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WOULD MAKE BETTER MEN.
km'rktary QT THI nwv
WHOM lit'lt.l? ii? mokai,
\\d HIIW \i B m i in
tmf .MIV in M^lt
Is Willing to Rehabilitate Tort Roy
?i Navy Yard If Liquor 'aw* are
Unforc^l?Menu Ihuuo tin* Cause of
Downfall of Many Mm Sn?m Dan
Washington. Mav * 8.?Josephus
Daniels, secretary of the navy, sees
more In being the head of the govern?
ment's big naval establishment than
planning gigantic dreadnaughts ol
4 " imui (,ois burden, of building swifter
ships or Increasing the personnel of
his fighting force. What he really
sees is the man behind the guns and
his moral und spiritual welfare. That's
where his interest lies and right there
la where he may be found centering
his energies. On the man behind the
gunn lies the future welfare of the
naval servb I lluild up the man?
make him a better man, physically,
mentally and morally?the secretary
says, and you will have ay better navy.
< m the contrary until you have a
better man you need hardly expect a
better navy
This was what Secretary Daniels
told a delegation of South Carolina
coagret ..oen when they calle? upon
him to see what could be done to?
wards rehabilitating the old Port
Royal naval station. In the delegation
were Representatives Hyrnes and
Whaley and one or two well known
I harleston citisens. Mr. Daniels has
Just returned from his Southern trip
and was most enthusiastic. He spoke
of the beauties of the old city of
Charleston, with its ever-increasing
attractions of the great usefulness of
the city's navy yard ami what
It ought to do hereafter In the ship?
building line, of the abandonment of
Pensacola and New Orleans, and of
what he hoped to accomplish as a re?
sult of his trip. Then the topic of
conversation drifted around to the
Port Itoyal .station.
The secretary said that he was most
hopeful of making of that place
the equal of what it had once been in
Its bent days when workshops were
running full blast, when the islund
upon which it Is located was alive
with officers and their families, and
rything seemed to Indicate a
I prosperous future. He de
hat once had been done there
that he sow 'ittie reason why
tint ?nsni things or even better things
could not be accomplished in the fu?
ture. Then, turning suddenly to
those who had called upon him, he
said that there was one thing that
would have to be done before Vie
would move a pe<; Stop the sale of
blind tlK*r" Ibp or to the men at
the barracks, he said, and you will see
Fort Royal blossom like the
rose In PffnTsftino-. one thing
must be done, he maintained,
before he felt that he could take
steps to rehabilitate the station?the
people around the locality where UM
station is located must enforce the
liquor laws. "Carry out your stat?
utes," he said, "and you will reap
the benefits yon now wish in seeing
your station come to the front again
and instead of ,? sinull and obscure
di< iplinury school you Will sec a
place ihnt not only the people of
the muoediate section bill those of
the entire country will he proud to
? ?all their own."
Characterizing the present enforce.
incut or ia< k of enforcement of the
South Caroline llejuor laws in the
vicinity oi the Port Royal disciplinary
barracks us a farce, the secretary told
the congressmen that he was willing
to lend u helping hand to any plan
which they might submit for the up?
building of their station but not un?
til the sul?* of mean liquor, the kind
that makes men crazy, should be stop?
ped. Me designated three kinds as
being especially objectionable?what
is known as popskull, chain lighting,
and kill-me-quicU. Stop the indis?
criminate and unlawful sale of this
stuff, he said, to the men who are
sent to Port Royal und you will
wonderful (banges In that section.
I'nt'l this Is done and the young man
\ hood of the naval service protected,
little need he expected. It is the
men. he said, who make the navy.
MOB HRLO IN C HECK.
Illotlng follows Attempt to Lynch
Turn I ce. Negro Bootblack, for
Bloody Dead.
Fort Worth. Texas, May 16.?Up to
a late hour tonight no attempt had
bean made to repeat the disorder of
i last night when a mob, bent on lynch?
ing Tom Lee, negro bootblack, at?
tacked the county jail and later de?
stroyed property in the business sec?
tion of Fort Worth valued at more
than 115,000. As a precautionary
measure, however, a military guard
Is being maintained at the prison.
Lee, who killed a policeman and a
negro and wounded several other per?
sons yesterday, had been taken from
Fort Worth for safekeeping. Sheriff
Raa refuses to divulge his where?
abouts. Two other men, under sen?
tence to be hanged, have also been
removed from the jail to another
place of detention.
