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8 THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1913. SENATE PROGRESSES THE ON THE TARIFF BILL T( U FOR II LOBBY President Either Played in Bij Luck or Was Very Astute in Divining Conditions, Is Washington's Opinion BY BAX.F& SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. Aug. 25.—That Pesident Wilson had luck, or was unusually astute in divining conditions, is the general opinion here with respect to the institution of the lobby investi gation at both ends of the capitol and the developments which have ensued since the senate and house committees got down to work. Congress took notice when Martin M. Mulhall’s statement of his activities in lobby work in behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers was pub lished by the New York World, which so seriously regarded his sworn aver ments that they paid him $10,000 for that much and added to it a liberal weekly allowance to run as long as he was a witness before either the senate or house committee. Mulhall’s state ment involved one way and another, a few seriously and the rest merely in cidental and innocehtly, the names of nearly two hundred senators and repre sentatives, members of the present and of past congresses. The senate committee consisting of Messrs. Overman, of North Carolina, chairman; Reed, of Missouri, Walsh, of Montana, Nelson, of Minnesota, and Cummins, of Iowa, a subcommittee, of the senate judiciary committee, took up the investigation first and got posses sion of many of the witnesses that were material to the investigation of the -house. The house committee was conse quently somewhat delayed by the sen-* arte committee holding on to witnesses wanted by the house, and it was not until the senate had completed six weeks' examination of Mulhall that the hoiisfc was enabled t- begin its own in vestigation. The house committe was primarily interested in Mulhall’s use of the names of house members in his alleged lobby campaigns, and determined at the out set of its own work to make investiga tion of all statements affecting members of the present house and employes of the present house. The house lobby committee started with Mulhall, after a preliminary state ment by James A. Emery, counsel for the National Association of Manufac turers which employed Mulhall, osten sibly, in lobby and political campaign to rk, and was making progress with him, when he complained of exhaustion and through a physiican’s certificate ob tained some days rest. The committee then resumed action by examination at length of Isaac H. McMichael, former chief of pages of the house, in connection with his em ployment by Mulhall for the National Association of Manufacturers and espe cially with reference to McMichael’s relations with the lobby propaganda through his business connection with Congressman James T.. McDermott, of Illinois, commonly known here as the representative of the Chicago slock yards district. McMichael’s statements on the stand were immediately sensational. Appar ently he intended to make a clean breast of all his activities, and his tes timony during several days of close examination,- while admitting his own culpability, involved McDermott and several house amployes. Mulhall’s in disposition to testify was used in tl^e meantime for the committee to pursue it’- investigations along other lines. Among the subjects was the lobby industry of certain pawn brokers and money lenders of the District of Co lumbia during the pendency before con gress of what became known as the “loan shark bill,” a measure reducing the late of interest charged. McMichael testified that McDermott undertook, for liberal consideration supplied by the Washington pawnbro kers ahd money lenders, to influence legislation their way. 'This particular bianch of the investigation developed not a few remarkably interesting fea tures and was pursued so sharply and industriously by the house committee as riot only to impress the public gen erally with the importance of the in vestigation, but satisfied the house membership that it was happily pro vided for in the emergency in the char acter of the committee chosen to do the investigating in behalf of the house. Praise of the house committee’s work in the investigation, critics contrasting its methods and achievements with those of the senate’s committee, is heard in all directions.* On the house committee are four Democrats—Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee, /chairman; Cy-j rus Cline, of Indiana; Joseph J. Rus-i sell, of Missouri, and Scott Ferris, of, Oklahoma; William H. Stafford, ofj Wisconsin, and Frank B. Willis, of •no, Republicans, and John 1. Nolan, of California, Progressive. The house committee, it is very gen erally observed, has worked not only with notable vigor and sagacity, but with absolute harmony, throughout its open sessions, and manifestly in its private deliberations. The senate committee’s work was marred by no little wrangling and sub jected some of its members to criti cism for partisan tactics. The house committee has so far been entirely free from such animadversions. The members have gone at their tasks energetically and with an obvious de termination to confine their efforts strictly within the lines of the instruc tions by the house, which though ex ceedingly broad and far-reaching, admit of no partisan prosecution of any per son or interest involved. Chairman Garrett has been particu larly careful and successful in his con duct of the examinations of witnesses along these lines and has won for him- Wool Schedule Disposed of and Liberal Action Taken on the Free List (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.