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16 oBMMiQnrnnivww, cr&CEMB^ 24, 1911 Parents ^/ Thirteen Children Bom In Three Yeats— Cmry the News to Teddy Oklahoma City, Okla., Dee. 28.— romplainlng tliat th« railway station jiralting room at Boynton, Okla., was ifclthouj Are on a bitterly cold day, J. Jackson, filed a protest with the fcorporatlon commission and scrutiny tf his allegations today brought the UfMowry that tbe Jacksons are par ents of thirteen children born in three year* Their eldest, a son. Is now 14 iVMxs of age, making the personnel of •their progeny Mst fourteen in number. >’tve years ago the increase in the .Tackson family became marked. Twins are now five years old. Triplets suc ceeded the twins in 12 months and in another year triplets again made their npipearance but one year after the last rrlplets came live children on the same day. Tbe five are still alive but th« health of the whole family, declares 'Jackson, waa Impaired by the absence of warmth In the Boynton station waiting room. It is hinted that the commission will reprimand the rall- .road company. f WINS THE PBIZE Mr. T. S. Franklin, district manager of the Jefferson Standard Life Insur* ance Company of Raleigh, yesterday received a wire from Mr. Charles W. Gold, secretary, congratulating him winning t^ forty dollar gold watch for the largest personal business, as manager. The watch Is handsomely engraved. Planing Jor Jackson Day Banquet News* Carrier Injured By Powder Paul Chambers, aged 14, one of The News’ carriers, was seriously hurt by the explosion of powder last night at 9 o’clock. His face was burned, and it is feared that one of his eyes was put out. Young Chambers’ mother, ^ Mrs. L. M. Chambers, lives at 1201 S. i Tryon st^^eet. His father is dead. Just how the accident occurred could not be learned other than that he and Washington, Dec. 23.—The commit-] other boys were having a Christmas tee having in charge the arrangements for tbe Jackson day banquet, which will be held here at the Hotel Raleigh on January 8, 1912, under the auspices of the democratic national committee, the democratic congressional oommit- jtee and the democracy of the District *of Columbia, announces that the appli- r.itions for tickeu Indicate this will be ' i.e greatest Jackcon day banquet ever ht'ld. If is announced that the following frolic with fire crackers which they had procured. or powder QUIET CHRISTMAS AT LENOIR. Special to The News. Lenoir, Dec. 23.—Christmas in Le noir this year will be celebrated in the usual quiet manner, with the excep tion the town authorities have sus pended for one day the ordinance pro- sprakers have accepted and will be.j^i^^Qg firecracker popping, which ♦ present: igoes into effect Sunday night at mid- Senator James A. O’Gorman, toast-. dterminates Monday night at jtnaster; Norman E. Mack, chairman of.the same hour. The different Sunday I f h« democratic national committee, g(^ools have arranged Christmas ‘Speaker Champ Clark, Alton B. trees and treats for the smaller child- cr. Representative Oscar '\\. Under-1 The Bible classes of the town ^oi>d. William Hearst, (^vernor Wwd- arranged to distribute provisions row Wilson, Robert L. Taylor, of Ten- Christmas cheer to the needy poor nessee; Qoveraor Simon ^Idwin, of community, which will be taken ronnectlcut; Winiam J. ^’lup the middle of the week by com- uovemor J^ph W. ° ^ ^ mlttees from the different classes of .Senator Francis G Newl^^. of N^ denomination, viida; Governor Thomas Marshall, ofi Indiana; Senator Pomerene, of OWo; j ' .nd James T. Lloyd, chairman of the WANT ANTI-RACING democratic congressional committee. LAWS REPEALED. Looks Like Civil War. Teheran, Dec. 23.—The Mejliss has not yet ratified the acticMi of the cab ins in dismissing W. Morgan Shuster, the American treasurer-general, in compliance with the demands of the Russian government. It is firmly be- lU'ved here that this action means civil war within a few dasrs. Mr. Shus- Nerw York, Dec. 23.