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New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
TILLMAN WAKES UP
HOT DISCUSSION.
EnIiUeHs Tariff Debate in Senate
zcifh Mr. MCCumber.

Washington. April 3n.-The question ~ vhsf1sr
lumber r. 70 bA free dutiable occupied most %
to-day's session OF the Senate Senator Fletcher %
Florida defended the Dinsey rate of g a thousand
feet while Senator McCumber spoke FOR more than
three hours In advocacy Of free lumber. His col
league. Senator Johnson. made MS maiden speech
by criticising William ]. Bryan He said the
Neoraskan served the WAYS and Means Com
rrittee when the Wilson ta-tS bill framed. and
made no protest against that provision ~ the law
which authorized thu laying y "A counterva'iirE z
duty on petroleum and its products
The speech Of Mr. McCumb~r snlivsnsd by
a sharp colloquy. IN which Senator Tinan was
the aEEressor. Mr. T1IIrnan has been quiet - long
that OF his friends were wondering y hs IN
tended permitting the tariff Congress 70 pass into
history without indulgfnK IN characteristic cut
break Apparently he didn't Ike Mr McCumber's =
reference 70 the fact that most OF The Southern
Senators are in sympathy with the protective prtn-
cipIe and hs proceeded 20 inject antitrust a.
eurnent into the very heart of Mr.. McCumber'
speech. Mr.. T1lIran insisted that many % those
who were clamorinE for protection were 'tartH
hogs" What I want % know Is. docs hog ever
get grown - he demanded Nr. McCu-nb~- fidn z
answer the question and thu South Csrolnian 70
peat4d IT, AEain Mr.. McCurher waved r. aside
and for the third time Mr.. Tiilulau demanded an
answer. At this Mr. MCCuuhe- became i-ritafsd
and replied with some heat that he was tired of
having Mr.. T1lrnan rise IN his place and insist
that he was the only honest man IN public NE
and that nobody was 20 be trNstAd plt hlnle-l
Nr TIlIrnan said Mr.. McCuuher Was not honest
s,5 sincere enough 20 answer the question. and
the latter retorted that this comment was unworthy
OF the Senator.
NO tarir." said Senator McCumher. should b
levied upon iron. coal. oil or timber Except for
these ne was strong an advocate of American
protection as any Senator. He believed on ne
whole that the bill does for the most part meet
the t1st demands % the people
Mr. Tulrnan argued that the United States could
compete in the open market OF the world for steel
rails and other steel manufactures. yet Carnegie
and schwab and Corey and Gary and that crowd
have influence enough 70 have hiEh rates 81 duty
retained
II deny that there f. any one policy that can
make one-haIf OF the American people rch and the
other half poor said Mr.. McCurnher-
Mr. McCumber referred 70 Mr.. Tilimsn az o0rn-
field LAWYER 10 which the latter replied that The
Senator from North Dakota was not cornhsd
lawyer, but some other kind
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
A CUSTOMS COURT


an import taT On a raw urs-srisi which 8 Uses1
FOR manufacturing m this country.
he new provision would r1aks th> mazfmua
rates spplicshis % any colony o. political sub
division ~ country which has ths right 70
adopt and enforce ta-iT legislation Ths con-
ditions inpos@d by the new section are appEoa-
bic % the products - a country. whsthsr i'm
ported directly 1- indirectly from that country.
coffee and tea are tho only articles % the free
list upon which a maximum duty - applied
A lsrss number - other ahrnfntstrsrivs feat
ures were agreed on and uiu - reported % the
Senate later.
Speaking q the coffee provision % the amend
nneut. Senator Aldr1rh said that Il would apply
20 Brazu n that country should discriminate
against the United States. but it was believed
that Il could y used as 90 influences Brazil
and other coffee producing countries 20 place
the United states favora5is footing IT
f. not expected that the provision win have the
erect OF placing a duty on either tea or coffee.
but that conditions regarding their admission
Will continue AZ present. coupled With some
concessions 20 Us on other articles The fac
that any country places an export duty on cof-
fee Will not neCessariIy cause the United states
10 adhere to the maximum rata"
The advisers % the President IN imposing
maximum o- minimum rates VIII not be desg-
mated as a commission. but win perform the
functions of a commission. at least IN the mat
ter of making investigation and advising the
chief Executive Following Is the text o. that
portion of the amendment which relates 20 the
Presidents advisers:
To secure information % assist the President
IN the discharge ot duties imposed upon him BY
this section and information which VIII be use
fuI 70 Congress in tariff Legislation and % me
officers of the government n the administration
of the customs laws. the President Is hereby
authorized to employ such persons az may be
required 20 make thorough investi cations ana
ersr7 nations into the production. C0rnmerCe and
trade Of rhs United States and foreign countries
and all conditions affecting the same
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
QUIET In ASIA MINOR
THE MASS4CRES CEASE.
State Department Erpects Order
Soon VII BE Restored.
rFrorn The Tribune Bureau.l

