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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
REFUSE TO PUT BACK
THE 1880 TRAIN
G. N. AUTHORITIES CLAIM
THAT TRAFFIC Is INSUFFl.
GENT TO JUSTIFY 1T.

In a letter to Secretary Ashley B.
Sowell, of the Board of Trade of Co.
lumbia, who had taken the matter up
with him, Fred w. Kelsey, master Of
the l.. & N. trains at Columbia, stated
that it would be impossible at pres
ent to put on the H.: 80 train from
Nashville, which was formerly on this
line. Many of the Columbia people
had petitioned the railroad authori.
ties. to put on the train again for the
convenience and service of those who
want to go to Nashville in the after
noon to see show and return that
night. Under the present schedule,
it is impossible to leave Nashville I'm.
til after o'clock in the morning.
This makes it very announcement for
theatre-goers, who either have to wait
until this unearthly hour or stay at
hotel all night.
Manager Kelsey stated that he
might be able to get this train put on
again after the service started on the
Lewisburg & Northern branch. He
promised to give the matter his ear
nest attention.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
A "SUPERlOR" ALFALFA
AND CLOVER SEED DRILL

Set to SOW one bushel of red clover
seed to Is acres, will drop one seed
every one inch. The spacing of the
discs on these drills being four inches
apart, sowing this quantity, would put
SO clover seed to the square foot. By
putting the seed in the drill one inch
deep insures better stand, as any
seed terminates better if put under
the soil. There is also no danger of
the rains drifting your seed.
One hundred acres sown this way
over the old style broadcast way will
save the price of a clover seed drill
You can SOW even a less quantity
that mentioned above-say, a bushel
to 20 or % acres.
1t Street, Martin & Vaughan Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
ELECTION DECISIONS.

Interesting and far reaching consti-
tutional questions were decided by
the supreme court in the election law
on last Saturday There was an
agreement among all of the justices
upon a number of disputed points.
In fact the whole court agreed that
when on April 3, the election law was
passed in the house Of representa-
tives over the veto of the governor no
quorum was present and that the
journal itself. was witness to this
fact. The entire court agreed also
that the journal was the witness to
which it should look for the facts
concerning the manner and method
of the enactment of the law.
This raises an interesting query.
Suppose the speaker, instead of call
ing the names of the absent members
and answering for them, mot voting"
had recorded them as present and
not voting" would not such record
upon the journal have been conclu-
sive of the facts therein stated?
From the stress which the majority of
the court lays upon the record as
written in the journal we are Of the
opinion that had the journal affirma-
lively shown the presence of the
requisite number of members to con-
stsitute a quorum, such statement, al
though in fact false, would have
been conclusive upon the court. In
other words the plain inference from
the opinion of the court is that the
legislative journal is the only wit
ness of the proceedings of the legis-
lature to which the court can look
for the transactions Of the body.
This being true one can imagine
that Stanton and Cox and the other
manipulators and schemers who
sought to perpetrate the legislative
outrage on April 3, are much chag
rined at their own stupidity and
cowardise. Had they made the rec
ord water tight" the new election
law would now be upon the statute
books and the entire election mach
inery of Tennessee would be safely
vested in the hands of the lawless
liquor power.
1t is upon the curative" or "ratifi-
cation" resolution of June 81 of John
l. Cox that the court divided, Justices
Green and Lansden dissenting from
the majority upon the effect of this
action of the house. Up to this
point the court was in agreement.
They all agreed that the journal of
April 8 did not show the presence of
a quorum, in fact it showed the very
contrary. Hence whatever was done
on April the third with reference to
the law involved was null and void.
However, the majority insisted that
the resolution of June q could not
cure the defects in the action OF
April 8, for the reason that following
the passage or alleged passage of the
bill in the house on April 8 it had
been transmitted to the senate and
there passed over the veto of the gov
ernor. The action of the house hav-
ing been illegal and void, an absolute
nulity, the senate was at the time
that it passed the bin over the veto
of the governor without jurisdiction
of the proposition and it's action was
likewise null and void. The majority
were governed in reaching this con-
clusion by the constitutional provis-
ion which requires that bill vetoed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
BASKET BALL AT
HIGH SCHOOL
MASSEY WILL PLAY LOCAL TEAM
AT 2:30 O'CLOCK THURS
AFTERNOON.