—As a result 6f the statement of General Leonard Wood to congress that legialation hos tile to horse racing in this country has hit at the efficiency of the caval ry department of the United States army by causing the removal of im portant studs to European coun tries, another attempt will be made to i\ r announced today that he had re-h»v« the New York legislature repeal i «*ived no notice of any action having j laws which killed horse racing. b« en taken in his case and that he | Turfmen have begun to figtire the ‘ woaM continue to discharge the duties of his office until notified to the con- 11 iiry. The news of the fighting at Tabriz \nd Resht has created great excite ment in the capital. lose to the state and to interested persons thr9ius:h the death of the turf industry. At the present time more than $11,000 000 worth of race course property is lying idle. Couninis Where “Peace*’ is Not Found On Chtistmas Day Lxindon, Dec. 23.—When the Christr lives of thousands and resulted In an Tnas Bells peal out their annual mes sage of “Peace on Ekunh, Good Will I oward Men," tomo.Tow, there are nj*iiy countries in which the glad tid- ngsi will not be re^hoed. expenditure that will cripple Italian commerce for many years to come, ev en should the fighting cease with the first streaks of dawi\^on Christmaa ^y The Turks have been enforced oy countless hord^ of Arabs, strung to Not in decades has Yule Tide found!the highest pitch of fanatical hatred •he world embroiled in such bitter against the Christians who*are seeking >-fruegle as it is today. Rebellion and to denrive thAm nf th«ir lan^ an^ famine are killing tends of thousands lu ('hlna, and from present indications ^he anicetn form of government will ho overthrown and a republic or con- ^^Mtutional monarchy established. Elurope is in the most turbulent state the Franco-Prussian war. Turkey and Italy are at eacL others’ throats over the possession of Tripoli while R iHPtiia and England have apparently itached an agreement to divide Per- hIb. despite the efforts of the treasurer- .-^neral, W. Morgan Shuster. The Anglo-German relations have rescUed an exceedingly acute stage, Hnd while the possibility of an armed. • onflict seems exceedingly remote, Bu- ropt^n diplomats are not sparing any •efforts to avert the catastrophe.^ In many respects the situation in "'hlna affords the moet interesting stu- dy. For many centuries the supersti- Hous Mongolian has been bowed down ijiider the iron yoke of Maochu rule. Many attempts have‘been maite to or- •'rthrow the despotic government, but I'ach rebellion has been crushed al- miwt in its inception. The so-called for- H^n invasion, which has been going on the past 10 years, however, has awiikenod the Chinese to the possibili- lies of their country, and has given them an insight into tlie method of tlie Western oouxUries. Gradaally they have begun to rMdise their position ^d frequent demands havexbeenjnade j upon the government by th« peoihe for Fmore voice In tt» affairs. Promlaent • in this morsment are a number of , young Chinese, who have receftVBd J thei training in ADMVlean universities, and have no patience wltk the anc- lant despotic form of government un der which their fathers lived. The present rebellioni began about two months ago with tbe revolt of I nearly all of the southern provinces, and the captare by the revolutlonista L of a number of Important cities^ Since , then thousands of lives ^ve been ^ sacrificed on both sides and millions '^dollars wortt of property destroyed •^tailne has followed in tbe wake of sword and is fast »w«1Ubc the ghastly list of Yl^Oas ft® ^ i» where ta sight, although the rev(4vtionista up^ tO’ the present, have the greater ■nwrtai of Victories to their credit. In TrlpoJLthe war that Italy launch- ed upon ^ so light • hewt baa I evolved into a strife thi^t haa cost the to deprive them of their land and elim inate their religion ^om the desert cities that have rung for centuries with Mahomet’s morning call for prayers. Today the cities of Italy are disturb ed with rumors of discontent from those who viewed the invasion with nonnal eyes and a reactionary tide of popular anathema threatens the war office and throne with a steadily grow- ing demand for a cessation jot hostili ties. It is not improbable that nego- tiatlone with the Port will be the ul timate result of this outcry against the ever increasing taxes that are thnist upon the citizens to pay the costs of war. In Russia St. Michael^ias will find millions starving in the northern prov inces, and all attempts at rescue of the starving population that an inves tigation has been started to the end that blame may be placed in the right quarter. On thesteppeso fnorthem Russia, where the snow lies in deepening drifts, the roads are filled with refu gees making their painful way to the camps provided for their mistenance, while beside