washington, April 30.-Optimistic dispatches
o,.fnue TO arrive at the State Department
-, the American Embassy at Constantinople
- f,orn the various consulates in that vicin-
= Mr.. Leishrnan informed the department to-
= that he has had numerous reports from
sy.5,,n. Adana and other towns which have
-, the scene Of recent disturban and that
-. arrival Of troops and the change Of the
government has had a salutary effect and will
.re for the continued safety Of foreign resi-
5e,+s. He predicts that within a short time
or5er will be completely restored. The KS
,.s-er+ Secretary Of State. Huntington Wilson
,,s received several kilograms from missionary
,,sa+ies telling Of much suffering among the
.-.-5can missionaries at Hadjin and Adan.a,
81 n view Of Ar. Leishman's dispatches the
c+o+a Deuartment is not at all alarmed at the
news.
T rrGhably viii be ten days before the ar
-,,-s5 c-7lisers North Carolina and Montana
..o.- tbe disturbed regions in Asia Minor
,-.ev v5I arrive at Gibraltar on May or o.
nJn coal hurriedIy and so with all speed TO
49, destination II circumstances warrant II
.ta revenue cutter Tahomah now nearing
r.,h-aI-sr. also viii so to the vicinity Of Alex
s-s-+s The two cruisers viii go 70 Mersina-
,-,ct &c +ha terminus Of 2 railroad line reach
,,r Adsna and other small places where there
srA American missionary interests
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
M4SS4CRE PROTEST.
Committee May Send Petition Ask-
ing Washing gtOn to Act.

-o-,--f--ee composed Of churchnen. business
a, sn5 educators met yesterday afternoon at the
-ooroz Of the American Board Of Commissioners
to- Eo-eiEn Missions 10 protest against the TURK
,s- -7ssssc-es and 10 enlist the influence OF the
government il an effort 10 preclude any murder OF
Cb-ss-isns IN Turkey in the futu7e-
The committee was appointed at meeting on
-rs,-sday in the Presbyterian Building, at WhlcA
=. rav Dr. I. T Chamberlain presided At the
-,-el.-rins-y meeting he in favor OF strong
5s heir7r used in the petition which Will he sent
.. yZ-esbfrr-on. but DR.. c. c. CTeegan and Dr.
49, T2rozn were for more temperate eN-
pressions n
Following the committee meeting me REV Di'
Ean-v Otis Dwight said & point that had come up
Co.. consideration was the weight such an appeal
ss rss betuE acted on. signed by many Americans
snd p-esented by the United States government
,yori5 have OF the Young Turks ofnclalIs- he
said that any ir1pulsive action by members OF 'e
-,--,,f-,ee might mean &. collapse OF the Who!e
proceeding .. -,
The action OF the government in the matter oL
r-sssntirE or considering the petition cannot OF
course Ia dictated by the COMMITTEES, continued
nv Dwight IF there IS enough weight nrousII
TO pea- by public feeling and the government ooeS
,spa - m there IS no doubt such q meHloTlal
or,1a h carefully considered by the Turkish gov
e-nunent As I understand from recent IIlesSa7e'
m this country everything possible IS belhe o"i7
-ov- ny the Turkish government to brlhg aoo-~
nr5er. think Il the United States takes me l--A-
ter up. other countries viii, too
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
KLAW-WARDMAN HEARING ENDS.
Brief To Be Submitted in Action for Alleged
Libel

KIaw & Erlanger. against Erwin Wardman. editor
of The New York Press charged by Mr.. Klaw
with criminal libel in the publication of article
to the effect that Charles B. Jefferson. son Of the
late Joseph jefferson. had been forced out OF a
partnership with Klaw Erlanger in the manage
ment of various theatres and theatrical attractions
came 10 an abrupt end in the Harlem court yester-
day afternoon.
When the hearing was adjourned on Thursday
afternoon II was with the understanding that
should either both the parties TO the case de-
eide in the interim to proceed no further word was
10 be sent 10 Magistrate Crane.
Mr. Klaw, with his attorney. was on hand for the
adjourned hearing. but they were informed that
Mr. Wardman, through his counsel, had sent word
TO Magistrate Crane that they considered their side
OF the case closed. and that they would submit Q
brief on Monday. This ended the hearinS
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01

tigate killing Of Rogers and Aaurer when ships
come. PEEI.
at Adana consisted OF q girls seminary, mission
ary residence and a summer residence. and IS
valued at more than S5Oo The property at F4adjin
included missionary residences girls dorrni-
tory a girls school building and boys school
building. The Hadjin property is valued at about
$1,000
Another dispatch from Harpoot, in the eastern
part Of the missionary field Of Turkey, says;
Everything quiet
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
A PEN PICTURE OF THE NEW SULTAN