There will be an interesting game
of basket ball at the high school
grounds this afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock when the heavy Massey
school team of Pulaski meets the ag-
gregation from the county high
school. Both teams have done great
work this season, neither having lost
game and it is expected to be a
lively tussle from start to finish.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
NAMES DELEGATES
TO CONFERENCE

At the second quarterly conference
of the Methodist church for the Cu'
leoka and Glendale charge, at Guile
Okla, the following were elected der
egates to the district conference to
be held at Culleoka on April l anu
2. Delegates, J. H. Osborne, Benson
Evins, John Patten Graham; alter
mates, ]. H. Hughes, Merritt B. Tom
linson, w. N. Calvert.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
WORLEY AND BUTLER.

Referring to our constant criti-
cism" of Parks Morley. the Chatta-
nooga Times reminds this paper that
Parks was "whitewashed" by the vote
of Senator Butler, ore of the admins
tration senators and now the chief
fire marshal of the state. We are
we'll aware of that fact and have here
tofore expressed disapproval
However, had every fusion senator
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
PARTY PLATFORMS.

That President Wilson Is right In
his attitude upon the free toll provi.
sion for the Panama Canal we have
NO doubt. 1t is nndemocratic and un
fair to discriminate In favor of any
class of vessels which nay use the
Panama Canal. That ca.ial was dug
by the American people for the bene.
at to all and not IS a subsidy to the
American shipping interests. All
sorts of subsidies and special privi.
leges are undemocratic; that is the
main reason for democracy's opposi.
ton to a protective tariff And the
provision to exempt American ship
ping from the payment Of canal tolls
Is contrary to this doctrine of equal
rights for all and special privileges
to none.
However, it is equally true that the
last democratic platform contains =
positive declaration that 10 decidedly
at variance with the views Of presi-
dent Wilson. That platform stands
for exemptions for American ship
ping 1t is to be presumed that the
platform represented the Judgment of
the assembled delegates Of the demo
cratic party upon the question. AS
a matter of fact, little interest was
taken in the platform. It was not
presented to the convention until
after the long contest over the presl-
Dental nomination had been fought
to a conclusion and the delegates
were ready and anxious TO get away
to their homes. Outside Of the plat
form committee it is altogether prob
able that the toll question was given
no attention by the delegates.
While under these circumstances
President Wilson can justify himself
in his apparent opposition to a plat
form pledge upon wl.:ah lie was elect
ed, yet his attitude is net altogether
consistent with the POSITION which
he assumed on the woman's suffrage
question. He told the delegation Of
suffragettes that he was bound by
the platform of the danocl attic party,
and since the platform had rade no
declaration upon the issue he would
not feel justify in presenting it to
the congress. We cannot concur in
this view. No party platform could
undertake to speak rpon and bind an
administration upon every issue Of
government that night arise four
years in the future. And the very
fact that the democratic platform was
silent upon any issue should not Of
itself, bar that matter from consider
alton by the president or the con-
gress. Again it is narrow view
that makes the President of the
United States a mere party leader.
He is the party leader, out in board
er and more patriotic sense he. is
president of all tie people and the
servant Of all.
While we can uGreservedlv give
assent to the presidents position on
the canal toll exemption issue, we
find it bit difficult to reconcile OPP
position to a positive platform de-
claration, with tender regard for a
mere negative platform stand upon
another question.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20
o. B. ANDREWS
SPRING WOOLENS

o. B. Andrews, representing the
Star Tailoring Co., will be at the es-
tablishment Of the Spot Cash Shoe
Store this week with his line of
spring woolens. Messrs. Frierson &
Cummins, the proprietors of the store
are anxious that their friends call
and have their measures taken for
new suits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-02-20

