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THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAEP
VOLUME XXXXIII BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JUNE G, 1913 12 K\GKB NUMBER 31
Sweeping Investigation Of
Lobby Influence to Be Made
By The Senate Committee
I ......
All Efforts to Influence Ac
tion of Legislation of Any
Kind to Be Probed
REEEf DECLARES
WILSON’S CHARGE
HAS BEEN PROVED
Testimony of Senators Shows Work
of Powerful Lobby in Interest of
Sugar Forces—Broadened Scope
of Work May Lead to
Long Investigation
I 1
4 V\ IDE SCOPE OF SENATE 4
4 liOIIHY INVESTIGATION •
* , 4
4 The different phases of legislation 4
4 which will be taken up Immediate- 4
4 ly by the lobby investigating com- 4
4 mittce, under the programme 4
4 adopted last night, are as fol- 4
4 lows: The sugar fight, raw 4
4 wool, activities of prohibition and 4
4 liquor lobbies, Alaskan railroad 4
4 forces, labor unions, farmers’ pro- 4
4 tectlve organizations and all or- 4
4 ganized bodies that have carried on 4
4 publicity campaigns. 4
♦ 4
Washington, June fb—1The Senate lob
by Investigating committee decided to
night to evtend Its present Inquiry
Into a sweeping Investigation of nil or
ganised efforts that have been mnde to
Influence action upon legislation of any
kind pending before C’ongresa or under
«*onslderntlou In the recent past.
This action was determined upon at the
end of the afternoon session, after several
eenators had added to the testimony al
ready given tending to show that well or
ganized and vigorous work Is being done
by commercial Interests upon the sugar,
wool and other tariff Issues. The commit
tee deckled to subpoena practically all
persons thus far mentioned by senators
as among their "tariff callers," and to
learn the exact nature of all organized
work that Is being directed toward in
fluencing any member of Congress upon
any subject. Efforts of the committee
will be centered first upon the sugar
fight, next upon wool and after that a full
investigation will be made that will take
in activities of prohibition and liquor lob
bies. the Alaskan railroad forces, labor
unions, farmers’ protective organizations
and practically all other organized bodies
that have carried on. publicity campaigns,
"endless chain" letter writing or other
means of Influencing members of the Sen
ate or House.
Powerful Influences at Work
Senator Ovetman, chairman of the com
mittee. said today that he believed the in
vestigation already established the fact
that powerful influence was wielded upon
senators by the organized forces conduct
ing campaigns to mold or influence public
opinion. This, ho said, constituted a "new
style lobby" of tremondous power.
Senator Reed, a member of the com
mittee, sent word to President Wilson
during the day that he believed the testi
mony of Senator Ransdell and other wit
nesses fully established the truth of the
President’s recent statement, upon which
the resolution for the investigation was
based, that a powerful lobby existed 1n
Washington, at least upon the sugar tariff
Issue.
The decision of the committee tonight
has 80 broadened the scope of Its work
that members do not know when the In
quiry can be concluded. The 10 day limit
fixed by the Cummins resolution will ex
pire tomorrow night, but Senator Over
man will ask the Senate to give him un
limited time for the probe. Thus far only
senators have been examined and the Sen
ate list will be finished tomorrow.
Additional Subpoenas
The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate was
directed tonight to Issue many additional
subpoenas for persons wanted as wit
nesses.
The next phase of the investigation will
be taken up Monday with the calling of
the first men Identified with the free
sugar and antl-fren sugar campaign.
Names given by President Wilson, others
furnished by the members of the Senate
on the witness stand and still others lliat
have been sent to Senator Overman by
outside parties constitute the list of those
who have been or will be subpoenaed.
Members of the Senate have almost
unanimously testified that no Improper
methods have been used to influence
them and that the men who hove called
upon them are not "lobbyists" in the
sense that that term Is generally used.
The committee found it Impossible to
night, however to define a "lobbyist," or
to fix a limit to Its investigation. It was
determined, therefore, to Investigate
everything that shows any signs of hav
ing been an organized or pre-arranged
plan to influence congressional action.
