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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA, GA.,, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1913.
NO. 61.
TIFT WILL PUSS
By If 15.
Democratic Caucus Completes
Bill and It .Goes Back to
House dp Monday With
Very Few Amendments
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 21—The Dem
ocratic tariff * revision bill with its
sweeping reductions, a lengthy free
list augmented today by the ways and
means committee and its income tax,
now is ready for debate in the house.
Approved late today by the Democratic
caucus as amended in two weeks’ dis
cussion and fcy the committee in minor
features, the bill will be reintroduced
Monday by Deader Underwood. It
will be reported favorably by the ma
jority of the ways and means Wed
nesday and called up for debate Wed
nesday. Mr. Underwood predicted that
the bill would be passed in the house
by May 15.
Two months tne administration lead
ers think a generous time to allot the
senate for its consideration ana pas
sage, and unless it is decided to bring
in a currency bill thereafter, con
gress should be ready to adjourn about
July 15.
The bill as approved by the presi
dent came through the caucus un
scathed. Democratic opponents to
free sugar in three years and to free
raw wool made the most vigorous fight
but they were hopelessly outvoted with
little chance to develop enough oppo
sition with Republican alliance to do
anything with their - amendments on
the floor of the house.
BILL RATIFIED.
The caucus ratified the ^ill with its
minor amendments by an overwhelm
ing vote. Some members took advan
tage of the rule granting them free
dom from the caucus pledge to sup
port the bill in its entirety. Members
who were released from the caucus
pledge were Brousard, Dupree, Lamar
and Morgan, of Louisiana, on account
of sugar; Ashbrook, White and Fran
cis, of Ohio, because of wool; Brem-
ner, of New Jersey, on account of
cattle; Donovan and Kennedy, Connec
ticut, because of hats; Burke, Wiscon
sin, farm products, and Fowler, Illi
nois, linseed oil.
CHANGES MADE.
The principal changes made in the
bill were: Shoe machinery, buckwheat,
rye, rabbit fur and phosphoric acid
transferred from dutiable to the free
list; onyx^ reduced from 65 cents to 50
cents a cubic foot, to put it on the
same basis as marble; liamonds, uncut,
are unchanged, but cut diamonds, in
creased from 15 to 20 per cent; castor
oil, reduced from 15 to 12 per cent; cod,
seal atrd" herring oil, reduced from 5 to
5 per cent: sperm oil, increased from 5
to 8 per cent; vanilla beans,* reduced
from 50 to 30 cents a pound; salts and
other compounds and mixtures of which
bismuth,, gold, platinum, rhodium, sil
ver, tin and uranium constitute the chief
value, cut from 15 to 10 per cent.
Representative Hardwick insisted it
would be a mockery not to draw the
lines closely on the offering of amend
ments.
He introduced a resolution which was
referred for subsequent action, provid
ing that the tariff bill shall be passed
qnder a special rule, restricting general
debate to eight legislative days and that
the minority in the house shall be limit
ed on the offering of amendments to not
more than two amendments as substi
tutes to each schedule and section of
the bill, and to not more than two
amendments to the bill as a whole and
that “no other amendments shall be in
order.”
HOUSE ORDERS PROBE OF
U. S. TO SEND
FLEET
Fleet Will Have Twice the
Strength of the One Sent
Around in 1907
Garrettj of Tennessee, Asks
That Sims-Glover Fight
Be Investigated
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Congres
sional investigation of the assault upon
Representative Sims last Friday by C.
C. Glover, a local banker, was formally
asked of the house today by Representa
tive Garrett, of Tennessee, who called
upon Speaker Clark to appoint a select
committee of five to report a course of
procedure by next Saturday.
The personal encounter was the result
of a speech on the floor of the house
wherein Representative Sims attacked
Mr. Glover’s alleged connection with a
real estate proposition in which the gov
ernment was interested. In published
statements Mr. Glover admits having
struck Representative Sims twice.
Mr. Sims was willing to let the affair
drop, but other members contended an
attack upon a member of congress for
what he has said or done on the floor
was in contempt of congress itself.