Judge Swayne of the Seventeenth
district court instructed the grand
Jury today to investigate the rioting
of last night and return "hundreds of
indictments."
The Condition of lice, who shot him?
self when he was brought to bay after
yesterday's shooting, is said to be
critical. If he survives his wounds
he will be placed on trial without
delay.
Turkey Sits ami l4iys.
H A. Nicholson says he has a tur?
key that is now doing double duty.
Some time ago the turkey wanted to
>tit. after having laid 15 eggs. The
eggs were taken away, but her plans,
If such they were, could not be so
easily frustrated and she began laying
again in three days. When ten eggs
had been laid she went to sitting (or
setting) ami since that time haa been
laying and sitting regularly, both at
the same time and place, and now
there are 1:1! eggs in the nest. No, It
la not another turkey that is doing the
laying, for Mr. Nicholson says then
are only two other turkeys in the
Whole community, and each of these
'appeared last week with a brood of
young turkeys.
Couldn't Walk!
*1 wed to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to
writes Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, III "For
nearly a year, I could not walk, without holding my sides.
I tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally,
our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint I was so
thin, ray weight was US. Now, I weigh 163, and I am
never tfck 1 ride horseback as good as ever. 1 am in
tU* bealtli si 52 years."
JAKE
Woiran
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PRESIDENT WILSON s DECLARA?
TION roll NO COMPROMISE
ON TARIFF STIFFENS
WAVERING SENA?
TORS.
only Two DciiuMiats Sena torn Rani?
dell and ThOttltOn Of Louisiana,
Stand out lor Tariff on Sogar?Fin?
ance Committee or Senate to Work
on TarllT During Week in Order to
Have it Heady by Following Week. I
Washington, May ia.?Tin- effect of
President Wilson's public declaration
that there would be no compromise
on free wool end free sugar in three
years in lb.- n? w tariff bill has been
the subject of constant discussion
since the chief executive made his (
pronunoiamento in the presence of
assembled newspaper corespondents
last week. Administration leaders
declared that the president's vigorous
assertion has served to strengthen the
party lines up in the senate and they
point to the vote on the tariff bill as
an indication of the solidarity of the
majority. Before the president came
out so strongly in the face of the
tremendous lobby influence that com?
pletely surrounds the capltol, the leg?
islative air way surcharged, with un- j
Certainly. On every hand was heard
the report thai the finance committee
v?as planning to put a duty on wool or
to leave sugar at the end of the three I
year period with a small tariff.
So thick and last old the rumors
My that the president decided that a
little tightening of the party ropes
would do no harm. Taking a Arm {
grip on the executive end of the
string that leads to Capitol hill he
called in the correspondents and in
their presence gave a strong pull. Up
to that time several Democrats had
bean reported to be wavering on the
subject of public hearings. At least
live Democrats were, considering vot?
ing for the Penrose-l^a Follette amend?
ment. Hut when the president reaf?
firmed his determination to stand by j
the schedules which he virtually die
tated into the tariff 1 >i 11 only Senators
liansdell and Thornton of Louisiana
broke through the party lines to re?
main outside until the end.
Another phase of the tariff discus?
sion in the senate served as a fore?
runner of the exact situation. That
was the interpretation of the Demo?
cratic platform as relating to free
sugar, given by Senator Ollle James
of Kentucky as the spokesman foi
the administration. When the Louis- j
lana senators attempted to put presi?
dent Wilson ami the party on record
as opposed to free sugar, the execu?
tive head of the party took notice
again and on Friday morning Sena
tots James delivered What amounted
to a flat dental of the allegations
made by the Insurgent Democrats who
are fighting to break up the majorlt)
on the sugar schedule.
Senator James declared that the
I party did favor free sugar; that it
campaigned <?n that issue and,*with
the knowledge of the president, he
challenged any one to find a man
who could truthfully assert that
Woodrow Wilson ever said he opposed
free sugar. Again the administra?
tion scored,
Now the Democrats of the senate
have the tariff bill to themselves. For
two or perhaps three weeks the bill
will be in the hands of the finance
eommlttee and, whatever other sched?
ules may be altered, the assurance has
gone out that no changes In wool or
i sugar will he recommended when the
lull readies the party caucuses.