Questions as to the Interest -the Morman
church holds in sugar and woolen fac
tories in Utah hrought about a lively
clash between Senator Smoot nnd demo
cratic members of the committee late to
dny. Senator Smoot said the church held
a small amount of stock in the Utah
Idaho Sugar company, and In the Knight
Woolen Mills company at Provo; but he
resented questions by Senators Reed and
Walsh that he thought carried insinua
tions that he represented the Interests
of the Morman church at Washington.
Represent All the People
"Here In Washington 1 represent all
the people of Utah,” he said sharply. "I
tContlnaetl on Pas* nine.)
_
OIL NOB lira
MOWED
McReynolds Gives Views on
Enforcement of Sher
man Law
FORECAST OF ANY
FURTHER ACTION
Protest Not Against Sherman Law,
But Against Decrees of Dissolu
tion—Tobacco Dissolution an
“Obvious Subterfuge”
Washington, June 6.—Neither the
Standard Oil nor the tobacco trust—
the two greatest examples of the oper
ation of Sherman anti-trust law—has
been actually dissolved to meet the re
quirements of the statute designed to
destroy monopolies according to the
views of Attorney General McReynolds.
This became known today, serving as
an index to the democratic administra
tion’s trust policy. It was taken as a
forecast of possible further action
against the oil as well as . the tobacco
Interests if the results of the investi
gations Just completed by the depart
ment of justice of the workings of the
oil dissolution decrees indicate that
there is a problem which still can be
dealt with under the Sherman law*.
Not Against Sherman Law
The Attorney General’s complaint is
not against the Sherman law, but
against the decrees of dissolution in
terpreted in the decisions of the United
States supreme court drdering the dis
memberment of the Standard Oil and
tobacco combinations into separate com
I petltive parts. He is firmly convinced
' that no trust, as in these two cases,
can be adequately dissolved by a pro
rata distribution of the stock of its
disintegrated parts among the same
stockholders who controlled the orig
inal combination. A community of com
bination is bound to exist, he believes,
and competition cannot follow such
dissolutions. The posit-ion of the Attor
ney General is regarded as pregnant
with far reaching possibilities on the
trust question of the future. While
i each combination must be dealt with
as a separate problem, officials point
out that experience indicates that dis
solutions of the future must be such
that the control of disintegrated trusts
will pass to new hands.
“Obvious Subterfuge”
It has been known that Mr. McRey
nolds looked upon the tobacco disso
lution as an “obvious subterfuge,” but
it did not develop until today that he
likewise placed the Standard Oil dis
solution In the category of inadequacy.
Whether the Standard Oil or the to
bacco trust decrees, Interpreting the<de
clsions of the supreme court was ap
pealed. Although the Attorney Genera]
has reached no final decision the con
sensus of opinion of the government
lawyers at this time is that it is now
too late to open up the decrees In either
case and whatever action is taken prob
ably will be supplemental.
WIN SENSATIONAL
RACE FOR LIFE
New Orleans Men Make Thrilling
Escape When Motor
Takes Afire
New Orleans. June 5.—Four men, cruis
ing on 1,ake Fontchartraln today, won by
a few seconds a sensational race for life
when their gasoline motorboat caught
fire a mile from shore. Heading the
blazing craft for the street car pier of
an amusement park on the shore of the
lake, the passengers fought desperately to
keep down the flames. They succeeded
In keeping their clothing from taking
fl're, and as the boat struck the pier,
leaped to safety. Less than a minute
later the boat's tank exploded, starting a
fire ashore which destroyed more than
00ft feet of the pier and caused several
thousand dollars damage.
L. AND N. RATE
CASE COMPLETED
Atlanta, June 5.—The arguments on the
petition of th£ Louisville and Nashville
railroad asking for an injunction to re
strain the Alabama state railroad com
mission from enforcing an order requir
ing the railroad to reduce Its passenger
fares to 2H cents a mile in Alabama
were concluded in United States court
here today before Judges Pardee, Shelby
and Grubb. It is expected that the de
cision in the case will not be rendered
for several weeks.
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Thanked For Opposition
To Alien Ownership Bill
New York, June 5.—The New York
chamber of commerce recoived todny a
letter from B. Nakano, president of the
chamber of commerce of Toklo, In which
Mr. Nakano extended the thanks of his
organization "and all other chambers of
commerce in Japan,” to the New York
chamber In connection with its opposition
to the passage of the California anti-alien
land law. The letter was written May 7,
end reads as follows:
■T beg to Inform you that Dr. Juichi
Boyeda, honorary member of this cham
ber, formerly vice minister of finance and
, until recently governor of the Industrial,
V
Hank of Japan, accompanied by Mr. Ra
dao Kamaiya, honorary chief of this
chamber; is proceeding to your country
per steamship Shlnyo Maru, due at Sa/i
Francisco on the twenty-sixth day of this
month..