The house passed the Garrett reso-
CBy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—When the
American fleet sails for the Mediterpan-
ean in January it will be a fleet of nearly
twice the muzzle energy of the famous
battle fleet, sent around the world in
1907 by former President Roosevelt, and
a fleet of -half again as great tonnage.
The schedule and ports of call remain
to be worked out, and it merely has been
announced that the big fleet would tour
the Mediterranean in divisions. It was
the original plan, in connection with the
opening of the Panama canal, to have
the fleet pass through from the Atlantic
to the Pacific about January 1, the tei*-
taive date of the opening.
This practically has disarranged the
decision to send the fleet abroad, but it
was pointed ( out today that from the
Mediterranean i is comporatively a short
voyage through the Suez canal and into
the Pacific, and the fleet could return
that way, making the passage through
the canal from the Pacific to the At
lantic.
The main ships,of the line to go on
the cruise will be the battleships Wyo
ming, 1* lorida, Arkansas, Delaware,
North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Louisi
ana, Michigan, New Hampshire, South
Carolina, \ irginia, Georgia, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Minnesota,
Connecticut, Kansas and Idaho.
Comparing these ships with the battle
fleet which went around the world, they
aggregate a tonnage of 364,500 as
against 223,500. Navy officers point out
that a more striking example of the ad
vance in the navy’s effective fighting
power is shown by a comparison of the
muzzle energy of the main batteries
of the fleet with the world-girdling fleet
of 1907.
In round figures the muzzle energy of
the battle fleet of 1907 summed up 5,-
300,000 foot pounds. The main batteries
of the fleet which will make the Med
iterranean trip will total 9,550,000 foot
pounds—almost twice as much. The
battleships will be accompanied by all
the destroyers that can be spared and
an accompaniment of repair and supply
ships.
This official announcement by Secre
tary Daniels makes it apparent that the
ships will go fully equipped. While it
is the plan now to have the ships sail
about January 1 and make their first
stop at . Gibraltar, with possibly a
stop or two on the way, a schedule and
plan of the ports of call has not been
worked out. Those who will watch the
tour of the fleet are evincing a great
deal of interest as to what this schedule
will provide.
The navy department’s official an
nouncement declares that the fleet will
be too large to be accommodated at any
on time in many harbors to be visited,
and that at Gibraltar it will be divided
and make a tour of the Mediterranean
in divisions.
Official announcement, of the fleet
movement, as made late last night at
the navy department, declared the ob
ject was to send the fleet on a pleas
ant cruise to stimulate enlistment and
educate officers and men. Accompany
ing the announcement was a compara
tive statement^ of the fighting strength
of the fleet as against the battle fleet
of 1907. and also a short re'view of
the cruiser “White Squadron,” the first
of the new nav*y to cruise in foreign
waters, and the cruise of the battle
fleet of 1907. *
The “White Squadron” had four ves
sels. Their total tonnage was 16,220,
just that of the. Connecticut, Evans’
flag ship in the famous battleship
cruise. The total muzzle energy of the
squadron’s main battery was 120,000
foot tons, that of the Connecticut is
j • 0,000.
A salvo of the squadron fired 4.900
pounds of projectiles; that of the Con
necticut 7,500 pounds.
The New York, launched October 30,
1912, with 27„500 tons displacement,
15,000 pounds and 700.000 foot tons in
a salvo, is nearly twice the size and
fire's three times the weight of metal,
with six times the energy of the whole
of the famous “white squadron” in
1890.
The battleship fleet of 1907 was com # -
.posed of sixteen battleships, five auxil
iaries and the second torpedo flotilla.
The fleet called at Trinidad, Rio De
Janeiro, Puenta Arenas, Calia, Magda
lena bay and arrived at San Francisco
May 6, 1908, a total distance of 15,000
miles. Thence the fleet visited Puget
Sound, returned to San Francisco and
sailed on July 7, via Honolulu, New
Zealand, Australia and Manila, for
Yokohama, arriving there October 18,
1908, after a journey of 16.000 miles and
spending a week of courteous exchange
of compliments.