London. May 1.-The Daily Telegraphs Con
- - tba new Sultan of Turkey as he ap-
I's.red az the selarnlik Nobody knows what he
.pt-,rs .. the correspondent says He said moth
ing Many believe he feigned ignorance and IN
diference in order TO saVo ms o"n me- s1lu
IN ,,r, to-day 1t appears II the stimulation
80 ~ o.,,ue One can only read in his protrud-
,ng ewes goodnatured fngenuousness and almost
.s.ra curiosity which contrasts strongly with
his aged appearance. He certainly Is sooa. Ous
m -,se unable to see in him a sovereign OF
- ,ev, epoch. q reoTganizer OF Turkey SUI
tan of progress"
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
HARTMAN LOSES APPEAL.
Suit of John Donovan for s8OO,OOO Will Now
Go to Trial

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court
yesterday denied the appeal of E H Hartman
10 dismiss a suit brought for SSO0.O00 against him
bv John Donovan of st. Joseph No Donovan
alleges in his complaint that he abandoned his
plans 10 establish interurban electric railway
between the City Of ST. Joseph and South ST
Joseph. and devoted his services TO Hartman and
the officers Of the St Joseph Railway, Light. Heat
and Power Company
Donovan did this he alleges, because he had
contract with Hartman whereby he was to re-
cefve q per cent of the proceeds from the sale OF
the stock OF the ST. Joseph Railway Light Heat
and Power Company. He estimates this proper
ZION ~ the selling price at $4,000. Hartman
makes a general denial The case will go to trial
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
ITALIAN VOLCANOES LESS ACTIVE
Mr.. Perrst Says Messina Earthquake Has 10
moved Danger Of EruptionA

>rs.sfna Anrfl so-Frank H Perret- Of Brooklyn,
.ssfs-snt director Of the royal observatory on
Mount vesuvfus after a trip OF investigation OF
Mount Etna and StrOmboli has returned here In
a statement issued to-day Mr.. Perret says;
"A careful observation OF Mount Etna and
S+ro-ho1f shows the recent earthquake at Mes
Gina has reduced their activity. and for the time
befns has taken the energy from them necessary
20 create an eruption. Reports that have been IN
circulation that Etna was IN eruption are untrue.
a. +bare has been only slight emission OF vapors
from the crater"
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
CHARGES ARSON TO BLACK HAND.

After the fremen had extnguished a blaze at
No 54l East Ssth street Thursday night, they
found the furniture in the barber shop on the
ground floor soaked in benzine and inhammable
excelsior stuffed in all the drawers. Michael Me
rinda proprietor of the shop was arrested and
held in 1000 bail in the Harlem police yes
terday on a charge Of arson. Merinda said the
fire was the work Of the Black Hand, and showed
two alleged Black Hand letters directing him to
meet the blackmailers in Washington Square
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
SHOCKS AND ERUPTION IN AFRICA

Berlin. April SO-An eruption Of the volcano in
the CAMERON Mountains occurred yesterday morn
ing at o'clock. It was accompanied by great
display of fire and rain OF small stones The out
break was on the northwestern side of the crater
From Duala a stream of lava seen, flowing
northwest. The government houses and other stone
buildings Buea show rents from top TO bottom
EsarthshockA and the sruQtiGo Continue.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
ANOTHER APPEAL FOR AID.
Food for Twenty Thousand Persons Needed in
Adana Alone.

Boston. April s0-The following dispatch from the
.'sV- " ". Peet at Constantinople, was received
mere by the American board to-day:
Need for relief funds increasing Twenty thou
rLn Lln 70 fesc IN Adana alone Hospital and or
etaa1ages crowded Feeding four thousand in Tar
r.. also large numbers in Aintab and MaraSh-
shSoostuns generally destroyed. Hasten aid; four
SS,Susand pounds needed Immediately Notify Red
80 Ano tie public. Martial law Quiets Adana
rSaoysh now quiet. Missionaries and property safe
o"Dtlose asks Washington government 70 inVes-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
TO SERVE PANAMA LIBEL WARRANTS.
Federal Prosecutor Arrives in Indianapolis %
Start Proceedings.