"Both gentlemen are commissioned bg
tills and all other chambers of commerce
in Japan to convey to you in person the
deep appreciation of the chambers of your
kind assistance In regard to the land bill
question in California and to seek your
further co-operation towards arriving at
a complete solution of the situation,
whereby we may well establish a perfect
understanding of harmony between the
two people and gerve to promote mu
tual friendship and commerce of the two
countries.
GOING AFTER THE “INSIDIOUS LOBBY
The above picture shows the body of men popularly known as the Senate investigating committee, which
are probing, at Washington, the alleged charges against corporations and lobbyism in general.
JAPAN REPLY ON
Opens Way for Interesting
and Friendly Negotia
tions—No Official
Reply
Washington, June 5.—After reading
Japan's latest note on the California
anti-alien land ownership law, and just
before a conference with Ambassador
Chlnda, President Wilson today ex
pressed the view that the new com
munication opened the way “for very
Interesting and friendly negotiations.’
The President had a brief conference
with Secretary Bryan and an informal
talk afterward with Viscount Chinda.
He had explained earlier that he did
not expect to make any official reply
to the Japan ambassador, but would
discuss the Tokio note orally.
The President let it be known <that
there was much matter for discussion
in the Japanese note, but that none
of the documents thus far exchanged
by the two governments had in them
selves suggested a solution of the land
law difficulty. He Indicated that the
negotiations would proceed slowly and
carefully, with a view to obtaining a
frank expression of the opinions held
by the two nations. Sooner or later,
it was indicated, the meaning of the
federul laws on naturalization would
have to be determined by the courts,
though the initiative might have to be
taken by Japanese residents as the
government could not institute pro
ceedings.
No suggestion for arbitrating the
difficulties has thus far been made, it
was learned authoritatively, but White
House officials today reiterated their
confident expectation of an amicable
settlement eventually. The next step in
the negotiations is a reply to Japan’s
rejoinder. This is expected to take up
the Tokio government’s reiterated con
tention that the Webb law is in con
travention of the treaty of 1911, de
rogatory to the equal treatment which
Japanese expect under international
law, and, therefore, a racial discrimin
ation.
OLD CONTROVERSY IS
BROUGHT]!) AN END
Famous Glen Williams Case
Ended By Commission*
er’s Action
Washington, June 5.—By modifying the
action of former Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue Cabell, In the famous N.
Glenn Williams whisky case. Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue Osborne has
practically ended a controversy of eight
years' standing between the government
and the claimants to 25,000 gallons of
whisky stored at Williams, N. C.
The new commissioner has permitted
Williams to give a bond for the Inter
nal revenue tax and extended until Jan
uary 1, 1914, the time of going Into ef
fect of his predecessor s order for the
removal of whisky from Williams, N. C.,
to a bonded warehouse at Louisville, Ky.
Around the case raged a bitter contro
versy between United States Judge Boyd
of Greensboro. NT. C., and former Com
missioner Cabell, which was Investigated
by a committee of Congress at the last
session. In a report to former Secretary
of I lie Treasury MaeVeagh, Mr. Cabell
caustically criticised fudge Boyd for Is
suing injunctions first against the seizure
of the whisky for taxes and then against
removal to Louisville.
A master appointed by Judge Boyd to
take testimony on tire injunction against
removal of the liquor recently reported
in favor of Williams arid severely crit
icised the former commissioners.
Commissioner Osborne’s action will per
mit the withdrawal and sale of the whisky
with the payment of taxes to the govern
ment aggregating *25.000, He said he mod
ified Mr. Cabell's order so that tile gov
ernment may receive the taxes.
WOULDMAKEWOMEN
WEAR UNDERSKIRTS
Indianapolis “Ladies” Issue Letter on
Split Skirt Problem
Indianapolis, lnd., June 5.—Women in
Indianapolis who wear the new style split
skirt also must wear Undergarments and
the traffic squad of the police force hqs
been asked to enforce the ordor which
was given out by Superintendent of Po
lice Martin J. Hyland today.