the real forms of men and women who have become too weak to make the journey. It is esti mated that over ten million dollars will be needed for the work of res cue. In Persia the war cloud sUll habgi low, and though the Ruslan govern ment is said to have mitigated Its demands upon the struggling inde pendency, Coasack splM awann the streets, bomb outrages are feared and W. Morgan Shuster, the American whose acts of rejuvinatlcm in the Per sian treasury system brought about the misunderstanding is closely guaxM against the attacks of those who tHiw him with a suspicion and es pouse the Russian cause. All Europe Is still trembling over the oMrrocan situation, which brought B^anoe and Germany on the verge of war. The settlement of controrersy re- vealg the faet' that Germany was co^ pened tQ iMck dcmn as Rrance con- trtrtled the keys to the Buropean war chest, and alib mikes the dsUcate sit- uatloigi between Germany and Bngland acute. ‘ ^ Oermany'^an not and will not overr lool^ Sagted’s stand ^n the mlitter, and soMMr or later there i^st be a settleiMBt. . ... UBE XMEBICimS TO BUME FOB GBIMEWHyE? Paris, Dec. 23.—^Working upon the theory that ^ organized band of Americans is responsible for the crime wave which is sweeping Paris, Police Prefect Lepine today launched the most drastic campaign against lawless ness of recent years to round up the ring leaders. While the search for the culprits is being conducted with great secrecy, it has become known that secret service agents of the fYench govemmirat' are co-operating with the municipal police in an endeavor to run down the crim inals. That Americaiv brains planned and American criminals carried out the murder and robbery of approximately $50,000 from a bank clerk in the heart of the French capital on Thursday and the robbery of jewels, at first re ported to be worth $100,000, from the corpse of Mile Lantelme in a tomb in Pere LaChalse cemetery is a belief that has crystallzed from the meager facts so far known. It has since been learned that the genuine pearls, which they had sought, were overlooked. At least, this is a police version. Other burglaries, which have been reported to the police but which have not all been allowed to reach the pub lic, are also attributed to this same band. ' Morse's fate hiow Rests With Piestdent New Orleans, Dec. 23.—“My tempor ary absence from the United States will not have the slightest effect upon any possible immediate action that may be necessary in the Morse case. The matter now rests solely with President Taft and it will not be nec essary for him to consult me further at this time.” Attorney General Wickersham made this statement to The Associated Press at noon today on board the steamer Atenas just before its depart ure for Colon. Mr. Wickersham said he and the president had given very thoughtful consideration to the con dition of Morse’s health and that the president would not find it necessary to consult him further in the event of any alarming change in the former banker’s health. Found Between Mattress And Springs oj Bed Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—George W. Case, Jr., a prominent lawyer whOj gave the name of “John Smith” when arrested Tuesday night after being found between the mattress and the springs in a bed in the apartment ot Miss Sophie Bories at 318 S. Broad street, to which he had ^ined ac cess through a rear window, failed to appear for his hearing today and was declared a fugitive from justice by Magistrate Haggerty. His $500 bail, furnished by a surety company, was forfeited. Case was seen leaving his apart ment with as uit case about the time his name was called in the police court. He said he was going to the Broad street station but refused to stte his destination. Magistrate Haggerty expressed doubt that hec ould have held Case if he had appeared inasmuch as he was arrested as a “suspicious person" but had not been accused from any one from the apartment house. Sentiment Of Congf ess Favors Fedetal A^opriation For Improvement of Highways (By SIDNEY E8PEY) Washington, Dec. 23.