—Rapid pro gress on the tariff bill was made today in the senate. The wool schedule was disposed of, so far as it will be con sidered by the senate in committee of the whole, and a deep inroad was made into the free list. Though no vote was taken on free raw wool, the decisive showing on that having been deferred until the bill comes from the committee of the whole, the finance committee rates on wool manufactures were agreed to without amendment and there was every indica tion that raw wool would remain free. The Penrose. LaFollette, Smoot and Catron substitutes for the schedule will come up when the bill apepars in the senate proper. With only a part of the free list, a portion of the paper schedule and the sundries schedule remaining to be con sidered in committee. Democratic lead ers expresed confidence that the in come tax would be disposed of before the end of the coming week. It was their hope to have the bill ready for the final vote in the senate within twd weeks. Among the articles on the free list ratified today were agricultural imple ments and sugar cane machinery, alco hol, horses and mules and animals for breeding. apatite, asbestos, bauxite, bibles, brass, biscuits and many oth ers. SLEPT IN BOX TO AVOID THE DRAUGHT And Now Eccentric Professor Is Dead T College Newly-Appointed Tax Officer Leaves for Atlanta to Assume Duties (3y Associated Press,) PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 25.—Dr. Robert Q. Treadwell, who according to his friends slept at night ina wooden box in order to avoid the possibility of a draught, died at his home here to day, aged 90 years. He was once an in structor in languages at Harvard uni versity. On one occasion Dr. Treadwell’s ec centricities were the subject of legal proceedings, but the court before whom he was summoned declared him sane. POSSE HUNTS SLAYER IN CAROLINA HILLS (By Associated Press.) ASHEVILLE. N. C.. Aug. 25.—R. F. 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When she heard the train coming she tried to get off but was struck and horribly mangled. Her body was brought on thirty-three to LaGrange. self and his committee not only wide spread commendation but emphatic ex pressions of admiration. In short, the house committee’s work so far promises to divulge more lobby history than even President Wilson ever dreamed of. The consensus of opinion is that the result of the investigations, which will consume practically the remainder of the sixty-third congress, will be the enactment of what will become known as a lobby regulating law. In just what form lobbyists wil be treated is yet to be disclosed, but it is evident that they will not be permitted to ap pear in behalf of any interest before, any committee or to represent any! respectable interest unless avowedly and openly, considerable sentiment having already been heard favoring registra tion, the payment of a license fee and a duly certified statement of inter est or interests represented, along with proper credentials. Whatever the investigation may dis close respecting the lobby Industries of the National Association of Manufac turers, it has at least even thus far revealed the fact that no organiza tion of business men in this country for any purpose was ever so big and power ful. It embraced the leading business associations of all the large cities and of all the states of the union. These subsidiary organizations crea ted through the initiative of officers of the National Association of Manu facturers. another active association which became known as the National Council for Industrial Defense for which from manufacturers belonging to the parent organization, about three hun dred in number, a large sum of money was annually collected. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) GREENSBORO, Ga., Aug. 25.—Judge John C. Hart, the governor’s appointee to the recently ^created office of state tax commissioner, spoke to a large gathering of Green county citizens here today, assembled to bid him farewell as he leaves for the capital to assume his new duties. Judge Hart spoke on the new tax equalization law, explaining it fully and completely to his auditors. Judge Hart stated that the chief trouble with the state finances lay in in visible property, stocks, bonds and like property, not being taxed. He also de clared the state debt ought to be paid, and would be paid. He commenced his speech by telling the Greene countians how deeply he appreciated their showing him such signal honor. His speech in part follows: ‘Taxation is a politcal and economic question. Taxation is a science, and lies at the very foundation of organ ized society. It is the life blood of the state. Government deprived of this function would perish. “Conditions exist today in this state which are painful to contemplate. If I consulted alone my own feelings as a son of this dear state I would add to further publicity to her embarrassment by reciting these conditions. But it is your right to know, for in its last analysis the people constitute the state, and I conceive it my plain duty to dis cuss qpenly and frankly the conditions which confront the state. I wish you to understand and appreciate the spirit that moves