several hundred men re?
turned to work, but the situation is
still critical, because of reports that
hundreds of strike-breakers are on
the way. All troops are still on duty.
An eight-point buck weighing 185
pounds was killed by Mr. A. F. Mc
Kisslck in Colleton county several
days ago. The fact that the deer was
shot from a distance of 62 yards
makes him an unusual trophy. This
Is the biggest deer that has been seen
in that section of the State.?Green?
wood Journal.
COLDS AFFECT THE KIDNEYS.
Many Sum tor People Have. Found this
to Be True.
Are you wretched in bad weather?
Does every cold settle on your kid?
neys?
Does your back ache and become
weak?
Are urinary passages Irregular and
distressing f
These symptoms are cause to sus?
pect kidney weakness.
Weakened kidneys need quick help.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
prepared for weakened kidneys.
Sumter people recommend them.
L. J. Boniface, Iron moulder, 101
Kendrlck St., Sumter, says: "Heavy
lifting disordered my kidneys, and my
back became so stiff and lame that I
could hardly stoop. I had dizzy head?
aches and the kidney secretions an?
noyed me by passing too freely. The
least cold I caught settled on my kid?
neys and made me worse. When 1
read about Doan's Kidney Pills I tried
them and they removed all signs of
the trouble."
Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Boniface had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 1*
FRENCH WARCRAFT WARNED.
Washington, Jan. 7.?The state
department was advised today by
Ambassador Sharp at Paris that the
French government had ordered the
captain of the cruiser Descartes to
act with great care and circumspec?
tion and not to stop any more Amer?
ican vessels. The cruiser recently
Stepped throe in Puerto lliean waters |
?nd removed Germans who sincp
have been released.
State Board of Pardons Inter?lews.
Convicts.
_______
Columbia, Jan. 8.?The State board
of pardons has been in session in Co?
lumbia for two days, considering more
than 40 petitions for clemency. The
members of the board visited the State;
penitentiary and talked with several
prisoners who are asking for ileTn
ency. The board Is making a carefut
Investigation into each case anil will
repoil to (b> governor.
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