The order was Issued after Superintend
ent Hyland had received a letter signed
"The Ladles," and which rsad ntf follows'
"We. as the ladles, ask that vou prohib
it the wearing of split skirts without un
dergarments. We hope that you will take
this seriously."
SHERLEY WM
BUDGET KPHTEE
NAMET^i CAUCUS
Final Action on Draft of
Plan Will Be Taken By
Committee Today—Fitz
gerald Plan
Washington, June 5.—The Sherley plan
for a budget committee of the House »o
regulate appropriation, fixing a total for
each session and alloting this among the
various appropriating committees, was
agreed to with some modifications at a
meeting today of T-he special committee on
budget named at a recent democratic cau
cus.
Representatives Fitzgerald, TJnderwocd,
Sherley, Palmer, Garrett and others of
the committee offered suggestions. To
morrow the committee will take final ac
tion on a draft of the plan with the ideas
suggested today incorporated.
Representative I Tnderwood. democratic
leuder; Palmer of Pennsylvania, demo
cratic caucus chairman; Fitzgerald of
New York, chairman of the appropriations
committee, and Sherley of Kentucky, ore
of the original - budget. refoj•• * • *,.. had
agreed to choose between the JFtzgerald
f.nd Sherley plans of budget reform.
These are:
Fitzgerald plan: Add to the membership
of the appropriations committee the chair
men of military, naval, foreign relations
and all other committees that report ap
propriation bills, so as to bring oack lo
the appropriations committee the exclusive
jurisdiction and power over appropria
tions; enough minority members to be
added to preserve the political proportions
of the committee; the committee to be
piohibited irom appropriating for any
thing r.ot already authorized.
Shtrley plan: A budget committee to
regulate appropriations: to consist of the
four men at the top of the membership
list of the ways and means committee,
four at the top of the appropriations com
mittee, two at the top of the rules com
mittee and the chairman of each of the
other appropirating adjuncts. There is to
he one minority member *rom each of
these committees.
Fierce Engagement Be
tween Federal and State
Troops at Candila, Mex.
Laredo, Tex., June 5.-According to a
courier who arrived here today from
Monterey, 100 rebels and 20 federals were
killed In a battle at Cancela, Mexico.
Tuesday between the army of General
Tellez and revolutionists under Jesus'Car
ranza. A large number on both sides were
wounded.
According to tire courier the revolu
tionists were routed and lied In disorder,
pursued by government troops. Cancela
is about 75 miles northwest of Monterey
the state of Coahuila and near Mon
lova, said to he a rebel stronghold.
The forces of General Tellez, said to
number about 2500 men, are primarily en
gaged in repairing the line of the Na
tional railway from Monterey to Laredo,
disposing of revolutionary bunds as they
proceed. A number of these troops are
Indians from southern Mexico.
The courier reported General Tellez
within 85 miles of the border today.
Four frame buildings at Colombia, Mex
ico, owned by Sheriff Sanchez of Webb
county, Tex., were burned by rebels to
day.
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TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1 _Sweeping investigation of lobby
influence.
Tobacco and Standard oil trusts not
dissolved.
Shirley plan for budget committee.
Wilson reads Japanese reply.
Urges amendment to Underwood bill
Renewal of treaties postponed.
2 _House problem in Gadsden serious.
■ 3_important change in magazine field
4—Editorial comment.
5_Reeves found guilty by Jury.
prepare for clean-up week.
City commission to meet today.
Wood s friends planning meeting.
6— Society.
7— Sports.
g_F3ody is carried to potter’s field.
g_O'Neal asks Owen to resign.
11—Markets.
j3_Huntsville may gat *100,000 hotel.
J ■
PRESIDENT MARES
MANY SELECTIONS
FOR APPOINTMENTS
Large List of Diplomatic Se
lections Carried to Capi
tol—Visit Unexpected
By Senators
Washington, June 5.—President Wil
son appeared unexpectedly at the Pres
ident’s room at tlie capitol late today
with the biggest list of diplomatic se
lections he has made since he took of
fice.
It was the President's fifth visit to
the halls of Congress, but this time he
found the door of the ' marble room"
locked, the Senate had adjourned and
the sergeant at arms was taken by
surprise.