The fleet assembled at Manila, de
parted thence December 1, 1908, via Cey
lon, Suez and Gibraltar and anchored
in Hampton Roads February 22, 1909,
12,455 miles sail from Manila, complet
ing what is the greatest practice cruise
in the history of navies.
lution without opposition. Speaker
Clark appointed Representatives Davis,
of West Virginia; Covington, of Mary
land; Crisp, *of Georgia; Prouty, of
Iowa, and Nelson, of Minnesota.
Representative Campbell, of Kansas,
declared during a brief that from a
study of the law he believed the house
could not punish any one for an assault
committed outside of the house.
HOUSE PREPARES TO
“RAILROAD” TARIFF
Underwood Bill Reintroduced
in House as Amended by
Democratic Caucus
(Rv Associated Pres*.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Dem
ocratic tariff bill as amended by the
house caucus was reintroduced in the
house today and will be called up for
general debate Wednesday. The house
rules committee is considering a reso
lution to limit the time for discussion
and the number of amendments, aiming i
to put the bill through to its passage
as rapidly as possible.
A resolution offered in the caucus
would limit debate to eight legislative
days, the number of amendments to
each schedule to two and permit only
two amendments to the bill as a whole.
That was designed to^prevent prolong
ed delay by the introduction by the mi
nority of numerous amendments to eacfi
schedule when the bill is taken up under
the flve-minute rule. Should that reso
lution pass, it is estimated that at least
three weeks will be required for house
consideration of the bill.
With the reintroduction of the bill to
day views of the minority were that the
bill was uncalled for; that its provisions
have alarmed the country, and that
should it pass it will bring down wages
to the level of those in foreign coun
tries.
The entire ways and means commit
tee will meet late today to formally pass
upon the bill, and the majority report
by Representative Underwood prob
ably will be made to the house tomor
row.
President Wilson told callers today
he* believed the low rates of the tariff
bill were justified, even though not per
mitting of many further cuts for reci
procity agreements. The president told
his visitors he thought the primary
consideration was the advantage of the
consumer and not necessarily the re
tention of tactical advantages for fu
ture negotiations of reciprocity trea
ties.
The question of tariff hearings after
the Underwood bill reaches the senate
will be settled at a meeting of the en
tire membership of the finance commit
tee tomorrow. The majority of the
Democrats on the committee are op
posed to delays by hearings, and Re
publican members demand them.
Chairman Underwood, reintroducing
the bill today, did not make any state
ment of changes by the caucus. Among
these were the placing on the free list
of shoe machinery, cream separators,
buckwheat and rye, and the extension of
the income tax exemption to savings
banks not conducted for profit.
The entire committee will make its
formal report to the house tomorrow,
with the minority report from the Re
publicans.
Democrats of the committee decided
today, however, to grant hearings to
senators in opposition to free wool and
free sugar. Senator Newlands reported
to tlie hearings and told the committee
probably other senators would appear.
WILSON POURED OIL
ON JAPANESE WATERS
Japan Quiets Down After
President Cautioned Cali
fornia Against Laws
TOKIO, April 21.—The chagrin, disap
pointment and wounded pride of Japan,
which last week were vented in angry
militant talk by irresponsible people,
have become somewhat modified since
President Wilson’s caution to California.
The entire Japan nation now awaits,
with intense and evident anxiety, the
outcome of the deliberations in reference
to the Californian alien land-holding bill
proceeding at Sacramento.
Governmental and commercial forces of
Japan are using their utmost exertions
in endeavoring to restrain the unthinking
agitators here. They point out that the
real influences in Japan rely confidently
on the highest thought and the highest
influences in the United States. At the
same time they assert that there is not a
single responsible person in either coun
try who even dreams of war. .
It is becoming increasingly evident
that the agitation in Japan is largely in
spired by a small political group seeking
to embarrass the Japanese government
and putting forward the American land
question to rouse national feeling and
hide their real purpose.
Those newspapers which caused the
war talk among the “hot heads'* are
now advocating a more dignified and
conservative attitude and expressing the
hope that the citizens of California will
spare Japan indignity and the United
States embarrassment.
Buei Nakano, chairman of the Tokio
chamber of commerce, has called a
meeting of the American-Japanese so
ciety tonight for the purpose of offset
ting the extremists.
