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$1.00 A YEAR. FREE LIST BILL IS PASSED BT DOUSE REPUBLICANS FOUGHT VAINLY TO AMEND THE BILL—FINAL VOTE 363 TO 109. SOLID DEMOCRATIC VOTE Over 100 Amendments Offered by Re¬ publicans Were Voted Out by Democrats, Washington.—The farmers' free list bill was passed by the house by a vote of 236 to 109, the entire Demo¬ cratic side votiDg in favor of the meas¬ ure. and 24 Republicans in addition. It will now go to the senate, and the chances are that it will never see the light of day in that body, but be strangled in the finance committee. The senate will never accept free lum¬ ber, boots and shoes and leather. Still the Democratic house will secure what¬ ever credit and political accretions may result from this enactment. Representative Underwood, the Dem¬ ocratic leader, and the house majority, are congratulating themselves that the measure was put through with¬ out the aid of a special rule. One day was given up to debate on the measure under the five-minute rule, and the steam roller was not resorted to. One of the amendments of the hud¬ dled or more, offered by Republican Header Mann, was to exempt German exports from the provision of the free list bill, in retaliation for the German tax on potash exports, hut this was voted down by the Democrats. Burlap, which is now taxed seven- eighths of one cent per square yard, v/as put on the free list, as were jute bagging, which now pays a tax of a sixteenth of one cent a squate yard, and hoops of hand iron for baling cotton taxed three-tenths of one cent per pound under the Payne-Aldrich law'. The vote came after the Democrats had voted down or ruled out of order more than one hundred amendments, and had demonstrated again that the Democratic majority was a compact and smoothly-working machine for the enactment of legislation. Minority Leader Mann threw amend¬ ment after amendment into the de¬ bate, ranging all the way from free rice to free lead and pig iron, hut those that were not ruled out of or¬ der were cheerfully voted down by an almost solid Democratic vote. BLOODY BATTLE IS FOUGHT Many Mexicans and Some Americans Killed in Fight Near El Paso. El Paso, Texas.—The totpl dead for the day’s fighting, including insurrec- tos and Federals, is estimated at near¬ ly thirty. The wounded will number close to sixty. Roque Gonzales Garcia and Alberto Fuentes, and other insurrecto leaders, accompanied by newspaper men, cross¬ ed into Juarez to discuss a termina¬ tion of hostililties with General Na¬ varro. Insubordination in the ranks of Gen¬ eral Madero’s army and a lust for the fight of which Federal concessions had apparently deprived them, caused a fierce attack on Juarez, culminating in a careful retreat of the insurrectos af¬ ter a day of continuous skirmishing. The 150 rebels, who opened fire on the Federals, not only captured some of the important outposts, hut carried the fighting into Juarez. Failing to get reinforcements, they retired. The casualties of the insurrectos and Federals are not known, but five per¬ sons on the American side of the line were killed, and at least twelve were wounded. Gallinger, President Pro Tem. Washington.—Senator Jacob H. Gal¬ linger of New Hampshire was unan¬ imously nominated as president pro tempore of the senate at the Republi¬ can senatorial caucus. Twenty of the fifty Republican senators were absent, including nine Progressive senators. The four Progressives in attendance, Senators Elorah, Brown, Dixon and Kenyon, voted for Mr. Gallinger. Sen¬ ator Galliager was placed in nomina¬ tion by Senator Warren, who eulogiz¬ ed Senator William P. Frye, the re* tiring president. Taft Is Blunt to Fawners. Washington.—President Taft indulg¬ ed in some plain talk in explaining to 25 members of the National Grange that he does not intend to play poli¬ tics with the Canadian reciprocity agreement, even if the enactment of the measure costs him the farmer vote. The president told his visitors bluntly he was sorry to hear that Re¬ publican farmers would desert the par¬ ty if the agreement goes through, but fear of such desertion would not at all change his conviction as to the wisdom of tne legislation. Clinch Cnmiin ate 4 HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1911. SHORT-CAKE TIME \ yes 'um-m-w oo you I LEFT Boom think you, j FOB- A Whole. CAN EAT I pieces WHOLE _. A ^ PIECE, I / Vl/ILU AW J ? m rV i SSI ■•4-v m ■J .j. KSi - L % mm i «» mb.-:-™ ■V,. , ftspil i '• aft, §8 ■ # (copyright, ml.) • WORLD PLAGE IS PLANNED GENERAL ARBITRATION TREATY STRONGLY URGED AT BAL¬ TIMORE CONGRESS. Resolutions Crystallizing Sentiments Which Inspired Sessions Are Adopted. Baltimore, Md.