—Conventions, associations and nearly every conceiv able sort of organization have been for many years bending their efforts to ward tte improvement of the high ways of the United States, but so far little progress other than a nation wide agitation, has been made. Primarily, the things which the agl- tation is intended to stimulate, name ly, a substantial appropriation, is still lacking. The only appropriation for promotion of the good roads move- ioaent now operative is that which maintains the office of public roads of' the department of agriculture. This office, even, has not b^h dig- nifi^ by the name of “Bureau.” For some reason congresst has been exceed ingly ' reluctant to appropriate money to be expended for the construction or to aid in the construction of highways. Rivdrs and harbors, all branches of agricultural activities, commerce, labor and scores of other indutsial enter prises have had a liberal share of the public money, while the coffers of the land have been practically thrown wide open to the army and navy and the pensions. The roads, however, have been utter ly neglected by the Federal govern ment, in this country. In the insular and foreign possessions money has been lavished on roads, it being deem ed a military necessity, but the main land has suffered, the belief being ap parently that the piping times of peace need no subsidy along this line. In the individual states, road im provement has gone forward it is true, but wholly without federal aid, and principally in those states where the automobile interests have stimulated the improvement. Witb the present agitation for good roads, which emanates from the farm ing classes, at last making itfelf heard, and with a bill providing for the cre ation of a department of highways to be introduced at the present session of congress, the voice of the people bids fair to be headed at last. Champ Clark, speaker of the house in a recent speech stated that both houses of congress looked upon the road question favorably and probably would ^ote a large sum of money should a suitable bill be presented to them. It will not be the first time that congress has taken the roads of the country under its wing, but not since the building of the Great National road from Cumberland, Md.; to St. Louis, Mo., has any considerable amount federal money been expend ed (Ml roads in this country prarie schooners in oi^er that they might become the pioneers of the west. Btit when that wbrk was accom plished an apathy settled down up($h congress as far as the road move ment was concerned. Nothing further was done. The time has now come when, the people of the farming com- munltiejs-;are demanding that the work be takeh up anew and the construction of highways proceed Gen. Floyd King, who served as the chairman of the first inter-oceanic ca nal committee which ever sat in this country to consider the feasibility ctf the digging of an artificial waterway to connect the two seas, has evolved a scheme upon, which is based a bill which Senator Cullom introduced in the senate last session. The bill provides for the oonstruc tion of seven National highways lead ing from Washington, to seven cities New Ydrk City, Chicago, Seattle or Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles ,New Orleans, and Miami, wMch is near the end of the Florida Peninsu la. These roads would cost one hundred and forty-eight million dollars. Gen King and Senator Cullom point out that the Panama Canal is costing nearly five hundred million and ques tion whether the latter enterprise will be of greater benefit than the system of seven roads The plans include the extension of the seven road system by the construc tion of ramifications, to be built by the states which they are to traverse The roads themselves are to be built partially by the states and partially by the ■ government. The new department of hi^ways, if created, will become an important fac tor in the department of the rural dis tricts. Its. head, who will have tbe.ti tie of secretary of highways, will be a member of the president’s cabinet The office of public roads, as it now exists, is little more thail an experi mental laboratory for the testing of rocks suitable for road building. Its director, Logan Weller Page, is a scientist and has bent most of his efforts during the administration as the head of the office since 1905, in making tests and gathering informa tion concerning the needs of different sections of the country, already so well known. It is proposed to federate the many good roads associations throughout the country into one large body and main tain'a lobby at the capital to exert all possible influence toward procuring legislation favorable to the general policy and the specific project of the seven road system If the congress