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SENATE CONHFIS 3 BOARD MEMBERS MR. WARBURG MAY ASK PREBI DENT TO WITHDRAW HIB NAME. MR. JONES IS QUESTIONED He Oeea Before the Investigating Com mlttee and Tails About Relation* to Harvester Company. Washington.—The nominations by President Wilson of three of the Ave members of tbe Federal Reservti Board-Charles 8 Hamlin, W. P. U. Harding, and A. C. Miller—were con firmed by the senate. The nominations of Paul M. War burg of New York and Thomas 1). Jones of Chicago have not been acted upon by the Banking and Currency Committee and probably will not be for a few days. It was stated that Mr. Warburg would ask the President to withdraw his nomination, but Acting Chairman Hitchcock of the Hanking Committee telegraphed an invitation for him to appear and submit to the committee's questions. It wan sug gested. however, that Mr. Warburg probably would decline the Invitation and that this would be followed by an announcement from the White House that the nomination had been withdrawn. Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Miller and Mr Harding take the oath of office within a few days and the work of #*Ulng in motion the new Federal banking sys tem can begin at once. The Secre tary of the Treasury and the Comp troller of the Currency are exofflclo members of the board, which c'onslsts of seven members The five will con stltute a quorun to do practically all preliminary business. . Mr. Jones wae before the commit tee for nearly four hours to tell about his relations with the International Harvester Company and the New Jer sey Zinc. Company, both so-called trusts. He was questioned at length by the members. No proposal was made to vote on a report to the Sen ate on his nomination, but It Is re garded as probable that If approval Is given it will be Ity a close vote. Senator Hitchcock wos authorised to give out Information secured from Mr Jones ills report in substance was; "Mr. Jones was asked about hla relations to two large business enter prises, one of which was the Interna tlonal Harvester Company, Mr. Jones said he became a director of that company In April, 1909, purchasing one share to qualify, at the request of Cyrus H. McCormlck, an old friend. He said he fiijly approved all the actions of the -company since he be came a director and believed that they were proper and within the law. Mr. Jones also announced he is In accord with the company's policy and said he had nothing to lose or gain by the decisions of the courts in the anti trust suit In the Harvester case. "Prior to 1N97 Mr J.wes told the committee he owned and was presi dent Of a sine company at Mineral Point, Wis. WILL BE 200 CADETSHIP3. To Be Filled at Naval Academy In 1915. Washington.—Cpwards of 200 cadet ships at the West Polnjt, Military Academy are to be filled In 1915. In response to numerous Imfuirles on the subject from all over the country, the War Deprtrnent announcd the list of csdetships for which cadets are to be appointed to the academy on the nomination of senators and |4|iresen Inations are to begin .in March. Appointments are to be made by Senators frjom 27 state and by rep resentatlved from 31 states. The sen ators who are to make appointments Include Overman of North Carolina. The congressional districts from which cadetshlps are to be filled on the nominations of representatives include North Carolina, first, fifth, ninth and tenth districts; South Carolina, sixth and seventh districts, and Virginia, fifth and tenth districts. Preeldent Secures Release Trenton, N. J.—Through the person al efforts of President Wilson, a woman who was employed in his Princeton home as a domestic 10 years ago will be released from the Mercer County Jail to which she was committed on a charge of habitual drunkenness. The woman's name Is being withheld at the request of the President, who desires to give liw a new start in life. Her predicament was found by a former I*rlnceton school teacher. Miss Katherfne Welsh, who wrote to the President. Successful Flight of Americs. Hammondsport, N. V.—With a load of nearly 1,800 pounds, Glenn Curtlss rose from the water In the America the Rodman Wanamaker's trans-At lantic flying boat, in 60 seconds after the dock. Planing on the surface for anotheT 100 yards he was fre« and clear iu the air one minute and fifteen seconds after the start. This Is the fastest rising from the water the America has done. Lieu tenant John C. Porte started out with a similar load but contented himself .with planing about the surface. ' GENERAL BLANQUET M ""V : ■ General Blanqult, minister of war In Huerta's cainet, la supposed to be the only man in Mexico of whoc'tbe dic tator la afraid. Aa commander of the army he wan the main factor In rata- I Ing Hjjerta to hia present position MEDIATORS THINK PROGRESS IS IDE TROUBLE t BETWEEN UNITED BTATEB AND MEXICO VIRTU ALLY BETTLED. AMBASSADOR DaGAMA TALKS Ha Thinks More Favorable Atrnos | pfisrs Haa Bean Created In Ameri can Polltlca and Policies. Niagara Falls, Ont. — Ambassador i Da Uama of llrazll