me to talk plainly in this conference. “The total revenue of the state for 1913 is estimated by the comptroller general. Hon. William A. Wright, one cJf the most conservative and capable men that ever held an office in Geor gia, at $5,673,000. The appropriation to pensions is $1,180,000. The appro priation to the common schools of the state is $2,500,000, exclusive of the ap propriations made to those institutions of higher learning fostered by the state. An analysis of the figures will demonstrate that the two items named, the payment of pensions and the appro priations to education, take 75 per cent of the state’s total revenue. The balance of the state’s revenue is applied to the payment of the interest on the public debt and the creation of a sinking fund amounting to $383,000, and the main tenance of the civil establishment, in cluding the administration of justice and the support of the public institu tions. “The state has been trying to meet these appropriations, but her revenue has proved insufficient. Yearly the de ficit has grown until it now amounts to approximately one million dollars. “DEBT WILL BE PAID.” When your legislature met recently the very last thing your retiring gover nor said was, “The state should pay her debts;” and they very first thing the in coming governor did was to send a message otthe legislature that the state’s debts must be paid; and I hear now the message—God bless the people oi Georgia—proclaimed by thousands of voices, from the mountains to the sea shore, in harmonious acclaim sweet to me as the music of the heavenly choir, the debt shall be paid. I feel embolden ed here and now to say # to Georgia’s sis ter states that no commonwealth in this union may boast of a more patriotic citizenship, and that Georgia will on or before the 25th day of December, 1914, be redeemed, and will claim her right ful place in the sisterhood of the states. The people of Georgia when advised of the situation will pay the debt. It only remains to point the way how this may be done. It is not a hard thing to do. It is an easy hng to do, and in do ing it benefit yourselves. The debt cannot and should not be paid by any particular class of persons, but should be paid by both classes, natural and artificial, individuals and corporations. The end hoped for is that exery tax payer shall do his share, which^is to be determined by the yalue of his prop erty. This is' the essence of justice. No fair-tl&nking man will object to this rule, and if the rule is observed by all taxpayers of Georgia, the debt can be paid and taxes would cease to be a u.iden. But when taxpayers with hold their property from taxation, or make incorrect returns; and feel that such things can be done consistently with common honesty, the result is in equality, and one man is made to bear the burden of another. There is enough property in Georgia today in the form of invisible property, consisting of bonds, of money, of notes, mortgages and like securities, which has never paid a cent of tax, to raise, if put upon th" digest where such prop erty rightfully belongs, sufficient rev enue to pay off the state’s debt and in another year result in reducing the present tax rate of five mills from two to three mills. It is to the interest of every citizen in Georgia to see that every species of property pays its just proportion o* taxes. It is to our finan cial interest to be honest. We ought to be honest even when it costs us something to be honest, but no man can claim that his mind or his heart is right when he argues that it is pref erable to be dishonest at a financial sacrifice. The last legislature, realizing the state’s financial condition, has made a start towards relieving it. The bill which has passed may not be perfect. Legislation rarely is. Where there are conflicting views of the legislators all legislation is more or less a compro mise. We will, as we proceed under the new act, note its defects, remedying them where possible, and administering the law in a spirit of absolute fair ness. The local assessors to be appofnt- ed In the several counties of the state should be men of the highest type. Men worthy to have and holding the respect and confidence of all the people of the county. The office of county assessor should be looked upon as carrying with it the gravest responsibility. It will be necessarily a hard office to fill. These officers are required to equalize taxes among the citizens of this county so that each man takes his part of the bur den, no more, no less. They have the authority and it is their duty to see that the invisible property of the county is likewise placed on the tax digest. They have authority and it is their duty, where property has not been returned for taxatioij, to examine and inquire of the taxpayer why the omission. Don’t get mad with the local assessors. Re member they are your servants and working for your good. Hold up their hands. And the local assessors in the discharge of their duty should remember and appreciate the delicacy of the situa tion and do so with the highest Regard and consideration for the feelings of others. With the county board of as sessors the success of this new law lies. Let them administer it in the spirit of Georgia's motto, with wisdom, justice and moderation. These are patent words, all three, but the greatest of all. moder ation. Moderation combines wisdom and justice. LOCAL BANKS ILL I Exact Figures Not Obtainable but Are Close to Actual Amount-Whole State Will Receive Around $1,800,000 (By RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON Aug. 25.