EMD’S TREATY
t
i
Senator Chamberlain, of Ore^
gon, Introduces a ResoliH;
tion for Abrogation of Hay-
Pa uncef of e Treaty
4
SEE-SAW
WILSON SENDS SPECIAL
WHEN BARRETT CALLED TO URGE
FRIEND'FOR APPOINTMENT, BRYAN
TENDERED THE POSITION TO HIM
Secretary of State Urges Charles S, Barrett, of Georgia,
to Accept Places as American Delegate to International
Institute of Agriculture, in Rome, Italy
President Urges $20,000 for
American Commission to
Opium Conference
BY RALPH SMITH
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Charles S.
Barrett, of Georgia, president of the
Farmers’ union, has been tendered ap
pointment as American delegate to the
International Institute of Agriculture,
which meets at Rome, Italy, May 10.
The tender came to Mr. Barrett unsolic
ited yesterday afternoon from Secreta
ry of State Bryan, who recognizes’ his
interest in the agricultural problems
of the country. *
Mr. Barrett is undecided whether he
will accept the appointment, as he.fears
that important engagements in America
may interfere. He lunched today with
Senator Hoke Smith, who urged him to
attend the foreign conference.
The International Institute of Agricul
ture is world wide in its influence. It
meets every three years at Rome, and
every nation of the world is represented
by delegates familiar with the agricul
tural problems of their respective peo
ple. The United States government will
foot the bill of the American delegates
who will sail from New York on April
26. The American rural credits com
mission, of which Senator Fletcher, of
Florida, is chairman will also attend the
Rome conference.
Mr. Barrett called on Secretary Bryan
to recommend the appointment of T. J.
Brooks, of Tennessee, as a delegate
and was surprised when Mr. Bryan ten
dered to him the appointment.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—In his first
special message to congress, President
Wilson today urged the appropriation
of $20,000 for the expenses of an Ameri
can commission to the final opium con
ference of the powers at The Hague
next June.
PAUL PLATT WILL GET
NEW TRIAL IN THOR/IAS
WANT TO SEE MY MOTHER,
SAYS J. D. STRINGER, HELD
FOR EXPRESS PACKAGE THEFT
"Whenever I Get Out of This
I’ll Go Back to’ Our Old
Place-Mother
Back”
Take- Me
IE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
THOMASVILLE, Ga., April 21.-—
Thomas superior court convened Mon
day, with Judge W. E. Thomas pre
siding. The first week will be devoted
to civil business.
There are several cases to be tried
during the second week of court, when
the criminal docket will be taken up
that will probably be of much inter
est, among them that of young Paul
Platt, who was .sentenced just a year
ago to eight years in the penitentiary
for killing his brother-in-law, but has
been granted a new trial by the court
of appeals. He has been in jail here
ever since sentence was passed on him.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
JESUP, Ga., April 21.—Penitent,
overcome with remorse and half sick
from worry, J. D. Stringer, the South
ern Express messenger who was ar- %
rested early Saturday morning for the
theft cf $5,00Q from an A. C. L. bag
gage car betw’een Brunswick and Jesup
on Wednesday night, is now in the
Wayne county jail awaiting indictment
and trial.
Every penny of the money that he
took has been returned, even to the ten
dollars that Stringer removed from the
$5,000 roll of- bills when he buried $4,-
990 in a glass jar 400 yards from the
Jesup railroad station Wednesday night.
The ten dollars were given to M
G. Kelley, a friend of Stringer’s in
Brunswick, to keep for him, and when
a special express officer went to Bruns
wick for the money on Saturday morn
ing. Mr. Kelley promptly turned it
over to him. Mr. Kelley was in ig-
ncrance of the manner in which the
money was obtained by Stringer. 4
WAS A “GOOD FELLOW.”
Stringer is a young man, just twen
ty-two years old, and is from very
prominent people living at Pine Park,
in Thomas county. He is a fine look
ing* young fellow with blue eyes and
light brown hair, and is well liked by
all who know him in Jesup and Bruns
wick. But for three weeks young
Stringer was too much of a “good fel
low,” and to that he attributes his
downfall.