Hardly any senators were in the
building but Secretary Tumulty soon
sent out a call for about 20 of them
and they came in quickly from the Sen
ate office building.
The individuals about whom the Pres
ident talked and some of the coun
tries follow:
Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia, to
be ambassador to Italy. Justice J. W.
Gerard of New York, to be ambassador
to Spain, when the bill making Madrid
an mnhassy instead of y. legation, is
passed, probably within a few weeks.
Col. Thomas H. Birch of New Jersey,
to be minister to Persia.
Charles W. McAlpin, secretary of
Princeton university, to be minister to
the Netherlands.
Joseph E. Willard of Virginia, to be
minister to Belgium.
Maj. E. J. Hale of North Carolina, to
be minister to Costa Rica.
P. A. Stovall of Georgia, to be min
ister to Switzerland.
Former Governor McMillin of Tennes
see, to be minister to Peru.
Dr. B. L. Jefferson of Colorado, to be
minister to a South American country,
probably Argentine Republic.
Henry Morgentliau of New York, to
be ambassador, probably to Turkey.
Albert Schmedemann of Wisconsin, to
be minister to Norway.
Frederick C. Penfield of Pennsylvania,
probably ambassador to Austria.
Appears Before a Special
Commissioner in $99,
000,000 Penalty Suit
•
Corsicana. Tex., June 5.—W. C. Proctor*,
secretary of the Corsicana Petroleum com
pany, and the Magnolia Petroleum com
pany of Texas, testifying today before
a special commissioner in the $99,000,000
penalty suit. Instituted hv the state of
Texas against the Standard Oil company
of New York and New Jersey, the Mag
nolia and Corsicana companies and 16
individuals, declared that prior to the
dissolution of the Navarro Refining com
pany, predecessor of the Magnolia. H.
C. Folger, Jr., and C. N. Payne of New
York transferred 1798 2-3 shares of stock
fn the Navarro company to him for which
he gave nothing in return. Messrs. Payne
and Folger are among the defendants
to the present suit.
When the Navarro company was dis
solved by court order as operating in
violation of the anti-trust laws of Texas,
Payne and Folger, Proctor said, did not
appear as stockholders.
“Did they (Payne and Folger) tell you
that this was done to avoid the suspicion
likely if they were known as owners?” 1
asked Attorney Maury of counsel for
the state.
Told Him Nothing
“They did not tell me anything,” Proc
tor replied.
At the time the Navarro company was
dissolved after an existence of about two
years, Proctor testified, lie returned the
stock to its original owners.
Proctor was on the stand all of to
day. He assert^l that oil purchased by
the Magnolia company of the Huasteca
Petroleum company of Mexico had been 1
transported in carriers of the Standard i
Oil company of New York. Lack of ships !
belonging to the Huasteca company made
it necessary for the purchaser to pro
vide means of transportation, he said.
This was arranged through contracts
made with the lighterage department of
the Standard Oil company of New York.
He also testified that the Magnolia had
•purchased oil from the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey at Mexican
points. The state, as basis for its suit,
alleges a conspiracy between the two
Texas concerns and Standard Oft- inter
ests to restrain trade.
Mr. Proctor said he believed the Mag
nolia company made reports to Folger
and Payne as majority stockholders.
A copy of the cipher code used by the
Magnolia company was Introduced as evi
dence today and a message from Proctor
to Payne, sent February 5, 1909, trans
lated to refer to certain legislation pend
ing.
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AMENDMENTTO
UNDERWOOD BILL
Would LeVj Special Addi
tional Tax on Tobacco
Manufacturers
LARGE COMPANIES
TO BE AFFECTED |
Proposed Tax Vould Not Reach Man-!
ul'ucturer I'ntil He Controlled
25 Per Cent of Total
Product ion
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE: In session 2 p. m.
Lobby investigating committee vot
ed to favorably report a bill to delay
customs service reorganization until
January 1, KM4.
Mrs. Laura Kellogg before Indian
affairs committee condemned Indian
education system and Indian bureau
stalking.
Finance committee continued consid
eration of tlie tariff bill.
President \ytlson submitted for con
firmation several nominations.
Senator Hitchcock introduced amend
ment to tariff bill to levy additional
excise tax on production of larger
tobacco factories to prevent monopoly.