INDIANAPOLIS April 8O-Stuart Mcnamara Assist
ant Attorney for the District OS Columbia arrived
here to-day and said that tomorrow Deiavan Smith
a-r' Charles z Williams. owners OF The Indianap-
oils News would be served with warrants chars-
t,, +ba-, with llbeI II connection with the Panama
Canal allegations.
NJ Mcnamara said that Msssrs Smith and
vrrIt,-,s would h-s taken before Judge Anderson
~ the United States District Court In this city.
for preliminary hearing
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01

paris April S0-The examining magistrate Who
,as baan investigating the recent robbery here OF
Mrs William Bartels. Of Chicago. has returned 70
her five rings. valued az S3eoo, which were recov-
cred from maid OF Mrs. Bartels and waiter
u-hn are under arrest charged With The robbery.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
PRESIDENT SENDS GENERALIZATION
Best Wishes for Hollands New Princess
FeIicitations from France.

Washington. April 3O.-President Taft sent his
congratulations the birth of an heir 10 the
throne Of Holland in the following cable message
to-day:
To H R. H. the Prince of the Netherlands. The
Hague. -,
I participate sincerely in the satisfaction which
the delivery Of princess to her majesty
The Queen has afforded your royal hghness and
the people of the Netherlands and hope that the
iifo Of the young princess may be a long ana
iiustrIous I offer my congratulations ana
hest wishes for her majesty's health.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
The Presidents message was in response 20 the
following cable message:
To my great JOY, inform you that the queen
1Uas safely delivered OF a daughter.
PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS.
Paris April S-President F'aleres has tele-
graphed his fluctuations TO Queen Wilhelmina on
the birth Of a daughter and the French Minister
at The Hague has been instructed TO present to
her majesty the congratulations and best wishes
of the French government.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
THE RELIEF OF TABRIZ.
Russians Enter City UnoPposed-
Fighting North of TeherGr.

Tabriz. April 30-The advance guard Of the
Russian expedition under General snarsky
which left julia on the frontier. Few days ago
TO relieve this city. entered the gates this morn
ing. The Russians have brought supplies for
the starving people. Rakhin Khan has evacu-
ated the Julia road. which is now open to
travel TabrIz is quiet The advance Of the
Russians was not seriously contested
St. Petersburg April 30.-Dispatches from
Persia report a fight between the Nationalist
and the forces OF the Shah. near Kasbin. ninety
miles northwest Of Teheran- The result was a
martial victory for the Nationalists. The forces
of the Shah left thirty-one dead on the field
Further engagements on the Teheran road axe
expected.
Teheran. April 3O-Powerful bodies Of con-
stitutionaIists threaten to march on Teheran
from Resht. Ispahan and Kasbin unless the
Shah restores the old parliament
The Shah has summarily dismissed HIS For
eign Minister Said ed Dowleh. on account Of
his constitutional leanings.
Provisions now are entering TabriZ freely.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
NINE DIE BY FIRE
SET By BL1CK HAND.
BIackmaH Had Been Refused and
Tenement House Has Set 1bIaze.

Six out OF the nine victims claimed 10y Black
Hand fire early yesterday morning az No 81 Spring
street were children under eight years Of REe
or the score injured nearly half were also children
The loss and manning cf these little ones was the
cost OF the refusal a week ago OF Jacob Bruck. who
has a grocery store In the building 70 pay 0eo 20
Italian backnailers In the letter the backmailers
sent TO Rruck they boasted that "PerCsino Is dead
but the Black Hand lives"-aud by toll Of nine
lives made their boast good.
The building is a modern tenement house ~ i've
stories with stores on the first floor II rs crowded
with italian families The fire was fed by kerosene
flung about the halls by the iucendiaries. ana the
fremen and police say Il is a wonder that more
than the six children. two men and woman DID
not meet their deaths.
Twenty families occupy the tensment= each ram
lily Of the goodly size popular IN the Italian quar-
ter. 1t was just after o'clock when the neisn-
borhood heard the discharge Of half "A dozen re-
volvers, the recognized fire alarm of the quarter
BY the time the police got 70 the building the oaI
comics or the four upper stories were crowded with
frantic men and women, with half the house he
hind them burning hercey. The patrolmen tousht
the frantic mob in the efforts 10 save the women
and children, and by heroic efforts got most or
them out The fire did not last lonS, but When u
had neen put out there this list OF dead and
injured:
New-York tribune., 1909-05-01
The Presidents message was In response 10 the
following cable nessag ge