Then behind closed doors the Dem?
ocratic senators will have their final
conference on the bill. The caucus,
it is understood, will be a binding one.
Western senators who would like a
tariff on wool and those who want a
change In sugar will cake their last
stand. Then* are some who believe
that some change In one schedule or
the other will eventuate, while others
4 maintain that no change will be made
and that not mote than one other
s< nator will Join the Louisiana Bolons
OUtslde the party line*. That would
leave the majority In a safe position.
This week the finance subcommit?
tee Will l>c busily engaged with tar?
iff experts and the representatives of
protesting interests. The private
J beatings also will he continued the
following week, by which time Chair
nan Simmons hopes to have the bill
ready for the full committee ii not
for the c.actis. It will get to the
senate a* soon after June 1 as the
leaders possibly can get it there. Con?
siderable changes in the metal, cotton
and chemical schedules are nntlcL
i
pated. This will necessitate a con?
ference after the senate passes the
bill, These probabilities give Indien
tlonS that It Will he some tune ill AU
gusl before Ihe taak is completed,
While the finance committee is al
work the senate will lie marking time,
after the k<i u resolution for an In
i|iiir\ into West Virginia coal mine
conditions Is disposed of Thal mal
tor I'" 'balds will he settled tomor?
row,
The organisation id the committees
i the principal business i on fronting
house leaders Majori!) Leadei i n
derwood has nearly completed hla
preliminary slate of committee as?
signments, ami he expects to call a
meeting of the Democrats of the ways
ami means committee either Tuesday
or Wednesday to go over his slate.
Mr. Underwood has arranged the
membership of the various committees
to conform to ths caucus rule thai
no member of the so-called majority
committees shall have any other com?
mittee assignments,
ii is probable, however, thai the
caUCUS Will Und it necessary to revise
this rule. Under the present arrange?
ment about tw(,-third.s of the mem?
bers of the house will he forced to
he content with one-third of the com- '
miete,, places. Mr. Underwood proba?
bly will ask the caucus to revise tin
rule to allow a more equitable dis
eribution,
The make up of the hanking ami
currency committee, a matter of par- j
ticular interest, is still In doubt Tt
members of the committee who hvld
over from the last congress* will he
given Places ami that Representative
('arter Glass of Virginia, the ranking
Democrat, will he chairman.
The selection of new members to
fill the vacancies, however, will he left
to the ways and means committee.
President Wilsons' views will he given
consideration in Riling these vacan?
cies.
The currency question will he taken
up by the house leaders during the
is practically assured that all of the
week and Representative Underwood
and Representative Glass expect to
have several conferences with the
president, Senator Owen, chairman
of the senate hanking and currency
committee, and Secretary McAdoo of
the treasury department, as to the
details of the measure to he presented
to the house soon after business If
resumed on June 1.
The committee assignments will
probably he outlined by the ways and
means committee within a week and
some time within the next week a
Democratic caucus will he called to
pass upon the work of the commit?
tee. Republican Leader Mann and
Progressive Leader Murdoek ate at
work on their committee assignments
and they expect to complete their
slates before June l. The complete
committee lists will then he brought
into tin- house for election.
WILSON MUCH PLEASED.
Henry is Gratified at Vindication
Crom Bryan*
Mexico City, May IS.?Commenting
on Secretary Bryan's denial that the
State department is conducting any
investigation into charges against
Henry Wilson, the American ambassa?
dor to Mexico, the ambassador said
today: "1 am greatly gratilled at
the complete and honorable vindica?
tion given me by the secretary of
state.
"The charges which were made
purely for Mexican political purposes,
not only caused me great distress, but
to the extent to which they have been
given credit were harmful to our
government ami derogatory to the
good name of the diplomatic Ser?
vice."
GlltL'S JAW BROKEN.
Fractured by Ball In Prnctlco Game
of Missouri Ciwds.
Columbia, Mo., May 17.?Miss
Georgian Clark id' Holla. Mo., a stu?
dent In the University of Missouri,
j suffered a fracture of the jaw while
j playing baseball here today. The
Missouri *.ds organised baseball
teams this spring. Miss Clark was
captain and catcher of the sopho?
more team. She was playing in a
practice game today, when a foul tip
struck her.
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I
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