Senator Kenyon introduced resolution
instructing interstate commerce com
mission to Investigate acquisition of
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad
by St. Louis and San Francisco, and
subsequent receivership.
In executive session decided to post
pone renewal of limited arbitration
treaties with Great Britain, Italy and
Spain.
West Virginia coal mine strike in
vestigating committee continued its
plans for hearings at Charleston.
Senator Smith of South Carolina in
troduced immigration bill, practically
a duplicate of FUirnett-Pillingham bill.
Foreign relations committee approved
renewal of arbitration treaties witli
Great Britain, Italy and Spain; ex
tradition treaty with Paraguay; bills
for elevation of legation to Spain to
an embassy; independent legations in
TTraguay and Paraguay, and nomina
tion of Thaddeus A. Thomson as min
ister to Colombia.
Adjourned at 3:15 p. m., until 2
p. m., today.
HOrSK:
Not in session.
Meets noon today.
Budget committee began considera
tion of plans to reform methods of
framing appropriation bills.
Washington, June 5.—In accord with
suggestion? of Attorney General McRey
nolds. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
introduced today an anti-trust amendment
to the rnderwood tariff bill, which would
levy a special additional excise tax on
a graduated scale upon manufacturers
of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff.
The amendment, coming from a demo
cratic member, will receive thorough con
sideration from the finance committee.
The proposed tax would not reach a man
ufacturer until he controlled about 25 per
cent of the total production of articles
in hi? line. Over that amount he would
be taxed in a rising scale on tobacco, 1
cent a pound for the first 1,000,000 pounds,
2 cents a pound for the second 1,000,000
pounds, and so on up to 6 cents a pound.
Those graduated taxes would be in addi
tion to the regular 8 cents a pound tax
that all manufacturers pay on tobacco.
Affect Large Companies
Companies of ordinary size would be
subject to this tax because it does not
apply to a production below 80,000,000
pounds of tobacco or 4,000,000 pounds of
snuff a year, so that of the 2700 tobacco
companies in the country probably only
three would be affected, and of the 73
snuff companies, also only three would
be affected. In the matter of cigarettes,
the tux would only fall on two or at most
three companies out of 478 and of the
20,000 cigar companies only two have a
product large enougli to be taxed.
Eighty million dollars was the amount
of the total excise last year on tobacco
products and Senator Hitchcock has es
timated that if the tax had been levied
on last year’s business “the following
trust concerns" would have paid the ad
ditional tax as follows: American To
bacco company, $7,500,000; Liggett &.
Meyers, $3,100*000; Lorillard company.
$144,000; American Snuff company, $77,oQ0;
George W. llelme company, $09,000; Wey
man & Burton company, $51,900.
“There would also have been other
companies subject to this tax If It could
be shown that they were under the same
ownership of control as any of the big
companies," said Senator Hitchcock to
day, “and in the case of the Lorillard
company It would be subject to a much
higher pate of taxation If It could be
shown that it Is owned or controlled
by the same Interests that are back of
any other company. It Is probable, there
fore, that tills fax In the aggregate would
reach $16,000,000 a year, which is so
laige that it would soon force a real
dissolution of the tobacco trust. 'If it
did not it would yield a handsome rev
enue to the treasury and so handicap the
tiust that it could not carry out its pro
gramme of crushing independent com
panies.
Enforcement Regulated
"The government already has the ma
chine to enforce this tax. Tobacco and
snuff manufacturers in all forms Is un
OBJECTION CAUSES
POSTPONEMENT OF
TREATY RENEWALS
Senator Chamberlain Holds
Up Treaties With Three
Foreign Nations
CANAL PROBLEM
CAUSE OF ACTION
Contended That Renewal of Treaty
With Creat Hritain Might Compel
Submission of Canal Contro
versy to the Hague
WnuhlnRiou, Juno ft.—( pon objection
of Senator Chamberlain, who contended
that a renewal of the arbitration treaty
with Great Britain might eompel *uli
inlNMlon of the Panama ennnl toll* con
troveray to The Hague Ihe Senate to
day temporarily pontponcd net Ion on
renewal* with threat Britain, Spain and
Italy.