—Resolutions crystal¬ lizing the sentiments which have in¬ spired the sessions of the Third Peace Congress, and marking the develop¬ ment of the peace movement through¬ out the country, were adopted by the delegates to the congress. They con¬ tain a hearty endorsement of the Fed¬ eral administration for its efforts in behalf of world-witje peace through the treaty of arbitration with Great Britain and for the establishment of the international prize court and of the international court of arbitral jus¬ tice. The suggestion made by James Speyer, the New York banker, that nations should prevent, as far as pos¬ sible, loans being raised by their sub¬ jects or citizens in order to enable foreign nations to carry on wars is favored and the United States govern¬ ment is requested to include this matter in the proposed program of the third Hague conference. A general arbitration treaty on the lines of the proposed treaty with Great Britain is favored, as is also a continuous study of armaments by of¬ ficial commissions of the various gov¬ ernments interested, The proposed celebrations of one hundred years of peace between the English-speaking nations is approved and the congress pledges its support to the movement. Another resolution asks that congress pass such acts as will make the gov¬ ernment hold each state responsible for any outrage committed upon the person or property of foreign subjects within tho state. The gratitude of the congress is expressed to Andrew Car¬ negie and Edwin Ginn of Boston for their munificent contributions to the cause of peace WILL PRuot UUTTON CORNER Supreme Court vv 111 Pass on Cotton Bulls' Indictment. Washington. — Another puzzling question about the Sherman anti-trust law_ made its appearance in the Su¬ preme court of the United States to plague that tribuunal. It was this; Does a conspiracy to fix the price of a commodity by pro¬ curing a “corner” constitute a viola¬ tion of the Sherman anti-trust law? The government ranks the importance of the question alongside that of the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases now awaiting decision by the Supreme court. This latest member of the “trust” problem family came to the court In a writ of error obtained by the government from the recent de¬ cision of Judge Noyes of the New York Federal courts in regard to the anti-trust law indictment against James A. Patten, Eugene C, Scales, Frank B. Hayne and William P. Brown. The New York court dismiss¬ ed the counts in the indictment which charged a conspiracy to “corner” the cotton market. Taft ufjena Feace Congress. Baltimore, Md.—President Taft, in his speech at the opening of the Third National Peace Congress here, declared that the United States would keep hands oft and not seek to extend its domain or to acquire foreign ter¬ ritory. The president made no men¬ tion specifically of Mexico, but to those who heard him it was evident that the troubled situation there and the sus¬ picion in the South American republics as to the intention of this nation in regard to its southern neighbor had inspired him. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY. ENGLISH-AMERICAN TREATY Makes United States and Great Brit¬ ain International Allies Before the World. Washington.—The Anglo-American arbitration treaty, several of whose provisions, as now agreed upon by both nations, became public property. Is not merely a peace pact; it is a closely drawn bond between the Unit¬ ed States and Great Britain through which diplomats declare the two Eng¬ lish-speaking naions will be bound to present a united defensive front to the world. The new treaty makes the United States and Great Britain international brothers, which can act together in all disputes, whether such disputes in¬ clude other nations or not. it is an agreement through which neither na¬ tion shall enter into any new alliances with a third nation whatever. This peace pact makes the existing alliance between Great Britain and Ja¬ pan a subsidiary matter and any pos¬ sible dispute between the United States and Japan will, upon the sign¬ ing of the new Anglo-American treaty, virtually force Japan to submit to ar¬ bitration. This was the interpreta¬ tion put upon the provisions of the pact by eminent authorities on inter¬ national law. The clauses of the trea¬ ty, as revealed, provide as follows: That America and Great Britain agree to consider and enforce the set¬ tlement of all questions involving the vital interests, the independence and honor of the two contracting parties by means of arbitration and peace un¬ der such conditions and for such a period of time as shall hereinafter be fixed. Differences which would be impossi¬ ble to settle by diplomacy shall be re¬ ferred to the international court of ar¬ bitration at The Hague. That high commissioners shall be appointed by the two governments for the settle¬ ment of disputes involving vital ques¬ tions. in cases involving a third in¬ terest, if the third interest is an ally of one of the contracting nations, the difference shall not be considered without the consent of the third party. In cases involving a third interest, where the third interest is not an ally of one of the two contracting parties, the dispute shall be arbitrated accord¬ ing to existing peace treaties. That neither America nor England shall en¬ ter into a treaty without mutual con¬ sent. High commissioners for internation¬ al arbitration shall be appointed by the king of England to represent Great Britain and by the president of the United States to represent Amer¬ ica. That the treaty shall he in force for an indefinite term, although it may be terminated at the end of any fifth year of its existence upon proper notice. Medal bestowed Upon Carnegie. Washington.