fortnally announced ; the virtual settlement of the conflict ! between the United States and Mexi co. The Ambassador explained that I while mediation would take an Indefl- . nite recess awaiting the outcome of ; efforts by representatives of the two Mexican factions to solve the Inter- | ual problems of Mexico the task of i mediation was not yet concluded, though an esesntlal part of It* work had been accomplished. The Ambassador spoke at a lunch eon given by the three mediators to newspaper correspondent*. The Amer ican and Huerta delegations were present and the remarks of Mr I>a Uama, afte/ careful revision, were made public later, constituting a for mal statement of the mediation work thus far. CHARLOTTE FIREMEN KILLED. Chief Wallace and Captain Qlenn Die From Exploalon at Fire, Othere Injured. Charlotte.—William 11. Olenn, cap tain of lire station No. 2, was Instantly killed, Chief J. H. Wallace, of the Charlotte lire department, was so bad ly Injured that he died In three hours; Firemen Randolph Erwln and Clyde F. Todd were seriously Injured; Fire man Hob Harties was slightly In'ured and half a dozen- others were slightly bruised, by an explosion of dynamite at 8:45 o'clock, when they answered' a call to extinguish flames in a barn | belonging to J. It. Hawkins, a railroad j ifnd grading contractor, at No 30!) South Cedar street. Hut for the fact thst the chief, ' when.he arrived on the scene to direct | the tlre-fightlng .ordered several fire men hack some distance from the barn to straighten out a kink in the hose line severnl other firemen might have been killed nnd Injured. Windows were broken and plaster was knocked off the walla and cell ing in houses for blocks sur rounding the scene of the explosion. A number of bystanders were struck by flylna pieces of timber that went in every direction, but none were se riously hurt. Canned goods and other mnteilals in two grocery stores near the scene of exploalon were knocked into a heterogenous mass on the floors. Villa and Carrania Convere*. El Paso. Texas.—The conference designed to settle differences between General Carranra and General Villa will be composed entirely of military men. Representatives of the Eastern, Central and Western military rones will meet soon, probably at Torreon to discuss the situation that Jtfrpatens the well-being of the, Constitutionalist revolution. This was learned frorti persons coming from Monterey and Saltillo. They said the proposed con ference resulted from an exchange of telegrams. Dam Bill* Made to Conform. Washington.—What threatened to oe serious differences between servatlonlsts over the form of legisla tion pending In congress *o regulate waterpower projects on; navigable streams were Out at a White House conference Tbe Adam son and Ferris dam bills, which con tained conflicting provisions, were thoroughly threshed over and made to conform. As a result administra tion leaders interested predicted that botb bills would be passed quickly. rHK BMTBBPMBR WILLIAMBTOW, WORTH CAROLINA. PRESIDENT THUS OF INDEPENDENCE AMERICANS BHOULD MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS IN WAY TO HONOR FOUNDERS. i CRITICIZES THE KNOCKERS Facts, or Alleged Facte, Being Given Out Do Not Always Tally, Says President Wilson. Philadelphia, Pa.— Advocating the modernizing of the Declaration of Independence by applying Its princi ples to the business the politics and the foreign policies of America, Pres ident Wilson thrilled a huge crowd asembled In Independence Square within a few feet of where the origi nal declaration was signed. The president touched on Mexico, the Panama tolls repeal controversy, bis anti-trust program, buelnfes; '•.on dltlons and bis ideas of modern pa triotism. Pounding his fist on the table on which the Declaration of In dependence wa* signed, he declared Americans today must manage their affairs in a way to do honor to the founders of the nation. There are men in Washington today, he de clared, whose patriotism is not showy but who accomplish great patriotic things. They are stsylng In Washing ton, doing their duty, keeping a quo rum In each bouse of Congress to do business. "And I am mighty glad to stay there and stick by them," he added. Touching on business conditions of the country, President Wilson said a great many allegations of facts were being made, but that a great many of these facts do not tally with each other. "Are these men trying to serve their country or something smaller than their country?" the prealdent asked. "If they love America and there is anything wron* it Is their business to put their hands to the taak and set It right." Eighty-five per cent of the Mexi can people, the president? said In touching on Mexico, never have had a right to have a "look-in" on their government while the other 15 per cent were running It. "Now, the American pople have a heart that heats for them just as it beats for other millions, " Mr. W 11 son continued. "I hear a great deal about the property loss In Mexico, and I re gret that with alt my heart, but back of it all