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
Wilson Agrees With Bryan

The President agreed with the view,
recently expressed by Secretary Bry-
an, that no amendment was necessary
to the pending repeal bill re-affirming
the sovereignty of the United States
over the canal.
Before the canals committee, Z. 7.
Chamberlain, federal commissioner of
navigation, and Prof. S. S. Huebner,
OF the University of Pennsylvania, dis
cussed the economic question of tolls
exemption in a general way. Prof.
Huebner for two years was employed
as an expert by the House merchant
marine committee and data which he
compiled as TO the coastwise shipping
at that time was laid before the COM
mittee today for its information.
Commissioner Chamberlain declared
his belief that the United States had
no right to exempt any of its shipping
from payment of tolls unless 1t spe-
officially provided that the government
should meet the expense of passing the
exempted ships through the canal and
that the exemption should not add in
any way to the burden imposed upon
foreign shipping
Prof. Huebner expressed no opinion
on the repeal issue, combining himself
to the economic discussion growing out
of his statement that the House COM
mittee investigation had shown over
80 per cent of the coastwise ships on
the Atlantic coast and so per cent. of
those on the Pacific coast to be con-
trolled by railroads or Conferences"
Continued on Page 14-Column s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
CurtaiIment Is Discovered Not
Al All TO His Liking
Supporters Announce Will
Make Efforts to Report
One Bill Containing Sub
stance of Separate Pro-
posed Trust Measures

Washington. April 1s.-Unqualified
disapprovaI was expressed by Presi-
dent Wilson today of the proposal in
Congress to curtail the antitrust leg
islatiye program for this session. Lat
er members of the House Judiciary
subcommittee who had conferred
with the President on the subject de-
clared that an effort would be made
to report quickly single measure
embodying the substance Of all the
separate tentative trust bills and that
legislation also would be pressed to
meet the demands of labor for restric-
ton of the injunction power of the
courts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
SCHOONER MAY
BREAK IN TWO
ON N. B. SHORE
The Three-Masted John Paul
Has Bad List--Crew
Of Six
Men Believed In Little Danger..Mis.
stayed In lacking

PASSPORT, Me-, April 13.-The three
masted Ellsworth schooner John Paul.
which was stranded on the rocks near
Head Harbor on Campobeilo Island,
N. B., today, had bad list off shore
tonight and it was expected she would
break in two before morning. The
schooner went ashore while bound for
st. George, n. B., to load wood pulp
for Norwalk, at noon when the tide
was nearly high. The schooner was
well inshore and in lacking misstayed
and was on the rocks before anything
could be done to save her. A tug was
sent from here, but was unable to rem
der any assistance.
Because of the falling tide the craft
lay in a bad position. The crew Of six
was in no special danger.
The John Paul registered 353 net tom
mage. was 137 feet in length and was
built at Franklin, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
DISPUTE Value
OF EFFICIENCY
SYSTEMS ASAID
Hearing Monday Before the
Industrial Relation
Commission
EXPERTS Debate Over Piece Work In
Shoe Factories

Washington, April 13.--Widely diff
fering opinions as to the value Of So
called efficiency sysrarns rs aids to
industry We're expressed today by wit
nesses before the Federal Industrial
Relation Commission.
John F. Tobin of Boston, general
president of the Boot & Shoe Work
ers' Union, told the commission that
the piecework system worked so sue
cessfuily in the shoe factories of. New
England that ANY efficiency engineer
who tried to install his system there
would starve to death" On the other
hand, Harrington Emerson of New
York, appearing as an efficiency sys-
tenn expert, declared that he eonsid-
cred the piecework method of pay the
greatest obstacle in the way of eff
cheney.
Instead of the speeding by piece
work Mr.. Emerson said he could bene-
fit both employer and employees by
fixing a fair standard. then paying a
fixed daily wage and bonus for all
work over certain percentage of the
standard. He said he would continue
to increase wages only as long as the
unit of price went down and added
that he had never found any OPPOSE
ton among workmen to the stop
watch method of determining how
fast they could work, when it was
explained to them that the object was
not to speed them up but to help set
a just standard by which they would
benefit
Frederick w. Taylor of Philadelphia
expressed the opinion that matters
which formerly had been the subject
of collective bargaining now should be
settled by scientific laws which had
been carefully worked out. Speaking
Of the laws of fatigue" he said tests
had shown that no young factory girl
should be allowed to work more than
one hour and a quarter without a 10
minute rest. He said he saw nothing
in the efficiency systems which was
inimical to union establishment and
that he looked forward not to abolition
of labor unions. but to a modification
of the principles of unionism so that
it would devote itself to trade schools
and other systems of education.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
in ATTEMPTED
JUMP FROM AN
ELEVATOR MAN
LOSES HIS LIFE