believes that the sys At that time road building became a . tem provided for in Senator Cullom's necessity to territorial expansion and bill is planned on too gigantic a scale development and it behooves the gov ernment to establish a n£ftional high way over which the citizens of the East might drive their ox-teams and Insurgent^^tion-oj Elgin Win SPARTANBURG ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS An interesting meeting of the Spar tanburg Poultry Association was held in the offices of Chas. W. Anderson on Magnol^ street yesterday . after noon, at which officers for the en suing year were elected as follows: Gabriel Cannon, president; Chas. W. Anderson, 1st vice president; F. M. Dessasure, 2d vice president; C. W. Ballenger, 3d vice president; E. B. Lmmond, secretary - treasurer. The executive committee is com posed of the above named officers; to gether with the follpwing: Dr. H. E. Heinitish, Dr. J. E. Edwards, F. T. Cantrell and Jas. A. Chapman, Jr. The date for the next annual poultry show was fixed at this meeting. It will be held in this city January 7., 8, 9 and 10,'1913, a year from the com ing January. The executive committee was in structed to secure for judge of the next show H. P. Schwab, of New York state, who acted as judge of the last show, and whose services were highly satisfactory. Elgin,^11., Dec.'-23.—‘The struggle for supremficy in the directorate, of the Elgin butter board between the “reg- idars” and “insurgents” ended today in a quiet but decisive victory for the “insurgents” faction which elected all their officers. No action was taken on the proposed abolishment of the quotation commit tee. The directors will meet January 8 to perfect, organization of the new board. The new president is Charles H. Potter, of Elgin. efforts will be made to secure lesser concessions, but the advocates of the good roads movement are determined to get some sort, of federal aid. BLOODSHED MAY COMPLICATE SETTLEMENT, Customers holding duplicates to the following numbers at Garibaldi, Bruns & Dixon will call and make selection of good» desired: 1st, 21666; 2nd, 25758; 3rd, 19696. yLondoi^, Dec. 23.—The bloodshed \^ich has occurred at Tabriz, Resht and other-places in Persia threatens to complicate the final settlement of the Russo-Persian difficulty as it is likely to delay the withdrawal of the Russian troops^ from Persian territory, According to a dispatch from St. Petersburg today the Russian govern ment does not intend to attempt to ad just tile matter by making a proest to the Persian govemmen but will itself undertake the punishment of those who it alleges were responsible for teh attacks op the Russian troops. —R^r. and Mrs. H. A. Graham and family of Greenwood, S. C. ,and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Graham of Wilmington and Mr. H. L. Graham of Goldsboro, are spending the holidays with their sister, Mrs. C. E. Motte. THE PILGRIM PATH By ALICE J. WHITTIER- I -in Christian Herald. NEGOTIATIONS FOR'BIG LOAN [SUSPENDED. Peking, Dec. 23.—Negotiations be tween the group of international bankers and the imperial Chinese gov ernment for a loan are suspended for the present. The ministers of the four interested nations—the United States, Great Britain, Gtormany an4 France— for political reasons in^ted the Japan ese and Russians to oonsider whether they would co-operate in the loan. The Russian charge d’afCaires showed no inoUnation to do so, and the represen tatives of the other powers fear^ that a boycott of foreljgn merchandise would result. ' While all agreed that the money should not be advanced for military purposes, certain of the ministeni ar gued that there was only one recog nized government, which woold aoon be without funds and when that oc curred further Iwalesness would re sult, including a grave possibility of tbe imperial army being disintegrated into plundering bands. Several Am^can miasionaries sta tioned in the province of Honan have replied to a contfnunicatlon trom the American legation hera lhmt they s«» no reason necessitating retirement from their post^ all the towns being peaceful. The American legatidn is not taking mich drasMe steps ,as the Britov con- iulates, whtoh', are arresting misslonarlM refuse to leave ^th^, Interior whitn ;6Mered. —^The (throng ^ the-s»o»re yester day aftwmoon was so dense that po licemen Jiad^td be statttoaed at e^eh of 4h«r cNHMfaisa. New Up the rock-set, age-old pathway, deep-worn