“I was drunk when I stole the
money,” said Stringer in the Wayne
county jail.” and from the minute I
took it I wished it were back on its
way to the Central Bank and Trust cor
poration in Atlanta. I left Brunswick
on Wednesday night at 8:30 o’clock,
after drinking heavily with a party of
friends. No one else was in the bag
gage car with me on the run to Jesup.
“They accued me of doing this to get
money for a woman, and they talk of
accomplices in the case. There is no
truth in either of the accusations. I had
no accomplice; I thought of stealing the
money after I was alone in the car, as
I had thought of stealing the other
things I took when alone in the car
after drinking more than usual.”
Young Stringer buried his face in his
hands, leaning his body against the bars
of his cell, and it was several moments
before h£ raised his head and started
speaking again.
NEVER IN JAIL BEFORE.
“Were you ever in a cell?” he asked.
“Locked in behind bars of iron like some
beast, with no chance of escape? No,
Well, I never thought I would be either;
I never thought it. Although I took the
money I am not a thief. I was raised by
loving, God-fearing parents on our farm
near Thomasville, and my mother
taught me to live a straight and decent
life, to shun liquor and to fear God.
“If only I had never strayed from the
path that she taught me to follow! 1
had a good chance in life.
“I’m lonesome up here in this jail; I
want to see my mother. It ought to be
arranged for her to see me, don’t you
think? I know she’s terribly worried
and feels awfully about It all, but I
want to say right now that whenever
I get out of this I am not going to
skip the country; I’m not going to run
to some far place like a criminal. No,
sir. I’m going back to our old place
near Thomasville—mother’ll take me
back—and I’m going to live like mother
wanted me to live and like she has
prayed for me to live ever since I was
a little boy.
“Father’s too old to come ’way up
here to see me; he might not be able
to stand it. But I hope mother comes
soon.”
Stringer's bail was set at $5,000, and
as yet no one fias stood it to get him
out, but his friends are making efforts
to secure a bondsman now. It is ex
pected that he will be indicted by the
Wayne county grand Jury when it meets
Tuesday, and that his trial will start at
once, »
Real Value Not Known but Es
timates Place Estate at
That Figure
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 21.—Interest In
the will of J. P. Morgan, made public
yesterday, centered today in the ques
tion of the value of the financier's es
tate and in what disposition his son
would make of the vast collection of
the Morgan ,art treasures.
Less than $20,000,000 was accounted
Jor in the specific bequests made by Mr.
Morgan, the remainder being the residu
ary portion left to the son without men
tion of the amount.
Some estimates made today placed the
total estate as high as $125,000,000, but
according to a member of the firm of
J. P. Morgan & Co., not even the son
himself can tell within many millions
the actual value of the fortune. Until
appraised by the state for the purpose
of collecting the inheritance tax the
question probably will remain open.
J. P. Morgan declined today to say
anything in regard to the disposition of
the art treasures, but it was intimated
that he might make a statement some
time this week.
The treasures were left to the gon
with the hope that “he will be able in
such a manner as he thinks best, to
make a permanent disposition or dis
positions of them or such portions of
them as will be a substantial carrying
out of the intentions which 1 have
cherished ... to render them per
manently available for the pleasure and
instruction of the American people.”
Mr. Morgan’s will was filed for pro
bate this morning.
BANKER L0CKERMAN
BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS
CORDELE, Ga., April 21.—John R.
Lockerman, a prominent citizen of Doo
ly county, and cashier of the Bank of
Unadilla. committed suicide last night
by shooting himself through the head
with a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver,
killing himself instantly.
The suicide of Mr. Lockerman came
as a great shock to the community. He
had been in ill health for some months
past and this is given as the cause of
his act by his friends. He was a man
of about forty years of age, and he
leaves-'a wife and two children. He is
prominently connected throughout this
section.
THESE TWO HAVE GIVEN
30 TEARS TO GEORGIA
Supt. Jones and Steward La
mar, of State Sanitarium,
in Office Three Decades
M’REYNOLDS INTERVENES
IN STATE RATE CASE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Attorney-
General McReynolds today petitioned
the supreme court to permit the govern
ment to file a brief in the pending state
rate eases because of its interest in
Texas rate cases before the commerce
court involving some of the same points.