Waterville, Me, April f3.-(SpeciaD
Failure to retain his balance after
ne had jumped from a moving eleva-
tor to the scaffold of the building OPP
erations of the addition to the Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney mills Monday
morning caused Clovis Belanger, aged
A, of 81 King street, to fall 40 feet to
his death on the cement flooring. Ply
sicians, who were summoned, rushed
the man to the Sisters hospital. where
he died a few minutes after admission.
Belander together with Henry
Preble, Floyd Preble and Arthur Mar
TELL fellow masons, employed on the
construction Of the new addition by
the contractor, Horace Purinton, ar
rived at the building shortly after 7.30
to begin the days work. There is a
small freight elevator used to hoist
material to the upper stories of the
structure, and this is sometimes used
by the men as passenger elevator to
carry them up to and down from their
work Signs forbidding the men to ride
in the lightly constructed conveyance
are posted about the shaft, but al
ways have been unheeded.
Before the elevator, which was go
ing up the shaft at fairly rapid rate,
reached the top. Belanger jumped on
the scaffolding without telling the 9TH
er man of his intention. He tripped
over the edge of the boards and
plunged down the shaft TO the cement
pavement, 40 feet below. AS soon as
doctors reached the building, they
found that it would be almost impos-
sible to save his life. The head and
face were badly cut. Both arms, both
legs, and the collar bone were broken,
while the ribs had been so badly
crushed in that both lungs were pune
tured Belanger was nevertheless re-
moved to the Sisters hospital, where
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
PHILLIES In
TWO SUITS
ON FEDERAL
PROMOTERS

Chicago, April 13.-The Philadelphia
National League Baseball Club filed
two suits here. today in the United
States district court against the off,
Gals of the Chicago Federal League
Club. The suit asks for $25, 900 dam
ages and for an Injunction restrain
ing the Federal League from interior
ing with the Philadelphia Clubs
players.
The first suit named as defendants,
Charles Weeghman, William M. Walk
er, James A. Gilmore, Joseph Tinker,
Robert b. Ward and Walter F. Ward.
1t asked for an Injunction restraining
the defendants from alleged attempts
to disrupt the Philadelphia National
League team by hiring away from it
players Seaton, Brennan, Killfer, Doo-
Ian and Knabe. The suit prayed that
the Federal Leaguers be restrained to
interfere with the business of the
Philadelphia Nationals. Summonses
were issued for each Of the defend
ants named and were placed in the
hands of marshals. 1t was expected
that preliminary hearing might be OBJ
tanned tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
Killifer Expelled
From Fraternity

New York, April 13.-William NJ.
Killifer, Jr.. catcher of the Philadel-
phia National League Club, was ex-
PEELED from the membership of the
Baseball Players Fraternity today
for contract jumping" This action the
fraternity took in conformity with a
resolution 1t adopted at its annual
meeting last October prohibiting
breaches of contract In announcing
J<illifer's expulsion David L. Fultz,
president of the organization, alluded
TO .cut throat tactics" of baseball
club owners in inducing players to
violate agreements. on - as
Fultz's statement reads:
While the fraternity wishes to go
on record as being absolutely opposed
to this practice and while 1t wishes
TO rebuke killifer for his action, it
does not feel that he is half as much
/ to blame as the older and more ex-
perienced men Who held out the hire
and Induced him~to violate his agree
nnent. If baseball magnates, both or
ganized and otherwise. desire the pub
lie to continue to believe in the hon.
esty of the game. they should put an
end to such practices instead of up
holding one another in these cut
throat tactics.
AT the present time the fraternity
seems to be the only faction in base
bali which believes in the integrity
Of contract We are urging PLAYERS
to stand by their agreements, first,
because they ought to, and second,
because if they do not and the mag
mates should decide to bring actions
for damages, jumping players might
suffer financial losses far in excess of
the inducement which led to the
breach of contract. We shall, there
fore, as long as the magnates in or
ganized ball live up to the Cincinnati
agreement, continue to exert every eff
fort to protect them in their contract
uai rights"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
IS
BEFORE GRAND
JURY AIRING
SIEGELAFFAIRS