—Andrew Carnegie re¬ ceived what he called his greatest mark of honor when 21 American re¬ publics bestowed upon him a gold medal bearing on one side the words, “Benefactor of Humanity,” and on the othqr, “The American Republics to Andrew Carnegie.” According to John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American Union, it was the first time that such a tribute had been paid to an individual. Senor de Zamacona, the Mexican ambassador, made the speech of presentation. Tyrus Loot), Politician. Washington.—Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the “Georgia Peach,” and the Detroit team’s wonderful batsman, has devel¬ oped into a political factor. Judge William M. Dunbar of Augusta owes several votes which helped to elect him postmaster of the house to the influence of Ty Cobb. Representative Doremus of Michigan (Dem.) told of the activity of the Georgia hall player in inducing members of congress whom he had met to support his old friend and feliow'-Georgian, Judge Dun¬ bar. STATE WILL PROBE RATES ON EXPRESS SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY IS ORDERED TO MAKE FULL RE-" PORT OF ITS BUSINESS. RAILROAD COMMISSION ACTS Books of the Carrier Must Be Thrown Open to the State Board. —Atlanta. Upon its own initiative the railroad commission has opened an investiga¬ tion of the affairs of the Southern Ex¬ press company looking to the reduc¬ tion of its rates in Georgia. The first gun in this investigation was fired when the commission, after a long ex¬ ecutive session, passed a resolution ordering the Southern Express com¬ pany to file with the commission, un¬ der oath of its officials, statements and evidence on certain statistical in¬ formation. The order cites 22 points for the express company to show. Although tile investigation has been going on quietly for several months, tiie public has not been aware of it. The commission has had a committee, Commissioners Gray and Candler, to investigate the rates of the Southern Express company over the couutry. This committee made its report, and after its adoption by the commission the resolution ordering the company to furnish certain statistical informa¬ tion was passed. tyhen this information is in the liasjjjls of the commission, it can pro¬ ceed with the investigation, which will be lone of the most important ever Conducted by a state commission. 853,553 White Males in State. There are 353,552 white adhlt male citizens of Georgia, accord¬ ing to bulletin issued by the census bureau. Of this number 35,861, or 10 per .cent, are citizens of Fulton comay. Chatham county, in which Bfcv.auBflh }s located, claims the next largest number of white male adults, 11,011. Richmond county is third, with 8,866, and Bibb county is fourth, with 8,204. Floyd county is fifth, claiming 6,483. Carroll county is sixth, then comes Gwinnett and next Muscogee, which claims Columbus as its capital. The bulletin shows no comparative figures, and nothing is known of the relative gain of the white adult male population of the several counties, it is regarded as remarkable, however, that Fulton county numbers among Its population more than 10 per cent of all the white male voters in the state of Georgia. The fact that both Carroii and Gwinnett counties out¬ rank Muscogee in this line will also create surprise in Georgia. Neither Carroll or Gwinnett claim any large city like Columbus. The appended table shows tho white adult male pop¬ ulation of every county in Georgia. UST OF CAUNT1ES. Appling, 2,074; Baker, 553; Bald¬ win 2,330; Banks, 1,980; Bartow, 4,370: Bon Hill, 1,902; Berrien, 3,686; Bibb, 3,204; Brooks, 2,302; Bryan, 814; Bulloch, 3,513; Burke, 1,300; Butts, 1664. Calhoun, 742; Camden, 649; Camp¬ bell, 1769; Carroll, 5,584; Catoosa, 2,- 151; Charlton, 831; Chatham, 11,011; Chattahoochee, 433; Chatooga, 2,537; Cherokee, 3,492; Clarke, 3,131; Clay, 693; Clayton, 1,385; Clinch 1,228; Cobb; 5,084; Coffee, 3,197; Colquitt, 3,- 417; Columbia, 815; Coweta, 3,107; Crawford, 821; Crisp, 1,915; Dade, 892. Dawson, 1,012; Decatur, 9,957; De- Kalk, 4,824; Dodge, 2,521; Dooly, 1,- 889; Dougliotry, 1,242; Douglas, 1,610. Early, 1,616; Echols, 540: Effing- ham, 1,387; Elbert, 2,870; Emanuel, 3,316. Fannin, 