To my great joy, I inform you that the Queen
was safely delivered OF a daughter.
PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
.lndlanaato5Ma.ry....., i,

'rhe first native born American IN
dams to- appear before City SclerA
isculley, in: the Borough Hall, Brook
lyrs N.Y. sor marriage slicense
marched in. and with the usual Indian
stolidity filed out the necessary forms
gravely paid the fee of 81. listened to
the instructions given by Mr. Sculley
and then marched out again. Both
were born in Manhattan and 1t was
the second matrimonial venture fol
each of them.
William A. Tolbert, who gave his
age as II years, although he looks not
much over 40, with his splendid head
of black hair and his vigorous car.
,riage, and Isabel Taylor were the
two Indians. Isabel would make o
fine model for a statute Of Pocahontas.
She. gave her age as 81 and her ad.
dress as 19 Furman avenue, the same
as Mr.. Tolbert's. Mr.. Tolbert is a
United States Custom House In
spector.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Barnard undergraduates decided to
give a Latin play.
Mrs. Susan T. Mills. president OF
Mills College and the pioneer woman
educator Of California. has passed
her eighty-third birthday.
A summons was issued for the pro-
moters of the Vjmedia Company on
the complaint of a woman In New
York City. who had invested S2500.
Hazel Eall-Drew, the Brooklyn
schoolgirl who eloped with Walter
McGreal, is heir to s150.OO0. She IS
grandniece of the late Daniel Drew.
Miss Ruby Abrams. who was re-
Gently graduated at the head of the
art class in Cooper Institute. Is dear,
and until few years ago was also
dumb.
(JVomen figure largely in the per-
sonal tax assessment rolls or New
York. The city's total real estate
valuation for the year 1903 exceeds
six and one-third billions of dollars.
Miss Esther v. Hassen, of Wash
ingson, is to be the chief hospital
nurse of the navy. She has served
in her profession in Philadelphia.
on the hosnital ship Relief and on the
Isthmus of Panama.
A. woman maniac was about to
throw DR.. Mary Crawford from a
third-story window in Brooklyn, N.
Y, when the doctor pressed her
thumbs on the maniac's optic nerve
and overpowered her.
Queen victorias complaint against
the terrible summer heat and equally
| trying winter cold at Madrid, the
Spanish capital, precipitated the
question Of the advisability of moving
| the government to Barcelona.
This year 1854 women registered
] In Boston to vote for school commit
tee. Twenty-nine years ago, when
the privilege of voting at these cleo
tions was first granted to women,
only 900 registered, and for the fol-
i lowing nine years the average was
only little over 1000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
JEFF Moody Acquitted.

Bolivar, special.-Jeff Moody was
on Tuesday acquitted of the charge
of numbering DR.. E., A. Cottonsim
at league. The jury was given the
case this morning aud the verdict of
not guilty was returned this after
noon. DR.. Cottongim was shot and
killed several months ago during an
alteration which followed q dispute
in his store, the tragedy. occurring
a short distance from the store on
the railroad right Of way.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
$4,000 Suit Against Night Riders

Paducah. KY, Special.--Damages
in the sum of $4,000 are asked in q
suit fled in the United States Court
here by C. w. Rucker. of Metro
polls, Ill, against 1913 alleged night,
riders of this section Many of the
defendants are prominent in estern
kentucky. The plaintiff was police
Judge of Eddyville, KY, when he
claims the defendants called $ati his
home on the night Of March 10th
1908, compelled him to walk bare
footed to the Cumberland River.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
Taft Will Use Automobiles.

washington. Special.-The next
President of the United States is to
pin his faith on the automobile. That
became known when the House COM
mittee on appropriations included in
the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill an item of $4,000 for the pur-
chase and maintenance Of automo-
biles for the White House. The entire
amount carried in the bill is $1,O2S,-
6O2.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-20
Tried to Bribe the Judge and is Sent
Up,

Leevenworth. Kan, Special.-Act-
ing Judge Neidlinger, Of the District
Court here fined Attorney Schwartz
$15 and committed him to the coun-
ty iail for so days for offering the
Judge a bribe. Attorney Schwartz
the Judge charged, appeared at the
Neidlinger home last week and offer
cd the Judge $50 to give decision
favorable to Schwartz in case set
for today.