is a struggling people. Let us not forget that struggle In Watching what is going on In front." "I would be ashamed of the flag If we did anything outside this country which we would not do In it," the president declared. Speaking of Panama tolls, the president said the treaty with England might be a mistake, but its meaning cannot he mistaken and he believed in keeping the nation's obligations He believed In keeping the name of the Cnl'ed States unquestioned and unsullU d. Before the president got his speech, well under way the crowd surged for ward In such confusion that a panic was threatened. Two companies of marlnon and sailors stood before the speaker's stand and the president was forced to stop.several times but finally got the crowd under control. • 4 ■ .i ■ - - TROOPB MOVE TO CAPITAL. Federals Are Recruiting and Prepar ing to Attack Mexico City. Kagle Pass, Tex. lnformation brought hy messengers from Saltlllo j was that troops from the division of the East have been ordered by Gen I eral Pablo Gonzales to proceed lm- ' j demlutely to (.Jueretafo. This move Is j | regarded us significant of the part the I division or the East Intends to play ! in the final assault on Mexico City as ' the final siand of the Federals prob [ ably will be made at Querotaro. The movement to Queretaro, It is thought here, also was precipitated hy, the withdrawal of Federal troops under General Pascual Orozco from the Quereturo garrison to reinforce the Mexico City garrison. Want SIO,OOO to Fight Plaguo. Atlanta, Ga. —The State Hoard of j Health, is was announced a few days | ago, has asked the General Assem bly, through Governor Slaton, for an j appropriation of SIO,OOO with which to | fight possible entrance of bubonic j plague Into Georgia seaports. In re questing the appropriation the health officials announce they wish to make 1 an Investigation, following the recom mendation of Surgeon General Rupert Blue, of the United States Public ! Health and Marine Hospital Service now at New Orleans. Killed by Dynamite. Dayton, Penn. —An explosion of dynamite here .killed William Clever, I aged 2, and so seriously Injured Fred | Clever, age 6, and his sister, Grace. I age 4, »hat physicians said they could not live. John Wargney. lost hla rlg'it hand. A friend had taken four sticks of dynamite to the Clever home to i celebrate the Fourth and while he was preparing the charge, William picked up one of the caps and bit It. The explosion that followed Instantly killed him and set off the dynamite MME. GOLEJEVESKI B /.|. ■ V V -V Mmme. Golejevesm, wife of the military attache of th© Russian em bassy at Washlnglos and one of the handsomest women in the clty'a col ony, aailed recenty, with her two chil dren to apend the summer with her mother, Lady Grove, in Wiltahlre, England. MEDIATORS TAKE INDEFIIUECESS DECIDE TO BTOP PROCEEDINGS ON HEARING FROM GENERAL CARRANZA. THEY MAY NOT MEET AGAIN Whlla Adjournment Waa Not Takan There Will Not Likely Be Another Meeting aa Mediatora Leave. Niagara Falls, Ont. —An Indefinite recess of mediation wan decided on by Ambassador Gama of Brail, and Ministers Suarez and Naon of Chile, and Argentina, respectively. > This action followed the receipt of j a note from General Carranza,* ex-1 pressing an Inclination to participate in Informal conferences with Huerta delegates for the solution of Mexico's Internal problem*, but asking for more time In which to consult his sub ordinate generals. The Constitution allsts chief declared he wished to get full authority from the signers of the plan of Guadaloupe, the platform of the Constitutlonnilst movement, so that delegates might be clothed wlUi plenary powers. In the meantime Ambassador Da Gama announced he would leave at once for his summer home in Long Branch, N. J. Minister Naon depart ed for Washington and Minister Suarez said he would leave at once for Washington. The Huerta dele gates will decide soon whether they will wait here for the Constitutional Ist delegates or go to some summer resort. The American delegates will | be the last to leave. They are await- . ing definite Instructions from Wash- | Ington. The mediators explained that mediation had not adjourned, but that j perhaps the last formal meeting had j been held. Communication hereafter will be carried on by telegraph. COLD COMFORT FOR WOMEN. President Telia Woman He Thinks Suffrage ia Matter For States. , Washington.—Five mem bers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs marched to the White House and drew from President Wil son a final refusal to accede to de mands th it he support the movement for a woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution. The Pres ident reiterated his statement to pre vious delegations that his party had not embodied this question in its plat form and then for Hie first time an nounced his personal conviction that the suffrage 'issue was one for settle ment by the state and not by the Fed eral Government. Senate Differs on Lever Bill. Washington.