by the weight of pain. In the »ol, sweet beauty of morning, bathed of a summer rain. Surging onward blindly nooh-drawn, far from beyond our ken, A tide is ebbtog and flowing of the lonely souls of men. O restless t^de of human hearts, sweeping on forever. Seeking foi^ truth in emptiness, finding fulness never! II ^ Glory of fotun-flecked river dashed into crystal spray. Grandeur of mountain and forest, with a young bird^s roundelay; Glory of sun and shadow ofwhite-wreatbed, sudden rain Down gleaming leaf and mighty cliff, to the misty, dreaming plain. O shining flood from God’s own heart, flowing down forever!. Seeking to feed thy children’s need, finding answer never! Ill ^ Rugged and steep winds the pathway, and the crowding mass toils on \ With paper prayers and incense stick, till faith and hope aie gone; Bowing to beast or demon of day, dark with tiie dust of time. To human gods of i^cient dreams in the temple’s gloom and grime. O need of body; and Spirit, seeking, yearning eVer! Groping for gdds'ih ha'^y dr^ms, finding fulness never! ■ './'IV OSi, of fairer^ brighter days than dawn on Omei*« Mountain! We of a 6trait^, sti^pej:' way, washed by costlier fountain— Find we God in'the pilgrim path? Is Christ our very brother? Do we see hia spiile In c^ff and fiower? Or do we look for another? The love of 0^1 Tl^ faoe of Christ shining on forever! O joy and mig^t of sacrifice, failifig, fading never! Or do we yet, witiir the m^n-drawn throng, grope in the: fog of dreams? The tiger-crouch. by the beast of ^elf, or chase fantastic gleams Of m^-gods—Pride and j^^ase and Fame—the demons of wringing fear. Giving to God an incense stick, a paper prayer—or a tear— ' O -drcmi^ prfNts by Form’s ^r^e shrine, cease ye droning never? Dmocrattc Flan for Econotnv Stm^ In 7he Way Of Large Battleships (By JONATHAN WINFIELD) Washington, Dec. 23.-Cemocratic plans for governmental economy and a dielire to improve the navy along the line of auxiliary and secondary vessels, will result In the refusal of congress at this session to make ap propriation for the construction of more than one battleship may be eliminated this yeir from the author ized naval building program, particu larly in view of the fact that the House passed tBe Sherwood “dollar-a- day” pension bill, which, it is esti- m^ed, will increase the annual ex penses of the government from $28,- 000,000 to $35,000,000. Tbe secretary of the navy in his an nual report has recommended the con struction of two huge and costly battle ships. At th^ same time he has shown the necessity of having many addition al auxiliaries and accessories which constitute what is known as the secon dary and defensive navy. These aux* illaries consist of colliers, repair ships, ammuntion ships, hospital ships and so forth, while the defensive types are the scout cruisers, destroyers arid submarines. The report of the Secretary of the. _ „ - Navy shows that there is a great defi- j and miscellaneous vessels^%ir«» clency in these secondary vessels as ?• painted ship upon a painted ^an ” well as a shortage of men with which}is what Senator Hale, for many vears to man the great battleships, but in)chairman of the senate committee on effect, he purposes to make this de- \ naval affairs, characterized a battle ficiency greater by urging the construc- s^ip without colliers, and In like mar tion of two more costly battleships. ' . .. It is the purpose of congress, at least ^o far as the House is concern ed—and it is the House which ini tiates all the big appropriation bills— to accept what the secretary of the navy says about the necessity for smaller craft, and to equip the navy with these rather than to follow his recommendation for battleships. Sec retary Meyer, they point • out, recom mends the construction of battleships. a particular item. however, tas estimated fhat tv, Dreadnaughts which hp r ® win cost in tor which ates, and it has staggered cratic economists. In consequence, the ninn ic t construction of smaller craft ® larly as their need S the secretary of the navv and lu ^ view of the shortage to m^ new ships, in his rerSf secretary of the navy publishGrin teresting table showing the manne which the navy has by the building of big battlp?hi the, neglect of the aSliS!