2,680; Fayette, 1,671; Floyd, 6,483; Forsyth, 2,326; Franklin, 3,057; Fulton, 33,861, Gilmer, 1,996; Glascock, 722; Glynn, L763; Gordon, 3,372; Grady, 2,487; Greene, 1,725; Gwinnett, 5,576. Habersham, 2,126; Hall, 4,934; Han¬ cock, 1,234; Haralson, 2,553; Harris, 1,362; Hart, 2,496; Heard, 1,623; Hen¬ ry, 2, 238; Houston, 1,637. Irwin, 1,258. Jackson, 4,993; Jasper, 1,300; Jeff Davis, 1,018; Jefferson, 1,936; Jenkins, l.OOS; Johnson, 1,706; Jones, 953. Lauren, 4,055; Lee, 462; Liberty, 1,- 115; Lincoln, 821; Lowndes, 2,956; Lumpkin, 1,198. McDuffie, 1,059; McIntosh, 410. Macon, 1,168; Madison, 2,658; Marion, 913; Meriwether, 2,620; Mil¬ ler, 1,059; Milton, 1,521; Mitchell, 2,- 363; Monroe, 1,661; Montgomery, 2, 7*6; Morgan 1,566; Murray, 2,132 ; Muscogee, 5,137. Newton, 2,178. Oconee, 1,431; Oglethorpe, 1,773. Paulding, 2,689; Pickens, 1,906; Pierce, 1,722; Pike, 2,241; Polk, 3,- 338; Pulaski, 2,198; Putnam, 991. VOL XV. XO. 29. Quitman, 271. Rabun, 1,243; Randolph, 1,519 ; Richmond, 8,866; Rockdale, 1,300. Schley, 4§9; Screven, 1,940; Spald ing, 2,496; Stephens, 1,712; Stewart, 818; Sumter, 2,082. Talbot, 908; TaJiaferro, 592; Tat¬ tnall, 285; Taylor, 1,327; Telfair, 2,- 022; Terrell, 1,405; Thomas, 3,041; Tift, 1,834; Toombs, 1,753; Towns, 833; Troup, 2,777; Turner, 1,420; Twiggs, 811. Union, 1,428; Upson, 1,420. Walker, 3,972; Walton, 3,607; Ware, 3,820; Farren, 979; Washington, 2,- 681; Wayne, 2,153; Webster, 463; White, 1,041; Whitfield, 3,319; 'Wil¬ cox, 1,822; Wilkes, 1,687; Wilkinson, 1,260; Worth, 2,201. Wants School Laws Changed. According to M. L. Brittain, state school commissioner, several impor¬ tant changes in the existing school laws will be asked at the coming ses¬ sion of the general assembly. Commissioner Brittain things it ex¬ tremely probable that a bill will be introduced providing that each county shall be allowed to vote upon the question of establishing compus- ory education in the county. It is not probable, he thinks, that a state-wide compulsory education bill will be in¬ troduced, such a measure having met defeat at the last session of the legis¬ lature. It is also stated by the commission¬ er that the legislature will be asked to devise some method which has not been outlined for making prompt pay¬ ments to teachers, and the commis¬ sioner thinks this can easily be done. It iq also probable that a bill will be introduced providing that the coun¬ ty be adopted as the unit of education, and abolishing a division of the city from the county in the matter of ed¬ ucation. New Home for the "Texas.” The work of removing the old war locomotive, ‘'Texas,'' from the yards of the Western and Atlantic railroad to Grant park has been started. The locomotive will be taken around the Belt Line to South Boulevard and from there hauled on a temporary tramway by road rollers to Fort Wal¬ ker. At Fort Walker the historic old lo¬ comotive will be placed under an Iron shed. The work of moving the engine will take about two days. The city has appropriated $500, whihh will be suf- ficient both for moving the engine and for building the shed to cover it. The hardest part of the work will be getting the engine from the Bolt Line railroad to Fort Walker, as a tramway track will have to be laid and two rollers used. Respite -for Hunter. J. C. Hunter of Savannah, sentenced to be hanged on May 12 for the mur¬ der of his wife and another woman, has been respited by Governor Brown until June 9. The governor has under considera¬ tion the recommendation of the prison commission that the sentence of death be commuted to life imprisonment, and he wishes to have more time in which to consider the case. Governor Brown stated that he has been informed that when the .commis¬ sion heard the case the state was not represented, and, since the evidence is conflicting, he has requested Solic¬ itor Walter C. Hartridge of Savannah to come to Atlanta and go over the case with him in detail. This will be done some time week after next, said the governor. Capitol Needs More Room. In his retiring message to the gen¬ eral assembly in June Governor Brown will probably recommend the erection of an annex to the capitol at some point near where the capitol is located. Casually disccussing the question with reporters the governor expressed the conviction that considerably more room is needed by state house offi¬ cials; that the capitol building is to¬ tally inadequate, even for present needs, and as time goes on the work of the offices increases, the demand for more room will be more insistent. Governor Brown suggested that the annex may be located on the block south of the capitol or on the one east of it, in either of which the location would be desirable, thinks the govern or, provided the property could be pur¬ chased at a reasonable price. Hudson After Law Violators. Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Huudson is out after the jobbers, the agents and dealers in grain who do not pul their feeding stuffs in stand¬ ard weight bags or packages. Mr. Hudson states that many dealers, in¬ stead of conforming to the standard for weights of bags or packages, fre¬ quently vary in the number of pounds and thus cause considerable con¬ among purchaser. Wherefore he has issuued the following order: "Sacked corn and oats, when sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state as a feeding stuff, must be in standard weight bags or packages, as follows: 50. 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200 pounds each. Except corn, which may he sold in 112 (2 bushels) and 140 (2 1-2 bushels) and oats in 144 (4 1-2 bushels) and 160 (5 bushels) sacks.” DIAZ WILL REM WHEN PEACE COMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT ISSUES A MANIFESTO ACCEDING TO ; DEMAND OF REBELS. 1 i ■ PROMISE MADE TO PEOPLE ; President Diaz Does Not Propose toj Quit While the Country V Is at War. : Mexico City.—Gen. Porfirio Diaz is-i sued a manifesto to the people ofj Mexico, declaring his intention to re-' sign the presidency as soon as peace; is restored. j . In this manner the president haa virtually acceded to the demands of! Francisco I. Madero that he make an¬ nouncement of such intention. : ■ As to when peace is actually re-; stored, General Diaz reserves the 1 right to be the judge. In the words: Df the manifesto, it will be “when,j according to the dictates of my con J science, I am sure that my resigna¬ tion will not be followed by anarchy.”' The president declared that his de¬ termination not to relinquish the presJ idency at this time was not due to' vanity or love of power, because, as! he had pointed out, power at this timej no attraction, accompanied, as it Is, by tremendous responsibilities anct worries. He said he was prompted! solely by a desire to conserve the best interests of his country. The president made it clear that hej Joes not propose to abandon the pres¬ idency while his' country is at war, and! that inder he would not do so at any tlmej The promise of the' president ist made to the people of Mexico and its* receipt by the Revolutionists will be' identical. t- That it will be sent to them immedi-, Uely, however, by private individuate, 1 ind that it will be regarded as entire- iy satisfactory by them, is taken for] granted. > It was at a cabinet meeting that- Jeneral Diaz announced to his minis- :ers his decision. For two hours and i half they discussed the terms of the manifesto, and at the conclusion of :he meeting there remained nothing to lo but to secure its official promulgas Aon. Only in a general way does the man¬ ifesto refer to the Revolution. The government’s position is tha 3eneral Diaz could not have made a public statement at an earlier mo¬ ment, and it is indicated that the Rev¬ olutionists failed to observe the amen¬ ities of the peace negotiations by mak¬ ing them public. Officially, it was stated that Ma¬ dero and his advisers were guilty of betraying an agreement by injecting into the conference, either secretly or openly, the question of the president’s resignation. Washington.—President Taft and of¬ ficial Washington generally quickly learned of the sudden shift in the Mexican situation, the announcement of President Diaz that he would re¬ sign when peace is restored, and the order of Francisco I. Madero for the trekking of the insurrecto forces to the south from the border and on to¬ ward the capital. The news of the withdrawal of in¬ surrectionary forces from a position so close to the American towns as to constitute a constant source of fric¬ tion and a menace to the good feeling between the two peoples, was viewed here with relief, and the latter an- noucement from Mexico of the presi¬ dent’s promised self-effacement was in line with the Washington adminis¬ tration’s hope for peace and Mexican Ambassador Zamazona’s recent predict tion that peace soon would be r 1 stored. Bill to Regulate Baseball. Washington.—On the ground that basebal lis about the only thing un. fier the sun that has not been made a subject of investigation by the Dem, ocratic house, Representative Roden- burg of Illinois, a Republican, intro, luced a resolution providing for aq immediate inquiry into the national game. Fouls, pop flies and two-bag. gers are specified among the subjects needing special Inquiry. Only one ouiorado Senator. Washington.—The Colorado legisla. ture, after a bitter fight over the sen. atorship, has adjourned without mak¬ ing a choice, and the state in which the Democrats are in control of tha legislature will continue to be repre¬ sented in the Unifed States senate by Simon Guggenheim, a Republican, throughout the Sixty-second congress. The new primary law goes into effect in Colorado this fall. Had it been on the statute books now the existing state of affairs would not have been possible.