Renewal of these treaties, all three if
which have expired within the past few
days, were favorably reported today by
the foreign relations committee and the
Senate went into executive session to con
sider them. The treaties with Italy a-id
Spain were promptly ratified, but when
that witli Great Britain was readied
Senator Chamberlain objected. After
some discussion it \ as agreed that if ono
was to be held up even for a short time,
the others should not be ratified, and by
unanimous consent the former action was
i reconsidered and all went over.
Protest Submitted
Great Britain’s protest against the pro
vision in the Panama canal act grunting
free tolls to American vessels was sub
mitted several months ago. Jong before the
expiration of the arbitration treaty. Con*
frequently the British contention is that
whether the convention is renewed can
have no bearing upon a proposal to arbi
trate tills question; that if the question
is one for arbitration, the United States is
as much bound to submit it to arbitration
as it would have been if the treaty had
not lapsed.
It was not. believed tonight that uny if
the three treaties would be held up long,
although there may be some debate in ex
ecutive session when they are taken up.
With the indorsement of tlie foreign rela
tions committee behind them and the fact
that they existed for five years, their rati
fication was generally regard <1 only a
matter of time.
But Otte Objection
Senator Chamberlain is author of a res
olution, now in a pigeon hole or the i -
tercceanio canals committee, abrogating
the Hay-Pauneefote and Clayton-Bulwt-r
treaties under which Great Britain ami
the United States agreed concerning tin*
construction of the Panama .’anal. Ho
was the only senator to voice an objec
tion today, but it Is known that Chair
man Bacon holds a view somewhat simi
lar and Senator Root, who drew up the
arbitration treaty when he was Secretary
of State, has contended in debate that the
tolls uuestion was subject for arbitration
under It.
EMILY DAVISON
STILL UNCONSCIOUS
Still Hope for Recovery of Militant
Who Leaped Before Race Horse
Epsom, England. June 5.—Emily Wilding
Davison, the militant suffragette who v -
terday caused a sensation :.y leaping at
the King’s horse and seizing his reins
while he was galloping at full speed In
the rnce for the derby, and who suffered
terrible Injuries, was still unconscious at
noon today.
The doctors, however, consider that
there is still hope for her recovery. Miss
Davison Is one of the heat known English
suffragettes. She is a young women .if
high education, an honor graduate of
London university i nd of the final honor
school at Oxford. She is a citizen of Lon
don by birth, but spends most of her
time at her residence In Northumberland.
HUGH LONG
IS ACQUITTED
Aiken. S. <\, June 5.—Hugh Long, mem
ber of the South Carolina legislature
from Aiken county, was late today ac
quitted of the charge of having murdered
Pickens N. Gunter, a barber, at Wagner.
S. C., last fall. The trial came to an
unexpected close when the foreman of
the Jury, on announcement that the evi
dence was all in, Informed Judge Gary
that the Jurors had made up their minds
and did not care to hear arguments I»v
attorneys. The court permitted the jury
to retire, and in exactly one and a half
minutes they returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Morse Wins Suit
New York, June f>. Charles \V. Mo
today won a suit brought against Tflm
by Henry Lehman, as assignee of L.
Charley of Paris, France, to recover
representing securities of the American
Ice company and tlie Consolidated Steam
ship lines. A jury in the federal com"
found a verdict for Morse, after he had
taken the stand ami denied that he ha l
ever a<'ted as a broker in these securi
ties, as alleged by the plaintiff.
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Fogel Urges Congress To
Probe Baseball Trust
Washing-ton, June 6.—Horace Fogel, for
mer owner of the Philadelphia National
league baseball club, came to Washington
to urge uporyCongress the passage of the
resolution introduced some weeks ago by
Representative Gallager of Illinois, which
would direct an investigation into organ
ized baseball on the ground tat it oper
ates as a trust in violation of the Sher
man law.
Mr. Fogel conferred with Congressman
Gallager and other representatives and
iater talked with Representative Henry,
l
chairman of the House rules committee.
Representative Henry agreed to call a
meeting of tho rules committee some time
next week to consider the Gallugher res
olution and Mr. Kogol promised to ap
pear then.
■‘I can show the committee enough evi
dence that organized baseball today Is *
trust; to convince them of the necessity
for an investigation such as Congressman
Gallagher proposes,” Mr. Fogel said. I
promised Representative Henry that l
would have before the rules committee
important witnesses from Chicago, Ht.
Louis, Pittsburg and also soiuo minor
league baseball towns."