^s®?J,^ Mute colliers, toti-oyers, sabraartaw repair, ammunition and hospital There are now in commission S3 S ' t eships which, in order to be tive, require a certain number of sec- ondary vessels. On the basis of 33 battleships Secretary Meyers shows the deficiency in other ships is 12 ool Uers, 82 testroyers, 22 eubmartaes 3 hospital ships and In like proportion varlouB other supply repair, aiimu™ * ^ 1X1 Hive laan* it Is maintained, these great bat tleshlps are ineffective unless the\ have the picket ships such as destr(n’ ers and submarines which are calcii lated to guard and protect them for the enemy’s torpedoes. The House members have also gone into the matter of cost of maintenance and made comparisons between battle ships In this respect and the smaller craft which comes under the classifica- - . tions of auxiliaries and accessories but makes an argument for auxiliaries i They have found that the up-keeo of z and accessories. They intend to take f battleship annually with its scores ol his argument rather than his recom-] officers and then to twelve hundred en. mendation, particularly as In doing so listed men is one million dollars s they not only effect an economy, but I year. The destroyer which costs ori& they believe that- they will Improve' inally only $t50,000 is manned by four the efllciency of the naval establish- officers and ten to twelve hundred en- ment for the reason that the battle-} tenance only, $85,000 a year, and the ships now in the navy are ineffective i submarine which costs originally onlv and incapable of doing all that is ex-^$500,000 is manned by one officer and pected of them and all that they axe about twelve men, costs about $25 OOO capable of, unless they-'are supple- for maintenance. ”*1 Notwithstanding the recommenda. smaller construction. „( (he Secretary of the Navy for A Dreadnought, such as the secre-.two Dreadnaughts, there never was a tary of the Navy recommends is the - time since the democrats came intc name given to a giant battleship power that they were willing to author which carries all-big-guns; that is, she ize more than one of these big ships rrfies almost exclusively on her main \ a year, and many republicans hav€ batteries to the exclusion of guns of joined with them and taken the same smaller calibre, although a few rapid . position. In view of the fact that th fire guns are carried; Formerly, naval navy is always popular with the peo vessels carried whatsis known as in- j)le, it has been thought that one bat tleship might be provided for, but now in view of the heavy drain upon the treasury Incident to the pension bill it is said that there may be no pro vision for battleships at all. Instead termediate batteries, but these have gone out of style with that sudden ness which characterizes nayy whims. The cost of a Dreadnaught has been a frequent source of speculation on the part of members of congress,' as j those in charge of the matter are talk the navy department, whether inten- j ing of making the navy more effective tionally or otherwise, has made it al-. and providing what they believe to be most Impossible to delve into the com-. better defense by building smaller plicated' estimates catrl^ ffiostly In boats which effect economy in con large totals, to arrive at the figures for struction and also in maintenance. Investigation Begun Into Immense Land Fmuds In The Flonda Eveiglades (By RODERICK CLIFFORD) Washington, Dec. 23.—“Fall Guys” find sympathy only in the dictionary. Folks all over the United States are ready to grin at the man who is easily sepai^ated from his money. Almost everybody has In some secret drawer or box beautiful purple certificates, ev idence of just how much his invest ments will not be worth some day, and all of this leads to the point where the great and good department of agricul ture and the omnipotent ^vemment of the country takes a hand in what having to do with the expenditures ol the department of agriculture. The investigation which promises to become one of national importance, was brought about by the recent ac tion of 12,000 purchases of Ever glade lands from the Florida Fruit Company, who began suit to prevent that company from distribiiting money from buyers, until proipised improve ments and drainage of the land is made. An injunction was obtained, and a hearing on this order is expected to bring to light the whole Florida real some investors declare to be the most shiningly successful scheme for ex-1 estate movement which has figured so trading .money from'th€y fraternity of | extensively in investments in the past the gullible and that