—One million eight hundred thousand dollars is to be dumped into the state of Georgia by the United States treasury department to facilitatte the movement of the cot ton crop. The money will be distributed among the cities of Savannah, Atlanta, Macon and Augusta on a basis of na tional banking capital. It is believed that upwards of $750,- 000 will be deposited in the banks of Atlanta, but the exact figures are not known definitely. •A formal statement will be issued probably Monday by Assistant Secre tary Williams in which the allotment to the several banks will be made-known. It was learned today that the treas ury department has already begun to ditribute the fund, and the money will be moved from- Washington just as rapidly as the security of the several depositors is approved. The facts in the above dispatch are approximately correct. Atlanta banks will receive approximately $750,000. maybe a little more, but not much. This much is authoritative. The local banks will receive the money in a week or ten days, for it will require that much time to arrange all the necessary details. Half the amount will be sent this time, and the balance next month. The government will call for its return in quarterly payments, be ginning December 1, and ending March 1. It is not possible to learn how the total amount will be prorated among At lanta banks. As to the distribution to other cities of the state, it is probable that Macon will receive $500,000, and Savannah and Augusta will probably get $250,000 each That Macon gets as much as Savan nah and Augusta combined can be ex» plained by the fact that Macon has twice as many national banks. The figures on these Georgia cities, however, are not authoritative but are fairly ac curate estimates; \ The local ^clearing house has receiv ed a circular from the treasury depart ment outlining the various conditions of the currency advance, most of which are already familiar. GONSTfiBULflflY CALLED TB BUELL ERIE RIOT Private Detectives and Iron Moulders Battle in Streets, Twenty-Five Arrested (By Associated Press,) ERIE. Pa.. Aug. 25.—After a night of rioting in Erie, two troops of state constabulary arrived here today. The fighting was between striking iron moulders and their sympathizers on one side and private detectives who were guarding strikebreakers on the other side. The first battle occurred at the board ing house of Edward Stafer, one of the detectives. He had been active on other occasions, It was said, and when his home was discovered a^mob stormed the house and almost beat him to death before he was rescued by the police. The fighting continued in many local ities during the night. Twenty-five<or more persons were ar rested. Members of tfie constabulary, posted in the manufacturing districts, were ex pected quickljL to squelch any further trouble. Tried for Murder, Freed, Jilted By Gril, Slays Self (By Associated Press.) STERLING, 111., Aug. 25.—Charles Hubner, of Tampa, Fla., committed sui cide in a local hotel today. He left a note stating that he took his li$e be- couse Miss Anna Kulogowski refused to marry him following his trial for murder in Tampa. Many Believed Hubner Crazy During His Trial (By Associated Press.) TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 25.—Charles Hub ner, who killed himself- in a hotel at Sterling, Ill., today, saot and killed Henry Phelts, a well-known truck grow er, at Plant City several weeks ago. was acquitted after a plea of self-de fense. , Following the acquittal Hubner was taken to a hospital in delirium. He created a sensation on the witness stand by antics that led many to be lieve he was insane. , DIRK DEEDS ALLEGED HOKE SMITH DECLINES INVITATIONS TO SPEAK Georgia Senator Feels His Presence in Washington Is Required Right Now CONDUCTOR KILLS TWO ITALIANS IN DISPUTE Conductor and Motorman Ar rested for Slaying Beliger- ent Foreigners (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. Aug. 25.—Two unidentified Italians who engaged in a dispute with the conductor of a crowded West Side street car here tonight were shot and killed by the conductor. A third Italian was knocked unconscious by the motor- man and could not be revived suffi ciently to give the names of his dead companions. Frank Tyschper, conductor, and John Molan, motorman, later were Arrested. Tyschper was found in a hospital with bruises on his forehead. New Skv Scraper In New York Will Rise Nearly 1,000 Feet (By Associated Press.) NpW YORK, Aug. 25.—A skyscraper whose topmost tower wil rise 901 feet above the curb is planned by the Pan- American States association. Unless plans miscarry, it will be built in this city, constructed wholly of materials from the Latin-American republics, will wrest from the Woolworth building the distinction of being the world’s tallest habitable structure and will be ready for occupancy with the opening of the Panama-Pacific exposition in Califor nia in 1915. Such at least are the tentative plans of the promoters. Plans and specifi cations for the structure have been drafted and will be given to a building committee of the association next Tues day for review and acceptance. Francis H. Kimball, designer of notable down town skyscrapers, made the plans. The estimated cost of the structure is $9,- 000,000. The site has not yet been se lected. It ig intended to erect the building as an enduring moment to Pan- American industry. The Woolworth building, now the tallest in the world, is 750 feet high; the Metropolitan, its nearest rival, 700 feet. * ARRESTED AT VALDOSTA ON MANN ACT CHARGE (By Associated Press.) VALDOSTA, Ga., Aug. 25.