—The senate refused to agree to the Lever cotton futures bill, adopted by the house, u a sub stitute for the senate bill by Senator E. D. Smith and aent the measure to conference.. Th Smith bill, passed by the senate several weeks ago, would debar from use of the maUs all cotton exchanges which failed to submit to [certain regulations designed to elim inate gambling in futures. The Lever substitute proposes a tax on future sales which fail to met these regula tions. Seminole Nation Dissolved. Washington.—The Cherokee Nation, largest of the flvo. civilized tribes. Is dissolved and the tribal funds, amounting to s6>u,ooo, were divided ' among its 41,00f members. Commis- I sioner Sells of the Indian office* called i for the resignation of all Cherokee j officials. Under the law It was intend- I ed that the five civilized tribes should dissolve as nations in 1906. Con gress, however, extended that time in ' the discretion of the Indian office. The Seminole. Nation practically has bc>Bn dissolved. , * WILSON CONFERS WITH J. P. MORGAN FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONFER ENCEB PLANNED WITH THK BUSINESS MEN. MEETING IS VERY CORDIAL President Expects Business Men te Lssrn That They Have Nothing to Fear. Washington.—For nearly an hour President Wilson discussed business conditions with J. P. Morgan at the first of a series of conferences which will bring to the White House man foremost In American Industry and finance. It was one of the very tew occasions during the If months of his administration that the President has received one of the recognised lead ers of >blg business." Officials ssld that while the Admin latratlon's greatest legislative projects were underwsy—the tariff rfct, the currency bill, snd while the trust pro gram wss being perfected—the Pres ident felt theife should be no oppor tunity for a chsrge that they were re ceiving inspiration from business or financial centers. Now that two of the Administra tion reforms have been completed and a third Is in a final stage the Pres ident Is said to feel that an exchange j of thought and Information with cap- ' tains of industry will be conducive to the business revival he expects to see along lines which the administration | to be legsl. Soon Henry Ford, Detroit manufac- ' turer, will confer with the President and after that a delegation from the Chicago Association of Commerce, in cluding representatives of six corpor ations with Nation wide interest, will come for a conference. Out of these exchanges the Pres ident expects business men to learn that lawful enterprise has nothing to fear from the Democratic adminis tration; that the trust program having reached a point where he foresees its successful completion, business shall have the rest msny of Its leaders have b«en asking; and that under the "con stitution of freedom," as the President has christened the trust legislation commerce and finance respecting the laws will not be harassed by the Fed eral government. Whether Mr. Morgan came at his own request or at the Invitation of the President was not established. That point often Is left in doubt as to important White House confer ences. Officials said Mr. Morgsn ask od for the engagement. Another ver sion ws« thnt mutual friends arrang ed for Mr. Morgan to "talk things over" The two men have been ac quainted for some time and Mr. Mor gan knew the President at Princeton and the personal element In the call was a large one. LESS WHIBKEY CONSUMED. But More Beer Is Used and More * Cigarettee Smoked. Washington,— Americans drank less whiskey during the past 12 months than they did the year before, but they consumed more beer and smoked more cigarettes. Reports to the commissioner of in ternal revenue made public showed that receipts for the fiscal year just 'closed totalled $846,069 less, than for 'the previous year, and most of this decline waa due to the marked de crease in taxes collected on distilled spirits. Detailed statements for the month of June are not yet available, but in the first 11 months of the fiscal year there was a decrease of $3,734,- 8671 In «ne income from ture and sale of distilled lipuor, due in part to reduction in the number of I licenses. Estimates on the June re ceipts Indicated the total decline in distilled liquor tax for 12 months will probably be $4,250,000. Receipts from tobacco taxes show ed an approximate increase of $2,800,- 000 over last year. This gain is due almost entirely to a phenomenal in crease in the cigarette trade. The gain in receipts from fermented liquor, beer, ale and the like was aobut $860,- 000. Commercisl Agnt of Bouth. Washington.