scheme in Flori da lands.. Froni'the time that sleek salesnaan, with cohyersation and arguments con fined tflf the superlative in adjectives, first sold the. farmer at Oshkoah shares in a schelB^ for the propagation of al- ll-gators In the swamps of the Ever- gladeis, to the launching of thousands few years. Just what will become of the mat ter is entirely beyond forecast at the present tlme„ it is declared, however, to the committee of the house of rep resentatives that the land companies in Florida have as yet taken no real steps toward fulfilling their obliga tions to drain the swamp land. Upon their future action, of course, depends of different fruit land and reclamma , , tion plans recently. Is a far. cry, and whether or not the Florida land deals just how much moz^y hsis been reaped will be the greatest investment or by promoters hot, overy conscientious, the greatest swindle in history. can‘^ be approximated only by the uni- j More than a million acres of land versal desire In every man for “some-1 are connected with the activities of ♦ Tes tl^ey will seaae when that lonely heart .next netghbor; When AoHflce is ]oin^ with jojr and love^iff more than labor* “ b^ble Christ and He in each cripi^ ^e 86 ahalit''wei7 M is : pur ^ by helpfns on eash otter, wintlsfled; giMirfng, jgn^wlng PulMas! Joy ft^revier!. -'l' thing for nothing. The United States post^ authorities can take care of plahi^ like the alliga tor propagaation scheme, usually, toough fraui orders, but it has be come ne.cessary for the government to Inquire Into the practicability of such schemes as the drainingrof the florida Ehrerglades, and their traii^guration Into what Paradise was before Milton wrote "lost”' after it. If this Is not feasible the public will be adequately warned to put a time lock on its coffen at the mere mention of most of tb. Blorida sc^mes. The action of, the government ii instituting an ; investigation of sue. schemes, has its> rlBe in a govemmen tal state of mrind. closely related to that Individual -^aitliude^Which makes munlcipia inebriate aisyljd^ ;ry, the esta^iehih^nt io^ .^i^titutto for' the weiAk^hj^^- and which %leadis to give aw^ Hbraries ^ Kraus mUh laboratories. must be againii^. ..;them^lV^s and in- yestments in luxwy^ plciured stock in^ficates aie -just. lu' bad, statistics show or the idfosyncri^es of the weak.. ndnded Almost everythiQg:^ has an agricul tural aipect and regulating the crop CP^eras. gcowncfrom the fertile^ tioil of gullibility, mijght weU fall into the em^nce of “Tmna Ji?r’ Wilson, the #>vernment'8/g|wtteinan farmer. But aside frtM^^ie general aspect of tbe>d|d|^ thd made to the der of acriei^tuite that' the stiite of l^T^.has; thrangjh-tiie supirasaka coBcemtng the Ij^l^iiild its name to t&s vietlmisiation or persons throoghout haf Ijiitnight «h^ a the promoters. There are several com panies who are pushing the land or the market. Inhere is hardly a city o) any size of the United States that has not in its business district a show window filled with the blackest ol loamy soil from which is sprouting young cocoanut trees, banana plants, orange and lemon trees, while about them are piled stalks of sugar cane. This is the "Visual evidence that the joil of , Florida is perhaps the greatest ’ruit producing medium known. But hfe government experts and the men f the houM committee who are in* erested in this matter declare ^at tn« urden of proof will rest with tna xand companies to show that they can. and have, reclaimed everglade lands tc make it as productive as the naturally arable soli of Florida. Then, too, the committee of tne house of representatives wants t scrutinize the part that the departmen of a^culture, Innocently or otherwise is playing In this land . .. •nie land boomers and their agent- charge the department with saving suppressed the report of Maj. Wi^ht, engineer of the who was asslgiied to investigate t Everglade lands. This report, botwners claim, was generally favomo to a drainage project, and to the c^ve glade lands as Investments. er side, that on which the who hold the beautiful stock . cales stand, claim ^at the u has suppressed faformatlon ^ , wdnld’ h^ve been' tajuable in investors and* saving hundreds thousands of dollars. —Mr. J. R. Nix, of the Company" leaves tonight Where he will spend the holiday se^
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1911, edition 1
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