Boston. April 13-Mrs. Diana Eddy
Brown, the choir singer who was named
in the divorc elibel of Mrs. Henry siegel
of New York, appeared today before the
of the banking business conducted in con-
nection with the now defunct depart
ment store of the Henry Siegel Co. here
Testifying voluntarily, Mrs. Brown de-
MED that she had concealed any assets
of Henry Siegel, or that she knew where
he had placed any. She admitted she was
a friend of SiegePs and said she was
friendly also with other members of his
family. Mrs. Brown said she had OBJ
tanned much of her clothing at the Siegel
store, where she had charge account
Examination of this account by James
w. Hall, an auditor employed by District
Attorney Pelletier, showed no payments
by Mrs Brown attaches of the district
attorneys office. Hall also appeared be-
fore the grand jury today.
Shortly after her examination Mrs
Brown collapsed. She was accompanied
by her husband, James S. Brown, a
broker, of Providence,s to whom she was
married two weesk ago, and who is ex-
pected to testify later.
The grand jury will resume it's inquiry
tomorrow. when John Quinn, a repre-
sentative of District Attorney Whitman
of New York, will testify John Flynt
of New York. a public accountant, arriv-
ed tonight with memoranda of informa-
ton he has obtained from the books and
accounts of the Siegel companies In New
York
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-14
SALUTE FOR
U.S.FLAGAT
TAMPICO is
THEDEMAND

Washington, April 13.-Immediate
developments in the Mexican situation
depend upon whether the commander
of the Huerta forces at Tampico sa-
lutes the American flag in apology for
the arrest of American marines last
Thursday. President Wilson declared
unnfficially today that he expected the
Federal commander at Tampico to fire
a salute to the Stars and Stripes as
commanded by Rear Admiral Mayo
ard he spoke with a confidence that
implied insistence. The navy depart
ment was still unadvised tonight as
to whether the salute had been fired.
1t is understood that instructions have
been sent to Charge O'Shaughnessy to
represent to the Huerta government
the feeling of the administration here
over the affront.
The presence in Washington Of John
Lind, President Wilson's personal rep
resentative in Mexico for the last eight
months, gave the Washington govern
ment an adviser with special knowl-
edge of the military situation at Tam
pico. Mr.. Lind reached here from Vera
Cruz aboard the Presidential yacht
Mayfiower early today and spent sew
eral hours with Secretary Bryan. To-
morrow he will see President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan for an hour just
before the cabinet meeting. Authori-
tatively it is stated that Mr.. Lind 8
reports on the general situation were
se com paallensive and complete that
he really did not have to come to
washingteR to Supplement them.
Mr. Lind himself was uncommunica-
tive, saying that he merely had sought
Direct communication between Tam
pico and the cable end at Vera Cruz
is broken ard news can be had only
by wireless. and owing to the prev
alliance of storms of hurricane proper
tions this communication has been
exceedingly difficult and SLOW
The Huerta government, itself. 1t is
understood, has been obliged to COM
municate with Tampieo by messages
sent on eamboats and it is suggest
ed by naval officers that IL it should
become necessary for General Huerta
to send instructions to the Federal
commander at Tampico in a very limit
ed time he might have to resort 20 the
use of the radio outfits OF the Axaes-
lean battleships. even in dealing with
a subject so delicate as the demand
for a salute.
Administration officials are hoping
that the salute will be fired and the
incident closed.