—T. L. Rushin was arretsed here today, charged with violating the Mann white slave act. Rushin came here from. Jacksonville with a young woman who gave her name as Mamie Williams. Both say they are from Charlotte, al though Rushin says his companion is from Columbia, S. C. NIGHBERT’S WORK BRINGS RESULTS AROUND DALTON (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DALTON, Ga., Aug. 25.—The cattle tick eradication work in tnis county is showing excellent progress, according to the report made by E. M. Nighbert, inspector in charge. There are now twelve dipping vats in operation. The report shows there are 372 herds, in cluding 2,347 cattle, free of the cat tle tick, 175 herds, with 1,224 cattle, still under local quarrantine. It is believed the work will be completed the last of this year or early in 1914. THIS MULE USES TWO ENDS IN KICKING DALTON, Ga., Aug. 25.—Mr. Sam Tal ley, of the Harmony district, this coun ty, narrowly escaped serious injury when attacked by a vicious mule yes terday. Mr. Talley was watching the mule’s heels, not dreaming that it could fight “from the other end,” when the mule jumped toward him. and struck him down with its fore feet. He rolled out of danger, but was considerably bruised. 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Hoi-., rifying accounts of cruelty were related 1 by Glen Cooper and "Will Henderson^ two young white men at the preliminary trial this morning of Sid Marsh, a Coffee! county farmer, accused of holding them in peonage. "Marsh crushed my hands around a big' stump and beat me with a doubld buggy trace one night because he said I had not done enough work that day,’' testified Cooper. “It was in the summer and I wore only my shirt and a pair of) overalls. He beat me all over my; body, legs, and head and face. All the, time his wife was in the house praying for me.” » Spectators at the trial stood aghast; while Cooper told of the merciless treat-j ment. His statement was corroborated, by Henderson. BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Senator Hoke Smith today declined to accept two flattering Invitations to speak in widely separated sections of the country. The Daniel Webster association, of New Hampshire on August 28. The represent the south at the unveiling of a monument at Webster’s old home in New Hampshire on August 22. The Iowa State JTalr association invited Mr. Smith to speak for the Democratic party at the Iowa state fair Sioux City, on October 13. Both invitations were de clined because the senator feels that his presence in Washington will be re quired. ^-Year-Old Boy, Saves Baby Sister From the Flames BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Bandits who fatally wounded Bert P. Gage, pres ident of the American Blue Stone com pany at Warsaw, N. Y., and seriously hurt Kirke Stirrill, a bookkeeper, hur ried off into the woods today without attemptingto take a bag containing $1,- 000 in gold which had inspired the hold up. The bandits stopped the quarry men driving an automobile and when they tried to back out of harm’s way they were shot down. 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DALTON, Ga., Aug. 25.—Cupid got busy in the northern part of the coun ty, causing youth and old age to suc cumb to his wiles, and as a result, William Crain, aged 16 years, became the husband of Miss Nola Starks, aged 14 years, and “Uncle Billy” Haddock took unto himself his fourth wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Hartley, he being her third husband. The Starks-Crain wedding was in the nature of a runaway match, the ceremo ny being *said by ’Squire J. D. Brack ett, at Beaverdale, there being only a few intimate friends present. The wed ding surprised the northern part of the county. The other wedding occurred at Co- hutta, and was witnessed by fully 10o friends of the bride and groom. Rev. J. C. Parrott was the officiating min ister. We will send you a full quart of thit HAYNER WHISKEY For Only 80 Cents—Express Charges Paid N OTHING like this has ever been known—no one else offers Boiled-in-Bond whiskey at 80 cent?—no one else pays the express on a one quart shipment. Wewantyonrtrade, and if you have never tried Hayner Whiskey, try it now. Cutoutthi3 ad—mail it with your order and 80 cents in stamps or coin—and the full quart bottle of Hayner Private Stock Bottled-in-Bond Whiskey will be sent in sealed case—express charges paid. It’s 'great—a Bottled-in-Bond whiskey of the finest kind—sealed with the U.S. Government’s Green Stamp over the cork—your assur ance it is fully aged, full 100 % proof, full measure—as good and pure as can be produced. It’s guaranteed to please you or money back. You know we are responsible—been in business 46 years —Capital $J>00,000.00 fully paid. Don’t put this off—order right now—and goods will go forward by first express. 1SIOTF* Orders from Arir., Wyo.. Colo., Mont., and all states West AlvflCi* thereof must call for $1.00 for one quart—express paid. N 16 Address our nearest office THE HAYNER DISTILLING CO., Dept S-26 Dayton, 0. St. *Loais, Mo. Boston, Most. m New Orleans, La. Toledo, 0. Kansas City, Mo. 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