—W. A. Graham Clark was appointed by Secretary Redfield to be commercial agent of the depart ment of commerce for the Southern Statee. Mr. Clark, who has been con nected with the department since its organization. and Is regarded as an expert on questions of the cotton tex tile industry, will make his headquar ters at Atlanta, Ga. He will be in charge of the department's investiga tion for promotion of commerce in the territory from Virginia to Louisi ana inclusive. - f " s~ Preparing New Conservation Bill. Washington. Secretary Garrison and Secretary Lane were busy draft ing amendments, to carry out the un derstanding reached at the White House conference regarding water power development legislation in Con gress. Differences between the In terior and War and the Interstate Commerce Commission and Public Lands Committee of the House, have been adjusted so that they will | not Interfere further with the consor -1 vation program m TRAVIS CONFERS WITH RAILROADS - \ .' ' * .J ■ LITTTLE TROUBLE It EXPECTED IN ADJUSTING INTERSTATE RATE SCHEDULE. WILL CONFER WITH C. *O. To Take Up Chang* of Rules Regard ing Shipment of Grain and Grain Products Into North Carolina. Raleigh.—Chairman E. L. Travis, of tho corporation commission. ID Asbeville In conference with the traf fic managers of the railroad compa % niet that do Interstate freight businesa in this state with a view ot adjusting a number of discrepancies between the details of the compromise Inter state rates that were agreed upon by the railroad companies and the state authorltiea and the published sched ules of these railroad companies and placed in effect June 20. These differ ences are in some minor matters and there is no anticipation of any serious complications in bringing about the adustment. »'so Chairman Travis will take UP wL_ the C. A O. snd possibly t e N, k W. the matter of a change In the rules governing freignt on grain in traxu.. and grain products, whereby it appeared to the North Carolina commissioners mat the railroad com pany had changed'the rule td the detriment of the intereata of the North Carolina dealera aince the adoption of the reduced rates. It was first announced that the Norfolk A Western had changed the rule just as the Chesapeake A Ohio had, but it now appears that this was not the case. Chairman Travis eipects to remain In Ashevllle to be at the hearings be fore the Intraatate Freight Commis sion, Judge M. H. Justice chairman, that is to hold the final hearings aa to the reasonableness of the reduced rates prescribed by the Justice act of the legislature and to declare a just and reasonable schedule of Intrastate I freight rates. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS INCREASE. Wilmington Customs House Makes A Good Bhowlng For Year. Wilmington. The report for the fiscal year ending June 30 of the cus , toniH -oure in Wilmington makes a good Rhowing. in spite of the fact tuat | for eight months of the 12 the Demo cratic tariff law was in effect. The I number of entries of merchandise 'for 1913 waa 154 agalnat 231 for 1914. The | receipts of the customs service at Wll | mington for the fiscal year ending i June 30, 1913, wetV 124,934, while for ! year Just closed the receipts were f29.214, an increaae of a little over 17 per cent. The value of imports for 1913 was $3,480,419; for 1914, $4,194.- 1745. an increase of approximately jB3 1-3 per cent. The value of the ex | ports for 1913 was 119.510.926 as against $25,870,851 for 1914, an in > I erease of 32 per cent. ■ Storm Lifta Roof of Big Building. Charlotte. The Immense brick CJilding occupied by the Internation al Harvester Company on South Cedar and West Fourth streets was flooded with water recently when the tin roof covering the structure was lifted by a terrific gust of wind add simply torn from its fastenings. The four floors were drenched and the big office, in which all of the administrative de tails of this large agency were han-, died covering the greater part of the, Carolinas was deluged. The damage to j the. machinery will not be great owing to the nature of the stock but it will be substantial. The injury to the of-» fice will be more substantial for cor resonden6e files were soaked and the delicate machines employed there were drenchetL- I $3,000 For Schools. Greensoro. —The county board of education appropriated $1,500 a year for two years to the city of Greens boro to aasist in erecting school build ings for the city. This is the first ap propriation of the kind. Warsaw Gets Union Station. Warsaw. —As a rsult of the confer ence held here recently between the officials of the Atlantic Coast Line and Atlantic & Carolina Railway* and a committee appointed by the Board of Trade, plans and apecifications have been presented by the railroads and accepted by the citizens for a new union station to be erected here. The passenger department will be of a cofiiiiiodlous size nad contain modern conveniences. A baggage department of ample size will also be built. Open Kennedy Home in August. , Kinston. The trustees of the ThomasvUle Orphanage have named a committee to determine upon the opening date of the Kennedy Memor ial Heme, the new eastern branch, at Falling Creek, this county. • J. H. Canady of Kinston, a member of the committee, announces that the open ing wfiPiiot . be before some time in August, instead of in July, as was previously intended. It is the pur pose of the committee to have all the work in the bulldlfiga completed before the official start is made.
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