The court at first made no comment
on receiving the petition and indicated
that it might take it under advisement.
Such action probably would further de
lay decision in the cases.
Later the supreme court granted the
application of the department of justice
to intervene in the state rate cases, and
received a brief on behalf of the govern
ment.
WILL SERVE SENTENCE
BUT WON’T PAY FINE
MOULTRIE, Ga.. April 21.—Hugh
Pierce, former postmaster of this city,
who pleaded guilty last week in the su
perior court to an indictment charging
him with gambling, and who was sen
tenced to twelve months on the gang
or to pay a fine of $250, declares that
hie will do his time on the county roads.
Pierece has been in prison since the
sentence was imposed Friday afternoon.
He was for a number of years postmas
ter in Moultrie and an effort has been
made on the part of his friends to per
suade him to let them pay his fine, but
he obstinately refuses.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., April 21.—
Two of Georgia’s most valued servants
have rounded out thirty years of serv
ice to the state with the completion
of this month, in the persons of Dr,
L. M. Jones, superintendent of the
state sanitarium, and Mr. L. J. Lamar,
steward of_ the- same great institution.
When they went into office such a
long time ago the sanitarium was not
one-fourth as large as it is today and
changing conditions hae made the place
almost like a different institution.
When Dr. Jones went in as third as
sistant physician there were only three
doctors employed and now there are
about five times as many.
Instead of 750 patients there are now
approximately 3,500 and where only
one large building existed there are
now an even dozen of great magnitude.
Dr. Jones’ record has been a remarkable
one b and through all his carer he has
made friends by the score. He suc
ceeded Dr. T. O. Powell as superin
tendent of the institution about ten
years ago.
The record of Mr. Lamar is prob
ably one of the most notable in the
history of the state and during his
incumbency, covering a period of
thirty years over a month ago, he has
handled probably $25,000,000 of the
state’s money and there has nevbr
been a discrepancy of two cents in
his accounts, involving the settlements
of tens of thousands of bills and pay
ing off thousands of employes of the
sanit rium, all of which goes through
Mf-. Lamar. The stewardship of the
sanitarium is easily one of the biggest
offices in Georgia and is filled with
great financial responsibility.
While both o fthe famous men have
given so many years to the service
of the state both are yet classed as
only middle aged men and they are
active in their various duties, fulfill
ing every requirement with the same
care and attention, day after day, that
exercised some thirty years ago when
they first began work for the sanita
rium. They are men of whom Mil-
ledgeville is justly proud and the state
of Georgia may well join in attrib
uting to them high honor for the won
derfully great and humane work they
have done for the state and every
county and hamlet has one or more
people who have cause to be thankful
for this service.
FLORIDA MAY ASSESS
EXPRESS COMPANIES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 21.—The
finance and taxation committee has
agreed to recommend that express com
panies he assessed one and one-quarter
per cent on gross receipts, in lieu of the
present m6de of taxation, which means
an increase of 14 per cent in state rev
enue.
The express representatives were given
a lengthy hearing. Neither house was in
session Monday.
The medical board bill is being stren
uously opposed by all hut old line prac
titioners.
WILSON NOMINATES
ALASKAN OFFICIALS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—President
Wilson today sent these nominations to
the senate: Governor of Alaska, J. A.
Strong, of Juneau.
Surveyor general of Alaska, Charles E.
Davidson, of Alaska; auditor for’the war
department, J L. Baity, of Missouri.
TYBEE IS
DAMAGED
BY FURIOUS TIDE
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 21.—Residents
at Tybee are working hard today in an
effort to repair the many dollars of dam
age done yesterday early and today,
when an unusually high tide swept the
beach, wrecking some of the bath houses
and pulling the pilings from under oth
ers.
(By Associated Pfess.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—A Joint 1
resolution to abrogate the Hay-Paunce-
fote and Clayton-Bulwer treaties, oni
t^hich Great Britain is basing her pro-!
tests against the Panama canal act, was ,
introduced today by Senator Chamber* j
lain and referred to the foreign rela-
tions committee.
Upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
Great Britain bases her protests against'
free passage for American ships in thaj
Panama canal. Senator Chamberlin, a 1
leader in the senate of the free passage
exponents, declared today that he cou«
sidered abrogation of the treaty the
easiest and quickest way to get to the
bottom of the affair.
Senator Chamberlain explained that
while the Clayton-Bulwer treaty haa,
been superseded by the existingt Hay-
Pauncefote treaty, he included it in\ his I
resolution for abrogation, upon the the
ory that, were the Hay-Pauncefots!
treaty to be abrogated alone, Great 1
Britain might rebase her claim upon th«!
old treaty with the contention that tha
abrogation of its successor still left it in j
force.
Abrogation of a treaty involves tha
joint action of both houses of congress
and the approval of the president. Tho;
last treaty abrogated by the United
States was the Russian treaty of com-,
mere© and navigation, because congress
held American Jews were not treated:
on an equality with other Americans
traveling in Russia.
WILSON’S ATTITUDE. |
One of the results of the resolution
probably will be to hasten the definition 1
of the attitude of the administration to
ward the whole question of the exemp
tion of American shipping from tolls in
the Panama canal, which, It is under
stood, President Wilson Intended to keep
in the background until the tariff legis
lation has passed towards a conclusion
in the house.
By tacit agreement the negotiations
began last summer by the presentation*
of Great Britain’s preliminary note fcave
been held.in abeyance since the advent!
of the new administration.
The last note in the series filed by Am-,
bassador Bryce clearly indicated it was
to be followed by another from Sir Ed
ward Grey, secretary for foreign affairs.
But this was withheld in view of intima-/
tionS i that President Wfison would record
his opposition to the exemption of Amer
ican shipping from tolls as a form' of
subsidy, regardless of the question as;
to whether or not such exemption was
in violation of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. —
Mr. Bryce is leaving Washington next
Friday without filing the expected sup-|
plementary note. His successor, Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, is understood to be I
bringing the latest views of the foreign
office on the subject, but their presenta
tion will depend upon the developments
in the congressional situation after the
introduction of Senator Chamberlain’s
resolution.
Most of the points set out in the pre
amble to the resolution have been de
veloped In a preliminary way, at least
in the speeches of Senator O’Gorman
and other advocates of the right of ex
emption.
As to the principal point, that tho
Clayton-Bulwer treaty was intended to
apply to a canal constructed In Nica
ragua, state department officials have
long considered it, but believed that the
treaty has no such limitation.
The meeting of the senate inter-
oceanic canals committee, scheduled for
tomorrow,
April 29.
has been postponed until
JUDGE MILLER TO GET
IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT
Macon Jurist Slated for Big
Place in Foreign Service,
Meets President Wilson
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—That
Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, is in lino,
for immediate recognition by the Wilson!
administration with a desirable assign-;
merit in the foreign service, became;
known today, when Secretary of State
Bryan presented the Georgian to Presi-j
dent Wilson, after which there ensued a
prolonged conference.
It is known that the president was]
impressed with Judge Miller’s qualifi
cations for the assignment for which]
he has been picked by Secretary Bryan,
on the recommendations of Senators
Bacon and Smith.
The nature of the post for which
Judge Miller has been selected has not
been disclosed, but it is understood that
the announcement will be made in a few
days, and that his choice will meet with
general approval.
Judge Miller and his son, Wallace
Miller, who is a member of the Georgia
legislature from Bibb county, came to
town this morning in response to a
summons. Shortly after his arrival he
went with Senator Bacon to see the sec
retary of state, and from the state de
partment he went to the White House
with Colonel Bryan.
FLORIDA ToTAlSE ‘
MONUMENT FUNDS!
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 21.—J
When the legislature passes the appro
priation of $12,000 asked by the Con-*
federate vetrans of Florida to enable
them to complete the monument to the
women of the Confederacy, which they
have started to build in this city, there
will still be needed $6,000 to complete
the work.
This amount will have to be raised by
popular subscription and the matter
will be taken up with the next assem
bling of the veterans in state encamp-1
ment, and also probably will be broach-1
ed at the annual reunion in Ciiatta«j
nooga. The model for the bronze he*
roic figures are complete.